senator from washington, senator murray from washington. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. alexander: senator murray and i, along with are other senators, will offer bipartisan legislation to create more choices of health insurance and reduce cost-sharing subsidies. these subsidies pay for copays and deductibles for millions of low-income americans who buy health insurance on the affordable care act exchanges. our goal is to stabilize and then lower the costs of premiums and to enable all americans to have access to health insurance. our legislation will be based on the four hearings and other meetings that the senate's health, education, committee held last month. these hearings and meetings were bipartisan. they were lengthy and they were remarkable in this sense -- they engained nearly 60 -- engaged nearly 60 senators from both political parties in extensive discussions. we not only had the four hearings which involved the 23 members of our health committee, we invited any other senator to come to a committee hearing ahead of time and meet governsors and state commiss

defense secretary james mattis told the senate washington will again try to work with pakistan before taking what he called a punitive action osama bin just a report. these are some of the taliban fighters the thirty nine member alliance has been trying to defeat since two thousand and one donald trump is the third president who's come up with another new strategy to win the war and of learning stand his defense secretary and joint chiefs chairman have bearden public hearings before the senate and house armed services committees to explain this strategy shift and once again u.s. officials say pakistan is among the reasons the a failed it's clear to me that the i.s.i. has connections with terrorist groups and if i could just follow up on something secretary madison i think over the last several years we've had a bilateral approach to trying to effect a change in pakistan's behavior. it's not about says the latest round of accusations are absurd the cia paid back son millions of dollars to set up the fight to the end of going to stand in the one nine hundred seventy s. pakistan has also

defense secretary james mattis has told the senate washington will again try to work with pakistan he said the u.s. will give islamabad another chance to help on afghanistan before taking what he described as punitive action that top u.s. military affairs officer general joseph dunford lateral approach to trying to effect the change in pakistan's behavior if you think about the coalition we still have thirty nine nations that are part of the coalition in afghanistan and many other interested nations and so you know to answer the question what one thing might change pakistan i don't know if there is one thing that would change pakistan but i find it hard to imagine that we can't get more cooperation if we can fully leverage the multilateral approach with thirty nine nations that are part of the coalition in afghanistan the u.s. state department has ordered the expulsion of fifteen cuban diplomatic staff and has given them seven days to leave the country this comes after the u.s. reduce its staff at its embassy in cuba citing unexplained injuries to american personnel there many have be

defense secretary james mattis told the senate washington will again try to work with pakistan for taking what he called hugh knitted action turkey's president richard to one has just arrived in iran where he'll have talks with officials on kurdish secession efforts in neighboring iraq he's expected to meet iranian president hassan rouhani in the iranian capital the two countries have large kurdish populations and fierce separatism within their own borders after last month's referendum in iraq a court in turkey would deliver verdicts in a major trial linked to the failed coup in two thousand and sixteen forty seven people including many military officers are accused of trying to assassinate president richard when prosecutors are pushing for life sentences on the night of the coup two policemen were killed in the hotel were one was staying he says the location was bombed minutes after he left the u.s. state department ordered the expulsion of fifteen human diplomatic staff and has given them seven days to leave the u.s. had reduced its staff at their embassy in cuba citing unexplained inju

senator from washington, senator murray from washington. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. alexander: senator murray and i, along with are other senators, will offer bipartisan legislation to

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defense secretary james mattis has told the senate that washington will give islamabad another chance to help with afghanistan before taking what he described as a punitive action that says the top u.s. military officer general joseph dunford accused pakistan's intelligence agency of having ties to armed groups spain's king has intervened in the crisis over catalonia describing sunday's secession referendum as illegal and undemocratic earlier hundreds of thousands of catalans demonstrated against a violent security crackdown jury vote iraq is to hold financial transactions with its kurdish region in retaliation for last week's secession referendum iraqi state television says that parliament voted in favor of the blockade in order to preserve the interests of the kurdish people the measures are expected to target the regional government leadership. the u.s. state department has ordered the expulsion of fifteen cuban diplomatic staff and has given them seven days to leave the country it comes after the us reduced its staff at its embassy in cuba citing unexplained injuries to american p

