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We had down here this weekend. We will be live all week. About hundred thousand people attend this event every year as well as about 350 authors are down here. Was founded by mr. Kaplan, founder of books and books as well. The big bookstore down here in south florida. Well, the cspan buses also year, and we are handing out but banks with our partners comcast here in the miami area. If you happen to be in the area, come on down. We are at Miamidade College the north side of downtown miami for the...

Prime minister, tony blair. As they await a new heir to the throne, the british consider changing the rules about who can become king or queen. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. We begin with president obamas latest ideas for getting past the standoff with House Republicans. He now says there isnt enough time left to do a comprehensive deal, including tax reform, fixing medicare. So he wants congress to raise tax rates for the wealthy right now and putting off the hard work to next y...

Regime about this latest intelligence. Today, i want to make it absolutely clear to assad and those under his command, the world is watching. The use of chemical weapons is and would be totally unacceptable, and if you make the tragic mistake of using these weapons, there will be consequences and you will be held accountable. The world of course has been watching in horror at the atrocities committed by the syrian government. Thats why this fear of chemical weapons is so real tonight. We want to...

Booktv. Org bookclub. President ial historian tevi troy examines the Popular Culture that american president s have partaken in over the past 200 years from Andrew Jacksons interest in attending the theater to the Reading Habits of dwight eisenhower. He speaks on a panel with jonah gold burg, William Galston and political analyst and columnist mona charen. This Panel Discussion is just under two hours. Ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon. Im chris demuth, fellow here at the Hudson Institute, an...

Unanimous requests. The presiding officer is there objection . Without objection, so ordered. n mr. Cruz so the first unanimous consent request i would promulgate, mr. President , i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of h. J. Res. 72, making continuing appropriations for Veterans Benefits for the fiscal year 2014, which was received from the house. I ask further consent that the measure be read three times and passed and that the motion to reconsider be ...

Vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators wishing to vote or wishing to change their vote . If not, the ayes are 96, the nays are 0. The nomination is confirmed. Under the previous order, the question is on the ellis nomination. All those in favor say aye. Those opposed say no. The ayes appear to have it. The ayes do have it. The nomination is confirmed. Mrs. Boxer mr. President , move to reconsider. The presiding officer under the previous order, the motions to reconsider are consi...

Stay at home dads who are very happy and who do not all entirely live in portland, oregon, you know, that is okay too. Were the only National Television network devoted exclusively to nonfiction books, and throughout the fall were marking 15 years of booktv on cspan2. This weekend booktv of is live this florida for the Miami Book Fair international. Coverage kicks off today at 10 a. M. Eastern on cspan2 with dave barry, roy blunt jr. And brad meltzer and continues with appearances by Doris Kearn...

The same support. The president now has the upper hand and when he talks to Speaker Boehner he will have to take that message back and he gets a little bit more behind him. Week and a shop with a meeting between the leaders and the white house. What is the dynamic . It will be very interesting to see. Hopefully we will hear from them exactly what their conversation was with the president. It is unlikely that were going to see a detailed agreement on specific issues. Are we going to hear about ta...

Air. Please ask mr. Reid to not to be such an obstructionist and sit down and listen. Have a great day. Guest imitate a few days for that message out to get through from me. Theres a lot of concern about budget deficits. In the period after the downturn, budget deficits for in a range of 10 of the entire gdp, the entire economic output of the u. S. They have come down a little bit. Economists think to be sustainable, budget deficits have to be in the range of 3 of economic output or a lower. The...

Size doom if it a deal isnt cut by years owned. But washington, both side have dug in their heels, and the answer may be that suddenly the sliding down the fiscal slope does not seem that bad. Maybe thats why the republicans leaders like speaker of the house john boehner were able to put off making a counter proposal to the president s offer until today. Crossing the red line on the talks by rejecting the demind that the republicans accept a hike in the marginal tax rate for those with income ov...