Year, the phone number is 2027488002. You can catch up with us on social media. On twitter it is cspanwj. On facebook it is facebook. Com cspan. A very good tuesday morning. You can start calling now on this question as we show you some stats on poverty. In 2019, the Poverty Level for a household of 4 with an annual 25,750 or below, the 2018 the latest year where there are federal stats for this range, 500 53,000 americans were considered homeless. In 2017, the poverty rate was 12. 3 . Americans did of not have Health Insurance. We are having this conversation on poverty in america in the wake of a forum in which 9 president ial candidates spoke. It was the Poor Peoples Campaign form and one of them was Bernie Sanders. Here is what he had to say. [video clip] the point is for us to begin to think about what freedom means and in the richest country in the history of the world, half of the people in our country should not be forced to live paycheck to paycheck. 500,000 americans should n
Us today. The session is entitled the house that madigan built. The recordha brent of illinois velvet hammer and conversation with joan. Raise the book will be available for sale and signing at the book sales and signing tent and on your map is marked as an end. As a Chicago Tribune Investigative Reporter who has covered indicted ex speaker of the house Michael Madigan for four decades. Also covered two governors i went to prison and a state senator who went to the white house. Lives with his wife peggy in ad inlincoln park. Moderated joe esposito hosts chicagos only progressive radio talk show every afternoon wc pca m820. Heartland signal. Com. Numerous awards and nbc today show. She considers herself a government geek. Thanks much for joining us today. Please lets give them a warm welcome and look forward to sharing more q a to follow as well as a book signing. Lets welcome them. Hi, thanks for coming. Thanks for getting up early and coming. I work afternoons this is still early for
When he was killed on the gaza border yesterday. He was a student at jfs Jewish School in north london and had recently been living in central israel. Been living in central israel. At least 500 israelis are confirmed dead as fighting in gaza threatens to spiral into a major conflict. Benjamin netanyahu vowed to take a mighty vengeance and said his entire government is behind a decision to destroy the hamas terrorist organ nation. More than 313 palestinians have also died after hamas fired thousands of rockets while gunmen stormed the border. Hamas says israeli hostages are being held in secure places. The Prime Minister warned those in gaza to leave amid mounting signs that the conflict could spread. The conflict could spread. Begum what happened today has never been seen in israel. And i will make sure that it does not happen again. The entire government is behind this decision. The idf will immediately use all its strength to hamass capabilities to destroy hamass capabilities. We wi
And im Richelle Carey this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes Zimbabwes President appears in public for the first time in days but hours later his own party calls for him to stand down. A search for compromise at the Security Council a day after russia vetoed a new mandate for chemical weapons investigators in syria. Report on abuses and are warriors Rights Groups find evidence of war crimes during the Philippine Army is battling against i saw linked fighters and lawyers for the deposed catalan president and four of his ministers answer european arrest warrant at brussels. So in the last few hours there have been clear signs that zimbabwes embattled leader is fast losing support state t. V. Began. Friday evening news broadcast with a call from the rulings a no pay of party for Robert Mugabe to resign the presidency and his wife grace to leave the party now hours earlier the aging leader made his first public appearance since an Army Takeover on wednesda
Investigating chemical weapons in syria fails after russian veto said. Im Richelle Carey this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. The bit that ignored we dont want to be responsible for the end of the code. Calls for Zimbabwes President to step down grow louder as the leader makes his first public appearance since the military seized power. Argentine navy is frantically searching for the submarine the disappeared three days ago with forty four sailors on board. On hold delays a new policy to allow imports of african elephants killed as trophies. A u. N. Team investigating the use of chemical weapons in syria will be disbanded after russia vetoed a resolution to extend its mandate the most crap to japanese japanese effort to allow their korea to continue for thirty days to allow time for negotiations on a wider compromise james face has the latest from new york baber of the draft resolution contained in document two thousand and seventeen nine seven zero please raise the hand t