This morning Hillary Clinton facing the nation after her shocking loss. This is painful, and it will be for a long time. Reporter emotional at moments, clinton now urging supporters to move forward. Donald trump is going to be our president. We owe him an open mind and the chance to lead. Reporter and president obama aiming to unify the country behind the new president elect. We are now all rooting for his success, the peaceful transition of power is one of the hallmarks of our democracy. Reporter memphasizing the bigger picture. Everybody is sad when their side loses an election. We have to remember that were actually all on one team, the presidency and the vice presidency is bigger than any of us. Reporter donald trump overnight capturing the presidency in an historic and stunning victory, grabbing key battleground states and even taking Traditional Democratic strongholds from clinton who polls had leading going into election day. Ours was not a campaign but rather an incredible and
We have the sound from the cockpit on several near disasters. Also today, is best buy back . The company reporting big numbers today. Profit doubling from a year ago. And look at this stock. It is up 62 since february. Not bad for a company that many people thought was about to go away a couple of years ago. And a brandnew report on housing for homes 1 million and up. First, though, lets check in with sue at the nyse. Hi, ty. And we will get to the story about those minivans in just a second. But first, to todays hearing on takata air bags on capitol hill. These bags are in millions of cars in the u. S. , and Safety Advocates say they are deadly. Phil lebeau is live in chicago with some of the details on that. Hi, phil. Hi, sue. Takata air bag hearing just wrapped up on capitol hill. Really it raised more questions than it answered. First of all, takatas executive, the one who is he said when they were asked by senators, look, you know, were going to maintain a regional recall and go f
Students. That was pretty interesting. Looks i was so happy when i saw you guys together. You will be together for the rest of your lives. As over 5,000 people attend the funeral of the three Muslim Students murdered in chapel hill, we will hear one of the victims, yusor abusalha, in her own words. Last year, she went into a storycorps booth to record an interview with her third grade teacher. Then to the case of Jessica Hernandez, the 16yearold girl shot dead by Denver Police last month. Five teenagers, no reason for you to open fire on any teenager a matter what. I understand if someone pulled a gun or something, but there was no incident whatsoever. He got hit by a car. My cousin got shot dead. We will also go into a Denver Church where a mexican undocumented immigrant has sought sanctuary in an attempt to stay in the United States with his nineyearold and 15yearold daughters and wife. And we will speak to david sirota on the plot against pensions. All that and more, coming up. Welc
As over 5,000 people attend the funeral of the three Muslim Students murdered in chapel hill, we will hear one of the victims, yusor abusalha, in her own words. Last year, she went into a storycorps booth to record an interview with her third grade teacher. Then to the case of Jessica Hernandez, the 16yearold girl shot dead by Denver Police last month. Five teenagers, no reason for you to open fire on any teenager a matter what. I understand if someone pulled a gun or something, but there was no incident whatsoever. He got hit by a car. My cousin got shot dead. We will also go into a Denver Church where a mexican undocumented immigrant has sought sanctuary in an attempt to stay in the United States with his nineyearold and 15yearold daughters and wife. And we will speak to david sirota on the plot against pensions. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Thousands gathered in North Carolina on thursday for th
We often, in public policy, end up making claims about what will happen if we do x or y. But it is constructive, among other things, to go back and see if the promises that were being made about its proponents actually occurred. We are secondly going to look at the way in which the Clean Air Act was fashioned within the executive branch and the proposal that was developed before president bush sent it to congress. Third, you are going to look at how the legislation actually got passed and, in particular, focus on the action in the senate with respect to securing this legislation. First, let us turn to bob grady, the chief speechwriter for president bush during his 1988 campaign. Bob was the one who came up with the wonderful line that the time for study has ended and the time for action has arrived. Once president bush got elected, bob served at the associate director of the office of management and budget for National Resources, energy, and science, and played a pivotal role i think i