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To privatize our schools are setting up academies. Dr. Martin Luther King Academy of leadership and enterprise. Or they will name them for langston hughes, frederick douglass. I do not think a lot people should let them name the schools. [laughter] [applause] they should name it for people they do not like. [laughter] here are a few points. I will be unfashionable tonight. Everyone in washington seems to think the way to solve the problems in our schools is to not give them another cent, another...

Welcome first became acquainted with meridian in the early 1980s when the president was ambassador hova, and john became a good friend and enlisted me into some projects. Little did i realize that a few years from 198283 i would be spending a lot of time here. And so i have some connection with this institution that goes back some time and have always admired the mission, the objective and what it does. I believe that this institution is as relevant and important today as its ever been and maybe...

Was in grade school, and some of the mere facthis, of a robust Space Program inspires people to want to do science and math. That generation that was created. Then we had a lapse. People are no longer as inspired, not in the same kind of way. Push moneyhing to out into the stem field, but another to sean young people show young people what they can aspire to. So much of what nasa does is about aspiration. When those aspirations are there, we will find the teachers. The students will come pouring...

Idea enunciated not long ago by the former majority leader of the Republican Party who suggested that it was patriotic in a time of war to cut taxes. Lincoln and roosevelt certainly didnt embrace that position. You cant have it all. What was desirable by the Republican Party during those years was essentially this they were going to score political points on the issue of the debt ceiling. They were going to hold the debt ceiling hostage for isolated issues that placated a minority of the majorit...

This morning defended the way hisses change defended the outage. He added that he was, quote, proud of the fact that we had an orderly close. Guys, heres how its playing on the front page of paper it is people have not seen. Nasdaq in fresh market failure is the way the journal puts it across the top of the fold. Nasdaq paralyzed by technical breakdown is the ft. And then, jim, usa today, wall street yawns as nasdaq goes dark. I thought that was the most cogent of all. No one really cared. Bob s...

Everybody. We will have bob shiller coming up in a minute to talk about home prices. Nicole petallides is at the New York Stock Exchange to start us off. Nicole apple right now is down seven and a quarter percent. Some of the commentary that i am hearing is even when youve read about it, oh, well they did not meet the lofty expectations. The dow is 91 points. Turning things around here on wall street. Connell home prices falling. Overall, prices have risen 14 over the past 12 months. What should...

Head out the window and i thought it was unusual because the guys next door was doctor and i thought something was unusual and i walked out the front door and saw this kid walking down the street and i noticed he was carrying something and i approached him and i said what are you doing . He said nothing. I said where did you get that gun . I got it from the old man. I said i know this man. Next thing i know, the kid stops and he starts to run. Well, i chased him and i started chasing him and he ...

Information private, new revelations about u. S. Spying activities. And south korea bans japanese fish from waters of fukushima a day before a decision is made. Two days of meetings and debates and still no closer on syria. Members of the g20 richest nations in the world have been at a summit in russia over shadowed by the conflict and it is due to finish in a few hours and barack obama is trying to gain support for a missile strike on syria and reports emerge and russia will send another navy s...

Chairman in his academic persona had developed that is a stitch lee before his arrival. So those to make a strong case and particularly when pursuing and conventional policy. Thinks that were not known to with those used by the fed the things precisely with the hybrid usual 60 of its. And with those additions and with the Monetary Policy more reason to have the chairman speaking more regularly and at more length and a do think it has been very helpful gussied fomc position to have the fed chairm...

Frz germany and the euro szone i at a fresh year twoyear. Hp ceo, shares of the dow component under pressure after last nights earnings. What could turn hp around in just a few minutes. Retailer abercrombie and fitch getting hammered in the premarket. Ceo says young consumers are not recovering. Sears is coming in weak. K mart down more than 2 . And one point for marissa mayer. Yahoo beating google in u. S. Web rankings. Weve got the details coming up. But well start with hp. Stock down in the p...