Brian lamb why are they named after sidney hook . David brooks because he was a reflective philosopher. I was at stanford at the Hoover Institution and we had coffee and cookies. And there was one table where the economists sat, milton friedman. And the other was sidney hook. And i got to choose which table to sit at. I remember one time, he explained the problem of evil over about three hours. Six or seven or eight of us just listening to him. He is an exemplar of a person who is passionately engaged in politics but also reflective and well educated. If the news is here, sidney hook was up here. The idea was to lift us up from the day to day flow of events. And so it seemed to me he was someone with celebrating, so i named it or him. Named it after him. Brian lamb you talked for three hours but what was his basic point about evil and god . David brooks people have wrestled with this problem, why does a benevolent god allow children to die . If he solved that one, then he deserves immo
We will have to work our way through it. That is why, quite frankly, i am interested in forums. A broad set of perspectives. Which will be different from what i bring to the table. I am interested in how we collectively, as a nation come to grips with this. We see what is happening with the world around us. The threats we are facing when it comes to cyber continue to grow. Jim sciutto you have iran where there is history. Russia is a source of attacks in the private and government sector. I spent years in china dealing with this or you have enormous costs to the business community. Tens of billions of dollars. And they have had success in stealing secrets. People are talking about a coming cyber war. When i look at that as an observer and reporter, and looks like we are already at a lowlevel war. These are attacks with throw consequences and capabilities. Admiral rogers history to date has shown us that you can name any crisis. Any confrontation over the last several years, and there i
Happening in ferguson was oppressive and objectionable but worthy of protest. But there was no excuse for violence. Whoever fired those shots should not to tract from the issue they are criminals and they need to be arrested. Olivia last week, a Justice Department report says ferguson had racism and the courts. According to a person familiar with the matter, the fbi is now investigating whether billionaire investor bill ackman and people working for him try to manipulate herbalifes stock. The stock lost half of its value in the last year. We will ask bill ackman at 10 00 a. M. Eastern. In japan, a milestone for the japanese stock index. It is up 172 . The japanese are up more than 10 this year. There is so much oil on the markets there are not enough places to store it. The International Energy agency said that may lead to more price cuts. Storage capacity is already strained. The Senate Intelligence committee has approved a bill that make its easier to fight cybercrime. Companies will
Nominations result . All president ial nominations only require a simple majority now. On the cspan year in review, we show you some of the debate over the past year. Comments from harry reid, Mitch Mcconnell, and even video by c span viewers using the cspan video library. Are dark days in the history of the senate. I hate that we have come to this oink. Point. And now, our request for a joint at ang, all the senators time when attendance around here is frequently quite spotty, in an obvious effort to keep as members from hearing the concerns and arguments of the other side is possible. It remains our view that for this to be the kind of joint session of the senate that it tendencybe, given the of the senate to have sparse attendance on monday night, to have this meeting on tuesday, before it is too late. Mr. President , i dont want him to feel sorry for the senate and certainly not for me. Speak continue to try to in a tone that is appropriate. People start believing it. Quiteesident,
And the Old Senate Chamber behind closed doors, what came out of there that was positive . A lot of positive feedback. The issue dies down a bit and i believe you wrote about some discussions going on between harry reid and john mccain that were trying to work something out . Before harry reid decided to press the nuclear button, before that, he had a conversation with senator john mccain who had reprised the role he had already done in 2005 with the gang of 14. They talked about a similar deal. You will have your nominees for the d. C. Circuit court if you keep the filibuster rules in place. Senator reid said no and went on with it. This applies to just the procedural votes that lead up to a final vote on the nomination. The vote before the vote. The changes that have been made, the nominees for all executive branch nominees and Judicial Branch nominees with the exception of the Supreme Court. It is a big change and allows the precedent in the future for legislation. This came to a he