Success, is in such dire straits that the city is in need of an intervention. On tuesday afternoon, a panel of stateappointed experts released their findings that the city of detroit faces quote, a financial emergency, one which they say the city is not equipped to address. As a result, detroit may soon become the largest american municipality in history to file for bankruptcy. The decision may be left to just one person. If michigan governor rick snider decides to act on the panels report and appoint an emergency financial manager, a decision expected to be made in the coming week. Key findings of the sixperson panel include that the Detroit Police department has more than 2,000 employees but no Accurate Information on how they are deployed. That the citys longterm liabilities in 2012 grew beyond 14 billion and that the city officials violated accounting and budgeting rules. Detroit is on the verge of collapse but if youre thinking wait a minute, didnt we already save detroit, the con
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Of protesters have climbed over and knocked down some protect of barriers surrounding the citys socalled green zone. Many carrying iraqi flags and chanting antigovernment slogans as they move into the heavily fortified section of baghdad where Many Americans and other westerners are based. Let go right to the white house. Ron allen is standing by for us. What have you learned from Administration Officials about this . The white house and others from the administration are watching this very closely because its a very dangerous situation. The green zone is in the heart of baghdad, about a four square mile area, it has many foreign embassies in it, includes the u. S. Embassy. There are hundreds, if not thousands of protesters trying to take over the government. They are concerned about corruption, waste. They accuse the government of not providing basic services. This is an ongoing protest theyve been having with the government but this is the first time they have actually breached the s
Ever given in Lawrence Odonnell teases ever. Thats what youre going to see tonight. All right. Youre going to see that thing that President Trump did today that i agree with word for word. It finally happened on is this day 97 . Dreaming. Get home and watch, that rachel. I will. Thank you, lawrence. Also, as the clock ticks down on the president s first 100 days, if they cant have legislative achievements, at least, at least they can have legislative announcements. And so today was all about taxes, which in the Trump White House always comes back to trump tax returns. This is going to be the biggest tax cut. This is not a plan. This is a piece of paper. Im surprised it didnt come on a napkin at this point. We will let you know the specific details at the appropriate moment. One could argue the rollout of the plan was supposed to be the appropriate moment that you would have some of these details. Its a great plan. Its going to put people back to work. I find it fascinating that blowing
Im surprised it didnt come on a napkin at this point. We will let you know the specific details at the appropriate moment. One could argue the rollout of the plan was supposed to be the appropriate moment that you would have some of these details. Its a great plan. Its going to put people back to work. I find it fascinating that blowing this gigantic hole in the debt is not an issue anymore. He is the king of debt, and now were seeing it in realtime. The people who will get a gigantic tax cut are corporations and very wealthy people, people like donald trump. Will the president release his tax returns the president has no intention. The president has released plenty of information. Ha boy, has he got his talking points down, doesnt he . This will pay for itself with growth. No tax cut has ever paid for itself through growth effect. This is pure magical thinking. You would have to hire David Copperfield to make this work out. So on day 97 of the trump presidency, with the clock ticking