David ok, hold on, we want to talk to michael mckee. We have new inflation numbers, may be their favorite, and i guess they were encouraging because they were so soft . Michael they are encouraging because they didnt really move, 1. 54 for the headline numbers and 1. 9 for the core numbers, that is what the fed expected. The real numbers that disappointed everybody where the consuming the consumers spending numbers. It ratifies those poor December Numbers we saw for retail sales. Even services were down. Weird numbers on incomes, down a tent in january, up a full percentage point in december. You, farmersfor losing money. The government sent to them payments in december and a pushed their income up, that fell off in january. That explains some of the we are the numbers. Wages and salaries are ok. Other disappointing numbers, the manufacturing number coming in lower than expected. And we also saw new orders down, Consumer Confidence lower than expected. All this adds up to a disappointi
Do you see this as a resounding rejection of the last decade of education reform, or is it more nuanced than that . Randi i appreciate the question, lauren, and i want to also thank you and michael for being journalists, which is important in america these days. You too, john. What you see let me say as definitively as i can, strikes are last resort. Teachers do not go on strike unless they have tried Everything Else. And what you see is there has been 10 years of historic disinvestment, of states protecting their disinvestment, by using privatization and the disparagement of teachers. And at one point or another, the straw was going to break the camels back. And i think you saw after the womens marches in 2017, the activism on fighting to make sure we protected preexisting conditions from being uninsurable, the work in terms of gun violence as we approach as we are at the Year Anniversary of parkland, that teachers started thinking and having the imagination that if they actually work
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Then rob montz on the power of the presidency. Later, Judith Shulevitz from to talkantic joins us about her piece on how Digital Assistants like amazons alexa are impacting society. Host good morning. Tuesday, december 18, 2018. The senate in at 8 00 a. M. With weekly Party Strategy lunches. We are with you for the next three hours on the washington journal and we begin with the topic of criminal Justice Reform pretty yesterday the senate move to final proceedings on a Prison Reform bill known as the First Step Act. We are asking you to join the conversation. What changes do you think are needed give us a call on special phone lines this morning. If you have experience in the criminal Justice System, whether you have been imprisoned yourself. The phone lines are 2027488000. All others can join in at 2027488001. You can catch up with us on social media. On twitter it is cspanwj. On facebook it is facebook. Com cspan. You can start calling in now as we turn to todd ruger for more on the
Rod rosenstein thank you very much. Good afternoon. Thank you for joining us on Constitution Day to discuss a topic central to the rule of law in america. I want to say a special thanks to jesse panuchio, our acting social attorney general and his team for putting together superb agenda inviteing so many superb speakers. More than a decade lapsed between the adoption of the deck la rax of declaration of independence and constitution. A decade during which our citizens devoted significant attention to the question of how best to secure the blessings of liberty. On this 231st anniversary of the constitution, we properly praise the written document for establishing the framework of liberty. The constitution did not write itself nor did it take effect automatically. The drafters engaged in a lengthy debate about First Principles and the people carefully considered the terms before accepting them. Their decision reflected free thought and reflected required free speech. As jesse described i