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A few words about the genesis of this panel, the idea behind it and some of the issues i hope we are going to be able to address. So this year, 2015, marks the 40th anniversary of one of the most important congressional committees certainly of the 1970s. And i think arguably of the latter half of the 20th century and that was the Church Committee. The Church Committee which was chaired by frank church began its work in the spring of 1975. And for the 16 months between the spring of 1975 and when they delivered a 14 volumes report in 1976 the Church Committee held hearings, performed investigat...

Congress will raise the debt ceiling by the october 17th deadline. Monday the dow fell 137 points the nasdaq lost 38 and the s p 15. Gold added 13 dollars and oil lost 71 cents. Treasury secretary jack lew is scheduled to testify on capitol hill thursday about the dangers of failing to increase the debt limit so the nation can pay its bills. And the madoff 5 go on trial today. The are 5 employees who worked in the Bernie Madoffs inner circle but are pleading not guilty some claim they were unaware of the multi billion dollar ponzi scheme. Jim richter of Performance Trust has his eyes on the bo...

And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. He is the son of were to reagan parents. Rican written puerto parents. He has written a memoir called still dreaming. Good to have you on this program. What do you make of what is happening a few miles down the road in d. C. . I went to congress to expand. Pportunities our goal is to make sure everyone has access to wha everything. Im not going to let them use the budget to stop people in my community from having what they have in congress. Tavis it appears john weiner has done his heels in even more adamantly. How much...

Shutdown soon . They are heartbreaking and real. The stoirs of those already affected by the Government Shutdown. Will any of this make Congress Move quicker . New information today on the motorcycle road rage incident in new york city. How might six cops be correct connected to that intercept . What happened to karen. Shes still going to hit the southeast coast. But will she pack any punch. A live report just ahead. Hello, everyone. Its high noon in the east, 9 00 in the west. Welcome to weekends with alex witt. Im mara sigh vo campo. St. Paul day five of the shutdown and two big developments...

It was billed as a big meeting. The first time top leaders would meet the president since the shutdown. In the end, Speaker John Boehner said their evening meeting at the white house amounted to little more than a polite conversation with zero headway. Earlier in the day, president obama told Cnbcs John Harwood essex as operated even though he has tried to work with republicans. During the course of my presidency, i have bent over backwards to work with the Republican Party and have purposely kept my rhetoric down. I think im pretty wellknown nor being a calm guy. President obama has called fo...