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this is the bionic solar floodlight from bell and howell. it showers a massive 1000 foot area of ultra bright light all the way from your house to the road or the whole backyard. plus, it's solar powered, so it's free to operate when prowlers approach, the motion sensors activate and bam, they go bye bye. plus, it expands your outdoor living space, making yards, patios and walkways brighter. this next generation solar powered light features 120 high intensity led bulbs on three separate adjustable panels, delivering multi-directional light. it installs in seconds anywhere, no wires or stake it in the ground and customize the panels anywhere you want. like look, your lights are too weak, but watch bam! that's bionic light power. check out the difference before and after which home looks safer to you. the bionic floodlight is the ultimate security light. standing guard up to 25ft, keeping your family safer, and no more critters getting in your trash. now there's plenty of light to scare them away. it'll light up your life when you pull into a
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it's from bell and howell. a name you know and trust. it delivers bright, powerful protection from unwanted people and unwanted pets for your home, yard, and garden. even when it's off, a blinking light mimics a security camera, deterring potential porch pirates. be safer and light up your world with the bionic spotlight. similar lights sell for over $100, but you won't pay 50, not even $30. get the bionic solar spotlight for the factory direct price of just 1995. we'll even ship it to you for free, plus, order right now and get a second bionic spotlight at 50% off. and it's all backed by bell and howell's five year replacement warranty. the demand has been huge, so don't wait or you can miss out order right now. >> to order, call 1-800-280-9170. that's 1-800-280-9170. or go online to bionic spotlight.com. >> so call 1-800-280-9170. >> or. >> go to bionic spotlight.com. >> the average person. >> would rather suffer through. >> team building exercises than look for insurance. the zebra searches. >> over 100 insurance companies for you to
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howell, you're recognized for five minutes, sir. >> good morning. thank you, chairman young, members of the committee and subcommittee, for the opportunity to testify to you today on a critical topic of cargo theft. i'm rob howell, senior vice president, chief supply chain officer for academy sports and outdoors, and in my role, i'm responsible for distribution in both domestic and international logistics. academy is a leading sporting goods and outdoor recreation retailer headquartered in katie, texas, a suburb of houston. we ploy approximately 22,000 members across 298 stores in 19 states including texas, illinois, indiana, and ohio. we also operate distribution centers in texas, tennessee and georgia. we were founded in 1938 in san antonio. and today, academy offers a broad assortment of outdoor apparel, footwear, sports and rec products including leading national brands and a portfolio of private label products. academy's mission is for us to provide fun for all. and we fulfill this promise through a localized assortment and the value that conne
howell, you're recognized for five minutes, sir. >> good morning. thank you, chairman young, members of the committee and subcommittee, for the opportunity to testify to you today on a critical topic of cargo theft. i'm rob howell, senior vice president, chief supply chain officer for academy sports and outdoors, and in my role, i'm responsible for distribution in both domestic and international logistics. academy is a leading sporting goods and outdoor recreation retailer headquartered...
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howell had a similar upbringing, except for she was an older child. she was the daughter of or the second of 11 children, the daughter of margaret and william howell. and she was born not at the that you see there. i'll get to that in a minute. but she was born at marengo plantation in california parish, louisiana. this was one of two plantations that her mother had on haole side. she did have rather distinguished heritage. her grandfather, richard howell, had served in the american revolution, and he was also elected as governor of the new jersey for for four different terms. so there was this kind of political family that varina was a part of as well. now, in the night in the 1830s, a william howell moved the family to the house that you see here. it called it was in a state called the brier. and for some reason even at this time william howe could have actually afforded to buy this property. he did. he rented it. but the family did fall on hard times. william howell engaged in a business with his brother in law partnership and was not the best busi
howell had a similar upbringing, except for she was an older child. she was the daughter of or the second of 11 children, the daughter of margaret and william howell. and she was born not at the that you see there. i'll get to that in a minute. but she was born at marengo plantation in california parish, louisiana. this was one of two plantations that her mother had on haole side. she did have rather distinguished heritage. her grandfather, richard howell, had served in the american revolution,...
