. >> jerry connolly joining us. good morning. >> good morning. good to be with you. >> the front page of usa saying there's going to be a meeting in paris between the united states and allies to talk about what to do about isis. tell us a little bit about your current thoughts and strategy concerning ie concerning isil and what do you think about the plan being executed now. >> one of the fundamental weaknesses we have seen with respect to isil is the weakness of the iraqi military. i think somebody has to account fsh that. the fact they kind of melt away all too often in the face of any kind of military onslaught by isil is very troubling. we don't have the option of going in militarily ourselves and or with our allies. air attacks alone have not sufficed to deter or roll back the threat. rethinking what the strategy needs to be and how best we can play a role in a responding is long overdue. >> how do you think you changed the mentality of the security forces that become more aggressive in their efforts? >> you know, i wish i had an easy answer

. >> let me ask you this, the president starts on this show, the jerry connolly out in virginia.e show on this and i think that was an attempt to build support. never got past the 25, 26 democrats. he got the people from virginia resuming economically with high tech and get back to the spell with the democratic party building the future across the great lakes areas, you know, pennsylvania to wisconsin, iowa, all those states. nobody up there is for this. still geographic problem for the democrats, they want to build their future. they lost the south and rockies, they only have the left coast if you will and that parts, how do you build a case for trade in that part of the country? >> i don't think they care about bidding a case for trade on a broad base scale. obama wanted to pass this bill. he wanted to do it with the coalition he could cobble together. you saw 27, 28, 29 democrats for this bill. if it passed, he would have been completely fine with that. he was looking at the end result. he came to capitol hill and told people to play it straight. he didn't get into a policy ar

thompson: yesterday, i teamed today up with jerry connolly of virginia to introduce a legislation to ensure that future trade partners of the united states are active in the recovery efforts of our p.o.w.'s and m.i.a.'s. i thank god my son returned home safely but pains me that there are still men and women who have not been recovered. this bipartisan resolution makes it clear that we as americans take promises that we made very seriously and hopeful that future trading partners will become partners in our efforts. mr. speaker, according to the department of defense, 80,000 american citizens are still missing in action. and i will not rest until our men and women are returned home. these american heroes deserve no less. i urge my colleagues on both sides to support this resolution h.r. 56. thank you, mr. speaker. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from alabama seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent that the order of the house of june 10, 2015 regarding consideration of the senate amendments to h.r. 12

jerry conley of virginia tried to amend the appropriations bill last night. the original bill calls for slashing funding for metro in half next year. connolly wanted to increase metro funding by $50 million. he was ruled out of order though. his moves were supported by another virginia and maryland lawmakers. >>> time now is 6:35. today muriel bowser is headed to capitol hill. she's meeting with democratic leader harry reid. afterwards, she'll sit down with republican oklahoma senator james langford. he sits on two committees that deal with d.c.'s budget. bowser is also meeting with maryland senator barbara mikulski. >>> starting today, thousands of d.c. residents will get a knock on the door from tax man. yeah, the tax assessors plan to visit 15,000 homes over the next three months to figure out if homeowners are paying the correct property taxes. they'll want to come into your home too but you're not required to let them in. assessors will focus on homes in the capitol hill area and surrounding neighborhoods first. you can get a closer look at the map here on the nbc washington app. just search property tax. >>> right now, volume building