For the development of the protection of prez press freedom and professional development and we have evolved into other areas over time holding news makers to account and also doing wonderful programs for the development of future journalists including charitable endeavors. So weve been at that since 1908. Which is why i have the phone out and i apologize for not well, tonight were pleased to host a lively discussion if it is not down right depressings given the nature of the book in some respects. Raven is a thoroughly researched book, and for years garrett who writes for politico and other publications is really dug into this to the point where nbc gave you a script option. [laughter] so forget about you have to, keep the mic. Im just mindings camera. We are on cspan. And interestingly enough, that it was an abc show thats popular right now survivor though abc gets the book. Competition is fair and square, right . The book raven rock delves into a schpeel on the continuity of governm
Said theyd let the United States default on its bills. The president claims this, but republicans have always raised the debt ceiling. Weve never seen the debt limit fail to be raised. All they have said is we want to apply the same criteria that the president himself applied when he was a senator and say we dont want to give the president a blank check. We would like to fix the substantive problem which is the level and the growth in the debt. Reporter markets are almost treating the fight over the debt ceiling as the sequel to a bad movie. And investors have a pretty good feel for how this cliffhanger ends. They dont really care about the brinksmanship until they are right up to the brink, but also, the more dangerous the fall, off the brink, they figure the less likely that its going to happen. Reporter treasury secretary Timothy Geithner told Congress Today that unless it acts, the nation will not be able to pay its bills sometime around mid february or early march. So with a month
Said theyd let the United States default on its bills. The president claims this, but republicans have always raised the debt ceiling. Weve never seen the debt limit fail to be raised. All they have said is we want to apply the same criteria that the president himself applied when he was a senator and say we dont want to give the president a blank check. We would like to fix the substantive problem which is the level and the growth in the debt. Reporter markets are almost treating the fight over the debt ceiling as the sequel to a bad movie. And investors have a pretty good feel for how this cliffhanger ends. They dont really care about the brinksmanship until they are right up to the brink, but also, the more dangerous the fall, off the brink, they figure the less likely that its going to happen. Reporter treasury secretary Timothy Geithner told Congress Today that unless it acts, the nation will not be able to pay its bills sometime around mid february or early march. So with a month
Captioning sponsored by wpbt this is n. B. R. Susie good evening everyone. Im susie gharib. President Obama Tells Congress were not a deadbeat nation, and they need to raise the debt ceiling now, so we can pay our bills on time. Tom im tom hudson. A sour day for apple investors. The stock tumbles to 11 month lows on new worries about waning demand for the iphone 5. Susie but a banner day for g. M. , the cadillac ats takes car of the year at the big auto show in detroit, and its new corvette stingray wows gear heads around the globe. Tom that and more tonight on n. B. R. susie the next big fight in washington has begun. President obama today called on republican lawmakers to authorize an increase in the nations debt limit, saying that messing with it could potentially have catastrophic results for Many Americans and the overall economy. He warned markets would go haywire if congress does not act, Interest Rates would rise, and checks to Social Security beneficiaries would stop. And he s