during this hour 15-minute ceremony with congressional leaders, mr. peres spoke about the support of israel. >>> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome our honored guest, the president of israel, members of the united states house of representatives, members of the united states senate, the speaker of the united states house of representatives, and the vice president of the united states. [ applause ] >> ladies and gentlemen, the speaker of the united states house of representatives, the honorable john boehner. >> mr. vice president, members of congress, ambassadors, members of the diplomatic corps, ladies and gentlemen, welcome this morning, and welcome to the united states capitol. since the days of the american revolution, every congress has had one humbling privilege. that of awarding a gold medal for extraordinary contributions. the highest honor that we can bestow. the first recipient in 1776 was george washington. the father of our country. today under his gaze, we will present the gold medal to another founding father, the 9th president of the s

simply call to hear congressional coverage in journal."ashington every weekday, listen to a recap of the day events on "washington today." you can hear audio of the five network sunday public affairs programs beginning sunday at noon eastern. 2-626-8888. long-distance or phone charges may apply. >> on thursday, outgoing israeli president shimon peres was awarded the congressional gold medal in a ceremony in the u.s. capital. it is the highest civilian honor bestowed by the u.s. congress. after the presentation, the israeli president spoke about the friendship between his nation and the u.s. ceremony,ing at the vice president biden and congressional leaders, including house speaker john boehner, outgoing majority leader eric cantor, and senate majority leader harry reid. shimon perez leaves office on july 27. he will be succeeded by ruben rivlin. this is an hour and 20 minutes. [applause] [applause] ladies and gentlemen, the speaker of the united states house of representatives, the honorable john banner. >> mr. vice president, members of c

david cameron takes questions from the members of the house of commons and outgoing president the congressional gold medal and another chance to with & a >> tomorrow on "washington journal," the author of 100 victories, special ops in the future of american warfare, discusses u.s. military options in iraq. john gable examines the impact of the health care law so far on insurance plans, including pricing. texas congressman henry don't bonilla talks about the attempts to break gridlock in washington. we take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. "washington journal" live on c-span. >> during this week's question time, british prime minister david cameron discussed the hiring of former news of the world editor andy colson as his inmunications your back 2010. mr. colson was charged with intercepting voice mails, also known as phone hacking. the prime minister apologized to members for hiring him, saying it was the wrong decision. opposition leader ed miller band said the prime minister ignored all warnings against hiring him. his is just over 35 minutes. >> before i

during a meeting with congressional leaders, president obama indicated he did not need congressional approval to take direct military action. susan mcginnis is in washington where the debate over engaging the insurgence is heating up. susan, good morning. >> anne-marie, good morning. so far the white house has dodged questions about whether the president would take action in iraq without congressional approval, but it's something lawmakers here see as a real possibility. u.s. warplanes are flying round-the-clock surveillance missions over iraq as militants from the islamic states of iraq and syria now target the country's largest oil refinery and continue their advance toward baghdad. joint chief chairman general martin dempsey told congress the iraqi leader has formally asked the u.s. to do more. >> we have a request from iraqi government for air power. we do? >> we do. >> but general dempsey says there isn't enough intelligence to target insurgents without targeting iraqis and civilians. >> send some air power. >> they have been considering sending special forces to advice iraqi so

inquiries, congressional letters or otherwise. this is an important agency. and provides critical work for the government collecting 93% of the money the government uses to run more importantly it touches virtually every american. and i think it is in port for every american taxpayer to feel comfortable and confident that when they treat, deal with the irs they'll be treated fairly the matter who they are, whether they are rich, poor, republicans or democrats, whoever they voted for in the last election. to say that this is the most corrupt irs in history ignores a lot of history and seems to me again is a classic overreaction to a series problem which we are dealing with seriously. and i would just like that to be our record. i'm comfortable with it. i'm confident about it and i'm willing to stand on the record in a six-month i've been the irs commissioner. >> thank you, mr. commissioner. i yield back spent i ask unanimous consent to place into the record at june 18 letter from neil adelson counsel to the president as well as a j

