To register. As always, we will take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Washington journal is next. Is next. On thisod morning monday, january 13, the beginning of the legislative week in washington. Senators are preparing for votes on curbing the president s use of force against iran and starting an impeachment trial. Iran. St, your thoughts on what steps do you want lawmakers to take to limit the military did lasts the house week or support the administrations strategy. . Democrats, 2027488000. Republicans, 2027488001. Independents, 2027488002. Active and retired military, we want to hear from you, 2027488003 is your number. You can text us on that line with your first, city, and state. We will get to your thoughts in a minute. Lets begin with the hill newspaper. Democrats scramble to reign in trumps iran war powers. Democrats are racing against the clock to shore up as the fight shifts to the senate. A lawmakers looking to limit trump possibility t
Thats also the story of the business tests. Companies rise and fall and cities rise and fall. Theres sort of a Natural Evolution of things. So, exactly who the leaders of the pack are in 20 or 30 years its hard to predict that some of them will be new brands that didnt exist 20 years ago. We are trying to level the Playing Field, so they are building these new companies everywhere not just in a few places. Its crazy last year almost 80 of the venturecapital winter just three states, california, new york and massachusetts, 47 states just over 20 of the Venture Capital. , we need to figure out ways to support entrepreneurs everywhere. We even even solace in the recent election people were basically saying i kind of feel left out and left behind. We need to make sure we have a more inclusive innovation economy and we are backing startups creating jobs everywhere not just in a few places like Silicon Valley. I read a statistic, two things. I was surprised Washington State wasnt included an
Is it for fun, ford venture . For adventure . Is it for the money . There are easier ways to make money than this. Like the earths plates when they snap like violent political change, and we see how the plates are fitting together. We do so the innocents have a voice. We do it because we have decided this is what we want to do with our slice of time on this planet. Event back in may. All of the available in our Field Library at www. Cspan. Org. Looking live at the iwo jima memorial just outside washington based on the photograph by Joseph Rosenthal in 1945. It was the inspiration for the iwo jima memorial, the marine corps memorial. Our focus on the townhall tonight is looking at the Media Coverage of war and we will be joined by a freelance videographer who has done a number of tours in iraq and afghanistan or cspan and other news organizations. We will show you some of his video and hear from him as well. We are taking your tweets and facebook comments. We are asking you, whered you
Decade told me, it is one thing to be loyal when you are taking shots in the phrase, it is another i am paraphrasing to ruin your family and go to jail. The relationship between trump and cohen spans about a dozen years. He served as more than trumps lawyer. Hes been a confidant, an advisor, a spokesman, a fixer. Just one day before that raid on all of his residences, cohen declared his forever loyalty on twitter. Quote, i will always protect our potus. But in a call initiated by the president , a longtime Legal Advisor made it clear to the president that Michael Cohen cannot be trusted. Jay goldberg who represented trump in the 90s and early 2000s says he told trump on a scale of 1001, where 100 is fully protecting the president , michael isnt even a 1. So the big question were asking is, what does Michael Cohen have on trump . Even the toughest, most loyal individuals will eventually reach the point where theyve got to consider flipping. Remember the scene in the wizard of oz where d
Testimony. The clues we now have about whether any of them could be facing criminal charges. And walking away. President trump abruptly leaves his summit with north koreas leader empty handed after deciding what kim jongun offered wasnt good enough. Is no deal better than a bad deal . Lets begin with whats happening right now behind closed doors of the Intel Committee of the house. Michael cohen on capitol hill for the third day in a row, being questioned by lawmakers. Cohen yesterday in an extraordinary public hearing put in more than seven hours following nine hours on tuesday. And then we come to this morning. The president and his legal team grappling with the implications of the grippingly detailed testimony from a longtime insider who turned on the man he once idolized. Cohen laid out a pattern of potential crimes and an atmosphere in the trump Family Business that he said was built on lies and threats. And in a key moment, cohen, who pleaded guilty of lying to the very body he a