If i can add one more thing, remember the beginning of the United States of america. Economy of the this Southern States in the northern states is very different. They were very different from each other. Even today, the economy is very different. We found a way to deal with that and the regulators are the same is true in europe and china and india. Same is the same is true and brazil. This country deals with gaps between the rich and poor, agriculture, and earthen industrialize an evolving in much the same way that were going to have to on the global stage for a the problem has been solved and can be solved. Host good afternoon, we have a caller from new york city. Caller hello, im so happy youre taking my call. My question is this fiscal cliff that we are approaching. If president obama allows it to happen, what kind of catastrophe are you talking about . Im kind of concerned . So negatively will this affect the industry . How bad will it really be out there on wall street and main s
In japan, the inflation will rise to 1. 7 in three years. Tom keene, running in place as i speak. The palestinian president seeks statehood for his country outside negotiations. Meets his goal, announcing 7. 1 Million People signed up. There was a victory for the president. Theavid plotz, one of saying we got the 7 million that they forecast. Appreciate the right and the left. There will be debate on the data coming out today. The mba Mortgage Applications at 7 00. It is a weekly number. At 8 15. Ent they are cutting more paychecks, that is an indicator about jobs. Monsanto will be before the bell. Amazon may unveil a tv viewing device today. Microsoft is kicking off its annual developers conference. We will talk about that in this hour. Lets do a new data check. 1881 on the s p. The euro, 1. 38. Nymex crude, still at 100. The vix, stunning number. 13. 10. To see it under 13 to a 12 signals bull market. Castorno idea why i put seed of future in there. I did not know there were castor s
North you have a glaze there, report of a glaze on a lot of things out there 30 degrees. Get low 30s this morning. By lunch time mid to upper 30s, our Winter Weather advisory goes until 10 00 a. M. And this afternoon well certainly get out of this. We are going to get out of it quickly in southern areas as well. Last couple of hours, snow and sleet at the onset. Now sleet and freezing rain, depending on where you are in most areas. Wet snow mixing in north and east of us. Plain old cold rain mixing in with some of the sleet as well. You can see north of town all the pink is a mix of freezing rain and sleet. Take it easy this morning. Not an ice storm but enough. Andrews 32. Look at the low 30s in the northern shanendoah valley. Lets go to Monika Samtani and see how this nasty weather is affecting the morning commute. Reporter howard was tweeting all of this out yesterday afternoon and luckily, a lot of you got an Early Morning start because of his warning. Brunswick lines 870 and 880 a
One of the last pieces Christopher Hichens completed was a review of a biography. The unapologetic atheist had much in common with the christian apologist. They were both prolifically outspoken, sharp tongue to the who had home libraries and of with irresistibly quotable style. The man who was thursday describe the character. He seemed like a walking destiny, a blend of the angel and the a. The same can be said. In his hybrid nature is a series seemingly irreconcilable highs and lows the site easy characterization, often to the consternation of his many friends and foes. But alas he is gone. Next month marks the First Anniversary of his death. Today we have assembled a panel to discuss mr. Hichens posthumous work k9, a collection of essays that describes his experience. He would have paid calling it a struggle for battle with stage for esophageal cancer. Kelly gold steen was his publisher. Reissued three of his infamous creeds. The trials of Henry Kissinger, the missionary position whi
CommUnity Colleges do, because they offer a lot of other things and other opportunities that a lot of universities are not able to offer everybody. Thank you so much. Host a lot of attention from the Obama Administration. What about the history here . Fareid timidity colleges under previous administrations . A top they were not priority. A lot of the debate has been about how do we help students in college afford it . Obama has emphasized how do we it students who are not in college into college . While he is a big fan into Community Colleges, he has criticized them, said they need to work on the completion rates, that some of their jobTraining Programs are not as good as they should be, that he is a toplove person with Community Colleges, pushing for more money and accountability. Host staff from the department of labor on percentage of students seeking a degree at a twoyear granting institution. These colleges who completed within 104 of the normal time, from the department of educat