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on the next washington journal a look at the president s strategy for combatting isis. we ll talk with american university law professor steven vladeck and charles stimson and also lou anna simon. begins live at 7:00 a.m. on c-span. the congressional black caucus opens thursday in washington. we ll be live from their national town hall examining the impact of voting, starting at 9:00 a.m. eastern on cspan2. this weekend on the c-span networks. friday night in primetime on c-span. featured speakers include ted cruz and ran paul. and saturday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern, a national town hall on the critical and historic impact of voting. and sunday evening at 8:00 p.m. on q and a, sally kwin. friday night at c-span2 just before 9:30, daniel green and william mullen, two freedom veterans talk about their experiences in iraq, isis and the use of american force. and saturday night at 10:00 p.m. on book tv s after words, matt richtel. and sunday at 1:00 p.m. eastern the ....
good afternoon. i am delighted to welcome you to the brookings s decision brookings institution. i am even more delighted to welcome sylvia burwell, burwell, tolvia this event at brookings. i have known sylvia a long time. over 20 years. sylviafirst encountered in the clinton administration, i thought of her as that friendly, competent young woman who worked for bob rubin at the national economic council. i learned that sylvia was the go to person and a can-do person. that was a useful person to have around. i also learned that she liked to keep in touch with real people out around america, not just in washington. and that she grew up in west virginia. one day, i found myself in a hard hat, deep underground in west virginia in a coal mine with sylvia, barbara ven and rich trumka. i was not the only one who noticed that sylvia was competent and levelheaded hearing the president notice to that, president clinton. by the end of the administration, she was the directo ....
protesters say they are the ones being mistreated. i have been harassed three times by the same officer. and that s what people get tired of. and hundreds of millions of dollars in damage? detroit s worst flood in 90 years. hello, the iraqi army is fighting the islamic state to retake tikrit. it s a sunni, dominated city where the islamic state has now cemented itself with help of other sunni groups. the advance has been slowed on the outskirts of the city due to sniper fire and roadside bombs. there has been fierce fighting in the area for the country s largest dam which is now in control of the army and the kurdish forces. let s go to the northern city of erbil the capitol of the region. now that the musol dam has been taken, it seems the battle is moving towards tikrit, but it is going to be a very different type of fight. undoubtedly. there are many front lines in iraq. the iraqi army s advance now hold it because of heavy fighting. this is not the first t ....
the patents but hardware, some 2,000 patents and trademark portfolio going to lenovo. first new phone to come out of the deal was moto x that came out last year. has not been a big hit. multiple price cuts. meantime lenovo is on major acquisition spree, making this deal just days after buying ibm s low server business. the deal does still need to be approved in the u.s. and china. google s c.e.o. said in a blog post, this will enable google to devote our energy to drive innovation across the android ecosystem for the benefit of smart phone users everywhere. on a side note, this does not signal a larger shift for our other hardware efforts. c.e.o. and founder of tech- economy joins us from new york. and brad is here from us in the studio. is google trying too hard to be apple? yes and no. no in that the deal in 2012 primarily happened because of intellectual property. tons of litigation, threatened litigation in the android world. they wanted the patents. and they ....
prime minister - the 39-year-old tipped to take the tab job families separated by the korean war 60 years ago. i feel like i am punished because i left them behind. if i see them again i ll feel like i m reborn. egypt s deposed president mohamed morsi arrived at a court in cairo to face charges of espionage and inciting murder. on his last appearance mohamed morsi refused to recognise the legitimacy of the court. 35 others, including former aides and muslim brotherhood leaders stand accused. let s turn to our correspondent who joins us from george town university. thank you for making it on the show. this, of course - there has been a lot of controversy over this trial. in your opinion, is this a show trial or do you think he will receive a fair trial? we haven t seen evidence at all that there are any fair proceedings that are taking place. these are deeply politicized. most of the others are leaders and figures and advisors working in the department. and other ....