dick durbin) if these schools thatat are enticing kids into loans s for educations that are worthless had some, quote, skin in the game some responsibility for default, they'd think twice about it. but they don't. they could care less." 3 millions of dollars still go out every month to colleges that continue to prey on students. you u n watch full measure with shahal attkisson... right here on kmeg 14 on sunday at 10- 30 a- m... following face the nation. 3 3 the obama administration is going back on an earlier pledge in the fight against isis.after promising the fight against the terror group would not involve "boots on the ground" in syria... the white house announced today it's s sending 50 special operatatns troops to northern syria.their mission will be to coordinate rebel fighters... not actually engage in combat. 3 3 dogs and cats are widely- recognized as therapy animals... helping people suffering from illnesses or stress. but what about a turtle? 3 coming up after r e break k totoght's healthwatch... what prompted this *tortoise* to come "out of her shell" to comfort people

. >> something else that caught your attention, senator dick durbin and this phenomenal video "the newas about greenland. >> senator dick durbin was one of many people sharing this "new york times" report today about the ice sheet in greenland. so the ice is melting in greenland, in part due to climate change. and "the new york times'" report looked at an interview, a team of scientists that are there collecting data on the effects of that ice sheet melting. >> incredible video. >> yeah. incredible videos, the big interactive feature has a lot of incredible graphics and footage, and about 8,300 people have tweeted that article just today since it's been published. it's getting a lot of traction on social media. >> got to get back to the 2016 campaign. marco rubio, 15 questions you won't hear at tomorrow's debate. tell me about this first before we get into it. >> so he released this video on social media today, on facebook, twitter, and youtube and it's interesting. it's his attempt to, you know, sort of pretend almost like it's an ambush interview. it's supposed to be very casual -- >

and i'm going to push very hard to make sure that somebody is here -- and dick durbin -- my guess is, some others, too, as we go along -- will encourage folks to join us in this effort. this is a just cause. mr. president, i. i don't see anybody else who's waiting in line to speak, so with that, i make -- i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: and the clerk should call the roll. quorum call: mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: i ask consent that further proceedings under the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent a this the senate be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent that following leader remarks on tuesday october 20, the senate proceed to executive session to consider the following nomination, calendar number 139, that the time until is 1:00 a.m. be equally divided for debate on the

illinois senator dick durbin recently traveled to greece and met many syrian refugees who escaped the fighting. he said the administration's policy is just the beginning. >> our administration is the largest donor to syrian refugees but we can and must do more. >> according to the united nations, 60% of the syrian fleeing are women and young children, many the victim of torture and violence. annie works closely with syrian refugees at the center for victims of torture. >> there's certainly more need than there are resources available for these types of services. and we continue to push to ensure that mental health services and specifically trauma rehabilitation service are considered in the responses generally. >> the arab american institute plans to map out a course of action to help u.s. officials deal with the crisis that is having global implications. the group says it will start on capitol hill, educating members of congress about the plight of millions of syrian looking for a way out of a nation they can no longer call home. bisi onile-ere, al jazeera, dearborn, michigan. >> hur

two weeks ago i left for greece with a senate delegation that included dick durbin from illinois, amy klobuchar from minnesota and elizabeth warren from massachusetts. and in my capacity as lead democrat on the senate foreign relations subcommittee on europe and regional security cooperation, i was honored to head our delegation. we were there to witness firsthand the plight of refugees arriving by sea on the island of lesbos. in greece and later in germany, we received in-depth briefings on the refugee crisis and europe's response to it. in kiev in the ukraine, we conferred with the ukrainian prime minister and president about their country's struggle to create a stable democracy in the face of ongoing russian aggression. nearly a quarter of a million syrians have been killed during the current conflict in the middle east. an estimated 8 million syrians have been displaced internally and another 4 million have left the country. they are fleeing hunger, unspeakable violence and a land that no longer offers any hope for their children. they have endured barrel bombs, chemical attacks,

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dick durbin of illinois says he is not sure the vice president could win the party's nomination even if he enters the race right now. bloomberg news is still considering his options and is not expected to make a decision by the end of this week. fox news says he has made up his mind. is cutting medicaid funding for planned parenthood clinics. this according to state health officials. the move follows release of videos that report lay show officials discussing sales of fetal tissue. planned parenthood denies those accusations and says those videos are heavily edited. in louisiana a judge ruled the state must continue funding for at least two more weeks. authorities in mexico are hot on the trail of drug lord joaquin guzman o. guzman has -- he escaped from a maximum security prison. that was the second time he has done that. back to you guys in the studio. alix: we are back with neil dutta and steven englander. when you look at the global effects market, in terms of developed currencies, it seems like things have stabilized. in your opinion does that mean have seen the peak the dollar?

