the pandemic. this is a story that unfolds in three parts. first, the fraud. just yesterday we learned that nearly 400 department of homeland security employees took pandemic unemployment aid, even though they were working. this is just a tiny fraction of the massive and brazen covid theft that has incurred since the government started doling out billions in so-called relief. the official who was in charge of overseeing the distribution of the belief has called this the biggest fraud in a generation. it was the theft of as much as $80 billion or about 10% of the $800 billion it was handed out in that paycheck protection program. that s on top of the 90 billion to 402 billion believed to have been stolen from the 900 billion covid unemployment relief program, that is a lot of money. the second part of this story surrounds the title wave of inflation but all of this unchecked spending and the fraud actually caused. the adverse effects of pumping trillions into the u.s. economy
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the squad demonstrating bravery. we haven t seen since john lewis was beaten and gassed in selma. this was also reminiscent of joe biden who was arrested on his way to meeting with nelson mandela. this day, 30 years ago, nelson mandela walked out of prison and entered into discussions about apartheid. i had the great honor of meeting him. i had the great honor of being arrested with our u.n. ambassador on the streets trying to get to see him on robin s island. jesse: actually, joe biden made that up. but, that s besides the point. history will remember this day as america s own tiananmen square moment when a single protester stared down the barrel of a militaristic regime. but in some ways, aoc s fight for justice was even more unique because the officers arresting her also wanted to date her. we know this because there were no handcuffs. nobody got roughed up. in fact, the cops were total gentlemen. they will handed out bottled water and overripe bananas. apartment oc br
Lets begin. Today marks four weeks since election day as new polling shows president elect Donald Trumps favorability rating surging. Most voters now believe he will deliver on his promises to Reform Health care and other issues. 45 of voters in the latest George Washington university battleground poll saying they have a positive opinion of the president elect. Nine point increase from midoctober. When it comes to his signature promises and overwhelming majority, about 80 are confident mr. Trump will repeal or replace obamacare, while most are more skeptical when it comes to building the wall. All this coming on the heels of the dow on monday, closing at another alltime high, as the president elect takes to the road again today, for the second stop on his thank you tour. Look at that 19,200 on the dow. But before we leaves for North Carolina mr. Trump will meet with exxon ceo rex tillerson, one of 10 reported contenders for secretary of state. I say 10 with emphasis, charlie, for a whi
Dick cheney was what some call a shadow president. John other Vice President s dont do much. But even if they dont do much, the vp is a heartbeat away. So who are these men . Thats our show tonight. [applause] john all the coverage this Campaign Season focused on donald versus hillary. As it should. They are the president ial candidates. And trump is entertaining. And hillary, her scandals are entertaining. But the Vice President ial candidates, they are mostly boring. I have been rinsing to speeches by pence and kaine. These two are unusually dull. What does a Vice President do anyway . Fdrs Vice President said the job is not worth a bucket of warm spit. Well do a full hour on Vice President ial candidates. Silence. One of these men will be only a heartbeat away from the presidency. So it matters. Since 1900. 15 of Vice President s have become president s. Donald and hillary will be 70 years old next year. Vice president s do matter. Lets start with Donald Trumps vp pick, mike pence.