Coming up here on cspan3, the confirmation hearing for the nominee to head the Social Security administration. Then the director of u. S. Citizenship and Immigration Services testifying before the house judiciary committee. After that, an update from the u. S. Nuclear negotiator on Irans Nuclear program. Sunlds, on book tvs indepth, former republican congressman from texas and president ial candidate ron paul. He has written more than a dozen books on history in the latest, School Revolution on americas education system. Join the conversation as he takes your calls, emails and tweets, live, three hours, sunday at noon eastern on cspan2. Watch more book tv next week while congress is in recess. Book tv in primetime, 8 30 p. M. Eastern and tuesday through friday at 8 00, featuring a wide range of topics, and covering book fairs and festivals from across the country. The Senate Finance committee today held a confirmation hearing for the president s nominee to head the Social Security admi
These bills are a product of montanas congressional delegation working together to move montana forward. We all know if congres congresso agree on much these days. Few people are willing to compromise. But when you give a little and you get a lot. Thats how montanas lands bill becomes a part of this legislation. These bills have been vetted on the ground by montana ranchers like dusty prairie and carl raphold. They have been approved by committees an negotiated for years. They not only deliver on our promises to montanas ranchers but also to the outdoors men and women and tribes. They are montanamade bills. Take the Rocky Mountain heritage act. This protects access along the Rocky Mountain front. The front is a special place in montana lower. Its where the Rocky Mountains shoot straight out of the plains into the sky. I. T. Its a breathstaking, magnificent its a breathtaking, magnificent saoeugt. The heritage act designates the front as conservation management of area. Adds another 67,
And so individuals have told me as spouses, that they have gone out, sought fulltime employment and again passed over that salary to the respite person. Thats the sort of painful pressure under which individuals and couples, families are living. Many have chosen to keep their loved ones at home. There are issues of safety, economic duress, and certainly our system has to respond to that. So the sooner we set our sights on a cure, on funding thats adequate and effective for reserge purposes and for developing the responsiveness of the medical teams out there, via perhaps pharmaceutical assistance and development there, the better our Economic Situation will be in regard to these struggles system of heres a chance for congress to respond in very magnanimous terms that will allow us to state cumulatively that we get it. That were there in an order of compassion, that we understand its about a dignity factor, its about quality of life, its about providing hope to situations that may be ren
The Justice Department has now launched a federal investigation. If you are choking a man who is down with other police helping and covering over him, even if the guidelines dont kick in your mind, even if the law dont kick on your mind, after 11 times of i cant breathe, when does your humanity kick in . Today, conversation, we bring you Graham Weatherspoon them retired Police Detective, and vince warren of the center for constitutional rights. All of that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The Justice Department has announced it will launch a civil rights investigation into the death of eric garner after grand jury decided not to charge a white Police Officer for causing his death. Garner, an africanamerican father of six, as well as a grant grand father, died after he was placed in a chokehold and wrestled to the ground by new york police. The grand jurys decision set off protests across new york that shut down p
Popular, the citys Public Schools rethink how they can compete to attract students and improve education. Everybody learns at their own pace. So if im quicker than chauncey, ill be able to keep going instead of waiting for him to come to my level, or viceversa. Ifill those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by at bae systems, our pride and dedication show in everything we do; from Electronics Systems to intelligence analysis and cyber operations; from combat vehicles and weapons to the maintenance and modernization of ships, aircraft, and critical infrastructure. Knowing our work makes a difference inspires us everyday. Thats bae systems. Thats inspired work. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill president obama may be ready to announce his nominee for secretary of defense, later this week.