. >> inside, we meet hassan, he sits with a photograph of his family and daughters 5 and 3. all perished in the fire. >> my daughters -- i'm not going to cry because my dad is coming. that's all i can say. she -- >> hassan was away caring for his sick brother in egypt on the phone with his wife as the flames were at their doorstep. >> i told her immediately can you go down? she told me no. the people tell her you have to stay there. i tell her don't worry, just stay inside, close the door and everything will be fine. but there is no help at all. no help. >> okay. >> open the front door. you're going to bring the smoke in. you're not going to be able to breathe. >> maybe someone outside. >> ronya posting this harrowing video on facebook live. >> we're stuck on the 21st floor. hello? [speaking foreign language]. >> there are too many people stuck upstairs. >> you put the photo there. can you describe them? were they like, your family? >> what will you remember about them? >> i remember my two every day spoebke to me. we waiting for you and i'm not going to forget anything. thi

senator hassan: what i'd ask you to talk to t.s.a. employees, as i have, is the fact they are uniquely positioned as noncivil servants and it results in high turnover. it results in a lot of other issues that i think are fundamental to some of the morale issues. if you just would commit to talking to them about that and considering it, it would be very helpful. mr. pekoske: thank you. i want to understand that issue much better than i do today. senator hassan: one last question for you, again, mr. glawe, as the office in charge of analyzing the threat to homeland from isis and al qaeda-inspired terrorism, the d.h.s. office of intelligence and analysis plays an important role in helping to understand the recruitment propaganda, hat's intended to leverage homegrown terrorist attacks in the united states. given your experience as a local law enforcement officer, as f.b.i. counterterrorism agent and as an tenlt official, what's the best way for the u.s. government to go about preventing the recruitment of our youngeople by these groups? m

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. >> senator hassan. >> thank you chairman wicker and ranking member shots. thank you to all the witnesses for being here today in a special thanks to our public safety community. as a former governor i am keenly aware that states are in a position to be critical position and a state like mine which has unique terrain in rural areas that don't have a lot of access so i think the legislation that authorized firstnet got it right when they left the decision of opt in or opt out to her nation's governors. now the national firstnet vendor has chosen carefully weighing their options and i've heard from constituents in my state that one challenge they're facing in gathering as much information as possible before making the decision is that they are facing challenges when it comes to comparing the national plan with state plans that are being proposed as alternatives. the challenge includes issues such as having to acknowledge the terms of agreement that do not permit them to share information and plans with key people in their state so literally we may not be able

it was a hassan missile. that would be a first. pentagon officials think it was more likely an intermediate missile. >> what they say isn't the issue. the issue is they keep doing it over and over again. >> reporter: president trump called on china to step up its pressure on north korea to stop the nuclear program. the "new york times" reports that president trump warned that the u.s. is ready to act on its own. but mike morrell says options are limited and a military strike is off the table. >> there is no option to do that that wouldn't start a second korean war and wouldn't raise the possibility of him using nuclear weapons against his neighbors. >> reporter: china and russia are proposing the u.s. and south korea refrain from joint military exercises 234 the region in exchange for north korea halting the tests. >>> the white house confirmed that president trump will meet with russian president vladimir putin on friday. there is no agenda for the talks but north korea is likely to come up. >>> the state beaches and parks are bac

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hassan: thank you, mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from new hampshire. ms. hassan: thank you, mr. president, and i thank my colleague from minnesota for his words and his advocacy on behalf of the people of his state and all across our country. mr. president, i rise today to join my colleagues to once again speak out against the senate republican health care bill and the dangerous impacts it would have for the people in my home state of new hampshire, and americans from all walks of life. mr. president, this week, senate republicans are pressing ahead with plans that would increase health insurance costs, give americans worse health insurance, and strip away health coverage from millions of americans. yet, despite statements that a vote will come tomorrow or in a matter of days, senate republican leadership will not tell even its own members what proposal we will vote on, let alone hold a hearing on the impact of the bill. as version after version after version of this bill has emerged fro

