welcome back to the big picture i'm tom hartman coming up in this half hour the dow rose five hundred points today sighs from three years ironically on the same day federal reserve chairman ben bernanke he gives his assessment of the economy so is there good news on the horizon and in tonight's daily take the nation of turkey is experiencing some economic woes right out how bankers are planning to crash the turkish economy. and there currency there to boost their own faults. and i were going to try something different with a mid-week were on the list time i'm the lone liberal voted to i was all of america's best conservative commentators on some of the biggest stories of the week joining me tonight jamie weinstein deputy editor of the daily caller dot com and david hogan washington correspondent at investor's business daily right ok welcome to you both let's get started overmatched probably misleading the american people really only have a choice between president obama's budget and the republican budget the answer actually is no on sunday nobel prize winning economist paul krugman us

saw back to the big picture i'm tom hartman coming up in this half of the white house he introduces what they call an innovative online privacy policy allowing internet users to use only one password for all personal accounts but is this option really safe plus it's a battle to save the bay in alaska were a billion dollar copper mine actually far more than copper threatens the life supply of the nation's finest salmon spawning ground so who will win this fight a survival nature for big business and a florida unemployment agency is under fire after it tries to help potential job seekers the rather bizarre scene in tonight's daily take i'll tell you why the irish scot is probably horrified by the idea of a state full of unemployed. who seders. the white house unveiled a new online policy that could change the way we all surf the internet the new policy is an online id unique to each user which would replace everyone's passwords is that having a different password to log in to facebook or check your bank account or whatever pay your cable bill you'll have one unique credential that all webs

go back to the big picture i'm tom hartman coming up in this half hour tonight we remember the life of the reverend dr martin luther king jr forty three years after his assassination just how far have we come as a nation and what lessons we still have to learn loss as the minutes passed the crisis in japan worsens where seven tons of radioactive waste are leaking every hour into the pacific ocean and how it could affect us back your home and republicans prepare to try to cut the budget and guess who is opposed to their plans the tea party more on this since and still ahead. forty three years ago today bill what solves the voice of america's greatest civil rights leader and frankly one of our nation's greatest leaders period thankfully reverend dr martin luther king jr his message continued to live on as the march for social justice continued all across our nation but on this forty third anniversary of his death it's important to remember what dr king was doing on the day he died. he was standing up for the rights of workers to unionize the rights of sanitation workers in memphis and go

welcome back to the big picture i'm tom hartman coming up in this half hour it was twenty five years ago today when the church double nuclear disaster took your brain to its poor early measures are being taken in ukraine prevent future destruction so are officials in japan taking notes plus the process of getting a passport just got even more tedious now the state department requires. to include your residence and employment history could this be a hidden agenda pushed by homeland security and while the banks were getting their bailout from the government they were busy robin the american people out of millions billions of dollars citibank bank of america j.p. morgan chase got away with his sneaky heist and tonight still egypt. the state department wants to make it harder for you to leave the country new questionnaire would require some passport applicants to provide their full history of every place they've ever lived every job they have ever had since they were born in order to qualify for a passport and if you get anything wrong on you can be prosecuted for making a false statemen

good evening i'm lucy craft novacaine for tom hartman in washington d.c. and here's what's coming up tonight on the big picture unfortunately it's gridlock on capitol hill again as lawmakers duke it out over the budget and with less than fifty hours left before the government goes dark we're going to explore what's at stake for americans if the shutdown really takes place plus i think you're not footing the bill for against them think again i want to break down the actual figures that you and i are shelling out and be warned in a pretty radical war costs don't make you sick there's always seafood to do the job especially if it's coming from japan we're going to talk about how that country's radiation we could hurt the global food chain all of us. are right you need to know this when the clock strikes midnight on friday april eighth it is now all but certain that americans will experience their first federal government shutdown in fifteen years that president obama is meeting with congressional leaders this evening in a last ditch effort to come to a deal o