today, the congressional gold medal. can understand why i was so eager to take the other senators with me to meet this good man, this incredible man. my admiration for president peres stems more from just his positions and the compliments. winston churchill said that all of the great things are simple and can be expressed in a single word. well, i believe that. the greatness of shimon peres can be expressed in a single word, optimism. he said -- this man seated behind me, dieimists and pessimists the same way, they just live differently. i prefer to live as an optimist." [applause] optimism has been his life. it is that optimism that hasn't fired so many of us around the inspired so many of us from the world. it has guided him in everything he has done. the challenges that he and his family faced in the holocaust to his work for lasting peace and a secure israel. it is his hope for the world and believe in peace that i so admire. has said, there are two approaches to leadership. one is built on force. the others built on

a congressional leader not even making it to the general election? it appears there's a new chapter in the history books tonight. we have much more on this. stay with us. >>> we're back with the breaking news tonight that virginia congressman eric cantor, the republican majority leader in the house, has lost his primary race tonight to tea party challenger dave brat. eric cantor is out of congress. but the specific part of the story tonight about a tea party challenger ousting a republican incumbent in a primary, that ought to sound a little familiar. in the 2012 election, richard mourdock defeated richard lugar in the senate primary in indiana. in 2010, tea party challengers defeated incumbents in utah. mike lee defeating bob bennett in utah and i am not a witch tea partier christine o'donnell defeating mike cassell in delaware. this sort of thing has happened in recent years. this sort of thing. but not in any of those instances or any other instance that we could find has a challenger, tea party or otherwise, even come close to ousting a member of

congressional oversight is pretty well documented. i'll go through it again because it's entertaining. >> are you saying darrell issa's oversight is illegitimate? >> i am saying there are questions that can be raised about the partisan motivation of those conducting oversight in this circumstance. there have been 17 congressional hearings into this matter. two in the last 17 hours and three in the last 24 hours. they've had as many congressional investigations into this in the last 24 hours as i've had meals. that seems like a lot. 30 interviews with irs employees. 50 written congressional requests. 750,000 pages of documents. after all of that, after three long congressional hearings in the last 24 hours, zero. that's the other key number here. zero. zero evidence to substantiate any of the partisan republican claims about this matter. >> isn't the problem here -- the problem, josh, is you have a key figure in this controversy. >> we have different ideas about what the problem is. i think the problem is that despite all of this, we h

it includes the separation of powers and actions taken without congressional authorization. this is about an hour and a half. >> thank you. we are all assembled here and ready to go. welcome, all of you. dennis, for the introduction. i think it is really appropriate we are having this conversation here tonight at the national archives. because much of the controversy around this topic, the role of in international crises stem from the words on the parchment papers you can see all around your. article one section eight of the constitution gives the power to declare war, raise funds, and treaties, ratifies verifies the appointments of key presidential nominee is when it comes to assembling a foreign-policy team. article two,hand, section two, makes it clear the president is the commander-in-chief of the military and the militia and gives him the power to repel attacks against the united states and the authority to make treaties and nominations. so, therein, the tension begins. as a great constitutional professor, edward corwin, i get to reference him. he once wrote that what t

small town in my congressional district.is not far from dayton where the wright brothers got their start. flying into dayton was a man named burke marshall the assistant attorney general of the united states. he was picked up by the son in-law of the congressman that he needed to see. william mccullough, the top republican on the house judiciary committee. now, mccullough was a farm kid who went to a one-room schoolhouse but he was also a world war ii vet with a law degree from ohio state. though the white house would try to rush him into something and he would say, hold on, hold on, i'm just a country guy who has got to muddle along a little. but without him, president kennedy had said, the bill can't be done. so marshall is there on this urgent business. he is expecting to meet mccullough straight away. unfortunately, the son in-law said the congressman is busy speaking to the ro taryns. so they got out for a long lunch and they take a scenic tour of the valley. they get into town so he is still with the rote taryns. and t

