Khomeini was greeted by several million iranians when he returned from exile about two weeks later. An armed rebellion soon led to the fall of the royal government and a National Referendum established iran as a republic on april 1, 1979. On november 4 of that year, iranian students seized the American Embassy and took more than 50 hostages. Next we look at the release of the hostages the day president Ronald Reagan was inaugurated, january 20, 1981, from cspans president ial Library Series recorded in 2007. We have this important piece of videotape. It is extraordinary. It was what ought to have been a theus moment, the calm climax of the carter presidency. On january 16, four days before the inauguration, a basic deal had been agreed upon. And it hitched upon president carter unfreezing iranian assets. ,hat was incredibly complicated with many banks around the world. One delay after another, after another took place. Here we are on Inauguration Day morning. The president is in the ov
Tonight as we welcomed the discussion for the book firefight. All cell phones, ipads or whatever that makes noise please silent or put on vibrate. There there books for sale at the register and buy them plentifully so we can continue to do for events like this one. There will be a short reading and a panelist discussion and then assigning to follow. Tonights event is being filled by cspan for book tv and we are honored to have them with us, please be aware that you may be a bill for this event. Well be passing a microphone around for the questionandanswer period. So if you have a question at the end please make sure that you have a microphone in your hand. Thanks for working with us on that. Our featured author is ginger adams otis, she has been writing about new york City Politics for more than a decade. She is a staff writer at the Ny Daily News and has written for the New York Post. Wnyc, the ap, bbc, National Public radio and the village voice. Her new book, firefight is a century
You can also catch up with us on all your favorite social media pages. Twitter, facebook or email. A very good Christmas Morning to you. We are talking about the American Dream. Traditional polling has the American Dream defined as possible to start up poor in this country, work hard and become rich. A that measure according to recent poll in the New York Times, americans are less optimistic. The story from earlier this month. Alongside the story is a timeline of the polling over the years on that question. Possible,think it is since 1996, started dropping in 2010. Now, down to just above 60 . Those who think it is not possible, that has been rising since 2010. We want to hear from our viewers this morning. Republicans, democrats, independents or outside the u. S. , the phone overs are there. Phone numbers are there. Is the definition of the American Dream still the same in your mind . Thatcolonists picked up on poll. Comments for the washington post. The much excited statistic stems f
We want to hear from you. You can also make a comment via twitter cspanwj is our twitter handle. Alex rogers is with the National Journal. Mr. Rogers, can you explain what is going on in the senate and what is going to happen today and perhaps over the weekend as well . Alex the send it is in a race against time. They are trying to figure out a few matters. The first on the schedule is a trade legislation that is not time sensitive but that the Republican Leadership wants to pass before leaving for memorial day recess. After that, there is going to be a time sensitive deadline. The end of the month, the nsa bulk collection of telephone meta data will and by midnight, may 31. The administration has there could be some lapses if the senate does not pass a house passed bill by the end of today. Then, of course, there is a third item. A Highway Trust Fund authorization the house has passed a temporary two month bill there as well. So, they have a lot on their plate. The jet fumes, the sena
Here. Please no live blogging or tweeting. Corker its a pleasure to be with you. I do enjoy doing these kinds of things. I realize that it is a gift to serve in the senate and to wake up on a daily basis and deal with issues that matter. I have enjoyed very much dealing with senator menendez. We have a number of issues in the senate. We have had a good run as far as causing things to happen. I think, instead of me giving a lot of opening comments i would rather just take questions. Cook let me throw a one or two ceremonial softballs in the monitor tradition. What do you expect from tomorrows meetings at camp david and how worrisome is it that some gulf state leaders did not show up or are not showing up . Corker behind the scenes many expressed great frustration. You know, we bump into these people, and there is a lot of concern about the realignment they see taking place and concerns about just the iran deal itself. There are some concerns about some of the positions that the United S