Im pleased to yield to the chair mr. Wilson. And ladies and gentlemen, it is a unique situation where i have just been recognized and get to preside simultaneously. It really gives me an opportunity to thank the Ranking Member smith for their planning this week, cyber week. It is a recognition for our three witnesses how important what youre doing protecting American Families. Im very grateful. We had a hearing yesterday on Cyber Threats to American Families, our National Defense. We have this hearing later this afternoon. We have a briefing. I want the American People to know we have really good people like coppingman langevin all the way from long island, who is the Ranking Member of the emerging threat subcommittee. This really is a bipartisan issue that we face of great concern of attacks on our government, on private businesses, on american citizens. And what youre doing is so important. We have extraordinary staff people who are here working on these issues. And, again, each one
As president , but warning against taking them out on an arbitrary time line next year. The president announcing today that he would keep nearly 10,000 troops in the region until october 2016 and then cut back to 5,500 in early 2017. In a statement the majority leader said the decision to reduce troop numbers should be left to the next president. You can read more here at the washington examiner. Weve heard from the chair of the Armed Services committee, who released a statement saying given the troubling conditions on the ground in afghanistan and the other Security Problems in the region keeping 9,800 troops through at least 2016 is necessary for our security interests. You can also hear the president s announcement for yourself in its entirety and well have it at 8 00 p. M. Eastern time over on cspan. Known as the city of good neighborhoods, this weekend our cspan cities tour joined by Time Warner Cable explores the history and literary life of buffalo wrarks new york, on become tv
Here. Any excuse. You know what . We have a nine, number nine, number nine today. Sunshine, returns, we have seasonable temperatures, today, we do have lingering clouds from yesterday. Temperatures in the 70s, there is bus stop buddy with his phillies cap on. It is a beautiful morning, temperatures in the 50s, the 60s, pretty comfortable out there. 68 degrees, northnortheast wind, relative humidity at 70 press, early clouds, the sunshine will return this afternoon, and seasonable high of 80 degrees, looks fabulous, tonight, clouds increase, muggy with southerly wind, and the fog will form. Probably after midnight. There is your foxcast from the Weather Authority cat lynn is the Traffic Authority today. Working in unicent, new jersey turnpike where we start off. Reports just past 195. Overturned dump truck, has left lane block again new jersey turnpike, right past 195. So you can expect some delays, and use caution in that area. Also, weve been following this accident, on 422 eastbound,
Welcome. Lately ive had phaedra on my mind. Not the greek myth of the tragic daughter of that name, but the retelling of the story in a 1962 movie starring tony perkins and melina mercouri. Their illicit affair over, perkins crashes his cherished roadster over a cliff. A big sendoff accompanied by none other than Johann Sebastian bach. Oh John Sebastian youre playing your music like crazy and im listening to it in greece what are you doing here . Oh john why arent you home minding the children . I at least had some business in greece i had a father that killed every Phaedra Phaedra phaedra that scene actually keeps coming to mind as i try to follow the melodrama in washington that has us heading for a cliff. A fiscal cliff. But are we . Or is this, another myth in the making . For some insight, we turn to two seasoned observers both of whose books youll want to as santa to leave in your stocking. Bruce bartlett was an economic adviser to the supplyside icon jack kemp, and to two presid
This week on moyers company. Fundamentally Barack Obamas pretty conservative. He really is. He an senhower cservative. Hes not a liberal. I agree 100 percent. I mean, obama has been im always shocked when people call obama a socialist, because hes in fact, i think you might be doing a disservice to eisenhower. And if i can choose to be grateful for my life, love the life i have in the midst of all this, then i can be grateful for other things. Funding is provided by Carnegie Corporation of new york, celebrating 100 years of philanthropy, and committed to doing real andermane good the world. The kohlberg foundation. Independent production fund, with support from the partridge foundation, a john and polly guth charitable fund. The clements foundation. Park foundation, dedicated to heightening Public Awareness of critical issues. The herb alpert foundation, supporting organizations Whose Mission is to promote compassion and creativity in our society. The bernard and audre rapoport foundat