. >> one of the nation's most talked about congressional races, veteran democrat mike honda easily defeats ro khanna, his well funded democratic challenger. >> and governor jerry brown wins his spot in the general election. he will face republican neel kashkari. >> check this out, that's oakland high security guard marcel mitchell dealing with an agitated francisco martinez first dumping him out of his wheelchair and then kicking him in the head. >> from across the bay to around the world, the stories that matter on "kpix 5 news this morning." captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com >> and he hammers one to left field! >>> your realtime captioner is linda macdonald. >>> good morning. it's wednesday, june 4. time now 6:00. >>> let's check in with liz for a look at our morning commute. >> we have been watching this hot spot in the dublin- pleasanton area. it looks like in the next 15 minutes they hope to ghetto crews on scene. in the meantime two of the left lanes are still blocked on westbound 580 westbound 580 before you reach the dublin interchange. and you can see all

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[applause] as we bestowed the congressional gold medal on dr.n luther scott king, wea must insist on the truth. to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the civil rights act, we must pass the bipartisan voting rights act in this congress. thank you all. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, the republican leader of the united states senate, mitch mcconnell. [applause] >> america is a land of promise and opportunity. it is conviction that unites all of us americans, and one we'd repeat quite often. for too long in this country, that wasn't the case for a large segment of our population. for nearly a century after the civil war, african americans were denied the most basic of american freedoms. intolerance and injustice was allowed to metastasize while many with the power to stop it weren't looking. or didn't want to. a pastor with a booming voice and a potent message help change all of that. wordsh the power of his and example, dr. martin luther king jr. made those who may have wanted to look away focus on what he once called the long night of racial i

even prior to congressional approval. and that was especially the case in a day when members of congress, upon the recess, would ride horses back to vermont or wherever they lived. a president had to be able to act if the u.s. or an embassy or a naval ship was under attack. but even in those circumstances, madam president, the framers understood that in an emergency, a president could act but would then still need to seek formal congressional approval of any military action that had been taken. it's important to understand that this basic allocation of powers, not just about constitutional phrases, it's about underlying values. first, the requirement for congressional approval ensures that american troops will not be sent in to combat without a clear political consensus that the mission is worthwhile. it would be the height of public immorality to order service members to risk their lives when the nation's political leadership has not done the work to reach a consensus about the value of a mission. secondly, the requireme

i do not think the president needs any further congressional authority from the conversation we were having. we will see what he tells us, and then third, no boots on the ground. any questions? >> the last point on the congressional authorization, last year the president said he would come to congress and seek authorization for a force in syria, and it became clear that there was no support for that. is there a sense that if the president were to come to congress that he would not get it? you remind me of a point, the president did say while his lawyers were looking at what they're due of any need for further congressional action was, he said that he would hope that whatever actions our country took would have strong congressional support. that was part of the consultation that we had yesterday, and i believe will every stepetty much of the way. i would be interested to see what the president has to say today after meeting with his national security team in the situation room this morning. talk talk? 12:30?0? i was one who thought that he had the authority to do more regarding syria.

he has 100% score on our most recent faith and freedom congressional score card. so on the issues that we care about, kevin mccarthy has been there. and i'm looking forward to working with him as majority leader and he gave a great speech here yesterday. >> in your introduction of him yesterday you noted that 1003r9s rating obyour scorecard. he said we will unite. how big is the divide between the establishment and the right wing of the party here? how big is that gap that he wants to unite? of ell, i guess it's kind deja vu all over again. it's not a new story. if you go back to i guess i'm dating myself i actually wasn't involved in this campaign. but if you go back to the 1952 race between robert taft and eisenhower, then you go to goldwater in 64 and then reagan in 68 and especially 76 and 0 you've always had this tension in the republican party between what conservatives have labeled e eastern establishment that gave us dueie and rock feller and folks like that. and the grassroots. and as the center of gravity in post world war ii period and particularly sinc

there were congressional leaders in the meeting. the president has the authority to do this going under the acts of 2000, 2001, 2003. barbara lee the congresswoman from california says wait a second, we want to sunset those bills and have the president come back here to ask for authority. he's going to get some unexpected trouble from his own party on this. >> meanwhile, hillary clinton has been selling her book, speaking to the media about just about everything. some of the her things, saying e should send the children coming in from central america back home and now we see this poll finding 38% of registered voters told pollsters, other numbers in polls before the book tour were better. so is all the exposure hurting her. >> she has a book? no idea. no, i think this is probably calculated antonio. i think they go in, the clinton name is a familiar name in america. they want to get by clinton fatigue. have the clinton fatigue happen early and when she decides to run for president, which i imagine she will do and a lot of people wil

