the handyman called and you asked him what did he do. he already said he was a handyman. and as far as that goes he said he didn't advertise. he didn't want to start a business. and then he complains about not having enough money. he didn't want to do quarterly. some of the reasons he can't afford things is their own behavior. he doesn't sound like a go getter. guest, when the software engineer called in she asked him, did you go to college? how come i hear these colors and you two don't and that's your job. host: i apologize. i did not hear him say handyman at the time. that's my job. i will do a better job. alissa quart? guest: i think there's a limit to what individuals can do to be a go-getter. there is something that starts to emerge called decision fatigue. figure out your bank balances, how to care for a clear career trajectory it can be kind of depressing and people stop making good decisions. that's not to say they are not youwhat culpable and maybe have been able to do this and oftenhrough but i think it's very hard to do that especially when you have a kid. as

the handyman called and you asked him what did he do. he already said he was a handyman. as far as that goes he said he didn't advertise. he didn't want to start a business. and then he complains about not having enough money. he didn't want to do quarterly. some of the reasons he can't afford things is their own behavior. he doesn't sound like a go getter. guest, when the software engineer called in she asked him, did you go to college? how come i hear these colors and you two don't and that's your job. host: i apologize. i did not hear him say handyman at the time. that's my job. i will do a better job. alissa quart? guest: i think there's a limit to what individuals can do to be a go-getter. there is something that starts to emerge called decision fatigue. figure out your bank balances, how to care for a clear career trajectory it can be kind of depressing and people stop making good decisions. that's not to say they are not youwhat culpable and maybe have been able to do this and oftenhrough but i think it's very hard to do that especially when you have a kid. as many

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family and to help the facility i mean if you will that you have your south psyllium of works as a handyman in his village called the rover does similar work when she can find it her husband says he now talks to friends and other times you mean about dealing with the financial burdens they and their families face and how ashamed he is about the years of pain he caused. that al-jazeera as you can stop or a quick update on the situation in sri lanka the president has sent a has appointed a new cabinet hoping to end a seven week long political crisis that left the country without a functioning government when else around is has moved from colombia. it's been a challenge for the new prime minister had to decide who's in and who's out of his new cabinet however we see a compromise and a whole lot of negotiation twenty nine people being sworn in to their positions this morning now strange we hear from reports inside that unlike sort of the ceremonial swearing in is the sort of chamber of the presidential secretary building behind me. an old parliament we hear that today swearing in happened on an

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he went to work as a handyman in buildtown where he helped rooms and fix fences and aren't enough money for his retirement and actually having a savings account in the local bank. we all know the story of christopher columbus. i think by now we realize when he arrived on north american shores, there were people here. many times the native americans, who called america home, here we have a portrait of pocahontas done by an unknown artist, this picture became quite famous because it helped the european settlers make themselves feel better about what had happened. of course well-known of having saved the lives of colonialist john smith. she converts to christianity, she marries a british man, and she goes to england and is introduced to royalty. remade see she is being as a good colonialist of the british empire. she is wearing a very fancy dress. to make it more palatable for the audience is back home. interesting story about how america wanted to be seen and how it justified what happened with early colonialism and the story of the native americans. we started with michelle obama, the fi

if you will that you have yourself psyllium of works as a handyman in his village called the rover does similar work when she can find it her husband says he now talks to friends and other times you mean about dealing with the financial burdens they and their families face and how ashamed he is about the years of pain he caused child strafford al-jazeera tajikistan the three astronauts are back on earth after more than six months aboard the international space station the russian american and german crew landed in northern catholic stand or reported to be feeling fine their mission was marred by a mysterious air leak in orbit and the aborted blast off of a soyuz rocket bringing a replacement crew delayed their homecoming. as always that's lost more on our website edges in a dot com get the latest on all the stories we're following. this is as the let's get around now at the top stories the leaders of turkey and iran say they are committed to resolving syria's war through the process richard type one and has sent me have been meeting in turkey's capital ankara. but got no mere saws in sy

that you have the south psyllium of works as a handyman in his village. does similar work when she can find it her husband says he now talks to friends and other type of man about dealing with the financial burdens they and their families face and how ashamed he is about the years of pain he caused strafford al-jazeera tajikistan. three astronauts are safely back on earth after more than six months aboard the international space station the russian american and german crude landed in northern kazakhstan all reported to be feeling fine their mission was marred by a mysterious airlie in orbit and the aborted blast off of a soyuz rocket bringing a replacement crew delayed their homecoming. and. recap the headlines for you now on al-jazeera as president is withdrawing all american troops from syria saying eisel has been defeated is decision surprised his foreign allies and some members of his own republican party russia's president vladimir putin has welcomed his u.s. counterparts decision to withdraw american troops from syria speaking at his annual press co

