Issue is looming large, that being the debt ceiling. Stocks are losing ground once again. The Dow Jones Industrial average is down 80 points. Investors are worried that House Speaker john boehner has called to raise the nations debt limit. Reports that congress has just now ten days to act. Reporter time is running out at midnight october 17th. The United States will reach its borrowing limit. For the first time the nation will default. As the Government Shutdown ent enters day seven, with no compromise in sight, john boehner is not budging. There is no way when were not going pass when the votes are not in the house to pass the clean were not going down that path. Treasury secretary john lew said washington is playing with fire. The can economy is coming back. They dont need politics in washington to bring the economy down. Reporter the Treasury Department warns the default would be unprecedented and has the potential to be catastroph catastrophic, saying credit could freeze, the valu
The education Nation Student town hall. Education nation is now in its fourth year, and i am thrilled that for the second year in a row, we will be focused on what matters most to the students, the problems they face, and their ideas for how to solve them. Now, joining me on stage and in the audience today are students from across the country, ranging in age from about 13 to 25. And for the next two hours, we will hear from many of them. To help with that task, two of my colleagues are in the house. Working one side of the room is cohost of msnbcs the cycle. Krystal ball. Hi, krystal hey, melissa. Good morning. And over on the other side, msnbc anchor, mara schiavocampo. Hey, mara good morning, everyone. Now, theyre going to be coming around and taking questions and comments from our student audience throughout the show. And today, just this once, im going to let you guys do something that i never let my students do. You can use your phones in class. We want to know your reactions, you
Well discuss his decades long fight for justice and the incredible legacy he leaves behind first, here are the facts. More than 140,000 americans are dead from the coronavirus pandemic states across the country are seeing record increases in cases and now, some are also setting daily death records. Those, again, are the facts. And this is the president of the United States. I said its going to disappear. Ill say it again, its going to disappear and ill be right. I dont think so i dont think so you know why it doesnt discredit because ive been right probably more than anybody else when you talk about mortality rates, i think its the opposite i think we have one of the lowest mortality rates thats not true, sir. We have 900 deaths on a single day we will take a look. Ready can you please get me the mortality rate kaley is here. I heard we have one of the lowest, maybe the lowest mortality rate in the world. Do you have the numbers . I heard we had the best mortality rate number one low m
The march on washington, its a great distant from marching across that bridge in selma in 1965 for the right to vote. In 2011 after more than lewis wasnt content to just making history. He was also dedicated to preserving it. Consider the smithsonians africanamerican history and culture. And he never stopped stirring up good trouble as he liked to call it. Boycotting the inaugurations of george w. Bush after the contested 2000 election. And vocally opposing donald trump in 2017, citing suspicions of Russian Election meddling. And a protest against President Trumps immigration policy, the congressman, by then an elder statesman rooiled up the crowd with words he lived by. We must never, ever give up. We must be brave, bold and courageous. President trump has ordered flags at the white house and other federal buildings to fly at half staff for the rest of the day in honor of the passing of congressman john lewis. But other than that, no other proclamation has come from the president. Its
Griff im in the juan seat in washington. Im proudly here, jed. Pete as you are. Jedediah pete, use those as a little nap area. If you dont have a segment, i dont see why the pillows cant be made to good use. Pete good point. In the first segment, in on honor of you i will take a nap. Griff no sleeping. There is too much news. Pete we start with a fox news alert. Chaos in our country. Violent clashes erupting across the nation. [gunfire] pete one person is killed after gunshots ring out at a black lives matter protest turned riot in austin, texas. Police declaring officially a riot, after this youth jail construction site is torched. Griff rioters clashing with police, throwing bottles at officers. 21 cops hurt. 45 people arrested. Meanwhile portland seeing 59th straight day of unrest. Protesters bring down a federal courthouse fence. Rioters setting an American Flag on fire, watching it go up in flames. Jedediah protests take a violent turn in richmond, virginia. Police declaring an Un