Welcome to our viewers on Public Television in america and also around the globe. Syria is breaking up before everyones eyes, that was the warning issued by the u. N. Media specialist as he briefed the security council. On the ground, there is fresh evidence of the terror is taking place. The bodies of at least 65 men believed to be the victims of a mass execution have been found dumped by the side of a river in the syrian city of aleppo. One of the most gruesome discoveries in nearly two years of horror in syria. Body after body caked in mud sprawled on the bank near the city center. Dozens of them, all men, all shot through the head. Some of them clearly with their hands bound. Some of the victims were recognized but many remain identified for the moment. They were found in an area controlled by the rebels. Activists had no doubt that the killings were the work of Regime Forces took the government officials said the victims had been kidnapped and killed by armed rebels. The rebels th
The speaker pro tempore on this vote the yeas are the speaker pro tempore on this vote the yeas are 415. The nays are zero. 2 3 having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed, and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. The Unfinished Business is on the vote of the gentleman from washington, mr. Hastings, to suspend the rules and pass s. 459 on which the yeas and nays are ordered. The clerk will report the title of the bill. The clerk Union Calendar number 140, senate 459, a bill to modify the boundary of the Minuteman Missile National Historic Site in the state of south dakota and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill. 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 closedcap
Here it is it is. An englisharabic pocket dictionary. First edition. Printed in cairo. It is. What is it doing in bridlington . Well, i have a theory about that. I am told that it was once the property of t. E. Lawrence lawrence of arabia. Oh, thats fantastic. Who of course worked in bridlington and just before he left, hes alleged to have given this to a local man, and then he went back to. Whats he doing in bridlington . He was one of the people who were working on the rescue boats at the time on the harbor. He stayed in the ozone hotel. The ozone hotel . Yes, and thats where he said his famous line cats and landladies husbands thread the streets at bridlington in the winter. chuckles i love it this book was handed to a local man. Yes. Whose name i have, who handed it to a second man, to a third man who then offered it to our local museum the Harbor History Museum and posted it to me, free. Its all incredibly tentative, isnt it . It is, unfortunately. Theres no signature theres nothi
Im sure you knew some people, hoda. You know whats funny . First of all, it struck me this morning when i mean, you know whts coming, obviously, when you live in new york. But when you think a dozen years, we talked about like every 12yearold child, 12 or younger, did not experience 9 11 and didnt know really what it was like. Theyre just learning about it from family and friends. And i have a its funny when you think of your memory. I remember this is weird. I remember coming into work like everyone was. Everyone was racing in. And they asked me to go on the roof and do a live shot and there were security concerns and asked me to go down stairs. It was one of those weird sort of up and down the stairs things. I remember sitting in makeup for a second and a woman doing makeup was panicky and she said, i have a loved one in the towers. And we were watching the towers. And one fell, and i remember i watched her, and the phone rang in the makeup room. Right then. I watched her pick up the
Facing opposition from both sides of the aisle, Larry Summers pulling out of the race for fed chairman. The onetime Clinton Administration secretary called the president to notify him. In a letter following the call, he wrote, i have reluctantly concluded that any possible confirmation for me would be acrimonious and would not serve the interest of the federal reserve, the administration or ultimately the interests of the nations john gog economic recovery. Janet yellen seen as a leading candidate, seen by the markets as less likely to scale back the Stimulus Program as aggressively as summers would have had he become fed chairman. Is this all about summers or Something Else . Summers is a patriot. He knew this was going to tear the country up. I know he wanted the jobs. It is kind of a big thing for him to do. He did not press it. I dont know why the president would pick yellen, because she is everything he doesnt seem to want. Total dark horse, probably doesnt get it. Stanley fisher,