that is a congressional district and it is happening in the south.the voting rights act has been gutted. that is not a surprise because shelby county is the fourth largest county of latino growth. the growth is 300%. recently, shelby v. holder gutted the voting rights act. not a surprise because shelby county is literally the fourth largest county of latino growth. by over 300% from the last census. what is happening, neighbors all of a sudden do not recognize their neighborhood. the best thing to do is basically suppressed them. we need to build coalitions but we have to build coalitions with like-minded individuals. we need to make sure we are working with african-americans, latinos, and asians. there is an emerging single white woman feeling under attack, and their friends and family. in 2018, this majority emerging is going to be the largest part of eligible voters. their participation is close to 12% below the baby boomers. when we talk about how did we create this manifestation of our destiny in america, we have to enfranchise folks with a lot

when he was only 29, he succeeded his father in the congressional district. his district is the heart of the big three in auto country. he's hoping that the dingell dynasty continues with his wife heir and an auto former gm lobbyist being elected in november to succeed him. dingell was ranking democrat until he was ousted in 2008. he is known for his quick questions. he earned a nickname, "the truck," for his stature and style wielding the chairman's gavel. the committee has wide ranging jurisdiction. he has authored laws on clean air, endangered species, and health insurance, including shepherding through the affordable care act. in spite of passing environmental legislation, dingell has a reputation as an ally of the auto industry and its main union that has led them to fight attempts to strengthen environmental regulations for cars. he has watched congress since he was a child at his father's knee and serving as a house page in the 1940's. we invited him to the press club to give a farewell speech. mr. dingell said he's not done working or governing yet. h

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this is the 17th congressional district which covers parts of santa clara and alameda counties.>> even though leland yee dropped out of the race for secretary of state his name was on the ballot. pete peterson and alex padilla will face off in november. yee finished third with more than a quarter million votes. >>> san francisco voters have passed proposition b to let residents have the final word on waterfront development that might be too tall passing by 60% of the votes. you can get all the election results online at kpix.com. >>> this morning, we have new video of a security guard beating a student in a wheelchair at oakland high school. it is much clearer and at a different angle. as the group appears to be getting ready to get into an elevator the student gets up and the security guard puts him back in the chair. after a brief scuffle the guards tip over the chair and one of them appears to kick him. the struggle then goes into the elevator and both guard are involved. one of those guards then grabs the boy's wheelchair, pulls it into the elevator and the doors close. this

today president obama gets a visit from top congressional leadership. on the agenda is how he plans to deal with the islamic state of iraq. the president continues to weigh whether air strikes is an option. >> the president must kwiekly provide us with a strategy and a plan that addresses the threat posed by the insurgency. >> the challenge is what is in our interest, what are the consequences to us. >> the meeting comes as isil this morning has attacked the biggest oil refiny just 130 miles from baghdad. should that refinery fall, it would strike another blow by the sunni militants, this time financially. it accounts for 25% of iraq's oil output to fuel gas pumps and electricity throughout the country. this morning the prime minister called for unity to fight isil. >> we will teach them lessons and attack them and hit them whenever and those who stand behind them. >> reporter: volunteers answer the calls to arms to defend baghdad, but before president obama offers anything more than protecting the american embassy in baghdad, he wants assurances from p

i have here what the congressional budget office said , the congressional budget office recommends that we use the fair value accounting procedures. it considers that a better methodology. it says that the student loan program as it exists under that accounting system will cost taxpayers $88 billion over the next ten years. and as i said, the main reason is that the fair value system takes into account risk, the risk that students might not pay off some of their loans. this is the quote of the congressional budget office. for those who might not know about what we call the c.b.o., we pay this group, the c.b.o., to tell us the truth. they're nonpartisan. they don't always tell was we want to hear and we your bill try to ignore it when they don't and shade something off it, we heard a different point of view. here's what they said. under the fair value approach estimates are based on market values, market prices when those prices are available or approximation when directly comparable figures are unavailable. which more fully account for the cost of the risk the government takes on in par

