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And seniors are very hostile and the chairman of the Republican National committee attacked him the fix day for this assault on seniors. So i mean both sides do this. They say we want these cuts in general but when you get specific about it its very, very hard to do. Rose because of bad politics. Its bad politics to do something that people dont like. And they like medicare. People like medicare and they like Social Security. Right. One of the interesting intellectual things occurring is that th...

Good morning, welcome back to Al Jazeera America. Im Morgan Radford. Al qaedas effort to exploit the lack of security in iraq and syria appears to be gaining traction. In iraq two cities are under siege by Al Qaedalinked fighters. More alarming is the violence could set off an allout sectarian war as sunni anger towards the shialed government intensifie intensifies. Despite how bad the fighting has gotten secretary of state john kerry says, this is a fight that belongs to the iraqis, we are not ...

Drugs. Can it be won . First, there has been an outbreak in fighting between rival rebel group. The largest rebel group, the islamic front, has fought alongside free syrian army, against Al Qaedalinked fighters. 16 fighters and the levant for i. S. I. L. Were killed in fighting in aleppo on friday. People have taken to the streets in protest against the i. S. I. L. They have been accused of human rights abuses kidnapping, torture and summary killings. The council is expected to confirm that it w...

Be built in the seattle area . The snow has stopped falling across the northeast. Now freezing cold has set in. The storm that dropped several inches of snow across the region is blamed for 13 deaths and thousands of flights have been canceled or delayed, stranding thousands at airports. We go to Richelle Carey at Columbus Circle in new york. Look, this cold is nothing to play with. Were talking about a dangerous chill at this point. We are, and its actually getting colder. Since weve been out h...

Shiller and auto sales. The nikkei closed up 56 . The best performance in 41 years. This final shortened trading week, all the major indices coming off big gains last week. As we look back on this great year for the equity markets, did 2003 end up stealing gains from 2014. Well take a closer look. But this year was not a good one for gold. The precious metal having its worst year in more than three decades breaking a 12year winning streak. Google and apple are expanding their fight for tech supr...

Up next on booktv historian john ferling. En thomas this program is just over an al hour. [applause] hello, everybody, and i want [apphank the Atlantic History Center for inviting me in. Rybodw for providing much nicer weather for me than six years ago when i came in when my wife carol and i were driving in that day in and my wife carol and i were driving in that day. We looked at the monitor on the dashboard of the car and it was 103 degrees as they came in. Its much nicer tonight. I want to th...

Hello, everybody. And i want to thank the atlanta ntstory center for inviting meta in and providing much nicer weather for me than six years ago when i came in when my wife six year and i were driving in thes dayd looked at the thermometer on tha dashboard of the car and ity. Wo 103 degrees as we came in. 103 d. Its much nicer tonight. I want to thank you for coming out and especially on a night when my Pittsburgh Pirates are struggling to stay alive. I guess we will find out how they came out w...

[captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2013] us 2013 reps up, we are on the front of the u. S. Capitol to speak of the review series, a look of five important issues we have covered. Immigration laws. An essay surveillance on wednesday, a look at gun laws. We ramped up the week on friday with the federal government shut down. Kwa this week on q a, former congressman and reagans Administration Budget director David Stockman discusses his latest book, entitled the great deformation the...

For us, windy at times, at least we get better air quality and breezy for some, most live sunny here very soon. Most of us will be out of the pictures, here is sal. We are looking at a commute which looks pretty good, so far anyway, we are looking at the bay bridge toll plaza, so far coming up to the pay gates, very small delays getting into the city, that is a drive time total of 10 minutes as you get into the city. Bay bridge span is looking good getting into the city as well. We want to let y...

To halt inflation durinand ease unemployment. But what would the fed do in an economic emergency . Monetary policy how well does it work . Ats the queion economic analyst richard gill and i will investigate on this edition of economics usa. Im david schoumacher. On this edition the Federal Reserve board is responsible for deciding how much money the economy needs to grow. In the early 1970s, the fed held to a policy of using the money supply to try to keep the economy on course. In times of infl...