Fairing consideration just as we did for the nominees of newly elected president s clinton and obama. Lets start with Peter Alexander who is at the white house this afternoon. Peter, it would seem as if the gauntlet has been thrown down. Reporter the bottom line is, donald trump made this point. He didnt defer to the senate as one president might have done in the past. But Mitch Mcconnell has insisted that he believes that he has the necessary votes. They think they can get the 60 votes that would be necessary if they were not to get those, then it wouldequire what they refer to as that Nuclear Option that President Trump was speaking about there where you basically overrule the traditions that exist in the senate body and it requires only a senate a simple majority, which would be the 50 votes which, of course, republicans have more than enough of right now. Nonetheless, the sourt fullcourt press has been going on for hours. Weve seen neil gorsuch, this federal Appeals Court judge mak
Where are those kids . Why dont we know where they are . President trump blamed democrats for supporting what he has described as lax immigration policies. But democrats say breaking up families is largely a result of the Trump Administrations zero tolerance policy for illegal border crossings. If you are smuggling a child, then we will prosecute you, and that child may be separated from you. If youre planning a starbucks run, go early. More than 8,000 locations will close this afternoon so employees can undergo racial bias training following the incident in philadelphia last month. We have an opportunity given the fact that we have stores in every community in america to begin a very important conversation. This is probably one of the most important transformational moments in the history of our company, and weve taken it seriously. This is just the beginning. We dont think this is a magic moment and were all together. Thats right. This is a beginning of a journey, and we have steps t
0 and to their point in the last election, the presidential election, according to the fox news exit polls, 93% of african-americans voted for barack obama. only 6% voted for governor mitt romney. my question is, why? well, let s take a look at the statistics. now, back when barack obama became president back in january of 2009, the unemployment rate among african-americans was a startling 12.7%. but guess what? fast forward four years. that number is even worse. the current unemployment rate of this group is now 13.5%. now unfortunately those aren t the only startling statistics when it comes to those who need food stamp assistance. in 2009 over 7 million african-americans participated in the program. now according to the most recent information that we have, this number has now risen over 10 million. and that s not all. in 2009 over 9 million african-americans were listed as living in poverty. this shouldn t come as a shock today. that number is worse. according to the latest data,
and to their point in the last election, the presidential election, according to the fox news exit polls, 93% of african-americans voted for barack obama. only 6% voted for governor mitt romney. my question is, why? well, let s take a look at the statistics. now, back when barack obama became president back in january of 2009, the unemployment rate among african-americans was a startling 12.7%. but guess what? fast forward four years. that number is even worse. the current unemployment rate of this group is now 13.5%. now unfortunately those aren t the only startling statistics when it comes to those who need food stamp assistance. in 2009 over 7 million african-americans participated in the program. now according to the most recent information that we have, this number has now risen over 10 million. and that s not all. in 2009 over 9 million african-americans were listed as living in poverty. this shouldn t come as a shock today. that number is worse. according to the latest
and to their point in the last election, the presidential election, according to the fox news exit polls, 93% of african-americans voted for barack obama. only 6% voted for governor mitt romney. my question is, why? well, let s take a look at the statistics. now, back when barack obama became president back in january of 2009, the unemployment rate among african-americans was a startling 12.7%. but guess what? fast forward four years. that number is even worse. the current unemployment rate of this group is now 13.5%. now unfortunately those aren t the only startling statistics when it comes to those who need food stamp assistance. in 2009 over 7 million african-americans participated in the program. now according to the most recent information that we have, this number has now risen over 10 million. and that s not all. in 2009 over 9 million african-americans were listed as living in poverty. this shouldn t come as a shock today. that number is worse. according to the latest