as a woman position was unshaken was unshaken.n remarkable act as late as 1960, richard nixon, the overwhelming favorite in unchallenged for the nomination nonetheless -- nevertheless felt it was his in his political interest in the middle of the night to fly to new york for a meeting at nelson rockefeller's apartment. first, he tried to convince rockefeller to get on the ticket as vice president, and when that failed, he tried to meet rockefeller's objections on the platform, which involved -- revolved overwhelmingly around two issues, seemingly opposing one, a stronger civil rights plank. that was an issue that always mattered to his family and to nelson. we will hopefully talk about that later. but secondly, he wanted a stronger military defense plank. he wanted the party, in effect, to repudiate the policy of fiscal restraint on the budget, including the military budget. it put nixon in a terribly awkward position, yet it was believed that nelson rockefeller and the wing of the party he represented, the old english establishment, had the clout to require this, but at least to be taken serio

seemingly unshaken, christian prepares to start again.e slack line is loose. it bounces and swings as christian tries to balance. the line is flat but only one inch thick. christian is 3,280 feet in the air, nearly three times the height of the empire state building. slowly, cautiously, breathing deeply, christian places one foot in front of the other, bridging the gulf step by step. as he reaches the halfway point of the 39-foot crossing, he starts singing to himself. a tiny voice in the vast canyon. seconds later -- >> woo-hoo! >> -- he's made it. >> yeah! >> immediately after the stunt, christian tries to explain why he took on the challenge. >> translator: we create contrast in our lives so that for things to be really great, we must also experience hell. standing on that line is hell. it's damn good to come home and sit on the sofa and relax. >> whoo hoo! >>> be careful. oh, my god. >> a mountain biker plunges head over heels down a rocky cliff. >> it's hard to describe the experience when you think you see another human being in the

is going forward with the , unshaken by the imf report, wire you write and bill gross is wrong?ht gross is wrong? >> there are tail winds to the economy right now. technology and innovation. the housing market. we are going to run to quarter gdp -- two quarter gdp. you are the first person that has stated the obvious. >> if you take, take out the first quarter which had this weather impact. if you take the last two and the second3 and third quarter of 2014, you are running for gdp growth. if you strip out 2009, we are much in -- running much faster in 10 years. these are not unusual times. >> and yet we have the fed pushing the pedal to the metal and we have a 10 year that is at a 17 year. the fed is still alive and well. foraccommodative policy "considerable time." they have not removed that language. >> i think it is coming off the metal. we were talking about bifurcation in the labor economy. the long-term unemployed. >> the world studies aggregate data. usually aggregate data is a good picture. however, we are operating in a two speed economy. you have a good part of the eco