a live look at the martin luther at the martin luther king junior memorial on in washington, d.c. the holiday was signed into law by ronald reagan and was celebrated by all states inure to thousand. crowds gathered her early this morning for a reef laying ceremony and remarks from jeh johnson. we will show you battle ceremony this evening at 7:00 p.m. eastern. today at 12:30 p.m., coverage of the annual national action network rockfest honoring martin luther king jr. which will feature the reverend al sharpton and others. coming up today, president obama will take part in an mlk service project at the boys and girls club of greater washington d.c. we will show you that as well later in our program. ming. we are hearing from members of congress commenting on the holiday today from twitter [no audio] [no audio] tuesday night, president obama delivers his state of the union address would live coverage at 8:00 p.m. eastern including the president speech the gop respons
in the context of specific recommendations that you submitted, hiring from a diverse pool of applicants, and then revising and raising the educational requirements. i know that in working with departments around the country those two thing sometime sometime compete with each other. so we are eliminating the kinds of folks we want to you can higher by making an associate degree requirement. i think one of those is winding a way to actually start cultivating an high school and start recruiting and high schools. while i am not aware of programs that provide associate degrees i can share that if you go to nursing, where you have a strong need to be culturally competent and bilingual. california has an excellent program where they start in high school, start providing this kind of training, so while in high school, they are also taking their aa degrees that will help fill fill their requirements to nursing. that is how we can look at that doubt you re describing. it already
in fact, chairman in fact, i joined with chairman fred upton to request additional funding for community-based organizations to help seniors actually enroll in medicare part d. i have that letter right here. unfortunately the republicans have actually taken steps to ensure that consumers do not know all the benefits and protections provided by obamacare. in june, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, senate minority whip john cornyn sent letters to major sports leagues warning them not to help could be sumers consumers be educated about the benefits of obamacare. after medicare part d, democrats like me hosted events in order to boost awareness and facilitate enrollment. this has not happened with obamacare. several republican members have even stated, they will not help constituents who call and ask for more information about the benefits of obamacare and how to enroll. those republican efforts will only harm american families and small businesses and cut short the rel
devastating for the region, making it the second costliest hurricane in the nation s history. but what was worse than the actual devastation caused by sandy was the fallout that had nothing to do with the storm and everything to do with politics. if you think the recent 16-day shutdown is the first sign that republicans are willing to break all the political rules in order to destroy government, not even close. because the willingness by members of congress to choose not to vote for sandy relief was unprecedented. remember, superstorm sandy made landfall in the u.s. just before the presidential election between president barack obama and former massachusetts governor, mitt romney. but the election did not stop president obama from responding. he put campaign battleground travel on hold to tour the storm-battered coast of new jersey on october 31st. and his immediate reaction was to address the needs of the hurricane victims most in need. and it earned him the admiration of th
search and surveillance have a role. what we are trying to do is define how to reconcile the secrecy of search and surveillance which necessarily have to be so, with five ac civil liberties and all the other constitutional guarantees that make us unique among the nations of the world and the greatest nation in the history of the world. i have been a litigator for 40 years. i have never doubted that the scores of judges that i have litigated before have a commitment to rights and privacy and all the constitutional rights. i have no doubts about the fisa judges pushing back and having a commitment to the law. in appearance, the system is failing fast. it is failing to maintain the trust and credibility of the american people. they want to be protected from terrorists, at the same time, also protected from the degradation of constitutional rights. i m changing the appointment and selection procedure so that the appearance and reality of diversity of you and aggressive protection