seth harris, any comment? >> yeah, dolores, you happened to work in one of the industries that was the industries that was most hard hit by this pandemic. all those industries where there's face to face interaction with folks, hospitality, eating and drinking establishments, travel, those industries -- retail got hit so hard right at the beginning and that disadvantaged a lot of women like dolores. those industries tend to have a disproportionately large percentage of women working there as well as workers of color. and so there are folks who are e being disproportionately affected by this pandemic they m recession and the ideaay that w should take money out of their pockets because we think they may be getting a little extra money out of the system to me isn't fair and isn't the right n way tog go. if we're worried about people oi gettingn too much money, reallya cheating thems system, let's ta a closer look at some of the folks who got money in these business loans programs, businesses that easily could s u

seth harris, good morning. we had you here a couple days before the july jobs number will be released. what sort of trends are you seeing as states begin to report rising cases and we've seen closures of the economy in some states across the country. saying goodart by morning to you. the trendlines have not been good. there are two indicators for what's happening with employment. the census bureau is putting out per luminary data that indicate that the percentage of americans who are employed is declining again. and the labor department puts out data about initial weekly unemployment claims. filing foreople their unemployment benefits for the first time. and those numbers have been pretty stagnant since the beginning of june and recently have begun to take up a little bit. which is an indication that there are more people losing their jobs in the economy. those indicators suggest that while we may see some jobs growth, it's going to be a low number at best and that's going to suggest that this recovery is going

seth harris, good morning. we had you here a couple days before the july jobs number will be released. what sort of trends are you seeing as states begin to report rising cases and we've seen closures of the economy in s

harris, good morning. we have you here a couple of days before the july jobs number will be released, but ahead of that, what trends are you seeing as states begin to report and have reported a rise in cases, and we have seen closures of the economy in some states? guest: let me start by saying good morning to you and your viewers. although the trendlines have not been good, there are two indicators for what is happening with employment. the census bureau is putting out preliminary data that indicates the percentage of americans who are employed is declining again, and the labor department puts out data about initial weekly unemployment claims, people filing for unemployment benefits for the first time. those numbers have been pretty stagnant since the beginning of june, and recently have begun to tick up a little bit, indicating more people are losing their jobs. those indicators tell us that while we may see some jobs growth when we get the numbers on friday, it will be a low number at best and that will

seth harris, good morning. we had you here a couple days before the july jobs number will be released. what sort of trends are you seeing as states begin to report rising cases and we've seen closures of the economy in some states across the country. saying goodart by morning to you. the trendlines have not been good. there are two indicators for what's happening with employment. the census bureau is putting out per luminary data that indicate that the percentage of americans who are employed is declining again. and the labor department puts out data about initial weekly unemployment claims. filing foreople their unemployment benefits for the first time. and those numbers have been pretty stagnant since the beginning of june and recently have begun to take up a little bit. which is an indication that there are more people losing their jobs in the economy. those indicators suggest that while we may see some jobs growth, it's going to be a low number at best and that's going to suggest that this recovery is going

. >>> seth harris is joining us right now. he's the former acting u.s. secretary of labor under president obama. seth, thanks for joining us. let me get your thoughts on the federal unemployment insurance that stalled right now in congress. this week alone, another 1.4 million americans filed for first-time unemployment benefits. the 19th week in a row when more than a million americans lost their jobs and had to file for unemployment benefits. 25 million americans are receiving these benefits and now the $600 weekly benefit has expired. what needs to be done right away? >> the republicans in the senate need to immediately pass the heroes act which was passed by house democrats and get that aid out to unemployed workers, states and local governments, small businesses, food banks and others so that we can prop up an economy that is sagging because this money is going to run out. i think this story that pamela told you about, her life is being repeated in millions of households all across america. there are families teetering on the edge of economic disast

coming up wednesday morning, former acting labor secretary seth harris will join to us talk about job loss. and the health of the overall economy in the coronavirus pandemic. also the public interest legal foundation on concerns about voting by mail in this year's elections. c-span's "washington journal" live at c-span's "wash journal" live at 7:00 eastern wednesday morning and be sure to join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages and tweets. >> this week, two hearings before the senate. on wednesday, at 10:00 a.m. eastern, sally yates, the former acting attorney general at the start of the trump administration, testifies on the russia investigation before the judiciary committee. then on thursday, at 10:00 a.m. eastern, chad wolf, acting secretary for the u.s. department of homeland security, will testify on the department's deployment of personnel to protests and unrest across the country. watch live on c-span, online at c-span.org, or listen live on the free c-span radio app. >> c-span has unfiltered coverage of congress. the white house. the suprem

