Lot of cities are experiencing degrees of this across the country. Yeah, chicago is really experiencing it. It has a trickledown effect that affects the entire neighborhood. Mia tweets in. And as you can see lisa this is effecting all communities. It is. Chicago promised new homes and a new life for many of the citys Public Housing drenthzs. But nearly 15 years later, nearly 40,000 families are still on the wait list for permanent homes. And many buildings just sit empty waiting to be torn down or rehabilita rehabilitated. I have been on a waiting list since 2008. Im a certified nursing assistant. I was working, but im currently not working now, and im still on the waiting list, waiting for low Income Housing. And it has been a bit of a struggle. Why . Thats the question everybody been asking, are you Holding Units that could be lived in literally . We have 140 buildings in each unit, and over half is vacant in each building. Why . And why arent you leasing . The city tore down all 82
Schieffer one of the things we all you a degree on here at face the nation is that we all love the news, but the other thing is, we tall really love a good book. Sometimes when the news is so bad we dont even like to talk about it. I advise people just read a good book. We thought wed gather some of our favorite authors today, all of whom have new books out this year, to talk about books and writing. Michael connelly has written 18 harry bosch mysteries. About the lincoln lawyer. Terry mcmillan how stella got her groove back has new one ought who asked you. George saunders writes short storiesi has new collection is the 10th of december. And its on the New York Times book review top ten list for 2013. Finally our old friend Rick Atkinson who i knew when you used to be just a reporter now he is a Pulitzer Prize winner, finished his liberation trilogy, the guns at last night which focuses on western europe and the end of world war ii. His series the army at dawn were honored to have all
Host wolman david wolman, joining david wolman, joining us from portland, oregon, thank you, sir. Guest my pleasure. Live coverage of the house begins now. For morning hour ebate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip , but in o five minutes no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. The chair recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. Schiff, for five minutes. Mr. Speaker, for much of the past decade, Irans Nuclear Weapons Program has been a Top National Security concern for the United States, and iran armed with Nuclear Weapons capable of threatening israel and other regional states would touch off a Nuclear Arms Race in the worlds most volatile region. For this reason i have pressed for everincreasing sanctions to isolate iran from the Global Economy and have supported a policy that leaves all options on the table, including military for
Nfib Small Business optimism and we will get retail sales at 8 30 a. M. And earnings before the bell. Scarlet fu will take us through jpmorgan at 7 a. M. With earnings. Bill cohan will join us. How many big banks are there . Five or six. We will have earnings all week. We will have a lovely roundtable like states of the bank. Falling revenue. This is a data check. Everything is up a little bit after the fade yesterday. There is a lot of other Global Statistics just as weighty. Vxx was under 12 yesterday. Gold was 1250 when i walked in the door. The chinese currency is strong. Lira moves through new weakness. I dont want to overplay this. This is the beginning of the year and you can see we faded yesterday after 10 p. M. Its not a plunge. Busy yesterday about 3 p. M. And then it got even busier. We skerritt we scoured the papers. A new year, new leaf for congress . We have seen the house and Senate Negotiators agree on a budget through september. They unveiled a 1. 1 trillion spending p
Minute selloff and our push. Has been around for 60 years serving the lower middle class patience primarily of the chicago suburbs. The cheap chief operating officer says obama cares what some of those people need for regular checkups. The deadline is coming up. What that means is we have until march 31st to enroll in the marketplace for any individual interested in purchasing an insurance. We highly encouraging. Especially being a Community Health center receive many patients to a gun without insurance for many years. Sometimes their entire life. Weve seen the negative impact that that can have. Seeing disease take on a much more aggressive manner. It has been widely reported that not everybody is on the same page in terms of being a fan of the obama care program. A developing story. General motors has ordered dealers around the country to stop sales of the best selling car. No word why theyre halting the sale of the chevrolet cruise with a 1. 4 l turbo engine. That is the most popula