[applause] good evening. Its wonderful to see everyone here. Thank you for bracing what could be a snowstorm that would keep you trapped here for the next few days. For what i know will be an important discussion and i appreciate everyones flexibility with the time so we can make sure our members of congress get back to washington in time for their votes tomorrow. I am relieved that youve been introduced because you are both princeton grads serving your fourth term of congress for the eighth district of your state and i was worried that i might mix up the states and i know that what put me in your books almost as much as if id your support team so im glad that he didnt do that. We are here to have a conversation tonight about the china challenge and americas future. This is a very important conversation and im thrilled to be here with my friend and colleague and former director of development graham allison. Its a highstakes conversation because as we all know gathered here that this i
[applause] good evening. Its wonderful to see everyone here. Thank you for bracing what could be a snowstorm that would keep you trapped here for the next few days. For what i know will be an important discussion and i appreciate everyones flexibility with the time so we can make sure our members of congress get back to washington in time for their votes tomorrow. I am relieved that youve been introduced because you are both princeton grads serving your fourth term of congress for the eighth district of your state and i was worried that i might mix up the states and i know that what put me in your books almost as much as if id your support team so im glad that he didnt do that. We are here to have a conversation tonight about the china challenge and americas future. This is a very important conversation and im thrilled to be here with my friend and colleague and former director of development graham allison. Its a highstakes conversation because as we all know gathered here that this i
Landslide has to remote village and popcorn you any more than a 100 people of c a dead. And china begins the 2nd day of military trail surrounding taiwan, saying the war games and testing their affility to seize power. The in a few hours, the International Court of justice would vote on whether israel should and military operations in the gulf or in southern gaza. South africa is a choosing israel of carrying out genocide against palestinians. It says israels assault on the profit is the last step and the complete destruction of the Palestinian People. Lawyers for south africa have off the u. Ns Top Court Order as well, and its offensive and besetti withdrawal from that off of crossing and, and show unintended access to humanitarian aid. In january, the u. S. Highest court issued provisional measures ordering as well to do Everything Possible to prevent acts that could amount to genocide. South africa says israel has ignored the voting a whole month. Instead of ahead being the last ref
Actually say in the beer distributors pockets. It was public money that was supposed to go to promoting recycling but was instead winding up in the distributors pockets just because of an error in the way the law was constructed. They were very active in political campaigns and that loophole of what we knew about it for years and years and years was not corrected. My first term in the legislature in 2009 was the first year the legislature was publicly financed. I cant point to a direct correlation. But i think it was about two weeks after we were sworn in that we came in and corrected that loophole and those funds are returned to the public. And so thats a clear example of a special interest that had been able, to no pun intended, bottle up legislation. If you look at connecticuts record, particularly the last four years under governor malloy, weve really been a shining light for those of us in the Progressive Movement as a place where we can see policies that are folks elsewhere can o
Government sales program. And saturday on cspan3, on lectures in history john turner on the early mormons and their attempts to create a new zion in the american west. Sunday afternoon at 4 00, nine from little rock. About the forced desegregation of the allwhite high school. Find our complete schedule on cspan. Org and let us know what you think about the programs you are watching. Email us. Send us a tweet at cspan comments. President obama was in here falls, iowa to outline his plan to increase access to affordable broadband service. He chose cedar falls because it is the first city in iowa where fast Gigabit Service is available. It is a preview of what he will announce in his state of the Union Address next tuesday. Hello cedar falls. Thank you. It is good to be back. Give mark a big round of applause for the introduction and the great work he is doing. [applause] i also want to thank mayor john cruz and the whole team here at cedar falls utilities for hosting us here today. A big