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The senate is expected to that test vote on a bill will extend jobless benefits for the longterm unemployed for months. Three voters need 60 votes to advance the White Housebacked bill. Susan collins of maine says shell vote to advance it in opes that her fellow republicans will offer changes to offset the costs. Follow that vote on cspan 2. At 10 45, Senate Democrats will the jobless ng on benefitsish issue. For you here on cspan. President obama will comment on unemployment te on benefits. John boehner said House Republicans wont take up the unless the additional cost is offset. Well have the president s comments live at 11 40. As comments after that well. Army chief of staff genere at the National Press club talking about the future of the army. Efore taking his current position, he was commanding general for the u. S. Campaign in iraq. Comments ge of his begin at 1 00 eastern. 2 30 eastern, we bring you live judiciarys the Senate Subcommittee looks into the plight of Syrian Refugee
Week i hope this body can come together and reverse this provision which unfairly changes the terms of retirement for our veterans. Our veterans have stood up for us as a nation when theyre overseas and we must stand up for them here at home. The second, madam president , i want to express hope in the bipartisan spirit that just led to an agreement to debate the bill regarding restoring emergency unemployment. Ive had eight town halls over the weekend and i can tell you that it strikes people as fundamentally unfair that in states with high unemployment like the home state of oregon that these weeks of emergency unemployment which were a deal hammered out in a bipartisan fashion under a republican president , president bush, that this deal should be sent asunder. Indeed on december 28, 18,000 oregons families fought a lump of coal in their stocking. And in the course of this coming year another 58,000 oregon families will be thrown out in the cold, if you will, due to this action of fa
Stephanie trussell. I have the pleasure of introducing charles. Love charles love is the executive director of seeking excellence. Im sorry seeking Educational Excellence a nonforprofit Whose Mission is to empower disadvantage students to reach their full potential. He is the host of the charles love show on am 560 the answer he is the cohost of cut the bull podcast charles is a scholar at the 1776 unites contributing writer at city journal and the author of now three books. The latest book race crazy comes out on tuesday. He has been he has his work has been featured in the New York Post real clear politics, newsweek. And on the Rush Limbaugh show. Yeah, he has appeared on fox news newsmax and various radio programs podcasts and local tv shows. He writes frequently on race politics Current Events and cultural. Issues and its passionate about Solutions Rather than political partisan bickering. It is my pleasure to introduce charles love. Hey, stephanie. Thank you. Let me adjust this be
Im carry johnston in doha, the top stories on al jazeera russian president Vladimir Putin is finalizing his plans to annex for ukraine in regents. The upper house of parliament to prove legislation, which now heads to putin. Im at val, reports from moscow, if they do not love. And so it was the 170. 00 members of the Russian Senate unanimously voted yes to the annexation of 80 percent of ukraines internationally recognized territory. Despite International Condemnation uses the country close. On monday the lower house did the same gravitational. She wouldnt stop watching Industry Report feature today the u. S. Have subjugated almost the entire west of mobilizing it to turn ukraine into a tool in a war against russia. Drugs just like hitler, st most European Countries to war in an attack on the u. S. S. R in. So just like then, todays west plans are bound to fails. Googles brits one signed by president vladimir, put in the new constitutional laws become official in russian federation. An