we have the chairman of deutch incorporated, donny boideutch. did you trudge through the snow? >> i did. >> senior political analyst mark halpern. >> i have my gear on. >> it must have been treacherous. >>> the host of "way too early" thomas roberts. that barbie thing was weird, thomas. made me uncomfortable. >> the visual of it. >> yes. i'm glad you just left it there. some things, you just knew on. >> the art. >> i got joe getting ready. joe, i know -- don't put him up but i wore glasses today because alex said i was terrible yesterday and that i couldn't read. and i have my pajamas on. >> thank god for splendor from thomas roberts. halpern is sliding down fashionly and we know about barnicle. the last time i was here, joe was wearing pajama pants. this is a show of elegant

. >> the chair of deutch, incorporated, donny deutch. >> i'm not happy that thomas roberts stole my lookks good today. here comes thomas. look at that. just talking about the look, thomas. >> you're killing that suit, man. >> he has the walk of this floor, if it was lit up, he could do. >> i think it does, actually. >> wow! >> right up until that point.

now i turn to my good friend, the ranking member, ted deutch of florida. >> thank you madam chairman, chairman poe, for holding this hearing. thank you to our panel of very distinguished experts for appearing here today. we welcome your expertise and your insight as we determine the efficacy of iran sanctions under the jpoa and the next steps in reaching a final agreement to achieve our ultimate goal of preventing a nuclear-armed iran. let me be clear from the outset. there's no doubt that resolving the iranian nuclear crisis through diplomacy has been the preferred track of the administration and the congress. i think we all recognize the significant achievement of the u.s. efforts to breng iran to the table. but there are many members on both sides of the aisle that feel it is absolutely appropriate for congress, the body that built the sanctions architecture that brought iran to the table, to remind the iranians that full sanctions relief will come only when a deal acceptable to the p5 plus one and our regional allies is reached. this relief can only come if congress acts, so i wou

conservative members of the european parliament are not in the same group as for example groups for deutch land, that they are not in the same group. >> the conservative parties very successful group, i'm very proud of the creation of the group and they'll remain members of that group. in terms of the parties that are going to join that, we have a sister party in germany and not looking for a new sister party, so i don't anticipate that situation arising at all. i said if angela wants to join our group, she's always welcome. [ laughter ] >> my candidates will all be members of the e.c.h. -- e.c.r., we're not looking for new german sister parties in that group. i think it's a pretty clearance there. >> quite frankly we haven't even started the election campaign, let alone have it behind us. i'm fighting for the c.u.c., c.d.u., i'm very pleased to hear david say labeling us sister party. we see the same for the conservative party here. to be strong, as david helps me is support. >> i just ask you northern ireland, some people want to know whether you think the process itself of handing out t

deutch. now, lastly, we'll go to judge ted poe of texas, chairman of the terrorism subcommittee, followed by brad sherman for a minute of california who's the ranking member of that subcommittee. >> al-qaeda in iraq is back, certainly not on its last legs. the united states has paid a high price to help liberate iraq from the menace of al-qaeda. it is frustrating that al-qaeda is gaining that ground back in iraq. al-qaeda's resurgence is directly related to prime minister maliki's mishandling of his government, incompetence and corruption seem to be the norm. he centralized power, alienated the sunnis and brought back shia hit squads. he has allowed iranian-supported operate i haves to kill -- operatives to kill dissidents on seven occasions without consequences. the last time you were here, mr. mcgurk, you testified before my subcommittee and ileana ros-lehtinen's subcommittee. i predicted that there would be another attack. seven days after you testified in december, camp liberty was attack

this is the latest news in this mobile war that we have seen kicked off by deutch. the issue today, verizon, a leak suggesting they will come out and they will reduce prices on the share everything customer tariffs here and cust monthly costs, i think, between 10 and 20 bucks on handsets for those who finance the phones using verizon edge. there is a sting in the tail here. because they are, obviously, focusing down on costs, five call centers -- in the united states so that will have jobs consequences, thomas. back to you. >> quickly. a program note for you at cnbc. i believe ceo brian roberts of comcast is on at 7:00 a.m. for you guys and joining us over here around 7:30 for "morning joe" so we look forward to talk about that big moor. >>> still ahead. lebron was an assassin last night visiting the warriors. >>> a stray dog in sochi. an olympic athlete is stepping up to take on this problem on his very own. a heart warming story. >>> that and the forecast for bill karins coming up. >>> with hundreds of thousands in the dark this morning how do you pass the time wi

