the presidential aircraft while being consistent with the national public interest, according to deborah lee james. shows total trump's ratings significantly improving since he won the election. 1000 voters were surveyed last week nationwide. 45% have a favorable opinion of the president-elect. in the last poll, taken october, only 36% had a favorable view, 61% with a negative opinion. the margin of error for the poll is 3.1%. what roads make we will see how traffic is moving with jamie sullivan. jamie: of course you can see that just behind me. you are exactly right. it is going to be a wet commute this afternoon as well as this evening. this is 95 through dale city. you are in great shape. turn your headlights on. not all of these cars have that. we need that when it is raining. no cruise control throughout the day. it is just volume. a little bit of midday roadwork we have, the third street tunnel, that may slow you down a little bit. as we take a live look in silver spring, right near wayne avenue and fenton street, you get a good idea of some of those puddles in the road. please be care

. >> this morning air force secretary deborah lee james discusses the u.s. air force presence many europe and security partnership with nato. live from the atlantic council beginning at 10:30 a.m. eastern on c-span2. >> this week on c-span, today states count their electors' votes for president of the united states. we'll have live coverage of the counting in illinois, pennsylvania, michigan and virginia starting at 11 a.m. eastern, and we'll reair our coverage at 8 p.m. eastern. .. >> to be able to meet those threats. >> we are living at that. where there are a lot of flashpoints. the new administration is going to have to look at that kind of world, and, obviously, define policy that we need in order to deal with that. but then develop the defense policy to confront that kind of world. >> thursday a look at the group vice president elect mike pence. >> amidst the shifting sands of contemporary culture and law we have stood without apology for the sanctity of life, the importance of marriage and the freedom of religion. [applause] >> friday night farewell s

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air force secretary deborah lee james talks about the u.s.sence in europe and the partnership with nato. >> today members of the electoral college meet and vote by ballot for president and vice president. beginning at 11 a.m. eastern, we'll have coverage from springfield, illinois, harrisburg, pennsylvania, lansing, michigan, and richmond, virginia. live coverage on c-span. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable it's companies and is brought to you today but your cable or satellite provider. >> host: michael o'rielly of the federal communications commission, on january 20th your life changes. how will your professional life change at that point? >> guest: well, first of all, thank you so much for having me. it's a pleasure to be back on c-span and all the good work you do. you know, the change in administrations will bring a lot of change to our activities at the commission. i like to say that very few people vote based

air force secretary deborah lee jones talks about security challenges by russia, the role of nato and the budget. this event in the atlantic council is just over an hour. >> before i go any further, i want to give a couple of shot out here. first to lieutenant colonel ian fairchild. where are you? esr air air force fell out. he is my tie and his not here. he is your air force followed this year at the event account those and he was telling me on the way and what a fantastic ex. this has been for him. if i might say, it's always a fantastic ex-army to come back to the atlantic council. part of the time i was on the board here as well as i had the opportunity to come back a timer so january 2015 if i'm not mistaken when i had the opportunity to come your secretary of the air force to us feel like a homecoming every time i come to atlantic council. frankly, i can't imagine a better place to come to on a morning like this when we're about to have what i hope is an conversation about the role of the united states generally but i am going to zero in on the role of the united states air forc

now air force secretary deborah lee james talks about the u.s. air force presence in europe and the security partnership with the nato alliance. the secretary spoke at the atlantic council recently. pentagon correspondent missy ryan moderated the discussion. ryan: i want to give a couple of shadows here -- shout out here. i want to give it to ian, he's our air force fella. he is taking a coffee break. he is my guy and he is not here. he is your air force fellow this year at the atlantic council and he was telling me what a fantastic experience this has been for him. and if i might say, it is always a fantastic experience for me to come back to the atlantic council because during part of the time i was -- i was on the board here. the opportunity to come back a time or so, i 2015 when i january had the opportunity to come here as secretary of the air force. it feels like a homecoming every time i get to come to the atlantic council. i cannot imagine a better place to come to on a morning like this when we are about to have what i hope is going to b

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