All the way in the back. Okay, all right. Be seated. We have a few stragglers coming in. That is all right. I am icao, my job is to welcome you to left for him 2016. Thank you all for coming. I am sure this will be a wonderful for him. I attended my first forum in 2010. I saw doctor cornell west go below the podium when he was so animated. I knew it was something i wanted to be part of in that moment. When i started my doctorate i joined up with the forum. We were talking about occupy wall street, in 2016, talking about a democratic socialist gaining millions of votes throughout the country. Times are definitely changing. One thing that has definitely changed, not for the better, the prices in new york city ravage the working and middle classes and the left for him as well. When i was an intern we were upset when people asked what my compensation was, i said an infinite supply of pretzels, was letters, that unfortunately is still the condition we are in today so all of you are getting
And international affairs. And from 2008 to 2009 was president of the association, has won several awards for his work including two awards, at st. Our Journalism Award and american library. Joining an onstage is chris hedges who has spent two decades as Foreign Correspondent in the middle east, africa and the baltics. And has worked for the Christian Science monitor, National Public radio, Dallas Morning News and the new york times. And a Pulitzer Prize in 2002 for global terrorism. He is author of several bestselling books including wars of force which gives this meeting and his new book wages of rebellion, the moral imperative. We are here tonight to celebrate the release of teds newest book snowden. Without further ado please welcome ted rall and chris hedges. [applause] thanks for coming. And i will talk about my book. And we will talk about whatever he is going to talk about and we will have a little discussion and throw it out to the audience for q a. If you have any questions o
Microsoft. Meanwhile, ceo tim cook announced that apple is investing 850 million in a new solar farm, a partnership with first solar. President obama has called Vladimir Putin ahead of the ukrainian peace talks tomorrow and mr. Obama reaffirmed u. S. Support for ukrainian sovereignty and warned putin that the costs will rise if russia continues to send troops and weapons supporting rebels. President obama also spoke with the president of ukraine poroshenko. And twitter cfo anthony noto had his account hacked, and he was sending spam tweets. Hackers also hit the page of delta airlines, and they said they have removed the objectionable content and are investigating the source of the hack. The white house is creating a new agency Whose Mission is to stop Cyber Attacks and improve information sharing about those attacks. The Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center will collect that information from various Government Departments involved in Cyber Security including Homeland Security a
Switzerland, and raised 1. 2 5 billion swiss franc. Apple taking advantage of record low borrowing costs across the country with bond yields headed to negative territory. Apple has tapped into 39 billion since april of 2013. Borrowed to pay for vivax and dividends 158 billion overseas cash pile. Goldman sachs says it hired just 3 of the 267,000 people who apply for jobs that Goldman Sachs. The ceo called Goldman Sachs the employer of choice in the industry. The bank is breaking out numbers for fixed income trading with Interest Rate products generating 90 percent of the revenue in the past five years. Space x is securing leasing rights, the firstever landing pad at Cape Canaveral not a takeoff pad. Companies like asus x, it says it will transform the missile launching site and landing pads for rocket boosters. The agreement was for five years and now it is set to you prove it can land a rocket safely back on earth. A cool video. A second launch is scheduled for later today area to the
Were grateful that we can turn to you throughout lifes seasons, for you are the source of our hope for the years to come. Lord in a world of change and decay, you remain the same yesterday, today and forever. Strengthen our lawmakers with your spirit and inspire them with your precepts. May they always place their confidence in you, for your steadfast love and faithfulness sustain us. Undergrid america with a foundation of right living that exalts a nation, as you deliver us from the evils that Bring National decline. Surround us all with the shield of your divine favor. We pray in your sacred name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The presiding officer the senate will receive a message from the house of representatives. The majority secretary mr. Pres