ruth trials begin for several vocal critics of the government of alexander lucre sync up one of those on trial. this man, the husband of exiled opposition leader. so i wanna see how the sky will hear from her in just a moment, plus confusion, grief and anger. in florida, after a seaside apartment building mysteriously collapses, dozens of people are accounted for. rescue cruise fear the death toll could rise sharply and after unleashing a wave of rainbow, resentment this week, european football is governing body wafer has found yet another way to infuriate fans of the beautiful game. ah, i bring up our viewers on p b. s. in the united states and to all of you around the world. welcome. we begin at a summit of european union leaders and the 2 questions creating headaches and division. what to do about whether we re putin s russia and what to do about a new law in hungary critic say is homophobic today. german trans or angular miracle, urge the european union to start its own d
and we welcome marcela garcia from the boston globe and with us today is adrian walker, her globe collegue, and welcome leverett wing executive director of the commonwealth seminar providing training and networking opportunities with policy maketories diverse leaders and with us, andrea cabral, former secretary of transportation and also former suffolk county sheriff who always has something interesting welcome to urban update and thank you for coming in. what an election this year has been. i never would have thought it could top 2008 but here we are. i just kind of a general question, what is your biggest take-away from this crazy election year. one day people are predicting a land slide and then a close race. i guess maybe i will start with from what we have seen? the unpredictbility of this. polls are all over the place. one thing thank you think will and landslide and then a skal dal hits or then its swings the other way. and on top of that also the anger, and we a
and the public ceremonies will be held here on the west side of the capitol. and that swearing in will be held in about a week officially it will be held on the 20th but that falls on a sunday this year so the public ceremonies and parade will be held on monday 21st. of course president obama and vice president biden swearing in for their second terms will be the 57th inauguration and you can watch the public ceremonies including the swearing in at noon eastern here on c-span. we ll also show you the luncheon in the u.s. capitol and the afternoon parade that s going to be up pennsylvania avenue and throughout the day on monday 21st we ll be take yourg phone calls. you can comment on our facebook page and twitter. all of that starting january 21, 7:00 a.m. eastern. you can listen on c-span radio or watch a live stream on c-span.org. and vice president biden is expected to make recommendations to the president this week on how to deal with gun issues in the u.s. california
to close guantanamo bay. listening to you, it is a little murky. i m not so sure whether you are concerned about the civil rights of the prisoners or the fact that guantanamo bay itself is something the u.s. should not keep open. so my question, is it closing guantanamo bay or giving justice to the people and the 186 people? when you go on that track, and everybody loses track of what is really the issue. i don t understand the distinction. it s not just to hold people indefinitely without. guantanamo is the symbol of that. you ve got to get them out of there and close it. i don t want to get in an argument. your first point about the cost, not the economic cost that you can put a dollar figure on but the cost to america, the intangible cost. i think we saw that not long ago with the man extradited from the u.k. to america. i guess the u.k. is our closest allies in the war on terror and our closest ally made us promise that before they would extradite him we would not s
schools, our communities, children and families must be safe. i respectfully ask my colleagues to make this issue of violence a priority and to support our nation s leadership as they work through resolving this challenge which should not be difficult. if we compromise and keep focusing on saving lives. madam chair, i pledge to support you and to support all my other colleagues with the congressional black caucus to make a difficult task safe and to protect the lives of our children and families from gun fire and a culture of violence. . ms. fudge: i thank the gentlelady from ohio for participating. we certainly know how difficult this is going to be as we move forward, but i m pleased. thank you so much. i yield to the gentleman from new jersey who has joined our caucus. representative donald payne junior. pain pain mr. speaker, let me mr. payne: let me begin by thanking my chairwoman, fudge for anchoring this evening s special order on the culture of violence. coming toge