Joining us first is representative bob latta, republic of ohio. I want to start with what the house did just very recently, and that was reauthorizing the Satellite Television extension and localism act. What is that, first of all . Guest every five years that has to be reauthorized. What that is is, again, what it is, its for satellite. Folks out there who get their tv from satellite, we had to get this thing done by the end of year. If we didnt, we have about 1. 5 million americans who would not be receiving television anymore. It was very important, that was the overall part of what the act was for, we wanted to get it done, but there were certain titles in the legislation that dealt with integration band that the fcc had imposed several years back which said that they had to, if a Cable Company had a settop box, they had to have they couldnt have overing in there everything in there, they had to have a cable card in there which added to the cost. Probably about a billion dollars be
People worried about washington keeping their spending type. Time for stocks now. Nicole petallides is at the new york Stock Exchange. Nicole the dow is down about ten points. The s p pulling back one quarter of 1 . A lot of the retailers loved like the biggest losers. 500 stocks are comprised and represent oriole to autos to airlines. The sector that was really lagging where the retailers. Oil has been moving to the upside. There is a lot going on with that. And oil spike of two dollars. Now, lets take a look at technology. We do see some of the tech stocks doing pretty well. Hewlettpackard and intel have been among the real losers for the year 2012 on the dow. Today, you continue to see this trend which is a little better. Back to you. Dagen thank you. The senate returning to washington tomorrow. The president , as well. Five days left to revert the fiscal cliff. Now that plan b is that, will there be a plan c or f for failing . Peter president obama expecting to arrive in d. C. Tomo
-Supreme Court Communications Director, Nmah
The Judiciary Branch of Government, like the Executive and the Legislature in recent days, has referred to the U.S. State Departmentâs human rights report on Liberia implicating the third branch of government of corruption and unethical practices as a âcollection of perceptions.â
Attorney Daryl Ambrose Nmah, the head of Communications and Public Affairs at the Supreme Court of Liberia, said it is not what any American thinks about Liberia matters most, but the beliefs Liberians themselves have about their own country and its institutions.
Nmah made the remarks recently when he appeared on the Super Morning Show (SMS) at the State-run ELBC, an institution he once managed as Director-General.