this is tom mcclintock in the house. mcclintock from california at a town hall meeting yesterday >> i will catch a lot of flak on the appropriations bills. i understand they have to be reconciled in the senate. this is a compromising process. how can you slack on those? but i am not going to vote for anymore continuing rollses to kick that can down the road. now, i'll make one exception to that. that is if we can get a provision in that defunds obamacare this year. >> bill: defund obamacare. it seems to me it is delusional. do they really think they're going to defund it in a package that president obama will sign to undo his signature legislative achievement? >> i don't think any of the lawmakers truly believe that this will become a reality. they know. they might be -- delusional to suggest that this is an option but they know that let alone the president having to sign into law, there is no way a democratic-controlled senate would allow this to happen. there's no vote to pass a continuing resolution that would defund

put on the moon because mcclintock is sequoia's it will. had nothing to some things you until one. besides getting rid of unwanted persons they are source of income to the cartel. this man was just released after an army intervention. he was held by taylor's men. they'd given a four day deadline for his brother to bring half a million dollars unfortunately the family didn't have the time to get. ransom in god only they came and asked for explanations about the agreements not being kept that we shouldn't play with them that they could kidnap all my relatives from yet and they named them one by one. they told me to choose whether faired them to kill me and throw me on the streets to show they weren't joking or to cut off my fingers to send them but i know obviously i chose my fingers to be cut off we're going to boo. that's i'm going to. and they did it yes. two. more were they held me down made the others by the legs if others by the arms. they brought a doctor. who started working on my arm. is. he give me an a c. . because he cut off my finger. he put it in a bike and left. guessi

local congressman tom mcclintock thinks it is a bad idea. >> what they're saying is they're going to move the amenities from the area where people frequent and move them to areas where people don't go. thanks a lot. >> reporter: yosemite is caught between a rock and a hard place, if you will. here's the problem. the park is the size of the state of rhode island, but most people only use a tiny sliver of it, and that sliver feels an enormous impact. environmentalists like greg adair say the park needs to do much more. >> somehow we keep getting plans that walk around those issues and don't really face them squarely. >> reporter: how to preserve a place that means so much to so many people is no easy task. ranger scott gettiman worked in yosemite for 17 years. >> we want to make sure that the plan reflects what people want, because when it is all said and done, the national parks belong to the american people. >> reporter: after all, what's at stake is merely the fate of a priceless national treasure. harry smith, nbc news, yosemite. >> what a place. >>> we're back in a moment with som

leaker edward snowden california congressman tom mcclintock had this to say. i think it would be best if the american government granted him an amnesty. to get him back to america where he can answer questions without the threat of prosecution we have some very good laws against sharing secrets and he broke those laws on the other hand he wrote them for a very good reason because those laws were being used in direct contravention of our fourth amendment rights as americans the justice department in charging snowden under the espionage act seems to disagree but this isn't the only political news of the day regarding the n.s.a. the ticket in new jersey the democratic primary it to replace to see senator frank lautenberg is underway this is the first election since the revelations about surveillance on american citizens and candidate rush holt the u.s. representative from new jersey's twelfth district is a strong proponent of putting an end to domestic spying along with he talked about it in an interview with r.t. america the face of bill was set up to deal with.

. >> mcclintock and other lawmakers are hoping that this disaster brings attention to and speeds passage addresses wildfire prevention. harris? >> claudia cowen reporting live for us from california, thank you. some dramatic new images and video just into fox news. police in greenwich, connecticut, tell us they're looking for a bank robbery suspect. this is a picture somebody took from across a commuter train, as you can see the line down below. we do not note identity of the armed man you see hunched down there. one twitter user is saying police ordered passengers to duck down on the metro north train before police conducted a sweep. that suspect is still at large. >>> marijuana may be the world's most popular illegal drug, but more people die each year from abusing painkillers like vicodin and oxycontin. of drug-related 50s in 2010 more than half of them were from painkillers addiction alone. men in their 20s had the worst abuse. it's reportedly the first-ever global survey illegal drug use. >>> fox news has learned about a secret operation aimed at helping mexico fight drugs. we're to

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. >> reporter: mcclintock and other lawmakers are hoping this disaster brings awareness to and speedswildfire prevention. martha: boy, very interesting point. claudia, thank you so much. ♪ ♪ bill: 25 minutes now before the hour, back here many washington the administration holding a meeting later today on the crisis in syria. the president will talk with leading members of congress. meanwhile, the house speaker, john boehner, saying in a letter quote the following: bill: fourteen big questions in that . randy forbes, a member of the house armed services committee with me here in our nation's capital. good morning to you. let me get to the letter in a moment. your position is what regarding syria? would you support a strike on assad? >> i would not. but i would give the president the opportunity to make that case both to the mesh people and to congress -- to the american people and to congress. as the speaker pointed out, i don't think they've told us what their strategic objective is, how they're going to carry that out and what kind of exit strategy they're going to get. bill: would

mcclintock: mr. speaker, yosemite valley is a national treasure that was setaside in 1864 with the promise it would be preserved for the express purpose of, quote, public use, resort, and recreation. ever since americans have enjoyed a host of recreational opportunities and amenities as they come to experience the slendor of the valley. now the -- slen door of the valley. now the -- the slender of the valley. now they are proposing to eliminate many of the amenities including bicycle rentings, horseback riding rentals, gift shonts, swimming pools, and facilities including the ice skating rink, art center, and the stone bridges that date back to the 1920's. for generations these facilities have enhanced the enjoyment of the park for millions of visitors, adding a rich variety of recreational activities amidst of breathtaking backdrop of yosemite. today the very nature and purpose is being changed from the original promise of public resort, use, and recreation, to an exclusionary agenda that can best b