This along with these Television Companies support c span2 as a public service. At the end of his extraordinary conversation, Salman Rushdie challenged us to defend the First Amendment principle we must protect the thought we hate as Justice Owens called it and in americas speech can only be banned if it is intended to and likely to cause imminent violence and thats the principle that comes from the brandenburg case articulated by brandeis and whitney. It makes america the most speech protected country in the whole world. And on the first panel we will explore the history of that idea with three of americas greatest historians of freedom of speech. I am so excited for the conversation. We have the future of free speech project and we have steve solomon from nyu and i want to jump right in and first say that your book, free speech, history from socrates to social media, i think is the clearest and best history of the evolution of the idea that i have read. I want to begin by asking you
Chattanooga, and charleston. We want to get your check thoughts on background checks. Should they be strengthened . If you support the idea, 202 7488000, oppose it, 202 7488001, and a third line for gun owners, 202 7488002. You can also check in on twitter and facebook. Senator joe manchin, a democrat from West Virginia who has worked on this issue of background checks, with pennsylvanias senator pat toomey. The hill newspaper reports that under federal law, licensed gun dealers are required to conduct a background check either online or by phone using the National Instant criminal background check system. In every state, the system searches for criminal convictions. But the system only scanned Mental Health records in 30 states because it is not required under federal law. Take a look a listen. [video clip] is there any federal solution to what we are talking about here . I need my friends on the republican side of the aisle to help with the most reasonable, sensible path forward. Bas
Approaches. Cuba was battered overnight theres been significant damage and the Recovery Process is now beginning. Across the caribbean, a relief effort is getting underway. In other news officials in mexico say at least 90 people are now known to have died in thursdays earthquake. Sir mo farah becomes the first athlete to win the great north run four times in a row. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. After battering its way through the caribbean, Hurricane Irma currently a category four storm has slammed into the lower florida keys, lashing the island chain with winds of up to 130 miles per hour. The hurricane made landfall in cuba late on friday. It engulfed villages, causing widespread damage and leaving whole communities homeless. The eye of the storm has now reached florida keys, bringing extreme winds that are expected to last for the next few hours. All residents had been ordered to leave amid fears that a storm surge reaching 15 feet could hit the islands, most of which are o
Real here. Lets get to the radar right now. Boy, it is clear. We havent seen much on that in recent times. It will day pretty dry here for the rest of the week. Just a little chance for a shower tomorrow night. Our weather headlines, do include cool, calm and collected conditions overnight. Another Beautiful Day tomorrow. Temperatures well into the 60s. Election day a little bit cooler but by and large nothing out of line for this time of year. I expect tomorrow morning in the quarter to be nice and quiet. Temperatures will be in the skies. By later on in the afternoon we will have some sunshine around and we will shoot for a high of 65 degrees. Well above the normal which will be down to 51 at this time of the year. Pretty good day coming up. There are now less than 36 hours till polls open on election day. President ial candidates, their vp picks are making the rounds. Many stopping in key battleground states to secure votes for election 2016. Weeks ago that the bureau may not be don
Ck and i have experience with teaching. Youd be paid a stipend, which is more than you make at the gym. But the work is hard. Youd have to be available 24 7. And youd have to study harder than youve ever studied in your life. But in the end, i think it would be worth it. Youd be your own boss. And its work that your daughter could be proud of. No. No. Look, i appreciate all that youre doing. You know i do. t mean im always gonna agree with you. I dont expect you to. I know, it just feels that way sometimes. Thank you for the offer. Of course. All right, listen, you have a good night, okay . door opens door closes what are you doing . I mean with the glasses. Oh, ii forgot i had those on. Theyre, uh, theyre just helping me get into character. computer beeps oh, my god, you have your own trueromantix account . No, Wade Applewhite has his own trueromantix account. Hes one of my aliases. Floridaborn, moved to the city in 07, systems analyst with big dreams, enjoys wind surfing. I thought i