And survivors of the parkland shooting. Teacher ashley kurth and student david hogg. Mr. President , any concerns about rick gates . A dramatic new plea in the trump russia investigation. Will the plea deal for rick gates spell doom for Paul Manafort and others in the inner circle . Insight and analysis from our roundtable. Well break down the politics, smoke out the spin. The facts that matter this week. Good morning. It does feel different this time. We have seen heartbreak, shock, and fury after past mass shootings, from columbine to sandy hook. We have seen the passions cool. The moments fade. But never before have we seen anything quite like the never again movement. Students. Survivors, in the streets. Walking out of schools into state capitols. Major Companies Cutting ties with the nra. Banks rethinking their relationships with the companies that manufacture assault weapons. And long time members of the nra beginning to break ranks. Like Florida Governor rick scott, who now want
Bob cusack is editor in chief with the hill. Every Time Congress goes on break it seems something happens to alter their agenda when they return. In this case last weeks High School Shooting at parkland, florida. Where do you think this issue will go when Congress Returns . Guest its going to be on the front burner. The president has put out some proposals come some supported by the nra and a few not get with the marco position on guns in the wake of the florida shooting. 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 . That there is a bipartisan propl sponsored by senator john cornyn and backed by senator chris murphy, has support on both sides of the aisle. It supported by the nra this is basically increase the system of communication on background checks and sending between various Government Entities information to the fbi, which critics say nee
Hi, mike. Hey, jessica. When you grab the umbrella, temperatures much milder this morning. Were mainly in the upper 40s to 50 degrees. We do have cooler spots in morgan hill and clear lake. Lets look at the 12hour planner. Were planning on getting wet this morning through the morning commute. Well get a break at noon and at 4 00, we have a chance of thunderstorms, that means lightning and hail and it will be breezy this afternoon. Temperatures hanging out in the mid50s. Well talk about how much rain well get out of this system. A stronger one later this week. Sue . The east shore freeway to take a look and see how things are going. Not bad at all. You can see the gaps in between the cars. Youre moving at the limit. Not a solid stream of headlights but certainly a lot of folks out there. Caution for wet roads this morning. We had a sigalert that was cleared over the waldo grade. Its pretty slick out there. Weve got a big rig accident. Its moved to the righthand shoulder. Right near ston
From microsoft and walmart. This is under an hour. 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 our last session and the 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 be introduced shortly. As we 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. Whenever you 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 training, particularly those who may have been difficult to find a job, dont have the level of training needed. That is the challenge we all face. In arkansas, we have don
Employees who did not wish to be a member. That is followed by the lead plaintiff in the case and his attorney offering their perspective. And the week ahead in washington with politico reporter heather cagle. People lined up outside the Supreme Court, hoping to hear a case that could affect labor unions. At issue, should a member be forced to pay costs if they do not want to . Cases two of landmark series kicks off tonight. The series take a takes a closer look at decisions in Supreme Court history. You can find out more about the series and tonights program when you visit our website. Case at the supreme rt deals with joining us to talk about the case is josh idol son. Is a labor reporter josh can you set up both sides of this case and what they represent . Guest the Supreme Court is considering whether to deal what could be a devastating blow to unions by making the Public Sector right to work, meaning it would be illegal to require people who are represented by a union to pay for c