For joining. My name is loren smith. Itll be three years this month that ive been at the department, incredibly honored to be part of a great team doing a lot of what we think is really, really awesome work. Its going to be a lot of help to a lot of different parts of the country. Were really, really excited about. I had the honor of serving previously with secretary chow at the labor department. Its been a fascinating experience seeing different cabinet agencies and how the different organizations work. Im joined today by four really excellent panelists i think youre going to enjoy hearing from. I first want to introduce Alex Herrgott who is executive director of the public improvement counsel, fipsi. He has been in that role since september 2018. He had been serving previously as the associate director for infrastructure for counsel on Environmental Quality at the white house. Mr. Herrgott worked for senator james earnhoff in california. He served as primary staff for transportation
it s 10:00 a.m. in new york, i m lindsey rise e and we are following a whirlwind of breaking news this hour, including on capitol hill where norfolk southern s embattled ceo will be in the hot seat at a hearing that begins in moments facing tough questions from senators about the toxic train derailment in ohio. what he plans to say about the numerous derailments, cleanup efforts, and his promise to a community in fear from the toxic fallout. also breaking overnight, 81 senator mitch mcconnell, the longest serving senate leader ever is in the hospital this morning after a fall. what we know about how he s doing. and more breaking news overnight. a fiery onslaught across ukraine as russia launches its biggest missile and drone attack in weeks. reporter: these are targets that were largely civilian infrastructure, and he s trying to knock out the lights. he s trying to turn off the heat, and he s trying to do it all over the country. why there are new concerns about euro
International Monetary Fund managing director Christine Lagarde was joined by Central Bank Governors and financial analysts to talk about the Global Economic outlook, this runs about an hour. I am so delighted again to be moderating the Global Economic outlook. And unusual warmup act. I am disappointed for some reason they forgot to provide the bands. And the growth is very important. And trade needs to be free, growth, jobs and the nature of the trading system are important for our discussions now. We are meeting at a point in which for the First Time Since january 2008 the web has a tendency to be behind the times so it didnt fully recognize at that time how bad it was going to be but since ten years, since extraordinarily Global Economic optimism, a widely shared synchronized recovery. The risks in both directions, and the longer term opportunities and challenges it creates and to do so if i may introduce the panel, everybody here, i have Christine Lagarde to my left, she has been a
Across the globe. The now, the question is, whether the president will make good on that Campaign Promise here or could he change his mind like he changed his mind on nafta, not repudiating more like fixing it, a few moments ago saying he doesnt want to reestablish the israel in jerusalem, more like the present location in tel aviv. He is open to being flexible on this subject. And the devil is in the details. Whether he will find a middle ground on all of this. He is being pressured on both sides. Well devote next two hours on what is at stake. There is a twigs within the administration, the president is known to string people along, make them think one way, boom go the other way, like varney with the citizenship thing but that is another story. We have former Goldman Sachs senior partner, peter keirnen and democratic gift david bernstein. Lets pick what we have here. Right now the president could opt to say im out of this. Ive been promising during the campaign. It is damaging u. S.
Washington journal continues. Host the front page of usa today this morning. The headline, more democrats swear off the swearingin ceremony. They are joining their colleagues in bowing to boycott Donald Trumps inauguration in the wake of him lashing out at civil rights icon john lewis. Their asking our viewers thoughts on those actions by Democratic House members. For democrats. 2027488001 for republicans. Independents. R i want to start by talking about one of those talking to one of those members of congress. He is a former chair of the congressional black caucus. He announced yesterday that he would not be attending the inauguration sermon. Congressman butterfield, thank you for joining us. How did you come to that decision . Guest i made the decision the day after the election. I began anticipating the future as i always do. Right out of the box, i felt uncomfortable going to inauguration, which is supposed to be a celebration. The pinnacle of the ceremony is the growth of office w