Public service by americas Cable Television companies and is brought to you today by a cable or satellite provider. After words is next on booktv. Cnn senior White House Correspondent jim acosta interviews new york magazines Jonathan Chait author of audacity which examines president obama was legacy. Host and joining us now is Jonathan Chait, the author of tonight. Thanks for joining us. I love the book. Really fascinating look back at the Obama Presidency. I was struck by the way it begins. It begins with th a chapter on t you call americas final sin. Why is that . Guest because when people look back at obama 100, 200 years from now, when his presidency is summarized for schoolchildren, the first thing well do is he was americas first africanamerican president or maybe learn he was first, americas first nonwhite male president. And that was not just a historical footnote and this is not just a breakthrough, but its something that defined him in the public mind, something he had to gra
Our lawmakers to advance your providential purposes. May they think your thoughts striving always to do your will. Lord, lead them together to find solutions to the problems that beset our nation and world. Calm their fears and strengthen their faith, as you use them to accomplish your will. Let your peace guard their hearts. We pray in your strong name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Mcconnell mr. President . The president pro tempore the majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell today the senate is continuing to consider s. 1 a bill to approve the keystone x. L. Pipeline. Chairman murkowski and senator cantwell are here this morning to manage debate and there are several amendments pending. Well begin voting on those and any other amendments in the queue s
Chair will now recognize mes omis smiedy the mori andinit leaders for morning hour debate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other th the jotyndinit leaders d thmirity whip limited to five minutes but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. The chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois, mr. Gutierrez, for five minutes. Mr. Gutierrez i ask unanimous consent to address the house for five minutes. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Mr. Gutierrez i look forward to seeing you in the coming weeks and my friends in North Carolina and South Carolina too. When im not here in my district in chicago i have half a dozen events lined up over the next few weeks and i will be going from town to town state to state talking about the president S Immigration executive actions and what it means for them and their families. With local elected officials, i will be doing outreach to educate the community of im
Senator chris coons just back from liberia with report on what is right and whats wrong why the effort to combat ebola. Allstar panelist of analysts because this is face the nation. Captioning sponsored by cbs good morning thousands of Police Officers from all over the country are gathering for the funeral of win january liu one of the Police Officers associated two weeks ago in the wake of the fewer other over the deck of eric garner at the hands of the new york police department. One of those attending the funeral is new yorks democratic senator Charles Schumer we spoke to him earlier. Senator, as you and literally thousands of people from across the nation gather to honor officer liu hanging overall of it is this nasty situation thats developed between the mayor and new york police department. We now understand that arrests are down 66 , traffic citations down 90 . Every category of arrest statistics show dramatic drop. What is going on here and is this reaching a crisis state . No,
And well check in with delaware senator chris coons just back from liberia with report on what is right and whats wrong why the effort to combat ebola. Allstar panelist of analysts because this is face the nation. Captioning sponsored by cbs good morning thousands of Police Officers from all over the country are gathering for the funeral of win january liu one of the Police Officers associated two weeks ago in the wake of the fewer other over the deck of eric garner at the hands of the new york police department. One of those attending the funeral is new yorks democratic senator Charles Schumer we spoke to him earlier. Senator, as you and literally thousands of people from across the nation gather to honor officer liu hanging overall of it is this nasty situation thats developed between the mayor and new york police department. We now understand that arrests are down 66 , traffic citations down 90 . Every category of arrest statistics show dramatic drop. What is going on here and is th