You know, Disaster Relief was something that you didnt play games with, but now in this current atmosphere everything is the subject of oneupsmanship. And for the political game and its why the American People hate congress. Its why they hate them. Stuart awe, the fight over sandy relief. Three sides to the outrage. Why hasnt congress acted . Why is the pibill so stuffed wi pork . And why is it loaded like a Christmas Tree . Thats the news, new york, new jersey and others will get money, the fight, thats laid bare americas fundamental problem. Even with trillion dollar deficits congress cant put limits on its spending so we may get another downgrade. Ratings agencies repeated the warning because we cant get a grip on spending and debt and then there is al gore. Hes selling his tv network to aljazee aljazeera, is that an Inconvenient Truth . Varney company is about to begin. [ male announcer ] where do you turn for legal matters . Maybe you want to incorporate a business. Orrotect your
Welcome to weekends with alex witt. Peaceful protesters clashed with federal agents as tensions boiled over in portland. Lots of fireworks were set off toward the federal courthouse downtown and that led to scenes just like this after tear gas was used on demonstrators. Marches against Racial Injustice have been taking place in portland for nearly two months now. They never really stopped after George Floyds death in minneapolis, police custody. Lets go to maura barrett. Maura has been up all night covering the protests in portland. Maura, thank you for doing that. Look, it seems pretty clear the tensions escalated more quickly than usual overnight. What was it about last night that was somewhat different from the past couple of months or so . Yeah, alex, they absolutely did. My team has been here on the ground for the past week and we have not seen the tensions escalate this quickly. Essentially thousands of people filling this block and the block past that peacefully protesting singi
So this law is going to work. And for the sake of our economic security, it needs to work. [applause] and as people in states as different as california and kentucky sign up every single day for health insurance, signing up in droves, theyre proving they want that economic security. If the Senate Republican leader still thinks he is going to be able to repeal this someday, he might want to check with the more than 60,000 people in his home state who are already set to finally have coverage that frees them from the fear of financial ruin, and lets them afford to take their kids to see a doctor. [applause] so let me end by addressing the elephant in the room here, which is the seeming inability to get anything done in washington these days. I realize we are not going to resolve all of our political debates over the best ways to reduce inequality and increase upward mobility this year, or next year, or in the next five years. But it is important that we have a serious debate about these i
This is bbc news im geeta guru murthy. The headlines at 11. A boost to the uk economy after the end of the first lockdown, but it wont be enough to reverse the reduction in growth caused by the pandemic. Economic activity in the uk jumped by more than 15 over the summer months, but the september figures suggest this is bbc news with the latest the recovery is losing momentum. Headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. A boost to the uk economy after that recovery slowed the end of the first lockdown coming into the autumn. Its likely that that but it wont be enough to reverse the reduction in growth slow then continued, caused by the pandemic. Given the necessary restrictions Economic Activity in the uk jumped by more than 15 we have had to put in place more recently to control over the summer months, the spread of the virus. But the september figures suggest turmoil at number 10. The recovery is losing momentum. One of the Prime Ministers that recovery slowed closest advise
Blitzer and jake tapper a lot to watch for. There is. New reporting that the speech might not be unifying at all. The president has been complaining the speech is too soft on democrats and he wants to hit them a lot harder. At the center of this the president s insistence on the border wall. He stood firmly on his demand. Jake, whats your take on the message we can expect to hear . N its tough to say. This is a president who doesnt like being challenged. In addition to the fact lit be a bakers dozen of democratic senator who is are running for president , he will be seeing 235 democrat house members. They control the house and have subpoena power. Behind him will be nancy pelosi. Unlike speaker r eer ryan or le mcconnell, not somebody who feels their future is tied to him. Not somebody intimidated by him. Will the president be able to adapt to this new reality or will he expect it to adapt to him. I dont just mean about the speech. Although about the speech as well but in terms of how