what happened was that the owners of the new republic, the owner of the they re new republic decidedto take the magazine in a direction he believed was necessary for its survival and i believe destroyed it. >> that is what happened. >> rose: all right. >> that is what happened. >> rose: so explain to me, and then i will have a clip from him. explain to me what the difference in where he wanted to take it and where you wanted it to be. >> as far as i understand what he wanted to do, he was overwhelmingly concerned for commercial reasons with the transposition of what we did on to certain technologies especially mobile, everybody has an obsession with mobile. >> rose: some say you need to have an obsession to survive. >> my position is the transition to the new technology did not affect the content of the magazines this was simply historical inevitably and would have lived with it. i am not a fool. i understand that there are technologies that reach many more people than paper did. my own view was always that just that, just because there are new bottles doesn't mean that the old wine

i said, the new "new republic" is to the old "new republic" as paris, texas is to paris france.harlie: there was a rebellion? leon: it turns out -- he discovered they had hired another editor and not told him. nothing like that was done to me. i made it clear, when i spoke to the staff and resigned, i was not resigning for any personal reason. nothing personal was done to me. i was resigning because i did not like the direction of the magazine to read i thought a cultural institution was being vandalized. also, because i was horrified by the way my colleague and friend frank was treated. charlie: another editor was hired without informing him. leon, that was the most egregious. but also, there was a magical morning we discovered the magazine had two heads. i mean two editors. my conception of what the magazine has to be, which is very much linked to what it was, is not the direction the magazine was being taken. charlie: chris is not a guy with experience in journalism. he came out of harvard and facebook and was a friend of mark zuckerberg. he had worked in the obama administra

all new republics go through birth pains. >> does that mean things will get better here because of prices? >> of course it will get better, much more better. it will be two changes. first of all it is the range of good and the second is, it will be changing in price. >> reporter: before the economy here can stabilize, it is likely the fighting will need to stop and the border will have to settle. despite the platest ceasefire neither seems within range any time soon. john hendren donetsk, eastern ukraine. >>> helping control the spread of swine flu. more than 1300 people have died from the virus and 25,000 have been reportedly infected. workshops are being held in the jamu and kashmir provinces. >>> suspected links to the paris attacks almaden amadieie kulibali. >>> died in a helicopter crash in northwestern argentina. the sports stars were among ten people killed when two helicopters collided mid air during filming for a reality show called "dropped." weather conditions were good and cause is investigated. >>> it is one of the biggest challenges facing drug enforcement agencies in the un

. ♪ charlie: leon wieseltier is here, the former literary editor of "the new republic."e steered it through 30 years of politics, literature, and controversy. he resigned last december due to managerial changes. he has since joined "the atlantic" as a contributing editor. james bennett, the editor said "for a generation of editors leon has helped define the standards of criticism of society." he joined the brookings institution as the senior fellow and i am very pleased to have him back at this table. i consider him a great friend. leon: welcome to be here. charlie: let's talk about israel first. i just read a bbc account, i think probably it was on msnbc probably andrea mitchell. she is over there. in which benjamin netanyahu said he is not against a two-party state. leon: lets me get it straight. it is time to take it back. charlie: in the end, it's probably a good thing. i have not read the interview but i read the bbc account. they have to figure out a way to get to a good two state solution. leon: first of all, that is not what he said, what he summoned the base bef

. >> rose: leon wieseltier is here, former literary editor of "the new republic," steered the magazines back through 30 years. he resigned last december due to managerial changes and since joined "the atlantic" as a contributing editor and critic. james bennett said for a generation of leaders and writers, leon defined standards for piercing criticism culture and society and joined the brookings institution. i am very very pleased to have him back at this table. i consider him a great friend and it is my honor to have his friendship. >> good to be here charlie. >> rose: so let's talk about israel first. i just read a bbc account of an interview, i think probably with -- it was on msnbs andrea mitchell where he said -- >> yeah, it's time to take it back. >> rose: in the end he said, that's a good thing. i haven't read the interview but i read the bbc's account of it that they have to figure a way to get to a good two-state solution. >> first of ail, that's not what he said when he summoned the base before the election. he delegit mated the two-state solution which is about the most dange

