here in washington on capitol hill. the senate foreign relations committee is taking up a bipartisan bill that forces the white house to let congress review the deal. the white house opposes the bill. earlier the secretary of state john kerry paid a visit to senators to discuss the framework agreement with iran. the gop sponsors of the bill bob corker of tennessee is the chairman of the foreign relations committee and spoke to cnn this morning and says congress is doing its job and kerry and president obama would do exactly the same thing if they were back in the u.s. senate. >> every administration would like for congress not to be involved. i will say secretary kerry, when he was a senator, president obama when he was a senator, attempted to do the same exact thing as it relates to the status of forces agreement in iraq. a lot of times, chris, where you stand is where you sit. this is the rightful role for congress to play on behalf of the american people.

>> it's also a fact that there are many members of congress who see this potential pact with iran as simply unacceptable. i'm joined by jim sciutto on capitol hill and athena jones. first to you, what is in this new bill this compromised version i'm told that the republicans and democrats, members of the committee have worked on? >> hi wolf. well this as you mentioned there have been a lot of negotiations to try to find common ground on this bill. the bill that we believe will be voted on and voted out of committee later this afternoon, requires the president to submit the final iran deal to congress. it gives congress up to 52 days to review the deal. during that period the president would not be able to wave the sanctions that have. imposed by congress op iran. there is an initial 30 day review period during which congress is able do that review and another 12s days get added if congress does vote on a bill and sends it to the president's desk and another 10 days if the president vetoes it. a total of 52 days. if the deal is submitted late

according to this bill after july 9th then the review period automatically reverts to 60 days for a period of two months the president would not be able to lift any of those congressionally imposed sanctions. under the bill the president is required to certify every 90 days that iran is complying with the deal as laid out. the requires a series of detailed reports on a range of issues from iran's nuclear program to its ballistic missiles and also any terrorism it may be sponsoring around the world. that's what's in the bill they will be discussing in committee just over an hour from now and the language we expect to see coming out of the bill when they vote on it later today. >> we assume they will pass it and go to the senate. there's no deal yet, though. they have until june 30th to work out a deal as secretary kerry and president obama keep saying until they work out everything there's no deal. and the iranians keep saying on

the day it's signed all sanctions have to be lifted. this legislation says that's not happening. >> that's right. clearly they're still bridges, gaps to be brijds here on the sanctions relief one of them the interpretation of when that happens, immediately, phased in over time and as with many of those issues of contention in this agreement it appears that two sides left some wiggle room at this recent framework agreement because they have to do some work before the june 30th deadline. i find it interesting hearing athena senators have put in a sort of enforcement of the june 30th deadline saying if it's late push that to july 9th and keep in mind some iranian officials and others have said we may not have to do this by june 30th we have extra wiggle room f they don't make it by july 9th 60 days to review it as opposed to 30 plus 22 extra days. congress is trying to enforce that deadline. we've seen a lot of these deadline get passed in the last several months. >> it's clear, athena the white house is not backing down at all from its veto threat if the

congress passes this legislation, requiring this kind of vote by the u.s. congress and they approve it that the president is going to veto it. then they would need a two-thirds override. we don't know if the democrats and republicans would be able to override a presidential veto. >> it certainly looks as though they're moving to the point where they have at least the 67 votes. that's what senate democratic aide told my colleague ted barrett after this disagreement the bipartisan compromise was announced between chairman corker and the top democrat on the senate foreign relations committee. that's been the goal all along, at least for some of the democrats who have supported this bill that they're just saying congress has a right and an obligation to weigh in on a deal as important as this. so at least according to some folks around here they were already very, very close to that 67 and now with some of these changes making it more palatable potentially to more democrats the thinking here is that there would be enough people enough votes, to override that veto.

