Children needed glasses. But, were not getting them. Thats estimated to be 15,000 to 20,000 of our kids wholl end up having to look at the blackboard and its blurry and they dont know why. Woodruff all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff republicans are reveling tonight in passage of a sweeping revision of the nations tax laws. The house approved it today, 227 to 203, and the senate moved to follow suit. But a lastminute procedural glitch meant the house will have to vote one final time, tomorrow. Lisa desjardins begins our coverage. cheering desjardins cheers as the g. O. P. Tax overhaul received final house passage, largely along party lines. It signaled the end of republicans sprint to get the bill to the president by
Children needed glasses. But, were not getting them. Thats estimated to be 15,000 to 20,000 of our kids wholl end up having to look at the blackboard and its blurry and they dont know why. Woodruff all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff republicans are reveling tonight in passage of a sweeping revision of the nations tax laws. The house approved it today, 227 to 203, and the senate moved to follow suit. But a lastminute procedural glitch meant the house will have to vote one final time, tomorrow. Lisa desjardins begins our coverage. cheering desjardins cheers as the g. O. P. Tax overhaul received final house passage, largely along party lines. It signaled the end of republicans sprint to get the bill to the president by
In your view, does the Russian Administration from putin down genuinely believe in an analytical way they can somehow manage the situation whereby assad hate ad across syria can somehow win this war . Or do you think that actually they share the analysis the british government, american government, french government until assad is gone, well never defeat isis and the rest is just theater. Its about saving face. Its about not setting precedent that people can be removed by external factors. Deep down, is there an actual acceptance he really does have to go for this war to be over and beat isil or do they truly believe they can engineer a South Vietnam style victory in syria . Who wants to address this first . I can take a stab at it first. Yeah. Its hard to tell. I think that the conversation thats ive had with those around russian circles indicates to me that the putin government now sees assad as the basis for a whole country solution. Now, that is the rhetorical position. Primarily i
How does that affect ones thinking about how to measure risk . Well, if you still go back to sources and methods, which is what we most importantly have to protect, i still think there has been an overreliance on technology. Even though it is changing rapidly and we have to continue to improve how we use technology and data, you have to rely on it. There is nothing greater than good oldfashioned human intelligence gathering. It is going to be more difficult. A lot of times it is the human intelligence that enables better technologies, new technologies or discovery of what ad vversars are doing. I think the allegations regarding Angela Merkels cell phone, i can only say allegations, were a real Tipping Point in terms of compelling policy makers and members of the i. C. To think long and hard about the risk have os disclosure, the risks of relationships with allies, the risks obviously to sources of information most acutely human sources of information from disclosure. But to think in ne
Was 1999, 1998. Coming up on 20 years ago now. And the world is really changed, and our missions have evolved, and i want to make sure were optimized to meet the future. So ill receive the final input back on those three by the first of october. In fact, i think im going to review a draft this weekend, to be honest. Im told they think they have some initial work for me to look at this weekend. As i indicated previously, once we sit down and decide, its my intention to come back to the committee and say this is whats been recommending and this is what i intend to do and heres why. This is what i think it will generate in terms of value. Thank you. I think nsa is in good hands. Thank you very much. Admiral rogers, i seldom get the opportunity to highlight North Carolinas hightech successes. Especially given the fact that my vice chairman representing silicon valley, i keep reminding her, i have the Research Triangle park, but while there are 99 days in ns a lts code breaker challenge. No