In new york city with george w. Bush. Past republican and Democratic National conventions saturday nights at eight eastern on cspan. If were going to invest additional 100 million into Higher Education in the commonwealth we got to change way we deliver education and expect more from the dollars we are getting spent sunday night onto a day, Gerard Robinson talks about the state of education in the u. S. Spent theres a body of literature thats pretty clear that theyre certain courses you should take, math, science and english that should be listed expect to be successful in college. To simply accept students who have not filled of that curriculum obligation, to let them into school i think is doing a great disservice to them and its selling the effort of affirmative action which is something i support. Sunday night on cspans q a. The u. S. Senate is about to meet and a pro forma session. No legislative work as expected. Now live to the senate floor. The clerk will read a communication t
Authors and publishers. Lots of attendees today. Nadir watching ralph nadir sign books right now. [inaudible conversation] mr. Nadir discussing selfies. All three of these authors just c concluded their author discussions live on booktv at the brooklyn book festival. The sun is peaking through. Looks like we are in the clear. Lots of people in attendance today. The festival has several author discussions. If you are here today go ahead and post videos, pictures from this event using the bkbf for brooklyn book festival. I am going to go ahead and leave this signing and wonder around. Peeking through we are outside the brooklyn law school. In the courtyard there a few tents setup. Brooklyn law school. The line for signing. We are more panels after the one that is currently airing that will be covered live on cspan2 booktv. Booktv is live from new york city. This is an author panel from the brooklyn book festival on immigration and it begins now. Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you have c
They are both going to be downstairs signing and selling the books. I wrote a book about gps and pinpoint how gps is changing culture and mind and i think i will be signing books. They definitely will. E] [applause] [inaudible conversations] and youre watching cspan2. The next author panel will begin in about ten minutes or so and its an author panel on immigration. We will be back in just a fewilb minutes. [inaudible conversations] book tv just covered a live panel on cspan2. The conversation on Political Parties and the election and that included ralph nadir, thomas frank and the three authors signing books right now, having conversations, they werent able to take q a, questions and answers duringue Panel Discussion so this is the opportunity for festival goers to ask some questions and getto their books signed. A Beautiful Day out here in brooklyn new, new york, cspan is live all day. We have three more Panel Discussions left. One is happening right now upstairs. Thomas frank. Say,
Increased frustration over the ineffective ceasefire in ukraine. It was a major topic in london. Between secretary john kerry, and the British Foreign secretary hammond. Each other is blamed for the ceasefire, itself thought that we know who is behind the problem. Russia engaged in a brazen and cynical process over the last days. There is no secret. All kinds of visibility and technical means and satellites and the ability to watch what they are doing. No to a certainty. Of what russia has been providing to the separatists. We talk about how we maintain u. N. Unity, and u. S. Alignment in response to those breaches of that agreement the two diplomats discussed the possibility of adding economic sanctions against president Vladimir Putin in moscow kerry adding that president obama could decide if the u. S. Will take more action against russia nows of a new round of financial sanctions appeared to annoy the russians as opposed to causing major concerns. Reporter the likely kremlin respon