Correct. This is how certain he was for these ideas. But thats just one example. When it comes to cosmology and the big bang, we can use the equation to make predictions for how much residual heat should be left over from the big bang today, socalled cosmic microwave Background Radiation. And make predictions on how the temperature of the heat should vary from one location in space to another. And do measurements and measurements agree with the theoretical prediction to fantastic accuracy and that is breathtaking confirmation mathematics is not just speculation, the math is actually aligning with how the world works. Give me an example of that measurement of the cosmic Background Radiation . They go to the north pole or south pole . There are many ways to access it. You can access it through satelliteborne telescopes such as wilkinson Background Radiation probe, which has done a fantastic job measuring microwave Background Radiation. But the recent one i think youre referring to is bic
Your sports as the race to become fifas president races up. The suicide bomber has blown herself up inside a Police Station. In it stainable district lets go straight to bernard smith, in southern turkey, what do you know about this. As you say that very touristy part, to the museum and the blue mosque and she walked into that we are told, and she said in english she said that she had lost her wallet, and after she said that she detonated explosives. Killing herself and critically injurying a policeman who was near her, and then he died less than a couple of hours later. And another policeman is being treated for less nonlife threatening injuries. What is interesting about this is that it seems the woman was deliberately targeting the police. She could have targeted anywhere on her way to the Police Station but many thousands of tourists who were around that part of istanbul at an time, and would be been there but instead she specifically and apparently deliberately went into this Poli
Immigration services part. Some points are past shut downs, and warn the party will take the blame as they do in the past. The worst outcome is to defund the department of homeland security. I will not be part of that. For the senator and others, the federal ruling by a judge halting implementations is political cover. And a way to avoid an impasse. We have an exit sign. And that is that the federal Court Decision saying that the president s actions unilaterally are unconstitutional. And, antonio mora it pores on monday the majority leader may have blinked first in the standoff. He proposed a bill decoupling the funding from the president s executive order. He wants republicans and democrats to have an opportunity to vote on it. It means funding for the department will go forward in a shut down, and is can be avoided. Mike viqueira at the white house, thanks. Security tighter than ever at shopping malls across the country in response to a video from alshabab, acknowledge Al Qaedalinked
Keystone xl pipeline. The fight against the controversial project isnt over. We will also look at the link to South African spy cables. I was greenpeaces kumi naidoo being spied on . The to the corinthian 15, and group of students go on a debt strike refusing to pay their debt owed to a forprofit college. A lot of the older generations the criticized the millennials grew up in a time when you could go to a State University and pay your way through with summer jobs. These millennial children they got to college and realized, the money is not there to pay for me, im not going to be able to try to it in took issue job. In fact, everything i was told about the way the world works turns out not to be the case. And we will hear why adjunct professors are holding a national walkout. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President obama has vetoed a republican bill approving the keystone xl Tar Sands Oil pipeline.
On capitol hill over immigration. The bargaining chip, critical funding for Homeland Security. Governor herbert of utah the vice chairman of the National Governors association on how this could impact the border states as we look ahead this morning on a jampacked sunday morning futures. Our new defense secretary speaking out this weekend on the anticipated mosul offensive to retake iraqs second city from isis militants. Ash carter saying that any operation will be, quote, iraqiled and u. S. Supported and is expected to happen as early as this spring. But critics say we should not be giving a time line or giving our strategy away. Retired u. S. Air force general Richard Myers was chairman of the joint chiefs of staff during the iraq war. General, it is an honor to have you on program this morning. Thanks for joining us. Thank you, maria. Can you talk to us about the goal here. Iraqs most pressing goal is to win back vast territory that isis has seized in the past year. Is that a fair st