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We think over the long term it has served and its in the business judgment of the league that has served it, but as that shows, clubs take extraordinary examples to avoid them. Im going to continue this conversation with you and the other witnesses but now turn to senator klobuchar. Thank you. Thank you very mu. Thank you to all of the witnesses. I thought id start with you, mr. Waldron. The blackout rule was put in place in 1961, is that right . The Sports Broadcasting act was adopted in 1961. ...

Im supposed to be at a Foreign Relations meeting. Can i go ahead . You go first. Then well give Opening Statements. I thank you mr. Chairman and Ranking Member grassly. I thank you for letting me testify and thank you for making this hearing happen. Senator bloomingthales advocating for consumers valuable partner to work with on this issue in the area rules and regulations far often leave consumers holding the short end of the stick. Im here to discuss sports blackouts and to explain why the con...

From the governments in central and eastern europe. Yeah. In particular the Czech Republic, slovakia, hungary. The defense minister of the Czech Republic recently and the president or sorry the Prime Minister of slovakia both said that stationing nato troops on inner territory would be akin or remind them of the warsaw pacts invasion of 1968. This is a remarkable thing to say. Both of these countries are nato members. Both of those men are old enough to remember what the actual warsaw pact invas...

Ladies and gentlemen there is one more lost child. Im sorry, shes over here to my right, your left. Shes 9 years old from north dakota. Shes looking for her parents. If you see anyone, theyre right over here by the gate. We continue to cover the u. S. Conference of mayors winter meeting underare way way in washington. President obama addresses the group this afternoon. Thats coming up 4 45 p. M. Eastern on our companion network, cspan. All this month were covering state of the state speeches and...

May they serve you in the work they do as you deserve. Give of themselves and not count the cost. Fight for what is best for our nation and not count the political wounds. Toil until their work is done and not seek to rest. And labor without seeking any reward other than knowing that you are doing they are doing your will and serving the people of this great nation. Bless them, o god, and be with them and with us all this day and every day to come. May all that is done be for your greater honor ...

Flair blessing of peace in our lives and in our world. Our fervent prayer, o god is that people will learn to live together in reconciliation and espect, so that the terrors of war and dictatorial abuse will be no more. Bless all the peacemakers of our world. Play may your eternal spirit be with them and with us always and may your special bless being on the members of the assembly and the important, sometimes difficult work they are given to do. Give them wisdom and charity that they might Work...

The new ones, hbo and cbs, my guess is the impact will be somewhat limited. On the other hand, the impact of some of the ones that are already here, like netflix, has already been very profound. I think what we are seeing here is a real change in the viewing habits of millennials. They are simply watching tv in a very different way than my generation watched tv, and you are starting to see all the Media Companies embrace that and recognize that they cant sort of circle the wagons and just try to...

The right kind of angle and the right kind of spin. And, i didnt, other president s throughout history have played exactly the same game. But i would argue at no time in our history do we have a greater obligation or responsibility to fact check. Washington post glen klessler is the fact checker, giving pinnochios, his nose goes up in response to statements that after research, kessler finds to be exagrations or willful distortions. Read the fact checker. It really is an excellent column because...

, bu in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. The chair recognizes the gentlelady from indiana, mrs. Walorski for five minutes. Mrs. Walorski thank you, mr. Speaker. I rise today in support of legislation i introduced last week as a companion piece to a bill authored by senator kelly ayotte to protect the safety of the United States and its allies and restrict the transfers of detainees from guantanamo bay. Since mid november, the president and his administration have ramped up an ef...

The terrorists who committed these murders are not only associated, but were part of an intricate plan put together by international radical islamist terrorist groups al qaeda in yemen, telling Associated Press they started and funded the Charlie Hebdo itself. And despite all of this president obama today again refused to call these terrorists radical islamists. Were hopeful that the immediate threat is now resolved. Thanks to the courage and professional image of the french personnel on the gro...