Im ali velshi and this is the special report on the state of the union. Six years since esince taking Office President obama goes before the congress and the nation to give his state of the Union Address. No doubt the states of the economy has improved with the economy shedsing 798,000 jobs, this is back in january of 2009, thats the month that president obama took office. Well the president came into office during the worst recession since the great depression. 4. 3 million jobs were lost during his first year in office. Coming off of president bushs last year in office. Since 2010 monthly jobs have gone up panned, more than yoaf setting l all the jobs lost during the recession. Despite this, there is a disconnect with the public. A new Al Jazeera Americamonmouth University Poll has asked the American Public how much this has upset their lives, they said not much if not at all. Carl williams is a math specialist earns more than 100,000 a year to support their blendfamily of six. I act
Evaluating all of that information would be to issue an initial determination, initial decision of a defect to takata and the automakers. After that, we would hold a public hearing. How soon can you initiate that . As soon as humanly possible. The key, because we want to protect the American Public, we need to make sure we build the strongest case possible because at the end of the day, if takata and the automakers continue to refuse to act, we are going to have to take them to court. We want to make sure that we have a case prepared that will win in that circumstance. You can build a court case over time. Can you estimate for the committee and through the committee to the American People when your next step will be taken . We have begun our next step of diving into the data. That doesnt answer my question. The next legal step. Not just diving into the data. When will you next do something officially regarding takata and the automakers . I apologize. But at this point, because theres v
Phones for our last halfhour of the show today to talk about Public Policy issues that you want to talk about. Well be right back. Sunday, Washington Post fact checker columnist on his biggest pinocchios of 2014 awards, given to politicians and political groups he believes made the biggest false claims this past year. Democrats tend to get a little more upset at them, because i think they bought into the myth of the liberal media, and they kind of think that the media is on their side , whereas republicans, they firmly believe in the myth of the liberal media, so they kind of expect that theyre going to be, you know, a reporter for the Washington Post calling it, theyre not going to be fair to me. I kind of think, i hope that over the last four years ive done enough back and forth, treated both parties with equal fervor that people have now come to, you know, grudgingly say, ok, youre someone we can do business with. I know that the Senate Majority p. A. C. , which is affiliated with h
Khalidi, former israeli soldier eran efrati, and israeli journalist alaqsa amira hass. Then to the keystone xl pipeline. Any senator wishing to vote or wishing to change a vote, if not on this road, the yeas are 5 the 60 vote threshold having not been achieved, the bill is not passed. In a dramatic showdown tuesday, the senate rejected legislation that would have forced approval of the keystone xl pipeline. The measure fell one vote short of the 60 votes needed for passage. Now republicans are threatening to bring the bill back in january. We will speak with cyril scott from south dakota and guardian reporter Suzanne Goldenberg. All of that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Senate republicans have blocked a sweeping measure aimed at reining in the National Security agencys dragnet surveillance. The usa freedom act would have ended the bulk collection of telephone records by requiring the nsa to make specific reque
Some of the biggest Financial Institutions including jp morgan chase, barkleys the royal bank of sc ubs will pay billions for manipulating the Interest Rate markets, one of the least regulated markets in the financial world and one of the largest, about 5 trillion changes hands every day. The traders from different banks didnt act as rivals but rather they worked together to rig the price of u. S. Dollars and euros in a scheme that went on nearly every day for five years through 2012. Eamon javers has more. Deep inside of the posh offices of the major banks, in the private digital exchanges of the private traders was right ought of the mafiainity invited to join the scam. Mess this up and you sleep with one eye open up. And if you aint cheating you aint trying. And yes, the left competition the better. And today that language caught up with the traders as new u. S. Attorney general l lyn announced the massive setty traeders formed a group they dubbed the cartel. It is perhaps fitting t