menendez: thank you, madam president. i'm talking about nominees who are trapped on the executive calendar unable to assume their appointed posts because the republican leadership has chosen obstructionism as a political tool. they have consciously chosen a strategy to do nothing, pass nothing, approve nothing and leave, most importantly, in my view, key diplomatic posts unfilled for months, threatening in many cases national security and our ability to conduct foreign policy. now, those who say that congress is broken or wrong, the congress isn't broken, but if the republican leadership wants you to believe it is, they use every parliament tool to make certain, among other posts, we cannot fill key foreign policy positions, and the world waits and american foreign policy waits and diplomacy waits, and our allies wait to let these nominees and their families have some cloture and get to work. now, the blame for these posts being left vacant for these people being in political limbo really rests squarely on the shoulders o

>> wolfowitz was correct, menendez is correct.nsequences for us, no matter what happens. whether you call it al qaeda, isis, whatever you call it, the group wishes us no good and has historically taken a lot of american s americans' lives. we have a real stake in this. the question becomes what do you do? that's a much more complicated issue once we decide it has consequences for us, what do we do, i think we'll have to talk about that. i talked to the administration over the weekend. on friday, tony blanken. frankly, i didn't have any incisive advice to give him. we'll have to see what options are available to us to try to dissuade and defeat the proponents of terrorism. clearly there's a lot of blame to go around. right now we need to look at what can we get done in an effective way that will have long term consequences, not just temporary. >> should this be separated almost from the iraq issue itself, which is that president obama should frame this as a, look, this is about isis or this is about this specific group that is wrea

robert menéndez, "detener niños con sus familias en lugares de detención para mí se ha comprobado unobert menendez insisti en que se de un trato humanitario a los menores mientras estan en tramites migratorios y agreg que hay que presionar a los gobiernos centroamericanos para contener la crisis. s/rick perry, por otra parte el gobernador de texas rick perry dijo hoy estar frustrado y decepcionado con el manejo que el gobierno federal le ha dado al tema. en ese estado el departamento de seguridad publica se prepara para desplazar autoridades a la frontera. por lo menos 47,000 menores han llegado solos este aÑo. quedan en manos del gobierno. y viven en planteles de paso como este en nogales, arizona. el primero y el nico que ha sido abierto a la prensa. segn indican, all cuentan con ropa, tres comidas diarias y cuidado medico. los ms de 800 menores aqu han sido separados por edad y gnero. s/vanesa cárdenas, center for american progress "esto es una crisis que incluye muchos países, actores criminales que están involucrados. entonces no es solo un tema de política doméstica" se calcula

saying don't pass these, these are too harsh, these are too harsh. >> nonsense. >> bob menendez -- >> she got the russian, chinese, french, to sign on to the sanctions that delivered the -- >> nicolas sarkozy said it was toothless. >> to the table. >> i think it's a little early to say how those sanctions have worked out yet, but tracy, i'm really glad that paul brought up israel because i've read the chapter in her book on israel and let me tell you, there is a doozy in there. let me just read. she writes of her first visit to israel "i got my first glimpse of life under occupation for palestinians who were denied the dignity and self-determination that americans take for granted." now, i'm sure i don't have to remind anyone at this table contra chris christie had to apologize for using similar language. is hillary clinton going to apologize to israel for using that same language? >> i hope chris christie is going to write a book. that's the one i should read. let me first say, you quoted from the book and i think tim spent all weekend reading it. i haven't read it yet. it's not out

they arrived at the state department today to sit down with secretary kerry, senator menendez leading the group. joining me now. well, you heard what richard is reporting from the field. could we be drawn into this reluctantly just to be a countervailing force against iran? >> no, i don't think that's going to be our deterrent, andrea. >> let me ask you what secretary kerry is telling you because our reporting is saying that the president is reluctant to use power and there are some reports coming out of the national security council that john kerry is on one side of this argument and susan rice and her colleagues on the other. >> well, first of all, today's breakfast had been predetermined. it was with members of the foreign relations committee and it wasn't iraq specific, although iraq certainly came up. look, i think the question is for the united states, what's our national security interests here and certainly isis, if it can gain control of a significant part of iraq and that part of syria that it has, it creates a triangle of ungovernored space in which we have to be worried ab