i should mention that senator menendez who was until recently the ranking member on this committee, said that the white house should embrace this. because it's going to have a strong vote in the committee and he predicted also a strong bipartisan vote on the senate floor when it comes up for a vote. i'm told it's a priority and that after it passes through committee, it will come to a vote on the senate floor, quote soon according to an aide to the majority leader. wolf? >> i'm sure it will pass on the senate as well at least this legislation. jim, one amendment that marco rubio who announced yesterday is running for the republican presidential nomination he wanted an amendment attached that iran as part of any deal would have to recognize israel's right to exist. i don't know if that's going forward or not going forward. >> the latest on that is he may pull that back that amendment back because of his concern if he put that in it would take away what appears to be building bipartisan support for the latest iteration of this bill. this may not be an issue now. we know bigger picture this is

something that iran would not accept. these negotiations from the beginning have been focused on the nuclear program, other issues whether terrorism recognition of israel or something the west the u.s. had agreed to keep off the table -- regardless of what happens with this legislation it does look like it will pass even if congress blesses this agreement, this is a foreign policy legacy defining achievement of this administration in its view. it is something they consider and the president considers his own territory and to have congress thrust itself into this space is something the administration was clearing battling back and if they lose on this that's a loss. that's taking it on the chin from the administration. doesn't mean they lose the deal but it puts congress in a place where the president feels he should have his prerogative. >> the president sees this as a legacy issue and the opening towards cuba in the final two years of his administration. see what happens on the senate foreign relations committee in a little while. jim sciutto and athena jones thanks very much. the race for the white house,

hillary clinton has arrived at the first destination of her campaign road trip that would be i withp. she's been -- iowa. she's been on the road since sunday. her first official event is next hour. she made an unannounced stop a while ago. senior political correspondent brianna keilar covering the road trip and joining us from monticello in iowa. fill us in on the latest clinton sight. give us a preview of the event she has scheduled in the next hour? >> wolf hillary clinton stopped at a coffee shop in leclair iowa town of less than 4,000 people. a pretty smalls place. while there she ordered a couple of coffee drinks and a water. she talked with some of the patrons in the shop about how there's been this long cold winter and she sat down and talked with three people two of them college students and then a woman who works with -- at planned parenthood and also has a young daughter. no doubt they'll find some common ground there now that hillary clinton is a grandmother and really talks about that at

every opportunity that she can. then she's going to be coming here for her first formal campaign event and check out this building behind me. this is isn't a building on campus this is the entire campus. this is the satellite campus of kirkwood community college and she will be having a round table in the auto tech lab. it's going to be very small, just with about 22 people who are students who are faculty, young people in the area and i think you can definitely say, wolf that the press, the secret service and her aides, will greatly outnumber just the number of people she'll be talking to. this is, of course, following a couple days of this road trip she's taken from new york. i will say having spoken with some democratic iowa operatives, wolf, they were a little perplexed by her stop yesterday in ohio. like iowa a swing state. stopped at a chipotle and there's pictures of the security camera video where she's there ordering her burrito bowl with her sunglasses on. it seemed she didn't really

schmooze with voters in this swing state. one operative saying to me that's not going to fly in iowa if she's out here really trying to show she's trying to connect with people she needs to take every opportunity she can. >> good point. as you rememberrs as i remember a lot of our viewers remember in 2007/2008, iowa was not all that kind to hillary clinton during her run for the democratic presidential nomination. she finished third in the iowa caucuses behind barack obama, john edwards, and some iowans xlantsds at the complained she was arrogant and detached. trying to change that this time right? >> she is trying to change that. the other thing was that she was so out organized by president obama, he just got so many more people to the caucuses that's where her organization is stepping in this time and they're trying to be a little more strategic certainly a lot more strategic you could say, than 2008p. sure she's coming in to iowa

and showing some humility why she's rolling up on four wheels instead of coming in a plane and it's why she's having the small events. intriguing she's having events like you might see a really low tiered candidate just trying to get to know people start to have. she has a huge name recognition, everyone knows who she is but she's trying to start really small and show them she's listening to them and she's fighting for them and this is what her campaign says she wants to make it clear she's not taking any of their support for granted. >> we'll see what she does in the next hour at the first campaign stop. brianna keilar thanks very much. ahead, republican presidential candidate marco rubio calls hillary clinton a leader from yesterday. he says he represents a new generation. is that a risky strategy? we'll ask our political panel. in yemen air strikes by the saudi air force continue to reign down on houthi rebels. a rare inside look inside the saudi military. one of the most powerful in that region.