state television reported it was a hassan 14 intercontinental ballistic missile. an icbm.e potential range of 4,000 miles, it's capable of reaching alaska. >> not much further than that for the 10,000 miles it would need to reach new york or washington, d.c. >> reporter: president trump warned china that the u.s. will act on its own, if beijing doesn't tighten economic pressure on north korea. but the president's options for going it alone are limited. >> there's very little you can do except sanction him every time he does something, and build our missile defenses. >> reporter: even direct talks with the north are unlikely to talk in a nuclear free north korea. >> there's denuclearization in the near term is not possible. >> china and russia are proposing the u.s. and south korea joint for denuclearization exercises in the area, in exchange for the top for those north korea tests, but that is likely a nonstarter for the u.s., because american forces are there to protect our allies in the region. >>> we'll show you the places to spend independence day in the area. up next,

hassan: thank you, mr. president. i rise today in support of senator casey's amendment to strike provisions from trumpcare that would harm individuals with disabilities by reducing their access to affordable health care or limiting coverage or benefits under medicaid or in the private health insurance market. today, as senator casey noted, we celebrate the 27th anniversary of the americans with disabilities act, recognizing the enormous contributions that americans who experience disabilities have made in communities in new hampshire and across our nation. unfortunately, senate republicans are proposing massive cuts to traditional medicaid which threaten the support that individuals who experience disabilities need to thrive in their homes, their schools, and their communities. mr. president, a few weeks ago i visited an organization called granite state independent living in concord, new hampshire. it is a nonprofit that helps individuals with disabilities of all ages to try to have an independent life for themselves

i am so grateful to c-span2 hassan mead. -- i am grateful to c-span to having to me. if there's no fight and you do not take the bait on some political questions, it is hard to get attention to a project that brings everybody together. people do not want to unity because it does not sell. media in an era where the wants to divide us. it is good for it to be us versus them. that is what is so popular. unity is not popular. it is good for ratings for us to fight but not good for the country. i appreciate your call, it is true that it is hard to get people to pay attention to something positive and not many people want to book guests to talk positive. host: jim, good morning to you. caller: good morning for taking my call. i do take exception with some of the things mrs. pelosi is saying but let me start out by saying i lack ofly agree that civility in the political discourse is disheartening, i guess you could say. partisan, thehat partisanship transcending our american citizenship, if you will, is also disheartening. it is very sad to see these politicians just take pa

it was hassan rouhani's re—election in may that opened the door to this deal.autious to invest because of heavy us sanctions, still in place despite two years ago, when iran agreed to limit its nuclear ambitions. donald trump said his number one priority was dismantling what he called a disastrous deal. the white house has put the whole nuclear agreement under review. total are hoping it stays alive, and with it, they turned the business. we work in all countries where international law allows us to do so. since the signing of the nuclear agreement in 2016, we can work in iran on oil and gas projects. in 18 months, we found an agreement that respects all international laws. total‘s entry into iran could lead other firms to enter the water. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: the indian teenager with an extraordinary talent that's taking him from mumbai to new york. china marked its first day of rule in hong kong with a series of spectacular celebrations. a huge firework display was held in the former colony. the chinese president, jiang zemin, said unifica

iranian president hassan rouhani said professor mirzakhani's death had caused "great sorrow".er wearing a head—scarf. well, one person who knew professor mirzakhani well was caroline series. she spoke to us about her life and achievements. we had known she was ill for a long time. she was a revered and outstanding mathematician and the fa ct outstanding mathematician and the fact that she was iranian and the first woman ever to win this prestigious fields medal, she was just such an icon and role model and inspiration around the world, so she will be very sorely missed. it was the way in which she managed to combine ideas that perhaps other people knew that she combined them together in a completely un—expect it and remarkable way. she actually sent me a draft copy of her thesis, her ph.d. dissertation, before it was finally submitted, and the way she put together ideas which really i had known about, other people had known about, but she was able to combine things and draw absolutely astonishing and remarkable conclusions with them. they're read clea nly conclusions with them