deutch. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. deutch: last week the president called on congress to embark on a year of action in which we all work together to put opportunity and financial security within the grasp of america's families. just a few days later, the senate took bipartisan action to protect thousands of homeowners in my home state of florida and across the country from massive premium hikes on their flood insurance. these hikes are breaking the backs of america's families and bringing down home values when our market is picking up again. there is no question that the financial health of the thousands of families who could lose their homes as a result of these premium rate increases has to be a priority, an urgent priority of this house. rather than gutting on environmental protections, let's focus on homeowners. let's pass the act so fema can reform the flood insurance program and protect america's families at the same time. it is urgent that we move forward. i thank the gentleman for making this an urgent priority

ted deutch of florida. thank you. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. mcgurk, thanks for being here.thanks for your thoughtful testimony. last year we wrote a letter to the prime minister about the flight, the overflights of iranian aircraft. there are reports that the number of overflights from iran has increased, that these are flights that iran sends to arm hezbollah to expand their influence in syria to defend the assad regime even as it slaughters, continues to slaughter its own people. how to you characterize prime minister maliki's relationship with iran? >> let me say a couple words about iran's nefarious role in iraq. just like al-qaeda has exploited the grievances of the sunni community iran is exploiting the fearses and apprehensions of the shia community as they are attacked by al-qaeda extremists. so it's a vicious cycle that iran very much takes advantage of it, and the most extreme elements of that. and maliki, and we discuss this with him all the time, tries to balance all these many pressures that come at baghdad from the region and from internal space. he is under g

. >> the chair of deutch, incorporated, donny deutch. >> i'm not happy that thomas roberts stole my look. >> thomas looks good today. here comes thomas. look at that. just talking about the look, thomas. >> you're killing that suit, man. >> he has the walk of this floor, if it was lit up, he could do. >> i think it does, actually. >> wow! >> right up until that point. >> did he just really do that? and are you all really like this? because it's amazing. >> what do you mean? >> i you guys talk about your look in clothes a lot. i'm just saying. >> i don't know about -- >> we have former white house press secretary and robert gibbs. >> you know what is awkward? i was going to wear the same thing thomas did. >> that would have been bad. >> former adviser to george w. bush. >> oh, wow! >> now a completely different look. >> look at that. >> mark mckinnon. founder of no labels. we have a lot to get to this morning. first of all, boys, this is important. don't you dare. we have a lot to you talk about involving your food. breaking news from ukraine. overnight armed men seized control of two gov

to ch deutch today i rise recognize national diseating disorders week. they effect both women and men and span over socioeconomic and racial demographic. due to widespread stigma, those who struggle, struggle alone. these are the most deadly forms of mental illness. between 10 to 20% do not survive. anorexia, binge eating and other eating disorders lead to organ failure and heart disease. despite this grave threat to public health, our research, prevention and treatment efforts remain shamefully underfunded. this week, i urge my colleagues to take action and to join me, co-sponsor h.r. 2101, federal response to eliminating eating disorders act. we can and must do better. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does zrashed the gentlewoman from missouri seek recognition? mrs. hartzler: permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. mrs. hartzler: it's time for washington to quick wasting money and the good place to start is to get rid of duplicative

deutch. judge poe, it's just the way it is. >> i want to say amen to your comments about the deal being public, not only for members of congress, but for american people as well since it affects us. i'm perplexed why it's not. and i still don't know why it's not. iran is the mischief maker in the middle east. they have the military -- their military is involved in syria. they support terrorism throughout the world. they're sending rockets to hezbollah in lebanon so they can be fired into israel. they are responsible for the attacks on iranian dips dents in iraq -- dissidents in iraq over the last several years. the supreme leader of iran wants to destroy israel, wants to destroy the united states. they are building intercontinental ballistic missiles and expanding their war capabilities. what are we thinking that they want to deal with us and cut back on their nuclear weapon development? what incentive? they may just not be telling us the truth that they will cut back. i don't think we should

