Shining a spotlight on oakland. The market today putting local talent and businesses front and center in the name of safety and theyre not moving. Students continue to camp out of bay area universities demanding schools take a stance on the war in gaza. The news at 11 starts right now. Thanks for joining us. Im teri mcsweeney and im gia vang. We begin tonight with those protests calling for a ceasefire in gaza, intensifying at universities across the nation. And the bay area is no exception for a third night in a row, protesters are camped out at stanford. Nbc bay areas Marianne Favro joins us live on campus with a look at some of the protests and how universities are responding. Marianne well, right now there are 18 tents here in the middle of white plaza as protesters plan to spend another night out here despite a warning from the university that they could be expelled. During admit weekend at stanford, visiting High School Students found an encampment of protesters in the middle of
Or join the conversation on facebook. Com cspan. Send us an email, journal cspan. Org. We will get your thoughts in a minute. Joining us on the phone is sarah mimms, staff correspondent at national journal. Lets begin with what is happening on the floor in the house and senate. Guest sure. The senate particularly is really interesting. They are coming in in very much the same position they were last week. They still have a Human Trafficking bill holding them up. They still need to confirm Loretta Lynch. They are still looking at the iran nuclear deal. Mitch mcconnell indicated he thinks they are making progress on the Human Trafficking deal. Once that gets done, that is going to be the beginning of dominoes that will allow Loretta Lynch and iran to get done. All of that this week. Host serve the house is looking at Cyber Security legislation that they will vote on. Off the floor house and Senate Negotiators are meeting to try to iron out the differences on the 2016 budget. What are the
These are programs that serve people that are already walking on an economic tightrope. I consider that a mistake. I will close on upbeat note with a question about how tax reform should be built around the middle class. The amendment i offered got 73 votes. It makes things a little bit easier. If you are a parent with several children and you are struggling to get by, i am very hopeful that i am looking forward to working with you on a host of these issues. Lets build on bipartisanship and we are able to do that with an amendment that says the tax reform we know is going to be a challenging debate. It will be built around tax relief. Congressman moore. Congressman moore thank you so much for yielding. I do want to join my other colleagues in thanking the house and the senate for calling this conference together and acknowledging all of the distinguished members of the committee. I have been on the Budget Committee for over four years. And i am just not accustomed. I have not become ac
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