washington journal" a look act at major events for act if military and veterans in the last year with leo shanemilitary times. and then we continue with sarah kendzior discussing her book, "the view from flyover country -- dispatches from a forgotten america." host: good morning and welcome to "washington journal." the government shutdown in its eighth day with no immediate end in sight with republicans and over the in a deadlock demand for a border wall between the united states and mexico. it has hundreds of thousands of federal employees on furlough are working without pay and headed towards financial distress days after the christmas holiday and with the house switching to democrats immediateanuary, no resolution in sight. is the government shutdown worth it over the border

host: we are here with leo shane, the deputy editor of "military times" here in washington, d.c. we will talk about the past year in military and veterans issues. good morning. so let's start with current news. guest: it feels like a year's worth in the last two weeks. host: james mattis will wrap up his tenure monday. guest: yes. the deputy will take over january 1 day of quite the --ople -- up people upheaval. host: so what were his successes and failures? guest: he leaves as a popular figure as defense secretary. he was beloved by the military. we had a poll that set up to 85% of military folks respected him. he was someone viewed on capitol hill as being an adult in the room, someone who moderated some of trump's more impulsive habits on military issues. he successfully got a larger military budget he has talked about needing to rebuild the military. we saw the military budget rise in fiscal 2018. but there was a fight between him and the president over his plan to withdraw troops from syria and afghanistan. some of the ways the president has talked about foreign allies. so h

in just a moment, we will talk to leo shane.ouse and senate democratic leaders, nancy pelosi soon to be speaker of the house in january and chuck schumer. [video clip] >> the president is doing everything he can to shut the government down. the questionsk why, does he not believe in government or care about the american people? doesn't he know the economy is uncertain? hasn't he followed the stock market he likes to brag about sometimes? there is something wrong with this picture, especially in the holiday season. if they make the bill bad enough, they are able to get maybe enough votes on the house side. for a shameful bill that is unworthy of this house of representatives and certainly of the american people. i yield to the distinguished leader from the senate. >> today's events have made one thing clear, president trump is plunging the country into chaos. the stock market is down another 500 points. downal mattis is stepping and we know he has real disagreements with the president on syria and the wall and now president trump

host: we are here with leo shane, the deputy editor of "military times" here in washington, d.c.e will talk about the past year in military and veterans issues. good morning. so let's start with current news.

military and veterans in the last year with leo shane from military times. and then we continue with sarah kendzior discussing her book, "the view from flyover country -- dispatches from a forgotten america." host: good morning and welcome to "washington journal." the government shutdown in its eighth day with no immediate end in sight with republicans and over the in a deadlock demand for a border wall between the united states and mexico. it has hundreds of thousands of federal employees on furlough are working without pay and headed towards financial distress days after the christmas holiday and with the house switching to democrats immediateanuary, no resolution in sight. is the government shutdown worth it over the border wall? if you support the federal government shutdown, call 202-748-8000. if you oppose the federal government shutdown, call 202-748-8001. if you are a federal worker affected by this partial government shutdown, we want to hear from you at 202-748-8002. you can always reach us on social media, twitter, @cspanwj, and facebook.com/c-spa