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In the United States i am sure you are very aware that we are in the midst of significant budget battles and dysfunctions one might say, and for those of us who watched defense we are particularly the implications of that for u. S. Defense strategy and planning. Im wondering how you would describe the cuts in defense in canada. I dont think you have quite the political environment we do right now but surely you must have the same sense of general interest in how canada plans to go forward and ag...

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...

This week on q a, yuval levin. Yuval levin, your wikipedia site has in the second sentence, he has been called, quote, probably the most influential conservative intellectual of the obama era. Whats that mean . Thats a very good question. I wonder by whom. I think its jonathan chait. Ok. Well then probably, in the course of criticizing me for something or other, but i guess what it means you know an intellectual in politics is a person who tries to connect events and practical questions to deepe...

Portland where federal agents facing off with protesters for weeks now. Dan springer has the latest on the west coast on that story. But we began with chief White House Correspondent john roberts where the news is that sour on the north lawn. John, good afternoon. Bill, good afternoon, pushed back and it will happen around 3 20 or after that as you mentioned a second ago. The president expected to announce an expansion of something known as operation legend to the cities of chicago and albuquerq...

Good morning to you, welcome to al jazeera america. Im Morgan Radford live from new york city. The controversial spying program that collect millions of american phone records will be limited. Thats a commitment president obama made on friday. The proposed reforms do not put an end to mass spying but provide more oversight. They assure allies that they will not monitor phone calls. Theres no guarantees that theyll be implemented. Patty culhane explains. The extent of the spying carried out by th...

Without objection, members of the full committee, not on the subcommittee are authorized to participate in todays hearing. This is entitled thoughts and prayers are not enough. How Mass Shootings harm communities, economy. I dont recognize myself or four minutes to give an opening statement. Friends, when innocent children being mass murdered in schools, thoughts and prayers are not enough. As your parents or children will come home safely from school. Often prayers are not enough to protect wor...

Disagree with the treaty. We have a very very lengthy treaty and a complex 1994 agreement and then we have the behavior of the Member States themselves. Theres the argument based on the reagan. I have been looking for an opportunity to drive the stake through for some time. That will trump his statement from the secretary of state and fatly to the opposite. They came out with an official view of the reagan administration. I refer here Ronald Reagan may be because i had four president ial appoint...

Heavyduty engines. He picked up where he had left off with his message the night before. Our job as americans is to restore that basic bargain that says if you work hard, if youre willing to meet your responsibilities, you can get ahead. applause you can get ahead. Doesnt matter what you look like, doesnt matter where you come from. Our middle class, when its growing, when its thriving, when there are ladders of opportunity for people to do a little bit better each year and make sure that their ...

Carolina, at a plant that makes heavyduty engines. He picked up where he had left off with his message the night before. Our job as americans is to restore that basic bargain that says if you work hard, if youre willing to meet your responsibilities, you can get ahead. applause you can get ahead. Doesnt matter what you look like, doesnt matter where you come from. Our middle class, when its growing, when its thriving, when there are ladders of opportunity for people to do a little bit better eac...

I dont think we understood how much of a barrier deep, deep poverty is in terms of engaging families and creating opportunities for children. Woodruff and Margaret Warner examines the calls for action on Immigration Reform, coming from both sides of capitol hill. Woodruff thats all ahead on tonights newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public...