signed john a. boehner much -- john a. boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 6, 2015, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour, and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip limited to five minutes, but in no ovent shall debate continue beyond 1:50 p.m. the chair recognizes the gentleman from maryland, mr. hoyer, for five minutes. mr. hoyer: thank you very much mr. speaker. i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. hoyer: mr. speaker, when the supreme court ruled in 2013 to invalidate the preclearance formula in the original voting rights act, it issued a challenge to congress to pass an updated one. that is a challenge congress must extend. . millions will continue to face barriers at the boll ott box. on april 18 "the new yor

john boehner? speaker boehner: i say football. i'm a long time reds fan.k: what makes football the national pastime. speaker boehner: college football. i watched pro football. i watch the super bowl. college football is pretty exciting. i have seen my share in the fall. mark: you seem to be enjoying the last 100 days. you have a democratic president who i think it is fair to say you have been a little frustrated with creative what will life be like for you in january 2017 if you keep the majority, mitch mcconnell will be the majority leader, and you have a republican president? speaker boehner: it will be an exciting time to take an agenda and get it enacted. you can't come into a situation like that with 100 ideas and think they are all going to happen overnight. if i were helping to guide this process, i would focus it on one -- on no more than five things. five things that are important for the american people to get accomplished. focus in on how you can get them done, and get them done. mark: get rid of the affordable care act? speaker boehner: get rid

signed john a. boehner much -- john a. boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 6, 2015, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour, and each member other than the majority and m

expect that statement any moment now from netanyahu and perhaps a short time later, we also expect to hear from house speaker john boehner they don't say much just their presence here just boehner's presence here is a very powerful statement, a very powerful show of support, john for netanyahu. >> of course the timing also as the discussions in switzerland are wrapping up over iran's nuclear deal. oren liebermann will bring you the statement as soon as it happens. >>> new developments in the crash of germanwings flight 9525. turns out lufthansa knew lubitz battled severe depression back in 2009 while he was still in flight school. lufthansa now acknowledging lubitz informed the company himself. all 149 victims of the doomed germanwings jetliner could be identified by the end of the week. that is another new detail this morning. meanwhile, the ceo of lufthansa paying his respects to the victims of the flight. carsten spohr placing flowers, saying a prayer in the village near the crash scene. i want to bring in our erin mmc mmc mclaughlin live. the ceo, when he finished his remarks, his heartfelt remarks, really was the qu

a loving mood, i guess. >> i think deep down on the inside, john boehner is a really sensitive guy. itten about john boehner. a lot of them have not been nice. but no one has ever said he is a really mean dude. i think he is on the whole probably a pretty good leader -- let's see a liked leader among his caucus. that's why he was reelected several times as speaker. >> he has just been terribly misunderstood, is that it, krystal? >> well actions speak louder than pecks on the cheek i guess. i would believe the good thing if he would actually act in a bipartisan manner and say bring immigration to the floor and do something good for the country. >> well, jimmy i'm sure you're just bubbling over with his sensitivity. >> well, as a very sensitive person, i most certainly am. john boehner is misunderstood by a large swath of people. he is actually not a terrible guy. in fact, he and pelosi just literally negotiated the stg fix which is why he was at the white house signing that bill. they did that that's a big deal. >> got to go. krystal, jimmy and shira, thank you for your time tonight.

signed, john a. boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to -- pursuant to the order of the house of january 6, 2015, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip limited to five minutes but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. the chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois, mr. gutierrez, for five minutes. mr. gutierrez: thank you mr. speaker. the man pictured alongside me will go a long way towards determining who will live in the white house for the next few years. no, he's not a campaign spin doctor. this is a federal judge for the u.s. district court for the southern district of texas, the honorable judge andrew hannon. the lawsuit by 26 republican governors seeking to block the executive actions by the obama administration was filed in hi

signed john a. boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 6, 2015, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip limited to five minutes but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. the chair recognizes the gentleman from oregon, mr. blumenauer for five minutes. mr. blumenauer: thank you, mr. speaker. may 31, a looming deadline, the highway trust fund extension expires. you know, i actually could have dusted off the speech i gave last summer arguing against this ill-advised measure to slide it in to this spring. as i pointed out then, we'll be right back in the same spot we'll be stuck, we won't have a long-term proposal, we won't have a short-term proposal, we'll look at another extension. mr. speaker, it's time fo

