i now live in the hudson valley and we have counties here named for richard recovery and john sullivan and israel putnam. and nathaniel greene purple --. when who are the revolutionary war figures they don't know. referring to the fighters as the forgotten founders and founded the country on the basis of their deeds. but now the reputations of faded. and into real legend for the modern readers book look at these revolutionary fighters today to give a perspective but the first of them is richard recovery. because he was firm ryan beck york from the hudson valley appointed you that i found useful to imagine with recovery was to keep in mind war has a profound impact on the participants a fact known in the time of over and that is relevant today as veterans come back from iraq and afghanistan. the revolutionary war was not a costume drama. the battles were living in arrears and the conditions verge blondie horrific. is a day's march barefoot in the did more than once. with the post traumatic stress disorder it was just as prevalent back then. there was a lieutenant in the continental or r

sullivan on monday admitting her campus has an problem with sectixual assau. uva has been in an uproar after the rolling stone article of several men raped a woman in 2012. joe johnsesa sullivan was supposed to speak to the club, but gave a speech on campus. she posed a series of questions that the university is attempts to address. more than anything, a summary of discussions since the story broke. does the university do everything possible to protect every student and whether they have done enough to support survivors and encourage reporting. sullivan announced what sounds like the outline of an action plan and the first mostly modest steps to address the issue. including finding ways to reduce underage drinking and rooting out date rape drugs on campus. and fraternities to provide greater safety and hiring additional trauma counselors for the women's center and a police substation on campus. going forward with a planned training program for sexual assaults. and the survey in the spring to determine how often students experience sexual abuse on campus. the explanation for the cancelling the appearance the press club is focusing on the uva community. it is clear

johns has more. >> reporter: the university's president teresa sullivan addressing the uva community about sexual violenceng the school. >> there is a piece of the culture of the university that is broken. i ask for your help to come together adds a strong and resilient community to fix it. >> reporter: fix what "rolling stone" magazine calls a culture of sexual assault at uva. sullivan says that they would find a way to root out binge drinking and drugs on campus, and provide greater safety for guests to operate on campus, and hire additional trauma counselor on the campus, and put a sub station on campus, and conduct an anonymous survey in the spring to find out how often students experience sexual abuse on campus. and all the while, students are conducting and online survey to put a end to a fraternity house on campus. >> our initial response was to defend what we have, and now we have switched from defending it to using the opportunity to start the change to now be an example. >> reporter: since the "rolling stone" story, some have questioned the credibility asking why sebrina early did not include th

sullivan. and the lives and work of john marshall. >> tonight, mary gray on the ethics raised by internet companieshe academic research on that information. >> it is a great question. somebody uses a computer every day and we have certain expectations when we fire up our computers about who sees what we were doing. , if theoment expectations i have are shifted because i realized it might be another party who sees what i am doing. say if a message pops up and asked if i would like some help making a purchase, there are certain lines we don't know we cross them until it is too late. that is true for researchers and companies. it isn't a clear sense of what is creepy. one person may not have a problem if they see them on a bench and listening to that conversation. you cannot summon tried to have a conversation and will go to great lands to be secluded. they are not just dealing with the cultural context but individual preferences and experiences around privacy. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern on "the communicators," on c-span-2. >> this morning steve clemons talks about the senate report on the cia's enhan

john and michaela. the university's official explanation is that president theresa sullivan is cancelling her appearancece to stay on campus and communicate, essentially, with the stakeholders most affected by the controversy. the spokesman at the school put out a statement, here it is, saying during this extraordinary time president sullivan's energies are best focused on the campus grounds where she can speak directly to and hear directly from the university community, participate in the healing process and work to find answers to the many questions that deserve attention. also it's clear the university is still working in crisis mode at this point. they have both a public relations problem as well as potential legal concerns. neither of those necessarily would be served by an appearance at the press club right now. anything she might say publicly could just fire up another news cycle and a rehashing of the stories from last week, not to mention more public pronouncements, no matter what she says while she has multiple investigations going on could turn out to be seen as counterproductive legally, joh

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. >> it was very intimidating watching john ledger come on, brian sullivan speaking to him yesterday. listen, whatever phone plan you have, i'll cut your bill dramatically. when you hear that, he's a great process hetizer for his company. i say verizon is a great operator. what's it got, 1.50 downside? >> 4.83% yield. t has a 5.7% yield. >> with that differential in yield -- although, we've learned from the oils if you have a declining business, the yield doesn't support you. >> jim, we're starting to get some headlines out of dow jones on this cuba news. according to dow jones, obama to overhaul cuba policy. this is citing a government official. to begin discussions with cuba on normalizing relations. u.s. to lift many travel and money transfer restrictions. the vatican played a key role in some of these negotiations. again, quoting a government official. the u.s. government to return three convicted cuban spies. of course, the president is going to speak at noon eastern time. what do you make of all this? >> do we keep guantanamo? priceline, remember, the hotels that have done well,

sullivan in for scott today. meets the starting lineup. john najarian, co-founder of option munster, steve weiss, managing partner of short hills capital, josh brown joins us from florida because warmth and mike san tilly, columnist for yahoo! finance. we are close to the finish line of what's been a huge year for stocks. 2 1/2 trading days left in the year. those are the trading hours, not all the hours, just the trading hours, left in the year. we are cnbc, we can count. we want to know how everybody is playing the brief time that we have left. time for a look now at the big picture. first dom chu, morgan brennan here. what are you seeing? >> [ inaudible ]. >> all right. we're going to go to the traders. dom, we'll get to you in a second. it's what happens. >> this was a great setup. >> not a great first two minutes. stephen weiss since you're being snarky -- >> more often, i'm just warming up. >> here's what i see for 2015. >> i take full blame for that mistake. went to dom before he was ready. >> i think small caps catch up. take a lock at

