this was part julius' grand design for a new vatican.owever reluctant he was, however much he complained, between 1508 and 1512, michelangelo created one of the boldest and one of the largest paintings in history. monumental figures act out the biblical drama from the creation to the flood, framed by figures still more monumental. the human body became as much the subject of michelangelo's painting as it was of his sculpture. pope julius had neither armies nor canon enough to influence europe as he might wish, but in the vatican, he could present an image of papal power to impress all comers. the story is told that raphael was mightily impressed when he was smuggled in to see the unfinished sistine ceiling by the architect of the new saint peter's, bramante. certainly, in the decorations of the pope's library, which raphael was painting at the same time, there is a figure answering to michelangelo's description. there's evidence the figure was added later than the others, and its style seems a tribute to his rival's style. the school of

the work was commissioned by pope julius ii. instead of glorifying the papacy, there recreated scenes from the book of genesis featuring the most famous hands in hard history. -- ary history. god creating man is a sober reminder to maintain humility. christ's apostles, part of the original plan, are nowhere to be seen. this fresco on the altar wall prompting further irritation. his depiction of the last supper shows human souls descending and rising to prospective states and many of the figures are naked. dov at the time, it was labeled obscene and a moral. today, it is recognized as a great work of art and it will provide the backdrop during the conclave. shield it from the outside world, here the cardinals will choose the next leader of the catholic church. >> a story we will fully closely follow for you with special coverage on dw. >> we will have special coverage as soon as the smoke rises. stay with us.

many film noirs and also a parent was able miracle who with his wife had adopted the children of julius and ethel rosenberg who were executed in 1953 for espionage. also under the name louis allen wrote the song strange fruit that billie holliday made famous, remarkably talented. the parents of tom hurwitz, his parents were among that group. leo was a documentarian and his mother was a documentarian -- was in the dance troupe. see if i can see. as a young man, tom looked at his parents''s wild ride through the profession within the. with his liquid brown eyes and full lips and wiry brown hair brushed into submission and parted on the side, he was a dreamy and stubborn youngster who like his father couldn't bear to concede a point. in some ways he was a typical child. he had a leather jacket with fringe and daniel boone had with the tail around the back. and the biggest collection of pull a gun is of every source. when i spoke to my analyst about it he said he won't would have more of the money grows up. the death of the rosenbergss pervaded his childhood. he talked about with his father

this is when julius caesar was stabbed in the back by the people he trusted.ot a good day to be working at nbc. [ laughter ] woo. [ applause ] woo. woo. and i'll tell you what. and what a week it has been at the vatican! man. the white smoke. the euphoria. the bong, bong, bong. it was like colorado when they legalized marijuana. [ laughter ] did you see it? there was white smoke everywhere. and the coverage of the pope has just been nonstop th

also was apparent with his life he had adopted the children of julius and ethel rosenberg who were executed for espionage. by the we also under the name louis ellen the route the strong delete qassam strange fruit that billie holiday wrote so it was a group of talent there to be a so, the parents of tom horowitz who is one of my protagonists, his parents were among that group. leo was a documentarian. of a sort of radical strike, and his mother was a principal in the dance group. so i will read you a little bit about him. >> as a young man, she looked at his parents' wild ride through the depression affinity with his liquid brown eyes and full lips and his brown hair brushed into submission and parted on the side, the stubborn to youngster who like his father couldn't bear to concede the point. in some ways he was a typical child in the 50's. he owned a leather jacket with fringe and the daniel boone had to the tail around the back said his mother. and he had the biggest collection of toy guns of every sort. when i spoke to my analyst about it, he said let him have them. he won't want to ha

the artist is julius. that erotic allure has been caught by brown in his book. >> it certainly has been. >> would you deny if jesus were to have a lover, that lover would have been mary magdalene. >> she does remain the most likely candidate. the difficulty is that we do not have firm evidence one way or another, and therefore i don't believe it is possible to draw an inference that is reasonable. >> we don't have evidence to the contrary. >> that is the case. >> in fact there is some things in his life that lead people to think the fact they were alone when he was casting out the devil which we will get in to in a moment. how old were they when they met? >> i think it is true because they are sometimes alone, because they join in ritual together, particularly rituals of anointing, some people have surmised therefore they must have had a sexual relationship in addition. the difficulty with such arguments is they may tell us more about the way we feel about sexuality than the way in which -- mary magdalene