defense secretary james mattis has told the senate washington will again try to work with pakistan he said the u.s. will give isn't about another chance to help on afghanistan before taking what he describes as punitive action that says the top u.s. military officer general joseph dunford accused pakistan's intelligence agency of having ties to ond groups the us state department has ordered the expulsion of fifteen cuban diplomatic staff and has given them seven days to leave the country this comes after the u.s. reduce its staff at its center has seen cuba citing unexplained injuries to american personnel that many have been suffering from illnesses for the past few months caused by alleged tanika tox cuba's government denies accusations that he was involved and has called the response from the u.s. reckless and hasty. you're up to date with the headlines on al-jazeera the news continues right after inside story do stay with us. and welcome to the program i'm elizabeth bron i'm the palestinian government has made its first trip back to don's after a decade in exile the fattah movemen

. >> senator from washington. >> i want to thank senator alexander for his tremendous work on this. i'm veryte grateful for his leadership in starting the bipartisan discussions. in the house committee and his determination to seeing it to this point and beyond. i remember very clearly back in july when it was difficult getting appealed to the votes to pass. and they're not getting to stabilize the health care market and protect patients and families from premium spikes as a result of the uncertainty this administration costs. we were able to engage nearly half the senate and our hearing conversations on the health committee and we found that there is a lot more we agreed on than we disagree on when it came to strengthening health care in controlling in the near term. since then, actions by the administration have made our work more urgent. mr. president, i'm very glad democrats and republicans agree to work together and i am extremely pleased that with the input of members on both sides of o the aisle as well as governors and patients and advocates we were able to reach an agreemen

the presiding officer: the senator from washington. mrs. murray: mr. president, first i really want to thank chairman alexander for his leadership in launching a bipartisan process as well as his dedication to seeing it through and getting a result as he says. i have to say that after seven years of intense partisanship on these issues, which would lead everyone to believe there was no hope for republicans and democrats to come together and work to strengthen our health care, i'm really pleased with this common ground we have been able to find providing multiple years of certainty when it comes to payments to reduce out-of-pocket costs that affect those people that senator alexander just talked about, the waitress and the songwriter and the people that care and need this to restoring critical investments in making sure people know about open enrollment and can get covered, offering states more flexibility to innovate as the afforbl

defense secretary james mattis has told the senate washington will again try to work with pakistan he said the u.s. will give islam a bad another chance to help on afghanistan before taking what he described as punitive action at the top u.s. military officer general joseph dunford accused by his son's intelligence agency of having ties to bomb groups and the u.s. state department has ordered the expulsion of fifteen cuban diplomatic staff and has given them seven days to leave the country this comes after the u.s. reduce its staff at its embassy in cuba citing unexplained injuries to american personnel there many have been suffering from illnesses for the past few months caused by an alleged sonic a toxic cuba's government denies ike is ations that he was involved and has called the response from the u.s. a reckless and hasty those are the headlines coming up next it's al-jazeera correspondent. mean. my name is got them saying. i work at a disease or making documentary films. ever since i was a little boy in my small village in india my dream was to make bollywood films so five years

the presiding officer: the senator from washington. mrs. murray: mr. president, i want to thank chairman alexander for his tremendous work on n. i'm very grateful for his leadership in starting a bipartisan discussion, under regular order, in the help committee and his determination to seeing it to this point and beyond. i remember clearly back in july when it was clear the so-called skinny appeal didn't have the votes to pass. we talked right then and there on getting to work on ways to stabilize the health care market and pocket patients and families from premium spikes as a result of the uncertainty this administration has caused. we were able to engage nearly half the senate in our hearings and conversations on the help committee and we found there was a lot more we agreed on than disagreed on when it came to strengthening health care and controlling costs in the near term. since then actions by the administration have made our work more urgent. so, mr. president, i'm very glad democrats and republicans agreed to work together to address this, and

