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About these issues. I think it is a mistake for us to suggest that somehow every effort we make has failed and we are powerless to address poverty. Thats just not true. First of all, just in absolute terms, the poverty rate when you take into account tax and transfer programs, has been reduced about 40 since 1967. Now, that does not lessen our concern about communities where poverty remains chronic. It does suggest, though, that we have been able to lessen poverty when we decide we want to do so...

Ed rollins and it is going to get much worse. Howard dean it is a fraction of what it was before. The average age is well over 50. The average age of if you were on msnbc is 62 years old. On fox it is 68 years old. The bell curve stops at 35. No one over 35 watches any of this stuff. Facts [inaudible] [laughter] the truth of the matter is that all of this stuff, the evening route evening news, still the biggest way of getting the news out, is disappearing. We are in the big first quarter. For th...

Made him one of the lefts most powerful propagandists. I felt the ground shaking beneath my feet, he said. And the shaking was visible in my work. His caricatures of weimar germany reject a society depraved by greed and power. Groszs contempt was shared by wider artistic developments in europe and america. Those developments became known as dada. Dada was like a storm that broke over the world of art. It had many centers from zurich to hanover from cologne to new york and many sorts of artistic ...

Formula one champion Sebastian Vettel is quitting redbull. Well tell you where hes headed next. Hello, Kurdish Forces are in a desperate battle to defend the border town kobane on the turkish side of the border there have been angry scenes. Tens of thousands of people have left their homes as isil advances on syria and iraq. For people it makes for a miserable flee. We have Bernard Smith on the syrian border, how far isil fighters have stormed on the town of kobane at least three times. What sto...

Good evening. Its a pleasure to welcome you to the william g. Mcgowan theatre this evening here at the National Archives. And a special welcome to our viewers on cspan and our own youtube channel. Tonights program, womens history on the horizon, the centennial of the womens suffrage in 2020, it is presented in commemoration of womens equality day, 2014, and the 94th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th amendment to the constitution, which granted women the right to vote. And forever chang...

Their respects yesterday at the wake for governor cuomo. Reporters said the line at one point stretched one block up madison avenue and around the corner. Some of mr. Cuomos grandchildren came outside to greet mourners as they waited. This is live coverage on cspan 3. The funeral mass for former new york governor mario cuomo will get underway shortly. This is live coverage. Former president bill clinton and former new york senator Hillary Clinton are expected to attend. The hearse carrying the c...

Happening in washington and watching the dysfunction in this nation, i think that the major motivation for running for office had to be more out of frustration than anything else. Theties parity, the inconsistency in pl policies, decisions being made that lack i think, the Public Interest and are being made more so as a result of political decisions. Unfortunately, what im going to talk about tonight i dont think will be the only subject i come back and talk about over the next several months. I...

Considered within the f. C. C. . Chairman wheeler yes, sir. Thats what we were saying when the three commissioners offices got together with them and said, hey where you stand, depends where you sit, sir. We have to make sure everybody understands they are sitting in the same place. Senator moran how long do you see a transition making . Chairman wheeler to . Senator moran to that broadband support. Chairman wheeler i hope we could have the plans in place this year. Senator moran let me ask abou...

The most vicious insult at me when he said i was the only person he ever met whose eyes lit up at the words held discussion. Poverty is a subject we talk about when events such as those in baltimore grab our attention. And then we bury it. We say it is not a lyrically shrewd. I salute georgetown. All the others who are gathered here for the summit. From all religious traditions all over the country. Our friend once said, if you cut everything jesus said about the poor out of the gospel, you have...

He dies under robert elys command and this is a devastating a devastating impact. He feels this loss very sharply. I am just curious how do they compare with characters today in washington . [laughter]. So i think he would find that interesting and i will take a pass on the question because it is just too hard because the civil war is just the meet period we can all agree that the country never has to undergo that again thank you. [applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] ho...