that you have your south psyllium of works as a handyman in his village. does similar work when she can find it her husband says he now talks to friends and other times you command about dealing with the financial burdens they and their families face and how ashamed he is about the years of pain he caused. such a quick check of the headlines here on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump has ordered a full withdrawal of american troops from syria and declared victory over are still in the country but this is no surprise just foreign allies and angered some members of his own republican party the drawdown of an estimated two thousand troops expected within sixty to one hundred days. we have one a good study says we've beaten them and we've beaten a badly so our boys our young women our men they're all coming back and they're coming back now we want and that's the way we want it and that's the way they want it. there are reports of more explosions on the second day of a un brokered cease fire and yemen's port city of the data saudi and u.a.e. but government

he was granted freedom at the age of 60 from the plantation and went to work as a handyman in georgetown where he help build rooms and fix fences and earned enough money for his retirement, buying a house and having a savings account in a local bank. >> >> we all look the know the story of christopher columbus and when he arrived on north american shores, there were people here many tribes of native americans who called america home. here we have a portrait of pocahontas done by an unknown artist based on engraving in 1616. this picture became quite famous because it helped the european settlers make themselves feel better . >> pocahontas is well known. she later converts to christianity, marries a british man and goes to england and is introduced to royalty. in this picture, you can see she's being remade as a good colonialists of the british empire. she's wearing a very fancy dress and holding a fan. they even went so far as to lighten her skin to make her more palatable for the audience at that time. this is an interesting story about how america wanted to be seen and how it justifies

family and to how the facility i mean if you will that you have the south psyllium of works as a handyman in his village. does similar work when she can find it her husband says he now talks to friends and other type of man about dealing with the financial burdens they and their families face and how ashamed he is about the years of pain he caused. that al-jazeera tajikistan. for obama now to other stories and britain's plans to leave the european union well as briggs it looms a pro e.u. boy band is attempting to bring some harmony to the debate. and then. the five member outfit named the bring the union boys launched the video for their first single britain comeback in amsterdam although they haven't booked a gig yet the group hopes to top british pubs to get their message out the group's founder says she was inspired by the original british boy band take that. check of the headlines here on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump assaulted a full withdrawal of american troops from syria and declared victory over ice in the country but it has surprised his foreign allies and angered some

that you have to go south so the more work as a handyman in his village called the rover does similar work when she can find it her husband says he now talks to friends and other times you command about dealing with the financial burdens they and their families face and how ashamed he is about the years of pain he caused. that al-jazeera tajikistan to. take a look at the headlines now on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump is withdrawing all american troops from syria saying i saw has been defeated his decision though surprised foreign allies and some members of his own republican party the airport in august that up to thirty thousand fighters are still spread across syria and iraq. the main opposition candidate in sunday's presidential election it's our product republic of congo has told al-jazeera that the vote must go ahead commission says it may be delayed to technical difficulties supporters of the opposition are angry that campaign rallies have been banned in the capital. it will kind of be delayed because of mr nunn god please don't go for electoral commission say that he wi

that you had yourself psyllium of works as a handyman in his village called the rover does similar work when she can find it for her husband says he now talks to friends and other type of man about dealing with the financial burdens they and their families face and how ashamed he is about the years of pain he caused chance trafford al-jazeera tajikistan three astronauts are back on earth after more than six months aboard the international space station the russian american and german crew landed in northern kazakstan all reported to be feeling five mission was marred by a mysterious air leak in orbit and they orbited blast off of a soyuz rocket bringing a replacement crew delayed their homecoming. all right still ahead when we come back leaving the war for the last time a five time olympic gold medalist retired just twenty three has the story next in sport.

