For you and the party as you observe this process unfold . Guest is a crucial time in the history of the country so it is very important to actually have a unified or unifying convention so there is a nominee somebody who gets above the majority of votes people need to rally around that person. If it is a contested convention so nobody is going into the convention with a majority of delegates the moment you showed gerald ford calling Ronald Reagan down to the stage as to signal the unity of the party party is absolutely crucial. It can be a positive for the party to have democracy flourishing in public but you do have to unify things in the end. Host veteran of the and george w. Bush campaign, ben ginsburg former counsel for the Republican National committee, thank you for explaining all of this. Guest thank you. Here on cspan2 tonight the communicators is next with a look at the fccs Lifeline Program which provides nearly 12 million households access to phone service in the u. S. Host
Facebook revolutionalizing the science of human behavior. What are we teaching ourselves about ourselves . Its happening on facebook. And. Dont sign up for a store credit card until you heard our report. The willis report, where consumers are our business, and the show starts right now. And we begin tonight with the deadly outbreak of ebola considered to be the worst in history. The cdc issuing highest level alert for outbreak. The death toll soaring past 900, over 1,000 confirmed cases and the outbreak may have spread to four continents. The World Health Organization is considering declaring International Health emergency after 108 new cases were confirmed over the weekend. Jonathan joins us live from atlanta where two americans are currently treated for the deadly disease, jonathan . The last time the cdc moved Emergency Operation center to level one was in 2009. That was during the h1n1 flu pandemic going on then. The highest alert level of the cdc and mobilized resources across the
[ room noise ] [ room noise ] so the House Rules Committee taking a break here. When members return, this meeting will continue live on our companion network cspan 2. On the house floor votes are currently under way. Members are voting on two bills including one that aims to prevent suicides among veterans. The measure requires an annual thirdparty review of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention programs at the png and veteran affairs department. Thats live now on cspan. And in the senate today there was a procedural vote on a bill authorizing construction of the Keystone Xl Oil pipeline. The vote was 6332. Which was enough to limit debate and advance the bill for a vote on final passage at a later time. As always, you can watch the senate live on cspan 2. Here are a few of the comments weve recently received on the 114th congress. The thing that really needs to happen is going back to what the incomeing majority said, is they need to get back to regular order. If they go back and pass
Screeria nigeria. Then the u. N. Secretarygeneral talks about priorityies for the u. N. In the new year. The u. S. Naval academy recently hosted a debate on the role of Air Contractors carriers in u. S. National security environments. Two retired Navy Officers looked at whether the vessels were the most effective and efficient Maritime Defense strategy for the u. S. Military. This is just over an hour. Food good evening. Im c. C. Felker. On behalf of superintendent vice admiral ted carr, i want to welcome those flag officers and navy senior civilian leaders escaped the beltway to join us our distinguish faculty in the indianapolis economy, and most of all our midshipmen, who are the real reason were here tonight. Id like to recognize Lieutenant Commander claude bareby for respond forring this event. Hes continued the transformation of the Naval Academy museum to a more active educational medium for the midshipmen. Tonights debate is representative of his energy and imagination. Id also
Michael pillsbury director of the hutson Institutes Center on chinese strategy argues that china has a secret plan to supplant the u. S. As the Worlds Largest superpower by 2049. He makes the case in his book, the hundredyear marathon. He recently talked about his book at the hutson institute in washington d. C. This is an our and a half. Good afternoon. I hope all of you can hear me. I am Husain Haqqani the director for south and central asia here at the Hudson Institute and its a pleasure for me today to host this discussion on the hundredyear marathon, the book by Michael Pillsbury who is now a senior fellow and director for chinese strategy here at the Hudson Institute. Hes a distinguished defense policy adviser former highranking government. He served under the reagan and george h. W. Bush administrations. The book which i commend to everyone in the audience preferably properly bought in hardcover, paid for. Actually reveals how the peoples peoples republic of china census funding