Longterm reform, and thats part of the work that we have described here and that were undertaking as part of our task force. I know that my colleagues this evening all agree with me that we need to continue this work and take advantage of advancing technology, the metrics that exist now, the examples of good practices, the leadership of providers and the medical community and good ideas wherever they are. And whoever is willing to offer them. I want to thank my colleagues for joining in this effort. I look forward to returning on this subject, and i have now some additional remarks on a separate subject that i wish to be separated in part by a different space, if thats possible, mr. President. Briefly, mr. President , i want to express my strong support for the transportationh. U. D. Appropriations bill thats before us and take a moment to explain an amendment that i have filed to this bill that ensures that men and women who have bravely served our country cannot be discriminated agai
Economists expected businesses to severely shut down hiring, because of the shutdown. However, 240,000 jobs in october beat estimates. The philippines, typhoon haiyan has wrecked the are island of leyta. Roads impassible, roads washed out. Reuters is reporting at least 100 are dead in the city of taklaban, heading towards vietnam. Ill see you back here at 11 00 eastern, 8 00 pacific time. On america tonight where poverty lives. I go to work every day im in time every day. Even in suburbia. I cant afford to move to a better environment for my children. I feel like the failure, like i let them down. We gig our series, the other america. Also a monster moving at over 200 miles per hour. The supermonster. In asia. The nations biggest retailer face he its biggest and angriest protest yet. Good evening and thanks for spending part of it with us. Im joie chen. We begin with a look at the haves and the have nots of our nation. With a gu good bit of informati, wealth and poverty in our country
Can a pa. According to some the mismed bag on points. Rows a 10. 7 . U. S. Companies added 200,000 jobs, the payrolls were during that month, far many more than economists were expecting. Those are the headlines at this hour, america tonight is up next. Remember you can always get your latest news on bib. Aljazeera. Com. Let them down. We gig our series, the other america. Also a monster moving at over 200 miles per hour. The supermonster. In asia. The nations biggest retailer face he its biggest and angriest protest yet. Good evening and thanks for spending part of it with us. Im joie chen. We begin with a look at the haves and the have nots of our nation. With a gu good bit of informati, wealth and poverty in our country may be growing. First the numbers more than 200,000 jobs were added to the economy last month and economists have predicted the number would be closer to 120,000. Only the sign the shutdown wasnt as hard on our economy as they thought it would be. Retail industries a
The major sticking points remain the same, Congressional Democrats want to raise taxes on the highest income earners while keeping the current lower tax rates in place for the middle class. Republicans want to extend tax breaks at all levels. Good morning and welcome to washington journal. We are going to be talking about the fiscal cliff, the statements the House Speaker made about being a stalemate and what the president said during his trip to a toy factory in pennsylvania. Here are the numbers. You can also reach out to us by email and twitter and facebook, all of the social media as. On twitter the addresses cspanwj, facebook. Com cspan. More from the article by jake sherman with the headline fiscal cliff. He writes lets go to the phones. The first call comes from debbie in flint, mich. On the line for democrats. Caller i think they need to pass a law that these guys did not get paid. If i go to work and did not do my job, they will not pay me. They have not done their jobs in the
His cap nit. John roberts is live outside of trump tower in new york city. Just named, congratulations to my friends. A lot of action here this afternoon. Not just an antitrust protestor almost coming to blows with the naked cowboy. Joe manchon going upstairs to talk to president elect trump. The fact that he comes from a tv coal state. There has been no official announcement on this, but Rex Tillerson this is maybe one of the top one or two in the cabinet. Rex tillerson crafted deals. Donald trump really likes that aspect of it and here is what he told Chris Wallace on fox news sunday. He is more than a business executive. He is a world class player. To me a great advantages. He does massive deals in russia. However, they could run into head wins. Even some republicans are concerned he might be too close to russia because of the deals he set to make in russia. Donald trump has not yet named tiller s er tillerson, though he is expecting to. What can you tell us ant the golden elevators