fortunately, keith hall is ideally suited to such a role. one of the most experienced government economists and public servants you'll ever meet with more than 25 years in a series of demanding jobs in the public sector. keith's most prominent positions have included commissioner of the bureau of labor statistics. chief economist for the council of economic advisors and chief economist for the commerce department. he is no stranger to the task leading with sensitive and complex economic and social policy issues. ... for long-term budget outlook. i'll try not to depress you too much but the long-term budget outlook is just a depressing topic. first of all cbo was greater by the congressional budget and control act of 1974. we were set up to be an objective and impartial agency that is strictly nonpartisan, and we provide analysis of budgetary and economic issues. the director, towards that goal, the director is appointed joined by the speaker of the house and the president pro tem of the senate. cbo has about 235 employees, hired solely on th

fortunately keith hill -- hall is ideally suited to such a role. he is one of the most experienced government economists and public servants

join me in giving keith hall a warm welcome. [applause] his plan to talk about 30 minutes, so we have, or a little bit more. then we have some time for questions. thank you, welcome. >> good afternoon. i thought i would do is talk a little bit about cbo and the role cbo plays, mix in a role of research for us. then talk about one of our favorite subjects at cbo, the long-term budget outlook. try not to depress you too much but the long-term budget outlook is a depressing topic. first of all cbo was created by congressional emtoerment and control act of 194. we were set up to be an objective impartial agency that is strictly non-partisan, and we provide analysis of budgetary and economic issues. the director towards that goal, the director is appointed jointly by the speaker of the house and the president pro tem of the senate. cbo has about 235 employees hired solely on the basis of professional competence and without regard to political affiliation. most have advanced degrees, 80% of our folks have an advanced degree, either ph

and at noon, keith hall, director of the congressional budget office speaks at the annual meeting of the retirement research consortium posted by boston college and again that is live at noon eastern right here on c-span2. yesterday at the white house president trump showcased new medical technology for veterans that will allow them to receive healthcare services using telecommunication devices. here is a look. >> good morning. i would like to begin by thanking secretary david shulkin for the incredible progress he is making at the va, tremendous strides. thank you very much, david. we appreciate it. the veterans appreciate it and today i'm pleased to announce another historic breakthrough that will expand the va services to many more patients and veterans. we will do this through telehealth services, that's what it's called, telehealth services. we are extending the ability of a veterans to connect with their va healthcare team from anywhere using mobile application on the veterans own phone or the veterans own computer. this will significantly expand access to care for our veterans

congressional budget officer director keith hall talks about how his office makes spending and impact projections for legislation. he spoke at a conference on retirement, economics research hosted by boston college in washington d.c.

eastern on c-span and on c-span2, we will hear about retirement with cbo director keith hall. speakerbe the keynote at the boston college center for retirement research. hosted at the national press com club in washington, d.c. saturday, on american history from c-span3, we are live spotsylvania, virginia with a daylong coverage of a civil war symposium. we will look at defensive strategies employed by the union and utter it armies and hear from historians on gettysburg, second manassas, and other important battles. sunday at 6:00 p.m. on american artifacts, american presidents like portraits. we tour the exhibit at the herbert hoover presidential library and museum. at president lyndon b. johnson's exhibit -- >> he was always on the telephone. installed inphone his bathroom. he would talk with people and bring people in there and talk with him in the bathroom, which i think would be disconcerting. he recorded telephone conversations with he had, and those were supposed to be not open to the president until 50 years after he had died. >> at 7:00 p.m., harry truman and celebrit

budget, congressional office director keith hall talks about the cdo's task of making spending projections on legislation introduced by congress. this was part of a recent congress hosted by boston college in washington. it's 45 minutes. >> good afternoon. i thought what i would do is talk to little bit about cbo and the role cbo place. nick said a little bit about the role of research for us. and then talk about one of our favorite subjects at cbo, the long-term budget outlook. not trying to depress you too much, but the long-term budget outlook is a depressing topic. created byl, cbo was congress in 1974. we were set up to be an objective and impartial agency that is strictly nonpartisan, and we provide analysis of budgetary and economic issues. the director, towards that goal, the director is appointed jointly by the speaker of the house, and the president pro tem of the senate. es, has about 235 employe hired solely on the basis of congressional competence, and without regard to political affiliation. most have advanced degrees, 80% of our folks at an advanced degree, a phd or masters

