Rita confessed. After all, she was caught redhanded and fully cooperated with the fbi. This is not in the book but my favorite part is the mayor was so upset when asked what his thoughts or comments on the episode was he said turned out rita didnt give a shit about this town. You can watch this and other programs online at booktv. Org. So for watchers, welcome to booktv, and we are so honored to have you today and particularly unfortunately given the tragic events in orlando your book, a history of violence isis a history and your book lays out the history of isis and many people focus on the brutality but your book goes much further and deeper than just talking about the violence. You talk about the ideology, the religious dimensions that are so important for English Speaking audiences to understand. Just as a starting point, i wanted to just talk about the first chapter as a beginning. You mentioned many factors for the rise of isis and we both know as middle easterns there have been
To have you today and particularly unfortunately given the tragic events in orlando at your book isis a history is particularly relevant today. We want to have a conversation in the context of what happens but also as your book very eloquently lays out the history of isis and thats what we want to try to understand because many people focus so much on the brutality but your book goes much further and much deeper than just talking about the violence. You talk about the ideology and you talk about the religious dimension which is so important for englishspeaking audiences to understand. Just as a starting point i wanted to just talk about the first chapter in the beginning and you mentioned many factors to the rise of isis and of course we both know as middle easterners there have been many radical groups that have evolved over the last 30 to 40 years and isis is just the most violent that has evolved. You mentioned some, the u. S. Invasion of iraq for sample and the arab states particul
20,660 a year to 50,440. The Senate Small Business Committee Held a hearing on the new labor rules. Senator david vitter chairs this hour 10 minute hearing. Good morning, everybody, and thanks for joining us today for the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee hearing to examine the obama administrations proposal to more than double the current salary threshold under the fair labor standard acts overtime exemption for administrative, executive, and professional employees. Were going to hear from a Diverse Panel of experts and stakeholders on the impact this proposed rule would have an Small Businesses and organizations around the country. And i want to thank all of our witnesses for being here today. In previous hearings, this committee has focused on the need for Regulatory Reform in light of how federal agencies often issue new rules and regulations that cause extreme undue burden on Small Businesses. As one of the most controversial labor regulations pushed by the obam
Like labor, they may have to cut Critical Community services to reduce labor costs. This is really unacceptable, especially for rural and poor areas that rely on Different Services provided by nonprofits. After hearing from many concerned workers and Business Owners, i urged secretary perez to extend the Public Comment period to allow Small Business owners and employees the opportunity to examine the proposed rule and comment carefully. Shortly afterward, the office of advocacy wrote a similar Public Comment letter requesting a 90day extension of the comment period. Unfortunately, all of these requests were denied by secretary perez. I have serious concerns with president obamas proposed changes to overtime regulations which will negatively impact the ability of Small Businesses and other organizations to operate effectively. While the rule is expected to become finalized within the next several weeks, its crucial that the administration reconsider their onesizefitsall approach. Now le
Host welcome, fawaz gerges, to booktv and we are so honored to have you today and given the events in orlando your book, isis a history, is relevant today. We want to have the conversation in the context of what happened and as your book lays out the history of isis. That is what we want to understand. Many people focus on the brutality but your book goes much further and deeper than talking about the violence. You talk about the ideology and religious dimensions which are so important for English Speaking audiences to understand. I wanted to talk about the first chapters. You mention many factors as the rise of isis and we know as middle easterns there have been many radical groups to evolve and isis is just one of the most violence. You mentioned causes like the u. S. Invasion of iraq, the failure of the arab states, the fraying of state institutions, the economic collapse of arab states and you also mentioned something i think is very interesting and that is how isis is able to prov