Does it even make economic sense . Because i dont know what you like and what you need, i could spend 50 on you and buy something that would be worth nothing to you. Ifill those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill uninsured americans will get one more day to sign up for Health Coverage that kicks in new years day. The Obama Administration today pushed back the deadline to tomorrow. Officials said the move should help the healthcare. Gov website cope with a lastminute surge of users. Well get more on the delay right after the ne
In japan, the inflation will rise to 1. 7 in three years. Tom keene, running in place as i speak. The palestinian president seeks statehood for his country outside negotiations. Meets his goal, announcing 7. 1 Million People signed up. There was a victory for the president. Theavid plotz, one of saying we got the 7 million that they forecast. Appreciate the right and the left. There will be debate on the data coming out today. The mba Mortgage Applications at 7 00. It is a weekly number. At 8 15. Ent they are cutting more paychecks, that is an indicator about jobs. Monsanto will be before the bell. Amazon may unveil a tv viewing device today. Microsoft is kicking off its annual developers conference. We will talk about that in this hour. Lets do a new data check. 1881 on the s p. The euro, 1. 38. Nymex crude, still at 100. The vix, stunning number. 13. 10. To see it under 13 to a 12 signals bull market. Castorno idea why i put seed of future in there. I did not know there were castor s
Bristling at that comparison to president bush, but it does cause issue, president second terms. A lot written as well as recent days about the issues and problems the president s face in the second terms. I want to get your thoughts. If not by phone, you can weigh in with your comments on president s and second terms at twitter. Our email is journal cspa n. Org. Dave boyer writes that a perfect storm of blunders, broken promises and rebellion in his own party over obamacare is raising doubts about whether the president can recover from the monthlong debacle to govern effectively in his second term. Also on abcs this week. Here is a look. Where could we be in four or five months . Hopefully the website is working fine and people are enrolling in healthcare. Hopefully we will not have another bout of washington dysfunction. We pass a budget and move forward. The economy continues to strengthen. We could be in a much different place to her for months from now. No doubt, this is an enormo
Over, there is a whole other story on the back. I want to ask you to start off, who is this man . Sam mcclure, founder of mcclures magazine. He was orphaned by his father. His mother immigrated to america, lived in incredible poverty but dreamed of becoming a journalist. He has a dream when he is a young man of creating a magazine. It will be a cheap magazine, not the harpers, but 10 cent people can read it. He will hire staff, pay them for years to do research so that they can come up with real pieces of fact and stories that will persuade the country that we have to do something about the problems of the industrial age. What year . He starts in the 1890s 1893. The magazine flounders until it really grows. When did you decide that you were going to feature these so called muckrakers . I am not sure i can fully remember what happened except that i started with Teddy Roosevelt. So much had been written about teddy that i needed another story. I got into taft knowing they had been friend
The president on health care . The phone lines lets take a look at that poll that says 46 of those surveyed think the president knowingly deceived them. We want to get your calls and comments. Let me share with you the front page story in the New York Times you can also join in on the conversation via social media. We will be taking your tweets as well. You whato share with the president said last thursday during his News Conference in which he reversed the policy of the Affordable Care act and said that those that lost and had that lost Health Insurance plans can keep it. Heres what the president had to say. [video clip] i understand why folks are frustrated. I would be too. At what iseople look taking place in washington. Regardless of what Congress Congress does, im the president of the United States. Onterms of how i intend approaching it, i am going to work as hard as i can around the priorities that the American People care about. Is legitimate for them to expect me to win back s