Made a tactical mistake by talking to president obama at that stage. Which takes me back to the game that Ayatollah Khamenei is say ising. He is on record for saying he embraces this diplomatic initiative. He is also on record for saying that he does not trust america as a reliable partner. He believes america is going to get what it wants, and then theyre going to go to the business of overthrowing the Islamic Republic of iran. Now, if these negotiations succeed, Ayatollah Khamenei can come out and say, look, i told you that i accept that i embraced the diplomatic initiative. If on the other hand, if on the other hand the rest does not give the kind of concessions that iran believes it should receive and the negotiations fail, then Ayatollah Khamenei is going to come back and say i told you so, i told you that this is going to fail. The only reason why i accepted it, because the iranian people 51 of you spoke. We have a democracy in iran and, therefore, this is not going to go anywher
So, in those areas, citizens are coming together, trying to fill the vacuum or the gatt that is being created. I thought that was very interesting because syrians do not have experience governing themselves. Since 1962, the state has been highly centralized. The state to maintain control of everything in syria even if you permit to apply for a open a store. You have to check first with security forces. People in syria have to do this very well with almost no funding or very little funding. They also have to operate in abnormal circumstances. There is aleppo the city and also the periphery. They make up the province. All of the periphery has been liberated. When i was in aleppo i missed the hustle and bustle of the city. The first thing i did their was i was hosted by the revolutionary transition. They come together into what they can to fill this void. We took a tour of the city. Most of the shops where closed down. Some were not. I wanted to find out that was trying to function as a T
The speaker pro tempore on this vote the yeas are 24. The nays are 195. The previous question is ordered. The question is on adoption of the resolution. So many as are in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. Mr. Hastings mr. Speaker, i ask for a recorded vote. The speaker pro tempore a recorded vote is requested. A sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This is a fiveminute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker pro tempore on this vote the yeas are 223. The nays are 194. The resolution is adopted. Without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. The chair lays before the hou
Jennifer more than 30 michigan schools will close two days early for the holiday break this year. Why . Well, it is not to give students an early Christmas Gift. It is because officials are concerned about copycat killers following the newtown tragedy. Now, the superintendent of one of the districts issued a statement saying. John fuglesang my friends has it really come to this . That kindergarteners cant go to school because we, as a country cant ensure theyll be safe from semiautomatic weapon wielding lunatics and the solution from our far right wing friends . Arm the teachers. The very teaches theyve called union thugs. We should pay to train these teachers. The people who scream us to about fast and furious and said gun proliferation and mexico was dangerous are still telling us gun proliferation in america makes us safer. Welcome to the u. S. A. Where of some you will find its easier to buy a weapon designed to kill a lot of people in a short amount of time than it is to marry who
Long rifle and shot gun. What is the number of ambulances you will require . They are not giving us a number. Hook and ladder. Medical emergency. Good morning everyone. We appreciate you joining us on this very sad morning. It is great to have steve and brian here with me. It is a terrible morning, but we do have more information to impart to you. So many people want to know how this can happen in newtown connecticut. We have information about the shooter and his history. Lets look at the cover of the tabloids in the city. America weeps. The president of the United States spread a couple of tears in the Briefing Room yesterday. Slaughter of the innocence and a picture you saw a lot of yesterday from the patch rather the b in new town where the Police Officer leads the children single file out of sandy hooks school. So many horrific things but the worst there are 20 kids dead between the ages of 5 and 10 years old. There were clues he was capable of doing this. There will be an update a