clinton's attitude was that it was a huge mistake and that hillary clinton should have taken the blows and taken out barack obama early. mark: mark: coming up, what john boehner told me that hillary clinton's use of private e-mail that he has never said before. ♪ ♪ mark: this week, john boehner planted a famous kiss on natick losey's cheek -- on nancy pelosi's cheek. he sat down in our studio. i want to turn boehner into jimmy the greek so i wanted some odds. corporate tax reform 50-50 sayeth the speaker. he also raised some new questions about the famous missing e-mails and also addressed the latest allegations about the clinton foundation. a lot of talk in washington political circles about hillary clinton. the funding of the foundation and the question of her e-mails when she was secretary of state. on the foundation thing, do you know enough to say you are sure she did something wrong or do you just have questions? boehner: i think there are questions about what the foundation did, what speech is the former president gave. at some point, they will have to answer the questions. mark: based on what you know now, there is nothing you would say is wrong, ille

representative honda tweeted this picture of him with his traps gender grandchild calling himself a proud grandpa. >>> john boehnerted a kiss on nancy pelosi in the rose garden. it happened while lawmakers were celebrating the passage of a bill on medicare. >>> former toronto mayor rob ford may have made some extra cash. he reportedly sold the nfl logo tie he was wearing when he confessed to smoking crack in 2013. that tie fetched backside 1,500 online. >>> from "the daily beast" meet the hookers for hillary. why prostitutes want hillary clinton for president. the moonlite bunny ranch has launched a campaign supporting hillary clinton. they emphasized health care reform. >> very pleased to announce today, the best day of the year i will be running for president. >> and then what we can only assume is a satiral video for "rolling stone" magazine, atlanta rapper and marijuana enthusiast waka flocka flame is running for politics. apparently everybody is getting in the race. i'm joined now by jonathan allen. good morning to you. >> good morning. hookers and pot. interesting. >> we have it all here. and we do want to t

cuba is a state sponsor of terrorism. >> house speaker john boehner issued a statement saying cozying up to the regime in cuba is a blow to all who long for dignity. program is expected to face further difficulties in lifting economic sanctions on cuba. the caribbean country wants to see them removed before restoring diplomatic dies with the u.s.. most of the embarringos on cuba can only be ended by the republican controlled congress. >>> armed militants in somalia have attacked a government building in the capital killing ten people. islamist extremist group al shabaab has claimed responsibility. a car bomb exploded outside of a building that house the education ministry on tuesday. then gunmen ran inside and engaged military troops in an hour long gunfight. somalia's government said the dead include two soldiers. it said troops also killed seven attackers. al shabaab has rebettedly attacked government facilities in somalia. earlier the group invaded a university in kenya killing 148 people. the somali government and african union troops have conducted sweep operations but failed to

and reality has a well known liberal bias. >> these days the house republicans actually give john boehneren they give me. which means orange really is the new black. >> we're back. the great tradition of the white house correspondents dinner continues this week. it is when the president, the national press corps, politicians and celebrities garts in atmosphere of politics and atmosphere with the comedian as the focus. at the head line committee this year is saturday night live's sesly strong. and she prepped for the big night. >> i don't like the nerd prom because that makes me the queen of nerd prom and i'm very very cool and hip. i guess -- and comedy to. everybody calls themselves a nerd. so i think it is nerds have taken that word back. yeah. >> you can watch our full interview on our website. back with the roundtable now. ted, tim and connie all will be on the red carpet tonight. connie why are you here? what is about it a hollywood. i've met some people over the years. people are all showing for this thing. and you are here. >> creative coalition asked me to come and participate in

a nod to john boehner. say that playing golf with jack nicklaus and me is pretty much the same, it is a religious experience. for jack, it is like being in heaven, and for me you see your life flash before your eyes whenever you get in front of my slices. but we do not show much there. -- so, we do not share much in common there. i am so proud of him. i think about what has made him the most celebrated golfer ever. jim talked about the record 18 majors. he also has a closet full of six green jackets from the masters. 73 pga tour wins. unbelievable. some say he just had god-given ability. that is true. when he was 10 years old, he went to a country club to play his first nine. it was on the front nine that he shot a 51. i cannot shoot a 51 today. people said, well. let us watch this sky. other people talk about his work ethic. no question about that. his focus. his intensity. his nerves of steel on the green. all true. but i think what people miss sometimes is that self-confidence and competitive edge that s

signed john a. boehner, speaker of the house of representatives.he speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. chaplain conroy: let us pray. eternal god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. send your spirit of peace, honesty and fairness during this long weekend of constituent visits. may the years and -- ears and hearts of all the members of congress be open to listen to the hopes and needs of those whom they represent. bless the people of this great nation with wisdom, knowledge and understanding that they might responsibly participate in our american democracy. please keep all who work for the people's house in good health, that they might faithfully fulfill a great responsibility given them in their service to the work of the capitol. bless thus day and every day -- us this day and every day and may all that is done here this day be for your greater honor and glory, amen. the speaker pro tempore: the chair has examined the journal of the last day's proceedings and announces to the house hi pralheof

