Weve organized todays hearing. The 2016 election, the American People made a resounding call to drain the swamp. That is modern washington. And sadly this is a bipartisan problem. The American People have lost confidence in washington and especially in congress. And it isnt hard to see why. Enmeshed in back room deals and broken promises, our capitol has too often become a political playground for the powerful and well connected. For members of the permanent Political Class looking to accumulate more and more power at the expense of american taxpayers. As part of his promise to drain the swamp, President Trump strongly endorsed and campaigned on passing congressional term limits. Though our founders didnt include term limits in the constitution, they feared the creation of a permanent Political Class that existed parallel to rather than within american society. As Benjamin Franklin observed, quote, in free governments, the rulers are the servants. And the people their superiors. For th
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Margaret Hoover and trevor potter. Okay. Here we go. Good morning. Good morning, margaret good morning to all you. Thank you for being in celebration of our democracy. Its furtherance elections, Election Integrity and, the importance of free and Fair Elections in a democracy. One small topic. I wonder if we could just maybe start start small. Who votes . So you referred to it as a democracy. We have all spent last day and a half here discussing is that a republic . Is it a democracy . Is it a Representative Democracy . Which is what i think it has been from the start, what nowadays . Political scientist call a liberal democracy, meaning majority vote wins, but it cant take away the rights of minorities, which has been a issue throughout american history. So who votes is obviously most basic question and as weve talked about a little bit already, we started as a country in which white males, but not all white males. Many states White Property owners
[captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2017] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Isit ncicap. Org] good morning, everyone. Shh. Good morning. Welcome to a. C. S. s annual Supreme Court preview. Im cara stein, Vice President of policy and program at a. C. S. Which most of you likely know is a National Network of lawyers, law students, judges and policymakers who believe that a law should be a force to improve peoples lives. So here we are again. After a Supreme Court term that many felt was lackluster, despite the muchdelayed addition to the ninth justice to the bench, we are looking at an upcoming term that promises the high stakes we had grown accustomed to in recent years. You need only look at the first two weeks of oral arguments to see what i mean. During just those five days, the court will continue the constitutionality of the president s travel ban, legitimacy of wisconsins redistrict
A Texas Church Service killing more than twenty people. Also a mountain of leaked documents show how the super wealthy and Big Companies hide that money in tax havens. Also has been our leader has an astronomer accuses saudi arabia of forcing the lebanese Prime Minister to resign. And protests ahead of a key meeting in germany on Climate Change. Good to have you with us we begin the news with a mass shooting at a church in the texan town of Sutherland Springs more than twenty people dead now police say the shooter walked into the church during a service and opened fire at least seventeen others were injured in the attack including children the gunman is apparently dead while john hendren is our correspondent live for us in washington d. C. With more on this it is a developing story john the citys sticks fluctuating according to different sources i mean what do we know about the timeline and in deed about those that have died and injured. Well so that we know very little more than we ha
Cbo chief dug elmendorf, Donald Marron are in the chairs with complete break down what this all means to you. To wall street right now though. In of itself a breaking story, stocks fighting to stay in the green. We race toward a record close for the dow. The nasdaq briefly turned negative past hour. Dow at one point had been down one point. High as up 35. Things could change at any moment of course. Yesterdays loser is todays shining star. The Retail Sector bouncing higher after target boosted its guidance, saying retailer is doing pretty well in face of competitive environment. Translation, amazon. Right now target up nearly 4 1 2 . Target taking other retailers along for the ride. Jcpenney, macys, look at kohls, up nearly 5 . Walmart. All seeing green, not just a tiny bit. Not just up 1 . Jcpenney up 7 . Still a 4. 95 stock. By the way, walmart is one of the toppersage gains on the dow. Look at u. S. Hospital operators and Health Insurers falling any moment. Half a percent down 5 . A