Also, presumed guilty, forced government cuts are devastating public defenders and their lowincome clients. Why this new normal may be unconstitutional. From here i am able to control it. Lets see how this does. No problem. And the helping hand, thats pretty cool, huh . Selftaught teenage inventor created a prosthetic arm at a fraction of the cost of others. Hell join us live, todays big idea. First at this hour president obama and First Lady Michelle Obama are aboard air force one. They are on their way to Marthas Vineyard where they will vacation for the next week. The president made one final stop in orlando this afternoon to speak at the disabled Veterans National convention. At every generation there are americans like you who stand beside her and guide her and protect her. We need to make sure weve got the resources, the budget s our veterans deserve. The orlando event comes on the heels of yesterdays wideranging News Conference at the white house. The president unveiled the seri
This program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Captioning sponsored by wpbt tom good evening, everybody, and thanks for watching. The number of americans making new claims for Unemployment Benefits fell for the first time in a month, down by 31,000. But susie, the overall number of claims is still way too high to describe the report as good news. Susie tom, that comes on top of some dismal reports on the state of the housing market, and a day ahead of whats expected to be a major speech by fed chairman ben bernanke in wyoming tomorrow. Everyones looking to the fed chief for answers on the economy, the stalling recovery, and the labor market. Tom we have two reports tonight looking at jobs, and what bernanke can actually do about the economy. We begin with scott gurvey in new york, who spoke with the head of one of the countrys biggest staffing firms. This one is different. It has components of the late 90s and 2001 recoveries. Its j
This program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Captioning sponsored by wpbt tom good evening, everybody, and thanks for watching. The number of americans making new claims for Unemployment Benefits fell for the first time in a month, down by 31,000. But susie, the overall number of claims is still way too high to describe the report as good news. Susie tom, that comes on top of some dismal reports on the state of the housing market, and a day ahead of whats expected to be a major speech by fed chairman ben bernanke in wyoming tomorrow. Everyones looking to the fed chief for answers on the economy, the stalling recovery, and the labor market. Tom we have two reports tonight looking at jobs, and what bernanke can actually do about the economy. We begin with scott gurvey in new york, who spoke with the head of one of the countrys biggest staffing firms. This one is different. It has components of the late 90s and 2001 recoveries. Its j
And lock them down where they do exist. There is a reason why president obama has made clear to the outside regime that this International Norm cannot be violated without consequences. And there is a reason why no matter what you believe about syria all peoples, though all nations who believe in the cause of our common humanity must stand up to assure that there is accountability in the use of chemical weapons so that it never happens again. The building of human rights would be one of the foundations on which we would does in the world an active spirit in which peace could grow. I dont think the white house has completely blown to one person. It belongs to the people of america and i think whoever lives in it should preserve its tradition and enhance it and leave something of themselves there. Next on booktv author Susan Crawford talks about her book captive audience the Telecom Industry and monopoly power in the new gilded age. She argues that americas Economic Future could be threat
Dagen and connell it is yours. Dagen thank you very much. Will that topic come up this hour because the president is set to speak at the white house . Maybe he will hit republicans over the head with his reasons for raising our Borrowing Limit in this country. Connell thats expected to be the main focus. We will see. We have other big stories today, including apple. Stocks on sale getting hammered on word the company is ordering fewer iphone parts, not enough demand apparently for the iphone. Dagen lets look at that stock among others. Nicole petallides is on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange with more on apples stock. Nicole . Nicole were keeping a close eye on apple, which today broke down below 500 for the first time in 11 months. This dates back to last february where it was below 500. Here it is, though. It has recouped some of the losses. It is now at 506. 80. You talked about the fact that they had to cut their orders for screens and components and such for the iphone 5.