This press conference goes, the best is yet to come. I will turn it over to Speaker Pelosi, madam speaker. Speaker pelosi thank you. Thank you for hosting us this afternoon on this subject, the health and wellbeing of americas families. Presidency of donald trump has brought further crisis to American Families in the midst of a pandemic. The chaos he brought forth, calling it a hoax, the denials, the delay, the distortion, has resulted in what tj just referenced, 180,000 people have died in our country, and millions have been infected. Fact, in the 104 days since we passed the heroes act and Mitch Mcconnell pressed the pause button and said we should pause, the virus did not pause and nothing else did. The hardship did not pause. Since then, the number of people who have died has doubled, and the number of people infected has increased by nearly 4 Million People. This is so tragic, but it also happened instead of the president crushing the virus, and the chaos brought by his ridiculous
President trump. Vincent gonzalez, a member of the committee. [video clip] the actions of the Trump Presidency reveal dishonorable facts of the president s the oath of betrayal of his office and the integrity of our elections. The houses moving forward with an official impeachment inquiry. Speaker nancy pelosi on capitol hill yesterday setting up a constitutional showdown with President Trump and starting the clock on a president ial Impeachment Vote that has only taken place two previous times in u. S. History. We are getting your reaction to it all on phone lines split by party. Democrats, it is 2027488000. Republicans, 2027488001. Independents, 2027488002. You can also send us a text message. If you do, please include your name and where you are from. That number, 2027488003. Catch up with us on social media. On twitter it is cspanwj. On facebook it is facebook. Com cspan. A very good wednesday morning, you can start calling now. If you thought yesterday was a fastpaced newsday, get
At 10 00, we will get weekly crude inventory numbers from the u. S. Which are expected to drop. At 2 00, it will be the fed decision followed by Janet Yellens press conference 30 minutes later. We will bring you live coverage starting at 1 00 p. M. Today. First, we want to give you a preview of that decision. And so, we turn to mike mckee in washington. Mike, there is not much suspense on what they are going to do on the rate. What are we looking for . Mike it sounds like a cliche, but it is about what they do and not what they say. We will look at the soft patch to see why they need they feel the need to raise rates anyway. What are they going to say about unemployment . It is now below where they were projected in march. The cpi numbers could be very important, because they have to explain what is going on with inflation which has dropped off significantly. Is it going to continue to drop . If so, why do they think so . This all has to do with what wall street takes as its forecast.
If you are a Current College student, you can call us at 202 7488000. Payingare still off that Student Loan Debt, your number is 202 7488001. All others, you can call us at 202 7488002. You can also send us your thoughts on twitter. Our twitter handle is cspanwj. You can comment on our Facebook Page at facebook. Com cspan. Here is a story in the wall street journal that details the new government report, the story mitchell. Five josh. Josh mitchell. Host to stem a sharp rise in borrowers defaulting on their loans since the recession host we have Josh Mitchell on the phone joining us this morning to give us a little bit more detail about this story. Josh mitchell, good morning to you. Guest hi. Thank you for having me on. Host give us the back story behind the report. What if the government report this in the first place . Are comments among republicans that these programs are going to be costly, that the government cannot really account for how costly they will be, so part of this repo
People, who would like to see more cooperation, a more elevated debate in washington, but feel trapped by the demands of gettingives elected. By the noise coming out of your bass. You have told me. Means if we want a better politics, and i am addressing the American People now, it is not enough to just change a congressman or a senator or even a president ; we have to change the system to reflect our better selves. I think we have got to end the practice of drawing our congressional districts so that politicians can pick their voters, and not the other way around. [applause]] i believe we have to reduce the influence of money in our politics, so that a handful of families and hidden interests cant bankroll our elections and if our existing approach to Campaign Finance reform cant pass muster in the courts, we need to Work Together to find a real solution. Because it is a problem. Likemost of you do not raising money. I know. I have done it. Easier tot to make it vote, not harder. We ne