what an honor for us this morning here on "tiempo" to have via satellite new jersey senator bob menendez, the main sponsor of the legislation. he's in washington, d.c. good to see you this morning, senator. thanks for being with us. >> good to be with you, joe, and your viewers of "tiempo." >> let me jump right into it, to cover here. senator, if i can summarize it correctly, i know that there's a $400-million payment that puerto rico has to pay on may 1st, and then another big one in july. this stability and recovery package wants to provide puerto rican government with a wide restructuring authority, correct, that allows for the readjustment of all its debt. senator, from my vantage point, it looks like bankruptcy, it sounds like bankruptcy, but it's not? >> well, it's not quite bankruptcy because restructuring law, a actual part of the law that puerto rico was part of and years ago was stripped out. no one knows why. i try to look at the legislative history. so it had the right to restructure its debt, and it is the essential element of any package for puerto rico to be able to have a

. >> things got so bad yesterday that bob menendez showed up to help but that did little. notices were sent out saying they would lose their benefits if they walk off the job. thursday started out so well . >> their desire and our desire at this moment are the same. that's to reach a peaceful resolution between the real polish and in new jersey transit. as both sides work today, new jersey transit will also start slowly preparing for a shutdown. it's a shutdown that would affect over 100,000 daily riders on monday morning. that includes the accommodates 40% of its commuters. the hope is that both sides can come together before it's too late . >> every effort will be made to not do this on saturday night. we can't guarantee anything. the desire is not to do that . >> the new jersey senior citizen arrives to help broker a deal and chris christie is on vacation. >> the fuel line springs a leak at the buckeye pipeline on linden boulevard . the line was damaged during work by a third-party excavator the pipeline supplies laguardia and newark airport.no injuries were reported. t

pero el senador menÉndez dice tener un paquete de leyes que sacarÍa la isla.solamente de la municipalidad, tiene que ser la totalidad porque sino no resolvemos el problema. mariela: la otra creo un panorama econÓmico propicio para la isla. >> ellos no tienen los crÉditos contributivos. llega abajo de cierto nivel de ingreso, que le den un crÉdito reembolsable. la manera en que le pagamos a los hospitales o doctores... >> hasta ahora la deuda de bonos tiene prioridad de pago bajo la constituciÓn de la isla. >> deben tener una prioridad. >> y le darÍa al gobernador el poder para generar una jerarquÍa de deudas. la propuesta, serÍa entonces revisada por un juez de bancarrota escogido por la corte de apelaciones. bajo la ley, la reestructuraciÓn de la deuda estarÍa bajo un escrutiÑo. >> ese comitÉ, va a revisar la propuesta que se va a determinar, de cÓmo se va a reestructurar. >> el senador nos ha dicho que estÁ listo para presentar ambas propuestas y que probablemente esto ocurre en el dÍa de hoy, o maÑana a mÁs tardar. conductor: una encuesta propuesta por el d

bob menÉndez, senador gracias. >>> siempre un placer estar contigo josÉ >>> vamos hablar primero lo queas perdieron la vida. nuevamente un ataque terrorista, este en el corazÓn de europa. >>> sÍ primero que todo mis pensamientos y simpaa va con el pueblo de bruselalgica. pero tambiÉn una alerta que nuestra lucha contra el terrorismo es global, y ten pem que seguir en una lucha mÁs efectivo desde mi punto de vista. tenemos que destruir el centro de isis para que no puedan tener la habilidad de dirigir estos tipos de ataque s. tenemos que seguirlos en otras partes donde se estÁn concentrando. y tenemos que contrarrestar el combate de ideas en la internet. para entender que vivir es lo o no morir. >>> esta semana el presidente obama estuvo en cuba en argentina, y en cuba ha frente al pueblo cubano en un discurso televisado, estuvo en un partido de bÉisbol junto con raÚl castro el dirigente de ese paÍs. ¿ dice que sd ues una aperturaÍa un mejor futuro para cuba? >>> ojalÁ que fuera eso, para Íi es una apertura, una dictadura. y ayudar un cambio de generaciÓn de una dictadura de castros a ot

