Digiacomantonio. Chuck is really one of the nation s finest scholars on the first congress, and that early period in the development of our country. We have been fortunate to have chuck as part of the uscis society team, for five years prior to that he was 27 years working on the first congress program. He has put together an imaginative presentation, using primary sources, letters of the times, where people wrote to one another about the science, the food, the culture and the back and forth that made early days in washington. That being said, we invite you to stay with us for your questions and answers. Chuck will do his presentation and i will work through the questions and we have a couple questions we may be able to do a couple of questions during the presentation, but a majority of our questions will be at the conclusion of the presentation. Please put your questions in and i will try to work them through both at the end and as we move forward. Thank you very much, chuck, for the
the end of the console? plus, a british designed hypercar. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. borisjohnson is preparing to launch the conservative manifesto in the next few hours which will pledge not to raise the rate of income tax, national insurance or vat. the prime minister will also say he wants to bring his brexit deal back to the commons before christmas, if the conservatives are returned to power. our political correspondent, nick eardley reports. what would he do with power? this afternoon, borisjohnson will unveil the conservative manifesto. his basic message deliver brexit and move onto domestic priorities. he will pledge that the bill that will deliver brexit will be brought back to parliament before christmas if he wins the election. that, he says, would allow the country to move on. so what will the conservatives do on the home front? they will pledge today not to raise rates of income tax, national insurance, or vat. that ll make it harder for the gov
mountain and pacific time zones, (202) 748-8001. you can also catch up with us on social media. .witter.com/cspanwj you can start calling you now. a reminder, when you do call in, turn the volume on your tv down. you will you will be able to hear the program when you are on hold. as you are calling in, we want to take you back to the first of this month. the president was in cincinnati at a campaign rally. he talked about the problems facing american cities. [video clip] has paid a: no one higher price than our nation s inner cities. you see what is happening. you see our inner cities, we years, and it for is stolen money. it is wasted money. it is a shame. for decades, these communities have been run exclusively by democrat politicians. it has been total one party control of the inner cities. for 100 years it has been one party control. look at them. we can name one after another, but i won t do that. i don t want to be controversial. host: that was the president with his
residents in the mountain and pacific time zones are (202) 748-8001 you can also catch up with us on social media. twitter.com/cspanwj. you can start calling you now. a reminder, when you do call in, turn the volume on your tv down. as you are calling in, we want to take you back to the first of this month. the president was in cincinnati at a campaign rally. he talked about the problems facing american cities. [video clip] pres. trump: no one has paid a higher price than our nation s inner cities. dear price.id a you see what s happening. you see our inner cities, we spend millions for years, and it is stolen money. it is wasted money. it is a shame. for decades, these communities have been run exclusively by democrat politicians. it has been total one party control of the inner cities. for 100 years it has been one party control. look at them. we can name one after another, but i won t do that. i don t want to be controversial. host: that was the president with his concerns
asking your top concern. we will talk with columnists and editorial writers from detroit, chicago, new york, and san francisco .ost: good morning we are spending this morning on the washington journal focusing on the issues facing america s cities. having this conversation in the wake of president trump singling out baltimore and pointing to the nation s 30th largest city as a symbol of problems with urban areas. this morning we re are going to hear from city residents only. ellis tell us what your top issues are where you live. you areidents only, if in the eastern time zone, (202) 748-8000. mountain and pacific time zones, (202) 748-8001. you can also catch up with us on social media. .witter.com/cspanwj you can start calling you now. a reminder, when you do call in, turn the volume on your tv down. you will you will be able to hear the program when you are on hold. as you are calling in, we want to take you back to the first of this month. the president was in cincin