welcome back to the kaiser report time now to go to dr michael hudson economist historian author andblogger dr hudson welcome back it could be back next debt jubilee is finally happening only it's exclusively for head funds and private equity your thoughts on the trillions of dollars of bailout for bankers and corporations i think they have a wish list of all sorts of things that their lawyers lobbyists grown up and just folded out. their own approaches and their court folios and paste the. coronavirus billowed on it but. build out disease isn't bailed out the workers aren't bailed out the small businesses aren't bailed out as you say it's all going to the major campaign contributors but don't replace a wall straight. laws and rules don't apply. if wall street is caught breaking the law they bypassed small fine or they rewrite the law here's a good example of it the fed's balance sheet has passed 6 trillion dollars and they've set up in s.p.v. special purpose vehicle to buy a high yield junk bond e.t.f. that's an exchange traded fund with the stock ticker symbol j. and k. for junk no

i wanna thank kate hudson.new "tonight show: at home" all week give me this dog i have -- i have your dog. i have your doggy. ♪ >> announcer: tonight on "late night with seth meyers," maya rudolph an all new "closer look, featuring the 8g band with fred armisen and now seth meyers. >> seth: welcome to "late night," everybody. we were off last week. and i got to be honest, i kind of forgot how to tell jokes. i think the way it works is you're supposed to say something crazy, and then, claim after the fact you're being sarcastic. after facing criticism for suggesting last week that

. >> can you say hudson? >> hudson. >> who is that?noah. >> reporter: as grace spent time learning her new brothers' names, her new parents worried. but a week into the lockdown, plane chartered by the mormon church had extra seats. the layover brought quite a smile when grace experienced her first happy meal. and then thismo rentra balthe gls what is the best part? >> definitely our boy. >> yes, gd to see our boy play with them again. having her here has been great. >> we like playing with her a lot, and she is really silly too. >> reporter: george bernard shaw once said a happy family is but an earlier heaven, and this is one family happy to finally be together. kris van cleave, cbs news, washington. >> let's hope they all live happily ever after. and that's the "overnight news" for this ay. for some of you, the news continues. for over, check back later for "cbs this morning" or follow us online any time at cbsnews.com. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm chip reid. ♪ ♪ ptioningnsed by cbs stunning losses.eaking news. the stunn

i also spoke with the hudson county sheriff and exchanged notes. this is not abstract for them, now, as not for so many. we also lost an award-winning musician and songwriter, there is a good shot of adam -- bless his heart. a founding member of fountains of wayne, which not only made its mark, but whose very name memorialized the iconic store on route 3 that he remembered from his youth. he was jersey through and through. the lights of our arts scene are a little dimmer today. we keep each of them and every single one of these lives in our hearts and our prayers. again, every single member of our great new jersey family who we have lost, and may each of their memories provide strength to the families and friends left behind. and as they say in the jewish tradition, may each of their memories be a blessing. again, i know these numbers are stark. they are certainly sobering. they are shocking and they are indeed sad. as i said, judy will get into giving you some sense as to how this is really building over a period of days. i want to say this. we ca

hudson: it depends. with big collisions will have to send out what we can repair with the small stuff. we have been fortunate to repair a lot of things good with the demand for manufacturers to move to producing other things such as ppe, we are a little nervous about what that means for the future for us right now, but we know you will do the right thing for us. pres. trump: after today you will have a lot of -- a lot of customers. mr. hudson: we appreciate that. pres. trump: thank you very much. [applause] the executive vice president, plum contracting inc. [applause] , on up here, put that mask on the way you had it. >> i am here representing the highway industry. a third generation highway and bridge contractor in pittsburgh, pennsylvania. with the winter construction shutdowns, we have been left with little revenue coming into a new season. covid 19 or play halted all highway work on march 16 in our state, with very little revenue. we were forced to sadly lay off a majority of our employees, about 12

it goes over the hudson river. the hudson river is an environmentally sensitive place. you try to build a bridge in the hudson risever. you have to put down pylons. it's going to be concerns, very expensive, high-risk difficult project. and they cautioned me not to do it. and, by the way, for 20 years, nobody had done it. i is he, yeah, but then you don't build the bridge. i understand the rink. i understand you get blamed. i can understand something do happen. i understand whatever you do in life, people are going to have 57 different opinions and it's never going to be perfect. and yes, they could always write stories this one criticized this. this one criticized this. and we love negative in society for some reason. but then you don't get anything done. long story short, we built a bridge. on type. on budget. it's beautiful. we did going through all of the heartburn of going through a construction project in the public domain. yes, many people criticized, we picked blue, they wanted green. we did this. they wanted that. that's the nature of people. but we did it. we