i want to pay particular acknowledgment to a former recipient, police commissioner julius turman who was a fierce attorney and an advocate for social justice and a long-standing leader in our community, a board member of positive resource center, and most importantly someone i am proud to call my friend. in my role as the executive director of positive resource center and on behalf of the hiv/aids provider network, i want to thank you, supervisor wiener and supervisor campos, and all of the board for your leadership that you've demonstrated on the issues related to hiv and aids. i certainly want to acknowledge you for your ongoing commitment and thank you in advance for your receptivity as we engage in advocacy efforts to maven thaictionv our quality level of hiv care and prevention in our city. san francisco is leading the nation in reduced rates of hiv infection so to make sure we maintain that position. (applause) >> when i received the call from supervisor wiener, three things popped in my mind very quickly. one, i usually am making this call and giving the award so it felt a lit

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julius, managing director for uk banking, thanks so much indeed for joining us. what are your thoughts on what we've heard this morning? >> it is a little bit below the forecast, but a robust performance and reflects the fact that hsbc are to some extent ahead of the curb in terms of doing some of the real global restructuring that these groups have to do. >> it's interesting because we're seeing so much strength in the businesses. uk and europe down significantly. where does hsbc go from here? >> well, there is a, you know, too big to grow question mark over any of these groups. hsbc has proved that quite early coming out of the insurance business in china and pang an. completely out of general insurance worldwide, reducing its japanese food print. what you see is they make clear choices around emerging asian and material markets. they put that into the future. i think the risk for all groups, the sun charts, the city, the global groups with asian aspirations are going to make the right betts in emerging markets. not all emerging markets are going to come up wit

that's because they based the date on the julian calendar, named for julius caesar, counts the days that. that brings me to my question of the week, how many days have passed since january 1st, 4713 b.c.? do not use a calculator. is it "a," 24,538? "b," 245,382? "c"," 2,456,382, or 24,563,387? stay tuned and we'll tell you the answer. go to cnn.com/fareed for insight and analysis and you can follow us on twitter and facebook. go to itunes.com/fareed if you have missed a show or special. this week's book of the week is "the end of power." the author a "gps" regular said the great ongoing shift in the world is the transfer of power. it has been held by the few popes and kings and armies and it is now held by the many. it's a huge shift powered by new technologies, changing societal attitudes. the book maps out in fascinating detail what these changes mean in all sorts of areas from government to personal life. this is a must-read. >>> and now for the "last look." take a look at this. from a distance it looks like a dandilyion. what is it? it's called mine caform. it's a land mine clearing

it was julius caesar. >> i probably would have been a little more aggressive, i would have given himid go. >> you were pretty mild. >> to me, we're stealing from our kids. i'm trying to get -- he won't even acknowledge obama gave us $16 trillion in debt. these obama supporters, what is wrong with them. they can't acknowledge basic simple truths. >> this is a former congressman discussing, that's all i have to say. >> it's the classic hannity move the class i can fox news move. find the token black guy so he don't seem racist and someone that supports your side. cenk: is our secret agreement do you agree with that? >> i was going to ask it's a coincidence the black republican coming on. cenk: the very next day. jayar, how many times have we run clips of hannity with a black panel that say yes sir absolutely sir. >> he leads the conversation and stops sort of what he wants them to say. my best friends are on my panel. cenk: what do you guys think do the guys who fit that role, j.c. watts or his usual black panel do they know they're being paid to bow their heads absolutely sir? >> of c

julius caesar lived a long time ago. he was a general. he made many long speeches. they kill him. [laughter] i am mindful of that and hopeful might end will not be quite like caesar. i will not speak longer than 30 minutes. we will get there. the thing i would like to talk about, four different areas in particular. i want to talk about our religious accommodation policies, and the challenges we had as it applies in the military context. i want to talk about sexual assault issues we are facing now. that is one remaining, really fundamental area of inequality we have to address if we are going to fully integrate our ranks to all those individuals who would like to serve the nation. then i will talk a little bit about some of the other two areas i think we have made some progress on in the last four years in particular. same-sex benefits with the appeal of the don't ask, don't tell. some of you do not know what the judge advocate general is. i thought i would at least tell you who they are before i go into my remarks. 1775, george washington appointed the first judge advocate of the

