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Mike Gallagher Podcast
Shocking Biden Corruption Exposed
"Welcome back to the ReliefFactor .com studio. I am your guest host, Carl Jackson, sitting in for Mike Gallagher. Guys, there's an audio clip. Before I get to the callers, and I do want to do a rundown of this story real quick, the latest Biden corruption we all knew about, but that is systematically being exposed by the Republicans. I do, I do have to give Senator Chuck Grassley and Senator Ron Johnson credit for their work behind the scenes. The problem is we don't have enough people in Washington, DC like them. The same is true for the House. This is why I'm telling you it's going to be a generational fight. All right, we'll get into more details on that later. But R .F .K. Jr. said that a government that can censor its critics has license for every atrocity. Now, I'm not I don't want R .F .K. Jr. on the Republican ticket. There's an outcry for that because of his stance on the vaccines. R .F .K. Jr., I think I probably would agree with the guy 60 percent of the time. But R .F .K. Jr. to me appears to be a liberal as opposed to a leftist that hates this country. So this is why I would love to see him rise in the in the DNC if you make sure that that doesn't happen. But here's R .F .K. Jr. audio clip number seven Paul Favore, Eric. A government that can censor its critics has license for every atrocity. It is the beginning of totalitarianism. There's never been a time in history. When we look back and the guys who were censoring people were the good guys. All of us grew up reading Arthur Kessler, Robert Heinlein, Aldous Huxley, George Orwell, and they were all saying the same thing. Once you start censoring, you're on your way to dystopia and totalitarianism. I love this cut. This guy, this guy is a liberal. And here's the here's the fight that's that's ahead of us. This is why this is why you have to understand fighting against the left is it's going to be a major battle. We cannot lay down. Robert Kennedy, much like Trump, much like most Republicans, I would contend, believes in America. The Democrats that were on that committee yesterday do not.
Mike Gallagher Podcast
Guest Host Carl Jackson on the Importance of Staying Vigilant in 2024
"I want to get into some of this corruption. Hat tip the Federalist explosive F .D. 1023 exposes more Biden bribery, dirt and and teases damning evidence to come. So Senator Chuck Grassley just released a minimally redacted copy of the FBI's F .D. sources, basically an undercover reporting of a criminal scheme involving then V .P. Joe Biden and Ukrainian business Barista. How much time, Eric? According to the F .D. 1023 summary, Barista's owner specifically referenced the firing of prosecutor General Viktor Shokin, the same the same man that Biden bragged about Ukraine firing after his vice president. This stuff is this stuff is so insidious. This guy is so corrupt. This guy is so evil. The only thing the only reason they're going after Trump is to distract you from this evil, wicked, corrupt man that is in the White House. This man is corrupting every single one of our institutions, and we have to be willing to stand up and fight for every single one. That also includes the culture war. Some of you are scared to fight the culture war. You cannot
Live From Studio 6B
Someone Is Lying and Chuck Grassley Wants to Get to the Bottom of It
"Lying. Someone is lying more. Someone either perjured themselves or all of the above. But Chuck Grassley is going to try to get to the bottom of it. And today, Margo Cleveland writes a little more about this and how the spotlight has now turned to this Leslie Wolf. And she says Delaware you assistant US attorney was briefed in October and memory Gary Shapley is the center of this whole thing. Who, again, I can just speak for what my eyes tell me when I watch him. He comes across as very credible. When he speaks, his story comes across as very credible when he tells it. His facts come across as very credible when he lays them out. And the reality of the whole situation that he lays out is very credible knowing the other parties involved being Hunter Biden and Joe Biden and the Department of Justice run under Merrick Garland. Yeah. And when you juxtapose this against the cocaine story, you notice Gary Shapley's story doesn't change. The facts don't change. Unlike the cocaine story, it started out here, then it's over there, then it's over here, now it's over there. It could have been, it could have been, who knows? Maybe it was a vice president. Maybe it was one of the construction workers. Maybe it was somebody visiting the White House, but it wasn't the crackhead who lives there with his dad. Okay. A Delaware assistant U .S. attorney was briefed in October 2020 that a confidential human source had reported Hunter and Joe Biden each received $5 million in bribes, Senator Chuck Grassley revealed Sunday in a letter to Delaware U .S. attorney David Weiss. A source familiar with that briefing has now confirmed to the Federalist that the Pittsburgh office told the Delaware office that the confidential human source's reporting appeared credible and merited further investigation. That added detail increases the significance of Grassley's Sunday letter and his question to David Weiss about whether his deputy thwarted the investigation. Grassley wrote, quote, on October 23, 2020, Justice Department and FBI special agents from the Pittsburgh field office briefed assistant U .S. attorney Leslie Wolf, one of your top prosecutors, and FBI special agents from the Baltimore field office with respect to the contents of the FBI generated 1023 form, alleging a criminal bribery scheme involving the then vice president, Joe Biden, and his son, Hunter Biden,
Mike Gallagher Podcast
Subpoena Issued for Alleged Criminal Scheme Involving Biden
"Here was Fox News, I see this report yesterday, and I'm thinking, my gosh, this is one of the biggest stories of the decade. Here's a correspondent rich Edson on Fox News channel. The House oversight committee chairman James comer says that he's issued a subpoena to the FBI in a letter that he and senator chuck grassley have sent to attorney general Merrick Garland and FBI director Chris wray. They write that a quote highly credible whistleblower says the Justice Department at FBI have a form that quote describes an alleged criminal scheme involving then President Biden and a former national relating to the exchange of money for policy decisions. It's been alleged that the document includes a precise description of how the alleged criminal scheme was employed as well as its purpose. Now comer and grassley provide no information on the identity of the whistleblower, what specifically they were alleging, in short, it's a subpoena for a document that an unidentified whistleblower says exists and shows illegal activity. It is unclear yet how the Justice Department will respond, we have reached out, John. All right, so we don't know what this scheme is, only that it's believed that the DoJ and the FBI have information about this scheme. Exactly. What these two Republicans are alleging is that there is a document that exists and they've gotten that information they say from a whistleblower. And unidentified whistleblower and that the document exists within the Department of Justice and the FBI showing an illegal scheme, allegedly involving the vice president and that they are requesting that information now officially with a subpoena from the FBI and Justice Department, but these Republicans have not seen that document. And they have just sent the subpoena request because of whistleblower told them it exists within the FBI. That's where we are right now with this.
The Dan Bongino Show
Sen. Charles Grassley: Financial Links Between Biden & Communist China
"Listen to the senator chuck grassley He's a Republican He's known by the way is a pretty honest broker when it comes to inside government corruption Just ask anybody inside the government Here's graslie testifying in front of a committee About the Biden in connections to the Chinese Communist Party that the left would just like you to forget about because they're the useful idiots to Communist Party need to check this out We are required authentic bank records the substantiated findings of our previous two reports They financially linked Hunter Biden and James Biden to entities and individuals connected with the communist Chinese regime We also acquired business records with hunter and James Biden's signatures alongside those same Chinese nationals How are they supposed to be paid According to bank records there were wires from companies linked to the communist regime In three four speeches we made those bank records public and asked this question to our partisan detractors The same ones that I mentioned throughout my remarks And maybe a lot of others are these official bank records Russian disinformation We also shared hundreds of pages of bank records with U.S. attorney Weiss He failed to respond Wow they have actual evidence you mean They have bank records of the Biden Inc operation Their connection to the Chinese Communist Party that practices the gramsci long march through institutions invasion of the United States plan It's almost as if their four part plan infiltration collaboration destruction is subjugation is working just swimmingly
Bloomberg Radio New York
"senator chuck grassley" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"Of this week, nearly 30,000 cases of monkeypox in 17 deaths have been reported across the country with an average of 7 new cases per day. The navy is joining Virginia police to investigate four suicides at a Norfolk naval station this month. Rebecca Hughes has the very latest. All four were assigned to the mid Atlantic regional maintenance center, Janelle holder, the most recently deceased was found on November 26th, that other three sailors died on October 28th, November 5th and November 14th a licensed counselor assigned to the naval station said toxic leadership led to sailors feeling overworked and undervalued. This is the navy's second major string of suicides this year after three sailors all died within a week of each other on the U.S. as George Washington. I'm Rebecca Hughes. And President Biden says it's critical Democrats win the upcoming Georgia runoff election, recent polling shows Raphael Warnock is narrowly leading the race. I'm Jim Forbes. President Biden is recommending Iowa be moved out of its first in the nation status, Biden is calling for the Democratic National Committee to replace Iowa with South Carolina as the first test of presidential politics for the party in 2024. But this isn't sitting well with Iowa Republican senator chuck grassley, he tweeted Biden is quote kicking Iowa and the teeth. Biden's proposal would move Iowa out of the first round of caucuses entirely, moving Georgia and Michigan into the early window. Police in Los Angeles, California are looking for a real life Grinch. Has the very latest. Fox 11 reports that a suspect is on the loose after stealing holiday decorations from a south LA lawn, the family's home security system recorded footage of the suspect stopping their car on the street at night, then pulling the decor and driving off one of the decorations stolen just so happened to be an 11 foot inflatable Grinch. The victim told the outlet the situation is just sad. Authorities are asking anyone with information regarding the incident to please come forward. I'm at Matson. Police say a teenager campaigning for democratic senator Rafael Warnock was shot in the leg in Savannah, Georgia, the 15 year old was at the front door of a home Thursday when a suspect inside fired a shot through the closed door. The teen suffered a non life threatening gunshot wound to the leg, the suspect was arrested and charged with aggravated assault and aggravated battery. Police say there's no indication at this time that the shooting was politically motivated. And the Christmas action horror film night is bringing in $1.1 million from Thursday previews that David Harbour film is expected to bring in between ten and $12 million in its opening weekend at the domestic box office. It's projected to get beat by Marvel Studios Black Panther Wakanda forever, which is predicted to make between 17 and $25 million in its fourth weekend in theaters. And that's the very latest. I'm Jim Forbes. Now this Bloomberg sports update mets pitching ace Jacob de Grom reportedly leading the team and heading to the Texas Rangers, the rangers reporting on Twitter they signed a right handed two times sion award winner to a 5 year deal, reports put to Grom's deal at $185 million, with an option for a 60 year for an additional $37 billion. In the NHL, the New York rangers are now losers of four of their last 5 dropping the second of a home and home series against Ottawa at the garden three to two and overtime, Brady skull with 49 seconds left in regulation tied the game and kuchuk skull with 18 seconds left and over time gave Ottawa the wind. The islanders fall to Nashville at UBS arena four to one Matthew barzal below islander gold scorer, and in the NBA the nets when their fourth in a row, they beat Toronto at the Barclays center one 14 one O 5, Kyrie Irving led the nets with 27. The U.S. men's national soccer team set to face the Netherlands and the knockout round of the 2022 World Cup later this morning in Qatar at ten. The bottom two teams on the top NFC east clash on Sunday as the Washington commanders head to the Meadowlands to face the Giants. Giants quarterback Daniel Jones says they are thrilled about this weekend's divisional showdown with the commanders. It works really excited. I think we'll
Bloomberg Radio New York
