Says, i dont know who that is. So i published this in the daily beast that the foreign minister doesnt know one of irans most famous Political Prisoners. And it got picked up from there. Thousands wrote him on facebook a lot of pressure they released him on furlough for about a week. And then when the media pressure died down he was put right back into prison. 15, k interesting was my 20 minute debate confrontation with the u. N. Ambassador at the time when i approached him about the same issues, i said why is it that the foreign minister gets to post on facebook when its banned in iran and he said, word for word, are the facebook and twitter band in iran . I assured him that they were. And i list add whole bunch of Political Prisoners. And i said when will they be free . And he says i dont know who that is. Then i sad have you heard about this one . And he said shes the only one ive heard of because her name is in the media. I think hes lying about the others but its a testament to th
The 30 hour work week requirement. We would like to find out from you if there are areas you think the g. O. P. Led congress and white house, where are the areas where they can find Common Ground. Here is how you can make your thoughts known for democrats if you have areas where you think the two bodies can find Common Ground you want to make those thoughts known on twitter cspanwj twitter cspanwj. And back. Com cspan and journal cspan. Org. Joining us on the phone to talk about yesterdays activities in the house and senate and how it might lead as far as the white house and the g. O. P. Led Congress Working together is billy house juning us. Mr. House with bloomberg news, our Congressional Correspondent. Mr. House, talk a little bit about what happened on the house side starting with speaker getting another term or another term as speaker and what it means as far as his relationship with republicans Going Forward. Guest get morning. Thank you for having me. The bottom line is that thi
s governor gary her bevt. Then donald nor cross. Later, hour spotlight on magazines. Well take your calls on the sentencing of former Virginia Governor robert mcdonald. Live starting at 7 00 a. M. Eastern. Today president obama is at a Ford Assembly plant in michigan to talk about jobs and the economy. Live at 4 05 p. M. Eastern on cspan3. This sunday on q a author dick lair talks about the film the birth of a nation. Part two of the movie which is after the war reconstruction is really the heart of the protest in the sense that this is where the blacks are just appalled by the portrayal of freed slaves. And this is a scene showing what happens when you give former slaves the right to vote, the right to be elected the right to govern. Its a scene in the South Carolina legislature where the first and primary order of business is to pass a bill allowing for interracial marriage because again in his hands black men are soley interested in pursuing and having white women. Sunday night at 8
Was real, really critical to get this thing passed. Gerri appalling. Appalling. When someone associated with the president s signature legislation insults the American People, that is exactly what he did. Now today he is saying, he didnt mean it. He wants to take it all back but the damage is done, with more on this. Paul howard, senior fellow for the manhattan institute. This gets under my skin in a way i cant really tell you, when people insult the American People, we tried to trick them. It worked. We got the legislation passed. That is exactly what we meant to do. What is your reaction . Both parties will play threecard monty when it comes to the big programs like this but gerri this is whole different level. This is whole different level. President making promises the white 6 white house new that was wrong. Gruber said we had to be deliberately obtuse to the cbo couldnt score it properly. Gerri we had to tell the American People it wasnt a tax. That was the really. It was a tax. I
But we begin with a look at todays eye opener. Your world in 90 seconds. We wont be redirected by borders. The white house is considering attacks against isis in syria. U. S. Air strikes have intensified after militants beheaded james foley. Islamists will dominate over you. The pentagon accuses a chinese warplane of conducting a dangerous intercept in International Air space. They were very, very close. Oh, my gosh. Is that suppose to happen . An unmanned spacex rocket exploded outside texas. A russian convoy returning from ukraine thousand. Now. Described as an invasion. Two american flags are back in u. S. Hands. Two german artists eventually came forward and said they get it. Officials say the flags were returned to the u. S. Embassy in germany. All that heavy rain causing plenty of problems around the country. Like Whitewater Rafting at gone through the building. P. And all that matters. Washington post says it will avoid using the word redskins. They believe it offends many nativ