bob menendez showed up yesterday attempting to help . it did not politically listen.>> it would carry the day but obviously it wasn't the case. >> every effort will be made to not do this on saturday >> i am only one side. the desire is not to do that. >> both sides will be back at it again at 10:00 am. again, everyone is saying this will probably go down to the wire because there is such a massive impact. they mentioned that federal mediators are on standby and they are expected to be here tomorrow to help bridge the divide. it's what they will do to their daily lives. >> back to you guys in the studio. ben: the governor is on vacation. juliet: 5:37 am . ben: 1800 guilty to manslaughter and other a deadly dragracing crash. corey glo will get the youthful offender status because he was 17 at the time of the incident. juliet: hey, charles another driver to a street race in farmingdale . it crashed into a oncoming suv. four passengers were killed and he faces six months behind bars. he will be more presidential than anyone else. he followe

>> i will not get out of shape, like bobby menendez, you can write to us from a federal camp. ted cruz, what are we talking about, we want to normalize relations with cuba. diva girl, wants to go to cuba. >> obviously people feel on flip side of this. it has been 50 years. embargo clearly not driven the castros from power. >> really hurt the people. >> that is what people say. it really hurt the cubans. >> normalize trade with red china has a gulag with millions of people. they harvested body parts. >> why are we watching you play baseball? >> i introduced stick ball in havana, cuba many years ago. >> you introduced it? >> yes. yes. the kids are baseball crazy. if you hit cans, you hit rags, you hit a spaulding, kids having a great time. i helped normalize relationships with cuba over stick ball. i bet you didn't know i'm the self-appointed commissioner of stick ball are to the city of new york. >> self-appointed -- >> i'm self-appointed for everything. >> that is the correct term. >> cubans admired that. they said this guy -- i was advocating death of castro and chavez. >> it

. >> things so bad bob menendez showed up to help but enthat did little. notices sent out by new jersey transit thursday telling workers they would be stripped of their job. agency says that notice is in acor cor dance with federal law welcome yet thursday started out so well. >> their desire and our desire at least as of this moment is the same. that is toe reach a peaceful argument between the rail coalition and new jersey transit. negotiations health care costs. and both sides continue to work today, new jersey transit will also start slowly preparing for a shutdown artifacting 100,000 daily riders come monday morning that affects plan that accommodates 30% of the commuters. the hope, though, is a that both sides can come together before it's too late. >> i think every effort will be made to not be doing this on saturday night. i certainly am one side so we can't guarantee everything but desire is not to do that. >> he said federal mediators here tomorrow to bridge that divide. it's interesting ben and juliet people keep asking can our lawmaker do somet

menendez: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from new jersey. mr. menendez: are we in a quorum -- the presiding officer: senate is in a quorum call. mr. menendez: i ask that the quorum call being vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. menendez: mr. president, as the president prepares to go to cuba, i rise in memory of all of those cuban dissidents who have given their lives in the hope that cuba one day would be free from the yoke of the castro regime. it is that freedom i had hoped president obama was referencing when he said, "what i've said to the cuban government is" -- and i'm quoting -- "if we're seeing more progress in the liberty and freedom and possibilities of ordinary cubans, i'd love to use a visit as a way of highlighting that progress ... if we're going backwards, then there's not much reason for me to be there." but that is obviously not the case, which is why "the boston globe's" headline on february 25 says it all: "obama breaks pledge. will visit c

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robert menendez of new jersey, ed democrat and son of cuban immigrants had this to say about the injustices that still remain. >> millions of europeans, canadians, mexicans, latin americans have visited over the last several years and made investments. the system has become more repressive repressive and not free. >> last some of the u.s. and cuba reopen their embassy and earlier this year, the obama administration change trade restrictions between the two countries. >> thank you so much. pope francis leading palm sunday services at the vatican. in marked the beginning of holy week ceremonies leading up to easter. he spoke on what he called the indifference of those unwilling to help refugees fleeing from war-torn regions of the world. marking the start of holy week. they marched through the city waiting palm and all of branches. on palm sunday, they celebrate the entry of jesus into jerusalem the week before his death and resurrection. here at home, they were walking near the world trade center and drummers were chanting during the ceremony. jesus is said to traveled into jerusalem on the

