I think they definitely need to do a better job there. I think this is true not just for president obama but everyone of us. Things are complicated. They are more complex than they look on paper. You bring up the payroll tax cut. I thought it was a terrible idea in the context where we are supposed to collect this money to help pay for the retirement of current retirees. You cannot have it both ways. Claim we have Social Security selffunded and then say we are not going to collect that program. Unds that is extremely important. Do itdmitting the way you is by borrowing more money. There are a lot of things lost in the debate. Some are born and complicated. Specific tonk it is president obama. Guest was a payroll tax cut as part of the stimulus. It happened through the payroll taxes. It did not mean money going to Social Security was reduced. Guest exactly. But that was lost in the debate. Been i do think there has in messaging problem with obama. He did not do the things he could have
East envoy dennis ross. Are here to talk about serious and the civil war there. It is no question that both our morals and Strategic Interests are engaged there. Is very different, the stakes are very high. I find myself in agreement with youryou are saying in statement. When we look at egypt, we know that egypt is perhaps the most important arab country. It is always one that affects the rest of the region. Politically, culturally it has been a trendsetter. When we look at the events of the arab awakening, they might have begun in tunisia but it was the events of career square which captured the imagination of the world. WhichcareeTahrir Square captured the imagination of the world. It is an unsettling situation, to say the least. At a minimum, we have seen unelected leader removed, but i think when we look at the selected leader that was removed, we have to understand that the intervention by the military is an intervention that was very much backed by a very large segment of the egy
Venezuela and north korea and so forth, china this is a fascinating book one of the thing i like about your book is that its readable. To the people who need to read it like millennialses. Like leftists like democrats running for president of the United States thats just me speaking. So lets get started. Lets start with your professor professor what is democratic social pism . We hear Bernie Sanders and others use that but what does that mean . Mpleslet start with socialism is. Socialism means that the state will control meanses of production land, labor and capitol run byth the Government Central plan of some kind and attach democrat in some kind of that and i suppose youre going to have a democratic system voting politicians who will elect central planners. Now thats actually where problem comes in because once you centralize economic control and the hands of a few people and thats what socialism by definition then how do you have millions andio millions of people influences doesnt a
Thousands of protesters streamed into the hong kong airport again today forcing airlines to cancel every single outbound flight this afternoon. The demonstrators blocked entrances to the airport, barricading them with a luggage card. Some threw the carts and Water Bottles at officers. At one point, the demonstrators detained two men. They accused them of being undercover agents for beijing. Video showed one of the men with zip ties around his wrists tied to a baggage cart. Cops eventually got him out of the airport and into an ambulance. Police used pepper spray and batons on the protesters. It was an unimaginable occurrence that the riot police came in to this building, in this place at this time, but it happened. They beat one man until his face was bloody. They arrests some of the demonstrators. The protesters are calling for more democratic policies in hong kong and an independent investigation to Police Actions during the protest. It started two months ago over an extradition bill
Live. As we wait, lets talk to cnn Law Enforcement analyst, James Gagliano and cnns gary tuchman is there in dayton. Gary, i want to start with you. Its been a little over a week since that shooter murdered those nine people. Do we have any idea what to expect . What may be coming out of this News Conference today . Brooke, heres what we know. The Mayors Office here in dayton and the citys Police Department say they have Additional Information about the killings nine days ago that they want to share with us. So they will be holding a News Conference in this room in the Dayton City Hall any second now. We dont know precisely what its about. Its important to point out that the shooter is dead. But yesterday, there was some big news. A friend of the shooter, his name is ethan cauley, 24 years old, arrested on federal firearms charges. Hes accused of providing a hundredround magazine to the killer. Hes accused of providing body armor to the killer and also accused of assembling the ar15sty