Groups new report and the Perception Gap between partisans. As always, we take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Washington journal is next. Host good morning. It is monday, july 1. Congress is away from capitol hill for the fourth of july break. We begin with Vice President mike pence from over the weekend on the morality of Border Security. The Vice President told a gathering of conservative activists there is nothing compassionate about open borders. Phone lines as usual. Democrats, 2027488000, is the number. Republicans, 2027488001. Independents, 2027488002. Special line for border state residents. That number, 2027488003. 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 show you the Vice President saturday night speaking at the conservative faith and Freedom Coalitions annual dinner in washington, d. C. Here is what he had to say. [video clip] majors wee
Look outside the New York County courthouse. Former President Donald Trump is inside right now for his hush money, trial. That Presumptive Republican president ial nominee is accused of falsifying Business Records related to a so called hush money payments. During his 2016 campaign. Opening statements. Began this morning. Trump denies any wrongdoing and claims the trial is politically motivated. Cbs news jared hill has the latest from manhattan. Former President Trump again claimed to be the victim of a witch hunt as he entered the courtroom ahead of Opening Statements in his historic trial. Whats going on right here should never be happening. Its a very, very sad day in america. Trump faces 34 felony counts of falsifying Business Records. Hes accused of using his former lawyer, michael cohen, to funnel payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels in their opening statement, prosecutors said trump quote orchestrated a criminal scheme. To corrupt the 2016. Election. Trump denies any wrong
Its the worldfamous spot to celebrate 4 20, but with no official celebration at hippie hill, will people show up anyway . And an east bay theater is a little bit harder to see tonight, why the owner is cutting the lights on his entire business. Good morning, it is saturday, april 20th, im kenny choi. We start with Mario Gonzalez , prosecutors have filed felony charges against three Alameda Police officers who have been previously cleared of wrongdoing. Body camera video caught the encounter in an alameda park in 2021, officers were investigating a possible theft. They talked to gonzales for about nine minutes before attempting to restrain him, he appeared to be incoherent and resisted arrest. An officer pinned him on the ground for five minutes before he fell unconscious, the coroners report ruled that gonzales died from the toxic effects of methamphetamine and the physical stress of the restraint. His family has insisted there is more to it. We spoke with them in alameda last night as
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You can also tweet us at our handle there or go to facebook atm cspan or send us email washington journal. Let me show you what you research has put together about the minimumts about wage. They say adjusted for inflation, the federal minimum wage peak in 1968 at 8. 54. Since it was last raised in 2009 to the current 7. 25 per hour, the federal minimum has lost about 8. 1 of its purchasing power to inflation. The 3 million hourly workers who were at or below the federal minimum wage in 2014 for ages 16 to 24. The district plus of columbia, nearly two dozen cities and counties have set their own higher minimums above that 7. 25. About 20. 6 Million People are of are near minimum wage. The fifth fact, the restaurant and Food Service Industry is the single biggest employer of near minimum wage workers. Take a listen to what donald trump had to say about the minimum wage and whether or not it should be increased at tuesday nights debate. Are toorump our taxes high, i have a tax plan that m