His parents both local radio personalities tweeted this picture of their son in the hospital. He ran way but they caught up with them every time he slipped on the wet pavement. They were aiming for my head and they were trying to knock me out. Its disturbing because these are young kids. The police chief believe this is a random attack and identify aid 13yearold as a person of interest. We are trying to get this kid and move through the identification process and move through looking to see the other three and get them involved. Mountain in the meantime they are looking to see if it was connect to a Second Attack an hour later. And students were unaware of the incidents and unphased. Its in the back of my mind but i walk this way a lot. Campus surveillance cameras got video of this group of young people prior to the attack and unfortunately it was dark and rainy but not clear images of their faces, if you know anything are you urged to call police. Thank you. Escaped juvenile and new j
On their agenda, extending funding for the Childrens Health insurance program, a repeal of the Health Care Laws independent medicaid payment Advisory Board and several bills to prevent wildfires. Watch live house coverage on cspan. Next, President Trump speaks about the Opioid Epidemic and signs and that drug emergency. National he says it will get worse before it gets better and the declaration will be the start of a nationwide effort to combat the problems. Introducing the president s first lady melania trump. This is 35 minutes. Ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States and mrs. Trump. [applause] mrs. Trump thank you all for being here today. It touches my heart to see the faces i been lucky to know these past few months. Thank you for the time and strength for each of you to tell your stories. We are here today because of your courage. The Opioid Epidemic has affected more than 2 million americans nationwide and sadly the number continues to rise. Americansre than 17
Nondefense spending increases. Both are happening now. I suspect by the time they wrap up, this package will move very quickly because when we are talking about spending increases and tax cuts, the American People are still very concerned about the deficit and debt and they are not really getting an in washington. What you think outlines to the budget are . What dont you like that is been proposed or put out by kevin brady in the allen of the tax plan . Vague it has been very when it comes to provisions that will help pay for some of the marginal rate reductions on the corporate side and also on the personal side. I also dont like the idea of keeping the highest individual rate or potentially adding a new one. I like the previous attempt at simplifying and coming down to three great only. Rates only. The health care exclusion should be capped and is not distributed differently so that individuals have more control over the health plans and not just employers. These are difficult politi
Board to lead the 108yearold civil rights organization. He is the groups 19th president. We will talk about that with her to reporters asking the questions. Jesse holland of the associated press. He covers race and ethnicity for the news organization. And eugene scott, political reporter for the washington post. Thanks to both of you. Jesse holland, you are up first. Jesse first of all, congratulations on being selected as a president of the naacp. You came out strong in this first week. One of the things that happened this week was that the naacp issued a travel advisory for American Airlines. How has that been received by the naacp members and by the Business Community at large . Derrick first of all, thank you for having me on the show. I have been involved in the naacp since my college years. Much of what i do has been in response to the members that we represent. As every as a result of the missouri ban that we issued during my tenure as interim president , we recognize that as a
You can also post your thoughts on facebook and twitter. We are cspanwj. We look forward to your postings and tweets. You are not, if registered as a democrat but vote regularly as a democrat, that is the line to use or you. Same for republicans. We will get to your comments in a moment. Part of our conversation reflected in a poll in sundays Washington Post. Just messed up. We told you about the lead on that. Conductedthis poll, nine months into trumps tumultuous presidency reveals a starkly pessimistic view of u. S. Politics, widespread distrust of political leaders, and their ability to compromise and an erosion of pride in the way democracy works. We will focus on your thoughts on your Political Party and whether that represents your views. Wall street journal had an article about the democratic side of things to their headline democrats struggle with their own tea party moment. Janet hope writing that six democrats are challenging an incumbent publican in next years midterm electi