Former Florida Governor jeb bush is gathering policy experts and dedication leaders Fourth Annual education summit. We covered yesterdays events pick. Thats where we begin. Mr. Bush says the unions are barriers to better schools. How would you fix your School System . We want to get your take on it. Also, send us a tweet, post your comments on facebook, or send us an email. We begin with the Washington Times headline we want to show you what the former Florida Governor had to say at yesterdays event. [video clip] we need to have a teacher Evaluation System that is based on teachers being professionals and not part of some collective trade Union Bargaining process. We have a system to reward teachers based on an industrial and unionized model that is completely inappropriate for the 21st century, completely inappropriate. There are incredibly fine teachers that get paid less even though they are doing the lords work consistently over time and there are teachers that are mediocre that ge
On the plight of Syrian Refugees whove fled to lebanon. At this tent camp in almarj, in the eastern part of Lebanons Bekaa valley only 25 miles from the Syrian Border refugees are struggling to adapt to a new, impermanent reality. Ifill and we close with a look at whats happening with the boy scouts, as they struggle to decide whether to lift a longstanding ban on openly gay members. Brown thats all ahead on tonights newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Brown the u. S. Postal service announced today it plans to end saturday mail delivery beginning in august. Under the plan, post offices already open on saturdays will remain so. Packages will also continue to be delivered on saturdays. But home and business mail would end. The move would save an estimated 2 billion annually. The Postal Service ended the last bu
Leaked white paper from the white house just fine drone strikes on u. S. Citizens overseas. Nbc news reported on the memo monday night and it has gotten lots of reaction in washington. What are your thoughts . Call we want to get your thoughts on social media as well on twitter or facebook. Or send us an email. We will get your thoughts in a moment. First, Josh Gerstein is joining us on the phone. Heres your headline what was this memo . Guest this is a white paper that looks like it was derived from some confidential legal opinions that the opinions opinions that the Justice Department wrote that authorized drones or some other Counterterrorism Operations to basically killed u. S. Citizens overseas. And it talks about one set of circumstances. It looks like it is talking specifically about a particular country or type of country or certain type of leaders or terrorist organizations and under what conditions it would be ok to use this type of lethal force. It does not talk about drones
Testified about libya that killed for students and three other americans. We will be live touring at 10 00 a. M. Eastern on cspan. Later, president obama chief counterterrorism advisor and the president s choice to be cia director testifies against the Senate Intelligence committee. That hearing is live at 2 30 p. M. Eastern. President obama announces his nominee interior secretary ken salazar. Postmaster general pastor donohoo announces the end of saturday mail delivery. Washington journal is live. What i have discovered is the war strategy to achieve happiness and life is to make that your primary goal. If you make your happiness what you are striving for, you will not achieve it. You will be knossos cystic, selfinvolved, caring narcissistic, selfinvolved. Happiness is best as a byproduct of other things. It is a five part of meaningful work five part of meaningful work, family, friends, good health, love, and care. We get happiness by throwing ourselves into life projects, involving
Revolution, they believed in the power of prayer to god, and thats why they prayed during that time, but they wanted much to have the chance to worship as they chose. Be they muslim, hindu. But especially judeochristian beliefs where jews and christians had traditionally suffered so much persecution. They wanted the chance for people to worship as they please or not worship, but they knew to make that possible had he had to they had to pray to god. Thats why we are observing once again tomorrow the National Prayer breakfast where our president will speak, where we will have a fantastic testimony from one of the great leaders in our country who earlier in his life, when his life was going astray, dropped to his knees and prayed for help and got it. Well hear about that tomorrow. But if we dont know the history of this country, if we dont know the dream of the founders, if we dont understand the constitution, then we lose it. And people need to understand when there is a global jee hasis