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Homeowners million have been helped by private lenders, who in many cases have used a similar framework to the one created by this program. Our program has created norms like requiring a point of contact for the homeowner, leading unemployed homeowners delay their mortgage payment for at least six months. This kind of collective action has transformed the way the mortgage industry assists struggling homeowners, spurred new tools to aid communities, and helped reverse the worst housing downturn since the great depression. This has been one component of the administrations effort to kill the housing market. We have taken other steps, improve the to housing market. We have taken other steps, including making it easier to refinance mortgages. Than 3s helped more Million People refinance homes. Even as we focus on refinancing, we have made strides to give communities a boost by establishing the hardest hit fun. In april, i traveled to detroit and witnessed how the fund is making a differenc
National affairs analyst, cohost of showtimes the circus and executive editor of the recount, john heilemann, and nbc news and msnbc contributor shauna thomas. And willie, cant have a rally . Bring the rally to the rose garden with a captive audience. Yes, he did. For 63 minutes, only six of which were spent answering questions from reporters. It was hailed as a News Conference. It was not that. Chief correspondent for the New York Times, peter baker, describes the News Conference this way in his lead piece for the paper in theory, President Trump summoned Television Cameras to the heatbaked rose garden early tuesday evening to announce new measures against china to punish it for its oppression of hong kong, but that did not last long. Peter continues, what followed instead was an hour of president ial stream of consciousness as mr. Trump drifted seemingly at random from one topic to another, often in the same runon sentence. Even for a president who rarely sticks to the script and wan
For. Kamala harris is the Vice President we need right now, committed to our constitution, brilliant in defending it and a witness to the women of this nation that our voices will be heard. Our mission is to fight for future equal to the ideals of ourfounders, for future equal to the ideals of our founders, our hopes for oui of our founders, our hopes for our children and the sacrifices of our veterans, our brave men and women in uniform and their families. We will increase our majority in the house, we will win the democratic majority in the senate, we will elect Kamala Harris Vice President and elect joe Kamala Harris Vice President and electjoe biden, president of the United States of america. Bless god you, and god bless america. Nancy pelosi there, the 80 year speaker of there, the 80 year speaker of the house of representatives, the house of representatives, the first female speaker of the house of representatives. Laura trevelyan is in wilmington, delaware for us. A very clear m
Needs to close the deal. Lets go to a key race alert. Lets start off in the key battleground state of pennsylvania, which were watching closely right now. 20 electoral votes, joe biden is ahead by 28,833 votes. He has 49. 6 to 49. 1 for donald trump. 96 of the estimated vote is in. Were also watching georgia, where 99 of the estimated vote is in. Bidens lead has jumped up to 7,248. He has 49. 4 , jump was 49. 3 . In arizona, which has 11 electoral votes, bidens lead is close to 30,000, 29,861, 49. 6 to 48. 6 in nevada. Six electoral votes. Biden maintains a steady lead, 22,675, 49. 8 to 48 , 93 of the estimated vote in nevada is in. Lets walk over to john king, who is watching this as closely as anyone on earth right now. Its getting closer and closer. Good morning. How are you doing . Day five, so you say, why is it taking so long . Day five could very well be the decisive day. Why is that . Heres the national map. Joe biden building an impressive lead in the popular vote. Thats a mor