And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. He is the son of were to reagan parents. Rican written puerto parents. He has written a memoir called still dreaming. Good to have you on this program. What do you make of what is happening a few miles down the road in d. C. . I went to congress to expand. Pportunities our goal is to make sure everyone has access to wha everything. Im not going to let them use the budget to stop people in my community from having what they have in congress. Tavis it appears john weiner has done his heels in even more adamantly. How much worse is it going to get . I think its going to get worse before it gets better. Of the most bitter. Gliness in the United States if you see us in the gym getting ready to go to work in the morning, if you see us at lunch together, it is night and day. So many people want to put this behind us. Lets hope the leadership can take us there. The battle,in for and i think im in for a battle a right. E
The newest member says the company is designed to win but does it have the right strategy to stay a step ahead of the rivals . That and more for nightly Business Report for wednesday, october 9th. Good evening everyone im tyler mathisen. Im sue herrera in for susie gharib tonight. A historic day for washington and the u. S. Economy, as expected president obama nominated janet yellen currently vice chairman of the Federal Reserve to head up the nations bank. If her nomination passes in the senate and its likely to, shes expected to continue the easy money bond buying by ben bernanke and thats what people on wall street want who is janet yellen . Whats her record for the fed . Does her appointment mean for your money . Steve liesman takes a closer look at the woman who would be chairman. Reporter president obama in a historic announcement nominated janet yellen to become the first female of the reserve putting an economist in the hot seat at one of most controversial moments in the 100ye
And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Tavis awardwinning author Edwidge Danticat writes about haydee. She was born in portauprince. Countrylex view of the is at the heart. It has been praised by reviewers , using words like intoxicating and compelling. I am always intoxicated and compelled when i have you on the program. Its good to have you back. Your kids are fine . Yes. Tavis and this novel the sea is as much a are as anybody or anybody else. The sea is such an important part of our history. Its how most of us got to this lostof the world, and we so many people. This continues. It is an incredible point of view with which to explore the environment. Tell me about the story. Whoseire is a little girl mother dies in childbirth, so her father is struggling with this decision, whether he should keep her with him or give her a way to a richer woman. Decision,tory of the and its also the story of the villa where they live and how they interact. You wro
Bonds, gold and the dollar all on the move after the fed said it will keep the stimulus in place. But is it what the central bank didnt say that really drove the market . Facebook, the sial Network Reports strong profits and the stock jumps, what investors need to know about facebooks financials. All that and more tonight on nightly Business Report for wednesday, october 30th. Good evening everyone. We begin with president obama on the defensive speaking from boston, the president tried to drum up support for the troubled health care program. He chose samuel hall where a Massachusetts Health care plan was signed into law seven years ago and considered a successful template for the president s own Affordable Care act. He admitted to problems with his Health Care Website and that people are getting cancellations notices, but he said giving People Health care should be a no brainer. Shifting blame for cancelled policies on private insurancec companies. Nobody is losing their right to hea
And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Tavis they are the Big Questions that confront all of us. How to find meaning in chaos, how to start over in the face of devastating loss. How to cope with suffering. Lamott began writing stitiches following the newtown connecticut shootings. Good to have you on this program. Give me your state of mind after those shootings. Stunned, i was speechless. I felt i did not understand how we would go on from there because what i teach my children , they are loved and chosen and safe. I would say who is wearing a black suit with a lewd tie with white stripes . Ok, you are loved and chosen. You are safe. How can you tell children after that after 20 of their fears have been slaughtered by someone who have has one of the 3 million guns in this country. I thought it would show up and tell them i am 59 and the light still shines in the darkness and not once has the darkness extinguished that. I have a fouryearold grandson