Here are some of our featured programs for this weekend on the cspan networks. On book tv, saturday at 10 00 p. M. An afterwards author Peter Wallison says that they caused the financial crisis and it could happen again. And jeffrey sax on a Development Plan to counter global issues. And saturday morning at 10 30 eastern on American History tv, a discussion on the last major speeches of Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther king jr. Then sunday afternoon at 4 00, the 1965 meet the press interview with Martin Luther king jr. Let us know what you think about the programs youre watching. Call us at 2026263400. Email us at comments or send us a tweet. Join the cspan conversation. Like us on facebook. Follow us on twitter. On tuesday, admiral cecil haney briefed reporters at the pentagon. He talked about threats to u. S. Security and answered questions about north Koreas Nuclear missiles and chinas antisatellite missile test. This is 35 minutes. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you f
Untrained, uneducated, and unemployable. How could they get a place at the economic starting line . Welfare reform. After 60 years of guaranteeing benefits to welfare recipients, the federal government wants them to go to work. Has the new policy succeeded . We are the richest most prosperous nation on earth. Yet, in the midst of plenty, great disparities in wealth. Reducing poverty what have we done . With the help of economic analyst richard gill well investigate that question on this edition of economics u a. Im david schoumacher. There have always been people left out of the American Dream the young, the old the ill, the untrained. And those whove just lost out in a competitive economy which has losers as well as winners. Today we take it for granted that the government has a role to play in reducing poverty and we argue only about how and how much. But before food stamps and Public Housing before government aid to the elderly what happened when the elderly faced the Great Depressi
Welfare reform. After 60 years of guaranteeing benefits to welfare recipients, the federal government wants them to go to work. Has the new policy succeeded . We are the richest, most prosperous nation on earth. Yet, in the midst of plenty, great disparities in wealth. Reducing poverty what have we done . With the help of economic analyst richard gill well investigate that question on this edition of economics u a. Im david schoumacher. There have always been people left out of the American Dream the young, the old, the ill, the untrained. And those whove just lost out in a competitive economy which has losers as well as winners. Today we take it for granted that the government has a role to play in reducing poverty and we argue only about how and how much. But before food stamps and public housing, before government aid to the elderly, what happened when the elderly faced the Great Depression . I see 1 3 of a nation illhoused, illclad, illnourished. Schoumacher the Great Depression cu
Reducing poverty what have we done . With the help of economic analyst richard gill well investigate that question on this edition of economics u a. Im david schoumacher. There have always been people left out of the American Dream the young, the old the ill, the untrained. And those whove just lost out in a competitive economy which has losers as well as winners. Today we take it for granted that the government has a role to play in reducing poverty and we argue only about how and how much. But before food stamps and Public Housing before government aid to the elderly what happened when the elderly faced the Great Depression . I see 1 3 of a nation illhoused, illclad illnourished. Schoumacher the Great Depression cut too wide and too deep for businessasusual. The depression demanded new answers to poverty. No group suffered more than the elderly. Savings accounts were wiped out, pensions were rare family resources, gone. The needs of the elderly have always carried a special urgency.
Spectrum and local broadcast stations has risen perhaps ahead of the incentive auction next year. So for a variety of reasons, weve seen a number of companies consolidate their positions in the broadcast tv market. Theyve fought stations across the country bought stations across the country. Weve seen Certain Companies really being aggressive in terms of snapping up smaller broadcasts. Host so with a company like sinclair, how Many Television stations does it own across the country . Guest i believe i dont know the number off the top of my head, i believe they own something in excess of a hundred stations. They have a number of these joint Sales Agreements in place. Theyre one of the companies that will likely be with impacked by this. Impacted by this. In some cases broadcasters can get waivers if they can prove these joint Sales Agreements are necessary to keep the smaller station afloat or so they can provide local or news programming. However, in most cases it appears theyre going