One case was seeking controversy seeking a right to own a semiautomatic assault rifle. Prince harry and his fiancee said how they got engaged over a cozy night cooking roast chicken. Can i say this . I have been bring in my finger i had the ring in my finger. It was just the two of us. Mark the Royal Wedding will take place next spring. Global news, 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. I am mark crumpton. This is bloomberg. Julia live from bloombergs World Headquarters in new york, i am julia chatterley. We are 30 minutes from the close of trading in the United States and opec uncertainty is weighing on energy stocks. Louis the question is, oe the question is, whatd you miss . Scarlet Elizabeth Warren joins about ther take agency she helped to create. And shoppers are expected to spend 840 million online by 10 a. M. Today. Tells us more about the ecommerce players. Julia . Whatd you miss . 840 million worth of deals, just before brea
Sarah Huckabee Sanders grilled on power strug bell who is running the Consumer Protection bureau. How the white house and the interim director Mick Mulvaney are responding now. Plus shocking, humbling, embarrassing. Senator al franken responding to allegations of sexual harrassment speaking to the press this afternoon, looking to learn from his mistakes. David yeah, right. Melissa to put this all behind him, but can he . Well ask karl rove. As this scandal looms large, it is makeorbreak time for the senate, back to work on capitol hill this hour, facing a blistering schedule to push through highstakes agenda items by end of the year. Chief among them, by the way, tax reform. That is very serious. We are hearing key holdouts could be coming around. Where things stand right now. David . David what is full responsibility . I take full responsibility . Melissa yeah. What does that mean when nothing happens, after you say it . Melissa yeah. David at any rate, stocks sliding after hitting ne
If not by phone, you can weigh in on social media. You can also post a comment on facebook. Com cspan. The folks at the Pew Research Center have a report out with a inakdown the 3. 95 trillion federal spending. Social security makes up 24 of that spending. Medicare, 15 . Other types of health care, 50 . Income security, 13 . Veterans business benefit 5 . Education, 3 . National defense, they save 15 of the budget. Net interest, 6 . The headline to the piece says, what does the federal government spend your tax dollars on . Social Insurance Programs mostly. Paul ryan, the speaker of the house, boasted on a radio show about teh the future. Here is what he had to say. We will get to paul ryan in a seconds, but read a bit from the Weekly Standard first. He says that following the tax bill, ryan is not one to bask in the glow of past accomplishments. I asked about his priorities for 2018. He named three. Surprisingly, health care reform. I dont think the Health Care Issue is done, he said,
Can the senate save itself and the country . He spoke at the brooking institute. Let me try to call this full house to order, if i may. Welcome to brookings. My name is bill gallston. Im a senior fellow in governance studies. Thank you so much for coming and welcome also to the people who are watching this event live on cspan. Todays topic is the past, the present and possible future of the u. S. Senate. The occasion of this discussion is the publication of ira shapiros second book on the senate, this one entitled, broken can the senate save itself and the country . Those of oh you who read his first book on the senate will know how passionately he reveres the senate as an institution and will not be surprised to learn how distressed he is by what he describes as its precipitous decline. This topic could not be more timely. We are just days from the expiration of yet another shortterm continuing budget resolution and perhaps even more pertinently, from a promised open Senate Debate on
Mr. Galston let me try to call this full house to order, if i may. Welcome to brookings. My name is bill galston, senior fellow in governance studies. Thanks so much for coming and welcome also to the people who are watching this event live on cspan. Todays topic is the past, the present, and possible future of the u. S. Senate. The occasion of this discussion is the publication of ira shapiros second book on the senate, this is entitled, broken can the senate save itself and the country . Those of you that read his first book on the senate will know how passionately he reveres the senate as an institution and will not be surprised to learn how distressed he is by what he describes as its precipitous decline. This topic could not be more timely. We are just days from the expiration of another short term continuing budget resolution, and perhaps even more pertinently from a promised open Senate Debate on u. S. Immigration policy. Will the promise be kept . And if it is, will todays sena