I began to take on the life of being an interviewer, even though i have a day job of running a private equity firm. How do you define leadership . What is it that makes somebody tick . Do you get tired of people asking you what it feels like to be a woman ceo of any company . You know, i think i was surprised by it. Because i think when people started asking, it really was a reflection on the Auto Industry and what people thought of the Auto Industry. Ive grown up in it and, you know, frankly, i wouldnt be sitting here today as the chairman and ceo if not 20 years ago people hadnt taken chances on me to develop me. It was a bit surprising, but, you know, now if i can be a role model for other young girls to pursue engineering careers or pursue math and science, thats a good thing. But, you know, it is a question that gets asked probably more than it should. When you joined General Motors you graduated from high school, you went at the age of 18, did you expect you could rise up, that a
Little. On saturday a taliban suicide bomber killed one hundred three people and injured two hundred thirty five in the Afghan Capital kabul those are the latest figures provided by the countrys interior ministry. That. I have a store near the site of the blast when the car blew up i fell to the ground my brother was injured i took him to hospital it was already overwhelmed so i put a bandage on my brothers wound and took him to another facility. Lots of shopkeepers who were wounded and killed the attack was devastating i saw peoples limbs lying on the ground. Said todays bombing in kabul is the deadliest terror atrocity in afghanistan and since a truck blast in may last year which claimed one hundred fifty lives and this comes as part of a recent upturn in violence thats caused much bloodshed on wednesday on to Militants Attack to save the Children Office in the city of jalalabad moments later a car bomb exploded outside the premises six people were reportedly killed and dozens more i
Road. Where will there be a White Christmas . In their honor. Signs of the season from coast to coast paying tribute to some genuine american heroes. Good evening. Those post christmas credit card bills may not be the only shock to the wallet come the new year. With just ten days left to act to avoid a plunge over the fiscal cliff, the president and congress have left washington for the holidays leaving the clock ticking down to an acrosstheboard tax increase for most americans. Ten days is enough time to make a deal if republicans and democrats each decide to give some more ground. But tonight there are no such signs. That leaves millions of Holiday Shoppers tonight spending money against a paycheck that may soon get noticeably smaller. Well dig down on how this could affect your bottom line. But first, lets find out where negotiations stand. Nbcs Kristen Welker is traveling with the president in honolulu. Hello, kristen. Reporter lester, good evening. President obama played a round o
Christmas . In their honor. Signs of the season from coast to coast paying tribute to some genuine american heroes. Good evening. Those post christmas credit card bills may not be the only shock to the wallet come the new year. With just ten days left to act to avoid a plunge over the fiscal cliff, the president and congress have left washington for the holidays leaving the clock ticking down to an acrosstheboard tax increase for most americans. Ten days is enough time to make a deal if republicans and democrats each decide to give some more ground. But tonight there are no such signs. That leaves millions of Holiday Shoppers tonight spending money against a paycheck that may soon get noticeably smaller. Well dig down on how this could affect your bottom line. But first, lets find out where negotiations stand. Nbcs Kristen Welker is traveling with the president in honolulu. Hello, kristen. Reporter lester, good evening. President obama played a round of golf this afternoon but white ho
Michael thanks for watching. John fugelsang and viewpoint are next and right now. [ music ] john its sequestration week and even the guy who made amore calls it, too depressing. Hardcore gun owners, people taking away their guns and Second Amendment rights standing up to protest against things that arent remotely being taken away from them. And Michelle Obama on the oscars. Today is the 70s birthday of george hair on it. Well have fbomb about george, the van vatican and today the top catholic in britain, a pie joss scott pretty much excommunicated himself for hitting on someone whose name was not mary. This is viewpoint. [ theme music ] john good evening, im John Fugelsang. Thank you so much for joining us. Its the biggest game of chicken since the hast Time Congress and the president dueled eyetoeye over mountain. And in just four days the federal government could pull some 85 billion in spending out of 2013 budget forcing layoffs and programs cuts and perhaps pushing the country back