washington, d.c.,, april 27 2015, i appoint steve weemack to act as speaker pro tempore signed john a. boehner th

a high note, joan. the kiss. john boehnerender moment in the rose garden as they celebrated the passage of the medicare doc fix, because nothing brings john boehner and nancy pelosi together like the medicare doc fix. joan do you think it is possible -- are we going to show the kiss? >> we saw it. >> it was very brief. >> looking for body heat? >> i haven't seen them either. >> it was fast, but boehner walks up to pelosi and gives her a kiss. >> and she gives him the side face. >> she's very gracious. but it's a forced smile. >> you think it's an icy -- that looks like she's happy. >> it's a beautiful day in spring. >> she looks like a woman who is very practiced in suffering through a kiss for political reasons. god bless her. >> joan walsh heather mcgee, liz winstead, no better people to sit and talk about everything. thank you for your time, my friends. >>> coming up, tom colicio weighs in on the tsunami of wasted food in the u.s. that's just ahead. ♪ if you're looking for a car that drives you... ...and takes the wheel ri

a lively debathe. it's good for the party and will be good for the country. >> it's interesting you say that. even with john boehnerked look, you said that all the republicans were going to get behind an alternative to obamacare. where does that stand? do we have a real alternative? i know they talk about repealing obamacare a lot. >> i think republicans have come to the realization it's going to be hard as long as he's there to basically alter it. it'll need to be fixed. it needs fixed desperately. the court may alter it in a few weeks here. at the end of the day i think when you look at our field of candidates, we have many governors who have been elected to two terms and not necessarily just republican states. we have several serious young senators for the future. this is probably the strongest field since 1980 when reagan won. whoever comes out of this field will be very significant. marco rubio had a fantastic launch this week compared to hillary's. and this is a dynamic young candidate who now has pulled even with bush in his home state. >> florida. >> which is very important.take all state. a lot of delegate

signed, john a. boehner speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 6 2015, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip limited to five minutes, but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. the chair recognizes the gentleman from north carolina, mr. jones, for five minutes. mr. jones: mr. speaker, i'm back on the floor today because while we were home during the easter break, there was a tragedy in afghanistan that largely escaped the national news. on april 8 army medic john dawson was shot and killed and eight other americans were wounded by an afghan soldier who opened fire on them. this tragedy is yet another example of the american blood spilled in afghanistan. sadly this kind of tragedy and an american soldier being k

pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess until noon today. >> we'll bring you the briefing from john boehner in just a minute. he's certain to get questions about the budget conference report coming up today. headlined in kgs the hill" g.o.p. budget heads for crucial vote. they write that the republicans unveiled that budget yesterday. the release of the blueprint, they call it, sets up a vote in the house on friday. the senate expected to follow suit next week. that could present a challenge for house g.o.p. leaders, writes the house -- the hill, who can afford only 27 defections from their ranks if democrats, as expected unanimously oppose it. so initial work beginning today in the house on the budget conference report and next week in the senate. as we said, we are waiting to hear from john boehner, a short bit from now. we'll show you part of today's "washington journal" until we hear from the speaker. >> washington journal continues. host: back at our table this morning is congressman ron kind, member of the ways and means committee here to talk about trade. let's begin with the four ag

on the heels of visiting israel, republican house spoker john speaker john boehner called the deal alarming: >>> a day of mourning in kenya after a al-shabab massacre at an university. many were remembering the 157 people killed in the assault. most of them were christian. they're still trying to identify all the victims. it's the bloodiest attack on kenyan soil since the embassy bombing. >> here at the gate of the garissa university, there have been people coming in and out and collecting the boyd of the deceased. and then students were allowed to come back and collect their possessions. and then we a vehicles from the american embassy going in with what looked like security operatives inside. they are possibly assisting with the forensic investigation going on there. people just heard a short while ago from a security source that four assists have been made in connection with the attack. two of those arrested are kenyan and the other two are of different nationality. here in garissa people are trying to come to terms with what happened, and why they were left so vulnerable with so little securit

