America, thank you. [applause] every weekend booktv offers programming focus on nonfiction authors and books. Keep watching for more here on cspan2 and watch any of our past programs online booktv. Org. Next come a look at ways to improve the lives of innercity cores and what can be learned from initiatives around the country. We will burn for my brothers keeper which looks to improve the lives of minority boys and men. This event is from the brookings institution. It runs an hour and 50 minutes. Good morning to all of you here today he is joining br live webcast spirit on behalf of the metropolitan program i want to welcome you to our baltimore and beyond discussion. Im fellow at the masher program and i was an rss to was in rss two opener session today for two reasons. First because of my 14 years here i focus my research and policy Development Efforts and how cities and metro areas, particularly older Industrial Areas in the northeast and midwest can revitalize and grow the regional
Because given the speed and complexity of the challenges were talking in cyber, thats where weve got to get. We have to work our way through how we do that in the u. S. Department of Homeland Security which plays a central role here. Our capabilities support them and other u. S. Government support partners in attempts to do that. On that topic as a journalist, ive asked the nsa whether my Cell Phone Communications have been monitored in any way because i submitted through proper channels, i got a response we appealed. And we got a stock response which others have gotten. Im a journalist, i lived overseas a lot of the time. As part of my work, i spoke to people who i would imagine you might want to listen to, some in the terror community, et cetera. As a lawabiding american, why wont the nsa tell me if theyve looked at my phone communications . First youre asking me directly. I dont know. But its a policy because they told others the same thing. What i would say is look its a matter of
Screeria nigeria. Obamas executive orders on immigration. And later, a hearing on Home Ownership and mortgage lending. At an event hosted by the center for American Progress, state legislators from texas minnesota, and new jersey spoke about what their governments are doing to help the middle class. Topics include the minimum wage and health care costs. This is just over an hour. Good morning, everyone. Thank you for braving the cold. For those of you watching at home, we had a big snowstorm here in d. C. , and it was difficult for a lot of people to get in, and we have a pretty full room considering the circumstances. So welcome to all of you. Thank you to winnie. One of my first jobs in politics was here at the center for American Progress when it was still just a fledgling organization with about i dont even remember at the time. But winnie was my boss here, and it was an honor to work for her. I learned so much from her, so thank you for the introduction and thank you for hosting u
The other thing that weve started doing is we call it moral monday iowa. And i believe it started in one of the carolinas. By right. With the naacp. But we just stole the idea. So every monday at noon before we gavel in at 1 00, we have a gathering that draws a lot of press and a lot of advocates, and we talk about an issue that were not getting any legs on. So weve had moral monday iowas on date rape. Weve had moral monday iowas on disparities in education and prisons. Weve had moral monday iowa on education spending, and next week were having it on womens health. We get these huge crowds. We picked a small room, so thats kind of cool because the huge crowds look really big. But i think we want to reclaim the moral and the freedom issues, because we believe that were the ones who work for those, and i think anybody could do some of those things. We get a lot of press coverage for it. Thank you. Senator winfield from connecticut. I wanted to go back to the point about how we talk about
Good morning, everyone. Thank you for braving the cold. For those of you watching at home, we had a big snowstorm here in d. C. , and it was difficult for a lot of people to get in, and we have a pretty full room considering the circumstances. So welcome to all of you. Thank you to winnie. One of my first jobs in politics was here at the center for American Progress when it was still just a fledgling organization with about i dont even remember at the time. But winnie was my boss here, and it was an honor to work for her. I learned so much from her, so thank you for the introduction and thank you for hosting us here today. So this panel and this conversation is about whats going on in the country. If you take a look currently at whats happening in washington, just last week, theyre having snowball fights on the senate floor debating whether Climate Change actually exists. Theyre trying to figure out what parts of the government to shut down. Its not a serious conversation. And then whe