That Monetary Policy, whether she should brief congress more often, and whether she is showing partisanship by meeting with treasury secretary jack lew. Chair yellen also discussed income inequality. Chair yellen what we can do is ensure a generally strong labor market where it is possible for those who want to work to find jobs in a reasonable amount of time. We cant determine the wages associated with those jobs or what sectors those jobs will appear in, of the policies that we follow and the general state of the economy have an important influence on the overall strength of the job market. Mark a promising report for the u. S. Housing industry. Sold last month new homes sold us month and a faster pace than expected. Weather may have skewed the results. Sales new home sales in the northeast phil to an alltime low. In the south, they climb to the highest level in more than six years. Three men have been arrested on terrorism charges for allegedly running to travel to syria to join the
Definitely not his guy. A fascinating interview with Jesse Jackson coming up in just a moment. But first, our top story tonight rand is in. Says to janet yellen watch out. Kentucky senator rand paul gunning for americas top office and gunning for the Federal Reserve. Welcome everyone im Cheryl Casone in tonight for neil cavuto. Investors may be hoping the fed holds off on a big rate hike rand paul wants the fed to take a hike. Money manager Jonathan Hoenig says anticentral bank tone is a breath of fresh air, big night for you there. Well talk about that in a moment. Hes not saying abolish the fed jonathan hes saying limit the fed. What do you make of that . Do you think thats a good idea . Ideally abolish on the way to eliminating it cheryl, there are so many advocates for laissezfaire free market capitalism that makes rand pauls ideas to audit the fed truly radical. Most prosperous times in our countrys history have come before the creation of the fed and the intervention into the mon
President obama vetoes a congressional bill to veto the keystone xl pipeline. The fight against the controversial project isnt over. We will also look at the link to South African spy cables. I was greenpeaces kumi naidoo being spied on . The to the corinthian 15, and group of students go on a debt strike refusing to pay their debt owed to a forprofit college. A lot of the older generations the criticized the millennials grew up in a time when you could go to a State University and pay your way through with summer jobs. These millennial children they got to college and realized, the money is not there to pay for me, im not going to be able to try to it in took issue job. In fact, everything i was told about the way the world works turns out not to be the case. And we will hear why adjunct professors are holding a national walkout. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President obama has vetoed a republican
Of the Boston Marathon bombing trial and discuss why the fbi is being sued in florida after an agent shot dead a friend of the marathon bombers. Were seeking answers and justice for some who was shot dozen times by fbi agent in his own home after hours of interrogation. Amy and bloody sunday. When scores were beaten as they attempted to march from selma to montgomery. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Militants with the selfproclaimed Islamic State have reportedly bulldozed the ancient assyrian city of nimrud, in northern iraq, in what the head of unesco has called a war crime. The ancient site was founded in the 13th century b. C. Its reported destruction comes a week after video showed isis militants smashing priceless statues at the mosul museum, northwest of nimrud. Further south, meanwhile, iraqi forces and iranianbacked militias are continuing their bid to retake the city of tikrit from isil. The
Previous such accusations come are ludicrous. As a matter of longstanding policy, the United States does not support political transitions by nonconstitutional means. Amy gateway to freedom the Hidden History of the underground railroad. We will speak with the pulitzer prizewinning author and historian eric foner. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The Iraqi Military and iranianbacked shiite militias have seized large parts of tikrit as part of their offensive to retake the city from the selfproclaimed islamic state. The operation marks iraqs Largest Military attempt to roll back the gains made by isis last june. Iranian advisers and iranianbacked shiite fighters are playing a key role while the u. S. Has been sidelined. Colombia is halting air attacks on farc rebels for one month as peace talks between the two sides advance. Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos said the pause reflects the rebels adher