Im pete davis, Senior Vice President and past president of the club. The National Economist club was started in 196 by herb stein, the chair of the council of economic advisers and it has met roughly 40 weeks out of every year since presenting leading economists talking about issues of the day. Today were very pleased to mark gold wine of the committee for responsible federal budget to talk about the return of trillion dollar deficits. Before i introduce mark, let me tell you about some upcoming programs. We have dr. Alice rivlin on february 1st at a luncheon right here at the chinatown garden talking about fed policy and maybe a little bit about the budget. Shes a former vice chair of the fed and, of course, the founding director of the Congressional Budget Office. We also have commitments to speak in february although the dates havent been set by the current chair of the council of economic advisers kevin hasset and also the Congressional Budget Office director. Mark gold wine is one
House sparked a war of words spnspn with steve bannon. His forthcoming book went after members of the president s family and he fired back in a statement saying mr. Bannon not only lost his job he lost his mind, close quote. Theres more to this story playing out in the newspapers this morning. But we want you to comment to us about this latest spat between President Trump and steve bannon. The white house and steve bannon as well, 2027488000 for democrats. And independents, 2027488002 on twitter, you can tweet us cspanwj and not only post there but see statements made bizarrea sanders at the White House Press briefing, that as facebook. Com cspan. The book is called fire and fury, inside the Trump White House and excerpts of it appeared on the website for new York Magazine. Part of those excerpts commenting and quoting steve bannon, particularly on several members of the trump family, including donald trump jr. Here is one of the quotes. The three senior guys on the campaign thought it
Of partisanship, commemorating civil war reconstruction in national parks, and the New Birmingham Civil Rights National monume monument. Live coverage of the American Historical Association annual meeting saturday on American History tv on cspan3. More than 200 young people participated in this years Uk Youth Parliament debate in the british house of commons. They debated a number of issues including the need for improving the quality of education in schools. The parliament will now consider the fifth and final motion of the day, a curriculum to prepare us for life. The full motion is printed on the order paper. To move the motion, i call and ask you enthusiastically to welcome from the northeast of england, abigail charlton. Thank you, mr. Speaker. Healthy relationships are just basic knowledge. Finance, well, thats 21yearold mes problem. And politics, isnt that for old people . Well, these are just some of the statements ive heard from my friends in year 11. But credit where its due,
Eastern friday morning. Join the discussions. Next, we are in richmond, where the virginia board of selections determines the winner of one of the states have house seats, the 94th district. The election ended in a tie after a recount and court ruling. 1705, theseished in were decided by taking a name at random. Good morning, everybody. Please come back, we sure enjoyed the attention. Are we all set . Everybody all set . Call to order, the meeting of the Virginia State board of elections on january 4, 2018. We have one item on our agenda this morning. Were here to conduct a drawing to determine the winner of the house of delegates in the 94th district. Ms. Simonds, i see you are here this morning. If you wish to say hi to the crowd [laughter] i do not believe mr. Yancey is here this morning, as is his right. I believe he and his contingency have been caught in snow. They were in the northern newport news area and tried to get somebody from the fredericksburg area, so they advised us th
Hi, im debby lam, the coordinating producer on our cities tour team. This year we visited 24 cities exploring their unique history and literary life. Were going to show you several stops from fresno, california. Its the statists largest inland city and serves as a major hub for agricultural production. Theyre flying me back the Mexican Border it comes from Woody Guthries lyrics. It story goes when the plane crash happened in 1948 and the news reports went across it country Woody Guthrie was in nuvg at the time and of course one of the great sort of rebellious folk icons that he is, he heard the news reports and he really was upset at the omission of the names. He himself had traveled to the valley, so he was familiar with the plight of migrant farm works at the time. And he was upset by the omission of the names. He said thats no way to treat our brothers and sisters, and so he wrote a poem about it. And in his poem he attempts to restore the dignity of those anonymous passengers by gi