tennessee senator lamar alexander and washington senator patty murray have been working on the plan for weeks. president trump, when asked about the deal, called it a "short-term solution"... but appeared supportive of the proposal.(sot) (vicki) democrats and republicans were briefed on the deal during lunch today. (grant) coming up-- we continue our coverage of the north bay wildfires. we're live in napa where officials just updated the firefighting efforts. (grant) continuing our coverage of the north bay fires. (vicki) steve aveson is in napa tonight talking to people about rebuilding wine country. steve? (vicki) today marks the 28th anniversary of the deadly loma prieta earthquake.... which shook the bay area to its core october 17th....1989. (grant) catherine heenan is here with more on the day that few northern californians will everforget.. (catherine) a lot of people are taking note that while northern california is reeling from the disaster of the wildfires....we're marking the anniversary of 'another' tragedy... the loma prieta quake was centered on the san andreas fault. it c

defense secretary james mattis has told the senate that washington will give his lamb about another chance to help on afghanistan before taking what he described as punitive action the top u.s. military officer general joseph dunford is accused pakistan's intelligence agency of having ties to groups iraq is to hold financial transactions with its kurdish region in retaliation for last week's secession referendum iraqi state television says that parliament voted in favor of the blockade in order to preserve the interests of the kurdish people the measures are expected to target the regional government leadership the u.s. state department has ordered the expulsion of fifteen cuban diplomatic staff and has given them seven days to leave the country that's after the u.s. reduced its staff and its embassy in cuba citing unexplained injuries to american personnel that cuba's government denies the accusations that it was involved and has called the response from the u.s. reckless and hasty there's the headlines i'll be back with more news for you here on al-jazeera right after risking it all next

senators. good morning washington.cooler today and tomorrow - dry through saturday - rainy sunday - unseasonably cool end to october - still looking dry & cool for halloween today: mix of clouds and sun. more sun during the afternoon. cooler. highs: 63-66 winds: nw 5-10 mph to even cooler. lows: 41-49 winds: n 5-10 mph thursday: partly cloudy. coolest day of the week. highs: 58-62 winds: nw 5-10+ mph right now-- a clean up effort is underway in the southeast after a band of severe storms. the national weather service, confirming multiple ef-2 tornadoes touched down in the carolinas. the winds-- blamed for destroying an airport-- tossing planes around like toys. elsewhere in the state, the storms ripped the roofs off right now-- a clean up effort is underway in the a clean up effort is underway in the southeast after a band of severe storms. the national weather service, confirming multiple ef-2 tornadoes touched down in the carolinas. the winds-- blamed for destroying an airport-- tossing planes around like toys. elsew

defense secretary james mattis told the senate in washington that it will work to try it will continue to work with pakistan but is prepared to get tougher in future some have been gathered reports these are some of the taliban fighters the thirty nine member alliance has been trying to defeat since two thousand and one donald trump is the third president who's come up with another new strategy to win the war and of learning stand is defense secretary and joint chiefs chairman have bearden public hearings before the senate and house armed services committees to explain this strategy shift and once again u.s. officials say pakistan is among the reasons the a failed it's clear to me that the i.s.i. has connections with with terrorist groups and if i could just follow up on something secretary madison i think over the last several years. a bilateral approach to trying to effect a change in pakistan's behavior. is not about says the latest round of accusations are absurd the cia paid pakistan millions of dollars to set up the fight isn't of going to stand in the one nine hundred seventy s.

senate. the clerk: washington, d.c., october 24, 2017. to the senate: under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable ben sasse, a senator from the state of nebraska, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: orrin g. hatch, president pro tempore. mr. mcconnell: mr. president about. officer the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: today the senate will pass an important michigan to help communities rebuild after the natural disasters that have effected our country. soon this legislation will be on the way to the president for his signature. with these new resources, federal aid workers from fema and the rest of the administration can continue their critical recovery operations, including search and rescue missions, debris removal, and infrastructure repair, as well as providing much-needed assistance to individuals and to families. i'll continue to monitor these disaster response efforts, and i'll continue to engage with leaders in washington and on the ground. the senate will a

alexander: i ask to speak for ten minutes followed by the senator from washington, senator murray from washington. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. alexander: senator murray and i, along with are other senators, will offer bipartisan legislation to create more choices of health insurance and reduce cost-sharing subsidies. these subsidies pay for copays and deductibles for millions of low-income americans who buy health insurance on the affordable care act exchanges. our goal is to stabilize and then lower the costs of premiums and to enable all americans to have access to health insurance. our legislation will be based on the four hearings and other meetings that the senate's health, education, committee held last month. these hearings and meetings were bipartisan. they were lengthy and they were remarkable in this sense -- they engained nearly 60 -- engaged nearly 60 senators from both political parties in extensive discussions. we not only had the four hearings which involved the 23 members of our health committee, we invited any other senator to come to a committee hear

