This is Al Jazeera America life from new york city. Parts of the stoudt central u. S. Are reeling from massive rains and flooding that has pounded them for days. At least sen people have been killed and in one town as many as a dozen more are missing. Our emergency crews crews have been busy all night. They have been rescuing people from submerged cars stranding on the roads. People have also been requested from flooded homes. 37 counties have been declared disaster areas. President obama spoke about the damage moments ago. I assured the governor he could count on the help of the federal government. We have fema personnel on the ground, they are coordinating with texas Emergency Management authorities. And i will anticipate that there will be some significant requests made now there is a lot of damage near san antonio. The city was under a overnight curfew for fear the waters once would again rise the river saw catastrophic flooding over the weekend and because of the rains last night
Bad little baby, you were such a bad little baby, we made every payment. We would have sent you back if that was an option, so youre paid for. The reason i tell you all that, i want to share with you two things my dad would tell my brother and me every day. Mark twain says the older we get the smarter our parents become. You know, theres a lot of truth in that. I dont know about you but i hate the fact that as i get older im turning more and more in to my father. I say things he used to say to us that i hated. He used to tell us if your friends jump off a bridge, would you jump off a bridge . I hated when he said that i say it to my kids. One of the things he would tell my brother and me every day was sons im not leaving you a famous last name or an inheritance. But i will make sure you get a great education. He said if youre billing to work hard theres no limit to what you can do in this great country. The second thing he tells us, hed say boys every day you need to pray and give than
Whistleblowers, an extension of nonmedical employee probationary periods and requirement that gao conduct a study of the a time space, and resources devoted to labor union activities. I encourage those of you today if you have not already research this legislation, please do so. We would welcome your support of these crucial pieces of legislation. I look forward to hearing from each of you today, and the groups that you represent. I now yield five minutes to the senator from georgia, my good friend mr. Isaacson. Senator isaacson i want to do laughs because i was late. I apologize. I will followup briefly on what chairman miller said. We are delighted to have you today. We appreciate what they do for the veterans. We have a lot of challenges but the chairman of the house and i have committed that we are not just caretakers of the status quo but instigators of improvement. We think v. A. Health care is important. We want Veterans Health care to work. We want veterans to have the best hea
All . Walter i use it because it is a way of looking at things. It makes you think about the arguments on the other side. But it makes you focus on facts, first. That has always been one of my theories. It supported that. But mainly, it made you think about the other person. Brian we asked you to chat with us because they want to know more about the way you look at things. I want to show you something that happened 30 years ago. Your first appearance here on cspan. See how much has changed. The Nuclear Debate itself has generally been in the hands in the last 10 years of the extremes. People said you had to have more Nuclear Weapons or the rugs would attack, and people said if you have more theres going to be a war. And i think this sort of debate by the extremes created a lot of the talk about were all going to be killed. I did a documentary called defense of the United States and one of the feelings i wanted to show is that, at that point, we were building thousands of warheads. Peop
1975. Brian what is a significant change in this country that you watched . Walter partisan politics. I really worry now about the system that politics has become. Democracy is built on the idea of compromise. You cannot make it work unless you compromise. Brian your column fine print where did you get the name . Walter ben bradley used to complain that i didnt make sense to most people. I named it fine print because i try to look at things people forget about. Brian how often do you write . Walter i started twice a week and i cut back to once a week because i am writing a book. Brian how old were you when you cut your law degree . Walter i was 68. Brian why did you do it . Walter both of my parents lived to 95. The typical age of retirement at the post is 70. And i figured i had another 20 years to go. A good friend of mine said, what are you be a lawyer . I had covered a lot of trials. My oldest son is a lawyer. And so i went to law school thinking of a practice law. Brian do you use