Big gains, green arrows. Triple digit gains in the dow jones industrial. We have not had an up day where at the closing bell we had i anp arrow for the dow. Since before thanksgiving, since last wednesday. It is welcome especially for the bulls, but for right now it looks like we will be snapping our winning streak we have seen. Up 8 of the last straight weeks, but last friday the dow closed 16,086, so some way to go with that. Some alltime highs worth noting. You are hot on these names. 1064. Back to you. Dagen im smiling because two of my favorite people on the planet are here. Two of my favorite people. Here to talk about this, the newest news on employers. 243,000 jobs in november beat estimate by more than 20,000 people. A five year low of ninth round. Labor Participation Rate, the number of people in the workforce looking for work up slightly. What to make of all those. Global chief investment officer. You guys combined manage a trillion dollars. Something thereabout. I am not pi
Longterm reform, and thats part of the work that we have described here and that were undertaking as part of our task force. I know that my colleagues this evening all agree with me that we need to continue this work and take advantage of advancing technology, the metrics that exist now, the examples of good practices, the leadership of providers and the medical community and good ideas wherever they are. And whoever is willing to offer them. I want to thank my colleagues for joining in this effort. I look forward to returning on this subject, and i have now some additional remarks on a separate subject that i wish to be separated in part by a different space, if thats possible, mr. President. Briefly, mr. President , i want to express my strong support for the transportationh. U. D. Appropriations bill thats before us and take a moment to explain an amendment that i have filed to this bill that ensures that men and women who have bravely served our country cannot be discriminated agai
Zuckerberg is helping cohost a screening of his documentary that i have been working on and gabby will be working with us on this and the obeah. This event. We are going to have a marriage of unlikely allies. I personally invited people from the gay Workers Center to make sure they come to the screen. We understand that the Silicon Valley interest is far beyond this with engineers. This has to be beyond the dream act and beyond those. It has to be a conversation about all of us. The last thing that i was say is i dont understand this is how people can neglect that next week is the anniversary of the Martin Luther king water drops on freedom. As we preparing for this event, we know this. History will record that in this period of great transition, the greatest tragedy is not the clamor of the bad people but the good people. Far too Many American people have been silent and we need you. Thank you very much. [applause] i would like to turn to the mechanism of why this legislative change i
George zimmerman verdict. Send us a tweet, if you go to twitter. Com cspanwj. We want to get your thoughts on the implications of the zimmerman verdict. Here is what president obama had to say in a statement he put out yesterday on the zimmerman verdict. He said the New York Times editorial weighs in this morning what are your thoughts on this . Stand your ground law, should they be debated and revised . , where the verdict took place, this is the miami herald. Larry in hernando, mississippi, a democratic caller, you are first up. People like him are judge, jury, and executioner. , do youder these laws think that gives people like George Zimmerman the power of judge and jury . And and exited executioner. That law should be repealed. He killed that boy. There is no doubt about that. It is just a crying shame. A kid going to the store should not die like that. Host jonah from the nashville, tennessee. This law is a recipe for civilians who are not trained in Law Enforcement to become Law
Melissa our top story tonight. Already lost its financial mind, but this may be taking it to a whole new level. The bankrupt city is moving full steam ahead on a new 444 million hockey stadium. Taxpayers areic pe tab because t of extra money. In a city wh more than 18 billion in debt, is this a3 huge waste of taxpayer money or could it bring this city back to life . With me now, director of fiscal policy for the Mackinaw Center in michigan and democratic strategist. Welcome both of you to this show. Let me start with you. It seems a little crazy if you cannot pay your existing bills and you are filing for bankruptcy to go on the hook for another 400 million of Something Like that. What you think . Of course it is. Detroit is not exactly known for its economic rationality. They are in this position able to impose of the costs on state taxpayers. As taxpayers might be responsible for part of this do stadium that will never use. Melissa im betting you will make the argument that maybe thi