and it goes across the hudson river. the hudson river's an environmentally sensitive place. you try to build a bridge in the hudson river, you have to put down piles, you have to do all that construction. it's going to annoy environmental concerns. it's going to be very expensive. it's a very high-risk, difficult project. and they cautioned me not to do it. and by the way, for 20 years, nobody had done it. i said, yeah, but then you don't build the bridge. i understand the risk. i understand you could get blamed. i understand something could happen. i understand whatever you do in life, people will going to have 57 different opinions, and it's never going to be perfect, and yes, they can always write stories -- this one criticized this, this one criticized this, and we love negative, the society, for some reason -- but then you don't get anything done. long story short, we built the bridge, on time, on budget. it's beautiful. we did go through all of the heartburn of going through a construction project in the public domain. yes, many people criticized. we picked blue. they

here in the old and lovely hudson river estate which several years ago he bequeathed to the people of the united states, immortal remains of a man whose career has known no parallel in our time will rest forever. the nation and the world mourn with mrs. roosevelt and her family. harry s. truman, president of the united states. distinguished senator from the state of missouri for ten years and vice president since the last national election, mr. truman brings to his new high office an understanding of the gigantic american war effort, second only to that of the late president roosevelt. climaxing a long record of senatorial leadership as chief of the famous truman committee on war, his work was a vital factor in the vast allied war effort. at last summer's national democratic convention, harry truman was chosen as candidate for vice president with president roosevelt. his brilliant record hailed at the convention included leadership in legislation for the reciprocal tariff, for the selective service act, land lease and the repeal of the neutrality act. in 1935, he had voted for the wor

it goes across the hudson river, the hudson river is an environmentally sensitive place. you try to build a bridge in the hudson river, you have to put down piles, you have to do all of that construction. it will annoy environmental concerns. it is going to be very expensive. it is a very high-risk, difficult project. they cautioned me not to do it. for 20 years, nobody had done it. i said, yeah, but then you don't build the bridge. i understand the risk. i understand you can get blamed. i understand something could happen. i understand whatever you do in life, people have different opinions and it will never be perfect and they can always write stories. this one criticized this. we love negatives in society for some reason. but then you do not get anything done. long story short, we built a bridge on time, on budget. it is beautiful. we did go through all of the heartburn of going through the construction project in the public domain. many people criticized. we picked blue, they wanted green. we picked this, they wanted that. that is the nature of people. but we did it.

by train it is. >> on the hudson river? >> along the hudson river. in duchess county. >> in those years in in, the war years that you're writing about here, where did the roosevelt spend their time besides the white house and hyde park? >> well, hyde park was the most important place for both of them. he went during the whole presidency something like 200 times to hyde park. so that's the most important place. >> how would he glet? >> by train. he would often get on the train in washington, maybe at 10:00 or 11:00 at night and it would reach hyde park about it morning. so he would sleep on the train. he loved traveling fwran. he had his own compartment because of his polio, he didn't like fast moving transportation. he hated airplanes. he could feel grounded on the train. eleanor was the opposite. she liked to get places fast. she only liked to travel by plane. she would go with him by train as well. >> a couple quick points. what year did he die? >> 1945. >> you remember the exact date? >> april 12th. >> and what year did he contract polio and then

in the short time those 75 were here, they responded to 5000 ems calls for service in hudson county. they departed last night, the 75. happy to report they were replaced by 100 initial ambulance, 50 advanced life support and their service has proven to be invaluable to the region with regards to our was sponsored to covid-19. gov. murphy: how many ambulances and calls? >> 75 ambulance is referred to -- responded to 5000 calls for service in less than a month. gov. murphy: hats off to them and everyone else who has come from near and far to help us out. extraordinary. first and foremost up and down the state but all around the country and as we mentioned yesterday we are getting help him around the world. you don't could the german health minister on the phone every morning. i want to give him, a good friend, they shadowed. people have come together. they know this is an hour of need for our state and we can't be more thankful and we have long memories. we will start over here with john. weant to repeat tomorrow will be with you electronically on paper. unless there is something we wi

