Also alarming. When i to up to my boys to make sure theyre ready for school to get on the bus and in two minutes. Chad pergram on the nonurgency urgency. They have to fund the government by 11 59 59 friday night. They did one in september, two in december, this would be the fourth one. Otherwise the government shuts down on the oneyear ankers versery of President Trumps inauguration. It comes down to math. You have a couple of key issues. Defense spending. Defend hawks want an increase in defense spending. Democrats say if you go for that we have to have increase in nondefend spending. Daca is the big issue here. Republicans dont have the votes to avoid a Government Shutdown. Mac thornberry is the chair of the Armed Services committee. He didnt think there would be the votes to avoid a Government Shutdown on republican side of the aisle unless they had agreement in place. If they turn to democrats, look at the vote breakdown, pat tiberi, the republican congressman from ohio he resigns
Been near 0 and feds been printing money like never before jay powell has to unweekend that without damaging the economy. Lets see how that Opening Statement is being received on the stock market. Fairly well, dow industrials and the s p 500 and the nasdaq they will all open ever so slielgtly lower. Remember, this follows two day of gigantic tbains. Theres other news, fedex will not join the boycott nra movement that is intimidated several other Big Companies and the state of georgia threatens to take away a sales tax benefit from delta if that airline continues its nra boycott. The state to play is this, boycott that will be hashtagged boycott nra as politicized business. And it is trying to silence anyone who supports Second Amendment rights. And then theres the nfl. Commissioner Roger Goodell will reportedly demand 2 million from cowboys oiner jerry jones for his activities during last seasons anthem protests. That is not over. But Varney Company were about to begin. Stay there plea
Controversial issue and one in which frequently theres forward more heat than light and where we frequently see people who seem to be immune to data. But we have experts tonight to talk about this, and it will be moderated by dr. David casarett who is chief of college of care at university of pennsylvania. Im a psychiatrist, and i often think most people including many physicians dont really understand what psychiatry is. Nobody understands what Palliative Care is, and its a wonderful branch of medicine and needs to be better understood. Dr. Casarett launched a book here a year ago that was wonderful. This is his second book hes launching here. No, we do not have royalties on it, but i own two copies of it. So dr. David casarett will come up in a minute. We believe all of you are literate, we print biographies in the program. This is not grand rounds, im not going to sit up here for ten minutes and read every paper that everybody wrote. But dr. Casarett will come up, talk for a while,
Shouting the Design Museum in london has moved into a new home, and its suitably stunning. I have come to see fear and love, an exhibition of 11 designers reactions to our increasingly complex world. The most animated star on show has to be an industrial robot arm, which its owner hopes will present a more friendly face to robotics, and even maybe help us empathise with mechanoids of the future. It senses where you are and comes bounding over to see you, but if it gets bored, it will turn its attention to someone else. It is a bit like an excitable puppy, actually. Who knows, installations like this may help to allay our fears of being around giant machines like this. I have to say, it will still be a while before i trust this thing with a scalpel, though, for example. That said, computers are increasingly being used in healthcare around the world. There is plenty of research into how Artificial Intelligence can help doctors to better look after patients. Jen has been taking a look at
[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] when i tune in on the weekend usually it is authors sharing their new releases. Watching nonfiction authors on booktv is the best television for serious readers. They can have a longer conversation and delve into their subjects. Booktv weekends, they bring you off thereafter other after arthur, not like the work of fascinating people. I love booktv and i am a cspan fan. We are about to convene our session. I have what i presume will be the very easy task of shepherding three distinguished biographers through what im sure will be scintillating conversation because they are so practiced and accomplished. I am very proud to be among them, this moderator. Do i have to say, i am a james atlas. Two of our i was about to say contestants, two of our panelists were nominated, were finalists for the la times book award last night, terry alford for John Wilkes Booth, Charlotte Decroes jacobs for joan assault, Kirstin Downey has been nominated be