restrictions apply. ♪ >> seth: here is more of my conversation with senator kamala harris. >> seth: you and cory booker -- i know you have tried to spearhead police reform. this is something that has stalled in the senate. do you have any optimism moving forward that there is going to be something that can get through the senate and make it to the president's desk? >> i am hopeful, but, you know, everyone has to participate. so the work that cory booker and i did was around the justice in policing act and in most of our colleagues on the democratic side in the senate support it. on the house side, there was bipartisan support for a similar measure which has now been named the george floyd justice and policing act and bipartisan support, the congressional black caucus was the leader on it, and i am urging mitch mcconnell, along with many of us -- put it now on the floor for a vote because it's just -- it's fair, it's reasonable, it's practical. it says that we should have things like a national standard for excessive use of force so when a police officer uses excessive force, the questio

. >> our guest was acting labor secretary and the obama administration seth harris, now visiting professor at cornell on public policy. we appreciate your input this morning here on washington journal. >> thank you, bill. >>> less than three months to election day, we're joined by the chair of the public interest legal foundation to talk about election security,. welcome to "washington journal." tell us about your foundation. what's its mission. >> it's dedicated to protecting the integrity of your elections and to serve as a counter to the myriad leftist groups that are very well funded and have existed for many years who are filing lawsuits all over the country to try to upend the election laws of the state and to try to serve as a balance and a counter to the increasing demands of leftist groups to challenge our election process and really to eliminate -- their goal appears to be to eliminate all of the safeguards in election administration that have been put in place in the early part of the 20th century to shift the responsibility for conducting elections to the states from the politi

seth harris, acting secretary of labor during the obama administration and he said how crucial this has been during a time when there are still so many people out of work, so many people unable to get jobs, something i've said over and over again, alex. people want to work, they're just unable to, and the jobs aren't available at this time. take a listen to what the former secretary had to say. >> in an economy where you have 5 million open jobs and 30 million people receiving unemployment benefits, forcing people to engage in work search makes no sense, because there are no jobs for them to have. that additional $600 has supported those families while they are waiting for the economy to recover and for the pandemic to slow down. so it's made the difference between people, you know, losing their homes, losing their cars, not being able to pay their bills, not being able to feed their kids and being able to sustain themselves. >> reporter: he and economists have been doing an autopsy of this crisis in real time. the huge problem, alex, as you know, is that so many people who were eligibl

coming up this morning, seth harris will join us to talk about job loss and the health of the overall economy in the coronavirus pandemic. also, someone from the public legal interest foundation on the concerns about voting by mail in this election. watch "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern this morning and be sure to join the discussion. >> this week, two hearings senate.he today at 10:00 a.m., sally gaetz, former acting attorney general, testifies on the russian investigation before the judiciary committee. on thursday at 10:00 a.m. eastern, chad wolf, acting secretary for the u.s. department of homeland security, will testify on the department's deployment of personnel to protests and unrest across the country. watch live on c-span come online at c-span.org, or listen live on the free c-span radio app.

here with us to talk about the unemployment and the job situation during the pandemic is seth harris. good morning. and we have you here just a

. >> jobs, the economy, stimulus talks and much more let's welcome in seth harris and douglas soltzaiken president of the american action forum. gentleman, nice to see you good morning doug, begin with you as you look towards washington and the stimulus talks before we get to the jobs picture, what is it going to take to get a deal >> i really don't know how to answer that question i actually thought they'd have a deal by now. they seem to remain quite far apart. core issues on business liability on the republican's side, the ui benefit and the funding for states on the democratic side just haven't really seen much movement and so when the core issues aren't pivoting closer to closure, there's not a deal on the table. >> yeah. seth, do you see it the same way? are we going to come to a deal within the next 24 hours do you think? >> i'm more optimistic than doug is, but i think that we're in sort of an unprecedented time. the president and the senate republicans simply cannot leave washington and go out and play golf without responding to the needs of the american people there are small b

