All over there. I was following you on social media throughout the special session when the word came down last night 16five vote. What are we expecting to happen moving forward. Reporter well its going be a busy next two days. Welcome to the halftime report. Because i am coming to you from the chamber where all of the action is moving to. You are looking at the state assembly. Ill get to that in just a second. Were on hold here. This is empty behind me. Wer for the yom kippur holiday. The big action as you know happened yesterday in the state senate. It passed that stadium bill on a 16five vote. The bill raises the room tax to build an nfl stadium and expand the convention center. Its the most controversial measure up here at the capitol because it raises taxes which critics say could be spent on other things. I talked with republican paul anderson. He is the majority leader here my goal is to be done tomorrow. So were going to work that thing hard. Were going to make sure that we vet
Did not think the blair witch would look like such a classic witch, but there you go. Donald trump reportedly invited the leader of the philippines to the white house next year despite the fact that he previously told president obama to go to hell. Said obama, oh, im already there. [ light laughter ] im already there. This is exactly what i thought it would be like. Donald trump has nominated ben carson to be his secretary of housing and urban incidentally hud is the sound that ben carson made when he heard the news. Ben, donald trump is on the phone. Hud . [ light laughter ] thats right, ben carson has accepted Donald Trumps offer to be secretary of housing and urban development, despite previously saying he did not feel qualified to lead a governmental department. But he changed his mind, because he stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night. A recent hud . A recent poll found that 58 of americans believe donald trump will try to work with democrats. Oh, russia has democrats . I didn
Routine basis know paul well. Hes been our fearless leader for the past several years in helping to direct the symposium. Because of that, i feel like no introduction is needed. That old canard, but in pauls case, its really true. Ill just say that he comes to us from the university of saskatchewan to give you a sense of how far hes come to be with us today. Hes there on a professor, visiting professorship on human rights. And hell be speaking on a nation of immigrants, the keynote, of course, is an opportunity to look at the theme in a broader sense. So hes going to be laying the groundwork for everything were going to be discussing tomorrow, and i hope youll all come back if you can tomorrow as well. One last thing before paul comes up to the podium. We have a special lunch program, something we dont do typically. Were going to have a speaker join us during lunch period tomorrow. So we can keep people in the room, but have boxed lunches to make that easy for you. And i think youll re
Jewish community. Up to 1924, Ultra Orthodox Jews generally chose not to come to the United States. There were even rabinic rulings in europe discouraging jewish immigration to america. It was very simple. If you come to america, it will be better for your body. It will be worse for your soul. And your grandchildren will be gentiles. And they said dont come to america. And as a result, the ultra communities did not. After world war ii, though, the surviving ultra communities did. In part, they came here because they were either nonzionist or antizionist and didnt want to go to israel. So they come here. And that population today is what is changing the americanjewish community more than anything else because of their extreme birth rate. I would invite anyone to take a tour of borough park or flatbush in brooklyn, by zip code, they have the highest birth rates of any place in the United States. And if there is retention over generations, the prediction is somewhere around half of the am
Colonial period to modern day. This event is part of a twoday u. S. Capital Historical Society symposium. Its about an hour and 15 minutes. The keynote opening this particular symposium. We have paul finkelman. Those of you who come on a routine basis know paul well. Hes been our fearless leader for the past several years in helping to direct the symposium. Because of that, i feel like no introduction is needed. That old canard, but in pauls case, its really true. Ill just say that he comes to us from the university of saskatchewan to give you a sense of how far hes come to be with us today. Hes there on a professor, visiting professorship on human rights. And hell be speaking on a nation of immigrants, the keynote, of course, is an opportunity to look at the theme in a broader sense. So hes going to be laying the groundwork for everything were going to be discussing tomorrow, and i hope youll all come back as you can tomorrow as well. One last thing before paul comes up to the podium.