The president is a very engaged, we are all hopeful. Todays hearing, is the fourth i have held in to just to investigate the decades long effort to bulldoze abortion rights by republican politicians. Since the Supreme Court decision in dobbs versus jackson, republicanled states have pushed to impose draconian abortion bands that take away in bans that take away womens rights. With more bands taking effect nearly every week. Just last friday, a abortion ban in arizona that was originally passed in 1901. A law banning abortion from more than a century ago, before women won the right to vote is now back in effect. Republicans are now turning back the clock on womens rights. Back to a time when women were not viewed as equal citizens, and when they had no control over their own bodies. More than 33 million women of reproductive age live in states hostile to abortion. Most of these states, abortion is severely restricted or outright band. This means that roughly half of the women in america
Sight with this week representing the second best performing set of sessions since the beginning of the year . S p rising. Nasdaq even advancing 1. 7 . I urge you, dont get too complacent. Next week we get the real test of the bull of the month, when the fed meets on tuesday and wednesday. Spells out whats going to happen with this Bond Buying Program that seems to be quite infe ineffectual of late. Given that Interest Rates currently available in the 10year treasury nearly doubled since the spring. Thats where our game plan begins. Lets stipulate the importance of this spending. Remember risk on, risk off . Remember that bit of tom foolery garbage you were subjected to constantly . Supposed to sell or buy stocks, depending on some read, of whether people were feeling bullish or bearish or risky or something . Im glad i stomped it out. How about fed tapering . The process by which the fed will scale back its Bond Buying Program. We have been playing that game for too long. You missed t
Castro will be sworn in today. Castro replacing Shaun Donovan who serves as director of the office of management and budget. And new Los Angeles Clippers owner steve new loirngs clippers owner will meet fans today who is expected to hold a News Conference marking a new era for the team. That does it for way too early. Morning joe starts right now. Sunday started with prayers and messages of unity, peace, and justice. It took a very different turn after dark. And i believe the continued resolve of the good people of this community, ultimately triumph over the few people bent on violence and destruction. Good morning. It is monday, august 18th. Welcome to morning joe. With us on set, morning joe
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Keeping these exhausted firefighters scrambling. Listen to the terror in the voices of these men, these men who are driving through a neighborhood surrounded by flames. Oh, my god oh, my god [ bleep ] holy [ bleep ] fires have now scorched more than 10,000 acres. Want to get the latest now from ted rowlands. He is in fireravaged carlsbad. Reporter john and christine, as firefighters wake up in the next few hours here in san diego county, they are hoping to have a little bit easier day than they did yesterday. The flames yesterday were just simply incredible. Some of the footage from san marcos, a fire that really broke out late in the day yesterday, were just absolutely incredible with flames shooting high up into the air with that tornado fire effect. Incredibly, when you look at that footage, you think to yourself, there had to have been dozens and dozens of homes lost. Incredibly, only two houses right in that area where you see that neighborhood, looks like this just, the fires jus
We have a unique opportunity here with the extraordinary partner of mine in the senate to be in an enormously influential position. Not only for our state, but for the country. We could have for the second time in our history the majority leader of the Senate Setting the agenda for america. You know after 30 years, three decades of Mitch Mcconnell, we deserve better. Were coming down the home stretch. Let me tell you, this strong independent kentucky woman, i got kick left still in me. Im not giving up. These candidates work very hard for a long time. One of the tightest and unpredictable races in kansas. Republican senator pat roberts and independent greg orman virtually tied. Orman accusing his opponent of spending too long in washington and roberts links orman to president obama. Although orman has refused to say which party he will vote with if elected. We feel really confident that the voters of kansas will take this historic opportunity to send a message to washington. You cant j