Tuesday morning here on cspan 3, Ashton Carter and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff on u. S. Military strategy in the middle east. Theyll testify before the Senate Armed Services committee. Thats live here on cspan 3 starting at 9 00 a. M. Eastern. On wednesday, attorney general Loretta Lynch, goes to capitol hill. Shell answer questions from the house judiciary committee. That hearing wednesday at 10 00 a. M. Eastern, also live here on cspan 3. Also this week, the house of representatives votes for a new speaker of the house. Wisconsin republican, paul ryan, has locked up support from various groups within the republican caucus. Republicans meet wednesday afternoon to pick which candidate theyll put forward to be the speaker and house votes thursday to elect a replacement for boehner, who is resigning. Cspan has your coverage of the road to the white house 2016. Where youll find the candidates, the speeches, the debates and most importantly, your questions. This year, were ta
Woodruff also ahead this thursday, a priest in mexico offers a place of refuge along a perilous journey to the u. S. Ifill and a beer makers secret recipe for success letting employees own the company. The better i do, the better we do. It really does inspire us all to go above and beyond in a way that i havent experienced at other employers. Woodruff all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and by bnsf railway. And by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff republican paul ryan now appears all but certain to run for and be elected speaker of the house. The wisconsin lawmaker won support today from key moderates and from mainstream conservatives. The latter group called h
That exists between what the socalled education reformist talk about and how they drive the news cycle and what is actually going on. In my book, education experts are politicians economists, we rely on increasingly to explain to us what is the value of the teachers are adding to our daily lives. Those are philanthropists and state officials. And when you listen to them talking about education and they really do drive the news cycle. What you most likely hear about common core standards standardized testing. You might hear about that we need more accountable more teacher evaluations and we also need to copy more things from countries like finland and china. But when you actually spend time with students and teachers, the conversation is really different. So, for example in my chapter one, i profile a student named maria from el salvador, and she moved here in 2008 and when she entered Mission High School, she struggled. She barely spoke english. Didnt know how to multiply. Really strug
Are not moving much at this point, but yesterday we did see heavy action. In the red italy reporting that its in recession, two quarters in a row of contraction. Germany was heavily hit, not only by what happened in italy, but by all the talk about what happens in these sanctions and the retaliation against the sanctions by russians. Back here in the states, key data today. At 8 30 eastern time, weekly jobless claims. This afternoon, we have Consumer Credit. In addition, many of the nations retailers will be reporting july samestore sales today. On the earnings front today, Companies Set to post quarterly includes including orbitz, wendys. In corporate news, bank of america reportedly close to a nearly 17 billion settlement with the government over mortgage bonds. The deal with the doj is said to include about 9 billion in cash. The rest said to be going to consumer relief. Settlement was reportedly reached in principal after a phone call last week between bofa Ceo Brian Moynihan and a
Palestinians say there is as danger to long term peace. Outrage in hong kong, lawmakers shout shame as a Community Leader after china rejects open nominations for the election. Welcome to Al Jazeera America. Im del walters. Im libby casey. A town in iraq is waking up free from the Islamic State group. Amerly had been under siege. Major allies overseas, including Prime Minister David Cameron are debating the next steps in going after the i. S. Group. Phil ittner is live in london. The u. S. Is claiming victory in the battle for amerly, but the president facing criticism from senators for his strategy in iraq and syria. What are they saying . Well, del, theres been heavy criticism of president obama in the pace and decisiveness of actions in regard to the this had become a siege. They were surrounded by Islamic State fighters. U. S. Planes along with the british, french and australians had been dropping humanitarian aid to the community. In washington, president obama still coming under