that's a lot of information that senator kaine is requesting. do we know when we will know how many allegations are out there? >> i asked him at the beginning of the interview. he said he's not sure what the protocol is and does not know how long it will take until we have that information because a request like this has really never happened before. so the office of compliance that info because these are lives, careers, and potentially scandals all of the making. >> it is an important moment in history and we'll see what happens from here. >>> mike mentioned the resignation of democratic senator al franken and at least a half-dozen women accused him of groping him or making other unwanted advances. franken yielded to pressure from within his own party and some republicans rose up to defend him. lots of commentary on social media about this tonight including this tweet from democratic strategist, david axelrod, which sums up how the people feel on hour wusa9 facebook page. he writes, if you miss conduct, you deny it, however, -- you continue in

tim kaine wants to know three things.nts to know how many claims have been filed against each member of the u.s. senate, how many claims have been filed against each senator's staff. he wants to know how much of our taxpayer money has been spent settling these claims? these claims are not settled by their own money. we, the taxpayers, pay up to settle the claims. listen to our conversation a few minutes ago. >> you do anticipate these numbers to come out for the house. would you be surprised if they don't me out. i'm a u.s. senator. i'm entitled to the information. i'm going to make sure the public gets it. >> reporter: he said that information matter of factly. he sent a letter to the office of compliance on capitol hill. he wanted to know the information. we started off our day going to the office asking when do you expect to get the information and what is the procedure for it to become public. he said he is not sure of the time frame on when we'll get the numbers of all the complaints filed against each senator at on

and he stepped down. >> my thanks to tim kaine for that interview.truck by his difference in tone in approaching this. particularly on president trump. he did not make the same calls that senator gillibrand has for the president to resign over all of those allegations. >> i think because there's two wings of the democratic party if not multiple ones. people who want to run against donald trump that think running against a person that they can turn into a villain is a winning tactic. you saw in alabama, as much as doug jones was connected to that community, prosecuted the four girls killed in the -- the murders of those four girls killed in that church bombing, there was this idea that with roy moore he could focus on and say, look how terrible this person is. and then people like tim kaine saying, look, the democratic party needs a real message, a clear message and he's almost saying as much as i want to run against donald trump, that's not what we can do in the midterms. democrats are finding out, even if they want to say they have a message that do

listen to what senator tim kaine had to say about the events today. take a look. >> this does establish a new standard for this body. and the standard is behavior before you were elected is fair game for determining whether you should be here. and we have to now be committed if that's the standard. we have to be committed to -- >> so that's actually a pretty nuanced point that senator kaine is making because in the past the senate ethics committee basically said they don't have jurisdiction over events that happened before somebody was a member of the senate and there has only been a few instances where someone was pushed out of senate for conduct like this. bob packwood is probably the most well known and most recent example. that process took three years. he ultimately was not actually expelled. but the ethics committee -- he resigned. that was after the eth igs committee recommended he be exp expelled. turning to what might happen tuesday, considering the allegations against him -- i'm going to duck in here to talk to senator. >> as the vice chairm

senator kaine says he plans to release details about harassment claims filed against all senators in the last 10 years. >> they are going to come out. i'm a u.s. senator, i'm entitled to this information, and if i'm going to get it, i'm going to has it. >> kaine says the information on those complaints were put together by the office of compliance and he sent a letter to get those claims made public. however, he did not say when it will be released. >>> new at noon, investigators renewing the search for pamela bucklo. sky 9 is near garrisonville road looking for her. the federal worker was strangled by her ex-boyfriend jose rodriguez cruz in 2009. he's admitted to the crime and said he's hidden her body. now he says he'll lead police to her remains as part of a plea deal. >>> this holiday season a d.c. mom has a lot to be thankful for. after years of hardship and a period of homelessness with seven children, something she's dreamed about for a long time is finally coming true. mikea turner has her story. >>reporter: it's a new beginning for robin mckinney who's a single mom of seven.

