2013 until december 10, 2014, you served as emergency manager of detroit. Kevyn yes. Brian why did you take the job . Kevyn i have been asked that a lot of times. I was a restructuring professional. Detroit is 82 africanamerican, a city that had gone through several decades of decline. It was a city that needed restructuring. I initially was a little reluctant to take the job. I thought it would be difficult and i was comfortable in my corporate attorney life, my family and i. My managing partner steve and my wife said, look, this could be a call to action. It is important. It is outside your comfort zone, but we have people making the ultimate sacrifice on behalf of their country. This is temporary. And you will still be in an Airconditioned Office in the summer and heated in the winter. Sometimes you have to give back. After some reflection, it seemed like the right thing to do. Brian you are based in washington and a graduate of michigan law school. Did that have anything to do with
And i was comfortable in my corporate attorney life, my family and i. My managing partner steve and my wife said, look, this could be a call to action. It is important. It is outside your comfort zone, but we have people making the ultimate sacrifice on behalf of their country. This is temporary. And you will still be in an Airconditioned Office in the summer and heated in the winter. Sometimes you have to give back. After some reflection, it seemed like the right thing to do. Brian you are based in washington and a graduate of michigan law school. Did that have anything to do with why they asked you . Kevyn i think it did. I was an undergraduate at the law school at university of michigan. From 1976 to 1983, i lived in michigan. The 1980s were pretty good years. The class of 1982 was rick snyder. 1983 was me. Mike duggan, we all came up in that era. Having a connection to the city and understanding what it was in its heyday, as well as having participated in other cases, the chrysler
Homebuyers. Its a margin of more than twoone. Theyve outpaced renters since the First Quarter of 2006. As for the Fourth Quarter corporate profits climb. 1. 7trillion. Then you can see from that trot chart finally crumbling. However white now. They are ready for a new alltime record. The early season wrapping up almost last week. As been better than advertised. So far 91 companies had reported. 13. 6 blended Earnings Growth nine of the 11 sectors have seen faster growth. This economy is firing on all cylinders. There is no doubt that this was is happening under president obama it would be Headline News but even republicans are downplaying the trump economy may because they want to continue to put pressure to get the rest of the agenda through. Ladies, let me start with you. Veronica its been a long time. I am shocked that this is not more news. Its really incredible stuff. They talk about the soft data but were seen hard core data that shows this economy is really starting to get in ge
And we are joined 0k, plenty more from these tonight and we arejoined by 0k, plenty more from these tonight and we are joined by senior politicians from seven parties who will be listening and responding to what everyone has got to say. They are, for the conservatives. Representing the labour party, said area champion. The Scottish National party. Ukip, the Liberal Democrats and plaid cymru join us and for the green party, their co leader. Also, give them applause. Applause. Also, Jonathan Blake is working with bbc Reality Check looking at the numbers promises we will hear about by working out what really stacks up. And it is going through comments we have been getting all day on bbcdebate. First, tonight, after two devastating Terror Attacks in two weeks, including In Manchester, security has become a bigger part of the election campaign, in particular how best to protect british people from future attacks. Police numbers in england and wales have fallen by almost 20,000 since 2010 an
Cant be to embrace conspiracy theories or to talk about alternative facts. Ill talk to senator jeff flake of arizona who took on his own Republican Party for not sticking to its principles. And the democrats. You have to say leadership has not been clever enough or Strong Enough or perhaps visionary enough. My interview with california governor jerry brown and how the democrats have managed to become a Minority Party in washington, in statehouses, and secret v voted out of the white house. We agree washington is not working. What can we do to fix it . Joining me for insight and analysis are nbc news chief Foreign Affairs correspondent andrea mitchell. Heather mcgee, president of demos and david french, Senior Writer for the National Review. Welcome to sunday and a special edition of meet the press. From nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history, celebrating its 70th year, this is a special edition of meet the press with chuck todd. Good sunday morning. What