how will it look different if i go to work at hudson yards?eff: we are establishing protocols in the office building. as you enter the building we will be doing temperature checks, and whether we do those with thermal scanners or the more conventional ones where it is just on your forehead, that remains to be seen based on the quality of those thermal scanners that exists today. all of the employees and the buildings will be wearing masks and gloves and there will be procedures for how many people come into the lobby at the same time. one of the things we are working with our tenants are doing staggered shifts, so we expect to be able to have the flow through the lobby decreased substantially based on start times. another thing we are hearing from our tenants is they will not bring everyone back at the same time. if you remember how we closed down, first it was 50% of your workers had to stay home, 25%, my guess is that will happen in reverse and you will see a slow buildup to occupancy again. then the big one is testing. we do not know the av

here in the old and lovely hudson river estate, which several years ago he bequeathed to the people ofd states, remains of a man who has known no parallel in our time will rest forever. ♪ ♪ ♪ the nation and the world mourn with mrs. roosevelt and her family. ♪ harry s. truman, president of the united states. distinguished senator from the state of missouri for ten years, and vice president since the last national election, mr. truman brings to his new high office an understanding of the gigantic american war effort second only to that of the late president roosevelt. a long record of senatorial leadership, his work was a vital factor in the vast allied war effort. and last summer's democratic national convention, harry truman was chosen as candidate for vice president with president roosevelt. his brilliant record included leadership for the reciprocal act and the appeal of the neutrality act. he had consistently given support to the progressive social program of the roosevelt administration. returning to washington with mr. roosevelt, harry truman was nouz the vice president elect. in

the hudson river fell below. the house where roosevelt was born is only feet from the the library is a great house and has a lawn that goes down to the hudson river below. you are surrounded by beauty while you are doing this old-fashioned research. >> you mentioned val kill. what's that? >> that's the cottage roosevelt built for eleanor. a cottage actually was 22 rooms in arhys toe of the contractic terms. it wasn't a cottage. after his affair with lucy mercer and they decided to stay together it gave eleanor the freedom to go outside the marriage to find fulfill men. and she found women who are activists. and sarah del for roosevelt, franklin's mother looked askance at them. they weren't the fancy people she was used to. eleanor didn't feel bringing her women political friends to the big house where franklin and sarah lived. >> want to show the picture here of mrs. roosevelt, the mother, in the middle. >> that's the perfect symbolic picture in the middle. when frank limp went to harvard she got a town house to

we are proud of the realignment here at hudson. podcast launched last year and i recommend aspersion for those of you who have been following it that you take a look at the episodes from last year, particularly the conversation with secretary of state mike pompeo, josh hawley, micah gallagher, michael doran and others. it's an excellent program partly because of the two people who put it together and their ability to bring up topics and to move the argument along. we couldn't be prouder of the work they have done and i want to thank them for that and we are happy to launch this year's program with michael lind who is as many of you know prolific writer, more than a dozen books and cofounder of the new america foundation with hutchens of distinguished fellow and strategy statesmanship, walter russell mead. michael is a professor at lyndon b. johnson school of public affairs at the university of texas, and important for two nights conversation he is the author of "the new class war." the book which you can purchase, which is publishe

brian: on the hudson river? ms. goodwin: along the hudson river. in duchess county. brian: and in those years, in the war years, that you're writing about here, domestically, where did franklin delano roosevelt and eleanor roosevelt spend their time, besides the white house and hyde park? ms. goodwin: well, hyde park was the most important place for both of them. i mean, he went, during the whole presidency, something like 200 times to hyde park. so that's the most important place. brian: how would he get there? ms. goodwin: he would get there by train. he would often get on the train in washington, maybe at 10:00 or 11:00 at night, and it would reach hyde park by the morning. so he'd sleep on the train. he loved traveling by train. he had his own compartment. because of his polio and his paralysis, he didn't like fast-moving transportation. he hated airplanes, but he could feel grounded on the train. eleanor was just the opposite. she liked to get places fast, so she only liked to travel by plane, but she would go with him by train, as well. brian: a couple of quick