iranian president hassan rouhani has said her death has caused "great sorrow".r mirzakhani's publications. and photoshopped images have appeared of her wearing a head—scarf. one person who knew her well is professor caroline series. she spoke to us about her life and achievements. she was an absolutely wonderful person, and a brilliant mathematician. the fact that she was iranian and the fact that she was first woman to win this prestigious fields medal, she was just such an icon and a role model and inspiration around the world. she will be sorely missed. it was the way in which she managed to combine ideas that, perhaps, other people knew, but she combined them together in a completely unexpected and remarkable way. she sent me a cow, and remarkable way. she sent me a copy, a draft of her thesis and ph.d. dissertation before was finally submitted and the way she put together ideas which, really, i had known about but she was able to combine sings and draw astonishing and remarkable conclusion is with them. quite cleanly and... not simply, it is technical, but,

it hassan -- happens. it is not illegal for the government to do it! >> for our complete schedule, go to c-span.org. "washington journal" continues. host: we welcome back to our desk the reverend barry lynn, the executive director for for the separation of church and state. remind our viewers about the dispute over a playground that ended up in the supreme court. guest: it was a dispute over a playground that was owned and controlled and called a ministry and mission of a lutheran church. this was integrally related to the church itself. the question was, the scrap tire program that was used allegedly to replace dangerous pebbled craig lowndes -- playgrounds with rubberized tires, whether a religious group could be required to be admitted to a program to receive compensation for this redo of their playground. although it was called the playground case, for many of us, it is a lot more significant than that because it raises the question, can the united states thatme court order states want to protect the conscience of its people and protected zone trea

prince hassan the same goal. will norway and the netherlands hans von fossil fuel powered vehicles by twenty twenty five. and the car industry has begun to respond. well they became the first traditional or to make it to set the dates lesson two years away. phasing out vehicles powered solely by the internal combustion engine. companies from bmw to readiness on a moving the same way. with plans for a lecture called developments. but germany's automotive industry one of thehe larget employers in the country could prove hard to sell. an electric motor has fewer components and takes less than a third of the time of the combustion engine to make. subban untraditional cost put six hundred thousand jobs in the country at risk. the german manufacturer mercedes benz daimler is bucking the trends. and it's got to fight for the so called new generation diesel technology. which it says can help reduce co two emissions. but with the uk representing the largest single export market for john the manufacturers. dina may be figh

when putin hears something like that, i imagine he hears bush talking about sudan hassan. they're trying to gut me from my power. what the heck of my people and whether they should have their voices heard. i will tell you whether if they should have their voices heard. >> russians had a lot of reasons to be angry. >> that fall it was announced that putin will run for president again for a third time. at meant that he can rule russia until 2024. >> some people say oh my god, i am going to die with this guy in power. >> a few months later, putin, the election for russia parliament were farced. >> we do have serious concerns of the conduct of the elections. >> hillary clinton called out the election's reading. >> with his back against the wall -- putin turned the table. he blamed the protests on hillary clinton, blaming she was the one that incited them with their complaints of the election. >> there are growing restrictions on the exercise of fundamental rights. >> quote on quote, "she sent a signal," that was his words. >> putin's strategy propelled him to victory. march 20

hassan eating piece here. existay it really doesn't . why don't we know about this plan?nference call where fed officials were briefed about the plan that the fed staff and treasury officials put together a contingency plan should the treasury department need to prioritize debt payments if the ceiling is breached. david: do we have a sense of what the priorities would be under this plan? who could get paid less or pay later? the details are unclear and those would be decided by whatever president or treasury secretary decides to enact the plan. david: would it be clear this would not be a default? is it possible that could be construed as a default in and of itself. >> he said prioritization is a default by another name. say itody's and fitch has a different credit rating. david: you quote a rates expert from city that says this would be a really bad idea. steve king is in interest-rate strategist at citigroup and said using prioritization would set a dangerous precedent. if treasury goes to it, people will they can another prioritization two or three years down the line

growing crisis with opioids. ,ur guests are rob portman sheldon whitehouse, chris sununu , andgie hassan, hal rogers edward markey. journal andgton join the discussion. >> justice department officials agentied at the foreign registration act, which requires all to register with the government and disclose finances and recommended changes to the law and how it is enforced. charles grassley chairs the judiciary committee. .his is 1.5 hours all >> today the committee will examine the justice department's enforcement of the foreign agents registration act. i want to thank the witnesses here today for working with the committee to schedule this hearing. i know that some of you even had to change your travel plans and i want you to know that the committee appreciates your cooperation. we had to postpone this hearing while trying to schedule two new witnesses and obtain the cooperation of a third who was first invited on july 5. it is unfortunate when uncooperative witnesses cause unnecessary inconvenience for those of you who are easy to work with. after he failed to negotiate to with the comm