goes something like this -- julius caesar lived a long time ago, he was a general, they killed him. i'm hopeful my and will not be quite like caesar's. i'm committed to not speaking walker than 30 minutes. we will get there. to talkg i would like about, four different areas -- i will talk a little bit about our religious accommodation policies and the challenges we had in applying free exercise oedipal -- as it applies in the military context. i will talk about sexual assault issues we're facing right now, because i think that is one of them one remaining fundamental areas of any quality that we have to address before we can .ully integrate our ranks i will talk about some of the other areas we have made some progress on over the last four years in particular, same-sex benefits with the repeal of don't ask, don't tell. some of you do not know what the judge advocate general his. i thought i would at least tell you who we are. before i go into my remarks george washington appointed the first judge advocate of the continental army. in a $20 a month. i have done the math. at 6% rate of

and julius caesar was an emperor, now he's a salad.e's "viewpoint." [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> john: good evening, i'm john fugelsang, and this is "viewpoint." day three of president obama's so-called charm offensive saw him meeting with senate republicans and house democrats following the meeting yesterday with house republicans. next stop, tomorrow he'll be speaking at cpac. obama did offer an explanation for his recent outreach in a speech last night to a support group organizing for action. >> obama: over the last several weeks the the press here in washington has been reporting about obama's charm offensive. the truth of the matter is all i've been doing is calling up folks and trying to see if we can break through some of the gobble di di gook of our politics politics. >> john: gobble di gook indeed. it's hard to differentiate between the gook and the gobble di. here is john baner. >> republicans want to balance the budget. the president doesn't. the republicans want to solve our long-term debt problem. the president doesn't. >> john

the julian calendar named for julius caesar counts the days that has passed since january 1st, 4713.the week. how many days have passed since january 1st, 4713 bc. do not use a calculator? is it a, 24,538. b, 245,382. c, 2,456,382 or 24,563,827? stay tuned and we will tell you the correct answer. go to cnn.com/fareed for more of the gps challenge and lots of insight and analysis. you can also follow us on twitter and facebook. go to itunes.com/fareed, if you have missed a show or a special. >>> this week's book of the week is "the end of power." the author, a gps regular, says the ongoing shift in the world is the transfer of power. it has been held by the few popes and kings and armies and it is now held by the many. it is a huge shift powered by new technologies, changing societial attitudes. the book maps out in fascinating detail what these mean in all sorts of areas from government to personal life. this is a must read. and, now, for the last look. take a look at this. from a distance it looks like a dandelion. up close, perhaps an odd boil of toilet plungers. so, what is it? i

>> i believe politicians have been selling people out before julius caesar. that doesn't matter. >> bill: doesn't matter? >> does it matter you? are suggesting these are liberal democrats. that's your shot here. >> let's go after the liberal democrats. >> bill: here is what i am suggesting liberal democrats including you are leading us to fiscal disaster. the state of california is going to default. i believe if we don't stop the federal madness, we will do that in the united states as well. last word. >> fiscal conservatives who run things like wall street banks almost took us under. i have much more faith in unions than i do in housing banks wall street. >> bill: bob beckel, everybody, happy easter. >> happy easter to you too. >> don't be craven. >> don't be creative you either. >> bill: word of the day. the governor of florida says the state will atlantic university for anti-christian behavior. later, miller on debbie was sermon shoults saying members of her staff cannot afford to eat in a healthy manner. does miller feel sorry for them? we're coming right

historians say it took just few hours to choose julius the ii. the week for millions of americans. and we'll get to the lightning over my shoulder in a minute. first alert forecasters back at home say a strong coast is -- cold front is bringing rains mississippi to louisiana. same system that dumped close to a foot of snow in some parts of the midwest. des moines, for instance, where police say that school bus went through several yards hit a parked truck and crashed into that home there. investigators are still trying to figure out what happened. ice, i should say but they say icy roads caused quite a few crashes. 11 kids were on board. nobody reported hurt. of course, slick conditions are now a major concern for motorists across several owe states as the rains start to fall. janice dean the weather machine extreme weather tonight. where is this storm going, janice? >> shepard, it's moving to the east coast. 48 hours later pushing across the ohio river valley down towards the south. this is the same storm that brought blizzard conditions across

