7488001. If you are recently unemployed, special line for you this morning 202 7488002. You can also send us a text, 202 7488003. If you do, please include your name and where you are from. Otherwise catch up with us on social media. On twitter it is cspanwj. On facebook it is facebook. Com cspan. A very good friday morning to you. President trump released his new guidance yesterday as the Labor Department announced another 5. 2 million americans have filed for unemployment last week as the Washington Times notes that raises the jobless claims for the month to about 22 million. Not since the Great Depression of the 1930s have so many people been thrown out of work so quickly. Reason, the white house argues, to get a plan in place to open the economy. This was President Trump yesterday. [video clip] believesam of experts we can begin the next front in our war, which we are calling opening up america again, and that is what we are doing. We are opening up our country. And we have to do t
And fibers of the security and National Threat concerns. This subcommittee hearing is an hour and 20 minutes. This hearing will come to order. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time, welcome to todays hearing, the future of electricity delivery modernizing and securing our nations electricity grid. I want to thank our witnesses for joining us here today. This is such an important topic. Im a young guy as you can tell but ive read some history, what was like to build the electric grid a century ago. We couldnt of imagine the technologies we use to power our homes and businesses today. The real challenge was extending power itself in every form of our society and there was a challenge that those providing power make money in the cities in well Populated Areas with business and commercial opportunities, with electric the government made a basic deal, we would provide an a monopoly over providing power and a lot of these areas, firms would make a lot of m
Have. I would just call it, its a formal problem that we describe is going to get worse but the consequences of that problem may not be as catastrophic as we fear. On that note thank you very much. [applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] host joining us now on booktv is former health and Human Services secretary louis sullivan. Dr. Louis sullivan. Dr. Sullivan when did you decide you are going to become a medical doctor back . Guest i was age five and my father who was a funeral director in the small town in southwest georgia and among other things he provided Ambulance Services for people and needed to be transported to the doctor. My father was often asked me to go with them to help and of course at age five i was curious curious. There was one black doctor in southwest georgia and bainbridge near lincoln where we lived. So i from age five wanted to be like dr. Griffin. Hes very successful highly respected in the community. People really thought that he was a g
Moment. In our first or a five minutes your thoughts on changes you would make to the Affordable Care act. Have to are a recipient. Perhaps you are a recipient. You can give your thoughts on changes you would recommend to the administration on changing it. Heres how you can call us on different lines. If you are a medical professional or if you are uninsured. Everyone else can call on2027488003. Buchanan also continued the conversation on this on our face up page facebook. Com cspan. About the three republicans that voted with democrats that would have overturned the Affordable Care act, political right about them and says the three dissenters detracted the real potential attention. All are likely to the contest is hard in 2016. They said while they did not support the Affordable Care act a could not support this without immediately meaning to replace it. And backs, part of the legislation passed yesterday and calls for several wants to Work Together with the definite replacement your
And while were dealing with cold and wind it looks like parts of the midwest and northeast take in yet another Winter Weather pounding. The strong winter storm covering the nation from nebraska to maine is putting another foot of snow on the ground in those same spots where two to three feet of snow fell just a week ago. That has translated into more than 5300 Flights Canceled since yesterday. More than 1,000 of those in chicago alone with where more than a foot of snow has fallen. And our luck is holding up for another week. Exactly. A second conviction tonight in a bizarre case of a woman taking over a home that went hers. But prosecutors say the brazen crime didnt end when the squatters were discovered. Maryland bureau chief brad bell live tonight with what happened next. Brad . Yes, its hard to believe that when the rightful home owner of this house discovered that squatters were in here and tried to get them evicted, the squatter actually sued. This sag aa all began when the home