this release only came after pressure from senator tim kaine and others and only after senators werer, heading out of washington. what can you tell us about all of this? >> yeah, i think the timing is quite significant, chris. two committee chairman have been sitting on this information. we didn't even know these committees had the data until senator tim kaine had asked for it from the oversight body that holds onto this. in a letter from the oversight body to senator tim kaine, they said the senate rules committee had ak less so this already. i reported yesterday the appropriations committee also had access to this information. so only after internal pressure from some of their colleagues and pressure from the media did these committees decide to release it. as you noted, they did it at 7:00 last night, just minutes after the senate took their last vote for the year. and there was no opportunity for reporters to ask senators about this. you know, the house and the senate seem to be taking kind of different tacts on this issue of sexual harassment. the house seems to be more methodic

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that's what tim kaine is. he attacked general kelly the other day and his ideas that the constitution enshrined, as he put it, slavery. actually, the american founding -- slavery existed for 3,000 years before anybody said it was immoral, not jesus, not moses, nobody. certainly not mohamed. the muslims are still practicing slavery and still think it's okay. [laughter] .. to thomas jefferson the american founding, 350,000 union soldiers gave their lives to freedom and present ever in lincoln gave his life as well. and when they hear that that i know i've been a conversation with a rational people and not religious fanatics. i don't, i watch quite a bit of television, very hard these days. days. i don't see that simple fact recognized. it's okay to be white. some brilliant, i'm not good at this, that's a sledgehammer. but miley annapolis, the trolls, i think it was channel for which was actual channel, trolls put up a sign at harvard square. it's okay to be white. because they are racists. when i see a conservat

america, the constitution -- tim kaine the other day k i mean, who's a communist, tim kaine was a characteristic -- crystic, supporting the sand nice tan guerrillas in the 1980s, that's what tim kaine is. he attacked general kelly the other day and his ideas that the constitution enshrined, as he put it, slavery. actually, the american founding -- slavery existed for 3,000 years before anybody said it was immoral. not jesus, not moses, nobody. certainly not mohamed. the muslims are still practicing slavery and still think it's okay. [laughter] but white christians led by wilbur force in england and by thomas jefferson here, thomas jefferson wrote into our birth certificate that we're all creatures of god. whatever you think of other people, whether inferior to you or not, they're creatures of one creator and, therefore, equal in his -- or i have to say these days -- her eyes. whatever. [laughter] and he was an inalienable right to to liberty. every black in america owes their freedom to thomas jefferson and the american founding, the 350,000 union soldiers who gave their lives to free them and p

no shortage of reaction after the vote including this tweet from virginia's tim kaine, the former vice presidential candidate. this tax bill in no way truly reforms the system. what we need to reform is congress and that's what we'll do in the midterms. >> so what's in it? what's in it and what does it mean for you? the gop tax bill promises big corporate tax cuts with the hope those tax savings will create more jobs, but in the bill passes just 14% of american ceos plan to boost investment spending on things like new equipment in factories that can lead to hiring. that's according to a survey of top business leaders. the bill slashes the corporate rate. it offers incentives to bring foreign cash back home. unemployment is at a 17-year low so business tax cuts don't guarantee a hiring boom. in fact, a recent survey found fewer than half of ceos plan to ramp hiring in the next six months overall. instead investors expect wall street not main street to help with buybacks. and one businessman calls it pure fancy. bloomberg calls it a trillion dollar blunder writing that ceos aren't waitin

and they are saying hello or hey, or hi. >> season's greetings. >> ever wonderful michael kaine thenows of cans. >> so that would be candy canes. >> we have really creepy dolls great execution but it is a little weird. silver bells. >> you got to come back over here. what do we have here. >> ho, ho, ho. >> and then the ginger. >> the ginger bread man. >> and here we have creepy display. >> it is a knight and he is putting his finger over what would be silent. >> silent knight. >> you know what, i like this a lot, matt damon is a doormat math. >> rocking around the christmas tree. >> rock ash the christmas tree >> karen's good at this. >> wait a minute, what is up with matt damon. >> matt damon. >> matt. >> yes, christmas matt. >> is it christmas matt. >> what was the missing owl. >> noel. >> the whole alphabet but there was no l. >> i don't know if i like it. >> i do too. >> 20 million people looked at that on facebook. i think the key to the whole thing is wine. >> and i think you have to live somewhere where it doesn't really feel like christmas to make it funny. >> she looked cali