i am so grateful to c-span2 hassan mead. -- i am grateful to c-span to having to me. if there's no fight and you do not take the bait on some political questions, it is hard to get attention to a project that brings everybody together. people do not want to unity because it does not sell. media in an era where the wants to divide us. it is good for it to be us versus them. that is what is so popular. unity is not popular. it is good for ratings for us to fight but not good for the country. i appreciate your call, it is true that it is hard to get people to pay attention to something positive and not many people want to book guests to talk positive. host: jim, good morning to you. caller: good morning for taking my call. i do take exception with some of the things mrs. pelosi is saying but let me start out by saying i lack ofly agree that civility in the political discourse is disheartening, i guess you could say. partisan, thehat partisanship transcending our american citizenship, if you will, is also disheartening. it is very sad to see these politicians just take pa

friends.watch and tell maggie hassan is a governor, c sorry, she did a horrible job in the state.demic, my belief, i'm shining a light in the other part of the room. the money.llow what i mean, hon, follow the money. jails counselors, involved, courts involved, you involved, drug laws involved, you got third grow countries thanksgiving stuff involved and ow the big circle goes on and on and on and politicians and governors talk about how they will cure the world. nice, it's a dream. people like to feel good and they are doing this stuff. demand, you have supply and it's been go og for many and years and it's getting worse w. her as overnor, it's gotten worse in the state. numbers have come up, not come ng people, they have up. people move intoing rural towns a fortune. host: all right, james, let me answer your question about the in the chair as moderators, that is our job, between a conversation you and other callers and the guests that sit at our table, lawmaker or a ournalist and like someone hosting a dinner party our job is to stay neutral and let you ave the sxfrgz stay out

otherwise that person, there's a very good chance the person will die.or hassan potent tool for fighting opiate addiction medicaid at this body voted today to republican stood up and voted against this, 50 republicans today and the vice president of the united states with the tie-breaking vote voted essentially to kick those people off of their treatment. door number two higher costs, less coverage to the same plan written by lobbyists so let'sk talk number three. behind door number three higher costs and less coverage did the same plan written by lobbyists with taxpayer -- taxpayer dollars thrown in the same it result. you can't just throw money at this bill and make it better. take opioids, they won't take away medicaid the number one tool we have to give people treated and the federal grant program instead. governor kasich's said those dollars takeaways medicaid take away treatment and take away insurance from the 700 ohioans and expansion medicare expansion and thousands of old violencevec later. he is a republican and he and i see this premise is same. governor kasich's said prenab

. >> back in town, camden native hassan reddick is home, and he's making sure football players of theuture get a chance to learn and grow. next, we'll show you how he's helping to pay it forward. >>> reward after being robbed. next, a happy ending to an incident at wimbledon and the local connection to the who got national attention. fear their water could be contaminated because of the construction of a natural gas pipeline. sunoco suspended work on the project this week after those residents complained about murky water in their homes. natural gas pipeline starts in western pennsylvania. it crosses through chester county ending in delaware county. construction resumes in exton yesterday. you can see the project is happening in the middle of this neighborhood. many living here are fighting the project. they want more information about the safety of the work that's going on just feet from their homes. where their children play. >> it just takes a matter of seconds or minutes for a leak to happen and something explosive to come in contact with it. then disaster. >> as for the murky wat

it hassan -- happens. it is not illegal for the government to do it!for our complete schedule, go to c-span.org. "washington journal" continues. host: we welcome back to our desk the reverend barry lynn, the executive director for for the separation of church and state. remind our viewers about the dispute over a playground that ended up in the supreme court. guest: it was a dispute over a playground that was owned and controlled

