Frenetic and high-flying ‘90s rock emblem Mauricio Aznar trades his position as enigmatic frontman of Zaragoza’s Más Birras for a journey towards the soul of his craft in Spanish writer-director Javier Macipe’s highly-anticipated second feature, “The Blue Star” (“La Estrella Azul”) saw its world premiere in the New Directors strand of the San Sebastian Film …
if the government shuts down at midnight on monday, millions of people will be affected. and while the military will still be expected to report to duty, many troops may not get paid on time. joining us now from washington, vivian greentree. she s a navy veteran and the director of research and policy with the blue star families. vivian, thanks for joining us. tell me, what are you hearing from the military families with blue star? what are their biggest concerns? well, we know from our research that financial health and readiness is a top concern for military families. we know that from our annual survey of military families. so even the threat of the shutdown has caused added anxieties. and if it is to occur and military families don t get paid, we also know that a lot of military families live paycheck to paycheck. and are single-income families. the military spouse unemployment rate is 26%. so we are in a dire situation, if our military families aren t being paid.
prosecute this. i mean it is such an extreme and odd bill. but at the same time it s a natural extension if you think about it, from that right wing sort of perspective. what s even more scary is this bill was introduced in the first 24 hours got ten republican co-sponsors for it before we reached the flag. this is something we re having to watch. pat davis, executive direct offer progress now new mexico. pat, thanks for your time. we appreciate it. thanks. up next, the blue star state. how democrats plan to turn the reliantly state of texas blue. most of you see me every day acting the part of straight jacob. all right. so he ended the act right there. a high school student coming out in front of his entire class. jake is going to join me next. and our next question for you, does the gop need an extreme makeover? tweet us your thoughts at
alisyn: tell us about the theme shine, give, share. guest: those are three words we are supposed to remember. shine our own talents. give of them. and share with our neighbors. so, a positive message coming from the white house, but the other wonderful thing is remembering our military on the official tree this year with the blue star family medals. and now, jackie kennedy organized the first white house christmas theme and it was the nutcracker? guest: she was the first to say we should thing about this before we invite 100,000 people over, and, so, the idea of the theme came out and she had the nutcracker, she loved culture and ballet and it has evolved and now quite the production. and now, betty ford, during a time that the country, like now, was in a recession. guest: she wanted the white house to fell like grandma s house, and it was a patchwork
nea and the blue star families for supporting us. and to you, zoe, do you have any museums on the list this summer that you want to go to? yes. i would like to visit the national the national air and space museum. ooh, that is a good one. and i would also like to visit to getty in california. oh, okay. listen to you. sophia, where do you want do go? i want to go to to getgetty, also. like big sis. and mom, plans for a road trip this summer? and also, how much has this program grown this year versus last? oh, my gosh, it has grown exponential and it was unbelieverable the response that we had last year. it was kind of put together on a wing and a prayer. and it just took off, kicked off in san diego last year. this year we have a great underwriter in the met life foupdation that helped us to