[applause] thanks, lynn for that very kind introduction. One thing you didnt mention which was fine was that there is a picture of the Cabinet Meeting in todays new york times. And if you look new york times. And if you look closely youll see the back of my head. One of my colleagues said arent you glad you got your haircut this weekend . Im delighted to deliver the address here again. At last years conference i spoke about the progress that we had made recovering from the worst recession since the great depression. I also discussed the near term outlook for the economy. I emphasized several reasons to be cautiously optimistic about the economy Going Forward. Despite uncertainly about government fiscal policy and the lingering effects of the financial crisis that were then and continue to be head winds for the recovery. Im sure you are all aware our economy has continued to recover over the past year. Real g. D. P. Has now grown for 14 consecutive quarters. While many developed economi
New cabinet will play a bigger role in the president s second term. We will take your calls in a moment. For republicans, 2025853881. For democrats, 2025853880. For independents, 2025853882. Send us a tweet, twitter. Com c spanwj. Or post your comments on facebook. Com cspan. You can also e mail us, journal cspan. Org. Here is the front page story this morning president obama, facing a limited amount of time. Host president obama, wanting to rely on his cabinet more in his second term. Your take on that this morning . You are dialing in now. More from the Washington Post. Id says added influence. It says added influence. Host the Washington Post also reported that for his inner cabinet, the top positions at treasury and justice, obama has tapped loyalists who have been with him since his first days in office, but for the outer cabinet he has elected relative strangers. Here is president obama yesterday talking about his nominee for top budget chief, Sylvia Matthews burr well. [video cl
Disembarking there, lets get to the latest from the white house here. Reporter right. The president is shaking hands with governor jerry brown and next to him is governorelection gavin newsom. And we understand the fema administrator brock long is along for the trip as well. The president will try to offer some comfort to those affected, hes going to make clear the full resources of the federal government are available for those californians, today, earlier this morning as the president was leaving the white house, he stopped and talked to reporters, and he brought up on his own again this issue, as he puts it, poor Forest Management. The president talking again and again about this issue, even though experts and several firefighter organizations have made clear that the destructive and deadly fire had nothing to do with this issue of taking the measure of thinning forest. Why is the president talking about this . It means he doesnt have to talk about Climate Change, and also some envi
To resign. And anger and grief in argentina as the government confirms that a submarine that went missing a year ago imploded at sea killing everyone on board. American evanston its good to have you with us the death toll from the deadliest fires ever to hit california has risen to seventy one with more than one thousand people reported missing President Donald Trump is in Northern California where hes been surveying the extent of the damage hes met the mayor of the worst hit town paradise and seen the devastation there. Trump praised the work of the firefighters he repeated his belief that better Forest Management could minimize the risk of such disasters in the future the statement thats disputed by many experts but trump promised plenty of federal funding for california as the state battles other problems related to the fire with the fire comes a new danger smoke. And it has reached San Francisco where air pollution levels now rank among the highest in the world Health Warnings prom
And anger and grief in argentina as the government confirms a submarine that went missing a year ago imploded at sea killing everyone on board. By marrying the evanston its good to have you with us. The death toll from the deadliest fires ever to hit california has risen to seventy one with more than one thousand people reported missing President Donald Trump is in Northern California where hes been surveying the extent of the damage including in the worst hit town paradise where he talked with a local mayor trump praised the work of the firefighters but he also repeated his believe that better Forest Management could minimize the risk of such disasters in the future a statement thats disputed by many experts but did promise plenty of federal funding for california as the state now battles other problems related to the blaze. With the fire comes a new danger smoke. And it has reached San Francisco where air pollution levels now rank among the highest in the world Health Warnings prompt