"senator chuck grassley" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"Now a global news update. Elon Musk says hill revealed today why Twitter suppressed the Hunter Biden laptop story. The original 2020 New York Post story detailed the contents of a laptop that belonged to President Biden's son and was left at a computer repair shop. Some believe Republicans could have used that info against Biden in the weeks before the presidential election. At the time Twitter put the story on lockdown and refused to let users share it, claiming it could be disinformation. Twitter CEO Musk tweeted today what really happened with the Hunter Biden story suppression by Twitter will be published. Authorities investigating the murders of four university of Idaho students now say the attack might not have been targeted. Police in the college town of Moscow, Idaho said Wednesday that detectives weren't sure if the students of the home where they lived were specifically targeted. Ten days after the November 13th murders, Moscow police captain roger Lanier, said during a press conference at police believed from the beginning that it was a targeted attack. President Biden's recommending Iowa be moved out of its first in the nation status. Biden is calling for the Democratic National Committee to replace Iowa with South Carolina as the first test of presidential politics for the party in 2024. This isn't sitting well with Iowa Republican senator chuck grassley. He tweeted Biden is kicking Iowa in the teeth. He claims Iowa played a big role in making Biden vice president under Barack Obama. Soccer star Christian Pulisic is being cleared to play for the U.S. against the Netherlands tomorrow in the World Cup. Pulisic suffered a pelvic contusion while scoring a goal in the team's final group play match against Iran this week. The U.S. would go on to win that game one nil in advance to the round of 16. The Americans take on the Netherlands in a game that kicks off tomorrow at 10 a.m. eastern in Qatar. There hasn't been a mega millions jackpot winner in weeks. The top prize is now grown to $333 million. The cash option tonight is 172 million. I'm Tammy trujillo. A new poll suggests most Americans don't have high hopes for the new Congress, a Pew Research Center survey shows 65% of adults believe President Biden and Republican leaders in Congress will be unsuccessful in getting their agendas enacted over the next two years. Just under 50% of Democrats expect Biden to get his legislative priorities through Congress while 44% of Republicans said the same about their party. The poll comes as Republicans are set to take control of the House in January. New York City mayor Eric Adams is in Qatar today to observe the World Cup. Scott Pringle reports. Mayor Adams is visiting the Qatar museum to talk to cultural affairs officials. He's also meeting with World Cup leaders to discuss preparations and security measures that took place during this year's World Cup. Now, Adam says the visit is all about preparing for year 2026 when New York and New Jersey host World Cup matches at MetLife stadium. I have an obligation and event this large to make sure the city is safe. I want to look at some of the security, apparatus. I want to look at how they move in people about. I want to look at how they handle something of this magnitude. Scott Pringle, New York. A drop in people's alertness about COVID could lead to a new deadly variant forming, the World Health Organization's leader said the globe is close to the emergency phase of the pandemic being over, but isn't there just yet. Countries have been easing restrictions for the virus as the peak of it fades. From the ba humbug file in Omaha, Nebraska, windy wild has this. Looking for a suspected fake bell ringer who carried off a Salvation army red cattle police say the man went to a baker's supermarket at a 132nd in maple, posing as a bell ringer. When the Salvation army came later to collect the red kettle, the kettle, and the money, and the fake bell ringer were missing. The Salvation army says there's usually about $250 a day, donations at that location. I'm woody Wilde. A meteor making its way through the sky overnight past right over Pittsburgh. It also street through West Virginia, South Carolina, New York, Ohio, in Kentucky, video of deciding is also making its way around social media. I'm Tammy trejo. And I'm Charlie pellet at Bloomberg world headquarters, a winning week for the U.S. stock market, the Dow, the S&P and nez stack all advanced it was a mixed Friday. The Dow today hire by one tenth of 1%, S&P and NASDAQ both declined, a hot jobs report has fueling bets, the Federal Reserve will keep tightening even if officials downshift the pace of hikes this month. Diane swank is chief economist at KPMG. You know, the market has really not listened to the fed. This is really important is whenever they hear anything that sounds a bit Douglas in the question and answer with Jay Powell talk, the market was railing and easing financial conditions because he said, you know, we're more measured. We don't want to over tighten. Well, over Titan doesn't mean they don't want an increase in the unemployment rate. Diane swank of KPMG and with details of the jobs report, here's Bloomberg's vineyard giudice. You are interest rates could move much higher after the latest employment alley showed a gain of more than a quarter million jobs in November. As well as searching labor costs. Last month's increase of 263,000 jobs topped Wall Street forecasts underscoring the enduring strength of the labor market despite rising interest rates to fight inflation, the unemployment rate held steady at a very low 3.7%. Many doubts should I Bloomberg radio. As for where the jobs report leaves the Federal Reserve Anastasia moroso is chief investment officer at I capital. There's two particularly concerning things within the payrolls report, which is the fact that the labor force participation rate declined and also wages is still growing at 5.1%. And again, that's a step up from a prior month. High capitals and a station amoroso, stocks mixed, the Dow up 34 points up one tenth of 1%, S&P down four down one tenth NASDAQ down today by two tenths of 1%. Global news 24 hours a day on air and on Bloomberg quicktake powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. I'm Charlie palak this is Bloomberg
Bloomberg Radio New York
"senator chuck grassley" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"The Hunter Biden laptop story. The original 2020 New York Post story detailed contents of the laptop that belonged to President Biden's son and was left at a computer repair shop. Some believe Republicans could have used that info against Biden weeks before the presidential election. At the time, Twitter put the story on lockdown, and refused to let user share it, claiming it could be disinformation. Twitter CEO Musk tweeted today what really happened with the Hunter Biden story suppression will be published this afternoon on Twitter. A coalition of railroad workers is slamming both Democrats and Republicans for the passage of an agreement to stop a potential strike, Lisa Taylor reports. The railroad workers united group said it was despicable that both parties opted to decide with big business over working people. The group criticized President Biden and House speaker Nancy Pelosi to push through an agreement most freight rail workers had previously voted to reject, and called out Republicans for voting against providing workers 7 days of paid sick leave. The coalition said workers should have the right to bargain collectively and to freely engage in a strike whenever members see fit. I'm Lisa Taylor, president Joe Biden is recommending moving Iowa out of its first in the nation's status. President Joe Biden is pulling for the Democratic National Committee to replace Iowa with South Carolina as the first test of presidential politics for the party in 2024. His proposal would move Iowa out of the first round of caucuses entirely, movie in Georgia and Michigan into the early window. This comes after Politico reported Michigan would replace the Iowa caucuses. The DNC will make its decision on Saturday. I'm Bo. And that suggestion is not sitting well with Iowa Republican senator chuck grassley, who tweeted Biden is kicking IO in the teeth. Wall Street is closing with stocks lower as investors look ahead to the Federal Reserve's meeting later this month. This comes after a jobs report showed payrolls increased by 263,000 last month. The unemployment rate for the month of November stayed the same at 3.7%. I'm Tammy trejo. A web designer who refuses to make a wedding website for same sex couples is taking her case to the Supreme Court. Michael kasner reports. The high court will hear a case Monday involving 38 year old web designer Laurie Smith of littleton Colorado, who says she's an evangelical Christian and argues that Colorado's anti discrimination law violates her free speech rights by forcing her to express messages that go against her beliefs. The state of Colorado argues that its anti discrimination act regulates sales, not speech to ensure equal access. I'm Michael castner. All federal inmates who are being held in private prisons are now in federal facilities. The bureau of prisons began designating low security inmates to privately manage facilities back in the 80s to manage the increasing prison population. Last year President Biden signed an executive order, directing the bureau to move the inmates back to federal facilities, calling it the first step to stop corporations from profiting off incarcerations. President Biden's meeting with the Prince of Wales in Boston, Biden greeted Prince William at the John F. Kennedy library in museum this afternoon. It's one of several stops William and his wife Kate, the Princess of Wales have planned today. They're in town for the earthshot prize ceremony. Rock band Guns N' Roses is suing an online gun store. That story from Phil Hewlett
Bloomberg Radio New York
"senator chuck grassley" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"National security adviser John Bolton says it's time for Republicans to move on from Donald Trump. Trump announced his third bid for president earlier in the month, creating pushback from many other Republicans in a recent interview Bolton said Trump's act is old and tired and suggested Florida governor Ron DeSantis as a possible fresh face to lead the GOP after the so called red wave failed to happen during midterms, Bolton says many people have just switched Trump off in their brain. The possibility of a nationwide rail strike as Congress considering action union leaders say there are still many outstanding issues to be resolved before a looming December 9th deadline, Republican senator chuck grassley of Iowa is among the lawmakers saying they may have to step in, grassley said this week a previous rail shutdown back in 1991 may serve as the model this time around as well. The suspect in the mass shooting at a buffalo supermarket is expected to plead guilty to state charges next week, Brian shook reports. He's due in Erie county court on Monday after the initial hearing was canceled because of recent snowstorms. The suspect is facing a 25 count indictment that includes ten counts of murder for the deadly shooting at the top supermarket back in May. He's also facing federal charges. Ukraine's president is comparing the Russian invasion of his country to the famine that caused millions of deaths under Soviet rule in the 1930s, Vladimir zelensky used his Saturday address to mark the 90th anniversary of what he called the genocide committed by the stalinist regime against Ukrainians. He accused the Kremlin of wanting to destroy Ukraine again with bombs, bullets, cold and hunger, zelensky noted that Russian forces created a food crisis in both conflicts. The lighting of the world's most famous Christmas trees, just around the
Bloomberg Radio New York
"senator chuck grassley" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"Care for our elderly loved ones Public pre-K you shouldn't have to pay an arm and a leg to send your kids to pre-K which allows mom and dad to go to work So I think of it as like a worker enablement Bill It's vital to the economy I think Congress knows that And I think they're going to get it done Speaking about workers I want to ask a little bit about legislation that was passed in the Senate last night against President Biden's vaccine mandate and you heard from Republicans saying look we're pro vaccine but we're worried that this is going to drive workers out of the workforce just when we need them there Is that a real concern that this mandate for private businesses might do that There's no evidence that that's the case And there is a mountain of evidence to show that mandates work In fact if you look at the companies like United Airlines and others that were first out of the gate to implement these mandates they've seen tremendous success More people are applying for jobs more workers feel comfortable going back to work They're actually facing an easier time recruiting folks people don't want to work if they feel unsafe That's what keeps people from going back to work And they don't want to wonder or worry Is my colleague vaccinated or not So the facts on this are pretty clear the politics I understand but the facts are crystal clear Getting folks vaccinated mandating vaccinations work and by the way is the best thing we can do to put COVID behind us and to get everybody back to work So if someone who talks to employers every day then what's your biggest concern Is it COVID or child care to get the workforce back in 2022 How about C all of the above You know they're different We need both We really need both It is not all right that we don't have public pre-K it's not a right that we don't have you know I have my mom's 90 years old and I have two kids I am able to work because we have a good care team for my mom and we've had great care for my kids Every American on half that even if they you know can't afford that Shouldn't have to pay out of pocket So having said that COVID is clearly an issue but the thing is we have a solution which is our vaccinations So the quicker everyone gets vaccinated the quicker everyone gets back to work and the better the economy is Secretary I also wanted to ask a little quickly on the U.S. China trade situation Can you sort of give us an update on where the U.S. stands with its trade agreement with China And what might happen if China does not live up to its current agreement under the U.S. China trade Yeah we hope that they do I mean the president President Biden has been clear that they ought to live up to their commitments We are obviously working on behalf of U.S. industry because we deserve access to that market you know China has committed to a certain amount of purchases of farming goods food goods airplanes et cetera they ought to live up to that commitment which creates jobs in America So we are Catherine Thai the U.S. trade rep is I think actively engaged with her counterparts and we're going to keep pushing on behalf of U.S. industries in U.S. workers But what if China fails to live up to its agreement Deal with that when we get there We'll deal with that when we get there You know like I said we want access and a level playing field in China to play by the rules because that's what's good for American workers and businesses That was part of our interview with U.S. commerce secretary Gina mundo on the puzzle of the economy right now in the current pandemic coming up Senator chuck grassley of Iowa joins us on balance of power to discuss the debt limit the passing senator Bob Dole and what's coming up next in Congress This is Bloomberg From the state courts markets headlines and breaking news 24 hours a day at Bloomberg dot com The Bloomberg business app and at Bloomberg quick take This is a Bloomberg business lash Stocks are down and bonds are up as the economic threat of restrictions to control the new omicron variant outweigh optimism about the efficacy of vaccines Let's look at the markets the S&P is down four tenths of a percent down 17 The downs down a tenth of a percent down.
