economic and financial costs due to the influx. and has further strained the economy that is already under considerable external pressures. with an unstable region, a sluggish global economy that is still recovering. but having said that as i already alluded to, we are so grateful to the u.s. assistance in shouldering this enormous responsibility and more help in fatesing this humanitarian calamity. we had the opportunity to talk about the peace process and we re very delighted by the vision and the depth of wisdom that the president showed over the past several days in his trip with the israelis and the palestinians. obviously i reiterate jordan s commitment to the peace process. and the crucial importance of u.s. leadership in resuming the palestinian/israeli negotiations based on the two-state solution. there is simply no other
routine business, passed through the senate. neither party has been blameless in these tactics. now both parties should put an end to it. for starters, i asked the senate to pass a simple rule that all judicial and public service nominations receive a simple up or down vote within 90 days. [ applause ] the executive branch also needs to change. too often it s inefficient, outdated, and remote. that s why i ve asked this congress to grant me the authority to consolidate the federal bureaucracy so that our government is leaner, quicker, and more responsive to the needs of the american people. finally, none of this can happen unless we also lower the temperature in this town. we need to end the notion that the two parties must be locked in a perpetual campaign of mutual destruction, that politics is about clinging to rigid ideaologisologies instead building consensus around common sense ideas. i m a democrat, but i believe what republican abraham lincoln believed the governmen
dead. if these animals are released, you just as well give the key to everybody that s on death row right now. the west memphis three in their own words. it does something to you when you see something like that. it cracks you inside. this is piers morgan tonight. good evening. the case of the west memphis three began in 1993 when the naked bodies of three 8-year-old boys were found in a ditch in west memphis, arkansas. stevie branch, michael moore and christopher byers had been hog-tired by their shoe laces. three local teenagers were charged with the crime. damien echols, jason baldwin and ajesse misskelley. damien was sentenced to death and the other to life in prison. as the years past, the west memphis three got attention from famous people, last month, after nearly two decades behind bars, echo echols, baldwin and misskelley walked free. more in a you moment on that. by joining me now, damien echols and his wife laurie davis. welcome to you both. thank you
not wunksz, gut butt twice. f.d.r. pulled it off in 1936, and ronald reagan followed suit in 1948 despite the horrific jobs numbers they were fatesing, particularly for f.d.r. who first took office with unemployment as high as 25%. i m joined by alan lic thisman. alan, good morning. nice to see you. same here, alex. so file time making sfleen says f.d.r. and reagan argued that the country, though in pain, feeling improving and that his is that a strategy that might work for president obama? i think you re absolutely right. what you mentioned is very important. that the last trend of the economy for both of those presidents were awkward and that americans were very unhappy with the policies of their predecessors, herbert hoover on the one hand, and jimmy carter