Stability in washington and any hint i mean, any hint that the growth agenda could get done. And perhaps overshadowing, pun intended, all those headlines today, the Solar Eclipse. Many are wait what many millions are waiting what many are calling a once in a lifetime event. Varney Company Begins right now. Ashley we begin with sad news this morning, the search continuing for ten u. S. Sailors missing after an Early Morning collision between a Navy Destroyer and a tanker or near singapore. What on earth is going on. Whats the latest . Yeah, search and rescue underway. It happened east of singapore. It hit an oil and chemical tanker three times its size. So basically this is the second serious collision in about a month. The uss fitzgerald collided with a freighter off the coast of japan, seven sailors dead there. Sailors are being evacuatedded, and so the search is on right now for the ten missing, five injured as well. Ashley all right, thank you very much. Lets bring in colonel ralph
Visit ncicap. Org] over the weekend, the green party held their annual convention nominating dr. Jill stein as their president ial nominee. Acceptance speech, she talks about criminal justice issues and lays out what she calls a Green New Deal to transferred to renewable energy. We will show you the entirety of 55 p. M. Eech at 6 eastern. Republican president ial nominee donald trump laying out his p. M. , andgenda at 8 at 8 30 p. M. , on book tv, political memoirs. And then on American History tv, our series, the contenders, looking at candidates who ran for and lost the presidency. And we will look at the Economic Performance of red and blue states and which states have been better off with tax rates, education levels, and household incomes. After that, Peter Gleason toward at recent efforts corporate governance. Washington journal is live every day at 7 a. M. Eastern. Month from congress returning, three months away from election day. Particularly for members of the u. S. House, the
Marketplace heartbreak. Hope and promise of america. Its a book that chronicles the painful failures of policy while also having some solutions from a Classical Liberal perspective. Marcus Richard Ferguson argue that a political system ought uphold individual rights encourage voluntary exchange and Civil Society to flourish. He couldnt tell im not an american but ive always admired the United States in its history. Its a nation founded an enlightenment values and committed individual rights and the rule of law. The founding of america was unique event in Human History and best described by a question that the second president john adams asked. He asked how few of the human race have ever had an opportunity of choosing a system of government for themselves and their children. The United States we live in today is not the result of mere chance, but a conscious choice on behalf of the founders to create a new order of the ages. Unlike feudal europe built on centuries of customs and hierar
Dire new warnings of the spread of ebola, and how long it could take to get it under control. Major new details on the shooting death of Michael Brown. The Police Officer who stopped brown did not know he was a suspect in a robbery. This comes after Police Released veins image surveillance images of brown and identified him as a suspect in a robbery. It happened a short time before brown was shot and killed. Authorities also released the name of a Police Officer who shot brown today. Darren wilson a sevenyear veteran of the force. The police chief jackson gave more details. I know the initial contact was not related to the robbery. Youre telling us when the officer shot Michael Brown the first time, he was not aware that brown was a suspect in a robbery. No, he was coming off the sick case, which is why the ambulance was there so quickly. Did he know he was a suspect in a case, or did he not know. No, he didnt. Then why release the video. At this point why did he stop Michael Brown . B
They fully intended to subpoena reporters in the future if they really needed the evidence to prosecute a leaker. The apn fox news incidents prompt more congressional action on the shield bill and the bill was approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee Last september, almost a year ago now. Though it still awaits senate action. Houserrent makeup of the is not quite the same as it was in 2009, so we dont know what will happen there. The fight over the right to keep journalist ross sources confidential is literally older than the republic will stop a colonial printer refused to disclose the authors of attacks against the colonial governor of new york in 1734. Thus was himself charged with seditious libel. A century later in 1848, news of the treaty of waterloo bay hidalgo ending the mexicanamerican war was first reported to the American People after a news paper reporter from the New York Herald was told of the still secret terms. He spent a month under house arrest in the capital. That,