Like you are falling behind, you can call us at 202 7488002. You can also find us on social media. Facebook and twitter. It has been over eight years since the start of the Great Recession. Manyways the economy people feel the recovery has yet to reach them. Here could be one reason why. Look at this data. It shows the share of adults living in middleincome households is falling. Households fell into the middle income category. Since then that number has dropped to just a few percent in 2015. Thats a number of households living in middle income brackets. How does the Research Center actually defined middle income and upper income . You are considered upper income by the pew Research Center if you make at least 72,500 targets 72,521 as a Single Person hoousehold. That number does increase as the number of people in the household increases. A family of five needs to earn 162,001 at 61 in order to be upper income. Middle income, the minimum about to read is 54,000. Interesting and pretty
Attack by a group of eighteigh unknown teens. Just three days before, a 19yearold was left lying on the platform at Pentagon City c after he was sucker punched. Uned people dont feel safe and were having these incidents and if we have roaming groupsro of youths attacking peopleple thats unacceptable andtable something we have to put to a stop. Stop. Metros general managerer says the most recent attackstt at the hands of people who who appear to be minors could beul b related to the program thatam t allows d. C. Public school s students to ride for free. Free. Metro Board Members say therebes is no data to support thatrt tha claim. M. Take you to a exclusive. Lu d. C. Fire chief responding topon our story about an engineine crews mistake that may have been deadly. 67yearold Albert Jackson nged after going into cardiacoi arrest on sunday. Un he waited 19 minutes for first r responders to arrive after his wife called 911. The first fire truck that arrived on the block of jacksons northeas
B. Looks back on his life. Are going to come me. As i recall, gorbachev changed the crew said, 20th century history. His legacy though was valued more by some than by others. In the west, he revered as a great statesman and Nobel Peace Prize winner who played a decisive role in ending the cold war to many russians. Hes the man who allowed the soviet empire to collapse, exposing millions to hardship and humiliation his legacy is dead. He allowed, or the peaceful collapse of the soviet union. It did not use Massive Force for keep Eastern Europe ah, in the empire. And with that, he deserves credit, but it is not that this was sung came in, trying to undermine the system. He tried to reform as a young man. Gorbachev studied law at moscow state university. He went on to forge a career in the communist party, eventually becoming its general secretary and leader of the soviet union. But the command economy gorbachev inherited was failing and there were shortages of food and consumer goods. Wh
The last of the wind talkers turning their language into codes that helped to win world war ii. Saving daff vincy restoring a masters piece. Sergeant Bowe Bergdahls four days of freedom after five days in captivity has been a well wind of praise and controversy. Members of congress met with Security Officials for more details. Randall pinkston has the latest. Reporter a pickup truck delivered Bowe Bergdahl to a field in eastern afghanistan. Taliban fighters surrounded him. One fighter, holding what appeared to be a rocket propelled grenade launcher was on a hill top. The 28yearold Bowe Bergdahl appeared frail as he talked with fighters in his last motels of five years as a prisoner of war. As a black hawk helicopter approached, one of the taliban reportedly told Bowe Bergdahl dont come back to afghanistan. If you do, you wont make it out alive next time. The exchange took less than a minute. Three u. S. Special operations soldiers approached from the helicopter, shook hands with a tali
Can see me. You should be able to see me. I was, like, i dont know whats wrong with your camera. Hi, im just letting you know i got here and im getting ready for my first session and just wanted to call you to keep you posted. I miss you. I love you. Bye. Good morning, my friends. Its friday, january 25th. Lets take that one apart. With us on set, msnbc political analyst and visiting professor at nyu, former democratic congressman harold ford jr. Also senior Political Editor and White House Correspondent for the huffington post, sam stein. Former treasury secretary official were talking about the future there future treasury secretary. Former. And former treasury official and morning joe economic analyst, Steve Rattner. In d. C. , msnbc political analyst and Vice President and executive editor of msnbc. Com, Richard Wolffe. Nbc news capitol hill correspondent Kelly Odonnell joins us from washington. Harold, im sorry, i just had to run through that. Come on, man. Come on. Whats going on