Do you support the president s efforts to engage with cuba . If you support those efforts, the phone number is 202 7488000. If you oppose those efforts, 202 7488001. A special line for cubanamericans, 202 7488002. You can also catch up with us on social media on twitter and facebook. A very good monday morning to you and we begin talking about the president s historic trip to cuba. Here are some of the front pages. Wall street journal. Andomatic relations begin there is a picture of the president in the streets of havana. The front page of the washington times. Front page of the new york times, the headline as obama arrives, cuba tightens grip on dissent. Stopdent obamas first after arriving was the embassy where he made brief remarks to the staff at the newly opened embassy. Here are some of his remarks. Hello, everybody. As the ambassadors stated, it has been nearly 90 years since a u. S. President stepped foot in cuba. It is wonderful to be here. Back in 1928, president coolidge bat
Time the North Koreans have issued or launched missiles for decades. The rogue nations of iran and north korea have been working together since the 1980s on missile development. In the 1990s, they started developing long range Ballistic Missiles. By 2008 they were giving North Koreans Sensitive Data from their own tests to improve north Korean Missile tests. North cree already had the ability to attack south korea and iran has the ability to attack israel. These longrange missiles are intended for the United States. The American People should understand the threat we face, we should be prepared. Our nation must sanction these belligerent powers and develop a robust Missile Defense system to protect our homeland and thats just the way it is. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlewoman from virginia seek recognition . Without objection, the jerusalem is recognized for the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. Thank you, mr. Speaker. I rise to address a
She wrote honored to have you with me potus. Im fired up and ready to go. President obama and Hillary Clinton expected to hold their First Joint Campaign event this coming wednesday, it will take place in green bay, wisconsin. In the meantime it was a very busy day as well for Bernie Sanders here in washington, d. C. Its not over yet. Now in this hour expected to meet with Vice President joe biden. It will take place at the Vice President s residence, naval observatory. Earlier today, sanders met with president obama at the white house. The two were behind closed doors for more than an hour. And according to a sanders spokesperson, it was a, quote, wide ranging discussion of important issues facing working families in this country. After the meeting, sanders said hes staying in the race and that he will compete in the washington, d. C. Primary which is next tuesday. A short time later sanders arrived on capitol hill, there he is beside harry reid. He also met with the new york senator
for tax cuts, not saying to the rich nest the city that, hey, you know, you can pay a lilt more, $173 a year, one soy latte a day as bill de blasio put it. i think if hillary clinton is going to run, it is a different democratic party in many ways and she needs to move toward the energy. i i d like to see them campaigning for universal pre-k nationally. we still have ralph nader with us. obviously, mr. nader, you took certain critiques about the ability of a progressive populist movement to be electorally strategic. right? that is a central question. and whatever else bill clinton was as candidate and president, the man was incredibly strategic in terps of being able to manage sort of the realities of politics. so how, then, right, do we marry that sort of clinton strategy capacity with an emerging left