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hillary clinton's out there campaigning. she's now on the road. marco rubio is campaigning. he's on the offensive. the latest 2016 presidential candidates are off and running. let's get some insight on the race for the white house, joining us our cnn political director and our chief political analyst gloria borger. gloria marco rubio campaigning as someone who clearly thinks he's the new generation going after hillary clinton. jeb bush for that matter as the old generation. so yesterday, yesterday yesterday, in his words. listen to what he said. >> just yesterday, a leader from

yesterday yesterday, began a campaign for yesterday by promising to take us back to yesterday. yesterday is over. >> that comment he was clearly going after hillary clinton. he wasn't going after jeb bush. there was another reference, a little veiled reference, to people from position of power or whatever he was emerging as someone of a very different background. is that at all risky, to suggest that he's 43 hillary clinton is 67 jeb bush is 63 that this age issue could be a factor? >> as ronald reagan might say he's decided to make a virtue of his youth and inexperience and he's got no choice. he's 43 years old. people are asking what have you done in your life right. ironically now after these obama years when you look at the polling, over half of republicans are saying, they

want someone with experience over vision. so he's got to kind of say, i'm the man with new ideas, i'm the man for the future. i think it's -- i think it is the only choice he has at this point because it is something that distinguishes him and he can only hope that it works for him. >> we did some checking. he's 43 years old. hillary clinton 67 years old. let's take a look at ages of other presidents when they took office. ronald reagan first term he was 69. george h.w. bush 64 dwight eisenhower 62 ger ralds ford 61. you know this well david, older voters older people vote in much higher percentages than younger people vote. does he risk marco rubio, by suggesting hillary clinton may be too old or even jeb bush may be too old, risk alienating the people who go out there and vote in the biggest numbers which are older americans? >> in the cost/benefit analysis he may risk some of that but he

decided as gloria was saying this was the path to go to make the generational argument. i would say to marco rubio when ronald reagan the hero of the republican party, visionary in the party, was 69 did he lack some ability to lead a generation through the end of the 20th century? i would imagine marco rubio would say no to that. he has to be a little careful about making this purely about a generational shift, purely being the youngest guy in the field but i think in that analysis wolf he is okay with potentially alienating a few older voters if it means he can build a groundswell in the rest of the republican party. >> but i don't -- there is no evidence that younger voters would not vote for somebody who's older. i mean if that person's ideas appeal to them. one thing you have to consider with hillary clinton is that she's a woman. and there are lots of younger voters who are attracted to the gender issue and think okay it's time for a woman so i don't

care how old she is. she's the most famous woman in the world, one might argue, and i care about her ideas, so who cares about her age. >> as you know the republicans have gone after barack obama, the president of the united states saying when he took office he was a freshman senator. he really didn't have a whole lot of experience. listen to rubio on this point. >> first of all we both served in the state legislature i as speaker of the house. i will have served a full it term in the president before i become president of the united states. during that time i've been engaged and publicly shown my judgment on issue after issue, what we should have done in syria 2011 what we did in libya 2011 and should be doing now. >> actually all three of the republican presidential candidates who have already announced first term u.s. senators. >> and i expect on a debate stage when all these republicans line up one next to the other, that you may hear jeb bush or

rick perry or rick santorum some of the other folks in the field, might make that argument do we really want to go down this route again of a first term senator as our sort of path to taking back the oval office. i don't think that's just going to be a critique elsewhere. you will hear it on the debate stage as divides exist. >> scott walker the wisconsin governor might say that as well. >> divides on the experience front between those who have been executives and those who have been legislatures and the polling shows by a three to one margin people don't love you if you've been in congress or been a state legislature. in the republican party in particular they think government is not work. what they're looking is executive experience and that would play to a governor certainly more than marco rubio. >> also interesting, we did fact checking at cnn politics interesting item we posted 1999 the reference to 1999 in marco rubio's speech last night, we don't want to go back to 1999 that was the last year of

the bill clinton administration when there was a budget surplus, when there was surpluses as far as the eye could see. maybe on that particular note not so bad to go back. >> i have a feeling democrats will be making that point often. >> a significant surplus in 1999. thanks very much. we may soon have another name on the official list of republican presidential candidates. dr. ben carson will make an announcement on may 4th in detroit. he's expected to kick off his campaign there. dr. carson is a noted pediatric neurosurgeon hinted at a run in the past expected to do it in may. for our north american viewers by the way, don't miss cnn's "the lead" jake tapper will interview senator marco rubio live at 4:00 p.m. eastern. a quick break. we'll be right back. when it comes to medicare, everyone talks about what happens when you turn sixty-five. but, really, it's what you do before that counts. see, medicare doesn't cover everything. only about eighty percent of part b medical costs. the rest is on you.

