Conversation already taking lace on our facebook page, facebook. Com cspan. Whats your life like in the middle class is the question. Recently, the Pew Research Center came out with a study. Here are some of the findings. What americans say it takes to be middle class. Most say it takes a secure job, the ability to save money and further on, its kind of split. Time or money for vacation, owning a home, 57 say no, you dont need to own a home to be in the middle class. And 69 say no, you do not have to have a college education. The sheer adults living the middle Household Income has allen. And no single decade stands out as hastened the decline in the middle. 61 of folks consider themselves to be middle class or were in the middle in 1971. Thats now down to about 50 . All the other numbers, lowest, ower middle, upper middle have tayed pretty steady. Pew more facts from the research center. Who is middle class and upper income . Theres a lot of different definitions economically of what i
2. 02 . Alas, i think todays selloff is the real deal, unlike yesterdays rally which was triggered by positive Federal Reserve minutes, todays selloff was based on real weakness in the global economy, worries like ebola, and the averages are still higher than when the year began and thats looking less and less logical. As the slowdown manifests itself. [ beeping ] before it gets started on the wacky nature of a market that goes up or down 300 points on a whim, let me just say pointblank that we are indeed in a treacherous market. We live in america, our companies are doing relatively well, but the definition of treachery in a stock market terms is when the simple facts mean nothing to the sellers. When one strand of weakness can frighten investors more than all of the good strands that are out there, its pure treachery and thats whats going on right now in the field of battle. Take alcoa, right . Heres a company that delivered on every lineitem when it reported yesterday. I know this c
Good evening, one of those suspected of being behind the murder of september 11th, 2012 terror attack on the u. S. Consulate in benghazi, libya, was whisked into this country early this morning to face american justice. Ahmed Abu Khatallah was captured in libya two weeks ago, by u. S. Special forces and was formally arraigned late today in a washington courthouse. He is charged with providing support for the attack that lev four americans dead. And ignited a political firestorm here at home over how the Obama White House responded and first characterized the attack. Our justice correspondent Pete Williams has late developments for us. It was a brief Court Hearing lasting about ten minutes, a very significant one. The first suspect making a highly unusual weekend appearance before a federal judge here in washington. Under heightened security, he was brought early this morning to the federal courthouse at the foot of capitol hill. Ending a 5,000 mile journey that lasted nearly two weeks.
Federal Aviation Administration drone head sites to talk about current research. Are asking our viewers to call in and tell us what you think about domestic drone use. You support or oppose it . Give us a call and tell us why. If you are outside the u. S. , you can catch up with us on social media pages on twitter, facebook or email. A good friday morning to you. We will be keeping our phones yourthis morning as we get thoughts on this question. Domestic drones. Tell us why. Ew the meantime, this p Research Project finding came out. It notes that the legal and Regulatory Framework for operating nonmilitary drones is currently the subject of debate. Part of the topic we are talking about today on the washington journal heard to help us discuss and get this topic going, we are bringing in brian fong of the Washington Post heard he is a Technology Writer there. Start us off by talking about what the rules are for commercial drone use. The faa is working on more clear rules about drones. T
From nbc news World Headquarters in new york this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. One of those suspected at being behind the murderous september 11th, 2012, terror attack on the u. S. Consulate in benghazi, libya, was whisked into this country early this morning on board a helicopter to face american justice. Ahmed Abu Khatallah was captured in libya two weeks ago, by u. S. Special forces, and was formally arraigned late today in a washington courthouse. He is charged with providing support for the attack that left ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other americans dead and ignited a political firestorm here at home over how the Obama White House responded and first characterized the attack. Our justice correspondent Pete Williams has late developments for us. Pete, good evening. Reporter lester, good evening. It was a brief Court Hearing lasting about ten minutes, but a very significant one. The first suspect arrested in the benghazi attacks, making a highly