major snowstorm in washington d.c. i hope to be opening the new session as president pro tem. it comes as a surprise that it was snowing. democrats want to pass the social spending bill. some democrats are pushing executive orders. there s executive actions that the president can take today to actually make life better for people and to, you know, let s say up the ante a little bit to make sure that we do get legislation done. the other pass has to be executive action. here s the problem. if the president could implement the policies, he would have done it already. democrats are looking at changes to the filibuster. but that requires an agreement of all democrats. yes, rules changes are on the table. we re discussing them actively with the senators. as i said in the dear colleague that i issued, we re going to vote on voting rights shortly including considering rules changes. schumer told democrats the senate could vote to change the filibuster by martin luther ki
with a closer look at wall street s big finish. three straight years of gains, gerry. this is phenomenal. it is, jackie. great to see you. of course what we re seeing today is a sell off at the end. markets finishing lower on this final trading day of 2021. let s take a look back at what the tumultuous year had to offer. 2021, the year of the retail trader. another year of big gains as the s&p 500 settle 70 record closes, more than double the pace of 2020. leading the way with the strongest performance was the energy sector. oil climbed to 70-year highs sparking calls for $100 barrel oil in 2022. some stocks doubled in value this year. moderna, a leader in mrna vaccine innovation, ford which set ambitious goals for produces electric vehicles and chip maker nvidia with disruptions. we saw the briefly return to normal. stay-at-home stokes that performed so well like the streaming services, peleton and zoom, came falling back to effort as lock downs eased consumer spending. as
this. and it s getting even worse by the day. for example, in the ritzy pacific palisades, really beautiful, los angeles this weekend. gunmen reportedly entered a holiday party at a private residence. they held guests at gunpoint and demanded their jewelry and phone like mission impossible. and down at newport beach south coast plaza last month gunmen robbed diners at the one of the many restaurants but one that has an outdoor patio they all got robbed. a will add that to the retail video of stores got robbed up and down the golden state from los angeles to san francisco. and after the murder of a news team s security guard as they covered a looting out in northern california, one local news station is reevaluating, under understandably live field coverage of major news stories, fearful for their crew s safety while on the scene. kira davis and jim jordan join me to unpack what this means for all of us. of course this is the natural consequence of the left s progressive crime
setting the stage to at least radically alter roe s precedent and at best yes to overturn roe v. wade. the landmark decision that has led to the abortion of at least 62 million innocent american babies since 1973. auto generational genocide of america s unborn. now, worshiped by the left as a savior for women for far too long, roe v. wade seems untouchable. just 10 years ago, with obama in the white house and a supreme court stacked with pro-choice justices, this day is felt very far off. until now. because of the endless effort of pro-life groups, activists, educators, mothers. because of major technological advancements, that proved that even at the earliest stages of life, as king david wrote in psalm 193, for you created my inmost being. you knit me together in my mother s womb. i praise you because i m fearfully and wumplefully made. your works are wonderful, i know that full well. your eyes saw my unformed body. unformed body. knit together by god. not the decision of p
spending his holiday weekend as a billionaire s home had this message when he dialed up nbc s al roker during the macy s thanksgiving day parade. what is in your message this day? after two years we re back. america is back and nothing we re unable to overcome, al. republicans like jim jordan said the president couldn t be more tone deaf to what his policies are doing to americans. you want to buy a home or rent and apartment or put food on the table and gas in your car costs more and thanksgiving turkey and christmas presses all cost more. what they are doing to the prices of goods and services have to be intentional with their crazy spending and putting tax increases busting their butts with people trying to help their families. jeff van drew is with us now. congressman, thank you for joining me. hope you had a wonderful thanksgiving. wonderful to have your insight heading into the weekend, a long weekend. a lot of folks enjoying families. a lot of folks saying in