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hillary clinton's website features the words new adventures next chapter but the gop says her campaign feels more like a rerun earlier we heard marco rubio the newest gop presidential candidate describing hillary clinton as a leader of yesterday. will voters see her that way as well? let's talk about what's going on. joining us congresswoman debbie wasserman-schultz chairman of the democratic national committee. thanks very much for coming in. >> my pleasure. >> i think he said yesterday is over we're never going back. how does hillary clinton sell herself as the leader of not yesterday, but of the future? >> you know wolf i think what's quite telling about the contrast between the launches of the various candidates for president is whether it was ted cruz rand paul marco rubio they all spent their first day

hours of their presidential campaigns, attacking hillary clinton. hillary clinton when she launched her presidential campaign on sunday talked about families. talked about being a champion for the middle class and to help people climb those ladders of success and now she's criss-crossing across the midwest to speak with people where they are at their doorstep and to really get a sense from people about what they want for their future. >> in her announcing videos just two and a half three minute video, she didn't say much but said she's beginning, announcing she's the candidate today. >> families. >> the next hour -- >> the republicans are talking about her. >> her first campaign event we're talking about her. your counterpart reince priebus was here yesterday. he had this to say about hillary clinton. i'll play it for you. >> you've got a group of democrat activists that are pretty concerned ate the fact that the democrats are putting their eggs in one basket. i feel good about where we're at wolf.

you've got hillary clinton at near 100% name i.d. losing to our candidates in battleground states with a third of her name i.d. across the country. so i actually like the idea of running against hillary clinton. >> your reaction to reince priebus? >> that's adorable spin on the part of reince priebus, but the reality is they have a clown car of republican presidential wannabes and -- >> a what car? >> a clown car. you know whole bunch of people coming out of the clown car. that's what their primary is going to look like. >> and battleground state polls in three that we had the other day wasn't doing that well like colorado which is a key battleground state. >> ultimately whoever our nominee is there is going to be a very clear contrast between any of the republican candidates no matter how they try to repackage themselves as fresh and new, that embrace tax cuts for the wealthiest americans tax increasing for the middle class, the same old tired republican playbook repealing the affordable care act, taking

away people's health care trying to -- shutting the government down in order to achieve that. ending medicare as we know it and turning night a voucher system. they have a backwards economic policy that didn't work before that won't work again and all of them fully embrace it. >> you endorsed her, you worked hard for her in 2000. >> i do. >> with her again? >> as the dnc chair i'll have to manage neutrally our primary nominating contest. i expect us to have a primary and no matter who ends up coming out at the end as our nominee we'll have a full throated support ready for our nominee and our nominee is going to be elected the 45th president of the united states because they embrace the issues that matter the most to americans. >> you think she would be better off in a general election if she has serious challengers? >> we have a number of really potentially strong candidates talking about running. i think that we will have a primary in which she'll -- she and others will have a chance to debate the ideas and draw that contrast regardless of who our nominee is hillary clinton,

martin o'malley whoever it is we will draw a stark kahn contrast because our candidates are going to talk about being the champions of the middle class, helping people be able to afford to go to college when they can't now. marco rubio yesterday, he tried to package himself as fresh and new, but still, gave full throated support to the stale old ideas that all of the republicans have supported and try to out right wing each other. >> you and another republican president cal candidate rand paul you had a tough exchange last week and i'll remind our viewers what was going on. on abortion rights for women, he said this he said ask debbie wasserman-schultz if it's okay to kill a 7 pound baby in uterus and you responded to that i support letting women and their doctors make this decision without government getting involved period. end of story. i would appreciate it it if you would respond without shushing me. >> right. >> to which he said this when i

interviewed him last week, watch this. >> there's a bit of doubt and discussion earlier in pregnantcypregnancy, debbie's position which i guess is the democratic party position abortion to the day of birth would be fine i think most pro choice people would be a little uncomfortable with that. so i don't know. i really think that she's got some explaining to do and if that's the position of the party, a lot of pro choice people are going to be uncomfortable with her position. >> is that your position and position of the party? >> rand paul spends his entire first day as a candidate for president arguing with me over a woman's right to make her own reproductive choices. the democrat's party position is that decision is best left between a woman and her doctor and the reason he deflected that question to me and said he would answers the question he'd be asked as soon as i did, we're still waiting for him to answer does rand paul support exceptions for rape incest of the life of the mother in his opposition to a woman making her own reproductive choices.

