The rational, politics. Full stop. More on that in a moment and on the president s plans before he leaves office. Lets begin with jessica dean on soontobe President Bidens agenda this morning. Were getting new details actually about exactly what hes going to do and if we read between the lines of the details on his schedule you start to see the contrast between what a President Biden administration will look like versus President Trump and his administration. Let me walk you through it. Its going to start with a Church Service late this morning, as i reported late yesterday he invited Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell to join him as well as congressional leadership showing a bipartisan unity going into this very important day in American History and more than ever for us to see members of different parties coming together. They will attend that Church Service together and then you will have the oath of office and inauguration for Kamala Harris and joe biden. We know hes still work
Currency wars . At some point we ask for, have a weak dollar, which active in the next country can buy the same machines and shop in barcelona, see the local market. Are we looking at that end of the equation in terms of the offtake as they say in biofuels . Well, theres a famous economist in the 1800s called Jean Baptiste say that man creates its own demand and that is certainly true, particularly in this case. As companies become more perfect is come at cheaper the kind cheaper. So we dont have the worry about somehow people will want things. We have about 45,000 in this country and i guarantee you the vast majority people would rather have a Median Income of 200,000 for 400,000 or a million and thats just us. In terms of currency, currency is a problem. Fundamentally we cannot become our project even innovative is a country, were not going to get access to these markets. Why is the german philosophy as manufacturing jobs . Not because productivity went down. The renovation went up u
Common core standards. Then later a Hero Foundation forum on immigration. The Supreme Courts new term begins in three weeks, up next, a look at some of the key issues and cases the justices will consider, from the smithsonian institution, this is two hours. If you can hold your questions to the end, if you want to sit up straight and smile, you want to sit up straight in case youre in the picture. I have given you a handout with the speakers bios in order to leave them with as much time as possible to discuss the cases and to allow time at fend for your questions. But i do want to welcome them today. Our panel includes, ken snannagan, willie jay, who is a partner in the Litigation Department and cochair of its active litigation process. John biscubic, editor in charge at reuters. General donald varelli who represents the United States before the Supreme Court. And lori alveno mcgill who is a partner at burk hard and sullivan and was law clerk to Justice Ruth Bader ginsberg, please join
Happening in venezuela and they are financing and that there is also a move to move in this direction. Is there any is there any outside pressure or suggestions from abroad to maybe move a little bit more . I mean, i think that, you know, from the perspective of the brazilians that primarily are concerned with being repaid for their investments, so, you know, reforms that, you know, facilitate repayment, you know, green light those. They like. They like those. Green light those right away. In the case of the cubans, i think youre primarily concerned about the oil shipments. So i think have they stayed low . Yeah. No change . Not that im aware of. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So okay. I mean, i think that i could see from a certain perspective the cubans arguing for more a more flexible economy, considering the recent reforms they have made to their own system. I think that would be i think thats plausible in some ways. And i also think that the cubans may have an interest in wanting to reduce som
Were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. 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 the nation now has an official Ebola Response coordinator. He was named today in a bid to corral any spread of the virus and ease mounting public anxiety. Woodruff the appointment of ron klain came in a paper statement this morning and the explanation came this afternoon, from white house spokesman josh earnest. What we were looking for was not an ebola expert, but rather an implementation expert. And thats exactly what ron klain is. Woodruff klain has no Major Public Health background, but hes been chief of staff to Vice President s gore and biden. For the next five to six months, hell oversee the federal response to ebola. For now though, the white house is still ru