>> reporter: this production is a comedic take on julius caesar, a piece they threw together in one daypping on shoulder pads and helmets, former players cory maze and terrell smith are wearing roman robes. >> you stabbed me. >> reporter: and free agent wide receiver ramsey barden is donning a roman moral as caesar. you hear about it and say this sounds interesting? >> well, they showed that a series of videos as far as off season programs we can get involved in, and a lot of them look interesting and this looked like it would be the biggest challenge to me. and the most fun. >> they have a music boot camp, a broadcast boot camp, culinary, hospitality, the choice is for you. but they're doing a lot, bringing a lot more to the table. >> reporter: the boot camp was established in 2012 by the nfl and jeff friday to give players options after their football careers. which, according to espn, lasts an average of 3 1/2 years. the nfl says that number is around 6 years, but either way, the players need to consider life after football. they need plan b. is that something also you talk about, th

today, that agency's head, julius genachowski announced he will be stepping down soon.nivasan has the story. the last in our series on broadband and how it's changing our habits, our work, and our communities. >> if you have connectivity but you don't know how to use the programs and the software, it doesn't really help. >> sreenivasan: that's outgoing f.c.c. chairman genachowski last month on a new effort to close the so-called digital divide. >> if you don't have the digital literacy you can't even apply for a job and increasingly you're not eligible for a lot of the jobs being created in our economy. >> sreenivasan: approximately 100 million americans still don't have broadband access. a disproportionate number are people of color, lower income or less education. >> in the broadband world, we still see digital divides. >> sreenivasan: lee rainie runs internet studies for the pew research center. >> when it comes to age, older people are less likely to be online than younger people. education-- the more education you have the more likely it is to have. >> sreenivasan:

believe the day before the assassination, on april 14th, one of the volumes arrived, and of course it's julius caesar which she of course thought was an omen. and it turned out she was right. but you know, watching him die, i don't know how anybody survived it. the people who loved him, like john hay woke up at 89 from a dream abt seeng m inhe white house again weeping, 89-years-old. i mean, people didn't survive that loss. it must have been, i mean, it's hard to if you've just studied lincoln it's hard to think about that night. to have known him and to have been through that, of course, and her more than anyone else except maybe tad it's just an unbearable loss. >> i loved the way the film gives us some vivid scenes of real politics in the 19th century, you know, the vituperation, the personal attacks, the picturesque language. and i thinklmoseveryone's favorite scene is when the radical congressman thaddeus stevens, tommy lee jones, demolishes one of his pro slavery opponents. here it is. >> how can i hold that all men are created equal when here before me stands, stinking, the moral carcas

in 2010, julius genachowski, chairman of the federal communications commission, told jeffrey brown heed the u.s. must do more. >> we'll need to get those speeds up dramatically. we set a goal of 100 megabits to 100 million households by 2020. >> sreenivasan: one hundred, that's like 25-fold over what you're saying over where... >> a very significant increase over where we are now. it's ambitious. >> sreenivasan: yet questions about cost remain for such services, in chattanooga most don't pay the $350 for the one gigabyte of speed. instead opting for a 30-megabit per second connection, that's still nearly five times the national average. so, is chattanooga a model for the rest of the country when it comes to broadband? we explore that with sheldon grizzle, founder of the company lab, which works to promote innovation and entrepreneurship in chattanooga. and richard bennett, senior research fellow for the information technology and innovation foundation. he'sorked for 30ears o inernet network engineering an standards. thanks both for joining us. sheldon, i want to ask you. for those fol

