senator menendez. senator menendez: thank you, mr. chairman. i want to thank senator kaine. someone who's been 23 years trying to create this focus on central america and latin america. great to that passionate voice about it. three questions. speaking of latin america. the situation in venezuela continues to deteriorate. the venezuelan government arrested the caracas mayor on trumped up charges. there are high-profile prisoners who have languished in prison over a year. we had legislation past signed by the president that calls for including mandatory implementations of certain sanctions. can you give us an update of where the administration is at and how they intend to move forward? secretary kerry: we are perplexed by and disturbed by what is going on in venezuela senator. , i reached out when i traveled last year, year before, to panama. and i think it was in guatemala i saw them. we met. it was supposed to be a 15 minute meeting. turned out to be 45. we agreed we were going to follow on and begin a new period. the next thing i knew, couple weeks later we were being atta

march 24th says senator menendez. that's as far as he's going to go. at least it's an unofficial deadline or marker as you suggested that he's put down. each time there has to be some sort of concrete progress. any idea how they would define it? any idea how you would define it? >> well i would -- if we had a real comprehensive agreement that would keep iran from building a nuclear weapon, that would be one thing. i don't believe this is going to happen. i think they are just stalling for time time, negotiations, promises that they won't really ever fulfill not the serious ones. i think that iran's going to eat our lunch dealing with these negotiations or having no negotiation, just string us out. maybe i'm wrong. i hope i'm wrong. but i believe history will probably show that we are probably right. >> iran's deputy foreign minister saying that he had informed israel that there will be consequences to their acts including a strike in which an iranian general was killed. the united states now in the position of carrying messages for the iranians to the

senator menendez. >> yeah, thank you, mr. chairman. very briefly and i want to thank senator kaine because as someone who for 23 years has been trying to create this focus on latin america and the caribbean, it's great to have another voice who's equally as passionate about it. mr. secretary, three quick questions. one, speaking about latin america, the situation in venezuela continues to deteriorate. the venezuelan government arrested caracas mayor on trumped-up charges. there are high profile prisoners who have languished in prison for over a year. we have legislation passed, signed by the president that calls for including mandatory implementations of certain sanctions. can you give us an update of where the administration is at and how they intend to move forward? >> yeah. we're perplexed by and disturbed by what's going on in venezuela, senator. i reached out to the foreign minister when i traveled last year year before to panama and i think it was in guatemala. and we met, supposed to be a 15 minute meeting turned out to be 45. w

senator menendez. >> thank you, mr. chairman. general allen, you're a retired u.s.arine four star general, you were the former commander of nato's international security assistance force and the u.s. forces in afghanistan for about a year and a half and then you became the senior adviser to the secretary of defense on middle east security. you commanded during that a period of time 150,000 u.s. and nato forces in afghanistan during a critical period of the war. i put that out there, one in recognition of the service, and, two, in also the framework of my question. what does enduring -- no enduring combat forces mean? >> well, i think obviously the nature of the contingency or the emergency or the potential conflict will give us the indications of what kinds of measures would need to be taken in the aggregate to deal with that emergency, to give the president the kinds of options that he needs in order to protect the lives of american citizens and americans interests in the homeland. each one of these emergencies will be different. each one will require a different a

senator menendez. >> thank you mr. chairman.nd briefly i want to thank senator cain for someone who's been 23 years trying to create this focus on central america and latin america. great to that passionate voice about it. three questions mr. secretary. speaking of latin america. the situation in venezuela continues to deteriorate. the venezuelan government arrested curacaoen president on trumped up charges. there are others who languished in prison over a year. we had legislation past signed by the president that calls for including mandatory plems implementations of certain sanctions. can you give us an update of where the administration is at and how they intend to move forward? >> we are perplexed by and disturbed by which is going on in venezuela senator. i reached out when i traveled last year, year before, to panama panama. and i think it was in guatemala i saw them. we met. supposed to be a 15 minute meeting. turned out to be 45. we agreed we were going to follow on and begin a new period. and next thing i knew couple we

senate banking committee voted overwhelmingly with large democratic support for something called the menendez bill that would impose tough sanctions on iran bringing kirk menendez into the veto proof area. >> potential. on the cusp of. >> they want to peel away some of the democratic support. israel has an election in a few weeks and they hope that by putting such brutal pressure on the israeli government the israeli electorate may say we want a different prime minister because -- >> it could backfire in both instances. >> could they defeat netanyahu? >> it happened in 1992, with the previous -- previous prime minister. israelis don't trust barack obama. they think that he's personalized his differences with bibi. they don't trust him to stop the iranian nuclear bomb and bottom line they're more worried about the iranian nuclear bomb than the obama administration. >> what about john kerry's critique of netanyahu, that he was wrong about iraq? correct me if i'm wrong, but i seem to recall that john kerry voted for the iraq war and even praised the president for a while. george w. bush as sayin