Bloomberg Radio New York
"senator chuck grassley" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"Is endorsing Iowa senator chuck grassley for reelection speaking during a rally at the Iowa state fair Trump said the Republican senator has his complete and total endorsement Grassley made a brief appearance on stage and said he's happy to accept and endorsement from a politician who has 91% of Republican voters in Iowa the 88 year old announced last month he would be seeking an 8th term and a retired four star general who commanded U.S. troops during the Iraq War has died General ray O'Day or no died Friday of cancer President Biden and the First Lady said in a statement quote we can think of no person who better encapsulates that basic creed of duty honor and country than general ray Odierno Odier now retired in 2015 after 37 years of military service He commanded the fourth infantry division from October 2001 to June 2004 heading up the division during the start of the Iraq War I'm Jim Forbes Now there's Bloomberg sports update Milwaukee and San Francisco the science of national league division series action and it was a Dodgers tying their series with the Giants with a 9 to two win They broke it open with four runs in the 6th on a couple of swings of the bat Cody Bellinger at two run double AJ Pollock followed with a turron double Will Smith at a home run Dodgers will host game three on Monday Meanwhile Austin Riley homered and max freed pitched 6 innings of three hit ball with 9 strikeouts in a brave series tying three nothing whatever the brewers who threatened at each of the last three innings after free departed yet could not score the braves host game three on Monday The LDS today is the Red Sox home for the raised Tampa and Boston or one one It'll be followed by the Astros calling on the White Sox in Chicago Houston looking to close things out up two games to none Another classic NFC east matchup on the way this afternoon as the Giants visit the cowboys in Arlington big blue is one in three and they have not had much success against the cowboys of late having lost 7 of the last 8 meetings although that one win was in last year's season finale at MetLife Quarterback Daniel Jones enjoying the many options he's finding out offense You know the depth of that position is big for us and a lot of guys coming in Doing a lot of different things well And kind of playing to their skill set Last game Jones threw for 402 yards and two scores without Sterling shepherd and Darius slayton playing They were out with hamstring injuries they'll kick off at four 25 The NFL international series resumes today at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London as the jets meet the falcons the loser of this game will drop to one in four entering a bi week and make the chances of making the playoffs a very tall order In college football it was Rutgers losing their homecoming to Michigan state 31 13 Notre-Dame rally to beat Virginia tech 32 29 Texas a and a last second field goal beat number one Alabama 41 38 and it was number two Georgia over auburn 34 ten with a Bloomberg sports update on Frank charity.
Bloomberg Radio New York
"senator chuck grassley" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"Investigation has found New York City mayor Bill de Blasio misused police resources in August of 2018 members of mayor de Blasio security tale helped move his daughter from her Brooklyn apartment to the mayor's residence at Gracie mansion the same investigation fall to the mayor for failing to reimburse the city more than $300,000 That is security detail spent on travel during de Blasio's field run for president Mayor de Blasio says the investigation failed to interview the head of security That omission is just plain unprofessional and unfair and inaccurate Does a disservice to the people of this city Because you can't as another agency talk about what's right or wrong with public safety without actually consulting the public safety experts It doesn't make any sense to me De Blasio says there had been numerous threats against him and his family Donald Trump intends to assert executive privilege in a congressional investigation into the January 6th insurrection at the capital That's according to a letter sent by lawmakers for the former president The move could prevent the testimony of one time aids The letter went to at least some witnesses who were subpoenaed A Senate report revealed new details about the efforts of former president Trump and his allies to use the Department of Justice to subvert the 2020 election with information about lawyers threatening to quit Democratic senator dick Durbin I think we were barely a half step away from a full blown constitutional crisis Republican senator chuck grassley says the president never actually took action.
Mark Levin
Meet the 18 Republicans Who Sold out for an Unfinished Infrastructure Bill
"The great website Breitbart put Shawn Moran, Um, meet the 18 Republicans who sold out on radical Democrat infrastructure plan without even reading it. $1.2 trillion Here's who they are. Roy Blunt, who is retiring and Missouri. And by the way, three of the Republicans are retiring, and seven of them were just re elected. So they figure you'll forget, and they're untouchable. Roy Blunt Repubic. Missouri. Richard Burr, Repubic, North Carolina. Shelley Moore Capito. She's awful, West Virginia. Bill Cassidy, a disaster. From Louisiana. Mike Crapo. Crepeau, but I like crap. Oh, Lindsey Graham. Mr T V. Mitch McConnell disaster. Lisa Murkowski. Well, she's a perfect target Alaska. We've been disappointed before. Rob Portman, retiring. He was apparently the head of the brain Trust. Jim Risch of Idaho, Idaho can do a lot better than him. Mitt Romney of Utah. Anybody can do a lot better than him. Thom Tillis, North Carolina. What a mess. Todd Young Indiana absolutely useless, Senator Chuck Grassley. Too bad truck. You went along on this one, huh? You don't mind bankrupting your Children and your grandchildren? I guess. John, who've in of North Dakota, light white. Kevin Cramer, North Dakota lightweight Susan College main disaster. Mike rounds of South Dakota's indicated he will say he will vote yes to And there's no billion
C-SPAN Programming
Garland confirmation is a stage for 4 of GOP's 2024 hopefuls
"App. Federal Judge Merrick Garland is president Biden's nominee to become attorney general. He testified in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee today. The hearing lasted most of the day We begin with committee chair Dick Durbin of Illinois. This hearing will come to order today. The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on the nomination of Judge Merrick Garland to be the 86th attorney general of the United States. Judge Garland I wanna welcome you and your family. I want to welcome you back to the Senate Judiciary Committee. I know this return trip. It's been a long time and planning on you're here. Finally, this will be the Judiciary Committee's first hearing of the 117th Congress. Before I turned to my opening remarks. I'd like to just take a few minutes to make some Acknowledgments. I want to welcome my friend, Senator Chuck Grassley as the committee's ranking member. When I first came on the Senate Judiciary Committee 24 years ago, I was the ranking member on subcommittee with you, and we dealt with the issue of bankruptcy. Now Illinois and Iowa sit next to each other. And so did Urban Grassley. We have our differences. But Senator Grassley and I have worked together on important legislation over the years, most recently on criminal justice and sensing reform. I look forward to continuing that work in this Congress. I want to recognize the outgoing chair and ranking member Senator Lindsey Graham, who will join us remotely this morning, and Senator Dianne Feinstein. Senator Graham, as is true of Senator Grassley. Well, we don't always agree, has always been a welcome partner on many issues. Including one of the most challenging issues, immigration, Senator Feinstein. I want to come in for leading the committee Democrats with Grace and resolved over the past four years. I know she will continue to be an important voice on this committee on a host of issues, including in her new capacity as the chair of the Human Rights and Laws subcommittee, which I was proud to charity and past Congresses. I also want to welcome our new committee members who either be here in person. I see one in person and one probably remote senators Padilla And also on the Democratic side, Senator Cotton on the Republican side. I look forward to working with each of you. There's some historic first in the Judiciary Committee this year, Senator Padilla, our new senator from California, will be chairing the subcommittee on immigration, citizenship. Border safety. I'm honored that he's the first Latino senator to chair that subcommittee, and we look forward to his leadership. Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey will chair the subcommittee on criminal justice and counter terrorism. He's the first Black senator to chair a judiciary subcommittee. And we could not imagine a better choice at the helm of this particular subcommittee to all of our other members who are returning to serve on the committee. Welcome back. I want to thank all the committee members for agreeing to hold this committee hearing and vote on Judge Garland's nomination. It is a great honor to serve on this committee. The Senate established the Judiciary Committee by resolution on December 10th 18 16, making it among the very first standing committees of the Senate. This committee has seen many consequential debates and approved many important nominations and landmark legislation in the committee's history. There has only been one prior Illinois senator to serve his chair Judge Garland Lyman. Trumbull, who led the committee from 18 61 to 18 72, and during his term of service was a Democrat, a Republican, a radical Republican and a Democrat. Again. He was the most bipartisan senator, you could imagine His tenure was also distinguished by passage. Of historic legislation, the 13th 14th and 15th amendments to the Constitution. The Freedman's bureau acts of 18 65 and 18 66 Civil Rights Act of 18 66. The last of these was introduced by Trumbull ultimately became the nation's first civil rights law. As chair, Trumbull saw a nation torn apart by original sin slavery and widespread violence and injustice that continued even after the 13th amendments. Passage is African Americans throughout the nation face race. System. Our nation is still dealing with the consequences of these injustices. People of color face systemic racism, and we're still working to rid this nation of the horrific legacy of slavery and Jim Crow. This committee could make a difference. We have the jurisdiction and the opportunity to do it through legislation, oversight and nominations, including this nomination of Merrick Garland to service our nation's next attorney general. There have been few moments in history where the role of attorney general and the occupant of That post It mattered more Judge Garland should you be confirmed, and I have every confidence you will be. You'll oversee a Justice Department at an existential moment. After four tumultuous years of intrigue, controversy and brute political force, the future of the department is clearly in the hands of the next attorney general Under attorney general Sessions and successor Bill Bar. The Justice Department literally became an arm of the White House committed to advancing the interest. The President Trump his family and his political allies. It came as little surprise then that the U. S Department of Justice became the Trump Department of Justice General Bar stated clearly that he believed the attorney general was the president's lawyer, not the nations. And what were the results too many in the department's senior roles cast aside the rules law trump appointees in the apartment sidelined career public servants from Lyon attorneys, two FBI agents Limited their roles disregarded their nonpartisan input override, overriding their professional judgment and falsely accusing them of being members of the
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"Top infectious disease expert, Dr Anthony Fauci, tells the Today show The pace of rollout is starting to pick up namely pharmacies, community vaccine centers, mobile units, really stepping up the pace of vaccination, so I believe we're on target. We are on target of what the president said. And hopefully as we get into the early spring We'll have a much greater acceleration of dosage. The federal government is shipping a million doses per week to 6500 pharmacies across the country starting this week. Eventually, that number will increase to 40,000 at 7 34 on this Thursday morning. Here are your top national stories, house impeachment managers on Capitol Hill or getting ready to resume their arguments in favor of the conviction of Donald Trump and his second impeachment trial. On Wednesday, they released never before seen footage of what was happening inside the Capitol in January. Sixth, maybe see White House correspondent Mary Alice Parks has been monitoring it. I was struck by comments from Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa, who said he felt he was oblivious that day to the totality of the violence. I think Democrats didn't effective job showing just how close the writers have gotten to the Senate chamber. After the House managers finish up their case, the president's team will try to prove that he did not incite the rioters. NHK is reporting the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Committee President Yoshiro Mori will resign. The 83 year old former prime minister's been facing criticism since making sexist comments earlier this month, Dr Anthony Fauci says By April it'll be open season for people to get vaccinations as the increase in supply allows S'more to get their shots. Jerry Preston, ABC Bay Area School district clear to open schools. But will they? It's news from your neighborhood in three minutes. Governor Gavin Newsom.
