We want to go outside of washington today to get your thoughts on your congressional partys leadership. The numbers are on the screen. You can also go to social media. The phone lines are open. We will get to your thoughts in a moment, but first we want to show you what the majority leader in the senate, Mitch Mcconnell, had to say on the floor yesterday about their new majorities majoritys legislative priorities. [video clip] this november people did not ask for a government that tried to do everything and sales and they didnt ask for government that aims to do nothing and succeed. They asked simply for a government that works. They want a government of the 21st century. One that functions with efficiency and accountability, competence and purpose. They want to washington that is more interested in modernizing and reminding government then adding more layers to it, and they want more jobs, more opportunity for the middle class, and more flexibility in a complex age with complex demand
Chair will now recognize mes omis smiedy the mori andinit leaders for morning hour debate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other th the jotyndinit leaders d thmirity whip limited to five minutes but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. The chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois, mr. Gutierrez, for five minutes. Mr. Gutierrez i ask unanimous consent to address the house for five minutes. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Mr. Gutierrez i look forward to seeing you in the coming weeks and my friends in North Carolina and South Carolina too. When im not here in my district in chicago i have half a dozen events lined up over the next few weeks and i will be going from town to town state to state talking about the president S Immigration executive actions and what it means for them and their families. With local elected officials, i will be doing outreach to educate the community of im
Program about the freedom of expression, tying that in to the shootings of the journalists and paris. What does freedom of expression mean to you today . Host we will get to your calls momentarily. As we come on the air, we will let you know about what is going on north of paris. This is the Associated Press and their latest report. This is just north of paris near apparently the Charles De Gaulle airport. The suspects are holed up with a hostage. Phone contact has been established with the two men cherif and said kouachi. The men want to die as martyrs and they are suspected in the attack the other day at Charlie Hebdo magazine in paris that left 12 dead. Looking at the front pages this morning of the newspapers which printed in advance what is going on north of paris, the headline in the New York Times this morning, al qaeda trained paris suspect. This is reported in several newspapers. One of the 2 brothers suspected of killing 12 people at a newspaper in paris traveled to yemen and
The Republican Party to the brink of the end of the world. Host how did you get from indiana to tennessee . Caller i live in the tristate area. I live across the line in georgia. I am 8 miles from chattanooga. Everything is chattanooga. I am a native of this area. I went to school at Anderson University a Christian College the first church of god. I follow my faith and church. Host alex in chattanooga tennessee, or northern georgia as he indicated. Stewart is in florida. Democrat. Caller how are you doing . I would like to say thank you to the gentleman from tennessee speaking about the Republican Party. I served less than 30 years in the military, im an entrepreneur doing very, very well. I dont get where people do not understand that you have to give back to those less fortunate. That is why i love president obama. I think you go down as a great man. With all of the that he gets today saying that he wasnt born in this country and the other gentleman saying that he is biracial. I driv
More than 80,000 americans are in the hospital heading into the thanksgiving holiday week. As america struggles, President Trump is seemingly ignoring this crisis, focusing instead on trying to overturn the president ial Election Results and today skipping a virtual g20 summit session on the pandemic to play golf. Well, this has we have learned the virus has once again infiltrated the president s inner circle. President trumps eldest son don jr. And the son of trumps personal attorney Rudy Giuliani both revealing positive test results. That news now sidelining giuliani, the attorney, from the president s baseless voter fraud case. Hes now self isolating. Meanwhile, a vaccine could be headed to americans very soon, the fda is set to review pfizers covid19 vaccine and could make a decision about early use authorization by december 10th. As new cases surge, the cdc is recommending that americans forego the usual holiday travel. But that isnt deterring Many Americans. Cnns evan mcmorrissan