On down jordan this is down to 0 live from coming up nato warns russia against meddling in bella ruse as president putin promises troop support to protests get out of control. Laura one of the strongest storms to hit the United States batters southern louisiana well have a live update. On the crisis deepens in the Eastern Mediterranean as turkey and greece stepped up the rhetoric over a maritime dispute. Welcome to the program democratic Vice President ial candidate carla harris has delivered a preemptive strike on donald trump just hours ahead of his pitch to the Party Faithful at the Republican National convention harris condemned trumps response to the coronavirus pandemic and addressed the unrest over the Police Shooting of jacob blake saying america must fulfill the promise of equal justice. The reality is that the life of a black person in america has never been treated as fully human and we have yet to fulfill that promise of equal justice under law well earlier President Trump
Democratic ticket. K looks atey beycho campaign news. You can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Washington journal is next. Good morning, this is the washington journal for august 18. There is the Wisconsin Center in milwaukee, site of some of the activity of the Democratic National convention. A lot of it being done by zoom and other means. Day one taking place yesterday. Day two tonight and it will feature speeches by bill clinton , alexandria of garcia cortez, and dr. Jill alexandria ocasiocortez, and dr. Jill biden. You can watch on cspan and cspan. Org or follow wrong or follow along on our cspan radio app. We will get your impressions of the first set of the convention. What you think of the format and the speakers that were featured. Among them, Michelle Obama. If you support joe biden, collis that call us at 202 7488000, if you support ,resident trump, 202 7488001 and if you support if you are undecided, 202 7488002. Our Facebook Page if you want to post there, fac
Scandal. Government buildings are being targeted. 2020 race with less than 100 days to go to election day, major Bernie Sanders supporters say they cannot get behind former Vice President joe biden, former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley will join me on more on 2020 race. Bringing critical supply chain back to america. Assistant to the president for trade and manufacturing, pete navarro with big announcement coming up plus latest tensions with china. Folks on earnings this morning, we will hear from 3m, mcdonalds. Jetblue among the names reporting before the name this morning. Futures searching for firm direction, we are expecting decline at start of trading, dow futures down 75, nasdaq down 40 and the s p lower by 8 and 3 quarters. U. S. Markets kicked off the week with gains yesterday finishing with near session highs as vaccine trials moving forward. Dow industrials up 115 points and nasdaq up 173 and s p higher as well, covid19 slamming the sports world meanwhile days into th
National Defense Authorization act. This establishes policies were Defense Department programs. Votes are expected early monday. Wednesday the house will consider a bill to remove the bust of the chief Justice Roger taunted, the author of the dred scott decision, and to discuss the issue of confederate statues on display in the u. S. Capitol. The senate ravine reconvenes to discuss the office of management and budget. For the remainder of the week thesenate continues work on 740. 5 billion 2021 Defense Authorization act. Live coverage of the house on 2,pan, the senate on cspan anytime on cspan. Org or listen on the go with the free cspan radio app. The organization is called conservative clergy of color. Thank you for being with us. Always great being with you gentlemen, thanks. Let me talk to you about the passing of congressman john lewis, he was 80 years old. What is his legacy . I think he has a mixed legacy. However, one cannot deny the strength that this gentleman exuded with his
If you say no, the twoparty system is not working, your line is going to be 202 7488001. If you are unsure what you still want to talk about this issue, your number is going to be 202 7488002. You can alwaysd text us your opinion at 202 7488003. Keep in mind, we are always reading on social media, on. Witter, and cspan we are going to have live on the two current thirdParty Candidates running for president. Coming up at 8 00 we are going to hear from Green Party Candidate Howie Hawkins. Coming up at 9 15, the jorgensenn nominee jo will discuss her platform and strategy for this years election. If you want to hear directly from those candidates, keep watching the show. First, we want to hear from you about the twoparty system in the United States. Do you think the political system is working . There is a story from cnn that talked about this earlier this year. Even if they are down on the independent candidates being presented, nearly 40 of americans think a third local party is needed