ted deutch of florida. >> thanks for being here. thanks for your thoughtful testimony. last year, we wrote a letter to the prime minister about the overflights of iranian aircraft. there are reports that the number of overflights from iran has increased, that these are flights that iran sends to arm hezbollah to expand their influence in syria, to defend the assad regime even as it continues to slaughter its own people. how do you characterize prime minister maliki's relationship with iran? >> let me say a couple word s about iran's nefarious role in iraq. just like al qaeda has exploited the grievances of the sunni community, iran is exploiting the fears and apprehensions of the shia community as they are attacked by al qaeda extremists. so it's a vicious cycle that iran takes advantage of. the most extreme elements of that regime. maliki, and we discuss this with him all the time, tries to balance all of those many issues that come at baghdad from the region and from internal -- he is under great pressure from his constituency, particularly among the shia who continue

i would recommend congressman ted deutch bill from florida. i agree we need to work together to make sure that we are being -- >> thank you. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and thank you for the work on this as well. let me just bring a couple of things together we've talked about already. there's been some conversation about discretionary spending obviously. there's been a lot of conversation about discretionary spending. is it the cbo's conclusion that there is no additional waste in government and the government is running as efficient as it can possibly run so there is no additional places in the discretion area where we can do with whistles been? >> no. our volume of budget office in the fall which provided to congress was a dozen of options for cutting back on discretionary programs if you choose to go that direction. we also noted that i think the entire staff of options we give you would all be needed and maybe more than that in order to meet the caps are already in place because the caps are such that the current set of programs, there wi

i would recommend congressman ted deutch bill from florida. i agree we need to work together to make sure that we are being -- >> thank you. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and thank you for the work on this as well. let me just bring a couple of things together we've talked about already. there's been some conversation about discretionary spending obviously. there's been a lot of conversation about discretionary spending. is it the cbo's conclusion that there is no additional waste in government and the government is running as efficient as it can possibly run so there is no additional places in the discretion area where we can do with whistles been? >> no. our volume of budget office in the fall which provided to congress was a dozen of options for cutting back on discretionary programs if you choose to go that direction. we also noted that i think the entire staff of options we give you would all be needed and maybe more than that in order to meet the caps are already in place because the caps are such that the current set of programs, there wi

ted deutch who is the ranking member of that subcommittee. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. and in addition to the biggest issue which is that we don't have al-qaeda on the run, there are two issues which can i continue to be very concerned about. first is the safety of the residents of camp liberty. they still have very little protection. when last you testified, mr. mcgurk, 192 t-walls were up, then the big progress supposedly is that 43 are now up in addition. this is out of 17,500 t-walls. they save lives, put them up. number two, the iraqi jewish archives, other members are very concerned, don't want them to be shipped back. the iraqi government incorrectly states that these papers are theirs. that is not true, and we hope that you continue to work on that. and the bigger issue that brings us together is that, obviously, since the departure of our troops al-qaeda's reemergence has caused iraq to take a very worrisome turn for the worse. we've sacrificed so much blood and treasure there to watch it descend into full sectarian violence and an al-qaeda safe haven, so we've

i would recommend congressman ted deutch bill from florida. i agree we need to work together to make sure that we are being -- >> thank you. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and thank you for the work on this as well. let me just bring a couple of things together we've talked about already. there's been some conversation about discretionary spending obviously. there's been a lot of conversation about discretionary spending. is it the cbo's conclusion that there is no additional waste in government and the government is running as efficient as it can possibly run so there is no additional places in the discretion area where we can do with whistles been? >> no. our volume of budget office in the fall which provided to congress was a dozen of options for cutting back on discretionary programs if you choose to go that direction. we also noted that i think the entire staff of options we give you would all be needed and maybe more than that in order to meet the caps are already in place because the caps are such that the current set of programs, there wi

>> i turned on the show and somebody who looked like donny deutch was sitting in your chair!oh, my god. no! >> he was here. >> was he really? >> yes. >> i thought i was just having a nightmare. >> was he doing a lot of grooming during the breaks? >> i was a viewer. i wasn't here during the breaks. >> how was it? >> you could make two pineapple upside down cakes with the gel that donny had in his hair yesterday. >> i'm sorry. >> he is a handsome man. >> did he man scape? >> thomas, you're a handsome man. how much gel do you have in your hair today? >> i think i'm boring joe. mike barnicle is here and thomas roberts. associate editor of "the washington post" and political analyst for msnbc, eugene robinson. joe, look what thomas has. i'm going to show it to you. do you have a monitor? >> yeah, i have a monitor. >> look. >> jerry in graphics made this for us. it's coming to a toy store near you at christmas. >> keep it away from my kids. >> i have know idea. >> i'm going to give this to jack! >> look at the blond hair. >> what is up with the hair? >> my sister texted me right aw