covering congress for "military times" is leo shane. this is the bill that sets the pentagon's programs and policy for the coming fiscal year. what stood out in your mind in terms of items in this authorization bill? guest: every year, this has different policies and procedures of importance. this is the second year in a row where thedline -- headline is how they are funding the measure. is saying you're going against the agreement last fall. aside $18has set billion of temporary war funding and put that back into the base budget. the white house is saying that is not the deal. that is separate. you are not supposed to use that money that way. republicans are saying this is a readiness issue. we have to get the money in now and better fund troops and equipment. if we don't put the money in now, it will cause bigger problems down the road. post"the "washington points out the difference between the house and senate version, the critical difference in the way they choose to fund military. the senate follows a budget agreement struck last y

leo shane the reporter for military times will break down the national defense authorization act passede house on wednesday night. watch c-span's washington journal 7:00 a.m. eastern friday morning. join the discussion. >>> book tv has 48 hours of non-fiction books and authors every weekend. here are some of the programs to watch for. this saturday morning at 10:00, we are live for the gaithersburg book festival "why the right went wrong." annette gor dan reid and peter on their book, "most blessed of the patriarchs." juan williams with his book "we the people." james risen on his book "pay any price" kristen green and "something must be done about prince edward county" joe an vanburger with her book, "love her, love her not" john norris on mary mcgrory" and marlene talking about her book, "fair labor lawyer" the life of a new deal attorney and advocate. on sunday night, at 9:00 on after words. >> for me, the worst thing i have ever done, um, was committed a murder in 1991. i shot and tragically caused a man's death and is by far one of the worst things you can do. you know, i made that

and leo shane congressional reporter for "military times" will break down the authorization act that was passed by the house on wednesday night. be sure to watch washington journal beginning live at 7:00 eastern friday morning. join the discussion. >> next, republican presidential candidate donald trump talks about the presidential race and the crash of egypt air flight 804. e spoke at a campaign event in lawrenceville, new jersey with governor chris christie. governor christie endorsed mr. trump and has campaigned with him at several events. >> all right. good evening, new jersey. i think we're all ready to see the next president of the united states, aren't we? i want to thank you all for being here tonight. i want to thank you for being supportive of me and mary pat. we're thrilled to have three of our four children. andrew, and patrick and bridget and sara sends her best as well. i'm glad to have all of you here. it's a great crowd and a great tribute to what the republican party has done here in new jersey. and ooh how we're going to help elect a republican president this novemb

from "washington journal," this minutes. 40 week, covering congress for military times is leo shane. this is the bill that projects pentagon's programs for the coming fiscal year. what stood out in your mind in in this the items authorization bill. guest: every year, this has a ot of different procedures and policies in it that are of importance. this is the second year where is real headline on it exactly how they're funding the measure. it's another controversy over this. the white house has issued a veto threat saying, look, you're going beyond the budget caps and we got the agreement last fall. basically what we got it down to aside about 18et billion of the temporary war funding, of the contingency funding, and put that back in the base budget. what the white house is saying is, look, that's not the deal. we have that separate. you're not supposed to use that money that way. what republicans are saying is, look, this is a readiness issue. we've got to get the money in up our end o plus strength, got to better fund troops and equipment and if we don't put the money in, it will ca

leo shane, thank you so much with the military times. we'll talk again. >> any time.te. >> thank you. >>> if donald trump wants to sit in the oval office he has a bit of work to do and win over evangelical voters, tony perkins, penny nance reportedly threatening to sit out the election if he doesn't choose a socially conservative running mate. evangelicals make up about 25% of the votes cast and joining me now, bob vanderplatz and he was a ted cruz supporter. bob, nice to have you on. >> good to be with you, brooke. >> so, you know, trump is the presumed nominee for the republican party. why are you holding off in supporting him? what exactly are you waiting for? >> well i think a lot of people just have questions. they want to get clarity on the comments he's made. on several issues. but i think -- >> like what? >> who's he going to surround himself with? and that vp pick is going to give us a clear indication of who will donald trump surround himself with. will he defend religious liberty? will he champion pro-family values? align himself solidly with the nation of

so let's begin first, leo shane, with who participated in this survey and what questions did you ask? guest: sure and thanks for the invite here. this is a survey of our readers who are. currently serving members. we asked some pretty specifically, you know know given specific matchups, who would you vote for? we wanted to really get some opinions on the likely matchups for this fall. so we asked them if forced to choose between donald trump and hillary clinton, who would you choose? and the results were pretty striking. 54% of our respondents said they backed donald trump and 43% said they backed hillary clinton. 21% said forget it. i'm not going to vote if those are my who only choices. host: and why did they say that, would not vote? guest: we didn't give them a third option in this case. they said if we had a third party option, we'll take it. and in this case, we were just looking at the front runners and wanted to see what is their opinion, how many people are dissatisfied with these last two choices. we're seeing quite a significant number of service members aren't happy with o

then, we get an update on the defense authorization bill with leo shane. rejected an amendment that would have barred federal defense contractors from getting work if they discriminate against the lgbt community. you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. >> is friday morning, may 20, 2016. the morning and welcome to "washington journal." congress left washington ahead of the legislative break. the president meanwhile, departs from washington this weekend and stops in vietnam in japan. we are a week away from the start of the memorial day weekend, please start of summer unofficially and the start of the travel season. and with long tsa linesz in the news, we thought we would ask about your thoughts on, are they worth the wait for your summe

and leo shane with the military times will be with us to break down a measure that passed in the house on wednesday night be sure to watch "washington journal" giving live at 7:30 eastern on friday morning. join the discussion. >> next, remarks from vice president joe biden on economic inequality, racism, and educational opportunities for low income children. he spoke earlier today at the national urban league here in washington and was introduced by that organization's president, mark morial. this is 50 minutes. >> good morning, urban leaguer. as we prepare to greet the vice president, let me thank all of you for three tremendous days here in our nation's capital engaging, walking, speaking, talking, and pushing -- and pushing the very important agenda for the people. give yourselves a warm round of applause. and while there are many, many important people here in the audience, i would be remiss if i did not acknowledge the presence, first, once again of the congresswoman from the great state of ohio and the city of columbus, joy beatty. -- joyce beatty, along with former secretary of