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Only 210K jobs created in Nov, but unemployment falls sharply
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Today's program looks at the November jobs report, 11-week CR signed into law to avert a federal government shutdown, CDC update on COVID-19 omicron variant and House Minority Leader McCarthy on calls for Rep. Boebert to be sanctioned. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy C-SPAN
House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (CA) responds to a reporter's question on whether GOP Reps. Boebert, Gosar and Greene are distractions for the party and could threaten their chances of taking the majority in November 2022. He said anything that distracts from the GOP message, "causes problems, yes." He noted that Rep. Boebert apologized publ…
Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI) says he received death threats, including from lawmakers, for his vote on infrastructure.
When asked why he sounds congested, President Biden said ""What I have is a 1-and-a-half-year-old grandson who had a cold who likes to kiss his pop." President says he's tested for COVID daily and remains negative.
President Biden talked about the Continuing Resolution, an 11 week stopgap government funding bill, that passed Congress on Thursday, and when he signs it into law, will avert a government shutdown. He also spoke about the jobs report from the Labor Department showing 210,000 jobs created in November and the unemployment rate falling to 4.2%…
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House passes CR to avert gov't shutdown; Senate GOP may block
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Today's program looks at the temporary federal government funding bill, President Biden on steps to slow spread of COVID-19 omicron variant and U.S. confronting Russia over Ukraine. Interviews with The Hill's Nathaniel Weixel (25) and Heritage Foundation's James Jay Carafano (40). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
.@SenMikeLee: "I don't want to shut down the government. The only thing I want to shut down is Congress funding enforcement of an immoral, unconstitutional vaccine mandate."
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Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) on Gun Violence and Background Checks
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Sen. @ChrisMurphyCT remarks on Gun Violence and Background Checks
President Biden announces a new action plan to address COVID-19: "There are five key actions that I want to see us take this winter."
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Supreme Court hears challenge to Roe v. Wade
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Today's program looks at the Supreme Court oral argument on the Mississippi abortion law, first COVID-19 omicron case in the U.S. and VP Kamala Harris chairing her first National Space Council meeting. Interview with Bloomberg Law's Jordan Rubin (9). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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Dr. Anthony Fauci "...Confirmed that a recent case of COVID-19 among an individual in California was caused by the omicron variant."
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Dr. Anthony Fauci: "The California and San Francisco Departments of Public Health and the CDC have confirmed that a recent case of COVID-19 among an individual in California was caused by the omicron variant."
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Dr. Anthony Fauci: "If you test positive, you should be quarantining yourself."
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Dr. Anthony Fauci on Mark Meadows' book revealing that President Trump tested positive for COVID a three days before first debate: "I certainly was not aware of his test positivity or negativity...If you test positive, you should be quarantining yourself."
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President Joe Biden on Former President Trump
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Q: "Mark Meadows has written a book revealing that President Trump tested positive for COVID a few days before your first debate. Do you think the former president put you at risk?" President Biden: "I don't think about the former president."
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Chosen out of 16,000 - Once Upon a Gene Wins an Award and a Trip, and, and...With Effie Parks
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Effie Parks hosts the Once Upon a gene podcast. Her son was born with a rare disease and it left her feeling completely isolated. She created the podcast to find other parents who are raising a kid with a rare disease. It's full of resources and personal stories from families who are navigating this unique lifestyle. Because of Her Podcast As Effie…
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Stocks sink as omicron, rate worries rattle Wall Street
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A look at the latest on Omicron, and remarks from Dr. Fauci, Fed Chair Jerome Powell, and Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen. Interview with Nick Timiraos of The Wall Street Journal (15) and Ann Marimow of The Washington Post (30). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy C-SPAN
Dr. Anthony Fauci answers questions on the severity of illness in omicron cases: "Be careful about breadcrumbs, they may not tell you what kind of loaf of bread you have...we believe that it is too soon to tell of what the level of severity is."
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Fed Chair Jerome Powell q&a Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA) on Inflation
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Fed Chair Powell to @SenToomey on inflation: "I think the word transitory has different meanings to different people...I think it's probably a good time to retire that word and try to explain more clearly what we mean."
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Sec. of Treasury Janet Yellen "America must pay it's bill on time..."
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@SecYellen: "America must pay its bills on time and in full. If we do not, we will eviscerate our current recovery."
WASPs – White Anglo-Saxon Protestants – such as Henry Adams, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, Dean Acheson, and Joe Alsop, held an outsized influence on American culture and history for much of the country's history, waning only after the mid-twentieth century. Author Michael Knox Beran ("BARE"-in) joins us to talk about the power, privilege, and co…
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Press Secretary Jen Psaki on South Africa Travel Ban
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.@PressSec on South Africa travel ban: "The objective here is not to punish, it is to protect the American people...this is not going to prevent, it is going to delay and that delay is going to help us have."
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President Biden on the South Africa Travel Ban
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President Biden responds to the question of whether countries would hesitate to report new variants after the U.S. and other countries banned travel from Africa after the emergence of the Omicron variant.
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President Biden: Omicron Variant "Cause for Concern, Not a Cause for Panic"
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President Biden delivers remarks on the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus, which he says is “a cause for concern, not a cause for panic.” He urges people to get vaccinated and get their booster if they were vaccinated before June 1.
