And intel the Washington Post inside the Washington Post, marking the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln at ford theater. And with the debates in arkansas and indiana this past week, we want to begin on this Easter Sunday with your comments on this issue. Religion, does it unite us or divide us . If you say divide us, here is the number, 202 7488000 for. For those who say it unite says, 202 7488001 for. You can join us on twitter at cspanwj. An Organization Called the center for public christianity has written an essay on this very issue saying that religion at its worst sponsors tribalism. Setting faithful against the infidels. Christian examples are well known the crusades, and the awful covering up of child sexual abuse. No doubt there are hindu jewish, and even buddhist examples, but a fair reading of history wont stop there. Religion, at best, unite and divides in a very different way. Like debates about Climate Change or asylumseekers, some important causes unite and rebel at t
Woman a. Sides of the debate. Because the high court has same sex marriage remains on hold in california, until there is a ruling. This is about fundamental coverage. J. R. Stone is standing by. Pam with reaction from both here to break down what because the high court has agreed to hear this case, same sex marriage remains on hold in california, until there is a ruling. The validity of same sex marriage in california has been an issue since 2004. And now we know, we will get the final word by next summer legal briefs will be filed and the case will be argued early next years. Possibly in the spring. Then the Supreme Court should issue its ruling very likely by the end of june. And we should also note the Supreme Court has also agreed to review the federal defense of marriage act. Legal experts say agreeing to review both cases is significant. It indicates that the court wants to indicate the entire ball of wax in one fell swoop. They are not looking to make a narrow ruling and keep th
All right. For more lets bring in Jeremy Diamond at the white house. Sorry. It is not Jeremy Diamond. There your go. Its arlette saenz. Lets talk about two days away. Now im with you. Two days away from the first president ial debate. What do we know of how joe biden and the president might be preparring . Reporter joe biden and President Trump are preparing to faceoff for the first time in this debate. They will be one on one here in cleveland in just two days. Each preparing in their own ways. Biden starting to intensely focus on the debate prep on thursday. It involved reading through briefing books and smaller prep sessions but now he is really getting into the nittygritty of debate prep preparring to take on the president. Biden said he is expecting a lot of the president s attacks to be personal, he doesnt necessarily think many of them will be based in fact and something that he and the campaign is bracing for. The president is studying up possible joe biden could lob his way as
The role of the u. S. On the world stage. Give us a call this morning on the democratic line, the republican line, and the independent. 585ure outside the u. S. , 3883. You can reach us on facebook or twitter or email. Good monday morning to you. We want to start with the interview with president obama and secretary of state Hillary Clinton from last night that appeared on 60 minutes. Heres how it played in a couple papers from around the country. Heres the New York Times headline and the culpeper star has i want to read you from the story that was in the hill newspaper this morning, the congressional newspaper here in washington. What we want to do now is take you to a clip from last night of that interview. Here is president obama. [video clip] we helped to put together and lay the groundwork for liberating libya. When it comes to egypt, i think, had it not been for the leadership we showed, you might see a different outcome. Also understanding that we do know body and a service when
Hello and welcome to the National Press corps and the kalb report. I am amrtimartin calb. Most would agree for the 2012 election being too long, too loud, and too noisy. Except for the last month, with three president ial debates and one vicepresident ial debate. 70 million watched the first and 60 million watched each of the other three. Only the super bowl did better than that. In 11 of the last 14 debates, there have been these debates and they are a fixed feature of the political landscape. We have a wonderful opportunity to talk to three moderatores of the 2012 debate. To my right is jim lehhrer, who has done 12 debates. Nobody will catch up to that. The most honored former anchor and prolific author and winner of every prize in journalism. To my left, bob schieffer, anchor of face the nation and an author and winner of many journalism awards, and Martha Raddatz, the chief Global Affairs correspondent. She spent a lot of time in iraq and afghanistan and winner of many prizes for h