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it's from bell and howell, a name you know and trust. bright, powerful protection from unwanted people and unwanted pests for your home, yard and garden. even when it's off, a blinking light mimics a security camera, deterring potential porch pirates be safer and light up your world with the bionic spotlight. similar lights sell for over $100, but you won't pay 50, not even $30. get the bionic solar spotlight for the factory direct price of just 19.95. we'll even ship it to you for free, plus, order right now and get a second bionic spotlight at 50% off. and it's all backed by bell and howell's five year replacement warranty. the demand has been huge, so don't wait or you could miss out order right now. >> to order, call 1-800-280-9170. that's 1-800-280-9170. or go online to bionic spotlight.com. so call bionic spotlight.com. so call 1- but st. jude has gotten us through it. st. jude is hope for every child diagnosed with cancer because the research is being shared all over the world. days watch. >> i'm going to be here five days a week
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to do so was, quote, a blatant violation of the law. >> judge howell also ruled. >> that wilcox, who was the first black woman to ever serve on the nlrb, must be reinstated. the administration has appealed that ruling. but i'm not the only person who sees the courts as potentially the last, best chance. >> to stop. >> donald trump from fully dismantling our democracy and seizing power. trump and his allies clearly see this, too. >> and that is. >> why we are now seeing. them escalate their attacks on judges and lawyers, whom they see as threats to trump's power. in recent weeks, elon musk, a special government employee, has. used his social media platform to criticize individual. >> judges who. >> have issued unfavorable rulings against the government. in various posts. he has called these judges corrupt, evil. >> and radical. >> which, according to reporting from reuters, has. >> led. >> to a heightened threat environment for judges. musk has also called for some of these judges to be impeached, which has led to a heightened threat environment again for judges, according to reuters.
to do so was, quote, a blatant violation of the law. >> judge howell also ruled. >> that wilcox, who was the first black woman to ever serve on the nlrb, must be reinstated. the administration has appealed that ruling. but i'm not the only person who sees the courts as potentially the last, best chance. >> to stop. >> donald trump from fully dismantling our democracy and seizing power. trump and his allies clearly see this, too. >> and that is. >> why we are...
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judge beryl howell of the united states district court for the district of the district of columbia, rebuked president trump for firing gwen wilcox, a member of the national labor relations board. judge howell wrote that president trump did not have the authority to fire wilcox, and that his attempt to do so was, quote, a blatant violation of the law. judge howell also ruled that wilcox, who is the first black woman to ever serve on the nlrb, must be reinstated. the administration has appealed that ruling. now, i'm not the only person who sees the courts as potentially the last, best chance to stop donald trump from fully dismantling our democracy and seizing power. trump and his allies also see the courts potentials to. that's why they're now escalating their attacks on judges and lawyers, who they see as threats to trump's power. in recent weeks, elon musk, a special governmental employee, has used his in various posts on x, he has called them corrupt, evil and radical, and according to reporting from reuters, all of this has led to a heightened threat environment for judges. musk
judge beryl howell of the united states district court for the district of the district of columbia, rebuked president trump for firing gwen wilcox, a member of the national labor relations board. judge howell wrote that president trump did not have the authority to fire wilcox, and that his attempt to do so was, quote, a blatant violation of the law. judge howell also ruled that wilcox, who is the first black woman to ever serve on the nlrb, must be reinstated. the administration has appealed...
