Barack obama and Cyber Security and Climate Change are all on the agenda. Pope francis prepares to address the u. N. Catholics are finding ways to build a fuse. The king of saudi arabia has ordered a safety review of all hajj procedures, the review and investigation follows a stampede that has killed more than 700 people on thursday. Hundreds have also been injured. Its the deadliest disaster to effect the hajj in more than two decades. Translator regardless of the investigation results the improvements of the methods and mechanisms of the hajj season will not stop and we have told them to reevaluate the current policy and distribution of responsibilities. Reporter well, the crush happened on the outskirts of the holly city of mecca in a place called nina as huge crowds of pilgrims were on the move, there was a sudden rush of people heading to the pillars which are surrounded by a fivestory structure known as the jamarat bridge and we are joined live now from nina and first off omar yo
In your view, does the Russian Administration from putin down genuinely believe in an analytical way they can somehow manage the situation whereby assad hate ad across syria can somehow win this war . Or do you think that actually they share the analysis the british government, american government, french government until assad is gone, well never defeat isis and the rest is just theater. Its about saving face. Its about not setting precedent that people can be removed by external factors. Deep down, is there an actual acceptance he really does have to go for this war to be over and beat isil or do they truly believe they can engineer a South Vietnam style victory in syria . Who wants to address this first . I can take a stab at it first. Yeah. Its hard to tell. I think that the conversation thats ive had with those around russian circles indicates to me that the putin government now sees assad as the basis for a whole country solution. Now, that is the rhetorical position. Primarily i
Tackle them together. I am also convinced that we are going to have to stand up for our fundamental rights, our civil rights, our human rights, womens rights, gay rights, because the other side wants to pull them back. [applause] hillary so i will defend a womens right a womans right to choose and i will fight against defend in planned parenthood. [applause] hillary and i will defend and fight for Marriage Equality and against discrimination. [applause] hillary and i will fight for Voting Rights for everybody and against states that are trying to restrict them. [applause] hillary and i will fight to overturn Citizens United which dark,ened the doors to unaccountable money. I will fight to get comprehensive Immigration Reform because i believe its in the best interest of our country. [applause] hillary i will fight for criminal Justice Reform and to move away from mass incarceration because black lives matter [applause] crowd Hillary Hillary and i will tell you that i am going to fight
By either the executive legislative or judicial branches of the federal government has affected you and your life or your community. The competition is open to students in grades six through 12 and students may work alone or in groups of up to three. Contestants are asked to produce a five to seven minute video documentary supporting their chosen topic and to include some cspan programming. That 100,000 in cash prizes will go to 150 students and that the three teachers and the grand prizewinner for the best overall entry will win 5000. The deadline for entry this year is january 20, 2015 and winners will be announced in march. Visit www. Studentcam. Org for more information on this years contest the three branches and you. Today the Senate Homeland Security Committee held a hearing on terror threats, including from global computer hackers, the militant group isis and homegrown terrorists. Officials from the department of Homeland Security, the fbi and the office of the director of Nati
Beaming this offense to places far and wide and we have an overflow room as well because the Wilson Center is truly honored to host this event. I am welcoming some of our nearest and dearest supporters pretty thank representative jim himes of connecticut will be here or is here. I am jane harman the president and ceo of the Wilson Center. 15 years ago a disgruntled australian contractor hacked a sewage control system in queensland spilling millions of gallons of waste onto public lands it into public waters. All it took him then was a laptop and the a radio. Today our infrastructure is increasingly networked rail switches water mains power grids. Americans lives are more vulnerable than ever to digital disruption. The hacker black market has flourished. You can buy zero days for a song song. A would be cyberterrorist who arent limited in resources anymore. Its creativity. Crafting a secure internet in securing americas place in cyberspace is a huge technical and leadership challenge. I