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anniversary of the piper alpha disaster, will the prime minister join with me in recognizing the challenges we face in concerned to bring oil and gas ashore from the north sea, the skills and dedication of those who do it and the paramount importance of safety in ensuring that we dont continue to exploit this very? >> i joined honorable friend in praising the north sea oil and gas industry. it is a real jewel in the crown of the united kingdom economy. i think whats encouraging is that...

active role in the right -- in the white house and the campaigns it took to get there. abigail adams was basically a campaign strategist for her husband. she helped advise him on who to in order to win election, who he had to keep in his coalition. they would talk incessantly about the politics, the legislation that needed to be which senators and congressmen he could count on and which he could not, what he needed to do to win more support. >> john roberts, author of the book "rating ...

but what i try to do is stories, some of which are fun and some of which are not, but stories off the bleak -- off the beaten track, and i do one-on-one interviews with politico, about their lives, and more interesting cultural stories. >> what is politico yakking -- ?lago? >> a website -- politico and paper.e they have grown into a very large operational base out and they have politico and politico pro, a superstition -- subscription site. to cover politics of excessively incomprehens...

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is syria the presidents third ward? -- third war? our lines are open -- you can also join us on facebook or twitter. our twitter account is @cspanwj facebook.com/c-span. is this the presidents third war? it is available online at nationaljournal.com the president signaled he is unwilling to put american boots on the ground. judging from the latest signals, the president wants this newly announced military aid to the syrian rebels to be kept on a stringent minimum, and he wants to be se...

Then invest in making communities more resilient. to hopefully minimize or reduce the impact of these kinds of horrible natural disasters. >> i want to open this up to our folks here in new york, daniel. bob, coburns office was asked about whether he would still call for offsets in increased disaster assistance and he said theres a legitimate role for fema. we ought to live within our budget. the oklahoma city bombing, we offset that. we offset that by using funds that werent being used. we didn...

Extremely expensive and are only becoming more frequent. joining us now from washington, is senior fellow and director of climate strategy at the center for american progress, daniel weiss, daniel, thanks for joining us today. and as someone who has studied events like these, what is your recommendation as we as a country and a political community and a policy-making class try to wrap their heads around this. what should we be doing that we arent doing now? >> first of all and most important, ou...

That encourage as more, levels out our, the extremities in terms of weather-related events, if we can in fact do that. >> well, youre right. and in fact, we should think of the $400 per household federal spending as our extreme weather tax. in addition, we put together this estimate, the federal government doesnt even know itself how much money its spending on federal disasters. but most importantly, and the recent years weve cut money to help communities become more resilient, to tornadoes, sup...

The homes -- theres no news cameras there. im not saying that the politicians sit there waiting for disaster. but its part of the norm of how we do stuff. we dont pay attention ahead of time. its a tough situation. >> "new york times" andy rivkin. thank you for your time and expertise. my pleasure. >> another key component for handling natural disasters, we discuss the role for federal assistance when daniel weiss, from the center of progress joins us. [ male announcer ] its 7am and steve is a...

Governor before she delivers a press conference later today. no word yet on whether or not president obama will head to oklahoma. but it is very likely of course this is what we see him do as consoler in chief. he did it in the wake of the boston bombings. and of course, the plant fire in west texas. alex. >> kristen welker, live from the white house, thanks for the update. coming up, the tragedy in oklahoma comes just six months after super storm sandy devastated parts of the northeast. we wi...