chairman menendez, ranking member corker, i look forward to answering any questions you or members ofthe committee may have. thank you very much. >> ambassador jones? >> thank you, mr. chairman, ranking member corker, members of the senate foreign relations committee. i'm deeply honored today to appear as president obama's nominee to be the united states ambassador to the republic of iraq. i am grateful to the president and to the secretary for the confidence in me, if confirmed, i will work closely with you to advance u.s. goals in iraq. i look forward to building on the excellent work of my predecessor and friend, ambassador steve beecroft, who is of course here today. underline toshiba's panel with dana smith, valued colleague of many years. with your permission, mr. chairman, i would like to introduce my daughter, dorothy jones, a rising sophomore at duke university. she flew up from atlanta to be with me today. my wife, barbara, and two sons are in amman. i'm grateful that my family has been gained for every new posting. mr. chairman, i am both humbled and thrilled to have the op

senator menendez? >> emergency alert. >> yeah. >> senator menendez. >> thank you, mr. chairman. welcome director cordray. the cfpb earlier this year released a report on consumer protection issues involving student loans and as i look at hard working middle class new jerseyans trying to get ahead, i feel that they fall further behind. a new class of college graduates preparing to enter the work force, but the question is at what cost to them and their families? at what cost if something should happen to them before the loan is paid off? the experience of the family of christopher briskie in my state of new jersey illustrates how challenging the issues with stateme these can be. during this time of hardship, christopher's parents were shocked to learn that his student loan debt continued, that not the injury nor christopher's death was enough to stop the debt from growing. while some private lenders made clear they will discharge recent loans in the event of a borrower's death or disability, others do not clearly indicate to cosigners what obligations will be, leaving to families

>> we'll take this question and then we will do senator menendez. >> go ahead. you can answer. >> thank you, senator. i think independence is at the core of the ig mission. i have deep experience leading independent investigations. i value the importance of a working relationship with the fhfa director to report to him on what has been found in a cleejial manner but it is not a collaborative relationship because the ig reports not only to the director but also to congress. therefore, in terms of reporting, what the ig has found either in the evaluations or its audits or its investigations will be communicated respectfully but that will not be a collaboration on the reporting on how to form laulat report. if there is an unfetterred access to the materials, the output will not be worth anything. >> senator menendez. >> thank you mr. chairman. mayor castro, i must tell you there aren't too many cast rros that i do like but i do like you and the congressman so i look forward to working with you as the subcommittee chair on housing. you know as you and i had an oppor

it's called the largest gay and lesbian mid-atlantic beach party. >>> corey booker and robert menendezess tractor-trailer safety. they want to send an amendment to be repealed. the lawmakers say this will make highways more dangerous. this comes in the wake of the deadly crash that injured comedian tracey morgue enand killed his friend. >>> new york senator chuck schumer is calling for stronger safety measures. he wants black boxes in all tractor-trailers. police say the truck driver who slammed into morgan's limo on the jersey turnpike had not slept in more than 24 hours. schumer wants the department of transportation to move ahead with the plan to require electronic logging devices in tractor-trailers. they would log the number of hours truckers drive and show whether they make mandatory breaks. >> if there's a black box in the cab of the truck, we'll know if the truck driver drove more than 11 hours a day. if he or she took a half hour off, like they're supposed to, in that 11 hours and if they drove more than 70 hours a week. >> morgan remains hospitalized. the truck driver is char

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. >> this is one of your democratic counter part bob menend menendez.listen. >> i don't have advocate bringing boots on the ground in order to stop the march of isis. the challenge is, what is in our interest. what are the consequences to us. in that regard, we have to both think about whether or not there is targeted and limited in duration strikes. >> do you agree with senator menendez? >> first of all, our first action should be to reach out to the moderate sun eyes to see how disgisted with maliki. we don't want to enflame that situation. it's complex. it's a tragedy that is degraded to this point. we have to deal with the situation as we find it. so here is what we should do. make sure we help the kurds and stablize that region. we need to make sure that southern iraq remains stable. from my point standpoint we reach out to the moderate sunnis who have cast their doubt with al qaeda and before they rejected that. they joined the coalition government and we didn't leave people behind to try to force. let's face it, we had to force maliki maintain an