i'm james menendez. our headlines so far. more fighting in ukraine as the president confirms he will attend peace talks with the leaders of ukraine and germany. >>> more than 200 migrants hatch died in the last few days while trying to cross the mediterranean. >>> time for a look at business news here. aaron is here. >> sorry for my sneak appearance. can we go back to the story of the univision? >> really? >> did we tell people if they win they have to pay for it? we're going to start with looking at weather. you see it as a mexican standoff or a game of russian roulette. grief is ready to play hardball with its creditors with european finance ministers. they meet in brussels. after winning a confidence vote for europe's bailout package, the prime minister announced we are not negotiating a bailout. it was actually canceled by its own failure. with germany not willing to negotiate either. it seems today's meeting will be a showdown of stubbornness. greece could be a backup option. russian says he would consider any assistance

were telling senator menendez >> i do. i think that -- >> just the hearings downstairs in the basement, that's basically our role? >> in terms of the ongoing negotiation portion, yes. you certainly have a right to have whatever hearings and whatever further examinations you want to have, if a deal is struck. that's your prerogative at any point in time, and ours is to respond to you, and to, you know -- >> but no other role in feedback on this other than straight congressional hearings? >> i believe this fall squarely within the executive power of the president of the united states and the execution of american foreign policy. and he is executing thoroughly all his responsibilities of consultation. but in the end this is the president's prerogative. you can always decide to oppose it one way or the other, as you might. our hope is that we will consult, work together, not set up predetermined barriers that make it difficult to get to an agreement. i mean, every nuance of what we do here, folks, i'm telling you, gets interpr

senator menendez. >> thank you, mr. chairman. general allen you're a retired u.s.ine four star general, you were the former commander of nato's international security assistance force and the u.s. forces in afghanistan for about a year and a half and then you became the senior adviser to the secretary of defense on middle east security. you commanded during that a period of time 150,000 u.s. and nato forces in afghanistan during a critical period of the war. i put that out there, one in recognition of the service and, two, in also the framework of my question. what does enduring -- no enduring combat forces mean? >> well, i think obviously the nature of the contingency or the emergency or the potential conflict will give us the indications of what kinds of measures would need to be taken in the aggregate to deal with that emergency, to give the president the kinds of options that he needs in order to protect the lives of american citizens and americans interests in the homeland. each one of these emergencies will be different. each one will require a different ag g

uno de los principales opositores el senador robert menÉndez dice que no se va a aprobar en el senadotivistas de derechos humanos que le dicen la primera reuniÓn entre los estados y cuba: queremos su dinero pero no tu libertad. creo que es un mensaje que debemos entender. >> esto fue lo mÁs destacado en la polÍtica desde washington. fernando pizarro, univisiÓn. >>la semana pasada un menor nÚmero de estadounidenses dejaron de solicitar servicio de desempleo. aunque algunos economistas se mantienen cautelosos con relaciÓn al nivel de desempleo a quien el paÍs. ♪♪ >> ahora nos vamos a las hogueras en el mundo de los deportes. raÚl delgado llega con toda la acciÓn deportiva del fin de semana. adelante raÚl. >> muy buenas noches, saludos a todos en casa. continuÓ la liga mx. la polÉmica no faltÓ en el estadio omnilife, una buena entrada y el encuentro bastante movidito. el pachuca con mucho joven. marcan un penalti. no era penal. la chivas estÁn sumando y ahora estÁn cinco puntos arriba del puebla en la porcentual. martin barragÁn con un zapatazo marcÓ un gol para los zorros. el joven pare

amendment to the menendez amendment to the preamble be considered and agreed to, the menendez substitute as amended be agreed to the preamble as amended be agreed to, the motions to reconsider be made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: further mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the appointments at the desk appear separately in the record as if made by the chair. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: mr. president now i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today it adjourn until 9:30 a.m. wednesday february 25,. following the prayer and pledge, the morning business be deemed expired, the journal of proceedings be approved to date and the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day. following leader remarks the senate be in a period of morning business for up to one hour with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each, with the majority controlling the first half and the democrats controlling the second half

new jersey senator bob menendez announced a bill limiting high-capacity magazines. senator menendez was joined by families from newton connecticut. >>> health officials in north new jersey are looking into a suspected case of measles. the patient is a 1-year-old baby who has not been vax nighted. the first dose of the measles vaccine is usually given when a child is 12 to 15 months old. the baby is okay and officials have notified people living in the child's building. if confirmed, new jersey would join pennsylvania and delaware in handling measles cases this year. >>> now public health officials say five infants who attended a suburban chicago day care have been dice nogagnosed with measles. several other children at the day care may have also been exposed and are being quarantined as a precaution. but it's important to note health officials say all the children were too young to get vaccinated. meantime, the source of the outbreak has not been determined. >>> it will be a first on capitol hill. pope francis will address congress just a day before coming here to p

