betsey stevenson, former chief economist of the us department of labour, thank you so much.ameron brand has been arrested and charged for a shooting that left two teenagers dead and four others wounded. the shooting took place at a house party in bay st louis, mississippi, early sunday morning. in other news. russia has sacked its deputy defence minister, who is in charge of army logistics. colonel general mikhail mizintsev was only appointed to the role last september, but was blamed for continued problems in ukraine. there've been longstanding complaints that front line troops aren't getting sufficient military equipment, and suffer shortages of food and uniforms. santiago pena is poised to be elected as the next president of paraguay, after his party won a majority in national elections. pena is a 44—year—old formerfinance minister who comes from the right—wing colorado party, which has been in power in paraguay for nearly eight decades. pena's closest challenger in the election was efrain alegre, a centre—left challenger who spoke out against institutional corruption. ar

betsey stevenson, former chief economist of the us department of labor, thank you so much.late sunday night in the us on a buyerfor sunday night in the us on a buyer for that sunday night in the us on a buyerfor that bank. sunday night in the us on a buyer for that bank. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. spike the king penguin is now king of the world, voted most popular penguin in an international online voting competition. and that's despite his past misdemeanours. he pooed on sir david attenborough nearly ten years ago. he is a local celebrity definitely. 32 penguins competed for the title, the contest was organised by penguin international, a lobby group aiming to raise awareness of the birds�* plight. you are going to be sent a paper crown as a prize, will you be putting it on spike? no, he wouldn't tolerate it at all. i only handle him for vet checks a couple of times a year, putting on wing tags. otherwise, you try to grab them, they will give you a good old slap with their wing. but there will be a special ceremony to honour spike, it's planned f

strain, the director of economic policy studies at the american enterprise institute, as well as betsey stevensonber of president obama's council of economic advisers, and former chief economist at the us department of labor. good evening to you both. michael, if you look at the messaging we heard from the meetings at the white house today, we heard they were productive, that default is off the table, are you encouraged? er, i am the table, are you encouraged? er, iam more the table, are you encouraged? er, i am more encouraged than if the meeting had gone poorly. it is good that they met, and a good sign that positive things were said about the meeting, but i think we still have a long way to go before any of us should be feeling comfortable with the situation, certainly before any of us should be feeling optimistic. they have to agree a deal, there has been no agreement on work requirements and other programmes. no agreement on reform. although it seems that democrats may be getting more comfortable with the idea of spending cuts, there is no agreement on the specifics of what the spending cuts

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