donetsk separatist minister of economic development says all new republics go through birth pains.says trade with russia will help replace lost trade with ukraine. >> reporter: does that mean things will get better here in terms of prices? >> of course. it will get better. much more better. it will be two changes, first of all, it's a range of goods and the second is it will be changing in the price. >> reporter: before the economy here can stabilize it's likely the fighting will have to stop and the borders between ukraine and itself describes separatist neighbor will have to settle. despite the latest fragile east fire neither appears within reach any time soon. john hendon, al jazerra donetsk eastern ukraine. >>> europe has told greece to stop wasting time in talks on its bailout program. the euro group chief made the comments as finance ministers gathered once again in brusselss to discuss athens' reform proposals. he said serious talks need to begin on the bailout which has been expensed until june. greece has warned of on possible. >> referee: done if the euro zone rejects at

has been the driving force behind our politics since the very beginning of the founding of the new republic. not the magazine. what happened was that during the revolution, one of the reasons that americans complained about the rule of great britain was that it was against the law to move across the appalachian mountains. one of the first thing that happens during the revolution is that dalia boone -- daneiliel boone discovers the great land of kentucky. immediately after the revolution, land speculators produced a document called the present state of kentucky, which is designed to get people to go by land over across the mountains. that is why we know daniel boone is because of the present state of kentucky. it has a whole section on him. if anyone is interested, it is now on google books, easy to find online. by daniel blank comes back to virginia and he because kentucky is to the west of virginia, and he comes back and tells everybody and virginia what a phenomenal place virginia is. and in the present state of kentucky says that kentucky is such a rich land that you actually have to far

the new regime the third republic failed to establish public order and suspended civil liberties.s erupted. led by radicals, the city elected an alternative government-- the paris commune-- that drove the politicians of the third republic to versailles. already ravaged by prussian artillery fire paris paid a terrible price for its short lived resistance to the new republic's authority. edouard manet depicted the essence of the short violent suppression of the commune as french troops fired on french civilians-- killing thousands before they squashed the rebelli. the national soul-searching for the reasons behind the violence and chaos continued for decades. the middle class blamed the lower classes for abandoning patriotic virtues for decadence-- turning to alcoholism and prostitution and away from respect for authority. they saw decadence differently from the heights of montmartre. the third republic's succession of ineffectual and corrupt governments smacked of decadence and failed to address the social problems created by avaricious capitalism and industrialization. pollution a

we knew because reporters like guys like john osborne in the new republic and the guys covering the hill in the washington post were the guys printing the stories. you knew where they came from. those guys, being crows, played both sides of the street you while they would not reveal their source they would reveal where the source was. we knew where the leaks were coming from and a private party where a bunch of staff, hill staffers, where. they were decrying this ability to maintain securities. i said fulbright and his staff were leaking things, anything that came to their hands that was embarrassing to the vietnamese or the nixon administration's effort. unfortunately that appeared in the washington post the next day. bill rogers, the secretary of state, whom i had great admiration for, he was trying to build, as one must, with the chairman of the foreign affairs committee that -- a relationship with fulbright. so he met with president nixon in the oval office and said you have to get rid of this guy. he is shooting his mouth off and this is so disruptive. there is no way i can go back

they say all new republics go through birth pains and they say trade with russia will help.l things get better here in terms of prices? >> of course it will get better much more better. it will be two changes. first of all it's the range of good, and the second is it will be changing in price. >> reporter: before the economy here can stabilize, it's likely the fighting will have to stop. the borders between ukraine and its self-described separatist neighbor have to settle. despite the latest fragile ceasefire, neither appears within reach anytime soon. john hendron, al jazeera. >>> leaders from the euro zone agreed to meet with greece yesterday to talk about extending the multi-billion bailout. greece is hoping for a final $8 billion installment of its bailout. europe will not release the money until greece lays out clear steps for reforming its economy. the head of the euro group says up to now greece has been wasting time. the current agreement is set to expire at the end of june. as john reports from athens one of the greece's biggest problems is corruption. >> reporter:

all new republics go through birth pains this woman says. does that mean things will get better?ourse. it will be two changes. first of all it is a range of goods, and the second is it will be changing in price. >> reporter: before the economy here can stabilize, it's like the fighting will have to stop. borders between ukraine and its separatists neighbor bo will be to settle. neither appears within reach any time soon. >>> just ahead, stopping the flow of heroin. >> for every pound that stop from coming into the united states, there's probably at least a hundred pounds more that we don't stop. >> reporter: al jazeera is on the front line of drug smugglers. >>> plus two pilots attempting to fly around the world powered entirely by the sun's rays. hi, i'm matt mccoy. how long have you had your car insurance? i ask because i had mine for over 20 years, before i switched and saved hundreds with the aarp auto insurance program from the hartford. i had done a lot of comparison shopping. the rate was like half of what i was paying. $404 is the average amount folks save when they switc

donetsk separatists minister of economic development says all new republics go through birth pains, heretrade with russia will help replace lost trade with ukraine. >> does that mean things will get better here? >> of course, it will get better much more better. it will be two changes. first of all the range of goods, and the second is it will be changing in price. >> reporter: before the economy can stabilize, it is likely the fighting will have to stop and the borders between ukraine and its self-described separatists neighbor will have to settle. despite the fragile ceasefire, neither appears within reach any time soon. >>> in germany people are spending more money than at anytime in the past decade because wages are hire and unemployment is low as nick spicer reports from berlin. it's good news for germany's european neighbors too. ♪ >> reporter: dancers put on a show at a travel fair in berlin. but they barely need to. german tour operators are preparing for a record year because when things are going well at home many germans think of going abroad. >> translator: the germans are kn

the new regime, the third republic, failed to establish public order and suspended civil liberties.s erupted. led by radicals, the city elected an alternative government-- the paris commune-- that drove the politicians of the third republic to versailles. already ravaged by prussian artillery fire, paris paid a terrible price for its short lived resistance to the new republic's authority. edouard manet depicted the essence of the short, violent suppression of the commune as french troops fired on french civilians-- killing thousands before they squashed the rebelli. the national soul-searching for the reasons behind the violence and chaos continued for decades. the middle class blamed the lower classes for abandoning patriotic virtues for decadence-- turning to alcoholism and prostitution and away from respt for authority. they saw decadence differently from the heights of montmartre. the third republic's succession of ineffectual and corrupt governments smacked of decadence and failed to address the social problems created by avaricious capitalism and industrialization. pollution a

donetsk's minister of economic development says all new republic goes through birth pains here trade with russia will replace trade with ukraine. >> will things get better in terms of prices? >> of course. it will get better more better. it is a range of good and the second is it will be changing in price. >> before the economy can stablilize, it is likely the fighting will stop, and the borders between ukraine and its separate nab will have to settle -- neighbour will have to settle. despite the ceasefire, neither appears within reach soon >>> greece is pushing for the release of more funds, and a meeting of u.n. finance minister. creditors are insisting on a detailed reform. the greek government faces a cash crunch within weeks if it fails to secure loans, and promises to clampdown on tax dodgers to help pay the debt. we have this report. >> reporter: two years ago an anonymous whistleblower left customs documents on the doorstep, showing some of the companies could not account for the delivery of thousands of tonnes of fuel. the fuel was effectively lost along with a tax that shou

he has tried to create -- help create this new republic. a self-governing entity that the world has never seen. and he knows slavery is the flaw that can bring it all down. so he is somewhat compulsive and obsessive in trying to figure out a way to get out of -- to end slavery. he never manages to. he comes up with schemes for buying the slaves out of slavery and sending them all to africa. he felt strongly that they could not live as free blacks in this country because of race residence. -- prejudice. he thought maybe they could be sent out west or central america. he did financial calculations. he kept chewing on the issue and fretted about it constantly. he listened to the 1830's when abolitionism is growing. -- leave into the 1830's when abolitionism is growing. he could see what was happening. he had seen it as a young man, but he feared it and it turned -- terrified him. brian lamb: what was his financial situation, and what did dolly madison do about the slaves? david stewart: madison, like many virginia landowners just ran out of ca