>> senator menendez is joined by families from newtown, connecticut. they're pushing congress for safer gun laws. >>> jury selectionway in the trial against the man accused of killing american sniper chris kyle. >> i can't see him. i can't shoot them. >> this movie based on kyle's life has already grossed nearly $250 million and nominated for six oscars. 12 potential jurors will be asked whether they've seen the movie. out of the 85 potential jurors who showed up this morning, 14 were excused for legal reasons. six others say they've already formed opinions. prosecutors say eddy ray ruth shot and killed kyle and another iraq war veteran at a shooting range in 2014. his defense is expected to argue that mental illness is to blame. >>> congress taking on the hacking crisis hitting home for americans. nbc 10 national correspondent has the story from washington. >> reporter: the nation's second largest health insurance company has been hit with what might be the largest data breach of its kind. anthem incorporated reveals that sophisticated cyber criminals

i'm james menendez with "bbc world news." our top story. after 19 fans died in a crush in cairo, egypt suspends its football league indefinitely. hsbc avoids paying millions of dollars in tax, according to leaked documents. as angela merkel heads for talks with president obama on ukraine, there's no sign to an end of the fighting. >>> in a moment egypt. but first, let me bring you some breaking news of a shooting in southern france. a hooded gunman armed with kalashnikov rifles is reported to have opened fire on police in the city of marseille in the fans while the prime minister is paying a visit. a police source has told. the news agency, reuters, that troops are being sent to the scene in the northern suburbs of the mediterranean port city following those shots. details still sketchy at the moment. we'll bring you more on that breaking news as it reaches us. >>> egypt has indefinitely suspended its football league after 22 fans died at a crush in a stadium in cairo. it happened after police fired tear gas to supporters who were trying to

and with that i would like to recognize the distinguished ranking member, senator menendez. >> thank you. i see you have a big binder hopefully it has all the answers that we want to hear. as we meet, it is a challenge -- it is a challenging time for states of budgets and for the nation. negotiations are continuing with iran even as it perpetuates the war in syria. i still is expanding its territory and sphere of influence in the middle east and north africa. and a pit and has reneged on his commitments to solve the ukrainian crisis. china is rising, pressing for the political and territorial advantages. ebola remains a threat in do part to lack of an adequate medical infrastructure and delivery system so, we have many challenges it in the world. i know that we are trying to meet those challenges. the fact is that world history has taught us that no matter what the threat, dealing from a position of weakness is always a greater provocation them dealing from a position of strength. so i appreciate your total engagement as evidenced by the fact that you have logged 306 travel days, tha

i'm james menendez with "bbc world news." our top stories. the u.s. secretary of state john kerry arrives in kiev to discuss the escalating fighting in eastern ukraine. the french and german leaders will join him later to put forward a new peace plan. >>> king abdullah of jordan is expected to meet the family ott of the captured pilot who was put to death. >>> 400 days in an egyptian jail, the journalist peter greste, says he's delighted to be back in australia, but in big trouble with his parents. >> mum smacked me over the ear and told me not to do it again and gave me a huge hug, you know? >> and would you care to watch someone else eat? we'll find out what's behind the latest internet craze in south korea. >>> a very warm welcome to the program. we're going to start in ukraine, where every day brings news of more death of those caught in the middle of the fighting between the russian-backed separatists and the ukrainian army. more than 5,000 people have died in the conflict since april last year. on wednesday, three people were killed and many mor