a nuclear deal with iran is israeli leader benjamin netanyahu. happening right now, the prime minister is meeting in jerusalem with house speaker john boehner and the delegation of house republicans. last month, you just saw the picture right there, speaker boehner gave the prime minister high-profile platform to speak out against the nuclear deal in a speech before congress. i want to bring in cnn's oren liebermann live in jerusalem with the latest on this meeting happening now, oren. >> and good morning, john. we're one hour away from scheduled statements from prime minister netanyahu and house speaker boehner. they may not say much. and this isn't a long visit from boehner, but his presence here alone is a statement in and of itself. netanyahu, as you mentioned, very much rallying against this from the very beginning, lobbying against the deal and now pushing against the deal politically. his strongest ally on the american side would be house speaker boehner, and this week has very much been a show of congressional republican support. he spoke against the deal yesterday and the day before and the weeks leading up to here and now we're seeing the

signed, john a. boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 6, 2015, the chair will now recognize members fromis smiedy the morityndinity leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than theajitanmiri leaderand the minoty whip limited to five minutes, but in no event shall debate continue beyond 1:50 p.m. the chair recognizes the gentleman from washington, mr. heck, for five minutes. mr. heck: thank you, madam speaker. tick to be -- tick-tock, tick-tock, tomorrow, count them there are 30 legislative days left before the export import bank is gone vanished, disappears and each day that we fail to address this vital institution for american jobs we let the extruxists win. we let this -- obstructionists win. we let this impaway. and the irony of it all, as my dear friend from texas, congressman green said if we don't have the export-import bank we would be scurrying around t

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lawmakers are undaunted in their plans to introduce legislation giving congress a vote on any final agreement. house speaker john boehner reiterating his concern that tehran's nuclear program poses a threat to israel which he visited this week. benjamin netanyahu standing firm against the deal saying it would not block iran's path to the bomb but pave it. an emergency meeting of netanyahu's cabinet is set to start right about now. i want to bring in our cnn's oren liebermann live in jerusalem for the latest. what is the next step here for netanyahu? >> reporter: netanyahu stepped in the cabinet meeting just one day after the deal announced. netanyahu has perhaps been the biggest critic of the deal and in the past few days especially he increased the strength of rhetoric in the conversation he had with obama. that was not a friendly conversation. netanyahu said the deal would increase the risk for a quote horrific war in the middle east. netanyahu just as he has been over the past few weeks is very much against the deal. he criticized what is in the deal and not in the deal. criticized for not scaling back and dismantles

>> tamron this is a great strange bedfellows story president obama, house speaker john boehner, housen one side. then you have the progressives like elizabeth warren, organized labor, even a handful of republicans against the trade authority and the trade deal. then caught in the middle is hillary clinton. tamron, i think this is the most interesting angle which side does she end up taking and right now she hasn't staked out a clear view. >> mark murray, thank you so much. good talking to you this morning. see you tomorrow mark. >> thanks tamron. >>> coming up the nfl is one step closer today to returning to the los angeles area. it's one of the stories we are following around the "news nation" as controversy swirls around that. >>> and a brave little boy and his parents open up about what it means to be a transgender child, but some are asking is 4 years old too young to transition? one family shares their personal story. >>> but first, there is a lot going on this morning, and here are some things you should know. the vatican announced this morning pope francis will visit cuba befor

these days the house of republicans, actually give john boehner a harder time than they give me.hich means orange really is new black. >> we have an exciting couple of hours ahead for you. i'm going to take you through what always proves to be interesting and entertaining evening. the crowd has enjoyed the dinner that has included in case you're hupgry smoked rubbed fillet sered alaskan halibut, stone grits and some other goodies, but they did not come for the food. sounds good but it's for a mass crowd. they came for one big reason. the chance for the president of the united states to take some shots as his opponents, his friends and the people who cover them over day. the white house correspondent dents association will have giving out their annual scholarships and after the toast to the president, he takes off the gloves. we're going to have it all live. joining me for our coverage my excellent panel. beth bowie, senior editor for msnbc.com. scott blakeman and alicia quarrels and she's going to bring some of the glamour to us here. thank you all for being with me. what is the

you don't run a rose garden type of strategy i think it would make a lot more sense for secretary clinton. >> house speaker john boehnerhowing a little love for nancy pelosi in the rose garden. >> gave her a big kiss on the cheek. this candid moment was captured at the white house celebration for the medicare package. the two lawmakers led negotiations on the new measure which changes the way medicare paid back doctors. >> that will be frozen in time for sure. >> we have another rainy day to tell you about in several regions in the country. >> there is snow? some spots. i feel sorry for the residents in these areas. >> in michigan and wisconsin this is not that unusual to have storms moving through. it is pretty weird for many of us across the country. there are two areas over the great lakes and southwest. besides the snow across parts of the great lakes the storm system is moving eastward. there are numbers and temperatures out there across the dakotas as cold as the mid 20's. this one will be across parts of the plains across parts of oklahoma and texas. the risk today has large hail damaging winds and tornadoes alo

