Republican huddled on capital hill taking the first step to electing a new speaker. They are under pressure to act quickly in order to provide aid to israel. The speaker battle on capitol hill and your thoughts on what is happening in the middle east. For democrats 202 7488000, for republicans 202 7488001 and for independents 202 7488002 you can also text at 202 7488003 or on facebook facebook. Com cspan. Good morning everyone and welcome to our new home at the washington journal. We are in a brandnew studio, in the same building on a different floor. It has been a year in the making. We have new monitors, new backgrounds, new desks, new lighting. One thing that will not change as the conversation we have with each of you every morning. If you want a more indepth tour of this new studio you can go online and take a tour along with us to check it all out. For the first hour, we have a double headline with the speaker battle on capitol hill and how the u. S. Is responding to the israel h
Opener, your world in 90 seconds. The Navy Destroyer, the uss fitzgerald, was badly damaged in the collision with a merchant ship off the coast of japan. The search continues for seven missing sailors. Three sailors have been airlift off the ship. Among them the captain. What do you make of the president s tweet . Im hoping he will not cause a crisis, but the echoes of watergate are getting louder and louder every day. Air force one flew through the cloud of the investigation to miami. Effective immediately, i am canceling the last administrations completely onesided deal with cuba. The woman accused of encouraging her boyfriend to commit suicide has been found guilty of Involuntary Manslaughter. Although we are very pleased with the verdict, in reality there are no winners here today. Crowds gather the in minnesota gathered in minnesota. The jury found the officer accused of shooting a black driver not guilty of manslaughter. What is it going to take . Im mad as hell now, yes, i am st
Families are grieving today in the state of tennessee and authorities are scouring the life of a young man they say shot and killed four american marines. Investigators found the total of four guns after the shootings in chattanooga. They say Mohammad Abdulazeez had three on him and a rifle was found at his home. Federal authorities are treating the shooting as an act of terrorism. There are too many of the warning signs. The targets are identical to the targets called by isis to attack. So, my judgment in my experience is that this was an isisinspired attack. Thats his opinion. So far, they are treated it as a terror investigation right now. Thursdays attack happened at two military sites, the first that recruiting center. Several of the marines were combat veterans. When the shooting started, a Senior Defense official says those marines went into combat mode. They had everyone drop to the floor and then leave through the back. Reports say the marines helped save all seven lives at th
President trump weighing in on the debates, gearing up for the g20 summit. Sandra back at home, the 2020 hopefuls heading on everything from medicare for all, taxing the rich, and immigration. Its it is just not a human right, it should be an american right, and i believe that the best way to get there is medicare for all. It is a basic human right, and i will fight for basic human rights. Abolish their private Health Insurance in favor of a government run plan. Just a show of hands. All right. I think the choice is fundamental. Private insurance is not working for tens of millions of americans. They deserve a president who will put your interest ahead of the rich and powerful. Pharma thinks they own washington. Well, they dont. It is not right that the ceo of mcdonalds makes 2,100 more times than the people serving at mcdonalds. Im talking about everybody else. I am still talking about everybody else. Just one small part of this. Im talking about a comprehensive rewrite of our immigra
My senior semester, they were both shot and killed. Imagine what wouldve happened if, god forbid, barack obama had been assassinated after becoming the de facto nominee. Na what wouldve happened in america . Brian okay. Interesting the way you walk off camera when you Say Something like that. Then on saturday, while campaigning in New Hampshire den forgot what state he was in. I love this place. Look, whats not to like about vermont in terms of the beauty of it . And what a neat town. I mean, this is sort of a scenic, beautiful town. Brian in fairness, vermont is nice, it just wasnt there at the time with joe. This isnt simply a bad week. Biden has been really strange things happening for years. Watch. They are going to put you alg back in chains. His mama lived in long island for ten years or so and god rest her soul, although she is, wait, your mom still, alive, right . A man who will be the next president the next president of the United States, barack america. Brian right, and bara