. >> los senadores cubano americanos marco rubio y robert menÉndez aÚn estÁn muy escÉpticos sobre las encontrado. lo que no es claro es quÉ tipo de cambio que beneficio va tener el pueblo cubano, respecto a los derechos humanos. >> por quÉ no se usÓ toda la oportunidad que los estados unidos tenÍa para actualmente lograr algo de beneficio para el pueblo cubano? >> la audiencia ante el comitÉ de relaciones exteriores tambiÉn reuniÓ disidentes cubanos en desacuerdo sobre la normalizaciÓn de relaciones. >> cuando se hace negocio, tuve das y yo te doy, el gobierno cubano estÁ exigiendo mucho y estos acondicionando. es importante que obama tambiÉn condiciones al gobierno cubano. >> esto abre una ventana de oportunidades y de la posibilidad de una relaciÓn estrecha con estados unidos. >> otros senadores dicen que aÚn es muy pronto para levantar el temas. >> hay asuntos que son importantes sobre derechos humanos. >> la secretaria reconociÓ que las negociaciones en 18 meses entre los dos gobiernos fueron tan secretas que ella misma no lo supo hasta octubre. >> esta semana la administraciÓn ob

pueblos, la historia de la lucha del de los derechos civiles es bastante amplia iniciando con el caso menÉndeznos el 50 y cuatro, que permitiÓ la implementaciÓn de jurados, en diferentes razas en las cortes son detalles que el juez dÍaz debiÓ haberse estudiado a fondo. >> nosotros creemos que realmente lo de barreras a la justicia para las personas que no hablan inglÉs, en el sistema de justicia. realmente no hay polÍticas consistente, que las cortes tienen... >> la Única manera que vamos seguir de derechos enfocado en demandando esos derechos, el juez nelson dÍaz, busca tener dolosos por 3 millones $. y asÍ pueden ayudar a la comunidad >> en este evento que son realmente, muy buena idea porque no quita que muchas cosas para pensar de un movimiento polÍtico que le conteste esta usted a esas personas. >> desde que yo lleguÉ aquÍ a filadelfia a abrir puertas a la escuela de derecho, yo fundÉ el sistema, de los estudiantes afroamericanos en esa escuela de relaciones. porque yo el Único latino en el sistema querÍa fundar, ya cuando sale empecÉ a trabajar, con la comunidad y abrir puertas en tÉrmin

i simply don't understand it as robert senator menendez said, when i hear president obama speak his talking points sound more like the talking points coming straight out of rawrch thaniran thantalking points out of america. >> still ahead in this current confrontation of a netanyahu speech to joint session he of congress could iran put israel in mortal danger and the assertion that the united states is willing to gamble with israel's security, hurting the relationship? stay with us. it's "inside story." it's "inside story." ♪ ♪ >> we're back with "inside story" on al jazeera america. i'm ray suarez. my guest earlier in the program rejected the situation but i'm going to try again. would you imagine that the president of the united states would address the knesset without being invited by the prime minister? >> no i don't. butter this whole process was very much out of the ordinary. this is something that was cooked up with netanyahu and his advisor, with john boehner the president found out as it was announced publicly. netanyahu himself accepted the invitation later but there's just no que

bob menendez and cory booker asked the attorney general to look into the problem.rs have tried to reduce flood damage payouts after sandy hit in october of 2012. in november, a judge in long island ordered insurers to produce information that could help reveal whether contractors edited damage reports. menendez and booker say the situation in new jersey is similar enough to warrant its own investigation. >> and still ahead on "action news" at 4:00 today just because he's not coaching doesn't mean he can't yell at people. why bobby knight flew off the handle at a temple game. >> ♪♪ thanks for the ride around norfolk! and i just wanted to say geico is proud to have served the military for over 75 years! roger that. captain's waiting to give you a tour of the wisconsin now. could've parked a little bit closer... it's gonna be dark by the time i get there. geico. proudly serving the military for over 75 years. >> ♪♪ >> "action news" continues with meteorologist adam joseph. alicia vitarelli shirleen allicott and brian taff. >> hello again. 4:30 and "action news" contin

senator menendez. >> thank you, for holding the hearing along with the ranking member and thank you for this opportunity on an issue that i have followed for sometime. let me be as clear today on this issue as i was in december, that 18 months are secret negotiations produce add bad deal. a bad deal for the cuban people, while it may have been done with the best of intentions, in my view we've compromised bedrock principles for virtually no concessions. i would just say i don't want to relive 50 years of engagement with china that has brought us forced abortions prison camp labor, one child policy, ethnic cleansing in tie bet exile of the dalai lama and most recently repression in hong kong's democracy, as well as arrests of human rights activists and political dissidents, 50 years of those engagements, maybe we can say that we're doing business with china but we can't really hold up democracy and human rights as a great success story that have engagement. if that's what we hope for the cuban people, then it's a sad day. at the end of the day, 53 political prisoners were released while

