The cattle upon a thousand hills. We confess that we often forget that righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to people. We thank you for your mercies that come to us new each day. May we live lives of gratitude because of your generous kindness. Today use our senators as instruments of your glory. Fill them with your peace, as they keep their minds fixed on you. Lord, bless our nation. Make it a beacon of freedom and righteousness in these challenging times. We pray in your holy name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Mcconnell mr. President . The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell when the new majority resolved to get the senate back to work, we knew wed have to get committees functioning again first. We believe th
Falling apart. We heard from andrew that apple was none too happy about that video. I bet. I bet. It was 3. 2 is what it was supposed to be. 200 million. 200 million for saying that. You get fined for talking. What i like about the deal is that everyone hates the deal. 3 billion for apple. Theyre streaming, theyre hip. Reconnect and restart the hipness of their music business. Which is what both of those guys can bring to apple. Right. In hindsight i dont understand why its such a big deal, especially when you have whatsapp out there for 19 billion. We overlook other things and then 3 billion maybe because they look cheap. Apple has always invented itself but tim cook pointed out himself, thats not the case. Weve made 17 acquisitions over the last couple of years. Weve had, you know, i dont know whether cheap is a good thing or not. Each of my kids has had two or three pairs of these. Were still on our first pair for each of them. You are . Yes. They want this pair for whatever reason.
And challenges to the fed independence and its a topic that many of the audience members are working on. Where do you think the greatest threat to Central Bank Independence comes from . Is it from the innovative policies on the macro prudential side and the dealing of Financial Institutions or aggregate Financial Sector or innovative policies on what i call the Monetary Policy side dealing with the stimulustype role. That is a political question and im not sure i can do it justice. Let me just say a preliminary thing, i dont think the central bank should be equally independent in all of its functions. There are good reasons to have independence in Monetary Policy making subject to a mandate or subject to objectives set by the Democratic Parliament or legislature and we understand those reasons having to do with avoiding shortrun political intervention in Monetary Policy and the like. But in many of its other activities, for example, as a bank regulator, while we believe Bank Regulators
A national day of service on the mall. That begins at 9 30. The first family urges all americans to help honor dr. Martin luther king jr. Then tomorrow, president obama and Vice President biden are officially sworn in for their second terms. The ceremony happens monday. Crews are still putting together the final preparations for mondays inauguration. We have Team Coverage starting off with nbcs daniel lee. Shes live on the mall with more now. Good morning, danielle. Reporter good morning. In just hours, thousands of people will be coming to the National Mall here. Many will be coming to tsee the memoria memorials, but theyre also going to a tent thats been put up in honor of the national day of service. The crowds have arrived packed for a party. This is one of my bucket list experiences. Reporter Tiffany Grimes thrflew in from atlanta. Her first stop was the National Mall. Over 200,000 people sign up nationwide. Reporter amelia is attending. Shes here from new orleans. Like four years
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