president obama met for less than an hour with congressional leaders on wednesday. what sort of options are realistically available? >> well, the options that they keep talking about are first, increased intelligence. both for ourselves and to provide the iraqi government. they're talking about option he of putting special -- options of putting special forces into iraq. then there's the special operation which is the one that seems to be getting the most attention and finally there is the idea of do we pull more people out of the embassy as an example to russ our vulnerability. >> what do done? >> there are no good options. its a little bit about like the crisis we've been in for syria and over the ukraine. the military options have very little possibility of achieving a success. it is just not in the cards to leverage military force at this point. >> aaron you agree, you have written that the obama administration would likely succumb to pressure to do something in iraq but you don't think it should. >> iraq has been dealt a pretty bad hand, in terms of where and wh

this is lee 34 printed in the congressional record. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 34 printed in the congressional record offered by ms. lee of california. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 628, the gentlewoman from california and a member opposed each will control five minutes. ms. lee: my amendment is co-sponsored by congressman broun of georgia, it will prohibit any funding in this ill pursuant to the use of military force. this date is the official end of operations in afghanistan. it gives the president and congress sufficient time to determine what if any funds that would be needed to replace the 2001 aumf. the fact of the matter is, the world has changed dramatically in the aftermath of the horrific tragedy of september 11, 2011. i could not vote for an authorization, because i knew then that that would provide a blank check to wage war any time, anywhere for any purpose. and for any length. 13 years later, this authorization is still on the books. now according to the congre

one of those includes a national congressional primary day in june. other efforts are to increase voter turnout. what is the most realistic? act onstates have to these. we put these out on the table to have a national primary day in june. so you do not have these things peaking and these states fighting over who is going to go first, especially in a presidential year. everyone is jockeying for super tuesday a whatever primaries are remaining in august and september. so we suggest, can't we at least have the states consider having one day so it all gets done at once, and then people do not have to be jockeying back and forth between washington and their congressional areas or their states, trying to jockey for these different primary days? then you have different primary runoff days and it gets even more complicated. one of the strongest recommendations is to try to take the redistricting process out of the hands of the political officials that are elected and have it be done by a commission. iowa does this, for example. while it may not be perfect and

former representatives of tennessee's eighth congressional district for 22 years until 2010. much appreciated in the house as the cofounder and the inspirational leader of the democratic blue dog coalition. he is now on the board of the center for strategic and international studies and the committee for responsible budget. please join me in welcoming what i think is a great panel. [applause] does the general question to get us going and then we will work to some other things. historians divide the question -- the supremacy of the executive branch and the legislative branch tend to divide into periods. there was an era in which the president was dominant. at 1898, largely congressional supremacy, the conduct of foreign policy. 1890 nine through most of the post-world war ii years, the power balance swung back to the president, maybe with the exception of woodrow wilson's attempt to ratify the treaty of her side. then we get to post vietnam with the war powers act, the balance gets murky and the contest the congressional roll and the authority of the president begins to be a q

first elected in 1986, representing the 14th congressional district of illinois, former state legislator, a history and government teacher, and a pretty fine football and wrestling coach. certainly one of the most loved and patient people ever to have wielded the gavel in the house. speaker hastert is now in the public policy and law practice at dixon and schapiro. former congressman chris shays who represented the fourth district in connecticut for 20 years was the last republican standing when new england's entire congressional delegation finally went all democrat. he is someone who during his time worked closely with members of the other aisle on domestic and foreign-policy funds, former things, he is a former peace corps volunteer, chairman of wartime contracting. every democrat's favorite republican, which is maybe why he is here as an ex-congressman. bob woodward, what can you say about the nation's most prolific and celebrated investigative journalists, other than now at his age, he is better looking than robert redford at his age, robert redford who was impersonated him -- >> you

he has 100% score on our most recent faith and freedom congressional scorecard. congressional score card. so on the issues that we care about, kevin mccarthy has been there. and i'm looking forward to working with him as majority leader and he gave a great speech here yesterday. >> in your introduction of him yesterday you noted that 1003r9s rating obyour scorecard. he said we will unite. how big is the divide between the establishment and the right wing of the party here? how big is that gap that he wants to unite? of ell, i guess it's kind deja vu all over again. it's not a new story. if you go back to i guess i'm dating myself i actually wasn't involved in this campaign. but if you go back to the 1952 race between robert taft and eisenhower, then you go to goldwater in 64 and then reagan in 68 and especially 76 and 0 you've always had this tension in the republican party between what conservatives have labeled e eastern establishment that gave us dueie and rock feller and folks like that. and the grassroots. and as the center of gravity in post world war ii pe