steven menendez of harlem said police got too aggressive. >> they pushed me. they grabbed me. there's still a lot of tension in the air. >> reporter: backing the mayor's message of inclusion, the police union. >> no matter where you're from, what you do or who you love, a part of nypd and new york city in the st. patrick's day parade. >> reporter: cardinal dolan also helps persuade organizers to drop their ban. along the route, crowds from all around the world. >> it's a great day. we're loving it. >> i'm proud to be irish and proud to be in new york city. they've done an amazing job. >> we have people from all over the world. >> it's about time they caught up with what's going on in the world. >> reporter: the parade's grand marshal is george mitchell, >> very proud and hoping he's up there looking down. >> reporter: and back live now, the fifth avenue parade has ended. but fifth avenue is jam packed right now with sanitation vehicles as they begin the task of cleaning up after this historic six-hour parade. we're live in midtown. andrew siff. >>> coming up, more than a dozen

bob menendez / d-new throughout a very public corruption trial. ((sot)) my greatest asset is my kids. ((vo)) but a surprise - could change everything. the death of justice antonin scalia. ((nat pop - scalia funeral)) ((vo)) the high court will hear mcdonnell's appeal -- in the case involving 177- thousand dollars in bribes. scalia was expected to be a vote in the convicted governor's favor, because in 1999, scalia argued that gifts don't always equal pribes, instead ((gfx)) "the government must prove a link between a thing of value conferred upon a public official and a specific 'official act' for or because of which it was given." ((chance seales / national correspondent)) in other words, if bob mcdonnell didn't perform a specific act - for a specific loan or vacation - he might've been in the legal gray zone, and keep himself out of jail. ((sen. mitch mcconnell / r- kentucky)) this vacancy will not be filled this year. ((vo)) while the senate sorts out a scalia replacement, and mcdonnell goes to prison for two years. ((vo)) also moving through t

as it turns out, the strange relationship between then chair, robert menendez, and the white house, then the subsequent loss of the senate to the republicans, i could see clearly there was no path forward. it was a deep, deep disappointment to me. and i am even more incensed that a wonderful candidate such as roberta jacobson, is not down there. the job is too important. >> when all is said and done, was it you, the things that you've done over your career, the things that you've said over your career, or was it the state of play over want two parties on capitol hill that did you in? >> the thing about serving in a confirmed spot, and especially when it has gotten so police department sized, it could be anything, and it was everything. i had to explain my role as deputy chief of staff. and you would appreciate this, ray. regarding the puerto rican prisoners that clinton commuted the sentences on, because there were certain people who were very upset about that. but it was also the dynamics in the white house and the senate and the crossfire. it makes serving our country -- it's just real

new jersey's senior senator bob menendez showed up to help. telling workers they would be stripped of their benefits if they walked off their jobs. thursday started out so well. >> it is the same. that is to reach people across the table. between the rail coalition and new jersey transit. >> reporter: healthcare costs. new jersey transit will also slowly start preparing for a affecting over 100,000 daily riders come monday morning. only accommodating 40% of its commuters. >> i think every effort will be made to not be doing this on saturday night. >> federal mediators are also on standby. today, negotiations resumed at 10:00 a.m. >> thank you very much. a major drug bust in the bronx. they may be connected to 22 shootings in the west bronx. charged in a indictment. you can see all the loot and drugs that they were covered during that raid. donald trump on the debate stage last night. >> they were very similar. liz, what do you think? >> not so many personal jabs. i thought that it was a little bit more important. everyone is starting to make t

we spoke to senator menendez as he got off the train in newark. he said federal negotiators will get involved if they have to. >> we cannot afford a shutdown. it not only will disrupt the lives of well over 100,000 riders but the businesses they work for, people who -- >> reporter: now, the union has set sunday at 12:01 into sunday morning as their deadline for a strike if this negotiation doesn't go through. but again, both parties say they want to resolve this. they don't want a massive live in newark, meg baker, cbs 2 news. >>> a brooklyn man who spent half of his life in prison for a murder he did not commit is now free. the district attorney just overturned his conviction for a crime more than two decades ago. cbs 2's ilana gold was there for the dramatic ruling, new at 6:00. [ applause and cheers ] >> reporter: an eruption of applause in this brooklyn courtroom as andre hatch embraced his family seconds after a judge overturned his wrongful murder conviction. >> i feel good. i feel good. i'm glad i'm free. >> reporter: this is the first time

