craft's getting a little bit tight right now. Uh it's their constituents, a lot of them that uh in some of these inner cities that that's going to need SNAP uh to survive and they're getting a lot of calls and the pressure is going to be put on them. A lot of people need to go back to work.A lot of a lot of young men that are on SNAP that uh should be working. >> Wait. Uh anyhow, >> wait. No, wait. No, no, no.Let's let's let that let's let that sink in. Mike. Uh, >> yeah.>> Tommy Tarville, >> a guy who held ...

Meanwhile, the front page of the Wall Street Journal has some new reporting on the wave of white collar layoffs with major companies like Amazon, UPS, Target announcing cuts slashing thousands of corporate roles. In their statements, companies cited in part growing pressure to operate more efficiently and to embrace the use of artificial intelligence. So, Jim Vande, that brings us around to your piece with Mike Allen looking at how an AI job apocalypse unfolds in front of us and it does seem to be accelerat ...

Um, Andrew, let's talk about how beef fits into all of this. There was a the Senate lunchon yesterday. JD Vance, the vice president, stopped by to talk to senators there and kind of got an earful from a bunch of them about this idea of importing beef from Argentina and perhaps hurting those ranchers in America.>> Yeah, I was told uh that inside the room around six or seven Republican senators uh confronted JD Vance about this issue quite directly. Um, and at one point he actually responded kind of in a joki ...

We've reached day 29 of the government shutdown as senators remain at an impass. For the 13th time yesterday, the Senate failed to pass the House approved bill to reopen the federal government. This as the House remains out of session and Speaker Mike Johnson reiterated that he won't call Republican lawmakers back until Democrats pass the bill. House Democrats met on Capitol Hill yesterday, saying their party remains in lock step in their fight for health care. Meanwhile, the shutdown is having real consequ ...

Welcome back. Investors are anxiously awaiting to see if the Federal Reserve will issue another rate cut this afternoon. A move that could affect everything from mortgage rates to the prices of stocks and bonds.It's widely expected the Fed will cut rates when its policy meeting concludes. However, what's less certain is the kind of tone that Chair Jerome Powell will set during his postmeating news conference as he outlines how the Fed views the economy and futures policy moves. The decision comes as the ong ...

So, we're also following Hurricane Melissa, who's made landfall in eastern Cuba as a category 3 hurricane this morning as it continues its destructive path across the Caribbean. Melissa is now one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes on record after it slammed Jamaica yesterday with 185 mph winds and storm surge up to 13 ft. Officials report catastrophic flooding, fallen trees, numerous power outages across the island, cautioning that any cleanup and damage assessments could be slow.Jamaica's prime minister ...

This morning in Japan, President Trump delivered remarks to 6,000 troops aboard the USS George Washington. It what in what sounded more like a campaign speech. President Trump touted his political achievements, condemned Democrats in Washington, and criticized the media.But he also delivered this message on future US military operations. >> We will not be politically correct. You don't mind that, do you.When it comes to defending the United States, we're no longer politically correct. We're going to defend ...

We are back with Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner. I I just wanted to play a moment from your event last night. I talked about this a little bit earlier in the show.You had 700 people show up to a town that's about 2,300 people. So, this was just a moment from it. And we'll talk about on the other side.>> I would love to be out protesting. I would love to be out knocking on doors, but I'll be honest, a person like me could get killed right now in this country. I believe in you and I believe ...

The last word with Lawrence O'Donnell who is back starts right now. Hi Lawrence. >> Hey Jen. Um I haven't taken any uh what animals that questions uh lately. Uh I don't remember them being too tough uh whenever I did take them. That's for sure. >> Me neither. We could pass those with flying colors. I'm fairly certain. But we wouldn't be given them so frequently. I don't think either. >> Uh it is. You're seeing madness at work every day down there. >> No question about it. >> Right. Thanks, Jen. Thanks, Lawr ...

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