President obama is back in town barely for a couple of days then he scoots off to Marthas Vineyard for his own vacation. But to the extent there is any news, well tell you about it and give you a chance to comment on it at 186655press. Join us on twitter at bpshow and on facebook at facebook. Com billpressshow. He goes up to Marthas Vineyard for vacation with his family, one person the president will not be playing golf with is Vladimir Putin. In fact, yesterday, the white house announced that the president was canceling his scheduled summit with Vladimir Putin before the g20 meeting in st. Petersburg because the president is pissed that Vladimir Putin gave a oneyear asylum to Edward Snowden. For that, Everything Else goes on the rocks. And rick scott in florida says hes going to try once again to prevent latinos and blacks from voting. Wow on current tv. Tell you all about it. Are you encouraged by what you we have a big, big hour and the iq will go way up. vo current tv gets the conv
Er taking your emails on any topic at any time, this is the bill press show. Live on your radio and current tv. Bill hey good to hear from so many of you like thomas who says thanks for giving me an alternative to morning joe. Hey, just call us morning bill. Donald francis adds Mitch Mcconnells crying about being a minority and not having his voice heard. Hey, how about the majority of us whose voice is not being heard because hes so bought off. Good point. D says i was absolutely appalled at the number of members of congress who signed the Grover Norquist pledge. You were spoton by calling them traitors and harmony wants us to know her opinion as to why black friday exists peter. Im from wisconsin she says and grew up with many hunters in the family. The day after thanksgiving was always a big hunting day. Black friday started with hunters wives going shopping because all of the men were out hunting. I know a lot of hunting seasons kick off now. Bill you know what . That makes a lot o
[ theme ] bill hey, good morning everybody. Good to see you today. It is thursday, january 24. Welcome to the full court press here on current tv this thursday morning. Bringing you the news of the day. From our Nations Capital and our studio here on capitol hill, from around the country and around the globe. And big news today in his final act as defense secretary leon panetta will announce today hes lifting the ban on women serving in combat, a move thats long overdue, over 20,000 women have already served in combat in iraq and afghanistan. 131 of them giving their lives in those two wars. And if you dont believe that women are ready for armed combat just watch Hillary Clintons testimony yesterday before senate republicans. Man, she showed the way all right. All of that and a lot more here on todays full court press. But first, we get the latest, she does combat for us every morning, Lisa Ferguson out in los angeles. Hi lisa. Good morning. Hey bill. I dont know if i quite do combat b
Apparently he got the nickname of the commodore in his days as a kid running those Ferry Services in new york harbor. The other guys who worked the harbor alongside him called Him Commodore as a way of teasing him. And it stuck. And then that kid who they mocked as the commodore grew up to amass one of the largest fortunes in american history. The kind of fortune that leaves a mark. In 1917 right next to the thenbrand new Grand Central station opposite vand built avenue, a huge new hotel went up with thousands of rooms. It was called the Commodore Hotel. It was named after correspond kneel i couldnt say, the Commodore Vand built. Had a statute of him right out front. And that hotel was one of new yorks big successful shmancy centrally located famous
it was a big deal because the Commodore Hotel was a big Landmark Piece of new York Real Estate right next to Grand Central station. It also had this poetic storied connection to the great vanderbilt family. But it was a highprofile deal bec
But is the biggest threat to our National Security Something Else . In a sense, Climate Change can now be considered the worlds most fearsome weapon of mass destruction. On the left, van jones. On the right, Newt Gingrich. In the crossfire the adviser to the state department. And bill kristol, one of the president s harshest critics. Is Climate Change the biggest threat we face . Tonight on crossfire. Welcome to crossfire. Im van jones is on the left. Im Newt Gingrich on the right. In the crossfire tonight, two guests help us clarify john kerrys priorities. Today a traditional secretary of state might have called a News Conference to address at length the near civil war in the ukraine or the challenges we face in syria and iraq or Irans Nuclear program. Even the problems in venezuela. A real secretary of state would focus on the real world. Instead we have a secretary of state who says the biggest threat we face is Global Warming. I want you to hear it again. In a sense, Climate Change