is dually elected speaker of the house of representatives. i hope one thing is clear, i never give up. but what did mccarthy trade away for the gavel? and can the weekend speaker rule his unruly caucus? plus, a party united. the d in democrat stands for deliver. in the wake of the republicans disarray, are democrats the real winner. and biden announces a new crackdown on illegal crossings. the president will see the crisis firsthand for the first time. my message is this, do not just show up at the border. welcome to inside politics sunday, i m abby phillip. after 15 ballots and four days, kevin owen mccarthy became the 55th speaker of the house early on saturday morning. this week offered us a rare and maybe unprecedented window into the drama taking place on the house floor as a party went to war with itself. the wheeling and dealing as different factions hunted for support, the agony of the vote that went the wrong way for mccarthy. parents on the floor dealing
Randy gyllenhaal, nbc 10 news. Even though theres no state budget parts of the legislature are scheduled to return from summer break in late september. We wanted to know whats being done in the meantime. One lawmaker told nbc 10 that active discussions are still going on even while the legislation is not in session. The last 12 years, only two other pennsylvania budgets have taken longer to get passed. In 2009 the impasse lasted 101 days. It took 176 days in 2003. That year the School District said they came dangerously close to running out of money. Speaking of schools, new at 5 00, a former pto president arrested accused of stealing money that was supposed to help kids. Abington Township Police say she stole nearly 20,000 from the rydell Parent Teacher elementary association. She spent money on everything from groceries to international travel. A judge set her bail at 25,000. What do we want . 15. When do we want it . Now calls to supersize wages for some fast food workers. Demonstra
Watching for the accident scene in abington. On the pa turnpike moving along just fine as well. Westbound ore eastbound, the most it will take you is 24 minutes. Cnnly out in southampton, route 48 still blocked at route 206 due to fallen power cables. Still no problems for mass transit as well. 5 01. This morning, were following that breaking news out of louisiana. Where a gunman opened fire in a Movie Theater killing two people before turning the gun on himself. Nine others are injured, some of the shooting happened at the Grand Theater 16th and lafayette. Katy zachry has been following the overnight developments. What can you tell us. Reporter a lot of new information and video, tracy, is coming in to the digital operations center. Police have not identified the shooter by name but what we do know theyre describing him as a 58yearold white man. Here is video from outside that lafayette Movie Theater. It appears that the gunman was sitting along inside and 20 minutes into the movie tr
History. It was the most influential political magazine of the 20th century. It created a voice for modern liberalism. Conservatism barely existed before the national review. Sunday night at 8 00 eastern on cspans q a. History bookshelf features copywriters and heirs on American History tv. Rachel shelden examines the culture in washington, d c before the civil war. She claims that politicians operated in a social Fraternity System and were isolated in the cultural divisions between the north and south. Politics and prose bookstore posted this event. It is a little over 30 minutes. I want to thank all of you for coming. It is great to see some familiar faces. It is great to be one of my favorite bookstores. I appreciate the invitation. It is appropriate for us to talk about the role of washington, dc here in the capitol, in the midst of the sesquicentennial of the civil war. It commemorates 150 years of the with war. It lasted four bloody years and captured the lives of more than 700,0
York stock exchange. Hi, sue. Hi, ty. Were going to start with jobs in america on the eve of the jobs report. Jobless claims up 14,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 344,000, higher than expected. The challenger report said job cut announcements were up 17 in april. But then the institute for supply managements Employment Index rose. So bob pisani is joining me right here on the floor of the new york stock exchange. Were near alltime highs on the Dow Jones Industrial average, just about to turn positive again. First, though, to senior economics reporter Steve Liesman on the jobs. Stevie, over to you. Hey, sue, thanks. Most economists out there are pretty optimistic about the friday jobs report. Well get to the forecast in just a second. Want to sew you that ism april manufacturing component that you just talked about. You can see that little winter swoon and popping back up in april. Not back to the best levels of later last year, but certainly ticking up at a good sign for manufac