Cspanwj or facebook. Com cspan. We will start with the hearing in the House Judiciary Committee. Jerry nadler of new york opened it saying this. [video clip] gun violence impacts all of our communities. No place is immune from its reach including our homes, streets, schools, even places of worship. We must change our approach to combating gun violence. As challenging as this problem is, we have the ability to address it. What we lacked in recent years is the political will. We should remember the Second Amendment does not prevent the government from enacting legislation to prevent gun violence. Even Justice Scalias in hisnowledged opinion for the court he wrote like most, the rights secured by the Second Amendment is not unlimited. Congress has done almost nothing in recent years to address gun violence, citizens across the country have been organizing and demanding action. Several states have strengthened their gun laws. I am disappointed that in his lengthy state of the Union Address
Bogan live in florida with a look at the damage. I just heard you talking about the damage to the west near mexico beach. And Panama City Beach and it is absolutely devastating, but one of the big problems right now is the road closures. I put in my gps how to figure out to get from here to mexico beach. The possibility to look at the damage. It says there are no accessible routes to mexico beach. That is what my gps told me. That is a bad road closures are. And 80 mile stretch of interstate 10 is close. Highway 98, the coastal highway from here to tallahassee is closed. Have not gotten an update on the two bridges that go from apalachicola to eastpointe at apalachicola to the three Barrier Islands off of the coast. We will find out but road closures will be a big one for people trying to get around the panhandle and if you look at the damage, overall, the biggest reports we are getting our trees that are fallen and apalachicola. We have spoke with one family who said the tin roof had
When i woke up, wanted to see with the World Markets were doing. I wanted to see if they had participated in the selloff and we are going to bring in our financial expert, james mcbride. Good morning, james. I wanted to let you know about the markets. There down about 137 points, about half of a percent. The nasdaq and also the s p have been up and down for a while. The stock market backing was in positive territory for a bit. The first question is, and the Consumer Price index information was released, and we found it did not share much inflation, did that help . Has taken a lot of heat recently. High Interest Rates generated by the fed accident and a lot of negative comments starting with the president about rising Interest Rates. People forget the fed has a dual mandate. One is to moderate inflation. Which they are clearly doing and the other is for employment. And implement rates in the United States right now right 48 year lows. You have to say the fed is probably doing a great jo
It moves out here as an area of disturbance. Once we hit late tonight also into early tomorrow morning and then eventually by this weekend, we should see those rain bands beginning to taper down there throughout the atlantic seaboard. Look at the damage throughout the florida panhandle, it may actually be upgraded to a category 5 storm when they take a look at how things have played out here as the search and the rescue continues at this very moment. So much destruction. Thanks so much, jeff. Well, nbc nightly news, lester holt and his crew left panama city, florida, this morning. This is what they shot while leaving town. You can see downed power lines and street signs filling city streets and lester holt will have more on nightly news llowing in newscast. Keeping tabs on problem priests and applying pressure. A priest tied to a molestation case has resurfaced in the east bay even as the Oakland Diocese commits to outing clergy credibly accused of sexual abuse. Survivors say it is not
Better is at the top of the list on the senate side as democrats are trying to resuscitate part of the climate and social spending bill after senator joe manchin put it in a deep freeze. Senator manchin refused to give it a direct cut announced his opposition during an interview on the 19th of december and doubled down during a radio interview, the story adding the Senate Majority leader is pledging to force a vote early january on a revised version of the housepassed bill. When it comes to senator manchin, axios reporting in a story posted about 12 hours ago, saying that the senator is open to reengaging on the climate and childcare provisions if the white house removes the enhanced Child Tax Credit or dramatically lowers the income cap for eligible families. In the why it matters section, axios reporting that the holdback senators engagement on specifics indicates negotiations between him and the white house could get back on track. That store you can find on axios. If you want to ca