As steve smith wrested back all the momentum at the end of day two. Thanksjohn and darren bett has all the weather temps dropping a bit . It will be cold and things changing gcioss it will be cold and things changing across the weekend, i will tell you about that in a bit. A choir of people who cannot read but making music together. The eu has formally agreed to move to the next phase of talks on brexit. Theresa may welcomed the move as an important step on the road to ensuring a smooth and orderly brexit. It is always a little bit chaotic toward the end of an eu summit, a bit like a feeding frenzy, all of these journalists running back bit like a feeding frenzy, all of thesejournalists running back and forward to different press conferences. There have been press conferences. There have been press conferences from Emmanuel Macron and ankara merkel and everyone reacting to the idea that the negotiation should move on to the next phase. The test of sufficient for progress has been met a
Of building the russians into this 10foot tall man that they are not today. The russians have also admitted they are increasing their operational tempo. Of the previous head of the russian navy stated in 2015, their submarine activities had increased 50 in 2015 compared to 2014. As part of the study the Team Productivity to travel throughout the region, stopping in uk, sweden, finland and warsaw. We conducted another workshop here in dc. These were ultimately helpful in building out our findings and making sure we were tempering the report conclusion correctly. This is a useful image, actually taken from a study that looked at nato, any submarine more pair, science and Technology Cooperation during the cold war, so there are some things about it that are a bit off, notably the Breakout Group of russian subs from the baltic sea into the north sea. Might not be the operational construct of the day, but this really captures sort of the scope of the problem. For us looking to the north, yo
President ial election, lots of thinks to talk about there, talk about people in the room. Talk about obamas legacy a little bit. We will those are the big things, i guess, some of the big areas. Peter just as a reminder, youre going to be bigtime, this is going to be broadcast live on cspan. Larry i know, absolutely. Cspan is so big, it doesnt need h. D. Thats how i like to think of cspan, it doesnt need it. Cspan, you want hfpblg d. , we dont need it. Were cspan, people will watch anyway. Thats how bad cspan is, how bad ass cspan is. Peter Larry Wilmore is not only the host of the nightly show, he is an author and also an executive producer. Whats your connection with the tv show blackish . Larry i helped do the pilot and exec produced the first several episodes. When we were producing the pilot, i got the call to do this show. I wasnt able to finish the whole season. I worked with the creator of the show and we had a great time. Kenya had such a brilliant idea with that and based on
[ room noise ] [ room noise ] so the House Rules Committee taking a break here. When members return, this meeting will continue live on our companion network cspan 2. On the house floor votes are currently under way. Members are voting on two bills including one that aims to prevent suicides among veterans. The measure requires an annual thirdparty review of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention programs at the png and veteran affairs department. Thats live now on cspan. And in the senate today there was a procedural vote on a bill authorizing construction of the Keystone Xl Oil pipeline. The vote was 6332. Which was enough to limit debate and advance the bill for a vote on final passage at a later time. As always, you can watch the senate live on cspan 2. Here are a few of the comments weve recently received on the 114th congress. The thing that really needs to happen is going back to what the incomeing majority said, is they need to get back to regular order. If they go back and pass
Screeria nigeria. Then the u. N. Secretarygeneral talks about priorityies for the u. N. In the new year. The u. S. Naval academy recently hosted a debate on the role of Air Contractors carriers in u. S. National security environments. Two retired Navy Officers looked at whether the vessels were the most effective and efficient Maritime Defense strategy for the u. S. Military. This is just over an hour. Food good evening. Im c. C. Felker. On behalf of superintendent vice admiral ted carr, i want to welcome those flag officers and navy senior civilian leaders escaped the beltway to join us our distinguish faculty in the indianapolis economy, and most of all our midshipmen, who are the real reason were here tonight. Id like to recognize Lieutenant Commander claude bareby for respond forring this event. Hes continued the transformation of the Naval Academy museum to a more active educational medium for the midshipmen. Tonights debate is representative of his energy and imagination. Id also