visit ncicap.org] host: we have reaction of the president from his first 100 days in office. he says he has kept his promise to the american people. what do you make, what do you make of the president s claim he kept his promise so far in this time in office, this 100 days? ere are the numbers to call, 202-748-8001 if you re a republican and democrats, 202-748-8000 and independents, 202-748-8002 and weigh in by social media, and post a comment at facebook.com/c-span. good morning, it s sunday, april 30. and here is front and center op-ed piece in the washington post and it says in my first 100 days i kept my promise to the american people. donald j. trump writes 100 days ago i took the oath of office and made a pledge and we re not merely transferring political power from one party to another but instead will transfer that power from washington, d.c. and give it back to the people. in the past 100 days, i ve kept that promise and more. he writes that issue by issue, departm
if just part of that comes back here, that s quite a stimulus, at no cost to taxpayers. let s get to politics. from president trump, he s invited philippine s duarte, and another surprise, the president has promised on key issues to keep the government running until the end of september. varney & company, about to begin. a live look at capitol hill and the white house and an agreement on funding the government. it s a trillion dollars spending package that would keep the government operating and keeps going through the end of september. here is what is out of the bill. here is the compromise. no funding for the border wall. no money for a deportation force. no cuts in funds for sanctuary cities and no cuts to planned parenthood. as we said this is a trump compromise and some will call it a trump cave. much more on this throughout today s program. again, we re going to say it, there may be a vote on health care this week. president trump says he guarantees you will not los
mounts a new fight to overturn the north carolina bill that did away with the anti-lgbtq bill known as hb2. we will also look at the political crisis in the tar heel state after republican lawmakers waged a legislative coup against the state s democratic governor. is the state of north carolina still a democracy? and we will look at how a group of african-american residents are fighting back against factory hog farms that spray liquid manure on their communities. thisu open the door, and melted sure by the way. you start gagging. i shut my hog operation down. i got out of it. i just could not do another person that way, to make them smell that. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. around the world, millions of workers took to the streets monday for may day, also known as international workers day. this year, in california, tens of thousands of people took to the streets in the bay area, as i
family last week. i m sorry. you know, i try not to get emotional, but it was a scary story. and before i go into it, i want you to know it has a happy ending. okay? so when i m telling this, don t get too upset. leave that to me. but a little over a week ago on friday, april 21st, my wife, molly, gave birth to a boy. a baby boy. his name is william john kimmel. [ cheers and applause ] thank you very much. we call him billy. it was an easy delivery. six pushes, he was out. and he appeared to be a normal healthy baby. until about three hours after he was born. we were out of the delivery room. we moved to the recovery room. our whole family was there. and we introduced him to his 2 1/2-year-old sister. she was cute with him. we were happy. everything was good. my wife was in bed relaxing. and when a very attentive nurse at cedars-sinai hospital. her name is nanuzh. was checking him out and heard a murmur in his heart, which is common with newborn babies, but she also noticed h
crisis averted. congress reaches a late night deal to avoid a shutdown. but is the biggest battle to come? and chaos in the cabin. an airliner hits extreme turbulence. passengers, luggage and food sent flying. at least 25 people, some seriously. why the pilots never saw it coming. today, monday, may 1st, 2017. from nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. good morning, everybody. welcome to today. it s a monday morning. we have craig in for matt. looking at that video is incredible. if you re one of those that ignores when the pilot says fasten your seat belt, turbulence coming. not when you see that. scary moments in the sky. two dozen folks injured. more on this story in a bit. our top story is this terrible shooting, it happened in california. a man opening fire on guests at a large pool party that was being held at an apartment complex where that man lived. catie beck is there. she has the ope