i wanted to echo the words of senator menendez. i'm a cosponsor of his legislation. i was in a call the other day speaking with the sister of andrew who was a law student in western ohio who was killed right before he graduated from law school. his sister oliva spoke of some of the same kind of behavior they experienced from their service is similar to what senator menendez talked about. i'm hopeful, director cordray, you can help us address the issues. >> anybodies else? >> i would like to remind my colleagues that the record will be open for the next seven days and added materials. mr. richard cordray is a director of the consumer financial protection bureau. direct eer cordray. you may begin your testimony. >> thank you for inviting me to testify today about the latest semiannual report of the protection bureau. the bureau, as you know, is the nation's first federal agency with the sole focus of producting consumers in the financial marketplace. financial products like mortgages, credit cards, and student loans involve some of the most important financial transact

chairman menendez, ranking member corker, other members of the committee. i'm honored to appear to you as the president's nominee as the u.s. ambassador to the arab republic of egypt. i'm deeply grateful to president obama and secretary kerry for their support and confidence and if confirmed, i look forward to working closely with you and other members of congress to advance the interests of the united states. i'm also pleased to share this hearing with my colleagues. mr. jones and miss smith. i look forward to working closely with them on the many issues facing the united states in the middle east. mr. chairman, i've spent much of my career working in the middle east, including assignments in syria and saudi arabia and as ambassador to jordan and iraq. my experience has made me acutely aware of egypt's importance inside and outside the region. as the most populous arab country egypt represents a quarter of the world. egypt is the third largest market for u.s. goods and services in the middle east, and the united states is the second largest source of forei

and senator bob menendez of new jersey stood up and objected. i laid out a dozen questions.response was, he said, i have no idea, this is menendez speaking, whether president obama was awake or asleep when this terrorist attack was happening. it went on to say, i have no idea whether there was anything president obama could have done to have saved those four brave americans who died, but those questions aren't worthy of being answered. listen, if the chairman of the foreign relations committee doesn't know the answers to those questions we're not getting the truth and we deserve -- the american people deserve the truth. our men and women in harm's way deserve the truth. >> 30-second case against hillary clinton for president. >> her policies, domestically and internationally, haven't worked. domestically, the obama economic agenda is the lowest. the lowest labor force participation. and internationally, obama/clinton foreign policy is a disaster. every region of the world has weakened. america has weakened. our enemies have been strengthened. we're in the middle of cutting a

year ago the senate passed bipartisan immigration reform, a bill that has house has, as senator menendezo bring up for any kind of vote. yesterday, house republicans elected a new majority leader-elect, kevin mccarthy, to replace eric cantor. earlier this year, it was mccarthy who said he was open to some sort of form, although as of late, he has backpedaled a bit. >> do you think that immigration reform can be done? >> i think that's very difficult based on what the president has done. i think it's important that our borders be secure. >> mr. mccarthy is a conservative. and it's important to note he's also from california. in his case, that means he represents a district that's almost 36% hispanic. he replaced a republican who, according to the new conservative conventional wisdom, was hurt by flirting with immigration reform. but you know, whether that's true or not, everyone does seem to agree, eric cantor did lose touch with his district. for mr. mccarthy, keeping an open mind to some sort of immigration reform or some democracy on the floor of the house, on the issue of immigration,

thanks for being here. >> hi, ari. >> let's start with the idea that senator menendez is putting forthe's a difference between a refugee crisis and immigration crisis. >> well, you know, this is interesting because the democrats look at what's happening on the border right now with the unaccompanied minors in the holding cells, crowded conditions. they're saying people are fleeing gang violence in central-american countries, what the obama administration is saying that's driving this. i think the republicans are saying is they're saying, look, we empathize with the kids. this is an unacceptable condition that they're in but the obama administration has softened some policies over the years particularly for young people in 2012, deferring deportations. that's created some confusion in these countries and allowed smuggling groups, or other media to make the impression that once these kids get here, they're going to be protected and there's some truth to that, that some of the kids are able to stay for various reasons. maybe some for important reasons. because they do face hostility and v

