Well show you some of the artistic options. First heres my take. Whatever happens in ukraine over the next few months and years, the crisis has reminded me that there are really two kinds of rulers around the world. Those who think about the past and those who think about the future. And if it werent abundantly clear already, it is now. Vice preside Vladimir Putin is the first group and his country the poorer for it. Weve all learned some lessons in russian history. Crimea was the first great prize for russia and a mark of russias rise to great power status. It also gave the russians something they never had, a warm water port with direct access to the mediterranean and wider world. Russia held on it to the region even though it lost the crimean war in the 19th century. It maintained its grip on the region after reclaiming it from the nazis in early 44. Then came the strange and fateful twist when soviet premier nikita crish nof gifted crimea to the ukraine. Why he did that, we mains s
A legal standpoint from a couple of minutes. This afternoon president obama will be at the cdc headquarters announcing a massive mobilization to combat ebola. That includes 300 u. S. Troops and 500 million in funding that is normally used from war. 2500 people have been killed in the outbreak and 5,000 others infected. In california, hundreds of firefighters are now battling wildfires in central and northern parts of the state. The socalled king fire has burned more than 8600 acres in the mountains above sacramento threatening 500 homes and forcing hundreds to flee. The wildfire in bass lake continues to grow. 300 acres damaged. 2100 homes destroyed and schools closed. A hurricane up the Pacific Coast could help or hurt the fights in california. They left widespread damage on the baja coast. It weakened to a category one storm that continues to cause widespread flooding. Stores were looted after the wind and rain moved out. The war against isis travelled to capitol hill. The two top le
Is going to factor into a longterm assessment of the conditions on the ground which will influence longer term po policy decisions of the president that he has to make. And has the president received those recommendations from the commanders in a formal way at this time . Well, i dont have an update for you in in terms of the commander in chief and the commanderers on the ground, but as you know, josh, the president gets regular briefings and updates of the military commanders through the chain of command, and that is certainly going to continue. And at the United Nations to today, palestinian president abbas said that he is no longer bound by agreements with israel, and they will start to pursue legal means to pursue the palestinian statehood, and they are basically abandoning the direct negotiations approach that has been your approach for a very long time now, and what is the u. S. Response to the palestinians dismissing that approach . Well, i believe that the Prime Minister or pre
I couldnt come up with anything. We are not as good of actors as the fake donald trump supporters. We need the extras in here. Joining us to with his reaction to the orlando massacre. And why he believes that automatic at this hour, in the senate, history is being made. History some of us have been waiting for for a long time. The first filibuster ever over gun control. We have done nothing nothing at all. We are going to protect the Second Amendment. It is under siege. We cant go on with business as usual. The failure of this body to do anything isnt just painful to us, it is unkngzable. This individual could have been stopped. We dont want terrorists able to walk into a gun store and buy a gun. Donald trump doesnt seem to grasp any of this. A ban from certain people. A muslim ban based on religion is counter productive. We are going to build a wall. Not one of Donald Trumps reckless ideas would have saved a single life in orlando. Donald trump refus to be politically correct, and jus
Gun control. We have done nothing nothing at all. We are going to protect the Second Amendment. It is under siege. We cant go on with business as usual. The failure of this body to do anything isnt just painful to us, it is unkngzable. This individual could have been stopped. We dont want terrorists able to walk into a gun store and buy a gun. Donald trump doesnt seem to grasp any of this. A ban from certain people. A muslim ban based on religion is counter productive. We are going to build a wall. Not one of Donald Trumps reckless ideas would have saved a single life in orlando. Donald trump refuses to be politically correct, and just to be safe, he refuses to be correct. The gentlemen from connecticut are mad at hell, they are not going to take it any more. Jim heinz said this about the moment of silence the house observed for the victims of the orlando massacre. As you bow your head and think of what you say to your god, when you ask what you did to slow the slaughter of innocence,