and small. charter is connecting us. charter communications supports c-span as a public service, along with these other television providers, giving you a front row seat to democracy. us on social media as well on this monday morning. hearing from you, asking what did the war in afghanistan mean? banner headlines, from the new york times, the taliban captured kabul, stunting u.s. efforts. stunning u.s. efforts. the taliban seized power at u.s. retreats. one more from the front page of the washington post this morning. the headline, pentagon russia s additional troops to capital amid the chaotic effort to evacuate u.s. personnel and their allies. just some of the front-page headlines this morning as we ask you to call in. as you are calling in, here is one more lead, this is from punch bowl news this morning. this is how they lead their morning newspaper, with a picture at the top of one of the many pictures, this from the getty image of the helicopters over kabul. they
we are happy to have them testify today at the hearing. . it has been two years since the subcommittee has had a hearing on space acquisition. hardly any topic is more important business might. we have seen the space force, the reestablishment of space command, and public acknowledgment of the threats we face from abroad. i am hopeful that the department refused this opportunity to accelerate and approve space acquisition within the space force. general heightened pointed out the next generation of opir is still planning on getting us, as he calls it, juicy targets were or bit instead of the less vulnerable architecture we could be choosing. he has encountered numerous articles to having new and improved architectures. if the vice chairman has difficulties, i have difficulties, we have to make sure this works. i will turn to my ranking member for any opening remarks. i am wearing my creditors top. we went in double overtime. it is a national thing for a nationally-based hocke
magnuson talks and we ll 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 c-span.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) 748-8000. republicans, (202) 748-8001. .n independents, (202) 748-8002 text us at (202) 748-0003. or go to twitter,
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 flyin
talks about the trump administration to send as many as 800 u.s. troops to the southern border in advance of the tiger caravan. take your calls and and twitter. washington journal is next. good morning. october 29, 2018. flags over the u.s. capital remain at half staff two days after that attack on a pittsburgh synagogue left 11 people dead. this marks 8 days until election day. it was two weeks ago president trump said the midterm elections kavanaugh, at caravan, law and order, and common sense. democratic candidates have worked hard to make the election cycle about health care and a referendum about the president. we are wondering what you think the election is about. give us a call and let us know what issue you think the fines 2018. republicans, 202-748-8001. democrats, 202-748-8000. independents, 202-748-8002. you can also catch up with us on social media. on twitter it is @cspanwj. on facebook, facebook.com/cspan. very good monday morning to you. you can start call