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Evidence that there is not more slack in the labor markets. On Interest Rates, again, she will talk about the taper likely to end. Bond buying likely to end later on this year. The fed will keep rates at a record low for a considerable period. If the labor market continues to improve more quickly, than anticipated by the committee resulting in faster conversion towards justice, increases in the federal funds rate target will occur sooner. Conversely, if the economic disappointing, then the futur...

Im chuck todd. Pac show for you, i promise. My first reads of the morning, nearly two years ago, president obama gave a speech in el paso calling for Immigration Reform, stronger Board Security and a path to citizenship. El paso, the question is whether those in congress who previously walked away in the name of enforcement are now ready to come back to the table and finish the work that weve started. Well, now that a Bipartisan Group of senators have come back to the table, the president today ...

Tonight. Lets check in with monika samtani. If you do the beltway in Prince Georges County, you need to pay attention. You do. Were talking the east side of the beltway in Prince Georges County where there was a serious Early Morning accident. It happened before 3 00 on the inner loop of the beltway. Thats southbound 95 after route 50 where only one lane is getting by in each direction. Let me show you first what it looks like live there. Three vehicles involved, including a fire truck, a tracto...

Head the Homeland Security department will stop department. A budget agreement and a bill something out Defense Department programs and policies for next year. We spoke this morning with a capitol hill reporter. We go to roll call. What can we expect on capitol hill this week . Thank you. This is the senate final week in session for the year. It is a preview of what we cant expect to see over the next couple of days. The senate is coming back into session today at 3 00 this afternoon. They are g...

What are the Biggest Issues in your state . And what an and what are you and your neighbors talking about . Here are the numbers to call you can also find as online send us a tweet by typing c spanwj. State and local governments are on their best financial shape since the recession. Given leeway to cushion the u. S. Economy from federal budget cuts. Here are some other stories in the news. This is from the National Council of state legislatures, which runs up what lawmakers are facing as they en...

Spoke about the report they offered on september 11 attack in benghazi, libya to cut u. S. Ambassador christina and three other americans. The report cited systemic failures, leadership and management efficiencies and Inadequate Security at the conflict facility. Three state Department Officials including eric boswell, assistant secretary of state in Diplomatic Security have resigned in the wake of the report. Next, senators on the Foreign Relations committee who received the report speak to rep...

Of africanamericans in this country. So by the time Robert Smalls died in 1950, he died brokenhearted, and financially, not near as well off as he once was. And so i have spent a lot of time talking about the history of this. As i used to say to my students when i taught, if it happened before it can happen again. And we see all the speculation about what the Supreme Court is going to do with the most important civil rights act, which i think was the Voting Rights act of 1965. And most experts t...

Does this particularly take on some level of emergency given the opening of the arctic to commerce exploitation, energy and all the other potential areas of conflict . Yes, sir, but particularly in the arctic. It would put us on the same footing as the other signatories, counsel. General kimball, there have been a lot of questions about afghanistan and our time frame there. As i understand it, there was intelligence that indicated isis was building up its strength and had designs on moving into ...

Former michigan governor, jennifer granholm, for the democrats and former president ial candidate Rick Santorum for the republicans. Plus, how will the inaugural set the tone for the second term . We ask the star cochairing the president s committee. Eva longoria joins us live. Hello again, and welcome to inauguration day. It is, in fact, today. The constitution says a president s term ends at noon on january 20th, and the official proceedings have already begun. Just moments ago, Vice President...

Year, 12, at 13, 20, 100 people die . We cannot wait any more. Do your Congress Member Carolyn Mccarthy lost her husband 19 years ago and the long island rail road massacre. Her son was gravely wounded. Shes become a leading advocate for gun control as progun politicians and lobbyists fall silent. There is a Seismic Shift that could lead to gun control legislation. We will ask her. Then we look at the fight to save Social Security as negotiations of the socalled fiscal cliff intensified. I do be...