Is with the middle class laid bare, with a more precarious position than we realized in the early 2000s. Theye lost a lot of what had. Middleclass Home Ownership was down after the recension recession. Business ownership was down. Middleclass incomes fell not just in the recession, but in the recovery. It only stabilized in the last couple of years since then. They maybe going up again, finally. Be going up again, finally. When we think about the frustrations they are feeling now, it is not just because the recovery and recession were bad. Things were pretty bad before that. A pretty terrible economic decade for most americans and we did not realize that as much because they were spending money they did not have and now they have to pay it back and stop borrowing until we see a situation where it debt frustrations are boiling over. Host were talking about american middle class, the numbers are on the bottom of the screen. You can also participate on social media. Mike is in chicago. We
Have clearly shifted away from giving can get the kids to we are winning battles here and there, so i think they are key in the we are doing and they are adjusting the messaging. It is quite effective, at least from looking at different instances. Families andg up the dangers and what happens when individuals go to syria and iraq and they leave their families behind, there is a level there. Im talking to a number of individuals who are true believers on this, but when you bring up family members and say, have you talked to mom lately are what to think about the fact that you left them behind, they tense up in a way that im not used to seeing. I think theres affected things. This is to say that radicalization is how the complex and not bulimia process. Not a linear process. Humans by nature complex and they will be equally complex and things that work for you will not work for you, so how do you . Figure that out in terms of tailoring messaging so how do you figure that out in terms of
Now convinces us that the dynamics in the National Unity government significantly improve. The taliban are probably not going to comment to the negotiating table. The Afghan Security forces will not be the miracle we had hoped and to some degree convinced ourselves it would be. And elections will probably not happen in 2016. That leaves us with no real way out of what was supposed to be the beginning of an emergence of a slightly abnormal constitutional situation that we are in now. That is why we are looking at alternatives. We have run out of the optimistic scenarios we once had. That is what is sinking in and making 2016 a particularly challenging and different year, even though the fundamentals may not change that much. Mr. Kugelman i imagine we will discuss how things are going to be getting worse, etc. , which is true. But to start with context, things are bad, but it is not all bad. There are plenty of people that did not expect the National Unity government to get as far as far
Adding to concerns about the slowdown in china. In chinal out put rose but fell short of estimates. Nvestors reacted chinese stocks had their worst day in three weeks. The shenzhen composite was down more than 6 . Germany is going to slow up the influx of refugees, at least for now. The government is reposing border controls. They a sign to europe that need more help. At this moment, germany is introducing temporary border checks again at the internal frontiers. The focus in the first instance will be at the border with austria. The aim of this measure is to limit the current influx to germany and come back to an ordered proceeding of the entry again. This is necessary for safety reasons. Brendan european officials meet in brussels on the refugee crisis to discuss the plan of introducing styling seekers to your europe. Fastmoving firefighters in california have killed one person and destroyed several homes and businesses. At least 81 homes were destroyed in a separate fire near sacrame
Ace and later a rather than sending them to prison. Friends, colleagues, country men. And lets today welcome all of the new members and all of their families to what we all know would be a truly today is an important day for our country many senators took the oath this afternoon, 13 for the first time and a new republican majority accepted its new responsibility. We recognize the enormity of the task force. We know a lot of hard work awaits. We know that a lot of follow the Gopled Congress and see the new members. The best access is on cspan television cspan radio and cspan. Org. New congress best access. More than 1,000 American Children are involved in sex trafficking, up next, several sessions from an event focused on stopping the sex trade around america and around the world. First we hear from Rob Portman Portman welcome, everybody here. Some late arrivals. Some of you may have heard the red line is running late or incapacitated or something, so we have been getting a bunch of ema