renowned as a magnet for billionaires, bankers and beach lovers, it attracted nearly ten million tourists to its shores last year. but it s also an island nation, on the front line of climate change. whoa! it was the beacon of hope that we needed when the lighthouse came on because everybody knew, at that point, that there is hope. rising sea levels and increasingly unpredictable weather patterns are affecting everyday life here, so i m leaving the sunbeds behind to find out first hand how the people who live here are trying to save this stunning paradise. i m starting my journey in sweetings cay, a small, sun washed slice of the bahamas. ..where the ocean is as much a place of work as it is for enjoyment. shervin tate has been a fisherman here all his life. how are you doing, man? how are you, sir? good to meet you. - welcome to the bahamas! thank you very much! here, localfishermen dive, notjust for a day s catch, but to preserve a way of life passed down through generation
i never thought i would be doing that. i m starting myjourney in sweetings cay, a small, sun washed slice of the bahamas. ..where the ocean is as much a place of work as it is for enjoyment. shervin tate has been a fisherman here all his life. how are you doing, man? how are you, sir? good to meet you. welcome to the bahamas! thank you very much! here, localfishermen dive, notjust for a day s catch, but to preserve a way of life passed down through generations. they collect lobster, fish, but most of all, conch. conch, man, i want to tell you, any time you taste it, you got to try it again. it s really one of those local dishes that the bahamian people really love. it s like our national dish. the queen conch is a sea snail. it grows on the bottom of the ocean in its shell, eating plants and algae. it s been caught here for at least 1,000 years. so, shervin, talk to me about the history of this area and the fishing industry. oh, so sweetings cay really is a fishing village wh
Ballot that will be thrown out. Plea silencer cell phones so we can have your full attention this morning. We want this to be a lively discussion and we want to hear from you this morning. So we would welcome your comments, your questions and your feedback via twitter, hashtag in j. Day after. We will also be accepting questions via twitter seize our moderators will have ipads in hand. Going to pose your question that way thats fantastic. We will also be circulating with microphones during the event. If youll just state your name and organization when posing a question that would be helpful. I want to get a quick rundown of this mornings program. First we weaken with a Panel Moderated by ron fournier, about last night analysis of key Election Results and outcomes. The next panel Getting Congress to govern will be moderated by ben pershing, and the final panel, a conversation with case papers will be moderated by michelle cottle. Closing the program will be a conversation with charlie c
Well, maybe we will stay away from this. And mcconnell, i do know some specifics of people who publicly theyre saying, he will not be for mcconnell and i know privately that they have had the conversation and now there with mcconnell. And crews will look around and there will not be that many people with him. Mcconnell can deal with this. We are couple of minutes away from the audience to q and a section. There are microphones that you cant stand that if you want to line up. So, a couple of more minutes of conversation and then we will go to the q a. One more question i had, we can talk briefly about health care and if it will get repealed. Do you think it is possible that the parties will agree on some smaller part of the Affordable Care act that might get fixed or repealed . Puts people like paul ryan recognize that it is probably not good to have the 59th vote to repeal obamacare in the opening session. Most people feel that there are some decent prize to the Affordable Care act and
First of all, lets not make too much of this. A majority of the people who vote yesterday were female. It was 5149. But it was less than we a point or so less, but it wasnt like there was a huge shift in the gender balance in the electorate that voted yesterday. Women have a tendency to place a higher priority on issues like education and health care and i think any politicians, republican or democrat who hopes to appeal to women has got to have something intelligent to say about both of those issues. We dont have as many people as we need to be able to articulate a position on education. Its not coincidence that the last republican president was very, very good and talked a lot about education. Lamar alexander talks a lot about education. We dont have as many as we need to paint a compelling picture. Good point. By the way, i would say the last two republican president s good point. George bush senior we may disagree with their policies but they articulated strongly on education. And