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"Being on stage with baby when I was 13, you know, with Bill Graham met Bill Graham to was it was just, you know, Amazing time. Keep listening. Toe I heart radio firm or Neil, Sean and all your favorite artists Way. Use your time. 7 24 Now on Colorado's morning news Democrats on Capitol Hill making their case in the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, saying he is personally responsible for the attack of the U. S. Capital last month. Trump's legal team says the whole impeachment process is unconstitutional because he's no longer president and GOP Senator Chuck Grassley agrees with that sentiment trumps a private citizen now and there's not much you have to say beyond that. Well, let's take a look at the impeachment process ahead. It all begins next week. NBC's Michael Bauer joins us live so kind of layout. The arguments for us after this now Trump legal team filed their brief yesterday after the House of Representatives have filed their lengthy pretrial briefs yesterday. That's when Trump's team submitted their own shorter filing as For the initial response. The charge against him were expecting a longer version, hopefully with less misspellings because it's the United States, not the Untied States. Somebody needs to use a little spell check. But at the end of the day getting these briefs out from a team that was a shortened they had a very short amount of time Saturday night, the legal team that Trump had walked away. So this was a new legal team that came in and they had initially filed this response. So they did that. And they argue that President Trump Did nothing wrong in the months leading up to the election and then talking about following the election, the election results and how the Democrats were stealing the election away from him. And then, when he addressed the crowd of Washington, D. C on January 6th, he didn't say anything wrong. He didn't lead to any kind of an insurrection, and even if he did, according to these lawyers, it's unconstitutional to have an impeachment trial for a former president. So the Senate can't do anything about it. There was a lot of legal He's involved in this with saying things like is insufficient evidence existing upon which a reasonable jurist could conclude the 45th president. Statements were accurate or not, And he therefore denies they were false, which has your head spinning. But basically, it's Trump's lawyers saying that him complaining about Democrats stealing the election. They're not saying that that was true. They're just saying that there's not enough evidence to persuade a reasonable jurist that his claims were false, and therefore Trump denies their fault. So that's kind of what we're looking at here. But at the end of the day, their biggest legal move here is that you cannot Fried President Trump for impeachment because he is no longer a sitting president. The rhetorical terms Carrabba list. I'm not saying I'm just saying that's kind of the analogy that that they're using, so they are splitting the difference. They're arguing process but arguing, saying he didn't do something in the process. That is a bit of a bit of a shift, though Mike from the original team that wanted to represent him because he wanted them to re legislate that he really feels the election was stolen and voter fraud. But this was kind of a little bit of that You saw in within this statement from the legal team that President Trump had no intention of interfering with Congress's count for the electoral college votes, despite what we all saw and heard him make questions and statements towards the vice president on. They also deny that President Trump made any of her effort to subvert the certification of the results of the election, which we know when we heard that phone call with Georgia's secretary of state. It sure sounded like there was that attempt there so They're still trying to make clear that the president didn't do anything wrong, and that it was just his opinion that he was espousing not necessarily fact and then come back to the fact that you can't charge him because he's no longer president. So they're still doing their due diligence and what the president would like talking about the election and how he could say what he wants. But when it comes down to it, you can't charge a guy who's no longer the sitting president for impeachment. It sounds like there is a dispute, though, among constitutional scholars about what the Constitution says whether president still has to be in office or not, and Democrats say Hey, This is a way to keep him from running again. Well, that's that's their goal. That's their hope. But the reality is this. For those people that have been tried in. There have been a few historically not a president. But there's no precedent for that yet, but people who have held governmental federal office and have been tried for impeachment after they've left or have been removed from office. The result was the same that the Senate basically said You can't impeach this person because they're no longer in office. So That might be the same kind of a result that you get here, especially because you don't have the 17 Republican senators right now ready to jump on board with Democrats that you would need to have for the two thirds majority real quickly. Michael House Republicans met last night. They're also dealing with controversy stirred up by freshman congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Green. They're deciding whether to take her off that coveted education committee. What's likely to happen there overseeing this morning is in that meeting last night, a two hour meeting that happened where you had a House minority leader Kevin McCarthy and his top lieutenants. According to reports today from Politico is leaning towards removing her from the House Education and Labor Committee unless she chooses to step down on her own. They basically gave her a couple of different possibilities out there, she could denounce Q and on and publicly apologize for espousing hurtful conspiracy theories and endorsing violence on Democrats. She could remove herself from the panel to spare her colleagues a vote on the matter or She could face removal from her own GOP peers, which they feel would be detrimental to the political elements for the GOP party in the House. They don't want that to happen, but they're willing to go there if she's not willing to step down, NBC News Radio's Michael Bauer. Thank you. You gotta stay safe, guys. You as well. Good to have you 7 29 out of our 7 30 newscast..
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"Gave his family so much, and now Mr My orchids has volunteered to serve his country once again and this new role he will work to keep our nation safe and secure while ensuring that we treat all human themes with dignity that they respect, Democratic Senator Jacky Rosen. Opposing this nominee today on the Senate floor Republicans Senator Chuck Grassley, who pointed to the time when 100 monarchists was the head of U. S citizenship and immigration services during the Obama administration, the West of Wars alleged that Mr Mai Yorkers was intervening and routine and technical matters that were not typically handled by the director of that division. They also alleged that he was doing So what the request of well connected democratic politicians and other politically connected stakeholders as my colleagues are aware. I have long criticized the fraud and abuse that are rampant in Evey fi program. And I have continually re introduced bipartisan legislation with Senator Lee to reform the program, so it shouldn't be surprised. Any of my colleagues when I hear from 15 different whistleblowers about anything about the E B five program that I would further investigated. I've also conducted consistent oversight of the V fi program across presidential administrations, whether they were democratic or Republican. So when whistleblowers approach my office with the sea There's allegations. As I said before, I'm determined to get to the bottom of these matters, one of the cases and which whistleblowers said Mister My Yorkers had interviewed intervened involved a company with ties to former Secretary Clinton's brother, Anthony Rodham, Wcs People most tender Chuck Grassley on the Senate floor, referring to the DB five Employment based visa program. The Senate went on to vote toe limit debate on the nomination of Alejandro. My arc is for homeland security secretary that limiting the debate known is invoking closure. The vote was 55 to 42 that paved the way for a confirmation vote. Six Republicans voted yes on closure along with all Democrats. They are Shelley Moore Capito, Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, Rob Portman, Mitt Romney and Dan Sullivan. This is Washington today. From CNN House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday slammed House Republican leaders for not doing more to rebuke GOP representative Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia over her shocking rhetoric and past statements statements. CNN reported. Green repealing indicated support for executing prominent Democratic politicians including Pelosi in 2018 and 19 before being elected to Congress. Green is also facing criticism for a video of her confronting Parkland shooting Survivor David Hug before he was elected before she was elected to Congress. And that's that video got God's gone viral this week. That's all from CNN will have Speaker Pelosi's comments on this in just a moment first. Here is some of that video. With Marjorie Taylor Greene and David Hog. David, Why are you supporting the red flag laws? If there'd been It's not Peterson, the resource officer Parkman had done his job then Nicholas Cruz would have killed anybody in your high school or at least protecting them. Why are you supporting red flag gun laws that attack our second Amendment, right? Why are you using kids to get a barrier? Do you not know how to defend your stance? Look, I'm an American citizen. I'm a gun owner. Have a concealed carry permit to carry a gun with your protection. For myself and for using your lobby and the money behind it. And the kids to try to take away my second Amendment, right? You don't have anything. Your stuff. Can't defend your stance. How did you get over 30 appointments with tenders? How do you do that? Major press coverage of the mission. And how did you get kids? Why do you kids? Why kids? Yeah, it's cool. It's cool down. Affected by with security guards with guns. There would be no mass shootings at school That's video of Marjorie Taylor Greene before she was elected to Congress.