let's bring in the ranking democrat on the senate foreign relations committee, senator bob menendez of the great state of new jersey. thanks for being here. one of the reasons why i keep saying this is the first time congress will vote on an authorization of use of military force is because president obama did introduce one, as you well know in 2013. you got it out of committee. then it looked like it was going to fail at least in the house. this is going to be brought before the entire congress. is it going to pass? >> well i think it can pass but certainly not in its present form. this authorization that the president has suggested has many elements of what in the last congress as the chairman of the senate foreign relations committee, we passed on a partisan line vote which ultimately yes, gives the president authorization to fight isil. yes, has a three-year limitation. yes, didn't have geographic limitations, but didn't have the language that the president has sent here which is about enduring offensive combat troops. so what that means is going to be very consequential to many me

it creates possibilities not guarantees because senator menendez is absolutely right it now depends on them, their willingness to unleash this stuff and they may not be willing to do that, but it does put the burden on them and that makes them nervous and that is the point of the strategy. >> the important point here is we are trying to empower the cuban people. >> right. >> and we do that in the business area, we do that in a number of areas with these new policies. i think that that is the thrust of this policy, and a very important thrust in terms of moving us forward. >> if i could senator the other thing critical is when we held our press conferences after the first round of talks the cuban government held press conference and i did, as well at the talks themselves. cuban independent media were not able to come to that press conference, which is why the next day i held a larger one in our principle officer's residence, because all of the cuban independent media that we knew of was invited. we made sure they were there but the cuban government actually broadcast my press availabili

. >>> and new jersey senator bob menendez says this request will say there's no enduring offensive planned against isis. the u.s. is operating under an authorization for more than a decade, but some lawmakers say that's no longer valid. the president is under pressure to do more after the confirmed death of american aid worker kayla muler mueller. the pentagon is certain she died at the hands of isis not in a jordanian strike. president obama claims we'll bring justice to those who held her in captivity and brought her to her death. >>> and one of the first witnesses after opening statement will be in trial today. eddie ray ralph is accused of shooting chris kyle and his friend at a texas gun range in 2013. ralph's lawyers are pursuing the insanity defense claiming she suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder. the movie "american sniper" is based on chris kyle's memoir. >>> and a videotaped confession from a man who murdered a little boy 30 years ago. pedro hernandez admitted to choking 6-year-old etan patz and leaving his body in a plastic bag of trash. the boy's body was never found

chairman ranking member menendez. general, thank you so much for your dedication to this nation. i want to thank the president for the wisdom he showed in appointing you as the special envoy. i find your presentation to be very direct, no frils just straightforward and i appreciate it. under article one section eight, congress has the power to declare war. i know you agree with that yes? >> yes, ma'am. >> so i hope you can then understand what we would want to be very precise when we do that. because we're sent here by a lot of people who have a lot of kids who serve in the military. and they're the fabric of our community. so we want to be careful. and i just want to say i'm not even going to ask you to expand on this enduring word because you've said it very clearly. your definition is no enduring presence could mean a two week presence of american combat boots on the ground or a two-year presence of american combat boots on the ground. and that answers a question the democrats on this committee have been searching for this deaf sigs. and i think what you have proven with your

bob menendez says this request stipulates enduring combat operations against the terror group. me then desknen operations against the terror group. me then desknendez says the proposed legislation will expire in a year. >>> and this comes a day after the president vowed to bring to justice a terrorist responsible for an american hostage's death. the family of kayla mueller confirmed she died while being held by isis. u.s. officials don't know how she died but they are certain it was not in a jordanian air strike as claimed by isis. >>> today the u.s. pipeline bill will be voted on by the house. the senate approved it last week. president obama promised to veto it out of concerns for the environment, but republicans and some democrats in congress say the pipeline carrying crude oil from canada to the gulf coast would create thousands of new jobs. >>> the family of a pennsylvania state trooper who was shot and killed by an instructor is calling the charges against him a slap in the face. corporal richard schroeder has been charged with reckless endangerment endangerment. last mon

of menendez it is great to be back today.embers of the committee i want to thank you for providing me the opportunity to provide the update on the coalition to counter a isil. let me add as well by deep and sincere thanks for all of the committee that has done for the department of state for the diplomats and for the members of the department who are serving with such great courage and capability to be a far-flung location of american influence this committee has done marvelous work to support them and i want to thank you very much for that. i just returned to washington yesterday afternoon from kuwait where there was a question from the secretary of defense carter. i joined a group of more than 30 senior diplomats and military commanders for a wide-ranging discussion on the counter isil strategy. while my role as the senior special presidential envoy is concerned with the consolidation and integration of the coalition contributions of the coordinationcoordinations of its military activities i remain nonetheless closely synce

