Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your financial future. Bnsf railway. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff in iraq, army units advanced deep into ramadi today, in a bid to recapture the key city from Islamic State control. Its the latest push in a slowmoving offensive. Isis captured ramadi last may, striking a blow at the baghdad government. The city is capital of anbar province, the countrys sunni heartland. Iraqi officials reported sporadic fighting today in the city center. In afghanistan, taliban fighters pressed beleaguered Afghan Forces in a crucial southern province. The government sent reinforcements, and britain sent military advisers. Alex thomson of independent Television News has the story. Reporter fighting, even around las
Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your financial future. Bnsf railway. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff in iraq, army units advanced deep into ramadi today, in a bid to recapture the key city from Islamic State control. Its the latest push in a slowmoving offensive. Isis captured ramadi last may, striking a blow at the baghdad government. The city is capital of anbar province, the countrys sunni heartland. Iraqi officials reported sporadic fighting today in the city center. In afghanistan, taliban fighters pressed beleaguered Afghan Forces in a crucial southern province. The government sent reinforcements, and britain sent military advisers. Alex thomson of independent Television News has the story. Reporter fighting, even around las
I think radio is the longest and best form of media thats left. What we are doing now in our long conversations like cspans is longform conversation you and charlie rose are the guys that read books the way that i read books. Its german asleep revealing when it authors had their book read these days because they dont get many people who have read their books and know what theyre talking about with page notes. Its so rewarding to them. I get a great deal of satisfaction and in fact the highest compliment thats the best interview ive had on this book tour. I just got it from Charles Krauthammer and i loved the interview of things that matter his new collection of essays on that are autobiographical. That makes my day. Three hours is an abundance of time and i can do so many Different Things. Up next on booktv after words with guest host sub and eight of foreignpolicy magazine talking with Christian Caryl on his book strange rebels 1979 and the birth of the 21st century. In the book is se
Defects, cancers and other human Health Issues that coal is responsible for. For the sake of our planet, the sake of Public Health and the sake of future generations, lets stop talking. Epa, do your job. Thank you. Thank you. And thank you for picking the drive here. For making the drive here. Next on the panel we have senator mcconnell. And ryan patton. Thank you very much for the opportunity to be here. Appreciate the chance to come here on behalf of my state. Its my understanding these sessions are intended to gather Stakeholder Input on what people think about future carbon regulations on existing power plants. However, i couldnt help but notice these sessions are scheduled only, only for states where coal does not have a large presence. Like california and massachusetts. Other regions of the country have or are well aware that coal provides nearly 40 of our nations electricity. As such, i ask all of you folks to hold a hearing in kentucky to hear the concerns of coal country. But
Thank you all for coming. We dont want to break the microphone. Its a nice, cold, clear day in washington and i think its the same in geneva, and i had trouble tearing myself away from twitter this once i hope that there is news from their you will, someone who is on twitter here in the audience will let us know. Clearly there is a connection, however, between what is going on in geneva and what is happening here. If there is a nuclear agreement, if theres an improvement in relations between the United States and iran, between iran and the western community in general, that is going to have an impact on irans role in the region. And we are focusing today on iran and its eastern neighbors, specifically afghanistan, pakistan and india. While iran is often considered a middle eastern country, in fact, its historically its cultural ties are as strong if not stronger with its eastern neighbors, with afghanistan and south asia. And, of course, iran will be a pivotal player as it has been all