Happening now, a federal judge is imposing the Prison Sentence for the former proud Boys Chairman who was convicted of Seditious Conspiracy due to his role in the january 6th violent attack on the u. S. Capitol. He faces a steep sentence. Prosecutors are asking for 33 years behind bars. Cnns evan perez joins me now from outside the Federal Courthouse. So prosecutors asking for 33 years. Of course, it is up to the judge within guidelines. But what do we expect here . Well, jim, the judge, timmy kelly, has given far under what prosecutors have been asking for. This is the fifth member of the proud boys. Hes one of four of them who have been convicted of Seditious Conspiracy. He wasnt actually at the capitol on that date. He had been arrested just before january 6th, before the crowd gathered that day. In part because he had weapons on him and he was involved in a previous altercation, stealing a sign at a church right here in the district of columbia. So for that reason, he wasnt here. B
No accident. Its bidenomics. Why do you think most people still dont feel positive or feel good news about the economy . I think the people of 300,000 plus people are better about the economy. You are not the happiest people in the world, which you report, i mean it sincerely. It gets more you get more legs when you report something is negative. Sandra moments ago and President Biden latest attempt to sell bidenomics yet again to the american voter. This after the latest jobs report shows more jobs added than expected but those gains could be bad news for millions of americans drowning in debt and struggling to afford basic goods and higher mortgage payments. Im sandra smith in new york. Hi. John good to spend friday afternoon with you. John roberts in washington. This is america reports. U. S. Economy added 336,000 jobs, the Unemployment Rate steady at 3. 8 . But that is likely unwelcome news for Federal Reserve chair jay powell as the hiring pickup could make him less confident that
In the faulkner focus. House republicans need 218 votes to proceed with an Impeachment Inquiry. There are 222 republicans in the house chamber. We know of at least five of them holding out. Here is what has happened with the biden family to get us to this point. Three separate gopled committees are investigating allegations that hunter biden leveraged his fathers government positions to secure big money foreign Business Deals. The key question, did president benefit . If so, by how much . Here is former arkansas governor mike huckabee. They need to continue the methodical and Ongoing Investigation of these phony companies that the biden family created. The foreign money they got. But the inquiry is one thing. They should definitely conduct it. What they need to be careful about is going ahead with a full blown Impeachment Vote because once they do that, it goes to the senate and it dies in less than five minutes. Now you have empowered biden. Harris top Oversight Democrat jamie raskin
shannon: she was a pioneer in so many ways. you reference her time out west and where she was from and it was such an interesting back drop to see her become the first female appointed to the supreme court. she often told the story about graduating from stanford and not being able to get a job. no law firm would hire her as a woman in the 50s and 60s. she struggled to make it in the legal profession. to think she came out of school, she found a roadblock to any kind of legal career and she decided to plow forward and ends up on the supreme court. it is a really fascinating, truly american story. she went out and campaigned to become a judge because she saw this is my avenue. she didn t win the first election. she did ultimately end up becoming a judge but another part of her interesting background is she was a lawmaker in arizona in the state senate. so she had a real appreciation for all of the different branches, for fighting her way into the legal profession. she had a h
harris is next. harris: the breaking news continues. right now the u.s. house of representatives has the votes to expect george santos of new york. an investigation into a scathing ethics report which includes campaign finance abuse, allegations that santos lied to get into office. the case has not been adjudicated yet. lawmakers want him to quit but he is defiant. and they have already voted twice on the same issue as they do today. do they kick out george santos? in votes in hand right now they do have the votes. let s watch the house speaker, johnson. notify the governor of the state of the new york of the action of the house. under clause 5d of rule 20 the chair announces that in light of the expulsion of the gentleman from new york, mr. santos, the whole number of the house is 434. harris: all right. making it official there from the house speaker, the expulsion of george santos, senior correspondent chad pergram watching it all on the hill. i ve been watching you