. >> dana: let me ask you this, hassan. >> eight go ahead and ask, dana. >> dana: this is what i wants because she began the speech by pressing a guy who is in the past -- she started her speech with that. let's not pretend like you can just, you are the one picking the one line out of context and suggesting that only works -- >> i encourage ever want to list of the for themselves. >> dana: from its medication standpoint, she wants to be ineffective activist. surely she is aware that when the general public hears the word to jihad it's not necessarily about an internal struggle and standing up for people's rights. we do that all the time in america, our front is built on that. i'm curious why she doesn't think that she would get some backlash, because if you're going to say those things you are going to get -- stir up a hornets nest. >> that's why it's so important that she used that word, because we must reclaim that word from the extremists that have missed a find. extremists have both hijacked and distorted jihad to mean something horrible comment to mean exactly what she did not m

. >> nfl rookie and camden native hassan reddick is giving back to the community.ted the camden health football skills and drills mini camp. more than 100 people came out to participate in the camp. reddick, a graduate of temple university, says it's a good thing to come home during his time off and set an sxmp for kids. >> if i was going to do something else, constantly getting in trouble with law enforcement, if they stay in school, if they work hard toward what they want to do and be in life, they can achieve it. >> reddick was picked 13th overall in this yer's nfl draft by the arizona cardinals. >> 6:27 right now on this sunday. we're following breaking news out of delaware. here's what we know. a crash and fire at spca left the driver dead and forced dozens of animals out of the shelter. lauren mayk will be joining us from the scene in minutes. >> we're tracking a sunday beauty. a great forecast no matter which neighborhood you're in today. we'll look at the forecast highs and when rain returns to the forecast. here's one spot i love to be now. this is ocean c

i said, today i'll be using my muslim name, hassan binn lay. >> there's no black or white answer as ton it's time to laugh and when it's time to laugh at. >> i wanted to do a joke that totally is over the line. and i said, i have to leave early tonight. have to catch a flight to l.a. i couldn't get a direct flight. we have to make a stop at the empire stated building. i lost an audience as big as anyone in the history of performing. >> somebody said, too soon! and that didn't slow gilbert down. that pushehim to a whole new place. >> the farthest [ bleep ] his wife. this is [ bleep ] the dog. >> to tell the aristocrats joke is a license to offend just for the [ bleep ] of it. and i remember laughing so hard that i was sort of crying. >> it was just such a release. and it was just what we needed. it couldn't have been a better time, a better place, or a better person telling it. >> if you missed any portion, i'll repeat it! >> absolutely had to be done. somebody had to stand up in front of the comedy community and say, it's okay, when it's not okay. but those words must be spoken. >> god

going back to my first statement, the hassan the have-nots. americans, basically, yes, we have our problems in poverty, but overall, we are the haves. the other countries look to us for handouts. then what happens? it is like codependency and dependency and all of those kinds of things. you help them. they are not grateful for it and then they spit at us, if you will. host: appreciate your call. we will hear next from mona charen with the ethics and public policy center, long-time columnist as well, and the washington monthly's paul glastris, talking about the american dream and is it still attainable today and if the government has a role in helping americans achieve it. later on, gallup pollster craig newport will join us. we will be talking about the latest on the most important problem facing the u.s. we will take her calls on that topic as well. first up here on the fourth of july, "washington journal" this past week is a to be home of america's founding documents, the national archives in washington come to learn about the agency and how

funding for drug treatment services and according to new hampshire senators jeanne shaheen and maggie hassanssion has also delayed the implementation of existing recommendations from health experts that could save lives now if implemented. we even reached out to new hampshire senator shaheen's office to see if at the very least, any additional money has been given to the state as was promised. as of this taping, we were told that new hampshire has not received any additional funding from the trump administration to tackle the opioid epidemic. so what's trump been so busy doing instead? ♪ [ applause ] [ honking ] >> look at that. >> oh! >> look at that. ♪ [ laughter ] >> where's the fire? ♪ >> seth: man, what is this? the make-a-wish presidency? [ laughter ] "i want to be a fireman, a cowboy, a golf man, and a sword." [ laughter ] and i'm sorry, are you sick? "i'm sick of working." [ light laughter ] at this point, trump's been in more fire trucks than a dalmatian. [ light laughter ] and some advocates say that trump is passing up opportunities to crack down on the pharmaceutical industry, wh

