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flints deadly water on the contaminated water in the michigan city. as always, we ll take your calls you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. his next. is next. host: this is the washington journal for september 10. the house judiciary committee will markup gun control bills this afternoon. look for more information on those events at c-span.org. for our first hour, we want to hear from republicans only about the three announced primary challengers to president trump. mark sanford, bill weld, and joe walsh. what do you think about these declared challengers to the president and do you support or oppose their efforts? if you support the efforts, 202-748-8000 is the number to call and tell us why. you can also tell us if you oppose at 202-748-8001. if you want to tweet us this morning, @cspanwj is how you do that. before the start of this program, on our facebook page, 300 of you commenting. you can participate in a poll at the facebook page. making his sanf
we want to hear from you as we spend five hours on the washington journal. democrats, 202-748-8000. publicans, 202-748-8001. republicans, 202-748-8001. independents, 202-748-8002. join us on twitter @cspanwj or facebook.com/cspan. we are live outside the russell balcony, just steps away from the capital. up until noon when the house gavels in, we will be taking your calls about the 116th congress. what are your priorities for members of congress and those reelected as well? john mcardle has more on how the day will play out. i am glad the rain held out for you. we want to show viewers some stats on the 116th congress beginning with the pounds the balance of power. there is one undecided seat. democrats, 53 47 republicans. the average age of a member of congress, 59 years old. 24% female.s is 21% minority or people of color. the storylines we are following today feel about as numerous as the more than 100 freshmen members seated today. one of the first orders of business
optimistic or pessimistic about. if you are optimistic about the year, the number to call is 202-748-8000. if you are pessimistic, 202-748-8001 and tell us why. or you can post on our twitter feed @cspanwj and our facebook page at facebook.com/cspan. a marist poll takes a look at the new year and people s thoughts about the year ahead particularly when it comes to politics. said was manyit americans are more optimistic, 60% than pessimistic, 37% about the world. among americans who are optimistic, the plurality sites at 10%.- family only the news only 3%. it goes on to say among those who are pessimistic for the new year, nearly two in three feel this way because of politics. this view is shared by democrats and independent, 66% alike and the news is the a pessimistic outlook for 2019. that was part of that npr, pbs poll. you can find that online. you can comment on those things when it comes to politics. if you are optimistic, pessimistic, maybe you can tell us why. 202-74
tentative trade agreement with mexico and canada. we hear from lisa blunt rochester of delaware and senator john hogan of north dakota. host: the body of president george h. w. bush lies in state at the capital with people expected to pay their respects today to the 41st president. his body will remain until tomorrow and it will be flown to houston for another service and laid to rest at the bush presidential library. this is washington journal for december 4. congress is expected to pass a farm bill with much of the cost going to the snap food assistance program currently referred to as food stamps. the republicans and president wanted to require increase the requirements of some on that bill. in our first hour, we want to get your thoughts on the drive to improve requirements for some under the snap program and should it be part of those who receive s net benefit. if you support this concept of increasing work requirements, that is left out of the final bill, but if you