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if joe biden and kamala harris win the white house in november harris' sethe job of choosing someone to serve the rest of she was elected to the u.s. senate in 2016 after barbara boxer retired. her term ends in 2022. we will have more reaction to the harris choice coming up at 10:30. you can always find more political coverage on our website, ktvu.com. >>> an update now on the coronavirus. the latest state report on infections includes cases that were held up last week due to a technical which in lab reporting. the stay logged 12,500 cases yesterday, a big increase over the day before with decided cases. there were 109 deaths, test positivity is down to 6% and hospitalizations in icu admissions continues to decline. >>> russian president vladimir putin announced today russia has developed a coronavirus vaccine ready for use. putin claims the russian vaccine has been effective, even though it has apparently not yet undergone large-scale testing and even though no scientific documentation has been released. but putin said one of his daughters has received the vaccine and he says she's

. >> wow that is -- >> seth: yeah. >> that is, um, an honor >> seth: true story. i believe it's you and kamala harris. so - [ laughter ] >> for real? >> seth: for real. >> well, there's something i can -- that will be an ice breaker if i ever get to meet her. >> seth: yeah, you hit both an attic show and a captain's quarter show so, well done. >> thank you >> seth: thank you for your loyalty and friendship in these times of need. >> uh-huh. >> seth: i want to congratulate you on something else. your wonderful stand-up special was nominated for best writing for a variety special as i guess is the category. we are both nominated in the same category. >> i was going to say, who else was nominated for best writing oh, my god, "lobby baby. >> seth: yeah. >> so hilarious. and again, that -- the -- i remember the first time i heard the whole "lobby baby" story i'm amazed, like, you could have turned that in to like a one-man show >> seth: yeah. >> like, that is one hysterical story in a group of other hysterical stories that you have that special, i so needed the goofine

meyers >> seth: how's everyone doing tonight? last night, my mask shook me awake and asked, "are you ever going to wash me?" former vice president joe biden announced yesterday that senator kamala harris would be his best friend i mean, running mate sorry, sorry i get attached too quick a force of habit president trump tweeted today that former vice president joe biden's pick of california senator kamala harris as his running mate is, quote, "the kind of opponent that everyone dreams of. said, pence, "oh, i'm not allowed to dream of other women. i'm often -- i'm often vexed." president trump also tweeted today, quote, "the suburban housewife will be voting for me. they want safety and thrilled i ended the long running program where low-income housing would invade their neighborhood. biden would reinstall it in a bigger form with cory booker in charge." first of all, incredibly racist, but mostly, i love how much he seems to know about what other candidates will do and what their plan but what happens when you ask him about his ow

former vice president joe biden announced yesterday that senator kamala harris would be his best friend i mean, running mate sorry, sorry i get attached too quick a force of habit president trump tweeted today that former vice president joe biden's pick of california senator kamala harris as his running mate is, quote, "the kind of opponent that everyone dreams of. said, pence, "oh, i'm not allowed to dream of other women. i'm often -- i'm often vexed." president trump also tweeted today, quote, "the suburban housewife will be voting for me. they want safety and thrilled i ended the long running program where low-income housing would invade their neighborhood. biden would reinstall it in a bigger form with cory booker in charge." first of all, incredibly racist, but mostly, i love how much he seems to know about what other candidates will do and what their plans are down to who will be put in charge but what happens when you ask him about his own plans? >> we have to look into that, so we're going to look into it. >> seth: cool, and by the way, the suburban housewife will be voting for

featuring the 8g band with fred armisen and now seth meyers. >> seth: how's everyone doing tonight? still stinging that you weren't biden's vp pick? me too let's get to the news. president trump criticized senator kamala harris on twitter today and said, quote, "there was nobody meaner or more condescending to slow joe. added trump, "sorry, slow, stupid joe nobody's been meaner to slow, stupid, ugly joe." president trump criticized senator kamala harris yesterday and said she was, quote, "very weak on facts. she's weak on facts? your running mate thinks evolution is a lie we tell kids as part of the war on christmas. former vice president joe biden said yesterday that he and senator kamala harris will campaign together, quote, "if the science allows us. and trump and pence will campaign together, quote, "as long as they don't have to go too close to the edge of the earth. according to reports, president trump's son-in-law and senior adviser jared kushner recently met with rapper kanye west without once taking his hand off his wallet during a press briefing yesterday, florida governo