the new republic writes about a meeting in the oval office as this two-state deal was close to some sortt obama said in a meeting with president the occupation will end. you will get a palestinian state. you will never have as administration committed to that as this one. soon after that your government signed a unity deal with hamas that's pledged for the elimination of israel. that's what killed it. do you regret that deal? >> this is totally inaccurate. what brought down the negotiations and the administration supports the position on that was the fact that prime minister netanyahu reneged on an agreement he made to release prisoners at tend of march. the deal did not happen until may of that year. two months after the israelis braugts brought down negotiations. >> that deal is important. israel won't deal with hamas. you can't really honestly blame them right. this illusion called israel will be removed. israel will exist until islam will obliterate it. it's pretty hard on any reasonable basis ask israel to do a deal with somebody who is doing a deal with hamas, isn't it? >> technica

donetsk separatists minister of economic development saying all new republics go through birth pains.she says trade with russia will help. does that mean things will get better? >> of course. it will get better. it will be two changes. first of all, it is a range of goods, and the second is it will be changing in price. >> reporter: before the economy here can stabilize, it's likely the fighting will have to stop and the borders between ukraine and itself self-described separatists neighbor will are have to settle. neither appears within reach any time soon. john hendren, al jazeera, donetsk, eastern ukraine. >>> crowds in south korea have held a rally in support of u.s. ambassador mark lippert. lippert has left hospital after being slashed in a knife attack five days about. he was attacked by a careerian nationalist who was demanding the reunification of north and south korea. >> i feel pretty darn good all things considered. i mean it was obviously a -- scary incident. but i'm talking, talking, holding my baby you know, hugging my wife. so i'm -- i just feel really good. i have got

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donetsk separatist minister of economic development says all new republics go through birth pains, hereade with russia will help replace lost trade with ukraine. so does that mean things will get better here in terms of prices? >> of course. it will get better. much more better. so it will be two changes, first of all, it is a range of goods and the second is it will be changing in price. >> reporter: before the economy here can stabilize it's likely the fighting will have to stop. and the borders between ukraine and it's a self described separatist neighbor will have to settle. despite the latest fragile ceasefire, neither appears within reach any time soon. john hendon, al jazerra donetsk, eastern ukraine. >>> students in myanmar's biggest city are locked in a standoff with police who are preventing them joining protests against a new education law. the students say the legislation curbs academic freedom. florence looi reports. >> reporter: it's a small gathering on the outskirts of the town, attracting more onlookers than demonstrators. it's in solidarity with a sit-in protest by stu

it astonishing that the same stuff sounds vicious and horrible but when it comes out over the new republic sounds reagan was a great salesman. an interesting man. he is in the books in a different column then the drivers of it, lincoln, roseville, and eisenhower. >> i think we are out of time. you will have to chat after the session. we are all indebted for a most learned afternoon. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> french nation -- for information on our schedule -- >>> up next on american history tv, university of virginia history professors gary gail ger and peter onuf discuss thomas jefferson's views on federalism and the union of the states. they debate jefferson's provocative belief in the separation of races. president lincoln's preservation of the union during the civil war and how jefferson would view today's federal government. this session from the miller center at the university of virginia is about two hou

and he was also a reporter for the new republic with various since writing for the new york times andairs. that provides a perfect segue into the format of today's event. because he will also guess we will also feature a discussion with another deputy secretary of state. for them both, their careers intersected at various times as they work together in various capacities. but there is also a substantive link to today's event. on july, 1997, just down the road -- not here at working, but down the road" was the newly inaugurated site, stroke gave his own address as deputy secretary announcing a new u.s. strategy in central asia. it is quite a famous address and many in the audience might remember it. it featured the title "farewell to flashman," which was a character from one of those daring british novels in central asia. but the point is, we were getting beyond that and getting to a new future for the region. at that point in 1997, the caucuses were willing to work together for energy resources, which were just being opened up to outside developers. and there was a great deal of quest

