Springtime is here. I have to say as i was coming up, i was startled because i could have sworn i saw hillarys Scooby Doo Van outside. Then i realized it couldnt possibly be that, because im pretty sure you all dont have any foreign nations paying speakers, right . What an incredible gathering this is. What a testament. Has this not been an incredible array of strong conservative leaders for two solid days . [applause] what a testament to the desire for americans. We want something new, we want new leadership to change the page and turnaround. The democratic version of this im pretty sure is Hillary Clinton a conversation with a chipotle clerk. And that says something about where the passion and energy is here in New Hampshire and all across this country. Everyone of us understands this is a time of crisis. Our nation is in crisis, and yet we dont want to go back to the failed policies of the past. We want to go forward to the future. I want to talk about how collectively 20 months fro
President obama taking steps to fulfill a state of the u. N. Pledge. Announcing federal guidelines aimed at helping the longterm unemployed. Mike vicarra, it looks like common sense. The president is hamstringed by congress, and what hes trying to do today is get congress to pass the longterm benefits. The 1. 3 to the 1. 6 have thrown off those roles. No longer giving benefits beyond 6 months that have been available assistance the beginning of the Great Recession in the mid 2000s. The president announcing an issue to give some of those folks, who are longterm unemployed to get with major corporation. He has more than 300 signed up, del, to reform some of their hiring practices, so the longterm unemployed are not just thrown out their resumes because they have had a job so long. Its backed up by data to show these are frequent occurrences. So the president joining with the department of labor, a 150 million job training program. But the president spoke to this phenomenon. The folks who
Come here. Reporter the new face of hunger, why a growing number of young people need help. And inmates learning to be entrepreneurs, the Transformative Program that puts them on a new path. Welcome to al Jazeera America, im stephanie sy, the growing unrest in ukraine is getting the attention of u. S. Leader, secretary of state john kerry is expected to meet with key opposition leaders this weekend and next week assistant secretary of state Victoria Nuland travels to kiev to meet with both sides and come a day after reports of potential u. S. Sanctions against ukraine. Russia has stalled on a promise 15 billion bail outto ukraine and also new allegations of Human Rights Violations being levelled against the Ukrainian Government, a new report says Police Attacked dozens of journalists and medical workers during antigovernment protests and our Jennifer Glasse has been covering the protest from kiev and good morning and how serious are the allegations in this Human Rights Watch report . W
President obama making good on a promise during his state of the Union Address on tuesday the president vowed to do something about the issue of income and equality. On wednesday, he took the first step visiting a costco store in maryland where he called on congress to raise the minimum wage. Yesterday, he went to a g. E. Factory in wisconsin, there he called on businesses to offer more in the way of job training. Today the focus is on unemployment, and once again he is turning to big business for help. Mike is at the white house, what does he want the ceos to do . Century the unemployment picture remains the black cloud inside the silver lining. More and more the economic picture brightening with each passing day figures about the Fourth Quarter rising at 3. 2 . But everybody though the Unemployment Rate is sinking the lowest it has been since before the great recession, there is the question of people dropping out of the work force, the long temple unemployed simply giving up. We kno
Milk or that the taleban and the future when done to his cross is that the government of genocide. Afghanistan faces a looming threat to the talibans resurgence as the boom washington wrangle over a post about security deal to end the fifteen year war. Fan. The like most effective tools in which the post midnight and ten pm in ukraine where the president to sign the bill with the kids amnesty to all demonstrations detained during the riots in the country on condition the protests is still mad. Ok the streets and government buildings. Meanwhile the countrys opposition leaders are at a security conference in munich where theyve caught a few important meetings lined up including a one on one with the us because they dont carry the nearest exit daniel mcada hes the executive director of the room cool things to change and he says washingtons support for ukraines opposition is bordering on the offensive by what right does he have any authority could to undermine a a legitimately elected gove