A spiritual advisor of the 9 11 bombers. This is not some extraneous person. This is someone who is a major in the militarys communicating by email within. Despite all of our surveillance capabilities, we failed to prevent that horrific that claimed the lives of 14 innocents. In your judgment, what could we have done better to prevent that . To be honest, i will answer that question to senator graham. The that may suggest more broadly on both of these that it would be a far better allocation of resources in the nsa and our efforts to prevent terrorism generally as much by resources were big to targeting those who we have reason to know are dangerous. We have reasons to know the islamic terrorist and have less resources were devoted to broderick intersection and her valence of lawabiding citizens. It is to me for some time that the priorities have been backwards and we had to be targeting the bad guys than protect innocents from terrorist attacks and at the same time respecting the Cons
As speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, john a. Boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore now the prayer will be offered by our guest chaplain the reverend orrin warder, from st. Pauls Episcopal Church from alexandria, virginia. The chaplain let us pray, god of the universe you have created us and given us life. Blessed are you god of this earth. You have set our world like a radiant jewel in the 111th and filled it with beauty and hope. Blessed are you god of these United States of america for all the lessons of our past, for all that remains for us to do. Blessed are you god of truth and justice, guide the men and women of this house of representatives. Grant them insight, courage, compassion, and imagination. Protect them from corruption and arrogance. And grant that we whom they seek to serve may give them the support that they need. Increase our trust in one another, strengthen our quest for justice, and bring us to unity and a common purpose. B
For scotland if it votes for independence. Fedael mckee monitors the as its twoday meeting gets underway. We begin with Phil Mattingly as the u. S. Ramps up its response to the ebola crisis. What is the president going to be talking about today in atlanta . Tope is at the cdc with his security and health officials. A push today is theres going to be a new surgeon resources. There is a recognition the administration at this situation has spun out of control. You will see about 3000 u. S. Troops sent over there, a staging area to expedite the process of sending supplies and have a supply center in monrovia. By u. S. General. Someoal is to try to get someones of control over the situation. Some African Leaders have gone as far as to contact president obama, saying they need more of a u. S. Commitment. But why the surge now . Right now youre hearing theres a anyone concerned that this is a National Security issue. Not only is the Health Infrastructure not in place but you are looking at a
Of u. S. Energy policy. At 11 00 p. M. , q a with timothy naftali, former director of the nixon president ial library. Studentcam video and trees are now do, friday, january 18, for your chance at the ground prize the grand prize. For more information, go to studentcam. Org. In a rare address to the nation, syrian president Bashar Al Assad talked about moving forward but made no mention of stepping down. He proposed a new constitution, which he said would have new laws. He thanked russia and china for their support of syria and stressed that his country would defend itself against outside forces. The last time the syrian president addressed was in 2012. This comes to was courtesy of aljazeera english. Comes to us. And this is the First Time Since november that the president has given a public address in his own country. [crowd chanting] not so long after, it was said that maybe as many as 60,000 people have lost their lives in during the course of the 21 month conflict. While our trans
Nsa, michael hayden. Then the richest man in the world, bill gates. The tech billionaire tells me his thoughts on the battle between apple and the u. S. Government, on the u. S. President ial race, and on why he is betting big to find a new Energy Source. It needs us to invest today. Also, is there any way to prevent crime . Well, how about paying the wouldbe criminals not to commit crimes in the first place . A crazy idea or a workable solution . Find out. But first, here is my take. Its time to quote w. B. Yeats famous poem again. Things fall apart, the center cannot hold, mere anarchy is loosed upon the world. This time is really does seem that the Political Center is under intense pressure from left and right all over the western world. In britain David Camerons center right Government Faces a revolt over his countrys membership in the european union. In germany Angela Merkels broad left right coalition is being battered for her handling of migration. Across europe, governments tha