here in the old and lovely hudson river estate, which several years ago, he bequeathed to the peoplehe mortal remains of a man whose career has known no parallel in our time, will rest forever. ♪[music]♪ >> the nation and the world mourn with mrs. roosevelt and her family. harry s. truman, president of the united states, distinguished senator from the state of missouri for 10 years and vice president since the last national election, mr. truman brings to his new high office an understanding of the gigantic american war effort, second only to that of the late president roosevelt. climaxing a long record of senatorial leader, as chief of the truman committee on war production his work was a vital factor in the war effort. ♪[music]♪ >> at last summer's democratic national convention, harry truman was chosen as vice president for president roosevelt. the selective service act and the repeal of the neutrality act. in 1935, he voted for the world court and he had consistently given support to the progressive social program of the roosevelt administration. ♪[music]♪ >> returning to washingt

we also lost a veteran hudson county sheriff's officer. i had the opportunity -- there he is -- god bless that guy. i have the opportunity to speak with his wife and his son -- also a member of law enforcement. yesterday afternoon. to extend our condolences and appreciation for his 28 years of service. he too was a frontline hero. i also spoke with the hudson county sheriff and exchange notes. this is not abstract for them, not for so many. we also lost an award-winning musician and songwriter, there is a good shot of adam -- bless his heart. a founding member of fountains of wayne, which not only made its mark, but whose very name memorialize the iconic store on route 3 that he remembered from his youth. he was jersey through and through. and the likes of our arts scene are a little dimmer today. everyp each of them and single one of these lives in our hearts and our prayers. again, every single member of our great new jersey family who we have lost. may each of their memories provide strength to the families and friends left behind. and

that is parker hudson, dr.ing and we clearly got a lot of work to do there. the governor is looking at, what is the balanced approach? how are we prudently reopening the economy? light like a lot of states you can call a restaurant to order a meal to pick up. on friday, committee said retail stores can do puck up. you can call into the hardware store. i need following items i will be by to pick them up. or i need this from a retail outlet. i need office supplies. they will be able to put together that order for you, charge your credit card, have them waiting for to you pick up, just like you do with a dinner meal. so you know, they're doing it thought fully, prudently. we're all in new territory. so nobody will get it perfect, no state will get it exactly perfect but i think the governor is moving exactly, the right, proven way. connell: so many of those business owners are hutting so much economically. if you can find the balance, help them out a little bit. karl, thank you very much much. always good to talk

for those of you that live within three zip codes of the hudson, cushing oklahoma. stephen short. stay with our spirit this is bloomberg. ♪ -- stay with us. ♪ tom: tom: one thing we can say for certain is if you need to understand the bells, the pipelines, the dynamics not just of brent, but the 47 shades of hydrocarbons, you speak to stephen schork. he writes the unreadable schork report with this so many sure about fargo oil and heating oil off of new jersey, it is unreadable. he knows what is exactly going on with oil. if you were to have a cuppa coffee today with the president, what would you tell him about the dakotas down to texas? what would be your number one inside. >> that the situation is dire. for the small producer, that is. the shale people in west texas and north dakota. can -- in in by saskatchewan up past calgary a andt and -- calgary edmonton, landlocked producers pipelinet have enough capacity, they are dying. looking at a situation now that, yes, the futures contract with negative, but these markets where you are landlocked, they are trading negative. tom: now

founded a dynasty typical of his hudson river forebears.oosevelt retreat the vacation cottage on campobello island, that f.d.r. sailed with his friends and family after his strenuous campaign for the vice president si. it was in these same waters that he was first stricken with the dread polio germ that was to paralyze his legs but never his life. called in 1928 to the state capital in albany, franklin roosevelt was elected governor of new york. with al smith, the happy warrior at his side, he threw himself into the fight for better government. became the champion of the common man was widely thought to have his next democratic candidate for the presidency of the united states. the dye was cast. a country still mired in the morass of depression, wanted a new president. called to chicago to accept the nomination, governor roosevelt flew from albany with his wife, son elliott and son john. who knew it then, but this was the beginning of an era unparalleled in american history. f.d.r.'s appearance in chicago stadium was the beginning of a seri

hudson valley has westchester and rockland. we had a significant problem in westchester and less so in rockland. when you see 1.2% in the north country, 2.6 mohawk valley, capital district, you see a much different situation than when you are looking at in new york city where you are in the 20's, right? different situations, different strategy going forward. state,coordinating as a coordinating with our neighboring states, but you still have to take into consideration the variations across the state. that is what we are trying to navigate. by race, you see the percent for asians has picked up. african-americans is actually down. latinos went up 10%. nobody can explain what caused that jump in this survey, and it is something we are going to watch. we are doing more testing in lower income communities and african-american and latino communities as we have discussed. -- it isbreakdown fairly consistent with where it was. > so that is where we are today in new york. new york city, obviously, high point. number of cases in the coun

