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And if so, do you believe that that can happen this year before the midterm elections . If congress doesnt take action this year, what impact could that have on the 2016 president ial election . Our phone lines are open. Democrats can call at 2025853880. Republicans, 2025853881. Independents, 2025853882. We have a special line this morning set up for Illegal Immigrants if you want to call in to the washington journal today. That number, 2025853883, as we discuss this issue this morning. You can ...

257167. Better than late than never. Congress finally comes together and passes a late night fiscal cliff deal. This morning we have the winners and losers for you. Delicate condition. Thats the word on hugo chavezs health this morning. Their people told to pray for their president. Sure, why not. Thousands take an icy plunge all for a good cause. Have you ever done that . Never. Ive considered it. On the list of things i will never do. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to early start. John berman...

Health care system across the country. Ifill plus, the sweeping Public Health transformation in rwanda. Where aid groups and Trained Health workers are overcoming a shortage of doctors, while still achieving dramatic results. Reporter the number of children dying before age five has dropped to a quarter of what it was in the year 2,000. The number mothers who die in childbirth is down 66 since 1990. Ifill those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding fo...

From member nations to contribute more to military spending. This comes at the same time as congress under current u. S. Law looks for ways to reduce americas defense at it. Our focus for the first 45 minutes here on washington journal. When in on the conversation. With growing threats, should the Defense Budget be increased . Host the u. S. , launching a fresh series of airstrikes yesterday input Defense Department officials described as a mission to stop militants from seizing an important gam...

The chair on this vote the yeas are 163. The nays are 248. He amendment is not adopted. The Unfinished Business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 3 printed in house report 113581 by the gentleman from new york, mr. Bishop, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. The clerk will redesignate the amendment. The clerk amendment number 3 printed in house report 113581 offered by mr. Bishop of new york. The chair a recorded vote ha...

Times in the back by a police officer. Blakes family now strongly disputing a new account of what happened by the police union, and we should warn you. This video is disturbing. The union claims blake, seen here, fought with officers before the shooting, before this video. Even putting one of them in a head lock. They say blake had a knife on him which he refused to give up. Blakes uncle calls their version of events insulting and garbage. The family attorney insists blake did not pose an immine...

Fact tone right there from the Senate Majority leader. If that delivery schedule holds, the first full week of the new biden presidency will feature an impeachment trial. A trial that will stir up all the passions of trump and passions of the insurrection just as the new president asked the country to give unity a chance. Senate republicans already saying a trial means Everything Else goes on hold, meaning, they say, no more confirmation votes on the Biden Cabinet and no time, republicans say, t...

So what you eat for, how about nobody. Were going to take a hard pass on the whole thing. Then we saw this. A few days before the weddin she was upset about something pertaining to the flower girl dresses and it made me cry. And it really hurt my feelings. That was the princess, the duchess or whatever she is, where hearing from the control room that she is in fact duchess. Here is this royal person, one of the most famous and fond ove people in the world telling oprah that she was incredibly wo...

Of access to energy across the region and the interest which a package of on inducted billions of dollars which will go to improving our electric grid. So the Atlantic Coast pipeline is not the end all be all too business in this region. There is a lot of vulnerability in the transmission pipeline. We saw this with the Colonial Pipeline last year and how gas prices shot up immediately. It wasnt just gas prices but availability. Sometimes you had to drive around and find a gas station that had gu...

Here are the ground rules for today. He flipped the page on me. Thank you to the chamber for holding todays debate. We have elaine luria and her challenger. Elaine luria represents the second Congressional District. Welcome. [applause] Jennifer Kiggins is a state senator. Welcome. [applause] here are the ground rules. The candidates speaking water was determined by a coin toss done before the start of the event. The debate will follow traditional format with a two minute timed response. I will a...