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The American Enterprise institute beginning at 1 30 p. M. Eastern here on cspan2. Cspan, created by americas Cable Companies this 1979, brought to you as a Public Service by your television provider. Host and best selling author tom standage has a new book out, and its called writing on the wall. Tom standage, what do cicero and twitter have in common . Guest well, the idea of the book is that social media is a very old idea. We think that its recent and only people alive today have ever done it...

Republicans for their part insist that the president gets serious about cutting spending in order to reduce trillion dollar deficits and a National Debt that is now mindboggling league not monotonous. House minority leader disagrees vehemently with the speaker on how to reduce deficits and debt. Today she offered a paradoxical statement on fiscal policy that would make both casey stiegel and yogi berra proud. The tion now just 24 days away from 600 billion of spending cuts and tax increases that...

Lets kick it up with what everyone is talking about and what else could be on the first friday of the month . A big upside surprise, 288,000 jobs traded last month and the Unemployment Rate drops to 6. 3 , the lowest since september of 2008. Impressive, those are good numbers. The most new jobs added to payrolls since january of 2012. Is that good news . The headline number is good but the details are not quite as good. Thats why we see the markets back off a little bit from their initial excite...

Facilities. The secretary will meet with the appropriations committee. The house passed a bill looking at the ba secretary, giving him more flexibility at ba facilities. V. A. Facilities. We want to get your reaction in the first 45 minutes. To the actions that took place yesterday and what should be done overall about it. Heres your chance to call and give your thoughts. 202 5853880 four democrats. 202 5853881 for republicans. Ndependents, 202 5853882 a special line for veterans to give their t...

Lets kick it up with what everyone is talking about and what else could be on the first friday of the month . Big upside surprise, 200 88,000 jobs traded last month and the Unemployment Rate drops to 6. 3 , the lowest since september of 2008. Impressive, those are good numbers. The most new jobs added to payrolls since january of 2012. Is that good news . The headline number is good but the details are not quite as good. Thats why we see the markets back off a little bit from their initial excit...

It was tens of thousands. Isil turned their leaders. In the absence of leaders of the military formation, the soldiers will not stick around and wait to see what happens. Collect some of the leaders of those divisions. I will tell you that when i was there from 2005 to 2007, several things were clear to me. We could equip them to fight. It would be harder to give them the logistics architectures. But we did. The hardest thing of all, as i say now, is to build leaders and have those leaders suppo...

Hands of the iranians. Iraq becomes a fell state that spreads economic chaos throughout the region. You will feel it at the gas pump, you will feel it in your wallet eventually, so an economic collapse in iraq would affect our economy and our ability to recover. I think it would throw the World Oil Market into turmoil. So it matters economically. Militarily, does it matter . It does in this regard. Isis is an offshoot of al qaeda because al qaeda kicked them out. These people now are going to ha...

The chair on this vote, the yeas are 157, the nays are 260. The amendment is not adopted. The Unfinished Business is the request for a recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from minnesota, mr. Ellison, on which further proceedings were postponed, and on which the ayes prevailed by voice vote. The clerk will redesignate the amendment. The clerk amendment offered by mr. Ellison of minnesota. The chair a recorded vote has been requested. Those in support of the request for a recor...

Little to enhance security in benghazi. It wasnt an intelligence failure. It is a policy and leadership failure on the part of the administration. With regard to iraq, intelligence including director clappers testimony at a january 29, 2014 hearing has been clear that iraq was vulnerable to the threat from isil. I encourage any member to read the intelligence if they are questions regarding the assessment about security in iraq and the rise of isil. It was clear in 2011 as u. S. Forces were with...

Has now cordoned the hotel. Eleven people have now died of the virus in northern italy, prompting new Foreign Office advice tonight against all but essential travel to the worst affected areas. The former liberal leader, lord steel, leaves the lib dems, after a report says he did not act on claims of Sexual Misconduct made against the former mp cyril smith. The city of delhi sees its worst violence in decades, sparked by deep divisions over a new citizenship law. And two severe Flood Warnings re...