Groups new report and the Perception Gap between partisans. As always, we take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Washington journal is next. Host good morning. It is monday, july 1. Congress is away from capitol hill for the fourth of july break. We begin with Vice President mike pence from over the weekend on the morality of Border Security. The Vice President told a gathering of conservative activists there is nothing compassionate about open borders. Phone lines as usual. Democrats, 2027488000, is the number. Republicans, 2027488001. Independents, 2027488002. Special line for border state residents. That number, 2027488003. You can catch up with us on social media. On twitter it is cspanwj. On facebook it is facebook. Com cspan. You can start calling in now as we show you the Vice President saturday night speaking at the conservative faith and Freedom Coalitions annual dinner in washington, d. C. Here is what he had to say. [video clip] majors wee
Reason and we believe thats the number it takes after being significant operational analysis to do Nuclear Deterrents and to do a largescale campaign and we need a large number of bombers. So were trying to keep prices independent and variable so we can afford that number of airplanes and staying on a very deliberate track on this program, limiting requirements changes and growth. Staying on the acquisition timeliness are really, really important to us in moving this program forward. So thats the approach and right now im really comfortable that we are about where we need to be. We are. Yes. Thank you all very much. Live coverage of the news briefing at the pentagon. The f35 program among the issues mentioned at todays briefing in Bloomberg News reporting that the pentagon will request funding in fiscal year 2016 to buy 57 f35 jets made by Lockheed Martin corporation two more than previously planned according to two government officials. The defense departments previous fiveyear jets d
Sfond to that . Saysll the Tillis Campaign senator hagan is too closely aligned with president obama. They point to some policies, particularly the health care law. If you look at the upcoming debate between these two candidates courtesy of wraltv, what are you looking for . Its a whans for the candidates to show voters directly how theyre different from one another. Some experts will think perhaps they will bring up things that didnt come up on the first debate on september 3rd, that might be issues like Voting Rights and gun control. Ibs also possible like top like ebola and iraq and syria. Speaker tillis has been trying to use some Foreign Policy issues to show his strength and criticize senator hag. What does the Tillis Campaign have on the ground no North Carolina and conversely the hagan campaign . It is more complicated in a midterm ewlecks theres no president ial race. Both parties have people knocking on doors. They also have groups that support them out doing the same thing.
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United states should be in the conflict in the middle east. Here are the numbers. You can also find us online. You can tweet us cspanwj. Facebook. Ee spoc here is the have one of the washington post. Secretary clinton will travel to the middle east as israel always risky choices on and gaza. Clinton will travel to the middle east today to discuss ongoing violence in gaza according to white house officials she will talk with leaders in jerusalem, ramallah and cairo. Issues leading the east asia summit that president obama is an app. The death toll in the gaza strip surpassed 100 on monday. With evidence that an egyptian a truce is in the side. Ben rose, the Deputy National security adviser for Strategic Administration at the white house says clinton and obama have been talking about this threat to the trip. Throughout the trip. They discussed the way forward. They concluded the best way to the dance discussions with leaders is for secretary clinton to take this trip beginning with our c