. >> my candy kaine is, okay, go ahead. >> so, i think people do that all the time.'t you buy gifts for yourself when you go shopping for other people. >> way to get what you want. things are on the best sales, deals and returns will start this week as well. so exciting come tomorrow even better deals, so if you didn't get what you you can always have tomorrow. >> then lines, i like to wait a couple days because so many people try to return right after christmas, so, wait a couple days and then i go ahead and get them. we want those sales though. >> i was looking at research that says mostly, 20 year-olds through 35, buy gifts for themselves because, you know, they probably don't have a whole lot of children around the house and you go buy stuff for your mom and dad and you have to buy something for yourself. >> why not. >> why not. >> all right, so, week from last night new years eve are you going out? >> i have to work the next day >> i'm willing go to a party, i will go at 7:00 but i will be out by 9:00 and in bed for midnight. >> baby-sitters are tough to find on

we will speak with senator tim kaine about that, and of course, the new tax bill.is thoughts, next. ...hotel you want at the lowest price. grazi, gino! find a price that fits. tripadvisor. you or joints. something for your heart... but do you take something for your brain. with an ingredient originally found in jellyfish, prevagen is the number one selling brain-health supplement in drug stores nationwide. prevagen. the name to remember. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ it all starts with a wish. the final days of wish list are here. hurry in and sign and drive off in a new lincoln with zero down and a complimentary first month's payment. feel the power of thenew power...smax. ...to fight back theraflu's powerful new formula to defeat 7 cold and flu symptoms... fast. so you can play on. theraflu expressmax. new power. >>> republicans are on the verge today of passing the biggest tax overhaul in 30 years and giving president trump the biggest policy victory of his presidency. joining us to discuss this and more is former vice presidential candidate, tim kaine. >> hey, alisyn. merry christma

the 95th annual tradition was hosted by kathie lee gifford and dean kaine.sident trump wished everyone a, quote, merry christmas and unbelievable holidays. >> leading the news, japan's emperor is stepping down for the first time in 200 years after nearly three decades. emperor akihito will abdicate on april 30th, 2019. the 83-year-old said he planned to step down last year citing his age and poor health in june. japan passed a special law allowing the emperor to retire. prime minister shinzo abe announced his abdication date today after a discussion with lawmakers and members of the royal family. he will be succeedsed by his son naru akihito. >> an explosion rocked a cosmetics factory in new york state. dramatic new images show a worker wiping the tank and then a bright flash as chemicals go up in flames. that employee, one of 125 injured in this incident. it happened last week. one person was killed. they say it was caused by static electricity and ruled it an accident. >> still ahead, a perfect duet from a superstar duo. plus how the republican tax plan co

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anna-lysa: response, senator tim kaine says he plans on revealing the findings on a number of sexual harassment claims filed against senators. he says he is doing so in the public's interest in order to be transparent. anna-lysa gayle, abc 7 news. alison: the question now, what happens next? resignation is official, minnesota's democratic governor will name a replacement. that person will serve until a special election next november. whoever wins that election will then serve until 2020, when's franken's seat comes up and then they could run for a full six-year term. jonathan: there will be no government shutdown for now. the house and senate moved late this afternoon to pass a temporary funding bill to keep the government up and running. the catch is it only goes for two weeks. they have to come to an agreement on a long-term spending bill before december 22 alison: happening now, the search for a vintage vespa, stolen from an iconic arlington shot. it was parked right outside of the italian store in west over and it was swiped. but the shop's owners in the police are hoping this vi

. >> i direct my question to the ministry of defense, senator kaine. this is for the major defense contractor, this is on australia. the epa and new zealand and the sailing government of industry criticizes the univer universe. the representative also made an inaccurate statement about the state the second of the contaminants in the convention. considering it is undertaking major investigation into contamination and the are double a in wales do you agree that companies who contract have a major conflict of interest in investigating contamination issues? >> thank you very much mr. president. i thank you for your question. i'm not aware of the statement the senator has been made by i'm aware of the efforts that they're making in a number of locations and almost three environmental investigations at this point which will take the investigation to a single national environment investigation in the country as you would be aware. however, further effort and i'll respond her into cause. >> thank you mr. president. considering we have contracts with the defens

