Who is Deputy Editor and Senior Pentagon correspondent for defense news here with us to talk about the efforts to pass the Defense Authorization bill. Aaron, the bill sets programs and policies for the pentagon. How important is it for pentagon operations and for the funding that those programs require . So the national Defense Authorization act, essentially, its the defense policy bill. This is seen on the hill and its one of the mustpass bills and this is how much well pay members of the military and this is how many plane, how many ships and how many guns were going to buy and this is how we want to invest and it can include policy, and regarding some movements in some cases and overseas exercises and things like that. It is very much the bill that sets the next year of the military and in some cases the next five years of the military planning. It is seen in the pent fwon as something they need to get done every year and it is done as a point of pride they get done every year and i
Stream or ondemand at cspan. Org or listen on the cspan radio app. Your place for an unfiltered view of politics. In 1988, republican Vice President ial candidate dan quayle and candidate Lloyd Bentsen debated while a panelist asked questions of the candidates. Good evening. Im pleased to welcome you to this Vice President ial debate. Im Judy Woodruff of pbss newshour and front line. My colleagues on the panel are john margoules of the chicago tribune, tom brokaw of nbc news and britt hume of abc news. Both george bush and Michael Dukakis said their selections of a running mate would reveal a lot about themselves. And based on the history since world war ii, there is almost a 50 50 chance that one of the two men here tonight will become president of the United States. The candidates are senator dan quayle, the republican nominee, and senator Lloyd Bentsen, the democratic nominee. [ cheers and applause ] for the next 90 minutes, we will be questioning the candidates, following a format
And today we are going to have a hearing entitled hashtag me tood moment, a examination of Sexual Assault and perceived retaliation in the department of defense and at ft. Hood. The hearing will now come to order. That we are here to discuss a pernicious military culture that time and time again sap ora sea report after sapl ora report, exposed an environment that is d for Sexual Harassment. Where women are stigma, afraid t the harassers because of a stigma, fear of retaliation and oft rasism and worse, fear they wont bee believed. And the harassers wont be helds accountable. By declaring hashtag i am aken t Vanessa Guillen, thousands of Service Members and veterans have taken to the streets and social media demanding safety and respect. Demanding that the rules of the, quote, old boys club, and the quote, locker room talk, are no longer the price of admission. Lo demanding that the sexually explicit language in the motor pool, in the field, or in the l office stop. Demanding that the
Into the upper 80s and low 90s and, mike, tracking the commute, any new reports popping up . No new reports but ill update the report because, kari, as we look at the bay bridge toll plaza camera we see slowing approaching the toll plaza itself because the volume is building heading up the incline and they may turn the metering lights on in the next 20 minutes and from the toll plaza up into the incline. Everything else on the approach was very smooth through Contra Costa County and the rest of the bay shows no major issues and slowing for san jose Still Holding on. Back to you. So much, mike. 6 01 right now. Breaking news weve been following. Weve learned that federal agents are looking into possible connections between two deadly ambush attacks. One in oakland and another in Santa Cruz County. And the shooting of a deputy yesterday we told you about in paso robles. Today in the bay bob redell is live to talk about both of these and the investigation meantime to look for the shooter s
On which he was able to bestow his gifts by commenting originally and his words on those president s. Im mike nelson. Im the guy you had to put up with during the first panel. Fortunately, we have a new cast of people to add their voices to the wonderful voices you heard from the scholars that were on the first panel. Once again, we have Miller Center people here, and the Miller Center. One of the main emphasis is to study the presidency in depth, historical depth with objectivity. In other words, were all in the business of doing stuff that an editorial cartoonist is not in the business of doing which is reacting to events on a daytoday basis as oliphant did as a cartoonist and whereas we all strive to be as objective as we can and the job of the editorial cartoonists and pat oliphant as well as anyone has done it to provide comment, to provide opinion and to provide something to provoke discussion rather than perhaps aspire to settle discussion. The panel today, this afternoon that w