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A cease fire has come into effect in the besieged damascus suburb of east and go to the area held by groups loyal to Syrian Democratic forces has been a key Strategic Point in the war because of its close proximity to the capital four hundred thousand People Living in the area are suffering acute food and medicine shortages meanwhile the Syrian Opposition says it will boycott talks that russia is hosting in such a next week the decision came as the latest round of u. N. Meetings wrapped up in vi...

Following Hurricane Irma. [applause] also joining us in the east gallery is his wife first lady ann scott. [applause] gov. Scott good morning. Thank you for your graciousness towards me and my wife. It is wonderful to be here. I think about the first time i gave this speech. I am honored to deliver my final state of the state address today. I would like to recognize a few people. First, speaker of the house richard corcoran. [applause] gov. Scott mr. Speaker, i appreciate your commitment to cutt...

American artifacts, Wake Forest University professor david lubin shares images from his book. Watch American History tv this weekend on cspan3. Next on cspan, here West Virginia governor jim justice announced several initiatives to discuss the drug epidemic and to prevent child sex abuse. Now, only briefly do i want to belabor the past with you. I am going to stay back here. I am going to spook myself a little bit closer. Ok. , when i got here, this is what we were facing. Like it or not liking ...

University of toronto, so we are more used to this. We still appreciate it. Let me quickly introduce our panelists, give you some initial thoughts and a bit of the rules of the game. Just moving down the line of panelists, Jeffrey Pilcher is a professor of food history at the university of toronto. He is also the editor of the journal of global food history for those of you thinking of publishing outlets. Steve velazquez, next to him, is a curator in the division of home and Community Life at th...

And my book, this time we win. A question i frequently get is where did you get this title, this time we win . Actually, it came from vietnam veterans. I would talk to them about what i was doing and say im writing a book on the tet offensive, and many times they would say, do we win this time . Hence the title, this time we win. It goes along with the other old cliche that you hear from the vets, that we were winning when i left, they say. So, yeah, part of the reason i wrote the book was to tr...

The United States. Howoing research, i found extensively the range of artists, not only high artists but popular artists, commercial artists, we digesting the war. And actually after the troops came home. Steve you teach this attitude at wake forest university. What drew you to this topic . Mr. Lubin i knew the anniversary of american involvement in the war was coming up. I thought, we were living in a time this was the early 2000s. I was beginning about how the war we were facing, in the middle...

January on better than forecast earnings syria take a look at the s p 500 a year to date shows 3 . Index of one point that is a look at the year to date chart. Up one point 36 . Nymex crude is on the rise. T is up just over 1 take a look at the chart there. That a year chart or is that today . Fourmonth chart down just over 4 . Trading nearnt bear market territory. Also looking at the fourmonth chart there. Ar market chart. Taking a look at consumer confidence, dropping the most since 2011. Wher...

Suspension is too severe considering dallas defensive end breath hardy will serve the same fourgame suspension for his role in a Domestic Violence case. Nfl Players Association and brady are widely expected to challenge this decision in federal court which if he get as injunction would allow him to play while the case makes its way through the courts. Melissa were waiting for results from twitter, to see if the company bounces back after catastrophic april Earnings Report that eroded 25 of the c...

We are live this morning for remarks from outgoing joint chiefs of staff chair general Martin Dempsey. He will be talking with the children of parents in the military at the conference hosted by the military Child Education coalition. The wife of general dempsey is also speaking at this event today. Live coverage on cspan2 in washington, d. C. Your respect here from the general in just a moment. A special thanks to the many many volunteers that you will see battle in this room but throughout thi...

There is no more fair place on the planet than in the military. We embrace every race, every ethnic group, every religion. We are literally generalists and becoming even more so. It is genuinely a place where an irish immigrant can become the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. Thats all ive got for you. Thank you. Gen. Dempsey youre welcome. Before we came here this week, we were all asked to decide on a defining moment that changes into we are to do and who we will eventually become. And i ...