sullivan in for scott today. meets the starting lineup. johnajarian, co-founder of option munster, steve weiss, managing partner of short hills capital, josh brown joins us from florida because warmth and mike san tilly, columnist for yahoo! finance. we are close to the finish line of what's been a huge year for stocks. 2 1/2 trading days left in the year. those are the trading hours, not all the hours, just the

sullivan on monday admitting a problem of sexual assault on campus. uva has been in an uproar after "rolling stone" published several men raped a woman in 2012. joe johnsas more. >> reporter: christine, the president of the university of virginia was scheduled to speak to the national press club, they addressed the community about the situation on campus instead. she posed a series of questions that she and uva are attempting to address. more than anything, a summary of the discussions that have been going on since the story broke. questions like does the university do everything possible to protect every student and if they have done enough to support survivors and what is the role of alcohol in fraternity and sorority situations? forcing fraternities to provide greater safety to operate on campus. hiring addition at trauma counselor for the women's center. also going forward with a previously planned by standard training program for sexual assault. the university's only explanation for cancelling the appearance the press club is her energies were spent focused on the uva community. it was clear with the police investigation into the alleged gang rape

teresa sullivan remained on grounds at uva and announced a series of reforms in response to sexual assaults linked to from linked linked to fraternities. the "rolling stone" magazine article. joe johnsr us today. he joins us now. the president didn't show up today in washington. but what did she announce? >> reporter: well, this was sort of a pr move, obviously. they figured it would be better for the president of uva to be on the campus talking to the students rather than speaking to the national press club, so she gave this address to the university community posing a series of questions that she and the community are attempting to address. more than anything, brooke, it was a summary of the discussions that have been going on since this story broke, questions like does the university do everything possible from text every student, whether had they've done enough to support survivors, encourage report, how much is alcohol a factor at sororities and fromaternities. on a smaller scale she's hiring a trauma counselor, turning her holiday reception into a discussion about sexual assault and said, essentially there's a problem with the culture that needs fixed and said they are going t

john scully. we will see you on sunday on the fox news channel. have a great weekend, everybody. have a great show. >> 18,000. i am tom sullivan and for stuart. here is the big story. now investors are looking forward. two years of control in congress. president obama not having his way with out a fight. 810,000. varney and company is about to begin. ♪ >> we start with stocks. let's check the big board. the dow is up 24. almost hitting 18,000. 17,800. three dow component hitting record highs. looking good, as far as 3 m is down just a sliver. now to oil, that is bouncing back. treading at $55. gasoline, it is down more than $0.02 overnight. $2.45 when you go to the gas pump. >> i think what you see also playing out is the realization that 2016 is not that far away. it is now being listened and listened. steve forbes pretty bullish on the republicans. are you with steve on the fact that this valley is a republican congress rally. >> very good performance air. we avoided a pension bailout. there were cuts to the bureaucracy. that was in the lame duck congress. >> there were a thought of service test. republicans did not eat obamacare. >> that i

john and i have in common, we are both boomers. in any case, that january a real earthshaking event happening. the beatles appeared on the ads sullivan show. this is an era when we only had three tv networks, which is why my generation is so good at you. because we can only sing the first verse of the second verse of the funds to the song. we know not only was he in wiki, but their next-door neighbors pride in next-door neighbors are at an next-door neighbors pride in that poll. the common culture was strong in those days because there were so few medium. the information was direct to end those who went to work has to learn how to be generalists, to write and report in a way that can reach people from all different backgrounds and pulled them together into a mainstream to which we could sell our advertisers. we are much more of a fragmented society now, on the whole, it is good. it is providing the news consumers have more choices. almost puts more to make choices in a big veteran foreign and that puts a challenge on those of us who work in the media to do the dreaded phrase, do more with less. those of you watch the wired know how d

sullivan. it is called the progeny of the second one. broke andt how painted pine time -- to find the modern right in america. a beautiful new biography of john marshall. i love the fact that the authors are diverse. they will be substantive and a great conversation about the history and current meaning of the bill of rights. >> december 15, two hundred 23rd anniversary of the ratification of bill of rights. jeffrey rosen, thank you. >> the host of today's conversation, the national constitution center, moderator james rosen, president and ceo. c-span live for the bill of rights book festival, taking a look at the key events and individuals. the forum will close with a look at the influence of the longest-serving chief justice in american history, john marshall. go back online and look at the earlier presentations throughout the morning and earlier afternoon. while we're waiting for the final panel to convene today, take a look at the size and scope of u.s. customs and border patrol. host: we're joined by gary graff, the green monster how order patrol became america's most out-of-control law enforcement agency. i want to start with a green mo

dan sullivan, tom cotton and joni ernst. house speaker john boehner issued a statement today on congressman michael grimm's decision to resign from the house, saying representative graham made the honorable decision to step down from his seat in congress. i know that it was made with the best interests of his constituents in the constitution in mind and i appreciate his years of service in the house. supreme court justice samuel alito and former florida governor jeb bush discussed the bill of rights of the national constitution center in october. the center originally put an original copy of the bill of rights on display, along with copies of the constitution and the declaration of independence. the conference began with marks from the president, jeffrey rosen. [applause] >> i am so glad to welcome you tonight. justice alito, governor bush, and governor and mrs. corbett, tony marx, david rubenstein, honored guests. ladies and gentlemen i am jeffrey rosen. i am the president of this wonderful institution the national constitution center. and th