His new book is called outpost life on the frontlines of american diplomacy, a fascinating look at treaties, sanctions peace conferences and the microbe door the dilemma of whether to shaker leaders hand, how negotiating bigger shaye government and our negotiating room is decorated. Lets welcome them. [applause] your father was a diplomat and certainly an inspiration to you. Hes hes been your childhood in places like belgrades yugoslavia where home was attacked and portauprince, haiti where you had to be evacuated. I think it is fair to say in the event event occurred on march 11961. You were a. It would come to shape your life dramatically. Lets listen to this. I think you are talking we have some audio. Zero, my gosh. [laughter] i today signed an executive order regarding the establishment of the peace corps on a temporary pilot basis. Trained men and women sent overseas by the United States government to help Foreign Countries meet the urgent needs of skilled manpower. It will not b
With the new egyptian president , mohammed mersi and turkish Prime Minister. They have relations with has mass according to the senior official they were encouraged to engage hamas to get them to stop the rocket strikes which the official characterized as the precipitating factor in this exchange of rocket fire from israel and hamas in the gaza strip. Finally prospects for a ground offensive by israel into gau scat white house official would simply say israel can make their own decisions about tactics and operations. Okay, Mike Viqueira, thank you very much for that. From mike to tell awe vooef we head to nbcs martin fletcher. Martin, what is the nature of the conflict on the ground there now for both sides . Reporter well, alex, as mike just said, what president obama said sound a little bit like a green light for israel to do whatever it takes necessary. Whats happening right now is with the army here is doing all it takes to prepare for a Ground Invasion of gaza. But no order has be
Everybody. Its happening to an increasing number of high profile people inparticular and ordinary citizens. Privacy rights, what you need to know in this age of hightechnology and social medi media. A huge merger is in the works today and it could involve your cable provider. Telecom provider at t is expected to meet to acquire directv according to a source who knows about the meeting. And if it goes through, that deal will be worth about 50 billion. At t and directv are both staying quiet on this for now but sources say the announcement could come as early as this afternoon. So, cable customers are wondering, how does this affect me . For more on that, im joined now by brian stealth zer. Good to see you again. How is this potentially going to affect customers in. Well were talking about so many people that would be affected by this. One in four people who are watching us right now have directv or at t television. About a hundred million house holds in the United States that have some
Mr. President , t. The senate will come to order. Mr. President . Senate will come to order. Bill nelson, the senator from florida about to speak. Obviously his state struck by this tragedy. Well go back to the floor if necessary. Actually, why dont we listen for just a minute. Those of us who are parents, you can imagine the parents of those children. Wondering what else can be done. Because yesterday a former student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in northern broward county, parkland, florida walked onto the campus with a gas mask, smoke grenades and carrying an ar15 assault rifle. He pulled a fire alarm. He waited for the students to come out into the hallway, and he opened fire. And as a result, 14 families are grieving. Their worst fears have become reality. And more than a dozen other students who were injured, theyre in the hospital and some of them in Critical Condition. At some point weve got to say enough is enough. At some point we as a society have got to come toge
Chairman who at will be sentenced later today, facing years behind bars. Judgment day for the legacy of President Trump who is losing ground on top priorities, per the washington post. His future may lie, at least in part, inside the large box his former Attorney Michael Cohen brought to capitol hill and turned over to House Intel Committee staffers wednesday. This morning, those staffers are sifting through those documents that cohen dug out of storage for them. And he believes will in fact bolster his credibility. And so at the same time boost the case against the president and his inner circle. I want to bring in george mulvaney. And David Drucker Senior Correspondent for the william exami washington examiner. Ken, lets start with that dramatic picture we saw of Michael Cohen bringing these boxes in yesterday. Do we have any idea whats in them . Le we have hints, chris. And that should give the white house a lot of angata. And he weighs all of these allegations about potential tax f