Dog, pom. Pictures here of him out with his dog, poppy, in the early hours near Downing Street. Some nice pictures. The chancellor has promised his plans will stimulate the flagging economy and help family with permanent tax breaks. Labour will argue that any reductions will still leave people worse off because of the freezing of Tax Thresholds. So what could be expected in todays budget . Ben king takes a look. The background to todays budget has been gloomy, with the economy in recession. But it looks like the chancellor will still find room to cut taxes. The conservatives are trailing labour in the polls, and looking Forjeremy Hunt to give them some cheer in places like this, winchester, a seat the Lib Dems Hope to win. So what do people here think about tax cuts . I think it would be a good idea because it gives people more money to spend on what they want to buy. Realistically, people arent going to save that much money from a tax cut, whereas more money in Public Services means B
Triumph of ego over common sense. Talks about his role as a rockefeller republican and how the Republican Party moved from moderate to conservative. St. John fisher in rochester, nw york hosted this event in 2008. Richard i want to tell you about my book. I would explain the title, no room for democracy the triumph of ego over common sense. I would tell you about the style of the book. There is no room for democracy in a political party, political leadership. If cant get anything done you dont have a dictator running the political party. Its all right to listen to what other people have to say, but there are a lot of things decisions a leader has to make if you going to get anything done. I saw an article the other day in the New York Times in which democratic congressman said we need discipline in the party. I got a kick out of that because thats what i have been saying for a long time. There are examples in the book about decisions that had to be no roomt come down to for democracy.
Broadcasting into iran in support of those efforts in an effective way, and now were in this situation, it is very hard to untangle the lost opportunities. Hard to get the confidence back in ejupt when theyve seen egypt when theyve seen the embrace of the muslim brotherhood. This is the challenge we face in this theater. Danielle you just brought up a whole series of things. Public diplomacy, which brings also in russia. I dont want to leave the middle east until we talk about the authorization use of military force. I know you support the notion of an authorization. There was a lot of back and forth between the administration, which didnt want to give language to the congress and the result is that weve been operating in what amount to a military mr. Royce were operating nder the 2001 and twee 2002 authorization. Danielle correct. Mr. Royce what i support is the authorization of use of military force that will give our commanders the flexibility they need mountain field. One of the th
It was also to include the priorities, on both sides of the aisle as well as in the committee. And outside the committee. We agreed to clear the bill to clear exports. It was written by senator barrasso and others, agreed to include major efficiency bill headed up by senators portman and shaheen and include mineral security that i met with senators about the use of hydro power, clean renewable resource favored by almost everyone in the chamber. We agreed to expedite Natural Gas Pipelines without sacrificing any environmental review, this was an effort led by senator cavanaugh. We agreed to a new oil and gas permitting pilot program, one of several ideas, we picked up a proposal from senator collins to boost the efficiency of schools, we agreed to approve our nations cybersecurity based on legislation for senators rich and we made innovation a key priority to promote development of new technology. As part of that we agreed to reauthorize many of the Energy Related portions thanks to lea
President obamas noon fix the crisis facing competition in cries. Well speak live with a texas congressman. Video of the Boston Marathon bombing suspect. What he was doing the day after the deadly attack while police and federal agents were closing in. Neither one of us like it. We both want to be together. Theyve been married for 33 years, now forced to separate. Its all because of a loophole in health care coverage. Rockets fired from gaza into israel as a diplomatic effort fails. Israels Prime Minister said hamas will pay. Good morning and welcome to alJazeera America. Im stephanie sy. Im bell cat. The bombings resuming this morning, strehl war planes carrying out dozens of strikes targeting the homes of four senior hamas lead jeers israel officials warn residents near gazas northern border to evacuate. The death toll in gaza has climbed to 208 people and israel has suffered its first death in this conflict, mortar fire killing a man distributing food to israel soldiers. Coverage be