Good morning. This hearing will come to order. American consumers today are rightly worried about inflation and rising prices for the goods they buy. Today were going to talk about a hidden fee that fuels the fires of inflation across america every day. What they may not know is this swipe fee is contributing to the problem of inflation. When swipe fees on credit and debit cards go up, as they recently did, it increases inflation. Consumers ultimately pay the price. Ironically, this journey for me started in this very room 16 years ago. Arlen specter was a chairman at the senate judiciary. He called the hearing on swipe and interchange fees. I attended because i was not familiar with those terms. I heard for the first time what a swipe fee was. The fact that, when i used my debit and credit card, the swipe fee was being charged to the retailer that i was ultimately paying. And then, i learned there was virtually no negotiation of those fees. Retailers were at the mercy of the credit ca
North korea will reject the results of what it calls the forced autopsy which it says was not witnessed by north korean officials. Who knows if the north korean will ever get that body back or what that autopsy will say about the cause of death. Brian, thank you. Im brianna keilar. Erin burnett out front starts right now. Out front next, breaking news, the dow hits an all time high again seven days in a row. Trump taking the credit. Does he deserve it . And the secret Service Investigating an incident tonight involving trumps mor or the cade, what happened, and trumps twitter tirade. He tweeted, deleted, retweeted. Lets go out front. Good evening. Im erin burnett. One thing going right for trump. An alltime high. These are the facts. Stocks hit a record today in the midst of their best streak in 25
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Down everything. All of them need to do that. This means everyone should stay at home, and work from home. Only go out to the grocery store, to the pharmacy, or to the doctor. Essential workers should go to work, but that is it. Once we blunt the spread, we need to kill it with drugs. Member the space race . We need a vaccine race like the manhattan projects. All of the brightest scientists in america working around the clock to find a vaccine. Our people are the most innovative in the world. We need to get this done in less than a year. In the meantime, President Trump is slashing red tape. And the fda is improving therapeutic drugs to treat the symptoms of the virus. Experimental drugs, drugs from overseas are being fast tracked. Drugs to treat malaria have shown promise to treat malaria. These drugs need to be improved as fast as possible. And as safely as possible. We know the risks. The Administration Needs to harness one 100 of the private sector, not less. Gm, tesla are offering
The threat and are shutting down everything. All of them need to do that. This means everyone should stay at home, and work from home. Only go out to the grocery store, to the pharmacy, or to the doctor. Essential workers should go to work, but that is it. Once we blunt the spread, we need to kill it with drugs. Member the space race . We need a vaccine race like the manhattan projects. All of the brightest scientists in america working around the clock to find a vaccine. Our people are the most innovative in the world. We need to get this done in less than a year. In the meantime, President Trump is slashing red tape. And the fda is improving therapeutic drugs to treat the symptoms of the virus. Experimental drugs, drugs from overseas are being fast tracked. Drugs to treat malaria have shown promise to treat malaria. These drugs need to be improved as fast as possible. And as safely as possible. We know the risks. The Administration Needs to harness one 100 of the private sector, not
House grounds. There are a number of people, we are being told, that names have been unmasked against private citizens in the u. S. This is unprecedented. What he did, who he saw, and who he met with was 100 percent proper. Today, im signing two executive orders that set the stage for a great revival of american manufacturing. Job creators, job seekers and the job holders, sean, are all seeing very good in the presidency so far. Donald trump, you dont stand for our values. Donald trump, you didnt win this election. Donald trump the bromance you have with putin is not going to do you any good. And im hanging on a moment of truth out on the edge of glory. Ainsley rainy saturday morning. Clayton this is the song my daughter dances to now. Pete lady gadd gaga. Clayton now big lady gaga fan dances in circles like i do. Good morning, everyone. Fox friends on this saturday morning. Boy, happy april fools day. Abby im nervous about this show. I know something is going to happen. I dont know wh