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janssen covers the justice department for usa today and you can see his work on recent events at usatoday.com. -- c-span shop.org. "washington journal" continues. host: this is max cohen of punch will news, reporting on congress and here to talk about important deadlines coming up for congress. thanks for coming on the program. guest: they swear having me. host: in the newsletter this morning, the first line of punch bowl says this, there is a warning siren blaring and speaker kevin mccarthy's direction and the message is even a prime position to -- can get jammed by the senate. what is going on? guest: this is referring to the battle over the supplemental funding request of the white house a $40 billion in aid for ukraine, disaster relief, and money to secure the southern border. kevin mccarthy and his republican congress have not been on board with this request but yesterday we saw senate minority leader mitch mcconnell, a top republican in the senate, back this, and this is backed by senate democrats so we have a unified senate in favor of this request and in favor of not shutting down the

janssen covers the justice department for usa today and you can see his work on recent events at usatoday.comthank you for giving us your time this morning. guest: thanks for having me. host: when it comes to those legal issues, the legal system, and january 6 related cases, do you have trust in that system? (202)-748-8000 for democrats, (202)-748-8001 for republicans, and independents, (202)-748-8002 . you can also text us at (202)-748-8003. willie in annapolis, maryland starts us off. caller: i have a lot of confidence in it but the main focus should be on our former president. my biggest concern is that all trump or somebody behind trump causing this? this man was never fit to be president to start. it should be my opinion to find out who is behind all this. host: when you say you have trust in the system is it because of the sentences like enrique tarrio? caller: i just have trust in the system period. i have a problem with these people trying to undermine our justice system. it should be the so-called multibillionaires because since trump is not in power, they have not been cutting up as

janssen covers the justice department for usa today and you can see his work on recent events at usatoday.com c-span shop.org. "washington journal" continues. host: this is max cohen of punch will news, reporting on congress and here to talk about important deadlines coming up for congress. thanks for coming on the program. guest: they swear having me. host: in the newsletter this morning, the first line of punch bowl says this, there is a warning siren blaring and speaker kevin mccarthy's direction and the message is even a prime position to -- can get jammed by the senate. what is going on? guest: this is referring to the battle over the supplemental funding request of the white house a $40 billion