Tell us a little bit about that dynamic. Are concerned about the politicization of intelligence and it has long been a political football that there is always of theions politicization of intelligence. I have never viewed al qaeda as on the run. It makes for good political rhetoric. Gives the market people who do not want to be fighting wars, wemakes them feel good but still have enemies out there and enemies are growing. By the storyprised or i was surprised that it sounds like now there are whistleblowers that are coming forward. There is an ig investigation. That will be of interest to both of us to figure out what that is all about. To have an open avenue for whistleblowers to come forward. It has not been easy in the past for whistleblowers. Some of thease whistleblowers came to my colleagues at the times. Could they have come to the committee . Absolutely. We have a process in place for whistleblowers to come forward. Anyone in the Intelligence Committee has the right to come act
Virtuously, any system would do. Madison saying if men were angels, there would be no need of government. The popes critique of the free market system has two tracks. One based on facts on the ground. The other at the level of theory. In both hes not only condemning excesses, hes condemning the system itself. As a theory, free market ideology opposes almost all government and intervention in the market. But pope francis and catholic social teaching do not share this horror of government. Government an expression of the common good. Government is called upon to enact justice. John paul ii said quote its not directed against the market but demands the market be appropriately controlled. ,ou can compare this with liberty is always freedom from the government. As benedict xvi markets out, it provides no room for gratuitous us in. Pope francis would add mercy. The mosaic law which provides for tithes to the poor. The biggest problem i think was selfinterest vs. The universal destination of
Economic system. He has repeatedly condemned the idolatry of the market and has said in a speech to its present harvey referred to in bolivia, when capital becomes an idol, you get pain, death, and a structured and the stench of the dung of the devil. Words, perhapsg a strong as carthage must be destroyed. His ideology is traditional, systemic, and anthropological. It is supremely traditional. But then it set the economy must be autonomous and shielded from hasuence of moral character led men to abuse the process and a thoroughly destructive way. Pope john the second set the state of inequality between individuals and nations not only still exists, it is increasing. It is obvious that a fundamental defect or rather a series of , indeed a defective machinery, is at the root of contemporary economics and materialistic civilization, which does not allow the human family to break free from such radically unjust situations. Onn paul to also said speaking of the poor and disadvantaged, it is
Like those chores. Growing up i had to take care oflthe cats, so kitty litter yes. Scoop it the out. Scooper. I know what that is like. Yes, the whole different type. Yes, im sure. Yes. So schools, no longer what it used to be. Things are changing and our children will most like and. Handwritten cheat sheets. Do you remember these. Little bits of paper. Yes. Yes. Some things, my teachers would allow us to have a note card. They could put it on there on the test. Like we started off writing. Yes, kid are more likely to use their phones. Of course. One steady reports that 35 percent of students cheat by using their cell phone. That probably changes thing. Sometimes now they make you take your cell phone and put it in the front of the class. They dont allow the phones in the class. That is old school. We used to slide, not that i did that. Umhmm. The kid next to me to it. Slide the piece of paper up your sleeve there. You ever get caught. Once. What did the teacher say. Busted. I was in g
A an i hop talking constituty fruity. Laughs for a good cause. From nbc news, this is today. Matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1 a in Rockefeller Plaza. And good morning, welcome to today on a friday morning, im matt lauer. And im maria with natalie and al roker. And i dont want to sit next to natalie. Because everybody said she looked like a young version of me. I want to sit next to al. Oh, lord. Were not sisters. Shes a young version. We have done digging. We went back and looked at the last time, to see the last time you cohosted the today show. Did i look like natalie . The top song was by the bee gees, carter in the white house, laverne and shirley was on tv. Thats so mean. It was july 15th, 1998. Welcome back. Good to be here. Thrilled to have you. Thank you so much. First to the top story which were looking at. We have a lot going on. Its a man hunt for two dangerous inmates mistakenly released from prison. Mark potter is in orlando. Reporter good morning. Paper