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"But I watched you a lot. You ask a lot of stupid questions and those airways of attacking in the moment but also signaling to his followers that no one should trust the media on that has had a great benefit for him because he's allowed to, you know. Increase that this trust between his followers and the mainstream media on DeLay lets them know that they shouldn't trust anyone but him. You point out that President Trump is much more eager than any of his predecessors to dehumanize his opponents. There's sneaky, dirty Rex. He's our people. These are animals. While this is out of the ordinary for president, where have we seen this kind of language in the past? Absolutely. The on Lee time that you see presidents using the rhetorical strategy of ratification, which is treating people as objects is when they're using war rhetoric. So when you have a president using those rhetorical strategies Sort of every day, you know, using it against the media using it against members of his own party, using it against the political opposition. What it is essentially is a call to warfare. And we've seen that has really specific results. What do you mean, when you say that? Well, I mean, when he dehumanizes people when he tells his followers, you know that you have to be forceful. You have to be strong because you're never take back our country with weakness. You have to show strength and you have to be strong. You see them respond. So scholars call that stochastic terrorism on DSA. Oh, what That means is that you can't predict who exactly will respond, But you can predict with certainty that someone will respond. And so you saw people sending pipe bombs to the media, you know, saying that Trump told them to do it. You saw people over the last few weeks planning an insurrection and in fact invading The capital on Ben later saying, I'm here because my president told me to be. That is the consequence of Trump's war rhetoric. When you look in total at the changes that Trump has brought two presidential rhetoric, what do you see as the cumulative effect especially right now, when the U. S is in a public health, emergency reckoning about race and a nin ability to even agree on basic facts like vaccines work, or Biden won a free and fair election? Yeah, he's absolutely used the fire hose. Propaganda model. You know, in a way, he's like an authoritarian PT Barnum trying tow, you know, redirect our attention and yet keep our during our attention. All of the time. I think that It'll be interesting to see what happens next. Well, see, I think that Joe Biden will be a much more responsible communicator Tham President Trump has been and so we'll see if that sort of evens things out. Jennifer Murcia of Texas and M. University author of Demagogue for President, The rhetorical genius of Donald Trump. Professor Murcia. Thanks for talking with us. It's been my pleasure. Thank you. Treasury secretary nominee Janet Yellen used her confirmation hearing today to make the case for another round of federal pandemic relief. Yellen would be the first woman to lead the Treasury Department. She has already chaired the Federal Reserve and her nomination has the backing of all the living former Treasury secretaries, Both Democrats and Republicans. NPR's Scott Horsley reports. Janet Yellen says she's mindful that the incoming administration's economic rescue proposal carries a big price tag $1.9 trillion. But Yellen told the Senate Finance Committee failure to pass the plan would be even costlier, resulting in a longer, more painful recession. That leaves many workers permanently scarred. The smartest thing we can do is act big In the longer and I believe the benefits will far outweigh the costs. The plan includes money to speed up delivery of Potvin vaccines expanded help for the unemployed and $1400 relief payments for most Americans. It also includes hundreds of billions of dollars for state and local governments, which have already laid off some 1.3 million workers. With budget shortfalls. We're going to see Further layoffs of essential workers, including policemen and firefighters and sanitation workers. Much the Biden rescue package is likely to meet resistance from Senate Republicans. Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says this is not the time for what he calls a laundry list of liberal economic reforms. Pennsylvania Senator Pat Toomey questioned the need for additional relief when he says the ink is barely dry on the $900 billion bill that Congress passed last month. The on Lee organizing principle that I can discern is it seems to spend as much money as possible. Seemingly for the sake of spending it, But congressional Democrats want to avoid repeating what they see as the government's mistake's. During the last recession, cutting off aid to quickly Oregon Senator Ron Wyden blasted what he calls snooze button relief, temporary stopgap measures that have to be renewed again and again. White notes. The emergency unemployment benefits passed last month are set to expire in the middle of March. Even though it's doubtful millions of recipients will be back to work. By then there are groceries in my refrigerator. That are gonna last longer. And Mitch McConnell's unemployment agenda. The Biden proposal would extend jobless benefits at least through September and longer if conditions warrant. The incoming administration is also pushing for long term investments in infrastructure and worker training and for $15 minimum wage. While low income workers have been hit hardest by the pandemic. Yellin says their problems didn't just start last year. Well before Kofi 19 infected a single American. We were living in the case shaped economy. One. We're wealth built upon wells will working families fell farther and farther behind. Much of that agenda will face headwinds in a closely divided Congress. But Yellen's confirmation is on a fast track. The Finance Committee asked her to respond. The senator's written questions by tomorrow. Scott Horsley. NPR NEWS Washington STATE This'll is NPR NEWS. KQED News.
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"Boy! I said, But I watched you a lot. You ask a lot of stupid questions and those airways of attacking in the moment but also signaling to his followers that no one should trust the media on that has had a great benefit for him because he's allowed to, you know, increase the distrust between his followers and the mainstream media. On Dhere lets them know that they shouldn't trust anyone but him. You point out that President Trump is much more eager than any of his predecessors to dehumanize his opponents. There's sneaky dirty rats. These are people. These are animals. While this is out of the ordinary for president, where have we seen this kind of language in the past? Absolutely. The on Lee time that you see presidents using the rhetorical strategy of ratification, which is treating people as objects is when they're using more rhetoric. So when you have a president using those rhetorical strategies Sort of every day, you know, using it against the media using it against members of his own party, using it against the political opposition. What it is essentially is a call to warfare. And we've seen that has really specific results. What do you mean, when you say that? Well, I mean, when he dehumanizes people when he tells his followers, you know that you have to be forceful. You have to be strong because you'll never take back our country with weakness. You have to show strength and you have to be strong. You see them respond. So scholars call that stochastic terrorism on DSA. Oh, what That means is that you can't predict who exactly will respond, But you can predict with certainty that someone will respond. And so you saw people sending pipe bombs to the media, you know, saying that Trump told them to do it. You saw people over the last few weeks planning an insurrection and, in fact invading the capital on Ben later saying, I'm here because my president told me to be That is the consequence of Trump's war rhetoric. When you look in total at the changes that Trump has brought two presidential rhetoric, what do you see as the cumulative effect? Especially right now, when the U. S is in a public health emergency, a reckoning about race and a nin ability to even agree on basic facts like vaccines work, or Biden won a free and fair election? Yeah, he's absolutely used the fire hose of propaganda model. You know, in a way, he's like an authoritarian PTP. And I'm trying to, you know, redirect our attention and yet keep our during our attention all of the time. I think that it will be interesting to see what happens next. Well, see, I think that Joe Biden will be a much more responsible communicator Tham President Trump has been and and so we'll see if that sort of evens things out. Jennifer Murcia of Texas and M. University author of Demagogue for President, The rhetorical genius of Donald Trump. Professor Murcia. Thanks for talking with us. It's been my pleasure. Thank you. Treasury Secretary nominee Janet Yellen used her confirmation hearing today to make the case for another round of federal pandemic relief. Yellen would be the first woman to lead the Treasury Department. She has already chaired the Federal Reserve and her nomination has the backing of all the living former Treasury secretaries, Both Democrats and Republicans. NPR's Scott Horsley reports. Janet Yellen says she's mindful that the incoming administration's economic rescue proposal carries a big price tag $1.9 trillion, but yell until the Senate Finance Committee failure to pass the plan would be even costlier, resulting in a longer, more painful recession. That leaves many workers permanently scarred. The smartest thing we can do is act big. In the longer and I believe the benefits will far outweigh the costs. The plan includes money to speed up delivery of covert vaccines, expanded help for the unemployed and $1400 relief payments for most Americans. It also includes hundreds of billions of dollars for state and local governments, which have already laid off some 1.3 million workers. With budget shortfalls. We're going to see Further layoffs of the central workers, including policemen and firefighters and sanitation workers. Much the Biden rescue package is likely to meet resistance from Senate Republicans. Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says this is not the time for what he calls a laundry list of liberal economic reforms. Pennsylvania Senator Pat Toomey questioned the need for additional relief when he says the ink is barely dry on the $900 billion bill that Congress passed last month on Lee Organizing principle that I can discern is it seems to spend as much money as possible. Seemingly for the sake of spending it, But congressional Democrats want to avoid repeating what they see as the government's mistake's. During the last recession, cutting off aid to quickly Oregon Senator Ron Wyden blasted what he calls snooze button relief, temporary stopgap measures that have to be renewed again and again. Wide notes. The emergency unemployment benefits passed last month are set to expire in the middle of March. Even though it's doubtful millions of recipients will be back to work. By then there are groceries in my refrigerator. That are gonna last longer. And Mitch McConnell's unemployment agenda. The Biden proposal would extend jobless benefits at least through September and longer if conditions warrant The incoming administration is also pushing for long term investments in infrastructure and worker training and for $15 minimum wage. While low income workers have been hit hardest by the pandemic, Yellin says their problems didn't just start last year. Well before Kofi it's 19. Infected a single American. We were living in a case shaped economy. One. We're wealth built upon Wells will working families felt farther and farther behind. Much of that agenda will face headwinds in a closely divided Congress. But Yellen's confirmation is on a fast track. The Finance Committee ask you to respond to senators..
