dennis , ross and i were in moscow. we arranged for baker to come back and have a statement at the airport about the soviet union and the u.s. standing up against saddam hussein's aggression. what i learned subsequently was that he never got approval from that statement, at least so far. that shows the players and that gorbachev was kind of hesitating. going back to phil's question, that's when baker says says the cold war and -- end s. i would go earlier. i would go back to when germany is sort of unified. it is telling that for george schultz -- and margaret thatcher, saying she liked germany so much she wanted to of -- wanted two of them she did , not like that stuff. and today, the reason she valued the gorbachev relationship so much, she did not want german reunification to get in the way. >> we are running out of time. i want to get a question in. answer that and then we are done. >> first of all, thank you. my question is more about things you haven't talked about. it did occur to me that much of the conversation

and here's dennis ross of lorida, a tweet -- so again, the timeline, the senate finishes up work on the continuing resolution. they have to begin it first. when that happens, we do not know. they were expected to start this afternoon at 1:45. but they have not moved forward to the c.r. just yet. they'll finish their work on it. it comes back to house rules. then the house floor. all of this in a now nearly six-hour time frame if they're going to avoid a potential government shutdown at midnight tonight. we'll keep you posted on schedules, the house obviously live here on c-span, when they gavel back. in and the senate is live over on c-span2. next up, though, a bit more about the budget deal announced yesterday by senator schumer and mcconnell. "washington journal" continues. with this is shai akabas the bipartisan policy center. good morning. a little about the bipartisan policy center and who is behind it? byst: it was founded in 2007 4 former leaders. we are one of the few think tanks that proactively works towards bipartisan policymaking. we're looking for good policies that have a

and here's dennis ross of lorida, a tweet -- so again, the timeline, the senate finishes up work on the continuing resolution. they have to begin it first. when that happens, we do not know. they were expected to start this afternoon at 1:45. but they have not moved forward to the c.r. just yet. they'll finish their work on it. it comes back to house rules. then the house floor. all of this in a now nearly six-hour time frame if they're going to avoid a potential government shutdown at midnight tonight. we'll keep you posted on schedules, the house obviously live here on c-span, when they gavel back. in and the senate is live over on c-span2. next up, though, a bit more about the budget deal announced yesterday by senator schumer and mcconnell. "washington journal" continues. host:

dennis ross and i were back in moscow with a guy who was very close to him. we arranged for baker to come back and have a statement at the airport about the soviet union and the united states standing up against saddam hussein's aggression. what i learned subsequently was that he never got approval for that statement from gorbachev. at least so far i don't see that. that shows again the players, gorbachev was kind of hesitating. going back to phil's question, that's when baker says the cold war ends, when the soviet union and the united states come together to stop aggression. i would go a little earlier. i think it is earlier, when eastern europe is freed. it is telling for george schultz and margaret thatcher, who said she liked germany so much she wanted two of them, she didn't like all that stuff. her foreign policy assistant, charles pole, is a very good friend. she valued the gorbachev relationship so much, she didn't want germany unification to get in the way. that was a different policy choice. >> we are running out of time for this session. i want to

dennis ross, $19,375. john rutherford, $1,000. representative ted owe hoe, $4,000. nd senator marco rubio, $1 million from the n.r.a. this is from every town for gun safety action fund. there's more at everytown.org. let's hear from mary in south carolina. good morning. thanks for waiting. go ahead. caller: ok. i just -- i'm a great grandparent. i've got eight grand grand sons, ok? and i'll tell you something. when thee kids turn 11, 12 years old, their dads are going to be out teaching them to hunt. and i don't think there's anything wrong with that. and they also teach them about gun safety at the same time. they don't take them out at 21 and say now it's time to learn how to hunt. and i believe that we should have guns in the schools. and i believe we should have armed guards. i don't think teachers should need to be on so much. i think ex-military, ex-police officers, people that know how associatese guns and are given -- bad position of what's going on at the time. i mean, it's horrible to think about children being shot in schools. it really is. and they're no

a shoutout to dennis and diane mitchell in sonoma. at the eric ross winery. >> we do have a nice pattern, a nice, nice, very nice for today and tomorrow. 64 to 68. and a teeny bit warmer. and a big temperature drop sunday, monday and tuesday, and there's going to be critical minimums tuesday and wednesday. this is the current wind chill. not bad unless you're in i li. >> we haven't had measurable rain since the 25th. that's 22 days of no rain. will we make it to tomorrow? yes, we will. we'll make it to saturday. there are many midwinter dry spells. twice there have been 43 days, february 2nd to march 14, 1864. and there was 142 dry days. that was back in 1962 to '63. and the 27th triest is 23 days. we'll tie the 27th driest. it really goes in fast. we could make it to the top 10 if we don't get precip on sunday and monday. we're banking on a miracle march. february twill, 1.09. february 2006, march 2006 8.74. 1995, i'm coming back to the desk. just coming back. a quarter of an inch. march, 1985, 7.88. so-- >> march! >> not all the time but there's a h

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