Were following the unrest in new york and nationwide after a grand jurys decision not to file charges in eric garners fatal chokehold by police. That decision led to an incredible uproar as protesters blocked traffic across manhattan. Crowds were peaceful, huge, no doubt. Wabc continues our coverage. Reporter demonstrators charged up sixth avenue at the height of the evening rush hour. Determined to seize the National Spotlight at the Rockefeller Center Tree Lighting. But the nypd was ready, sealing off the protesters with interlocking metal gates and a wall of police officers. When the people are scared of the people that are supposed to protect them, then you know something is wrong. We see these things happen to us all the time. Its the last straw. I dont ever want to have to see my cousins name an a tshrt or television screen, and saying justice for my cousin. I dont want to have to see these things. So many of us, we cant take it anymore. Reporter for two hours it was a standoff.
[applause] a number of you know me from previous years. Its hi pleasure to be here to welcome its my pleasure to be here to welcome you and on behalf of Miamidade College, the college that really puts forth maximum effort in terms of solen b tiers volunteers from all its constituents, students, faculty and staff to make this book fair happen as it does every single year. And for the past 30 years. Id like to thank our sponsors, there are many of them, but in particular o. H. Aryan know and American Airlines for their sport. Id also like to thank our friends, many of whom are seated right here in front. Thank you so much for all of your support this year and for the past years that this fair has been made possible in part because of your generosity. The end of the session, as you know, the authors will be signing their books. Theyll be autographing on this floor on the other side of the elevator so you can proceed to that end, and you will also have an opportunity to ask questions after
Perfect. The Founding Fathers set up a first tee with the imperfections. Its called working together to solve problems. If theres a thick, thin me to be ironed out, glitches like fixing the website. Obviously the website should work. The Affordable Care act as i described this afternoon is so much more than a website. It means so much more to millions of people. Im ready. All of my colleagues on my side of the aisle are ready, willing and able to hammer out some of those problems that crop up. What we are not willing to do was repeal it and go backwards. [applause] is there any chance that congress will Work Together . Specifically, im a lemonade in the salary cap on the fakir reductions. , federal reductions . Fica for Social Security. You now, that concept is part of the broader discussion, which i hope we get to in congress on what to do about making sure that we had to do one terms of the sea of Social Security. Its really important and theres a variety of Different Things we can d
Hours to go this afternoon, and now joining us here on our set in miami is Jeremy Scahill. Here he is, his most recent book, dirty wars the world is a battlefield. Mr. Scahill, earlier you were on a panel with dan balz and george packer, and one of the questioners asked you what do you see as the difference between how the Bush Administration and the Obama Administration approach the war on terror. Right. , i mean, i think first of all its great to be with you here on cspan and booktv. The bush with administration, i dont want to understate how atrocious i think that period was in American Foreign policy. It really was like murder incorporated. The destruction of iraq, the creation of the cia black sites, the idea that the Geneva Convention was [inaudible] the abu ghraib torture, using guantanamo, you could go on and on in characterizing it. So i dont want to get into a thing about is obama worse than bush. I covered those wars, i know what happened. Under president obama i think what
Prescriptions filled and i was counting on getting my flu shot, and theyre out of flu shots. Of the 135 million doses manufactured this year, at least 112 million have already been ministered. Health experts say if you can get the shot, it will take two weeks for protection to kick in. Its still not too late to get your flu shot. What it does is makes the illness milder. The declaration allows pharmacists to vaccinate children between the ages of 6 months and 18 years. New york is one of 30 states to report flurelated deaths this season. At least 20 children have died. The flu is easy to spread. The germ can be anywhere, on gas pumps, atms, and, of course, door handles. And the obvious way to avoid getting the flu, steering clear of those who are exhibiting symptoms. Coughing, sneezing, being in close proximity of someone with those symptoms, you can contract the flu. The flu is also turning out to be costly. Employers estimate they will lose 10 billion in productivity this year. For t