At 8 45, the Washington Examiners Joseph Simonson talks about joe bidens relationship with the progressive wing of the Democratic Party. Good morning, it is friday, september 18, 2020. The house is set to meet in a pro forma session at noon today. The senate will convene on monday. We are with you for the next three hours on washington journal. Hearing from you on how the coronavirus pandemic has impacted your job. Newly released data show that nearly one million americans file for firsttime jobless benefits last week. Our phone lines split up a bit differently this morning. If you are unemployed, 202 7488000. If you have senior hours reduced, 202 7488001. If you have recently returned to work, 202 7488002. The phone line for business owners, that number 202 7488003. You can also send us a text this morning. That number also 202 7488003. If you do, please include your name and where you are from, otherwise catch up with us on social media, on twitter, c spanwj. Very good friday morning
An overall sense not hugely enthusiastic about Hillary Clinton joe biden is seen by many black americans as an extension of the bruck obama era he was broke obamas Vice President many people certainly not all that many black men say if he was good enough for rock obama is good enough for me lets not forget its black voters in South Carolina that really turned things around for biden in the primaries after he had been bashed in iowa and New Hampshire which are predominately white states so these are the kinds of groups and then theres all this talk about young people every election we talk about young people young people going to vote theyre going to change everything young people traditionally dont vote so as much as all this uproar that theyre not getting enough attention from democrats its not being given enough of the stage at this convention its a bit of put up or shut up a bit of put your money where your mouth is young people who want to give you more attention you need to prove
Political prisoners. Good to have you with us one of the been accused of murdering former lebanese Prime Minister rafik hariri 15 years ago has been found guilty the un backed court in the netherlands ruled that hezbollah a member was involved in the killing a court acquitted 3 other defendants the former sunni leader was killed along with 21 other people in a bomb attack in beirut in 2005 the International Force in the hague tried 4 suspects and if they are members of the shiite militant Group Hezbollah which is now part of lebanons government the Islamist Group denies any involvement the verdict was supposed to be given at the beginning of this month was delayed because of the tetley explosion at beiruts airport. Earlier we spoke today correspondent whos been following the trial from brussels he told us more about the man whos been convicted. The 56 year old terry has been convicted in absentia and the judge just said they were satisfied beyond a reasonable doubt that he possessed on
Were released Political Prisoners. Hello im terry martin good to have you with us and u. N. Back tribunals has convicted a Senior Member of the Lebanese Militant Group hezbollah for the assassination of the countrys former Prime Minister rafik hariri a court in the hague said salim orchestrated the 22005 operation to kill riri with a massive truck bomb but the tribunals cleared 3 other defendants finding they had no links to hezbollah leadership or aries assassination up ended life in lebanon setting the stage for years of unrest. A suicide truck bomb blasts ripped through beirut some valentines day 2005 an explosion so powerful it was hurt and felt across the city 22 people lost their lives that day. Including the targets of the attack. Lebanons former Prime Minister rafiq hariri it was an assassination that transformed lebannon removing an influential sunni muslim leader and allowing shiite forces led by the militant group hizbollah to come to dominate lebanese political life now ove
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the next in library and welcome to this replica of the east room. Im a board member in the Nixon Foundation as grandson of the 30 seventh president Richard Nixon. It is my honor and pleasure to have you at the library and im glad to welcome you to the library. I see a lot of new faces in the crowd which makes me excited and i see a lot of young faces in the crowd meaning a lot of young conservatives. So that is great to see and i encourage all of you after the event to walk around the library, one of my Favorite Places for obvious reasons, one of my Favorite Places in the world, the birthplace is beautiful, weve done one of the exhibits in the library, a lot of new stuff to see and if you come back you can visit the archives and do research into my fathers presidency. I am happy to have you here today but of course tonight, today we will begin our program by honoring our nation as we always do. Will you please welcome our special guest today, charlie ki