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virginia senator tim kaine posting simply every vote matters. >>> bill karins joining us with a look at our wednesday forecast. >> let's talk travel. a lot of snow for northern portions of portions of the rockies. let's pinpoint where the travel concerns are over the next couple days. differ klt in the mountain passes. salt lake city could get a wintry mix. rain showers on the west coast and by thursday a little bit of snow nebraska, iowa, maybe southern portions of wisconsin and chicago for any potential issues. from detroit to tennessee rain. and here's a closer look at your day aedhad. showers and thunderstorms are quickly movering through areas of louisiana and mississippi and alabama during the day toods but the heavier rains from tennessee and the northern half of south carolina. northern new england with snow showers. have you heard this story? texas rangers star coal hamilton and his wife, heidi, they're not just donating. they're donating $9.4 million to charity. they're gifting the 32,square foot home to camp barnbus. the hamels said in a statement, barnbus makes dreams com

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no shortage of reaction after the vote including this tweet from virginia's tim kaine, the former vice presidential candidate. this tax bill in no way truly reforms the system. what we need to do is reform congress and that's what we'll do in the midterms. >>> the gop tax bill promises tax cuts with the hopes those tax savings will create more jobs and raise wages. but if the bill passes just 14% of american ceos plan to boost investment. spending things like new equipment that can lead to hiring. that's according to a survey on the yale ceo summit. it offers incentives to bring foreign cash back but companies still have plenty of cash. profits are rolling in and unemployment is at a 17-year low. so business tax cuts don't guarantee a hiring boom. in fact, a recent survey found fewer than half of ceos plan to ramp up hiring in the next six months. investors expect wall street, not main street, rewarding shareholders with bigger stock buybacks. michael bloomberg calls the bill a trillion dollar blunder writing that ceos aren't waiting on a tax cut to jump start the economy. >> let's bri

chris: chuck, democratic senator tim kaine said we've got a new standard here and that people who are to office will be judged, among other things, on their behavior before they took office. do you have any problem with the pressure on franken to resign? was this, as the speaker says, a lin p. ing? >> i think it's highly inappropriate to call anything like this a lynching when you think about the history of what actual lynchings really were in this country. having said that, i would add that i think for a lot of women they may feel like, well, you know, when in the past these things came up, there wasn't so much speed about addressing the complaints, that they got swept under the rug. what we're into right now though as these sort of extreme points of view are show is a -- view show is a situation where contrary to senator kaine, there isn't a new standard, there's a shifting standard. there is not an established rule here either about what a fireable offense is or what the procedure should be, and at the end of the procedure what the punishments should be. so i think, you know, what

compliance is rejecting an attempt by tim kaine to release details of a settlement. the head of the office cited inadequate records in the denial. the virginia democrat is disappointed by the decision but he will keep pushing for public release of the information and he says he is also going to keep working to prevent sexual harassment in congress. >>> d.c. mayor bouncer has ordered sexual harassment training for more than 30,000 city employees. in an interview you this afternoon he also ordered a review of the policies and wants every agency following the very same rules. >> can you imagine any kind of situation where a supervisor should be allowed to date a subordinate, somebody under this person? >> certainly it puts the employee in a really bad situation. and one of the updates to our policy chain of command consensual relationships. and i have directed our human resources officer to come up with some policies. so should they happen. people fall in love all the time. they want us to have the benefit to make sure that the work arrangement is a correct one. >> here

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the first overhaul of the tax code in over three de compliance is rejecting an attempt by tim kaine toelease details of a settlement. the head of the office cited inadequate records in the denial. the virginia democrat is disappointed by the decision but he will keep pushing for public release of the information and he says he is also going to keep working to prevent sexual harassment in congress. >>> d.c. mayor bouncer has ordered sexual harassment training for more than 30,000 city employees. in an interview you this afternoon he also ordered a review of the policies and wants every agency following the very same rules. >> can you imagine any kind of situation where a supervisor should be allowed to date a subordinate, somebody under this person? >> certainly it puts the employee in a really bad situation. and one of the updates to our policy

