And by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Brown battle lines were drawn at either end of pennsylvania avenue today over the National Debt and government spending. The opening shots came from president obama at his white house News Conference. I thought it might make sense to take some questions this week as my first term comes to an end. Brown the questions were dominated by the looming debt ceiling fight. The president sternly warned republicans not to balk at raising the nations borrowing limit. They will not collect a ransom in exchange for not crashing the american economy. The financial well being of the American People is not leverage to be used. The full
And by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Brown battle lines were drawn at either end of pennsylvania avenue today over the National Debt and government spending. The opening shots came from president obama at his white house News Conference. I thought it might make sense to take some questions this week as my first term comes to an end. Brown the questions were dominated by the looming debt ceiling fight. The president sternly warned republicans not to balk at raising the nations borrowing limit. They will not collect a ransom in exchange for not crashing the american economy. The financial well being of the American People is not leverage to be used. The full
Captioning sponsored by Macneil Lehrer productions brown in the final News Conference of his first term, president obama said he will not negotiate with Congressional Republicans on raising the nations debt ceiling. Good evening. Im jeffrey brown. Woodruff and im judy woodruff. On the newshour tonight, well examine what the president said about tackling the government deficit and reducing gun violence. Brown then, we turn to the west african nation of mali, where french troops have launched air strikes on islamic militants. Three jihaddist groups now deemed a clear and present danger to the capital and beyond, a threat to africa and europe. Woodruff Margaret Warner has the story of the suicide of a young internet wizard who was facing federal charges for hacking and distributing online data he thought should be made public. Brown ray suarez updates the changes in cuba, where travel restrictions were eased today for citizens hoping to come and go. It is still one of the most repressive
According to a new poll from cnn Opinion Research today, 46 have a favorable opinion of Hillary Clinton, 50 do not have a favorable opinion of her. Its the first time those numbers have been upside down since 2003, but look at this, a majority of, 52 it is, say clinton does not care about people like them. Thats bad news. Its also an even split on whether clinton is inspirational or not and shes lost ground on the question of honesty and trust, on that question only 42 now say shes honest and trustworthy while 57 say shes not trustworthy. I want to start with you, stephanie. Youve dealt with this frying to protect candidates over the years. This number shift, is this because of the constant talk about these issues like benghazi and the server . Have they just worn her numbers down . I first want to say this is one poll of many polls, and the the polls do show her still winning in the horse race and have well get to that number. But in terms of has the beating taken had an impact . Yes,
And its worked. Weve got the polls to show t. Polls that show not just lowered favorability or higher unfavorability for secretary clinton but lowered numbers of honesty and trustworthiness. Jeb bush has also suffered in the polls. These many weeks of playing defense on iraq and other issues have left him half the candidate he was heading into this race. Once seen at the prohibitive favorite hes battling his way in the pack one of several republican contenders fighting to stand out. Joining me is Stephanie Cutter the former Deputy Campaign manager for barack obama back in 2012, former rnc chair Michael Steele msnbc political analyst and Joe Scarborough who is the host of morning joe. According to a new poll from cnn Opinion Research today, 46 have a favorable opinion of Hillary Clinton, 50 do not have a favorable opinion of her. Its the first time those numbers have been upside down since 2003 but look at this, a majority of 52 it is say clinton does not care about people like them. Th