7488003. Or you can join us on twitter, cspanwj, or facebook. Com cspan. We will get your thoughts here in just a minute, but first joining us on the phone here is lawrence hurley, a Supreme Court correspondent. What was the question put to the courts and what did they decide . Guest thanks. The question is whether sex discrimination within the title vii, which is the federal law that bars employment discrimination, whether sex discrimination applied to Sexual Orientation and gender identity. The court in the ruling ,esterday said that it does which was surprising to some because you had chief Justice Roberts and justice and neil gorsuch joining the four liberals, as you mentioned, in that ruling. The court basically said that any kind of discrimination on the basis of sex is kind of a broad concept and that can include elements of discrimination that concern Sexual Orientation or gender identity. It reads prohibits employment through discrimination based on color, sex, andigion, natio
To join the president. The briefing was supposed to start at 5 00 p. M. Eastern but is running late. Until we see the president , here is a portion of todays washington journal. Joining us is the director of Economic Policy at the bipartisan policy center, focusing on the economic response of the federal government and Economic Impact on the pandemic. Lets start with unemployment numbers. More than 16 million americans are unemployed in the last three weeks. Byless claims last week up 6. 6 million, now 10 of the workforce in three weeks is unemployed. Give us an idea of the shortterm and maybe midterm, because we dont know when the economy will open because of those numbers. Guest it is scary how precipitously the economy has fallen off a cliff because we had to shut it down proactively. It is very different from prior recessions where there was some underlying economic problem. The first thing we have to emphasize is this is first and foremost a Public Health crisis. The economy is no
That was unfortunate. And anybody who thinks that the heat wasnt raised was saying that there was not going to be a deal i think is incorrect. But thats not why i asked for the one minute. What i asked for the one minute is, colleagues, the American People are relying on us to come together and to agree on things they know are very important to them and their families and their communities and their country. Let us not accuse one another back and forth of bad faith and lets lower the heat and lets try to get that work done. Well, the gentleman wouldnt yield to me but im glad to yield to him. Mr. Mccarthy oh mr. Hoyer my friend, the majority leader. Mr. Mccarthy my friend is correct in a lot but i will explain understand one thing. In this job and when we run and were passionate about our beliefs, my parents always told me if you cant handle the heat you probably shouldnt run but the one thing that should happen, if we want to come to a conclusion, just as you and i and my good friend s
Iowa minnesota border emergency crews were on the scene of the derailment near reno minnesota early wednesday morning which is north of new albin iowa. The derailment of the Canadian Pacific train happened around 11 last night officials six cars went off the tracks and another seven or eight were unstable behind the derailment. No injuries have been reported. Continuing coverage a suspicious substance found in a bag at the Eastern Iowa Airport is tested to be nonhazardous. The substance was found last night. Theres no risk to the public. Manchester police make an arrest in a sex abuse case of a minor. After several months of investigating Police Arrested 20 yearold dalton craig. According to police the 20yearold was sexually involved with a 15yearold and alledgedly photographed the girl. Police say photos were shared through electronic media. Criag has been charged. A kwwl followup. Doctors say a former iowa football star tyler sash its called cte. It was caused by repeated trauma to t
Nation has lawmakers concerned. Including some here in iowa. They are meeting today so congress can come up with a plan of action. Kwwls Amanda Gilbert joins us live in the newsroom. This has been a big problem for a while. There will be a hearing today on the heroin and Prescription Drug abuse epidemic affecting commmunities throughout the nation. The Senate Judiciary committee will be meeting. And it will be chaired by iowa senator chuck grassley. According to the centers for disease control. The rate of deaths from Drug Overdose involving perscription drugs and heroin increased by 200 percent between 2000 and 2014. The goal for todays hearing is to learn more about what is being done to combat this and how congress can help. This epidemic has reached iowa. According to the Iowa Department of public heath. The number of Overdose Deaths more than doubled from 2005 to 2014. Weve got you covered live in the newsroom. Amanda gilbert. Kwwl lawmakers say they hope todays hearing will lead