shut. inside were 45 americans. inside firedards tear gas to buy time. when it was realized help was not coming, one of the security officers tried to persuade students to leave. he was immediately captured. the staff are treated floor by floor. one american who spoke farsi went out. he was immediately threatened with death. the americans surrendered. host: just a portion of a canadian documentary which will be seen later today. we want to welcome stuart eizenstat. his new book, president carter: the white house years. limbert negotiating with iran: wrestling with history. in that portion of you documentary. explain what happened as he went outside and then were taken hostage. first, thank you for having the program. as they mentioned the documentary, those responsible , the iraniany government, was clear they were not going to do anything. or could not do anything. there, illed over reach the prime minister s office. the first thing she said was what about those passwor
to the bottom get of the campaign to deport critically ill children and their families. it appears this policy has thankfully been reversed after congress and the american people outcry at the cold inhumanity on display in this policy. i am going to treat this hearing is not only an honor of the memory of our late beloved chairman, elijah cummings, but as a hearing indirect pursuit of a policy directive that was close to his heart, the threatened deportation of sick children that his very last official act before his death was to issue subpoenas to hold the administration to account. on wednesday, in the waning hours of his life through all pain and difficulty, chairman cummings recognized the stain this policy would leave on our nation, and he made holding the government accountable his final official act. and we now have a sacred obligation to follow through on his subpoenas to make sure that we defend some of the most vulnerable people on the planet, sick children who have
a plan for order put forward by elizabeth warren. if you support the idea of medicare for all. if you are opposed, (202) 784-8001. if you are still undecided, (202) 748-8002. you can send us the text or jonas on facebook. read your, we will tweets. we have a lot to talk about in the second half of the program. we will look back 40 years on those americans held hostage in iran. we will begin with the debate over medicare for all and new polls coming out showing joe biden holding onto a lead nationally, a lot of voters still undecided. the trillion dollar bet on taxes. that is a proposal put forward by elizabeth warren. she insists it will not result thep tax increase for middle class. she said private health forrance workers could work the medicare instead. proposes a host of tax increases, the middle class will not pay an additional burden. the plan was hammered by republicans and repelled democratic rivals. unreliable.lled it republicans were blunt in there pretty crit
washington journal continues. host: it was 40 years ago this week that 52 hostages were taken , an issue that consumed president carter and reshaped american foreign-policy. for the next hour and a half on washington journal at howpan3, we look back it all happened 40 years ago. just before 11:00, the attack began. they were over the walls and soon the chain on the main gate was cut. this was filmed by a student. the motor pool was behind the main gates. he right was the chancellor that house the sensitive medications systems. thefront doors of chancellery had been bolted shut. inside were 45 americans. inside firedards tear gas to buy time. when it was realized help was not coming, one of the security officers tried to persuade students to leave. he was immediately captured. the staff are treated floor by floor. one american who spoke farsi went out. he was immediately threatened with death. the americans surrendered. host: just a portion of a canadian documentary which
parliament by thursday but many politicians said that didn t give them enough time to scrutinise the legislation and early a vote saw a majority of parliament vote in support of johnson but withdrawal agreement in principle marking the 1st time the u.k. parliament voted in support of a brics it deal well lawrence lee joins us live now from west minister in lawrence boris johnson was saying earlier today that he would if he didn t get his timetable approved by parliament he would withdraw his bill and seek an election but that didn t happen. no that ended up being lies and spin from downing street to try to threaten employees into supporting his timetable extruded a really frankly where the in the end the headline was and that for the 1st time since the start of the brics a deal got through parliament but the headline ended up being the johnson s lost control of the entire timetable and so the idea that he is going to get it done by the end of october now it has gone straight