The Heritage Foundation and our louislerman auditorium. We, of course, welcome those who join us on our heritage. Org web site as well as those who will be joining us on booktv at a future occasion. We would ask everyone in house to be courteous and check your mobile devices have been silenced or turned off. For those online or in the future, youre welcome to send your questions or comments to us at any time simply emailing speaker heritage. Org, and we, of course, will post todays program on the heritage home page for everyones future reference. We are also pleased today to be cohosting this program with our colleagues and allies at the Texas Public Policy Foundation of which kathleen is a fellow. Introducing our program and hosting our guests today is Becky Norton Dunlop. Mrs. Dunlop is the Ronald Reagan distinguished fellow at the Heritage Foundation. As a conservative movement leader, she serves as chairman of the conservative action project, leads heritages restore america project
Breaking soviet codes one thing they unquestionably did, i dont say this facetiously at all, provide huge stimulus to the us computer industry, the first magnetic drum memory, the first magnetic core memory, 1 highspeed tape drive, the first all transistor computer, first computer work station, first desktop computer, first highspeed modem and the first supercomputers were all built to meet nsa contract and requirements and only later made their way to the commercial market. You can watch this and other programs online at booktv. Org. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] good afternoon. Welcome to the Heritage Foundation, welcome to those who join us on our heritage. Org website and those joining us on booktv at a future location. We ask everyone to be courteous and check that your mobile devices have been silenced or turned off as we prepared to begin. For those online or in the future you will send questions or comments at any time by emailing speaker heritage. Org and
Xl pipeline, you can call us at 202 7488000. If you oppose the decision, you can call us at 202 7488001. You can also less know your thoughts on social media. We are on twitter, cspanwj. We are on facebook at facebook. Com cspan. You can send us an email at journal cspan. Org. President obamas announcement was on the front pages of many of the nations newspapers today. Here is how the New York Times reported the story, president rejects Keystone Pipeline, invoking climate. Host joining us now for more on this decision is elana schor. She is the Energy Reporter for politico. Good morning to you. Thank you so much for being here. Tell us a little bit about what went into this decision for as obama. What were some of the factors that swayed him to reject this pipeline project . The first argument being economics. During the last 18 months, the lack of direct job creation for the project made it easy to deny the permit. The president is looking at what is called the national interest, a bu
Thanks for starting your day with us. Sean good morning, everybody. Day. We there. Kevin we have even seen some areas. Temperatures above the freezing mark in a lot of locations. We get down between 3234 degrees. Some of the elevated surfaces could be a bit slick early on. We start off in the 30 s. Most are in the 40 s through the afternoon. Some showers moving and later on this afternoon. Let s take a look at your morning ride in the granite state. We are joined live by 95. 7 wzid s deb davidson. If you are starting on 89, it looks like a good ride. Be aware of those icy spots in the lowlying areas. Same for 93 north of tilton. Later on today, the everett turnpike the dot says they will be at the everett turnpike south of exit one in the left lane. Please plan accordingly. There will marlen likely more than likely be some delays. Heading into massachusetts, 93 south is heavy in andover, woburn, and stoneham. This report is being brought to you by peters honda, nissan, and kia of nashu
Fentanyl abuse currently stands at 292 lives in the state this year. Look inside the numbers and at new funding headed this way to help. Called the heroin epidemic but fentanyl is driving the overdose role in 177 fatalities. And those are just the confirmed there are still dozens of toxicology reports still New Hampshire Drug Overdose deaths have already set a new record this year, and the tally continues to mount. According to the office of the chief medical examiner, the current confirmed total is 342. 292 of those lost their lives to an opioid overdose. And the state says there are 73 cases pending, awaiting final toxicology reports. That means whatever the final total is it will be far higher than the 326 drug deaths in 2014. But some help is on the way in the form of funding. The budget bill on its way to million or 284 increase in funding for programs aimed at combating opioid abuse. Plus a big bump in the dollars dedicated to the Substance Abuse prevention and treatment block gr