At 10. 01 per barrel. It did manage to scratch back about 126 of yesterdays 300 plus loss but energy has swamped the stock market over the past 48 hours, completely wiping out fridays 700 plus point gain for the Dow Jones Industrials. Right now we are looking at the dow swooning at the moment, down 562 points. Thats good for a 2. 33 loss. All three major indices are facing a second straight day in the red. Could a lifeboat arrive within just an hour or two . Word is congress is coming together as we speak to replenish the Small Business rescue plan with a fresh 310 billion round of loans. As some big banks, though, play favorites with the First Tranche of money, nontraditional lenders are fast gaining more respect. Weve got the chairman and ceo of one of them. He has already delivered 2 billion to Small Companies and is ready, willing and able to do it once again. Got to hear how hes doing it. And hollywood is on hold as the sopranos prequell sleeps with the fishes. Steph patt ernot is
Profiting big off stock trading prompting concerns about possible Insider Trading dont go anywhere americas lawyer starts right. Betsy devos in her department d of education are being sued again profiling the law by collecting on Student Loans these are loans that shes been told that she cannot collect but that hasnt stopped or joining me to talk about this is fair and cousins editor the trial lawyer magazine whats not. One memo isnt she reading i mean the law is very clear i mean it came under the chairs act right right the special law called the carers act and the carers act said while this pandemic is working its way through what all you have to do betsy is just not collect on these defaulted to stoop. Lower delinquent Student Loans just dont take the money thats all you have to do for just right now actually prohibits the act itself prohibits her from doing this right and she came out on i think it was march 25th of this year and said ok my department is not were not going to garni
Notion that it couldnt happen, that they could not elect a catholic president of the United States. If you know our political history for the decades preceding that with al smith and others there was evidence that , you cannot elect a catholic, and that was all transcended and exploded one night in november 1960. And so the world we were looking at in 1968 when i could really finally Pay Attention was a world coming apart in the United States. The vietnam war is raging, we had an incumbent president Lyndon Johnson who had been elected four years ago in a landslide who was on the way to an easy reelection again. He was very likely to be facing some of very good at losing president ial elections. Richard nixon, who had the distinction in history at the beginning of 1968, of being the very first Vice President in history to lose a president ial campaign. He then made Hubert Humphrey the second 1968. As the year began, it was back in that ancient america where if someone said, i democrat o
Week our troops stationed in tough neighborhoods around the world are caught in the political crossfire here at home but 1st the patriot act sailed through congress after 911 now it is about to expire. Im home and cook in washington this is the big picture. When this did not get much Media Coverage the new Expiration Date is march 15th will Congress Really up the patriot act should they lets ask. Author of battlefield america the war on the American People and a government of wolves the emerging American Police state constitutional attorney Rutherford Institute president syndicated columnist and host of the podcast freedom under fire john w. Whitehead and we also welcome the author of everyones crazy except you and me and im not so sure about you americas favorite contrarian cuts loose legal and media analyst and r. T. E. Contributor lionel gentleman welcome back to the big picture thank you thank you in the foggy fearful aftermath of 911 only one u. S. Senator voted against the patrio
To register. As always, we will take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Washington journal is next. Is next. On thisod morning monday, january 13, the beginning of the legislative week in washington. Senators are preparing for votes on curbing the president s use of force against iran and starting an impeachment trial. Iran. St, your thoughts on what steps do you want lawmakers to take to limit the military did lasts the house week or support the administrations strategy. . Democrats, 2027488000. Republicans, 2027488001. Independents, 2027488002. Active and retired military, we want to hear from you, 2027488003 is your number. You can text us on that line with your first, city, and state. We will get to your thoughts in a minute. Lets begin with the hill newspaper. Democrats scramble to reign in trumps iran war powers. Democrats are racing against the clock to shore up as the fight shifts to the senate. A lawmakers looking to limit trump possibility t