. >> paul: women come, i'm paul gigot. after angry town halls and slipping poll numbers democrats and the president return to washington next week hoping to salvage what they can of a faultering domestic agenda. top priority health care reform. debate the president hopes to refrain -- reframe wednesday night k he make an awe dumb comeback? joining us opinion journal.com columnist, and washington columnist. kim, are we going to see a big different change of strategy tort autumn comeback or not? >> the white house is realizing it does not have the support it needs. but it also understands that it would be deadly to not have some for the of it health care legislation having campaigned and worked on this for sole. giving this address to congress you are going to see a lot of town halls and a push publicly. also groundwork being laid where they can step back a little. talking about maybe working with republicans for a smaller bill something that would be more about subsidies for people maybe rules saying that health insurance h

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:'m paul kangas. suzanne: and i'm suzanne pratt. susie ghar is on assignment. this is "nightlyusiness report" r wednesday, september 23. "nightly business rert" is made ssible by: this program was made possib by contribions to your pbs station fromiewers like you. thank you. 7//& >> suzanne: good eveng everyone. the federal serve is upbeat abouthe economy but policymakers todayept interest rates at htorically low levels again. at t close of its 2-day meeting, the fed said conomic activityas picked up". but it went on to y that activitys likely to remain ak for sometime. on inflation polymakers don't seem worried. on rates, look for tse to stay w for an extended period. the fed also streted the timetable for s debt buying progms, including mortgage backedecurities. it wilnow remain in that markethrough march of next year. joing us now to help read today's fed tea-leaves is michelle girard, senoir economist at rbs a mike holld of holland and company. lcome to the program. >> good to be here, thanks. >>

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i am paul should go. in a speech that has silenced the democrats healthcare incentive, president barack obama addressed a joint session of congress this week and seating. note to his opponents and promising his $900 billion plan will not add to the federal budget deficit. mac will not sign it adds one dime to the deficit, now or in the future area and. and to prove i'm serious, there will be a provision in this plant that requires us to come forward with more spending cuts if the savings we promised don't materialize. >> paul: joining a panel this week while straight columnist and deputy editor dan henniger. senior editorial page writer joe reiko, washington columnist kim strassel. then, the story is in the polls, a bump up in support for healthcare. and a lot of people in washington talking about new momentum. did he save the day for the democrats keep you. >> look, this was a speech to a joint session of congress. that's a big deal. and the president is doing this for a piece of legislation to give this

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paul? what kind of cookies is pittsburgh serving. >> i don't know, but cookies travel very well, while they last. >> absolutely. >> suzanne: that's "nightly business report" for thursday, september 24. i'm suzanne pratt good night, everyone, and good night to you, paul. >> paul: good night, suzanne. i'm paul kangas, wishing all of you the best of good buys. "nightly business report" is made possible by: this program was made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by wpbt captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> we are pbs.

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. >> paul: i'm paul kang. >> susie: and m susie gharib. this is "nightly busins report" for wednesday, september 9. "nightly biness report" is made possible by: this progr was made possible by contributions to yourbs station fr viewers like you. thank you. od evening, everyone. president obama ells out his vision for national hethcare tonight. he will deliver a spch to a joint seion of congress to explain the need to overul the tion's health care system. s address comes after weeks of rowd town hl meetings acss the country where american voters spoke out against reform. shington bureau chief darn gersh joins now with more on what expect. >> reporter:he president ans to take the health care debateack to basics his speech tonight. the president's al tonight is to remind americans confus by the debateso far, of the key reasons hes pushing for health care refor toppinthe list is extending coverage, says white house adviser lody barnes. >> we know that 14,000 peoe a day are losing theiroverage, and he wantsot one more american to be among tm. s

