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>> jason collins becomes the first active athlete in major sports to announce hes gay. >> 34-year-old free agent made the announcement in an essay for sports illustrated. >> i expect more people coming out now. i hope there is not that much backlash. >> if you openly living that type of life-style, the bible says, you know, that is a sin. >> knowing there is a gay player in the nba, think anybody who thinks they didnt play with a gay player is an idiot. they should get to be who they w...

we have a fourth line for parents and educators and202- 585-3883. send a state tweet or go to thisook.com/cspan or send an e-mail. story this press" morning about that report, prepaid spending is at the lowest level in a decade. here is the education secretary at the release of that report yesterday, which is c-span covered, talking about american competitiveness. [video clip] >> i have said many times before, budgets are not just numbers. the repeal our pap -- they reveal our values. ...

a disaster. now in the beginning were going to start with syria. president obamas holding a press conference, asked about syria. did they cross the red line when they might have used chemical weapons. we believe that it was probably that they did. well heres president obamas response. >> what we now have is evidence that chemical weapons have been used inside of syria but we dont know how they were used, when they were used, who used them. we dont have a chain of custody that establish...

its a dance for these committees bause they dont want to weigh in heavily because theyre not popular. host: well go to kevin now from our democratic line. good morning. >> good morning. thank for you c-span and want to thank your callers that call in and seem to me like theyre all very intelligent and highly n-. it seems to me like the system of government we have here, this republic, is not working very well. you know, what is this, the senate, the house and president that basically m...

going to be imperfect. but i think it has improved dramatically since 9/11. host: our guest is a former white house special assistant for homeland security from 2001- 2003. alle, of course, welcome of us who join us on these occasions and on our heritage .org website and those joining on c-span. we would ask everyone here in- house if you would be so kind to see that cell phones are being turned off as we prepare to begin. all of us would appreciate that, especially those recording the...

0 looks for terrorism connections. finds nothing. goes to the house. interviews tamerlan and the family. comes up with nothing. goes back to the russians and says, you know, we got nothing here. what else do you have? the russians dont respond. the fbi a second time asks them for something. then in september of 2011 the russians make exactly the same request, but this time they go to the cia. perhaps thinking theyll get a different response. the cia sends that over to the fbi. the fbi says weve ...

0 security committee. lets listen to him. >> when i was briefed by the fbi, they told me they had no knowledge of his overseas trip to the chechen region. when, in fact, the secretary then testifies and says that they got pinged, that there was a flag that went up that did indicate that he was traveling to russia and to the chechen region. you know, we talked a lot about connecting the dots and stove pipes after 9/11. and here we are 12 years later, and the fact remains that its still not -- its...

0 many members of congress are saying, well, should there have been some ways to follow up? for example, some way to sort of yellow flag him and maybe look -- continue to look at what hes posting on his social media site, which when he returns from russia, takes a very strong turn toward radicalization with, you know, violent jihadist material on his website. should that have required another look? thats what theyre asking. you know, its a reasonable question. its a good question. its also a dif...

0 slaughtered by nixon. joe biden won and served in the senate for 36 straight years. lets hear it for the long shots. for the person who has the guts to run when everyone says its hopeless. because as we can see in that race down in charleston, it isnt. thats "hardball" for now. thanks for being with us. "politics nation" with al sharpton starts right now. thanks, chris. and thanks to you for tuning in. tonights lead, playing politics with terror. today we saw critics on the right revive thei...

0 where the second suspect was finally caught on friday night observed that moment of silence. a s.w.a.t. team officer that made the arrest, actually made that arrest, described the suspects condition when they found him in the boat. >> when we were moving up to the boat, he was actually laying down on the side of the boat, one leg out, one hand out. >> did he say anything to you? >> i dont think he had energy to say anything. once we got him on the ground, he was complying, going in and out of ...