Congress. I made a few suggestions, and i have additional suggestions on how he could do that if he was serious about growing the economy. Drilling and leasing activities on federal lands is another. Educational choice. The reality is the president has a choice. I heard a question of whether he mention the minimum wage. Yes, he did, repeatedly. This president and the white house seems to be waving the white house of surrender. Now thea economy is minimum wage economy. We can do better than that. I think america can do better than that. There are things that he can do with executive action. There are other things he can do. We asked him about reining in regulation from the epa, adopt a repealory budgets, outdated relations. There are things we can do instead of waving the white flag of surrender, declaring this economy to be a minimum wage economy. I think we can do better. Until a few moments ago we were going down a pretty cooperative road. [laughter] let me say that we do not all oil
Congressman john dingell, the serving member of congress in history, is retiring after serving more than 58 years house. Thats next, on cspan. House Armed Services committee mckeon talks about the u. S. Mission in afghanistan. Later, more about the proposed pentagon budget cuts for 2015. An update on the ukraine. Situation in cspan. Org website makes it easier than ever for on washingtonbs d. C. And share your finds with through facebook, twitter and works. Ocial met easy search functions let you access our daily coverage of it simplew tools make to create short video clips and share them with your friends via twitter and other social networks. Or you can send links to your email. Ips via just find the share tools on our video player, or look for the icon links throughout our site. Newh washington on the cspan. Org, and if you see something of interest, click it friends. It with your representative john dingell, member oft serving congress announced he will retire at the end of this te
Enforcement, joint Terrorism Task force, fbi, homeland security, the army. Spying on peace activists. New details about the army iniltrating antiwar groups Washington State and beyond. One justreleased email shows an Army Employee talking to Police Departments in los angeles, portland, oregon, eugene, everett, and spokane about the need to collect and share intel on leftist and anarchist. Then, spies of mississippi. They were out to stop covert efforts of immigration. Were not just talking about some rednecks on the street, this is defiance at its highest level. We knew we were being followed. I knew my life was in danger. A new film looks at the statesponsored campaign to defeat the civil Rights Movement. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Ukraine is delaying the formation of a new government until thursday, following the ouster of democratically elected president Viktor Yanukovych after months of protes
The president should also be denied the House Speaker nancy pelosi is actively seeking his removal. In spain, the heaviest snowfall for decades has already left hundreds of drivers stuck and forced the closure of madrid airport. Snow is also forecast for parts of italy, turkey and greece, as mark lobel reports. Coronavirus victims remembered in spains capital, madrid, as a different storm sets in. Parks were closed early. Translation for those who dont work, it is great. For those who work, it is a little more complicated. Translation i came to madrid and i was surprised, as it is not snowing in berlin. It must have to do with climate change. The snow in spain stopping people getting to their plane. Real madrids footballers among many stuck on the tarmac for hours at barajas airport. Operations here suspended at times. Storm filomena struck these houses on the portuguese island of madeira. Translation i am 66 years old and i had never seen so much rain and water like i saw yesterday. I
How they were surrounded by police in derbyshire, read their rights and fined 200 pounds after they drove five miles for a walk by a reservoir. Current guidance says you can travel for exercise in england as long as it is in your local area. Derbyshire police said they are reviewing the fines issued in this period. Phil mackie reports. Eliza moore and jessica allen, friends whose businesses have shut because of lockdown, decided to brave the cold and go for a socially distanced walked to try to keep their spirits up. U nfortu nately, their trip to a nearby reservoir has earned them each a £200 fine. Derbyshire police have been stopping people who were driving to beauty spots because they say it is a breach of government regulations. Jessica says she thought they were following the rules to the letter. We take these guidelines really seriously. My brother is a doctor who works on a covid ward. My parents have both had it was not we are trying to follow the rules, we havent come out wan