Their investments in their retirement accounts, for example. opponents would argue they are because they have the added obligation to make sure they re pro vi providing their customers with all the information necessary to make decisions but the other side is that it s overregulation, overburdensome, it s actually taking away choices from the consumer. and we re going to talk more about these business regulations. israeli settlements. we have seen the administration shift its tone towards israel from the obama administration. the obama administration some would argue took a somewhat tougher tone. this administration has stressed the importance of the relationship with israel. the obama administration did obviously as well. a little bit of a shift in tone,
Had to complain about these two committees and to go to a judge and say these are this is overburdensome. and i couldn t possibly respond to two committees or my people shouldn t be forced to respond to two sets of subpoenas. so they taken that away from the governor now and they can form a unified committee with one message. you can just imagine media even separating themselves to go to two committee hearings going on at the same time. this was something they had to do and interestingly enough, they announced it within minutes of governor christie s inauguration today. i mean, i was at the inauguration across the street from the state house waiting for it to begin, listening to a children s choir while the democrats announced it across the street at a press conference. so their timing was also interesting. it was a little comeuppance there. matt, let me ask you about that scene. one of the concrete worries about there being two committees was david samson, an absolutely key figur
Committees issues two subpoenas. so they did themselves a favor by finally coming to an agreement on this. the governor, remember, he said he was going to cooperate with all appropriate inquiries in this regard. now they ve taken away one opportunity, one potentially legal opportunity he would have had to complain about these two committees and to go to a judge and say these are this is overburdensome. and i couldn t possibly respond to two committees or my people shouldn t be forced to respond to two sets of subpoenas. so they taken that away from the governor now and they can form a unified committee with one message. you can just imagine media even separating themselves to go to two committee hearings going on at the same time. this was something they had to do and interestingly enough, they announced it within minutes of governor christie s inauguration today. i mean, i was at the inauguration across the street from the state house waiting for it to begin, listening to a childre
Joining us now is matt katz, a reporter for wnyc. thanks very much for being here. big development today in the new jersey story is the assembly and the senate are merging their two investigations. what are the implications of that? yeah, this is a big deal. the democrats were somewhat embarrassed by the fact that they had these duelling committees issues two subpoenas. so they did themselves a favor by finally coming to an agreement on this. the governor, remember, he said he was going to cooperate with all appropriate inquiries in this regard. now they ve taken away one opportunity, one potentially legal opportunity he would have had to complain about these two committees and to go to a judge and say these are this is overburdensome.
white and blue ensemble made entirely in china. lawmakers are outraged for outsourcing the clothing. alina cho joins us with more on that. there s rare bipartisan backlash on capitol hill about this. good morning, everything in the uniform from the beret to the blazer and shoes made in china. they are made by american designer ralph lauren as soledad said and they are just for the opening and closing ceremonies, recently i got an opportunity to look at the olympic gear with david lauren, ralph lauren s son and executive vice president of the company. he said they are focused on making olympians look good. you re meeting athletes and walking in the first olympics, many have never worn a tie or jacket or been on television before. we want the american team and athletes to really look like ambassadors. but the chinese manufacturing has lawmakers furious, kirsten gillibrand and steve israel sent a letter to the chairman of the u.s. olympic committee asking that the committe