We begin with a new debate in the 2020 campaign and the issue of democratic socialism, something that Bernie Sanders talked about in his speech at George Washington university and in a recent cnn interview. We want to ask you this question , specifically, would you be willing to pay more taxes for Free Education and health care . Here are the numbers. 202 7488000 if you say yes. 202 7488001 if you say no. You can also join us on social media at cspan wj on twitter [video clip] twitter. J on we want to get your calls and comments in a minute, but to frame the argument there is this the new york magazine. Why does bernie so fervently cling to the issue of democratic socialism. Host thats this morning from new yorker magazine. Getting to your calls in a moment, but first, following his speech at George Washington university, which is by the way available at our website, senator sanders appeared on cnn and was asked this question. [video clip] onlye United States is the major country on ea
George papadopoulos. President trump has not spoken or tweeted about the plea deal but sources tells cbs news sources tell cbs news that he believes the investigation will wrap up soon. Ken . You mentioned it, but how significant is this new information about the president s soninlaw and his possible involvement . You know, Jared Kushners direction on its own is not extraordinary. This was to ask flynn to talk to russians about a u. N. Resolution regarding israeli settlements which is something any Incoming Administration would want to know about. Right now theres no criminal element or any indication or evidence that this was part of some big conspiracy. So its far too early to make that leap that kushner has done anything wrong as of this point. However, we dont know what uls mueller knows and well else mueller knows and well have to wait to see where he goes with whatever flynn tells him. Or what mueller is telling the special prosecutor. Weijia jiang, thank you. The wind out of the
Political conversations should be had on other days. Thats not use this for the conversation. It is disrespectful to her family. Ask the community to pray for the family. That is easier said than done. The acting director of immigration and Customs Enforcement settled fox news today that even if the shooting was an accident, Jose Ines Garcia zarate should not have been here. It was a threat that was in the country illegally and was released back into the community. Sanctuary city policies are the reason this young lady is not with us today. Between the Trump Administration cracking down and headlines about the kate steinle verdict, the sanctuary cities are in for a wave of undocumented in the mid immigrants. One more aliens will work the way in. Everyone is talking about Kate Steinles case but one person is not talking. Mayor ed lee is refusing to say anything about the verdict. Yesterday we got no comment and today the mayor avoided the press at a public event for World Aids Day. We g
And the underground garage at the plaza, and city staff will conduct a study to determine the best use for the clay street garage, which will be closed indefinitely. A million bucks of unclaimed cash is in the south bay with santa clara having 3,100 unclaimed checks from less than 1 to more than 10,000. The county said in all, it has 95,000 in unclaimed money. If you are wondering if you have money coming your wear santa clara has a database to file a claim with a link on abc7news. Com. Now, a commuter alert. We have the significant issue with bart this morning. I will zoom in on our bart road map and hopefully explain this to you, so you can understand what is going on. We had an emergency a maintenance vehicle that lost a wheel. It is moving slowly and they are single tracking through this area in Downtown Berkeley. We just heard from Amy Hollyfield and she in el cerrito where the trains were on time. From bart we are hearing 10minute delay in richmond and millbrae. So closer to berk
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