186655press. You can join us on twitter invite your comments on twitter at bpshow and we want you to be our friend. Were look for friends on facebook. Facebook. Com billpressshow. How join us on facebook. Lets see first of all we start again in egypt today where the military yesterday opened fire, killing 51 supporters of president morsi and injuring another 400 and some. And yet the white house still refuses to say this is a military coup. On the homefront congress is back in town, gearing up for several fights including a big one over president ial nominees. So many of them have been sitting in the senate, blocked by the filibuster. Harry reid has told republicans you either act by the end of the week or were going to change the filibuster rules. And up in new york city, Eliot Spitzer off and running for city controller. Republicans are saying we dont need this sinner back in public office. Thats not what they said about mark sanford. That and more on current tv. They should selfdepo
Of word of an ftc investigation. Well be all over that. Well come back to it in just a second but first more bad news for pimco cofounder bill gross this week. One of the megafunds own trustees, william pope joy, lashing out at the superstar bond manager calling grosss 200 milliondollar salary, quote, not appropriate and demanding an investigation into grosss conduct as a manager. So is the onetime king of bond overrated . Prepare yourself for todays wall street throwdown. Our very own Charlie Gasparino thinks gross is not worth the money. I bet that is putting it mildly. Capitalist pig. Com Jonathan Hoenig says he is worth every penny. [whistle blows] jonathan you go first because may be only word you get. Go ahead. Im not an investor in pimco, melissa but many, many people are. 2 trillion is entrusted to the firm that bill gross started in the way back in the 1970s. He is mutual fund superstar. There is only one lebron james and lady gawk gaugh. How many Bond Fund Managers are househ
[ theme ] bill hey good morning everybody. The morning after the great inaugural ceremony here yesterday in washington, d. C. Great to see you today on this tuesday, january 22nd. What a glorious day it was. A fabulous, vericism, a very solemn inaugural ceremony on the west steps of the United States capitol. A powerful inaugural address by president obama. Real liberal manifesto. Great music by james taylor and Kelly Clarkson and of course beyonce. A phenomenal, i thought very moving poem by Richard Blanco and then the colorful inaugural parade and the inaugural balls last night. I gotta tell you the ceremony kept going on and on and it continues today with a Prayer Service at the national cathedral. Well tell you all about it. This glorious day for all americans to celebrate the second inaugural of president obama. And a day of renewal for our american democracy. Thats what well get into today with all of our guests and with you. First, here she is with todays current news update, we
Buddies, and thats just something that i really appreciate. [ theme ] bill hey, good morning everybody. Welcome to the full court press on this tuesday january 29. So good to see you today. Thank you for joining us for our little roundup of all the news of the day. Whether its happening here in our Nations Capital thats where we are, capitol hill. Washington, d. C. Whats happening around the country or around the globe. Well bring it all to you and give you a chance to sound off by giving us a call on our toll free number at 186655press and how about it. The big news, eight senators, four democrats four republicans, unveiling a bold, new, comprehensive Immigration Reform package yesterday including a path to citizenship which is good news. We need it. We should have done it a long time ago. The bad news is were only doing it today because republicans lost their shirt in the last election. Question, should we be doing Immigration Reform only to help republicans . Nah, i dont think so. A
And giving you a chance to sound off about it this early in the morning. You can do so by giving us a call at 186655press. We invite your comments as always on twitter at bpshow and on facebook at facebook. Com billpressshow. President obama bringing the focus back on the economy yesterday. Weve got to the stakes, he said for the middle class could not be higher than they are today. He told crowds yesterday in illinois and missouri. Today he takes the same message down to jacksonville, florida challenging republicans in congress to stop bhoking everything and get to work, helping create jobs in this country. Meanwhile, the pope continues to wow them down in brazil. Yes, Anthony Weiner vows he is going to stay in the race up in new york city but more and more people including the mighty New York Times are telling him hes got to get out and take care of his personal problems. Well talk about that and a whole lot more here on current tv. vo current tv gets the conversation started weekday