ofn, the farewell speech scottish first minister alex salmond, then a house hearing on cyber securityhreats. british lawmakers have returned to parliament after a weeklong recess. prime minister david cameron took questions from members of the house of commons wednesday on a range of domestic and foreign-policy issues. they debated the implications of restricting benefits, the so-called bedroom tax, as opposed to taxing high-value homes with a mansion tax. this is about 35 minutes. >> order. questions for the prime minister. mr. jones. >> question number one. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i am sure the whole house will join me in condemning the senseless attack in a synagogue in west jerusalem this week, in which five people were killed. one of the victims was a dual israeli-uk citizen, rabbi avraham goldberg, and we send our deepest condolences to his family and friends, as well as to the families of the other victims. the families of the other victims. this was an appalling act of terror. mr. speaker, this morning i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others, and in addition t

we now move to the next part of business which is a statement by alex salmond, the first minister ofscotland. >> standing officer, firstly i have to, not for the first time in this chamber, disappoint. i took it from his question, the first minister's question last thursday he was making a very subtle l last-ditch attempt to persuade me to stay in force. i've given his suggestion great thought but have decided to resign, anyway, at the start of parliamentary business tomorrow. he worked full time to secure his nominations to have a tilt at the job. i assure him if he so decides, then i'll weigh up his candidacy with great care before casting my vote for my friend and colleague, nicholas. resounding officer, there are now only a minority of members here today who like you and i attended the opening ceremony of this reconvened parliament in 1999. it was a great day. we had moving poetry. the late donald gave the greatest speech of his life. the entire chamber joined in the final verse. one other thing struck me about that day, when the msps entered the general assembly building on the

and then the speech by alex salmond before members of parliament. >> this week on "q&a," our guest is david mark with a new book entitled "dog whistles, walk-backs and washington handshakes: decoding the jargon, slang and bluster of american political speech." mr. mark talks about the humorous side of politics and the language used by politicians to speak to each other and to the american people. why did youk, want to decode the jargon of american political speech? >> my co-author and i, chuck mccutcheon, had covered congress , we covered campaigns, been out on the trail, watched hundreds of hours of news, maybe thousands of hours. we had heard politicians of all stripes use many of the same phrases. democrat, they would use a lot of these cliches. we wanted to explain to people who don't work in politics what these folks are actually getting at. >> when did you become interested in politics? >> that would be in my early college years. i grew up in a political house called in southern california where my parents talk about it around the dinner table but i got interested myself around

we now move to the next part of business which is a statement by alex salmond, the first minister of scotland. >> standing officer, firstly i have to, and not for the first time in this chamber, disappoint. i took it from his question, the first minister's question last thursday he was making a very subtle last-ditch attempt to persuade me to stay in force. -- in post-. i've given his suggestion great thought but have decided to resign, anyway, at the start of parliamentary business tomorrow. this notice should allow him ample time secure his nominations to have a tilt at the job. i assure him if he so decides, then i'll weigh up his candidacy with great care before casting my vote for my friend and colleague, nicholas. resounding officer, there are now only a minority of members here today who like you and i attended the opening ceremony of this reconvened parliament in 1999. it was a great day. we had moving poetry. the late donald gave the finest speech of his life. and when they sang "a man is a mandate," -- a man," the entire chamber joined in the final verse. one other thing st

and then the speech by alex salmond before members of parliament. >> this week on "q&a," our guest isvid mark with a new book entitled "dog whistles, walk-backs and washington handshakes: decoding the jargon, slang and bluster of american political speech." mr. mark talks about the humorous side of politics and the language used by politicians to speak to each other and to the american people. why did youk, want to decode the jargon of american political speech?