Roland S. Martin's Blog, page 688

TJMS: Will President Obama Invoke The 14th Amendment And Raise The Debt Ceiling? Sr. Advisor Valerie Jarrett Has Some Answers

Roland Martin talks with Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor to President Barack Obama about the latest developments in the debt ceiling debate.

Is It Too Late For Boehner To Get GOP Asses In Line To Vote On His Debt Plan? (VIDEO)

Roland Martin appears in the CNN NewsRoom with John Avlon, Will Cain and host Kyra Phillips to discuss Speaker Boehner trying to get his caucus in line to vote on his debt plan.

Roland Martin: Gingrich Running The Worst Presidential Campaign EVER (VIDEO)

Roland Martin appears in the CNN NewsRoom with John Avlon, Will Cain and host Kyra Phillips to discuss Newt Gingrich's latest campaign flub, 2012 presidential campaign t-shirts that were not made in the U.S.A.

Casey Anthony Seeking $1.5 Million For Interview

Source: Camille Mann / CBS News Since Casey Anthony's acquittal in the death of her 2-year-old daughter Caylee and her release from jail, there has been speculation about book deals, movie deals and interviews – now, according to reports, Anthony is seeking at least $1.5 million from television networks interested in getting her first interview. The Daily Mail, TMZ and Nancy Grace are claiming Anthony and her team are shopping around her first post-trial interview for $1.5 million. ABC has [...]

Source: Vikings Finalize McNabb Deal

Source: ESPN The Washington Redskins, Vikings and Donovan McNabb have finalized a deal for the veteran quarterback to be traded to Minnesota, a source told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter. The source said the trade will become official Thursday. McNabb had to agree to restructure the five-year, $78 million deal he signed with the Redskins because the Vikings don't have enough cap room for him. The terms of his new deal were not available. McNabb's arrival in Minnesota has been [...]

Bishop Eddie Long Had Fifth Accuser in Sexual Misconduct Lawsuit (VIDEO)

Bishop Eddie Long Had Fifth Accuser in Sexual Misconduct Lawsuit: MyFoxATLANTA.com Source: Dale Russell / MyFoxAtlanta.com Atlanta, Ga. - The FOX 5 I-Team has uncovered that there was a fifth accuser in the Bishop Eddie Long sexual misconduct case. He never filed a lawsuit and his name was kept a secret, but Centino Kemp's allegations of sexual misconduct against Bishop Long brought him front and center into the recent settlement negotiations. Senior I-Team reporter Dale Russell has crisscrossed the city of Atlanta searching for [...]

Tea Party Rep. Joe Walsh Sued For $100,000 In Child Support

Source: Abdon M. Pallasch / Chicago Sun-Times Freshman U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh, a tax-bashing Tea Party champion who sharply lectures President Barack Obama and other Democrats on fiscal responsibility, owes more than $100,000 in child support to his ex-wife and three children, according to documents his ex-wife filed in their divorce case in December. "I won't place one more dollar of debt upon the backs of my kids and grandkids unless we structurally reform the way this town spends money!" [...]

Tell Washington To Get A Debt Deal Done: Citizen Outrage Toward Capitol Hill (VIDEO)

CNN tracks the avalanche of calls and e-mails to politicians after the president's speech on debt ceiling gridlock. WATCH:

GE Moves 115-Year-Old X-Ray Unit's Base To China To Tap Growth

Source: Rachel Layne / Bloomberg General Electric Co. (GE)'s health-care unit, the world's biggest maker of medical-imaging machines, is moving the headquarters of its 115-year-old X-ray business to Beijing to tap growth in China. "A handful" of top managers will move to the Chinese capital and there won't be any job cuts, Anne LeGrand, vice president and general manager of X-ray for GE Healthcare, said in an interview. The headquarters will move from Waukesha, Wisconsin, amid a broader parent-company plan to invest [...]

John McCain Blasts "Bizarro" Tea Party Debt Limit Demands

Source: Stephanie Condon / CBS News Republican Sen. John McCain today railed against conservatives who stand in opposition to House Speaker John Boehner's plan to raise the debt ceiling and reduce the deficit. He called their insistence on passing a balanced budget amendment "worse than foolish" and "bizarro." Passing an amendment to the Constitution requiring a balanced federal budget is simply not possible with a Democratic majority in the Senate, McCain said, and to suggest otherwise is doing a disservice [...]