Christian mentioned it would be covered by cspan, i got into an cripple panic. There is a tremendous sense of privilege one has when one is tasked with Something Like designing a congressional gold medal. A congressional gold medal is our nations form of highest esteem for distinguished individuals and also institutions and he goes back to nation. Ding of our so it is a very daunting process to take on such a role. It is a lot of hard work. But it also is incredibly gratifying especially when one gets a chance as i have and my lovely wife suzanne had yesterday to witness the recipients of the congressional gold medal and the ceremony which occurred yesterday for the monument. Is spinningy heart with the events of yesterday because that particular congressional gold medal combines so many stories. It combines the stories of world war ii. It combines the horror and the terror that hitler and his minions had visited upon europe and literally the world. It also involves heroic efforts that
To the Market Reaction. The market seemed to rally on this news. Why do you think that was . Well, remember that this particular move was targeted way in advance, and the market had adjusted to it. The only question that was out there was what was going to happen subsequently that, not that you could actually make certain happen but with what the policy was. As it became apparent the fed was going to just raise the rates and then not do a whole series of rates, then basically the markets said uncertainty is gone. Therefore income earning assets go straight up. This is just a classic case. I ran into it many times in the sense that choices that we had were always, do you want the market to know exactly what the plans of the Federal Reserve are or not . It depended on a very, very technically difficult problem. How much risk do you want in the system . If there is too little risk, youre bubble creating. If theres too much risk, youre suppressing growth beyond what it should be. Part of F
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Without you. Hurt arthur is aiming at the eco. People are evacuating. I want to reiterate. Dont put your stupid hat on. Cleanup is under way after storms surge through the area. A wildfire in napa, california, 200 homes have been evacuated and more than a thousand firefighters are working it. Crackdown on security at the airport. Theyre developing a new generation of bombs that are easier to smuggle. The fbi arresting a colorado woman accused of providing security support to isis. The poll rates president obama the worst president. He beats out president burb. Testimony of Oscar Pistorius could end as early as today. One day after their tour buses caught fire in philadelphia. All that two boaters photographing whales off the coast of san diego when one came out of the water, causing their boat to overturn. Oh, my body. Lindsay lohan suing the makers of grand theft auto. They say one of the characters is based on her without her permission. Please, im hardly wearing any makeup. And all
By any standards an epic baseball game. For giants fans, well worth the wait. The longest game in Major League Postseason history ends with the giants defeating the nationals. Theyre coming home up 20 in their National League division ap series. We have live team coverage. We start with scott, who has the story behind the giants record breaking victory case. It started at 2 37 this afternoon, by the time it ended it was sunday morning on the east coast. It was 6 23 they will never forget. In the top of the 18th, game two of the nlds, brandon belts did this. With a drive, hammered to deep right field, that one is gone. Tim hudson there. Fired up, and for good reason. Hunter strickland, giving the giants a two games to none lead as they fly back to the base for game three monday. Lets youre hoping somebody gets ahold of one. He finally did, and i i you know, thats the game ill always remember, its just a great battle between these two teams. Were going to have full highlights and check i