The mayor of oakland and we will hear what she has to stay at 5 00. Thank you. It is 4 31. San Francisco Giants manager should be released from an arizona hospital today after an operation to improve blood flow to his heart. Surgeons placed two stents if arteries near his heart. He had a physical on wednesday and had discomfort. The medical staff monitored his heart and decided to send him to the hospital. Doctor say the surgery was successful. The giant are in arizona for spring training. He turned 60 in april and joked last night that an internet article remarking him 129 out of 30 on a best of best looking managers broke his heart. An auto period shop in oakland is up in flames on international boulevard near 78th avenue. The fire protect out after 2 00 a. M. Burning in the damage regard to the left of the building and in the office. San jose police are push telling bring more suspects to justice after arresting two in the shooting death of a Security Guard over a box of stolency st
Hour by using the hashtag ajreal money on twitter. Were ten days away from when the treasury secretary says his [ technical difficulties ] so let me start with what the actual problem is. Every day the treasury brings in money from taxes and other sources, and it pays money out. Some days the government takes in more money than it pays out, but in general it pays out more than it takes in. To make up the shortfall, the treasury needs to borrow money from the public. This is a copy of a treasury security. This is a 30year savings bond. There are treasury bills, notes, and other bonds that investors can purchase to lend money to the government for varying length of time. But they all work the same way, you lend the government a specified amount of money and you get money in return for doing so. Tresh shoers are one of the most markable securities in the world, because they are one of the safest investments out there. Interest on treasuries is one of the most important payments the treasu
Military tried to capture a leader of the alshabab network, but that attempt filed. And violence continues in iraq. Its heightens fears that iraq will see more sectarian killings. In egypt a suicide blast killed at least four people in sinai. The dead and injured included several police officers. Those are the headlines this hour. Im tony harris. Real money with ali velshi is next on al jazeera america. While washington fiddles, investors large and small are starting to burn just thinking what damage a default could do to their wealth. Is buying gold the smart move or a foolser rand . Well help you take emotion out of your approach to keeping your money safe. Im ali velshi. This is real money. This is real money. You are the most important part of the show, so join our live conversation for the next half hour by using the hashtag ajreal money on twitter. Were ten days away from when the treasury secretary says his [ technical difficulties ] so let me start with what the actual problem
We take you through the details and impact of that announcement. We are asking our viewers what you think Ben Bernankes legacy will be when he steps down from the fed. Give us a call. Epublicans, 202 5853881 democrats, 202 5853880. Independents, 202 5853882. Outside the u. S. , 202 5853883. You can also catch up with us on twitter, facebook, or email us. A very good thursday morning to you. Ofwant to begin with some the front pages about that ben bernanke press conference. Here is the financial times. A picture of ben bernanke. A historic end to the tenure. Over to the front page of usa today money section. A bit from the front page of the wall street journal. That is the lead to that story on the front page of the wall street journal. Here he is announcing the decision to taper monthly asset buying. [video clip] let me just say that one of the things i am proud of and i have tried to accomplish over the past eight years is to increase the transparency of the fed and to increase the ac
Things, i had that one thing. So for you maybe its five years. So im not saying its a good rule for everyone. But find that rule that you can follow for yourself and kind of stick to that and start with that. I think that bleeds over to other areas of life. And my favorite line from the book is actually you cant change the people around you, but you can change the people around you. [laughter] and so once i realized that most of my old relationships were relationships that were birthed out of proximity or convenience with history or geography. And once i realized that those people a lot of those people didnt share my similar values or beliefs. And some of them even play the victim role and i realized that victims become victimizers and i had to change a lot of the relationships in my life. I also had to reprioritize this. And so the people that are closest to you a close loved ones and usually count them on one hand or two if you are catholic. [laughter] so that is your closest relatio