and new jersey senator robert menendez said this, too many lives have been lost on our highways as asult of tired, overworked truck drivers who are pushed to the max in the name of corporate profits and at the expense of public safety. >>> home owners in north dakota will be cleaning up today after strong storms moved through the area. they started the process last night using chain saws to cut through tree limbs that had been knocked down. the national weather service says winds peaked at 85 miles an hour. one cabin owner said those winds sent a tree branch right through his roof. >>> the governor of minnesota declared a state of emecy rains flash flooding and a mud slide. 20 workers at a nearby hospital were evacuated just as a precaution. no patients were impacted. the national weather service here says more than 6 inches of rain had fallen in that area. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> don't forget your sunglasses if you're leaving the door. you might need a jacket this morning. there are cool spots. it is running cooler in philadelphia,

new jersey senator, robert menendez, in camden monday. announcing plans to prevent the rollback by introducing amendments to transportation funding bill, along with senator cory booker. >> we're not trying to install new laws. we're just simply trying to protect the laws that exist. the fight comes after an accident on june 7th. when a limo van caring actor tracy morgan was struck by a wal-mart truck injuring morgan, killing his friend. >> went 24 hours without sleeping when he struck the vehicle. roper, since charged, with vehicular homicide. >> roper pleading not guilty to those charges, meanwhile, no update from the morgan camp on his current status, although, we have heard in days past he remains in critical but stable condition and ever improving. it is the latest from paulsboro, new jersey, steve patterson, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >>> it is 5:41 rid now. evacuation also underway in new mexico, where wild fire surges and creates air quality problems. that's next. >> also ahead, do you feel well rested when you wake up in the mornin

>> thank you very much for that question, senator menendez. i enjoyed our visit yesterday and want to commend you for your could strong and effective advocacy for folks impacted by superstorm sandy. of course, i would appreciate the opportunity to understand these views better by visiting new jersey. >> now, the state has some well-publicized issues with administering cdbj grants, particularly with contractors and the approval process. as hud awaits new jersey's amended planned for the third funding, would you commit to work with me and the state to ensure proper contract procedures are put into place and the housing application process is as efficient as possible. all these funds could nothing if it doesn't make its way to affect the people. >> i agree. as a local official this has been my concern ensuring wherever resources come from, whether local, state or federal, that the rubber hits the road and the lives meant to be impacted positively are impacted. if confirmed, i certainly will work with you to ensure we do our best job on our, that

enator menendez. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and welcome director cord re. released a report involving student loans and as i look at hard-working middle class new jerseyens trying to get ahead, i feel that they fall further behind. a new class of college graduates preparing to enter the workforce. but the question is at what cost to them and their families and at what cost if something should happen to them before the loan is paid off? the experience of the family of christopher brisky in my state of nuge illustrates how challenging these issues can sometimes be. in 2004, he was a student at rutgers when he suffered a severe traumatic brain injury left him in a vedge stative state for two years before he passed away. during this time of hardship his parents were shocked to learn that his student loan debt continued. not the injury nor christopher's death was enough to stop the debt from growing. while some private lenders may clear that they will discharge recent loans in the event of a borrower's death or disability, others do not communicate what their ob

as senator menendez pointed out, the -- ladies and gentlemen of the jury number of these nominees for ambassadorships are career diplomats. these aren't political appointments. these are career people who've made their career on serving their country. many have young families. what do they do about school for september? do they enroll their children in the school where they are now or assume they'll be confirmed by then and look at enrolling them in the country in which they'll be serving? why are we putting people who are serving their country through that type of uncertainty and anxiety? but we are. we are, by failing to move in a timely way the nominations that have been brought forward to us. i'll just mention one other example. i started with the hearing that i chaired today on behalf of the senate foreign relations committee dealing with four nominees. one was the ambassador to vietnam. i was just recently in vietnam. i met with our current ambassador, ambassador scher. i mention that because he's been nominated to be assistant secretary of defense for asia so he's leaving vietn

