Least ideas being discussed to address this. Meantime, blake burman with the latest from the white house. Blake . Reporter hi, there, neil, the white house within the last minute releasing the economic report of the president. This is a pretty lengthy, 500 plus page document put together by the president s council of economic advisors. Weve gone through it t paints a fairly rosie picture coming out of obama administration. Tax cuts, the president talked about the need and the want and how he feels potentially we could get to 4 gdp growth. However when you look at 10year span as the Administration Economic advisors are projecting out, theyre projecting gdp growth over 3 . When you get to the back end of this 10year term, dropping just under 3 . They do warn though of some headwind in both near and long term and this is it. They write, quote, challenges remain for 2018 and the longer term including increased opioid dependence. The recent low rate of Labor Productivity and wage growth. Do
Front burner. The president has put out some proposals. We have seen marco rubio changes position. I think congressional leaders, specifically Speaker Paul Ryan and mitch mcconnell, are going to have to answer questions about what now . What kind of Gun Legislation are you going to move . There is a bipartisan proposal sponsored by sarah chris murphy. It has support on both sides of the aisle. It would increase the system of communication on background checks and sending between various government entities. Say it needs to be shored up. Guncontrol activists are not going to be happy with that. They want stronger complete background checks. Pat toomey says he would said he would revise his old bill that failed a few years ago. I think its going to be something that congressional leaders are going to have to deal with front and center and remember, the florida movement, the student movement, which marched to tallahassee, thats coming to washington next month. This issue is going to be a
Yesterday, saying that peoples lives are being destroyed by mere allegations want to get to your calls. 202 7488001, our line for republicans. 202 7488000 if you are a democrat. For independentss, 202 7488002. Send us a tweet cspanwj. Also on facebook at facebook. Com cspan. Good sunday morning. Let me begin with the president s tweet. This is what he wrote peoples lives are being shattered and destroyed by a mere allegation. Some are true, and some are false. Some are old, and some are new. There is no recovery for someone falsely accused life and career are gone. Is there no such thing any longer as due process . The Associated Press has this story, the west wing rattled, the president casting doubt on his aides exit. You can find it on ap. Com. Heading to the tumbled that has splintered the staff and imperiled his chief of staff, john kellys, hold on the position. Denials ofd his own sexual and propriety on the face of accusations from more than a dozen women. His response also refl
Good afternoon, everyone. If we could have our seats to begin the last session today. I think this is a very impressive gathering as we have thelast session and reflection on the quality of our speakers. And the importance of this topic. I am chair of the ngas Economic Development and commerce committee. Delighted to be joined by Governor John Hickenlooper and the panelists today that we will introduce shortly. Begin, the topic is state economies and the future of work. As i look around, everybodys economy is booming. In arkansas, last year we reached the lowest Unemployment Rate in the history of the state. Reach that low Unemployment Rate, as is in many of our states, you look at how we can expand our working population, it increased the whoning, particularly those may have been difficult to find a job, dont have the level of training needed. That is the challenge we all face. Have done a we couple of things, in terms of technology. We initiated our Computer Science initiative to hav
Race car crash. The drivers condition this morning. A carryon bursts into flames on this airliner. And does milk really do a body good. Why olympic athletes are saying, they dont got pilling. We do say good morning on this monday. Were going to start with the intensifying debate over gun laws as President Trump prepares to gather more ideas today in the aftermath of the florida shooting. This this time, the president will hear from the nations governors. Hes sitting down with them today following a black tie event at the white house. This, as Congress Gets back to work under growing psh to make changes as well. Reporter good morning, diane and kendis. With congress back in session, pressure is on lawmakers to introduce legislation on gun control. So far, leaders have been silent. Overnight, President Trump at a gala with the nations governors vowed to tackle the issue. That will be one of the subjects. And i thing well make that first on our list. Because we have to end our country of