You watching r. T. International this saturday morning where its just gone nine oclock in moscow now our top story the israeli Prime Minister has ordered the countrys withdrawal from the uns culture and Heritage Organization you know esko it follows a similar move announced by the United States in october over a perceived bias against israel is that countrys voice to the agency explained the decision. Has broken records of incitement and lies against israel and the jewish people while polluting its noble Core Principles with politicisation and diplomatic terrorism that sometimes bordered on them but with more now on israels move his. Comes on the heels of quite a bit of criticism from the United States and israel of you know s. Goes activities now unesco is the uns Cultural Agency now the Israeli Foreign Ministry Spokesperson specifically cited what he called the attempts to disconnect the history of jewish history from the land of israel now unesco has angered israel over the past yea
[inaudible conversations] good afternoon gentlemen and ladies. We are so happy you waited. That was a unique meeting and i say that in a positive sense. The president asked for members of the house and the Senate Democrats and republicans to come and sit around the table for an hour and a half. It was a commitment of his time to an important issue and i feel that we have his urging to move forward. He believes as we do that this issue, the issue of the future of those who are protected by daca as well as other immigration issues and Border Security issues should be a priority. One of the things he mentioned during the course of the meeting is he believes and i share this belief, i think we all do there should be two phases. There is the important timely urgent issue involving daca and then there is the longterm comprehensive Immigration Reform issue. All of these are important and we have decided to meet as early as tomorrow among the leaders here and discuss the next step. We try to n
A few minutes early, again we are seeing a trend from the shift of the old economy to the new economy. We have the january manufacturing coming and at 51. 3 and we are still comfortably above that level. We were looking for a number of 51 point six. They are easing back of the more than expected. Not manufacturing though. 55. 3. That is better than decembers 55 number. That includes services as part of that component there. Gaining a little more pace. This is the rebalancing that policymakers have been looking for. That manufacturing take into account construction. Lets have a look at going back to 2000 and eight. The numbers have fluctuated. The version ofs this which takes into account more of the small to mediumsized enterprises. Reflect morealso of the state owned enterprises. Uptick take place, those s mds just a little weaker than they had been expected. This number has not being reflected today. At a mixed bagok out there. There is one company probably responsible for all that i
We waited for them to do something but we didnt do anything. You have to do it yourselves. I think thats a good note to close on. Thank you everybody for coming tonight. [applause] bob will be signing his books in the lobby so please join us there. Thank you very much. [applause] [inaudible conversations] good morning. Im Michelle Easton present at the Clare Boothe Luce policy institute and i want to welcome you all to this special lunch featuring Wayne Thorburn and his great new book called red state and insider story of how the gop came to dominate texas. You may be wondering why is the president of the Clare Boothe Luce policy center introducing him . It was 42 years ago when i came to washington d. C. From new york after graduating from college and my first job was a Young Americans for freedom and my first boss there was Wayne Thorburn. Ron robinson who asked me to do this introduction, ron and i have known wayne and his wife judith for decades and waned by the way was a very good
[inaudible conversations] good morning. Im michelle easton, president of the Clare Boothe Luce policy institute, and i want to welcome you all to this special lunch featuring Wayne Thorburn and his great new book called red state an insiders story of how the gop came to dominate texas. Now, you may be wondering why is the president of the Clare Boothe Luce policy institute introducing a guest . Well, it was almost 42 years ago when i came to washington, d. C. From new york after graduating from college. My first job was at Young Americans for freedom, and my first boss there was Wayne Thorburn. [laughter] and ron robinson who asked me to do this introduction, ron and i have been friends with wayne and his good wife judith for decades. And wayne, by the way, was a very good first boss. Wayne joined Young Americans for freedom as a College Student in 1961 and eventually rose to become executive director when i worked for him. After running Young Americans for freedom for a number of year