John why are food stamps going up if unemploymt is going down. The Unemployment Rate is high and that obcures a people who left the work force altogether that are not counted. As for politicians encouraging that, that is a horrifying notion. The idea of going on food stamps is something that should be s painful we only go on them a bef time so there is an incenti to go back if the work force. Rick, you have all of the s and iear four of them every hour and government volunteers specifically going out to encourage people to get food stamps. There is it a big push to get people on food stamps. I dont think it is it promoting the food stamps but getting informatio to pple who need them so they know they are there to get the i think there is a lot taking place thate need to recognize. We have surprisingly good news on unemployment. There will be i lag for that anditching off food stamps d get back to work. Victoria 15 million more people on food stamps than four years ago. The scary thing
With the new Jersey Supreme Court over samesex marriage. Well talk with the top lawyer at the Human Rights Campaign about the key battleground states in this fight as new jersey becomes the 14th state to recognize gay marriage. A very good monday to you. Im Kristen Welker in washington today for Andrea Mitchell. For the First Time Since its launch, president barack obama formally addressed the rocky rollout of his Health Care Website today. Take a look. Nobody is madder than me about the fact the website isnt working as well as it should. Which means its going to get fixed. Joining me now from the white house, jennifer palmieri, White House Communications director. Thanks for joining me this afternoon, jen. Happy to be with you. So, jen, i want to start off, according to the new york times, some federal contractors who have been enlisted to help fix the president s Health Care Website believe it could take weeks or even longer to fix the problems. You heard what the president said ther
Later tonight the president headlines two fundraisers and will hit several as the party tries to capitalize on voter frustration over the shutdown. House democrats raised a record 8. 4 million. The house gop raised just 5. 3 million. Well start the hour here with Nbcs Kristen Welker at the white house. What should we expect at p tech and who is going to be there gathered around the president. Reporter good afternoon, we know mayor bloomberg will be there, a big proponent of education reform behind a number of reforms in new york, including this new school, which is just two years old. Also, new york mayoral candidate bill de blasio and andrew cuomo. The school was started in 2011. You heard the president say its a sixyear program and when students graduate they have an associate degree. Because its a partnership with ibm, they have a leg up when it comes to getting a job with that company. When it started in 2011, had just over 140 students, they are expecting by the start of the 2014
Heres what top Infectious Disease expert dr. Anthony fauci said about the rise in cases across the country. The current state is really not good. We are still knee deep in the first wave of this. And i would say this would not be considered a wave. It was a surge or a resurgence of infections. Superimposed upon a baseline that really never got down to where we wanted to go. Florida is facing an ex exponential surge with the number of daily infections repeatedly shattering records in that state. To put this in perspective, the miami herald notes it took florida about three months to reach 100,000 coronavirus cases. It took less than two weeks to reach 200,000. A grave indicator of the infections rapid spread. The pressure on hospitals is also concerning Public Health officials, according to the Florida Agency for health care administration. 44 intensive care units across the state, they are now at capacity to try and curb the growth. Another round of shutdowns is going into Effect Tomor
Of staff says to expect the president elect to campaign georgia. When he knows to senate seats is important. We are going to do everything we can to help those two candidates candidates, great candidates in georgia. Weve already moved people who were working on the Biden Campaign on the recounts. We are going to be supportive in the fieldwork. Fico republicans have launched what they call a 50 state fundraising effort to win georgia runoffs and keep the majority. Vice president mike pence has been there in recent days. Stakes in this election have never been higher and here in georgia i have to tell you, the choice has never been clear. We need you to do everything in your power to make sure, just be sure that your two senators will be there. On the agenda. Harris lets take a right to our virtual couch, townhouse editor and Fox News Contributor katie pavlich. Gillian turner, executive director and Fox News Contributor, marie harf. Joining us today, fox business anchor david as men. Hap