Meanwhile, in pennsylvania, police are now expanding their manhunt for a convicted killer who has been on the run since escaping from prison a week ago. On capitol hill, Senate Republicans are hoping for answers today about minority leader Mitch Mcconnells health after he apparently froze twice in two months. And excessive heat is expected to break records across the country today while we have got our eyes on Tropical Storm lee expected to become a major hurricane in just a couple of days. And we begin this morning with the very latest on the legal drama surrounding former president donald trump. The judge overseeing the case will hold a hearing today on motions by codefendants Kenneth Chesebro and Sidney Powell to separate their positions, their portions of the case, from other defendants. It comes after all 19 defendants in the case pleaded not guilty and waived their arraignments originally scheduled for today. And todays hearing also comes as there are new developments in the fede
It is 10 00 eastern time. The dow is down 11. Nasdaq is down 129, nasdaq sliding because big tech is almost uniformly down. The tenure treasury yield is shy at 491. Oil slipping below 85, now 83. 79. Bitcoin, 34,000 a coin, 341 to be precise. Latest read on pending home sales. Lauren the number is 72. 6, a surprise increase of one. One in the month of september. August had an alltime low so a small rebound from that. It didnt he decline further, comparing this observer to last september home sales down 11 on the year. 3 problems remain, mortgage rates, inflation. Stuart the Real Estate Industry and the market is in bad shape. Now this. It was the first piece of legislation under the new speaker, declaring solidarity with israel. It condemned hamas, called for the release of hostages and israels right to defend itself. Nine democrats voted against it. It wasnt about sending weapons to israel. It was about condemning hamas atrocities. That is what those 9 democrats could not handle. Deep
Votes, in fact, johnson is the first to get every republican vote since john boehner in 2011. So who is he . He is a staunch social and religious conservative from louisiana in his fourth term in congress. Hes cosponsored a 20week abortion ban and voted for a National Abortion ban, and he served on one of Donald Trumps impeachment defense teams. But what he is most known for is not just refusing to certify the 2020 election but being the quote, architect of the objections. As the New York Times reports, quote, in december of 2020, mr. Johnson collected signatures for a legal brief in support of a texas lawsuit attempting to throw out the results of four Battle Ground states won by mr. Biden. The Supreme Court ultimately rejected that suit, but not before mr. Johnson convinced more than 60 of House Republicans to sign on to the effort. He did so by telling them the initiative had been personally blessed by mr. Trump, and the former president was anxiously awaiting to see who in congress
The house of representatives the honorable Hakeem Jeffries of new york. Mr. Speaker, you may agree with this. But we are back here 22 days into this republican manufactured chaos and House Republicans have brought us to the exact same position that we were back then. All of the infighting, all the disarray, just to end up where we were three weeks ago. These past few weeks we have been left wondering if republicans were truly intent on solving our issues, reopening the house of representatives and rallying around someone to lead this chamber. Or has this been about Something Else . Has this been a focus of House Republicans to find the person who can pass their extreme litmus test to oppose marriage equality, enact a nationwide abortion ban without exceptions, gut Social Security and medicare, and support overturning a free and fair election. A fair question. A fair question. Nowhere in that Candidate Questionnaire is it about growing the middle class, helping our communities, keeping
President bidens 2025 budget request before the house Budget Committee. She highlights with the administration sees as fiscal and legislative successes in the president s priorities for his latest proposal which totals 7. 3 trillion. This runs three hours 20 minutes. A three hours and 20 minutes. A three hours and 20 this hearing will come to order but welcome to the committee on the Budget Hearing regarding the president s fiscal year 2025 budget request. I welcome director this hearing will come to a order. Welcome to the committee and budgets hearing regarding the fiscal year 2025 budget request. Welcome director young, director of office and management budget. Thank you for being here. I have enjoyed working with you, you are one of the most likable people. On capitol hill and in my experience in politics. Kudos to you. As ive said before, i like you a lot. I dont like the president s budget and im going to outline that with respect. Probably some sharp criticism. I appreciate your