Of the american electoral system how it works. If you compare for example mr trump to lets say the Obama Administration which contributed a great deal to the American Government dadt on substance do you think he so far has been really so much worse than the rest well doing nothing. Is not good either when it comes to fiscal policy because you have this true debt of the country which we call the fiscal gap which takes into account all the debts that are off the books and those are growing every year. Because the baby boom generation which is very large number is getting closer to collecting its benefits from pensions and health care and as it gets closer to the present value cost the cost in the presence of those future benefits gets larger so we have a debt thats growing around six trillion a year actually our fiscal gap is about two hundred trillion you said that that is you know because if thats not because the terms but. They got worse under obama theyre got a whole lot worse under
Call 18003419716. Drivers trapped with water up to the windows, property damaged, people stuck at work, and a freak storm causes flash flooding in new jersey, and tonight, traffic is still affected. Good evening. Im kristine johnson. Maurice is off tonight, and cbs 2s Tracee Carrasco is following this developing story, and she is live in scotchplains, where the cleanup is now underway. Tracee . What do you have . Reporter kristine, westbound traffic opened up a little bit ago, but eastbound, its still shut down. Behind me, you can see the crews are still cleaning up that side of the highway. A few hours ago, this whole area that i am standing in was completely under water, and many say the afternoons flash flooding caught them offguard. It came and went this afternoon, and it left cars stranded in the streets, areas completely flooded out. I have never seen anything like this before. Reporter theres the aftermath of an afternoon storm that set over union county, new jersey, for hours,
We are about five miles outside the city of portland. The white house the lighthouse was first lit in 1791. Construction probably started several years earlier but was halted at one time when it ran out of funds. This was part of the district of massachusetts at that time and the funds werent coming through. In 1789 all the lighthouses were placed under federal control and the portland lighthouse was the first lighthouse that was finished after that always signed by george washington. It rises above the surrounding land, so it is the portland head. At that time it was the portland head and when they built the lighthouse here it was portland head light. It was very treacherous for ships to sail into a harbor, when they didnt have much control over a sailing vessel at the time. I lighthouse was supposed to guide a lighthouse guided shipping to a harbor on the right path. And this piece of land on portland head, there is nothing on this side of it or that side of it that is blocking the v
Panel discussion featuring all seven speakers. Coverage on American History tv on cspan 3. [no audio] everybody. Ning, were ready to get started. Welcome back to the last day of our conference. And also welcome to our cspan viewers. Were live. Just a couple of announcements before i introduce the speaker. We still have some Tickets Available on our wonderful plan k, that you will be able to take him today if you want. Weve also got some other raffles going on, and at your table you have been given a notecard that we would like you to write down a question for our panel this afternoon. If you have a question for them, and what i will do, i will take up the most objectionable ones [laughs] well proceed from there. But, so if uyoyouve got a question, write it down, and we will ask our wonderful speakers today. Also at the break we are going to bring in my staff and were going to have a chance to make knowledge them. Our Panel Discussion is after lunch at 1 00. So, thatll be the end of our
And taking on the tabloids. Nbc news learned Richard Simmons will file for articles as unflattering and hurtful. Will he finally reenter the spotlight in court . Today monday, may 8th, 2017. Good morning everybody. Welcome to today on a monday im savannah gutherie. People are sleeping out. Folks waiting for harry styles who kicks off our summer Concert Series. Later well reveal the leine up we have for the summer. Something on the list for everyone. Absolutely. Stick around for that. We start in washington. This much anticipated hearing on capitol hill today on russian interference set to testify the former acteding attorney general sally yates was fired by President Trump. Peter alex ander ander is at th house. Good morning. The Trump Administration is facing unresolved questions with former acting attorney general sally yates expected to open up about what she told white house officials regarding contacts between then National Security adviser and the russian ambassador. Sharing her