michael smerconish in philadelphia. it s hard not to jump to conclusions about the tennessee state house. the r word it needs to be reserved for clear and convincing cases of prejudice, discrimination or antagonism. against the person or people based on their membership in a racial or ethnic group. after all, there is an appropriate permanence to labeling conduct as racist. but from the outside looking in, this sure does seem to be such a case. three tennessee state legislators who engaged in roughly the same behavior were meted out disparate treatment. just days after 39 year olds and three adults were murdered in a mass shooting at the covenant school in nashville. these legislators led what was described as a disorderly gun reform chant that interrupted house proceedings. there seems to be no debate as to whether they broke the rules. justin jones of nashville, justin pearson of memphis and gloria johnson of knoxville the only difference between the behavior of the three i
legislators. michael smerconish in philadelphia. it s hard not to jump to conclusions about the tennessee state house. the r word it needs to be reserved for clear and convincing cases of prejudice, discrimination or antagonism. against the person or people based on their membership in a racial or ethnic group. after all, there is an appropriate permanence to labeling conduct as racist. but from the outside looking in this short does seem to be such a case. three tennessee state legislators who engaged in roughly the same behavior were meted out disparate treatment. just days after 39 year olds and three adults were murdered in a mass shooting at the covenant school in nashville. these legislators led what was described as a disorderly gun reform chant that interrupted house proceedings. there seems to be no debate as to whether they broke the rules. justin jones of nashville, justin pearson of memphis and gloria johnson of knoxville the only difference between the behavior o
Its of expansion also says the Unemployment Rate is down to 4. 1 , down for two straight months the holding at a 17year low. What is the reason for some of these positive figures . Guest we have been in a long stretch of economic expansion to we have been growing fairly consistently in this country since the middle of 2009, so we are starting to see that they all for more and more americans. Businesses are seeing demands for their products and services, and they need workers to meet those demands. Are there any surprises in this report so far . Is the economy over performing . Guest i think it is performing pretty close to its peak capacity, which is what a lot of people are reporting. The other is the wages figure. We are not seeing the pickup in wages that we have seen when the Unemployment Rate has been near 4 . Host what does this say about the outlook . Ahe can we expect to come ad . Can we expect to see this continual uptick . The jobs far as market, i would expect to see a bit o
Administration has for the pentagons role in all of this, and you can expect the president to praise the troops for all of their bravery, and all of their efforts. Lets listen very quickly to commander justin as he introduces the president and the president will step up next. And what happens in those areas, good and bad, can and does have an impact on the security of our homeland and in our interests. And so what you do each and every day matters. Indeed your efforts and the sacrifices that you make are incredibly important, and very much appreciated. And you should know that all of our leaders, to include those who work at the most senior levels of our government recognize your hard work, and they are grateful for your service and committed to making sure you have what you need to get the job done and to get it done well, and to do it as safely as possible. Were all very appreciative of the president s and firsts lady support of our trooping serves around the world and their families
We will see and, you know, its it feels like the president is trying to convince himself of something, right . Press conference after press conference, strategy after strategy, i think they pay so much attention to the polls, we talk about leading from behind all the time. When these polls made a dramatic shift, the American Public saying we shrink isis wherever they are, all of a sudden its like this is priority number one but no one has the confidence that the white house is going to pull it up. Yep. As we mentioned were waiting for the president s remarks on his isis strategy after his tour of u. S. Central command. The house is expected to vote on the white houses request to train and arm Syrian Rebels to act as Ground Troops against the terrorists. Theyre expected to approve the president s plan in spite of tepid support and youre mentioning the money aspect for all of this. Hes asking congress for 500 million and i think hes getting pushed back not just from republicans but membe