is the congressional republican agenda, because it seems unlikely that you would get the 60 votes.he president is still the president. what is the agenda? >> the agenda would be to focus on jobs and the economy and getting people back to work. ist you have to work on things were your republicans and democrats joining together. we see those opportunities with energy. those opportunities with repealing some of the obamacare taxes. on energy you have republicans and democrats working together with the issue of the keystone xl pipeline. see them working together on x porting liquefied natural gas. we worked together on our economy, as well as a geopolitical weapon and terms of what putin is doing with russia and holding countries hostila ge, using energy is that stick to make countries do what he wants. we have huge opportunities with energy. americans want to go to work . can either create opportunities or crush opportunities. and regulations and taxes and big role iny a that. what we saw this week when the president came out with his carbon regulations, we see that as a way that is a

what is the number one issue that congressional republicans would take up if republicans take control of the senate this fall? is there legislation that already exist that encapsulates that? >> the number one thing we want to do is get the economy going again. six years of the obama economy and obama regulations and obama taxes have not helped the economy. the first quarter of this year of 2014, there was actually a shrinkage of the u.s. economy. that has not happened for a number of years. the administration says it is supposed to grow by and the economy actually shrank and it is because of the policies of this administration. and now because of the cost of the health care law and the cost of these regulations affecting energy, it is a one-two punch for an economy that is already on the ropes. >> we're within six months of the election. what are the chances that the republicans win the senate? >> too much to tell. there are many more forces in play that he might have thought six months ago. the opportunities are therefore a very good here year, but you're talking six-month out. we wo

today, the congressional gold medal.ou can understand why i was so eager to take the other senators with me to meet this good man, this incredible man. my admiration for president peres stems more from just his positions and the compliments. winston churchill said that all of the great things are simple and can be expressed in a single word. well, i believe that. the greatness of shimon peres can be expressed in a single word, optimism. he said -- this man seated behind me, "optimists and pessimists die the same way, they just live differently. i prefer to live as an optimist." [applause] optimism has been his life. it is that optimism that hasn't -- has inspired so many of us from the world. it has guided him in everything he has done. the challenges that he and his family faced in the holocaust to his work for lasting peace and a secure israel. it is his hope for the world and believe in peace that i so admire. president peres has said, there are two approaches to leadership. one is built on force. the other built on g

and that's, again, the congressional budget office, not me or some other partisan group. unfortunately, of course, spending soars even more. so those higher revenues, it doesn't keep up with the higher spending. spending about 20%, so revenue's about 18, spending's about 20, the cbo projects that health spending, net interest costs will drive that spending to 25, 30 and eventually 35% of the economy in the coming decades. cb be o used to have -- cbo used to have a baseline that i kind of liked which was called the alternative baseline that laid all this out. i think they said that would happen in the 2030s time frame. they didn't offer that last year, i'm sorry they didn't. but if you project the numbers out, the tax system simply can't keep up with the spending. in fact, you couldn't have an income tax system that collected taxes high enough to keep up with the spending. so i guess one way to say it is that cbo projects that entitlement costs and the resulting high interest on the debt, those two things are responsible for 100% of the rising long-term deficits. even the

you were just joining us one of the most powerful republicans in washington has just lost his congressional bid to a tea party collateraler w challenger who no one expected to win. >> the news breaking a short time ago house majority lead eric cantor has been defeated by dave brat a little known and little funded political novice. his opponent accused him of hurricane his back. bret baier, anchor of special report. our fox news bret hume. i want to start on that with you bret baier, because the way the democrats are looking at this is there goes those crazy republicans again, infighting, civil war, don't know who they are, continue putting these crazy tea party candidates. all we've heard about, dave brat he's not a crazy candidate he's an academic who didn't like cantor's stance on immigration but the way it will be painted by the left they went with the extremist. >> sure. the releases are flowing out from the democrats and that's to be expected. they see this as a major scalp because they can say that this is the rise of the tea party. laura makes an interesting point about the issue of

