Time here, id like to say that this is the arena portion of our evening, which is to say we have a great event for you tonight. We regularly have awesome events but were very excited for this one, the book launch of the happeniness industry with William Davies and simon critchley. If you do have a question, raise your hand and you can talk to the motorcycle microphone. If you havent noticed, we have cameras. Come over, ask questions and well get the ball rolling. I want to briefly substance introduce our author. William davies, political quarterly and hes an associate editor at renewal and open dem academy democracy. A few words about our moderator simon critchley. He asked me not to read it but to make some white remark which i hopefully just did. Please put your hands together for william and simon. [applause] thank you very much, and welcome. I hate people that do this when they begin. Im very proud im very proud to be here, and this is a fantastic book and you should buy it and rea
People working to get themselves out of poverty. Sam from the financial times. Thanks very much. You were talking earlier about the u. S. As a bright spot, among advanced economies. The story of the president ial campaign has not been that American Voters feel this has been a bright spot recovery. Is there a risk the administration is feeling out of touch with public mood about the u. S. Economy at the moment or are we overestimating just how negative people feel about the economy . First of all, i dont know, you know i look at evidence from the measures that economists look at about how people feel about the economy are the Consumer Sentiment index and the Consumer Confidence index from the Conference Board and the university of michigan. When you look at measures like that, you see that confidence has been consistently rising since the recession. And last year reached levels we hadnt seen in over a decade. So i see a number of ways in which people are positive both about their situat
Move, move tourists scramble as a whale watching boat heads right for the pier. [ honking ] no serious injuries, but a lot of frayed nerves, and the coast guards now looking into why it happened, today, friday, april 1st, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everybody. Great spring day. Welcome to friday. Willies in for matt this morning. Busy day. Weve got weather, politics, and part two of our continuing series get to know your today show anchors. Yesterday we gave you savannahs email address. Today, date of birth, Social Security and atm p. I. N. Code. If youre wondering where matt is, hes in the penalty box for giving out my email on live tv. Well have all that, but first, our top story. Powerful storms spawning tornadoes across the south for a second straight day. We want to get right to nbcs steve patterson. Hes in mississippi this morning where one of those two tornadoes tou
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