Ready for big day down broad street. Looking good. Today is sunday january 1st, 2017. Good morning, im rahel solomon, so lets get your day, your week, your year, started with a forecast. Justin drabick joins us now. Yes. I have to rock glasses again for this hit. You guys are with me. I like clear ones better. You cannot have them. But, weather looks quiet. It looks like the week is all over the place. Yes, it is january, we will get no real snow shots though. We will get rain in here. Today all is quiet. Great news for outdoor activity. Cant take you serious. I know. 50 degrees on our way up to this afternoon from philadelphia there we go. Pretty cool, thanks, to our floor director. Having some fun here this morning. It will be a fun day outside heading to the mummers parade. Weather cooperating. Clear skies, were in the sunshine. Live look at center city. 40 degrees at the airport. Dropped a degree. The southeasterly wind keeping temperatures on the milder side. Bringing wind chills
From vernon, new york. Arah is our last caller up next, we will preview the popes visit to the United States. We will be joined by mary rice hasson of the ethics and policy center. She is a senior fellow there. Later, karen mills joins us to discuss a new Harvard Business School Report about some of the potential consequences and remedies regarding income inequality, coming up later on washington journal. The popes visit to the u. S. Tuesdayas live coverage afternoon beginning at 3 45 on cspan. We are live with the president and mrs. Obama to greet the president. The welcoming ceremony for the pope as the obamas welcome him to the white house. Live coverage begins at 8 45 eastern. Later that afternoon, the at theation and mass basilica of the national shrine. Pope francis makes history becoming the first pontiff to address a joint meeting of congress. Friday morning at 10 00, live coverage from new york as the pope speaks to the United Nations general assembly. Later, the pontiff or ho
Building up the military base and sending soldiers and weapons into syria to prop up a side under the guise of fighting isis . We are witnessing a buildup of forces in syria by russia. As you know, they have been there all along but are increasing the footprint. With a stated as they want to focus on helping to counter isil, as i understand it. That is left to be seen, and as you know, russia is not transparent. We dont know what their true intentions are. The interaction, potential interaction of additional capability and operations, utilizing that capability could increase the friction in that battle space significantly. General, the Senate Defense authorization bill calls for a 30 percent reduction in Headquarters Staff and cost at the department of defense starting with the seven and a half percent cut in fiscal year 2016. What impact will that have on your ability to conduct operations, and what is sent, if you want to submit for the record, planning to do to make that cut . If yo
Iesbring those hesitanc and bring those doubts. Host we believe that there. The rice hasson is executive director of the catholic womens form at the ethics and Public Policy center. Thank you for your time. Up next on washington journal, we will be joined by karen mills and current senior fellow at Harvard Business school. We will talk about income equality and how it is impacting u. S. Competitiveness. Our weekly euromoney segment, we will take a closer look at Student Loans debt relief programs and the potential cost to taxpayers. We will be right back. All persons having business before the honorable and Supreme Court of United States are admonished to draw and get their attention. Number 759. Marbury and madison is probably the most famous case this court ever decided. Existed as enslaved people here on the land or slavery was not legally recognized. Putting the brown decision into effect would take president ial orders and the presence of federal troops and marshals and the courag
What he has to say. When people say that he should not be political christs whole life was political. He stood with the poor, the oppressed, the week, and the marginalized. This is what pope francis is calling out to do. It is just something, i believe really strongly that needs to be heard. He really believes in the gospel teachings and wants that to be communicated. Host what is one thing you want to hear from him this week . Caller primarily to help the poor. I would like him to say that we need to help people and stand with people, and help all. I think of you break down christs message, that was the main part of it. That is what he did. He stood with the people who had left on away by society. That encompasses a lot of people. That is what i would like him to stress and what i think his message will be. Host have you been listening over the last 45 minutes . I want to get your reaction on some of the negative comments. Caller ahead. Ive listen to all that. I was also at the Democr