announcer: back in washington, senator -- senator minority leader chuck schumer criticized the president's characterization of the humanitarian crisis in the island territory. >> sitting with those in puerto rico who have been working day fellowht to help their americans in times of need, the president said puerto rico had "thrown our budget a little out of lack

senate tenure. he continued to try to find solutions that worked for everyone as a senior fellow at the bipartisan policy center in washington. and the pete b. domenici institute for public policy at new mexico state university in lass cruses carries on his tradition through scholarship. the senator said and i quote, it's time for us to join together and take these partisan issues out of politics. the problems we face are so big, people from both sides need to sit down and say we can't approach this the normal way. some great leadership is needed. end quote. we could really use that commitment to bipartisanship in the senate halls today. senator domenici was in washington many years but he never was out of touch with everyday new mexicans. whether it was the repairs in the espanola valley, funding new fighter jets at kirtland air force base in albuquerque, establishing the petro cliff national monument, forming the hispanic cultural center and museum in albuquerque, pete domenici identified new mexico's needs and came up with solutions. he and nancy had a special passion for people who lived with -- live with mental illness.

a tennessee senator and washington state senator will continue federal subsidies to insurers for two>> i have pleased in the hearings of the sessions with over half the senate, chairman alexander and i were able to find common ground on a number of steps to stabilize the market. and to help protect families from premium spikes as a result of the sabotage we have seen from this administration. mark: last week president trump signed an executive order blocking the payment of the subsidies. alexander and murray still need to secure the support of fellow republicans and democrats. president trump's choice has withdrawn his name from consideration. there were reports congressman reno of pennsylvania had pushed legislation making it harder for the drug enforcement agency to fight the opioid crisis. the islamic state self proclaimed capital in syria has fallen. the u.s. backed alliance of syrian forces has liberated the city. some would say the battle was nearly end. the fight for raqqa again in in june left -- began and left thousands dead. many people will flee the violence and myanmar an

defense secretary james mattis has told the senate washington will again try to work with pakistan he said the u.s. will give another chance to help on afghanistan before taking what he described as punitive action top u.s. military officer general joseph dunford accuse pakistan's intelligence agency of having ties to. iran dunford is it your sense that. the i.s.i. is still helping the taliban. senator i think it's clear to me that the i.s.i. has connections with with terrorist groups and if i could just follow up on something secretary madison had i think over the last several years we've had a bilateral approach to trying to effect a change in pakistan's behavior and if you think about the coalition we still have thirty nine nations that are part of the coalition in afghanistan and many other interested nations and so you know to answer the question what one thing might change pakistan i don't think there is one thing that would change pakistan but i find it hard to imagine that we can't get more cooperation if we can fully leverage the multilateral approach with thirty nine nations

page, says he's going to plead the fifth to avoid turning over requested documents to senate investigators. the washington post reported in april that the fbi obtained a warrant to monitor page on suspicions he knowingly engaged in secret intelligence activities on behalf of moscow. page is demanding the government release that information saying he does not want to be caught in a "perjury trap". we're getting a look at a bizarre incident on a new york city subway. a man claiming to be a lawyer yelled racial slurs saturday.. as angry riders shouted back at him. passengers say the man shouting racial slurs appeared to be drunk. when the train reached a stop in brooklyn, riders pushed him off the train. one woman threw soup at him. this next story, is shocking soccer fans around the world. as 32 teams get ready for the upcoming 20-18 world cup-- team usa will be sitting at home. usa lose in a shocking upset to trinidad and tobago in the world cup qualifying game. the americans fell behind in the 17th minute on an own goal by omar gonzalez. they never recovered. the u-s loses 2-1 .. and fails to qualify for

