joe donnelly: can you help make that happen? a lot of the folks surrounding him or so from the previous administration. you had extraordinary experience with all the service you have done with our country. can you help to identify the key sunni moderate leaders to make them part of this? is that what is going to -- you look at you say -- we think we are going to get it right this time -- how do you think this turns out? general austin: to answer both of your questions, we continue to encourage the leadership in iraq to be more accommodating to the sunni population. and do some things that are demonstrable. that increases their confidence in the leadership -- and the government. and you may know that we are helping the iraqi security forces in the government of iraq reach out to the tribal elements and bring in some of those elements to train and equip them and get them involved in the fight. those that we have trained and equipped, have performed remarkably well. joe donnelly: thank you. deb fischer: is this part of a strategy t

i'm working in a bipartisan way with senator joe donnelly to address this drug epidemic but we must also say no more to this shameful crime. the justice for victims of trafficking act will make it easier for law enforcement to identify and address patterns of human trafficking. the justice for victims of trafficking act takes a needed two-prong approach. it bolsters the tools available to law enforcement to crack down on human traffickers and helps victims restore their lives through increased federal resources. we need to take care of our sons our daughters and our neighbors and keep our eyes and our ears open. this is not a republican or a democrat issue it's a human issue and now is the time to stand up and say no more to human trafficking. now is time to show broad support for these victims and punish traffickers to the fullest extent of the law. this bill has gone through a very transparent process. it was carefully considered and unanimously approved in the senate judiciary committee. it has been available for every senator or member of the public to read for months. and earlier th

joe donnelly did not vote. the republicans could attach keystone to the upcoming highway bill in an effort to pass it. it's all about horse trading, isn't it? >>> lindsey graham is doing an about face on his comments about democratic leader in the house nancy pelosi in a private fundraiser. quote, complete disgust if you can get through all the surgeries there's disgust. the comment quickly drew criticism as a cheap and sexist shot against the congresswoman. he said it was a very poor attempt at humor. >>> and a big find on the high seas. check this out. seattle seahawks owner paul allen says he has unearthed a world war ii battleship. his research team discovered the wreck of a japanese battleship on march 1st while searching the waters off the philippine islands. the ship was sunk by american forces during a world war ii battle. allen spent over eight years searching for the wreck. we're right back. >>> i'm jane wells with your cnbc market wrap. nobody spends money like paul allen. nobody. some people were lo

my own senator from indiana, joe donnelly, i think in his heart he wants to solve the issues of our nationbut sometimes, thinking it caught up in -- i think he gets caught up in the bipartisan issues as well. host: bob, thanks for the call. we will go to new castle delaware, the line for republicans where jim is waiting. caller: how are you this morning echoed host: -- how are you this morning? host: i'm good. how are you? caller: i'm good. we need to go back the legislature. they seem to do their own thing these days and they don't do much for their local parties and they don't do much except raise money to get reelected nowadays. a lot of them are there to push some sort of crazy pro-washington agenda as opposed to do anything for their individual states. i think until we do get back to the senate representing the state as it was originally supposed to come i think we are sort of looking at an institution that really have no purpose except to push the individual agendas of these senators and their majority leaders and people like that. host: congress has had such low approval ratings for