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laying out an ambitious agenda and designed to hit the ground running should they win win back the house. >> bill: kevin mccarthy will announce the plan for commitment to america and that should ring a bell. >> dana: it is for sure, the title is a call back to the g.o.p.s contract with america. former house speaker newt gingrich was the architect of that plan. it repelled republicans with major victories 1994 when they won battles for the first time in four decades. >> bill: amazing hi...

Joy to the world and merry christmas, everyone. Stores slashing prices in the final hours. The breaking discounts right now, as santa takes off with his sleigh full of presents. Were tracking him live around the globe on this Christmas Eve. And good morning, america, on this Christmas Eve. Were already filled with the christmas spirit, thanks to our carolers. A lot more from them, coming up. We just saw santa. I think norads tracking him already. Yes. Took off from the north pole just a little w...

Decade has not just her and run defense budget, modestly 1. 6 billion increase. It would be nice to see it continue, but everyone watches very carefully to see the leading indicator, which is us and what were willing to do. Taiwan is a country rushing to the exit to make sure nothing comes between it and china and therefore i would argue the same credibility over whether the United States would intervene and i Taiwan Strait scenario, but we can expect the support and could even see treaty allies...

Sixty years ago the famed arranger set the record straight on the blues, the avant-garde and the origins of jazz

In 1958 and 1959 an Ellington orchestra including Johnny Hodges and Ray Nance produced 13 relaxed and engaging variations on the blues

Vinyl reissue of the 1958 version again confirms that cutting several sections of the original 1943 suite was a bad idea

Sixty years ago Norman Granz regretted that his popular album Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Ellington Songbook didn't come out better

After its 1956 Newport appearance pushed up the Ellington band's stock, it capitalised with festival specials, recorded here in 1959

Two-album collection with bonuses underlines the musical connections between Ellington's small groups and immediate post-bop jazz stylists

New York violinist, pianist and drummer mix swing and free improvisation on originals and tunes by Andrew Hill and Bruce Springsteen