A. M. Eastern. Dr. Francis jensen on the discoveries about the teenage brain. They do not have the frontal lobes to reason the cause and effect actions are not clear. Their frontal lobes are not at the ready. They are not as readily accessible. They have them, but connections cannot be made as quickly for splitsecond decisionmaking. A lot of the hormones are changing in the bodies. The brain has not seen these yet until you hit teenage years. The brain has to learn how to respond to these hormones rolling around and locking onto receptors and synapses. It is trial and error. This contributes to the very roller coaster kind of experience we watch as parents. Sunday night at 8 00 eastern and pacific on q a. The Political Landscape has changed with the 1 14 congress. Not only are there new republicans and democrats, there are also new members of congress. Keep track using congressional chronicle. It has useful information including voting result and statistics. New congress, best access o
A. M. Eastern on cspan. This sunday on q a, narrow scientist dr. Frances jensen on the recent discoveries about the teenage brain. They do not have their frontal lobes to reason. The cause and effect consequences of actions are not clear to them because their frontal lobes are not readily accessible. The connections cannot be made as quickly forced with the second four split second decision making. The brain has not seen these yet in life until you hit teenagers. The brain is trying to learn how to respond to these new hormones rolling around and actually logging onto receptors and synopses of different types. They are trying to insert trial and error. It contributes to this roller coaster kind of experience that we watch as parents. Sunday night at eight eastern 8 00 eastern on cspans q a. The Political Landscape has changed with the 140 in congress. Not only are there 43 republicans and 15 democrats in the house, 12 new republicans and water democrat in the senate, there is also an h
Vice President Joe Biden has wrapped up a twoday trip to lithuania and poland where he sought to reassure nato allies in a region that the u. S. Will defend them against any russian aggression. He told a pair of baltic leaders that we are in this with you together. He spoke after russias president to cleared ukraines Crimean Peninsula as part of russia and militiamen took over ukrainian headquarters in crimea. Ukraine is not part of nato. The United Nations Security Council is meeting today on the russian issue. Meanwhile, the European Union is considering economic sanctions. The eu meeting scheduled for tomorrow and friday in brussels. Take a look at our live coverage here in cspan at 1 00 p. M. Eastern. A Heritage Foundation discussion on the Federal Reserve and Monetary Policy that will be followed by new Federal Reserve chairman Janet Yellen Holding her first meeting today as head of the fed open Market Committee and will talk to reporters after that meeting. That is scheduled to b
Which seem to come up almost annually . There is always something that comes up where science can likely inform and i think this was the case where we did quite a bit of air sampling and air modeling. We did really quite a bit of support for japan and i think there was a very positive story that came out of this understanding, what happened at the site and what it means to japan and u. S. Citizens as well or to the continental United States. There are other places. We have been working for a good year or so on trying to look at governance models. How we work, how many agencies can, and partner with us at our National Laboratories to solve some of their interesting problems. What is the way we can engage other agencies to answer their Strategic Issues using the tools we have like oak ridge or other National Laboratories. We had a conversation with Janet Napolitano on december 18 on this, saying that a Partnership Model as part of our effort to develop a stronger strategic relationship b
That is a great mistake after the end of the cold or war or was extending nato eastward. This gave russia a sense of being corner ld, and here we are. My view is more or less exactly the opposite. I think its the greatest achievement of the postcold war years was precisely extending the protection and security of both nato and the e. U. To these nations that had been enslaved within the soviet empire. And i think what were witnessing today is how much tore sight and diplomatic foresight and diplomatic brilliance was shown in achieving that. If lithuania, latvia, estonia to name the most prominent examples and perhaps the most threatened nations by putins vision of a reconstituted soviet space, if they were not within these organizations, they would be eminently at risk. And the if theres any if theres any sense left, sir, of this far but no further, it is precisely in article v of the north atlantic treaty alliance. And i still believe in it, you know . I think i dont believe the Unite