Blamed for a deadly outbreak of cholera in haiti. Lawyers file a lawsuit against the United Nations. [ technical difficulties ] and getting out of their cars and on to their bicycles. Hello, we begin this news hour with the latest developments from syria, and the program to destroy its stockpile of chemical weapons. There has been a rare briefing by the director general of the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons at the hague. The opcw is in charge of dismantling the stockpile. Lets first take a look at some of the highlights of the briefing. Cur recollectly there are 19 weapons inspectors working in damascus and its suburbs. Another 12 will be deployed. Since beginning their work on sunday the experts have visited one site already and have 20 more to inspect. They have about nine months to carry the work out. And thats not going to be an easy task but one that can certainly be achieved. The corporation has been quite constructive, and i will say that the syrian authori
You cant make extortion routine as part of our democracy. Barack obama tells u. S. Republicans to stop making threats over the budget and bring an end to the government shutdown. Afghan families have had to wait decades for information on relatives who went missing under communist rule. There are signs of the west and iran are growing closer together. Its a week now until negotiations resume. There are reports that iran has put together a new package of proposals. That would mean it stops making weapons Grade Nuclear material in return for sanctions being relaxed. The British Government says its looking at reopening its embassy in tehran. Heres the reaction from the iranian capital. Translator in my opinion, its natural that there would be relations between iran and all other countries. I think its a good idea that the British Embassy reopen in iran. Having relations with any country, even if its limited, is a good idea. Anyway, International Relations are beneficial and in my view it
Friday. That to reach a deal to break the impasse over the debt ceiling and get the federal government to reopen once again. The government will run out of money this thursday if no new deal is reached. The dow skyrocketed more than 300 points on thursday. The second best day of the year. The nasdaq jumped as well. The markets continued to climb on friday. President obama announced his choice to run the Federal Reserve this week. It was no big surprise, janet yellen. She was born and raised in brooklyn, new york and a professor at harvard. She would be the first democrat to head the fed in 30 years and the first woman to head the fed ever. Yellen must still be approved by the senate. Earning season kicked off this week with two big financials reporting. Jpmorgan posted a loss. Wells fargo came ahead. Both companies were short on revenue. Weve been watching washington dysfunction for weeks now. Even though theres some hope for signs today its been having an effect on the market and the
The individual mandate until the site is fixed. He says he will introduce legislation to that effect soon. Your thoughts on the Affordable Care act for the first 45 minutes this morning. Here is how we have divided the line this morning. If you are of the mind it should five 853 880. 02 if you think it should be fixed but the website should continue 2025853881. Pick the line that best represents you and be prepared to tell us why. You can also tell us why on our social media channel. Our facebookl on page, facebook. Com cspan. Are 34 comments actually, about 60 comments on the website page. It is a poll i wanted to point you to that you can participate in this morning about the Affordable Care act. It is divided much like we divided the lines this morning. Repeal it, fix it, or delay it. 67 so far saying that it should be repealed. 89 people waiting in that it should be fixed. When it comes to the delay, the individual mandate, only three people registering on that. 2025853880 for thos
Litigator, and he offered the Chesapeake Bay restoration act to restore americas largest estuary which suggests the base foundation, called the most important environmental achievement in 20 years, again, rare praise for a republican politician to say. He also created the Government Department of disabilities, for which he received the highest Recognition Award from the u. S. Secretary health of Human Services department. He served four terms in the u. S. The house of representatives and he also served from 19 infantile 1994 representing Baltimore County for the state. And if you can say this but a lengthy list of political contributions that he has made. So we are happy to have him with us today. Going to start with asking her to panelist to share an overview of their books and we are going to begin with mr. From sumac thank you very much, charlie. Its good to be with you. And i do remember another republican governor. But we wont mention it. [laughter] im noting. I may buy your book,