to no one. shameful. it s an embarrassment to the country, and it s a stain on this institution. you should be ashamed of yourselves. for those that aren t here, but you won t be, because accountability doesn t appear to be something that occurs in this chamber. juan: jon stewart just spoke with fox s shepard smith. he went on to explain who is holding back this bill from being passed. i would say it s the so-called fiscal hawks who, despite passing, you know, 1.5 troy dollar corporate tax cut for exxon, now claim that the percentage which is basically a rounding error off the deficit is going to maybe blow up the country ten years from now. it s irresponsible. it s disingenuous.
conversation. comedian john stewart was back here on capitol hill today. advocating for an extension to the 9/11 victim compensation fund, he testified before a house judiciary subcommittee, many of the seats in the chamber were empty. which stewart did not shy away from. behind me, a filled room of 9/11 first responders, and in front of me a nearly empty congress. sick and dying, they brought themselves down here to speak, to no one. shameful. it s an embarrassment to the country and it s a stain on this institution opinion you should be ashamed of yourselves for those that aren t here, but you won t be. because accountability doesn t
carol, great reporting as always. what, exactly, please explain why is the president having a change of heart? well, kasie, we know shanahan was never president trump s first choice in part because he felt like he didn t present well or carry himself in the way the president envisions a defense secretary should. and what my colleagues and i have learned is that president trump last week while he was in normandy for the d -day 75th anniversary commemoration was asked several people who are close to him, what do you think of shanahan? who else would you recommend? who might be able to do the job? and was sort of casting about for at advice for alternatives to shanahan. and, you know, that doesn t necessarily always mean that the president is going to pull back his support for someone. we ve seen him do this before with other people who are around him. some of them have lasted longer. some of them have not. it all comes as, you know, the white house announced on may 9th that shanahan wa
9/11 first responders and in front of me, a nearly empty congress. sick and dying, they brought themselves down here to speak to no one. shameful. it s an embarrassment to the country and it is a stain on this institution. and you should be ashamed of yourselves, for those who aren t here, but you won t be because accountability doesn t appear to be something that occurs in this chamber. your indifference costs these men and women their most valuable commodity time. it s the one thing they re running out of.
breaking news out of chicago. protesters amassing in the middle of the city. busy workday, ryan among our correspondents across the area. ryan, what is the latest? reporter: i just wanted to bring you this because there was an announcement made to the crowd not to spoil it for anybody but you said just last now what happened in the last ten minute? state representative filed a house bill 3456 which amends the state home rule law to allow for a recall of the mayor of chicago. reporter: why do you think that action is needed? look around. look around. i think the mayor talked about accountability and accountability doesn t have the mayor accountability is with these people. as you see these people here