News and opinion website. As always, we will take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter as well. Washington is next. Ist good morning, it monday, september 23, 2019. Scrutiny over President Trumps reactions to ukraine have led for renewed calls for impeachment. Also acknowledged yesterday that joe biden came up in that july call. This morning on the washington journal, we are getting your reaction to this story as phone lines are split as usual by political party. Is thets, 2027488000 number. Republicans, 2027488001. Independents, 2027488002. You can also text us and if you do, please include your name and where you are from. That number, 2027488003. You can also catch up with us on social media. On twitter it is cspanwj. On facebook it is facebook. Com cspan. A very good monday morning, you can start calling in now. It was the washington journal over the weekend that led the that julyorting about phone call with President Trump. The wall street journal w
Maria welcome back. Good wednesday morning. Thanks very much for joining us i hope you are having a good wednesday i am maria bartiromo. It is wednesday, march 13, it is 8 00 a. M. On the east coast, former special counsel robert hur defending his report on President Bidens mishandling of classified at this moments in a house hearing said biden willfully retained documents read out classified notion of government wry dplalt republican lawmakers clashed with his findings. The president i did not share classified information i did not share i guarantee i did not. That is not true is it mr. Hur . That is inconsistent with the findings based on in evidence my report. It is a lie . You exonerated him. I did not exonerate him has, mr. Hur my time. All i have to do when i am caught taking home classified materials is say i am sorry mr. Hur i am getting old my memory is not so great. Congressman. This is doctrine you established in laws now it is frightening. You cannot tell me heure so naive
House lawmakers grilling r former special counsel robert hur on his investigation into President Bidens mishandling of classified documents. Hur faced questions from democrats on his decision to include statements on bidens memory in the report. Republicans pressed him on bidens ghost writer and his motivation to keep those classified documents. Watch. The evidence and the president himself put his memory squarely at issue. We interviewed the president and asked him about his recorded statement, quote, i just found all the classified stuff downstairs, end quote. He told us that he didnt remember saying that to his ghost writer. He also said he didnt remember finding classified material in his home after his vice presidency and he didnt remember anything about how classified documents about afghanistan made their way into his garage. My assessment in the report about the relevance of the president s memory was necessary and accurate and fair. February 8th, the white house, question, mr.
Concerns over future progress, the stock down about 12. Big tech, also but is called google and sharply higher. They are looking to the future and it looks rosy, huge company of 6 . Minor reports tonight assume are to the numbers, meda is doing very well, is it 300 a share. Lets get to the big picture, dow up 12 sessions straight that gained 5 in that time. If it goes up again, the longest streak ever. The dow looks to a loss of 100 words, s p done ten, nasdaq done maybe 50 points. Mark is scheduled for 2 00 p. M. Eastern today when jay powell tells us theres another rate hike on top. Gas prices are starting to rise and rise sharply. Regular 3. 68, nationwide and that is a 5 cents overnight. Diesel is moving up. Up to cents to an average of 392 a gallon. A big day in politics, even before todays court hearing, drama swirling on hunter biden. Jason smith wants evidence of political interference included in the hearing. The judge in the case accused one of hunters lawyers, misrepresentin