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The 2016 election. This begins with brief remarks from former first lady laura bush. [applause] thank you all. Thanks, everyone. Thank you, can. Good morning everyone. Elcome in 1944, a federal judge and philosopher, judge learned hand, delivered his speech in central park to over one Million People on i am an american day. His speech reached people who had just been sworn in as nationalized United States citizens. He said, we have gathered here to affirm a faith. A faith in a common purpose. A ...

College campuses. I will yield so he can say a word about the tragedy that occurred in texas. I thank you, mr. Chairman. Welcome. Let me just say briefly that before discussing the important topic of todays hearing on sunday a gunman shot and killed 26 church goers in texas. We now know that information concerning his courtmartial for Domestic Abuse should have been submitted by the air force to the instant criminal background check system. Should have been prevented from purchasing firearms fro...

The afternoon with a broader group. I will tell you the same thing i told them which is this is an ordinary course of business in washington, d. C. ,. What you are witnessesing at cfpb which is a transition and cfpb has never been through a transition before. It was inevitable, either now or later and President Trump has a chance to put someone in this position. So i had a chance to walk through with a lot of folks here who have not been through transition what they should expect. They should ex...

Sarah Huckabee Sanders grilled on power strug bell who is running the Consumer Protection bureau. How the white house and the interim director Mick Mulvaney are responding now. Plus shocking, humbling, embarrassing. Senator al franken responding to allegations of sexual harrassment speaking to the press this afternoon, looking to learn from his mistakes. David yeah, right. Melissa to put this all behind him, but can he . Well ask karl rove. As this scandal looms large, it is makeorbreak time for...

Just another day of Sexual Harassment allegations, this time on capitol hill with senator al franken pleading for forgiveness today but also resisting calls to step down. All comes the House Minority leader nancy pelosi to take the heat defending john conyers calling him an icon. And then just a crazy case of whos the boss in washington. Mcmulvaney speaks out. Well hear from him in just a moment. Hes the current budget director, and hes also been pointed the acting director of a giant Consumer P...

Telling cnbc we may not need the type of tax cuts being proposed. We have those details coming up. And a major deal in the media space. Maybe youve heard about it. It brings together bbetter home gardens and people magazines, Meredith Buying Time Inc for nearly 2 billion. Will this pave the way for more deals especially in the media sector where theyve been trying to get them done we have that coming up in a little bit. First, our top story today, the cyber monday surge amazon shares hitting yet...

Press enter questions during his first day on the job, he is remaining as white house budget director. About linda english. This is 20 minutes. Thank you all very much for doing this, welcome to see spv. My role as acting director was extraordinarily smooth. We met with the Senior Leadership team, the toxics are seven folks here met again in the afternoon with a Broader Group healths or four dozen folks, how this intimate you told them an annual take a couple questions, this is an ordinary cours...

Extraordinarily smooth. We met with the Senior Leadership team, the toxics are seven folks here met again in the afternoon with a Broader Group healths or four dozen folks, how this intimate you told them an annual take a couple questions, this is an ordinary course of business in washington dc. What you are witnessing is what happens everything couple of years, it is a transition, it happens that they had never been through a transition before. It was inevitable at some point. It was even now o...

T 7 00 a. M. Eastern on the washington journal. Meanwhile, they corporations and the wealthy, including provisions that would undermine the tax incentives that the administration relies upon to fund its public, private partnership. In this scenario, the flexibilities of the administration can just become ways to pass the buck for budget cuts to local communities and only low income families. Have seen that time and time again. Programs helping family and seniors i hope that mr. Montgomery and mr...

Of course, two days before the floor vote, if we get there. Could the dont get stuck in committee today . Josh we will find out if the tax bill will move forward in the senate. There are two key senators that are uncommitted to the bill. Either one of whom could stall the bill if theyve dont vote in favor. The most important is senator ron johnson of wisconsin, who has a lot of concerns about the passthrough rate. Johnson himself was the owner of the passthrough business. He says if he is not sa...