And ive always said this. Its nice to have kids because you need to live to watch them grow up, right i guess time is passing, they cant grow up. Did you have a nice day we did. I i dont know, i thought i had a free rain ein to imbibe. You cant tell what youre doing until its too late. So i have a picture we had a cake when we got home. I was laying on the couch and they took a picture of me because i wouldnt sit up to eat the cake you need those glasses that we had stounounds like a good birth we went in the big city it was fun. Happy belated birthday. Thank you. Folks, lets check out the u. S. Equity futures. The second trading week of the year green arrows dow was up by 577 points gain of 2. 3 nasdaq up by even more 3. 4 just in the first four trading days looks like there are green arrows across the board. Dow futures up comes after big gains up tonight in asia. Nikkei up by. 9. Hang seng up by a quarter of a percent. Shanghai up. Early trading in europe this morning you will see t
About the National Security apparatus, do they have what they need post9 11 from the federal government . Or are there still things outstanding that they would like to be done . He mentioned that he felt spread were thinly because the threat has morphed into different countries. There talking about how is a priority on whats going on with prices in the philippines, africa, he even mentioned north africa. I got the impression that he feels like the resources were spread thin. Washe big event this week about ambush in niger, are there more questions to be asked . Do we know enough about whats happening as an American Public . We dont know that much about ambush. Pened in the the u. S. Military is doing an after action report right now. There are early signs that the group that ambushed the special forces unit had connections to Islamic State. Its known that Islamic State and al qaeda are trying to play off of travel robberies in that region to bolster their presence there. We have a lot
Watch the new night at 9 00 eastern and pacific here on cspan. Cspan. Orgo go to and find video past Prime Ministers questions and other British Public affairs programs. Monday on the communicators, russias involvement in the 20 16th election with reporter julia. Facebook has said they learn that a bunch of ads placed during the election were placed by russian outfits under anonymous accounts. They were politically divisive ads, not necessarily aimed at one candidate or another, but aimed at selling divisiveness. Watch the communicators monday not at 8 00 eastern on cspan two. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson and the qatari minister spoke in doha. He responded to questions about Iraqi Security and the ongoing blockade of qatar imposed by saudi arabia and other middle east states. Michelle from npr. Question. A first of all, how much i you worried about the iranians helping iraq retake parts of turkey took . What is next for the kurds . Tell me about what you tried to do to head off the
As the National Constitution Center Awards the 2017 Liberty Medal to senator john mccain. [applause] throughout his career, senator mccain has put his the devotion to the u. S. Constitution above faction or party. He is the kind of independent citizen statesman James Madison envisioned when he stressed that the u. S. Constitution created not a direct democracy, but a representative republic. Madison and the framers of the constitution believed that direct democracies have led in greece and rome to rule by demagogues and the mob. By contrast, in a representative republic, citizens would delegate power to enlighten representatives. A chosen body of citizens whose wisdom may best discern the true interest of their country and whose patriotism and love of justice will be least likely to sacrifice it to temporary or partial considerations. Its especially meaningful that senator mccain will be awarded the Liberty Medal accompanied by the chair of the National Constitution Center Vice Preside
There. The vine street expressway, open. Not dealing with construction this morning. A good thing you can get through center city right now. Broad street and schuylkill is still open. End here out in northeast philly, watching construction on woodhaven road. Portion of that blocked off. Vai and tracey, back to you guys. Following breaking news in philadelphias feltenville neighborhood. Fired the shot that went into a how many and hit a 17yearold girl in the chest. This morning a quiet neighborhood on edge as police hunt for a killer. The deadly shooting happened on haverford road over the weekend. Just before that gunman fired shots at a car in Overbrook Park. Nbc 10 rose mary conor joins us live. Sgll they reporter thaim eyll be loo for more Surveillance Video and trying to sort out if this was a random or targeted attack. We do know the Police Believe the suspect in this days is responsible for a shooting that happened 45 minutes earlier in the Overbrook Park section of philadelphia.