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Meantime, a war of words on cnbc between j. P. Morgan head jaime diamond. Tell you whats behind that controversy thats been brewing for a while. After the bell, wilfred frost has an interview with bank of america ceo, Brian Moynihan. Stay tuned for that. Look forward to that very much. Now, the retail pain. Shares of coal sinking again. The hard times for traditional retailers might not be over anytime soon as amazon continues to outperform. They were out yesterday with a note reiterating the preaddition that amazon could become the top clothing Retailer Next year, 2017. How big of a threat is...

International community to do the things they are doing. In our meeting earlier with us afghan womens council, one thing is so many nonprofits have gone in, lets get some for profits in afghanistan. [applause] figure out ways to help develop the country so the Afghan Government can stand up and be the ones that take care of things in afghanistan. I want to add something to all of this. I am really honored as always to be around you. They have done an incredible job. When i saw the book it reminded me, took me to 14 years ago. I want to read something to you. The honorable mrs. Bush, i would li...

And his wife, until the day he died, he died in his sleep, almost at the age of 80, two days before my wife and i were supposed to have dinner with him and his wife here in washington with his other friends to celebrate his impending 80th birthday. But he had the courage to keep out of step when everybody was marching to the wrong tune. He how do i say this . He would face wad dilemma, like maybe voting with his caucus or voting with the president , and something that he just thought was wrong, he was amazingly he would, like, say, what is the right thing to do . Ive heard him say this moreen ...

The proceedings of the United States senate are being broadcast to the nation on television for the first time, not that we have operated in secret until now. Millions of americans have set in the galleries and observed Senate Debates during their visits to washington. But today, they can witness the proceedings in their own homes. We might say that the nation is tuning in late. Woodrow wilson said that the informing function of congress should be preferred to its legislative function. Today, as the u. S. Senate comes out of the communications dark ages, we create another historic moment in th...

Years ago this month, and the occasion was the first day of permanent television of the United States senate. We are going to use the opportunity of the 30th anniversary to look back at the senate and how it is changed in the era of television. We have two guests that have been with the senate for 40 years and their careers there, theretired, and they span age of the television before senate and after, so they are ideally suited to help us understand how the institution adapted to the coming of Television Cameras. Let me introduce them to you. Alan frumin is a Senate Parliamentarian emeritus, ...