our live capitol hill coverage continues tomorrow with the confirmation hearing for the next defense secretary, ashton carter. live coverage of the senator armed services committee will get underway tomorrow on c-span3 starting at 9:30 a.m. eastern. this sunday on q and a, david brooks columnist for the the new york times on writing an article for the times and the awards he gives out at the end of the year. the sidney awards. sidney awards are given for the best magazine essays of the yeesh, and they can be in journals or something like the new yorker or the atlantic. and the idea is they always come out about that christmas week. and the idea is that s a good week to step back and not read little instant stuff, tweets, not even read newspaper articles. but to step back and read something deeper and longer. and it s to celebrate those longer pieces. i do believe magazines changed history. the new republican until its recent destruction was the most infl
good morning on this mother s day. i m martha raddatz. great to have you with us. we start off with those dramatic new warnings from the fbi that hundreds, maybe thousands of isis followers inside the u.s. are being urged to kill americans. military bases nationwide increasing security, our exclusive live interview with the homeland security secretary just moments away. first the latest on these extraordinary warnings from senior justice correspondent pierre thomas. good morning, pierre. reporter: good morning, martha. in an urgent friday conference call, the fbi director and homeland security secretary met with thousands of law enforcement officials from across the country to warn them about a social media campaign by isis that s reaching americans in every state. the meeting of top law enforcement officials came on the heels of sunday s shoot-out in texas by two men believed to be isis supporters communicating with the group via social media. police officers that were n
we start off with those dramatic new warnings from the fbi that hundreds, maybe thousands of isis followers inside the u.s. are being urged to kill americans. military bases nationwide increasing security, our exclusive live interview with the homeland security secretary just moments away. first the latest on these extraordinary warnings from senior justice correspondent pierre thomas. good morning, pierre. reporter: good morning, martha. in an urgent friday conference call, the fbi director and homeland security secretary met with thousands of law enforcement officials from across the country to warn them about a social media campaign by isis that s reaching americans in every state. the meeting of top law enforcement officials came on the heels of sunday s shoot-out in texas by two men believed to be isis supporters communicating with the group via social media. police officers that were nearby saw what was happening and engaged the two men and shot and killed them ther
setting up the obamacare exchanges, and we remember what happened when the web site that was the portal through which people would sign up for the exchanges, failed. well, it was all hands on deck. all hands on deck. well, i commend the administration for its timely response to that problem, but by comparison, with the tragedies that we re reading about in the newspapers from the 40 veterans who died in phoenix reportedly waiting for treatment at a v.a. clinic or hospital when put on a secret waiting list, i don t see that sense of urgency coming from the administration or from this congress, for that matter. now, i do commend senator sanders and senator burr who are the chair and ranking members of the veterans affairs committee, the senate for having secretary shinseki and others today to begin the process of peeling the layers of the onion so we can get to the truth. and i realize the administration has to balance competing priorities. but in my view, there are few priori
so are our carbon emissions that cause climate change. we set new fuel efficiency standards for cars. that saves the typical family $8,000 at the pump. for the first time in 20 years, america produces more oil than we buy from other countries. we are producing more energy and also becoming a leader in the energy sources of the future. we are becoming a leader in solar. the cost of solar panels have fallen 60%. solar installations have increased 500%. every four minutes, another american home or business goes solar. every panel is pounded into place by a worker whose job cannot be shipped overseas. today, no matter where you live, or where you do business, solar is getting cheaper and easier than ever before. with more businesses and rural cooperatives and homes choosing solar, prices come down. manufacturers get more innovative. more jobs are created. last year, jobs in the solar industry increased by 20%. but we got more work to do. i want to work with congress to do it. unf