For the others that have the same impact of Winston Churchill and Pope John Paul then is close to reagan do you think that his role will of communism is as great as we think it is a wax. I fink finally you have to put reagan at the head of this parade. He did inherit the anticommunist some but one of the things that he felt deeply was that by the seven days by a Large Democratic Party wanted to walk away from the cold war that after kennedy and johnson who had tremendous antia communist policies and misadventures like vietnam he felt with nixon and republicans were walking away from the cold war and the soviet union was on the march in africa and central america. The combination of personalities and policies but ultimately he was the man called the cards but also mrs. Thatcher to have a good deal to do with things and is furious when he comes home and she realizes he was almost willing to make the deal from her point of view they give away she takes them to the woodshed. I think nixon
Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the worlds most pressing problems skollfoundation. Org. The ford foundation. Working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff on this day when a pope and two president s were already making headlines a surprise resignation came along to stun washington. We begin with the announcement that the speaker of the United States house of representatives is stepping down. Newshour political director Lisa Desjardins reports. Reporter with his decision, House Speaker john boehner, the happy warrior, projected a kind of personal relief and institutional sacrifice. Its become clear to me that t
Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the worlds most pressing problems skollfoundation. Org. The ford foundation. Working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff on ts day when a pope and two president s were already making headlines a surprise resignation came along to stun washington. We begin with the announcement that the speaker of the United States house of representatives is stepping down. Newshour political director Lisa Desjardins reports. Reporter with his decision, House Speaker john boehner, the happy warrior, projected a kind of personal relief and institutional sacrifice. Its become clear to me that thi
Welcome. This is the pulse. We have breaking data across the bloomberg terminal. Mark, take it away. Mark pmi services, final estimate, 51 point 54. 2. Not as strong as initially forecast. The composite index, the amalgam of manufacturing and services, also weaker than the previous estimate. 54. 2. The earlier estimate was 54. 4. The survey by markets shows deflationary pressures persisted in november without price is declining for a second month. We did see the composite index rise less than initially reported, but its the prices that come into focus as the ecb prepares to announce probably more stimulus. Inflation pressures to the downside is the big headline from today. Manus mark, thank you very much. We are waiting to hear what the russian president s annual address will include. We have a close eye on him. We expect him to touch on all the areas, syria, terror, and turkey. Lets listen in. President putin i would like to start my annual message today by expressing my gratitude to
Be right back. Now to ethan couch, the socalled affluenza kid. Couch was wanted for possibly violating probation in texas after beating prison time in a fatal drunk driving crash with a defense that left many people shaking their heads. After a threeweek manhunt, omar via frank ca says he has been arrested in mexico. Ethan couchs newly dyed black hair didnt fool authorities who caught the teenager on monday despite looking very different than he did two years ago when he was first charged in the deadly drunk drying accident. Tarrant county deanderson. We worked a tremendous amount of leads and learned through some interviews that they had planned to disappear, that they even had something that was reporter investigators say couch and his mother tonya drove a pickup truck into mexico and ended up more than 1200 miles from north texas in the coastal resort town of Puerto Vallarta. They fled shortly after this video surfaced which appeared to show couch at a party with alcohol. Even thoug