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"But I watched you a lot. You ask a lot of stupid questions and those airways of attacking in the moment but also signaling to his followers that no one should trust the media. On. Dat has had a great benefit for him because he's allowed to, you know, increase the distrust between his followers and the mainstream media on Dhere lets them know that they shouldn't trust anyone but him. You point out that President Trump is much more eager than any of his predecessors to dehumanize his opponents. There's sneaky dirty rats. These are people. These are animals. While this is out of the ordinary for president, where have we seen this kind of language in the past? Absolutely. The on Lee time that you see presidents using the rhetorical strategy of ratification, which is treating people as objects is when they're using more rhetoric. So when you have a president using those rhetorical strategies Sort of every day, you know, using it against the media using it against members of his own party, using it against the political opposition. What it is essentially is a call to warfare. And we've seen that has really specific results. What do you mean, when you say that? Well, I mean, when he dehumanizes people when he tells his followers, you know that you have to be forceful. You have to be strong because you'll never take back our country with weakness. You have to show strength and you have to be strong. You see them respond. So scholars call that stochastic terrorism on DSA. Oh, what That means is that you can't predict who exactly will respond, But you can predict with certainty that someone will respond. And so you saw people sending pipe bombs to the media, you know, saying that Trump told them to do it. You saw people over the last few weeks planning an insurrection and, in fact invading the capital on Ben later saying, I'm here because my president told me to be That is the consequence of Trump's war rhetoric. When you look in total at the changes that Trump has brought two presidential rhetoric, what do you see as the cumulative effect? Especially right now, when the U. S is in a public health emergency, a reckoning about race and a nin ability to even agree on basic facts like vaccines work, or Biden won a free and fair election? Yeah, he's absolutely used the fire hose of propaganda model. You know, in a way, he's like an authoritarian PTP. Barnum trying t o, you know, redirect our attention and yet keep our during our attention all of the time. I think that it will be interesting to see what happens next. Well see, I think that Joe Biden will be a much more responsible communicator Tham President Trump has been and so we'll see if that sort of evens things out. Jennifer Murcia of Texas and M. University author of Demagogue for President, The rhetorical genius of Donald Trump. Professor Murcia. Thanks for talking with us. It's been my pleasure. Thank you. Treasury Secretary nominee Janet Yellen used her confirmation hearing today to make the case for another round of federal pandemic relief. Yellen would be the first woman to lead the Treasury Department. She has already chaired the Federal Reserve and her nomination has the backing of all the living former Treasury secretaries, Both Democrats and Republicans. NPR's Scott Horsley reports. Janet Yellen says she's mindful that the incoming administration's economic rescue proposal carries a big price tag $1.9 trillion, but yell until the Senate Finance Committee failure to pass the plan would be even costlier, resulting in a longer, more painful recession. That leaves many workers permanently scarred. Smartest thing we can do is act big. In the longer and I believe the benefits will for it with the costs. The plan includes money to speed up delivery of covert vaccines, expanded help for the unemployed and $1400 relief payments for most Americans. It also includes hundreds of billions of dollars for state and local governments, which have already laid off some 1.3 million workers. With budget shortfalls. We're going to see Further layoffs of the central workers, including policemen and firefighters and sanitation workers. Much the Biden rescue package is likely to meet resistance from Senate Republicans. Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says this is not the time for what he calls a laundry list of liberal economic reforms. Pennsylvania Senator Pat Toomey questioned the need for additional relief when he says the ink is barely dry on the $900 billion bill that Congress passed last month on Lee Organizing principle that I can discern is it seems to spend as much money as possible. Seemingly for the sake of spending it, But congressional Democrats want to avoid repeating what they see as the government's mistake's. During the last recession, cutting off aid to quickly Oregon Senator Ron Wyden blasted what he calls snooze button relief, temporary stopgap measures that have to be renewed again and again. White notes. The emergency unemployment benefits passed last month are set to expire in the middle of March. Even though it's doubtful millions of recipients will be back to work. By then there are groceries in my refrigerator. That are gonna last longer. And Mitch McConnell's unemployment agenda. The Biden proposal would extend jobless benefits at least through September and longer if conditions warrant The incoming administration is also pushing for long term investments in infrastructure and worker training and for $15 minimum wage. While low income workers have been hit hardest by the pandemic, Yellin says their problems didn't just start last year. Well before cof its 19. Infected a single American. We were living in a case shaped economy. One. We're wealth built upon wells will working families fell farther and farther behind. Much of that agenda will face headwinds in a closely divided Congress. But Yellen's confirmation is on a fast track. The Finance Committee ask you to respond to senators. Written.
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"What a stupid boy! I said, But I watched you a lot. You ask a lot of stupid questions and those airways of attacking in the moment but also signaling to his followers that no one should trust the media on that has had a great benefit for him because he's allowed to, you know, increase the distrust between his followers and the mainstream media. On Dhere lets them know that they shouldn't trust anyone but him. You point out that President Trump is much more eager than any of his predecessors to dehumanize his opponents. There's sneaky dirty rats. These are people. These are animals. While this is out of the ordinary for president, where have we seen this kind of language in the past? Absolutely. The on Lee time that you see presidents using the rhetorical strategy of ratification, which is treating people as objects is when they're using more rhetoric. So when you have a president using those rhetorical strategies Sort of every day, you know, using it against the media using it against members of his own party, using it against the political opposition. What it is essentially is a call to warfare. And we've seen that has really specific results. What do you mean, when you say that? Well, I mean, when he dehumanizes people when he tells his followers, you know that you have to be forceful. You have to be strong because you'll never take back our country with weakness. You have to show strength and you have to be strong. You see them respond. So scholars call that stochastic terrorism on DSA. Oh, what That means is that you can't predict who exactly will respond, But you can predict with certainty that someone will respond. And so you saw people sending pipe bombs to the media, you know, saying that Trump told them to do it. You saw people over the last few weeks planning an insurrection and in fact invading The capital on Ben later saying, I'm here because my president told me to be. That is the consequence of Trump's war rhetoric. When you look in total at the changes that Trump has brought two presidential rhetoric, what do you see as the cumulative effect especially right now, when the U. S is in a public health, emergency reckoning about race and a nin ability to even agree on basic facts like vaccines work, or Biden won a free and fair election? Yeah, he's absolutely used the fire hose. Of propaganda model. You know, in a way, he's like an authoritarian PT Barnum trying tow, you know, redirect our attention and yet keep our during our attention all of the time. I think that it will be interesting to see what happens next. Well, see, I think that Joe Biden will be a much more responsible communicator Tham President Trump has been and and so we'll see if that sort of evens things out. Jennifer Murcia of Texas and M. University author of Demagogue for President, The rhetorical genius of Donald Trump. Professor Murcia. Thanks for talking with us. It's been my pleasure. Thank you. Treasury Secretary nominee Janet Yellen used her confirmation hearing today to make the case for another round of federal pandemic relief. Yellen would be the first woman to lead the Treasury Department. She has already chaired the Federal Reserve and her nomination has the backing of all the living former Treasury secretaries, Both Democrats and Republicans. NPR's Scott Horsley reports. Janet Yellen says she's mindful that the incoming administration's economic rescue proposal carries a big price tag $1.9 trillion, but yell until the Senate Finance Committee failure to pass the plan would be even costlier, resulting in a longer, more painful recession. That leaves many workers permanently scarred. The smartest thing we can do is act big. In the longer and I believe the benefits will far outweigh the costs. The plan includes money to speed up delivery of covert vaccines, expanded help for the unemployed and $1400 relief payments for most Americans. It also includes hundreds of billions of dollars for state and local governments, which have already laid off some 1.3 million workers. With budget shortfalls. We're going to see Further layoffs of the central workers, including policemen and firefighters and sanitation workers. Much the Biden rescue package is likely to meet resistance from Senate Republicans. Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says this is not the time for what he calls a laundry list of liberal economic reforms. Pennsylvania Senator Pat Toomey questioned the need for additional relief when he says the ink is barely dry on the $900 billion bill that Congress passed last month on Lee Organizing principle that I can discern is it seems to spend as much money as possible. Seemingly for the sake of spending it, But congressional Democrats want to avoid repeating what they see as the government's mistake's. During the last recession, cutting off aid to quickly Oregon Senator Ron Wyden blasted what he calls snooze button relief, temporary stopgap measures that have to be renewed again and again. Wide notes. The emergency unemployment benefits passed last month are set to expire in the middle of March. Even though it's doubtful millions of recipients will be back to work. By then there are groceries in my refrigerator. That are gonna last longer. And Mitch McConnell's unemployment agenda. The Biden proposal would extend jobless benefits at least through September and longer if conditions warrant The incoming administration is also pushing for long term investments in infrastructure and worker training and for $15 minimum wage. While low income workers have been hit hardest by the pandemic, Yellin says their problems didn't just start last year. Well before cof its 19. Infected a single American. We were living in a case shaped economy. One. We're wealth built upon Wells will working families felt farther and farther behind. Much of that agenda will face headwinds in a closely divided Congress. But Yellen's confirmation is on a fast track. The Finance Committee ask.
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"I said, But I watched you a lot. You ask a lot of stupid questions and those airways of attacking in the moment but also signaling to his followers that no one should trust the media on that has had a great benefit for him because he's allowed to, you know, increase the distrust between his followers and the mainstream media. On Dhere lets them know that they shouldn't trust anyone but him. You point out that President Trump is much more eager than any of his predecessors to dehumanize his opponents. There's sneaky dirty rats. These are people. These are animals. While this is out of the ordinary for president, where have we seen this kind of language in the past? Absolutely. The on Lee time that you see presidents using the rhetorical strategy of ratification, which is treating people as objects is when they're using more rhetoric. So when you have a president using those rhetorical strategies Sort of every day, you know, using it against the media using it against members of his own party, using it against the political opposition. What it is essentially is a call to warfare. And we've seen that has really specific results. What do you mean, when you say that? Well, I mean, when he dehumanizes people when he tells his followers, you know that you have to be forceful. You have to be strong because you'll never take back our country with weakness. You have to show strength and you have to be strong. You see them respond. So scholars call that stochastic terrorism on DSA. Oh, what That means is that you can't predict who exactly will respond, But you can predict with certainty that someone will respond. And so you saw people sending pipe bombs to the media, you know, saying that Trump told them to do it. You saw people over the last few weeks planning an insurrection and, in fact invading the capital on Ben later saying, I'm here because my president told me to be That is the consequence of Trump's war rhetoric. When you look in total at the changes that Trump has brought two presidential rhetoric, what do you see as the cumulative effect? Especially right now, when the U. S is in a public health emergency, a reckoning about race and a nin ability to even agree on basic facts like vaccines work, or Biden won a free and fair election? Yeah, he's absolutely used the fire hose of propaganda model. Um, you know, in a way, he's like an authoritarian PT Barnum trying tow, you know, redirect our attention and yet keep our during our attention all of the time. I think that it will be interesting to see what happens next. Well see, I think that Joe Biden will be a much more responsible communicator Tham President Trump has been and so we'll see if that sort of evens things out. Jennifer Murcia of Texas and M. University author of Demagogue for President, The rhetorical genius of Donald Trump. Professor Murcia. Thanks for talking with us. It's been my pleasure. Thank you. Treasury Secretary nominee Janet Yellen used her confirmation hearing today to make the case for another round of federal pandemic relief. Yellen would be the first woman to lead the Treasury Department. She has already chaired the Federal Reserve and her nomination has the backing of all the living former Treasury secretaries, Both Democrats and Republicans. NPR's Scott Horsley reports. Janet Yellen says she's mindful that the incoming administration's economic rescue proposal carries a big price tag $1.9 trillion, but yell until the Senate Finance Committee failure to pass the plan would be even costlier, resulting in a longer, more painful recession. That leaves many workers permanently scarred. Smartest thing we can do is act big. No longer and I believe the benefits will far outweigh the costs. The plan includes money to speed up delivery of covert vaccines, expanded help for the unemployed and $1400 relief payments for most Americans. It also includes hundreds of billions of dollars for state and local governments, which have already laid off some 1.3 million workers. With budget shortfalls. We're going to see Further layoffs of the central workers, including policemen and firefighters and sanitation workers. Much the Biden rescue package is likely to meet resistance from Senate Republicans. Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says this is not the time for what he calls a laundry list of liberal economic reforms. Pennsylvania Senator Pat Toomey questioned the need for additional relief when he says the ink is barely dry on the $900 billion bill that Congress passed last month. The on Lee organizing principle that I can discern is it seems to spend as much money as possible. Seemingly for the sake of spending it, But congressional Democrats want to avoid repeating what they see as the government's mistake's. During the last recession, cutting off aid to quickly Oregon Senator Ron Wyden blasted what he calls snooze button relief, temporary stopgap measures that have to be renewed again and again. White notes. The emergency unemployment benefits passed last month are set to expire in the middle of March. Even though it's doubtful millions of recipients will be back to work. By then there are groceries in my refrigerator. That are gonna last longer. And Mitch McConnell's unemployment agenda. The Biden proposal would extend jobless benefits at least through September and longer if conditions warrant The incoming administration is also pushing for long term investments in infrastructure and worker training and for $15 minimum wage. While low income workers have been hit hardest by the pandemic, Yellin says their problems didn't just start last year. Well before Kofi it's 19. Infected a single American. We were living in a case shaped economy. One. We're wealth built upon Wells will working families felt farther and farther behind. Much of that agenda will face headwinds in a closely divided Congress. But Yellen's confirmation is on a fast track. The Finance Committee ask you to respond to senators..
