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There are stacks outside if anybody gets hungry here. Are you ready . High, everybody. Im daniel yergin, director of new america and im pleased to welcome you to this discussion today on the electric car. And also very happy to welcome the viewers on cspan2 our discussion. We are going to be talking about a terrific book today called the great race by levi tillemann. Its a very timely book. This is really the fourth time that the electric car has appeared on the scene and the first time was when Thomas Edison was a great proponent of the electric car and spend 1 million in the dollars of that ...

Policies. I want to drill down into those. You said first funds are being short shrifed because we limit the manner which people pay in. If everybody was under a consumption tax, which is what the fair tax does, all americans would be contributing. I want to stay on this entitlement reform. Back in to 2011 here is what you told neil cavuto. We keep saying that 60 is the new 40. Okay. Lets treat 60 like its the new 40. Lets raise that eligibility age up to 70 for the people under 55. You favored reforms to entitlements back then whats changed . Well, the main thing i feel like that has happened...

Waiting until the last minute. I can guarantee you if their jobs were on the line as far as their money, they would have it done in 10 minutes. You said you work for the federal government . What kind ofof work do you do . Urban,ocratic whip, did on the floor now. We expect a vote sometime in the next half hour or 40 minutes. They will deal with the two changes of the senate. Is linda in st. Johns minnesota, michigan michigan. Thank you for taking my call. I appreciated. I come from the the state of the teamsters. For havinged itself democrats for five decades run it. I just want to say this. ...

From Michelle Carusocabrera in a few minutes, but first andrew is here with the top stories. Thank you, becky. Hope everyone had a great weekend. In corporate headlines we have a big one, netflix need for speed at the center of the big deal. A new deal with our Parent Company comcast. The two sides have struck a deal under which netflix is paying comcast for faster delivery of the video streaming service. This marks the first such agreement for netflix and is sparking speculation that other content providers may also strike similar deals. Were going to talk a lot about this throughout the prog...

Do you think harry reid has promised a vote on Unemployment Insurance harry reid has promised a vote on Unemployment Insurance. Does that become part of the debt ceiling debate and should it . That ist should, but not what republicans have in mind as a ransom. Democrats are really adamant about it. Many feel they gave up the best opportunity. Remember, when unemployment has remained this high at seven percent when we have had this extent of longterm unemployment, we have always had extensionsion an of the federal program. See congressd to not act on this. Getink we conceivably could the suppor...