Ahead of this year's Academy Awards, Chris Dodd, chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America, spoke to an audience of reporters at a National Press Club Speakers Luncheon.

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Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle said on Wednesday that Washington would avoid the so-called “fiscal cliff” with some kind of agreement before the end of the year. House Budget Committee Ranking Democrat Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Tennessee Republican Senator Bob Corker and others spoke at a forum on the debt negotiations hosted by Bloomberg Government and Deloitte Consulting company. The “cliff” includes the end of the Bush-era tax cuts and the start of automatic spending cuts that were agreed to in the 2011 debt ceiling deal.

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The Conference on the Renaissance of American Manufacturing and the Aspen Institute will be host a debate on manufacturing and related trade issues.

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Speakers from government agencies and industry groups discuss the problem of counterfeit drugs in America's drug supply and the measures that are being taken to eliminate them.

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Chief Economist at the Chamber of Commerce Dr. Martin Regalia said Friday’s job numbers weren’t enough to drive unemployment down and that the participation rate in the workforce is at a 30-year low. He added the economy is growing at a “pedestrian pace” and that the “fiscal cliff” is the most important issue that Congress has to address in the short run.  

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Chairman and CEO Doug Parker speaks to reporters at the National Press Club. He speaks about a possible American Airllines-U.S. Airways merger.

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Atlantic Magazine hosts a forum on the challenges facing clean energy sources like biofuels and wind power.

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We tour the restored 1892 mansion of Captain Frederick Pabst in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The sea captain not only founded the world famous Pabst Brewery, he was a philanthropist and real estate developer and had a great influence on the growth of this Midwestern city on Lake Michigan. Historian John Eastberg shows us examples of craftsmanship, original furnishings and art which teach us about Pabst’s German heritage, Milwaukee’s history, and America’s Gilded Age.

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President Obama criticized his Republican rivals in a speech to the United Auto Workers legislative convention in Washington. Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum were not mentioned by name, but the President mentioned that Mr. Romney had once said that U.S. auto companies ought to be allowed to fall into bankruptcy.The President later said sending your kids to college is part of the American dream, a response to recent comments by Rick Santorum.

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Pres. Obama travels to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and delivers remarks on the economy and American manufacturing, as he visits with employees of Master Lock. The President's manufacturing plan calls for American companies to "insource" and invest in the U.S.

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