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Give us your analysis of that. Theres no question that he is not only mysteries but a president and an autocrat at the same time. Clearly, this is a very, very difficult situation. How do you remove a president who has functionally no term of office and the power of the state behind him, the power of the military behind him . That is a conundrum that we have not yet managed to figure a way out of. I would like to see a system where the International Community could in fact joined together to bri...

Tonight at 7 00, we continue q ancore presentations of with columnist gregg easterbrook. He discusses his book the king of sports. Here is a preview. Areoday most politicians oleaginous hacks what brought all that on . Congratulations knowing how to pronounce oleaginous. You are in a small minority. Football has become a cult and you see some evidence of this trade i present it in the book. Coaches have become revered figures in American Life and in some cases justifiably. If all men were like t...

Washington journal continues. Host joining us now to talk about political stories to watch in 2014, Shane Goldmacher of National Journal. He is their congressional correspondent. Good morning help new year. When it comes to the agenda when Congress Gets back in session, whats on the list . Guest they are coming back. They are coming back after three years of the at least productive legislative work in congressional history. Theres a lot on their agenda. Unfinished business. The first thing the s...

I want to begin my discussion of my book, the road to global prosperity, with three assertions. The first assertion is that globalization, by which i mean the progressive integration of national economies, is here to stay. It will be with us Going Forward. Now, that might seem to go without saying given the remarkable and remarkably intense ongoing global integration that weve seen for most of the last 25 years, but if you look at the history of the genuinely Global Economy from its first emerge...

It is my great pleasure to introduce professor jacob soll from the university of southern california. Among the most innovative and ambitious scholars in the field of intellectual history, professor solls work has shown that to understand the history of thought, we must understand the practical history of thinking, of the many mundane and often overlooked activities that go into making, storing and transmitting ideas. Professor soll received his ph. D. In 1998 and subsequently taught at princeto...

Right about anything everything all the time. That would be unreasonable. Second, what you describe as the arrogance of the intelligence community, that is the appropriate place for politicians to be talking about oversight. To be discussing the mechanisms of oversight that already exist inside a free market or a free country like the United States. If they think there is insufficient oversight, then there is a legal redress. That is a good debate to have. A debate that should be perpetually be ...

You can see the event live at 8 30 a. M. Eastern on cspan 2. Coming up live today on cspan, washington journal is next. At 10 45 a. M. Eastern, defense secretary chuck hagel and his polish counterpart hold a news briefing. British the former secretary and robert ford discuss humanitarian efforts in syria. Supreme Court Justices discuss the First Amendment with former cbs reporter marvin cowell. Up in 45 minutes on washington journal, New York Times healthcare reporter reed abelson discusses medi...

With a issue like the sagebrush or endangered species act. The ranchers are often the most frustrated. Seldom do you have people saying that i filed the federal government entirely, but there is sympathy for these underlying sentiment because they, all the time. Host an social media is playing a big part in this . It plays a big role in all things. From people participating in a protest to people watching, the story blew up on the internet as of last week. It became the number one story in the c...

The administration is looking at another round of sanctions against russia. This, as secretary of state foreignets with ministers on the issues in ukraine. With callsg to begin and comments on a government job Training Program. Another 600 Million Dollars being allocated yesterday. Do you think they were . We are dividing our phone lines between republicans, democrats, and independents. Partso want to hear from and unemployed. That number is 202 5853883. At can send in a tweet cspanwj. Morning. ...

That our deficits could be coming down faster. That we would have more customers in our shops, if we get this thing resolved. We know what the right thing to do is. It is a matter of political will. Not any longer a matter of policy. I will encourage them to get this done. As far as our actions, and jeh johnson, new head of the department of Homeland Security has been talking to everybody. Law enforcement, immigrant Rights Groups to do a thorough review of the approach towards enforcement, and w...