She talked about that. She also talked about Algorithm Pricing that large scale landlords use to presumably set prices across the board. These are things happening underneath it all that people dont realize. They see that the prices are high. They dont understand why theyre so high. Private equity is buying things up. Its because of those algorithms youre talking about. The thing that got a big line, a big cheer from that crowd there was something thats much more direct and easier to understand, the Child Tax Credit is no longer there. She wants to bring it back, but not only that, she wants to make it 6,000, a giant number for the first year of your childs life. Its interesting because j. D. Vance has talked about this issues as well. He skipped the vote. Welcome to politics, and welcome to campaigning, especially. If youre going to talk about wanting it, you got to show up and do it. Absolutely. No doubt about that. Hes going to continue to talk about it, but what we dont know is tha
She is more than qualified for the job. I think she will frankly surprised people in terms of her ability to connect with americans in this moment. I think she will choose an amazing Vice President ial candidate to bring the ticket together in a way that will send a unified message we all so desperately want right now. So i am kind of with tim. I think if we do open it up, i have to believe that Kamala Harris is by far the front runner. I think she is the one, under the circumstances, that makes the most sense to nominate for president for all the reasons i stated and many more that we will be talking about for days to come. I just want to echo claire. I think we have seen her be a remarkably powerful campaigner and such an effective prosecutor in the case against Donald Trump. Abortionrights, which is on the minds of millions of americans. I think there are so many interesting questions here that will be discussed in the days ahead, we will all be discussing, including approaching bal
18 of those americans shot died, we are also learning that four children were among the injured over the past few days with a total of A Hundred 94 children so far have been shot in the city, in 2021 alone. He is warning police are not even being given the support they need to try and curtail this mayhem. Take a listen. There is nobody backing them. All these different parts, the first ones if something goes the wrong way. 6,000 people shot in the last 18 months, this is a war zone. The Officers Cant be held accountable for everything that happens. Gillian Mike Tobin is on the ground and he joins us now. There is no shortage of bloodshed, chicago saw a high of that. Young people swarmed downtown, they shot off fireworks, one Police Officer was injured when he was hit in the year with a bottle rocket. 61 people were arrested on the West Side of chicago. Police were disbursed, 1 30 a. M. When someone fired shots into the crowd. A Police Commander and a sergeant were hit. One in the leg a
9 00 a. M. In the west. Welcome to Alex Witt reports. We kick off memorial Day Weekend and with a growing number of americans fully vaccinated, millions are expected to hit the road for the first time after a long, long year of lockdown. In norfolk, and fredericksburg, fans are leaded to the Minor League Ballparks and pools and parks are opening up across the state, families are headed down for memorial Day Weekend to Virginia Beach and all over the country, weve gone from Pain And Stagnation of a long, dark winter to an economy on the move growing faster than it has in nearly 40 years. And coming up, well have live reports from some of the countrys busiest airports and those vacation hot spots, but first on Capitol Hill, tensions between republicans and democrats are at a Boiling Point after gop senators blocked the Cree Asian of an independent commission to investigate the January 6th attack on the capitol. Only six republicans broke ranks in support of advancing that measure, but no
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