the ipo will have on the social media space. does president obama s refinancing plan have a chance of passing the republican-controlled house? hud secretary shaun donovan weighs in coming up in the program. the dow jones industrial average up about 83 points. up two-thirds of 1%. 12,716. it was about double that earlier. volume better than yesterday, but still under a billion shares. nasdaq picked up 34 points. once again, technology the star of the day. star of the year-to-date, up 34 points on nasdaq. s&p 500 was up 11 and 2/3. a good start for the month. we were up 150 points earlier in the day. almost half the gains here. the major headlines and what went on today, generally very good participation. i like to see it when you get broad advantage across the sectors. the tech sector was the real star. near an 11-year high. as for the endless greek debt deal, iif is close to finalization. they expect to conclude a deal next week. take a look at the tech earnings here an
hank williams jr. s offensive comments about president obama. should monday night football have given the singer the boot? those wall street protests now spreading across the country. has the press been too slow to recognize their importance? plus, the passing of steve jobs. the visionary who was so brilliant at manipulating a news business that served as his cheering section. i m howard kurtz, and this is reliable sources. back in may, i wrote a newsweek headline, is sarah palin over? it seemed there was no way the fox commentator was going to mount a white house campaign. it was just as clear when reporters were chasing the bus trips she took over the summer. but the press somehow kept up the pretense until this week when palin pulled the plug with a statement and a radio interview, not like chris christie, at a news conference. to tell you the truth, i made my announcement today in the format that i did because that was his seven millionth no. and i didn t wa
good evening i m chris matthews in washington. leading off tonight, republican death panels. good name for them. college students describe the republican caucus in the senate. all they do is kill things. and democratic presidencies, he hopes. their mission to destroy whatever gets in their way. they voted against the stimulus bill. against the health care bill. against financial regulation. their leader, dr. death himself, mitch mcconnell, chortled with chilling delight about what he spended to do next year. here he is talking with politico and yet the public is encouraged by president obama s willingness to compromise. but how do you compromise with a republican leader whose goal is to see you defeated? yet, despite his best efforts to oppose something because president obama supports it, the new s.t.a.r.t. treaty that has voted to pass. chalk up one more big win for the president in this lame duck session. plus, once again, the kenzie rule, that people get in the most tro
significant differences of two points. one is i want to%g@ @ @ @ @ @å we had a president not particularly stronger pro- consumer, and we know the senate did not lend itself to a stronger bill, so for many of us it was thought as the best we could do to keep prices down, saving money for employers, saving money out of pocket for people, saving money for taxpayers, and when you did hatched-waxman and the terrific work you did on that, you can look at the difference in cost of chemical pharmaceuticals and living organisms reckon the 1990 s it was considered outrageously expensive. . that was considered outrageously expensive and the pharmaceutical that in those days cost $4,000, maybe it was $4,000 today, it was a pharmaceutical that cost $4,000. that was a high cost having a generic competing having a great difference there. we re talking about cancer drugs, and now it was 40,000. so without any kind of follow on biologic without any generic, we biologic without any generic, w
representatives and 100 senators. it s essential that we maintain that kind of vibrant dialogue, this deliberative democracy as some would call it. it s east we maintain the highest levels of integrity in order that this great republic can continue on the path that has been chartered for it by so many of our founding fathers and predecessors who emerged, however difficult the process might have been, they emerged and led this nation clearly along a path, a higher road. and that higher road has been the road that held our own members accountable for the highest standard of ethics as well. we have an ethics committee here in the house. i recall much of the debate that took place here on the floor back during the 108th and 109th congress when allegations were made about members and their level of integrity. . and i remember many charge being filed in the ethics committee against members of congress who seemed to be their only transgression was they were effective in advancing