Hurricane storm harvey. We love you are here toial, we take care of you, it is going well and i want to thank you for coming out were going to get you back and operating immediately thank you everybody, what a crowd, water turnout governor,thank your he has done a fantastic job, governor abbott, thank you very much he is right here, someplace. We just want to thank your governor, senator cruz come a senator cornyn, everybody this has been a total cooperative effort, again, we will see you soon. I will tell you, this is historic, it is epic, what happened but you know what, it happened in texas and texas can handle anything thank you all folks, thank you [applause] melt damage, the president was there in Corpus Christi on tuesday. I he meeting the moment think he is. This was the moment as the president , where he cut up or behavior,idential portraying himself as a unifying force. He has been seen as a divisive figure. But in saying that, theres obviously a huge test to come here, we ar
George welcome. Thanks for coming on a saturday morning in the summer. I think we have a great panel here on trump and the press and the First Amendment. Before we do anything else, i would like to introduce a wonderful panel. For coming out. To my immediate left is floyd abrams. He has been the preeminent First Amendment attorney in this country for the last 40 or so years, worked on the pentagon papers case for the New York Times in 1971. Has been in the Supreme Court for basically every major media or in his asian and high Appellate Courts since then. As a matter of disclosure, 43 years ago today, i was working about three offices down the hall from him as a summer associate, so we have known each other and being friends along time. To his immediate left is jim rutenberg, a media columnist of the New York Times. The times in the 2000s. Has been the City Hall Bureau chief in new york. Has covered the media and politics. And we are lied to have a real live journalist with the lawyers
The impact on gas prices . Guest it is a good question. The hurricane when it moved through, it did not have too much of an impact on the offshore production. As you have seen, it slammed Corpus Christi and moved to houston. There are so many refineries there. Something around 3 Million Barrels a day to 4 Million Barrels a day of refining was shut down. That is up to 20 of the u. S. Total capacity. So when you say there is a shortage, there was less production. That production is not only sent to stations locally along the gulf coast but also exported outside of the gulf coast and sent to places like mexico, other places in latin america, other countries. It runs up the Colonial Pipeline , along the east coast and all the way up to new jersey and new york. What happens is when you remove that much gasoline from the supply system, you will see that price spike. Especially when the Colonial Pipeline, the other day they said you had they said they or to restrict shipments intermittently s
Welcome to cspan teacher fellowship program. How do you engage High School Students in government . Its definitely a challenge. The kids understand why that our matters, i think it is challenge, why does this matter to you . For. Are we doing it thats where the cspan library is very important. This might be the only government clash you ever take. You will be eight voter forever. It is helpful to do that. We know with twitter and social media and the Attention Span of the generation is relatively small. Component this is the chance for them to learn a little bit about their story. With peoplestarts who have come long before them who have shaped the way the world operates and they serve to realize this doesnt start with me but what where i am coming from is all part of a bigger story. It allows them to take in other peoples opinions through social media and again through video and be able to think, this is how i see the world. You get this students at the high school level. Do you sense
Conversation with your calls, tweets, and facebook questions at noon on sunday. On cspan two. Washington journal continues. Host welcome back. Is with us. Ni she is founder and ceo of the nonprofit group, girls who code. Good morning. Guest good morning. Host it is great to see her. Guest doing wonderful. Host you have a background in law and politics. How did you get involved in this . Guest i am a really weird person. At ageunning for office 33, ran for congress and lost his relief. But i would go into schools and computer labs and see hundreds of boys clamoring to be mark zuckerberg. Where are the girls . I am the daughter of refugees. Ive had a job since i was 12. I am a product of the american dream. I knew that the future of work was in computing. It did not make sense to me that we were leaving out half of the workforce so that is how i started, girls who code. Host you believe that it is not giving girls more opportunity, it is about changing the culture. Explain this. Guest wh