You can do it on 364 other nights of the year. Most of the people that will be on that street tonight, theyre not watch iing those either. Time magazine cnn political analyst, mark halperin, and former chairman of the Republican National committee and commentator for nbc news and news analysts for npr, cokie rockets. Youre wearing purple. I am. I am wearing purple and gold and beads i left in the makeup room. Ill bring them later. I like the beads. Being a good catholic from norms, you can talk about it. I speak pope. And your mom was ambassador to the vatican in the 90s. That aint nothing. No. It was quite fabulous. We loved it. Got to go to rome all the time. I got to meet the pope then john paul the 2nd. Then what happened happened and my mother found herself representing bill clinton to the pope. How exciting for her. It was a challenge. I guess it was. E. J. This morning quotes somebody who says the most noted earnize i earnizing modernizing thing this pope did was to retire, get
Dave and his team are looking at different scenarios and opportunities in marketing. We have an ongoing dialogue to build appropriate relationships. We are reviewing some of the other criteria that will be viable. Africa will be a part, i believe, of a future strategy for mcdonalds. We will have more of that interview throughout the day. Grabbed theo movie number one spot this past weekend. It opened with almost 70 million in domestic sales, giving time warners it first number one feature this year. That is something i want to say. My kids aside this weekend. Lucky me, i did not have to. They loved it. People are not loving things in washington, d. C. They are scheduling february 27th. That is when america will run out of cash. Unless Congress Reaches the debt ceiling. They do not want another showdown. There is still no offer on the table. Ill want to bring in our chief washington correspondent, peter cook it can they cut a deal in 17 days . This is the u. S. Government. Not much happ
Kerrys seat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is at the center of a scandal involving what else . Sex and money. They will talk to football hall of fame running back marcus allen and his take on concussions and kids in the sport and the clash in the crescent city. President obama shifting focus back to the economy after encouraging Economic News friday. Home prices are starting to climb again and car sales at a fiveyear high. Manufacturing is roaring back. The business created 2. 2 million jobs last year and our economy created more jobs than econom t economists originally thought. Jones industrial average closed about 14,000 on friday, the highest since 2007. The Los Angeles Mayor has put an end to speculation that he will be joining the obama cabinet. There is talk he might be transportation secretary. He said he will finish out his term as mayor. In massachusetts, former senator scott brown said he will not be running for the senate seat vacated by john kerry, but there is s
The. Not when it is sucked up by the School District itself and so until we shine a light on return on investment for these expenditures i think we will continue to live in a world where we spend more money per kid but dont get the results. Talk about student voucher tell us how you change your thinking on this interesting topic. This topic gets people really riled up if you want to have the debate just bring up the word voucher. I am a democrat and have spent my entire life when i asked my dad the difference he said democrats care more about the people that have less than republican make more money and i said i made democrat and i have been ever since. So when i got to washington d. C. I had clear views about what education reform should look like right to allied with the vouchers because the democrats think they are bad because you take the money away from the pork that needed them or let the core that need it the most but when i arrived in washington there is a publicly funded Vouch
Does it make . Gwen as the pentagon officially welcomed women into the ranks of combat warriors. At land and sea and in the air, we both wear the same uniform and fire the same weapons and most importantly, we all take the same oath. Gwen as republicans pondered reinvention. We have to stop being the stupid party. And its time for a new Republican Party that talks like adults. And as congress geared up for a new battle. Were now going to focus on the real problem, which is not ththe tax too little but that we spend too much. The president s stared down the republicans. They blinked. Gwen the parties are over. Now the hard part begins. Covering the week, dan ball of the Washington Post, Martha Raddatz of abc news, Jeanne Cummings of bloomberg news, and john harwood of cnbc and the new york times. Awardwinning reporting and analysis, covering history as it happens. Live from our nations capital, this is Washington Week with gwen ifill. Corporate funding for Washington Week is provided by