Publican senator john hawley josh holly had a resolution condemning any acts of hate on College Campuses in the u. S. The resolution was approved in the chamber by a voice vote. I ask unanimous consent of the committee be discharged and for their consideration of the senate proceed to s rise to 14. The court will report. 14 condemning hamas and is there objection . Seeing no objection the committee is discharged into the senate will proceed. I asked the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to i know of no. Further debate. The question is on adoption of the resolution. All of those in favor, all of those opposed. The resolution is agreed to. I ask unanimous consent of the preamble be agreed to end motions to w reconsider be laidp on the table with no intervening action or debate one week ago i came to the floor to pass the resolution that condemns the violent genocidal antisomatic direct interactions on our College Campuses acrosss the country and i was blocked by one of my d
The president gives a rare interview and gets the economy dead wrong. Biden says inflation was at 9 when he took office. Thats wrong. It was 1. 4 . He says inflation is the result of corporate greed. Thats debatable. He says we have the strongest economy in the world with. Lets just say the president was in heavy spin mode six months from the election. And an astonishing reversal of decadeslong policy. Biden has placed an embargo on weapons for israel. The president does not want the israelis to finish off hamas. Netanyahu insists theyre going to do it, so biden cuts off the weapons. In effect, biden is protecting hamas. To the markets. Stocks mostly lower in the premarket session. Were down 80 on the dow, the rest are just fractional losses, s p and nasdaq. Interest rates a little higher, the 10year moving back right around 4. 5 , were now at 4. 50 precisely. The 2year, last time i checked it was 4. 84, now its 4. 83. Moving a bit lower there. Oil, 79 a barrel. Gas, no change at 3. 64
Todays friday, may 3rd, 2024. Clearing out. Police in new york city move in, clearing encampments at two schools in portland, oregon, jarring pictures of a graffitifilled library after protesters were cleared out by police. The latest on demonstrations across the country, and what police are doing to avoid an escalation. Star witness, Donald Trumps former white house and campaign aid hope hicks is called to the stand in day 11 of the hush money trial. What she testified about damage control in the trump orbit. Reality check. The april jobs report comes in lower than economists were expecting, but that might actually be a good thing. What this report means. Asthma warning, a stunning new report details the connection between asthma cases in children, and gas stoves. What you need to know if you use one of those appliances in your home. We begin with the increasing crackdown on this friday on College Campus protests nationwide. New York City Police were called in break up encampments at
Police have indicated they will be ready to clear that encampment at some point. Thursdays classes have been cancelled as tensions remain high on the campus there in la. The chancellor of ucla announced an investigation after pro israeli demonstrators appeared to attack a pro palestinian encampment early wednesday. The chancellor says the investigation could lead to arrests and expulsions. Live now to Helena Humphrey on campus at ucla. Remind us what happened overnight . It is fairto it is fair to say the situation is becoming increasingly tense on campus, a minute before speaking to you we saw a considerable number of Police Officers come out here onto the campus and we did here a call from the encampment which you can hear and see over here, the call going out, calling on the protesters once again to disburse or face arrest. What you can also hear in the encampment as the sounds of hammering, we believe that inside the protesters have been trying to reinforce barricades with wood, wh