After much drama, the so called fiscal cliff has been averted for now. We will look at what is in the Senate Approved by the house late last night. We will speak with economist juliet schor. After years of extreme weather, will 2013 be year zero in the battle over Climate Change . Were closer now them have ever been to what we need to do. I think we peeled away the layers of the onion and have gotten to the heart of things. As of tonight, were going after the fossil fuel industries. [applause] will host a discussion between Bill Mckibben, founder of 350. Org, and journalist Christian Parenti. He is author of tropic of chaos Climate Change and the new geography of violence. If the government allowed the epa too what it must do, raise the price of burning fossil fuels, that would help direct private money into renewable energy, help put people back to work. In the face of this crisis, we have to think seriously and creatively about the role of government. All of that and more coming up.
Called fiscal cliff has been averted for now. We will look at what is in the Senate Approved by the house late last night. We will speak with economist juliet schor. After years of extreme weather, will 2013 be year zero in the battle over Climate Change . Were closer now them have ever been to what we need to do. I think we peeled away the layers of the onion and have gotten to the heart of things. As of tonight, were going after the fossil fuel industries. [applause] will host a discussion between Bill Mckibben, founder of 350. Org, and journalist Christian Parenti. He is author of tropic of chaos Climate Change and the new geography of violence. If the government allowed the epa to do what it must do, raise the price of burning fossil fuels, that would help direct private money into renewable energy, help put people back to work. In the face of this crisis, we have to think seriously and creatively about the role of government. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now ,
My family, you know, they got kicked out. There was a terrible dictator. And my family had to leave. And my mother and her family, we settled in mecca for dominicans at the time was washington heights. And so to be there yesterday was a wonderful reminder of how far weve come. And frankly, how far we need to go. And i look at some of the metrics of progress, and arne duncan probably talked to you this morning about the fact that we reduced the latino dropout rate by 50 over the last ten years. You look at the aca data, and the uninsurance rate. Latinos are the most uninsured of any population. But thats gone down by roughly 20 in the last year. Thanks to so many people in this room, thanks to the leadership of president obama, and thanks to so many folks who got out there and got the word out in our communities. Were going to keep doing that under the leadership of secretary burwell as we move forward. Thats a real point of pride. You look at poverty reduction. Weve had the largest red
Crucial week for Economic Data not getting off to a banner start. New home sales slipping about a percent from the previous month. This poor showing could be a tip of the iceberg. Gdp figures, feds tapering decision, monthly jobs report all due later this week. Here our very own Charlie Gasparino and liz macdonald. Dan schaefer from schaefer asset management. What kind of week do you think it will shape up to be with all the data out there. I think it will be volatile week. Numbers are not good. Weve seen preliminary numbers and everybodys expectations are way too high. Global retail sales are down. Melissa yeah. Used to be the if United States sneezed, world got a cold. Now it is backward. Ireland with low negative retail sales. Inflationary depression scenario, this week could confirm further these numbers. Melissa people say 2. 9 contraction last time around was a blip. At the same time walmart ceo says job rebound is not spurring spending. Container store. Americans facing retail f
A deadlyto srm system slams millions across the country. Tornadoes killing at least two people. I really dont know how to deal with it. And tense moments for passengers leaving San Francisco. Part of the interior wall of the ncabi cracked and started coming loose. We were all shouting for the flight crew. Come look. Fierce over the Ebola Outbreak are spreading. A man in kansas now in isolation with symptoms of the lydead virus. In germany, a medical worker has died. Tr and a nurse undergoes eneatmt in the u. S. One man is dead after a powerful earthquake. A 7. 3 tremor struck right off the coast of el salvador. More protests over the dearth of Michael Brown in missouri. More than 50 people were arrested. As to the Football Games kim jongun has reportedly been out and about. Too much cheese, apparently, again, kim jongun. The coast guard rescuediv fe people stuck in the bay. All that and the touchdown. And its a dance party. Oh i feel good he just wanted to spread some happiness. Whoo a