[inaudible] the role that [inaudible] have had in strengthening the Iraqi Kurdistan . You repeat that . Yes. If you could please comment on the role that exxon, the oil company exxonmobil. Yeah, sorry. Okay. Thank you. Exxon is one of a number of Large International Oil Companies that have signed exploration and production agreements with the regional government. They did that under threat from baghdad, that they might lose their positions and privilege to develop oil fields in parts of iraq. P. M. They need a Banking Sector they need to be involved in regional trade, but oil is king, and exxon has played a leading role. Seems like a good place to leave these things. David, once again, you have given us a comprehensive sweep of the kurdish issue as well as the politics of the entire region. Again, the book is othe kurdish spring a new map of the middle east. And here with author david phillips. Please join me in thanking him for his insights today. [applause] booktv is on twitter and f
Night its pretty chilly and ind the morning, its chilly and it warms up. It could be a lot of daytime hours, look at you. Not as much humidity. If you dont have a scientists that you know, i feel sad for fo you, because we have tucker barnes. 55 dulles, bwi marshall,ll, 66 degrees, nice and quiet. Some of those clouds breaks and sunshine, and in and out of clouds here for times, but the pattern remains intact. Inta daytime temperatures expecting in the mid80s and over night lows in the upper 60s, and the 60s for the time being. Enjoy a lot of sunshine, and a nice day to win the lottery butt the next best thing. Thank you, sir. You, we want to get the latest on this mornings rush hour ho traffic, julie wright is here to give us that. Hi, julie. Hi, guys, what we we anticipated to be a light rush hour is turning to be anything but that at this point. Turns out to be the, the accident activity had temporarily blocked all lanes of travel on the southbound stretch of the highway,so now some
These days with the republicans. This is really the major dilemma, will erik canter and john boehner which is outlet of the picture, its up to canter to whip republicans. And also what was mentioned no amendments. I thought theyd go to the floor with a rule which means no amendments. You rule up or down like they did in the senate. If they cant do that, back to square one. Republicans in the house have said at least the vast majority of them dont want to vote for any tax hikes. But how can they vote for a bill that has no spending cuts . As mitch who is a republican said look were just going to concentrate on taxes. What republicans wont say is they dont want to be blamed for raising taxes for everyone. And thats what would happen if they dont come up with a package. And its up to the republicans or enough republicans to vote thats where nancy pelosi said bipartisan enough republicans to breakaway from their caucus and vote with democrats so they get to the magic number of 218 without
Reagan National Falling back into the mid 30s. And the chill continues to work into dulles and bwi marhsall. Both reporting freezing temperatures, 32 as you get outside the beltway. One or two sprinkles or light snow flurries. Got to look real close there. That along our cold front which is south and east. And the trend will be left over moisture out of here but the clouds as well. We should see a decent amount of sunshine. Not expecting any additional shower and or snow shower activity. Should be a nice quiet afternoon. A little chilly. 41 your daytime high. Sunny and another cool afternoon for the second day of january. More details on the weather. Guess who else is back . Julie wright. Good morning to you, tucker. Been busy on the west side of town this morning. Earlier accidents along the dulles toll road. Then the crash eastbound 66 before the beltway. Thats whats tying up the left shoulder. Virginia state police tell me theyll have to off load the bus. On the shoulder for the whi
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