now, congressional budget office director keith hall talks about the cdo's task of making spending projections on legislation introduced by congress. this is about 45 minutes. >> good afternoon. i thought what i would do is talk a little about cbo and the plays, mix in a little bit about the role of research for us, and then talk about one of our favorite subject it cbo, -- subjects at cbo the long-term , budget outlook. i will try not to depress you too much, but the long-term budget outlook is a depressing topic. first of all, cbo was created by the congressional budget and helmet control act of 1974. we were set up to be an objective and impartial agency that is strictly nonpartisan, and we provide analysis of budgetary and economic issues. the director, towards that goal, the director is appointed jointly by the speaker of the house, and the president pro tem of the senate. cbo has about 235 employees, hired solely on the basis of congressional competence, and without regard to political affiliation. most have advanced degrees, 80% of our folks have an advanced degree, either a phd or mast

and at noon, keith hall, director of the congressional budget office speaks at the annual meeting of the retirement research consortium posted by boston college and again that is live at noon eastern right here on c-span2. yesterday at the white house president trump showcased new medical technology for veterans that will allow them to receive healthcare services using telecommunication devices. here is a look. >> good morning. i would like to begin by thanking secretary david shulkin for the incredible progress he is making at the va, tremendous strides. thank you very much, david. we appreciate it. the veterans appreciate it and today i'm pld

now, congressional budget office director keith hall talks about the cdo's task of making spending projections on legislation introduced by congress. this is about 45 minutes. >> good afternoon. i thought what i would do is talk a little about cbo and the plays, mix in a little bit about the role of research for us, and then talk about one of our favorite subject it cbo, -- subjects at cbo the long-term , budget outlook. i will try not to depress you too much, but the long-term budget outlook is a depressing topic.

." >>> coming up live today, at noon eastern time, congressional budget office director keith hall will be speaking at a conference on retirement. you can also watch that online at c-span.org. or listen on the free c-span radio app. >> i was hoping to get transportation in 2001 because my whole background is actually in trade and transportation. i was a transportation banker for a number of years, for both citicorp and bank of america and i had worked for transportation companies. so my whole background was actually in transportation. so it is nice now to be able to return to a field which i had, you know worked previously and it is nice to be able to be back in a department that i'm very familiar. >> watch our interview with elaine chao, secretary of transportation in the trump administration, tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span radio, and c-span.org. >>> up until the cbo director's speech live at noon eastern here on c-span2, here is a position of today's "washington journal."

cbo director keith hall has said to put debt on a sustainable path, lawmakers would have to increase revenues, substantially reduce outlays, or adopt some combination thereof. obviously, policymakers must keep this in mind in crafting tax reform. income inequality and a shrinking middle class. the issue of rising inequality and the descending of the middle class is a critical issue that should be addressed as a part of tax reform. this is not a partisan issue. in the campaign, president trump talked about a hollowed out middle class and a system rigged against average americans. economists warn that it may be slowing overall economic growth. glen hubbard, senior economic adviser in the bush administration, suggests that the pro growth agenda may not be sufficient to generate inclusion and mass prosperity. one positive step would be adoption of legislation proposed by senators brown and bennett to expand the eitc for childless workers and to strengthen the child credit for families with young children. finally, fairness. the fairness of the tax code is highly subjective, but it will b

the philadelphia sports hall of fame says he will also be remembered for his toughness. something so many sports fans in the delaware valley can relate to. >> we have a grit about us that is recognized in darren daulton represented that grit. and that leadership. >> reporter: and i think that's why the city just loved him so much. >> reporter: dalton battled through several knee operations during his playing days and then he fought a four year battle against brain cancer before passing away this weekend at the age of 55. through it all, whenever he was in public, you could routinely see him flashing that charismatic smile. many of the young men who play for the phillies aaa affiliate the lehigh valley iron pigs were still in diapers during dutch's heyday but his character still casts a long shadow over this organization. >> there's very few that have an impact the way he did and especially once he was done playing. any time you battle a disease like this and, you know, the last few years as it had gotten worse he seemed to have gotten stronger with it and i'm sure that's

here again is keith morris. >> this is a hard charging man, san francisco d.a.'s office, now senior deputy d.a. in riverside. that takes skill, persuasive powers. he would need them in the murder case against the former police chief and family man chris hall. >> mr. hall on the surface looks like a loving family man. he looks like a good father, somebody that had the support of his family. >> reporter: so he did. but he wasn't buying the loving father and family man bit. no. when he heard about chris hall's very obvious grief, the whaling that went on after the so-called accident, the phrase that came across his mind is, it's an act. >> it was a wonderful performance but when you look at his actions, how little he did to help his wife -- >> reporter: who tried harder to save cristi? not chris, says the prosecutor, but his daughter. >> she called 911. she helped him get the body out of the spa. she's the only one that did chest compressions. he had no interest in truly helping his wife. >> reporter: a matter of opinion, of course. but the prosecutor poked around i

