This morning by asking you our viewers are you confident in the u. S. Strategy to combat isis . The numbers are on your screen. Good morning. Before we get to your calls about how confident you are in the u. S. Strategy to combat iraq, lets take a look at what president obama said yesterday at his press conference at the pentagon. I do think that because of our extraordinary efforts the homeland is significantly safer than it otherwise would be. Now, in some ways this is arguing the counter factuals, but the attacks we prevent i take great satisfaction in and i am grateful for the extraordinary work that our teams do. I dont think theres any doubt that had we not destroyed al qaeda in the fata, that more americans would have been killed. And we might have seen more attacks like we saw on 9 11, and we have maintained vigilance, recognizing that those threats still remain, those aspirations in the minds of these folks still remain. But it is much harder for them to carry out largescale a
The idea of bringing manufacturing and to destroy it. Inc. You for that. Thank you all. I guess we have to stop looking at a primary race today. Expect the very shortly. Healthup has the strict event and were waiting for paul ryan to come out and speak. Donald trump has focused writing in relation to the transpacific trade deals. Cspan after the speeches, it is your turn to andh in your thoughts comments. In the meantime, lets bring you a portion of washington journal looking at these the dysfunction. Good morning. Host american politics going in and. What do you mean . We have so many years stripping over eight tools they need, politics in the case of meltdown. One party could not choose a nominee. Congress is trying to do basic thegs like keeping government open. It comes away with stripping away tools in order to get the stone. Where did this insanity star . Does start here in washington . Start on the campaign trail . I traced back to 40 or 50 years ago when many people saidoned po
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Challenging. And if you could visualize an educational system where a child is continuously challenged if they cant achieve a level theyre shunted off to a different challenge or theyre asked to do it over again. You now have education thats tailored to the individual. And i am absolutely convinced that that is going to create a class of smarter people. Our children are going to be smarter than we are and their children will be smarter than they are. And is that a good thing . Yeah, i think so. Smarter people do everything better. Ask we could solve some and we could solve some really important problems like eliminating war. So ive gone on a little bit from the spectrum issue. Host and finally, what kind of cell phone are you using today . Guest well, i, you know, i always have the latest cell phone you better. Guest peter. [laughter] the difficulty with cell phones today is they are really aimed at techies. And i want to have a cell phone that anticipates my needs may ask me a few que
Paychecks of all americans, not just the wealth of a few. That will be the order of the presentation. Talk about the economic challenge, how current proposals stack up in meeting that challenge and additional action plan that i think that can meet that challenge. So, the economic challenge we face was well captured in the jobs report released last friday by the department of labor. First, there is the good news part of the story. It is very good news. The economy has continued to grow and more americans are finding jobs. Last month, our economy created 252,000 jobs, capping the best year of job growth since 1999. The Unemployment Rate fell to 5. 6 , which meant the Unemployment Rate fell faster last year than any year since 1984. The private sector has now added jobs for 58 consecutive months. 11. 2 million jobs total. Gas prices are down, the stock market is up and the deficit has fallen rapidly. This is all very good news. It would not have been possible without the tough decisions p