softening up villages between the russian border and mripol, a port state and would give this new republic more access to the sea which is important for the viability in the future. yeah, i think he would like to take maripol and you'll see continued sanctions if he does. olivia: already. with us for the hour. coming up, bloomberg "surveillance" returns and we'll return to the biotech firm and there is hope for those that successfuler from high cholesterol and a new group of drug coos lower your risk for heart attacks. we'll discuss. bloomberg "surveillance" streaming on your tablet and phone. good morning. tom: good morning everyone, "bloomberg surveillance." futures up nine this morning oils $44.60 the euro $105.43. let's get to our top headlines with brendan greeley. brendan: they won't accept a deal with iran. john kerry hints the u.s. would be willing to walk away from talks. talks are aimed at stopping iran from building nuclear weapons. the man charged with shooting two police officers in missouri admit to pulling the trigger but police say jeffrey williams was shooting at someone e

the "new york times" and "the new republic." she was previous lay member of the editorial staff of the new york review of books and before that, lived and worked in france. she grew up in new york city and lived in brooklyn. shoutout for brooklyn. without further adieu, it is my pleasure to work miss schwartz. [applause] >> there you go. >> thank you greg. i was so relieved when i found out a few days ago identity be speaking early in the show so i could get my adrenaline spike over with right away. then i realized i'm in the unusual position of knowing in advance i'll be standing up here and then i realized the whole situation, the rewover holding forth while a group of writers sweat it out in their sees mimics perversely what i'm up here for. once again the critic gets to think herself on sure ground while the writers squirm, or at least she gets to pretend she does. want to thank the board of the national book critics circle and the members of the balakian committee to be honored bay offor your peers whose peers are a judge fo

her writing has appeared in the nation, "the new york times" and the new republic. he was previously a member of the editorial staff of the new york review of books and before that lived and worked in france. she grew up in new york city and lives in brooklyn. a shout-out for brooklyn. without further ado is my pleasure to welcome ms. schwartz. [applause] >> thank you greg. i was so relieved when i found out a few days ago i was speaking early in the show so i could get my adrenaline spike over with right away and that i realized my relief redoubled because i'm in the unusual position of knowing in advance that i will be standing up here and that i realize the whole situation the review were holding forth while a group of writers sweated out in their seats mimics perversely when i'm up here for. [laughter] once again the critic gets to thank herself on sure ground while the writers squirm early she gets her pretentiousness that i want to thank the board of the national book critics circle and the members of the balakian to me to be honored by your peers who those pee

i was told he was an editor like the new republic, his publication. so i interviewed him. i interviewed a couple of other people in india but this guy was very -- opposition of vietnam. so the broadcast airs and i get a call from a magazine called problems of communism. did you ever run into that? it was a cia operation. they have a lot of intellectuals running. >> it's a journal. >> nothing is coming to my mind right now. >> it was a great broadcast. he is one of hours. >> what do you mean? >> uses cia and the discovered encounter magazine which is a british intellectual magazine was also funded by the cia. >> the estimates of cia funding all international foreign-policy books for a 20 year period period is very high. 80% of all. you know lbj appointed a three-person commission and gave them about four weeks to report after the ramparts black which is cia's word for catastrophe. they consisted of helms, the cia director the undersecretary of state and john gardner who was at that point secretary of health education and welfare but the real work jack rosenthal who had been

not only are there 43 new republic and 15 democrats in the house and 12 new republicans and one new democrat in the senate, there are also 108 women in congress including the first african-american republican in the house. keep track of the members of congress using congressional chronicle on c-span.org. the congressional chronicle page has lots of information including putting results and statistics about each session of congress. in congress, best access. -- new congress, best access. >> next, president obama talks about jobs and the economy and introduces a new initiative matching workers to technology jobs. from the national league of cities conference, this is 20 minutes. [applause] ["hail to the chief" plays] ♪ president obama: thank you! [applause] hello, mayors! everybody have a seat. thank you so much. thank you. thank you, mayor becker, for the wonderful introduction and the great job that you are doing every single day. everybody have a seat. audience member: i love you! president obama: i love you, too. [applause] it is great to be with the national league of cities. we have abou

