Digital digital h. Whats ahead for afghanistan in 2016. Today a discussion on the political and humanitarian situation there with former military personnel and the executive director of doctors without borders. Theyll cover the 2015 hospital bombing in afghanistan and the u. S. Military presence. Thats live today at 10 30 a. M. On cspan. Tomorrow republican senator rand paul holds a town hall in new hampshire. Live at 6 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan 2. Cspan takes you on the road to the white house and into the classroom. This year, our student cam documentary contest asks students to tell us what issues they want to hear from the president ial candidates. Follow cspans road to the white house coverage, and get all the details about our student cam contest at cspan. Org. A new state attorneys general push back as what they see as overreach from the federal government. From the federalis societys National Lawyers convention this is just under an hour. If you could all take your seats, ladie
Opposition to your agenda. Im wondering how you prevent that. Specifically in the appropriations process. President obama i dont expect you are going to see a 180 turn on russian strategy. They have invested years in keeping a sovereign power. Assad in power. It is going to take some time for them to change how they think about the issue. As long as they are aligned with the regime, a lot of russian resources are still going to be targeting those opposition groups. But they ultimately will be ending up in an inclusive government. Those that are fighting the regime and fighting isolate the same time. Shouldnt have the illusion that russia will only hit isil targets. What can happen is if the , as john kerryss has so meticulously stitched if that works indiana, it is possible given the existing accord that we start seeing pockets of ceasefires. That may mean that certain opposition groups no longer find themselves subject to syrian or russian bombing. They are then a conversation about p
Three or four constitutional officers in a state. And there has been an enormous amount of activity in the state attorney general space over the past few years. Were seeing an unprecedented amount of activity by state ags, particularly with regards to pushback against federal overreach that oftentimes comes in the form of litigation. Not only are there unprecedented number of lawsuits being brought against the federal government by state ags, but an impressive number of state ags joining in each of those lawsuits. Weve got a group of great people here who are going to have a conversation about this. Im going to introduce our facilitator and moderator, adam white, who has been a long time volunteer leader in the federalist society, is now i believe serving with some distinction at the hoover institution. On monday. Starting on monday. And he just came out with a wonderful piece in the Weekly Standard which is out today i believe called judging roberts, the chief justice of the United St
Biden will participate in a labor day parade in the battleground tomorrow. Nbcs kristen welker. Kristen, thank you. Overseas as the migrant crisis intensifies, pope francis today called on every Catholic Church in europe to take in refugees and said the vatican would do its part by providing shelter to two families in the coming days. As that papal plea was made, the march of migrants and refugees into europe continued today. Our chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel has our report. Reporter it was obvious today why so many migrants are risking everything to go to germany. [ speaking Foreign Language ] europes richest country is taking the moral high ground and opening its doors. So is neighboring austria where today hundreds of volunteers drove in a convoy to offer food, toys and transportation. Theyre going to extra lengths in part because hungarys treatment has been an embarrassment to europe, pulling migrants off trains and making them walk, but if hungary thought it could stop
Cope under hurricane conditions, sheri fink brings to bear the full range of her talents as an investigative reporter, medical doctor conlan and experienced relief worker. She chronicles the horrific challenges confronting new yorks Memorial Medical Center during the five days surrounding hurricane katrina. Floodwaters, power failures, extreme heat and exhausted staff created multiple emergencies that prompted innovations and ultimately agonizing choices including who should live and who must die. The mercy killing decision to fatally inject some patients on the brink of death, to a grand jury investigation, but no indictments. Sheri fink deals with the complicated medical, ethical story with great understanding. All told it is a dramatic story. People and forgettable characters and compelling lessons for being prepared for a future natural disaster. Thank you for your service, author david finkel. David finkel embedded with the men of Infantry Battalion during the u. S. Military surge