. >> this past week, commissioner robert mcdowell and chairman julius czajkowski announced their resignations from the fcc. hear more on monday night from "the communicators," at 8:00 eastern on c-span 2. >> wednesday, british chancellor torch osborne unveiled the government's proposed tax and spending plans to members of the british house of commons. he told members 600,000 more jobs will be added this year according to forecasters. corporation tax will be cut to 20%, the lowest tax rate than any other economy in the world. in his one-hour speech, chancellor osborne announced measures aimed at assisting small business owners, first- time homebuyers, and british veterans. this is about an hour and 15 minutes. mr. deputy speaker, this is a budget for people who aspire to work hard and get on. it's a budget for people who realise there are no easy answers to problems built up over many years. just the painstaking work of putting right what went so badly wrong. and together with the british people we are, slowly but surely, fixing our country's economic problems. we've now cut the deficit not by

that the only two other great programs of road building in history or that of the roman empire under julius caesar and that of napoleon's friends so of course the was the only one built under the democracy. so, but there is something about working in a series of highways that intrigued me and made me realize a lot of the tinkering innovations in the latter part of the 20th century going into today's society started with tinkering with ideas and hopefully those would sometimes spin out into actual physical things the would change our lives. so why talk about the rand corporation that was the originator of the game theory. rand was an organization that was founded during of the cold war and the idea was to protect national security but they came up with these intriguing ideas how to tinker with ideas that led some help protect us better than the ideas we already had the mathematical approach to the ability of human behavior. later on in the 70's, late 50's and early 70's, xerox which was based in stamford connecticut at the time created the paulo balto research center in california, and this

only other two great programs of road building in history were that of the roman empire and that of julius caesar and that of napoleon of france. so the u.s. was the only one built under a democracy. but there's something about the idea. it made me realize that a lot of the big tinkering innovations in the latter part of the 20th century going into today's society, it sort of started with tinkering with ideas. hopefully those would spin out into actual physical things that could change our lives. so i talk about the originator of game theory. it was founded during the cold war and the idea was to protect national security. they came up with ideas to protect us better than the idea that we are to have. later on in the 70s, xerox famously, which was based in stamford, connecticut at the time, they famously created the palo alto research center. this was known as being one of the great experiences. the idea was that they were going to fund research without any products in mind. they were just going to see what came out of it. that was kind of unheard of at the time. why would you spend corpor

rates of violent crime are much higher but as william julius wilson points out in his excellent book when work disappears, racial disparities and violent crimes disappear, when you control joblessness. if you compare white jobless with black jobless men the racial disparity in violent crime disappears. that doesn't mean joblessness is an excuse for violence, it certainly is not. and most do not engage in violent crime but the reality is joblessness, particularly john at -- chronic joblessness creates the very conditions we know that will give rise to violence and place people at risk of violence but we have created a system that guarantees that certain population defined by race and class will be perpetual the jobless, will be locked out of the legal economy and do all of this in the name of safety so we have a system of mass incarceration that exist supposedly to make us all safer and yet it insures enormous population will be locked out of employment, locked out of housing, trapped in a perpetual undercast and expressed surprise of the rates of violence and other crimes are higher

. >> both commissioner robert mcdowell and chairman julius genachowski announced the resignations from the fcc. we spoke with commissioner mcdowell before his announcement. hear more tonight on "the communicators" at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span2. >> now, former national security advisor zbigniew brzezinski talks about the situation in iraq, the obama administration's handling of the civil war in syria, and iran's nuclear program. army major general h.r. mcmaster also speaks on this panel, hosted by the carnegie endowment that marks the 10th anniversary of the iraq war. this is about an hour and 10 minutes. >> okay, i hope that you're able to get some substance. we have explored now in some depth the state of iraq today, and we've looked at what the war has cost the american taxpayer and the american economy. and how that relates to the fiscal problems that we're facing today. and we turn now to the geopolitical lessons of this conflict. i think the heart of this discussion. one of the great strengths of this nation, indeed, i would say one of our defining characteristics, is the american

