Press. We put together the coalition for court transparency. It was a single issue group with five or six clients. I was a part of a Consulting Firm in d. C. , and the issue was ending the broadcast media in the federal judiciary. From the federal level to the Supreme Court, we had 20 different groups together, and pressed various different forms as lobbying, media, it going on tv, programs like this, trying to get cameras in the Supreme Court. After doing a number of events like cspan, i realized it wasnt just the issue of a lack of broadcast media inside the courtroom that made the Supreme Court very opaque. It wasnt just the cameras issue. It was the fact that they dont follow the same ethics rules as every other federal judge, the fact that they serve for life where as most other democracies there is a term limit. They dont put information online. They dont say when justice cane is speaking in massachusetts or in georgia. He wasnt as this one issue, but a whole host of issues that
Welcome to your world this morning, im stephanie sy. Im dell walters and in russia they are starting the process to identify loved ones who died in the plane crash and it is at a morgue in st. Petersburg as they try to find out exactly what brought the plane down. Ruling out safety issues with the plane suggesting it may have been attacked. Translator i can tell you with absolute confidence the repairs from a few years ago have nothing to do with what happened to the plane all 224 passengers and crew on board that flikt were killed, al jazeeras peter sharp has the latest from st. Petersburg. Reporter russian investigators at the scene have been recovering bodies following the crash on saturday and overnight an aircraft from cairo brought back 144 of the victims. Now, they will be taken from the airport here to a special purpose built mortuary in the north of the city where they will be matched with dna samples that were taken from their families and it should result in positive identif
Up next, cia director john brennan discusses the history of the president s daily brief. Following his remarks the panel of former Intelligence Officers and giving brief offers discuss the documents importance. The cia, lyndon b. Johnson president ial library, and the university of texas at austin cohosted this event as part of a symposium entitled the president s daily brief, delivering intelligence to the first customer. Is about two hours and 15 minutes. Good afternoon. Growth, director of the lbj president delivery. On behalf of the cia, the National Record archives and records administration, and university of texas, it is my great privilege to welcome you to the president s daily brief, delivering intelligence to the first customer. 50 years ago president johnson in an address to the American Business leaders said a long axiom in my political thinking has been a mans judgment is no better than this information on any given subject. Since its creation, the president s daily brief
Is the country about to lunch to the right in reaction to the paris attacks . Libyas two rival governments have described a deal aimed as resolving the countrys political crisis as a huge leap forward. Its hoped the agreement will end violence and the chaos that split libya against Muammar Gaddafi was overthrown in 2011. The deem stipulates that an election will take place within two years. We have this report. A libyan initiative, for the first time in the countrys long running political crisis, an initial agreement to work together. These are representatives of the two rival parliaments. The deal calls for the two sides to form a 10 Member Committee to help choose a government of national reconciliation. This is a purely libyan meeting arranged by libyans. Now we call on the United Nations to endorse this move which will provide a swift, prompt solution to the libyan crisis. It was a national, sincere and constructive dialogue and each party accepts the other party with an open heart
Stateless people should have the right to nationality and a passport within ten years. And a hive of activity in england as gardeners attempt to bring back the bees in england. Hello. It will be a nerveracking day for president obama, as polls open on the east coast of the u. S. For the Midterm Elections. They have the power to turn barack obama into whats known as a lame duck president. A leader whose opponents control both the house of representatives and the senate. Well, if the republicans do take control of both houses of congress, the u. S. System means they could block any legislation they want to in the last two years of president obamas term. One of the key Senate Battles is in kentucky, where the democrats there hope to unseat republican mitch mcconnell. If they do, it will be a huge feather in their cap, because hes the man currently tipped to be the new senate leader. To help understand just how important this election is, we have this look at the possible changes to congre