menendez right there and thomas, do you see what they are doing. they fired shots from the roof to the parking lot below, yesterday. they didn't just make shots but they squished them too. extra point, right. keep watching here. talented guys. >> they used to play on the roof we're toll. they played a game on top of the spectrum in 2009. if they look familiar, we have them right here on our morning show about a week ago, talented guys. >>> do you ever wonder how some of the most popular animated movies of all time are made, starting saturday a brand new exhibit opens up at franklin institute showing you, the science behind pixar hits like toy story. >> they are flying. >> this isn't flying, this is falling. >> to infinity and beyond. >> such a great movie. >> before the exhibit opens up to the public we will give awe first look on "eyewitness news". we will talk to a animate or but who they create favorite characters in movies. don't miss this tomorrow morning right here on "eyewitness news" starting at 5:00 a.m. >>> coming up in the next hour of "

. >>> new jersey senator robert menendez is urging new jersey transit officials and the workers union tonight to consider the consequences of a possible strike. both sides are meeting with federal mediators in washington today for what they call the final talks before the march 13th strike deadline. at issue? wage increases and health benefits. without a contract for five years. if there is a strike, more than 100,000 commuters will be affected. >>> stocks on wall street today up for the fourth trading day in a row after the release of a robust jobs report. u.s. employers added 242,000 jobs in february. the unemployment rate held steady at 4.9% and that sent the dow climbing 62 points climbing above the 17,000 mark. nasdaq added nine points. the s&p 500 rose six. >>> still to come on eyewitness news at 6:00 for this friday night a knife found in the property once owned by o.j. simpson and held by a retired l.a. cop for years, is it the murder weapon of nicole brown simpson and ron goldman? >> a former police officer with a tearful apology before a judge sentenced him for stealing from

new jersey senator robert menendez will address the issue in washington this afternoon. plans to talk about the impact of the u.s. versus texas case. a texas court blocked the president's executive orders that shield millions of undocumented immigrants from being deported. and issued work permits to many of those already here. >>> u.s. attorney general loretta lynch does not want to be considered for the supreme court vacancy. some groups were pushing to name her the first african-american woman to the court to replace late justice antonin scalia. she is honored to serve as attorney general and committed to serving out the remander of her term. >>> opponents of a controversial symbol on the mississippi state flag are taking legal action to try to get it removed. 15 years ago, state voters decided to keep the confederate battle emblem on their flag. mississippi is the last state to have the emblem. a lawyer who filed a federal lawsuit claiming the emblem is unconstitutional and a danger to african-americans led supporters at the state capitol yesterday. a south carolina l

menendez,just saw bob he should change parties.s the only democrat in congress that is actually a republican. as far as this with some -- with cuba, obama did the right thing. how long can this go on? and thosee special people are friendly, there is nothing wrong with engaging with cuba. as far as donald trump goes, i does have to get this in because i watched -- all these republicans don't think his language is so brash and vulgar. i guess the economist came out and said that the truck presidency would be a top 10 global threat and one of the guests on issue -- host: before we get too far into a 2016 discussion, i want to stay with cuba. we will talk about 2016 later in the show, but we appreciate the show -- the call. bob is on the line for those who oppose the president's efforts to engage with cuba. caller: thank you for c-span. i would like to say i don't agree with president obama going over to cuba. they are not going to change any of their human rights stuff and imagine that the guy did not come out to meet him at the tarma

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i want to thank senator menendez for beginning that. i think it's critical oversight tool and a healthy exercise to take an annual look at the authorities that need updating. we passed an authorization bill out of committee last year for the first time in five years. we hope to build upon that progress with another bipartisan bill for 2017. like last year, our bill will focus on diplomacy programs and the nuts and bolts operations of the state department. i know our staff has been having a very productive discussion with you and i thank you for creating that kind of tone about these programs. i want to thank you for your help in the process as i know your written testimony as u read will allude to. one area we have been studying is how the u.s. can use its influence to affect change at the u.n., particularly in the areas of sexual exploitation and abuse by u.n. peace keepers and with regard to the peace keeping budget in general. reports keep rolling in of u.n. peace keepers and personnel abuse iing the very people theye charged with pr

senate democrats, led by robert menendez of new jersey, recently put out their version of a plan to tackle the island's growing debt crisis. it calls for the creation of a financial stability and reform board to provide much needed

