Asking why is a president ial or successful president ial transition so important . Guest its about our safety is the ultimate answer here. When you think about it our democratic system envisions transfers of power when you have elections so you have accountable government. That means and you can ask to figure out how to take charge immediately on january 20 in an effective way. Its a big task. Think about our government come youre looking at 5 trillion and come 4 Million People come to me for those think uniform and reservists. Youve hundreds of operating units and historically president s have pointed about 4000 political appointees. Its a massive undertaking and nothing else quite like it. The transition is all about getting ready to do that successfully. The issue is really the world is such a dangerous place that theres not a lot of time on the other end posted january 20 to do your learning curve. You have to be at the top of it right away. You need your people in place, have you
Report from the region is next apple trying to lift the curtain on new gadgets a new phone not likely will anybody care . This is Worldwide Exchange on tuesday, september 15. A nice segment of music coming up later in the program by the way, good morning, good afternoon and good evening wherever you may be watching good to have you back with us. Global markets are stepping up this day solidly in the green the major average back yesterday after the s p 500 posted its worst week since june and the nasdaq the best week since march. The nasdaq back above 11,000 but still about 1,000 points away from that high of september 2. Small but mighty do not forget about the small cap stocks the russell 2000 posting the best day since july 15 small caps have been outperforming. Dont forget about the bond market either. The federal resofr and a new inflation framework in place talk of lower rates stronger the continuing note is stuck there for months around the world, a mixed session in asia overnigh
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Russian president Vladimir Putin is blaming the United States for not meeting his biggest security demands. Nbcs alice barr has the latest from washington, d. C. Today, renewed diplomatic efforts to end the crisis in ukraine. U. S. Secretary of state Antony Blinken speaking with his russian counterpart and agreeing to continue diplomatic discussions. He also urged immediate russian deescalation and the withdrawal of troops and equipment from ukraines borders and was clear that further invasion of ukraine would be met with swift and severe consequences. But shortly after that call, russian president Vladimir Putin publicly faulted the u. S. And allies for ignoring his top security demands. The u. S. Has said it wont agree to ban ukraine from joining the nato military alliance. President putin also wants nato to roll back forces from eastern europe. Boris johnson meeting with ukraines president in kyiv today. This is a clear and present danger. We see large numbers of troops, we see prep
Russian president Vladimir Putin is blaming the United States for not meeting his biggest security demands. Nbcs alice barr has the latest from washington, d. C. Today, renewed diplomatic efforts to end the crisis in ukraine. U. S. Secretary of state Antony Blinken speaking with his russian counterpart and agreeing to continue diplomatic discussions. He also urged immediate russian deescalation and the withdrawal of troops and equipment from ukraines borders and was clear that further invasion of ukraine would be met with swift and severe consequences. But shortly after that call, russian president Vladimir Putin publicly faulted the u. S. And allies for ignoring his top security demands. The u. S. Has said it wont agree to ban ukraine from joining the nato military alliance. President putin also wants nato to roll back forces from eastern europe. Boris johnson meeting with ukraines president in kyiv today. This is a clear and present danger. We see large numbers of troops, we see prep