Morning for the families that lost these students teachers and administrators but beyond that these high school students, 17, 18 years old, some even younger have really become a national voice, a powerful voice on the issue of gun safety in schools. I often wonder when this moment might occur or whether it would occur. There has beentr such a long litany strain of mass shooting and whiskers and it is sad to say their numbers setting in with terrible things occurred in places like las vegas and texas and other states the wonder is that the event and is killing those innocent children sandy hehook Elementary School will tt be the Tipping Point and will america finally say enough and it appears on this day 13 days after the tragedy in florida that we are near or at a Tipping Point when it comes to gun safety. Some of it is personal and two weeks ago after this occurred my sixyearold granddaughter said to her mother that she had been warned in her first grade classroom that if the shooter
Read from the ancient and sacred scroll of ester. It is in the scroll we read at first of a certain darkness, a darkness which would come to envelope the entire nation over which ester would reign as queen. It was queen ester who became frightened when the plan revealing a plot to erase the sacred remnants of her people, along with the fundamental teachings of her faith came to light. And yet, it was ester who, when confronted by the impending darkness, was able to bring the plot to an end, allowing her people to emerge from the shadow of this horror and live freely, without fear, celebrating life itself in the light of their new found freedom. And now, standing here today before you on the eve of the festival, we too ask that you remember us for life, instilling within us a greater love of freedom seeking both peace and prosperity for all the inhabitants of this great nation. And yet, dear lord, we would be remiss if we were not to remember those who have sacrificed much, those who ha
They are small potatoes. Kathleen i had an interesting conversation with bill dudley and i am putting that comment of small potatoes from bill dudley seenrspective we have much worse, however, he is convinced as well that, rate hikes will continue and is interesting to me that it isnt just u. S. Fed officials but other central bankers downplay the stock market volatility. We heard it from greg spencer yesterday, and we heard it from ecb officials yesterday, saying it will not affect the policy path. Unless it gets worse and last longer. Yvonne we heard the boe chiming in and it is fueled by the selloff that we saw overnight. Interesting contest of last week, or earlier this week that the worst may be and this is a technical shakeup given the fact that most of this market with short volatility, but now that trade is that, perhaps the dust settles, we should be ok. But today was an indication that we could see more to go. Kathleen may more dust coming, we shall see. The s p dropped takes
Cell robin this is the aljazeera news our live from our headquarters here in doha coming up in the next sixty minutes session his forces in yemen have reportedly taken control of the southern port city of aden plus. Was. A rocky start to russias attempt at a peace conference on syria also. Thousands rally in nairobi as Opposition Leader Raul Oettinger takes an unofficial oath declaring himself kenyas peoples president. And major changes for hundreds of millions of space book users worldwide get ready for local news feeds. Welcome to the aljazeera news our surgeon is forces in yemen are reported to have taken control of the southern port city of a the Reuters News Agency says the forces which are backed by the u. A. E. Have confined the government of president but that a bomb and the to the president ial palace the takeover comes after two days of fighting the Yemeni Government is accusing saudi arabia of ignoring the action by the u. A. E. Linked forces now this is a new front in yemen
On the fall congressional agenda. Funding for the federal government expires on september 30, so Congress Must pass a federal spending bill to keep the government open and avoid a shutdown. The house passed four of its 12 Appropriations Bills in a spending package. Here are the opening remarks of the floor debate from the House Appropriations Committee Chair and Ranking Member. Mr. Chairman, i rise today to present an amendment to hr 3219, the make america secure appropriations act. This legislative package revise critical appropriation for nafta security, including the department of defense, the department of Veterans Affairs, and the department of Energy Nuclear programs, and the legislative branch bill. My colleagues, this is the primary constitutional duty of the congress, to ensure the safety of the homeland and the American People. This legislation is carefully crafted to fund our Critical Military priorities, supporting veterans, and making our board making our borders more secu