cuban american delegation on capitol hill, marco rubio, ted cruz, the house and democrats like bob menendezthis is a terrible mistake. this is a test for the obama doctrine. president obama has said throughout this administration, you know what, we tried being adventurous, interventionist in other parts of the world and we will try engagement. the question becomes, what does engagement get you in the end? does it get you real changes from the cuban people and the government? if the president does not get those things, maybe it will happy the end of his administration. if we don't get those people will say that is a nice idea but didn't work out. >> this is not permanent. this is done you talk to people up on capitol hill and people inside the white house, they're saying never say never. >> it's the cuban people saying this wasn't supposed to happen, either. >> maybe not during the remainder of president obama's time in office, but if hillary clinton becomes president or even if donald trump, remember donald trump has said he doesn't mind what's happening in cuba right now. he said he might

controversy because the cuban american community, senators marco rubio on the republican side, senator bob menendez on the democratic size has -- side has critiqued that now is not the time when the castro regime has not made any concessions. point when 53 were released, but a thousand were arrested and in january alone, the second worst month of this year in decades, 1,414 dissidents arrested only to pale in comparison to november of 2015 where 1,447. just to put in perspective, this now makes cuba the worst violator of human rights when it comes to detentions at the moment throughout the world. so this is why this trip has become so controversial. >> let's go ahead a a take a look at what's happening inside revolution palace. that is raul castro shaking hands with president obama. i can't help but t tnk of the moment we first saw that happen in panama at the summit of the americas. another historic moment for this to be happening on cuban soil there with their interpreters close by. >> absolutely. >> the question becomes like we were mentioned before, what type of concessions is cuba willing to m

. >> reporter: also today, new jersey senators menendez and for federal dollars to help aging infrastructures like this one in newark, which is where we back to you. steve: all right. thank you. a massachusetts man who survived last month's crane collapse is planning to sue the city for up to $30 million. the 73-year-old thomas o'brien's spine and skull were fractured when the crane fell on to the parked car he was in. the buildings department's negligence, recklessness and accident. another man was killed when that crane fell. dari: protestors say two guns taken from schools in queens this week are part of a larger disturbing trend. steve: lidia curanaj shows us why some critics want more security at public schools. >> reporter: on the steps of city hall today, the group families for excellent schools announced a shocking surge of weapons recovered in new york city public schools. >> the number of guns went up 30 percent. the number of tasers and stun guns have went up more than 1,000 percent >> reporter: according to the data, the number of weapons found in city schools jumped an overall 25

bob menendez (d-nj) "creo que la corte suprema estará de acuerdo en que las acciones ejecutivas del presidentedentro de las facultades legales que él tiene". como explica esta abogada los llamados "amicus briefs"o "amigos de la corte" no son parte de los argumentos oficiales que escucharan los magistrados. s/kica matos, abogada "los jueces pueden leer los que quieran ignorar los que no quieran leer pero por lo menos tienen una perspectiva" se espera que la mayora republicana en el congreso tambin someta un escrito ante la corte condenando los amparos migratorios como lo han hecho algunas organizaciones como la de jack martin. s/jack martin, federation for american immigration reform "lo que estamos nosotros diciendo es que no hay precedente para la acción del presidente para ofrecer esta forma de amnistía provisional a los indocumentados. ms de 100 ciudades y condados en todo el pas han presentado escritos legales a favor de daca y dapa ante la corte al igual que compaÑas tecnolgicas como facebook y paypal. s/randy serrano, @randytelemundo queda por verse si los magistrados considerarán estos

you've got democratic senator menendez, who is very against this.epublicans like jeff flake of arizona who say exactly what tim just said and that is that the castro regime can no longer use the argument that we suffered economically because of this embargo. that's pointing to congress to say, lift it. >> yeah, look, the party politics has remained the same and the cold war and cuba doesn't have what it once did. you see why there are opportunities for the president it move forward and to eavoid te backlash and to build support along the business interest who are dieing to kind of gain ground in this country to move forward with economic relationes. >> is there any chance, quickly, if a republican is the next president that opposes it that they would walk it back? >> senator cruz certainly is very adamant on this, as we've seen in the senate and willing to burn a lot of political capitol to stop things. so he would do that in the white house as well and he will face a lot of push back from within his own party. >> gentlemen, stay with me. more ahead

