And ahmed mohammed, where is ahmed . Come on up, son. Come on up, billy. Im still looking for ishmael. Oh, you must be somewhere counting money. No, hes not. Hes been very busy. But these are Elijah Mohammeds sons. Wheres Marie Mohammed . Medea mohammed. See i want to show you not an evil man but a good man. This is Marie Mohammed, one of Elijah Mohammeds daughters and my former daughterinlaw, still my daughterinlaw and her children are my grandchildren. This is madea mohammed and her children are here. Right over here, son. This is cammal mohammed, a scientist. Each of these are spiritual giants. Look at them this is elijahs son. Look at him good. See, a man that want to have fun with a woman want to hide the fact that she becomes pregnant. Wheres ahmed . Now, these are with me. Yes, we are all day. Thats right. Right. Every day. Thats right. And they are champions in their field and in helping me feel a nation. You talk about passing the torch, you got to be careful that theres some
I think the number they were talking about was 41. They just need a couple more. Our Democratic Leaders in the senate indicating that they will be able to stop that from coming to a final vote. Guest because they are so close to the 41 number, which, as you said, it will be interesting to see if they decide to do that. People in senator durbins have notid that they. Ecided if they will filibuster undecided, and they may not end up getting the vote. Att read more huffingtonpost. Com. Thanks for the update. Now, remarks from the chair and publisher of the New York Times on the future of the papers future in the digital age. About half of the subscriptions are for Digital Content only, a shift for the organization. He is joined by the executive editor at this event held in new york. It is one hour and a half. Good evening. I have the great privilege of being the president of this extraordinary institution. It is a great pleasure to welcome you to this discussion on the future of the New Y
Is kenneth fine berg, from the Victim Compensation fund and author of the book what is the life worth . The unprecedented effort to compensate the victims of 9 11. Kenneth fineberg, why did you call the book that you just wrote what is life worth . Because congress in setting up this program after 9 11 delegated to me and really to me alone the requirement the obligation to try and calculate what each death caused by 9 11 or each physical injury should be paid out of public funds. What were you called . I was called a rather judicial term a special master. That connotes in the law somebody who is sort of delegated authority. Usually by a court. To act as some administrative arm of the court to administer or design a settlement and then to allocate the proceeds of the settlement. How many people did you award money to and how much . I awarded 7 billion dollars of taxpayer funds, all public funds, to approximately 5300 people. 3,000, roughly, 2,900 families who lost a loved one on 9 11 a
General ham let me start with you. Sort of going in proposition with africom in many ways is youre not going to have large amounts of american troops under your command on the ground, if any. Did you feel at times that you were a general in charge of the contractor army . No, not at all. There is a proper role i think for the contractors but theres also a proper role for the uniformed military. Like the other Combatant Commanders and the Service Chiefs i was part of a discussion with the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and secretary of defense that yielded the defense strategic guidance of 20 to which was approved by the president , and conduct with regard to advocate says they will seek a light footprint innovative and it reads lowcost, approach to africa. Not only because i was part of that discussion but i think that is the right approach. I dont think there is a need for a large standing u. S. Uniformed military presence in africa. But there is a role and there are places whe