[silence] good afternoon. Its been two months and about ten days since we passed the heroes act on the democratic side. That was our position, the democratic caucus. We took the position that it was a challenge we needed to get out immediately, the cares act helped mitigate circumstances for people in terms of wage replacement across the country. Its here the 600 added to the weekly unemployment benefit has offered some conflict but here is the reality. The reality is you cant quit your job to get an extra 600 a week. Second, knowing the pandemic with 30 million americans filed Unemployment Insurance, contingent of the Healthcare System would make its way into the Economic System and people would have trouble paying rent and their mortgage. Thats what this is about. Wage replacement issue, along with the extra 600 has gone a long way toward that pressure. The other side knew this was coming. They knew eventually despite the procrastination, the argument they were waiting to see how thi
Good evening and welcome to cspan landmark cases, tonight bundaberg versus ohio. Which was unanimously handed down to free speech and assembly, one of the very basics of this case . Brendan burke was the leader of the ku klux klan and ohio, who held a rally for his small group of members and he they filmed, it unaired it on tv. Showing him in a hood, clan regalia in front of a burning cross. Or brandishing guns and making racist statements about the jews and blacks. And he was committed, and sentenced wanted ten years under ohio statute. As a crime to advocate violence. Were going to dig into the particulars of this case, and learn about its impact in our society. But as we get started we have two pieces of media for you, we are going to listen to a little bit of the oral argument in the case, and you will hear some of the particulars of this case, im pleased to notice that includes some of the offensive language, used by the defendant in this case. But its part of what we are talking
The mix. We are not at a point right now we can predict it with real accuracy. We are working on it and we will refine the forecast over the weekend. But some part and large part of the midatlantic to the northeast could have a heck of a snowstorm a few days from now. That is the latest. Alison wow thank you for that. Well have more on the Cherry Blossoms coming up. If you want updates on the temperature and the potential snow as doug mentioned just download the stormwatch7 weather app. Jonathan we showed Surveillance Video yesterday of the two guys breaking into a rockville gun shop. 80 seconds is all it took. 31 guns they took, long rifles and pistols from the store. Montgomery county reporter kevin lewis joining us with why this crime is becoming a much more disturbing trend. It seems to be nationwide, too, kevin. Kevin yeah. The a. T. F. Released a report on the spike in this type of crime. The report says it are looking at as to the reason the numbers are up. The latest statistic
Am to report that your elected leaders are on the brink of a deal to keep the government shutting down. Its sad, because appropriating money to keep the government running is the one thing we need congress to do. Pretty much Everything Else is optional. Passing a spending bill is doing their minimum. We learnt a lesson during the october 2013 government shutdown, we cannot take anything for granted when it comes to how low some lawmakers will stoop to prove a political point. Back then, it was republicans trying to undermine obama care, but thats the past. Now lets look at the present. And how this sausage is getting made. Today the house past a 622 billion package of tax cuts that will make permanent a bunch of breaks for businesses, investors and individuals. The billion support from republicans, but Democratic Leaders opposed it on the ground that it doesnt do enough for low income workers. The tax cuts are part of a budget deal that includes a 1. 1 trillion spending bill. The house
Running is the one thing we need congress to do. Pretty much Everything Else is optional. Passing a spending bill is doing their minimum. We learnt a lesson during the october 2013 government shutdown, we cannot take anything for granted when it comes to how low some lawmakers will stoop to prove a political point. Back then, it was republicans trying to undermine obama care, but thats the past. Now lets look at the present. And how this sausage is getting made. Today the house past a 622 billion package of tax cuts that will make permanent a bunch of breaks for businesses, investors and individuals. The billion support from republicans, but Democratic Leaders opposed it on the ground that it doesnt do enough for low income workers. The tax cuts are part of a budget deal that includes a 1. 1 trillion spending bill. The house is expected to vote on that 2,000 page monster bill tomorrow. And here is where it really gets interesting part of the horse trading to get the deal done republica