with the economic disparity we have, with the middle class longing that we still have, though we don t have much of a middle class anymore. from where we are now as americans, do we look at changes like these? changes like air pollution rules on mercury levels? do we look at changes like making it not as hard to form a union where you work. do we look at the changes an believe those things are helping us as a country or hurting? not every american is going to answer that question the same way. that s a good debate to have. whether or not we have to talk talk invisible boots to do it. joining us, bob herbert, the new york times, distinguished fellow, and policyshop.net. thanks for joining us. i m wearing invisible boots as we speak. i m wearing an invisible fat suit. it s clearly the way they set it up, this clearly it seems like they re maybe shooting it for a tv ad. they want this to be the template for us moving forward. the invisible boot thing i think is inadvertently hil
with the economic disparity we have, with the middle class longing that we still have, though we don t have much of a middle class anymore. from where we are now as americans, do we look at changes like these? changes like air pollution rules on mercury levels? do we look at changes like making it not as hard to form a union where you work. do we look at the changes and beli believe those things are helping us as a country or hurting? not every american is going to answer that question the same way. that s a good debate to have. whether or not we have to talk talk invisible boots to do it. joining us, bob herbert, the new york times, distinguished fellow, and policyshop dea.net. thanks for joining us. i m wearing invisible boots as we speak. i m wearing an invisible fat suit. it s clearly the way they set it up, this clearly it seems like they re maybe shooting it
rooney s funeral will be private but a memorial service is expected to be scheduled. former heavyweight boxing champ joe frazier has liver cancer. frazier s manager says the 67-year-old is seriously ill and currently in hospice care in philadelphia. he was diagnosed just last month. fight fans will remember that frazier was the first man to meet muhammad ali back in 1971 but then he lost two later bouts with ali. thousands of connecticut power and light company customers can expect another cold night without service. that freak fall snowstorm that hit the northeast last sunday left hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses in the dark. and as of this morning, some 215,000 of them are still without power. the utility vows 99% restoration by tomorrow night. and a little more breathing room for greece which has been teetering on the verge of bankruptcy. prime minister george papandreou met with the country s president said just hours after narrowly winning a vote of
in connecticut some 215,000 people remain without power, more than a week after that freak october snowstorm. connecticut light and power is promising 99% of their customers will have electricity by tomorrow night. this morning the governor said that a 99% threshold must be reached. anything less than 99% restored number is unacceptable. we ll get a live update on the swan the situation in connecticut later. five of the republican candidates spoke at the annual ronald reagan dinner end des moines. mitt romney and herman cain were no shows. rick perry drew applause with his plan that would freeze the pay of a lot of federal workers. until the budget gets balanced i m going to impose an across the board pay freeze for congress and all federal employees pay outside of the military and the public safety areas. iowa s first in the nation presidential caucus is on january 3rd. across america now growing anger at big banks and their rising fees and some of those banks co
biggest news was wayne rooney back in headlines again thanks to his father. arrested for alleged playing players off. there they are. like father, like son. that s why wayne rooney had a hair transplant so he didn t look like him in a fat suit. rooney said his head was clear. england, 51 million strong. so england won this easily, right? you would think. they went to the balmy balkans. in the battle of 1858 england started off on cruise control. manchester united ashley young. couldn t miss. they looked like they were cruising. captain john terry, england s