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well i'm tom hartman in washington d.c. and here's what's coming up tonight on the big picture. it was definitely a happy monday for federal office workers who dodged a potential government showdown disaster so even though the republicans backed down their fight against planned parenthood funding bill is still both on the new proposed budget. plus with a raise for madison's new supreme court justice be rid of the two thousand florida bush poor voting scandal so you are fourteen thousand votes against a pro democratic front runners appear. and we all know if he has a job is to randomly perform pat down searches the search one agent did to a six year old is just ridiculous or illegal the full video and it's personal. you need to know this the government is open today thanks to a last minute deal late friday night that avoid a government shutdown for at least one more week two hours before the deadline on friday house republicans finally gave in and drop their demand to defund planned parenthood clearing the way. for a short term spending bill to pass it keeps the government funded

welcome back to the big picture i'm tom hartman coming up in this half hour a sneaky and very illegal union busting bill has made its way to alaska so what does this mean for the workers of our nation's northernmost state and the tea party is on the decline so what better time to give a little history lesson on the real tea party seven hundred seventy three and why we need to begin today in today's military. if you thought the republican war against organized labor was restricted to just the lower forty eight states think again alaskan state lawmaker carlow guy. introduced a bill last week to strip public unions but we can ploy unions of their collective bargaining rights bill also exams firefighters police officers and e.m.t. ease from losing their rights if you think that sounds familiar it is as gatto told c.n.n. it's no wisconsin our range but that's right the exact same bill proposed and passed illegally in wisconsin has been recycled for use in alaska so should we expect the same sort of fight way up north joining me now in the studio to talk about this issue and other republica

tom hartman here broadcasting live from washington d.c. coming up today on the big picture. wealthy british. markets. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines two kinds of reports. today violence is once again fled the first these are the images the world from the streets of canada. the. if you can. stand. alone and welcome to cross talk i'm people of all the building breaks of the future some of the world's fastest growing emerging markets are meeting in china and they're called the brics brazil russia china india and south africa their plan is simple be an alternative to a western centric world is this an inevitable reality or just wishful thinking. can. still. discuss the role of the brics in the world today i'm joined by putting escobar in some paulo he is a journalist and author of obama does globalist on in brussels we have frederick erickson he is a director and a co-founder of the european center for international political economy and in denver he crossed the time he is a p

on the back of the big picture i'm tom hartman coming up in this half hour mother nature will soon have legal rights in one part of latin america to get up a similar law here plus your taxes may be responsible for this country's obesity problem to show you how farm subsidies are killing americans and we're number one really shouldn't be our motto nowadays because we're not the usa is getting smoked the economic reasons that it's military. one hotly debated topic in the ongoing budget negotiations is that of agricultural subsidies. money that you and i the taxpayers send to mostly giant agricultural corporations to grow or not grow certain crops since nine hundred ninety five our nation has distributed two hundred forty six billion dollars in egg subsidies and those who receive these subsidies of hired some of the most powerful lobbyists in town keep the money flowing but there's something a little strange about ag subsidies tend to support crops that make us sick they go to this chart the vast majority of subsidies go to meet barry and grain it's the things that make americans obese and

talk about the big picture on tom hartman coming up in this half hour just hours after treacherous storms ripped through parts of the nation hundreds are taking time to honor mother nature the search week actress and author bill mckibben joins me as he shares his wish plus the g.o.p. has passed another one of paul ryan's budget plans this one targets snap supplemental nutrition assistance program also known as food stamps help break down his bizarre plan and just where the idea of cutting food assistance to the poor comes from here's a hint the movie was just released and finally a daily take tonight on lolita on the a spot in the world that's currently occupied by our nation. the united states of america. today kicks off earth week and it comes on the heels of a violent warning from mother nature over the weekend forty five people were killed in six states in the norm a storm that ripped across the country causing widespread damage and wildfires are right now sweeping across texas new mexico threatening to turn housing communities in a massive piles of ash i mean awful winter filled with

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well i'm tom hartman in washington d.c. and here's what's coming up tonight on the big picture. the death toll continues to rise after a series of turbulent tornadoes tore through the nation's southeast region yesterday the escalation of natural disasters be a warning call from mother nature to all of us meanwhile as the world's attention focuses on prince william and kate middleton's wedding there is another huge overseas new jewels taking place between the g.o.p. and big oil that adds so little to ever live happily ever after and republican paul ryan failed to mention one thing about his medicare budget plan about the fact that it's going to cost seniors thirty four trillion dollars why hasn't the republican party mentioned this hidden fee. you need to know this planet earth is turning on us yesterday violent storms lashed the southern united states spinning off tornadoes and killing more than two hundred eighty people injuring more than a thousand others at least one hundred ninety four people were killed in the state of alabama alone yesterday prompting alabama authorities t

