Till january 19 and also turned off what would have been big custom medicare and a bunch of other entitlement programs. Xxx but would have been triggered by the tax cut bill because it would have increased the deficit so much. So that was a big win for Susan Collins who had secured that agreement from Republican Leaders as part of her vote for the tax bill. And the democrats basically went along with it in the senate, went along with turning it off, kicking the can down the road, and that means well have a whole bunch of Unfinished Business early next year with a lot of money at stake. Host what are the issues most contentious yet today . We heard from the House Democratic leader nancy pelosi on the issue of d. A. C. A. , socalled dreamers, estimated 700,000 here in the u. S. They wanted to tie that into this c. R. Obviously theyre not going to wait until january. Does that increase the chance potentially of a shutdown with the next deadline being january 19 . Guest i dont know if it i
Speaker ryan has the committee on House Administration to resolve this issue i have said and i believe everyone agrees, there is no place for sexualharassment in one case is one case too many. Im proud of the bipartisan work of our members on the committee and others of the things we have accomplished over the past few months. Remember but we have been able to do in those three months. We started with the responsibility to resolve this we had to hearings and to formal listening sessions in our review has been carried out in a thoughtful manner. This is the greatest place anybody could work whether a member or staffer, we want to ensure that protection is here. Both the congressional accountability reform act in the House Resolution passed that reflects dedication try bipartisan members who work every day to bring much needed overhaul and reform to the house. Dont forget we also faster did a resolution calling for in person mandatory training or education for members. So that everybody
Today we are asking our viewers what should happen to Daca Recipients. Democrats can call 202 7488000. Republicans 202 7488001. Independents 202 7488002. We also have a line for Daca Recipients, 202 7488003. You can reach us on social media, on twitter, and on facebook. More on the plans by the president , fox news reporting yesterday President Trump is already made his decision to rescind the daca order. It says as early as friday he is expected to announce plans to rescind the Deportation Program that gave reprieve to hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants. Reverse dacad to during the campaign. He is expected to announce the programs end but will allow current dreamers to stay in the program until their current permits expire, which could be as long as two years. We are asking our viewers what do you think should happen to people who are recipients of this program . Lets take a look at what President Trump said about the program in february. [video clip] program, what is your pl
By mutual of america designing customized individual and Group Retirement products. Thats why were your retirement company. Additional support has been provided by and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. From the tisch wnet studios at Lincoln Center in new york, hari sreenivasan. Sreenivasan good evening and thanks for joining us. Nate is now a tropical depression, moving inland, after making landfall last night as a category one hurricane in mississippi. Nate came ashore with 85mile winds near biloxi and hit the mississippi coast with a 10 foot storm surge. The busy beachfront highway u. S. 90, and some gulf coast casinos were flooded. More than 100,000 residents of mississippi and alabama were without power for part of the day. But nate lacked the destructive power of this years previous hurricanes. Officials report no major damage or stormrelated casualties. New orleans, which had prepared for the wor
President for external and legislative affairs at at t, the Largest Telecom communication lobbying in washington. He talks about Corporate Tax reform, privacy, and net neutrality. It also discuss merger with time warner. He is interviewed by david shepherdson. Initiated the review at the department of justice last fall shortly after the deal was announced. We kick it off in november. We are going through a process with the department of justice. Wehave told the street that expect the deal to close by the end of the year. We still have some foreign approvals that hang out there. Were not completely done. Some of the big goals depend on the foreign approval side as we have an operation in mexico. That deal has to go through that process there. We have operations in brazil, but they are not the only ones. We are going through a process of the department of justice right now. Our expectation is we should be process, we should be through the operational issues that we have to go through in