Elizabeth warren, Kamala Harris, tom stier and bernie sanders. Welcome to the stage, mayor pete. [cheering and applause] thank you. Thank you, iowa. Thank you so much. [cheering and applause] thank you. Thank you, iowa. Thank you, Iowa Democratic par party. [cheering and applause] thank you, fellow democrats. [cheering and applause] the first time i came to this state because of as a volunteer to knock on doors for a president ial candidate, a young man with a funny name. [cheering and applause] we knew the stakes were high then and the stakes are colossal now. This country cannot afford four more years of donald trump. We will not recognize it. We will not recognize it if he gets reelected. We know what is at stake. We know that he will do everything he can to hold onto power but if you nominate me, his playbook will not work this time around. [cheering and applause] i dont get helicopter into a golf course with my name on it while pretending to care about the working class. I dont ev
Please welcome to thestage Michael Bennett. Hello, iowa. You are a Patient Group of people. I didnt know how patient. And i want to thank you for allowing all of us to impose on you. I want to particularly thank you for the kindness youve shown me and my family as we travel the state of iowa. And i want to thank my friend tom parton, my chairman was right here. Tom, thank you for your leadership and thank youfor your friendship. Ive been in the senate as condos for 10 years. Its hard for me to believe that its been a decade. We served on two committees together. But tonight i want to talk to you not as a senator but as the only superintendent of schools who has ever run for president of the United States. I worked for the kids in the Denver Public schools before i went to the senate. Its a School District got about 1 billion budget. For reference, thats about three times the size of a certain municipality in the state of indiana. Im just saying. It has 95,000 children in it. Most of wh
Recent high profile case involving treatment scams in ohio, and investigations and partnership with the fbi and Law Enforcement generally, leading to the indictment of six people this year, all six pled guilty to medicaid fraud. Some have called for developing more by which the public could evaluate the effect in the Treatment Programs. Our last witness, has gone a step further not only identifying it core standards, he believes are key to any successful program, but also launching quality rating systems. This is uncharted area treatment sector, and we look forward to hearing from him, the progress thats been made there, with his Non Profit Organization. We are here today because two Many Americans have lost too many loved ones to addiction. Americas Opioid Crisis has left a trail of broken hearts and homes across our country. We are here to help communities get on a path towards health and wellness. Millions of americans are desperately seeking a path forward. Working together, we can
Millenials. Vapingok at the rise in related illnesses, and other healthrelated concerns facing the u. S. With dr. Anne s chuchat. Host for the first time in 21 years, the u. S. House has begun a president ial impeachment gr looking into weather donald trump committed Impeachable Offenses. Yesterdays vote lays out the steps ahead, including public hearings likely by midnovember. Start the program talking about the Impeachment Vote and what may be ahead. Here is how to be a part of our conversation, Democrats Use 2027488000. Republicans, 2027488001. Independents and others, 2027488002. You can send us a text, tell us your name, where you are texting from. On twitter, we are cspanwj. Already some posts on our facebook page, facebook. Com cspan. The house wont be back until midnovember anyway, out until november 12 for the veterans day break. Here is where we started with a political headline that says house takes huge impeachment step. The house on thursday took a historic vote to set gro
Here and when key members of our board are here and its always such a pleasure to have our International Advisory board member jafar here. Thank you for Crescent Petroleum support for this, for the Iraq Initiative, Global Energy center. Ive been stealing ideas from a long period of time, he happens to be one of the best thinkers and actors as an analyst in the region and also a pleasure to have him here as well. Todays event was organized by the councils Iraq Initiative and Global Energy center. Our Iraq Initiative is led by dr. And abbas working with us. Hes one of the rare individuals who understands the workings of the country hes covering, iraq, so intimately and also the workings of washington which in many respects is more difficult to follow. The discussion is timely. Iraq is facing its most challenging since isis, with protests in the country and citizens demanding reform and news just yesterday that ahmadi will resign. Despite the future, iraq has carried out elections and a p