Thank you all for being here. About to start today by congratulating the people of israel and of the uae. Today is a historic breakthrough for peace. I want to congratulate President Trump on this milestone. He worked hard on this with his team. We worked with the Prime Minister and crown prince who are two visionary leaders who made a big step forward today to change the region. The last time we had an agreement this in the region was 1994 when israel made an agreement with the kingdom of jordan which stopped aggression and brought forward peace. With the last 26 years, there has been a lot of development in the region. Some positive but many that have set the region back. Andas led to lives lost open trinity destroyed. In a region that is had a lot of problems. When President Trump came into office, we had a caliphate for isis in the middle east which was the size of ohio. Instability,of arounds aggression was being felt throughout the region and their proxies were very wellfunded ca
Harris on the democratic ticket. Then, Purdue University associate professor nadia brown joins us for more on the Vice President of canada and the role of black women in american politics. Washington journal is next. Host good morning. It is thursday, august 13. Joe biden and Kamala Harris made their debut as democratic running mates. With of the ticket now set, harris biggest moments in the spotlight are set to come next week at the Democratic Convention and debate with mike pence. We are asking you how much you Pay Attention to the bottom half of a party ticket. Do you think running mates matter . Phone lines for you to call in, republicans, democrats, independents. You can also send us a text. Do, please include your name and where you are from. Otherwise, catch up with us on social media, twitter and facebook. A very good thursday morning to you. You can go ahead and start calling in as we begin with this headline from yesterday from political. Mates dont usually matter, they write
The sub head said while the g. O. P. s ideological diversity is straining to govern, democrats divisions are propping up a big tent for now. Tell me about the democratic side of things first. Joe biden has key decisions to make here in the coming week or so about who will be his vicepresident ial pick. What do you think that comes down to in terms of the important things in his decision, whats going to count most . Guest right. I think the number one issue for joe biden is doing no harm. The vicepresident ial pick is only going to have so much of an impact on the general election in november. What he probably is most concerned about at this point is making sure hes choosing somebody not going to hurt his prospects. Luckily for joe biden democrats are not in a majority in the senate and they do not have control of the white house. That means that all those democrats divisions we hear so much about and that were front and center in 2016 president am primary are not really being showcased
Childhood elementary and secondary education will come to order. Welcome, everyone. I know that a quorum is present, and i note for the subcommittee that mr. Courtney from connecticut, ms. Mcbath of georgia, ms. Underwood of illinois, ms. Lee of nevada, ms. Trahan of massachusetts, mr. Walberg of michigan. Mr. Johnson of south dakota and dr. Murphy, north carolina. They are permitted to participate in todays hearing with an understanding that there questions will come after all members of the early childhood, elementary and secondary education subcommittee on both sides of the aisle who are present, have had an opportunity to question the witnesses. The committee is meeting today for a hearing to hear testimony on underfunded and unprepared examining how to overcome obstacles to safely reopen Public Schools. As this is a hybrid hearing with members participating both here in the hearing room and remotely i would ask all microphones for participants remotely be kept muted to eliminate b
Mayor gimenez this is a balancing act. Starting to shut down again could cause damage, irreparable harm to their livelihoods. There will not be a job for them to have. Karen good afternoon. I am a Political Columnist at the washington post. Please pardon the technical difficulties in my hand. I want to welcome you for our conversation with miamidade mayor, carlos gimenez. Thank you so much for giving us some of your time today, which i know is very, very precious. By asking youart how things look right now. Florida has seen, within the last week, some of the biggest increases in coronavirus infections. And miamidade area is the epicenter of florida. So, how are things looking at the moment . Mayor gimenez actually, today, the last week or so, we have actually slowed level, Positivity Rate start to level off and go down. That is pretty good news so far, so, not to say that we dont have a lot of people going to hospital or other people in the hospital, we do. 2200 people in the hospital.