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its to echo -- i wanted to echo the words of senator menendez. i'm hopeful director cordray that you can help us address those issues. >> anybody else? >> like to remind my colleagues that the record will be open for additional statements and added material. mr. richard cordray is the director of the consumer financial protection about our. director cordray, you may begin your testimony. >> thank you chairman johnson ranking members of the committee for inviting me to testify again today about the latest semiannual report of the consumer financial protection bureau. the bureau as you know is the nation's first federal agency with the focus of protecting consumers in the financial marketplace. financial products like mortgage, credit cards and student loans involve some of the most important transactions in people's lives. congress created the bureau to stand on the side of consumers. those consumers are your constituents. since we opened our doors, we've been focused on making consumer financial markets work better for the american people. my tes

i live with martha menendez at [speaker not understood] excelsior district. we under the program and what was going on. basically i think our issue that the deal or the negotiation with dpw is not what we agreed to. so, i think we'll try to resolve that with the dpw staff members. but we have the documents to kind of justify our argument here. thank you. >> okay, thank you very much. and if you would like us to get a translator, we're happy to do that as well. thank you. next speaker. >>> good afternoon, my name is jackie olson and i reside in excelsior district. 700 avalon, and we had received a notice last year that sidewalk repairs were required, which we had completed and paid the contractor to do. now we received a notice saying that there's a public hearing that we're going to do the work. the inspector told us they would be back to inspect the work we had completed. we never heard from anybody and don't know why we're receiving this notice. so, i would appreciate some help. thank you. >> [speaker not understood]. you can share that with dpw officer, of

menendez: are we in a quorum call? the presiding officer: we are. mr. menendez: may i -- mr. booker: may i request the quorum call be dispensed with. i rise today to express my disappointment, that earlier today this chamber could not even proceed to the consideration of the bank on students emergency loan refinancing act. this would have allowed those with outstanding student loan debt to refinance at the current interest rate currently offered to new borrowers. this is deeply disappointing to me and it should be to the american public that we could not even get on to the bill to discuss, to debate it. and this is why it is particularly disappointing. our nation's young people and their families are burdened with extraordinary debt, $1.2 trillion of student loan debt. this exceeds the aggregate, the total auto loan, credit card and home equity debt balances in america, making student loans the second-largest debt of the u.s. households following mortgages. today the average student graduates from college with around $29,000 in loans. in new jersey, that sum is up from the av

>> thank you very much for that question, senator menendez. i enjoyed our visit yesterday and want to commend you for your could strong and effective advocacy for folks impacted by superstorm sandy. of course, i would appreciate the opportunity to understand these views better by visiting new jersey. >> now, the state has some well-publicized issues with administering cdbj grants, in this context, particularly with contractors and the approval process. as hud awaits new jersey's amended planned for the third tranche of funding, will you committee to working with me and the state to ensure proper contracting procedures are put into place and that the housing application process is as efficient as possible. all these funds could nothing if it doesn't make its way to affect the people. >> i agree. as a local official this has been my concern ensuring wherever resources come from, whether local, state or federal, that the rubber hits the road and the lives meant to be impacted positively are impacted. if confirmed, i certainly will work with you t

. >> my husband if he can get e va menendez, go get it, i don't think it will happen. >> this is, now sue, you and billy, it might happen. he is so sexy. >> there it is. >> but here's the thing. >> because you have been married so long mike the photographer just can't stop laughing. because you have been married so long you are comfortable. you can make that exception. we're talking about people who are really stressed outing into that wedding, and they have a lot going on, which is why i recommend, tipsy dial. you say this, when you talk to those ex-losers, you understand you why are getting married and you feel better about marrying the the guy, right. >> yes. >> that is why i broke up with him. >> exactly. >> but now you have have to check their instagrams and see. >> you can stalk them, yes. >> i think i have a marriage advice column in my future. >> i think so. >> ask jen. >> yes. >> go for it, jen. >> very afraid of what the answer may be. >> well, before you get to the alter, you have to find somebody to date, right. now there is a dating web site only for people who want to be

chairman chairman menendez senator corker and members of the committee.i appreciate this opportunity to testify in recent elements in ukraine. i will summarize my written testimony and try not to repeat what others have said. our mission is to encourage democracy in places where its absence helps democracy become more effective words in danger and share best practices where democracy is flourishing. given that mission it's only natural that ukraine has been an essential part of our programming for more than 20 years. in addition to our primary office in kiev we have offered offices in modesto and until recently and crimea. iri has monitored elections and monitored elections in a panic ukraine's history including the most recent election on may 25. our high-level mission was led by senator ayotte my colleague ann led by congressman peter rostand cochair of the house democracy project. we visited 100 polling places like kiev and odessa in preparation for the elections. we trained more than 5000 observers of political parties. in the view of our observation