senator durbin, dick. mr. durbin: -- dick durbin and i from illinois have written legislation to basically do that. to raise the user fee for four cents a year for four years, at a time when the price of oil is lower than it's been in some time and is expected to stay low for the foreseeable future. and if the iranians work with us and the other five negotiations that negotiated the iranian agreement in order to gradually lift sanctions from the -- from their economy, they will be able to start producing oil and selling it across the world. as long as they agree not to create a nuclear weapon, we're going to make sure they don't. but it turns out iran is the number four nation in the world in their oil reserves. think about that. number four. and we live in a world that's awash in oil and very soon the iranian oil is going to be added to the oil that's available to to -- to consume, to use. on this planet of ours. all that oil will not push the price of oil or gasoline or diesel up. it will push it down, supply

dick durbin said the u.s. shoud accept 100,000 refugees. the initial offer to accept 10,000 syrians is too modest. i had chance to ask the how democratic leader about this difficult issue earlier today. >> i'm very concerned about it. that's why i support many more refugees coming into the united states and also supporting refugees where they are in neighboring countries, jordon, turkey, lebanon. >> senders are getting the views of experts on this refugee crisis. >> what are concerns republicans are expressing on this really difficult issue? >> some passionate language from people like chairman bob corker who said the syrian refugee crisis should quote, challenge every moral fiber within us. he blasted the obama administration for not getting involved in the syria crisis earlier enough to make a difference. another top senate republican is criticizing president obama for lack of leadership on this issue. >> it is tragic, my fellow americans, that we have reached this point. a syrian conflict that's killed more than 200,000 people, created t

joining us assistant minority leader dick durbin of illinois.r, great to see you. tell us about your friend joe biden. >> possibly the best heart in politics, a real caring man. those of us who have been around have seen it in ways large and small. joe is the one with his arm around your shoulder when you're facing any kind of challenge in your life. that's why he's beloved in the democratic caucuses and i think quite a few republicans think highly of him. >> a lot of republicans love the guy. these decisions he's going through, people try to look at it in our business threw the le -- through the lens of other politicians. it's simple, what you see is what you get from joe biden. >> i'm sure the day he announces, it's no longer going to be this heart felt man, it's going to be one of the candidates in the mix facing their live sort of a rust belt state where a lot of democrat democrats -- do you feel dk independent not asking you to knock hillary so let's say that beforehand but why we're seeing joe biden doing better in general lek polls right

here is debate with senator jack reed, john thune, dick durbin, and john mccain. this is 40 minutes. done. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. reed: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i rise to discuss the conference report on the the conference report on the >> the sen.senator from mr. -- from rhode island. >> thank you, mr. president. we will be voting on this in the next hour. this report is the product of months of negotiation and compromise between the house and senate, andcommand i want to commend chairman mccain, thornberry, and ranking member smith for a thoughtful,a thoughtful, inclusive, and cordial process. and there are many provisions that provide for service members and their families. 38 billion request about the president for enduring baseball term requirements essentially skirting the law known as the budget control act. again, this is a maneuver to get around a statutea statute which was signed by the president and voted for by congress which has imposed budget caps on every department and cen

on that stage, from mike lee to pat leahy and dick durbin, was the entire political spectrum of the united states senate and a lot of differences of opinion. there were times a year ago when i didn't think that announcement would ever take place, but today we came together on a bipartisan basis to announce that we had reached an agreement, an historic agreement, on the sentencing reform and sentencing act of 2015. we knew we had a problem in america, a problem of incarceration, a nation with 5% of the world's population has 25% of the world's prison population. what is going on in america? why are so many people in prison? and has it made us any safer? we asked those hard questions and came up with, we think, a good reply, a good response. we took a category of crime -- drug offenses -- that does not involve violence or a gun or gang activity and said, we're going to give to the judge in that case -- that category of cases -- more flexibility when it comes to sentencing. the mandatory minimum requirements can be changed by the judge based on the defendant before him, the crime that they co

"but political general dick durbin, the illinois democrat who is leading the charge against for-profits in the senate, nonetheless commanded the pentagon to -- quote -- "bar the company from further access to its service -- to service members." so the department is putting phoenix on -- quote -- "probation" because it finds -- quote -- "the scope of these previous sieling violations to e disconcerted. what's really disconcerting is the obama administration's politicization of military policy. defense also cite cites inquiriy the federal trade commission and the california attorney general, phoenix has not been charchled with any wrongdoing. according to the defense department's 96% of the university's service members successfully completed courses, a higher rate than the public central texas college and nonprofit liberty university. in essence, the obama administration's military tribunal is punishing phoenix for being a target of the political left. yet this is the white house standard of due process. so phoenix should be nervous, and say to my friends and colleagues, they are nervous.

oft is senator dick durbin illinois.ot sure the vice president could win the party's nomination, even if he enters the race right now. meanwhile, biden enthusiasts are still playing the waiting game. nbc news says he will announce his plan in the next 48 hours. fox news says he will be a democratic candidate. in the middle east, violence in israel is stretching into its fourth week. secretary of state john kerry is expected to meet with israeli and palestinian leaders on his upcoming middle east trip. during a stop in spain, he urged both sides to restore calm. >> we continue to urge everybody to exercise restraint, and to restrain from any kind of self-help, in terms of the violence. and israel has every right in the world to protect its citizens, as it has been, from random acts of violence. my: just yesterday, an israeli soldier was fatally shot, police kill the attacker. police say he was arab and israeli citizen. eight israelis have died in 30 attacks by palestinians. at least 18 assailants were killed on the spot b

and when you put all that together, that explains why senator dick durbin and i r drused a month or two ago something we call the traffic relief act. and what it does is it raises about $220 billion in new money, user fee revenue, revenue that can only be used for roads, highways, bridges and transit. not for anything else. not for foreign aid. not for wars. not for some other kind of domestic program or foreign program. $220 billion that would go into roads, highways, bridges and transit systems. the legislation that senator durbin and i introduced permanently eliminates the annual highway trust fund shortfall. every year we run out of money. we run out of money every year in the transportation trust fund. we take money out of the general fund to fill up the transportation trust fund. when the general fund goes out of money we go around the world cup in hand to people like china to refill the general fund so we can refill the transportation trust fund. and then when we call china on their misbehavior, it might be concurrence manipulation, it might be dumping various goods in our countr