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Washington, these u. S. Troops have the most dangerous jobs in government. Marine Lance Corporal collins was on patrol when he was killed. He was only 19 years old. It is hard knowing i wont get the phone call, and he is like, i love you mom. Reporter in milwaukee, as mother, shannon, grieves her loss, she and the families of 16 other Service Members killed since october first will not get their death benefits, 136,000 usually paid within hours of the death, transportation and funeral costs, to ...

Afterwards is up next. This week, representative Keith Ellison and his book my country, tis of thee my faith, my family, our future in it the 4th term congressman talks about his journey from detroit to mississippi, his conversion to islam and his rise to become a leader in the democratic party. This program is about an hour. Host congressman Keith Ellison, thanks for being here. Tell us about the district you represent and your role on capital hill. Host my district is the fifth congression and...

Can call johnny 25 times a day and sayed john how are you doing . [inaudible] [laughter] but the truth is if johnny were to go to iraq he would be dead. Or any arab country. The thing was johnny is that he didnt just go on missions that were just against al qaeda or shia. He went on missions against everybody. So he doesnt have just one enemy. He has enemies all over the place. And friends as well. Do we have other questions . Im sorry. We want to thank everybody for coming. Johnny is going to b...

Increase. House republicans were willing to join in a catastrophic default in our nations obligations. Gwen whether its about raising the minimum wage today im issuing an executive order requiring federal contractors to pay their employees a fair wage of at least 10. 10 an hour. To argue that raising the minimum wage is going to create upward mobility is, quite frankly, silly. I mean, 10. 10 is not the american dream. Gwen the debates that could define policy and politics for the next big electi...

Increase. House republicans were willing to join in a catastrophic default in our nations obligations. Gwen whether its about raising the minimum wage today im issuing an executive order requiring federal contractors to pay their employees a fair wage of at least 10. 10 an hour. To argue that raising the minimum wage is going to create upward mobility is, quite frankly, silly. I mean, 10. 10 is not the american dream. Gwen the debates that could define policy and politics for the next big electi...

The brand. Sales of american whiskey are up worldwide. A look is why its flowing more freely now than ever. Welcome to Al Jazeera America. I am Morgan Radford in new york. We begin with a nationwide man shunt this morning where thor manhunt where Authorities Say they are searching for two convicted murders. It began earlier this week at the Franklin Correctional Institution in the Florida Panhandle and continued 300 miles south in orlando. Our robert ray is standing by live in caravel, florida w...

Welcome to closing bell, everybody. Very important hour right now. Over at white house lots of things going on. Well keep you updated as it all happens. Im mandy drury sitting in for maria bartiromo. Im bill griffith. Were just three days away from the new year. Still no fix on the fiscal cliff, but there are developments right now, as you know. Brian just mentioning there. Various congressional leaders and the president getting set to meet at the white house this hour to work on lastminute nego...

Civil rights. In her postwhite house years she served as a delegate to the United Nations, and president harry truman called her the first lady of the world. Tonight well explore the life and legacy of Eleanor Roosevelt on first ladies influence and image at 9 p. M. Eastern on cspan and cspan3 as well as cspan radio. Cspans student cam video competition asks, whats the most important Issue Congress should consider in 2014 . Make a 57 minute documentary showing varying points of view, and be sure...

The duke professor explores whether the social economic background of legislators affects their policy choices while in office. The program is about one hour. Host thanks for joining us. Whitecollar government, one thing that i just found out this morning because i was reading a book on my kindle is you have worked in various bluecollar jobs before you became an assistant professor. He wanted to talk about yourself and how you see your transition from working class. Do you see yourself come from...

School. She is going to be and she is a senior going to college next year. And the oldest one, you know, has his eyes on going to law school. He got out of college and played football in college. Now he is looking at going to law school after having worked a few years in the Minnesota State legislature who prole looks the most like me. He has dreadlocks down to the middle of his back. He is an artist. He paints merrills and rights fiction. Of course i have a son who is in the United States milit...