defense secretary james mattis has told the senate washington will again try to work with pakistan he said the u.s. will give him another chance to help in afghanistan before taking what he described as a punitive action that says the top u.s. military officer general joseph dunford accused pakistan's intelligence agency of having ties to armed groups for more on this said straight to our correspondent osama bin javid has covered pakistan extensively and the statement from dunsford came as the pakistani foreign minister arrived in washington and on the heels of a secretary of defense secretary mattresses visit to new delhi what does this suggest about the term administration's strategy on pakistan and afghanistan well it's all all interlinked bog standard strategy for pakistan is absolutely linked to what it is one of goddess and the trumpet administration has been trying to sell the strategy as something new that it is doing and critics have been calling it it's kind of you know the old wine in new wattle trumpet ministrations so that it's going to send more troops and pakistan has b

james mattis has told the senate of washington will give islam about another chance to help on afghanistan before taking what he described as punitive action that's at the top u.s. military officer general joseph dunford accused pakistan's intelligence agency of having ties to armed groups the king of spain has intervened in the crisis over catalonia describing sunday's secession referendum as illegal and undemocratic. iraq is to hold financial transactions with its kurdish region in retaliation for last week's secession referendum iraqi state television says that parliament voted in favor of the blockade in order to preserve the interests of the kurdish people the u.s. state department has ordered the expulsion of fifteen cuban diplomatic staff it has given them seven days to leave the country comes after the u.s. reduced its staff at its embassy in cuba sizing unexplained injuries to american personnel the. police in colombia have arrested more than one hundred fifty people in a crackdown on kidnapping and extortion around one thousand officers were involved in raids across colombia thos

senate. the clerk: washington, d.c., october 25, 2017. to the senate: under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable rand paul, a senator from the commonwealth of kentucky, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: orrin g. hatch, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. morning business is closed. under the previous order, the senate will proceed to executive session and resume consideration of the palk nomination, which the clerk will report. the clerk: nomination, the judiciary. scott l. palk of oklahoma, to be united states district judge for the western district of oklahoma. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the time until 10:30 a.m. will be equally divided between the two leaders or their designees. mr. mcconnell: mr. president, are we in a quorum call? the presiding officer: we are not. the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: senate republicans had a productive discussion with president trump

singapore qatar tamora he is an asia fellow for the motion it's a church and former japanese senator in washington d.c. richard vice director of the center for political military analysis at the hudson institute and a nice alessio but the llano he's a senior lecturer in department of war studies a king's college london he is also the author of post-war japan as a sea power very warm welcome to all of you could turn to tomorrow why do you think of a one so are moments. like the change of course to japan so he would like to play a big a lot of our it was what is visionary in asia you know to do that again and stability which. in a sense contrary. last because of the korean peninsula and the lies of china and productivity happening in the u.s. politics. alysia the law no worries you your view of about what happened did typhoon land people people away or did north korea drive them to the polls. well these early delights. charlotte she presented itself is an ideal call for drug use robin long to call the snap election but also to provide a platform so easy a message to just kind of course stronger as t

senators in washington it's part of the investigation into whether russia use the companies to interfere in last year's presidential election all three confirmed that they have evidence of russian meddling meanwhile u.s. president donald trump has this miss the importance of a former campaign aide indicted in the rushing why rebranding him a liar on twitter george papadopoulos has pleaded guilty to lying to the f.b.i. about his russian contacts the president once described the thirty year old as an excellent guy spain's national court has called catalonia is the post president cardless bush the moment to testify on thursday as a process is rebellion and sedition charges against them for declaring independence from spain he says he's not in belgium to seek political asylum asylum but to act in freedom and safety. kenya's opposition leader raila odinga has called for the result of the presidential election rerun to be an old president who was the clear the winner on monday with ninety eight point two percent of the vote the turnout though was below forty percent because the poll was boycot

senators in washington it's part of the investigation into whether russia use the companies to interfere in last year's presidential election facebook says about eighty thousand posts were produced and as many as one hundred twenty five million american users may have seen russian based contact. at least five people have been killed by a bomb near the u.s. embassy in kabul the attack took place in an area where many foreign embassies and government departments are base. russia has invited thirty three syrian groups and political parties to attend what they call the syrian congress on national dialogue in sochi in mid november russian officials have suggested a new constitution for syria could be a key discussion point those are your headlines i'm going to have more news for you in half an hour stay with us so the stream is coming up next. with the the. i answer me ok and your in the stream five months after he captured murari city in the philippines i saw has been defeated but take a look at the devastation that has been left behind just a few weeks before the end of the battle al jazeer

