Next a discussion about the political future and chinas military modernization with policy experts from the broking institution and at the German Marshall Fund. The panel also talks about the tension between taiwan and china and the probability of the u. S. Going to war with china over taiwan. Welcome everyone. Im Suzanne Maloney Vice President and director of the Foreign Policy program at the Brookings Institution and im delighted to welcome you to todays event marking the release of an important new book titled u. S. Taiwan relations with chinas challenge lead to a crisis. It is a great honor to help launch such a profoundly important to study of the u. S. Taiwan relations and to celebrate its truly impressive coauthors, ryan and richard bush who are my colleagues here at brookings and Bonnie Glaser of the German Marshall Fund. I want to congratulate them on the publication of this book. Growing concerns about chinas intentions and plans prompted an enormous amount of policy attentio
House speaker Kevin Mccarthys remarks at the Israeli Knesset in israel. The first since newt gingrich. We bring you live coverage on cspan2. Israel is resilient. It is strong. Israel is innovative, israel is blessed. Israel endures. The lord blessed you from zion and may you see the prosperity of jerusalem all the days of your life. Indeed, may you see your childrens children peace be upon israel as david has written. [applause] it was president john f. Kennedy who said it best. Israel was not created in order to disappear. Israel will endure and flourish. It can be neither broken by adversity, nor demoralized by success. Kennedys words echo throughout this chamber today. Ladies and gentlemen, israels rebirth is nothing less than a modern miracle and i thank you for it. [applause] the source of that miracle is the people of israel. In those dark days thousands of years ago when the jewish people were scattered from israel, the prophet isaiah predicted a Brighter Future to come, inspire
Dissents. Terry boxes nbc bay ars christie sth is live in San Francisco. And christie wheer you lid scalias opinions onot nbc bay areas tracy smith live in San Francisco. And whether you like scalias opinions or not, he had a major impact on the court and our nations laws. Thats exactly right. In fact, we had a chance to speak with a prominent trial lawyer here in San Francisco and his firm has had cases before the Supreme Court, and he says while he disagrees with him on most matters, he certainly recognizes and respects Justice Scalia for what he was able to achieve in his career. The nations first Italian American justice put on the Supreme Court in 1986 by ronald reagan, the high courts most influential and outspoken conservative. Serving as an opponent of gay rightses, affirmative action and abortion rights with often blunt remarks. Observers say the 54 leaning court is now 44, and while cases will be heard, it certainly leaves a question mark on which way they will go. And that o
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High school. The body of a man found dead in the water cut discovered by some students and their teacher. This is video from our partnership with abc seven news. Rob fladeboe has been following the incident as an unfolding today and he joins us now with more about the investigation reporter what we have a lot of for sure is that the man was pulled out of the pole here early this morning is from the Piedmont High School is definitely not a student. It is the the campuss pretty much of a deserted plazas were canceled soon after all this went down this morning. Will go back to the video from earlier in physical areas located in the center of the campus while well way for many streets. This happened about 830 this morning. The responders pull the body out from the deep end of the dive pool was underneath the pool cover. The discovery was made by a peak last. Theyre pulling back the pool cover as they saw the body on the bottom. Students were then told that the disease is not a student but