briefing ever in the history of him going to congressional briefings. but despite their differences about whether or not having the state department brief the senate today on iraq, despite their differences about whether that was a stupid waste of time or the best briefing ever, senator john mccain and best friend forever senator lindsey graham and also senator marco rubio who also spoke about this today at the same event, they all apparently do agree on one thing. which is that whatever the united states is going to do militarily in iraq, it's not their responsibility. >> when the president asked -- >> i think the president doesn't need our approval to make these decisions. >> senator, do you believe that the president has the authority he needs to act alone, or do you believe that -- >> i believe the president has the authority to act on -- especially on issues of this nature that require rapid reaction. >> what did you learn? >> nothing that isn't published information as is the case with every briefing i've ever attended. >> so what should obama do

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i had in my office the list of casualties in the 18th congressional district. i would be very mindful of going into that quagmire. what i say is that america does stand for justice and democracy. we should have the position to treat sunnis and shiites and kurds freely and justly and that they have to come together and treat each other with respect. we should call upon saudi arabia and kuwait, jordan and yemen. we should give them support. the arab league to stand iraq up and tell this leader who is a selfish leader, who is not in any way reflective on bringing people together, that he must bring people together. and we must say to the isis that the world must not stand for its violence and horribleness. and, yes, we must say to those who are in the yesteryear, who were part of last time's term, those who are former vice presidents and their extended relatives that this is no time to cast dirt on president obama who has done an excellent job. americans come together when there is difficulty and tragedy. i am very disappointed in the wall street article that want

meeting with congressional leaders to discuss how to stop them. kelly wright is here live.d morning to you as well. each new day brings more news that aook is under siege. insurgency led by isis taking city after city. as the violence escalates president obama is not expected to order u.s. air strikes in iraq. he is considering spending special forces troops in iraq. they would develop veterans on the movement of sunni insurgents plus provide combat readiness of forces. anwar maliki is creating a new iraqi army in the wake of so manistee deserting. hillary clinton tells fox news she leaves maliki is the source of trouble and instability in iraq. >> if there's going to be a real stand against these extremists who are worse than even being reported publically in terms of what they are doing and how they behave, there has to be a different government. i don't think maliki is the person to lead eye can ra. >> as the violence inches closer to the capital city baghdad irani president says iran will not hesitate to protect shiite muslim holy sites in iraq from quote killers and in

. >> it may be the most stunning congressional loss in history.ric cantor losing to dave brat. >> did any one see this coming? >> no one saw it coming a the all. it is described as a political earth earthqua earthquake. eric cantor is the second most powerful house. he was possibly going to be the lead speaker of the house. in his victory beach brat says he values republican principles. >> we believe in god who gave us this miracle today and we believe in the face of the founder. we believe that faith is necessary for the continuation of our republic as it stands. i truly believe that. >> during his concession speech cantor says very little about his defeat instead encourages the republican party. >> we wanted to create a virginia that focuses on everybody. we want to focus our efforts on putting forth a conservative solution. >> having won the primary brat is now preparing to campaign against his democratic challenger. brat tells fox news people want to get away from the cheap political rhetoric of right and left. >> most every central program is

that is a congressional district and it is happening in the south.the voting rights act has been gutted. that is not a surprise because shelby county is the fourth largest county of latino growth. the growth is 300%. recently, shelby v. holder gutted the voting rights act. not a surprise because shelby county is literally the fourth largest county of latino growth. by over 300% from the last census. what is happening, neighbors all of a sudden do not recognize him their neighborhood. the best thing to do is basically suppressed them. we need to build coalitions but we have to build coalitions with like-minded individuals. we need to make sure we are working with african-americans, latinos, and asians. there is an emerging single white woman feeling under attack, and their friends and family. in 2018, this majority emerging is going to be the largest part of eligible voters. their participation is close to 12% below the baby boomers. when we talk about how did we create this manifestation of our destiny in america, we have to enfranchise folks with a

the clerk: amendment number 2 printed in the congressional record. the chair: those in support of a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a 2-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the chair: on this vote the yeas are 230, the nays are 184. he amendment is adopted. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from virginia, mr. moran, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by mr. moran of virginia. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for a

