Independents, 2025853882. If youre outside the u. S. , its 2025853883. You can also catch up with us on all your favorite pages on witter, facebook, or email us. A very good monday morning to you. We begin with the front page of the American Press from lake charles, louisiana. Supreme court in session, justices expected to take on the issue of gay marriage. That headline dominating several of the major papers today and over the weekend. Heres the front page of the usa today, justices term starts slow, could explode is the headline there to yesterdays front page of the Washington Post. The defining moment possible for the court. The prospect of a major ruling on gay marriage looms large. And read you a bit from the reuters story previewing todays opening day of the new term. This term, which runs to the end of june, is expected to be defined by whatever action the justices take on whether states can ban gay marriage. They have not yet agreed to hear any of the seven cases already decide
Now or into view with senator joe manchin. He talks about his child in farmington West Virginia his familys political history and his own political career. This is a halfhour. Senator joe manchin them accredit West Virginia you are a true West Virginia native. Absolutely through and through. Were you born . I was born in fairmont close to my home of farmington where i grew up and spent my childhood up until i went to college. How many brothers and sisters . There are five of us but in our family my cousins there about 20 of us. We were raise really close together a short distance and my grandparents were mama and papa papa it was a mayberry. What were your parents like and did you talk politics . Politics was a big part of our lives but not something i desired to be in. I enjoyed being around it. They flamboyant and colorful politician the youngest how so delegate member back in 1948 i think 47 or 48. He was elected when he was 20 years old and had to be 21 to serve so he turned 21 so
Hopefully the technology will work for us and we havent been hacked in the interim. Here we go. To move on why a book about cybersecurity and cyberwar and why now . For me, its best encapsulated by two quotes. The first is from president obama. He declared that cybersecurity risks posed quote a most serious economic and National Security challenges of the 21st century the second quote is from a former cia director who said quote rarely has something been so important and so talked about with less and less clarity and less apparent understanding. So that cross between something that is in front of me and important but less and less understanding again you can see it in all sorts of different ways and all sorts of different fields. For example 70 of business executives, and not 70 of cto circe s. Oz but executives in general have made some kind of cybersecurity decision for their Company Despite the fact that no Major Business Management Program teaches it as part of the normal responsib
Issues as well. Let me close by making a final point. Diplomacy between the United States and russia continues. Weve emphasized that russia still has a different path available, one that dees calates the situation and one that involves russia pursuing a diplomatic solution with the government in kive with the support of the international community. Mr. Putin needs to understand the ukraineans shouldnt have to choose between the west and russia. We want the ukranian people to determine their own destiny and to have good relations with the United States, with russia and europe, with anyone they choose. That can only happen if russia also recognize the rights of all the ukranian people to determine their future as free individuals nation, vovepbsovepb rights that people around the world understand and support. Thank you very much everybody. President obama announcing expanded sanctions against moscow for their an exexation of crimea. Were going to take you live to the Heritage Foundation.
I would like to get your reaction. Thank you center. Centaur. I can tell you that we have had far more than another administrative agency. They push back hard. They make sure that they are the guardians of the law and the constitution. Having an adversary and there is worth having a discussion about. It is being discussed in the senate and house. It is one of those areas that i think is part of the debate that i think we should be having about how to do this. There are issues that we will have to work through. Ference is in classifications. Who will be there and their role be. Things of that nature. These the type of discussions we need to have. As you pointed out, it is not the usual course. In the criminal law context, we have many search warrants and title iii surveillance warrants the common that are not part that are not done in an adversarial way. This is part of what we would like to be doing and would like to see this has some utility. Do you have any to add . My background is