Rebuilding lives one note at a time. Hello everybody, im David Schuster in new york. We begin this hour with major progress in iraqs battle to reclaim an i. S. I. L. Stronghold in the iraqi city of ramadi. The fall of ramadi last year was a major victory for i. S. I. L, but iraqi intelligence officials now say their forces with u. S. Air support could regain control by the weekend. We have the latest now from al jazeeras gerald tan. As the days wear on, iraqi forces trying the retake ramadi have made a sobering admission it will take time. Overpowering i. S. I. L. Fighters who have been in control of the city since may. Ground forces are moving through city street by street towards the center. Morale is high and god willing we will keep advancing to retake the whole of ramadi city. God willing we will liberate the remaining part of ramadi. Iraqi intelligence say there are just a few hundred i. S. I. L. Fighters left within the city parameters. They are proving a difficult foe. They hav
Out of the party because they had tolerance for people who deviated from not just conservative, but very reactionary. What does that tell you about the state of a Republican Party now with a democrat and politics in general . Rep. Desaulnier Michael Dukakis is a friend. He likes to tell a story about when he was running, people said there was not enough differentiation between the two parties. Now there is such an extreme. I prefer the previous. I dont think there is that model of progressive, new england republican. We dealt more with solving problems rather than rigid ideology. It was more the basic function of daytoday operation, which is into 60 isnt too sexy or interesting, but that is our main job. You studied history at holy cross. What can we learn from History Today in washington in this congress . Rep. Desaulnier we had a great moment with david mccullough, who i just love. He was talking about the wright brothers. He has written so many great books. 1776, his book on truman.
Walk over, what i referred to as the greatest temple, spiritual place, of selfgovernance in the evolution of the human species. That is for better and worse. All of these offices are amazing. The difference of here in california is that i am a freshman member here. Im in the minority. In california, i was one of 120. Both members of parties trusted me. Here is more of a struggle culturally to get things done and because of my position. First of all, when pope francis came to the u. S. Capitol, as a catholic member of congress, what was that like for you . Rep. Desaulnier it was very inspiring. I went to high School Boarding school, the jesuits, in college. I feel a very strong affection for the jesuits. I started a caucus friends of just who it just jesuits institutions just institutions. I have not been a practicing catholic for many years because i think the Catholic Church got carried away with dogmatic issues. I think the social gospel is something we should practice every day, whe
The day after thanksgiving, called black friday by many because of all the holiday sales going on, republican president ial candidate rand paul is joining the holiday fun with a marked down on his campaign items. Goods used toign raise money for the campaign. Nasa is having its own black friday, posting pictures and articles about black holes. Nasa points out that black holes cannot be seen because they pull in all let around them, but if they could, this is what they think they would look like. Nasa. Gov. Go to tonight, a look at immigration policy from the look from the meeting of the Hispanic National bar association. You can watch that at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan or online at cspan. Org. Four days of nonfiction books and authors this Holiday Weekend on cspan2s book tv. Poole on the 14 acre plot at Arlington National cemetery known as section 60. Sunday night, attorney roberta kaplan, who argued United States v. Windsor. We filed the case and the government gets a certain amount
Despite being displaced and persecuted throughout his short life, christs unchanging message was not one of revenge or violence, but simply that we should love one another. Although it is not an easy message to follow, we should not be discouraged. Rather, it inspires us to try harder, to be thankful for the people that bring love and happiness into our own lives, and to look for ways of spreading that love to others whenever and wherever we can. One of the joys of living a long life is watching ones children, then grandchildren, then greatgrandchildren help decorate the christmas tree. This year, my family has a new member to join in the fun. The customary decorations have changed little in the years since that picture of victoria and Albert Street first appeared. Of course, electric lights have replaced the candles. There is an old saying, that it is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. There are millions of people lighting candles of hope in our world today. Christma