new jersey senator robert menendez will address the issue in washington this afternoon.talk about the impact of the u.s. versus texas case. a texas court blocked the president's executive orders that shield millions of undocumented immigrants from being deported, and issue work permits to many of those already here. >>> and u.s. attorney general loretta lynch does not want to be considered for the supreme court vacancy. some groups were pushing to name her the first african-american woman to the court to replace the late justice antonin scalia, but lynch says she is honored to serve as attorney general and committed to serving out the remainder of her term. >>> opponents of the controversial symbol on the mississippi state flag are now taking legal action to try to get it removed. 15 years ago state voters decided to keep the confederate battle emblem on their flag. mississippi is the last state to have the emblem. a lawyer who filed a federal lawsuit claiming the emblem is unconstitutional and a danger to african-americans led supporters at the state capitol yesterday.

listen to what bob menendez, democrat from new jersey, a senator, cuban-american, has to say about this latest visit by the president. >> you need to challenge dictatorships, because dictatorships don't just give up power or change their ways. especially after 55 years of enjoying the benefits of dictatorship. they're not about to do that. >> okay, so understand this. cuban-americans feel like listen, we were here. we had our property stolen, our businesses stolen, our effects stolen. we want that back. they have a very strong feeling about how they were treated by the government that remains. we're talking about the castro government. there are younger people, cuban-americans and others, who feel like now is the time to move beyond and begin this people-to-people bridge. it's a dramatic time here. i for one am looking forward to seeing how this exchange goes. and you did point out something that i think was also important. you didn't see raul castro greet the president. a little back story behind that. this is a diplomatic gathering, as you know. as long as the embargo lasts, these two

years. to help normalize relations between the two countries but some like new jersey senator bob menendez, the son of cuban refugees is criticizing the president for visiting while the castros are still in power. >> millions of europeans, canadians, mexicans, latin americans have visited cuba over the last several years, made investment. the sim system has become more repressive, not more free. >> reporter: there is criticism of cuba sheltering u.s. fugitives like joanne chesimard who murdered a new jersey state trooper. the white house would say they officials. cuba. he will address the cuban people baseball. address. tomorrow. according to political insiders he will keep a very watchful eye, careful eye, i should say on cuban-americans talking about them, and juliet, all that they country, coming here and what it means to try to bring the two sides back together. we'll see. that is the latest from union city this morning. back to you in the studio. >> thank you very much, teresa. republican front-runner donald trump will reportedly meet with influential republicans hoping to smooth thin

heard earlier from ileana ros-lehtinen and have had an opportunity to exchange conversation with bob menendez of new jersey, a democrat, who says despite the best efforts, no matter what happens between now and when the president leaves office, it simply won't make a difference in the lives of the people living here on the island. >> you need to challenge dictatorshi dictatorships, because dictatorships don't just give up power or change their ways, especially after 55 years of enjoying the benefits of dictatorship. they're not about to do that. >> reporter: now, here's what we expect the president to talk about in his comments. it's not about trying to make cuba change into something that is more american. it's about giving them more opportunities, and hopefully, that will increase ties between our people, and we're certainly looking forward to all the exciting times, this as the president and first family make their way here. we'll have live coverage for you here on fox news channel. back to you. >> looking forward to it, kevin. thank you, sir, and enjoy the sun in havana. >> speaking of fo

alicia menendez. thank you for joining us. we'll see all of our panelists after the debate.r the main event. it will be on live right afterward. here it is. >>> i want to raise incomes, not taxes. >> some middle class families would be paying slightly more in taxes. >> we should be deporting criminals, not hard-working immigrant families. >> we have the affordable care act. let's make it work. >> 29 million people still have no health insurance. >> i want colleges to get their cost down. they are outrageously high. >> make every public college and university tuition free. >> we have to lead a coalition that will take back territory from isis. >> i will never send our sons and daughters to war under false pretense.

