And the opioid crisis. Senate minority leader Charles Schumer opens the 25 minute briefing. Schumer good morning, everybody. Thank you for coming here it i want to thank my colleagues for joining me this morning. We are almost at the end of the year of this Republican Senate under President Trump. And the republican credo can be summed up this way, help the rich, hurt the middle class. The whole year can be summed up in that one sentence. Republicans have spent every waking hour catering to be wealthy and special interest, leaving the middle class and those wanting to get there as an afterthought. Republicans have cemented their legacy as the party of the rich. If you ask the top 1 how Senate Republicans did this year, they would give them an a. If you ask the wealthy corporations how they did this year, they would give them an a if you ask the americans how they did this year, they would give the republican senators an a. But if you ask middleclass americans, they would give them a bi
Ten minutes, if you have questions about the situation in iran, send them my way, bbcos is the hashtag. Lawyers for President Trump are trying to block the release of a book about him. Its called fire and fury inside the trump white house, its by Michael Wolff, its not even out yet already, but he and his publisher have received this 11 page letter. It says the book contains false and baseless statements which give rise to defamation by libel, inducement of breach of contract and much more besides. Any number of things may have upset mr trump. This bbc article lists the most remarkable claims. Top of that list is mr trumps former chief strategist, steve bannon, saying a meeting between the Trump Campaign and a russian lawyer was treasonous. It also claims Melania Trump cried when it became clear her husband would win the presidency and that mr trump was horrified. And that the president was upset so many a list stars declined to attend his inauguration. A lot of interest in this book,
Now to a Panel Discussion on to state and licensing requirements or Service Industry jobs such as cosmetology. Labor secretary says lawmakers should work to get rid of unnecessary state licenses. This Panel Discussion is on our is it one hour. Unhappy to see some familiar faces in the audience and for those who dont know me my name is trying to koren wongervin. I also teach antitrust and intellectual property law. I will pause for a minute. We also have people joining us online. Again, to everyone in the room, welcome and thank you for coming. Its a privilege to be here today in my capacity as cochair along with josh writes of the antitrust and Consumer Protection working group of the fried the list society project. This project was launched in 2016 to foster a National Conversation around the issue of revelatory access end of the harms it causes. Of the project consists of 12 working groups, each composed of experts with specific fields of regulatory line policy ranging from environme
Today . Yesterday was actually one of the colds he is deas weve had since early january. I believe it. And the winds, pretty nasty , windchills down to the single digit. Today much betterment talk about typical temperatures for early february, mid 40s. That will feel good. Not a loft sunshine, a and i think today few peaks of sunshine, and if you like it mild wait few more days, we will bring the warmth with the next storm system. Comes at a little bit after price. We will talk about it, meantime all quiet this morning, do have cloud cover moving on through, still cold, dont get me wrong, here we are 29 degrees at this hour at the Philadelphia International airport. But not as cold as yesterday. We until the lower 20s yesterday, south breeze at seven, wind starting to shift out of the south. Bringing milder air back into the region, still windchill values down into the 20s. Does feel like 22 degrees on exposed skin. The actual numbers, ranging from low 20s into the mountains, mid 30s a
[ inaudible ] the gut wrenching words of hostage tonight. Honoring his fallen brother in blue on solemn night in smyrna, delaware. Im chris oconnell. Dawn is off tonight. Steven floyd died when inmates held prison correction officers hostage during a 20hour standoff today state official posthumously floyd to lieutena lieutenant. His grief stricken neighbors, friends and family gathered tonight to remember the hero. Brad sattin live in delaware tonight. Brad you were at what was im sure a heartbreaking vigil. Reporter yeah, chris, it was heartbreaking. In fact this vigil comes at the same time were learning new information coming from the medical examiner tonight that lawsuit floyds death has been ruled a homicide by trauma. Meanwhile organizers expected just a few dozen people to attend tonight. Instead they came by the hundreds. Reporter hundreds turned out to support the family of lieutenant steven floyd at smyrna Regional Park with candles, balloons, tears and songs. Reporter in the