. >> amount to the senator from washington state. >> first off the of regionalization been given 2,000 for the administration at the time that pakistan is a non at nato allies making them eligible for a certain preference given one of the points that you made of the administration to take a harder line toward pakistan are you ready now to revoke a the nine nato allies that this? can you give reasons and why not?. >> we are aligning with the intelligence department of state this is what we must ask pakistan to do at the same time realizing that with nato we have 39 other nations also reinforcing this and to talk about the situation they face on their border there is a number of ways based on the very recent visit that we can help see its way forward in its own best interest to do this in a holistic integrated way with our allies and that is across south asia so any nation that wants to fight back against terrorism to reduce the threat to all nations is more than wellcome. it is inclusive and that is why we started with a regionalize strategy and as we move this forward we have to find c

embarrassment if we have a united states senator representing the state of new jersey in the senate in washington d.c. >> are we still in america. >> excuse me just to follow-up on my questions to you miss guadagno hypothetically if senator menendez is convicted and we asked him to resign will you then obviously get to pick the replacement, would you consider chris christie. >> no. >> okay. >> that was an easy one. >> you are going on record saying you will not consider chris christie. >> i will not consider chris christie. >> all right. this next question, we have held a series of town, virtual town meetings with our viewers and they turnout very successful and many of them had very great questions, but this one, stood out to us the most. new jersey is the garden state , and as such what is our favorite fruit, and vegetable, and why? mr. murphy? >> for me. >> great fruit. >> what are you looking at me for. >> grapefruit and broccoli. >> it is weird. >> i'm a huge broccoli fan. >> quickly, why? >> i tell you i have loved broccoli since i was a kiddy wish my late mom and dade were here they would

this global intervention ideology that the senators advocated for a number of decades in washington -- >> which is a traditionally republican perspective. >> but not as far as -- even if you look at other candidates that were in the republican primary this time around, they were all distancing themselves from where senator kean was. we've seen this, this is probably chapter 39 of this happening, but this is the swamp fighting book. we talked about fighting against obamacare. senator kean just fundamentally -- >> senator kean is part of the swamp? >> absolutely. he doesn't want to go along with this reform agenda. he's now at the briton he wants to be an obstructionist. at one point in his career he wanted to be a reformer, but it's clearly not the case anymore. >> i understand what this idea of the swamp is and lobbying, but what i took from kean's speech tonight was about idealism in american foreign policy. not even so much about interventionism necessarily, but the united states being a beacon and standing for things in the world. >> that's something trump has pushed again. >> the

senator bob corker's attack on president trump. an attack about which the president has so far remained uncharacteristically silent. "the washingtonreporting tonight senator corker's brutal assessment of the fitness of office, also landed like a thunder clap inside the white house where aides feared possible ripple effects among other republicans on capitol hill. trump's sunday morning twitter tirade against corker caught staffers by surprise but the president was brooding over the comment for a few days. earlier about trump's chaos endangering the nation. one trump confidant likened the president to a whistling teapot saying that when he does not blow off steam he can turn into a pressure cooker and explode. i think we are in pressure cooker territory said this person. joining us now, chris whipple, author of "the gate keepers,: the white house chief of staffs define every presidency." chris, this is the presidency not defined by a white house chief of staff. although, we certainly have the image of general kelly working overtime and obviously achieve some kind of success with trump on this because he has not responded in any way

more behind this president than it is those two individuals. >> overnight in a scathing "washington post," senator flake going even further. writing it's time to stop pretending that this is somehow normal. for the next 14 months, he will only be guided by the dictates of conscious. >> reporter: president trump can only afford to lose two votes in the senate. right know seems like they still have them. corker, flake, mccain, all voted with the white house to repeal a regulation that would have made it easier for consumers to take lawsuits against banks. live in washington, serena marshal, abc 7 news. >>> if you're a flier, you should know tomorrow marks the beginning of new screenings procedures. longer waits. the procedures include stricter passenger screening and also short security interviews. advising passengers to arrive as much as three hours early for their flights. stricter screening avoids incabin ban on laptops. >>> uber is starting to charge riders when it takes a driver a few extra minutes to get to you. san francisco company announced an additional charge if it takes 8 minutes or more

