Lord, we stand weak and mortal, surrounded by the immensities of your power and the unfolding of your loving providence. Today, use our lawmakers as servants for your purposes. May they remember that life is a dress rehearsal for eternity and a time of training and testing. May their world be centered not in themselves but in you, as they better comprehend the vanity of the temporal and the glory of the eternal. As many recover from burning the midnight oil, lift their minds beyond all time and space to you, the author and finisher of our faith. Woe pray in your mighty name. Amen. The president pro tempore pleae join me in reciting the pledge f allegiance to our 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. The presiding officer the democratic leader. Mr. Reid mr. President , for 14 hours and 50 minutes beginning Late Wednesday morning and ending early t
And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. For 36 years senator carl levin has represented the people of michigan including as chairman of the Senate Armed Services committee and the permanent subcommittee on investigations. He retires at the end of this year, and he joins us now one last time from the nations capitol. Senator levin, good to have you back on this program, sir. Good to be with you, tavis. I want to talk in a moment about this 36year tenure and what you make of it as you look back on it, and for that matter what you make of america as you look forward to the future. But let me start with the news of the day, obviously. This report about torture, your thoughts. Well, what it describes is a disgraceful chapter in our history when torture was not only used and theres no doubt i think in fairminded persons mind that waterboarding, for instance, is torture, but it was justified by the Bush Administration and their lawyers. I think john mccain w
And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. For 36 years senator carl levin has represented the people of michigan including as chairman of the Senate Armed Services committee and the permanent subcommittee on investigations. He retires at the end of this year, and he joins us now one last time from the nations capitol. Senator levin, good to have you back on this program, sir. Good to be with you, tavis. I want to talk in a moment about this 36year tenure and what you make of it as you look back on it, and for that matter what you make of america as you look forward to the future. But let me start with the news of the day, obviously. This report about torture, your thoughts. Well, what it describes is a disgraceful chapter in our history when torture was not only used and theres no doubt i think in fairminded persons mind that waterboarding, for instance, is torture, but it was justified by the Bush Administration and their lawyers. I think john mccain w
you can also find online, send us a tweet or share your thoughts on facebook. you can also e-mail us headlineington post says here s what the director of national intelligence had to say the wall street journal says that cnn did a poll looking at how americans looka t the relationship between the privacy and security. the you care that they are snooping? with the ensuing media coverage are you willing to trade privacy for security? jim is our first caller this morning from chicago, illinois on the independent line. caller: i am not willing to give up anything as far as my privacy. i feel like you re never really protected from anyone. in chicago we have a high crime rate. it is basically an saved go to certain neighborhoods. government should not be interfering in people s privacy. they are not perfect and they are not our mothers and fathers. if you are not doing anything wrong they can take care of themselves. if you are doing something their role is to find out
disciple hello. i m about to reenter the atmosphere. gretchen: we re not going to talk about the monkey again. brian: the iranian monkey is back home? gretchen: no. the monkey, as we discussed in the after-the-show show, is probably not on this planet or anywhere alive in space either. steve: the story is the iranians came out and said the rocket went up, came down and monkey was fine. others are saying there was no rocket. the iranians you ve got to trust the iranians gretchen: let me break out my college education for a minute. steve: the iranians say they shot the monkey up yesterday, successfully tested and came down. he s okay. brian: when are they going to make the monkey available to the press? steve: exactly. steve kroft is ready to interview him. gretchen: let s get to your headlines. a surge is underway off the coast of italy for a u.s. fighter pilot. it is believed his f-16 went down in the adriatic sea. the pilot was on a training mission when he lost