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Joe Biden To Hold Remembrance Ceremony for 400k COVID Victims
"Day of Donald Trump's presidency. President elect Joe Biden and Vice President elect Kamila Harris will take time to remember those who died during the Corona virus pandemic. The nation's death toll hit 400,000 this morning, and both incoming leaders will speak tonight at the Lincoln Memorial, reflecting pool to honor the victims, and the new administration is slowly taking shape this morning. The Senate Finance Committee has begun its confirmation hearing. For Treasury secretary nominee Janet Yellen. Democrats and Republicans immediately squared off over how much more support the economy needs during this pandemic. Oregon Senator Ron Wyden, a Democrat who's scheduled to take over his chairman of the committee, told yelling that his top priority is to avoid the mistake made a decade ago in Congress withdrew support for the economy too soon after the housing crisis and delayed the recovery from the last recession. But Republican Senator Chuck Grassley pointed out at the hearing this morning, pointed out all the support that's already been approved and says he was concerned that the incoming Biden administration wants to raise taxes and enact what he called massive spending programs. President
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"We get to that, we're gonna be talking with Senator Mike Lee of Utah who joins us on the line Right now. He is the senior senator from Utah Services, chairman of the antitrust competition Policy and Consumer Rights, a subcommittee His latest book are Lost The Declaration. America's Fight Against Tyranny from King, Georgia to the Deep State is The New York Times bestseller Senator Lee Thanks for joining the show. Thank you very much. Good to be with you. So why don't we start with what exactly happened the other day from your experience. You're obviously in the Capitol building when this riot broke out. What was that, like? It was surreal. Most of us didn't really have any idea what was going on. I mean, we knew that there were protesters in the city and we were just going about our business. We were getting our into the debate when all of a sudden vice president Pence who was there in his capacity as the president of the Senate, presenting Was abruptly moved off of the presenting officers here. And Senator Chuck Grassley, the president Pro TEM was immediately put in In that same chair. Few minutes later, they put Senator Grassley off and then, uh, They ended the session told us we have to stay there. We spent most of the rest of the day in an off site location on Capitol Hill is part of the Capitol complex building interior room that they have secured. But we had little idea what was going wrong when this angry mob broke into the Capitol building and was kind of Trying to take control of it. It's a little scary S O Senator Lee. Let's talk a little bit about the blame casting and where blame lies for all of this, obviously first and foremost allies of criminals who violate the United States, capitol and assault police officers, one police officer dead one of the When people one of the writers were shot by Capitol police, all in all five dead, including three for medical emergencies. There's been a lot of talk about rhetorical irresponsibility about incitement. Where do you think responsibility lies beyond it beyond the criminals themselves? Well, there are concentric circles. You could draw all the way around the mayhem that ensued and he really is a tragedy. That we've lost several lives in responsibility will be the life of this brave officer who paid the ultimate sacrifice in defending us and protecting us. But Any time you have people breaking in To the seat of government to disrupt power there and do use violence and while lawlessness As the justifications the means of propagating the message. The the responsibility for that does have to life with them. Now the process off Taking that a step further and blending those who might have shared some viewpoints in common with them might have encouraged them to take some action. Um, uh, it's consistent with that is something that we have to be careful of. Um, I don't do that lightly. Um, but but I do think we have to ask the question. Why is it that we feel That everything has to become a federal issue. Why is it that these people were made to feel like this was even inappropriate issue for Congress to address in the first place? It wasn't It never Woz. It might have been had some steaks that multiple slates of electors and there's been some confusion. As to wish slate of electoral votes was legitimate in which was not Still, of course, wouldn't be appropriate for them to storm the capital golden by force, But I think we have to acknowledge the fact that there's some bling People being allowed to believe. And this actually is a problem many decades in the making. Every issue that's important to the American people is an issue that can or should be resolved by Congress. That maybe in a controversial view, But it is nonetheless my view that the deviation From federalism. The idea that most of the power remains close to the people of the state and local level. And nowhere is that more true by the way. And in the conduct of a presidential election, which is reserved to the states. Deviation from federalism is part of what caused this problem. These protests should have occurred in state capitals. They should have been peaceful and they should have occurred where they were supposed to occur at the state level. We'll get to more what? Senator Lee in just one second first. Let's talk about the fact that you should absolutely be protecting yourself online. Not too long ago over 100 million people had their personal.
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"P.m. eastern time on Wednesday, January 6 under the conditions of the 12th amendment to the Constitution. Both the House and Senate meeting one PM and a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber Vice President Mike Pence in his capacity as president of the Senate. Besides There have been several instances where the president pro tempore of the Senate, the most senior member of the majority party, will preside in place of the vice president, and that would be if it happens. Senator Chuck Grassley, the Republican out of Iowa, for instance, President Richard Nixon defeated the Democratic nominee, Vice President Hubert Humphrey in 1968. Humphrey was still the vice president. But he was the overseas for the funeral for the first United Nations secretary general at the time, so it felt to Senator Richard Russell, a Democrat of Georgia, But we will see what happens Wednesday. This is a strange time, folks. National Security advisor Matthew Pottinger is doubling down on his theory that covert 19 leaked from a Chinese government run lab in Wuhan. As I reported back in December. Pottenger, a staunch critic of Beijing, made the claim and a recent zoo meeting with British officials. The coronavirus death toll in the United States suppressed suppressed 350,000 early Sunday as the experts anticipate another surgeon cases and fatalities stemming from Christmas. And New Year's holiday gathering, but to top U. S health officials disputed acclaimed by President Trump that federal data on covert 19 cases and deaths in the United States is way overblown. And both expressed optimism that the pace of the vaccinations is picking up. Let's check in with Christian wild for my heart book dot com for his weekly report on the covert 19 situation, Kristen, What do you have for us? Well, George, the first thing we probably need to understand about this new variant. Train out of the U. K. It's be 117. What we need to understand from the experts is this is not considered more deadly than the covert 19 virus, but that it is more contagious. More easily transmitted as an example. World Health Organization has said 50% more easily spread in is already responsible for more than half of the new infections found. In the UK more than 53,000 new cases, George in a single day. What is alarmingly characteristic of this new strain compared to go, but 19 Is that it is affecting people under age 20. Europe overall, is witnessing an onslaught of B 117 reported in 33 countries as well as Australia. The Middle East and South America and the first three states in the United States. Reporting cases are Florida, Colorado. In California. The big question on many minds tonight, George is going to be Will the two vaccines from Operation Warp speed work against this new variant? Anthony found, she said, and his discussion with his infection control counterparts to the UK they believe from the evaluations they have done so far. That the vaccine Will work against the new virus. What do you think? I think and hope that it does. You're gonna take it. Yes, I will take okay. I'm not so you and I will compare notes. Okay, Couple weeks after you take it, Christian. All right, All right. Christians website my heart book dot com. Authorities around the world halted voyages on large passenger ships in March of 2020 after covert 19 tour through the scores of vessels, But cruising really never stopped. Smaller cruise ships exempted from the suspension continued to sail selected routes. Keep the deadly virus off ships. These boutique operators experimented with a variety of new precautions. They mostly failed. The coroner. Virus infections repeatedly Pierce so called safety bubbles promoted by luxury cruise lines. Since June, about 200 people have tested positive for the virus and nearly two dozen cruises. At least one person. A crew member died in his cabin with the virus. Let's check in with Captain Kelly Sweeney Kelly. Any updates on these cruise liners. Boy, George. Well, first of all I want to congratulate you on 19 years at the helm of coast to coast. I came on your show in 2006. And ever since then, I have enjoyed speaking with you about all the big maritime story. Thank you, Kelly. No. Is we enter of the new year? Cruise ship companies are going to have to jump through a whole lot of hoops before they're allowed to continue cruising. I don't see that happening for 6 to 9 months, maybe longer, but the biggest maritime story I see right now. Is not in the cruises but in the escalation of Russian military aggression in the Arctic late last year. In US waters off of Alaska. Russian military deployed 50 battleship to nuclear submarines and 40 warplanes on a fleet. Of civilian American flag commercial ships working in the Bering Sea. They forcefully drove them from our exclusive economic zone off of Alaska. All I can say on that Georges and I have friends who were up there at the time. This does not bode well for 2021. Well, I gotta ask you, Kelly. He you know, as we look at these situations over the last year, Ah, lot of these cruise lines how they're going to stay in business. The big ones. Well, George, um The bottom line is Cruises are a Very easy vehicle to catch the crooner virus. A Z we've talked about before you're stuck together with a whole lot of other people For seven days of the time, you're sharing a buffet. I mean, there's there's So many ways you can pass on illnesses, and we've seen this scene this for many years. And I know a guy who's an inspection specialist for the CDC for cruise ships.
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Senate Republicans appear to congratulate Kamala Harris in Washington, D.C.
