Thoughts on the u. S. Military. We have special lines for this question. If you are an active member of the military, call 202 7488000. If you are a retired military service member, call 202 7488001. All others can call 202 7488002. You can also reach us on social media. On twitter at cspanwj. And on facebook at facebook. Com cspan. Good morning. Lets start by taking a look at what the president said earlier this month about the state of the u. S. Military during his comments about his National Security strategy. [video clip] dealt isis one devastating defeat after another. The coalition to defeat isis has now recaptured almost 100 of the land once held by these terrorists in iraq and syria. Great job. [applause] really good. Really good. Thank you. Thank you. We have a great military. We are now chasing them wherever they fully. And we will not let them into the United States. In afghanistan, our troops are no longer undermined by artificial timelines. And we no longer tell our enemie
Looking at key authors in the past year. We will be doing that through tomorrow. Jessica, thank you for joining us today. Callerguest thank you for havi. Host what prompted you to look at this issue . I am a generalist and i have been interested in labor issues for a very longtime in the digital era. Like a lot of journalists, i Read Everything i can get my hands on and was fascinated when i was reading about somebody working in an amazon warehouse, and i briefly met a woman who said, i live in an rv fulltime and i cannot afford to retire. Amazon referring to an program who hires people fulltime on the road to do a lot of the heavy pick and pack labor meeting up until christmas. What i did not know then is that there was a whole world of people who are fulltime on the road living out of vehicles in traveling from job to job. The article was the genesis of the book project. Host and your book, nomad land was noted as a notable book for 2017. In one of the topics of 2017. The book, you a
Elections. Thank you for joining us. There is a lot of weight on this with the spending bill is there a difference in where the house and the senate stand on that . Guest oh, absolutely. Theres always differences in something to squabble over. I think we will see a lot of the started in 2017 in 2018. He forefront for republicans, the priority in 2018 will be making certain they do not do anything that is going to diminish from their legislative achievements in the previous year. They got a big win when they assigned neil gorsuch to these up in court and when they get the tax bill across the finish line. Whether it is if a structure, immigration, or the spending bill, which will be the first fight they walk into when they return from the holidays, their goal will be not to screw up so much one of their base voters will have any reason to stay home in november. As crazy as this is, we will be in an election cycle and three days. So, with the spending bill, i would think the last thing re
You to look at this issue . Jessica im a journalist and i have been interested in labor issues for a long time, particularly in the digital era. Like a lot of journalists, i Read Everything i can get my hands on and was fascinated when i was reading about somebody working in an amazon warehouse, and i briefly met a woman who said, i live in an rv fulltime and i cannot afford to retire. Amazon referring to an program who hires people fulltime on the road to do a lot of the heavy pick and pack labor meeting up until christmas. What i did not know then is that there was a whole world of people who are fulltime on the road living out of vehicles in traveling from job to job. The article was the genesis of the book project. Host and your book, nomad land was noted as a notable book for 2017. In one of the topics of 2017. The book, you are looking at people who live these transient lives. You traveled 15,000 miles from coasttocoast from the northern to the southern border. What about the thi
Atari, genentech, venture firms, berlin spent six years doing research with many Unsung Heroes of this era behind landmark developments and set in motion Ripple Effects which changed the world, tonight she joins us to discuss her new book troublemakers, Silicon Valleys coming of age. The side of the stage we are pleased to present a small exhibit tonight of artifacts related to each of the Silicon Valley troublemakers featured in her book. Bob swanson and bob taylor, we are thrilled to have several of the remarkable troublemakers with us tonight so please stand and be recognized. [applause] thank you. To tell the story of these remarkable people and others, leslie is the project historian for Silicon Valley archives, a fellow at the center for advanced studies of Behavioral Sciences at Smithsonian National museum of american history. To introduce her i would like to share as our tradition five members. 35 mi. As described in her book, 14 wild years chronicles, two books published, soun