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Its a great day to be alive. Here at the Heritage Foundation i am so pleased to be able to introduce our speaker. From School Shootings and declining sunday attendance. Hyper partisanship and politics. And its tempting to turn off the tv to adopt the benedict option. That isnt what we are about here. That isnt the american way. He never surrendered without and despair even in a time of war or economic or cultural crisis americans have always risen to any challenge in our lives, liberty and happi...

You can also open some questions. From a timing standpoint economically, i think its an interesting time. We had jackson hole, Second Quarter gdp numbers looking a little better so thats great. From a human and social perspective, its an unfortunate time in our sympathies and prayer go to the folks in houston. Get right into it. We will talk to the domestic economy and the Global Economy. Lets start off with u. S. Economy. Where do we stand right now whats the outlook for the next three to five ...

6 million over the last two years. The number of people in poverty decreased from 2015. Adults 65 and older are the only group to see an increase. Poverty, theo u. S. Rates were under 10 representing about one million families, declined from 10. 5 or 8. 6 million families in 2018. Robert rector, what do these numbers tell you. Tell you in regards to poverty . They are misleading. You have to understand the welfare state is not counted in these numbers. Example, last year we spent about 360 billi...

You, beginning today. More reaction overnight following the latest missile test from north korea. In london, Scotland Yard investigating what they are calling a terrorist incident at a train station this morning. For the next hour, your calls on the apparent agreement between the present and congressional president and Congressional Democrats on the daca deal for socalled dreamers. We want to hear only from Trump Supporters for the next hour. If you voted from the president , what do you think a...

Income. We will get the calls and comments in a moments. We want to welcome olivia golden, the executive director for law and social policy and Robert Rector, a Senior Research fellow focusing on domestic policy. Let me go through highlights. First, property is lowered them before the 2008 recession. The rate is 12. 7 , down from 13. 5 a couple of years ago. 2. 5 Million People no longer in poverty from last year and about 6 million over the last two years. The number of people in poverty decrea...

Interpretation 20 years later . Republicans call this number 2027488000 democrats, 2027488001. Int, your number, 2027488002. If you have experience with Welfare Programs, call this number. E would love to hear from you. We thought we would start this morning with a piece of tape from bill clinton. What we are trying to do today is to overcome the flaws of the welfare system for the people who are trapped on it. We all know that its a typical family owned welfare today is different than the ones ...

Here is how. Library. The video type in the name of this acre, the sponsor of the bill or view the list of search results. If youre looking for our most current programs our homepage has many current programs ready for your immediate viewing. Servicerg is a public of your cable or satellite provider. Check it out and cspan. Org. Now a discussion on the impact of the welfare law signed into law in august of 1996 by president bill clinton. The Heritage Foundation event is one hour 20 minutes. Welc...

People talk about the idea of service. What would he think about a former secretary of state making 225,000 to give a speech . John well, thats an interesting question. Of course, in his day politics was not a root to wealth. The opposite. And when he was a young man, he ran for the state legislature of massachusetts. Most of his friends who were all lawyers like him wouldnt do that because the theory was first you make dough as a merchant or a lawyer, whatever it was, and then when you are comf...

He would be critical now. Know, i think above the donald trump thing, his first reaction would be, what happened to the idea of Public Service . why are we having some guy who thinks his business qualification his qualification is business . Askedt himself if you had him, why are you qualified to be president , he would say, because i have served the public selflessly, and that was true, since i was a young man. He had been a congressman, secretary of state. His own definition of sacrifice and e...

2027488002. Independents, 2027488002. You can also catch up with us on social media, on twitter, cspanwj. On facebook, its facebook. Com cspan. Very good monday morning to you. We begin with some of the headlines following this weekends violence. Heres the front page of the Washington Post this morning, three cases widen terror fears is the headline. To the front page of the New York Post in new york, city on edge, talking about the chelsea terror attack. Thats the bombing, 29 injured in that bo...