With me in new york is dan senor. Paul ryandvisor to and mitt romney. Im pleased to have all of them here to talk about this. Tell me what happened. It was a huge meeting for the president. He had a really rough first seven or eight months. Now he goes into september where there were a lot of chips stacked against him. He had to reach a deal to fund the government, avoid a shutdown, get money for the recovery of hurricane harvey, and convince lawmakers to extend the debt ceiling. This is a debt ceiling he repeatedly, before he was president , said should not be raised. He goes into this meeting with Republican Leaders and democratic leaders. He walks out cutting a deal with nancy pelosi and Chuck Schumer. Not only do they agree to extend the debt ceiling into early december and fund the government until then, but he makes a gentlemans agreement with Chuck Schumer to consider forever getting rid of the debt ceiling votes that have plagued Congress Since the 1990s. It would remove the re
The next number of years. Joining me from washington, damian paletta, a White House Reporter for the Washington Post. Margaret talev, a Senior Analyst for bloomberg and cnn. With me in new york is dan senor. A former advisor to paul ryan and mitt romney. Im pleased to have all of them here to talk about this. Tell me what happened. It was a huge meeting for the president. He had a really rough first seven or eight months. Now he goes into september where there were a lot of chips stacked against him. He had to reach a deal to fund the government, avoid a shutdown, get money for the recovery of hurricane harvey, and convince lawmakers to extend the debt ceiling. This is a debt ceiling he repeatedly, before he was president , said should not be raised. He goes into this meeting with Republican Leaders and democratic leaders. He walks out cutting a deal with nancy pelosi and Chuck Schumer. Not only do they agree to extend the debt ceiling into early december and fund the government until
Cartels. Washington journal is live eastern ing at 7 00 here on cspan. Captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2016] national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org]. Announcer president obama participated in the wreath laying ceremony at the tomb of the unknowns at arlington cemetery. The president spoke later about embers of the armed forces who died in combat in the last year. His was the 148th annual National Memorial day service to fallen military service members. [ guards presenting arms] [ starspangled banner] order. Present drumming] playing ] order ladies and gentlemen, the wreath ceremony is complete. The Memorial Day Service will shortly. Please move to your seats. Grace plays] music continues]. Music continues] [applause] music] music]. Music] [applause] gentlemen, please stand for the official introduction of the president , honors, invocation, and national anthem. Chaplin, joint head forces National Cap
Let me just begin with how much money planned parenthood plans, to spend, and which states . Our budget this year, the organizations, that work to protect the work of planned parent hood, and to elect champions, to defend it, are spending, 1520 million this year, between the work of our National Action fund, and planned parenthood. Which states. We are focused on the senate, and so, some of our biggest programs are in North Carolina, colorado, iowa, new hampshire, alaska, and georgia, florida, and pennsylvania, and wisconsin. I wanted to ask you about North Carolina, that seems to be where you spent the bulk of your money, which seems to be why kay, does have a slight advantage. What makes you focus on that state . And what type of ads. Yes, North Carolina is a great example of where this issue, around womens held, really has changed, over the last few years, and become very prom na nent, in terms of swing voters, and so would he did income, judge that, this year, the elections would b
[ playing taps ] ladies and gentlemen, the wreath ceremony is complete. The Memorial Day Service will begin shortly. Please move to your seats. So there watching that moment with president obama laying a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier there under a beautiful may blue sky in washington, d. C. , or outside of washington, d. C. , in arlington, virginia. A part of arlington known as section 60 has definitely been a place for most families. Military members who have lost their lives in service to our country over the last 15 years, most of whom have now been buried there in arlington. And today a lot of people think about memorial day as being a holiday weekend. Probably the beach or time off with family or maybe even a sale. But the real meaning of today deals with our military and those who have served and fought in service to our country. Joining me now is retired army colonel jack jacobs who was a recipient of the medal of honor for his heroism in vietnam. Steve clemons, and