explain political agreements that we have reached a to work out the remaining details of a final deal. >> john boehner released a statement on the agreement with iran saying -- president obama talked about the agreement with iran at the white house. you can watch his speech at 8:00 and we will take your phone calls, tweets, and face book comments. at 9:00, the u.k. leaders debate. prime entry elections are made seven. -- may 7. prime minister cameron debated a number of candidates today. that debate tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern time. hero some of our featured programs for this holiday weekend. on c-span saturday it 80 clock p.m. -- at 8:00, wendy davis on the challenges facing women in politics. easter sunday at 6:30 p.m., jack nicklaus receives the congressional gold medal for his contributions to the game and community service. on c-span2's "book tv," cornell west on the radical political thinking of martin luther king jr. sunday on new, a lot conversation with a former investigative reporter for "the washington post," who has written 20 books. in american history tv on c-span3 saturday at 8:00 p.m.

a little nudge from leadership help the white of it. thanks to john boehner. duffer himself, by the way. people say that playing golf with jack nicklaus and me is pretty much the same, it is a religious experience. for jack, it is like being in heaven, and for me you see your life flash before your eyes every time you get in the way of one of my slices. but we do not show much there. i am so proud of him. i think about what has made him the most celebrated golfer ever. jim talked about the record 18 majors. he also has a closet full of six green jackets from the masters. 73 pga tour wins. unbelievable. some people say he just had god-given ability. that is true. when he was 10 years old, he went to a country club to play his first nine. it was on the front nine. he shot a 51. i cannot shoot a 51 today. people said, wow. let us watch this sky. other people talk about his work ethic. no question about that. they talk about his focus his , intensity. they talk about his nerves of steel on the green. all true. but i think what people miss sometimes is that self-co

a couple of weeks ago, what did john boehner do? he passed the department of homeland security bill, said forget the hastert rule, just vote this up or down and it passed. and the world as we know it continued. and i think that's a lesson that maybe others are going to notice that the bread still continues to be sliced. >> it's interesting that you talk about jeb bush because his name cannot be mentioned on any of the national media circuits in conjunction with his possible run for presidency without talking about, we don't know how his stance on immigration is going to fall out. i would hope that we would step up to the plate and that's a problem people have with politicians in general and particular coe -- and marrow rubio in general, because of his wishy-washy, i'm off the fence, on the fence, i introduced the bill but i'm not going to back it, but you're not coming up with an alternative, now you're hands off in immigration as if your family came over on the mayflower. it's a problem. and if politicians will stand up for what th

looking for answers, autopsies are being performed on a couple killed by a chainsaw in minneapolis county. >>> and john boehnerrael as world powers continue to work on a nuclear deal with iran. >>> and fire destroys a school in the pacific northwest. >>> and no new details in the couple killed by a chainsaw the teenage son made the discovery in their lower moreland township home "action news" reporter, david henry joins us outside of the police department, with more on this investigation. >> reporter: good afternoon lower moreland police and detectives continue to work this case trying to determine what happened and what led up to that gruesome murder and exactly the chain of events that unfolded inside of that home, it appears at this point it appears to be a murder-suicide, they have not made an official ruling yet.

tracker 6 and reports from our team of meteorologists. >>> house speaker, john boehner, is in israel as world powers continue to work on a deal with iran boehner and prime minister, netanyahu appeared in jerusalem this morning, this comes amidst growing tensions between president obama and netanyahu, the deal with iran has gone past yesterday's deadline and netanyahu called for an end to the deal. >> it's a diplomatic scramble talks continue today over iraq's nuclear future and the u.s. and their allies are working franticly to nail down an agreement. yesterday the iranian foreign minister was optimistic that everything would come together. the goal for the u.s. and its allies is to prevent a run for its weapons, iran wants to see the ends of economic sanctions that are crippling its economy but there are sticking points, how fast should restrictions be lifted and can iran -- prime minister, benjamin netanyahu blasted the negotiations saying it would be bad for peace around the world. >> giving iran's murderous regime a clear path to the bomb is negotiable and this is unconsciousable. in exchange for restrictions that wi

