The dude abides. Look what happened last night in seattle when the clock struck midnight. 321 whoo cenk you thought it was midnight no, it was 4 20. Weve got both sides of that argument again tonight. Its interesting washington now officially the most liberal state. Way to go, evergreen. White resumes black resumes. White sounding names black sounding names what are the results . The person who did that experiment is on the show. Weve got elbows. It is in fact go time. [ theme ] cenk now the president has been selling his idea for the grand bargain and tax increases for the rich in the country. In fact, he went on twitter to talk about it. Apparently this is the first time on twitter. They put out a little video from the white house about him doing it. Here, watch. There we go. My tweet has been posted. Thats what im talking about. Cenk sometimes i forget that hes older than me. Come on, dude. That was your first tweet . Hes the president of the United States i guess he doesnt have tim
To keep the Government Shutdown. Talk to Republican Leadership . We went over their heads to the American People. Ted cruz is a fraud. We must stop it. We cannot accept it. Knuckleheads. The house needs to keep doing what its been doing which is stranding strong. In this republican Government Shutdown hurting the children of america. Certainly hurting us. We make no apologies. This is madness. You still havent figured out what its all about, have you . Starting to feel like this ending. No deal as far as were concerned. Surprise let me get one wave before you take me. Thank you and god bless you. This hour, the president is in a meeting at the white house with Senate Democratic leadership to discuss the ongoing negotiations. The meeting which was Just Announced is latest development in whats been a tumultuous 12th day of the Government Shutdown. Things got a bit heated on the house floor with House Democrats calling out the gop colleagues for changing the rules and preventing a vote to
Capitol, a twoyear, 60 million renovation is underway. Gaveling will be constructed around capitol dome but work continues with the house gaveling today at noon. They are expected to approve a resolution and limiting the need to hold sessions while on break. They do return on letter slated for it on tuesday, january 7. From the Labor Department this morning, reports that the number of unemployment benefit applications dropped by 42,000 last week. Planes had jumped by 75,000 over the two weeks ending december 14. Todays news is a sign of a decline in the improving job market. The issue of Unemployment Benefits is shaping up to be a good focal point when congress returns. Congress failed to agree on a deal to extend longterm benefits which were said to expire december 31 for 1. 3 million americans. President obama has called for a retroactive or wrappers asian of the program, and house and Senate Democratic leaders have vowed to make it there first order of business when they return from
Earlier, just up a hint now, just a touch. Meanwhile, the nasdaq, the s p500, and the russell, as you can see, down slightly on the day after christmas. Retail stocks are casting a follow on the market, the s p500, the high end end names, all in the red. We got coach, high end retailers such as tiffany moving lower, ralph lauren, urban jut fitters lower on poor data on sales this Holiday Season, and its all due to the latest Holiday Spending figures that the stocks move lower. Sales decreasing at a slow pace since the recession hit in 2008 according to the mastercard survey, the latest one. Well pick apart the numbers later on in the show. Hey, but check out crude oil, jumping today, up more than 2 , 3 on the day, near 91 bucks a barrel. First, theres optimism about a budget deal, perhaps in the next few days, optimism, isnt it, and supply concerns, iran is conducting naval test exercises and a strait of hormuz beginning tomorrow through the weekend. That could be a touchy situation an
The Supreme Court has two cases remaining, the hobby lobby case on the contraceptive mandate and Health Care Law and another on employee unions. Decisions on those will be announced monday, the final day of the courts term. We have many of this terms oral arguments on our website cspan. Org where you can listen to the cases as they were argued before the Supreme Court. One of the Court Decisions handed down yesterday and talked about during the event we just watched was the case involving an Abortion Clinic buffer zone. Politico has this story about the case. The Supreme Court on thursday unanimously struck down a Massachusetts Law that restricted speech outside abortion facilities. A decision abortion rights advocates decried as a threat to patients safety at clinics nationwide. The court said the state law violated the First Amendment because its buffer zone limited speech too broadly, covering 35 feet from the doorway of facilities including public areas like sidewalks. Thursdays de