We will take you live to the Brookings Institution to hear who willgal advisor talk about Critical Issues of International Law leading International Law relating to cyber security. Live coverage getting underway here on cspan. Good morning. Moreis going to be edifying and a more settled event here at brookings in comparison to the one we had yesterday. I see a couple of heads nodding around here. We were honored by having the president of turkey here and not so honored by having some very vigorous protests outside massachusetts avenue. Today we are going to step back more angry and fear driven issues of the day and look at the world from the standpoint of International Law. Let me say a couple of words about the origin of the Stephen Breyer lecture. Is associate justice himself a friend of this institution. He is a friend of many of us who work here. He is certainly a friend and admirer of our lecture today. Various connections with brookings, including writing his first book under the
Optimism was in full supply as local shopkeepers in Southern Vermont put their best foot forward at the start of Black Friday, the traditional beginning of the Christmas shopping season.
Optimism was in full supply as local shopkeepers in Southern Vermont put their best foot forward at the start of Black Friday, the traditional beginning of the Christmas shopping season.
from st. paul. good morning to you. and you help us understand just how many people in the state right now are being affected by this shutdown. t.j., i d be surprised if anyone would say they weren t affected, you know, in any way. but first of all, it s the fourth of july weekend and all these state parks and rest stops, they re all closed, and a lot of people are traveling today. that s just a minimal impact on with what s going to be happening with this. because you mentioned it in the intro. a lot of serious problems could arise from this. you know, hot lines for seniors, reading for the blind, you know, the list kind of goes on. child care being a big one. child care services, you know, a lot of people are saying i spoke to a few with women who said, i may have to put all of my work check into child care now because these state services aren t here. people are going to be feeling this. and it s very early iyou kno, this happened yesterday. i think we will really
island, to self-confinement in a rented townhouse, dominique strauss-kahn has had his ups and downs and today is definitely an up day. as you know if you ve been watching cnn, he was freed on his own recognizance in a very short hearing that followed a bombshell from new york prosecutors. they told the defense and then the court they now have serious questions about the credibility of strauss-kahn s alleged victim. there s dna evidence that sex of some sort took place, but the defense says it was consentual. the maid s lawyer says it was definitely not. the victim on day one has described a violent sexual assault that dominique strauss-kahn committed against her. she has described that sexual assault many times to the prosecutors and to me. and she has never once changed a single thing about that account. weeks ago when strauss-kahn was first allow ed to leave jai, he was made to put up $1 million cash and post a bond. he had to live under house arrest with armed guards a