chance to see a few flakes and yet another blast of cold air, lurking in the seven day forecast, guess kaine a nicole back to you. >>> eagles are spending the week in california, but it is not a vacation. >> it is all business forbidder and we are winging it out west as team prepares for sunday she down with the rams. sports director don bellies in anaheim where team is holding practices this week. >> reporter: eagles holding their first practice at anaheim stadium and football here in this facility is nothing new. the big a as it is called is fourth oldest stadium in baseball, it has been here since 1966. l.a. rams played here from 1980 to 1994. the infield has been replaced so eagles could practice. transition from south philadelphia to southern california has been an easy one. >> it has been seem less, you know, gracious obviously for ache also for allowing to us practice there and our grounds crew has done an a nation job when you see to it day with put something sod down in the infield and just a great job. it has been seem less, the transition has been really good, offices are great, p

authorities say that the suspects got in an argument with a 59 year-old victim, who used a kaine to walk. the suspect hit them with the large piece of wood and then fled the scene in a nissan frontier pickup truck. if you recognize that suspect, the police want to hear from you. >>> and, this man is facing charges in connection with last week's deadly hit and run in trevose. forty-eight year-old james powell was picking up driving a pick up like this that hit two teens crossing street road on november 27th. nineteen year-old jessica curt z died the next day, powell was arrested yesterday. he is behind bars in the bucks county prison on $250,000 bail >>> well, a philadelphia tradition continues this weekend with the 118th army/ navy game. big match up is tomorrow at the linc. >> lets look live at the pep rally at shops at liberty place, on chestnut street. cadets from westbound and mid ship men from annapolis there are getting revved up for tomorrow's battle on the grid iron. >> game time is 24 hours away. as you can see the pep band, cheerleader and band are there to support players. cbs

this but it's true over three hundred people signed a petition asking our senators mark warner tim kaine and our congressman morgan griffith to test their wells people who live here who are concerned and they were ignored and she lives in virginia near the radford arsenal which has an open burn permit abrahm why is it so hard to get just samples tested. well well first i'm just to say i mean there is a bigger picture here as part of our reporting in there is from future reports the common we're looking at thirty nine thousand sites across the united states that have some form of burden of military pollution that have already been identified by the department of defense the total acreage for these sites adds up to some forty million acres the cost of cleaning them up can be as high depending on who you ask as three to four hundred billion dollars that lead to these wars these wars are connor are not only murdering thousands and thousands of people they are creating messes that cannot be cleaned those trillions instead of going to chilling people can go into cleaning up and i assure you if

. >> good afternoon, outreach assistance how kaine help you. >> reporter: there are many in our city who don't have a warm place to go? fortunately the cities code blue program means is there help for the home less. >> do you know how long she has been there. >> reporter: calls come in there and advocates head out. >> african-american female, camped out on the steps near the corner. >> how are you doing? barbara, how are you. how are you doing. >> reporter: this woman doesn't have anywhere to go. she is one of mourn two dozen people hoff been helped out just today. >> we have had non-stop calls since we got in at nine. >> reporter: since she does in the want to move inside. >> you need somewhere warm. >> reporter: police will have to be called into help. >> the temperatures, i don't think she's dress warm enough and she will never come in on her own so unfortunately it is what we have to do. >> it is hard. you always go home. thinking about that one person who wouldn't come in off the street. >> reporter: while the city is under a code blue those phones are staffed 24/7. we have post

. >>> right now new information on a story you've seen only on wusa9, remember when senator tim kaineed for data on sexual harassment. the office denied the request saying they don't have enough settles those cases. we'll keep you posted here on the news at 11:00. >>> on tonight's off script with bruce johnson we learned all d.c. government workers will undergo sexual harassment training, all 30,000 of them, the order straight from the mayor, muriel bowser. tonight bruce had a question for her about workplace relationships. >> reporter: can you imagine any kind of situation where a supervisor should be allowed to date a subordinate, somebody under this person? >> certainly it puts an employer in a really bad situation and one of part of the updates to our policy is discouraging any chain of command consensual relationships. >> the mayor wants sexual harassment training completed by the end of february. >>> moving into montgomery county where some police officers almost ended up victims, the crash reconstruction team had shut down a street as part of an investigation into a drunken dri

