national debt. and we just spent one point seven trillion dollars. s both parties, republicanshe joining in the senate, a few in the house to pass a one point seven trillion dollar omnibus spending bill .av we have got to have a leader who who not only has true conservative convictions that reflect a majority of republicans who sentect the f r, but yet a courageous leader. courage. yes, that s in short supply in h washington. but one also has to as tkon o the question of how you get from point a to point b , how is stopping mccarthy move the needle toward america? firs toward t solutions. the way to advancecaus the populist cause is totand. get more power to elect more members, not to grandstande . and you get concessions. absolutely. but iflyt if y youou get the cs ,then you still oppose in the the person who is giving you the concessions. what does it all mean in
mainly trolls on twitter. you saw that with obama as well. did he have the true american black experience which we all know doesn t really exist. since he wasn t from african-americans who had an experience with slavery. so, you know, we ll see. we ll see. they are very aware of these conversations that are going on among african-americans. and i think it s exacerbated by her history as an attorney general, prosecutor. some think it is exacerbated by the fact has a white husband. we ll see. her challenge is to obviously get black support but also to show black voters that she is electable and she can get white support as well. . we ll discuss more of this in the days ahead. ahead, the picture that shocked a nation and what wh washington is going to do about it.
30 years ago look like california right now. like downtown. you go down to the library, it s like sodom and gomorrah. sex, drugs, and rock and roll.ru tucker: in a library? in the library. i mean, you should do a total segment on the library. a public library downtown los angeles and i m telling you, it s unbelievable. it s like sodom and gomorrah. tucker: only californian librarians would put up with that.ld when did you get to california? when did you move there? in 1992. tucker: 92? now i go back and forth because i live in washington. because i m telling you, it s like the california leaders totally destroyed the middle class in california. tucker: yes. the majority, california is broken. you have a few wealthy people,
their minimum raises. for example, in new york state, fast food pay rose to $11.75 an hour with plans to hit $15 an hour for the year 2021. in washington the increase is one of several designed to reach $13.50. not every state is aiming tore $15 an hour and some remain pretty close to the federal minimum ways. that has not been raised since 2009. a higher wage is at the center of a hot political debate. critics argue they will kill jobs. so far early studies have shown mixed results. overall wage growth is sluggish, has been for years, it s the one weak spot in an otherwise very strong labor market. the stock market has had double digit gains to half of america, the investor class is enjoying a
tomorrow democratic and republican leaders meet with white house chief of staff john kelly. sources tell us main at the main topic will be government funding and preventing a shoutdown. the agenda is long and once alabama s senator is sworn in. 51-49 from washington susan malvo has more. reporter: good morning. happy new year. everyone s got the new year s resolutions but for president trump and the republican congress the first order of business is to make sure they are the same ones. trump is about pushing an infrastructure package at least $200 billion of projects over ten years with the hopes of addi adding $800 billion. present it to paul ryan at camp david this coming weekend. we are toldthe president will