The presiding officer a quorum is not present. Mr. Mcconnell ask to instruct the sergeant to request the presence of senators and ask for the yeas and nays. The presiding officer is there a sufficient second . There is. The clerk will call the roll. Vote vote the presiding officer anyone wishing to vote or change their vote . If not the ayes are 79, the nays are 14. The motion is agreed to. A quorum is present. Mr. Mcconnell mr. President . The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell mr. President i move to table amendment number 2329. The presiding officer the question is on the motion to table. All those in favor say aye. All opposed no. The ayes appear to have it. The ayes do have it. The motion is agreed to. The democratic leader. Mr. Reid i raise a germaneness point of order against amendment 2328. Ill repeat that. I raise a germaneness point of order against amendment 2328. The presiding officer the point of order is sustained. The amendment falls. The question now o
Can hear you. Before we begin todays program we have ask that you silence your phone. Please welcome our interviewer today alexander. [applause] thank you, thank you for coming. Not quite the afternoon yet but neither is the morning. Were talking about the times we live in. So i will take advantage of that. We have a little plan, jeremy is going to tell you a little bit about his book, so i dont support it but also hes going to read from it so you get the idea of what it is about. The book is called young radicals in the war for american ideals. I read it and i loved it so please welcome jeremy mccarter. [applause] thank you, there we are. Good morning or afternoon. As alexander said. I would like us to go on a little trip right now, i want you to try to imagine your way out of the moment of crisis we are in as a country, i want you to think about the time we werent looking ahead with dread about the next bad thing that might happen but we were looking ahead with hope toward the next p
[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] book tv live coverage now continues, author jeremy will discuss political and civic activism in america before and during world war i, this start now. [inaudible conversations] hello, everybody, welcome to the 33rd annual Chicago Tribune of printers lit fest, i would like to give a special outout and thank you to all sponsors. Todays program will be broadcast live on cspan2 on book tv. If theres time at tend of the q session with the author we ask that you use the microphone provided so the viewing audience can hear you. Before we begin todays program we have ask that you silence your phone. Please welcome our interviewer today alexander. [applause] thank you, thank you for coming. Not quite the afternoon yet but neither is the morning. Were talking about the times we live in. So i will take advantage of th
Author who says that the president is missing something here, the goal of isis is to terrorize. What do you make of it . Its unbelievable, its as if after pearl harbor the president said we really have to understand that they have a Lower Per Capita gdp than we do and if this if after hitler invaded poland they say its not really a problem. We have to help them find jobs. These people are not poor people by and large. Theyre more poor than you and i are, but that is not what is motivating them. They have to be stopped and if its by a bullet, thats one way, by a bomb, thats another way. You cannot stop them with monetary fiscal policy. Neil whats interesting is that some of the premier players are going right back to does including money isnt the great reasoning here. So is he trying to Say Something about the american recruits coming to isis, western recruits coming to them, that there is a way of reaching them and putting them back to. No one has ever been able to correlate this rage
Rams showed us that on sunday. The rams players, Trayvon Austin and kenny brit showed up with their hands up. Whats wrong with this . Because they wear a jock strap for a living and play football, they cant have an opinion on whats going on in their community . The owner and coaches of the team didnt know they were going to do this. Hands up to support ferguson demonstrator around the country. Good for them. Keep it right where it needs to be, in the focus of the American People. The rest of the receiving corps, they joined in and went on the field with them with hands up. The Police Officer association released a statement in disgust. They said theyre profoundly disappointed with members of the st. Louis Rams Football Team who chose to ignore the mountains of evidence released from the st. Louis county grand jury this week and engaged in a display that Police Officers around the nation found tasteless, offensive and inflammatory. I guess theyre speaking for everybody now and the count