The white house correspondents dinner. Some said the use of the word was in poor taste. In the first 45 minutes, your discussion about the use of the word at the event and the appropriateness towards president obama. If you are africanamerican and want to give us your thoughts, call 202 7488000, everyone else can call in on call 202 7488001. If you want to post on social media pages, you can do so at , cspanwj. Prompted from a conversation between josh earnest and a correspondence. Comedian Larry Wilmore gets up to speak after the president of United States. It was in the last section of his speech that he used the we will show you in context what happened there. We are not editing this, so just so youre warned about that. Heres what happened last saturday. [video clip] a black man was thought by his mere color not good enough to lead a football team. And now, to live in your time, mr. President , what a black man can lead the entire free world [applause] words alone do me no justice.
Fair amount, i think. Ont i wanted to do is based some of the documents that james has put together, primarily the hungarian documents on the congresses. He sixth some sense of perspective for what you will be seeing or whether reporters will be seen seeing this time around. And you can make yourself the comparisons of what is very new. First thing to note, of course, is that what is important, and it becomes clear in the hungarian documents, the lens that you bring to the congress will influence your interpretation of what is going on. It is not a great insight, but you need to keep bearing that in mind. The lens that the North Koreans bring to the congress will not be our lens. So our interpretation of what there was is liable to be different from the way that somebody in the north korean leadership and somebody like the man on the street will see it. There is utility to comparisons between and among the various congresses. But you have to be very careful, because these congresses ar
Polls. But two of three recent polls show ted cruz beating trump in iowa less two months before the caucuses. One political scientist we spoke with says gop leaders see cruz as a threat. Because his conservatism is so far outside the political mainstream, it could cost the Republican Party just as dearly in the general election as a trump or carson nomination could. The Washington Post reports that members of the gop establishment are considering ways to sidestep a possible trump nomination. Trump and carson have hinted about running as independents if that plan is true. The iowa caucuses, both republican and democrat, are february 1st. Thanks scott, and just hours ago, quinnipiac released their democratic poll. The new tally has Hillary Clinton ahead of Bernie Sanders by 11percent. Clinton holds steady at 51percent while sanders lost two Percentage Points since last unlike republicans who believe terrorism is the top issue democratic voters say jobs and the economy are the most import
Recession. And whether you hit the stores yesterday or not, plenty of people are out this morning. If you are planning on waking up early for your black friday sales, youre late. Step et up. Shoppers are expected to spend an average of 650 this weekend. Thats 11 1 more than last year. We have the chief merchandising officer at toys r us. Then well be joined from Tysons Corner, a huge mall in virginia. Bobby kotick will be join onning us on air. Electronic items are expected to be a big seller this year especially with the launch of the xbox and the new play station consoles. Coming up in the next hour, we have Terry Lundgren. And at 8 40 this morning, the ceo of Brooks Brothers. We have a packed line upof guests ready to giving us a look at the American Consumer. We start with dana telsey this morning. We have heard a lot of stories about some expecting disappointment, some maybe not great retail numbers. But what do you really think is going to happen this Holiday Season . I think its
And raise the money it needed to get itself through the downturn. You can say it was locked but there will but sometimes you make your own lock in Corporate America and it was a combination of factors that cause gm to tumble. For a much for stopping by. Have a nice thanksgiving. Happyh you a very thanksgiving as well and we are back tomorrow at 7 p. M. 7 a. M. Eastern time. There is live coverage at the National Press club. They are looking at Holiday Spending and this event is just getting underway live here on c span. In fact, in every year we have conducted this survey, actual Holiday Spending has increased. These two years were 2008 and 2009 during the recession. Interpreting the results is how the proportion says it will increase or decrease spending that changed over time. Except for 2008, at the depth of the recession, the most frequent response in any year is that spending will stay about the same as the previous year. Typically about half of respondents said they plan no chang