Quite i mean, i do think that theres been quite a number of serious and conscioequential failures on the part of policymaking, but i think that the states of the region have utterly, utterly failed, to come up with any kind of constructive solution and at the end o f the day, everybody wanted the United States to come and use the air force so that everybody could have an alibi and work. So, without solving the iran, saudi arabia geo political game there which has been fought through sectarian hatred, i really dont think we can get anywhere. Without engaging, without engaging the russias in their, in a peace process, i dont think we can get anywhere. So if we could just face those realities, i think we would be better off. Just a quick question and then well open up to questions from our participants. Marwan, you sort of contrasted tunisia with the rest of the region, but there was this interesting article in the Washington Post today about the large number of recruits to isis from tuni
Conflict in the gaza strip. But each time they started fighting again. Now they have agreed to a longterm truce. Egyptian mediators went between the two in negotiations in cairo. The negotiators accepted a deal to enter into an unlimited ceasefire at 7 00 p. M. Tuesday local time. People in gaza have run from israeli air strikes since early july. They took to the streets to celebrate the truce. Translator i feel happy and joyful like all palestinians do. Our family welcomes the truce agreement. Delegates for hamas have been demanding the israelis lift their economic blockade of gaza. But the israels agreed only to ease it. Theyll allow more humanitarian aid and reconstruction materials into the territory and fishing zones off the coast will be expanded. The israelis had been demanding that hamas fighters give up their weapons. They didnt get what they wanted. Egyptian government officials said in a statement that the two sides would resume talks within a month. Israeli commanders launc
Communiques. Market perceptions had they will take patient out next month in march and then they will raise rates in june. These come out whether its jpmorgan saying theyre more dovish than expected or capital e con saying this just adds to all the confusion. The signal to markets is clear, this sounds like a fed thats slightly more dovish but the shelf life may be a couple days. We hear from janet yellen on tuesday. The data in the month has generally not been that great. Well talk about that in a moment. Were keeping an eye on a story developing in Southern California. Some kind of incident at an exxonmobil refinery in torrance. Theres a fire well have the latest details on. The Energy Market reaction. Weve seen an update in gasoline prices in georgia, gasoline futures, what they call car bob futures in l. A. The price has gone up 10 to 18 cents per gallon. Well keep an eye on that because oil has had such an impact on this market today. The stock of the day though has got to be, tak
Programming focused on nonfiction authors and books. Keep watching for more here on cspan2 and watch any of our past programs online at booktv. Org. When we think about brother martin king, we really are thinking of the same tradition that produced you produced me, hes one of the great moments in the tradition of a grand people who in the face of trauma and stigma was able to generate levels of love and vision and unbelievable High Quality Service to the least of these. He is a christian minister first and foremost. That is his calling. And what i thought is very important you and i know that brother martin gets sanitized and sterilized every january. Santa classified. Yeah, santa clausified. Old man with a bag giving out gifts and the fbi saying hes the most dangerous man in america. And other black leaders are saying when hes trying to organize poor people and critiques vietnam put forth with such power, hes betraying the movement hes unamerican, hes a traitor to the country and so f