Struggle and your freedom, your democracy, is in his legacy. The world pays tribute to Nelson Mandela. Thousands of South Africans along with dozens of World Leaders at the stadium in soweto. Four u. S. President s in the crowd. President obama shook hands with fidel castro from cuba. Hes uniting people from all over the world. He is uniting us. Its wonderful. Very festive atmosphere, dancing and singing but weather has impacted the ceremony. When it rains the gates of heaven are open as well. Another nasty morning storm in the northeast. The federal government is shut down this morning in washington. Out on the west coast, the big problem has been high winds toppling trees, truck, even people. I saw this truck in front of me. I thought, dang. Crews are searching for a missing in family in nevada. They set out sunday to play in the snow but never came home. The starter for the university of oregons Football Team will not play in their bowl game. Touchdown, chicago. Wh an effort. Pnight
Guest its justice, a valid response, and i cant help but raise fists in the air, but the fact of the matter is we want to live free, and we want to know how to grow tomatoes in lib rty, and like our neighbors and be valuable members of the community. To some degree, id rather be a Good Neighbor than a good libertarian. Theres not a conflict there, but if i had to choose, its a Good Neighbor. Host wendy mcelroy, t author of the art of being free, and youre watching cspan2. Host now from the archives, the history of the Boston Tea Party which occurred on 1773. The author reports that the demonstration against the british collection of import duties was composed of smugglers and tax evaders led by lawyer james ottis jr. And brewer sam adams. They recount the protest spread throughout the country including assaults that spurredded George Washington to proclaim the protesters vandals. This about 50 50 minutes. There is nothing so easy but to persuade people they are badly governed. Those wo
Thank you mr. Chairman, thank you ranking member. Mr. Chairman, i join my colleagues in thinking you for the work you have done. We started today with a series of statements from you so i would like to end with one and thank you for it which is, quote, our mission as set forth by congress is a critical one, to preserve price stability, foster maximum sustainability, growth and output and employment and promote a stable and deficient Financial System that serves all americans well and fairly. My question will be centered around that last part of it, Financial Stability or the Financial System that will serve, quote, allamerican this. I know you have a lot of questions related to the Housing Market. I thank you for opening your testimony and starting with housing because i am on longterm housing advocate. In reviewing your documents this morning the multiple pages on housing put in mind this question for you. Will you speak to what impact maintaining an adequate supply of Affordable Hous
Reporter i think the motive will take several more days to try to figure out, chris. We are learning more about precisely what was going through apparently the mind of aaron alexis. And it is clear why officials were saying in the last 12 hours or so that his condition was rapidly deteriorating. We know that just last month he called the police in newport, rhode island, where he was working at a contractor up there. He told them he had checked into a hotel after being in two other hotels and moving around because he said he kept hearing voices coming out of the walls or the ceilings or the closet in these rooms. And he was trying to get away from the voices. He thought they were people that were following him. He worried that the voices were people that would cause him harm. He said somebody was using what he called a microwave machine against him to send vibrations that were disturbing his sleep. Shortly after that he sought treatment for psychiatric problems at a va hospital. Now, th
Arguments for and against socalled enhanced interrogation techniques used by the cia in the fight against al qaeda. First we must start at the beginning. Trace gallagher reports from our newsroom. Lets begin with the ;kn pa that everyone including president obama agrees to in the days and months in unprecedented times. There were incredible reports of a second and third wave of the attacks in the midwest. Including reports Osama Bin Laden was trying to get a nuclear weapon. They recognized the intention and interrogation program. The cia admitted at the time it had little if anycqyp experienc housing and interrogating detainees. Tentpu months after 911 then attorney general John Ashcroft included a list of enhanced interrogation techniques or eit including sleep deprivation, use of diapers and waterboarding. Here is cia director john brooks. There were no easy answers. And whatever your views are7bo eits our nation and in particular this agency did a lo of things right during this dif