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hello i'm tom hartman in washington d.c. and here's what's coming up tonight on the big picture it's nicknamed the port of opportunities the city of benton harbor michigan is experiencing massive drop of losses like the entire government of the city the hump this happened plus we received a break this tax season with an extra couple of days to file but that's the only break we'll see i'll tell you why top billionaires and millionaires are paying less taxes while you and i are feeling the wealth and paul ryan strikes again this time in federal food assistance programs i'll explain how much food he plans to strip from american dinner tables and who is the dead woman from whom he's taking his orders. you need to know this democracy is on the march out of michigan republican governor rick snyder is using the new powers recently granted to him by the republican state legislature to take over a city to fire its elected representatives bust up unions cut critical government services is part of snyder's plan to reduce his state's bu

good evening i'm lucy catherine of in for tom hartman in washington d.c. every friday here on the big picture tom sits down with an individual who has made headlines or helped us better understand the major issues over time for his or her work now tonight we have another look at two of tom's conversations with great minds we begin with richard trumka he's the person president of the a.f.l.-cio and for more than thirty years richard trumka has dedicated himself to labor issues and protecting the rights of unionized workers here in the united states and with the battles between republican governors and organized labor still waging across the nation tom interview with trumka definitely warrants another look. for tonight's conversations with great minds i'm honored to be joined in the studio by a major political figure here washington d.c. he's the son of a coal miner who never forgot where he came from and to this day continues to fight for the rights of workers around the world he stood up to both transnational corporations coal coal mining companies and poli

welcome back to the big picture i'm tom hartman coming up in this half hour our rage erupts in wisconsin after a healthy clerk discovers over fourteen thousand uncounted votes in the race for the state supreme court justice and it seems the clerks work history is just as dirty as the scandal. if you're one of the millions who have a g. mail or hotmail account your emails are not private and yet this government is trying to keep it that way this is even legal and have you ever wondered what makes you a republican or a democrat well it's all in your head literally. the story coming out of the wisconsin supreme court election last week reeks of something fishy after claiming victory democratic backed judge joanne kloppenburg was shocked to hear that over fourteen thousand votes were suddenly found on thursday is two days later to give her opponent incumbent conservative judge david prosser who has said he wants to continue scott walker's agenda a seventy five hundred vote advantage large enough that there won't be an automatic recount and give republicans in the state supreme court those mi

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welcome back to the big picture i'm lucy carful of in for tom hartman in washington d.c. now we continue our conversations with the great minds tonight last week tom sat down with jeremy scahill the award winning investigative journalist and author of the book blackwater the rise of the world's most powerful mercenary army household and jeremy discuss the escalating events a libyan and the rest of the middle east as well as the big picture on the american approach to security around the world let's take a look. at germany the new york times is reporting today. is male the senior aide to say felt is one of colonel gadhafi has been talking with british officials this week what's your interpretation of that assuming it's true. so i think that your story. see the beginning stages of the cracking of the regime from was within this is something that is very common when when these regimes are put under pressure by airstrikes or by a lot of international attention and they also have this small but significant domestic uprising from a thousand or so rebels and i think that some of

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blog about the big picture i'm tom hartman coming up in this half hour a detroit high school with a ninety percent graduation rate and one hundred percent college acceptance rate is set to close its doors for good us to cut down spending costs i'll tell you who's behind is through the scheme plus wal-mart may be known for offering oregon deals to the american consumer the retail giant is really putting their employees in a tough financial bill so good offering employees fair pay also placed wal-mart in a financial pinch answer may surprise you and remember brett ben bernanke he's grand stimulus plan yeah the one who was supposed to be the jumper cables to our debt economy in finance until you take details on how it actually deepened our debt and fiscal problems. over the last few weeks we've been chronicling just how far michigan governor rick snyder is willing to go to appease corporate interests and undermine democracy in is two weeks ago we learned that the city betting arbor in michigan was taken over by one of governor snyder's financial managers are appointed by snyder to set up shop