sadly, some of the other counties up there, hudson would be not terribly far behind. race, just to say i'm thrilled that i'm signing that bill, that will allow us -- it's going to require the hospitals to report in with a regular rhythm, with a lot more texture on the -- not just race clearly, but a lot more democrat graffings -- demographic information. race hand been particularly concerning to judy and me and our teams. in the sense that again, explicitly on the fatalities, the african-american numbers continue to run consistently 50% higher than the overall representation of the state. i think you began to give us a sense yesterday, at least on testing, that the latino numbers were meaningfully higher than the representation of the state, which started to square a little bit of that circle that we couldn't figure out between new york city and new jersey. may i just add one point to the dementia issue. my mom was like that in a nursing home. she passed sadly in 2008 and so we lived it. but you've not only got -- it's not just the veterans' home, i think you made thi

governor cuomo and i have talked about the protocols on one side of the hudson for a restaurant or bar are different than the other, or similarly -- across the delaware, you could have -- an incredibly smart way to go. this is the fight of our lives, let there be no doubt about it. we are not out of the woodshed. and reopening ourselves back up will be equally challenging beyond a shadow of a doubt. honored to be with my fellow governors, as i have been every step of the way over the past several months, and look forward to that spirit and coordination going forward. gov. cuomo: thank you very much, governor murphy. and you are right, we started this journey together, we are going to end it together on a positive note. same with governor ned lamont from the state of connecticut. governor lamont, thank you very much, thank you for being with us. gov. lamont: thanks for getting us organized and everybody here. i will just pick up where phil left off. he mentioned the major trance rotation core doors that connect new york, new jersey, and connecticut, as part of a tri-state workforce. all

patrick's day 1905 to anna eleanor roosevelt, fdr founded the dynasty typical of his hudson river dutchears. retreat, the roosevelt a vacation cottage, that fdr sailed with friends and family after the strenuous campaign for the vice president the -- the vice presidency. and it was in these same waters that he was first stricken with the dreaded polio germ that was to paralyze his legs, but never his life. ♪ to the state8 capitol in albany, franklin roosevelt was elected governor of new york. friend, the happy warrior, at his side, he threw himself into the fight for better government, became the champion of his common man and was thought of widely as the next candidate for the presidency of the united states. and with james a farley swinging the gavel, the die was cast, the country still mired in the morass of a depression wanted a new president. called to chicago to accept the nomination, governor roosevelt flew from albany with his wife, and sons elliot and john. of an erahe beginning unparalleled in american history. fdr's appearance at chicago stadium was the beginning of the serie

and i recommend each of you go to the hudson institute website to take a look. it's revealing.s always, dr. michael pillsbury. thanks so much for being with us. house gop chief drew ferguson announcing his support for congressman doug collins in his bid for the u.s. senate seat held by someone else. this comes as collins is campaigning to unseat republican senator kelly loeffler who traded stocks after attending a coronavirus briefing. loeffler the choice of the mitch mcconnell and the leadership of the u.s. senate. that may change. congressman doug collins hoping that does change is the ranking member of the house judiciary committee. he's also running for the seat held by loeffler and having a grand old time in the state of georgia. and we are always delighted to have you here with us on the show. congressman, how goes the race? >> the race is going well. i can't thank my friend drew ferguson more for coming on. he has been a great leader. it clarifies to the people of georgia that we have a victory path that can win and beat the democrats in november in a runoff. and keeping

christopher is a distinguished fellow at the hudson institute and was part of the reagan ministration. he served at the american enterprise institute. how are you my friend. >> i'm just fine. good to be here. thanks for having me. >> it's my pleasure. the president notice the piece you wrote as did i in the wall street journal. the title is for the first time in u.s. history and administration is responding to a crisis with the regulation and decentralization. this is crucially important, explained to the american people what you mean by the. >> throughout our history and especially in recent decades when we encounter a national emergency of some sort which we tend to do every ten, 15 years, it has been the occasion for increased centralization of power that is the migration of power from the states to washington d.c., the federal government, and within the federal government from congress to the executive branch, this crisis and emergencies have not been the only thing propelling the growth of executive government in washington. it has been a continuous process for about the past 50

