Thank the brave men and women who wear the noble uniform of the u. S. Air force for having us here today. I had the privilege to visit with some of your wonderful children at the youth center here on base. I enjoyed our time together getting to know them and want to thank everyone who helped make this visit possible. Every child whose parent serves in our great military should be enormously proud because your mom or dad is a true american hero. In the wake of two devastating hurricanes, the world has witnessed your courage and compassion and you have made every american proud. Americans have trust in the United States air force because we know you will never quit. You will never yield, and you will never fail. We know that we are free because you are brave. I know i speak on behalf of myself and my husband when i tell you we are grateful for your service. I also want to take a moment to recognize the families of those who serve. You endured the time apart, accepted to move when new ord
And here on cspan, our life running except that newbies our life programming except that newbies did. Noon eastern. President obama travels to princeton, indiana today, talking about the economy. We will have that life for you here on cspan. On cspan2, a discussion on the use of military drones. Author Richard Whittle has written predator the secret origins of the drone revolution. We mentioned president obamas scheduled speech on the economy. It is likely he will talk about the latest unemployment figures released earlier today. 248,000 jobs added in the month of september. The jobless rate falling to 5. 9 . This weekend on the cspan networks tonight at 10 00 eastern on the stand, a conversation with retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul stevens. On saturday night, the founder and former chair of microsoft, bill gates, on the ebola Virus Outbreak in west africa. Dr. Ay on two and a, genetical. Tonight on cspan2, authors john yoo and bruce fein talk about war the constitution. Saturd
Kevin sack and Manny Fernandez are in dallas. Texas apartment not sanitized for days, more than six months after an outbreak of ebola began its rampage through west africa. Local and federal Health Officials have displayed an uneven and flawed response to the first case diagnosed in the u. S. In the latest indication, state and local authorities confirm thursday that a week after a liberian man fell ill in dallas, and four days after he was placed in isolation at a hospital here, the apartment where he was staying with four other people had not been sanitized and the sheets and dirty towels he used while sick remained in the home. County officials visited the apartment without protection on wednesday night. In a separate story, the new york tooms, shes in liberia, and this story is about the u. S. Effort there. U. S. Effort in africa is bahrly off the ground, two weeks after president obama announced that time was running out in the fight to stem the epidemic. The American Treatment Ce
Here again, i think a false choices being offered. Sending soldiers into syria at this point would be counterproductive. At this point, we have a whole lot of allies in that region that are asking us to do that. We are not working effectively with the turkish kurdish rebels jordanians, saudis, kurds. We are not working effectively with any of our allies. To say the only thing that we can do is go off to war is not true. There is a whole set of things that we have been asked to do by people who share our interest and we are not doing them. Announcer Senior Editor for the Weekly Standard on his writing career, the gop president ial candidates, and what voters are looking for in a candidate. They want somebody who looks like hes stood up for them. I am amazed by the degree to which primary voters on both sides are motivated by resentment. The sense of being put upon. Those people really do not understand us. Here is a guy who does not understand us and will stick it to them. That happens
Back our efforts to provide Health Insurance to folks who dont have it. Its all about rolling back the Affordable Care act. This more than anything else seems to be with what the Republican Party stands for these days. I know its strange but one party would make some people uninsured the centerpiece of their agenda but that apparently is what it is. Of course what is stranger still is that shutting down our government and it doesnt accomplish their stated goal. The Affordable Care care act as a law that passed the house and passed the senate and the Supreme Court ruled the constitutional. It was a central issue in last years election. It is settled and it is here to stay. Because of its Funding Sources its not impacted by a Government Shutdown. These americans are here with me today because even though the government disclosed part of the Affordable Care act is now open for business. For them millions like them this is a historic day for a good reason. Its been a long time coming. Toda