senator menendez. >> thank you, mr. chairman. that last line of questioning is probably one of the many reasons why a state department authorization is so important. let me just thank you and senator cardin for focusing on this. it's something i wanted to do when i was chairman and we worked together to try to get there. i think it's one of the most important things the committee can do, which is basically, in the absence of it, we basically allow the state department, with all their good intentions, to decide what is the course without congressional direction and oversight. and i think about the world since 2002, which is the last time this body successfully acted on re-authorizing legislation for the department of the state, and we think about the 9/11 attacks that claimed the lives of so many americans on american soil. we think about afghanistan and iraq. but when you're a hammer, everything looks like a nail. and the reality is that there is a lot more to our challenges globally than looking at everything with a hammer. from

earlier today senator bob menendez of new jersey came to the floor to express his opposition to the president's trip and the administration's policies regarding cuba. >> the president prepares to go to cuba. i rise in memory of all of those cuban dissidents who have given their lives in the hope that cuba one day would be free from the yoke of the castro regime. it is that freedom i had hoped president obama was referencing when he said, what i've i have said to the cuban government is and i'm quoting, if we are seeing more progress in the liberty, freedom and possibilities of ordinary cubans i would love to use a visit as a way of highlighting that progress. if we are going backwards, then there is not much reason for me to be there.says but that is obviously not the will vis globe" headline on february 25 subset owl. obama breaks pledge, will visit cuba despite worsening humantorp rights. instead of having the free world's leaders on latin america is only dictatorship with a visit he could have visited one of 150 countries which he has not visited including several in latin america that are d

all told, the provisions put forward in the bills senator menendez and some of his colleagues introduced in week would cost -- would cost federal taxpayers more than $45 billion and probably closer to $50 billion, at least from what they can we will from the legislative language, which is not the clearest i've ever seen. i can only assume that the administration does not support these bills, giver than in what little communication we've had with them on these issues, they've consistently admonished us to address the puerto rico problem in a -- quote -- "fiscally responsible way." unquote. i have a hard time imagining any argument that the approaches proffered by my friends would satisfy even the loosest definition of "fiscal responsibility." at least not until they come up with an at least semi-reasonable way to offset the $50 billion cost. once again, madam president, given all of these obvious realities, i have to assume that these bills are more about politics than solutions. like i said, people who are serious about solving a problem typically don't propose tensions of billions of do

menendez: i agree with him on the issue of the legislation before us, but i felt compelled to come to the floor to speak about the vacancy in the united states supreme court. and i rise to support this president's obligation, any president's obligation to name a supreme court nominee to fill a vacancy no matter when that vacancy occurs election year or not. we should rightfully expect any president to fulfill his or her constitutional duty and send an eminently qualified nominee to the senate. all logic, all reason and the constitution itself dictates that every president has the duty to do so under any interpretation of constitutional law. and likewise we should rightfully expect the senate to do its job and send that name to the judiciary committee, hold a hearing, debate the nomination on the floor, and take a vote. mr. president, we are not talking about a vague clause that invites interpretation. we're talking about a very clear and concise clause, article 2, section 2, clause 2 that states the president shall -- shall nominate and by and with advice and consent of the senate sha

menendez: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from new jersey. mr. menendez: mr. president, i rise to be a voice for the 3.5 million american citizens living in puerto rico, the 200,000 puerto ricans who served in our armed forces in every conflict since world war i and the 20,000 who currently wear the uniform of the united states and put their lives on the line for our country. i rise to introduce a comprehensive stability and recovery package that restores fairness, ensures accountability and gives puerto rico the tools it needs to dig itself out of this hole, and i rise to implore this congress to act before it is too late. let me thank senators schumer and brown, senators warren, cantwell, blumenthal and booker for supporting these efforts and working so hard on behalf of the people of puerto rico. i also want to thank congressman perdices who co-authored the tax sections of this bill along with the health care titles. and finally i want to thank the governor for his incredible leadership on the island and for strongly endorsing our legislation. the people of

