But if youre going to be chief executive and leader of your party, you have to take tough positions and upset people, manipulate people and ultimately that can undermine your ability to be chief of state. Now people like eisenhower came up with creative ways of solving that. But all of those roles theyre diflth to play and they often conflict. I think the constant News Coverage that we have today will bar us on what we consider a great president. If they were under the same scrutiny, these ones like fdr and others perhaps our view of them would be completely different. If we knew their faults, may we would think they arent all that great. But they had the benefit of not having that whereas now we have constant News Coverage. Yeah, matt. I think potentially the next president we have could be great in the sense that were fighting terrorism pretty seriously, especially with what recently just happened. And the idea that if a republican is elected theyre going to try to do something with
Release them. I is for the resources come into play. Professor ting, cdp has confirmed the aliens from specialinterest countries are being apprehended by Border Control. That aliensaimed are claiming incredible fear. Do you think administrations moreies could encourage to various actors to enter the United States illegally along the southwest border . I think it is reasonable to assume that the nefarious actors you are referring to are constantly looking for ways to gain entry to the United States. As i said earlier, in the age of instantaneous communications, the flaws in our Border Security system are known instantaneously. They are carried in the media. I think it is a legit medical concern and i applaud the committee for taking an interest in the subject. Once that word gets out, as you say, basically, if you are somebody who wants to do the United States harm, you can come to the border, and claim credible fear. He will likely be released with a work permit and you will have a cou
Im Walter Isaacson, and im Walter Isaacson and im with the Aspen Institute here and its our pleasure at the institute to be the host and the facilitator of the franklin project. The project began when general Stan Mcchrystal was out talking about the importance of National Service two or three years ago in aspen, and everybody related to it, and one of the things we try to do here at the institute is turn thought into action, so we said, well, if this is important, lets try to create a program around it. General mcchrystal agreed to chair it. He also thought to himself, im never going to raise another idea in aspen again. You get enlisted if not drafted to do something, but i think he was able to convey to us that this works on so many levels. I mean, this is an important thing that every kid in america could have the rite of passage that previous generations had. Secondly, the notion that theres an expectation and an opportunity to be able to engage in National Service. I think both a
Out. I am not going to take any chances. No water for hundreds of thousands, under state of emergency in ohio, new tests show algae built up in lake erie is making takanos Drinking Water toxic. How long before the taps are turned back on approximately welcome to Al Jazeera America. Im stephanie sy. Im del walters. It is been four source since the ceasefire in gaza. There are no reports of shelling overnight leaving dozens hurts. Israel said it is close to destroying those hamas built tunnels under the border, is pulling out its troops to reorganize them. That is after shelling hit another u. N. School, a bombing the u. S. Is calling appalling. This morning a break in the nearly month long fighting in gaza, but sunday, even a place that was supposed to be safe wasnt. Chaos as another u. N. School was attacked by israel. It happened just outside the school in rafa where 3,000 displaced families were staying. They struck us. Theres no safety at u. N. Schools. 10 people were killed. The wo
And hamas after talks in egypt fall apart. This morning, i am declaring the current outbreak of the ebola virus disease a Public Health emergency have international concern. The world holt organization raising the alarm over ebola. The almost effort and longest in history. I authorized two operations in iraq. Targeted airstrikes to protect our american personnel and a humanitarian effort to help save thousands of iraqi civilians who are trapped on a mountain without food and water. The president says the u. S. Military would carry out airstrikes against the group that calls itself the Islamic State. His concern, americans in iraq could be in danger if the rebels advance toward the capitol of the kurdish region, where a u. S. Consulate in located in addition to a joint u. S. Iraqi security base. We intend to stay vigilant and take action if our personnel are threatened in iraq. He is trying to avert a cries he calls an act of genocide. Tens of thousands of iraqi families are a member of