chairman. >> thank you, senator menendez. and again, we want to thank you for being here. i think you know the drill. your comments will be entered into the record with no option. your full comments if you could keep your comments to about five minutes, i know it's going to be robust questioning. and with that, thank you, again we look forward to your testimony. >> well, mr. chairman and ranking member menendez and my good former colleagues and i guess, one person i didn't have a chance senator perdue, welcome to this great committee. and i'm delighted to be able to have a chance to share an important dialogue. and i appreciate the comments both of you made. i'm confident that during the questions we'll have a chance to dig into most of the things you raised. but, and i will summarize to try to maximize our time and respect yours. i want to just make it clear that since leave inging, as chair. and having spent, what 29 years on this committee beginning way over here, even further than my friend friend. i've watched a lot of events unfold in the course of this committee and

chairman, ranking member menendez. general, thank you so much for your dedication to this nation. i want to thank the president for the wisdom he showed in appointing you as the special envoy. i find your presentation to be very direct, no frils, just straightforward and i appreciate it. under article one, section eight, congress has the power to declare war. i know you agree with that, yes? >> yes, ma'am. >> so i hope you can then understand what we would want to be very precise when we do that. because we're sent here by a lot of people who have a lot of kids who serve in the military. and they're the fabric of our community. so we want to be careful. and i just want to say i'm not even going to ask you to expand on this enduring word because you've said it very clearly. your definition is no enduring presence could mean a two week presence of american combat boots on the ground or a two-year presence of american combat boots on the ground. and that answers a question the democrats on this committee have been searching for this deaf -- defnition. and i think what you have proven

i want to build on some questions from senator menendez and senator boxer on the authorizing language we have before us. a lot of attention has been given to this phrase enduring and not as much given to the juxtaposition that has been created between what are often -- offense of forces and defensive forces. so i understand, you have talked about what the potential limitation is on size of force or duration of force under the enduring limitation, but so long as the presence of troops is considered defensive there is no limitation in this authorization of military force as to the number of troops for the duration of their time in the conflict area so long as they are considered defensive forces. >> again, i am not sponsoring the legislation, but i think your.is correct in that regard. it is about offense of maneuver forces. >> i thought your answer to the senators question was definitive and that you were worried, as the president does, large-scale the climate of troops to become recruiting fodder for extremists as our presence in iraq and over the course of ten years. do you think tha

senador robert menendez (d) nueva jersey "creo que es de suma importancia mandar un mensaje que esto estados unidos encontra de los paises musulmanes, actualmente son los mismos paises arabes que estan diciendo isis tiene que ser eliminado. cuando hacemos eso creo que tenemos una fuerza mas positiva encontra de isis." en su carta al congreso obama (insert photo grafica) se refirio a los estadounidenses que murieron a manos de los extremistas. (entra carta primero) en su propuesta ofrece limitar la autorizacion 3 anos. tampoco limita donde las fuerzas estadounidenses realizarian rescates o atacar a los lideres del grupo y prohibiria operaciones ofensivas de largo plazo. (insert soldados corriendo) para que no se convierta en otro irak o afganistan. (marco rubio caminando) este republicano cree no debe de haber limites de tiempo. sot... senador marco rubio. (r) florida "no podemos simplemente adoptar la posicion que si en 4 o 5 anos no hemos podido derrotar a isil van a poder entonces permanecer." stand up bridge lori montenegro washington dc la peticion de obama no se aprobaria de inm

senator menendez said there were human rights violations in china 40 years later. >> the difference is this process started in 2009 when president obama took office. in 2012 we had regulatory challenges allow for remittance in cuba and travel to be eased. the last reforms if december were more expansive and dramatic. we know that those initial reforms already have created greater contact and economic initiatives by cubans on the island. we have proof that there is activity based on those - on those contacts. the fact of the matter is cuba is very close. it's not china. and the number of cubans in the united states, and cuban americans is significant. given that relationship and that fluidity and that geographic reality, i think that there is a great possibility that there'll be change in cuba going forward, and the fact that it will be accompanied by really a host of democracies, of the americas. >> pushing for change. >> yes. now the burden is on all of us not just the united states canada but south america, the caribbean. all the countries if they want to bring cuba in will have to t

