On cspan. President obama announced his plan to avoid automatic spending cuts known as sequestration scheduled to begin march 1. It is including tax changes. The president spoke to reporters for just over five minutes. Good afternoon, everybody. I wanted to say a few words about the looming deadlines and decisions that we face on our budget and on our deficit, and these are decisions that will have real and lasting impacts on the strength and pace of our recovery. Economists and Business Leaders from across the spectrum have said that our economy is poised for progress in 2013. And weve seen signs of this progress over the last several weeks. Home prices continue to climb. Car sales are at a fiveyear high. Manufacturing has been strong. And weve created more than six million jobs in the last 35 months. But weve also seen the effects that political dysfunction can have on our economic progress. The drawnout process for resolving the fiscal cliff hurt consumer confidence. The threat of m
You know the drill by now, 11 00 and 5 00 eastern. Back here with the latest buzz. Keystone pipeline. Im chris wallace. Congress gets back to work with balesrewing over im Congress Gets back to work over immigration, Climate Change and obamacare. I would welcome the president moving to the middle. The president obama seeks to block deportation of millions of illegal imen froms. How far will the g. O. P. Go . They have the ability to fix
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Law and order. [cheering] pete welcome to the sunday he had dills of fox friends. President trump returning to the campaign trail rallying thousands of supporters in tulsa, oklahoma. Griff he is out to stop the partys radical left. Jedediah the president incident john there he slammed destruction of Historical Monuments across the u. S. And denounced socalled anarchists causing unrest in seattle. Welcome, everyone, fox friends. Want to wish everyone a happys fathers day to you both, griff and pete and to my husband and my dad. Well do some fathers day stuff today. Well talk about the rally last night. I actually had a little buddy watching that with me. Do we have a photo of my little buddy we can pull up and show everyone . I have a partner in crime. We dont have it yet . Yes. Hartley has serious commentary to provide. In the future he has some thoughts. Griff wonder if hartley felt the way i did, it is my time to go to bed. He spoke for two hours last night. Pete had my kids with me
Captioning sponsored by Macneil Lehrer productions woodruff a new study says fast food makes up about 11 of the american diet, less than before but not by much. Good evening, im judy woodruff. Suarez and im ray suarez. On the newshour tonight, we sort through what all this means for americas obesity problem in children and adults. Woodruff then, we look at health care for the poor, as floridas republican governor is the latest to embrace the obama administrations program to expand medicaid. Suarez Margaret Warner gets an update on the syrian civil war, as attacks on damascus escalate and the deadliest car bomb to date rocks the capital. Woodruff our week long focus on guns, after newtown continues with two reports first, the state of play in florida, which has some of the least restrictive gun laws in the u. S. Nothing really truly equalizes a small petite woman with someone whos 63, 230 pounds whos angry except a firearm. Those weapons often times fall in the hands of bad folks in our
Suarez there may be hope yet for bringing the National Epidemic of obesity under control. At least, the latest numbers on calories and fast food, released today, indicated possible progress. For years, Health Officials have warned about americans growing girth. Now, research from the centers for Disease Control and prevention suggests the fight against fat may be having an effect. Among the findings American Children consumed fewer calories in 2010 than a decade before 7 less for boys and 4 less for girls. And for adults, fast food accounted for just over 11 of the calories consumed in 2010, down from nearly 13 in 2006. The researchers acknowledge the changes are small and cant be fully explained. But public campaigns against obesity have intensified in recent years. Last september, for instance, new york citys board of Health Limited sugared drinks and sodas to 16 ounces or less. Mayor Michael Bloomberg praised the prohibition that takes effect march 12th. This is the single biggest s