senator robert menendez wants to change that. >> we're not trying to install new laws, just trying toaws that exist. >> kevin roper charged with vehicular roper that injured and killed one. >>> more than 3 million high school seniors will receive their diplomas. that means time to have the talk, right? not that talk. >> the money talk, yes. >> for more, joined by business analyst, jill schlessinger, good morning, you're glad you don't have to have the talk, right? >> morning. >> yes, right. that's separate segment. >> exactly, so where should parents start, though? >> we start with balancing a checkbook. you want to introduce budgeting concepts and of course cover those credit cards basics. stress that the balances have to be paid back in full each month, other wide wise, nasty interest charge on that bill. if you plan on co-signing a credit card with your kid before he or she goes to college, explain that you're marrying your credit history for better or for worse, you you know, guilt them into being good kids. remind them paying bills late can hurt their credit history. could even a

as i said to chairman menendez, i share your very deep concern for this situation.i'm not sure that i have any wisdom to add to what i already said to the chairman, except i can say that the honduran government is running public service ads in honduras to counter the kind of rumors that you described. obviously -- >> do these rumors come from? why are they -- what are the perception that they can come and stay if they arrive -- where's that coming from? >> senator, you unfortunately, m not in the position to answer that question for you, i simply don't know. but i can tell you that, if confirmed, this issue -- which i think has gotten the attention, rightly, of all of us -- would be at the top of the list of my prior ties to try to address, and i would look forward to working with you. i know you have deep roots this the community in florida. i would really look forward to working with you to see if we could come up with some ideas to address the situation. >> thank you. thank you, mr. chair. >> senator cain. >> thank you, mr. chairman, and thank you to the witnesse

so did lyle and eric menendez, convicted of killing their own parents.peterson sentenced to death for killing his wife and their unborn son received two marriage proposal his very first day on death row, say prison officials. for echols and davis, though, the story holds an unusual twist, a happy ending. in 2011, prosecutors made a deal with the west memphis three, and they were granted release. echols took his last walk along death row to freedom. and the love of his life. jean casarez, cnn. >> theirs is a true love story and it's testament to you never know who you're going to find love and where you're going to find love. we're going dig deeper with this story coming up right after this break. halls, mentoring tomorrow's innovators. we build it raising roofs, preserving habitats and serving america's veterans. every day, thousands of boeing volunteers help make their communities the best they can be. building something better for all of us. ♪ and cialis for daily use helps you be ready anytime the moment is right. cialis is also the only daily ed tabl

. >> reporter: new jersey senator robert menendez in camden monday announcing plans to prevent that roll back by introduce ago moments to the transportation funding bill along with senator corry booker. >> we're in the trying to install new laws, we are just trying to simply protect the the laws that exist. >> reporter: fight comes after an accident on june 7th when a limo van carrying actor tracie morgan, was struck by a wal-mart truck, injuring morgan and killing his friend. criminal complaint a lens driver kevin roper went 24 hours without sleeping when he struck the vehicle. roper has since been charged with vehicular whom side. >>> we have learned that roper pleading not guilty to those charges. meanwhile no update from the morgan camp on his current status but we have heard that he remains in critical but stable condition and ever improving. that is very latest from paulsboro, new jersey, i'm steve paterson for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> department of interior award more than hundred million-dollar in grant money relate to go hurricane sandy and a lot of that cash is going to pro

