Someone new in the driver seat at General Motors. Is succeeding dan ackerson. She started as a plant engineer on the factory floor when she was just 18, and the rest of her resume stands on its own. She was head of manufacturing, but religious given the second half, head of product of element in 2011. Her real calling card is cutting management layers, cutting red tape costs, and trying to taper what gm does while still building cool cars to make money. Barras appointment would make her the first female ceo for an auto company on the entire planet. She was asked what it was like to be a woman in a traditionally maledominated business. I worked at General Motors for 33 years with wonderful people. I always have been evaluated on what i contributed and what results i was able to obtain into your organization, but we come together as a team. Putting a car or truck on the road is a team sport. I just view myself as part of a team. If by being a woman i can encourage young women who like ma
Could i ask the minister what would the consequences for government in patients languishing on long waiting list in wales were given haier services delivered by the coalition nhs in england . Mr. Speaker, i was as my honourable friend knows i was in wales last week and the deficiencies of the holt service under labour guidance in wales was a under constant discussion. While searching for a d14 form to return tax i did a search on google and copycat website came up Offering Service that is cost money. What efforts are being made by it government to try to deal with copycat websites that are ripping people off . Mr. Speaker, my honourable friend in the in dtms had a meeting with google and others last week to address exactly this issue and were taking urgent steps with google and with the Advertising Standards Authority to address it. It is a real concern. He is right to raise it and were on the case. Order. Questions to the Prime Minister. Naomi long. Question number one, mr. Speaker. M
The president s 2015 pentagon budget could affect military readiness. Congressman robb wittman joins us. As a part of our spotlight on magazines series, an article on how the nsa almost killed the internet from wired magazine. Update on allegations that the cia hacked Senate Computers. We will take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Live every morning at 7 00 a. M. Eastern on cspan. The senaterman of Intelligence Committee accused the cia of them properly searching the Computer Network set up for lawmakers. We get some background next on cspan. We will hear from senator Dianne Feinstein on the senate floor about the allegations. Later, whistleblowers who were taking questions from senators. The chairman of Dianne Feinstein spoke on the senate floor this morning leveling pretty strong allegations regarding a Senate Report on the cia did tension and interrogation. Christina peterson is a Congressional Correspondent joining us by phone. What are the alle
Some thought that there were changing winds in the United States that finally congress would impose some kind of Gun Regulations that could help prevent this kind of massacre from taking place in the future but now having seen this speech from donald trump in front of the n. R. A. It shows that he is back in line with the n. R. A. Is prefer Policy Preferences so whats changed because of. The popular florida shootings he said that he would go to the go. So why was he bumped away from mine. Its true in the days after we did hear trump say that there needed to be some kind of action and that americans need to stand up to the n. R. A. But i think even this took republicans by surprise somebody has talked him back from that statements and he sees where his support is this is his base and hes really playing to them in a speech before the n. R. A. Were in an Election Year there are there are elections in november for the midterms and then ari has been a big supporter of republican candidates
A welcome to the program the Swedish Academy has announced that it will not award the nobel prize for literature this year the institution is in crisis over its handling of Sexual Assault allegations against the husband of one of its leading members the scandal has seen a string of Board Members leave over recent weeks the price of the worlds best rises for more than one hundred years but will be absent from the mystery calendar until next year. Its not unprecedented but it is rare the Swedish Academy has postponed the twenty eighteen nobel prize for literature. Decided not to watch the prize this year and we did that after a long and intense discussion. But we reached the conclusion that the confidence of the academy is so low in the world of the moment that is the deciding reason why we know refrain from watching the products. That the body was plunged into crisis last november when a swedish newspaper published testimonies against this man. Hes married to Swedish Academy member cata