Have you seen the news reports, the convoys, the pick up trucks, the rocket propelled grenades and machine guns. Who are those guys . Who is willing to drop everything back home and fight in Northern Syria . If youre a 22yearold guy in chechen capital or the british capitol of london, what could someone say to you to get you to smuggle you are way into syria and join an army that is murdering its way across a big chunk of the middle east . The shutting off the flows of fighters loom as a strategic goal as important as shutting off the flow of weapons or money. President barack obama met with military leaders from 20 nations in Andrews Air Force base. There is going to be a longterm campaign. As with any military effort there will be days of progress, and there are going to be periods of set back. But our coalition is united behind this longterm effort. Reporter tuesdays meeting followed another round of u. S. Led airstrikes in syria . In the strategic border town of doob, fighting betw
Message with our neighbors, our leaders, with all who will listen. As i said before, its easy to be cynical when times are tough. Its understandable to feel that the multitude of challenges that we face at home and abroad are collectively just too much to handle. But as ever, i see reason to be optimistic, and that optimism starts in this room with folks just like you, folks ready to fight to secure a Brighter Future for our kids and grandkids, to not let the individual tax of freedom and liberty not to go unnoticed, to let our american nation become one of many. I know were up to the task. I know because samuel adams said it doesnt take a majority to prevail but a tireless minority keen on setting brush fires of freedom. Lets go set those brush fires of freedom. Thanks so much. God bless you [ applause ] live now to the white house for the start of a daylong summit on working families. First up well hear opening remarks from Vice President biden and his wife dr. Jill biden. A little l
Access without regarding the employers to provide drugs and devices to which they have morallybased religious objections. If the government had done , there will be no issue at all for those who need some form of subsidy. Host independent caller from virginia. Go ahead. Guest good morning. Thanks for taking my call. I have been listening to the conversation. Really unnerved by all of the warble implications that will be added moral implications that will be added to this dialogue. This is not about religious freedom. When its really about is allowing employers to insert themselves into decisions made by women and their doctors about what is in their own best interest. I find it mindboggling that we are even having this conversation. I dont think under any other circumstances would we be talking about whether we should fund medically approved forms of drugs that people decide they need. Host i was just looking for here it is. Theprotest outside of Supreme Court yesterday. One of the sig
It is an extraordinary moment in this country. This election taking place during a deadly pandemic that has taken the lives of more than 230,000 americans and yet we are seeing turnout we have not seen in probably 120 years. And we have reporters fanned out across this country in crucial battleground states. I want to start with randi kaye in florida. What is the scene where you are in Lighthouse Point . Reporter hello, erin. Were here in Lighthouse Point, as you said. This is a very red pocket in a very blue county. Were in Broward County, florida. Right near ft. Lauderdale. There was a line here at this voting precinct earlier. That line has gone down. But we did get a chance to talk to some voters. But i can tell you that we dont expect a lot of really long lines today because about 850,000 people have already voted here in Broward County. That was in the early voting, in the vote by mail and the inperson early voting which ended on sunday. And about 9. 1 Million People have voted s
Vanderbilts divinity library. And im so excited to be today with hala allen, who is author insurrection. Hawa is attorney and author whose work has appeared in the Chicago Tribune los angeles review of books lathams quarterly and the baffler, amongst other publications, she lives and works in new york city. Now, as a side note, the southern festival of books remains completely free. And we want to keep it that way. So please visit us on the web at ww dot humanity tennessee dawg to donate or you can also donate via the festival of books app. So how is going to read for us and then well a conversation and well open it for an audience. Q a and when the q a starts, please the mic in the corner just get better audio. However, take it away. Thank you very much because so im going to read from third chapter of the book called a house divided, which largely talks about the insurrection act invocation during the civil war and leading up to the civil war, which is interspersed with my personal n