>> joining us live this morning with virginia senator tim kaine. good morning, senator.ld come to no surprise. you're not on the side vote fog this in the first place, what happened last night? >> well, the republicans are having trouble finding a bill that they can all agree with. earlier this week, 17 democrats we pulled together a press conference and stood up and said we are willing to work with you. we can find a bill that would get 70 votes and it will be good for the economy without busting the deficit. we'll help middle class but they want to do this just with republican votes so they basically shut us out. here is the problem. a number of the republicans really don't like the fact that this bill explodes the deficit. they had been told that, well, that will be growth and the growth will cover any deficit effect, but when the joint committee on taxation report came out yesterday, it said no, there will be some growth but it's still going leave a trillion dollar hole over the next ten years in the budget. and that caused some of the republican members to say, we'r

. >> wonderful michael kaine then rows of candy. >> candy kaines. >> yes. >> we have some really creepy it is a little weird. silver bells. >> you have to come back over here. what do we have here. >> ho, ho, ho. >> okay. >> and then the ginger, bread man. >> it is a ginger bread man. >> clever. >> and then here is also creepy a manikin. >> what was the last thing. >> the last one, i forgot what it was. >> okay. that is so great. >> so they are winter punder land video 20 million views on facebook. that is a different way to do it. it is hilarious. >> i think the key to the whole thing is drinking wine. it makes a pun funnier. >> but we're sober and we got that. >> true. she looked like she was having a great time. >> yes, after all that work she deserved a glass of wine. >> you know 23rd of the pun is >> what. >> p-u, a lot of people don't like puns. >> i get it, p-u, it took me a second. >> yes. >> there is a new christmas song that claims to be, yes, mike. >> nothing. >> my sweater is already coming off basically. >> well... >> there is a new christmas song that claims to be the happ

senator kaine accurately talked about diverting individuals out of the criminal justice system. often your first interaction with the criminal justice system happens at school. many kids with mental illness will misbehave at school, will run into a police officer and be sucked into the criminal justice system, never to emerge. we talk a lot about mental health first aid training. shouldn't -- to the extent that schools have police officers on-site, shouldn't every single school-based resource officer have some basic training in identifying mental illness so that they can divert kids away from jails and into treatment if they present with symptoms? >> yes. and without endorsing a particular program, yes. >> right. >> yes, i believe that that is the best way to approach that issue, absolutely. >> and then tell me about samsa's work to develop more peer capacity. peers occupy a very specific and useful role in treatment. lots of emerging data telling us that for many people in recovery, that peer connection is what matters most. what is -- give me an initiative that samsa is workin

now there's a lot of talk, including from my good friend and colleague tim kaine in the senate and in the house, we need to repeal the existing aumf and craft a new one that's relevant to the challenges of today and pass it so that we're back in a regular order. and count me a skeptic, you're a student of congress. congress wants it both ways when it comes to war authority. it doesn't want to take responsibility for it, but it wants the freedom to covech. that's a yiddish word, covech. complain and nitpick. >> even with your jesuit education? >> yes. congress even to be truthful, is quiet happy with the status quo, no matter what they say. the majority of members of congress, the minute we do that, then we now own the authorization. and everybody remembers the gulf of potonkin, and nobody wants to own that kind of open ended or open interpreted resolution and face the consequences. the status quo is convenient frankly, for advocates and critics for both the legislative and executive branch. i'm not advocating for it. i don't believe it is a proper situation at all to send men and wome

. >> i want to play a little bit of what tim kaine had to say about that and the elections in virginia and then we'll talk about it. take a look. >> you bet. >> the virginia race last month, we were all pulling together. we have a tough primary for governor on the other side and then in the week before the race, they were having a firing squad about whether the 2016 election was rigged. the problem that dems have right now is that president trump is unpopular. >> how do you avoid that? >> well, i just have a different take. my take is that it's natural and normal where people have the right to offer their views that people will offer those views and those views won't always be the same. it's okay. as democrats, we believe in coming together and i think the national part of the dnc, we are organizing. we are on the ground and making historic investments in technology and investing up and down the ticket and going all over. we're strengthening every single state party. so i just think that we are heading in the right direction. i don't think me or tom perez believes that we're done. we'v

