All right, america, youre so money and dont even know it, maybe you do because your Stock Investments hitting record highs yet again. Look behind me, all three major indexes higher for a fourth straight day you see, mr. President , somebody is talking asht ining about it. Surprise one of the big winners this week, ge, up 6 in the last five kays were going to chat with an analyst sthat says the beaten u ge could go 50 higher from here check out other movers this hour, cvs health, xilinx, underarmour, up, leading the s p 500. Welcome, everybody, im Tyler Mathisen we kick off the day with the jobs report, first of the new year payrolls for december missing the mark the jobless rate hitting a 17year low. Wages rising not blowout pace, but nice Steve Liesman in philadelphia breaking down the numbers and looking at what it all means for rate hikes this year steve reporter hey, tyler, thanks. Yeah, it was a weaker than expected jobs report, but economists said it didnt really change their vie
Continues. Host each week, we look at the money and n of your federal policy and this week were joined by David Mitchell, founder of d patients for Affordable Drugs. Prescription drug prices. What is chell, first, your group . Guest what is your group . Guest patients for Affordable Drugs, we are the only National Patient organization focused exclusively on lower drug prices. Take monfreany organization, profit from development or distribution of Prescription Drugs. Speak for patients, 50, last, always. Ost you are a patient yourself . Guest yeah. About seven years ago, i was incurable ith an multiple er policies to called myelomatis incurable, but it is expensive with very drugs. Retail price 450,000, so this of having a cancer to deal ough, having with expensive drugs brought me challengese with the people confront and nobody was really speaking up on behalf of the patients on drug pricing. Wife, who is a little crazy, too, and also a cancer urvivor, she and i decided we would try to
Pennsylvania lawsuit cool pennsylvania law school. It is my pleasure to introduce Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg. We are proud to partner with the National Constitution center tonight. Amy gottman will introduce Justice Ginsburg along with ceo jeff rosen in a moment, but first i want to introduce a bit of history of the roberts lecture. The lecture is named for supreme in g. Ustice and dean oh roberts. Wording of the original agreement about the lecture it says the lecture is to be delivered by a nationally prominent person in either public or academic life who might be expected to make a significant contribution in legal thought. I think we have met and exceeded and blown out of the water that standard tonight with Justice Ginsburg and we celebrate her toy five years on the Supreme Court as well as groundbreaking contributions to american judas lower court judge before she joined the court. Justice roberts himself, was a graduate of penn law. He went on to a tremendous career. He served
The finest attorney general the nation has ever had. A man of commitment, dedication but also a man of leadership and vision. Raised in alabama, became a lawyer, became a prosecutor, let me tell you a little bit about him personally. Raised in alabama, became a lawyer, became a prosecutor, became an attorney general for the state. He became a United States senator. That alone is an enormous compliment. But what he did this past year to restore the rule of law is phenomenal. Ladies and gentlemen, it is giving me no higher pleasure than to tell you you have a friend who is listening and doing exactly what Law Enforcement has asked for years. The list is long, whether it is Asset Forfeiture, returning the 1033 program, or a reversal of the cole memoranda. Please stand and give an amazing welcome to your attorney general, jeff sessions. [applause] sessions thank you, all. Thank you. Thank you indeed. Thank you. Thank you so much. I gotta say, you made my monday morning. Thank you for those
Pbs documentary about the Trump Administration crackdown. And at 9 00 a. M. , the 50 capitals tour is an arkansas for a conversation with ava hutchison. Good morning, it is tuesday, february 13. The Senate Reconvenes this morning and the house begins its work week at noon. We are you for the next three hours on washington journal and after a busy day on capitol hill, including the budget request to congress and the kickoff to the long awaited immigration debate, we begin with open phones. What are the Public Policy issues on your mind around the country this morning . Give us a call. Republicans, 2027488001. Democrats, 2027488000. Independents, 2027488002. Catch up with us on social media. On twitter at cspanwj. And on facebook. And a very good Tuesday Morning to you. We begin with the first halfhour. And as you are calling, we will take you to the fiscal budget request making headlines this morning. Proposal,ion budget as usa today puts it, included a massive military buildup. The sto