House Foreign Affairs committee on militant Group Alshabaab and why he feels it could become more of a global threat if the United States wont counter its influence. Alshabaab is this tamalebased group that took credit for last weeks attack at a canyon Shopping Mall. This is just over two hours. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] this hearing will come to order at this time. Today we are going to meet to assess the threat and i would ask all members to take their seats at this time. Today we are going to discuss the threat from alshabaab which is al qaedas franchise in the horn of africa. We are going to discuss the threat that it poses to somalia combat the threat to the horn of africa, to the region and the threat that it can poses to us. Alshabaab translates to the youth and that organization officially swore allegiance if you recall last year in february to al qaeda but the leadership for many years alshabaab had been working closely with
Live in some kind of second class status in the United States, and it is long past time for us to make sure there is a pathway to citizenship. The last point i want to make is, you will hear lots of excuses if you hang around this town, excuses for why someone should not vote for something. In this case, you might hear people say, even though there were republican senators from arizona, who care more about Border Security than anyone in the senate, that there is not enough Border Security in this bill. Or excuse after excuse. What i want to leave you with is, this bill, if it passes, will reaffirm to ideas that make america a special place. One is that we subscribe to the rule of law. The other is, unlike any other country in the world, we truly are a nation of immigrants. When you hear people making excuses about the bill, i hope you will push them into it, because i know how hard these guys negotiated for so long, for , at seven or eight months work product that is the best i have se
I thought, i can go out. I can go to a restaurant in new york or and antique shop. I used to worry about going into the rock into the white house. It was really the happiest time of my life. Going to the white house and she found out they were the happiest times of her life. Sheere is the case where had a much different impact as first lady. May not have been the ones that people thought about at the time. You suggest she was a transformational first lady and set the stage where those to follow. How so . Away her generation was a bridge between traditional wives and mothers and the post womens liberation of the modern era. Ast is exactly how she was first lady. There were traditional first ladys receding her and afterwards, they were much more modern, still partners with their husbands and picking a particular policy to work on. Kennedy tapesine are widely available. You can listen to her own voice wonderful. Everyone should have it. Thanks to both of you for being at the table tonight
Important contributions to our law. Both in his opinions for the courts and when writing separately. Perhaps most notably in the areas of federalism and the federation of power. The jurisprudence of protection and the guarantee of trial by jury. And the law of free political speech. His opinions reflect a deeper appreciation for the liberty protecting structure of our constitutional system. He has advanced in understanding in the constitution, informed by the vital truths expressed in the declaration of independence, connecting our political and derivative documents. His personal fortitude is example to all who withstand the principal. Please join me in welcoming clarence thomas. [applause] good evening and it is so good to see you again. [laughter] he was really loose at the table so i think this is going to be a lot of fun. Thank you, thank you. As i talked about in the introduction, your path to the court is a remarkable american story. I would like to begin our discussion in the mi
Joining us this evening to talk about Eleanor Roosevelt is allida black, the editor of the Eleanor Roosevelt papers project at George Washington university and an historian. Another historian, Doug Brinkley who is an author from rice university. Thank you for being here with us. Doug brinkley, its march 1933, inauguration and entered the white house. What are they walking into . Fdr did not get to walk in. He came in a wheelchair. The fact that somebody was crippled in the lower half said theres nothing to fear but fear itself. Thats perhaps the most famous phrase of the inauguration. What people were fearing was unemployment, chaos, hoovervilles, unemployment, agricultural angst. Dust bowls, october 1929 crash of the stock market. Our country was in tatters. And there is Franklin Roosevelt, this man has overcome such odds in his personal life, dealing with polio and now ushering in a new progressive era and offering 100 days of the new deal programs right off the bat where what people