senators in washington it's part of the investigation into whether russia use the companies to interfere in last year's presidential election facebook says about eighty thousand posts were produced and as many as one hundred twenty five million american users may have seen russian based contact. at least five people have been killed by a bomb near the u.s. embassy in kabul the attack took place in an area where many foreign embassies and government departments are. russia has invited thirty three syrian groups and political parties to attend what they call the syrian congress on national dialogue in sochi in mid november russian officials have suggested a new constitution for syria could be a key discussion point those are your headlines i'm going to have more news for you in half an hour stay with us so the stream is coming up next. with the at. the end. i answer me ok and your in the stream five months after he captured murari city in the philippines i saw has been defeated but take a look at the devastation that has.

senators in washington it's part of the investigation into whether russia use the companies to interfere in last year's presidential election all three confirmed that they have evidence of russian meddling meanwhile u.s. president donald trump has this miss the importance of a former campaign aide indicted in the rushing why rebranding him a liar on twitter george papadopoulos has pleaded guilty to lying to the f.b.i. about his russian contacts the president once described the thirty year old as an excellent guy. spain's national court has called catalonia is the post president cardless pushed them on to testify on thursday as a process has rebellion and sedition charges against them for declaring independence from spain he says he's not in belgium to seek political asylum asylum but to act in freedom and safety kenya's opposition leader has called for the result of the presidential election rerun to be an old president to rural kenya that was the clear the winner on monday with ninety eight point two percent of the vote the turnout though was below forty percent because the poll was boy

we won't inn with this inside washington, we will win this outside of. >> senator, the "washington post" has been tracking how much the nra donates to all members of congress, they have a full list of what money has gone to whom. paul ryan has received almost $40,000, mitch mcconnell $26,000, kasie hunt was just on with us a moment ago saying the longer any of this legislation takes even on bump stocks which seems to be supported by a lot of folks in congress right now, republicans alike, the longer it takes the harder it is to get things done. how do you intend to keep the pressure on? and i ask this because you've been talking about this now for years after new town, you bring it up a lot, and it only gets spoken about when there are these mass shootings. how do you keep it as part of the conversation a week from now? a month from now? a year from now? >> the number that you used for the donations that go to those numbers they are actually pretty small in the scope of how much money people like paul ryan raise, the problem is the nra has managed to make their stamp of approval a proxy

well, after a day of two of the top republicans in washington trading insults on social media, republican senator jeff flake shocked washington. deciding to announce his retirement and condemn the political discourse of the trump era as having a damaging and potentially and permanent impact on the country's ideals. >> i rise today with no small measure of regret. regret because of the state of our disunion. regret because of the disrepair and destructiveness of our politics. regret because of the indecency of our discourse. regret because of the coarseness of our leadership. we must never adjust to the present coorsness of our national dialogue with the tone set up to talk. the personal attacks, the threats against principles, freedoms and institution. the fragrant disregard for truth and decency. the recs provocations, most often for the petiest and most personal reasons. reasons having nothing what so far to do with the fortunes of the people that we have been elected to serve. none of these appalling features of our current politics should ever be regarded as normal. we must never allow oursel

senate floor to renounce the sitting president from his own party. that is the definition of historic. that is what happened yesterday in washington, less than 24 hours ago. and the smoke hasn't yet cleared from senator jeff flake's retirement announcement. and flake is saying -- and flake says today more is coming. >> privately, a number of my colleagues have expressed concerns about the direction of our politics and the behavior of the president. i think in the coming months, you'll have more people stand up. i think the cumulative weight of all of this, there comes a tipping point where we realize we just can't continue to normalize this kind of behavior. so i do think we'll have more people stand up in the coming months. >> well, the president essentially this morning saying, bring it on. tweeting this, that his meeting with republican senators yesterday outside of flake and corker, was a lovefest, with standing ovations and great ideas for usa. and he also added this, the reason flake and corker dropped out of the senate race, according to a another tweet, is very simple. they had zero chance of being elected. now act so hurt

