finally we have jim hayes. he is a graduate for george mason in diversity. now over to jim. i'm very pleased to be here and to have you all here as well as the c-span audience. we can do a lot to advance the ball on transparency in congress. the issues are very interesting. wikipedia editing for congressional staff. there is an aversion to editing wikipedia and a mistrust within the community for edits coming from congress. we can improve the information that is available to any american people about what happens here. i want to open by doing a brief history, the sort of modern history of the transparency issue and the work we have been doing at cato, before i turn it over to michelle and then jim. michelle obviously has the numbers to prove that she can make a talented and capable wikipedia and we want to make others as good as michelle at producing information for people together to get insight into what people are -- into what is happening inside congress. what is going on within transparency? i've been working on it longer. since 2000, i run a website called washingtonwa

finally jim hayes a member of wikipedia d.c. and a graduate of george mason university. will turn it over to jim. >> i think we are going to really talk about interesting stuff today and we can do a lot to advance the ball on transparency in congress. the issues are very interesting. wikipedia editing for congressional staff. there is aversion on capitol hill to editing wikipedia and distrust among the wikipedia community for edits coming from congress. with work and care i think we can improve the information available to the american people about what happens here. i want to open up by doing a brief history of the modern history of the transparency issue. the work that we have been doing at cato before i turn it over to michelle and jim. michelle has the numbers to prove she is talented and capable at wikipedia. we want to make others as good as michelle and producing more information for people to gather so they have better insight into what is happening in congress. what has been going on with transparency? i have been working on it longer, since 2000. i ran a website

we have jim hayes who is a member of wikipedia d.c. we will turn it over to jim. >> thank you for being here. i am pleased to have the c-span audience because i think we will talk about some interesting stuff today. advance thelot to ball in transparency and congress. issues are very interesting -- wikipedia editing with congressional staff -- a version on capitol hill and there is an distrust within the wikipedia community. with work and care i think we can improve that. i want to open by doing a brief history, the sort of modern history of the transparency issue him and the work we have been doing at cato, before i turn it over to michelle and then jim. michelle obviously has the numbers to prove that she can make a talented and capable wikipedia and we want to make others as good as michelle at producing information for people together to get insight into what people are -- into what is happening inside congress. what is going on within transparency? i've been working on it longer. since 2000, i run a website called washingtonwatch.c

finally, jim hayes, a graduate of old dominion and george mason university. with that, i will turn it over to jim. >> thanks, john. i'm very pleased to be here and to have you all here as well as the c-span audience. we can do a lot to advance the ball on transparency in congress. the issues are very interesting. wikipedia editing for congressional staff. there is an aversion to editing on wikipedia and a mistrust within the community for edits coming from congress. we can improve the information that is available to the american people about what happens here. i want to open by doing a brief history, the sort of modern history of the transparency issue him and the work we have been doing at cato, before i turn it over to michelle and then jim. michelle obviously has the numbers to prove that she can make a talented and capable wikipedia and we want to make others as good as michelle at producing information for people together to get insight into what is happening inside congress. what is going on within transparency? i've been working on it longer. since 200

. >> jim cavanaugh and lisa plume, thank you very much for joining me tonight. our coverage continues now with chris hayess live in ferguson. ferguson. >>> we are live here in ferguson, missouri. night has fallen and it'st( typically around this hour that things get really tense. last night there was a peaceful ande1 fairly calm protestq and turned into another night of tear gasfá and crowd control. tonight right now, if there are protesters, you will see them in the ground. hands up, don't shoot. last night there was essentially two checkpoints set up and a

. >> jim cavanaugh and lisa bloom, thank you very much for joining me tonight. our coverage continues now with chris hayes in ferguson. >>> more trouble. this is "hardball." good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. before going to ferguson, missouri, tonight i'm obliged to deliver tragic news from abroad. tonight isis forces in syria and iraq released a video which it said shows james wright foley, an american journalist being beheaded. in the video, isis threatens the life of another captured american if president obama doesn't stop airstrikes in iraq. mr. foley was kidnapped at gun point on thanksgiving day 2012. he had not been heard from during his time in captivity. he traveled extensively in the middle east and north africa. he reported about confs

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jim cavanaugh for joining us and for mr. pruitt of the naacp in st. louis. our live coverage of the situation there in missouri will continue now with chris hayes. >>> good evening. let me start tonight with separation anxiety. for the past two nights we covered the obama/clinton political tap dance. first hillary clinton interviewed in the atlantic in which she criticized obama's foreign policy. next, dissect the plate cal maneuvering, is she positioning herself for a 2016 run and separating herself from the president who is currently struggling in the polls. yesterday, the phone call. clinton calls obama to clear the air. a spokesman makes a statement saying it was to make sure nothing she said was meant to attack him. today a press release, a spokesman with this assess of this call and criticism. >> president indeed appreciating president clinton's call as he does every opportunity it chat with former secretary of state. they have a close relationship and the president appreciates counsel and advice but more importantly appreciates her friendship. that's why he is looking forward to seeing her this evening. [ inaudible ] >> i'm not going to get into a behind

jim cavanaugh for joining us and for mr. pruitt of the naacp in st. louis. our live coverage of the situation there in missouri will continue now with chris hayes. >>> good evening start tonight with separation anxiety.