Here by representative jim thanks. Representative moultan, and representative joni arrest. So the subject of Todays Discussion is at the heart of our current security moments, and we have a few questions here, well go right from the beginning, were nearing the 20th anniversary of the 9 11 attacks. Reflecting on these last two decades, with do you see is the most significant positive lesson for how the u. S. Has been fighting wars . As well as the most significant negative or perhaps cautionary lesson from how things have played out . Thank you. Its very good to be with you. Thank you daniel very much for the work that you do. And of course to the Mccain Institute. I want to thank my colleagues as well for their service. Both in uniform and out of uniform. Congressman jim things, great leaders on capitol hill. Thank you for the invitation to be here today. Folks, 20 years has been a very, very long time engaging in the global war on terror. And there are a number of positive aspects tha
also, over the weekend, video emerged of an army lieutenant pepper sprayed and roughed up by police in virginia after admitting he was too terrified to get out of his car during a traffic stop late last year. i m honestly afraid to get out. in response one of the officers tells him yeah, you should be. and as if to emphasize that fear cuts both ways, two police officers were shot and wounded early this morning during a high-speed chase west of atlanta. all of this is happening with the twin cities on edge as the prosecution makes its case against a minneapolis police officer in the killing of george floyd. president biden spoke to the moment and mood this afternoon. are you concerned things could be on a razor s edge, sir? i m not intergoing to specul now. i m hopeful there will be a verdict and out come that will be supported by the vast ma majority of people in the region and that s 345expectation. shortly before air time the president tweeted today i m thinking about
minneapolis suburb, shot and killed a black man, daunte wright, during a traffic stop over the weekend. just moments ago, the county-medical examiner ruled his death a homicide. it was the noenl item along those lines, though. an army lieutenant pepper sprayed outside norfolk, virginia, after admitting he was terrified to get out of his car late-last year. i am honestly afraid to get out, he is heard to say. in the response, one of the officers tells him, yeah, you should be. and as if to emphasize that fear cuts both ways, two police officers were shot and wounded earlier this morning, during a high-speed chase west of atlanta. all of this, of course, is happening with the twin cities, already, on edge, as the prosecution continues to make its case against a former-minneapolis police officer, in the killing of george floyd. president biden spoke to the moment, and the mood, this afternoon. are you concerned things could be on a razor s edge, sir? i m not going to specula
hours in the oval office last night. the gop plan proposing 1/3 of the $1.9 trillion democrats are looking for. it was a very good exchange of views. i wouldn t say we came together on a package tonight. no one expected that in a two-hour meeting, but what we did agree to do is to follow up and talk further. the devil of course is in the details. there s plenty of kidisagreemen in the dollars in the plan. it s unclear how much republicans are willing to go up and biden willing to go down but a top white house aide suggests not much. everything here is to help people stop suffering from the pandemic. this will lift 4 million kids out of poverty this year. we are more than willing to keep engaging, but at the end of the day what the president and vice president won t do is compromise their values or let the american people down. democratic leaders in the house and senate have taken the first steps towards reconciliation, a budget maneuver that would allow the biden re
is facing a lawsuit. the question is, do pop tarts have enough strawberries? it s way too early for this. good morning, welcome to the show way too early that in the fourth grade ate too many frosted cinnamon that care to admit. i m jon lemire. senators joe manchin and kyrsten sinema both met with president biden last night at the white house. the two senators are key to passing the reconciliation bill that have reservations about some measures. nbc news reports the problems are two-fold. senator sinema centers around how to pay for it. and senator manchin are what to spend the money on. the negotiations are ongoing and ongoing. democrats searching for several ways to pay for it, they say it will require companies that make more than $1 billion in profit to pay a minimum of 15% tax on that. the white house has supported that plan. last night senator sinema released a statement in support, calling the measure, a, quote, common sense step. the white house ahead to get a dea