Republicans set to take place. It takes place at National Stadium here in washington, d. C. And for more about security measures being taken, we spoke earlier today with a capitol hill reporter. Billy house on the phone, a Congressional Correspondent with bloomberg to talk about security. Billy house, lets start with the basics. Whens the criteria of a member of kon to get security detail . Well, essentially, right now to be assigned a security detail which means having several Capitol Police officers with you at almost all times, you have to be a house leader down the chain of command. And thats why of all the lawmakers out there on that baseball field yesterday, house whip steve ska lease was the only one with the detail. If you dont have that type of security, what do you have as a member of congress as we have learned, some members telling us that they have received tlets, too. They have. Including congresswoman tenny of Central New York saying that she got a threat right after the
Before i ask a question, i want to show you a video. I mustve had six or seven biographies written about me. Exciting upnot that until i was president. Have these amazing experiences. I did not really accomplish all that much when i was in high school or in college. Folks think around and they are looking for stuff. Then they try to dramatize things that are kind of routine. There is a part of you that says why would you care about this, it is not that interesting. How right is he. Once you choose to run for president of the United States and succeed, your biography is a major part of american history. Had a mucha actually more interesting, much more richly varied earlier life then we have really to a large extent known up until now. People are aware he grew up in hawaii. But the really transformative period of baracks life in his mid20s came when he was living in chicago for the first time, 1985 to 1988, working as a Community Organizer on the far south side, his first immersion in an
On the floor, the pentagons budget bill is expected with an amendment on the nsa, syria, and egypt. One an amendment could curtail the nsas ability to collect telephone and other data. We want to get your reaction to that provision. Host remember, you can send us a tweet or post your comments on facebook host let me begin with the New York Times story. This piece host we want to get your take on this. What do you think about this amendment the house is expected to vote on later this week . It was introduced by a republican in the house. I want to get your take on it. Host a little bit more from the New York Times this morning. It says host the senator spoke at the center for American Progress yesterday about this program. Is a liberal progressive think tank here in washington, as many of you know. And we covered his speech here on cspan. Here is a little bit. [video clip] at this point i think weve gotten in front of us some very serious questions. ,hat happens to our government our ci
It and three defense. You can almost sell it to America Today as a package. [laughter] so, essentially they tend to believe that if you keep appeasing americans they will make more demands and we should remember in the modern mage that we appeal constantly to munich. If you appease people they will make greater demands grade you need to be firm from the very start. What is remarkable is the extent to which the british had tried to appease americans in their early stages. One of the victims of the socalled boston massacre where british troops boston one of the victims was irish and even as he was dying he said actually they were really restrained compared to how they would have behaved at arlington. [laughter] ladies and gentlemen [applause] up next on both tvs after words with guest host scott snyder director of the program in u. S. Korea policy. This week author Sheila Jager Miyoshi in their latest book sub sub brother at war the unbending conflict in korea. The historian provides a c
Roosevelts tomorrow is now. Coverage of the 2013 president reaching festival starts now. Here is maureen beasley. Good morning. I am the Education Specialist at the roosevelt president ial library and museum and on behalf of the fdr president ial Library Museum welcome you in our audience, those of you at home watching on cspan to the tenth annual roosevelt reading festival. Franklin roosevelts plan for the library to become a premier Research Institution for the study of the roosevelt era, the librarys Research Room is one of the busiest of all the president ial libraries and this years group of authors reflect a wide variety of Research Done here. Let me go over the format for the festivals concurrent sessions. At the top of each hour session begins with a 30 minute author talk followed by a 10 minute question and answer period of. Than the authors go to the new deal store where you can purchase books and have them sign them. At the top of the next hour the process repeats itself aga