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economists to the carpet i think this is smacks of a political hatchet job and these people may fool you tom hartman but they certainly don't fool dave david outside of seventy four seventy five outside of that recession when. the minimum wage was raised and g.d.p. dropped for one year outside of that can you give me any example ever of any time when raising the minimum wage didn't actually produce the result of over a three year if you look at a three year window actually increase in g.d.p. and employment more than was predicted by economic models without the rise and in the minimum wage i defy you to be on a couple of this so he was buying saturn though tom every single time the minimum wage goes up economic activity increases and that results in a benefit for everybody. you have these individuals in academia right now saying i'm not talking about academia i'm talking about the real world to you and i have it in all the why not exactly where is the money going to come from tom should it be twenty five dollars maybe they have been telling dollars here i don't know i went to wal-mart i'm out of the

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getting a few nibbles for the rich what cowards over ninety percent of you voted no log on to the tom hartman di problem let us know what you think the whole be open until tomorrow coming up with the failure of republicans agreeing on a proposed budget be the direct effect of the koch brothers support for this cover just how much clout they have capitol hill. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so. you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realized everything you saw you don't understand hard to see. so if harry reid is right and the government is about to shut down because the tea party is blocking republicans when they go shooting table does that mean that those who fund the tea party like the billionaire code brothers have the power to shut down our government if so it might just add to the growing anger toward the coax that's bubbling up among the american people it seems that the more the public finds out about the billionaire koch brothers their political exploits the more anger the public gets yesterday mor

the first amendment let's let's get rid of all limitations of allow me when i'm on a radio host tom hartman or no wiley or anybody else to say whatever they want to do allow us to say whatever you want to say on airplanes allow us to advertise whatever we want to advertise on television and then we'll at least be consistent and not hypocritical. that was richard greene communications strategist attorney and author of words that shocked the world now meanwhile after fighting tooth and nail for health care to fight the deadly illnesses that have resulted from their heroism nine eleven first responders now find out in order to qualify for that health care they must first be screened by the f.b.i. terrorism watch list and make sure they're not terrorists joining me now for more from new york jim brighter he's director of political affairs for the feel good foundation and he is a nine eleven first responder himself a retired new york city police officer now jim you guys thought a long time to get the james zadroga nine eleven health and compensation law passed we've covered that extensively i kn

well i'm tom hartman in washington d.c. and here's what's coming up tonight on the big picture the clock is ticking for the house and senate to decide where to make budget cuts who'll win where will the biggest shots take place over government really shut down operations and seventy two hours plus in the shutdown occurs are these guys to blame i mean they only fund the majority of the tea party i'll tell you where other politicians the koch brothers have their back pockets and a small internet company tries to provide affordable service to residents there is shot down by the media giant time warner out politics and readers screwing the people of wilson north carolina. you need to know this today is judgment day in congress a lawmaker is hoping to prevent a government shutdown on friday given procedural rules a compromise deal on the budget needs to be reached by tonight around a government shutdown at the end of the week unfortunately the prospects of a deal aren't too good earlier today the white house rejected a one week

good evening i'm used to count for tom hartman and washington d.c. and here's what's coming up tonight on the big picture and it's deal or no deal as a stalemate over the budget continues as a government shutdown still looms ahead just tomorrow and republicans have dug in their heels but the economic toll of this whole mess could affect all of us plus we're not the only ones treading in choppy financial waters as portugal just announced that its two means of be allowed to stay afloat so what does all of this mean for the eurozone and more broadly the global financial system and they did it again as the libyan conflict shows no signs of easing up there's lounging outrage over the second accidental nato strike against rebel forces we're going to talk about what all that means and whether libya is going to become the next and last war. will the badly battle over the budget shows no signs at this point of easing up lawmakers on the white house remain at odds over how to bridge a gap of billions of dollars now after last evening's failed talks president o

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a good guy named tom hartman. i was on his show. he's very smart. he said, you know, it should be like harry truman screaming and yelling. they want him to have a musky moment and breaks down. can you imagine if barack obama just went around bawling like the leader of the -- i mean, they will say he can't handle it and looks who breaks down in pressure. i have some criticism and like the tough love stuff, i can do away with it. he went to black schools -- i figured this was a campaign speech. you got to make tough love speeches in order to show that he's not partial towards black but he made this speech about the black school overcoming its failures of the past but achieving scholastic success. and he said the reason that from the past they did not achieve scholastic success is because they brought the values of the street into the classroom. well, how does that complain the fact that the majority of white boys can't read? how does that explain wisconsin where you have two-thirds of the kids can't read. especially the boys. the public school of hurt