Be occupying. So yes he was a terrific guy and the only choice for a really successful first president because of the trust that people had in him, that he could in habit this presidency, and they could trust him in that position. But he brought with him some problems. A question i sometimes get and you probably do, as well if not washington, who would be the next obvious choice and my answer is, there wasnt another choice and thats kind of the point he was the in dispensable man. He was somewhat in dispensable perhaps, yeah. So that brings us to this question of what to call him, this debate that you write about, you know, the title controversy. I wonder if you could just give us a little bit of background to the debate. Why did it even happen . The constitution says that this person will be the president of the United States. Why did people in the senate feel like they needed something more than that . Well, the senate had convened once the senate convened in early april 1789 and fin
Downgrade, and Disney Cinderella casts a spell at the box office, but btig stepping in the role of the evil stepmother cutting to neutral after a volatile week on wall street the euro near 12year lows. A lot going on. A lot to watch. Yeah. I was kind of hoping that this would be a nonentity week because theres not a lot of companies reporting. But the companies that do report tend to be very big, like nike fedex. Fedex giving you a view of the economy on the same day that the fed speaks. And oil trading at levels that are worrisome to some, not me. But it just turns out theres just no quiet weeks anymore. And we start off with a rally, it looks like that is like from where . From where . I dont know. The dollar for 30 seconds didnt go down . I mean, didnt go up against the euro . The euro carl it trades erratically in the middle of the night. Yes. Right off the bat last night. Fell straight below 44. And i just find myself riveted because it must be so thin. And the dollar shoots up on
At Country Music awards more than 70,000 fans back the at t stadium in texas. That broke the guinness book of World Records for the most attendance at a live award show. She took home three awards. Luke bryan won the entertainer of the year award that is voted on by fans. Lets get you up to speed in the markets. Check out the futures board. This morning, the futures actually indicated up by triple digits. The dow looking at a gain of 120 points. S p futures up 12 points and nasdaq up by 23. Weve got a couple of other big stories. Earnings central, Morgan Stanley tops the company set to post Quarterly Results this morning. Ibm reports this afternoon. 59 s p 500 companies have posted earning so far and Thompson Reuters have reported 75 have topped profit expectations. Thats the good news. But different story emerging on the revenue side. Only 46 of companies have topped estimates on the top line there. And in the big global story this morning, china, the central bank there cutting the re
You [ music ] the full court press with bill press from 6 00 to 9 00 eastern, followed by humor in politics with a westcoast edge talking liberally with Stephanie Miller. Bill press and Stephanie Miller, currents news block, starting at 6 00 a. M. Eastern. What a way to start the day. Only on the current t. V. [ music ] hey what do you say, everybody . It is friday, february 8th. Great to see you today. Thank you for joining us here on the fullcourt press on current tv, all across this great land of ours early this friday morning. We will bring you up to date on all of the news of the day on many fronts and take your calls at 86655press. This is our tollfree number. Yes, a big storm, a big snow snowstorm heading for the northeast United States this weekend. We will talk to accuwe think about that, bring you up to date. John brennan was grilled by members of the u. S. Senate yesterday about drones. Ron wyden, senator ron wyden from oregon will tell us all about that hearing. No sooner d
0 the differences between the new republican plan and what the white house proposed are stark when it comes to taxes. the gop calls for $800 million in new taxes. it s half of what the white house asked for. republicans to $67 billion. the gop plan changes how security benefits would be calculated. why he favors tax rates instead of eliminating deductions. not enough revenue. less revenue equals more cuts in education. republicans ruled that out saying the new revenue would not be achieved through higher tax rates which we continue to oppose. they were referring to an erskine bowles plan that he testified to in the fall of 2011. the white house made it clear that s a nonstarter and they won t even respond until the gop puts forth a plan that includes a tax rate hike. the obstacle continues to be republicans who hold out hope. millionaires and billionaires. while it sounds like the two sides are far apart, the budget numbers are not that far apart. the white house you get close. they sa