. >> senator maggie hassan, thank you for your time. we appreciate it. we know it's a busy night for you. we want to get back to what's happening on the senate floor. they're voting to send this to committee. this is not going to pass. the two key players in all of this, john mccain and lindsey graham, some color behind the scenes of what's happening there. >> we can only see what the senate cameras send out. but our team on capitol hill, they can be in the clahamber an see what the cameras don't capture. some of the color going on, is john mccain, who as you said, is going to probably be the linchpin here, whether or not he will vote yes or no. for a little while, he was sitting by himself in his chair and kind of sitting there, not talking to anybody, while the republican leadership was sudled, trying to figure out what is going on. he's been joined by others, like his colleague from arizona, jeff flake. lisa murkowski, another critical vote. we'll see how she ends up on this. she was one of two republican senators that voted no. they're voting on a de

separately, iran announced that president hassan rouhani's brother, has been arrested on allegationsfinancial misconduct. in jordan, a soldier was sentenced today to life in prison at hard labor for killing three u.s. army green berets. he said he fired on the military trainers last november, because he thought his base was under attack. after the sentencing today, relatives of the americans condemned the sentence, which could let the killer go free in 20 years. >> he gets out the day he gets out. my daughters will serve another 30 years after that without the love of their brother, and that's outrageous. i would kill him myself if i had the ability to do so, and i wish they had hung him. >> woodruff: the families were shown security camera footage of the attack. they say it shows the jordanian soldier firing for six minutes, even after the americans identified themselves. the united nations reports the war in afghanistan is killing more civilians than ever. a new report says more than 1,600 died in the first half of this year, and some 3,500 others were wounded. it also says deaths

in tehran, president hassan rouhani charged the u.s.sures are inconsistent with the 2016 nuclear deal. and, he warned of "reciprocal acts." >> ( translated ): if americans pass new sanctions in any form, or under any pretext in congress or elsewhere, the great nation of iran will have an appropriate answer. we won't ignore violations by the united states, and will stand up to them. >> woodruff: separately, the head of the hard-line revolutionary guards warned, the u.s. had better pull its military forces back at least 1,000 kilometers-- 600 miles-- from iran. the u.s. supreme court has issued a split ruling on enforcing the president's travel ban. the court today allowed the administration to strictly enforce a ban on refugees, while an appeal moves through lower courts. but, the justices expanded the list of people from six mostly muslim nations who are allowed to visit the u.s. back in this country, the justice department is restoring authority to local police to seize money and property, on suspicion they come from criminal activity.

the following senators, senators stabenow, duckworth, hassan, van hollen, murray, brown, blumenthal, carper, durbin, kaine, baldwin, murphy, harris, cardin, hirono, reed, nelson, klobuchar, shaheen, coons, bennet, king, menendez, whitehouse, leahy, and booker. i want to thank them for joining me in this effort. mr. president, i would yield the floor and note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. the senator from south carolina. a senator: i ask consent to terminate the quorum call and do colloquy with my friend from louisiana. the presiding officer: without objection. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from louisiana. mr. cassidy: mr. president, we are struggling right now to find a replacement for the affordable care act. the american people have voted in four successive elections for such a replacement culminating the election of donald trump to be president of the united states. now, you can ask yourself if the affordable care act is so great, why would the american people continue to want to have a different progra

i'm proud to have senators casey, cantwell, blumenthal, leahy, brown, harris, hassan, franken, feinstein, udall, shaheen, charper, coons -- carper, coons, whitehouse, kaine, van hollen, cortez mass toe, baldwin, menendez, reed, duckworth, manchin, markey, stabenow, durbin, widen, -- wyden, murphy, warren, gillibrand, cardin, klobuchar, heinrich, hir hirono, peters, warner as cosponsors. i want to extend a thank you to senator bob casey of pennsylvania. senator casey has been a tireless advocate for protecting the medicaid program and the critical services that it provides, not just to the people of pennsylvania, but to millions of americans across our beloved country. senator casey has done incredible work to remind all americans of the important role medicaid plays in our communities and the millions of children, families, students, and seniors who have coverage through medicaid. my motion is simple. it would send this bill back to the finance committee to get the consideration it never received, and it would require the committee to strike provisions that reduce or eliminate benefits f

