George w. Bush at Southern Methodist university. Commencement addresses begin at noon eastern here on cspan. George bush when i mention the speech through some of my pals they were surprised i was going to give it. I have not given a commencement speech since leaving office. My decision is quite practical. I got a phone call from my landlord. [laughter] gerald turner. Rather than reasoning raising the rent or holding the security deposit, i was surprised to hear him ask if i believe in free speech. [laughter] i said, yes. He said, perfect, this is your chance to get one. I am truly honored to be here. You can see all of george w. Bush plus commencement speech bushs commencement speech tomorrow noon. Sunday night at midnight some provisions of the patriot act require. Mitch mcconnell wants to extend all of the act, but ran call rand paul opposes. To try to come up with a legislative compromise, Mitch Mcconnell has called senate back in one day early on sunday at 4 00 p. M. When the sena
People and those people will be harmed. A spokesman for House Speaker john boehner released a statement returning the president s accusations of grand standing. A Government Shutdown would impact people working, living and playing in d. C. Trark and recycling would stop. So would parking tickets. You wont be able to get a drivers license renewed. The smithsonian museums and the national zoo, closed. Day cares and federal buildings would close their doors. Mayor gray is trying to have all city workers declared essential personnel. The federal government could reject the plan. Scott macfarlane has new details. An hour ago, president obama revealed he spoke to the president of iran. Thats the First Contact between the top leaders in more than 30 years. The iranian president confirmed they talked by phone. The conversation centered on efforts to reach an agreement over Irans Nuclear program. President obama called a u. N. Resolution demanding syria give up chemical weapons, a huge victory
Payill reportedly play all claims from the deadly ignition switch flaws. Michael mckeon covers argentina, on the brink of another default. We begin with megan hughes and the u. S. Supreme courts decision on contraceptive coverage under obamacare. What is the fallout . The big which are here, the decision extends the religious look right granted to toividuals in 1990 three corporations. This particular case, very controversial, ringing rally errors are him prolife and prochoice camps to the steps of the court today. Of course it was the prolife groups who had reasons to cheer. A big hit to obama supporters womenguably a big hit to employees at companies who want all of their contraceptive options covered. Companies can choose to opt out of the birthcontrol coverage of Worker Health plans. Justice alito said that forprofit companies should have these safeguards to protect the of theus liberties humans that own those companies. Of course we are talking about hobby lobby, a multibillion do
Women themselves. An antiabortion demonstration hagans office last week by people who support mr. Tillis. Groups forre womens him to our coverage of the debate between kay hagan and tom tillis is here on cspan tomorrow evening. In a few moments, Henry Cisneros on the needs of senior citizens. And in a little more than one half hour, oral argument for the Second Circuit court of appeals phone case dealing with records. And then the field hearing on the challenges facing the industry in the search for cures. Washingtonext journal, a look at the militarization of police forces. Our guest is from the American Civil Liberties union. We will also discuss the threat with nicholas burns, former undersecretary of for put up close fares. For political affairs. Washington journal is live on cspan every day at 7 00 a. M. Eastern. Secretarymer hud Henry Cisneros. Looking at a forum the Housing Needs of senior citizens. This is one half hour. [applause] thank you very much. What an energetic recent
Didnt have pension reform. We had a huge wall of debt. We are getting stuff together and with respect to immigration california is setting the pace whether a trust act, we are not arbitrarily Holding People in jail so the Immigration Service can pick them up. I signed the dream act so kids who qualify for the university can go to school and get a scholarship. I think that will build for the future because so many of our kids almost about 30 are either undocumented or dont speak english. Governor, very quick. The main thing is do you have a strategy to monitor that this is not going happen . Even though they train the c. H. P. People, the police they will have that drivers license. Anybody can see it in. If they go and try to open a bank account or buy something in the supermarket. I will instruct the commissioner of the Highway Patrol to take whatever steps are necessary to prevent that. I will do the same thing working with the local police and sheriffs and thirdly to the extent that