This hearing will come to order. Today we are joined by the leading voices within the administration on reforming and strengthening our Housing Finance system. The secretary of the treasury and the secretary of housing and urban development, both of whom have just proposed proposals to the president , as well as the director of the federal Housing Finance industry who serves as the regulator and conservator of fanny mae and freddie mac. Last friday marked 11 years since the government bailed out and put fanny mae and freddie mac into conservatorship where they remain today. Prior to 2008, they held just 0. 45 in capital for every 100 in mortgages they guaranteed. Now they hold just 0. 19. After a historic 200 billion bailout from the taxpayers. 11 years later, these Important Companies continue to be too big to fail, and are even more leveraged than they were before the financial crisis. And taxpayers remain on the hook in the event of the next market downturn. In march, President Trum
New survey looking at School Safety issues. As always, we will take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Next. This good morning on friday, august 30. We will begin with the Justice Department watchdogs latest report that found former fbi director james comey violated Agency Policy by releasing official memos. Your reaction to the reports findings in our first hour. Republicans, 2027488001. If you are a democrat, dial in at 2027488000. And independents, 2027488002. You can also join the conversation if you go to twitter at cspanwj and on facebook. Com cspan. We will get to your calls in a minute. Lets begin with june 2017. James comey had been fired a month earlier by President Trump. He is summoned to capitol hill to testify and asked by senator Susan Collins about memos and releasing them. [video clip] did you show copies of your of theo anyone outside department of justice . Yes. And to whom did you show copies . The president tweeted on friday after
Isterms of how the president able to use his authority and military force. Crippling. Said it is is it crippling on the ayatollah himself . I do not think of him is getting his American Express card out. Is this more symbolic . Evin a little bit of both this is where gets interesting. The u. S. Has already sanctioned virtually every sector of iran. There are not that many additional sectors or even individuals for the administration to target. On one hand, this is very much symbolic. Alsoe other hand, it is maybe even a sanction of last resort. David Michael Mckee is here with us. We have seen sanctions of all sort from this administration and other administrations. What is different about this one . It does strike me as different. Michael only that is the head of government. We have sanctioned about a thousand different entities in iran since this began, including individuals, companies, even ships and aircraft. They have stopped the flow of oil from iran. As kevin says, theres not mu
Hello, im Robert Mackenzie and welcome again to the university of chicago. It was here in 1976 that Milton Friedman, professor of economics, learned that hed been awarded that years nobel prize for economics, science, university. Is, in a sense, his intellectual and professional home. And thats why free to choose has been coming here for the past several weeks. Now, the subject tonight is education. And its often pointed out that theres intense dissatisfaction in many quarters with the state of Public Education. Billions poured in of taxpayers money. Yet too many youngsters leaving School Without adequate skills in reading and other such equipment theyll need later on in life. Well, now, when that happens, what can be done about it . Milton friedman, himself a teacher most of his life, has diagnosed the problem, and he believes he has a solution. As well see in this film. These youngsters are beginning another day at one of americas Public Schools, Hyde Park High School in boston. What
Start . With its the debt ceiling, do i go into the president ial politics, the candidates in the gop field . Do i look at the investigation, the Special Counsel investigation . What do i start . With you tell me. I will tell you that point, the rnc, first debate is this august . Like, are we there already . When did that happen . We are there, we are officially there, my friend. Have a good show. Welcome back, we must. You good to see you, enjoy the rest of your evening off. Good evening, welcome to ayman tonight. Warning, there are tapes, new reporting on the incriminating trump reporting about a classified document he had in his possession, after he left the white house. And then, the Porcelain Candidate. That is around desantis is being described after refusing to engage with reporters. But how long can he hide in his safe space . And republican rollback, the latest gop trend is loosening Child Labor Laws. I will speak to democratic senator John Hickenlooper, one of the most outspo