That 8 30, Francis Rooney discusses the agreement between israel, the United Arab Emirates and bahrain, and other news of the day. Host good morning. It is wednesday, september 16, 2020. The house meets at 9 00 a. M. We will begin focused on congress and the members voters will get a chance to decide whether to rehire on election day. We want to know if you plan to reelect your house or senate member. If you do, give us a call at 202 7488000 and let us know who your member is and why. If you dont plan to vote to reelect your member of congress, we want to know who and why. That number is 202 7488001. If you are unsure, the land to call is 202 7488002. Textan also send us a 202 7488003 202 7488003 at a text that 202 7488003. Include your name and where you are from. Catch up with us on social media on twitter, facebook. A very good wednesday morning. You can start calling a note to retake the senate. Democrats would need to net four seats on november 3, or three and the presidency to re
Follow the process live on cspan, online or listen live on the free cspan radio app. The museum in washington, d. C. Is closing at the end of the month. They held the discussion this week examining the state of free speech in the u. S. We will hear from Chris Wallace, Eleanor Holmes norton and floyd abram. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the theater. I am chair and chief executive officer of the Freedom Forum. [applause] we welcome you all here tonight to celebrate the museum and the First Amendment and to look forward to a new chapter. I would like to recognize several of the partners whom we are all so pleased to have with us this morning. Leslie hill and dennis carol, brian and myra and robin stroud will. We are also honored to have several of our trustees and trustee a maritime in attendance. Jim abbott, shelby carthy, mike mike pohlman, phil curry, r david edelman, felix gutierrez, jack malcolm john lee, peter prichard, mike reagan, john, mark and barbara wall. [app
Republicans, 2027488001. Ndependents, 2027488002 you can also send us a tweet http twitter. Com cspanwj or on. Acebook the Washington Post front page this morning. Writes obama has been making the case for months that a strategy to defeat Islamic State and protect americans at home is slowly working. President obama in cuba yesterday in his address to the people of that country began his remarks talking about brussels. [video clip] president obama the thoughts and prayers of the American People are with the people of belgium. We stand in solidarity with them in condemning these outrageous attacks against innocent people. We will do whatever is necessary to support our friend and ally, belgium come in bringing to justice those who are responsible and this is yet another reminder that the world must unite. We must be together, regardless of nationality or race or faith in fighting against the scourge of terrorism. We can and we will defeat those who prey upon the insecurity of those arou
Approved an emergency member that allows district employees to romain on the job. The measure would have paid thousands of city workers out of an emergency cash fund. Also this morning, theyhey havent said i do just yet but already some couples are having a few problems herems and there with getting married. That is all because of the Government Shutdown. It is amazing how far this reachous. The tent cel. Cel. Its forcing people to find a a new lex for their ceremony or move the date. Linda marshal continues our team coverage. The government is shutting down our wedding, not exactly what a bride and groom wouldroom have to post but this was the t case for one d. C. Couple and theyre among two dozen arezen are likely scrambling to come t up with plan b. Its frustrating especially over somethinglly that didnt need to happen. The Government Shutdownwn throwing a wrench in the plans of the couple. The two planned to be marriedarr this saturday at the jefferson memorial, the site of their f
No way to tell whether that played any role in this and what was happening there. Its severely affecting traffic here. Southbound lanes remain closed. The northbound lanes are open to traffic. So we had to access the scene from the northbound side. For anyone trying to get to the southern end of prince georges county, Charles County area, youre going to have to take some detours, because this road will remain closed for some time. We havent been given a time frame yet, but it will continue to remain closed as Police Continue this investigation. Reporting live from brandywine, darcy spencer. We have new details about the accident that killed a contractor inside a metro tunnel early this morning. Fire is not what killed that worker. Two others were ginjured this morning. Reporter a 41 year old metro contractor was killed and two metro employees were seriously injured after they were hit by a 40 foot section of track that shifted. The contractor and the two employees were replacing sectio