"Kamila Harris back of the nation's capital for the first time in her new role yesterday, casting an important vote and accepting congratulations in some cases from Republicans with more on the incoming V P and other news from the nation's capital. I'm joined by Maybe season as delicate terra. It has come to Harris even got a fist bump or two yesterday. Tell us about her day at the Capitol. Got straight. She did get a few fists on one of them from Senate Judiciary chair Lindsey Graham yesterday as they were quizzing the grilling rather, the big tech CEOs of Twitter and Facebook during that Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. She did return to the capital for the first time as vice president elect, and probably the most interesting thing to come out of that with the fact that she received a classified intelligence briefing in her capacity of senator which is interesting because she So far in her capacity as vice president elect has not been able to receive those briefings because the General Services Administration refuses to recognize her and Joe Biden as the president elected by President elect the General Services Administration being the body that kind of overseas the transition, so because of that, she and Joe Biden have not been able to receive that class of those classified intelligence briefings. But she did get a briefing yesterday in her capacity of Senator is does the GS to act on their own earthy at the behest of the president, who has refused to concede or accept the fact that this is a new administration coming in? So they technically act on their own. But there is certainly concerns. There are concerns that there could be you know political influence there and that the G s a is kind of doing that the president's bidding and then until President Trump decides to concede that they won't do it, either, But they do maintain that they are One of their own thing on act independently. I was Senator Chuck Grassley, who has said President elect Biden should be getting those classified intelligence briefings from the Trump administration. We learned yesterday has tested positive for covert 19. That's right. Yes, that's some bad news there. Senator Chuck Grassley, who is the most senior Republican in the Senate. He's just the second oldest senator of the oldest actually being Dianne Feinstein, who's just a few months older, but he is the most senior Republican. He's 87 years old, so high risk demographic there for covert 19, but his office does say he's not experiencing any symptoms. So that's good news. They don't know how he contract ID the virus. The concern is that he was on the floor of the Senate voting on Today, and he was also part of Ah closed door hearing or meeting rather with Republican leadership. People who were in that meeting, though, said that you know, Grassley has been really good about wearing a mask that everybody in that meeting was wearing a mask. But they're not too concerned about having contracting the virus. But he is, you know, the second this week that has announced that he is now isolating. After a possible covert exposure. The first being Republican Senator Rick Scott of Florida, certainly wish them the best. Thank you so much as always say, and that's a bee season as delicate era in Washington. Come
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Chuck Grassley, second oldest senator, tests positive for COVID-19
"Senator Chuck Grassley test positive for Corona viruses immediately quarantined and will continue working from home. Rashly was last at the Capitol Monday. He hasn't missed a Senate vote in 27 years later, Steve Dorsey says Grassley is third in line to the presidency. The 87 year Olds the second oldest member of the Senate, The
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Chuck Grassley, second oldest senator, tests positive for COVID-19
"Republican Senator Chuck Grassley said on Tuesday he has tested positive for the coronavirus, adding in the tweet that he feels good and plans to work from home in Iowa. Earlier Tuesday, he said he was quarantined himself after being exposed to the coronavirus, though he wasn't experiencing any symptoms at 87 years old. Grassley is the second oldest member of the Senate. Grassley said He's feeling well and not currently experiencing any symptoms, but it's important to follow all public health guidelines. Keep each
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Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley, 87, tests positive for coronavirus
"Were reported overnight. I was Senator Chuck Grassley, the longest serving Republican senator and third in line of presidential succession, says he has tested positive for the coronavirus. 87 year old Grassley tweeted today that he looks forward to resuming his normal schedule soon by missing votes. Today, Grassley broke a 27 year streak of not missing a
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Chuck Grassley, second oldest senator, exposed to COVID-19
"Was Senator Chuck Grassley has been exposed to the Corona virus and is in quarantine. Grassley, the oldest Republican senator, which puts him in third line to succession to the presidency, since he's president, Pro TEM more from NPR's Susan Davis. In a statement, Grassley said he had been exposed to the Corona virus, but did not say how or when he's under quarantine at home Until he gets test results back, he said he's not experiencing any symptoms. You will, however, be forced to break his 27 year streak of never missing a Senate vote. The Senate has experienced waves of positive test cases or self enforce quarantines in recent months. Republican Senator Rick Scott of Florida is also currently under quarantine because of an exposure
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Chuck Grassley, second oldest senator, exposed to COVID-19
"Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley has been exposed to the Corona virus and is now in quarantine. Grassley is the oldest Republican senator and the president protest which puts him third in line and succession to the presidency. NPR's Susan Davis has details. In a statement, Grassley said he had been exposed to the Corona virus, but did not say how or when he's under quarantine at home until he gets test results back, He said he's not experiencing any symptoms. He will, however, be forced to break his 27 year streak of never missing a Senate vote. The Senate has experienced waves of positive test cases or self enforce quarantines in recent months. Republican Senator Rick Scott of Florida is also currently under quarantine because of an exposure to the virus. Despite calls mostly from Democrats to institute a testing and tracing program for senators. No such system exists. Susan Davis NPR NEWS Washington
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Amy Coney Barrett: Trump Supreme Court nominee sidesteps questions
"Judge Amy Cockney barrettes getting a lot of pointed questions. For members of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Let's go live to Capitol Hill, W. GOP's Mitchell Miller today on the Hill, Senator Dianne Feinstein, the ranking Democrat on the committee, fired off several questions on major legal matters, including abortion. Do you agree with Justice Scalia's view that row was wrongly decided, if I express a view on a precedent, one way or another, whether I say I love it or hate it. It signals to litigants that I might tilt one way or another in a pending case, And in response to questions from Republican Senator Chuck Grassley and Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy, Barrett made it clear she's had no discussions with the White House about how she might rule in cases involving the affordable care act or the upcoming election. It would be a complete violation of the independence of the judiciary for anyone to put a justice on the court as a means of obtaining a particular result. Republicans have praised Barrett during the hearing, which is now in a brief break, Senator John Cornyn pointed out. She has no notebooks in front of her, except for a small white pad. Is there anything on it? That letterhead that says United States Senate that Zim president reporting live on Capitol Hill, Mitchell Miller. W T O P
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Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has tested positive for Covid-19, following months of downplaying the virus
"Breaking his people forced degrees in 10 minutes or less because there's so many families coming through. Republican Senator Chuck Grassley told reporters this week that Congress would likely override President Trump if he chose to veto the National Defense Authorization Act if it includes a provision to rename Army bases bearing the names of Confederate figures. Congress has never overridden Trumpet Ito barbeque Yusa. Now what's trending on W B a. P and w dot com 24 7 News desk A private memorial
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State Department watchdog was investigating arms sales; Pompeo denies retaliation
"The State Department's Inspector General. I thought to be fired for investigating. The Secretary of State for assigning personal tasks to a department staffer also was investigating the approval of arms sale to Saudi Arabia without congressional approval officials from different congressional committees told NBC News. They believe Inspector General. Steve Clinic was fired in part for investigating Saudi arms sales that Congress had previously rejected house foreign affairs. Committee member Eliot Engel of New York. Confirm that investigation by late Monday. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are demanding a more complete explanation for Lennox firing according to the hill. Senator Chuck Grassley Republican of Iowa sent a letter to the president on Monday. Senator Grassley reminded president trump. The law requires detailed explanations for dismissing departmental watchdog to ensure that inspectors. General are not removed for political reasons. President Trump said the claims the secretary of state potentially misuse of government resources are overblown and seeing to consider them acceptable. Even if they are true look he's a high quality person. Mike is very high quality Zuri brilliant guy and now I have you telling me about dog walk in washing dishes and you know what I'd rather have him on the phone with some world leader. Then have him wash dishes because maybe his wife isn't there or his kids are you know. What are you telling me it's terrible. It's so stupid you know stupid. That sounds to the world unbelievable head to wash dishes because his wife wasn't there. The president also confirmed Monday. That secretary of State pompeo requested the dismissal of idealistic but did not directly address the issue of retaliation. President isn't there. At least an appearance of a conflict of interest of secretary. Pompeo is asking you to fire inspector. General's I don't I don't think so. I think maybe he thinks he's being treated unfairly again. He wanted to. He asked me if that would be possible. I said I'll do that. Your I think it should have been done a long time ago. Frankly and this is a man that has had some controversy. This inspector general but So again I don't know anything. I haven't even read much about him. I see that it's a little bit of a story not much of a story. 'cause everybody agrees that. I have the absolute right to fire. The Inspector General's secretary pay later dismissed the idea that his requests for the firing was in retaliation for links investigations into arms deals. And those errands saying quote. Because I simply don't know I'm not briefed on it. I usually see these investigations and final draft form. Twenty four hours forty eight hours before the is prepared to release them. So it's simply not possible for this to be an act of retaliation end of story says Secretary Pompeo the State Department's under-secretary for management told the Post that concern over linen had grown because of a quote pattern of unauthorized disclosures. Leaks to the news media about investigations. That were an early draft form. He added officials had no evidence. Linac was personally responsible for the leak so Casey Hud. There's a lot to unpack there. Let's go back to the arm sale though this was a year ago in. May when the president and secretary pompeo declared an emergency bypassing congress to sell about eight billion dollars worth of arms to Saudi Arabia and the UAE and it drew condemnation by the way from Republicans not just from Democrats but there was bipartisan. Condemnation of this move and now it appears that inspector general was looking into that declaration of emergency. Yes that's what. Nbc News learned late yesterday when Chairman Angle confirmed that this investigation was going on that they were angry that essentially he had the president and Pompeo tried to circumvent Congress on this arm sales question this was something that there are a lot of. Republicans as you point out who are very invested in what was going on in that particular situation. And who opposed this move by the administration but let's not forget to put the firing of this inspector general in to kind of the broader context in pattern that we're seeing going on here. This is not the first time something like this has happened and the administration has already ignored the rules that they are supposed to follow when something like this happens in the case of Michael Atkinson in the intelligence community by not explaining to Congress within thirty days why they did it and so I think there's a question here as to whether the administration will do it in the case of the State Department. This has been something that has drawn as you pointed out. Bipartisan condemnation chuck. Grassley though senator from Iowa has been particularly focused on this but the reality is Congress's relatively toothless in this regard they can make these demands asking for more information but the laws are not necessarily written in a position. That's strong enough to let them make a real difference here. And what we're left with is kind of a government that is increasingly. Not being held accountable. Now how that lines up with the president's campaign promise to drain the swamp I will let our viewers decide but they seem to be at odds. Donald Trump talked about how incredibly stupid thing sounded at his press conference. And I agree Casey. I want you to listen to this clip. One more time and let's focus on the part where Donald Trump says that he doesn't want Mike Palm. Oh doing dishes if his wife isn't there take a look. Look he's a high quality person. Mike is a very high quality his brilliant guy and now I have you tell me about dog walking washing dishes and you know what I'd rather have him on the phone with some world leader than have him wash dishes because maybe his wife isn't there or his kids are you know. What are you telling me it's terrible. It's so stupid stupid. That sounds to the world. Unbelievable quoting the president of the United States to you know Mr President how stupid that sounds to the world that in twenty twenty you say he needs State Department officials to washes dishes in case his wife. Isn't there
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Senate approves $484 billion coronavirus relief package
"The US Senate passed a new package for pandemic relief funds yeah more help on the way the four hundred eighty four billion dollar measure is likely to be approved in the house tomorrow this package includes three hundred twenty billion dollars for that paycheck protection program intended to help small businesses keep workers on their payrolls lawmakers and the trump administration know that we're going to need more than this and they're already turning their attention to the next round of stimulus okay so let's talk about that stimulus and the fact that we're not bringing him very much tax money we're going to see higher taxes down the road well that that's a question that to be answered ladonna but they're paying for the economic stimulus won't necessarily mean higher taxes at least according to senator Chuck Grassley Mr Grassley told Bloomberg that taxes will not have to be raised providing providing interest rates