bibi netanyahu meets with john boehner with a warning. congressman mike kelly will react.illy will join us talking about "killing jesus." home improvement? bob massi is here. we're live from the autoshow talking about cars we cannot afford yet. that's coming up this morning on "fox and friends" because your mornings are better with friends. >> we believe you. we'll be watching. >>> another bizarre twist in that possible california kidnapping case. denise huskins her alleged kidnapping sending another e-mail to the san francisco chronicle saying that he will turn himself in to police as long as his accomplices get immunity. if not, he will teach english overseas or live off the grid. the kidnapper also said he was sorry for not treating voallejo police with violence. huskins was allegedly snatched from her home and released adday later. police say the whole thing was ranged by huskins and her boyfriend. >>> the owner of the building that exploded in manhattan's east village could face charges. last week's explosion and collapse killed two people. and hurt 22 others. >>> wel

take a look. >> you said boehner was acting like a dictator and cussed you out at the white house. >> if i had known it i wouldn't have said it. johnperson i like a lot. we had done a lot. congress has serious problems. do you go and see all the crisis we had go away. we've had our fingerprints on that. >> mitch mcconnell sent out letters to states saying don't follow through on obamas a plan. >> i don't criticize mcconnell. he comes from a coal state. i don't mean to be mean spirited, but he is a lump of coal. he is -- he believes that coal is the salvation of the world. i don't believe that. >> mitch mcconnell put out a statement after you announced you were retiring. it did not include the word "friend." what does that tell you? >> i guess he should have had me write his press release. >> where do we begin. >> did he call mitch mcconnell a lump of coal? >> a lump of coal he's from a coal state. you know what i think harry reid is interesting on that and he's about the coal issue. china is trying to buy all of our coal and that's the crazy thing about it. coal is not that much of a big deal. we have to still learn what to do with

a look at traffic. back to you guys. scott: house speaker john boehner has a bit of reputation of being a little emotional. today, it's about him sharing the love. cameras were rolling when he kissed minority leader nancy pelosi on the cheek at the white house event on tuesday. then he was asked about it during a press conference this morning. >> thanks, everybody. >> how about the kiss on pelosi? scott: always the entertainer. there it is. not the first time a republican and democrat have shared an affectionate moment. congressman boehner gave her a similar kiss after she was re-elected speaker of the house. come on. no? not at all. alison: not really. all right. coming up here at 5:00 -- >> we're able to have the inside rise up and lights up and makes a noise. alison: well how drilling holes is making engineers out of these young women, we're going to explain in this week's harris' hero. scott: ahead at 6:00 finding love amidst grief. scott: first lady michelle obama told children taking part in bring your kids to work day at the white house the questi

his days -- the house republicans actually give john boehner a harder time than they give me which meanss bought a table here tonight but as usual they used the shadowy right wing organization as a front. hello, fox news. let's face it fox, you'll miss me when i'm gone. it will be harder to convince the american people that hillary was born in kenya. >> that's always fun to watch. this year's host "saturday night live's" cecily strong the comedians in the past haven't disappointed. >> plptdmr. president, have a seat. >> his main girl condoleezza rice, condi, how are you? i love that mime condoleezza, it's two people you know the name is broken down condi, that's the person you see on television, you know with the nice hair and very professional and then there the leezza. the one with her hair wrapped up with her girlfriend watching b.e.t. >> what happened to you? when you were sworn in you looked like the guys from the all spice commercials and now you look like louis gosset sr. i never said this to anyone before but maybe you should start smoking again. >> an honor to be here. if you to

. >> we just heard from john boehner about possibly using a subpoena.aims put more focus on the push to turn over her personal e-mails while she was serving at secretary of state. >> absolutely. i think there were even questions within the democratic party about her use of e-mail. the clinton world says they did not break any laws but i think there are a lot of unanswered questions that again, she's going to have to at some point respond and detail and she said in a letter to lawmakers just a couple of days ago that she would like to have the congressional hearings and all of that dealt with as quickly as possible. she doesn't want to delay that because as we all know the longer this goes on the more it gets into election day. >> presidential hopeful ted cruz missed the vote for attorney general after being such a vocal opponent of her election. is he putting the campaign ahead of his dutys? >> that's the problems that folks who are running for office have. no matter who it is. they have to find the balance of life on the campaign trail versus fulfillin

