Front the have some connection to politics. So i think it has a pretty big impact. Of all the programs you produced over the years, which had the most impact on politics, on the popculture scene . I will answer with a movie we distributed. We distributed a movie several years ago called in the loop. It was done by a guy named armando and it was a british take on politics. Armando went on to do a beautiful show on hbo called veep. It was the lighter side of politics. I dont know if youve seen it. Im not sure it is the most profound effect but it has caught some attention. Not our show. A wonderful show done by hbo. What impact do you think television has on the political system and political culture. For those that dont watch everything that you do, what do you do . I work at amc networks. You run it. Yes. I will name some of our shows. I dont want to bore you or anyone watching this. We have mad men was quote and breaking bad and walking dead. We have a show call hell on wheels, wetv,
Armando went on to do a wonderful show on hbo called veep. It was the lighter side of politics. I dont know if youve seen it. Im not sure it is the most profound effect but it has caught some attention. Not our show. A wonderful show done by hbo. Jeff daniels just won a big award for his work. For those that dont watch everything that you do, what do you do . I work at amc networks. You run it. Yes. I will name some of our shows. I dont want to bore you or anyone watching this. On amc, we have mad men and breaking bad and walking dead. We have a show call killing, hell on wheels. On wetv, which is a channel for women, we have a lot of shows, including a whole bunch specifically targeted for africanamerican women that are quite popular, including something called braxton family values. And ifc, a channel devoted to independent film. We have taken a left turn and make a lot of comedies. One of them is called portlandia. And a couple of other new ones coming up, in addition to comedy bang
Its debt. We are three days from potentially hitting the debt ceiling, a move one bank ceo says would be a very rapidly spreading, fatal disease. We are on the grown in washington with the latest details. The deadlock in washington is weighing on stocks today. We are counting you down to the market open 30 minutes from now. Netflix coming to a cable box near you. A new report says the streaming Video Service is in talk with cable providers and shares of netflix are higher in the premarket. Still, no agreement on ending the Government Shutdown. Now in the 14th day. Nor on raising the debt ceiling. The biggest leaders in banking sounding the alarm at the International Institute of finan finance conference in washington. I was a moderator at that event. Jamie dimon painted a pretty bleak picture of what could happen. As you get closer, the panic will set in and something will happen. I dont know periodically when that problem starts. Deutsche bank says his company has been making continge
Government surveillance are expected together on the 12th anniversary of the patriot act. That is where we let to begin with you. Where we want to begin with you. With european leaders calling for new restrictions on such actions, we are opening up our phone lines to you this morning. How concerned should america be about the government spying on foreign allies and partners . That is our question for you. Republicans can call at 202585 3881. 3880. Rats, 202585 882. Pendents, 2025853 you can also catch us on your favorite social media, twitter and facebook. Or you can email us at journal cspan. Org. That story on u. S. Spying on its allies, revelations about the u. S. Listening in on phone conversations of World Leaders. Are some papers from around the world, the front page of the Guardian Newspaper shows german canceler german chancellor angulo Merkel Angela merkel. Here is a german newspaper talking about the nsa efforts. That is angulo Merkel Angela merkel and some of the folk she ha
America is watching on cspan. We are joined this morning by the british and iranian investigative journalist documentary filmmaker and author and she is a frontline correspondent for the new documentary afghanistan under cover. Lets begin with what you found out with this investigation. We found out its not getting out not been reported. Many young girls and women going missing were being taken from the streets from the intelligence agent and your husband away from albeit in a car with someone youre not related to, the most in important part of the imprisonment was being recorded and registered by the taliban. The taliban were keeping the stories quiet. We also found out in the western country suicide rates advocated since the taliban took over. Y this is another story they dont get out. We spoke to doctors who are told are not allowed to register certain suicide cases and most of the suicide cases. In the north of the country coming out from the provinces with afghan and my direction