guest: how -- host: our guest is it former representative vin weber republican from minnesota. currently a partner in mercury a public strategies firm in washington dc. mike joins us from michigan. good morning, welcome. caller: good morning. guest: good morning. caller: perhaps a painful and embarrassing question for you mr. weber. during mr. bush's governorship of florida, he participated and implemented himself in a personal family matter called the terri schiavo case. guest: i remember. caller: he took unprecedented moves to have emergency sessions brought before the state legislature, all for political posturing for his base , and really embarrassed not only himself, but a lot of republican legislature in the state of florida. i would like you to please go into detail, and let the listeners know what exactly occurred during jeb bush's governorship and involvement with the terri schiavo case. we need to hear this. guest: i think we remember the terri schiavo case page flip it -- painfully. it was a painful chapter for all involved. i understand people on both sides felt ver

you're on the line with vin whether -- weber.aller: i wanted to offer a proffer and then answer a question. it is about jeb bush during his administration here in florida. that he took home the rosewood property dispute near cedar key florida. what he do what does what he did was, instead of vying to return the property that was taken from most people at rosewood -- instead of bowing to return that property, he made it a state park, so to speak. a state monument. to keep the black people who had a proper claim from getting it and to make sure that they kept -- the people who wanted the black people out of their from going to their homes. i was wondering if you were familiar with that rosewood incident. guest: i have to apologize, i am a supporter of governor bush but i am not from florida. i am not familiar with the issue and i would do not want to comment because i would, in ignorance. host: we end with the caller in minnesota. don is on the line. caller: two things. the issue seems to be a party issue. why not have a may conven

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host: vin weber, policy adviser to jeb bush. along with lee hamilton saying it is time to open in the debates to third-party candidates. return to the front page story in the new york times about the ice is gains -- isis gains. we get a perspective from colonel derek harvey to talk about his perspective on what happens next. this is "washington journal" on the sunday morning. ♪ >> monday night on "the communicators," acting executive director tj kennedy on the creation of one emergency -- >> they would be able to provide a broadband network for first responders. so those responding to the incident that are on the scene of the incident in the future when the first net network is running would have the ability to have video from the scene sent to comment -- sent to incoming responders. to have important situational awareness data on where everyone is. not everybody would have the ability to see where the other ambulances are staged that make, and to pick up additional patients. and a mass casualty situation. you can leverage it fo

later, former republican congressman vin weber of minnesota will talk about the 2015 race, and his recommendation to expand the debate for the fall of 2016. we will talk about that. first, "newsmakers," with senator johnny isakson. the denver project, already $1 billion over budget, what impact does it have on other projects. go that conversation with senator johnny isakson. [video clip] sen. isakson: it is more than one billion -- >> it is more than $1 billion over budget. it is hard for people to believe that it is that far over budget and unfinished. do you think it symbolizes the fact that the v.a. has trouble getting anything done? sen. isakson: it is a disaster. i took a committee to review the facility. when the present ever asked me what i thought of the hospital, i thought it was a camel. they said, what do you mean? there are too many cooks in the kitchen. not enough accountability. the v.a. does not need to be building anything. their job is to provide benefits to our veterans. one thing that we will do this year is removing the authority from construction away from the v.a. and to the

. >> we want to welcome back former republican congressman vin weber from minnesota. guest: a beautiful day. host: let's talk about the editorial that you wrote with lee hamilton. you say it is time to open up the process for the presidential debate next year after democrats and republicans have selected their nominates. -- their nominees. guest: the point we are making is that we are no longer republicans or democrats. i'm a republican pick -- but we are seeing record levels of discontent with the parties. over 40% of the public now identifies as independent. that is the highest number in the history of the poll. you cannot continue to march the democracy on without giving those people who are dissatisfied with the two parties some sense that they can be represented. the presidential debates have become institutionalized over the last 30 years, and that is a good thing. but what it has done, and the way they have been conducted is to freeze out the possibility of an independent candidate in other words, the candidate who wants to achieve status as an independent or t