than the republicans, beinger than obama. this is about whether america a governable. i think that they lost, and i am happy happy happy. how are you? >> first of all, this is about cross roads. i think this is a sad day for america. i think it's a day where we didn't fix obama care, which is failing in every single state. it's a day when we didn't fix the budget which will bankrupt our children and grandchildren. it's a day that we didn't fix the bureaucracies, we saw no sign of the president leading the country. what we saw was a partisan vilifying his opponents in a way that makes for sense for an incumbent president. but tonight, in "crossfire", we have to congressmen, rhode island david sissolini, and steve this is part of my pop you list bias, i guess. we see leaders meeting in secret to design a secret deal which they announce the principles up, which they released the 35 pages of, which the senate will vote on before the american people know what's in it. in the end we're not going to get anything major. we're going to kick the can down the road. don't you thin

. >> reporter: the french football beinger to be buried in senegal and he was known as the white soarcer and giving national honors and he was famous in the 2002 world cup and he was part of the squad he put together and like so many people he will never forgot what happened in south korea 11 years ago, the lines scored against the world champion france in one of the biggest upsets of world cup history. >> translator: let's not forget were are a former colony of france and never qualified for the world cup before and going against the world champions in the opening match with all eyes on us it was incredible and all of the sudden everyone knew us. >> reporter: and they orchestrated the victory and they went on to reach the quarter finals and took the lions to the final stages of the african cup. >> everybody considered him as a small team and we proved in football there is no such thing as a small team and anybody can win. >> reporter: shortly after he converted to islam and married, he went on to coach the national squad and several other teams in the gulf states and at 59 he was diagno

point of view, he didn't, but the rest of us did win the to me this is bigger than the republicans, beingert they lost, and i am happy happy happy. how are you? >> first of all, this is about cross roads. i think this is a sad day for america. i think it's a day where we didn't fix obama care, which is failing in every single state. it's a day when we didn't fix the budget which will bankrupt our children and grandchildren. it's a day that we didn't fix the bureaucracies, we saw no sign of the president leading the country. what we saw was a partisan vilifying his opponents in a way that makes for sense for an incumbent president. but tonight, in "crossfire", we have to congressmen, rhode island david sissolini, and steve

chairman, it is a time easy to dismiss it as beinger reparable. but as those of us who have given up their comfortable life and family and returned home can attest to progress is possible and it's happening right now. somali has made a profound leap from where it was three and a half years ago when i first started going back home. at the time al-shabaab controlled 75% of mogadishu and almost 60% of the nation. the notion of government was contested acontinue the country. with the support of the -- somali is slowly emerge bhapg it needs it relentless effort. i thank you and the subcommittee for the opportunity to present my view and happy to answer any questionings. >> thank you very much. >> thank you for the opportunity. of course, the group has been working on somalia since 2002 from our office and we frequently travel the country for research purposes. conditions in somali have improved. amazon now including kenya, has with the help of ethiopia the somali national army. is a serious strategic set back. it has a new provisional government that i

chairman, it is a time easy to dismiss it as beinger reparable. but as those of us who have given up their comfortable life and family and returned home can attest to progress is possible. it made a profund leap from where it was three and a half years ago. at the time al-shabaab controlled 75% of mogadishu and 60% of the entire nation. the very notion of government was actually contested across the country. with the support of international partner like the u.s. and the e.u. and the african union, the u.k. and turkey and others. slowly emerging from the abusiness. what is relentless effort to -- that legitimacy, catch, and resources need finish the mammoth task ahead. i thank you and the subcommittee for the opportunity to present my -- and happy to answer any questions. >> thank you very much. >> thank you, senator. we frequently travel to countries where we search purpose. conditions in somali have proved -- has with the help of ethiopia the smoacial national army, and various ally clab maliciouses serious strategic set back. somali has a new -