Plus the crown jewel. Breathtaking photos celebrating 150 years of yosemite. Tonight a major escalation in the middle east where israel has launched an operation into gaza. Its called protective edge. Israel said its responsible for the worst palestinian rocket barrage in a year and a half. Strikes are i dont know goin i donon going at this hour. Nick schifrin, what can you tell us about that situation . Reporter yes, morgan, the strikes, these operation that the Israeli Military called protective edge are i don ongoing. A second barrage of airstrikes. The raids are hitting empty training grounds. Right before that for the first time in this current round of violence they hit a house. An israeli drone was flying over a house, fired a single warning rocket shot right total side. A few minutes later fired a rocket into that house and destroyed it. We have not seen that since the beginning of the current escalation. And currently, morgan, from Bolton Wanderers sides the violence has incre
2017. Youre watching live coverage, on cspan 3. [inaudible] the committee will come to order. Today, we are considering the nomination of David Pekoske to be the administrator of the Transportation Security Administration at the department of Homeland Security. Administrator pekoske, welcome back to the committee. And congratulations on another nomination for this position. And thank you for your willingness to continue to serve in a challenging and Important Role in the federal government. Over 20 years ago, the Transportation Security Administration was established in response to the september 11th terrorist attacks, to carry out the essential mission of ensuring that travelers are both safe and secure. Since its creation, travelers have encountered tsa on a daily basis. Most notably, during the security screening process at our nations airports. In fact, tsa currently screens over 2 million travelers each and every day. This is a significant undertaking, and it wouldnt be possible w
There are fears that a convoy of russian trucks head to Eastern Ukraine could be a trojan horse. Full of food and medicine the area needs. But those aid trucks could be a cover for a military operation. Russia keeps landing new excuses for their policy. In georgia it was defending prorussian minorities. In ukraines courtroom, preventing nailgpreventing nato. And in donbas, humanitarian assistance and it seems they are just running out of excuses for their aggression. Let me be clear you dont need tanks and artillery to bring food and medicine for civilians. Stop the aggression. Stop the russian terrorists. Stop the shelling. Stop your cynical propaganda and there will be no need for any human trainer aid. Meanwhile as those governments bicker the people in Eastern Ukraine suffer. em nah haywaremma hayward has. The Ukrainian Parliament has passed a resolution today, the humanitarian situation in this part of Eastern Ukraine is getting worse. Were around an hour, hour and a half from luh
Chinas remote regions in the emperor far away travels at the edge of china. And in blood aces, doug swanson, investigative project editor at the dallas morning news, recounts how the late casino owner, benny binion, helped shape current day las vegas. Look for these titles in bookstores this coming week and watch for the authors in the near future on booktv and on booktv. Org. Starting now on booktv, peter finn talks about the publishing history of Boris Pasternaks dr. Zhivago. The manuscript of the book which was banned in the soviet union because of its critical depiction of the 1917 revolution was smuggled out of the country in 1956 and published widely around the world. The cia, recognizing the ideological value of the book, published a russianlanguage version and smuggled it back into the soviet union where it was sold on the black market and became an underground hit. This is about half an hour. Hi. Its a great pleasure today to introduce a distinguished writer. As you have, no d
This is 35 minutes. [applause] thank you for that generous introduction, and i also want to think the age and be a Latino Commission for inviting me to be here with you this afternoon. I am delighted to be here today. Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the passage of the Civil Rights Act and honoring the latino lawyers past, present, and future whose struggles and successes represent the vitality and of the root of the Civil Rights Movement. Congratulations to our honorees. You are a credit to the trail braze trail blazing latino lawyers without whom the professor would be talking after lunch. And congratulations to the h nba for putting on such a terrific conference. Respectful of those who have brought us to where we are today, inspiring to those of us who seeks to lead down, and supportive of those who will take us into the future. But an important reminder to us all, the Civil Rights Movement is not a static even from 50 years ago reported on a grainy blackandwhite newsreel. It is