republicans call (202) 784-8001. democrats can call (202) 748-8000. independent ken call (202) 748-8002. you can leave us a comment on our facebook page. historic. it will be written about in textbooks for decades many of the egg s stories were political stories here and overseas. every year the associated press pulls news organizations across the country. these are some of the top stories that they chose as the most influential of 2016. topping the list is the u.s. rexit.on and theb those are the biggest news stories of the year according to the associated rest. the list does not stop there. they also found that newspaper editors and news directors found the number of black men killed i the third mosts important story of the year. here is some information about that issue. police in baton rouge, louisiana him after or holding him on the ground. after several similar cases in recent years, there is a debate over policing and the black lives matter movement. also topping the l
in for jennifer granholm. tonight the fight rages on in michigan. the new front line for the battle for worker s rights in this country. the uaw is founded there, but republican lawmakers are now threatening to cripple it there. this is pure and simple union busting. these right to work laws have already had serious impacts across the country. wages for all workers, unionized and otherwise have decreased an average of $1,500 a year and workers are less likely to get health insurance or pensions. during the campaign any president voiced strong support the unions but as we know campaigning a very different from governing. things didn t look too promising this morning. so let s let the president speak for himself on this one. here he is in red ford, michigan late this afternoon. obama: what we shouldn t be doing is taking away your rights to bargain for better wages. these so-called right to work laws have everything to do with politics. nice work mr. president, reelection b
on friday, the house passed a bill that would allow health insurance companies to sell health plans through 2014 that do not meet the minimum requirements under the health care law. that vote took place just a day after president obama proposed changes that would allow people who received cancellation notices to keep their plans for another year. next, a roundtable discussion from this morning s washington journal about the future of the health care law in light of the actions by congress and the president. two publications represented on the sunday roundtable. michael warren, the staff writer for the weekly standard, and paul walden, thank you for being with us. i wanted to get with you because you have this memo to democratic chicken little, the sky is not falling. the headlines focusing on the beginning of the end when it comes to domestic agenda items. i think we have the tendency to believe whatever is happening right now is going to be that way forever. you mi
Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother lived most of her adult life in the spotlight and yet one very basic detail of her story is shrouded in mystery. For no one is really sure exactly where the Queen Mother was born. And no one did more to get people guessing than the Queen Mum herself. In…