not a huge turnout in that congressional district.ays this will be -- if he gets re-elected, it will be his last two years in congress. this is the last time he is running for office. he assumed, gloria, that if he wins the democratic nomination, he is going to coast to victory in november. >> we do. look. this is a congressman who has had a lot of ethics charges leveled against him. he was censured on the house floor. he was strip to have had chairmanship of the ways and means committee. he is somebody as you pointed out wolf, who was not endorsed by the president, although the governor of the state of new york endorsed him. so he has had a lot of issues with his colleagues in the congress. but he still remains popular in the district, even though as you've all pointed out, it's very much a changing district. i would say that if he hadn't declared that it would be his last race, it probably would be his last race because it's been increasingly more difficult for him to campaign and to win. and the power that he had over the years in

be sure to tune in to the nation's most talked-about congressional races...ssional races turned out not to be much of a contest in the primary. veteran democrat mike honda finished way ahead of ro khanna his well funded democratic challenger. this is the 17th congressional district covering parts of santa clara and alameda counties. >>> come november it will be dave cortese running off against sam liccardo in the san jose mayoral race. cortese is a former city council member and current cellar county supervisor. >>> it's day 3 of the muni workers sickout. bus drivers and train operators are calling in sick in protest of their contract offer. muni running about 70% today. no cable car service again here in san francisco. >>> get ready for some hot weekend weather coming up. the 90s are coming, right? >> i think i so. mid-90s in the hottest spots. not going to get there today but we'll warm up. got to get through the low clouds and fog and we're already clear things out in towards san jose now. more sunshine in the afternoon. high pressure builds overhead meani

o'connor was one of the two key supervisors overseeing the irs' response to congressional oversight. in fact, ms. o'connor was hired by the irs for the sole purpose of overseeing the agency's response to congressional investigations of the targeting scandal. from may 2013 on, ms. o'connor led the response to the oversight of irs' targeting of conservatives. she was promoted to the white house counsel office to work on responding to congressional oversight across the entire administration. the irs supposedly has spent $10 million in its response to congress. i'm hoping ms. o'connor will enlighten us about how the irs spent so much of the taxpayers' money but supposedly took them over a year to realize two years of e-mails from the most critical witness had gone missing. and in fact, that same year since she first took the fifth. the idea that the irs just didn't notice is without believability. we'll also want to know from ms. o'connor how the white house came to have insider knowledge about ms. lerner's missing e-mails and more broadly what role the white house plays in this investig

for example, here was alabama's third congressional district before the lines were redrawn. mean. well, suddenly the district's overall white population jumped to nearly 71%. as a result of these changes, more and more districts in the state are becoming segregated. and this same plan is being used by republican legislators all over the country to limit democratic power. >> the black caucus has been worried the new lines are diluting the black population, making it harder for the democratic party to win elections. >> are democratic lawmakers manipulating black voters in order to maintain their grip on pow. >> texas added four congressional seats in 2012 when the republicans drew map with three new districts that favor them. >> state gop lawmakers are getting down right creative in the district maps that ire drawing. >> take a look at the north carolina's 12th congressional district. that little zigzag it does through the state, assures that it encircles african-american communities, limiting their influence on other districts. here's another from pennsylvania. in some areas,

congressional team back in 2009.njury. >> that was a big moment. >> a big moment for her to come back on the field. >> and there was something special about that ball that she threw out. >> it was signed by her former colleagues. definitely good to see her out there. unfortunately the press team lost. >>> well, coming up on "the skinny," something embarrassing dinna manziel had happen -- a janet jackson moment. >>> going from a size 24 to a size 4. this woman's weight loss journey without surgery, this might inspire you. you're watching "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now" brought to you by tide pods. once i saw what they did, i actually started to relax. don't touch my things. those little guys clean, brighten and fight stains. so now i can focus on more pressing matters. like your containers. isn't it beautiful? your sweet peppers aren't next to your hot peppers. [ gasps ] [ sarah ] that's my tide. what's yours? [ gasps ] socan go a long way. rt that's why there's resolve stain remover. it's designed to