u.s. congress is supposed to be the slower, more deliberative and intellectual of the two houses where they party has more of a say and more they way -- -- more of a sway in the u.s. congress, now with the change of procedures, we are seeing the senate become more like the house of representatives where we need a simple majority to pass things rather than a two thirds majority. it is a big day for the u.s. senate. brent: mitch mcconnell was saying they need to restore the normative behavior of the u.s. senate but what happened today certainly was not limited behavior. moving forward, can we give up any hope of seeing bipartisan work be the rule of the day? maya: it's will make it much easier for whatever party is in power to simply pass whatever they want without having to consult or compromise with whichever party is in the minority and the thing is, if and when the democrats ever take back the congress, they will then have very little incentive to reinstate these rules that were just removed because they will have the power to pass whatever they want just as the republicans now have a ve

u.s. congress. to mark the centennial, here is a brief look at her life and career. >> the story of women in congress begins with jeannette rankin who is elected to the montana.1916 from she is elected to the house for years before four women had the right to vote nationally. she is a bridge from the to womenmovement attaining full political rights. in a national women's suffrage organization. she helped women get the right to vote, not only in montana, that a couple of states left in mississippi. she runs in 1916, she is elected to one of montana's two at-large districts. part of her platform is that she is a pacifist. on is sworn into the house april 2, 1917. speciale has come into session, extraordinary session because the president, that delivers arow wilson message to congress asking for a declaration of war against germany. it was the u.s. entry into world war i. rankin is one of a group of about 50 members who votes against u.s. intervention in world war i. house,ved a term and a she was on t

u.s. congress. to celebrate here is a brief look at her life and career. >> the story of women in congress begins with her. she was from montana. she was elected to the house for years before women have the right to vote nationally. in a way, she is really a bridge from the suffrage movement to women obtaining full political rights. in a national women's suffrage organization. she helped women get the right to vote not only in montana but a couple of states west of the mississippi. runs in 1916, she is part of montana's two large districts. she is a pacifist. and the housen, has come into special session because the president that night, woodrow wilson, delivers a message to congress asking for a declaration of war against germany. this was the u.s. entry into world war i. , when the vote is held, is one of a group of about 50 members who votes against u.s. intervention in world war i. she was on the women's suffrage was on the public lands committee, an important assignment for a woman from so much

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u.s. congress. you are from west point, georgia, born and raised. what is that like? >> west point is a remarkable community. i am very progress -- probably progress it has made. we launched our manufacturing we are home of one of the largest textile companies in the world. live for a decade and half at cash in a tough economy. it was refreshing to see our community altogether and lead an effort to bring advanced manufacturing back. -- it has been a remarkable turnaround for the community. we learned that jobs are so important. >> you were a dentist for 20 years before you entered politics. if that what you wanted to run for mayor, because of what was happening in your community? >> i was content practicing dentistry and raising my children, and having our family see some level of prosperity. what we realized is that because of the changes that were going on in our community we have to get involved in public service. that is when i ran for mayor. we got involved in the economic development project that brought so many jobs to west georgia region. something wee was wer

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u.s. congress had 65. they thought the larger the constituency of the more right to you at the leg the week from a well-educated relatively affluent members of the community and the larger the constituency, the more independent they would be for constituent influence. in a sense they were profoundly antidemocratic. they wanted to move before the democratic state constitutions in the direction of more illegal because they thought you could trust the average person in government. they thought they would reduce server property. that is why hamilton as a convention favored a lifetime tenured senate and a lifetime tenured president. that was extreme at the convention. for delegations at one point actually voted for a lifetime tenured president because they thought property rights would be adequately protected in a more republican form of government. >> we are obviously as is often the case during presidential election years, people have questions about how we got the elect are all college. .. the independent pr

u.s. congress. the centennial, here is a brief look at her life and career. >> the story of women in congress begins with jeannette rankin elected to the house in 1916 from montana. she's elected to the house four years before women had the right to vote nationally. in a way, she is really a bridge from the suffrage fullent to women attaining rights. she was active in a national women's suffrage organization. she helped women get the right to vote not only in montana but a couple of states west of the mississippi. she'se runs in 1916, elected to one of montana's two at-large districts. and part of her platform is that she is a pacifist. while she's sworn into the house on april 2, 1917. intoouse has come extraordinary session because the president that night, woodrow wilson, delivers a message to congress asking for a declaration of war against germany. the u.s. entry into world war i. and rankin, when that vote is held, is one of a group of about 50 members who votes against u.s. intervention in wo