. >> in response to the video, david menendez and ramirez turned themselves in and are charged with two counts of assault. they lead no contest and are sentenced to three years probation and other conditions. numerous people have questioned why emile didn't do more to help defend the man who was clearly outnumbered. >> my mind-set was i want to jump in, this is wrong. but the best thing i can do is get it on tape so that the chp can do what they do, you know. you don't always have to be violent and be a good citizen. >> to videotape it is perfect evidence and helped us in obtaining the individuals. i applaud him for doing that. i don't know if he got out and helped that that would have escalated the situation and hurt himself. >> everybody can relate to road rage and being in l.a. traffic. >> you just don't know who you're talking to. you don't know what they're capable of. they could have a knife or gun. you just don't know what will happen. is it worth it? never. >>> coming up, when a dare goes too far, there are serious consequences. >> i literally thought i just saw my friend die. >

menendez? >> director, in your midyear update on student loan amplaints you highlight factor where loans are put into default if the cosigner dies or becomes disabled or declares bankruptcy, even if the borrower has never missed a payment. that practice, to me is extremely unfair to the borrowers who have been making their payments on time and are in good standing. i am in the midst of drafting legislation to fix that problem. my question is what are some steps that can be taken under existing law to protect students from this practice, students who may be able to qualify for the existing loan on their own or under a new cosigner, and does the bureau have the opportunity to remedy this practice with you additionalou need authority? >> thank you for raising that issue. it was shocking to me and i want to describe this practice of people understand. there was tremendous work done -- this has been an expanding advocate for students who have student loan debt across the country. the practice was th

here with bob menendez earlier. >> we have to both think about whether or not there's targeted and limited in duration strikes that may be able to change the tide and also i hope the administration is not thinking about engaging iran. it was iran that trained shia militia and many of the wounded warriors bare the scars of. >> could political engagement with iran be a necessary evil to end the crisis in iraq? joining me from the council of foreign relations is richard haas author of "war of necessary, war of choice." thank you for joining us today. >> good to be here. >> first i want to ask you about the breaking news we just covered at the top of the hour, an arrest of a suspected ringleader in the benghazi attack. >> look, it's always satisfying when you bring people to justice and good to take dangerous people off the streets so he can't commit further acts of terrorism. the problem is, though, libya is essentially a failed state in large part and his former colleagues and lots more like him are able to use libya to mount terrorist attacks against other countries in the region or conceiv

to do our job, to answer the questions that secretary clinton rightly noted are still there, bob menendez, the senator who is the chairman of the senate foreign relations committee stood up and objected. his response was striking. in the course of objecting he said, i have no idea whether president obama was awake or asleep the night that our americans were under attack. and he went even further, i have no idea whether there was anything president obama could have done to saved the lives of those four americans. but we don't need to answer those questions. well, with respect, i think those questions are important to all the men and women serving in our nation and we ought to get to the bottom of the truth. >> it is truth, of course, on benghazi, that there need to be answers, people need to be held accountable regardless of the politics around it. but the politics have taken center stage. you've been a big part of that. as you know, hillary clinton reisn'tly in an abc interview said republican criticism, a lot of it coming from you -- she didn't say that, but i'm noting for our viewers, y

we're joined by tom cole, alicia menendez, matthew dowd, bill richardson and martha raddatz, who's back well. he's glad bowe bergdahl is home, but he would not support the deal? >> well, i think the president did the right thing, i know it's controversial, it was a prisoner swap at a time when we're winding down a war. leave no soldier behind. i have been involved in these negotiations as well. >> you negotiated with the taliban back in 1998? >> yeah, they're very tough, they're very shifty, so the deal was made at a time when his safety and health were being jeopardized. but at the same time, i think it might lead in the future to a lessening of the tensions with the taliban. i think that might be a tall order. i think the president was totally justified with what he did. >> look, congressman, could he had the both ways? >> look, i wouldn't have traded murphy for these five guys. let's talk about who they are. these are five terrorists, they have blood of america on their hands. this was bad policy. obviously, everybody is happy when somebody comes home, regardless. frankly, a lot of p

you've got -- you have senator robert menendez saying we're at the end of the line, not bluffing by setting a legislative deadline for him to act. the first job is govern. absence of governing, then you see executive actions. you are seeing reporting from the white house that you might see executive action on immigration. is that the only hope left at this point? >> yes, that is the only hope left. again, how inclusive is that going to be? again, please, reporters, political reporters, i beg of you, ask speaker boehner, ask republican house leadership, are they saying that dream act eligible kids should be deported? is that what they're saying? >> well, and then also given the conditions of what we have now and given the rebellion against the -- the sort of ad hoc rebellion against daka now, that's a political strategy to try to stop him from doing anything in the future. >> that and also speaker boehner saying about suing the president. i'm sorry. the last time i checked the latino community is the largest minority group in america and asians are the fastest growing racial group in america