he still refuses to answer that question and i am quite sure that his strategist didn't want him spending the whole day debateing me not a candidate for president of the united states over a woman's right to choose. >> is he right when he says it's okay from your perspective to kill a 7 pound baby in uterus is that your position? >> we have very different definitions of personal liberty. i made that clear in my response. the democratic's party position is we are pro choice. we believe a decision on a woman's reproductive choices is best left between a woman and her doctor and i am still waiting for rand paul to say whether or not he supporting exceptions when a woman is raped, going to force a woman to carry a baby to term and not allow her to make that choice? when she's the victim of rape the victim of incest? are we going to let a woman die? would rand paul let a woman die because she's carrying a baby or is he going to let mer make that choice with her doctor? we're waiting on that but rand paul's first day out of the gate as a candidate for

president was spent not talking about the issues that matter the most to americans, the economy, job jobs and helping people reach the middle class, debating me on abortion. >> you got to -- >> not such a -- >> got a lot of pick up on that. as i recall he was asked by a reporter up in new hampshire and in his response he mentioned you. >> so ultimately at the end of the day, it's unlikely that voters are going to be deciding who they're going to vote for for president and whether a candidate has their back on this issue. it's more going to be on jobs and the economy and on who's going to make sure that they -- if you work hard and play by the rules you'll have a chance to succeed. rand paul failed that test on the first day as a candidate. >> debbie wasserman-schultz, chair of the dnc thanks for coming in. >> thank you. >> up next very different story we're following in washington. iraq's prime minister haider al abadi at the white house asking for more ammunition against his fight against isis. live to the white house and iraq when we come back. in small business you have to work hard, know your numbers, and stay focused.

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. welcome back to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer reporting from washington. the fight against isis is the main topic of discussion over at the white house. president obama met this morning with the iraqi prime minister haider al abadi and they spoke about the challenges. >> i've made clear from the outset that isil is an enemy and we will make sure that they do not threaten the united states and we will go after them wherever they are.

but when we are working with a strong ally and partner like iraq it is very important for us to coordinate our activities so that the impression is not that the united states is somehow moving back into iraq but rather that the united states is doing what's ultimately best for the iraqi people even as we join in fighting a common enemy. >> joining us are white house koeshts michele kosinski and joining us in baghdad our senior international correspondent arwa damon. michele, the iraqi prime minister making requests from the obama administration. tell us about them. >> yeah. that was pretty interesting because it's been clear from what he has told reporters and from others in iraq have been saying openly is that they want more u.s. commitments, militarily. made that abundantly clear, drones attack helicopters, more u.s. air strikes, ammunition but we just heard from the white

house now and the daily briefing that iraq did not make specific requests to the white house in this meeting. we know that the desire and you could say even the need for additional assistance is there. look at what's been going on on the ground. apparently this meeting was not a time for them to make those specific asks. what happened at the end of the meeting when president obama was asked directly about that issue by reporters, was that he said well in terms of military aid, that's something being worked on and looked at. he did, though, make the commitment to an additional $200 million of humanitarian aid, wolf not additional military aid at this point. >> 200 mill bes u.s. dollars, what does that mean humanitarian aid to iraq? iraq is a relatively wealthy country. they still export a lot of oil. what does the united states want to do with the $200 million it would provide to iraq? >> yeah. i mean you look at that country and how much more still needs to be built up in terms of human

rights infrastructures for civil society. one thing mentioned in the fact sheet the white house put out things like education and culture. so they want to keep the additional offering at this point to the humanitarian segment, but we know that the request and need more filltrymilitary assistance is out there. what we heard the president say was a big balancing act of how much involvement is there going to be militarily. the white house wants the region and iraq itself to take responsibility but it's not working on all levels and they've been asking behinds the scenes for more and more. the white house just asked congress for an additional $5 billion to fight isis for next year. so even the way the president framed it that's a balance. look at the other things that came up during this meeting. looking at iran's role balance, balance, balance in so many areas that are needed here

