And what color we are and thats the real problem. We are the only National Television network devoted exclusively to nonfiction books throughout the fall. Next remarks by Marissa Mayer ceo of yahoo . She sat down with techcrunch Founder Michael arrington to discuss the state in the future of yahoo . From the Fourth Annual disrupt conference this is 26 minutes. [applause] did you see that . The cookie thing . I didnt. [laughter] its amazing what they are doing these days. First of all before we talk about the logo i would love to get your autograph on this whole folk thing. First of all ive never opened a vogue magazine before. Look at this. Thats a huge book. I gave up because i couldnt find the article. There is no table of contents so my friend spent a good 25 minutes going through each page. We finally found it and i really want you to sign it. Would you autograph this for me so i can have it forever . Sure, why not . Just the part we are lying upside down on the chair there. So the
This book . We have all been concerned how contentiousness and vicious the confirmation process has gotten over the years. A first i was trying to figure out how much has changed is it more importantly, like, but looking through the data one of the most obvious things is it is getting more difficult on average for judicial nominees to the federal courts, it particularly has got much more difficult for the very brightest and the most influential of these to get on the court. Just a couple of numbers to summarize if you look at nominee is of the federal Circuit Court prep although the Supreme Court, for those who went to the top than law school and graduated of the law review at the top of their class, those nominees took 65 percent maunder to get to the confirmation process then someone who did not go to a top law school. Even a better way to measure the influence hatter to other judges rely on the opinions that they bright . If anything it is the impact if you look at the federal Circu
And lecturer which is beyond me, but also to be here as the speaker. My father meant a lot to me obviously as most parents to, but he was important to me as a father as well as he was to everyone else. Thank you very much for inviting me here. I have just published his book, looking for palestine. The subtitle is also important because it is called growing and confused in an arab american family. And to give you an idea how my own identity as the palestinian american has been, all i form did on my own which has been very difficult. My mother is from lebanon, from a Christian Family but they are actually quaker. That is the first problem. My dad was as many of you know, a palestinian born with american citizenship to british schools end he wrote about his own identity issues and left palestine at a young age. And he came to the United States at the age of 14 or 15 and he was also a christian, and i was born and baptized there. And i was sent to a private school for girls. And what went
And for independents, 2025853882. Weve also set aside a special line for those of you who are federal workers and have been watching this particularly from your perspective, and heres how you can reach out to us on that line, 2025853883. If you want to reach out to us on social media, thats just fine. Cspanwj is on twitter. Our Facebook Page has about 127 comments so far this morning, facebook. Com cspan. You can always send us an email. Hat email is journal cspan. Org. Link at the brink is how they cast it. If you go to the boston globe, their headline is crisis over with an asterisk, and that stands for at least three months, reflecting the shortterminate of the bills that were signed. And if you go to the Orange County only Orange County register out of california, now the real work begins with the. Theres a proposal to come up with a plan to nail out aspects of the budget by middecember. Joining to us take up that discussion whos been joining us several times over the last couple o
Andcrats 202 7370001 independence 202 6280205. A voteeadership canceled on the latest proposal. That triggered the Senate Leadership to pick up negotiations again. A Congressional Correspondent for National Journal joins us on the phone this morning. Are people talking right now . Guest i am not sure if they are up yet. They were burning the midnight oil last night. They were up late talking about a deal and really looks like they are getting close at this point. Host do we know any details . They were becoming close monday night as well and Tuesday Morning the house through a curb ill curveball. Day, it wasf the rejected by republicans. So late yesterday the senate restarted the talks. They are getting close. The broad outlines are there. Looking at a package to reopen the government with funding through midjanuary. Ceiling would be lifted until february. The Treasury Department will have extraordinary measures, which are becoming more ordinary everyday to shift money around and borro