Began 8 00 with unveiling of 49 pink harts and made to honor each of them with a name and picture of victim. The names of victims were head off 202 marking exact time the massacre began as people held cappedlees out nra headquarters and later this morning civil owe bead yans is set for 9 a. M. When staff is set to report to work. Capitol hill gun control measures stalling in the senat senate. The vote was in response to Orlando Night Club shooting to strengthen background check including background checks for people on the terror watch list. A small group of senators is now working on bipartisan compromise that could be voted on as early as today all right lets get to you belgium hours ago security alert. Man taken into custody after report of suspicious pack am. He was not carrying explosives but had a fake bomb belt cop takening salt and cookies. They were under terror alert level since the attacks that killed 32 people. Here at home another day and long commute on top for thousands
American taxpayers more than a Million Dollars. Earlier white house tried to downplay its role. To be clear, white house doesnt have role on the front end of approving private Charter Flights. Thats agencies and something were looking into from this point forward and asked a halt to be put particularly at ahs on any Charter Flights moving forward. White house may not approve but played a role in travel costs overall. Approved the use of Military Aircraft for prices trips to africa, europe and asia to tune of half a Million Dollars. Adding to the cost. Price reimbursing government about 52,000. Inspector general is investigating whole mess but in case of private jets, anyone can figure out how outrageous the
travel costs were. 300 to fly commercial from washington to nashville. He took a private plane at more than 17,000. At least 20 trips. Including a flight from washington to philadelphia, can drive in 2 1 2 hours or train for 72. This is just the spending that price railed against un
you know, when it runs out again and we re once again at the brink. meanwhile they have time once again, not just to agree on the reconciliation bill, build back better agenda, but also to talk about it. and to explain it, first decide what s going to be in it, then let people know so they can sell it. that s what they ought to get about doing now. they have a big victory today, but let s get on with governing now. those approval numbers will stabilize. hopefully for biden, go up. tim, two things, number one to potential readers, your dramatic depiction of the criminal complaint against korey lewandowski this week was required reading.
number two, how much should biden and people around him be worried about these polling numbers? here s a free shot. how much of it is the result of crappy reporting by mainstream news media using kind of false equivalent standards that stopped in 1978 and is as if donald trump was never president? well, lot to unpack, brian. unfortunately most of the lewandowski material is not appropriate for family cable show. people can read it if they wish. biden s approval numbers, some of it is out of his hands, some in his hands. comeback of the delta virus is big reason seeing the numbers go up. point to red state governors for that but biden is taking the brunt of the pain. that s what happens with
leaking is the egregious part of the tale. that s all ask maggie. always tends to be where this goes with this administration. it is part recognition that there s a public issue here and large part about paranoia and fear that things are going on we re not in control of. bigger question for white house right now is what is happening at various agencies. and there s clear sense putting it together. questions about scott pruitt s spending at epa, advisers defend it but sound prf booth thing. private security. most epa don t. and money for the soundproof booth. all a giant bag of what is going on here. and one of the effective parts of candidate trump s campaign was the notion of draining the swamp. first time he said it, korey lewandowski said i think you ll