u.s. congress. when i see non-scientific policies being put forward or a non-scientific basis for a policy that's really in the political realm rather than the scientific realm, you know, then i separate them and i speak out against the science. but let people form individual opinions on the personal part of policymaking decisions. >> speaking of policymaking decisions, we're facing cuts at the nih, epa as we mentioned. if we ignore scientific research, does america lose its place as the world leader in innovation? >> well, you have to first off support science at an appropriate level. right now the u.s. leads in the world in these life saving medical breakthroughs that we're seeing. you know, almost on a daily basis we're seeing cancers that used to be incurable now, you know, have sometimes permanent cures. and that's because of many decades of federally funded research. and now when the trump budget proposal, the so-called skinny budget is being put together by mick mulvaney, a former colleague o

u.s. congress. a fighter and i won't back down. >> reporter: and kansas democrats and republicans are wants to replace mike pompeo, mr. trump's cia director. >> it's just wrong. >> reporter: republican groups there are also funding sharp attack ads. with approval ratings at an all-time low for president trump both democrats and republicans will be paying attention to the outcome of these elections. demarco morgan, cbs news, new york. >>> finally, slam dunks are not just reserved for the basketball court. russell henley sunk this 185-yard shot on the fifth hole yesterday at the masters. the 27-year-old appeared stunned when he noticed it landed directly in the hole for an eagle. the shot damaged the cup where the ball landed, but the groundskeeper quickly repaired it. >>> coming up after your local news only on "cbs this morning," the state that has the most reports of road rage incidents involving guns and the effort to cut down on aggressive driving. >>> and jan crawford talks with four-time pulitz

u.s. congress. i'm a fighter and i don't back down. >> reporter: in kansas democrats and republicans are in a tight race to replace mike pompeo, mr. trump's cia director. >> it's just plain wrong. >> reporter: republican group there are also funding sharp attack 5ds am with approval ratings at an all-time low for president trump, both democrats and republicans will be paying attention to the outcome of these elections. demarco morgan, cbs news, new york. >> quijano: now an update on the search for a man accused of robbing a wisconsin gun store and sending an antigovernment manifesto to president trump. paula reid has the latest. >> they will never forget this face. >> reporter: on april 4th joseph jakubowski recorded the moment he sent a 161 page manifesto to president trump. in it he expresses grieveances against the government and some antireligious sentiments. >> evolution, time for change. >> reporter: hours after jakubowski mailed his manifesto a large quantity of high end handguns and rifles w

u.s. congress to vote to authorize the use of military force in syria. there had been this clamber in congress that the united states must respond with military force. president obama said, okay, authorize the use of military force then, whereupon congress suddenly got very quiet and never acted on that. at the same time, a new path opened up in the wake of the gas attack in 2013. a new opportunity that was brokered internationally, chiefly with russia, to take away syria's chemical weapons. so the practical consequence of that massive gas attack in 2013 was, yes, the threat of u.s. military force, u.s. congress deciding that they didn't want to decide about military force, and an international agreement, practical effort to take syria's chemical weapons away from bashar al assad and destroy them. russia is bashar al assad's greatest ally. russia said they would be the guarantor of that progress, would agree to make sure they'd step up for assad, step up for syria, ensuressad would not hide chemical weapons. in fact, thousands of tons of syrian chemical

u.s. congress and the white house for a ban on chinese immigration. starts about the same time that you have people like dennis kearney in the sand lots happening in washington, d.c. it is led surprisingly by members of the california caucus in both the house and senate. but they had some problems. they had major problems. we haveby the 1870's, passed the 14th and 15th promotes thehich idea of equal protection under the law. we also have the burlingame treaty of 1868. this was promulgated by a man named anson, i will write his name right here. there you go. anson burlingame, who had been the u.s. minister to china. the chinese foreign office wanted to renegotiate its treaty with the united states, particularly related to trade relations. burlingame also had received companiesrom chinese to ask them to add special language tied to the experiences of chinese immigrants. you don't need to write this down, but i want to read you the link which that ultimately ends up in the treaty. it says chinese subjects oriting orbital siding -- residing in the united

