The 114th Congress Gavels in tomorrow at noon eastern. Well see the swearing in of members and the election for house speaker. Watch the house live on cspan, and the senate live on cspan 2. And with the new congress youll have the best access the most extensive coverage anywhere. Track the g. O. P. As it leads on capitol hill and have your say as events unfold on tv, radio, and the web. This sunday on q a author talks about the film the birth of the nation. Its depiction of former slaves after the civil war ask the effort biz africanamerican civil rights advocate and newspaper publisher to prevent the movies release. Part two of the movie some is after the war exreconstruction, is the heart of the protest in the sense that this is where the blacks are just appalled by the portrayal of freed slaves. This is a scene showing what happens when you give former slaves the right to vote the right to be elected, the right to govern. Its a scene in the South Carolina legislature where their fir
Us is the authorization of construction of pipeline infrastructure, the keystone xl, a project that in my view and i think the view of certainly all on this side and several others on the other side is important to our energys infrastructure system and how we work to build that out. I dont think its any breaking news here today, but i do believe that our climate is changing. I have said that. I dont agree that all the changes are necessarily due solely to human activity. Ive come from a state where we can see the change. Id welcome all of my colleagues one day to join me in alaska on a walking tour of what we call the permafrost tunnel, basically a tunnel bored straight back into the bank of a hill in fairbanks, pretty much in the interior part of the state where it is truly a walk back in time 30,000 years, where through the ice lenses that you see that you can touch, that you can smell in this tunnel, in this cave, you can see what has happened over the course of thousands tens of th
But a private charity stepped in to do what the government did not do. Take care of the families of fallen u. S. Service members. This morning a solemn ceremony. Some families paid for the flights themselves. Because of the Government Shutdown they didnt get death benefits. 100,000 normally paid within 36 hours of a death to help cover immediate cost. The charity has stepped in to take the place of the government. Im hoping this say temporary measure and not longterm but were in it as long as we need to be. The mother of Jeremiah Collins back home in milwaukee. For the sacrifice our kids are making at the age that theyre making them, i dont understand how this can be a benefit thats withheld. I will not i wont ever understand it. Reporter another of the fallen, special agent joseph peters, a 24yearold intelligence ofcer from springfield, missouri serving in afghanistan after two tours in iraq and the father of a 20 month old son. His wife ashley issued this statement. It is upsetting b
Weekend look through policy policy policy after policy. 31 into your career you pay the same amount starting tomorrow. Its a flat fee. Im not an expert in fe hp. Im a little surprised. It doesnt surprise you that fehbp you are able to move from plant to plan and any preexisting condition is not a problem right . Thats my understanding. Im not sure sure though. Is true. So its portable as long as you were within the federal workforce. Theres no age discrimination. It doesnt care about preexisting conditions and you have huge amount of different hmos ppos and conventional and you can be covered by 96 of all doctors in america and in all 50 states. In your opinion if all that be through is there any reason that the Health Care Plan that you have and that i have the president and Vice President and every member the cabinet that is eligible for shouldnt be made available to the American People . Thats a policy choice that i leave to people in policy positions. If you were not in the federal
School was happy place. Reporter its a Program Designed to give kids a head start in life but a half century after it began some people are questioning whether it should continue. Good morning and welcome to Al Jazeera America. Im stephanie sy Chris Christie is doing serious damage control and 24 hours after a bridge scandal threatened to derail his promising political career the normally contentious governor held a press Conference Thursday apologizing saying the buck stops with him but christie said he did not have any knowledge of the scheme to close lanes on the busy George Washington bridge and learned of the top aids political vandetta wednesday morning and fired two for their roles but it doesnt end with his apology and the u. S. Attorney a job christie once held announced a federal investigation is now underway and erica has more and erica we may learn more about the different roles people played in the scandal today. Absolutely, that is right, new Jersey Assembly will release