. >> that price range starts at about 6,000 bucks for a car like this little hudson metropolitan all0 for the 1928 rolls-royce. >> we think the collection is going to bring anywhere between 550,000 and 650,000. >> really? that's a nice day's work. >> yes.>> well done, cal. but it's bittersweet for sherri, as she watches her father's cars leaving his barns. >> [ crying ] it was a huge piece of dad. >> i understand. >> sorry, guys. >> in august 2017, the cars go up for auction in nampa, idaho. >> as you can see, these cars were a labor of love for my dad. take them home. enjoy them and know that there was a man that loved those cars. >> first to cross the block, that 1957 hudson metropolitan. >> eighty-seven now, sold your car, sir, it's sold, 8,700. >> it hammers in at a better-than-expected $9,000. cal's oldest car, that 1919 ford model t coupe... that 1919 ford model t coupe... >> wow. >> wow. >> sold, 9520, 16.5... >> ...fetches 16,500. this '52 chevy truck goes for 11k. >> can i get a 10,? >> remember that '68 mustang that cal taught his granddaughter to drive in? >> here's [indis

bob hudson teaches at the university of tennessee and knoxville and is an author. and iv bashir's transition kumar data for community economic development in kentucky. welcome tonight, thank you guys for coming. i'm going to turn the floor over to you. so thank you for helping organize this, and thanks for having us. and thanks all for being here. can you hear all right? okay. i also want to thank west virginia university press who is the publisher for this book. who sought this kind of weird thing that we wanted to do and kind of helped us to this thing we might do. derek and abby have been especially amazing at helping get this book out there. tony and eiko edited this collection, we will talk about that process. we are really excited to have two contributors hear from the collection. so thanks to both iv and bob for making the drive to nashville. there's a little bit coin on in nashville right now. [laughter] so the structure tonight is going to be a lot like the structure of the book. we will hear from tony about the concept of the book, basically why we wrote

michael pillsbury, director of the center for chinese strategy at the hudson institute.e, good to have you with us. let's start with what seems to be a real change in direction on the part of the white house. it seems to me that their language has firmed quite a bit. the president's language himself. and this suggests to me at least a change of direction in the relationship with china. your thoughts. your read. >> well, i think that's right, lou. i think the first three years the president focused on his campaign promise, to cut the trade deficit, to make it so we can be fair with our companies in china. stop intellectual property theft, these things. the president had a historic success in that area with the trade agreement, and the chinese promised to continue the trade talks. the president did not do anything about the other areas of the relationship, so the military exchange programs, our 50 agencies in beijing who are helping china in various withdraws. he didn't touch that. i think now he's starting to review as part of this investigation -- lou: well, how about, h

if you would like to, look at the hudson institute's timeline. it is clear and goes day by day. to suggest anything else -- i understand you have a chip on your shoulder. and you unhappy. but the fact is the fact is this virus first appeared in november. the chinese did not report it. what began to spread and was becoming an epidemic, the chinese lied about it. they locked up the doctors who were trying to warn about it. they convinced the world health organization to issue a report saying it was not a threat, there was no sign of any human to human transmission, which was a total falsehood. if you want to talk about facts as opposed to having a chip on your shoulder, i recommend you look at the timeline. host: do you have a view of what senator mitch mcconnell said this past week, the view that states should consider the possibility of proceeding with bankruptcy, in lou of federal dollars, to help the states impacted by this pandemic? guest: i have a bias. former governor jeb bush and i wrote an op-ed suggesting bankruptcy was an alternative. i want to draw a distinction betwee

valerie hudson views asia's massive surplus of men as a serious threat to global stability. when you get instability and violence and insecurity and the 2 most populous nations on earth i don't see how that that can spill over into global international relations whether we're talking about the rise of china where there were talking about the future of india's of ocracy in all of these questions are affected by what's going on with the women of india and china. meanwhile the indian government reacted and outlawed sex determination in the early 1990 s. and yet they have never been as many abortions of girls as today because with alter a sound technology sex determination has become cheap and safe. despite the ban it is only a question of money to find a doctor who is willing to break the law and reveal the gender of the unborn child . the middle class in india is growing and as expected educated indians want fewer children little has changed about the preference for sons especially in the upper class. ameesha was 25 years old when she married a computer scientist. her father i