In new york city with george w. Bush. Past republican and Democratic National conventions saturday nights at eight eastern on cspan. If were going to invest additional 100 million into Higher Education in the commonwealth we got to change way we deliver education and expect more from the dollars we are getting spent sunday night onto a day, Gerard Robinson talks about the state of education in the u. S. Spent theres a body of literature thats pretty clear that theyre certain courses you should take, math, science and english that should be listed expect to be successful in college. To simply accept students who have not filled of that curriculum obligation, to let them into school i think is doing a great disservice to them and its selling the effort of affirmative action which is something i support. Sunday night on cspans q a. The u. S. Senate is about to meet and a pro forma session. No legislative work as expected. Now live to the senate floor. The clerk will read a communication t
They are going to push back and treat the theocratic mentality and have a vision because otherwise theres the cognitive dissonance that prevents the advancement of the ideas that can happen this laboratory in america. Take your medical and now to step further in europe for two trading symptoms instead of addressing the root cause. I assume you could analogize this to a misdiagnosis. In this instance that we missed a diagnosis as a malady that has brought about as a result of poverty and the result of lack of Educational Opportunities or a Career Opportunity what might we mess . We would miss the fact that the prisoners in saudi arabia and syria are fighting not for poverty against poverty. They are fighting for freedom and for liberty and in this Great Society we can even recognize the voices, the descendents voices but if you look in the cold wars being told that their voices dont matter at all that matters is the economic plight and in the meantime marker from the cold war would cozy
Bravo. And the drug store chain c. B. S. Praised for removing Tobacco Products from its stores, even though that move is likely to cost the retailer billions. Hi there, welcome to al jazeera america. Im thomas drayton, good to have you with us. Its been a rough 24 hours for a lot of folks. The latest snow and ice knocked out power to more than a million people. As paul beban tells u the long winters are starting to put a strain on resources in many states. As night falls the temperature is dropping and all the slush and water on the streets is turning back to ice on roads making the evening commute treacherous. People are asked to take public transportation, be careful on the roads and the big question for thousands of people is when they do get home, will the power be on . Across pennsylvania more than 750,000 people are without power. More than half a million of them, homes and businesses in the suburbs of philadelphia. The cause, by and large, downed power line, dragged down by snow
Reportedly make four arrests tied to the case. Huge and historic decision from one of the nations largest chains, cvs will no longer sale to be toe products at his 7600 Stores Across the country. They say it could cost them 2 billion of revenue every year. John terret is in washington. It is our top story so fill in the blanks for us. Reporter tony, good afternoon. The first blank to fill is to to say when news came through everybody was caught by surprise. We werent expecting this from cvs its a surprise and a very important decision. Here say giant u. S. Corporation making a social, a political and a business statement all in one. Go, which could well have ramifications for many years to come. Rained mark decision from the nations second largest pharmacy chain, vcs has 7,600 stores in 43 states. Its decision to stop selling all Tobacco Products this year could be a retail game changer. When we asked ourselves where we peck to be in the future as a Health Care Company. It became clear
Committee wants to gauge what is going on and how the quality of care is being delivered, i would ask you to spend a day Walking Around inside the local hospital talking to veterans and discussing their health care experiences, not sitting in front of a preselected panel of veterans to support sweeping jenlizations and to stoke public outrage. The fact is that the v. A. Health Care Services are excellent. Patient satisfaction Services Support that assertion. The primary complaint we hear all of the time from veterans is how long they had to wait to be seen for an initial appointment or to receive care. At its core, this is an access problem, not a quality of care problem. These are not the same thing. And to be clear, sending veterans outside of the v. A. To get private care is not the solution to this problem. It might be part of a solution, it is not the solution. Particularly for veterans who ly on it might be part of a solution. It is not the solution. Particularly for veterans to