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it's from bell and. >> howell, a name. >> you know and trust. >> it delivers. >> bright. powerful protection. >> from unwanted people. >> and. >> unwanted pets for your home, yard, and garden. >> even when it's off, a. >> blinking light mimics a security camera. deterring potential porch pirates. >> be safer and light up. >> your world with the. >> bionic spotlight. >> similar lights sell for over. >> $100. >> but you won't pay 50, not even $30. get the. >> bionic solar. >> spotlight for the. >> factory direct price of just 19.95. >> we'll even ship it to you for free. plus. order. >> right now and. >> get a second bionic spotlight. >> at. >> 50% off. and it's all. backed by. >> bell and howell's. >> five year replacement warranty. >> the demand has been huge. >> so don't wait. >> or you could miss out order right now. >> to order. call 1-800-280-9170. >> that's 1-800-280-9170. >> or go online to bionic spotlight.com. so call 1-800-280-9170 or go to bionic spotlight.com. >> hi grandma. >> i played baseball today. oh that's great. >> what position did you play? >> first ba
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this is the line. >> from judge beryl. >> howell reinstating the nlrb member. >> gwynne wilcox.an president is. not a king, not even an elected one. >> and his. >> power to remove federal officers and honest civil servants like plaintiff is not absolute. >> we're going to see that. >> probably go up to the supreme court along with all of those cases. kyle chaney. great reporting today. thank you. >> thank you. >> still ahead is elon. >> musk and donald trump plot to make their rich friends even richer? senator chris murphy tells me why the trump crypto tells me why the trump crypto swhen you really need to sleep. you reach for the really good stuff. zzzquil ultra helps you sleep better and longer when you need it most. its non-habit forming and powered by the makers of nyquil. >> to sleep. >> net credit. >> is. here to. say yes, even when other lenders won't. apply online. in minutes and get funds deposited the next business day or sooner when you. >> said ah, these bills are crazy. she has no idea she's sitting on a goldmine. well she doesn't know that if she owns a life insura
this is the line. >> from judge beryl. >> howell reinstating the nlrb member. >> gwynne wilcox.an president is. not a king, not even an elected one. >> and his. >> power to remove federal officers and honest civil servants like plaintiff is not absolute. >> we're going to see that. >> probably go up to the supreme court along with all of those cases. kyle chaney. great reporting today. thank you. >> thank you. >> still ahead is elon....
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judge howell in d.c. said, this is just, you know, the latest in this snowballing example of a president trying to be above and not subject to the law. that started sort of with the immunity ruling last year and has continued now as he's exercised unprecedented authority as president. >> yeah. >> this is the line from judge beryl howell reinstating the nlrb member, gwynne wilcox. an american president is not a king, not even an elected one. and his power to remove federal officers and honest civil servants like plaintiff is not absolute. we're going to see that probably go up to the supreme court along with all of those cases. kyle cheney, great reporting today. thank you. >> thank you. >> still ahead is elon musk and donald trump plot to make their rich friends even richer? senator chris murphy tells me why the trump crypto scams are why the trump crypto scams are so patients who have sensitive teeth but also want whiter teeth they have to make a choice one versus the other. sensodyne clinical white prov
judge howell in d.c. said, this is just, you know, the latest in this snowballing example of a president trying to be above and not subject to the law. that started sort of with the immunity ruling last year and has continued now as he's exercised unprecedented authority as president. >> yeah. >> this is the line from judge beryl howell reinstating the nlrb member, gwynne wilcox. an american president is not a king, not even an elected one. and his power to remove federal officers...
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district court judge beryl howell, who wrote, quote, an american president is not a king, not even anelected one. and his power to remove federal officers and honest civil servants like plaintiff is not absolute, but may be constrained in appropriate circumstances as present here. it's the third time in less than a week that we've seen a federal judge rule that president trump's firing of independent agency heads is unlawful. my top legal source tonight is cnn's senior legal analyst, elie honig. and elie, what did you make of the ruling? were you surprised by this? >> not surprised at all, caitlin, because most fundamentally, donald trump broke the law and he doesn't even contend otherwise. now. congress passed a law saying that this particular nlrb official can only be removed if there is notice and a hearing and good cause. trump didn't care. he just said you're fired without regard to any of those things. but the key thing to keep in mind here is donald trump is not playing for the district court, the trial court where we were today, he's playing for the supreme court, and he knows
district court judge beryl howell, who wrote, quote, an american president is not a king, not even anelected one. and his power to remove federal officers and honest civil servants like plaintiff is not absolute, but may be constrained in appropriate circumstances as present here. it's the third time in less than a week that we've seen a federal judge rule that president trump's firing of independent agency heads is unlawful. my top legal source tonight is cnn's senior legal analyst, elie...