wolf. >> let's go to baghdad. arwa is standing by. tell us a little bit about this balancing a act that is going on because as the iraqi government haider al abadi is asking for more u.s. assistance military assistance humanitarian assistance they also have a very strong relationship arwa with iran right now, right? >> >> they do wolf. they always have ever since the fall of saddam hussein took place, that is. and that is pretty much what the prime minister has said to the media right before getting on that plane to washington. he's very aware of the u.s.'s concerns. he says there's a number of other countries concerned as well but he says the u.s. needs to take its issues with iran outside of the iraqi arena. the prime minister himself has been stuck in a pretty tough position when it comes to trying to balance these various entities whose assistance he needs, but who are not necessarily natural allies. he has the u.s. on the one hand

and he does need the u.s.-led coalition air strikes and he needs much more of them. on the other hand he has this massive shia volunteer army that is being backed buy and large by iran. iranian advisors helping them out, iranian equipment, guns assisting them on the battlefield. the prime minister has to figure out a way to put this all into some sort of a strategy or at least a working entity that's going to allow him and his government and his country to defeat isis wolf. >> certainly is a x-ray xli cated situation, but a lot is at stake right now. arwa damon in baghdad, michele kosinski at the white house, thanks very much. saudi arabia is one of the biggest military spenders in the world. right now its attention is focused in on the war going on in yemen just ahead, we're going to take you inside the saudi war machine. this is a rare look, stand by for that.

routers reporting iran is reporting a peace plan for yemen. the deal is expected to be presented to the united nations. iran has been backing yemen's houthi rebels who control key parts of the country including the capital of sanaa and saudi arabia's powerful military has joined the fight against the houthis. in the past few weeks hundreds have been killed in saudi air strikes on houthi positions. cnn was able to get a rare look inside the saudi war machine. our nic robertson has more. >> reporter: more cameras than tanks. for the first time since air strikes began, saudi arabia's army is giving access to journalists. for local reporters the army is a point of national pride. big guns.

banging out big shells into yemen. for now, this army standing back to fight. we don't have orders to move forward. right now we are in a defensive position. we don't have any order to go on the offensive for now. when it comes to sustaining the fight, saudi arabia has deep pockets. it's the world's third largest defense spender behind the united states and china. according to the institute of strategic studies, it spends 10% of gdp on defense. that's a massive $80.8 billion. the desert kingdom has more than 400,000 servicemen. 225,000 in the army 125,000 national guard, 30,000 each in the navy and air force, but is still looking for partners to bolster its coalition. pakistan recently declined a request for troops. on the static frontlines that we visited, looking down on to shut

up yemeni villages a long drawn out fight is looming. commanders here say the problem they face in those yemeni villages is that they can't tell who's a fighter and who's a civilian. they say they all dress the same. we face threats from armed groups. they use small vehicles mounted with guns. in these mountains they are hard to reach. >> reporter: on the mountain tops more fire power is being used and it seems often. fresh shell casings liter the ground by this machine gunner. his responsibility as far as he can see. but this is a long border. 800 kilometerses 600 miles. summer and its scorching heat is coming and as yet, no sign the enemy is ready to quit. >> we're just getting news about

another strike inside yemen, this time al qaeda in yemen is saying that one of their senior commanders ebra him al ra bay ya a former guantanamo bay detainee somebody they said had 20 years of jihadi experience a fighter and religious leader within the organization too, they say that he's been killed in a u.s. air strike, a drone strike inside yemen. we're not able to verify what they claim. however, if that is true it is significant that al qaeda is being targeted at this time because we know south of the country al qaeda has been taking advantage of the instability, they've been takings weapons, taking boats from the navy they've been expanding their control and influence, training young men, taking control of towns from the tribes that used to be able to face them down, are not strong enough at the moment. so this a potentially significant development if this is correct as al qaeda is claiming one of its senior leaders killed wolf.

