Transportation. You may have thoughts on funding, you may have thoughts on specific road projects or mass transit, or other things that would better the way we get around. Your thoughts on the best way to improve public transcription, for democrats 2027488000 republicans 2027488001 and for independents call 2027488002 or tweet cspanwj or send us email journal cspan. Org. Transcription goes to funding and the hill newspaper here in washington, d. C. Has a look at looking to the i. R. S. To fund projects. Bernie writes to push taxes out of outstanding mortgages in states comes at a time when republicans are looking to seek the i. R. S. Budget, a dynamic thats not lost on the agencys top officials. The i. R. S. Commissioner told reporters thursday the agency would implement whatever law Congress Throws its way just as it did with the Affordable Care act but suggested implementing tax changes from the highway bill wouldnt come out without some pain and after the agency absorbed more than 1
This. Id like to open it up to questions. I know we have, again theres a lot of interest we have several issues and a lot of them are interconnected as we saw. Who is first . I under how important is the popes science background to the development of his ideas . I know hes got degrees in chemistry . Actually the vatican has held several conferences on science to help educate both the staff. And i think its very interesting in the encyclical, he speaks to the importance of having a dialogue with science. And, you know, i think theres a misperception sometimes borne from a lengthy history that the Catholic Church is somehow hostile towards science. I think thats really an outdated perception. Engagement with the Scientific Community has been very strong, not just on Climate Change. The encyclical talks about gmos. In a very nuanced and interesting way that talked about technology. So ill say two things. First of all, i think it isnt just this pope bumt the Catholic Church has a strong in
Street of cuba. As a communist holdout seemingly frozen in time looks to the future. But with a crippling trade embargo still in place, and human rights violations, can two countries separated by just 90 miles finally bridge the divide . U. S. Cuba, a new era. An Al Jazeera America special. Im antonio mora coming to you from havana, in the plaza did san francisco. People of cuba and the people of United States, the u. S. Flag was raised over the American Embassy in havana for the first time in more than 54 years a powerful symbol of the change in the u. S. Cuba relationship thats taken place in lest than a year. Melissa chan, at the ceremony, melissa there were some powerful moments. Absolutely powerful, the flag went up very, very quickly, whoosh and it was done. We heard the crowd outside the embassy, ordinary cubans, clapping and cheering. Ill have to say what a day. It has actually functioned as an embassy for almost a month now since the formal resumption of diplomatic relations o
Yet, some totally destroyed. Youll see some trailers in front of the homes where people are working on them, but youre not going to see the vibrant community it once was. More from the tenth anniversary programming on hurricane katrina, including this entire hearing, and more from people on the ground about the storm. Tonight at 8 00 p. M. Eastern time on cspan. A group of reporters discuss their jobs covering the white house and the changing relationship between president ial administrations and the press corps. Correspondents peter baker of the New York Times, jim avila of abc news, ap Reporter Josh Lederman and Scott Horsley of npr, participate in this National Journal event. Everyone else is going back to work. I hope that doesnt make your competitive anxiety set in. This is a great group. Thank you all for coming and taking time out of your news day to be part of this conversation. This is, of course, our annual scholarship panel. We have our 17 scholarship winners sitting in the
Youre going to move record out of the way. Youre going to move music out of the way and let them do what they do. Unless its premised on something entirely different, which is cool, you wouldnt be looking for talent anyway. You let people do what they do, give them rope and let them connect in ways only a truly talented person can connect. John, the greatest commitment you could pay me and you paid me was that i asked you tough questions. I would hate to stand here or sit here in front of our peers and ask you softball questions. But i wouldnt ask any question that i didnt think you can answer, so my compliment back to you as you did a heck of a job answering some tough questions and im very grateful. Thank you john dickey. Thank you. Thursday between 1 00 p. M. And 8 00 p. M. On cspan3, a focus on issues related to aging. Well show you a Senate Hearing on effort to fight alzheimers disease followed by portions of white house conference on aging 67 6789. Next a group of reporters discu