Federal Health Care Benefits to be tested for drugs. For our first 45 minutes, talk about the details of the case. We want to gain your thoughts on the topic. Heres how you can reach out to us on the phones. The numbers are on your screen. On our social media channel, you can reach us on twitter, facebook, or email. As far as the polling, we posted a question must night. There is responded this morning. For those taking it, 75 say that yes, people should be tested. No,t 594 people said welfare recipients should not be drug tested. You can leave comments and participate in the polls if you want. Join the conversation there. Make your thoughts known on twitter. If you want to give your thoughts and comments on the phone, please use the numbers provided. A little bit about this case. The decision was made on new years eve. Here is the reuters writeup grid the judge struck down the law requiring Drug Screening for welfare recipients. He says it by leaps it be constitutional protections. Ri
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Of private industry. Created by the cable tv industry 34 years ago and funded by your local cable and satellite provider. Tonight on cspan, a discussion to changes in Higher Education options. The ceo of linkedin and twitter discuss their philosophies followed by a look at the 20th century first ladies from Edith Roosevelt to roslyn carter. A look next at Higher Education with sebastian front, founder and ceo of a forprofit Educational Organization offering online courses. He sat down with gavin newsom for a conversation at the annual techcrunch conference. This is just over 20 minutes. [applause] welcome. Thank you. We asked a number of University President s to come old world of the education on stage today. And they all said no. Why do you think that is . Is an interesting time for Higher Education to understand where we are going. I would love to see more experimentation, people trying new things. There is another language in the state of california that the old model is the only m
History with the possible exception of Eleanor Roosevelt has touched so many of us in such a personal way. Because i lost my mother to breast cancer, betty ford is a heroin to me. Because my family has been victimized by alcoholism and i know what it is to watch good, fine people stare into their personal despair, i will be forever grateful for the betty ford clinic and for the millions of other people whose lives have literally been turned around and often say you may not have gone to that clinic but went somewhere because she showed them it was not wrong. For a good person and a strong person to be imperfect and ask for help. You gave us a gift and we thank you. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2014] tomorrow night, our first dys encore continues with rosalynn carter. She traveled to latin american as his official envoy. She supported the equal rights amendment and she supported a bill in congress th
If you want to take part in the conversation, there is also a whole you can vote on their. Can also send us an email. Before we get your calls and before we get to that discussion, here are some items in the news this morning from the hill newspaper. Climate to be 2014 battlefield. Climate change and energy will be a major battlefield. That is in the hill newspaper this morning. Politico, eric cantor plans to schedule a vote next week on a measure. Another article from the hill, this morning. Also from the hill, this morning. From the New York Times this morning that is all we want to talk to you this morning. Whether or not Edward Snowden should be offered clemency. You can see the numbers up on the screen. You can contact us via social media, twitter, facebook and e mail. Is from bill who is calling on our independent line, mount theory, maryland. Bill, please go ahead. My belief and that is he straight up stole from our and took those secrets and took them straight to russia. Anybod