Jobless claims, though, 4. 4 million, bringing the total to 26 million over the past five weeks. Oil bounces, and the european pmis remain historically low 16 in france no, 10 in france 16 in germany. Jim, though, your tone this morning is relatively hopeful. Look, i am a creature of who reports and what they say. And i can literally i find it hard to remember as Many Companies as saying good things, even as obviously were in nidest of a pandemic, and i dont think theyre all clockeyed optimists. These are large cap companies. These are not the companies that the government is trying to protect. These are arguably the winners the companies that are going to get stronger i listened to lee, and Lee Cooperman was talking about what its going to look like on the other side i look at my desk. I have reports everywhere here these are all companies that are going to come through with fewer competitors. And that may be bad for the u. S. Consumer, but its good for the stock market david, would y
Begin on capitol hill where there are actually new steps towards an impeachment probe. Now, that is not what the conventional wisdom held would happen when special Counsel Robert Mueller finished testifying wednesday but now as the weekends, the numbers of Democratic Congress members backing an impeachment probe has grown as the chairman who would lead, jerry nadler is formally invoking the i word in a count. Five House Democrats have stepped out in favor of an impeachment inquiry, including congresswoman Katherine Clark of massachusetts, a member of the house leadership, and the highest ranking democrat to publicly take this stance. Then you have three more House Democrats today announcing support for an impeachment inquiry. Annie custer, chris pompous of new hampshire, and mike eleven of california. You that i can that together, and now you have about a hundred democrats backing some kind of impeachment probe. That is the raw tally. The political nose counting context of this, and fo
American woman to ever be elected to statewide office of any kind in new york. And so tish james is a big deal in new york. Shes a high profile public official in the state of new york. Shes also, i think likely to end up being a pretty high profile National Figure if her career continues the way it is going thus far. But today tish james ended up in the headlines for an unusual reason. Today she was sued. She didnt sue somebody or bring a case against somebody. She herself was sued by the nra. The nra, this sort of powerful right wing pro gun advocacy group, if you have been following news about the nra recently at all, you know they are embroiled in all sorts of legal drama. The new York Attorney general is not the only entity that has issued subpoenas to the nra and its constituent parts over the last few months. The new york state investigation that shes leading i think is particularly threatening to the group because new york state happens to be where the nra is chartered as a non
American woman to ever be elected to statewide office of any kind in new york. And so tish james is a big deal in new york. Shes a high profile public official in the state of new york. Shes also, i think likely to end up being a pretty high profile National Figure if her career continues the way it is going thus far. But today tish james ended up in the headlines for an unusual reason. Today she was sued. She didnt sue somebody or bring a case against somebody. She herself was sued by the nra. The nra, this sort of powerful right wing pro gun advocacy group, if you have been following news about the nra recently at all, you know they are embroiled in all sorts of legal drama. The new York Attorney general is not the only entity that has issued subpoenas to the nra and its constituent parts over the last few months. The new york state investigation that shes leading i think is particularly threatening to the group because new york state happens to be where the nra is chartered as a non
Citizenship. So think about it like this. Unlike the battles over people who broke a law to be here, now were in a place where legal immigrants who are allowed to use these programs are basically being threatened with punishment. A rule designed to make the path to citizenship or legal status here in the United States more dependent on class and wealth. If that sounds a little funny like, wait, is that what this whole project is about, obviously many critics tonight saying that approach undercuts the longstanding tradition in the u. S. Immigration system, that people come here for a better life. Is that sentiment, give us your tired, your poor, still operative in the United States . Should those words come down from the plaque . Im certainly not prepared to take anything down off the statue of liberty. Alrighty then. Now, that is on the legal side. As for the undocumented, Trump Officials are back on defense over those large raids which came literally days after what we all remember, w