Democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Could puerto rico become americas greece . Thats a question many are asking as the island is facing a devastating financial crisis and a rapidly crumbling health care system. Puerto rico owes 72 billion in debt. 355 million in debt payments are due on december 1 but it increasingly looks like the u. S. Territory could default on at least some of the debt. Congress has so far failed to act on an Obama Administration proposal that includes extending bankruptcy protection to puerto rico, more equitable medicaid and medicare funding for the island. Meanwhile, leaders are passive planning for a massive day to spur congressional action. Major address a by Juan Gonzalez. He is a longtime columnist for the new york daily news. 2015, at New York University, he spoke. He was inducted into the journalism hall of fame along with charlie rose, lesley stahl of 60 minutes, and max frankel of the New York Times. Juan is the au
Lets see how we are fairing, right around 2. 2, somewhere in there. I say it from memory. We wont show it to you. Hanging in there around 44, 42 for wti. Lets get to our road map. Investors seemingly in for a repeat of yesterdays losing session at least at the open. The final hurdle cleared in its largest acquisition ever. An exclusive interview with ge chairman, jeff immelt. Former treasury secretary, Larry Summers, standing against a fed rate hike, will join us shortly. Stock futures giving up some early, early gains, extending their losses from yesterdays clothe close. Jobless claims down 6,000 to 275,000. Import prices falling 1. 8 . That was the biggest drop in seven months. All of this one day after wednesdays big game turned into a big selloff. Another 400point intraday swing in the market. Intraday reversal has become the name of the game in wall street. It is nothing like what we started at here in the morning. Another 400point swing. Yesterday, it was spread out a little bit.
Of the team to make those decision, its very difficult as a thirdparty partner participant to make that kind of assessment without the actual knowledge and data. As a former businessman, i would say that a site that couldnt accommodate a few hundred people simultaneously signing on and people waiting for weeks or months, security wasnt the reason that that should not have launched, but i appreciate that youre here on security today. The gentlelady from new york, a place where i. T. Comes first for many of her constituents is recognized for five minutes. Thats true, true of the west coast, too. I just want to note that this is the committees 29th hearing on the Affordable Care act and the sixth on the website. Oh, come on, please. I want to focus on some very positive things. And thats the cost growth is slowing to historic lows and that was one of the huge challenges that we confronted k the whole time that ive been in congress, is the just the whopping cost in health care in our coun
She was questioned by the groups president , former congressman phil sharp. This is an hour. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to resources for the future to hear epa administrator gina mccarthy. And since she has wonderfully attracted a much larger audience for rff, im going to indulge a couple of moments about who we are and what were up to, if you dont mind, or whether you mind or not. Let me just quickly say i think many people realize that we are an organization that strives to achieve highquality, objective research on major Public Policy questions related to energy, environment, and natural resources. Our organizations been at this for more than 60 years. We also try to promote serious public discourse, which is not always a simple thing to do in the washington, d. C. Area. Let me suggest to you that on the Climate Change issues in particular, and the various policy choices, rff scholars have been working on these for more than a decade so that we have done and are doing analysis on
That will have significant gaps in terms of the number of voters just two years ago and i guarantee it will reflect on in my opinion negatively on the kind of policy makers that would make a difference in those issues and Economic Opportunity issues and equality and civil rights issues inside new mexico and in the country. It happened during the last two decades of course the proposition changed the dynamics of the state and the only republican elected to the office the biggest mistake the Latino Community can make is to stay home in protest of whatever it is whether its the administration. Through our vote we send a message to leadership here in washington as to whether or not we are going to be a community and a force to be reckoned with. If we stay home then we become invisible and we are not factored in. [applause] so through our vote we will send a message to washington, to the state legislators that we are going to hold elected officials accountable. And if they dont support our