chairman, i'd like to take this opportunity to note that senator hassan and i have requested a hearingin this committee on the current state of the u.s. media land scape. we've not had a hearing on that topic in over eight years, and i think it's a very timely one, and i hope you could reconsider that. i, one quick question here, and this should be quick because i think it's a yes or no. recently, there's been a spike in violence and intimidation against individual journalists. a republican congressman famously body slammed ben jacobs, a reporter for "the guardian," after being asked about his position on the house health care bill one day before his special election. a west virginia appropriator was arrested while -- reporter was arrested while asking hhs secretary price about the health care bill as well. trump white house staff reportedly have threatened to keep files of dirt on white house reporters. finish fcc security also man handled cq reporter john donnelly and pipped him against a wall -- pinned him against a wall after he sought to ask questions of commissioner o'rielly. wil

countless people with countless stories and he considers some of them true friends including a man named hassanhis woman walked up and said, sir, can i buy you a cup of coffee. he said no thank you. he turne t you hear that? she called me sir. >> what do you encourage them to do? >> say hello. to say hi. you'd be shocked at what you learn. it's that simple. >> that simple. >> because much of the money has come in in the forms of tips, he doesn't know how much money he's actually raised but he said it's probably more than $20,000. >> wow. >> good for him. >> reminds me of the humans of new york projects. people just want someone to talk to. >> and sometimes the stories -- you have no idea how they nay impact you. think they's really truly his message. >> michelle, thanks. >>> a canadian man built his own beach resort in his own back yard. ahead what it took to build the massive pool and how it serves a different purpose in the winter. you can hear our "cbs this morning" on podcast. today you can hear margaret iran's foreign minister. they discuss isis and the future of syria. you're watching "cb

our guests are senator rob house,, shelton white governor chris in a new, senator maggie hassan, congressman hal rogers and senator edward markey. watch c-span's "washington journal," live at 7:00 eastern this morning. join the discussion. a busy week in congress continues with late-night sessions expected. the house is working through the nearly 800 alien dollar defense-related spending -- $800 billion defense spending. watch live coverage on c-span2 or watch any on c-span.org or anytime on the c-span radio at. bowden talksark about his book way, 1968, one of the longest in bloodiest battles of the vietnam war. >> the saigon military command was so out of touch with the reality of what was happening in the streets, they got a lot of young americans killed. deniedneral westmoreland that the city had been taken. he continued to deny it for newly the whole time the battles fought. as a consequence, would never conceive the sphere number of enemy combatants in the city. units werers of being ordered to attack positions everything held by overwhelmingly superior enemy forces in entrenched positi

and just last week, as senator hassan knows, new hampshire announced its plans to pursue one as well. so we can and we should come together to pursue this as one change we can make positively for the nation. another, it is long past time that we do something about the rising costs of prescription drugs prescription drugs. i have a bill, and i see my colleague from minnesota, senator franken, here as well. we have worked on this issue together and both have bills that are similar on this issue, and that is harnessing the negotiating power of 41 million seniors on medicare to bring drug prices down. right now, medicare is literally banned from negotiating on behalf of 41 million seniors. the last time i checked, the seniors in my state have a lot of power. 41 million people, especially seniors, that is a lot of negotiating power. let's harness that because it will not just help to bring prices down in the medicare program. it will help down the line for all citizens. bringing in more competition. one way you do that is by dangling the prospect of competition from other countries. you ca

countless people with countless stories and he considers some of them true friends including a man named hassan sir, can i buy you a cup of coffee. he said no thank you. he turned to me and said, did you hear that? she called me sir. >> what do you encourage them to do? >> say hello. to say . >> you would be shocked at what you learn. >> that simple. >> that simple. >> because the money comes in the form of tips on the street, he doesn't know how much money he's actually raised. he say it's probably more than $20,000. >> wow. >> reminds me of the humans of new york project. >> yeah. >> just want someone to talk to. >> yeah. >> and sometimes those stories just -- you have no idea how they may impact you. i think that's truly his message. >> michelle, thanks. >>> a canadian man built his own resort in his own backyard. what it took to build the massive pool and how it serves a different purpose in the winter. >>> you can hear more of "cbs this morning" on our pod cast on itunes and apple's pod cast app. you can hear the entire interview with the iron foreian foreign minister. you're watching "cbs