Its the hard hats, its he its the welder putting together the new locomotive. It is the engineer designing the system, its the accountant, its the secretary. Handling the paperwork. Its america building its future and the president s lay the president s laid out a good plan. He said put your ideas on the table is there a better way to do it . Put your ideas on the table, my colleagues. Lets get about done it. This is our future. And its fully paid for. Doesnt increase the deficit. In fact, it will grow the economy and provide us with those middle class jobs. I know, mr. Tonko, you have been at this for your entire career. As have i. To be here in congress at this moment when we had an opportunity, we missed it today. We missed the opportunity today to grow the American Economy and instead we kicked the can down the road. Better than nothing, but not good enough. Nothing to be proud of. Mr. Tonko, a few seconds i dont know how much time we have. Mr. Tonko i believe we probably have five
Thats the way i interpreted it. I think its a really wonderful and amazing representation of his influence. Host janet in quincy, illinois, i think we have time to get you in. Caller thank you. My husband knew him. They worked together in 1958 the glacier park, montana. Guest you worked with whom . Host janet . Janet, i apologize. Im going interrupt you. Janet, i didnt understand who your understand worked with . Caller they were working in glacier park in a lodge in 1958. Host who . Caller hebert. Guest okay. Host janet, very quickly, go ahead. Caller anyway. We wanted to know. You had earlier talked about him being in this compound. Has anybody seen him . Is he okay . Thats my question. Guest yes. He came out recently for a funeral of a family member, and apparently talked to his brother. But then his brother told people about what hebert said. I think they cut off communication. But, you know, hes alive and hes healthy, apparently. But he has host is he being held prisoner . Guest y
Today we know that these three writers are gifts to the english language. This morning, the first author that i will be introducing nonother than dave barry. Lets give him a round of applause before he comes out. [applause] we all know that you cannot do justice to his talents and there he is. [applause] you just cant do justice by reading has lengthy biography or saying that his new work, insane city, his first adult novel in more than a decade. He is an individual for over 25 years have appeared in 25 newspapers, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and its pretty cool. Like every other kid in the 305, i grew up relishing reading him and today we are hearing from a hometown favorite in dave barry. In our next author is roy blount. Come on out and lets give him a round of applause. [applause] a master of language and the humorist to boot. He has authored 22 books in a wide range from robert ely to the Pittsburgh Steelers if you are an npr nerd, and you may also know him as a regular panelist
I do a lot of traveling and im about ready to do an asia tour. Wherever i am i will be doing my cartoons. Selfpublished where can people find daggers drawn. You can get it from my website, daggersdrawn. Net. You see it available at the economist bookstore soon. I recommend to come and visit. I hope they enjoy the book. Kevin kellaugheer, editorial cartoonist for the economist. Next a discussion with Scott Anderson, author of lawrence in ariba yaw. And ari shavit, author of my Promised Land, the triumph and tragedy of israel. This is a little over an hour. Good evening, everybody. It is drying up. It is getting nice outside. Thise will be a very interesting two authors that you are going to hear tonight. Can yoou hear me in the back . Thank you. Scottan anderson and ari shavit both wrote a book about both different people, different times. As you hear from Scott Anderson and you hear from ari shavit. , the more things change the more they remain almost exact the same. Im going to introd
Burned to death as he was trapped in a cage. He was captured on Christmas Eve after his jordanian f 16 crashed in syria. He was the first pilot from the u. S. Led coalition to be captured by the radical islamist terrorist group. The news of the burning death came just days after isis released the video showing a beheading of japanese journalist. Once again jordan executing two prisoners, that you see there offered up in exchange for the pilots release the other executed prisoner was a top aid to a leader of al qaeda. In taiwan, a commercial airliner carrying 53 people crashed in the taipei river. Several News Agencies say ten people were being rescued but give no information about other passengers and crew as you can see sh the fuselage half submerged in the river. Some were swimming in the water and well have the latest on both stories that are breaking tonight. Now back to the kelly file already in progress. Clearly flammable on the ground. Looks like a long trail of sand. That line