we will be joined by daniel serwer right after this newsbreak.ingumber of people unemployment benefits rose by 16,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 326,000. the labor department says despite that increase, the number remains close to prerecession levels and it does point to more stable hiring. tomorrow, the department leases its march and limit report. -- releases its march employment report. meanwhile, main interest rates are unchanged, even as a drop in inflation has fueled worries thet economic weaknesses in 18 country euro zone. in frankfurt, germany today, the use governing council cut the tanks financing rate at 2.5%, already at a record low. a movement that was in line with expectations. nationally, today the capital planning commission is considering building plans for a honoring president dwight eisenhower. after months of review, though, the commission staff is objecting to the scale and configuration of a stainless steel tapestry that would frame the memorial park. it would be at the base of capitol hill across independence avenue

if our viewers are interested in this piece, daniel serwer writes for the political. they give for your time. the house is about to come into session. think you for watching this morning. signed, john a. boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 7, 2014, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour ebate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip but in to five minutes, no event shall debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. the chair recognizes the gentleman from arkansas, mr. cotton, for five minutes. today, i want to recognize colonel joseph bush who will retire next month after 30 years of commission service in the united states army. colonel bush was born and spent the first 12 years of his life in fayetteville, arkansas, where he attended st. joseph's elementary school. his father taught electr

yeah, microphone over here, daniel serwer. please raise your hand, daniel, sorry. bit of a -- >> thank you. i wonderi could -- i wonder if i could, taking my hint from mr. miliband's notion that things have gotten worse over the last three years, i wonder if i could ask you both to speculate on the next three years. what kind of humanitarian crisis do we face, what kind of political crisis do we face for syrian state structures, andñje face with respect to extremists? which seem, to me, to be the main u.s. interests here. >> address those two questions, and then we'll move to the last. >> just on the refugee experience, i mean, obviously, this is anecdotal rather than scientific. i mean, i think that what is the most striking thing to me when i talk, sit in rooms in lebanon or turkey or jordan and talk to refugees, sit in community centers and meet, you know, i've got in my mind 35 women who are in one of our health centers, they will tell you unbelievable stories of horror and loss. and the only time they will smile is when you ask them do you ever think you'll g

yeah, microphone over here, daniel serwer. please raise your hand, daniel, sorry. bit of a -- >> thank you. i wonderi could -- i wonder if i could, taking my hint from mr. miliband's notion that things have gotten worse over the last three years, i wonder if i could ask you both to speculate on the next three years. what kind of humanitarian crisis do we face, what kind of political crisis do we face for syrian state structures, andñje face with respect to extremists? which seem, to me, to be the main u.s. interests here. >> address those two questions, and then we'll move to the last. >> just on the refugee experience, i mean, obviously, this is anecdotal rather than scientific. i mean, i