so did lyle and eric menendez, convicted of killing their own parents.ott peterson sentenced to death for killing his wife and their unborn son received at least two marriage proposals his very first day on death row, say prison officials. for echols and davis, though, the story holds an unusual twist, a happy ending. in 2011 prosecutors made a deal with the west memphis three, and they were granted release. echols took his last walk along death row to freedom. and the love of his life. jean casarez, cnn. >> theirs is a true love story and it's testament to you never know who you're going to find love and where you're going to find love. we're going dig deeper with this story coming up right after this break. into the air... and polluting the airwaves with lies. they're trying to overturn the epa's carbon pollution... standards by lying about electric bills. the same kind of lies they told about limiting smog, soot... and acid rain. they're fighting against energy efficiency measures that... would lower your bills. just to protect their profits. washingt

as i said to chairman menendez. i share your question deep concern for this situation. i'm not sure that i have any wisdom to what i already is he too the chairman accept that i can say that the honduras government is running public service adds to counter the kind of rumors that you described. >> where do these rumors come from? where does the perception come from that they can stay if they arrive -- where does that come from. >> iep n'm not in a position to answer that question. i simply do not know. i can say that this would be at the very top of priorities of what to address. i really would look forward to working with you. i know you have deep roots in the community in florida. i would really look forward to work with you to see if we could come up with some ideas to address the situation mr. kaine. i will start, first congratulations. this is a country of many, many wonderful people. i think being embass dor to honduras though a very challenging one will give you a superb opportunity to continue an amazing career in foreign service. i congratulate you there. i liv

the amendment is cosponsored by senators rockefeller, feinstein, menendez, schumer, blumenthal, gillibrand, markey, warren and brown. i also ask unanimous consent to add as cosponsors, senator durbin, senator boxer, senator hirono, senator murphy and senator schatzment. the presiding officer: without schatz -- senator schatz. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. boomer: ow amendment woulerd enhance rules that reduce driver fatigue. this bill rolls back enforcement of these rules, rules that are based on years of scientific evidence. it's doing so without further study. it's rolling back these safety rules without public input. it's rolling back these safety rules without even a hearing. at a time when truck crashes are actually on a rise in the united states of america, it is paramount that congress do more to improve transportation safety, to improve the protection of lives, not remove an evidence-based element of reform. keep in mind that the rule the bill is currently considering suspends enforcement of what was the result of feedback from more than 20,000 formal comments submi

so it's been now three years, as senator menendez has pointed out, since the u.s. senate has ratified a tax treaty. and ratifying this treaty would finally bring the swiss into ino alignment with u.s. tax policy with other countries and once ratified, it will take effect from the date that it was signed in order to help stop tax dodging from 2009 forward. it is long overdue that we ratify this. i very much -- i am very disappointed that there was another objection by senator paul to proceeding to ratify -- at least consider the rat if iquation oifiquation -- at leasr the ratification of this treaty. i think senator mccain will speak on bringing this treaties up for debate and i yield the floor. mr. heller: madam president, i'd like to begin by thanking my colleague from pennsylvania, senator casey, for his dedication to working with me in a bipartisan manner to resolve the backlog of veterans' benefits claismtion the care of our nation's vents is truly a bipartisan issue. i'd also like to take this moment to commend the chairman of the veterans' affairs committee,

>> senator menendez. >> thank you mr.airman and welcome director cordray the cfpb earlier this year released a report on consumer protection issues involving student loans and as i look at hard working middle class new jerseyans trying to get ahead, i feel they fall further behind. a knew class of college graduates preparing to enter the workforce but the question is at what cost to them and their family and at what cost something should happen to them before the loan is paid off. the experience of the family of christopher illustrates how challenge these issues can be. in 2004 christopher was a student at rutgers when he suffered severe traumatic brain injury. during this time of hardship, christopher's parents was shocked to learn that his student loan debt continued. not the injury nor christopher's death was enough to stop the debt from blowing. leaving families like christopher to find out that they're on the hook for the full cost of the loan no matter what. we need to take a step back and think about how we approac