Welcome to matter of fact. Ben carson s campaign is about to face its biggest test. The softspoken president ial candidate needs to insure that his voice is heard over the chorus of other republicans in the iowa caucus. Once a front runner, can carson attract enough votes to keep his campaign on track . I caught up with him in clarinda, iowa. Fernando sir, as you are in iowa and iowa voting is coming up, the caucuses are coming up, how are you feeling . What are your prospects . Dr. Carson we are seeing very enthusiastic people. I believe that our enthusiasm will translate to a lot of caucusgoers, but also a lot of people we are seeing who are not traditional voters, not people who voted in the past, not people who are generally talked to or captured. Fernando how do you feel about what happened in congress, where republicans and democrats voted deficit significantly this year, and possibly following years if the trajectory continues . When you see that happening, it was a bipartisan b
Critical condition, the attack on a young israeli girl that could push a fragile situation over the edge. The cyber war rages on, just when you thought it was safe to watch ginseng on line, hackers hit your living room. Welcome to alJazeera America. On Christmas Day, the president marked the end of americas longest war. It is still one week before the end of the year when the u. S. Officially ends its 13 year combat mission in afghanistan. Yesterday, president obama thanked Service Members for their sacrifices and said afghanistan is not going to be a source of terrorist attacks again. The u. S. Military effort to out of the the taliban began in 2001 following the september 11 attacks and even though the combat mission is about to end, some troops will remain into the new year. John henry smith joining us now. It has taken six years of his presidency, but president obama appears to be on the verge of fulfilling a campaign promise. The president and first lady brought Christmas Greeting
Overturn the democratic legislatures. Host anna harvey, professor of politics at New York University and the author of this book, a mere machine the supreme court, congress, and american democracy. Thank you. Guest thank you. Next we talk to patrick egan about this book partisan priorities in new york city. In the book professor eagan looks at the issues that the majority of americans agree with better handled by one party or the other and discuss what this means for politics. This is about 20 minutes. Host patrick egan, what do you teach at New York University . Guest i am in the Politics Department in the wagoner school. Host what classes do you teach . Guest i am on sabbatical which is a professors joy. But we do love our students. I teach Public Opinion courses and Qualitative Analysis to our ph d students. Host what is Qualitative Analysis . Guest is is numerical analysis of politics. Host what do you do an a sabbatical . Guest you write another book. Or that is one of the things
House that is doing all that we can to ensure that our veterans get timely care and the best care that we can provide them. This is cynical and its shameful and i believe, i believe that the American People can see straight through it. So i hope again, madam chair, that the president will reconsider this position. Because there is no place, no place here in this bill for political gamesmanship when it comes to our military families and our veterans. Thank you. I yield back. The chair the gentleman from pennsylvania reserves. The gentleman from georgia is recognized. At this time i yield three minutes to the gentlewoman from california, ms. Lee, a member of the subcommittee on military construction and Veterans Affairs. The chair the gentlelady from california is recognized for three minutes. Ms. Lee thank you very much, madam chairman. Let me thank the Ranking Member for yielding, for his unwavering leadership for our veterans on this committee and for your friendship. Thank you very m
First major press event as head of the company. Announcement a game changer or another example of microsoft being too late. The captain, husband, former congresswoman, will weigh in on the issue. Lets get straight to the big three, the stocks we are watching. Keeping an ion them. I am looking at citigroup because the shares are down after it failed the test. To do aeholders wanted buyback of more than 6 billion in the fed said, we cannot do it. Your prophecies are not adequate in your shares are falling on that news. Also down, a bit unusual, the company came out a bit unusual. The chairman said the crisis in ukraine said unsettling customers adding to challenges in emerging markets in particular. Those shares are down. Gamestop, we have got the numbermpany says of stores cuts by two percent. Trails analyst estimates last quarter sales. Thank you. We will talk to you again shortly. Onto our big story. The new microsoft ceo made his first public speech since he took over at the head of