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where i disagree with is double speak we're hearing from this white house -- howell: double speak?he riviera of the middle east. and the reason why there's double speak there is because when you talk to the american people, poll after poll after poll especially after the long, extended war in afghanistan and iraq, people say we don't want foreign engagement, 40 dow yo dow -- how do you do that without money not being spent abroad? you can't. howard: rich lowry, what do you make of this dire street which, to my surprise, has gotten limited coverage? it was almost a one-day story. >> howie, you're right that talking directly to hamas would in a normal news environment be a thermonuclear story. but there's so much going on, it's kind of neglected. also usually the conservative press would make a big deal of it and slam whichever president is doing that. the conservative press is giving trump the benefit of the doubt, obviously. two, his outreach to hamas is coupled with the bluntest, harshest threats against the terror the group we've ever heard from a president of the united states.
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hi, i'm embry howell and my father died of early onset alzheimer's, so it's very personal for me. but i'm also a researcher and so i've published in journals and i've been a reviewer journals. there are two things that you didn't mention that are, i think, important here, perhaps there in your book. i'm sorry, i haven't read it yet. so one is publication bias when you when you go to publish a negative fine wording in a journal, you risk not being published. it's positive results that get attention so that's the first thing. the second thing is that universe are in on this game young research must publish and usually they have in the better universe is some sort of number of articles or book you book you get your tenure so those two things combine and are a big and to twist to the data to be positive that speaks to the pressure you were mentioning earlier. exactly right it's it's excellent points i do i'm glad to say i do cover those in the book and. i might add that it also contributes kind of groupthink in the world, one that encourages people to comply with the conventional wisd
hi, i'm embry howell and my father died of early onset alzheimer's, so it's very personal for me. but i'm also a researcher and so i've published in journals and i've been a reviewer journals. there are two things that you didn't mention that are, i think, important here, perhaps there in your book. i'm sorry, i haven't read it yet. so one is publication bias when you when you go to publish a negative fine wording in a journal, you risk not being published. it's positive results that get...
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. >> federal judge beryl howell wrote today in a 36 page opinion rebuking donald trump's firing. >> ofboard as unlawful and void. >> the judge wrote. >> an american president is not a king, not even an elected one, and his power to remove federal officers and honest civil servants like plaintiff is not absolute. but may be. >> constrained in appropriate. >> circumstances, as are present here today. >> in rhode island. a federal judge, john mcconnell, ruled against donald trump's. >> administration, freezing funding. >> authorized by congress. >> and already. >> obligated writing the. executive's categorical freeze of appropriated and obligated. >> funds fundamentally undermines the distinct constitutional roles of each branch of. our government. the interaction of the three co-equal branches of government is an intricate, delicate, and sophisticated balance, but it is crucial. >> to our form. >> of constitutional governance, something. >> everyone learned in high school. >> in court. >> the trump justice department. >> has defended. the unprecedented actions of elon musk against. lawsu
. >> federal judge beryl howell wrote today in a 36 page opinion rebuking donald trump's firing. >> ofboard as unlawful and void. >> the judge wrote. >> an american president is not a king, not even an elected one, and his power to remove federal officers and honest civil servants like plaintiff is not absolute. but may be. >> constrained in appropriate. >> circumstances, as are present here today. >> in rhode island. a federal judge, john mcconnell,...
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judge beryl howell writes in her ruling, quote, an american president is not a king, not even an elected one. and his power to remove federal officers and honest civil servants like the plaintiff is not absolute. a president who touts an image of himself as a king or a dictator, perhaps, is his vision of effective leadership fundamentally misapprehends the role under article two of the us constitution. in addition to that ruling today telling trump that he cannot fire the national labor relations board, trump also lost today in federal court in rhode island when a judge ruled that he must restart federal funding appropriated by congress, that trump unilaterally cut off to 22 different states. yet another judge tonight blocked trump from firing the head of a tiny agency that does development grants, specifically in africa, after staff members of that agency refused to allow d.o.j. staffers to access their offices. yesterday, those doge staffers came back today with some kind of security with them. we believe armed security. we are still trying to figure out who the muscle was that they br
judge beryl howell writes in her ruling, quote, an american president is not a king, not even an elected one. and his power to remove federal officers and honest civil servants like the plaintiff is not absolute. a president who touts an image of himself as a king or a dictator, perhaps, is his vision of effective leadership fundamentally misapprehends the role under article two of the us constitution. in addition to that ruling today telling trump that he cannot fire the national labor...