you have people like bob menendez, corker, tim kaine, very thoughtful people. disagree with a bit. manchin is right, but maybe for different reasons. 9 reality is ground troops from america aren't going to win this war. it's gob to be arabs and muslims taking on arabs and muslims. if we go in there, that's exactly what isis wants. in other words, it won't be effective, but, you know i've got to say, don't you find it ironic, chris, you've been watching this for a long time, to see republicans arguing that this president should take broader, unlimited authority. that isn't what i've been hearing around here the last two years. i think congress has to take this responsibility. it's exactly what the framers intended for us to do, and i think we can work out some language that will meet everybody's requirements. i certainly hope so. >> thank you senator king from maine for coming on. >>> let's bring on senator isaacson, senator, thank you for joining us. this is like a mathematical explosive model, where one size says weft more restrictions in the weeks ahead. 9 ot

bob menéndez (d-nj) "si ellos quieren tomar un voto sobre la acción ejecutiva del presidente bien.no tenga rehén a la seguridad nacional del país. vamos a ver cómo van a proceder" lo que los demcratas estn pidiendo ahora es que antes de tocar el tema del alivio migratorio primero se lleve a cabo la votacin para aprobar el presupuesto para el departamento de seguridad nacional. al igual que ellos la casa blanca indica que hay mucho en juego. s/ceciliamuñoz casa blanca " los fondos que la agencia da a los gobiernos locales para preparar para una tormenta por ejemplo esos esos fondos no van a ir a los alcaldes o a los gobiernos locales si es que el congreso no aprueba" si el presupuesto no es aprobado antes de la media noche del viernes el departamento de seguridad nacional quedara sin fondos para operar en su totalidad. s/randy serrano, @randytelemundo queda por verse cuál será la reacción de los conservadores en la cámara baja al plan del senado. allí muchos republicanos se han opuesto rotundamente a aprobar fondos para la agencia sin el elemento de inmigración. blanca ---el condado

folks who vote for me and vote for mario and vote for carlos rubello, vote for marco rubio, vote for menendez and cerez. but we know the medical care for the vast majority of cubans, they have noack assess access to medical care. they should be thrown in jail for exposing the truth about abortions, being committed and the poor hospital conditions. and mr. smith has brought that out time and time again. life expectant rates in cuba? where do we get that from? you're doing a survey in cuba, they're manipulated by the regime. it's unbelievable we follow this and you've fall sbun theen into the trap, mr. thale, that they're willing to spread the regime, give it legitimacy. they're utter falsehoods and repeat it over and over again to the detriment of the truth, the public and the cuban people. it's such a great system, the public education system. as these witnesses have pointed out, it's a public indoctrination program. have you seen the textbooks? meant to stymie free thinking and free will. i have met with prominent lgbt advocates and they have vigorously dismissed the claims of progress on lg

senator menendez and schumer want further action taken. point they will break with their president and say we'll push this with congressional republicans. congressional republicans want more sunk shuns. so the pressure is between the president and his party. >> that's where this gets interesting this is from the "new york times" last week. because this debate over the netanyahu speech has changed the politics in congress over this issue of sanctions. you had the democrats willing to sign up with this republican push. they backed off. you see for months the issue of imposing sanctions on iran split democrats from the president. they feared his posture was emboldening the government in tehran. but mr. netanyahu's planned speech a provocation of the president that many democrats found distasteful and undiplomatic has helped shift the political dynamic. mendez said he will wait until after the 24th. that's changed a bit. >> and the fact that senator menendez and ten democratic colleagues who are supportive of the sanctions have penned this let

figure it out and i think congress will work on this deal and come to an agreement between kirk menendezorker. >> and i think they will be aware of this on a playing feel and iran will accept the terms of the deal or move ahead on their own with a military action. and the more dangerous situation is if there is to deal and the u.s. and israel say what is next and if this is the time for military action. and if the u.s. and israel are not on the same page on that it creates problems for not just the two nations but other countries. >>> and up next, the debate over common core education. we'll have a debate over this hot issue. and let me know what you think ♪ walgreens knows that when you're sick your usual routine can leave you feeling a little off your game. luckily, we're just a short drive away for quick easy relief, so you can pick up right where you left off. pop by walgreens to feel better fast with mucinex fast-max, mucus-busting relief for your worst cold and flu symptoms. pick some up today at walgreens. game over! at the corner of happy and healthy. everyone loves the way dark