he was like "the new republic.," his publication. so i interviewed him.i tinner viewed a -- interviewed a couple of other people in india. this guy was very, very pro the american position in vietnam. so the broadcast airs. i get a call from a magazine called, problems of communism. did you ever run into that? cia operation in washington. they had a lost intellectuals running it. >> problems with communism? >> it is a journal. i don't know more about it. >> nothing is coming to my mind right now. >> guy says, to me, that was a great broadcast, that guy you had from india. he is one of ours. what do you mean? well, he was cia. then i discovered encounter magazine, which was a british intellectual magazine, also funded by the cia. >> i mean the estimates of cia funding all international foreign policy books for about a 20-year period is very high, 80% of all. you know, this, the lbj appoint ad three-person commission and gave them about four weeks to report after the ramparts flap, which is, cia's word for catastrophe. and it consisted helms cia director th

control negotiations with the the russians, the star treaty, clearly was ignoring the will of the new republic, the majority this congress or at least people who were just elected to the republicans. he took a position eceptionly in dealing with congress that everything that is not outright illegal is fair game. don't you think that under those circumstances the republicans are not just entitled to a certain frustration but also to a teeing moment to the president and to say this cannot continue. if you will be ignoring an important or equal branch of the government the branch h not be differential for you. what is -- toward you. what is wrong with this approach? david: i think it is grotesquely unconstructive. we have reduced our self to be schoolyard, somehow saying two wrongs make a right. is obama embracing other democrats, no. is he good at embracing the rest of his administration, no. is he isolated, is he combative, is he in campaign mode. is he not governing well? yeah, i stink he is doing all of those things. but you are conflating a bunch of things. healthcare reform there was a big

ram say saying in "the new york republic" the problem of police brutality is hardly endemic to the citywhat about the rest of the 18,000 departments across the country that may have similarly sick cultures and procedures." it should not begin and end in ferguson. >> that has been part of the story this whole time. the loss of life of michael brown as tragic as it was, has been repeated in some form or another, virtually every day since his death, and the thing that made ferguson different was that the community, which had been brutalized by these practices and told for years that they were simply not citizens but rather suspect for anything, for driving their car, for letting their weeds grow too high in their lawns, stood up and for hundreds of days said no. that isn't happening all across the country and therefore, the kind of attention that we've been drawing to ferguson has not yet gone to not even the next town over in st. louis county where citizens are saying you know what? the same thing is happening here. so this really does have to be a national solution that shifts the paradi

news after the election. the speaker of the house and the republic leader said they understood this issue. they both wrote they were looking forward to helping struggling, middle class americans and looking forward to dealing with wage stagnation. the very bad news for the country, madam speaker is when you look at this republican budget, it turns out they were just kidding because this republican budget is very hard on hard working americans and those looking to find a job. it says one message, work even harder, take home even less. it does absolutely nothing to increase the take home pay of workers or increase their wages. it will increase the tax burden on millions of working families, amazingly it eliminates eliminates the college tax deduction, it increases the costs for working americans by getting rid of the bump up in the child tax credit, gets rid of the bump up in the make work pay earned income tax credit and for students, it makes college much more expensive. they actually increase -- the chair: the committee is not in order. the gentleman deserves the right to be heard. members

here to break all the sordid details, jay, author of the new book "a republic no more."ay, i have always hated the intersection of politics, government, and money. especially for this lady in waiting. what is happening? >> well, that makes two of us, to start. and, look, i think what the clintons have been doing for, you know, 8 to 16 years, frankly, is building a shadow campaign operation, and they were building it while she was in the state department, while she was in the senate, and i think that that is now coming to light. >> well, you know, when she said she wouldn't accept any money once she became secretary of state from these foreign governments, the next thing that happens is there are some of the foreign governments or people connected to the foreign governments, i should say, start giving her money, up to $68 million. and one is someone from the saudi royal family, another one is a person from parliament in another country. i mean, you know, it's kind of like this e-mail thing, and now the charity says, oh, we forgot to print the names on the donors. as soon

here to break all the sordid details, jay, author of the new book "a republic no more." i have always hated the intersection of politics, government, and money. especially for this lady in waiting. what is happening? >> well, that makes two of us to start. and, look, i think what the clintons have been doing for, you know, 8 to 16 years, frankly, is building a shadow campaign operation and they were building it while she was in the state department, while she was in the senate, and i think that that is now coming to light. >> well, you know, when she said she wouldn't accept any money once she became secretary of state from these foreign governments, the next thing that happens is there are some of the foreign governments or people connected to the foreign governments i should say, start giving her money, up to $68 million. and one is someone from the saudi royal family, another one is a person from parliament in another country. i mean you know it's kind of like this e-mail thing and now the charity says, oh we forgot to print the names on the donors. as soon as she's n

