Number of revelations including the level of cooperation and trust. Lets start with a hollywood thriller. Lets go straight to inagural which was almost postponed with terrorist threat and just how was that threat and how did the bush and obama teams deal with it . Thank you very much for being here and talking with me about the book. When we look at the the front of the cover of the book here and you see bush and obama, both of them actually looking pretty serious and grim. They are. They had walked out the blue room where they had traditional coffee where the president elect and first first lady to be come in to be hosted by the sitting president and the Vice President from both sides too. And so while they were there discussing whatever the days activity ahead, they were talking about in the situation room, there was a meeting about a threat on the inauguration that had come over the weekend. There was a threat of a terrorist attack on the inauguration. Probably not close to the podi
Take that offer of the bailout, and he took the same route that president roosevelt had when Herbert Hoover tried to have him involved in decision host recounting of history. Guest in a why what happens is you buy into somebody elses problem. He wanted to start fresh. Host so to close that critical chapter in terms of National Security and financial challenges, your conclusion was that during the transition, because of this level of trust and cooperation and familiarity, your conclusion is that the transition helped move through that period in a much more positive way than otherwise might have been the case . Guest absolutely. Host i concur. Guest thats true in so many ways, whether its in the appointments process host well get to that. Guest the general procedures of a transition, yes. Host lets move to president bush. I think if i would kind of capsulize your themes, its to start early and stay open with the sitting president. Guest right. Host tell us holiday and why president bush
Equinox, which is latin, by the way, for equal night, when night and day are the same length. Unfortunately, northeast, the first hour of spring is going to look a lot like winter. This is a picture of fort lee new jersey. A storm moving up the coast is bringing snow from washington to new england. Jericka duncan is in new york city with winters parting shot. Jericka. Reporter good evening. It has been a winter for the record books and the pocketbooks. Historic blizzards and low temperatures have put a chill on spending throughout the northeast. In boston, where a record 108 inches fell credit and debit card sales dipped more than 9 while nationwide spending was up nearly 3 . Economists estimate massachusetts alone suffered 1 billion in lost wages and profits. Small businesses and hourly workers took the biggest hit. Diane swonk is chief economist with mesirow financial. In the overall economy, really harsh Winter Weather tend to disrupt, defer, and displace economic testifies. This is
Police have. That 17yearold victim who says she was raped inside a d. C. Police headquarters they actually brought her down to identify the office that she said the assault took place in and the first place they took her was not officer bests office. And she walked in that office and said no this isnt the room. They then took her upstairs to the fifth floor to his actual office. The moment she walked in that Office Police say she began to cry. Moments ago d. C. Police chief cathy lanier issued a statement condemning bests actions, but her statement makes no mention of the fact that several of the assaults occurred while he was in uniform wearing his gun and badge or that one of the i salt assaults actually took place in d. C. Police headquarters. Mark segraves news4. Its not official yet, but Benjamin Netanyahu just declared victory in israels tight election. Early returns appear to give him the upper hand in forming the countrys next coalition government. He says he has already begun
Equinox, which is latin, by the way, for equal night, when night and day are the same length. Unfortunately, northeast, the first hour of spring is going to look a lot like winter. This is a picture of fort lee new jersey. A storm moving up the coast is bringing snow from washington to new england. Jericka duncan is in new york city with winters parting shot. Jericka. Reporter good evening. It has been a winter for the record books and the pocketbooks. Historic blizzards and low temperatures have put a chill on spending throughout the northeast. In boston, where a record 108 inches fell credit and debit card sales dipped more than 9 while nationwide spending was up nearly 3 . Economists estimate massachusetts alone suffered 1 billion in lost wages and profits. Small businesses and hourly workers took the biggest hit. Diane swonk is chief economist with mesirow financial. In the overall economy, really harsh Winter Weather tend to disrupt, defer, and displace economic testifies. This is