Its rare that a freshman from the Minority Party gets to chair a committee proceeding like this. But, you know, who says the race go earth not to the swift . First of all, i really appreciate all of you coming here, and i appreciate your willingness to serve on the president s review group. The work that youve done has been very helpful, and im confident that it will do a lot to frame this important discussion as we move forward. The importance of these issues cant be overstated. One of the things that i liked that you pointed out in your report appears on page 15. Wherein you pointed out an interesting coincidence you might call it. My word, not yours. The concept of security has dual meaning. On the one hand, it refers to the fact that one of the most important, fundamental, sacred obligations of government is to keep the people safe, to protect us from each other and to protect us from those outside of our country who would harm us. Security is one of the most important functions th
Washington journal is live every morning at 7 00 a. M. Eastern on cspan. Friday at 11 00 a. M. Eastern president obama speaks about changes to government surveillance programs. Well bring it to you live from the Justice Department here on cspan. Later a panel reacts to the president s speech. Well hear from a former c. I. A. Analyst. Live coverage at 2 00 p. M. Eastern also here on cspan. When gow behind the scenes as a photographer, you are there to seerks not hear, not listen and not repeat anything that you hear and its kind of a mutual agreement because we are let into meetings. When you are behind the scenes that are sensitive. I was there when president obama same a rally and at the time the hurricane had just come up the east coast and was up in the north and he was on a secure phone talking to a fema director trying to organize it at the same time of the campaign. Really unique time to be in there and hear him in a really heated or serious conversation about what was going on o
Straitors and police. In the ukraine thousands of protesters remained in the treats. Riot police beat dozens of protesters. The countrys president says the police overreacted. The protesters are upset are with the president not signing a trade deal with the e. U. Online shoppers spent 2 billion on cyber monday. Smartphones and tablets drove a third of traffic. 20 more than last year. Those are the headlines. Consider this is up next. For more news go to aljazeera. Com. Shocking statements from the heads of the house and senate committees. Talk of increased terror threats and malesso lens from extremists across the globe. Are americans less safe than a few years ago. Former house senator jane harman joins us. The heath care website is up and running, are people falling through the cracks. Plus an article about women not having it all went viral. What is annemarie slaughter saying about it today. Millions of americans wrap up Holiday Shopping, did the Supreme Court make your future shopp
And malesso lens from extremists across the globe. Are americans less safe than a few years ago. Former house senator jane harman joins us. The heath care website is up and running, are people falling through the cracks. Plus an article about women not having it all went viral. What is annemarie slaughter saying about it today. Millions of americans wrap up Holiday Shopping, did the Supreme Court make your future shopping seasons more expensive. Im antonio mora. We begin with the question after the worse in iraq and alqaeda are we safer. Osama bin laden was emim nated. Hell fire missiles from drones killed al qaeda operatives, and barack obama said it again. The core of al qaeda is on the path to defeat. Our nation is cure, and our homeland is safer. Two important members of congress in a position to know, including a democratic ally of the president dont agree with him. Im pleased to be joined by jane harman, a former Democratic Congress woman who served on department of Homeland Secu
7. 25 is not enough to live on. Hawaiis legalizing samesex marriage has been lobbying for 20 years. Its the 15th state to legalize samesex marriage. Those are the headlines at this hour. Im john siegenthaler. Consider this with antonio mora is up next. See you back here is the 11 eastern, and you can get the latest on aljazeera. Com. See you later on. Shocking statements from the heads of the house and senate committees. Talk of increased terror threats and malesso lens from extremists across the globe. Are americans less safe than a few years ago. Former house senator jane harman joins us. The heath care website is up and running, are people falling through the cracks. Plus an article about women not having it all went viral. What is annemarie slaughter saying about it today. Millions of americans wrap up Holiday Shopping, did the Supreme Court make your future shopping seasons more expensive. Im antonio mora. We begin with the question after the worse in iraq and alqaeda are we safer