what do you know, yes, we've got a new accident heaton road near republic road.t just coming into us in lower moreland. not causing too much of a delay. we've been talking about that large apartment complex fire. still affecting your morning commute this morning. northeast philadelphia academy road closed between holme and 95. instead of academy stick to grant. this is affecting the ramp, both shut down northbound and southbound ramps connecting 95 to academy road they're closed. if you're in this area use the ramp to cottman exit off at there or woodhaven. we have a camera near here and you can kind of see the closure point at this point. you see police and penndot on the scene. they've got the arrow board because these are the ramps that are shut down, i-95 northbound and southbound the ramp to academy road continue to be closed because of yesterday's fire so don't let that get you caught this morning. and as you look at your commuter traffic report someone reporting a problem an object on the road on woodhaven road in philadelphia. member of our 6abc team call

says rebels were blocking access to a team of 60 ukraine rescue workers in the donetsk peoples republic. a newwist on the story about hillary clinton using personal e-mail for official business when she was secretary of state. the associated press says mrs. clinton computer server was traced back to an internet service registered to her family's home in chappaqua new york. that would give her extraordinary control over limiting access to her messages. the former secretary of set -- of state has not said yet why she is private e-mail and survey state department account. that's a look at the stories we are following on this wednesday. is this flu shot -- is the flu shot outdated? scientists are scrambling to improve the 80-year-old process that doesn't always help the public. what is wrong with the current axiom? >> this year, it just didn't really work. but in the big picture, what we have is a technology that forces us to chase the flu rather than get ahead of it like we have been able to do with other illnesses. today, doctors and scientists are meeting to make recommendations about next year

israeli army called the soldiers' conduct "i acceptable," and they will put new guidelines in place. to the democratic republicnd the congo now. it is said to be the riches in the world in terms of mineral deposits but in the poorest as the way the people live. the poor can make money from the -- minerals if they are desperate enough. alexandre: apparently some of the iron or spilled out of the wagon's list of over the years it built out over the tracks and underneath the tracks. now people have realized that there is copper oil on the tracks. they call it liquid green. they get it by digging on the train tracks. it is mostly young people with no jobs, but children do it, too. sometimes they are organized by people who have influence. >> they get the other people to do the digging for them, then they take a cut of the profit. alexandre: it is a center for minerals trading, so there is a lot of buyers. they're mostly chinese. they can either extracted themselves or sent overseas. the ore is sold by the kilo. the price depends on the price of copper, so it does bring in money, enough that families can live on. i

we we are here to talk about my new book republic no more big government and the rise of american politicalruption. i was corruption. i was attracted to the idea of a history of political corruption because i like the idea of writing a history of a history of something that nobody studied in isolation before. it may be a lot don't particularly want to talk about but i thought i would set sail on the grimy backwaters of american politics and see what i might find. my book is one part history: part civics, one part policy analysis. i was i was thinking about a way to tie all of that together. since mark is here i i am sure we'll talk about fannie mae and freddie mac which i analyzing the final chapter of the book. i'm looking forward to that because there behavior to talking about fannie and freddie because there behavior was probably the most of seeing example of legal corruption that i discovered. going to take an opportunity at the end of these remarks to bring them into the picture. let me outline exactly what my argument is. take a broader and more philosophical view. usually it is usual

as john said, we are here to talk about my new book "a republic no more: big government and the rise of american political corruption." i was attracted to the idea of the history of political corruption because i like the idea of writing a history that nobody studied in isolation before was the difference object. the subject may be a lot of people don't want to talk about because it doesn't paint the history of the nation and the price of rice. i satisfied filmic ridley backwaters and see what they might find a nicely turned out i discovered quite a bit. my book is one part history one part civics and one part policy analysis. i was thinking about a way to tie all that together and refer markson since mark is here we'll talk about fannie mae and freddie mac which i analyzed in the final chapter of the book. i am looking forward to that because their behavior is the most insane example of legal correction i discover. take an opportunity at the end of the remarks to bring them into the picture. first let me outline what my argument is. when i take a broader and more philosophical view

