To start to do with the rise for the power of unions. Still to this day there is a real reduction, theres been a a real reduction over the intervening 40 years or so for more speed is well step away from this to take you live to the u. S. Senate where today members will be voting on the confirmation of the u. S. Ambassador to the southeastern asian nation. This week senators are working on a fiveyear reauthorization for the federal Aviation Administration ahead of the friday deadline. That legislation would increase the number of air Traffic Controllers and require the faa to use new technology to design to prevent collisions on runways. Live coverage of the u. S. Senate here on cspan2. The chaplain, dr. Barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, known to us in countless ways, thank you for answering when we call. Lord, we turn to you that in your light we might see light. Illuminate the minds of our lawmakers regarding how to solve the difficul
Tran thanh [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] would like to call this hearing on worldwide threats to order. I would like to welcome our distinguished witnesses today, director of national intelligence, dan coats. Director Central Intelligence agency, mike pompeo. Director of the intelligence agency, general robert ashley. Director the federal bureau of investigation, chris rea. After the National Security agency, admiral mike rogers. And directed the Geospatial Intelligence agency, robert cardillo. Weve got along in front of us and i thank you all for being here. I know how forwardlooking this one occasion on an annual basis. Since 1995, this committee has met in open forum to discuss the Security Threat facing the United States of america. This has never been, nor will it ever be a comfortable conversation to have. The threats this country face are complex, evolving and without easy answers. Exist in multiple domains. They are asymmetrical and conventional. They can
A soccer clash to save her Third Division part of board host the mighty byron munich in tonights a german cup quarter finals is a giant killing on the cards. In any. Way iraq thanks for your Company Everyone here in germany ugly americans conservatives and the center left social democrats are still working on forming a government and theyre still far apart on several key issues leaders on both sides are pushing hard for an agreement as a deadline after deadline passes. Its decision day in berlin again conservatives and social democrats arriving for day eleven of Coalition Talks and the day is not going to be easy Health Employment and Foreign Policy are still three major hurdles to overcome nonetheless today theyre hoping to finally seal the deal. After all this is about the quality of life for the people and about being a successful Business Location every single one of us will have to make painful compromises i am willing to do that if we can assure that in the end to be advantages w
Morning. They said this is not about paying the japanese, not about paying the chinese, youre not going to get your Social Security check, doctors arent going to get paid. Ive been waiting for them to do this. That is devastating from even the most rock solid rightwing politician. But you cant go against socsack. The Interest Rate can go up and the japanese may not be paid. Boy, they got rid of that. Thats the jpmorgan argument, the bankers. No, its now retailers. Ling congressmen are going to be targeted. You cant get against Social Security. Its sacrosanct. And secretary lew said do you want to pay veterans or Social Security . You decide. This is expected to go for maybe another half an hour. Lets go back to capitol hill and secretary lew. The fact is that we have not dealt and in that compromise we dealt with Discretionary Spending almost entirely. We have not dealt with entitlements, which the administration seems to say are off the table and now weve got yet even more demands for
Trump and his Republican Party a thundering message. This message was yesterday that virginia sent not only to this country but to this world is that the divisiveness, the hatred, bigotry, the politics that is tearing this country apart is not thats not the United States of america that people love. Its certainly not the commonwealth of virginia. Now, amid all the spin here are three morning after facts. Number one, nancy pelosi has reason to believe she just might it be speaker again. Two, any republican hopes of significant Obamacare Repeal are dead. And three, republicans worry the president s deep unpopularity will be impossible to escape next year and believe their only hope now is a big policy win on tax cuts. Anything which puts more pressure well follow through. Plus the president is in china as all this plays out tweeting despite the socalled great fire wall his focus trying to get beijing to put even more pressure on north korea. Every step you take down this dark path increa