. >> benjamin netanyahu, who is also very leary of a deal with iran, met with house speaker john boehner today to discuss the talks. >>> still ahead on wusa 9, this noon a washington tradition. the new england signs of spring and talk about the cherry blossoms finally. >>> and it's a beautiful day. even without the cherry blossoms, we have a pleasant afternoon, a good vitamin d- day. the numbers are showing high tree pollen. grassle pollen is lo >>> welcome back. the metro is suspending track work overtime next two weekends to clear way for cherry blossom tourists. the national park service expects the peak bloom for the trees to be between april 11 and the 14th. metro says weekend ridership can double during cherry blossoms season. we look forward to you stopping by and visiting us on april 11. we will be hosting the national cherry blossoms parade. and if you can't be there live, you can see everything on wusa 9 starting at noon. we rebroadcast the parade. >>> okay. so is this one of the latest blooms. year? >> it very well could be. i have been looking at some of the records. some of

john travolta translated it. he has moved to become a gay hobbit. so adorable. topic number five. and the house speaker john boehnerone when he planted a big sloppy life-changing kiss on nancy pelosi space. the two were celebrating their bipartisan package and getting caught up in the moment. nancy pelosi said that you are more than welcome to kiss my southern cheek, johnny. of. >> of course, there's nothing better than them kissing. [inaudible] if you have any weird stories that you want to see, send me a tweet. coming up, the serious case of ben affleck and his slaveowning relatives. shall we blame him for not wanting his family history? and a group of doctors tries to smother him into silence. the panel returns to chew it over [ male announcer ] we know they're out there. you can't always see them. but it's our job to find them. the answers. the solutions. the innovations. all waiting to help us build something better. something more amazing. a safer, cleaner, brighter future. at boeing, that's what building something better is all about. ♪ "what is it that we can do that is impactful?" at boeing, that's what bu

a day 50+ ... ... ... ... ... ... ♪ >> house leaders from each political party like you rarely see getting along. here is house speaker john boehner wow. it is hailed as a bipartisan achievement. what? the bill or kiss? if republicans and democrats can get along why is partisan ship so hard. >> what did these two ever do? >> this came out of medicare. >> should this give us hope they will get along? >> no i am going to be the buzz kill. these guys don't socialize. o'neill and reagan used to socialize. and the problem now, they spend so much money in fundraisers -- >> that is all bull -- >> i would never curse like that. >> you think they hate each other? >> i know they don't like. >> it is like a judas kiss? >> they did it before? >> and wait a minute. rachel has a husband in congress and she might know about this. >> i think the kiss is going to anger a lot of conservatives. he has a lot of conservative mad at him. they don't connect with each other and part of it is the congressman starting in the mid90s and started to live in district. i belong to a bipartisan congressional club. and i don't go to meetings and before when peopl

john boehner only wishes he was that color of orange. >> oh no. >> just kidding. john boehner, you're terrific and a beautiful man. >> just getting warmed up. we have the correspondents dinner tomorrow night. they've heard a lot worse. alexandra, thanks for seeing you. thanks. >> thanks. >> bring back the yellow mac and cheese. you can find her in the newspaper tomorrow. >> every saturday in the "post". >>> coming up, controversy over an oscar nominated movie. why a local university says it won't show "american sniper" to students this year. >>> fairfax county students confront the gender identity >> announcer: you're watching news4 at 4. >>> here is a look at the stories we're following at 4:30. a local teacher is being held in jail on $25,000 bond accused of sexually abusing a student. robert wilson iii appeared in a montgomery county court room this afternoon following his arrest last night. he worked as a loiterman in middle school in silver spring and is charged of abuse of a 13-year-old girl. >>> and some of the most frustrating intersections in d.c. could get a little less exasperating starti

john boehner says hillary clinton is a good public servant but she has explaining to do about the way handled official e-mails as secretary of state. he spoke in an exclusive interview with "all due respect." john boehner: she violated the law and the idea she was going to use her own server and do official business on it has every transparency issue the president likes to tout. mark: speaker boehner also said both clintons need to explain their charitable foundation and donations they received on foreign governments. you can see part two of the interview with john boehner tonight on "with all due respect " right here on bloomberg television. that is a look at the top stories we are following. next, the national hockey league hall of famer will discuss this year's stanley cup playoffs. we will be right back. ♪ mark: welcome back to the second half-hour of "bottom line" on bloomberg television. i am mark crumpton in new york. let's get to top stories we are following on this friday. we begin with a check of the price of crude oil and the close of floor trading. down about 1% today at $

republican house speaker john boehner gave a kiss on the cheek to nancy pelosi. >>> new zealand's primelogizing to an auckland waitress for repeatedly pulling her a hair. the woman said in a post, it all least year apparently six different times. he called it a -- but the woman says it was bullying and harassment. she said she threatened to hit him if he didn't stop. >>> many across california are dealing with the water shortage. there are some communities that seem to be immune from it all. >> look, right across the street at this gated subdivision. and you see lush, manicured lawns and even golf courses. critics say this defies mother nature and it is mott sustainable. >>> still to come here, we'll look at the controversy surrounding luxurious communities. but first, we have a very special guest. come on out, flo! [house band playing] you have anything to say to flo? nah, i'll just let the results do the talking. [crowd booing] well, he can do that. we show our progressive direct rate and the rates of our competitors even if progressive isn't the lowest. it looks like progressive is n