republic. during his news conference, menendez acknowledged two decades friendship with melgin said they've exchanged birthday holiday and wedding gift. but nothing more. >> every action that i and my offers have taken based on pursuing the best policies for the people of new jersey, and of this entire country. >> "eyewitness news" spoke about the senator's troubles, with south jersey voters friday night. >> i have a pretty positive opinion of him in general. but certainly unfortunate turn out to be true. >> these allegations very well could be true, and i think that politicians need to be more honest, and for the right, in their dealings with the public. >> menendez first went to the senate in 2006. were his seat to become vague ability, republican governor chris christie would pick a replace. ment but the senator insists that won't happen. and i'm not going anywhere. >> chris may cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> one of the highest recalls dollars of congress, did not answer questions during that fuse conference in newark. there is some concern over the job security at 50 fire fighters atlantic city for

the roman republic, articles arguably established in 510, and gradually becoming new institutions being folder. the emergence of the tribune of the -- other new roman institutions until essentially again it's extinguish with a battle 25 years before the birth of christ. and then i write a little bit about the early centuries of the roman empire after the birth of christ. >> host: another one of the ideas and why they matter today, according to professor melissa lane is cosmopolitanism. >> guest: this is very interesting. for the greeks politics was really something that took place in the city state bounded by the city walls and the city's laws. and what happens partly with this breakdown of greek city states and the rise of alexander the great empires in the period, you start to get empires based in egypt based in other -- macedonia and other parts of the larger met -- mediterranean people think.poll picks and many in prison it can expand beyond a particular city's walls or laws. and so this becomes the idea of what the first person who uses the term i am a citizen of the cosmos, as opp

republic. during the news conference, he acknowledge add two year relationship, said they exchanged birthday, holiday and wedding gift, but nothing more. >> every action that i and my office have taken has been based on pursuing the best policies for the people of new jersey, and of this entire country. >> "eyewitness news" spoke about the senator's troubles with south jersey voters friday night. >> i have a pretty positive opinion of him in general. but certainly it is unfortunate if it turns out to be true. >> these allegations very well could be true, and i think that politicians need to be more honest and for the right in their dealings with the public. >> menendez first went to the senate in 2006, were his seat to become vacant, republican governor chris christie would pick a replace: but the senator insists that won't happen. >> and i am not going anywhere. >> chris may cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> now menendez is among the highest ranking hispanic members of congress. did he not answer questions during his news conference in newark. >>> well, there is some concern over the job security of 50 f

>> we just got new numbers from the donetsk people's republic. according to the officials now which is possibly conservative. there were 230 miners who went into that mine this morning and the blast occurred shortly before 6:00 a.m. local time. 198 have been evacuated. of those, one was dead and 15 injured. that leaves 32 people. those people are still trapped turned ground and presumed dead. these numbers have been shifting all day and it's difficult to offer a perfect tally. as you say this is a mine that has had blasts like this before, the separatist government now says that it believes no foul play occurred in this blast that what happened was a methane gas overload that caused that blast and that is what has happened in the past. there was apparently no shelling, the government tells us near the mine, that is despite the fact that that ceasefire between the separatists and the ukraineian forces has been violated daily here sips the ceasefire occurred. >> separatist rebels are said to be holding up the rescue effort. >> yes indeed. the ukrai

disagrees about the general designated to lead the campaign and joining us from new york head of that mission in the democratic republico. let's try and spell this out you were alongside the forces trying to take on these forces that have come across, and you pulled out how serious were your disagreements with the leadership of the group or the group going up there? how serious would they have to be to start taking part. >> we are working on the sound, i am going to try one more time. you said you wouldn't take part in this mission to try to defeat these rebels you must have had a very serious reason to say that considering how many lives are at stake. >> i am not sure you can hear me now we will try to get back to you in a little while but it is clearly not working right now, we will move on on the news hour. sierra leone's fires president says he will channel his removal. after he tried to seek asylum at the u.s. embassy he has been expelled from the people's con party facing allegations that he was instigated unrest, the president afternoon nest says it is a constitutional requirement that anybody runs for vp be a m