Americans took out 5. 5 trillion of their excess savings, many people put in the bank after covid with all the government support, that is gone. We are going to leave this portion of washington journal. You can continue watching if you go to our website. In addition, there has been a lot of we are climate events over the last couple of months and beyond. So, you have asked not only recently, but for the last couple of years, for President Biden to declare a Climate Emergency. What do you mean by that . What would you like to see . Sen. Merkley well, certainly the impact of this summer has been very clear. July 4, the hottest day in human history. The last nine years, the hottest nine years in human history. And we see all sorts of other impacts in terms of drought, loss of snowpack, and stronger storms, and ocean acidification. When you look at their collective impact, this is a global emergency. It is the biggest threat humanity has ever faced. Even before biden was inaugurated i was
That is another issue that is being looked at and that is where the idea for a public option comes in. If you think there is agreement on some of these things, that is a bigger thing to be an agreement on. Host the podcast is what the health. You can find it on twitter. Itannouncer washington journa continues. Host karen petrou is joining us for a conversation on the economy, a member of the consulting firm, federal financial analytics, the author of engine of inequality. She also penned bidennomics is an insult to those living paycheck to paycheck. The Biden Administration embracing that term on the campaign trail. So define that term right now as you see it. Guest that was not my headline. I do not think it is an insult, i think it is a mistake. Bidenomics is what the president wants to portray where the middle class is doing better. And i think that we do have a better economy than we feared we might after covid, but for most americans, the majority of americans, it is far from comf
Host good morning, it is tuesday, august 1, 2023. We will chat about the state of the economy. As we take you through the latest on the expanding congressional inquiry into the joe biden family the biting biden Family Business practice if you say yes, 202 7488000 is the number to call, if you say no 202 7488001. You can also call in if you are unsure. That number is 202 7488002. You can send us a text 202 7488003. If you do, include your name and where you are from. Catch us up with us on social media. A good Tuesday Morning to you. Here are the two lead paragraphs of the wall street journal story on that hearing yesterday on capitol hill. A former business associate of hunter biden testified monday to correctional leaders that President Biden and his son were in elite communications and the younger biden would put his father on speakerphone on business dinners. The associate said joe biden and his son never discussed business on his calls and only discussed casual conversation but the
But what people may not remember is what a surprise it was at the time that it happened. A month earlier, nixon had famously resigned the president under the threat of impeachment, and he left the white house aboard marine one, handing the presidency off to his Vice President , gerald ford. As donald rumsfeld, george w. Bushs defense secretary, who served in the ford administration, later recalled, those of us close enough to observe it ourselves could see how tormented ford was by the decision. And when he finally made it, it caught many of us by surprise. It was a surprise because fords pardon came on a sunday morning, september 8th, 1974. As the times reported, quote, government buildings were almost empty, and no one was expecting any dramatic president ial action. Mr. Ford attended Early Morning communion at st. Johns episcopal church, then returned to the white house to make the announcement. And i have sought such guidance and searched my own conscience with special diligence to
As donald rumsfeld, george w. Bushs defense secretary who served in the ford administration, later recalled those of us close enough to observe it ourselves could see how tormented ford was by the decision. And when he finally made it, it caught many of us by surprise. It was a surprise because fords pardon came on a sunday morning, september 8th, 1974. As the times reported government buildings were almost empty and no one was expecting any dramatic president ial action. Mr. Ford attended earlymorning communion at st. Johns episcopal church, then returned to the white house to make the announcement. And i have sought such guidance and searched my own conscience with special diligence to determine the right thing for me to do with respect to my predecessor in this place, Richard Nixon, and his loyal wife and family. Theirs is an american tragedy in which we all have played a part. It could go on and on and on, or someone must right the end to it. I have concluded that only i can do tha