Financial needs of schools planning to reopen during the coronavirus pandemic. Also a look at the recent rise of covid19 cases with dr. Drake deutsche dr. Drake dr. Jake deutsch. It isgood morning, thursday, july 16, 2020. A three hour washington journal is ahead. We begin on decisions being made in School Districts around the country about when and how children will go to school this fall. With the coronavirus creating debate over in person versus Virtual Schools and concerns about School Funding shortfalls areteacher shortages, we opening our phones to hear from educators and parents this morning. What is your biggest concern when it comes to School Reopening . Phone line split up. Educators, 202 7488000. Parents, 202 7488001. You can also send us a text. That number is. That number is 202 74880 2 3. Otherwise catch up with us on social media at facebook. Com cspan. A good thursday morning to you. You can start calling you now as we show you education secretary betsy devos reiteratin
To be director of the office of management and budget. The senate limited debate and advanced his nomination on a partyline vote of 7744. At 5 30 p. M. , the senate votes on confirmation of the vote nomination. Getting your thoughts on that very highprofile pack of twitter that occurred yesterday, asking you how concerned you are about it. 202 7488000. Is the number. If you live in mountain or pacific time zones. The twitter hack is drawing questions about the platforms security and resilience in the runup to the u. S. President ial election. Twitter said that hackers have contained obtain control of those of president ial critic candidate joe biden. Musk ashian and elon the story goes on to say that twitters role of the Critical Communications platform for political candidates and Public Officials including donald trump has led to fears that have hackers could wreak havoc during the election or otherwise compromised national security. Adam konner, a liberal think tank said on twitter,
Magnuson talks and well talk your call and you can join the conversation. Washington journal is next on this veterans day. Good morning on this november 11, 2019, veterans day. We are at Arlington National cemetery today for ceremonies honoring those who have served and their families in the u. S. Military. You are looking at the tomb of the unknown soldier in arlington. Vice president pence will be there this morning, 11 00 a. M. , for a wreathlaying ceremony. Innwhile, President Trump is new york city this morning for a veterans day parade. Go to cspan. Org for details. We begin this morning in the first hour with the public hearings this week on the impeachment inquiry. Republicans demanding that the whistleblower at the center of the impeachment testify at those hearings. We want to get your reaction to that. Should the whistleblower testify . Democrats, 202 7488000. Republicans, 202 7488001. N independents, 202 7488002 text us at 202 7480003. Or go to twitter, cspanwj, or journal
On. I have been hearing from veterans about the number of cancer clusters they have experienced, people they have served with, family members. We look at the data behind those personal stories to see if what they were experiencing personally was reflected in the data. Through a freedom of information request, we looked at every cancer billing through the v. A. System over a stretch of time and we found increases. 23 , liverncer is up cancers is up 96 . Once we have this data, we went back to the veterans communities and asked, did you think happened . Host what happened . Guest a lot of these veterans think it is toxic exposure. Talkedvious a guest about the burn pits. Iraq and across afghanistan, things were burned from human waste to ammunition and soldiers breathe this in day and night. It could be water contamination on bases. It could be radiation in cockpits, pilots have come forward and thought the Radar Systems they have been exposed to over thousands of hours of flying could b
Been problematic for the v. A. There is a doctor in West Virginia that might have killed 13 patients. A patient in atlanta passed away. Some bad headlines. We want to sit down with the secretary to find out where he thinks the v. A. Is. He said are still some words and andlems some warts problems with the v. A. But it is much better than two years ago. It is on a much better path toward being Customer Service friendly. The opinion on capitol hill is different, depending on who youre talking to. Some folks have been excited, some folks are worried about the issues of privatization, just how much of v. A. Is being pushed out. A massive agency, a lot of people dont realize how much of the federal budget they ask 2020, 200al billion. There is watching. It is one where we exceed the budget continue to increase. I asked the secretary if he expected to keep going up and he said yes, there are some responsibilities for us. Host where does the money go to . The nationd to it act, how much money