Our live capitol hill coverage continues tomorrow with the confirmation hearing for the next defense secretary, ashton carter. Live coverage of the senator Armed Services committee will get underway tomorrow on cspan3 starting at 9 30 a. M. Eastern. This sunday on q and a, david brooks columnist for the the New York Times on writing an article for the times and the awards he gives out at the end of the year. The sidney awards. Sidney awards are given for the best magazine essays of the yeesh, and they can be in journals or Something Like the new yorker or the atlantic. And the idea is they always come out about that christmas week. And the idea is thats a good week to step back and not read little instant stuff, tweets, not even read newspaper articles. But to step back and read something deeper and longer. And its to celebrate those longer pieces. I do believe magazines changed history. The new republican until its recent destruction was the most influence political magazine of the 21
Good morning on this mothers day. Im martha raddatz. Great to have you with us. We start off with those dramatic new warnings from the fbi that hundreds, maybe thousands of isis followers inside the u. S. Are being urged to kill americans. Military bases nationwide increasing security, our exclusive live interview with the Homeland Security secretary just moments away. First the latest on these extraordinary warnings from senior justice correspondent pierre thomas. Good morning, pierre. Reporter good morning, martha. In an urgent friday conference call, the fbi director and Homeland Security secretary met with thousands of Law Enforcement officials from across the country to warn them about a social Media Campaign by isis thats reaching americans in every state. The meeting of top Law Enforcement officials came on the heels of sundays shootout in texas by two men believed to be isis supporters communicating with the group via social media. Police officers that were nearby saw what was
We start off with those dramatic new warnings from the fbi that hundreds, maybe thousands of isis followers inside the u. S. Are being urged to kill americans. Military bases nationwide increasing security, our exclusive live interview with the Homeland Security secretary just moments away. First the latest on these extraordinary warnings from senior justice correspondent pierre thomas. Good morning, pierre. Reporter good morning, martha. In an urgent friday conference call, the fbi director and Homeland Security secretary met with thousands of Law Enforcement officials from across the country to warn them about a social Media Campaign by isis thats reaching americans in every state. The meeting of top Law Enforcement officials came on the heels of sundays shootout in texas by two men believed to be isis supporters communicating with the group via social media. Police officers that were nearby saw what was happening and engaged the two men and shot and killed them there at the scene. R
Setting up the obamacare exchanges, and we remember what happened when the web site that was the portal through which people would sign up for the exchanges, failed. Well, it was all hands on deck. All hands on deck. Well, i commend the administration for its timely response to that problem, but by comparison, with the tragedies that were reading about in the newspapers from the 40 veterans who died in phoenix reportedly waiting for treatment at a v. A. Clinic or hospital when put on a secret waiting list, i dont see that sense of urgency coming from the administration or from this congress, for that matter. Now, i do commend senator sanders and senator burr who are the chair and Ranking Members of the Veterans Affairs committee, the senate for having secretary shinseki and others today to begin the process of peeling the layers of the onion so we can get to the truth. And i realize the administration has to balance competing priorities. But in my view, there are few priorities more im
On this memorial day, cspan is visiting for memorials around the National Mall in washington dc. This is the korean war veterans memorial, just steps away from the lincoln memorial. It opened in 1990 two. The walls in the background are etched with 38 soldiers representing the 38th parallel. It also contains a pool of remembrance. On the walls, an inscription that reads freedom is not free. Also today, live coverage from the tomb of the unknown. Nationalrlington cemetery. We will be bringing you here at 11 00 eastern as president obama takes part in the annual wreathlaying. After that, the president will want to the amphitheater at the cemetery to deliver the annual memorial day address. We will hear remarks from general martin dempsey. Our live coverage its underway at 11 00 a. M. Eastern right here on cspan. Afternoon, cspans coverage of commencement addresses from around the country continues. We will hear from scott walker, Terry Mcauliffe, and antonin scalia. Here are some of his