After five years of fighting and more than 250,000 deaths, the u. S. And russia have agreed on terms for what both sides are calling a cessation of hostilities. Reporter tony after more than a week of negotiations, the deal was sealed in a phone call between president obama, and russian president vladimir putin, but the final word on whether the fighting really stops, lies with the Syrian Government forces and the fighters on the ground who oppose them. The agreement gives Syrian Forces another week to press their advantage over opposition fighters, and another week for russia to back the government with punishing air strikes that have laid waste to the city of aleppo. In a broadcast address, russian president putin hailed the agreement as a break through that could radically transform the situation in syria, and launch a genuine political process. President obama by contrast did not mention the accord in remarks to the nations governors, instead later issuing a lowkey statement, sayin
. Lse to leave and there appear i apologize. That is the word. Throughout the day, you can conversation on cspan or our twitter feed as well. Itch mcconnell 2 50 p. M. Eastern time, the live here on cspan. Mitch mcconnell is a presumptive new majority leader of the u. S. Senate and hes both, as did his allison, they both spoke last night. We want to show you the concession and victory speeches from last night. [cheering] are you having a good time . [applause] , we areht like tonight grateful, above all else. For me, the gratitude starts with people of kentucky. [applause] they have put their trust and confidence in me for a long time. I want to thank them tonight. I work hard to bring your concerns to washington and i will not let up. [applause] you know, every election is a job interview. In this cake, a very long one. [laughter] i have shared my vision with you. Shared your stories and concerns with me. One complaint has stood out above all the rest, especially in recent weeks. Anou
Here is mitt romney announcing his decision. Good morning. This is mitt. Let me let you know who was on the call. Theres a large number people who signed on to be leaders of our 2016 finance effort. In addition, state political leaders here for several of the primary states on the line. Here in new york city and on the phone are people who have been helping me think through how to build a new team, as well as supporters from the past who have all been kind enough to volunteer their time during the celebration stage. Welcome, and thank you. Your loyalty and friendship, and your desire to see the country with new conservative leadership does in fact warm my heart. After putting considerable thought into making another run for president , ive decided its best to give other leaders in the party the opportunity to be our next nominee. Let me give you my thinking. First, im convinced that with the health of the people on this call, we could win the nomination. We would have enough funding to
Police or here in the federal government has got to be protection. Safetynd security of the american citizens and of those free dompredom loving people around the world who love the values. You can be responsible in doing that and make responsible reasonable expectations of how to streamline the way that we provide that security through the department of defense and other mechanisms out this. That has to be at the top of the list. And then to for a good part goes back to the theme of what i mentioned. To me to tackle the challenges take money otherwise spent here or duck tated dictated here and send it back to the states and local governments where it is much more accountable to the regular taxpayer. Give examples. Medicaid is an issue we talked about many times before. Paul ryan talked about it in block grants. Give it back to the states what we do in wisconsin is different than new york or california or texas or even illinois. Highway not empower innovators at the local and state lev
Havent changed in the book world over the past 20 years. Many things have changed. But im also very pleased to say that one constant over the past couple decades is the Media Presence of john mutter, cofounder and ed or to have in chief of the brilliant daily newsletter, shelf awareness. He was also the longtime editor at Publishers Weekly and the former e newsletter. Go to the web site, www. Shelfawareness. Com. Without further ado, ill turn the stage other to john who will introduce this panel of wonderful and talented booksellers who i know will offer you brilliant insight into the everchanging Book Business. Of john . [applause] thank you, gene. I dont think ive ever been called a constant. Thank you. [laughter] welcome to the independent bookselling panel. I want to start off by saying anything you take away from this session, it should be that contrary to current perceived wisdom, one independent bookseller stores are not dying and are not going the way of the dinosaur and, two,