the best way he can implement his agenda is by sending more republican senators to washington, d.c. in next year's mid terms. that will not happen if bannon is successful, and that's a problem for president trump and his presidency. >> well, every president doesn't like to take blame, but every president doesn't say i am without blame. >> very true. look, he's blaming, whether it's congress or himself, and this is kind of a crazy speed they thought they would use to change the health care system and one-sixth of the economy, and change the tax code and it took reagan 2 1/2 years to get it done, and what was he expecting? this is what comes when somebody has no experience in government. it's not like they tried two or three seasons with congress, they expected it to get done in five weeks. very strange. >> yeah, the blame he placed on not calling the families of the fallen soldiers -- >> we will talk about that in a moment. >>> ahead of us, no diplomacy for now. north korean officials say they won't sit down at the table and talk until they have the full capability of launching an ic

washington examiner". a lot to digest. senator flake back on the network shows today. i want to get in a bit as i said to some of the damning things said about a president. i've been here almost 30 years, never heard sitting members of a president's own party say things like this. let's talk about the fallout this morning. carl, start with you. you walk the hills of capitol hill. will they remain lonely voices or is senator flake right? are there others -- we all know what house members say privately, republicans about this president. it's tough stuff. will more have the courage to step forward? >> i'm not seeing it. you go who is the next person who is going to do this. i think you're going to continue to have people oppose the president, susan collins, lisa murkowski votes. but i don't see either of them taking that tone with the president right now. there's a fair amount of panic on capital little among republicans. things aren't going very well. and the president has proven to be pretty effective at whipping people into shape. having said that, you know, that was q

the next two years >> republican senator lemar alexander of tennessee and democratic senator patty murray of washington hope to present this bill to senate leadership by end of the week. president trump commended the bipartisan effort but added only long term solution is to repeal and replace obama care. >>> federal judge meantime has block trump administration's most recent travel ban, affecting people from five middle eastern countries, plus north korea, chad, and venezuela. ban was supposed to go in effect today but state of hawaii sued, arguing that the ban was an unlawful attempt to exclude muslims from the u.s. the white house is slamming the decision, they say it under cuts the president's effort to keep america safe. >>> with less than a month until new jersey voters select their new governor hear from the candidates on the issues that matter most to you, join jessica dean as a maryland rate or as a live debate between kim guadagno and democrat and former u.s. ambassador to germany phil murphy tonight at 7:00 o'clock right here on cbs-3. >>> a pennsylvania judge will announce if convicted child

he's a high ranking senator here in washington and he's retiring, so he doesn't have much to lose. he no longer has to worry about re-election, about angering the base of supporters who have electeded trump. that puts him in a very different category than many other republican senators. some are have offered up a little criticism of the president. john mccain has been a notable critic of the president, but this white house doesn't believe there's going to be a flood of republican senators coming out and saying the same kinds of things we have seen corker say. >> thanks very much. let's discuss with our panel. joining us, gloria borger, brian carom and congressal reporter for the "washington post," karen. and g and guys, very much. caron. gloria. gloria. i can say that. how significant are corker's remarks? >> very significant. this is somebody who supported the president. during the campaign. he you know, didn't hug him. didn't give him a bear hug, but told senators kind of calm down about donald trump and he is somethi somebody who is important on lots of issues including foreign

the matter is, too many of these senators who ran as conservatives, who say that they're republicans, who say that they are dedicated to reforming and changing washingtont on board with the program, in stark contrast to what their voters want them to do. >> hasn't john mccain actually done stuff while he's been in the senate, as opposed to this administration, which so far hasn't really gotten any legislative -- >> what? like the thumbs down? >> but he's been serving for decades. >> he used the word reform. >> but he was old mitch mcconnell in the process, when it was campaign finance reform 20 years ago. i mean, he's shown his independence as a legislator. also somebody who gets something done. even when mitch mcconnell stood in his way. >> and his commitment to reform. this is what i don't like when you see, oh swamp. everyone disagrees with the swamp. the swamp means something. it means the whorehouse lobbying that goes on in washington d.c., where special interests take command of our government. and, boy, if donald trump was serious about getting rid of that, he would have every democrat on board with him and most of the republicans. the last majo