Laura Ingraham shines a spotlight on everyday Americans and examines how their lives are affected by politics at the federal, state and local level. This is a confusion and an unelected judge trying to supersede and impose his values over the president. Thats what the census is for, to count the people in the country. Laura theyre counting all people. Count the immigrants. Laura hold on, scott. Theyre counting all people. Theres a question about whether youre a citizen or not. Now, what is the problem with answering the question . I dont understand that. What is the possible constitutional argument here . Well, because its racially offensive, first of all. Laura what does it have to do with race . Its directed at brown people and black people. Laura youre making that up. Of course it is. Laura its directed at all people in the country. You ask a question. I get asked the question. You get asked the question. We got another case. Does that mean ill right . Laura out of portland involvin
Laura Ingraham shines a spotlight on everyday Americans and examines how their lives are affected by politics at the federal, state and local level. Census. Up until 1950, we did have it on the census. The census changes and we didnt ask that question. Tell us about the posture of this case and this police judge, jesse furman. Laura what is happening here is that these judges are, you know, taking these cases and imposing their own judicial philosophy and new standards that are not written into the law into these cases. You saw the exact same reasoning that judge furman used here, which is that wilbur ross, in charge of the census in his department, had made some remarks about the reasoning behind wanting to count citizens that raised an issue of animus. Well the United States Supreme Court recently ruled that this Animus Theory is bogus and one of the elements that shouldnt be applied. Clarence thomas has spoken out on nationwide injunctions. So basically, this is a
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reduce our trade deficit substantially, promote fairness and reciprocity and unlock opportunities for growth. in the united states these deals are a game changer for our farmers and our ranchers. we love our farmers and our ranchers. we have been working hard on this. providing them with significantly enhanced access with a critical foreign market. in a moment i ll be honoring a lot of the folks in the room that are here with us from farm country. ranch country. and we re going to be witnessing a historic signing by ambassador lightheiser, ambassador from japan. neil: we re going to continue monitoring the president s remarks on signing a deal with japan. this does not need congressional approval. if he touches on other developments, what s going on in syria and the troop commitments, we ll let you know as well as
by 19, the nasdaq adding 49 points. the wall street journal report says the treasury secretary steve mnuchin was considering lowering tariffs on chinese goods as trade negotiations continue. the report exploding the idea although it was receiving pushback from robert lightheiser who said any concession would be seen as a sign of weakness but now spokesperson for the trade team dismissing the article completely. here s what the spokesperson said, quote, neither steve mnuchin nor ambassador lightheiser have made any recommendations with respect to tariffs or other parts of the negotiating mission with china. it is an ongoing process with the chinese that is nowhere near completion. one of china s top trade negotiators will be back in washington dc on january 30th to continue the discussion. rob: very much doubt. jillian: the next story seems
trump administration is setting the record straight on trade talks. reporter: we did see wall street reacting positively to a wall street journal report. here are the closing numbers, the dow up by 162, the s&p up by 19, nasdaq up by 49. this after a report said the us could consider lowering tariffs on chinese goods as both countries continue trade negotiations, that idea floated by treasury secretary steve mnuchin according to the article but there was some pushback from robert lightheiser, us trade representative but a spokesperson confirming neither secretary steve mnuchin nor ambassador lightheiser have made any recommendations with respect to tariffs. a chinese negotiator is expected to be back in washington dc at the end of january to continue with these discussions. futures are pointing higher,