i'm james menendez with "bbc world news," our top stories.s express outrage over the slow pace of reconstruction in gaza after conflict in israel. we'll have a special report. >> reporter: i'm lyse doucet in gaza. six months after clashing with israel why haven't they helped with promises to rebuild and why do borders remain all but shut. >>> kidnapping of militants west of syria is at 150. >>> and protests over the planned execution of two convicted drug smugglers. >> that okay? does it? do i look good? >> the strange looking hat that allows your brain to fly planes. >>> welcome to the program. aide workers have expressed outrage at the slow pace of rebuilding gaza six months on from the seven week conflict between israel and the palestinian militant group hamas. they say at this rate it will be two more decades before the territory is rebuilt. the u.n. says 2,220 palestinians were killed as a result of the hostilities in july and august. the u.n. says almost 1,500 were civilians, many of them children. 67 israeli soldiers were killed during

also senator menendez released a statement today saying he we will comes this debate on the congressional floor in d.c. to send a clear message to isis that they will be defeated. from the joint base mcguire, cydney long, "nbc10 news." >>> as the efforts to stop isis intensified? count on nbc10. our digital team will push out important developments on our "nbc10 news" app. >>> 20 minutes of nonstop news continues now with a clearer picture of the man accused of attacking a woman at a center city train station this week. until now we only had grainy surveillance images. now this mug shot. police arrested a suspect. that attack happened early monday afternoon. >> now two days later, police say those surveillance images we've shown you on "nbc10 news" and our our news app. helped them track down their man. nbc10's christine maddela talked to investigators today. >> he is no stranger to police, is he? >> reporter: no absolutely not. now, detectives tell me he's been arrested 11 times before including four assaults. septa police also knew him, so that made it easier to find and arrest him. >>

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i want to bring in new jersey senator bob menendez the ranking member on the senate foreign relationsd to see you. ahead of this hearing, how do we balance our policy from what we'll hear on the hill u this morning? >> it's pretty amazing they have to come to the united states to speak freely without fear of being arrested for their views, but that's the reality of castro's cuba. i think the focus of today's hearing is going to be what do the cuban people get out of this deal? what new openings for human rights civil rights democratic openings, free expression exist in the agreement wib think the answer to those are clear based upon the fact that not only some of the 53 released and rearrested but over 50 activists were arrested on december 31st as they try to come together in revolution square to talk about their vision for a new cuba. >> the other side of that discussion would be that for 54 years nothing changed in cuba with the embargo being in place, with people saying it's not beneficial for the united states to deal with that regime. 56 years have been exactly the same, maybe i

but he's facing pressure from fellow democrats like senator bob menendez who say, no, sanction iran, not continue talking. the other interesting issue is isis. the president barely mentioned that despite this big big threat out there right now. >> i heard that. so there's a new president obama interview out there today as well where he says it's actually the media to blame for overstating the level of alarm that people should actually have about terrorism. did you get anything more about that? >> you're right. an interview with vox.com. and he goes further by suggesting that climate change is as big or bigger a threat than terror right now. that certainly seems strange. and there are republicans today saying this shows that the president is missing the point. listen. >> what strategy is the president articulated? he hasn't. seems like the president's made the decision to manage the isis problem over the next couple of years. then the next president will have to come in and deal with it. >> these comments of vox.com coming a few days after the president said at the prayer break fast i

look just across the river we have senator menendez.e is a lot of politics involved in boehner's invitation. there are politics involved in netanyahu's accepting. >> accused of that back home. just that every time i have interviewed him he is so one dimensional or trying to save his little tiny country that takes six minutes to fly over. >> he is not here to help john boehner. that's for sure. he has come here to make the case to america about this threat. >> i don't think he comes to the united states to help him back home either. some people say that but i don't see that as helping him back home. >> although he is starting to, as as the intro suggested he is starting to suggest there may be ways to talk to people in washington without having this big address in congress. there is also a poll that came out that said that people were skeptical of his decision to do this speech at this time become partisan issue. everyone had wants him to lose. which is a lot of people in israel israel. ruining the relationship which i think is totally w

the three senators, the only three -- >> marco rubio, bon menendez -- >> and ted cruz.with this. then five cuban-americans in the house and they're not on board. so they can create some mischief here. the big thing is human rights. the criticism of the obama deal is the u.s. didn't get anything for this. what i would argue is, they got rid of a big headache. they had a 50-year history. >> what did the obama administration or any administration ever get from saudi arabia on human rights? how does this suddenly become something that's applied uniquely to cuba in dealing with it in international relations? >> this has always been the special, unique relationship. like the special cuban immigration policy. any cuban can come to america, no problems. day one, you're in. anyone else, nothing. so we've always had this unique relationship, which is really a relic of the old cold war. the other thing to watch on this trip is the urgency to get cuba off of the state sponsor state department terrorist list. >> it's the only thing that's arguably weirder than the embargo. it's just