The built before us does before usgs bill does three things that every republican and democrat should be able to support. First, it ends the shutdown and restores full funding for the federal government through february 8. Second, it extends Health Insurance for 9 million vulnerable children. It will enable congress to resume series bipartisan talks on the important issues facing our nation. What do that, the federal government is beginning to reopen after a weekend shutdown. Washington today on cspan radio. 17 days until the government funding runs out. Todays agreement is a shortterm continuing resolution. In exchange for ending the stalemate, republicans have promised to take up the daca immigration issue. Here are some of your other monday headlines. Steve scalise of a louisiana returning to the capital after undergoing another round of surgery. Part of his recovery after a shooting that took place last year. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court issuing a ruling on the states congression
Syria. The reality is nearly 10 million syrians have been displaced, 4 million left the country. The syrians arent in syria ria where there is a modicumin of security whereby some of the countrys more educated people, people who have experience with running a country, running a state can come back into their country and start to Work Together to participate in a meaningful way and find a resolution to this crisis, how on earth can you find resolution to a crisis like this when half the country is displaced and 4 million dont even live inside syria anymore . Rose we conclude with a remarkable press conference by 90yearold jimmy carter, the former president , talking about his cancer that has moved to his brain. We had an mri of my head and neck and it showed up it was already in four places in my brain. So i would say that night and the next day until i came back up to emory, i just thought i had a few weeks left. But i was surprisingly at ease. Rose evan osnos on donald trump and his s
Syria. The reality is nearly 10 million syrians have been displaced, 4 million left the country. The syrians arent in syria ria where there is a modicumin of security whereby some of the countrys more educated people, people who have experience with running a country, running a state can come back into their country and start to Work Together to participate in a meaningful way and find a resolution to this crisis, how on earth can you find resolution to a crisis like this when half the country is displaced and 4 million dont even live inside syria anymore . Rose we conclude with a remarkable press conference by 90yearold jimmy carter, the former president , talking about his cancer that has moved to his brain. We had an mri of my head and neck and it showed up it was already in four places in my brain. So i would say that night and the next day until i came back up to emory, i just thought i had a few weeks left. But i was surprisingly at ease. Rose evan osnos on donald trump and his s
An additional 11 schools will reopen on monday. And here at james monroe, several students and several teachers lost their homes in the devastating fire. It will be an emotional return for a lot of folks here. Schools have been closed for nearly three weeks. That fire sent ash and soot into class rooms. The district was worked around the clock to clean the campuses. About 200 workers have been cleaning campuses and replacing over 3,000 airconditioning filters at 24 schools. The superintendent says about 80 Staff Members lost homes in the fire and also 900 students have addresses listed in the burn zone. But its still unclear how many students have been displaced. The district is working out how to make up three weeks of lost class time. On wednesday teachers went back to school to prepare for students. We are preparing, they are preparing themselves to be able to deal with students who are coming back after being traumatized in a way that nobody quite understands yet. Reporter now, the
Committee as the fbi to turn over memos relating to comeys interactions in the trump and obama administration. Reporter more questions this evening during what is turning out to be another week of turmoil of the Trump Administration. This is some lawmakers a beginning to call for the president s impeachment. You cant let them get you down. Reporter President Trump remaining mom on two controversial reports. First from the washington post, timing President Trump disclose highly classified information to russian officials last week. And second from the New York Times claiming the president asked former fbi director, jamey comey to end the investigation into michael flynn. A memo has not been independently verified just after his talk with the president. The white house is obstructing an investigation coming up for general flynn for refusing to provide not a single document. Reporter speaker of the house paul ryan calling on congress to have patience and wait to hear from comey himself. T