. >> reporter: mitch mcconnell and house speaker john boehner released a statement saying as of this memorial day, they will begin implementing these new restrictions but they will make accommodation for wounded warriors who have long been invited to the capitol terraces for these events. there has been a big cost associated with the events. coming up we'll tell you how much. >>> two congressmen getting a lot of attention for this photo of them holding an assault rifle inside one of the capitol offices. now, buck tweeted the photo earlier this week of them holding the ar 15s. d.c.'s attorney general tells the post, it passed the photo on to police since assault rifles are illegal in the district. but buck tell "washington post," the gun is inoperable. also writing on facebook i had the gun chektd out and approved by the u.s. capitol police. >>> the police may be riding on dangerous wheels. >> the trek recall involves nearly a million bikes made in the last 15 years because the front wheel can stop or come off all together. injuries as severe as quad pleega have been reported. yesterd

he took aim at republican house speaker john boehner. >> i look so hold john boehner has invited men yau to speak at my funeral. a few weeks ago dick cheney said he thinks i'm the worst president of his lift. which is interesting, because i think dick cheney is the worst president of my lifetime. >>> he seemed to enjoy himself. he was a hit. stay with us, another full bulletin of news is straight ahead. thanks for your time. don't go anywhere. o anywhere. >>> panic in kathmandu, a powerful aftershock hits the nepalese capital a day after t earthquake that killed 2,000. >> rescuers are racing against time to save those trapped under the rubble. >>> hello, i'm richelle carey, you are watching al jazeera live from doha. also on the programme... ..violence in burundi after the president decides to

a jeddah in 2016. also, peter moskos discusses the number of police shootings in the u.s. president obama: i look so old, john boehner has already invited then yahoo! does become a funeral. meanwhile, michelle has not aged a day. [applause] i ask her what her secret is, she just says, fresh fruits and vegetables. it is aggravated. -- aggravating. the fact

going to be better off next year with a resurgent economy running against democrats on national security. i think they have made that pivot. if you look at john boehner's comments this week, this is the person that was talking about three, four years, where are the jobs? john boehner mantra. now he's saying in jerusalem, the world is on fire. a very different approach. i think it speaks to how they want to run next year. >> he has an unusual position in this. if the deal succeeds, she can order a piece of that success. if the deal fails or it allows iran to move towards a weapon, she's going to own a piece of that failure, too. if you remember back to when this came together and the administration was touting the secret talks, people close to clinton were calling around saying, hey, remember, this started under her. she was part of this. she dispatched one of her top advisers to aman. now as this is moving closer to a conclusion you see her display this caution. she knows there's a chance this does not work out and she is going to own some of that. >> you mentioned rand paul hasn't said anything. his team said until he makes his announcement speech on

a partner, who's with you all the way. cigna. >>> these days the house republicans actually give john boehner a harder time than they give me, whichreally is the new black. >>> tonight the commander in chief will become the ciaomedn in chief as politicians journalists, and celebrities alike gather for the white house correspondents dinner. known jokingly as nerd prom, this year's dinner will be hosted by "saturday night live's" cecile strong who's no stranger to political humor. >> president obama's rating fell to a low though his jeans are still at an all-time high. >> she'll join others in lampooning the president. >> remember when countries rallied around you in hopes of a better tomorrow? that was hilarious. >> i promise tonight will be amusing and over quickly just like chris christie's presidential bid. >>> and famous faces. >> donald trump's face always appears on fox which is funny because fox appears on his head. >>> i enjoy attending these dinners. i had a lot more prepare bud i have to get the secret service home in time for their new curfew. >> it's nice to have a woman emceeing this event. >> i'm looking forward to it

if these bills don't address these concerns, then i think he will have a tough time getting support. host: speaker john boehnerith a tweet about the fast-track authority, tba. fax far from -- facts far from an executive power grab, tba -- tpa actually enhances congress' voice in it, you. we are joined by congressman becerra of california. for about the next half hour or so, he is taking your questions on this topic and others. start with howard, calling in from california. howard, good morning. caller: good morning. first of all, let me say i think -- i take issue with the callers who put you on the hook and ladder today. you are doing a fine job. as a matter of fact, i have been watching c-span for a long time and i think you have changed policy to the better when you are letting them speak even if they don't know what they what they are talking about that. host: appreciate that. any thoughts on the tpp? caller: -- [indiscernible] i got into the conversation that you two are having, and you are talking about the issue congressman auxerre -- congressman becerra, with currency manipulation. with china, of cours