Class hostage while we debate tax cuts for the wealthy. We should at least do what we agree on, and thats to keep the middle class taxes low. Eliot the president also emphasized what he would not do a sending time to make a tax deal with house republicans. Obama what im not going to do is to extend bush tax cuts for the wealthiest 2 that we cant afford and according to economists, will have the least positive impact on our economy. Eliot mr. Obama also waded into the scandal that saw general David Petraeus step down as director of the c. I. A. He offered assurances that damage from petraeus affair was at least so far confined to the general and his family, and offered some words of support. Obama i have no evidence at this point from what ive seen that classified information was disclosed that in any way would have had a negative impact on our National Security. I want to emphasize that from my perspective, at least he has provided this country an extraordinary service. We are safer be
Healthier learning environments for our kids. Part of this effort will be eliminating advertisements for unhealthy food and beverages in our schools. Thatnk we can all agree our classroom should be Healthy Places where kids are not bombarded with ads for junk food. Food marketing guidelines are tot of the larger effort inspire companies to think about how they campaign for food to kids. Kids watch thousands of food advertisements every year. 86 of these ads are for products loaded with sugar and salt. Our kids see an average of just one ad a week for Healthy Products like water, fruits and vegetables. Just one. Begun the we have first ever white house summit on food advertising to children, asking businesses to stop marketing Unhealthy Foods to kids and do more to get kids excited about Healthy Foods. Should applynciple to our schools. About theant to talk lets move campaign. The federal governments efforts to combat Childhood Obesity. You can see the numbers on your screen. Do you thi
Ths th this is the cbs morning news for wednesday, february 26th, 2014. Good morning. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Well, this morning bitterly cold air is moving in across the eastern twothirds of the country. Windchill advisories are in effect from montana to kentucky. Folks in chicago have bundled up. There, windchills are expected to reach as low as 30 below zero today. And look at this picture of the great lakes taken by government satellite. Last week saw melting of some of the covering lakes. In midfebruary, nearly 0 of all lakes were covered in ice. Eric fisher of our boston station wbz has more on the big freeze and much needed weather in the midwest. The freezer still wide open to the arctic. Plenty of cold air still to come over the next few days. In fact, reinforcing shots of cold air headed toward the weekend into march. Only 16 in minneapolis. Down toward nashville, just getting up to the freezing mark for the afternoon high. And then we look toward thursday. E
Woodruff plus, the future of the u. S. Labor movement. After a string of union setbacks in the Auto Industry and the public sector. Those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by ive been around long enough to recognize the people who are out there owning it. The ones getting involved, staying engaged. They are not afraid to question the path theyre on. Because the one question they never want to ask is, how did i end up here . I started schwab with those people. People who want to take ownership of their investments, like they do in every other aspect of their lives. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs
The u. S. Labor movement. After a string of union setbacks in the Auto Industry and the public sector. Those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by ive been around long enough to recognize the people who are out there owning it. The ones getting involved, staying engaged. They are not afraid to question the path theyre on. Because the one question they never want to ask is, how did i end up here . I started schwab with those people. People who want to take ownership of their investments, like they do in every other aspect of their lives. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like yo