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With islam is an ugly lie. We want to get your reaction to that. We have set aside a fourth line this morning for muslim americans. We would like to hear your viewpoints on this as well. If you cant get through on the phone lines, try social media. The conversation is going on there as well. You can email us. From the hill newspaper, obama plays defense on islam. That message has been drowned out by the debate over whether u. S. Is in a fight with radical islam. From the Financial Times newspaper, obamas muddled stance. As recently as two months ago, obama has launched 2000 military strikes. Now mr. Obama want to supplemented. These operations would go on whether Congress Gave him what he wanted. It is hard to see why such a charade is needed. Republicans complain that mr. Obama is tied one hand behind his back by ruling out american roots on the ground. He would also be tying his successors hands. He already has the scope to wage war on isis under the law that authorized force against
We will discuss this with key members of Congress Later this morning. That is our topic for the first 35 minutes and our phone lines are now open. The numbers are you can also reach out to us online. \ attwitter youc a can find us cspanwj. You can email us at journal cspan. Org. Chuck hagel and Martin Dempsey are expected to brief the press at 1 p. M. Eastern on the details on this budget. A number of articles have leaked out. The pentagon Budget Proposal proposes it will also cut subsidies for military commissaries. And it will eliminate the air a10 attack aircraft. On facebook you can reach out to us on facebook. Com cspan. First call comes from gainesville, virginia. Caller good morning. I have a comment. The u. S. Economy is coming out of a deep recession. Whens 1. 2 trillion president obama took over, it is now town to 200 billion. It is way past due be cut paramilitary to a comfortable level. They will continue to fight and we will be wasting money cutting wasting money doing the
Republicans, 2025853881. Independents, 2025853882. You can also find us on social media. Send us a tweet, and we can share that on the air. Or join the conversation on facebook by looking for cspan. You can also email us. Ts journal cspan. Org. The senate is at risk of Nuclear Option. Deal to avert it is off. Majority leader reid tells minority leader mcconnell after filibuster fight. They triggered the Nuclear Option against minority filibusters, setting up a dramatic tuesday showdown in which republicans either will have to accept seven of president obamas controversial appointments or watch as democrats change the rules and end filibusters of executive branch nominees. Host here are other headlines. The senate is at war over nominees, the wall street we also see politico. Harry reid slamming mitch mcconnell, ready for the Nuclear Option. Here to tell us more and explain how weve gotten to this point is the politico senior congressional reporter on the phone. Thanks for talking with
You can see the numbers on the screen political affiliation. Divided by political affiliation. You can contact us on social media, on twitter or facebook. Or email us. The front page of the l. A. Times this morning, the headline and here is the attorney generals letter to senator rand paul. Again, that is the attorney generals letter dated march 4, to senator rand paul. And here is usa today, on the filibuster that occurred last night. We begin with a call from james in wendell, north carolina, democrat. What do you think about the use of domestic drones . Caller the whole situation last night was very disgusting. I have no idea how elected leaders can waste time like that. I know filibuster is part of the process, but there is absolutely no evidence that any president is going to kill an american citizen under any circumstance just for the sake of doing it. So the questions made no sense whatsoever. If youve just dont get the answer you want, that does not mean the question did not ge