Andre yanku to be director of the u. S. Patent and trademark office, a confirmation vote scheduled for 5 30 eastern this afternoon. Later this week, a shortterm government funding bill to keep federal operations running past thursday is expected to come to the floor. We will have live coverage here on cspan2. O order. The chaplain dr. Barry black will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. O god our rock, we look to you for safety in a chaotic world. Were grateful that you hear our prayers, responding to our requests for help. Be a shield for our senators, protecting them from dangers seen and unseen. As they put their trust in you, fill them with your spirit, giving them confidence in the unfolding of your powerful providence. Lord, remind them that no weapon formed against them will ultimately prosper. Lead them like a shepherd beside still water, as you fill their hearts with your peace. We pray in your great name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reci
The Tropical Storm which hit florida as Hurricane Irma continues to push inland, bringing torrential rain and storm surges to the states of georgia and south carolina. As it hit islands across the caribbean irma, with ferocious winds and torrential rain, left almost a0 people dead. Now britain, france and the netherlands, which oversee territories in the caribbean, have been criticised for being slow to respond to the crisis. A state of emergency has been declared on the British Virgin islands where an aid operation is underway. Laura bicker has the latest from tortola, the largest of the islands. There is now a sense of desperation and fear in tortola. People are hungry, tired and in need of basic supplies. This was the line of traffic trying to get into the main town on the island. Most are heading to the supermarket for the First Time Since the hurricane, now that more roads have been cleared. Have you got enough food, water . No, cause everybodys fighting, and stealing and a lots g
Published book, a cold war of global history. Im from George Washington university and im the cochair of the washington History Center along with christian arneson of the policy program. The seminar for those of you who dont know is a collaborative effort of the national History Center which is part of the American Historical Association and Woodrow Wilson enters nationalcenter for scholars. We meet on monday afternoon at 4 pm though today for our fall lunch , we made an exception and it shows a beautiful friday afternoon to get this started. So normally we meet on monday afternoons, market down, 4 pm. If you have gotten the schedule already, we can go to the washington history seminars website and national History Center and download a copy of all the talks all season. I think our programming this fall is particularly exciting. Seminars like this dont happen by themselves. On the logistics front, peter stecker of the Wilson Center and amanda perry work behindthescenes to ensure that t
Brilliant minds or mediocre minds. Those canadians . That Barack Obamacare has systematically rebuilt with our willingness. You must not talk to anybody in the world. Any of our allies. It is a disaster for ordinary russians. It is often incompatible. No. I will not let you. [laughter] i quoted them to say show me the pretext we do not want said the date we want opportunities. I never said the word muslim. It is that type of restraint. It is my privilege to once again have the opportunity to serve as your moderator. I want to start by welcoming the north american Wide Television audience tuning into the debate right now on cspan across the continental United States, and on cpac from coasttocoast. In canada, warm hello to our online audience watching the debate live, right now on facebook live, our exclusive social media partner and on bloomberg. Com. Courtesy of bloomberg media. It is great to have you as ritual participants in tonights proceedings. Hello two, the over 3000 people who
For tonights motion, renowned historian, filmmaker and bestselling author, Neil Ferguson. [applause] [applause] meals opponent meals opponent tonight is cnn anchor, celebrated author, for reads a car. [inaudible] [applause] gentlemen, thank you for being here. It will be an exciting debate. I want to run through a few quick predebate items with you. First, for those watching online and in the audience, there is a , munk debate. You can be part of the conversation. We have a rolling poll going, you can analyze, judge the debaters comments at ww munk debates. Com vote. We also have our countdown clock, key piece of the success of this clock. This will count to zero for each of the different segments of the debate. When you see a countdown, join me and around of applause. That will keep our debate on time and to our debaters on their toes. Fun and Critical Data point at the top of the evening, all of you here, 3000 people in attendance voted on tonights resolution coming into this hall. B