Into account, you know, the possibility of other costs and risks that might be associated with a large expansion of our Balance Sheet. Darren and then christina and then greg. So just following up on that last question. How helpful would it be to see as part of the fiscal cliff resolution some nearterm stimulus . The president s proposed that. Do you think how helpful do you think that would be, and ill ask my followup now . Whatever happened to your southern accent . Well, on the second one id like to think im bilingual. When i go home, sometimes it comes out pretty strongly, but i wont try to do that here. So i try to be careful, as you know, not to give views on specific taxandspending programs. I think, of course, obviously those are the province of the administration and congress. The attitude ive taken has been that at a minimum congress should try to do no harm, that they should try to avoid policies that that significantly slow or derail the recovery at this point, so i think t
Country. The remains of the Costa Concordia moves to their final destination where theyll be scrapped. And the 20th Commonwealth Games featuring more than 4,000 athletes from right around the world begins in glasgow today. Hello. The first bodies from the Malaysia Airlines plane that crashed in Eastern Ukraine are being flown to the netherlands, where a national day of mourning has been declared for the 298 people who were killed. U. S. Intelligence Officials Say the airliner was probably shot down by mistake by prorussian rebels. They say there is no direct evidence of russian involvement. Were still getting more details of the victims of the flight, Malaysia Airline steward wasnt sp supposed to be on the flight. He swapped shifts with a colleague so he could visit his parents. In an amazing twist of fate, his wife also a Flight Attendant had been faced with a similar fate when she switched shifts with the flight that disappeared earlier this year. Lets get more from Richard Galpin. J
Vegas to be the libertarian conference holds of the discussion and debate on a wide variety of political topics. On saturday, july 12, book tv will be live from the harlem but fair held at the Schomburg Center for research at black culture in new york city. On august 30th we are live at the library of Congress National book festival at the Washington Convention center. And from september 2628, the annual baltimore book festival takes place at the citys inner harbor. Let us know about book fares and festivals in your area and we will add them to our list. Email us. Youre watching book tv on cspan2. Here is our prime time lineup for tonight. John fund and Hans Von Spakovsky are next on book tv. They argue that eric holder and the lawyers is surrounds himself with have transported the Justice Department. They also talk about attorney general holders involvement with the recent scandals surrounding the atf and the surveillance of journalist james rose and. This is about an hour. I want to
On the night when joe biden and donald trump were supposed to share the same stage for their second debate, the two president ial candidates held competing town halls on rival Television Networks at the same time. Youll see the sharp contrast between them for yourself in just a moment. For biden, the format was familiar territory, to talk policy, although sometimes he avoided straight answers. When the event was over, he stayed to talk with voters off camera, and in contrast, that with the president , President Trump was much more combative, his responses to pointed questions about the pandemic, white supremacy, conspiracy theories and other issues were largely defensive and peppered with falsehoods. If voters were hoping to find out what President Trump plans to do if he wins a second term, they were proud disappointed. We get more from Cnns Jim Acosta from miami. Voters did not get a lot of straight answers from President Trump in the town hall that took the place of a president ial
The mastermind of a, quote, systematic, sustained and highly professionalized teamrun doping conspiracy. Nbc news has learned that in a conversation the 41yearold armstrong said, quote, it was just the way the game was played at the time, so it was a level playing field. Before he interviewed with oprah, armstrong visited the headquarters of the Cancer Foundation he founded. There he told the livestrong staff, quote, im sorry, and apologized for letting them down. But did not give them a full admission. People at livestrong have been pressuring him for a little while now to minimize this damage. Reporter damage years of lying and cheating has done to an organization and to the legacy of a sports icon. Kurt gregory, nbc news. So what about the potential legal and financial fallout ahead for the athlete worth an estimated 100 million . The New York Times is reporting armstrong is in talks with the Justice Department to possibly testify in a federal whistleblower case against several powe