Good day from msnbc World Headquarters in new york. Welcome, everyone, to weekends with alex witt. Developing this hour, President Bidens 1. 9 trillion plan is one step closer to becoming a reality. In a new excerpt from cbs news, the president giving a new insight into where key provisions like Minimum Wage Hike Stand as lawmakers work to get the bill to his desk. Its somewhere between an individual making up to 75 and phasing out and a couple making up to 150 and phasing out. But im wide open on what that is. You also want to raise the minimum wage to 15. Is that something you would be willing to negotiate on to get republican support . Apparently thats not going to occur because of the roles in the senate. Youre saying it will not be in it . My guess is it will not be in it. Today marks one month since the attack on the u. S. Capitol left five people dead. The Impeachment Trial will start just days from now. Trumps defense team confirming he will not testify under oath. Congressman
That 8 30, Francis Rooney discusses the agreement between israel, the United Arab Emirates and bahrain, and other news of the day. Host good morning. It is wednesday, september 16, 2020. The house meets at 9 00 a. M. We will begin focused on congress and the members voters will get a chance to decide whether to rehire on election day. We want to know if you plan to reelect your house or senate member. If you do, give us a call at 202 7488000 and let us know who your member is and why. If you dont plan to vote to reelect your member of congress, we want to know who and why. That number is 202 7488001. If you are unsure, the land to call is 202 7488002. Textan also send us a 202 7488003 202 7488003 at a text that 202 7488003. Include your name and where you are from. Catch up with us on social media on twitter, facebook. A very good wednesday morning. You can start calling a note to retake the senate. Democrats would need to net four seats on november 3, or three and the presidency to re
Subcommittee meets today to receive testimony from under secretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment, ellen lord, concerning supply chain integrity for the department of defense in the United States. Since our her initial confirman as the undersecretary of defense, secretary lord has overseen significant acquisition reform at the department of defense, and a chill well talk about some of that today. As the u. S. National armaments director she has traveled to see the u. S. , throughout the u. S. And to see our allies and partners with regard to the development and Manufacturing Activities around the world, and, unfortunately, has seen firsthand just how reliant the u. S. Defense Industrial Base chain has become come to class relates to china. With the rise of china and Great Power Competition of the global covid19 pandemic, the vulnerabilities and gaps in our supply chains particularly as relates to National Security have taken on a new urgency. What you think Ranking Member k
A member of the house Foreign Relations committee. I want to ask you about the significance of the abraham accord, as they are now known, signed at the white house yesterday. Is this the key breakthrough needed on that very long road to middle east peace . Guest it is certainly a milestone to bring bahrain and the United Arab Emirates into harmony with israel. It is a big step, no doubt about it. I dont know how that is going to play out with palestinians. They probably feel like they have been cast aside by their fellow arab countries, and i could breed some difficult behavior from them and that could breed some difficult behavior from them. I am not in favor of abandoning the two state solution. Host can you truly be on the road to middle east feast middle east peace if palestinians arent involved, and what would be the next step . Guest i dont see how you can. The two state solution goes back to the 1950s. They have to have a homeland and eventually to state and eventually develop a
Possible covid19 treatment all in the name of politics. Biden and his very liberal running mate should immediately apologize for the reckless antivaccine rhetoric that they are talking right now, talking about endangering lives and it unmines science. Charles well get reaction from the rnc and along with Fox News Contributor liz peek. All that and so much more on making money. Charles well the markets opened under considerable pressure today, extending the selloff that began late last week. For the most part everyone agrees stocks were over their skis especially growth names that went parabolic in august. What is not agreed how much pull back we should expect. On that note i would like to there are different variety of pullbacks. There could be a shallow downturn. There is pull back to the former breakout roy is old resistance points. There is breakout to the 50 Day Moving Average. Worst one is 50 retracement. You see a pullback of at least 50 of gains that were established from the ma