Chairman in his academic persona had developed that is a stitch lee before his arrival. So those to make a strong case and particularly when pursuing and conventional policy. Thinks that were not known to with those used by the fed the things precisely with the hybrid usual 60 of its. And with those additions and with the Monetary Policy more reason to have the chairman speaking more regularly and at more length and a do think it has been very helpful gussied fomc position to have the fed chairman to that if only allows him to elaborate to the committee with the discussions they would have. And then inform those people that would ask and. We appreciate that. Boy back to the nitty gritty of regulatory policy now that you have a nice boston accent we learned you are there beds sox fan that we will forgive you for but give us a bio with your rise through the federal reserve. I will try to make sure. Short. To interpret that how did you get interested in financial regulation, previous time
The pilot and paramedics met the plane on the ramp and assisted before transporting him to a hospital. We dont have word on his condition but we are told he is a 28year veteran pilot. The first officer an 11year veteran. Some of the passengers were rebooked on a shuttle flight to seattle while others had to wait until a replacement pilot arrived at about midnight or so. Another incident forced an Emergency Landing in denver. We have some cell phone video of this incident. A flight scheduled to come into san diego from new york city was diverted due to an unruly passenger on board were told. Jet blue flight 185 landed in denver at 7 15. Kusa reports it was a Customer Service issue between a Flight Attendant and female passenger. A federal air marshall got involved. Once the individual was escorted off the plane the flight was back in the air. Denver police, the tsa and fbi are now handling that investigation. Back to youp. All right. Tom costello, thank you so much. Were following anoth
As america gets set for its big game. And were getting set with al in San Francisco and natalie live in baltimore today, friday, february 1st, 2013. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today on a friday morning. Im matt lauer. Good morning, everyone. Im savannah guthrie. You did not have to grow up in new york city to know the name ed koch, who served as mayor for three terms from 1978 to 1989 and used his sometimes combative style to help rescue the city from near financial ruin. I did grow up around here. He was a force. When you would come across a voter, he would always say, how am i doing . Am i doing okay . He died overnight at New York Presbyterian Hospital here in the city where he made his mark with a larger than life personality. Here is nbcs ron allen. Hi reporter ed koch was a quintessential new yorker and one of the citys most popular and outspoken politicians, known
And i saw it all yesterday. One buffoon called this the shutdown the worst mistake in American History and maybe in world history. The buffoonery continues, willie, and whats incredible is as one doctor told us, one expert told us, were in the second inning of a nineinning game and these fools, i will say, yes, fools, are acting as if this is over. And its the ninth inning and everybody just overreacted just like they were doing in february and march. They still are not learning their lessons. And theyre not acknowledging the fact that the reason the numbers arent as high as they could have been, the reason that the hospitals have not been swamped as they could have been is because of action that was taken, because of stayathome orders and because of social distancing. Thats not taking my word for it, thats taking dr. Anthony faucis word for it. Thats taking dr. Deb before birx word for it. Thats an ignorant take, but ive seen it out there too. Even as the u. S. Crossed the 1 million m
Federal charges against George Zimmerman in the shooting death of George Zimmerman. We have word from the Justice Department they will talk about the case as part of his remarks in a Voting Rights event. We are watching live right now in d. C. Coming up. Well talk to two people about the possible move by the Justice Department. The lawyer for the family of Trayvon Martin. We begin with senior White House Correspondent wendall gooler who joins us from the white house. White house spokesman jay carney was asked about charges. He said the president weighed in because mr. Obama wants to convey the idea of Trayvon Martins death being a tragedy and note the wishes of martins parents. The president wanted to ask every american to heed for the call for calm reflection from Trayvon Martins parents a rather remarkable request given how much they are suffering after losing their son. The president s a pole for calm followed the protest that were largely peaceful though there were arrests in los a