The institute, i also want to welcome you to our fullscale replica of the United States senate chamber. At the kennedy institute, we are committed to engaging the public in a conversation about the role each one of us plays in our democracy and in our society. We do that through Civic Education programs that bring the United States senate to life, and conversation like tonight, that bring American History into focus. We are very proud to partner with the Massachusetts Historical Society on todays program. They are an invaluable resource for american life, history, and culture. All of us at the institute are proud to gather and esteemed panel tonight. Fred thys covers politics at wbur, where he has been since 1998, breaking news and serving as a trusted source of truth and information. He previously was the nbc news bureau chief in mexico city, and a south america reporter for cbs news, based in argentina. Joining fred on the panel are distinguished scholars who provide perspectives on
Good wednesday morning. Welcome to squawk alley. Our john ford sought side trump you toer in manhattan as the president elect meets with those tech ceos. It does bring us to our top story, donald trump hosting top executives from Silicon Valley including tim cook, cheryl sanldzberg and elan musk. What is the latest . Carl, the ceo of oracle just showed up about 10, 15 minutes ago. You might note it is quite a bit ahead of when we expect that actual meeting to be this afternoon. So interesting that shes coming early. Im trying to get some insight into what she might be doing here at this time of the morning. But its a meeting that is remarkable for the heavy weights of tech who are showing up. We mentioned jeff baez yoez, tim cook, larry page, Cheryl Sandberg from across the whole spectrum of consumer tech, social, Enterprise Technology just a power house, of course, hundreds of billions, trillions worth of market cap represented here. So well see what comes out of this meeting. Theyre
Freedom. On American History tv, monday morning at 8 00 eastern, one he did jones Juanita Jones abernathy. After 2 00, state of the union addresses. At 8 00, historians talk about the history of Race Relations in ferguson missouri, and examine how policing and the criminal Justice System have historically related to racial conflict. Find our complete schedule at www. Cspan. Org and let us know what you think about the programs you are watching. Call us at the number on your screen. Email us, or send us a tweet. Each week American History tvs reel america brings archival films that help tell the story of the 20th century. Interrogations start with a thorough examination of personal effects, the contents of a wallet, a diary, or a map. From that can come valuable grains of truth and as often happens, a prisoner can stub his toe hard on the smallest bit of truth. What largely determines the selection of the interrogation techniques to be used is the subject himself, his temperament, mood,
The federal funds rate target should be anticipated so long as the Unemployment Rate remained above 6. 5 , inflation between one and two years ahead was projected to be no more than half a percentage point above the committees longerrun goal and expectations continued to be well anchored. My colleagues and i have certain sized that the statements in that guy dance were thresholds, not triggers. Crossing one of the thresholds would not automatically give rise to an increase in the federal funds rate target. Instead, it was signaled only that it would be appropriate for the committee to begin considering based on a wider range of indicators whether and when an increase in the target might be warranted. Large scale asset purchases also provide monetary accommodation by lowering longterm Interest Rates. Working through the portfolio balance channel, asset purchases reduced the supply of loan duration assets in the hands of the public, thus reducing longer term yields. At times the decision
Minutes talking about iraq and what the u. S. Forces role should be there. Journalo washington this morning. It is monday, january 6. The numbers to color on your screen. The numbers to call are on your screen. Secretary of state john kerry again making news traveling in jerusalem this weekend. He says there will be no american boots on the ground in iraq. That is the headline this morning in the financial times. They write lets take a listen to what he had to say. This is a fight that belongs to the iraqis. That is exactly what the president and the world decided some time ago when we left iraq. We are not contemplating returning. We are not contemplating putting boots on the ground. This is their fight. Were going to help them in their fight. That was from over the weekend. Secretary of state john kerry is traveling in jerusalem. With militants seizing the ,ities of rum and i and falluja that led to criticism. Our topic this morning is what the future u. S. Role in iraq should be. Ou