Fabulous book. Guest thank you. Host ive known Alan Greenspan for many, many years, and we worked together closely when i was his vice chair, and hes a complicated man, and these were complicated times, and i think you got it about right. But lets start at the beginning. You wrote interestingly about the influence of his parents. Could you talk a little bitt about that on his career choices . Guest yeah. Alan greenspan had an unusual upbringing in the sense that raised in the 1930s, he was the child of a single mom. His father left his mother when alan was only 3 and then was this sort of distant figure, unreliable, who would sometimes say he would come and see his son and then not show up. In and i think that probably reinforced a talent alan had to live inside his own head, and that was further reenforced by his mother. First of all, were talking about the 30s, the depression, so she had to earn a living. Ng wasnt so easy. She worked in a Department Store in manhattan, so he was left
Charge. He is 75 years old, he was in a wheelchair in the courtroom today and has been behind bars for three years serving an eightyear sentence, he was given a 100,000 bond and is restricted from trouble, we have a crew at the courthouse talking with the family of the victim. Also breaking on the air developments about the suspect in the attack at the ohio state suspect was not on the radar before the attack. He did purchase a knife at walmart that monday morning, they have yet to confirm if that is the knife he used in the attack. We know the time of the attack and we know we have footage from the university about where the vehicle was. It is that time in between the campus we want to fill in. Still working on the timeline, authorities confirming he may have been inspired by isis and a former al qaeda leader. Four people confirmed dead in gatlinburg, tennessee from a wildfire. The fires destroyed more than 150 homes and businesses in the touristy town, the mayor is among those who lo
A great\showing backlash. Welcome to countdown. Anna a very warm welcome to the program. It is past 6 00 in the morning. Here in london. Lets get to a very interesting chat. A reminder of where we have been in the dollar over recent months. Fed chat boosting the dollar once again and that has been the story for the past month. We have here in the blue a chart that is showing what is happening in the dollar to dollar index which is sinking. A bit of a boost as investors increasingly factor in june, withas possible meetings the fed getting a boost from the minutes that came out from the april meeting. Williams adding to the constant flow of relatively hawkish commentary we seem to be getting from the fed. Youve got for the First Time Since march more than a 50 chance of an Interest Rate hike from the fed on june or july. Manus the big question is what the fed is about to do. Thsoose possible rate hikes are easing off the issues are the canadians. This could get everybody that bit of brea
Right now at 11 00, protesters taking to the streets in charlotte tonight for the fourth consecutive evening. At the same time the North Carolina state bureau of investigation announcing they will independently investigate the death of keith lamont scott. Tonight the movement spreading to other cities. People alsta calling for something to be done following two Deadly Police shootings this week. Many consider both questionable. That anger not eased by a video made public just today of scotts final moments taken by his wife. Good evening and thanks for joining us im wendy ryan. Right now the family and the citys mayor calling on police to release their videos. Abcs heather willaga has more. Reporter as demonstrators for the 4th straight night protesting the Police Shooting of keith lamont scott. He has no weapon. Dont shoot him. Reporter we now have our first look at scotts last moments. Dont shoot him. Dont shoot him. He aint doing anything. Reporter this cell phone video taken by his
Vicki green, mother january 8th, my baby just turned two, that man took my baby and left, what you mean. Vicki green was inconsolable as she mourned the death of her baby girl evelyn. My daughter, im holding my daughter in my hands dead, what you mean. Dozens of family members and neighbors lit candels and joined in prayer over the loss of innocent life. But the night almost turned violent as emotions ran high, North Las Vegas police were called to the vigil after reports of yelling that risked turning into a fight no violence took place, family members of two yearold evelyn surrounded her mother and father, trying to calm them, and show their support. Bonita harris, aunt its very emotional because its a baby, i mean you dont, its unexpected and the man responsible for evelyns death is still on the loose, hes described as a hispanic man in his mid 40s, he was driving a white van with no windows at the time of the hit and run. Erica green, aunt hes gonna have to live with it, hes gonna