Interact directly with them and be informed at the same time, energized by scientific ideas and at bell house in brooklyn. Back here tonight, the kickoff of the fifth many season of secret science club north and we are happy to kick off symphony spaces this season behind the new republic. And joanna thompson, rebecca wise and mary mead, the most helpful. A very special thanks, they created the libation of the night. The quantum cocktail, exhibit a. And a smoky ginger ale topped with lemon. We get it at the bar. If you are bored by me. A heads up part of the many season, by december 3rd with astronaut kathy sullivan, former nasa astronaut, the First American woman to walk in space and a former director of noaa. You might have read some of her thoughts yesterday in the paper. You can visit our website at we are so high tech we have a blog spot. You can sign up for our mailing list. Our wonderful secret tonight, sean carroll has a new book out. It came out today. And it is a book party. T
At a time in which theres been no cataclysmic event that forces us into reforming or renewing these institutions, but a clear recognition that the institutions are becoming increasingly less relevant and increasinglyless capable of addressing some of the very large problems and concerns that the world faces. And be so our ability to kind of reestablish momentum in the u. S. brazil relationship and to insure that it gets back on the kind of meaningful tack that i think both of our governments and our societies want is going to have a big impact on our ability to conduct this kind of long diplomacy. Because ultimately, many, many years from now as historians look back on this time, much of what we consider to be important will not be seen as important. In fact, much of what occupies our every day will fall away and become the chaff and dust of history. But i think what will be remembered and what will be judged by historians is our ability to accommodate these rising powers to transform
Syria for the assassination and pointing fingers at lebanons government which is linked to hezbollah. Syrias government and hezbollah have condemned the assassination. More ahead from beirut in this broadcast. At least 85 people were killed in syria today, including five children and five women. Syrias bloody sift war is more than 18 months old. The u. N. Arab league envoy president with Charles Assad in damascus. The envoy is trying to broker a ceasefire before an important muslim holiday begins on friday. Debate prep sunday as were one day away from the third and final president ial debate. Tomorrow night its about Foreign Policy. Candidates are likely to square off about the handling of benghazi and conflicting reports about Nuclear Talks with iran. Live coverage begins monday night at 7 00 eastern on cnn. Former United States senator George Mcgovern has died. His family made the announcement saying mac govern died before dawn at a who is spice in south dakota. A decorated bomber in
Arrested with explosives and a plot for a terrorist attack, allegedly. What was he planning . And the National Lead, a winter storm barreling towards the east coast. Drenching rain, major flooding, fourhour delays at airports. And that is just the opening act. Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. We begin with breaking news in our National Lead. The fbi and the department of Homeland Security just this afternoon warning all stateside Law Enforcement to be on guard as the u. S. Troops and embassies abroad are also bracing in places like cairo and baghdad and riyadh, scouring Message Boards that extremists might be planning a plot in response to the release of a report describing in detail the cias program of enhanced interrogation techniques, commonly referred to as torture. Canada and the uk have closed their embassies in cairo over those concerns. U. S. Combatant commanders on high alert at u. S. Military bases throughout the world. Many in the cia and the u.