. >> congress comes back from its presidents' day recess and we are joined by elise foley with the huffington post. she covers congress and politics. your article talks about the standstill on the measure -- the department of homeland security spending measure, including the federal court order this week in texas. what is the latest as the senate comes back? >> they have been at an impasse for weeks. they are still at an impasse in congress over this dhs funding bill. basically the problem is republicans say they will not support funding the department of homeland security unless there is a component to end these executive actions taken by the president that would give work permits and the ability to stay to undocumented immigrants. republicans say they cannot support anything that does not block those. democrats say they will not support anything that does include measures to block these actions. it is a point where both sides have dug in their heels. it is tough to say how it will work. the most likely thing is that they will kick it down the road, doing another continuing resolution, and w

she supports those executive actions. >> host: a look at some of what's ahead in congress from elise foley who covers congress and more for huffington post. you can follow her reporting on twitter @elisefoley. thanks so much. >> thank you. >> the political landscape has changed with the 114th congress. not only are there 43 new republicans and 15 new democrats in the house and 12 new republicans and 1 new democrat in the senate there's also 108 women in congress including the first african-american republican in the house and the first woman veteran in the senate. keep track of the members of congress using congressional chronicle on c-span.org. the congressional chronicle page has lots of useful information there including voting results and statistics about each session of congress. new congress, best access on c-span c-span2 c-span radio and c-span.org. >> next, secretary of state john kerry and u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon speak to international leaders at the white house's summit on violent extremism. both leaders warn that nations must fight the root causes of extremism and add