. >> so sorry, julius.ote one of the two democrats already in the fcc or pick a new member. robert mcdowell who is probably also stepping down to spend more time with his family, is also planning to leave, so there will be two open spots, which means the president has put up a republican and democrat simultaneously. no assault weapons ban will be introduced, but harry reid says it will be introduced as an amendment. the new gun-control legislation will take weeks. how to deal with background checks on private sales. chuck schumer is trying to work out a bipartisan compromise and he says he is going to try to get that done over the break. we're back after the break. ♪ compelling true stories. >> jack, how old are you? >> nine. >> this is what 27 tons of marijuana looks like. (vo) with award winning documentaries that take you inside the headlines, way inside. (vo) from the underworld, to the world of privilege. >> everyone in michael jackson's life was out to use him. (vo) no one brings you more documentarie

only the two great programs of road-building were the roman empire under julius caesar and as napoleon democracy but there is something about the idea of bringing a series of highways to intrigue me to make realize tinkering innovations in the latter part of the 20th century going into today's society started with ideas. sometimes they spin out to seeing some change our lives. it changed the game theory that change the organization founded during the cold war to protect national security to come up with the intriguing ideas how to tinker with ideas that would protect us better from the a.d. is we already had and tried to apply the mathematical approach. later in the '70s xerox famously that was based in stamford connecticut at the time famously created that palo alto research center. it was known as parc known as a great research and development experiences experiences, experiments. i'm sorry. to fund research without any product in mind just to see what came out. why would you spend corporate money on something you did not know what would happen? it was a fruitful experiment it had fo

. >> this past week both commissioner robert mcdowell and chairman julius genachowski announced their resignations from the sfcc. we spoke with commissioner mcdowell on his announcement. tonight on "the communicators" on c-span2. . . >> tonight on "first ladies," called a bigamist and adulterer, rachel jackson dies of an apparent heart attack before andrew jackson takes office. his niece, emily donaldson, becomes the white house hostess but is later dismissed as fallout from a scandal. and during the next administration, ann gel da van buren is the white house hostess for her father-in-law, president martin van buren, who is a widower. we'll include your questions and comments by phone, facebook and twitter live tonight at 9 eastern on c-span and c-span3, also on c-span radio and c-span.org. >> secretary of state john kerry has made an unannounced trip to afghanistan. he's meeting today with afghan president hamid karzai. the session came shortly after the u.s. military ceded control of its last detention facility in afghanistan. during secretary or kerry's 24-hour visit, he also plan

julius caesar is a long time ago. he was a general. he made many long speeches. they killed him. [laughter] and so i mindful of that as i talk to you here tonight, and hopeful that might and will not be quite like caesars, but again, i'm committed. i won't speak longer than 30 minutes. so we will get there. to think i would like to talk, for different areas in particular. i'm going to talk a little bit about our religious accommodation policies, some of the challenges we have in grooming, apparel standards and frefree exercise as it applies a military complex. i'm going to talk about some of our sexual assault issues that we're facing right now because i think that's the one remaining really fundamental area of inequality that we have to address if we're going to fully integrate our ranks, all those individuals who would like to serve the nation. and the going to talk a little bit about some of the other two areas that are think we made some progress on over the last four years in particular, same-sex benefits with repeal of "don't ask, don't tell." so we get into that a little b

with an sec staff and the senate commerce committee member roy blunt was asking the fcc chairman of julius jenna kotowski about the money to oversee expanding broadband to rural areas. [video clip] thene of my concerns is failure to approve a drc underserved areas. -- to appropriately oversee underserved areas. havelief is that you wanted it to come in as a competitor, is that right? >> jibao things. we did adopt part of that last year and part of the funding was that it would go to underserved areas and not to fund competitors. >> how do you allocate the underserved money? or do you? >> the money should go to underserved areas and help get broadband out where does not exist and not fund over builders. >> good. that is my concern all the time. how are we doing on getting that money out? are you in the process of further implementing that rule, or updating the amounts in what it takes to get money out there? >> yes, we got a first tranche out there very quickly, about $140 million, being used to build out to about 100,000 underserved americans. the next step, we want to balance moving quick

