That would be enough not only to stop the growth of our debt relative to the size of our economy, but it would make it manageable so it doesnt crowd out the investments we need to make in people and education and job training and science and medical research all the things that help us grow. Now, step by step, weve made progress towards that goal. Over the past two years, ive signed into law about 1. 4 trillion in spending cuts. Two weeks ago, i signed into law more than 600 billion in new revenue by making sure the wealthiest americans begin to pay their fair share. When you add the money that well save in Interest Payments on the debt, all together that adds up to a total of about 2. 5 trillion in deficit reduction over the past two years not counting the 400 billion already saved from winding down the wars in iraq and afghanistan. So weve made progress. We are moving towards our ultimate goal of getting to a 4 trillion reduction. And there will be more deficit reduction when congres
Gallbladder. The u. S. Supreme court has now released a statement about it. It says, quote, Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg underwent nonsurgical treatment for acute forgive my pronunciation cholecystitis, a benign gallbladder condition, this afternoon at Johns Hopkins hospital in baltimore, maryland. Following oral arguments on monday, yesterday, Justice Ginsburg underwent outpatient tests at Sibley Memorial Hospital in washington, d. C. Those tests confirmed she was suffering from a gallstone that had migrated to her cystic duct, blocking it and causing an infection. The justice is resting comfortably and plans to participate in the oral argument teleconference tomorrow morning remotely from the hospital. She expects to stay in the hospital for a day or two. Joining us now is pete williams, msnbc justice correspondent, for the latest on this breaking news. Thanks for making time to join us. I appreciate it. Reporter so, sure. Think about how tough Ruth Bader Ginsburg is at 87. She takes
No tobacco day we look at a popular alternative to regular cigarettes and find out just how good an alternative it really is we know from animal and soul experiments that the vapor causes inflammation in cells. Well does this suggests that in addition to inflammation it could result in long term damage such as cancer. If we start with the u. S. Secretary of state might pump ailes tour of europe it got off to a rocky start friday he and german chancellor Angela Merkel failed to agree on much and berlin they did agree that they had shared values but when it came down to concrete a trade and Security Policy they diverged especially over relations with iran. It took my pompei 0400 days to find time to visit berlin and then officials scheduled only 45 minutes for talks with chancellor Angela Merkel on trouble spots afghanistan syria libya and iran. In the will it is in great turmoil above all the question of the round house will prevent iran from acquiring Nuclear Weapons the visits were no
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