And raise the money it needed to get itself through the downturn. You can say it was locked but there will but sometimes you make your own lock in Corporate America and it was a combination of factors that cause gm to tumble. For a much for stopping by. Have a nice thanksgiving. Happyh you a very thanksgiving as well and we are back tomorrow at 7 p. M. 7 a. M. Eastern time. There is live coverage at the National Press club. They are looking at Holiday Spending and this event is just getting underway live here on c span. In fact, in every year we have conducted this survey, actual Holiday Spending has increased. These two years were 2008 and 2009 during the recession. Interpreting the results is how the proportion says it will increase or decrease spending that changed over time. Except for 2008, at the depth of the recession, the most frequent response in any year is that spending will stay about the same as the previous year. Typically about half of respondents said they plan no chang
This november 26. If you would like to join in the conversation, you can call in the line for democrats is 202 7370001 republicans the line is 202 7370002 and for independence 202 6280205. You can also reach out to us on social media. Twitter you can find this find us at the http twitter. Com cspanwj. Email you can reach out journal cspan. Org. Now to immigration, starting with the headline in this mornings New York Times joining us now to break down the issue is david harrison. Thank you for joining us by phone this morning. Biggest takeaways from the president speech in San Francisco yesterday . Despite think everything, the talk that immigration will get done this year, is is that president obama and the white house is committed to pushing for this. It seems the president has not of gettinghe idea something done in the next few weeks, even though it seems a lot of people on capitol hill have. That speech yesterday, the president seemed inclined to support breaking the Immigration Re
[applause] my question is what is the best story . I dont know about that. Now, i dont think i got the good ones in there. Sorry to be a good question. Anyone else . Is there a followup . [inaudible] no, but it was fun to be a part of kansas and i heard earlier we talked about preserving the voices of elders and that is important and i was so happy that i got to do that. Its your history. Its part of what you grew up with. It was an honor to do. [applause] thank you. Now wan book tv Deborah Solomon recounts the life of Norman Rockwell known for his portraits and saturday evening post. She examines his professional life and personal life which were marked by bouts of depression. The talk on the Norman Rockwell museum in stockbridge massachusetts is about an hour. [applause] thank you for that fabulously gracious introduction and im glad. I cant believe that the archive has been digitized now that im done. I wore gloves fy read through the papers but its hard to turn pages. Im glad to kn
Stephen thank you so much. Folks, lets get right to it. We have tons of news to report. Obviously the big story everyones talking about, you have to latest from iraq, problems implementing obamacare, there is a new budget deal coming, plus republican proposals to modify the earned income tax credit so with that, this is the sport report. cheers and applause laughter stephen first up, folks, baseball. Nation, im as mad as a man whos too angry to finish his similes. laughter because my favorite athlete has been dealt a gross miscarriage of sports justice. Yankees third baseman arod. Now, arods a friend. We use the same artist to paint us as centaurs, google it. To me this guy is not just arod hes therod. And it makes my blood boil to see how hes beings per kated. Stephen arod has been shut out of Major League Baseballs entire 2014 season. 162 games. Wont be eligible for any postseason games. New york yankees third baseman has been suspended for the entire 2014 season for using performanc
I took plenty of Maternity Leave but i feel like that is the kind of woman there can be space for and the fact that there are some who are happy, do not entirely live in portland, oregon is okay too. We are the only National Television network devoted exclusively to nonfiction books and throughout the fall we are marking 15 years of booktv on cspan2. Here are some programs to watch this weekend on booktv. Then at 8 p. M. Eastern, Deborah Solomon recounts the life of artist Norman Rockwell from her book, american mirror. Visit booktv. Org for this weekends television schedule. Linda robinson is next on booktv. She talks about the role of u. S. Special Operations Forces in the world today and argues that they will be this countrys primary military force for many years to come. She was embedded with special ops in afghanistan in 2011. This is about an hour. So, ladies and gentlemen, good evening. So im the croatian a ambassador. Im just my role tonight is just a host and nothing else. Im