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Why a NYC Landlord Wants Republicans to Switch Parties
Jan.28 -- Related Cos. CEO Jeff Blau explains his firm's campaign op encourage New Yorkers to register as Democrats in time to vote in the party’s upcoming mayoral primary. He speaks with David Westin at Bloomberg's The Year Ahead...
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Sen. Scott Says Rescue Plan Will Run Up Rates and Inflation
Mar.09 -- Republican Senator Rick Scott of Florida says Democrats won't talk about how they're going to pay for President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion stimulus package. “There is a day of reckoning here -- you can’t just raise debt,” Scott...
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Washington Mayor Vincent Gray sat down with the Associated Press one day after his arrest during a protest against the federal budget deal, which renews restrictions on the district. Gray says he hopes the protestors started a movement.
HEADLINE DC Mayor speaks out after protest arrest
CAPTION: Washington Mayor Vincent Gray sat down with the Associated Press one day after his arrest during a protest against the federal budget deal, which renews restrictions on the...
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U.S. state governors usually don't argue about whether they should take money from the federal government, just how much they should get. Yet some chief executives are divided over President Barack Obama's economic stimulus plan and whether the billions it offers is always a good deal.
HEADLINE: Eyeing 2012, GOP governors step into spotlight
CAPTION: With an eye toward the 2012 presidential contest, leading Republicans used this weekend's National Governors Association meeting to lay out divergent views of President...
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USA - Clinton continues whistlestop train tour
With the Democratic National Convention just around the bend, President Bill Clinton is starting to sound more like "candidate" Bill Clinton. On Sunday (25/8), he began a five-state whistle-stop ride to the Chicago convention on a train...
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The Reverend Al Sharpton says Congress should expand hate crime laws to deal better with noose-hanging incidents like the one in the Jena Six case. Sharpton is to testify before the House Judiciary Committee this morning.
HEADLINE: Al Sharpton testifies on Jena 6 case Tuesday
CAPTION: Democratic lawmakers said Tuesday the Jena Six case shows the government needs to do more to combat racism far beyond a small Louisiana town where charges filed after a...
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President Barack Obama says that the government is in charge of the response to the Gulf oil spill, not the oil company BP. Obama defended his administration's response to the oil spill at a White House press conference Thursday.
HEADLINE: Obama: Gov't in charge of oil disaster response
CAPTION: President Barack Obama says that the government is in charge of the response to the Gulf oil spill, not the oil company BP. Obama defended his administration's response...
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They listed to the promises in the wake of the BP oil spill that the Gulf would be fully restored. Six months after the disaster, many complain the oil company, and the rest of the country, has moved on.
HEADLINE:Six Months Later: Oil Victims Feel Abandoned
CAPTION: They listed to the promises in the wake of the BP oil spill that the Gulf would be fully restored. Six months after the disaster, many complain the oil company, and the rest...
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SYND 6 2 68 PRIME MINISTER INTERVIEW
The Premier of Quebec Jean-Jacques Bertrand speaks to a reporter about the future of Quebec.
1. SOUNDBITE (English): vs of Bertrand speaking
2. SOUNDBITE (English): vs of the former Premier Daniel Johnson Snr speaking
Film: Neg - Sound:...
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Some people on the beach near Pensacola, Fla. take it upon themselves to scoop up globs of oil washing onto the sand.
HEADLINE: In Pensacola, picking up oil on the beach
CAPTION: Some people on the beach near Pensacola, Fla. take it upon themselves to scoop up globs of oil washing onto the sand. (June 4)
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SERBIA: MILOSEVIC ATTENDS PARTY
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In another blow to President Slobodan Milosevic, Serbia's main opposition leader said Tuesday that under no circumstances would he join a coalition government led by Premier Momir Bulatovic.
Vuk Draskovic told reporters...
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CAN 009 JOURNALIST JACK HALPERN EXPELLED FOR CONTROVERSIAL ARTICLES
Press statement from Jack Halpern, a journalist being expelled from Southern Rhodesia for criticising the government.
1. cu Halpern, speaks: "I have been informed that the governor general has confirmed the decison to make me a...
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SYND 1 9 68 GENERAL GOWON ORDERS ATTACK ON BIAFRA, WARNS EUROPE
General Yakubu Gowon orders 'final' attack on Biafra, tells Europe to stay out.
1. SOUNDBITE [English]: mcu General Gowon reads statement to camera. Pull back to wider mcu of Gowon describing aid situation.
'We will defend our...
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SYND 1 6 68 MBANEFO INTERVIEW ON NIGERIAN PEACE TALKS
Interview with Sir Louis Mbanefo chief justice of Biafra, after the breakdown of the Kampala peace talks.
1. cu Mbanefo speaks about Biafran walk our from talks: "not correct we walked, we reached postion of impasse, meeting closed......
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Majority Democrats and the Bush White House have finalized a deal to speed $14 billion in emergency loans to struggling U.S. automakers, congressional officials said Wednesday. Strong opposition lingered among some Republicans.
HEADLINE: Some in GOP decry auto bailout
CAPTION: Majority Democrats and the Bush White House have finalized a deal to speed $14 billion in emergency loans to struggling U.S. automakers, congressional officials said Wednesday. Strong...
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SYND 30 7 68 NIGERIA'S UNITED NATIONS AMBASSADOR SPEAKS ON BIAFRA
In New York, Nigerian United Nations ambassador Edwin Obebe Ogbu today informed United Nations General Secretary U Thant that it is willing to receive his special representative in Lagos to inspect measures being taken to get food to...
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Rep. Blackburn: Will See New Approach With Mnuchin
Jan.19 -- Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee discusses Steven Mnuchin, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Treasury secretary, Democratic attempts to delegitimize the president-elect and what we might see during the new...
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Spicer Criticizes Dems on Sessions Fight
FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: apus071649White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer criticized Senate Democrats for their ongoing debate on the confirmation of Sen. Jeff Sessions as attorney general. Spicer was also asked about the...
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Spicer Criticizes Dems on Sessions Fight
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer criticized Senate Democrats for their ongoing debate on the confirmation of Sen. Jeff Sessions as attorney general. Spicer was also asked about the status of so-called sanctuary cities. He said...
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Homeland Security Briefed on Irma Preps
The Federal Emergency Management Agency held a briefing at Homeland Security headquarters in Washington on Sunday about the federal government's response to Hurricane Irma.
"This is going to be a completely different storm...
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Naples Mayor Says Most Residents Are Still Without Power
Sep.14 -- Bill Barnett, mayor of Naples, Florida, discusses President Donald Trump's visit to areas affected by Hurricane Irma. He speaks with Bloomberg's David Gura on "Bloomberg Markets: Balance of Power."
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White House Disavows Puerto Rico Power Contract
The Trump administration said Friday it had no involvement in the decision to award a $300 million contract to help restore Puerto Rico's power grid to a tiny Montana company in Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke's hometown.
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White House Disavows Puerto Rico Power Contract
The Trump administration said Friday it had no involvement in the decision to award a $300 million contract to help restore Puerto Rico's power grid to a tiny Montana company in Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke's hometown.
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