>> excellent reporting as usual, nick nic, thanks very much. it's been months since president obama nominated loretta lynch to be the next attorney general of the united states. up next why her nomination is mired in the u.s. senate even though she has the votes to act get the job.

when president obama nominated loretta lynch to be the next attorney general of the united states, he did the nomination months ago. he probably at that time had no idea it would take so long to actually get her into the job. after all, she does have enough vote potentially to get the nomination passed but it hasn't taken this long to get a nominee passed since the reagan era. cnn takes a closer look at what's behind the dloi. -- the delay. >> reporter: it's been almost six months since president obama nominated loretta lynch as the next attorney general.

today lynch is constituent waiting onwait g waiting -- lynch is still awaiting nomination and mitch mcconnell isn't budging. monday democrats blamed republicans for the delay. >> they said she would receive fair consideration by the senate. that hasn't happened. miss lynch has a spotless record no one can question her integrity, her background. there's no question she shouldn't have to wait any longer. >> reporter: the problem isn't with lynch. republicans are delaying her confirmation vote to gain flenchlg leverage in an unrelated fight over abortion funding. they want to ban victims of sex trafficking from using a compensation fund to pay for most abortions. democrats argue it would open similar victim compensation funds to new abortion restrictions. on the senate floor last month, democrat dianne feinstein and republican john cornyn had this powerful exchange. >> why is there an objection to

processing those amendments and allowing the senate to work its will? why can't we vote on it? >> because there are many of us that believe this is one small step for womankind. it's one battle that we can win. and we have had loss after loss after loss. >> reporter: it's an emotional issue with no resolution in sight. leaving lynch in limbo. cnn, washington. up next, one year and counting since the kidnapping by boko haram of more than 200 schoolgirls. what's being done if anything to bring them home. stay with us.

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in nigeria, a somber remembrance of a tragic day. today they are marking one year since the militant terror group boko haram shocked the nation indeed the world when they abducted more than 200 teenage schoolgirls in northeastern nigeria. at the time, president goodluck jonathan promised to bring them home. he failed and lost the recent presidential election. now the new president is also promising to bring the girls

home. joining us irishyou've written a powerful piece on cnn.com. hard to believe a year has gone by and the young girls are still missing. >> it's important we stress to viewers that the girls were in their dormitories, in their beds when they were snatched a year ago today by boko haram. it's hard to believe that 365 days have gone by and they are still not back, reunited with their loved ones. the world has largely moved away from focusing on this. these are peopled loved ones, people's children. they're not trinkets or something we throw away. these are the lives of 290 girls and the government despite a multitude of promises has not done everything possible to bring them back. that's the feeling as i talk to people, they feel the government of goodluck jonathan has not made in their a priority. >> have families given up hope? >> no no, they haven't. i spoke to someone prosecute

from bring back our girls, the campaign that kept the story alive for the past year. i spoke to them a couple of hours ago. have they said they refuse to give up hope. they said in a way it would be easy for the families if they knew their children had passed on. they could find closure, but as long as they believe that their children are alive and there's nothing to kite that these 290 girls are dead, they will ton hope, they will continue to plead and will continue to look to the international community to stand up with them and insist these girls be brought home. >> it stories of wra whathat boko haram does horrendous. they sell them off for so-called marriages, making them into sex slaves. you know a lot more than than i do. >> amnesty international released a report a couple of days ago. they stated that 2,000 girls, women and girl, have been taken since 2014. the start of 2014. girls that have been sold into

sexual slave. girls forced to be importers. these girls essentially have become objects that's what they are in the hands of boko haram. they cease to be of any value. they cease to have any rights. they become what they want them to be. we have to understand this is a desperate situation these girls are in. we heard from the boko haram leader end of last year, if you are. he said the girls had been married off, converted to islam, and never to be found. >> 14 15-year-old girls. >> wolf we have daughters, sisters, nieces it's important the world remembers that. that these aren't just 219 faceless girls, these are girls who have h hopes and dreams. the world -- who had hopes and dreams. the world should feel same that we've let our gaze drift so far that these girls aren't home. >> i urge viewers to read the excellent article you wrote on cnn.com. it's powerful, and it is

shocking. it's been a world, and the world has not done enough to bring the girls home. thank you very much. that's it for me. thank you very much for watching. i'll be back at 5:00 room. i'll have more coming up next. for viewers in north america, newsroom with brook baldwin starts now. thank you very much. great to be with you on this tuesday. i'm brook baldwin. you're with me on cnn. i want to begin this hour with the volunteer deputy who admitted he shot and killed a man by accident. he said he confused his gun for his taser. today, 73-year-old robert bates turned himself in as his attorney spoke against the second-degree manslaughter charge his client is facing. >> we will defend this in a court of law. that's what we're going to do. when he has the opportunity to speak at the conclusion of the case he will do so. okay? thank you very much. i neil the charges are unwarranted and shouldn't have been brought. >> can you talk about how this benevolence has turned out to be