impact of trillions. blogger jeff jarvis stirs up a storm by hurling an obscenity. the reporter whose story prompted david wu to resign over a sex scandal. should he have relied on unnamed sources? i m howard kurtz and this is reliable sources. it would be comical if it weren t so serious. washingtonality its worst as all of us in the news business trying to keep up with a story that changes by the hour. the senate scheduled to vote today at 1:00 p.m. to avoid a crippling default. look at the rolling news coverage suggests one inescapable conclusion, we often aren t sure what s going on either the countdown continues, american anger and anxiety keep building as the politicians let another day go by without a deal on the flash debt. it is one week and counting to august 2nd, the day the president says the government will run out of money and, among other things, will have to stop sending out social security checks. we are not yet in the end game. we are still in the bl
about a new kind of discrimination to talk about in the workplace. it has nothing to do with race, creed, or color. this bias has to do with job applicants who have been out of a job for more than six months. coming up in our next hour, the red herrings in the debt showdown? what s behind the misdirection effort coming up. you are my sunshine my only sunshine you makes me happy when skies are grey you ll never know, dear how much i love you please don t take my sunshine away [ male announcer ] as long as there are babies, they ll be chevy s to bring them home.
creed, or color. this bias has to do with job applicants who have been out of a job for more than six months. coming up in our next hour, the red herrings in the debt showdown? what s behind the misdirection effort coming up. you are my sunshine my only sunshine you makes me happy when skies are grey you ll never know, dear how much i love you please don t take my sunshine away [ male announcer ] as long as there are babies, they ll be chevy s to bring them home. our girl s an architect.
the most recent cnn o.r.c. polling says 51% of americans would hold republicans responsible if the debt ceiling is not raised. just 30% would find president obama more responsible. peter moresi joins us. i have to ask you this, you are an economist, you re a well-respected economist and we have spoken together for years. do you have any evidence of what so many conservatives are saying that if we were to increase taxes at all, at all at this point in an economic cycle, that it would actually hurt our economic recovery? well, increasing taxes wouldn t hurt anymore than, say, cutting spending. both would decrease the amount of demand in the economy. to say taxes would hurt the economy is kind of code for, cutting spending is okay, but taxes are not. that s simply not true. in fact, raising taxes may be less deleterious than cutting spending. economic theory says so. did anything that happened yesterday, friday, have any effect on you when you looked at those gdp number that
governments are facing a crisis. one alabama government is getting ready for one of the largest municipal bankruptcy in history. why in the world would anybody name their child cheeto or limoncelo. those are all real names. this hour, more names to tell you about. why people do it and whatnot to name your child. good morning. thanks to my parents for naming me t.j. holmes. glad you could be with us. that clock is ticking on the debt ceiling crisis. tuesday is the deadline. the deadline for what? the government may not be able to pay its bills. we will have to decide which ones to pay and which ones not to pay. here is the rundown on capitol hill. the house is getting to work at noon today after some debate, they are expected to vote from the senate majority leader harry reid. that is expected to fail. on the senate side, they open debate on the same reid bill at 1:00. that debate could go as long as 12 hours or so. it might not be until you are asleep. the senate gets to