Michael good evening and welcome. My name is michael bishop. The result of a collaboration between our society and the George Washington university, the library is the First Research facility in the Nations Capital devoted to the study of Winston Church ill. Here students have access to a vast range of primary and secondary materials and interactive touchscreen exhibits and soon displays of original manuscripts and artifacts. And let me take this opportunity to encourage you to join the National Churchill society by www. Ing our website, winstonchurchill. Org. A few programming programming notes. I hope youll return to the National Churchill Library Center on march 1 when eliot book,will discuss his new the big stick, the limits of soft power and the necessity of military power. And on april 26, former british secretary david away, now lord his, who will speak about book, cabinets finest hour, the hidden agenda of the 20th of may, 1940. Thechill is claimed as biggest leader of the 20th
This hearing is one hour 40 minutes. Sen. Brown finding more and more ways to raise those costs, to boost their own profits. Weve talked about how every time americans go to a Grocery Store, they pay for corporate stock buybacks and executive bonuses. Last week we looked at how Companies Use the latest technologies to jack up prices for consumers. This week we look at junk fees. Often lastminute charges that drive up the cost of products, have no justification or connection to anything other than their quests for profits. Think about that hotel room you booked that has a bunch of mysterious charges at the end. Or that time you paid your credit card bill over the phone so you wouldnt be late but were charged a convenience fee. The only thing that fee is convenient for is the banks bottom line. Or lets say youre looking for an apartment, you find one with affordable rent but when you look at the lease, you realize between the maintenance fee and the trash fee and the mysterious convenien
Sen. Brown finding more and more ways to raise those costs, to boost their own profits. Weve talked about how every time americans go to a Grocery Store, they pay for corporate stock buybacks and executive bonuses. Last week we looked at how Companies Use the latest technologies to jack up prices for consumers. This week we look at junk fees. Often lastminute charges that drive up the cost of products, have no justification or connection to anything other than their quests for profits. Think about that hotel room you booked that has a bunch of mysterious charges at the end. Or that time you paid your credit card bill over the phone so you wouldnt be late but were charged a convenience fee. The only thing that fee is convenient for is the banks bottom line. Or lets say youre looking for an apartment, you find one with affordable rent but when you look at the lease, you realize between the maintenance fee and the trash fee and the mysterious convenience fee, the actual rent youll be char
Extra costs to consumers monthly bills. Live coverage here on cspan. Cspan live here, the Senate Banking Committee Hearing about to get under way. Witnesses will be testifying on how junk fees effect consumers and their budgets. Some examples of those fees are the hidden charges that get attached to goods and services such as loans and Bank Accounts or corporations. Sen. Brown finding more and more ways to raise those costs, to boost their own profits. Weve talked about how every time americans go to a Grocery Store, they pay for corporate stock buybacks and executive bonuses. Last week we looked at how Companies Use the latest technologies to jack up prices for consumers. This week we look at junk fees. Often lastminute charges that drive up the cost of products, have no justification or connection to anything other than their quests for profits. Think about that hotel room you booked that has a bunch of mysterious charges at the end. Or that time you paid your credit card bill over t
Answer to the question so many are asking. Tackling the issue. Nfl players and owners set to meet today to discuss those Controversial National anthem protests. Will the league try to force players to stand, or can a compromise be reached . All that, plus florida declares an unusual state of emergency over a planned speech. An intentional crash on a racetrack . Leads to a dangerous brawl. A tasing and arrests. And morning exclusive. Chip and joanna gains will be here, live, to explain why theyre leaving their hit show, fixer upper, today, tuesday, october 17th, 2017. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Its tuesday morning, and were glad to have you with us this morning. Its a busy tuesday morning. We have a lot to get to, starting with President Trump sounding off on a number of issues that are facing his administration. Hes also igniting a new controversy with former president s