How many weeks do you think out of work americans should receive Unemployment Benefits . How long is too long for a person to receive that aid . Our phone lines are open, democrat at 202 5853880. Epublicans, 202 5853881 independents, 202 5853882. We have a special line for out of work americans, 202 5855883. Catch up with us on social media, on twitter and facebook or email us at journal cspan. Org. Good Tuesday Morning as our viewers on washington journal no, anyone collecting Unemployment Benefits for more than 26 weeks lost those that if its at the end of last month, about 1. 3 Million People. More people are expected to hit that limit over the course of the coming year. The Obama Administration estimates by the end of 2014, 4. 9 Million People will have been affected by the loss of those benefits. How long is too long for Unemployment Benefits . Taking up today is legislation on this issue to extend the longterm unemployment, here is the story in the washington times. The cost of t
Good morning and welcome to Al Jazeera America. Im stephanie sy. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is seen as the republican front runner for the white house in 2016. Now hes involved in a local political fire storm tarnishing his national image. Emails suggest top staffers were involved in closing lanes to the George Washington bridge. It was payback against a democratic mayor who refused to support christys reelection. The stunt caused massive traffic delays on one of the worlds busiest bridges. Chris christie is viewed as a top challenger to clinton. Fall out from the scandal could impact president ial aspirations. We have a story of a traffic jam on a busy commuter brim. Who in their right mind would close down access to the busiest bridge in the world to send me a message . The mayor of fort new jersey says governor Chris Christie has explaining to do after documents revealed the shutdown of leaps was an act of retribution because the democratic mayor refused to endorse of the re
The elderly, the Health Care Workers, the first line workers. Those Health Care Workers and People Living in longterm care facilities will be at the front of the line. Thats according to the cdc. But before that, the first nation to actually roll out its vaccines will be the u. K. Where pfizers vaccine was just greenlit. They will begin vaccinating hundreds of thousands of people starting next week. But here in the u. S. , cdc director Robert Redfield is warning that the next three months will be, and i quote, the most difficult time in the Public Health history of this nation. Redfield is most concerned about the stress on this countrys health care systems, and the u. S. Broke yet another record for the number of people homtd ju hospitaled just yesterday, almost 99,000. That is almost double the amount reported on november 1st and almost triple the amount of hospitalizations reported on october 1st. The u. S. Is tracking deaths already reported today, already 1300 and it is only 3 00
And overhead surveillance. You need people on the ground who can go and gather the intelligence that you need so you know effectively how to defeat this enemy. And i ask this, do we want to defeat this enemy, decisively, quickly and completely so the enemy knows if they rear their head again, we will decimate their plan. Are we going to do that or do what happened in vietnam, drib, drab, a little here and there. Not getting what it takes to defeat that enemy. What happened in vietnam . Ultimately, the communist came in and that country came in and fell. And you see the post script to the story of vietnam was the slaughter of innocents under the evil polpot in the killing fields. And we know the history was an ugly history. This isnt good, this is awful. But we need to see what has happened. We see the arab spring has been nothing but islamic bloodletting across the middle east. In their own words, it is religiousbased and religious tryainspired and doing the bidding of their god to spi
Thats a fact. Reporter one person not buying it, reporter rob maudy. He said he heard a voicemails that confirms a dvd of the video was received at nfl headquarters in new york april 9th, five months ago. It came from a number within the league office. The voicemail is from an unidentified woman saying that she received the video, thanking the Law Enforcement official for sending it and telling him hes right, its terrible. The nfl says they arent aware of this and theyll look into it, but many are looking to goodell to resign. The National Organization for women and lawmakers. If there is information that does come out that shows that he did know, that he had access i do think it puts at risk the current job that he has. And at risk is a potential 40 plus Million Dollar paycheck. Thats what goodell reportedly raked in in 2012. Speaking of money, the now paycheckless rice could stand to gain. Since the most recent damning video rice kicked to the curb finding out the commissioner may ha