Post your comments on facebook. Com cspan. Us,can also email journal cspan. Org. The front page of the wall street journal frames the issue of poverty with the headline we want to get your thoughts this morning. Start dialing and now. It can also go to our social media pages and join the conversation there. The wall street journal says this as well. Those six republicans joined all including senators ayotte, murkowski, portman, and coats. The Washington Post reports this morning the president obama made coat made phone calls to sever all those republicans and urged them to vote yes on a procedural vote. This is part of the overall theme by democrats wanting to highlight what they call income inequality. Chad and override chad in rhode island, what you think . I think that we have lost the war on poverty. Thank you for your time. Host why do you say that . Caller when you have people working on a daily basis and have to apply to food stamps and , when our jobs have been shipped overseas
Starts to have some exposure to a gdp recovery. Where i worry about valuations are the high yielding, the bondlike stocks. Are you seeing any impact on obama care . Employment growth is weak. And a lot of that is uncertainty involving obama care. This whole dysfunctional government has been a real issue. Do you think theres any chance of some grand bargain in the next month or so . These fights begin again in january. Exactly, its kind of the same movie over and over again. If anything, im optimistic about washington because i think that what we have seen is the polls are suggesting that the American Public is sick of, you know, kind of brinkmanship and sort of political games that are stymying growth, theyre stymying progress and were seeing more of the same playing over and over again. Politicians have got to be aware of this at this point ant start to come together. The guys who look like heroes are the guys on both sides of the aisle who are saying, lets work with each other. We ha
The fed said it will continue to buy bonds to the tune of 85 billion a month, and it will keep Interest Rates near zero. The markets wrapped up a very strong october. The dow falling on thursday after hitting an all time high earlier in the week. The markets rebounded on friday. Were about halfway through earning season. Pfizer exxon mobile and merck beat profits. Apple beat expectations. Linkedin beat. Retail sales for the month of september were weaker than expected. A drop in car buying. Economists were expecting a gain of. 1 of a percent. The faa has passed new regulations allowing the use of mobile devices while in the air. That does not mean you can make phone calls. The new rules are expected to take effect by the end of the year. The fed did this nothing this week but does that mean you should be doing nothing when it comes to your portfolio. Joining me right now and bob mcteer. Are the markets feeling like bubble mentality to you or do you think the rest of the year is as stro
Itself. And over in the u. S. Theyre gearing up for the super bowl american footballs biggest prize the new England Patriots are clear favorites but diehard supporters of the Philadelphia Eagles arent giving up hope on a for several title. And sarah harmon welcome to the show its good to have you with germanys biggest Political Parties say they need more time for what theyre calling a decisive round of talks over forming a new government the two sides had set a deadline for today but now theyve announced the resume the negotiations on monday an agreement would move germany a step closer to a continuation of the grand coalition between chancellor Angela Merkels conservatives and the social democrats but there are still sticking points including financial and health policy. Our Political Correspondent kate brady is at the social democrat headquarters in berlin where the negotiations took place kate the talks are going into overtime what does that tell us. Well clearly despite all of the
Itself. And israel begins issuing deportation notices to thousands of african migrants the government says if they stay in they wont be permitted to work and could face prison. Plus the u. S. Is gearing up for the super bowl of americas biggest football prize and when patriots are clear favorites but diehard supporters the Philadelphia Eagles arent giving up hope on a first ever title. Im sara harmon its good to have you with us germanys biggest Political Parties say they need more time for what theyre calling a decisive round of talks over forming a new government the two sides had set a deadline for today but now theyve announced the resume the negotiations on monday and agreement would move germany a step closer to a continuation of the grand coalition between chancellor Angela Merkels conservatives and the social democrats but there is still sticking points including financial and health policy. Our Political Correspondent kate brady is at the social democrat headquarters in berlin