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alisa menendez. thank you for joining us. >> great to be here. >> what are you looking for on this stage tonight. it comes at a critical time. we did a debate on sunday with the democrats. the stakes now. a lot has changed. >> and the candidates understand they are speaking to a broad audience but specifically to a latino audience which univision knows it caters to. top of mind, economic issues, one and three latino voters say that's what's top of mind for them. immigration, of course. a deeply personal issue. to this community. a study said 1 in every 3 latino voters actually has someone in their family who is undocumented. when you think about that, that's an issue not only that you might say to a pollster it's important to me. it's an issue that actually it gets you out of the door on election day. >> and i've also seen polls where they show donald trump very unpopular among latino voters in a general election. i'm curious how much they try to define the gop as donald trump a party and talk about

alicia menendez. thank you for joining us. we'll see all of our panelists after the debate. time now for the main event. it will be on live right afterward. here it is. >>> i want to raise incomes, not taxes. >> some middle class families would be paying slightly more in taxes. >> we should be deporting criminals, not hard-working immigrant families. >> we have the affordable care act. let's make it work. >> 29 million people still have no health insurance. >> i want colleges to get their cost down. they are outrageously high. >> make every public college and university tuition free. >> we have to lead a coalition that will take back territory from isis. >> i will never send our sons and daughters to war under false pretense. [ speaking spanish ] >> taking into account the millions of voters in the country, univision news, together with "the washington post" -- >> here with us tonight is karen tumulty. specialized in national policy. >> welcome, karen. >> now we are going to welcome the protagonist of this debate. first, former secretary of state hillary rodham clinton. and

. >> as the contract deadline doctors near for new jersey transit, senator robert menendez says it may come to mediators need to intervene. where do both sides understand we will have the latest coming up. >>> if my little girls were here, i would be mortified at what they were seeing and what they were having to go through. >> nearly five year after her daughters died in a horrific christmas morning fire, she is inspired by their memory to start a viral ad campaign that's changing the way advertisers portray women. she tells me how she was able to come back from a dark time that included thoughts of taking her own life. >>> so far i cannot believe how civil it's been up here. >> i actually get a chance to be heard. and look, the exciting thing is, we're rising. >> the candidates put insults and attacks aside and instead focus on the issues in the latest gop debate. how the candidates responded when asked about comments by donald trump that islam hates america. >>> it's terrible. like it's too small. no one -- yeah, you can't read that much when you're driving. are the long signs with

i want to thank senator menendez for beginning that. i think it's critical oversight tool and a healthy exercise to take an annual look at the authorities that need updating. we passed an authorization bill out of committee last year for the first time in five years. we hope to build upon that progress with another bipartisan bill for 2017. like last year, our bill will focus on diplomacy programs and the nuts and bolts operations of the state department. i know our staff has been having a very productive discussion with you and i thank you for creating that kind of tone about these programs. i want to thank you for your help in the process as i know your written testimony as you read will allude to. one area we have been studying is how the u.s. can use its influence to affect change at the u.n., particularly in the areas of sexual exploitation and abuse by u.n. peace keepers and with regard to the peace keeping budget in general. reports keep rolling in of u.n. peace keepers and personnel abusing the very people they are charged with

senator bob menendez spoke out about it to wcbs news radio 880. >> it is totally unacceptable for the president of the united states to reward a regime. >> more than 50 human rights protesters were arrested just before the president arrived. moved to the u.s. from cuba in 2009. things should get better, he says, between the two countries with the presidents visit but other cuban americans say that it's not right time. >> i do feel that there's too much going on cuba, too much poverty, misery, and things that need to be resolved before we could actually have a relationship with cuba. >> the presidents visit to cuba will wrap up tuesday. that afternoon he will attend a baseball game between the tampa bay rays and the cuban national team. reporting in west new york, new jersey, valerie castro, cbs 2 news. >>> campaign 2016 republican presidential front runner donald trump meets with party leaders in washington before delivering remarks. this weekend saw another contentious trump rally in arizona saturday a protester was beaten bile being escorted from the venue. trump says the attack was

broadly -- other politicians are looking closely at what the supreme court does, including senator bob menendeznew jersey, who is quite interested in what the court says. however, the new nominee won't affect those cases except in this possible way, which is if the supreme court is divided a dividedrtroom -- is the decision of the lower court stands breed if they think they are going to have a new justice joining them soon, they may schedule those cases for new argument if they are deadlocked. if there is no prospect for at least another year, which is what will happen if there is not , then they may dismiss the case or leave it as is. host: you can check out his work wsj.com. thank you so much. and our question for our viewers, should the said act or should the senate weight? we will start in with tyrone coming in from yorktown. good morning. are you with us? we will go to linda. good morning. caller: hello? hello? we will go to justin in ohio. are you there? we will get that fixed in a second for you. we want to show you the front page of the washington times. here is the headline, the other