It was that so many buildings and key pieces of infrastructure were flooded or ultimately destroyed during that storm. And in my research, i spent a lot of time at the National Hurricane center, and the meteorologists there who were incredibly talented kept telling me the same thing over and and over again and that was, you know, were just not very good at this. Were just still not very good at forecasting and predicting these storms. Were still not very good at preparing on the front end for the kind of havoc that is wreaked by these storms. And we saw that in 2017 with hurricane maria, we saw that with hurricane hugo. And as i was leaving and thinking about the questions of infrastructure and prediction and how it is that we respond to Natural Disaster, it to occurred to me that, you know, for all that is powerful about a hurricane, theyre nowhere near our most powerful natural phenomenon, you know . When you think of the sheer sort of explosive power, earthquakes are exponentially s
Hypothetical. Why does mortgage credit enable them both equally . Im not sure how were going to do that. So rather than seeing a reform with much tighter regulations, limits on what their executives can make, with an acceptable rate of return and this make whatever you can and get rich structure, its about the famous line from winston churchill, it seems like its working until you consider the alternatives. I guess ive become an advocate of fixing what we have and recognizing that its not perfect. There are dangers in that system. There are dangers in every system. There is another side of false dichotomy with private capital. Fannie and freddie had to be bailed out by the government so we fix that now with dodd frank, if the big bank controls the Mortgage Market, one that undo everything weve done . Why is that private capital . So if we did that and we let franny and freddie start to build capital again and we release them into the market, do you feel there is any risk that we will h
Its going to be up to us. Every one of us and lots of other people all over the country just as businesses in the free market follow consumer demand, political candidates take their cues from the voters. We have the power in this process, but only if were willing to use it. Only if were willing to expect more out of our wouldbe leaders and only if were willing to expect more out of ourselves. We have a job to do, and that job is not just to find the guy that can shout freedom the loudest. Its not just the guy that can tell the best joe biden jokes. By the way, did you hear what joe biden said the other day . Never mind its too easy. If thats what conservatives reward, and if thats all they reward in the next year and over the next two days here at cpac, if thats what they reward with cheers and Standing Ovations and straw poll votes, then thats all that we as conservatives will ever get, talking points and platitudes and empty promises, but when conservatives elevate on serious preside
Place where were defaulting on our obligations of government pauf congress failure to act. Heres whats making this looking more likely. The Tea Party Republican saying in a sunday interview that hed be willing to dance on the debt ceiling if it meant defunding obama care. We should look for ways to mitigate the harms from obama care. So you think that some facet of the president S Health Care plan should be attached to an increase in the debt ceiling . The debt ceiling historically has been among the best renlevee congress has to rein in the executive so yes . Yes. Independent vermont senator Bernie Sanders serves on five committees, including veterans affairs, which he chairs. As we listen there to ted cruz, i know you can put this into a balance of a unique perspective that you have as the longest serving independent member of congress, you say republicans are trying to hijack the government until they get their way. We see ted cruz there and what his tactics are. This morning we hav
Wings. Woodruff and its friday mark shields and david brooks are here to analyze the weeks news. Those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by charles schwab, proud supporter of the pbs newshour. And by bnsf railway. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff president obama formally nominated his choice today to be the next u. S. Secretary of health and Human Services. And he praised the woman whos held the job for five years, during the battle over health care reform. Kathleen will go down in history for serving as the secretary of health and Human Services when the United States of america finally declared that Quality Affordable Health Care is not a privilege, but it is a right for every s