Hopefuls flocking to the primary state for town Hall Meetings and an education summit. He will spend several days in New Hampshire after a survey but place. 3 , a 11th you can see that town hall at 7 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan. Tourllow the cspan cities to communities across america. Thehe idea is to take programming for American History tv and book tv out on the road to produce pieces more visual, cities a window into the that the would not normally go to that have rich historys and a literary scene. New york, los angeles, chicago, but what about the smaller ones . What is the history of them. We have been to over 75 cities. Most of our programming is even coverage. Pieces thatorter take you someplace, a home, a historic site. Partner with our cable affiliates to explore the history and literary culture of various cities. The cable operator contacts the city, and they bring us there. Were looking for great characters. You want your viewer to identify with these people. It is an experie
The case was made long ago, and among the most eloquent proponents was john milton and his ideas that have set the course for our own principles today. In 1644, he wrote this, give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience above all liberties. Today in much of the world, that liberty is either nonexistent or in jeopardy. Let me start by telling you about two recent encounters of mine. In january of last year, i spoke with a leading figure in the governance of the internet. We talked about surveillance by the National Security agency and how the agency had cap to so voraciously into International Data networks. This was and tapped into so voraciously into International Data networks. I was interested in what this official was hearing as he traveled the world in the aftermath of the disclosures that originated with edward snowden. His massive leak of highly classified documents had revealed some of this nations most sensitive National Security secrets.
Of a coverup. And chaos outside the Turkish Embassy in d. C. Protests turned violent and shutdown city streets. Well have the latest on what sparked all the fighting. The news at ten starts right now. A white house is once again defending President Trump, this time against reports he tried to impede epa investigation. Thanks for joining us, im shawn yancy and im tony perkins. The New York Times is reporting that the president asked former fbi james comey to look the other way on the investigation into the former National Security advisor Michael Flynn. Teisha lewis is more at the white house on this report. Reaction from the white house, theyre denying this happened, right. Reporter that is correct. And tonight here we go again, more claims about President Trumps behavior, that the white house is scrambling to defense the asked former fbi james comey to turn his owed on the former security advisor Michael Flynn investigation. The white house is denying the report, lots of back and fort
In a german newspaper interview. Durables just ahead of estimates and still looking for definitive headlines out of opec. Inventories at 10 30. Yellen back on the hill answering lawmakers questions about the banks, what shes expected to say about the troubled sector. And speaking of banks, wells fargo ceo john stumpf is forfeiting 41 million ahead of his next appearance on capitol hill tomorrow. And what should you expect as an investor . Shares of nike falling in the premarket on yesterdays earnings numbers. Whats dragging that dow component down . But first, a lot of news involving the banks today. Wells fargos john stumpf to forfeit 41 million in equity awards while the companys board investigates the banks sales practices. Deutsches john crion saying the bank did not need increase or capital interest. About an hour from now fed chair yellen will testify on Bank Supervision and regulation before a house panel on capitol hill. Of course when she starts making headlines, well try to t
A country which is useful at this time might suddenly be a place receiving 20,000 refugees in three days or Something Like that. One of the things that we are already doing and have to do more of is theable to surge staff between posts and also between functions within the Foreign Office in london so that we have a more flexible structure is that can respond to reseissly sh reseissly the reality that priorities can change and change rapidly and we need to respond in a way that is appropriately agile. Can i ask you about another area of your budget. At the present there is still an fco grant to the British Council. Is that one of the areas that you may well be getting rid of, and what are the implications to you do, for the branding of the British Council and the sense of its identity with the soft power of our country. Well the British Council plays a vitally Important Role in projecting the u. K. Soft power. But it has been generating an increasing proportion of the resources it needs