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and i am pleased to appoint paul kirk as the interim united states senator from massachusetts. >> paul, as many of you know is the chairman of the john f. kennedy library foundation. he was a close and loyal adviser and confidant to senator kennedy from 1969 to 1977 formally, but ever since really. in addition, he was chairman of the democratic national committee from 1985 to 1989. he is the distinguished lawyer, volunteer, and citizen. and he shares the sense of service that so distinguished senator ted kennedy. paul will not seek the open seat in the special election that's coming up in january. but for the next few months, he will carry on the work and the focus of senator kennedy. mindful of his mission and his values and his love of massachusetts. i know i join so many other citizens in thanking paul for his willingness to serve. and now, ladies and gentlemen, it's my great pleasure and honor to bring to the podium the interim senator of massachusetts, paul kirk. congratulations. >> thank you very much. thank you, governor patrick for your important words and your kind and generou

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out in the col >> paul: i'm paukangas. >> susieand i'm susie gharib. this is "nightly busines report" for thuray, september 17 "nightly biness report" is made possible by: this program was made ssible by conibutions to your pbs station from viewers likyou. thank yo /& >> susie: good evening eveone. the stock market is a roll. the s&p 0 index has skyrocketed almo 60% just since rch. the major stock inxes edged lower today but so market experts are predicting t rally will continue. why is this momeum happening now, especially since septber is notoriousor market correcons and crashes? suzanne pratt ecked in with thpros. >> reporter: there a only 9 trading ys left inhe month. and thseptember selloff has yeto materialize. all summer many investnt pros argued stocks had goneoo far too fast. they said a signifant pullback woulhappen before the leaves were off the trees. while fall ibarely here and manynvestors are still skeptil about the market's momentum, others wondeif now is a time buy or sell. andrew burkly of bro brothers harrim remains bullish edicting

captning sponsored by wpbt >> paul: t s.e.c. admits it failed to otect investors from bernieadoff and the biggest ponzi scheme in histor the commentsome as a taped madoff phone call surfac. with the swindler bragng about how sy it is to fool gulators. >> susie: esident obama igtes fresh debate over health care reform. tonight we talk with health care expert sten ullman about the realities of getting reform passed this year. >> paul: after four years the helm of morgan snley c.e.o. john mack announced today 's stepping down. but he isn't going very far. >>usie: reviving the family business with whacky commercials. tonight our signature sees "all in the family" introduc us to the smitherothers of walter smithe furniture. >> pau i'm paul kangas. susie: and i'm susie gharib this is "nightlyusiness report" r thursday, september 10th. "nightly business report" is made possib by: this program was made ssible byontributions to your pbs station fromiewers like you. thank you. 7//& >> sus: good evening, eryone. "we're sorry and we're fixg

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but anyway. >> yeah. >> but paul, paul i've been working with paul on a few projects now. he suggests them and then -- >> when he suggested this, did youll of sudden go, were you excited immediately about it? >>'m always exced when i get a chance to make more money. [laughter] nothing thrills me more. yeah, no, but i was aware of studs terkel and i have, you know, a connection with whim. we bothre realnterested inife and stuff. -- >> mostly because you led it, you know. >> well, he interviewed people about their jobs, and i just, used to just write, and i wrote about my job, you kw. like autobiographical thing. but, you know, i immediately saw, you know, like felt an affinity for him when i became aware of him i guess in the '70s. >> did you ever meet him? >> no, i haven't. >> that's a shame. i can speak, you guys would have loved each other, don't you think. those of you? paul, the seed of this, have you talked about this with studs? >> you know, just aplittle, a very small amount and mainlyhrough friends in the studs last year or two. so, i had done a book or two with th

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there is no one in broadcasting history than paul harvey. it is paul harvey's america.ritten by steve mansfield. great to have you here. this is a story that obviously had to be told. magnificent story of the golden throated paul harvey. there will never be another one like him. what made him so very unique and very american? >> it was the yaudio branding. hello america, this is paul harvey, stand by for news. much of our political broadcasting and radio is animosity and hate-based. he loved america and he loved this country . even when he reported bad news, you felt that . felt encouraged by that. in times like this it is good to remember there are types like these. he won american hearts. >> one of the approximate relationships. the special relationship was the magnificent bond he had with his wife angel. tell me about that. >> he loved her. he asked her to marry him on their first date. >> wow. >> he asked her to marry and the day that she died the coup was in their garage. he was a sentimental guy. at a practical level she is the one that determined the early types

