June and july figures were revised lower. Unemployment rate fell a notch to 7. 3 because more americans gave up the search for rork. Jim, were looking for silver lunings here. Not too many when you look at threemonth, sixmonth average now that is nothing to get excited about. Right. And everyone keeps telling me back and forth, well, wait until you see the revisions. Ive done a lot of work on this number. Ive looked at it for the last five years. This is it. This number does not look through. People will trade off this number. Dl is nothing spectacular about it. It does come in right before a fed meeting. If the taper is going to be light. We are going to see Mortgage Rates down. It will be down next week. We havent seen that in a long time. The question this morning is whether or not it would go to five. Whether the 30year mortgage would go to 5 . That doesnt appear to be in imminent danger now. Going back to 4 1 2 . This is remarkable because that is a very important component of the
Im confused. Forget about it. I dont think theres any mystery about what will happen next. The point is, ladies and gentlemen, that greed for lack of a better word, is good. When does the greed stop . Big banks are the real parasites. I know which is right for new york. Good to have you with us. Thanks for watching the ed show. If you have been watching this program over the last month, you know that i have paid a great deal of tang to what is going on in the city of detroit. Because i have put out a narrative and now it is being played out by the biggest mayor in america. That there is going to be a template by conservative elected leaders, governors, mayors, when it comes the dealing with obligations, and of course, the running theyll is, well, it is the workers fault. This man right here go he is the first one to take the bait. That is the mayor of the richest city in america. He says that saving, saying Public Workers, their pensions, Public Workers pensions, could put new york in
News has been breaking all day. I want to begin with the statement from president obama. He is going to ask congress to vote first. In a statement on the white house lawn, the president says the u. S. Should target Syrian Government sites. He wants to get approval from congress. Lawmakers are not due back from their summer break until september 9th. President obama also indicated he wont wait for a report by u. N. Chemical weapons inspectors, nor will he look for approval from the u. N. Security council. Our whi White House Correspondent mike vaquiera, a big surprise from the president , mike. Sgl we had a tip that he was not going to announce imminent action. The destroyers were in place. Secretary kerry had laid out the indictment in the eyes of the administration yesterday. The evidence collected by intelligence sources had made some of that public about four pages worth. The president spoke to this yesterday making it clear that a limited, socalled surgical strikes, were something
Researchers have started digging up dozens of graves in a form Reform School in florida. Crews are hoping to find the remains of up to six boys who were buried there. Hoping find out exactly how they died, former inmates at the school have described brutal beatings at the facility back in the 1950s and 60s. And Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg has now become the first justice to officiate a samesecond wsecond wedding over friends. Thanks for watching. After careful deliberation itch decided that the United States should take military action against Syrian Regime targets. On america tonight, president obama winds up and throws congress a curve. Well look at Capitol Hills Quick Reaction to the president s challenge. And how the abrupt change in white house strategy might also change the minds of the skeptical public at home and abroad. Good evening and welcome to a special edition of america tonight. A sudden and surprising shift from the white house on its syria strategy throws
Boehm left no doubt that he himself reached the decision that military action should be taken. Heres what he had to say after careful deliberation, i have decided that the United States should take military action against Syrian Regime targets. This would not be an openended intervention. We would not put boots on the ground. Instead our action would be designed to be limited in duration and scope. But im confident we can hold the assad regime accountable for their use of chemical weapons, deter this kind of behavior, and degrade their capacity to carry it out. Our military has positioned assets in the region. The chairman of the joint chiefs has informed me that we are prepared to strike whenever we choose. Moreover, the chairman has indicated to me that our capacity to execute this mission is not timesensitive. It will be effective tomorrow or next week or one month from now. Nd im prepared to give that order. But having made my decision as commander in chief based on what i am convi