they are saying well, if you can't pay your rent maybe they will let you work it off by being a handyman around the building. what? >> they're doing a little post-surgery clean up. you heard mulvaney talking about paychecks will go out but they won't go out on january 12. this most recent pay period they will be paid for. they are dancing around the edges on this idea where the president is pushing two things. the shutdown is hurting mostly democrats because northern virginia and maryland are heavily democratic counties while claiming those very same federal workers who are democrats are against the shutdown and for the wall. it will be missing paychecks including people in the united states coast guard. when you extend that out to the west it's the united states coast guard that patrols those waters trying to prevent migrants from reaching the shores of the beach there in san diego. >> mike, with the assumption that nothing will happen until nancy pelosi becomes speaker, how quickly could this get fixed or how quickly could an agreement come? could this go far into january? >> i'm glad

who were all light-skinned, objected to his dark complexion so vehemently, reassigned him as and handyman, and tried to find him another post outside the white house. to secretary wells, he wrote in 1861, "the bearer that is william is a servant who has been with me for some time and in whom i have confidence as to his integrity and faithfulness. he wishes to enter your service. the difference of color between him and the other servants is the cause of our separation. if you can give him employment, you will confer a favor on yours truly." lincoln landed him a job at the department and to enable him to earn extra money, the president facilitated his efforts to moonlight for others and johnson continued to work at on.white house off and when johnson borrowed money to buy a house, lincoln guaranteed the mortgage. in 1863, johnson contracted smallpox and was unable to sign his pay voucher. while he was hospitalized, a journalist discovered the president counting out some greenbacks. lincoln explained that such activities is usually out of my -- is something out of my usual the but the presid

one idea, offer your landlord your services as a handyman in exchange for rent reduction, another rather tone-deaf suggestion, contact your personal attorney because, of course, everyone has a personal attorney. opium later said that the information was posted inadvertently. cnn's phil mattingly and rachel bade from politico. welcome, everyone. happy new year. phil, i'm going to start with you on this. you have been on capitol hill. it's been a ghost town, as i've seen you reporting. there's no signs of any movement at this point. how do you see this ending? look into your crystal ball. >> it's very lonely. rachel and i will start interviewing one another. >> yeah. >> there's no one else up there. the way to thread this needle is not a secret. there's a way to give border security funding that both sides can semantically say achieves their goals. democrats can say it's no wall. republicans can say it's wallish, it has fence, things they're looking for. someone will have to budge for it to actually happen. the president has maintained his position and maintained the belief, according to p

other things like that, and the government is basically telling you to take odd jobs and become a handyman because the government can't function. that's ultimately the problem is we want a functioning government. i as a republican, as a conservative, want it smaller and more effective than big and bloated, but i want a working government. we don't have that right now. this is the third one we've had since trump has taken over. so it's become almost a default position, that if we can't get our act together, we'll just close the government down, even if it's just a partial shutdown. that's frankly an embarrassment. >> the president at one point said he was going to take blame for the shutdown, right? take a listen. >> i am proud. >> we disagree. >> i am proud to shut down the government for border security, chuck. i will take the mantle. i will be the one to shut it down. i'm note going to blame you for 2. >> i'm not going to blame you for it. those are his exact words. >> not so much. >> he's already tweeting about it today saying this is the democrats' fault. he said, i'm in the white hous

you largely do not need a handyman or cleaner immediately. a lot of the bookers are much further out, but it still requires a much more streamlined booking flow. if it's background checks, payment processing, all the things that go into making sure the experience works, in those cases, this is what makes a lot of sense. >> there is often an assumption when we talk about the convenience economy that it is a one-to-one transaction between two of players. i mentioned earlier the almost 300,000 merchants we have selling on our platform. last year, they sold about $1.2 billion worth of goods. instead of it being seen as the customer getting an item delivered by the postmate dropping it off at their house, it is important we recognize and champion the very material player that has an impact on our theunity, the third leg of stool, which is the local merchant. if we talk about the on-demand economy, it extends the on one household name is applied to another because it means a tech that form does not just have to be a tech platform you and i use in t

ashley: as we look at pictures of dignitaries there is gentleman, mike lovejoy, the bush's handyman,ir home in kennebunkport, maine. he tells great stories he went shopping for a television because the president didn't know what wong to get. liz: i love that. stuart: doug wead, still with us, please. looking at choreography, all the people moving around to washington, d.c., perfect order. how do they coordinate all of this? how do they do it? >> i don't know. i remember in the white house they would have choreographed with the stepping stones. they can't have that for everybody. when you watch on tv, heads of state greet each other, they come out and look down. they're moving on to the steps that have been laid by the rest of us who plan where they should step. they don't know where to stand. they have to look down. it is mysteriously operating now. would i say this, stu, i was with george h.w. bush once when he wept. he could get miss at this-eyed and -- misty eyed and emotional. i was with him in the oval office when he got word his mother was turning seriously ill. he broke like a