. >> this past week both commissioner robert mcdowell and chairman julius again -- again cow hear more tonight on ""the communicators" 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2. >>> tonight on first lady called a bigamist and adulter rachael jackson dies of an apparent becomes the white house hostess but later dismissed as failout from scandal. during the next administration the white house hostess for her father-in-law. .. my district is in south central florida. if you look at lake okeechobee and go north of two almost mickey mouse everything in between not on the water is us and its oranges, fruit, sugar and -- one of the things that i heard probably most often is from my ranchers and farmers to growers over the last couple of years ,-com,-com ma one of the biggest issues for them has been the closures and consolidations of farm service agency offices. i don't really have a question with that but there seems to be a lot of strife going on down there and possible management issues. we have just heard a lot of negative things with regard to that and i think it's important and this does get to my q

we are told in school growing up that in spake spear's play, the soothe sayer told julius caesar, beware the ides of march, the 15th. ironically this year, president obama released his economic report of the president on that ominous date. buried in this report are some strarting admissions and dire warnings for the american people. like caesar this congress should take heed. first, the president's report acknowledged the current recovery is indeed the weakest since world war ii. republicans on the joint economic committee have been saying that for two years. the growth gap is real and widened. our economy's ability to grow in the future, the growth rate f potential g.d.p. has decreased. the president admits that. and the president seeks to blame this new normal on anything put his economic leadership. he attributes toyota demographic factors, specifically a slower rate of immigration, and attributes the remaining one third to crust about everything that's over curred in the last five years. demographic factors account for ome of the new normal, but our economy for the future, it's a fun

. >> we hope the ides of march turns out better for you an julius caesar.e vatican. we're getting take three more joe biden, being biden, yesterday the white house launched a new series on its website an audio series called "being biden" which is a glimpse into the world of the vice president. basically what he's going to do is take a still photograph from time to time and explain it, give the back story, tell what he was thinking, who are the people in that photograph, his first one he says he wanted to give, start the audio series to give a closer look inside the life of the white house and the presidency, so we're going to get a lot of back story and a lot of joe biden. >> i can't get enough joe biden. >> you're biden's favorite anchor/meteorologist. >> yes he wrote a theme song for me. >> you want to hear it, here it goes. so what do you think, what is being biden? >> you know what? i think right now it's probably going to be kind of tame because vice president biden doesn't want to scare anybody but then i think as things go along and the white house s

julius hernandez, carolyn flour, karl, sharon green.nd your voice to this effort, because it matters. it matters, as michael said. so please, see either rob or brian to share your thoughts and get involved. tomorrow, please lend your voice to another critical effort that is speaking directly to members of congress about this, people of public transportation. the people that the industry directly employs, the 400,000 growing men and women across our country who are working in factories, manufacturing plants, in the front offices, as operators, engineers and planners. the people employed in the 1.9 million jobs we indirectly support in every district, every legislative district in this country. the people who take the 10.5 billion, yes ladies and gentlemen, that's billion with a capital b., trips a year on our buses, our trains and -- as michael shared with us. there is frank in this number because there are people behind this number. every individual in this room has a compelling message about the founding of the transit, to the people i

with an sec staff and the senate commerce committee member roy blunt was asking the fcc chairman of julius jenna kotowski about the money to oversee expanding broadband to rural areas. [video clip] >> one of my concerns is the failure to approve a drc underserved areas. -- to appropriately oversee underserved areas. my belief is that you have wanted it to come in as a competitor, is that right? >> jibao things. we did adopt part of that last year and part of the funding was that it would go to underserved areas and not to fund competitors. >> how do you allocate the underserved money? or do you? >> the money should go to underserved areas and help get broadband out where does not exist and not fund over builders. >> good. that is my concern all the time. how are we doing on getting that money out? are you in the process of further implementing that rule, or updating the amounts in what it takes to get money out there? >> yes, we got a first tranche out there very quickly, about $140 million, being used to build out to about 100,000 underserved americans. the next step, we want to balance m

it goes something like this, julius caesar lived a long time ago.eneral who made long speeches. they killed him. [laughter] so i'm mindful of that as i talk to you tonight and hopeful my end won't be quite like his. i'm committed i won't speak longer than thirty minutes. we'll get there. the thing i'd like to talk about four different areas really in particular. i want to talk about our religious accommodation policy. some of the challenges we have in the pearl standards of three exercise as it applies in the military context. i'm going to talk about a little bit about the sexual assault issues we're facing now. i think that's the one remaining really fundamental area of inequality we have to depress if we fully integrate the ranks to the individuals who would like to serve the nation. i'm going to talk about a little about some of the other two areas we made progress on here over the last four years in particular. same-sex benefits, with repeal of don't ask don't tell. we'll get in to that a little bit more. slide, please. some of you don't know wh