then more on the topic with former oklahoma senator tom coburn. talks aboutannon how voters view the current health care system. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] host: good morning. it is thursday, may 16th. president trump a set to unveil a new immigration plan that would move the the united states towards a air it based tem merit faced system towards a merit-based system. how would you change u.s. immigration laws? democrats can call in at 202-748-8000. .epublicans, 202-748-8001 independents, it is 202-748-8002 . with a special line for border state residents, 202-748-8003. you can also catch up with us on social media. on twitter it is @cspanwj. on facebook it is facebook.com/cspan. a very good thursday morning to you. you can start calling in now. the president s address on this immigration plan is set to t
hearing on hate crimes and the rise of white nationalism. recognize myself in an opening statement. today the judiciary committee will hold a hearing or wish we did not have to conduct, which is sadly necessary to examine an urgent crisis in our country. we will consider issues relating to hate crimes and the rise of white. nationalism. ouroes to the heart of country s long-standing struggle to carry out what the preamble of our constitution says it is designed to do to form a more perfect union. incidents target victims based on their perceived race, religion, sexual orientation or other immutable characteristics. some of these incidents may be crimes and some are not. all of them harm not only individuals but our communities and ultimately our entire nation. unfortunately, very statistics confirm what most of us have observed. that hate incidents are increasing in the united states. other reporting of hate crimes to the fbi by the states is woefully incomplete, what we do
the major fast food chain that wants you to pay by the month. it is monday, march 18th. fbn: a.m. starts right now. cheryl: here is how your money is moving at 5:00 a.m. eastern. a big week on tap for u.s. markets. the federal reserve kicks off the two-day meeting. dow under pressure in the premarket, down 22 points. you want to watch boeing. the s&p and nasdaq are actually slightly higher. now to europe, after two failed attempts, theresa may going for a third vote on britain s divorce from the e.u. the markets are higher this morning, in the green fractionally. asia, a report over the weekend suggests president trump and xi-jinping may not meet until june, so far that delay not having an effect on asian markets, every index there is in the green. lauren: look at that. welcome to fbn: a.m.. i m lauren simonetti. cheryl: good morning, everybody. i am cheryl casone. another busy monday. we ve got a lot going on today. lauren: including this. president trump is stepping up
parties. all time shall be equally allocated between the parties, and in no event shall debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. green, for five minutes. thank you, madam speaker. madam speaker, and still i rise. with love of country in my heart. and still i rise as i did some 659 days ago, more than 21 months, when i first stood on the floor of the house of representatives and called for the impeachment of the president. and in so doing, i had to fend off the multitudes who wanted to he know what crime who wanted to know what crime did the president commit? we had to fight that fight and we won because it is now generally perceived and believed that the president does not have to commit a crime to be impeached. in fact, article 2, section 4 of the constitution of the united states of america addresses that question when it
shortly, this is live coverage on c-span 3. the committee will come to order, today we re looking at two bills, hr-8 and hr-1112 to close loopholes and strengthen our gun background check system. these bills are targeting and they take reasonable steps that an overwhelming majority of the public agrees with. 97% of americans, including 97% of republicans support universal background checks. you can t get a majority of americans to agree on anything, but they agree on this. 100 americans are killed with guns every day in this country. this is a uniquely american problem. and one of the things that democrats stated last year over and over again is that if we were fortunate enough to take back the majority here we would not sit idolly by when we re in a position to save lives. we re planning a meeting on hr-46 which uses the mechanism in the national emergencies act the president s promise at a campaign rally does not make something a national emergency. you don t have to take