Independents. How independent voters are changing the landscape of american politician. Im chuck todd. Joining me for insight and analysis this sunday morning, the former chairman of the Republican National committee, Michael Steele. Carolyn ryan of the new york times. Kathleen parker and chris slisaliza from the washington post. This is meet the press. Good sunday morning and happy fourth of july weekend despite some slightly unseasonable weather there were some spectacular fireworks on the National Mall here in washington, d. C. We do fourth of july really well in Washington Trust me. As america celebrated its 239th birthday. Thankfully, despite a heightened state of alert, there were no terror related incidents. That said, authorities across the country we main on high alert with the big fear being still that an isisinspired lone wolf attack could happen here. Weve got all the bases covered this morning. Richard angel is in turkey, Andrea Mitchell in vienna as the Iran Nuclear Talks
[applause] so if republicans really want to help us, why dont they join us in breaking down the barriers so more americans can enter and succeed in the work force, especially women . [applause] now, i know that when i talk about this, some people think i can see it in their eyes, there she goes again with the womens issues. Well, im not going to stop so get ready for a long campaign. [applause] you see, i have this Old Fashioned idea we cant afford to leave anyone on the sidelines. And women who want to work should be able to do so without worrying every day about how theyre going to take care of their child or what will happen if a Family Member gets sick. Thats not a luxury. Its a growth strategy. Paid leave. Earned sick days. Child care. Wage. These are not womens issues. Theyre family issues. Theyre economic issues. [applause] so i will keep fighting for them and ask you to join, and im going to keep fighting for equal pay because when women get short changed families get short cha
Martin omalley has established himself as able regressive later eager to solve big problems facing communities. Governor omalley has served in daily every level of government in nearly every level of government, as the mayor of baltimore, and as the governor of maryland delivering results for his constituents. As mayor of baltimore, he improved education, crack down on crime while improving Police Accountability and drove investment to the local community. As governor, he sighed Marriage Equality bill he signed Marriage Equality into law and made marylands Public Schools some of the best in the country for five years in a row. [applause] no matter the role, governor omalley has a ways but working Families First and offer the American Dream. Please join me in welcoming martin omalley. [applause] mr. Omalley thank you all. Thank you. Dr. Maguire, thank you very much. It is a great honor to be here tonight with all of you fine members of the Iowa Democratic party and the resilient city of
Its good to be in iowa. I am a college wrestler, and i have long admired the many hawkeye champions. [applause] as you may know, i am the only president ial candidate who has been a mayor, u. S. Senator, and a governor. Throughout these experiences, i have tried to earn a reputation for courage and honesty. I also have shown strong convictions, sometimes under enormous political pressure. I am proud of my lone support for beneficial social programs that help build the middle class. My lone support for tax structure that requires the wealthy to pay their fair share. [applause] my lone support for raising the minimum wage. My lone support for protecting the environment and addressing Climate Change. My lone support for Quality Health care for all. My lone support for the womans right to choose. My lone support for lgbt rights. My long support for immigration reform. My long support for investing in public education. My long support investing in all public infrastructure. And my record wi
Here is a new space launcher. The picture does not do it justice. The geometry is exactly like it. This is about 80 tons, 90 tons. The launching facility being built. It is the spitting image of the north korean space facility. However, this year, the iranians have a program, Space Program with an ambition to put an iranian astronaut in space by 2020. It is not too young and a number of young engineers it reminded me of the old times. Lets go back to the program. They want to do a suborbital by 2020. It is an orbital test. Those guys know what they are doing. This is an escape tower in case there is a emergency. Here is a regular flight suborbital flight. They did not mention a range. There is an emergency pod. It reminded me of what the United States did. By emergency, they went into the Space Program. You take the only rocket available at the time. You put it onto a launcher and make a minimal space launcher which can take one man into orbit. Very rudimentary. One man capsule which s