. >> an eagles hall of famer who works behind the scenes for decades has died. jim gallagher was a birds executive from 1959 to '95. he worked under a dozen owners with team presidents, general managers, and head coaches. eagles owner jeffrey lurie described him as one of the kindest and most remarkable men you could ever meet. he died friday. he was 88 years old. >>> search suspended. we'll update efforts to find three missing marines following a crash off the australian coast. >>> photo finish. >> and later, a thriller on the track for the world's fastest man as the curtain comes down on usain bolt's stellar career. every year south jersey sends more and more tax money to trenton, but gets less and less back thanks to steve sweeney and chris christie. here's the sweeney-christie record eight years of underfunded schools. huge tax breaks for themselves and their rich friends while we pay more. and homestead rebate funding for seniors cut in half next year. don't believe the fake news from his wealthy donors. steve sweeney stands with chris christie, not with so

john clark and keith jones will be live at lambeau field as the birds play the green bay packers at 8:00. nbc10 news at 11:00 follows all the action. >>> an eagles hall of famer who worked behind the scenes for decades has died. jim gallagher was a birds executive from 1959 to '95. he worked under a dozen owners with team presidents, general managers, and head coaches. eagles owner jeffrey lurie described gallagher as, quote, one of the kindest and most remarkable men you could ever meet. jim gallagher died friday. he was 88 years old. >>> a new jersey town is the center of the political world for a little while, anyway. president trump is spending his working vacation in community that is less than 90 minutes from philadelphia. ahead, what community members there are saying about their visit from the leader of the free world. >>> a city that was devastated by katrina now dealing with flooding again. this time, it wasn't a hurricane. we'll have an update from new orleans krystal. >>> and we're going to drop down to get into the shorecast after the break. i'll let you know what to expe

santana and toby keith among the star-studded roster of performers this year. sean brace is here with a look what's ahead in sports. >> give me santana, joyce. >> let's talk sports. nfl hall of fame inducted seven news members this evening we'll take ride to canton, ohio, and the eagles suffered a tough below when they lost right tackle lane johnson for ten games last year and just having lane back the only reason why the o line will be better this season? big man jason peters gives us his reasons next in sports. during our made to move 2017 clearance event, you can do endless online research. or, you can take advantage of our best offer ever on an xt5. don't wait. our 2017 models will be moving fast. you can drive a car... or you can drive a cadillac. come in now before the end of our made to move 2017 clearance event and leave with the perfect cadillac xt5 for your next adventure. choose a low mileage lease on this xt5 for around $339 per month. fios is not cable. we're a 100% fiber optic network. and with the new fios gigabit connection... you get our fastes

john clark and keith jones will be live at lambeau field as the birds play the green bay packers at 8:00. nbc10 news at 11:00 follows all the action. >> an eagles hall of famer who worked behind the scenes for decades has died. jim gallagher was a birds executive from 1959 to '95. he worked under a dozen owners with team presidents, general managers and head coaches. eagles owner jeffrey lurie described gallagher as, quote, one of the kind and most remarkable then men you could ever meet. he died friday. he was 88 years old. >>> a new jersey town is the center of the political world for a little while, anyway. president trump is spending his working vacation in a town that's less than 90 minutes from philadelphia. ahead, find out what members of the community there are saying about their visit from the leader of the free world. >>> plus, the city that was devastated by katrina is dealing with flooding again. but this time, it wasn't a hurricane. we'll have an update from new orleans. krystal. >> well, take a look. we have scattered clouds in our area now, but we're tracking rain movin

john clark and keith jones will be live at lambeau field as the birds play the green bay packers at 8:00. nbc 10 news at 11:00 follows all the action. >>> an eagles of hall of famer who worked behind the scenes for decades has died. jim gallagher was a birds executive from 1959 to '95. he worked under a dozen owners with team presidents, managers, and head coaches. eagles owner jeffrey lurie described him as, quote, one of the kind and most remarkable men you could ever meet. jim gallagher died friday. he was 88 years old. >>> search suspended. we'll update efforts to find three missing marines following a crash off the australian coast. >>> and it looks like america's love for soda is falling flat. experts say it's about more than just being healthy. oh hey! it's me mom, catching some side eye. first rule of motherhood. someone's always judging. breastfeeding, didn't work out. guess what? world's still turning. yeah, i bribe my kids. how else you think stuff get done around here? mom's special juice, it's wine. now if you think that's shocking, check this out. new yoplait mix-ins, wi