yeah, i mean ihink paul bdy service i think, you know, paul deserves, you know, like i think a lion's share of the material. i mean, t praise for during the book. for one thing, he has taught oral history for a long time at brown university and he has for a long time been a studserkel at marra -- at meijer a i think that the work is nic too. [laughter] >> it's not all yours, eher. >> you kno i didn't mess around with his words. i didn't change anything. i just broke t text down into panels for some of the artists that apparently didn't want to work. [laughter] but paul iave been wking with on a feprojects now and he suggests somend then -- >> when he suggested ts did you all of a sudden -- were you excited immediately about it? >> i'm alwayexcited when i get a cnce to make more mey. [laughter] nothing t thrills me more. [laughter] but, you know, i was aware of studs terkel, and i have a connection with him. we both are interested in incipienlife and stuff. >> mostly because you let it. >> he interviewed pple about their jobs and i used to just write -- i wrote about my job like an aut

here is the top ten things you shouldn't do on letterman, paul.. >> mike: donald trump. >> the most luxurious incredible human being in the history of the world. [applause] >> i actually talked to-- i talked to him on the phone, you can't surprise trump. there's no surprising trump. he knows exactly what is coming because i surprised him on the radio show i so i thought i started doing to incredible human being, your conscience talking and it he even calls you mr. trump. that must be frank, how are you doing. >> mike: we're talking about the sports figures moving to politics, what about politicians moving to sports. what would al gore say if he were the starting center of the new york knicks. >> don't shoot that basketball too high, it might bring down acid rain. the environment must be saved listen, i understand the environmental argument and all that kind of stuff i totally get it be it, but sometimes al gore seems like a bad mall dracula like some of the factor there, sam of the facts, wait, if i think that's true that doesn't make sense. so i

paul. >> than i yield to dr. paul.i do not know if he was listening. >> certainly, not permanently, but i would like to hear about it sunday. they claim that they release it. i would think that maybe six months worth three months would be reasonable. >> i look for it to working with you on this. i would hope that we can pass legislation and, if we can take away the fed pause best argument against it, that would be good. >> wait for the movie. >> i presume that one of the reasons that the federal reserve made an error on setting interest rates too low for such a long time and then other central banks followed suit was because, in the 1930's, there had been a real problem with the fed setting interest rates too tight. frankly, i think what transpired was that the fed thought that inflation would occur. they set the interest rates four years running. i asked mr. alvarez this question. i really believe that was part of what created the balloon in asset prices. i suspect you would agree with me. serious show the propensity

here is the introduction and the conversation with chris paul. >> chris paul. >> chris paul is here growing up in rural north carolina. he had the common dream of one day reaching the nba in his sophomore year in high school being less than five feet tall, left little hope that he would even make the varsity team. today he is widely coidered to be the best point guard in the nba. in 2008 was runner-up to kobe bryant as the league's mvp. he writes about his improbable journalee in long shot, never too small to dream big. i am pleased to have chris paul at the show for the first time. welcome. >> thanks for having me. >> what town are you from in north carolina. >> winston-salem. i'm from louisville north carolina but everyone knows win stole salem. >> do you get home much. >> during the summer. as soon as the season is over i'm back but never during the season. >> both parent as live. >> yes. >> they must love having -- having the opportunity to stay in the neighborhood. >> my parents are huge sports fanatics and this he are my biggest fans and i love them to death. >> how many brothers and

paul bass, what do we know? i think i've got paul bass. okay. satellite down. back to you.key sherman, there are reports his arms have scratches on them. now, friends and family explained that away by saying that one of the three cats did that to him. we know that they found bloody clothes in the building, hidden up in the ceiling tiles. so if they were looking under his fingernails, if they were observing the scratches on his arms, that may have explained why they handcuffed him. i have never seen that done before with anybody but a suspect. >> and obviously he's under close surveillance. i assume they have got a 24/7 guard or surveillance group at his home or wherever he's staying. you know, it's not his finger tips they're going to account, it's hers. because that's where the scratches most obviously came from. this is a forensics case. whatever's under her fingernails, if it's his skin, game over. >> 24-year-old raymond clark, a technician who worked in the same yale lab building as annie le was taken from his apartment in handcuffs last night. police obtained warrants