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. >> beryl howell. >> the former. >> chief judge. >> of the dc district. >> court, to, you. >> know,mp being. >> a king and what he is doing. >> is illegal. and so. >> it helps. >> with both slowing it. >> it helps with. >> signaling to the public what. >> is going on. but i agree. with you. it's not the answer. >> here we. >> have this effort to. >> take over bar. >> associations. >> which we've seen. >> and this. >> is where i'm proud to be. >> a lawyer, where the where. >> these bar. associations which license us to practice. >> have taken actions. >> most notably. >> people will remember they took actions with respect to rudy. >> giuliani. >> but it's not. >> a big picture. answer to. >> the problem. yes, there. >> can be sanctions up to. >> and including disbarment, but that's not going to. slow somebody like. pam bondi or. donald trump. >> in. >> terms of what they are. >> doing here. >> the reaction, though, to from. >> the bar is people. >> are appalled. >> i mean. >> this is. where you don't have to be a prosecutor. >> or. >> a defense. >> lawyer to. >> or a judge to underst
. >> beryl howell. >> the former. >> chief judge. >> of the dc district. >> court, to, you. >> know,mp being. >> a king and what he is doing. >> is illegal. and so. >> it helps. >> with both slowing it. >> it helps with. >> signaling to the public what. >> is going on. but i agree. with you. it's not the answer. >> here we. >> have this effort to. >> take over bar. >> associations. >>...
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it's a case that was decided by a judge named beryl howell yesterday where she said a person who was on the national labor relations board that was fired can stay in the job. there's been a series of cases like this. >> where the executive branch is saying, look, all of these independent boards that are all over government, we should be able to fire people. >> trump himself should be able to fire those people. it's a very trump wants to do this. and we think that he should be able to. but but there is going to be a lot of legal tests around this that sort of idea. the president is not a king. that's a refrain that this court has really grasped onto in the past. >> so it's not just some like progressive talking point, like the courts are starting to delineate and try and make this distinction right. >> and they've been trying to say this to trump for years now, specifically, presidents are not kings. those are words written first by then ketanji brown jackson. judge ketanji brown jackson on that same trial level court, before she got to the supreme court, wrote those words. and since
it's a case that was decided by a judge named beryl howell yesterday where she said a person who was on the national labor relations board that was fired can stay in the job. there's been a series of cases like this. >> where the executive branch is saying, look, all of these independent boards that are all over government, we should be able to fire people. >> trump himself should be able to fire those people. it's a very trump wants to do this. and we think that he should be able...
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he had a knack for business, rose to be chairman and ceo of bell and howell, then secretary of commerce under president nixon, later the co-founder of private equity firm blackstone group. peterson saw the nation's fiscal outlook as an existential threat. he was one of 40 billionaires led by warren buffett and bill gates, who agreed to give at least half of their wealth to charity. and in peterson's case, that meant endowing the peterson foundation with $1 billion to educate the public about the national debt and deficit. perhaps you've seen some of the foundation's media. we're showing it now. he passed in 2018, but the foundation lives on today. his son is the chair and ceo. michael peterson joins me now. michael, thanks for being here. why was your dad so fixated on american debt? >> well, thank you, michael. >> thanks for having me. i think. >> as you mentioned. my father's. life represented the american dream in many ways. and i think the values that he learned growing up were about saving for the future, investing in the future, leaving the next generation better off. and when he
he had a knack for business, rose to be chairman and ceo of bell and howell, then secretary of commerce under president nixon, later the co-founder of private equity firm blackstone group. peterson saw the nation's fiscal outlook as an existential threat. he was one of 40 billionaires led by warren buffett and bill gates, who agreed to give at least half of their wealth to charity. and in peterson's case, that meant endowing the peterson foundation with $1 billion to educate the public about...