Me and say facebook is great for gossiping and to see what my friends are in for lunch, but if you were to talk to somebody in the middle east, maybe, you would hear a different story facebook was providing access to news, people that had unique access to information that they were not able to get out otherwise. You get a much more meaty story about what facebook means to them. Facebook engineer chris cox with an insiders view of the company thanksgiving day on cspan. At 2 00 2 00, chief justice john roberts. Later, space pioneers and nash at nasa officials pay amash to the first man to walk on the moon, neil armstrong. Federer reserve chairman ben bernanke is in washington to negotiate a deal to avoid the socalled fiscal clef. Well speaking at the Economic Club of new york, he also called for an increase in the federal debt limit, st. A default could result in an economic crisis. Saying a default could result in an economic crisis. Thank you very much. Good afternoon. It is nice to jo
Them. And particularly in light of the force structure reductions, which are going to take place, weve got to make sure that we provide them the support system so they can return to their communities and to their families and be able to reestablish their lives. All of that is out there and all of that are issues that we have to think about and we have to be prepared in order to protect the National Security of this country. We have to be prepared to deal with. But tonight, i wanted to focus on the goal that still remains at the top of the priority list, as it must. Goal that the president made very clear, that we have a responsibility to disrupt, degrade, dismantle and ultimately defeat those who attacked america on 9 11. Al qaeda. Since september 11, 2001, our country has worked relentlessly to bring those responsible for the worst terrorist attacks in our history to justice. We have made very clear that we are at war with al qaeda. Weve also made clear in going after Osama Bin Laden
Syria, in that vacuum that has been created and they could amass more arms and resources there. Phil mattingly has been following the administrations response. What was president obamas goal and sending the secretary of state to the middle east . The u. S. Government and the president look at this as dual track. There is the diplomatic side of things. That is where the secretary of state comes in. He met with the Prime Minister this morning, the top shiite leader in the country. He is also meeting with the speaker of the parliament, the top sunni leader in iraq. What they are trend to do is push the iraqis to form an inclusive government. Take a listen. This is a critical moment, where together we must urge iraqs leaders to rise above sectarian motivations and form a government that is united in its determination to meet the needs and speak to the demands of all of their people. This morning with the Prime Minister lasted just under two hours. It was sure to be a bit of a complex meeti
Almost 3200 workers got the bad news tonight. Atlantic city revel casino will shut down this summer and those workers will lose their jobs if the owners of the casino cannot find a new buyer. Its thursday night and the big story on action news tonight is the financial crisis for the Revel Casino Hotel coming to a head. Revel fired for chapter 11 for the second time today since it opened in 2012 and dap those jobs are hanging in the balance. Jim, i hate to say it. Revel is on life support. Many had high hopes for the mega resort hoping it would be the economic spark to turn things around in Atlantic City. From the beginning it seems we watched a slow, painful death and sparkling city by the sea. And the 2. 4 billion mega resort and casino opened a fan fair with stunning design nont embrace the sun and ocean and anyone who stayed her would till the same thing. Theyre pretty and well and one of the best weve ever seen. I love the architecture of the space and restaurants are amazing. It s
Atlantic city revel casino will shut down this summer and those workers will lose their jobs if the owners of the casino cannot find a new buyer. Its thursday night and the big story on action news tonight is the financial crisis for the Revel Casino Hotel coming to a head. Revel fired for chapter 11 for the second time today since it opened in 2012 and dap those jobs are hanging in the balance. Jim, i hate to say it. Revel is on life support. Many had high hopes for the mega resort hoping it would be the economic spark to turn things around in Atlantic City. From the beginning it seems we watched a slow, painful death and sparkling city by the sea. And the 2. 4 billion mega resort and casino opened a fan fair with stunning design nont embrace the sun and ocean and anyone who stayed her would till the same thing. Theyre pretty and well and one of the best weve ever seen. I love the architecture of the space and restaurants are amazing. It seemed to die revels future seem to be cast fro