Chairman. I have no idea what it is is like now. Think you so much for joining us. Thank you so much for joining us. Chairman mccaul thank you for having me. [applause] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2015] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] thursday, admiral Michael Rogers talks about Cyber Security. He is the keynote speaker at the sixth annual afcea Cyber Security technology summit. We will bring live coverage of his remarks at 12 15 p. M. Eastern. Coming up the Brookings Institution hosts a discussion on the state of the iran Nuclear Talks. Then a discussion on u. S. Preparedness for a biological or chemical threat. And the former Committee Chair talks about the role of congress and by a defense preparedness. Here are some of our featured programs for this Holiday Weekend on the cspan networks. Saturday at 8 p. M. , former texas state senator and gubernatorial c
Over the weekend the religious freedom laws in arkansas and indiana, and whether businesses should be more socially active. Some of the reaction to those laws in those states, whether businesses should be more engaged in political debates over social issues. Here is how to join our conversation. For those of you in eastern and central time zones, the number is 2027 488000. Mountain and pacific 202748 8001. For social media, send us a tweet cspanwj. Make sure you mute your television or radio when you call in. Over the weekend, the president gave an interview to Thomas Friedman of the New York Times. The front page this morning peter bakers article obama calls the iran deal our best that. Host a quote from the president , this is the best that so far that we have to get an agreement from iran. What we will be doing even as we enter into this deal is sending a clear message to the uranian and to the entire region that if anybody messes with israel america will be there. This is the headl
Nightly news. Reporting tonight, lester holt. Good evening. The halls of power in washington, d. C. Were without power for a time today, as the lights blinked out from the white house to the capitol. And well beyond. Given the times we live in a lot of people briefly wondering if there was some kind of attack. For some it lasted moments, others were without power for quite some time. There were parts of the government left to carry on in the dark while elsewhere, forcing evacuations at some of the citys famous museums. All of it raising a lot of questions about how prepared the government really is for a bigger emergency. Chris jan sing is on e story for us tonight. Reporter the lights went out at the state department right in the middle of the daily briefing. Correct. Second thing reporter they finished using the lights fro even the Energy Department lost power. So did the white house. Though the backup generator kicked right in. The president did not notice. Reporter Oprah Winfrey sp
Also a fourth line this morning for those that supported rand pauls father, ron paul, when he did his president ial bid three times. Do you now support his son . We want to hear from you. You can also send us a tweet or a comment at facebook, or send us an email. The phone lines are open. I want to send you that show you a tweet the senator sent out yesterday. He said, after my speech tomorrow ill be using it and doing a little queue and day to take your questions. Doing a little q a to take your questions. Also using this video to treat his campaign. [video clip] there are probably few candidates for 2016 that are more interesting that rand paul. Rand paul has been the most consistently principled person. Senator from kentucky might be the candidate who ends up winning this thing. Hes got organization in all 50 states. Hes got africanamericans taking a look at him. Defense washington, we cannot have business as usual. Congress should read every bill. [applause] congress should also li
The same support. The president now has the upper hand and when he talks to Speaker Boehner he will have to take that message back and he gets a little bit more behind him. Week and a shop with a meeting between the leaders and the white house. What is the dynamic . It will be very interesting to see. Hopefully we will hear from them exactly what their conversation was with the president. It is unlikely that were going to see a detailed agreement on specific issues. Are we going to hear about tax breaks or how entitlement reform is going to happen in the deal . On not sure. These figures are going to be out there. Theyre all going to be scrambling to set the tone in the way that they want to set it. Of they will have discussions like the Democratic Leaders also say let these are the areas where we made clear to Republican Leaders where we are not going to budge. Thank you for your time. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions Copyright National cable satellite