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What Public Office have you held before, if you have and if so hello, welcome to all of those of you who braved the weather to come join us today and also to our online all of a sudden. We really appreciate you joining us. Im tara watson, i direct the center for Economic Opportunity here at brookings. I was asked to join a project. It was under the auspices of the convergence collaborative and the goal was to discuss policies to support working families and i quickly learned that this approach was really serious about bringing together people from across the ideological spectrum and about faci...

Institution. Hello. Welcome to all of those of you who braved the weather to join us today, and also to our online audience. We appreciate you joining us. My name is tara watson, i direct the center for Economic Opportunities at here right here at brookings. A year ago, someone asked me to join a project. It was under the convergence collaborative, which i did not know much about. The goal was to discuss policies to support working families. I quickly learned this approach was really serious about bringing together people from across the ideological spectrum and about facilitating productive c...

For the third year in a row, the philippines is being hit by a deadly typhoon as the United Nations hosts its annual Climate Summit. More than 90 people have already died. We will speak to lidy nacpil, a leading filipino climate activist. Then saleemul huq of bangladesh and how peru has become one of the most dangerous countries in the world for environmental activists. It is a risk of life or death for us. If i stand in front of the loggers to represent my community and say to them, sir, you have to leave because this is our land and then it is a risk. It is been this way for a while. That wa...

Are old enough to drink, you can consume as much as one ounce of pot in Washington State but you still cant grow it and you still cant sell it. Technically, you still cant buy it and youre not supposed to light up in public either. What are you all doing out there at that party . My colleague was there. He was on the not so mean streets when the law took effect. Ill be interested to find out what the absentee rate is at seattle workplaces today, miguel. Reporter i think most people are going to work here. Its not quite as crazy as that. Its cold and rainy. Puts a damper on things. There were a...

Last two weeks. The yields on debt that comes due in one month have risen to levels higher than yields for maturity thats dont secure for six months. Thats a big deal because normally an issuer would pay to borrow for longer periods of time. The institutions want to avoid being stuck with debt in the event of a default. Citigroup has told clients it would rather not take treasuries on october 24th as a sign of collateral. Andrew, this a sign your money is no good here. Weve got more on the situation in washington in just a few minutes. I dont know if people are going to be taking paengz or not...