Later, the president of college and Young Democrats of iowa on the candidates and issues in campaign 2020. As always, we take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Washington journal twitter. Washington journal is next. Host it is the washington journal for august 12. We want to hear from you. Some type ofaccept compromise when it comes to potential new Gun Legislation passing the house and senate and being signed by the president. Some type ofsals have compromise when it comes to flagged we want to hear on what been compromises could you support, if any when it comes to Gun Legislation and why . You can let us know on the following phone lines. 2027488001 for republicans. For democrats, 2027488000. And independents, 2027488002. If you are a gun owner, give us a call at 2027488003. You can post on twitter at cspanwj and almost 400 people posting on our Facebook Page on this posting and question. You can add your thoughts to the mix at facebook. Com cspan
Let me call the hearing to order. Good morning. The Committee Meets today to consider the nomination of general c. Q. Brown. General, congratulations and thank you for stepping forward to lead at this critical time. I would like to welcome your wife and thank your son sean and ross. I would like to thank the current chairman milley. He has served this nation honorably and led the joint chiefs with skill and vision. We are grateful for his service and congratulate. You are well qualified to serve as chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. You have led this service as it goes through a rapid Global Security environment. You bring a record of successful leadership and command experience at all levels of our military. This expertise will serve you well. If confirmed, you will serve as the principal military advisor to the president , secretary of defense and congress. You will be expected to be an effective strategist, adviser and manager and counsel will be relied upon them as we go throug
You see police cars, a fire truck. We know at least one person was injured. So far police have not arrested anyone in this cay. Well keep you updated. Also tonight, nowhere to go. Take a look at the thousands of containers just sitting in puerto rico tonight. They are filled with supplies for the victims of Hurricane Maria but are not getting to those in need. Tonight rr two very different views of how the relief effort is going. A member of the Trump Administration said it was, quote, under control. But one puerto rican lawmaker said it was a disaster. Showing us how one community is making sure they loved ones are getting the help they need. Reporter this family here in medford has 50 relatives in puerto rico. And theyre doing everything they can to get supplies to them. They are hiring a private plane, flying over to puerto rico, renting a van and personally driving these items to their loved ones. Tonight theres major concern about how all these vital supplies are being handed out.
Oil has been rising for two weeks. Lets get an update on what making headlines. Vladimir putin is condemning the u. S. Strike against syria, calling it and asked of aggression against the sovereign state. 59 cruise missiles were fired at a syrian airfield after accusing a syria of using chemical weapons. Tonight i ordered a target military strike on the airfield in syria from where the chemical attack was launched. Rush is promising to help beef up air defenses. The kremlin says only 23 of the missiles actually struck the base. Six syrian fighters were destroyed. President trump says he forged a president in the first few hours of his summit with the chinese president. They had dinner and will have discussions today. He is expected to push him to open Chinese Markets to American Goods. He wants china to put pressure on north korea over its Nuclear Weapons program. Employers in london are having trouble finding workers and brings it may make it harder. From the recruitment and Employmen
Yourself plenty of time to do plenty of followup space and the roads may still be wet even though it may not look that way. Well of course keep you up to date on what we see here. For now, well see things back inside. The contractor responsible for this ditch right here that swallowed several cars in cleveland on tuesday is speaking out. Multiple cars drove right into the hole and a video captured a man wearing their uniform buying beer oth nobody answered my complaints, and as a result, we had all of the accidents that we had. Reporter multiple cars drove right into this construction ditch outside of this Convenience Store and bait shop on west 130th in cleveland. Its part of a big repaving project. Nothing wasnt blocked, so i tried going in there, and i ended up in a ditch. Reporter one day after, the construction ceo wrote this on the drivers saying we installed drums pursuant to all applicable laws and regulations adding to the extent that a driver was not paying attention is unfor