Signed and refuses to get rid of. We learned the president will make a major announcement of afghanistan announcing that 34,000 u. S. Troops will return home from the region exactly one year from today. Thats about half the troops there now. Joining us now, maryland congressman chris van hollen, Ranking Member of the house budget committee. Thank you for joining us. Great to be with you, tamron. First, what are the expectations for the president tonight . Well, i think as you said the president s going to lay out his plan for xik growth, for job creation but focusing on the fact it is not good enough just to have Economic Growth for the folks already at the very top. That we need broad based Economic Growth where wages and middle class americans go up, where their incomes go up so that we can all participate in growing the economy and weve made progress. Weve had 35 straight months of job growth over 6 million jobs created but i think the president would be the first to say thats good
And traditional lake farmers of central myanmar float ideas for protecting their way of life as the country rides away towards economic development. Japans leaders have approved a 470 million plan to deal with hundreds of tons of contaminated water accumulating at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Right now about 400 tons of groundwater is leaking into basements of the damaged reactor every day and is being tainted with radioactive substances. The water is being pumped out and stored in tanks. The government plans to use the funds to decontaminate that water and freeze the soil around the buildings to prevent groundwater from seeping into the basements. Translator weve drawn up a basic plan to achieve a fundamental solution to the problem of radioactive water instead of reacting to each new problem as it comes up. Prime minister shinzo abe has pledged his administration will make an allout effort to successfully resolve the situation at Fukushima Daiichi. Chief cabinet secretary Yos
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Hi, everyone. Im tamron hall. Following the president s last chance to go big. According to our First Read Team. Mr. President , hows the speech . Well find out tonight. That was the president a short time ago walking outside the oval office telling reporters theyll have to wait to get specifics on tonights state of the union but we are learning more about the speech, especially when it comes to the economy. White house aides tell nbc news all the president s initiatives will try to answer three different questions. One, how can the United States create more jobs at home . Two, how does the country get its citizens the skills they need for these jobs . Three, how does the nation help those working hard to make a decent living . All themes the president outlined in the Reelection Campaign. Goals in manufacturing, energy, education, National Security and the deficit. Real achievable plans that will lead to new jobs. Top republicans including senator mcconnell already critical of the spee
Chris white or bold red, Consumer Reports will be here with the complete break down of the best summer wines on the shelves right now. Increasing calls for the white house to ramp up its attack on isis. So far u. S. Operations are limited to targets in iraq with the military today confirming another air strike at the mosul dam. The pentagon considering strikes on the group in syria and some lawmakers are pushing for even more. Wendell goler is live from marthas vineyard. Some of the president s critics say that hes underestimating isis, right . Reporter youre right. They want a much more aggressive response to the group, especially in the wake of the murder of american journalist jim foley, which the white house concedes was the isis first terrorist attack on this country. Senator john mccain wants u. S. Troops imbedded with iraqi forces. The best way to send a message to isis is through ordinance dropped on their heads and blowing them to smithereens straight to hell where they belong