July jobs number will be released. Ahead of that, what sort of trends are you seeing as states begin to report have reported a rise in cases and weve seen closures of the economy in some states across the country . Right. Let me start by saying good morning, bill, to you and your viewers. Well, the trend lines have not been good. There are two indicators for whats happening with employment. The Census Bureau is putting out preliminary data that indicate that the percentage of americans who are employed is declining again. And the Labor Department puts out data about initial weekly unemployment claims. Basically people filing for their Unemployment Benefits for the first time. And those numbers have been pretty stagnant since the beginning of june, and recently have gone to tick up a little bit which is application that there are more people losing their jobs in the economy. So those two indicators suggest that while we may see some jobs growth when we get the unemployment and jobs numb
We are joined by to talk about absentee voting. Welcome to washington journal. Tell us about your foundation. What is its mission . [applause] guest it is dedicated to serve as a counter to many of the leftist groups finding test filing lawsuits trying to update touch up and and trying to serve as a balance encounter to the increasing demands of leftist groups to change our election process, and really to safeguardsll of the and Election Administration that have been put in place in the early 20th century to share the responsibility for conducting elections in the states from the political parties, and to protect the right of individuals ballot, not toet be intimidated or harassed during voting. Our foundation is dedicated to trying to get Election Officials to clean their voter rolls so that only active and eligible voters are on the roles, and ensure that the laws enacted by the legislature are carried out, and that every citizen who is eligible to vote is able to vote with confidenc
To try to serve as a balance and a counter to the increasing demands of leftist groups to challenge our election process and really to eliminate their goal appears to be to eliminate all of the safeguards in Election Administration that have been put in place in the early part of the 20th century to shift the responsibility for conducting elections to the states from the Political Parties and to protect the right of individuals to vote, to not be intimidated or harassed in voting. Our foundation is dedicated to trying to get Election Officials to clean their voter roles so that only eligible voters are on the rolls and to ensure that the laws are carried out and that every citizen who is eligible to vote is able to vote with confidence that his or her ballot will be counted. And those who are not eligible to vote, will not spoil the integrity of the elections. You talked about those other groups being very well funded. How is your foundation funded . We get along. We have been doing go
There was an endeavor to get to the city yesterday but we were landlocked yesterday, drove into the city under the trees. It was a little scarey we are back and it is nice to be here it feels like home good to have you back, andrew this is the situation that we probably havent given focus it deserves still millions without power 1. 4 million in new jersey without power. I know connecticut was hit worse. That storm even though a tropical storm, not a hurricane, stronger than anticipated. The wind event and damage significant. I appreciate it still trying to dig out from that today a lot of people that will be without power for days starting with the markets this morning. The nasdaq on another record six straight games it closed just below 11,000. Just north of 10,998 youll see this morning, us equity futures are not pushing above the 11,000 mark just yet six days in a row weve seen gains. This morning, indicated down by 20 points. The fourth day of gains for both the s p 500 and the dow
Senator cruz the hearing will reconvene. Senator cruz the hearing will reconvene. The first witness is an independent journalist and photographer who has invited a window into the protests that have racks of the pacific more northwest in the last several years. Editor at large at the postmillennial. His written work has been published in the wall street journal, real clear politics and fox news. Millions online have viewed his videos covering antifa and related protests. Mr. Ngo is a graduate of Portland State university. Thesecond witness is director and Senior Analyst for Homeland Security and counterterrorism at the center for Security Policy. In that role, he researches and analyzes domestic threats with an emphasis on doctrines that feel terrorism. Fuel terrorism. His writing has appeared in the federalist, fox news. Com, and the claremont review of books. He was a lincoln fellow at the claremont institute. Our next witness is for sir jonathan turley, a columnist and schapiro chai