bill: thank you, republican senator from nebraska, ben sasse.ppreciate your time from capitol hill. thank you, sir. we're watching screen left as well from the white house in the briefing room there, martha. martha: you can see the crowd gathering in the briefing room at the white house. we're waiting for president obama. he will make a statement in about ten minutes. the statement comes in the wake of the announcement that says two hostages an american, warren weinstein, an italian giovanni loporto killed that why sent to kill two u.s.-born members of al qaeda. they were successful on that count. the loss of these hostages is obviously a very sorrowful moment. the white house is about to speak about that the president will step to the podium in about ten minutes. we'll take you there live. you could sit at your computer and read all about zero-turn mowers. click. scroll. tweet. or you could just sit on a john deere z435 eztrak and feel its power. you'll know it'll get the job done fast. when it's time to pick a mower you've got to get on one. v

governor tom ben sasse, mitch daniels it -- and me and two others traveled to afghanistan to see our national guardsmen who were training the national police. we developed good relationships. this is not as hard as it appears. this is what presidents have done since the beginning of time. if you develop trust first, you don't assume the person who doesn't agree with you, they may be wrong and you may disagree with them, but do it with civility. it's not that their motives are bad. it should just that they have bad ideas. you have to rebuild trust. this is where the president has let us down more than any other thing. he should put aside his rigid ideology. he pushes down people who disagree with them to make himself look at her. the next president has to reverse that, and rebuild personal trust and not assume that everyone has bad motives. my experience is, most people in public life have a view about this that they care about the country, they want to move forward, and we have to assume that is the case. and then, argue out where they are wrong and where we might be able to force co

i had the opportunity to meet him in mcallen texas while on visit with senators johnson and ben sasse. this past summer mr. garza played an instrumental role in setting up an emergency operations and processing center which he now runs to help customs and border protection better manage unaccompanied minors and families apprehended along the southern border. today i rise to speak about another dedicated and outstanding employee at the department of homeland security. his name is matthew o'neill. matthew is an employee, special agent within the u.s. secret service agency. over the past several months there have been incidents including some as recently as this month that again raised serious questions about the agency and its ability to fulfill its responsibilities. the agency's leadership is still addressing these troubling incidents and taking steps to implement reforms and improve the agency. while it is important to usher in a new chapter for the secret service it is important that we shine light on the brave men and women at the agency who continue to serve our country carry out t