Growing energy demand, you are watching live coverage on cspan 3. We are proud to announce that doubled the tenants of last year. I welcome hundreds more joining us live. I will also give you a sneak peek of the program and share some reminders. First, in the spirit of the natural gas and oil industries, commit to safety because api sets the starpndards for the highest operations around the world, well begin our event today. There are no plans of emergency drills during the anthem today. Please treat the announcement is a real thing. It is a good idea to be prepared. The best exit is the one from which you enter back here to my right and additional exits to my left right up front and the back of the room. I would like to extend a warm welcome to our distinguished guests including members of congress, administration officials, Industry Leaders and trade Association Executives and other partners and allies. You will see some others on the screen behind me and thank you for holding your a
Thats about. But there are a lot of strong learns that that is going to be addressed thats it. Singular people are more universal than they sound on the surface grace i seizure. Finally, were all going to be listening this weekend. Thanks so much thanks to our panel and thank you for joining us this morning. Im jim acosta, cnn news starts right now. Have a great day, swiftness cnns Breaking News are Breaking News. Israel strikes iran hours after a stark warning from iran that it will respond with maximum effect. But this morning we are seeing what appears to be the first signs of relief Around The World as a source in the region declares direct strikes between the two atoms are now over and vote both nations so far seem to be downplaying at all. We are standing by right now to hear from us secretary of state Antony Blinken he is in italy right now, and well deliver his first remarks since israel strike. Heres whats happened. Us officials confirm israel carried out an attack overnight a
And when we tried to understand why it is that so many of our family members, friends, neighbors are working at are working to or three jobs in order to cobble together an income and some health care, the answer is that wages in our country for many people are much, much too low. Why we have got to recognize that a seven dollar and 25 minimum wage is a starvation wage. We have to move to a living wage, 15 an hour. What we understand also is that when we lived in a competitive global economy, we need the best educated workforce possible. It makes no sense to me that we have hundreds of thousands of bright, qualified young people who want to get a Higher Education and are unable to do so because their family lacks the income. That is wrong. And that is why i have introduced legislation and will fight for, as president of United States, to make sure that every Public College and university in america is tuitionfree. And we have also got to deal with the disgrace of outrageously high stude
Amy Senate Democrats led by chris murphy of connecticut have wrapped up a nearly 15hour filibusterer calling for stricir gun controrol in the wake of the orlando massacre, but will it does but what exactly was agreed to . We will get t the latest. Then to the president ial race. I am donald trump. I wrote the art of the deal. I have made billions and billions of dollars dealing with people all over the world and i want to put whatever that talent is to work to this country. Amy today, we look at trump the businessman and a series of new investigative articles that expose trumps shady business dealings in Atlantic City, his failure to pay hundreds of former employees and contractors, and new evidence from a Pulitzer Prize money journals that trump did not even pay his taxes. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President obama is slated to visit orlando, florida, today, following sundays attack on an lgbt
Talk. Amy today, a fiery debate between Pulitzer Prize winning journalist chris hedges and former labor secretary robert reich over the 2016 president ial election. Hedges has endorsed the green partys dr. Jill stein while , reich is backing clinton after endorsing Bernie Sanders during the primaries. In florence influence. How foreign money is flowing into the u. S. Election system. We uncovered a Foreign Controlled Corporation owned by a Chinese National concluded a large amount of money to a prpresident ial campaign superr. This is the first definitive proof that thanks to the Citizens United decision, foreign money has entered our federal election system. Amy we will speak to lee fang, coauthor an explosive new series in the intercept. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In election news republican , president ial nominee Donald Trumps campaign appears to be in turmoil, with widening divisions both in