. >> tim kaine made interesting point, i have no idea what will happen. i believe closer than the 10 or nine. tim kaine said the most instructive thing to look at what happened in virginia where democrats outperformed the polling there. the base is energized. the resistance is strong. >> trending blue state. >> i do understand that, but it did go against. would the special circumstances considered, people were motivate ed in the rome election. trait is trending blue. alabama is not. enthusiasm with the democrats is very strong. there are people, a lot of reluctant people who don't want to vote. neil: republicans don't like being lectured to. >> they don't like you can lectured to, but they don't want to be electing who is alleged child molester who may not get seated. there will be ethics investigation. neil: there is lecturing. >> i'm not lecturing you. >> doug jones needs trifecta. he needs energized democrats to turn out. independent turnout and cross rover from republicans. between eight and 10%. he will need at least double digits to get it done. nei

chairman, ranking member kaine, thank you for the opportunity to speak with you and we look forward to hearing your questions. >> thank you very much that was a really good comprehensive overview. obviously we've got the right panel here to delve into this. with that, mr. ranking member, tim, did you want to make a statement? i'm going to reserve my questions so i'll jump to you. >> i apologize for being a few minutes late, but it spared you hearing an opening statement from me. so there is some good news. let me jump right into questions. one of the things that i'm always puzzled by, and i think you can each offer some insight into this, there are relatively stable countries in north africa that we work closely with -- tunisia, morocco, algeria. and yet a large number of the foreign fighters that go to fight with isis come from these nations. why that the case? why have they been such producers of foreign fighters to go fight with isis? >> well, no question, senator. let me say it's good to see you again. i think the answer to that question is very context specific. i think different

when i see these issues discussed publicly, what is missing is a simple statement, tim kaine, the other day communist seminar for the crystal expert. they were supporting the communist scoreless in the 80s. they attacked general kelly the other day and the ideas that the constitution enshrined slavery. actually, the american founding the slavery existed for a thousand years. before anybody said it was immoral. muslims are still practicing slavery and still think it's okay. that way christians of i thomas jefferson thomas jefferson wrote into the birth certificate that we are creatures of god. whatever you think they are all creatures of one creator. therefore equal in his or her eyes. i have an inalienable right to liberty. every black in america owes their freedom to thomas jefferson, the american founding 350,000 union soldiers and as president abraham lincoln who gave his life as well. when i hear that i'm on a conversation with religious people are not fanatics. i watch a lot of television although it's hard these days. i don't see that simple fact recognize. . . >> >> he wrote a me

now there's a lot of talk, including from my good friend and colleague tim kaine in the senate and inhe house, we need to repeal the existing aumf and craft a new one that's relevant to the challenges of today and pass it so that we're back in a regular order. and count me a skeptic, you're a student of congress. congress wants it both ways when it comes to war authority. it doesn't want to take responsibility for it, but it wants the freedom to covech. that's a yiddish word, covech. complain and nitpick. >> even with your jesuit education? >> yes, yes, yes. so congress even to be truthful, , is quiet happy with the status quo, no matter what they say. the majority of members of congress, the minute we do that, then we now own the authorization. and everybody remembers the gulf of potonkin, and nobody wants to own that kind of open ended or open interpreted resolution and face the consequences. the status quo is convenient frankly, for advocates and critics for both the legislative and executive branch. i'm not advocating for it. i don't believe it is a proper situation at all to send

tim kaine announcing the money is in place. when will the work start, sam? >> this bridge is in such bad shape. before they start the big project they first have to do emergency repairs to the middle of the bridge. starting in january. the rust and the cracking of the cement is horrific. if they didn't start it now it would have closed by 2021. as you announcement today. $22 million. lifeline to the d.c. area. more than 70,000 people use it every day. let's listen to what the senator had to say. >> this beautiful bridge falling apart. that bridge being closed would judge cost problem for the commuters. >> awarding it as a single contract we saved the taxpayers $35 million. >> once the bridge is complete it will look the same. construction is expected towrope in 2021. during construction, three lanes will remain open. again, construction begins next fall. reporting live along the memorial bridge i'm sam sweeney, abc7 news. jonathan: thank you. reminder starting monday interstate 66 will be h.o.v. inside the beltway. you will need to have at least another pers