Gerri what a pain in the asphalt. After the terrible weather over the past couple weeks drivers all over the country are getting hit with huge bills because of potholes. Lets get an idea how bad bad situation is. With us, will, wilkins from the group trip, which follows this sort of thing. Great to have you here. I think i hit everyone of new york citys 60,000 potholes this morning. I have never seen roads in such bad condition. Are they really worse this winter . Well we dont know what the actual condition is right now but i can tell you that the freezethaw cycles taking place on payments throughout the northeast and even the midatlantic region is causing a bumper crop of potholes this season. Gerri bumper crop is the right phrase, let me tell you. I thought i would get in some of them they were so deep. Your organization has done a study of the cost motorists face because of potholes and its huge. Look at this list. Long beach, california, leads the way, 832 bucks per year for driver
Single borrower limit, weve increased by 50 basis points. Forerms of advice countries, that has not been increased. The concessional loans for the poorest countries are focused are zero interest with a 40 year maturity. That has not changed. For some countries, especially the very poorest, we still provided grants. The fees have only change for a very small percentage of countries. We are very grateful because they had to approve that. As you can imagine, it was not an easy conversation. We take this as a vote of confidence that despite the increase of cost, these countries are ready and willing to pay best because they like what they get from the world bank group. In terms of intermediaries, it has been one of the strategies that we have used in terms of making access to finance and reality. I can tell you the vast majority of the Financial Intermediaries we invested in our local banks. Its is our way of making financing available for even the poorest households and businesses. We are
Name . T is your the irs has become a criminal enterprise, much like the mafia, except the mafia at least operates with the honor of not whacking women and children. I also think some people be put in jail. If a defendant in court changed his or her defense six or seven times, what would you call it . It is not just conservative. It is not just the tea party. Will we have to pay it . We are all volunteers. We do not get paid for this. We love freedom. [indiscernible] demandingrican people we want to make the moral case. This does not just affect us. It affects everyone. If it can happen to us. It can happen to you. Where do we go . Where do we go from the United States of america . [applause] next, we are going to bring up chairman carol to introduce these state subcommittee members. As everyone knows, iowa enjoys the privilege of being the first in the nation caucus state. We have a couple individuals with us tonight who helped us preserve that. Our National Committeeman and national
Be compelled to resign and should he now be included . Bloodthere is some bad between congressman issa of california and congressman cummings. That is unfortunate. I view it as an unfortunate sideshow. I dont want to get into whether congressman cummings committed ethical issues. If facts come out that warned that he is somehow engaged in improper conduct, i will change my mind at that point. But for now, the committee continue its investigations, try to get the truth, and the issue whether or not ms. Lerner should be prosecutors and should be settled in a court of law. Caller three trick things three quick things. I was under the impression that this socalled scandal was debunked. That both parties were investigating and no one lost their status. Also, why isnt darrell issa held in contempt for spending taxpayers moneys holding these hearings when he knows theres nothing there to see . Also, why isnt his party and him held in contempt for shutting this government down for 24 billion .
He talked to a lot of analysts. We have an exclusive interview with Paul Otellini. The first that he has given since that announcement in his last year as ceo of intel. We will ask him about what characteristics they do ceo has to have at intel to take them into the future. Also, coming up, tim tebow. When this guy, the Heisman Trophy winner in the nfl quarterback, everyone drops to their knees and does that tebow thing. We will speak to him about how money Endorsement Request he gets a year. Yes, do not worry, i will ask him where his next team maybe if he leaves the jets. A lot of people said he would. I heart competition. We will be asking about bona fide, groupon, there is so many groups out there. Incredible competition. Lets take a look at this rally that we have. Not bad at all. Take a look at the dow jones industrials. The height of the session has been at 80 . The s p 500 has pulled back. Highs the session of about seven points. Pulling back just a little bit in the last hour.