The demographic changes for the 1980s. This is about 20 minutes. The book is called Barack Obamas america have new conceptions of race, family and religion end of the reagan era. Catholic University Professor John Kenneth White is the author. Professor, lets begin. Tell us about the cover of the book. I had not been to do with the cover, but it works so well for the book because it is the photographs of people who attended obama rallies in 2008 and you have a mixture of coming in now, white, black, hispanic, you name it. Theres even a couple of pictures and their of al gore and you have to really search for that. But it describes i think visually the changes in the democracy of the United States that led to Barack Obamas election. And sho forth. And i think americans understand the changes taking place in the country are here to stay. But for some americans can creates discomfort because there is a sense of loss. A loss of a 1950s america. A loss of a time when rules were clear about m
Comcast and mcdonalds. After the bell we have amgen, at t and yum brands. Screen. Oard futures flat. Tenyear yields flat. Eurodollar flat. Loyal 104 per barrel. Monitor. The existing home sales. Here is the housing boom of the middle part of the last decade. Sales have rolled over again off of the trend line back 20 years ago. Existing home sales just cannot get it going. That is an ugly chart. Now what . Unemployment stalled out. More on that through the next number of days. Here is scarlet fu. Top frontpage story about changing up the guard at ford. The chief operating officer, mark fields, will be named ceo eventually. The announcement may come as soon as may 1. Alan mulally probably stepping down by the end of the year. He is 68 years old. A former executive who turned around ford and kept the company from pursuing a federal bailout. Billiond up on the 23 loan before the financial crisis. A stroke of brilliance. They never had to pay government take government money. The point is,
to strive to miss utah is here for a second chance at the question that made her an internet sensation today. tuesday june 18th, 2013. from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. good morning and welcome in on a tuesday morning. i m savannah guthrie. at least she has a sense of humor. i m matt lauer with al roker and natalie morales and the obama administration continues to react to these leaks from edward snowden. they re promising to release more details about the nsa programs and the terror plots they thwarted and that s coming today. we will talk to the committee chairman mike rogers in just a moment. but first right to andrea mitchell, good morning to you. reporter: good morning. democrats and republicans want the head of the national security agency to explain just how edward snowden gained access to so many secrets and whether the surveillance programs are worth the trade off in persona
could more radiation leak out. i m vic carter. they re forced to abandon their efforts at a power plant because it s too dangerous. another crisis at the fukushima daiichi nuclear plant. a second fire in reactor four. radiation levels have fallen since tuesday s explosion and fire, but officials are concerned about possible core damage in the no. 2 reactor. residents and even nuclear experts are frustrated with the government s communication. i m not being told what to do by really any authority figure whatsoever. we have not been getting reliable dose estimates out of the japanese government. some people are not taking any chances. they re boarding flights out of tokyo s airports. we re going to take a precautionary measure and get farther away. reporter: people are are going to school, going to work, but it s impossible to know what risks they face. this man took his family and fled the danger zone to escape potential exposure. i m very, very worried, he say