Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time. Veteran suicide continue to be a national epidemic. Veterans are estimated to have a suicide rate thats 50 higher than those who did not serve in the military. Major driver of sued rates is the incidence of post Traumatic Stress among our veterans. According to the department of veterans affairs, between 11 and 20 of those who served in operatiOperation Iraqi freedomr enduring freedom suffer from pts. Veterans with pts may be troubled by intrusive thoughts, avoid people, places and things, and experience hyperawareness and nightmares. They mind find they are no longer able to trust and love those closest to them. Some may even feel that life is no longer worth living. Unfortunately, many veterans have had significant problems in receiving the health care they deserve. Issues regarding inadequate treatment of veterans by the va have been widely reported. These include long wait times and the overprescription of
It is one day before the wisconsin primary. One issue that has come up is the issue of superdelegates. Our question is it unfair . We want you to join in on the conversation. Is the line for republicans and 202 7488002 is the line for democrats. And if you are independent. You can also join the conversation on twitter or facebook. Thank you for being here with us. This is a piece this morning todays New York Times. He says, superdelegates whose votes are not found by the millions of individual voters make up a third of all delegates. That is outrageous. Lets take a look at the delegate total. Right now, Hillary Clinton has 1243 pledged delegates but when you count in the superdelegates, she has 1700 delegates. She needs 2800 to secure the nomination. Bernie sanders has 980 pledged delegates and 31 superdelegates. We will take your calls in a moment on whether you think that superdelegates are unfair. Should point out that republicans do not have superdelegates. Talked about the importa
And there are signs of job growth. President obama just a yesterday in our first weekend minutes. To get your thoughts on who should get credit for the improving job numbers. Again, 5. 8 is that number. 202 5853880 for democrats. 202 5853881 for republicans. 202 5853882 for independents. If you want to share your thoughts on who should get the the current unemployment picture on our social media sites. Us an email. O send if you look at the current figure, like we said, 5. 8 is the current estimated figure 4 number of jobs added was at 214,000 jobs. If you and the Unemployment Rate, it stands at 5. 1 for men, 5. 4 for women, and 90 for teenagers. The bureau of labor statistics providing those numbers. Also if you develop if you take a look at the various sectors, you see the hospital the category g with 42,000 jobs added. When it comes to retail, 27,000 jobs. Healthcare at 25,000 jobs and manufacturing at 15,000 jobs. President obama taking time with several meetings yesterday. One wit
This morning, we are asking you what you think about that 1 trillion budget spending plan. Give us a call. The numbers are on the screen. Also contact us through twitter, facebook, or email. If you havent had a chance to read that 1600 budget 1600 page budget, we will do our best to break it down for you over the next two hours ahead of the action on the house floor expected on that bill. Here is the front page of the Washington Times membersculation about of congress and what happens today and a few others with the spending bill. If you want to talk about what is specifically in that bill, turned to the front page of the Washington Post today with the graphic epics it down. That breaks it down. It does not include entitlements like Social Security or medicare. What it does include is defense spending and nondefense spending. Washington post highlighting some of that spending. And for more on that, we are joined by ed okeefe, the congressional reporter at Washington Post. Think you for
Should marijuana be legalized . If you say yes, join in. 585 5853 881. If you say no, 585388 zero. If you are undecided, 202585388 two. The piece here, with the dateline line in kiev, points out abandoned by his guards, reviled across the capital, determined to reacquire his shredded political authority. This morning the wall street journal reports that the whereabouts of the president were unknown at this time. Russia will in the meantime hold off on any further loans to aid the ukraine in what they are calling for Sweeping Change in the former republic of the soviet union. Later in this program we will focus on a new study on north korea and just how bad the situation is there. We want to focus this morning on a frontpage story from the Washington Post. Marijuanas moment. As the nations governors meet to legalize marijuana, the push to legalize marijuana has flourished and floundered over five decades, but a shifting sentiment appears to be bringing it to fruition. The essence of the