the federal eviction freeze expired over the weekend after the supreme court said the cdc everstepped its authority in issuing the ban, saying it required an act of congress. the house left d.c. for seven weeks and now speaker nancy pelosi is pointing the finger at the white house urging them to extend it. all of this comes with a tsunami of debt set to hit homeowners that are no longer protected by the foreclosure freeze. and now a group of landlords is suing the government for lost rent. joining me now to discuss one of the people behind that suit, national apartment association president and ceo, robert penninger. also with us, bookings institution fellow, andre perry, who has been tracking evictions nationwide. we have had housing inequality in this country since the birth of our country. but the impact of covid is something i haven t. the economy is bouncing back.
meet. then all of this culminated in the worst financial crisis and the worst economic crisis since the great depression. gregg: so the president a campaign blitz, oregon, washington, minnesota, five states in four days. he is hoping to drum up to get support that propelled him to the white house. hispanics and women and his message here is don t give up. cast your ballot. we ll continue to follow his remarks and you can catch more of them streaming live at foxnews.com. julie: turning to the foreclosure mess. bank of america ending the foreclosure freeze but many they were doing an action about hundred thousand homes across the country. does it mean it s in repair or still in meltdown mode.
economic coffin. but for politician offers a double edged sword. on one hand if you side with foreclosure victims basically it appears that you if you don t side with them, rather it appears like you are insensitive and, however if you want the foreclosure freeze then you stall the recovery, and nine out of then homeowners who are paying their mortgages are angry. if i m a politician that is the winning strategy right now, to say let s put a moratorium on this and kick the can down the road, and hopefully the economy will improve. but, at the end of the day, they will need to be dealt with. reporter: bottom line is it is worse for democrats, like a bomb in the bunker because, of course they are the party in power. arthel: william lajeunesse, thank you very much. you know, i said my heart it is a complicated issue and of course, if you are not being responsible, that is too bad, but, there are people who are being responsible. bill: they are trying to get out of a hole and someo
yeah, yeah. let s go to the idea of don t ask, don t tell. the president s in a tough situation, he has to defend a statute even though he didn t like it. what would you to if you were president or a senator in terms of don t ask, don t tell? the court, it s working toward the supreme court probably. in the meantime, the senate has to look at it. what would you do? i would follow admiral mullen s recommendation. he said he s going to put us on an 11-month course to ending the policy. he says it s wrong i m with him. each night, chris plays hardball with some of the most prominent politicians, newsmakers, and leaders. be sure to watch hardball with chris matthews at 5:00 and 7:00 eastern on msnbc. big banks are getting ready to end a foreclosure freeze that was prompted by accusations that paperwork was flawed, perhaps even forged. bank of america says it plans to resume seizing more than 100,000 homes in 23 states next week. gmac mortgage is also going ahead with forecl
independents, with hard-core conservatives, with morts because it s full of common sense that can put the economy on the right track. heaven forbid the gop strays from the message. if so, the gop is through. we will see in a couple weeks. the nation s big banks getting ready to end a foreclosure freeze prompted by accusations that paperwork was flawed, in some cases forged. bank of america says it plans to resume seizing more than 00,000 homes in 100,000 homes in 23 states next week. gmac mortgage is going ahead with foreclosures. the move comes despite outrage over foreclosure practices. among the allegations, that bank workers known as robo signers signed off on documents but did not even read the papers. bank of america claims it has not found any instances at all where a foreclosure was brought on by error, therefore they are going ahead with those foreclosures. all right, let s look at the markets now as we gets all up in