administrations of engaging in what he called a massive federal land grab at the expense of individual estates. with just a few days to go until president trump s 100th day in office, new cbs news poll out tonight shows 41% of americans approve of the job he s doing, but 53% disapprove. the lowest 100 day presidential approval rating cbs news has measured in all of 40 years but 62% of those polled say it s still far too early to judge president trump s overall performance. all 100 senators were invited to the white house today for an extraordinary briefing on north korea with tensions on the korean peninsula sky high, lawmakers want to know what s next. senators boarded buses for a rare trip to the white house, eager to hear exactly how the trump administration will tackle the north korean threat. it was a sobering briefing in which it was clear w into preparing military options if called for. reporter: president trump joined the briefing where his top military and di
max richmond. this amendment deals with the cost of living adjustment. one of the most anticipated events for seniors is the announcement by social security of the cost of living adjustment. for the last few years, they have been disappointed with the announcement. the purpose of a cost-of-living adjustment is for social ensure that social security benefits are not eroded by inflation. this is not happening. in 2010, it was zero. 2011, it was zero. this year, 2015, it is zero. based on that social security trustees report, announced a couple years ago weeks ago, it will be between zero and 2/10 of a percent for 2016. the reason social security beneficiaries are sincere or little cola is because the formula for determining colas is flawed. it is based on the consumer price index for wage earners. it looks that inflation as it impacts the weight under. it does not put the proper weight on goods and services that seniors rely on. therefore, you get a zero cola. your minute
anyone else wishing to be heard on this particular amendment? anyone else wishing to be heard on this particular amendment? i think it is understood by all the we will call, everyone in favor, raise your card. it passes. anyone wishing to be recorded in opposition? [laughter] it passes. is there another amendment? amendment number 18, sponsored by dennis, on page six, line 37. the proposed amendment is for the section to read as follows. we encourage states to adopt the providenorth dakota and state-specific financial institutions to support people and industries of their states. proponent? i want to say one thing quickly. represent, dennis here, i am here to represent what i believe are all grassroots democrats, not one candidate over another. it is very important to me, and it was when i chaired the platform in colorado. the platform in the sentences just prior already advocates for the national infrastructure bank, large banks see this as a threat to profits. statess
energy for over 40 years. as a matter of fact, i was one of the first licensed general contractors to hold a solar license in california in the early 1970 s. that we have ay huge resource in our federal public lands for clean energy, and it is important that we allow this to happen in order to meet our clean energy goals that we have set in this platform, so i would urge approval of this amendment. thank you. are there those speaking in opposition? a second? seconds? those speaking in favor? those in opposition? go right ahead. i am christine kramer from the state of nevada. i want to thank the amendment writer for including my state of nevada that we have an unlimited supply of solar, 365 days he, and let s make it happen in nevada. thank you. thank you. are we ready for the vote? go right ahead. i would like to look at the technical amendment rather than the from, such as wind and wordng, and insert the and because it is not just these two states. ok. thank you.
this is what it means to face the american people in the year 2014, a time when the people look upon politicians as fails at best, abusers of their offices at worst. guilty today means guilty before the people. guilty at a time just one in 15 americans believes the united states congress deserves respect. in the program tonight we ll get to two other staggering stories. one the deep nationalistic reaction to the beheadings by the islamic state and the cases of americans who join the other side. finally we devote time to the first female comic to bring a sharp nightclub edge to her humor. we begin with the guilty verdicts for bob and maureen mcdonnells. pete williams is the nbc news justice correspondent. thank you very much for joining us. how much time are we talking about if they get the book thrown at them here? the maximum is 20 years. there are sentencing guidelines that will modify that. they won t serve anywhere near 20 years. if the sentence stands let s remember th