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5 30 eastern an Education Department summit on bullying in schools. At 8 00, bill nye the science guy and ken hamm debate evolution. On cspans 2 book tv James Clyburn talks about his life from his youth in the jim crow south to his leadership position in the house of representatives. At 8 30 author civil a dukes morris on her book price of fame. At 10 00 p. M. Arthur lewis discusses the hidden world of High Frequency stock trading. On cspan 3s American History tv at 7 15 p. M. Eastern time, amer...

Growing up without proper food, medical care or schooling, ill clad, il housed and ill fed and in the greatest river valley in the world. There is no such thing as an ideal river in nature but the Mississippi River is out of joint. Dust blowing in the west, floods raging in the east, we have seen these problems growing to alarming extremes. When we first found the great valley, it was 40 forested. Today, for every 100 acres of forest we found, we have ten left. Today 5 of the entire valley is ru...

The United States has the best air Transportation System in the world. Its kind of interesting, one thing that you emphasized, in all the work we do, and we all sit on a mutual Advisory Boards and technical committees and working groups and everything else, i think especially when you look at a board like i think folks kind of come in from a much more kind of performance based and outcome based objective as opposed to a lot of other groups where its something that is something that prompts them ...

We remember, of course, this institutions good fortune to have been called upon to safeguard the lincoln magna carta during world war ii. But as a repository of the accumulated knowledge of human civilian, the library of Congress Must also be human civilization, the library of Congress Must also be acknowledged to be one of the best assets the United States possesses for participating in magna cartas greatest legacy, the preservation of the rule of law. The library began over two centuries ago a...

Royal delegation present at the opening ceremony. This program runs about 45 minutes. Good morning. Im james, the 13th librarian of congress. Its a great pleasure to welcome you all to the library of congress and to this event, celebrating the opening of the librarys latest exhibition, magna carta, muse and mentor. I think it is indisputable that the library of congress has a special relationship with the magna carta. We remember, of course, this institutions good fortune to have been called upo...

Dollences to the family of the brave family killed by isil. Together with jordan we mourn the loss of a hero that that galvanized the nation and the world. I hope this heinous crime helps us put in place what thus far has been lacking, comprehensive strategy to achieve goal to degrade and destroy isil. Let there be no doubt we still do not have a viable strategy to counter isil. And if you are not winning in war, you are losing. America has no greater ally in the fight against terrorism than jor...

Responsibilities it is important that this committee and other appropriate committees of the congress are able to receive testimony, briefings and other communication of information. Have you adhered to applicable laws and regulations governing restrictions . I have. Have you taken any actions for the process . No. Will you assure that your staff adhered to deadlines, including records for the hearings. I will. Will you cooperate with briefers in response to congressional questions . Yes. Will t...

It ever coming up for a vote. Marylanders deserve the transparency to know how their elected leaders vote every time the state takes a bigger share of their hardearned tax dollars. This is a regressive tax that hurts struggling maryland families and our most vulnerable and which adds to the cost of almost everything. These automatic tax increases should be pealed and we will submit legislation repealed and we will submit legislation to do so. This initial tax relief package is just the starting ...

Iraq, Eastern Europe and the pacific. For more about the confirmation process, we spoke with leo shane earlier today. Host leo shane covers congress for the military times. How is he regarded . A lot of members of the Armed Services Committee Said they did not see this as a focus on his credentials. They see this hearing is more of a chance to criticize obama on a number of National Security issues. It sounded like chairman mccain and Ashton Carter, the nominee, were in agreement and terms of ge...

White house. And they determined that seven shots had been fired from a car four days after that incident dating back to 2011. And the secret service didnt inform the president until yesterday that an armed private Security Guard who is a multiple fell on was allowed into an elevator while armed with president obama at the centers for Disease Control during his visit there two weeks ago. To make matters worse, press secretary josh earnest today confirmed that pierson kept the cdc incident from t...