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Mass death, mass unemployment, mass hunger and suffering among children. This two sides in congress to be addressing those challenges together, now more than ever while so many are so fearful about tomorrow. The rules that the senate goes by and the agreement the senate makes needs to stand for something. Thats how i felt when i negotiated with a 600 a week Unemployment Insurance boost in march. The treasury secretary for the republicans agreed to it but at the last minute, republican senators p...

Election in 41 days. Let me repeat that, yesterday at a news conference, President Trump refused to commit to a peaceful transfer of power should he lose the election in 41 days. We are going to have to see what happens, he said. Ive been complaining strongly about the ballots and ballots are a disaster. Press further, the president said get rid of the ballots, there wont be a transfer, frankly, a continuation, get rid of the ballots and there wont be a transfer, there will be a continuation. Al...

Employed. Weve gone through a lot. Covid is probably the most significant disaster in my lifetime affecting peoples lives, the tragedies that weve seen affecting our economy, affecting the federal budget. Today, there were 142 million americans employed. Reduction of 16. 6 million americans or 10. 5 . I want people to remember that 10. 5 . Over the last month or so, thereve been a number of respected economists to meet forecasts of how much our to shrink. These are folks like cbo and Federal Res...

Now, im joined by senators wyden, stabbed now, and brown. Americans today are on the precipice of, and in some cases, have already gone over several cliffs, for one reason and one reason alone. The white house and city republicans could not get their act together, wasting precious time. They still dont have their act gather. In my many years and serving in this chamber, i have never seen , thisrity of any type republican majority, respond to a National Emergency in such a disorganized and disori...

might say is significantly underperforming. we have not faced the prospect of armageddon since kennedy and the cuban missile crisis. okay. so was this a planned remark or something off the curve? were we supposed hear it? was vladimir putin? there is news from russia that even those within his inner circle are starting to get upset about how the war is going. rumblings that are now public. on saturday, a key putin ally, allies planned to top a russian general in a post and another puti...

ccarthy and all standing by and ready too go. we are ready just in case. >> president biden is in italy while former president trumps is on capitol hill, for a serie from both the house and the senate in to address some of americas most powerful busines leaders making his case for a more prosperous economy if voters decide to send him back to the white house for a second term. welcome to a new hour of "americas newsroom" i am dana perino. >> bill: wouldnt it be if he got immunity today...

Government open or should i say to reopen the government. The White House Position remains the same we will not negotiate the status of 690,000 unlawful immigrants while hundreds of millions of taxpaying americans, including hundreds of thousands of our troops in uniform and Border Agents protecting our country are held hostage by Senate Democrats. We continue to remain anxious to reach a deal on daca, and we look forward to resuming those negotiations as soon as the Senate Democrats rio open th...

, weof today, mr. President have endeavored to Reach Agreement with President Trump and the republicans that would have not only spared Government Shutdown, but cemented an agreement on spending caps, including those for military, disaster care issues relief, and immigration issues. President trump reached out to me today, this morning. To invite me to the white house to talk all of these issues over. And i accepted. We had a lengthy and substantive discussion. During the meeting, in exchange fo...

Sarah good afternoon. Obviously the impending conclusion of the schumer shutdown is leading Media Coverage today. And ill get into that shortly. But want to start with a couple of other National Security issues first. First on northwest syria, we call on all parties to remain focused on the goal of defeating isis, deescalating and resolving the syrian conflict and protecting innocent civilians. We hear and take seriously turkeys legitimate security concerns and are committed to working with turk...

Shutdown. We laid out what we want. Were hopeful democrats will come to the table ready to make a deal and less focused on political games. Well show you the white house riefing now in its entirety. Sarah good afternoon. Obviously the impending conclusion of the schumer shutdown is leading Media Coverage today and ill get into that shortly but want to start with a couple of other National Security issues first. First, on northwest syria, we call on all parties to remain focused on the goal of de...