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President Biden: Omnicrom Variant "Cause for Concern, Not a Cause for Panic"
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The latest on the omicron variant with President Joe Biden, from earlier today at the White House. Plus, more on the variant with Dr. Amesh Adalja of Johns Hopkins and Cristina Marcos of The Hill with a look ahead at Congress. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy C-SPAN
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About Books: Former Rep. Steve Israel D-NY on Opening a New Bookstore
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A conversation with Former Representative Steve Israel (D-NY) who opened a book store in Oyster Bay, New York. Plus, a look at current non-fiction books featured on C-SPAN's BookTV for the week of November 28, 2021. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy C-SPAN
Abram Van Engen of Washington University in St. Louis taught a class about how the Pilgrims became part of the United States' founding story in 19th-century history textbooks. He described why early historians and educators emphasized the Pilgrims' Plymouth Colony over earlier settlements, such as Jamestown in Virginia. Learn more about your ad cho…
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Jury convicts all three in Arbery killing of murder
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Today's program looks at verdicts in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, Thanksgiving holiday travel and President Biden nominates an OMB Director. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy C-SPAN
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Reaction Following Guilty Verdict in McMichael and Bryan Trial
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Rev. Al Sharpton reacted to a guilty verdict for all three men in the murder of Ahmaud Arbery. "That a jury of 11 whites and one black, in the deep South, stood up in the courtroom and said 'Black lives do matter.'"
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Jury Finds Defendants Guilty in Murder of Ahmaud Arbery
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Travis McMichael, Gregory McMichael, and William Bryan were found guilty of the murder of Ahmaud Arbery.
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Oil released from SPR aims to lower gas prices
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Today's program looks at President Biden's release of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, more House Jan 6 Committee subpoenas and WH on Ahmaud Arbery trial. Interviews with Washington Post's Jeff Stein (6) and Politico's Nicholas Wu (25). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm "...the President does not control the price of gasoline."
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Energy @SecGranholm: "Obviously, the President does not control the price of gasoline. No president does."
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President Biden on Federal Trade Commission on Oil & Gas Prices
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President Biden: "I've asked the Federal Trade Commission to consider whether potentially illegal and anticompetitive behavior in the oil and gas industry is causing higher prices for consumers."
President Biden on high gas prices: "We're taking action...today I'm announcing the largest ever release from the U.S. strategic petroleum reserve...today we're launching a major effort to moderate the price of oil."
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Ep. 37 Jason Emerson, "Giant in the Shadows"
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Abraham Lincoln and his wife Mary were the parents of four boys. Only one – Robert – lived beyond his eighteenth birthday. Author Jason Emerson spent nearly a decade researching the 82-plus years of Robert Lincoln's life, including his time as a Union soldier, minister to Great Britain, Secretary of War, and president of the Pullman Car Company. Mr…
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POTUS nominates Fed Chair Powell for second term
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Today's program looks at President Biden's nominations for Federal Reserve Chair and Vice Chair, deadline for the federal employee COVID-19 vaccine mandate, State Department reaction to the Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai case. Interview with MarketWatch's Gregg Robb (9). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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President Biden on Why He is Renominating Jerome Powell as Fed Chair
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President Biden on why he's renominating Jerome Powell: "Put directly, at this moment of both enormous potential and enormous uncertainty for our economy we need stability and independence at the Federal Reserve."
President Biden: "Today I am nominating Jerome Powell for a second term as Chair of the Federal Reserve. I'm nominating Lael Brainard to take the position as Vice-Chair of the Federal Reserve."
President Biden on the tragedy in Waukesha, WI: "My administration is monitoring the situation very closely."
Mayukh Sen, a James Beard Award-winning writer and adjunct professor of food journalism at New York University, discusses his book "Taste Makers," in which he profiles seven immigrant women who transformed American cuisine during the second half of the 20th century. Two of the women profiled are Elena Zelayeta a blind chef and bestselling cookbook …
American University professor Pamela Nadell taught a class about the rise in anti-Semitism in America between World War I and II. She described the 1915 lynching of Jewish man Leo Frank in Georgia, how international anti-Semitic texts made their way to America, and the role Henry Ford played in spreading anti-Jewish sentiments. Learn more about you…
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Farah Stockman looked at how U.S. companies moving overseas have impacted the working class in America. She was interviewed by Alissa Quart, author and executive editor of the Economic Hardship Reporting Project. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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House passes multi-trillion dollar social spending & climate bill
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Today's program looks at House passage of the $1.75T social spending bill, CDC meeting on COVID-19 vaccine boosters for all adults, Kyle Rittenhouse verdict and annual Presidential Turkey Pardon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy C-SPAN
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Sen. Marshall Upset at NDAA Amendment Process
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Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) spoke on the Senate floor about what he says is an unfair process by which the Senate is considering amendments on the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022.
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President Biden Pardons Thanksgiving Turkeys
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President Joe Biden in the White House Rose Garden issued the traditional presidential pardon for this year's two selected turkeys, named Peanut Butter and Jelly. Before talking about everything we should be thankful for, he cracked a few jokes, also a tradition.
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WH Press Secretary Psaki on VP Harris in Power
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At the White House daily briefing, Press Secretary Jen Psaki talked about the historic nature of President Biden temporarily transferring power to Vice President Harris before he went under anesthesia for a routine colonoscopy during his physical.
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House moves toward social spending bill vote
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Today's program looks at House debate on the $1.75T social spending bill, President Biden meets with leaders of Canada & Mexico and FL Gov. DeSantis signs COVID-19 anti-vaccine mandate bills. Interview with WSJ's Andrew Ackerman on Comptroller of Currency nominee (27). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) on Build Back Better Vote
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@LeaderHoyer: "We are working at completing the Build Back Better Act today...It is my hope that we will complete this legislation today."
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WH Press Secretary Jen Psaki on Potential Diplomatic Boycott of Beijing Games
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@PressSec Jen Psaki responds to a question about POTUS earlier saying he's considering a potential diplomatic boycott of Beijing games.
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Confirmation Hearing for Comptroller of Currency
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@SenJohnKennedy: "I don't know whether to call you professor or comrade." Comptroller of Currency nominee Saule Omarova: "Senator, I'm not a communist. I do not subscribe to that ideology. I could not choose where I was born."