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u.s. congress. >> when you're running for office for the first time... >> reporter: the agenda covered fundraising, messaging and recruiting volunteers, with political veterans like joe trippi, a high-profile democratic campaign consultant. >> the hunger's definitely there. the energy's definitely there. >> reporter: but this crowd wasn't typical activists; they were scientists and engineers who say the trump administration and republican-led congress have a hostile attitude toward science, especially when it comes to addressing climate change. >> we really need people with pro-science backgrounds to get involved. >> reporter: the group that organized this session is 3-1-4 action. that's 3, 1, 4-- as in the first three digits of the number pi. for now, it's supporting only behind democrats. shaughnessy naughton is the founder. >> i'm a chemist. i worked in breast cancer research and in drug discovery. >> reporter: naughton, who now runs her family's printing business, also knows about running for office. >> for years, i was a laboratory chemist developing drugs to fight deadly diseases. as a scien

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u.s. congress will get their arms around immigration and do what needs to be done. i am on that, there are a couple of types of immigration issues that we are dealing with. one is the men and women of are police, first and foremost. they are very well vetted men and women. enough good things about them. they do not do anything other than targeted operations, meaning they are looking for illegal aliens that have some type of criminal conviction or infraction with the law. is anr aspect to removal individual that has been in the legal justice system, and this years,ears, 10, 12, 15 going after.e. primarily on operations, individuals who are here illegally and are criminals, whatever criminal infraction they may have done in their lives. the other ones are people who are moving through the immigration system, and an immigration judge that does not work for me says, "ok, you are out of appeals. now you're going home." we get a phone call to pick them up and remove them. you have better member that i.c.e., -- you have to remember that i.c.e., dhs, we do not deport people

of president donald trump moving forward in congress outside the u.s. bye of his views including partisanship in washington. later this hour, we will hear from the head of the national committee who says the republican party will need to keep his from anthem and the health care bill will take some time plus, her view on president trump's egg's achievements in his first 100 days in ofce. ♪ they say politics make strain that -- strange bedfellows. it may lie in his ability to make nice with a democratic counterpart, nancy pelosi. to talk about just how important bipartisanship is for reform efforts. >> i hope we can find bipartisanship in washington so we can have appropriate test reform. we need it. david: we're joined now from our bureau in washington. ?hat is the relationship like >> the relationship is cordial and they get along but they are not friends. there are examples of them having worked together in the past, such as reaching a there has but so far, been very little overtures from paul ryan, especially to minority leader nancy pelosi. he will d

u.s. congress and i did some research with jennifer lawless that goes back several decades and shows thatwith a few exceptions in most election cycles, women and men win their congressional primaries at the same rate as well. it's not just that they win general elections at the same rate but increasingly, democratic women actually stand a slightly better chance of winning their primaries compared to democratic men. republican women and men, about the same. if there was a republican woman running in all districts, i suspect these results would be different because experimental research suggested that women, republican women face challenges in primaries because of stereotypes that women are more liberal than men and that can be problematic for republican men and helpful for democratic women. i think we see some evidence of helpfulness for democratic women. it's also the case that democratic party network, and that includes the democratic party, party gatekeepers, leaders, they tend to be more active in recruiting democratic women so that's not to say there are some public in groups recruiti

u.s. congress, chief of staff in the white house, former ambassador to mexico, one of the best and beloved former investors to mexico, i should say. thank you for leading us today. the floor is yours. >> thank you very much, kim. thank you to csis for putting on this program. one of the things i have always been astounded by going back to 50-plus years when i first went to mexico with president johnson and then as ambassador 25 years him him ago, to the present time, is to be such close neighbors, how little we know about mexico and mexicans as a country. i find that particularly alarming in the official washington. so programs like this are very important, particularly at, as the ambassador says, a critical time in our bilateral relationship. if we are going to move forward, we really have to know each other, and what we learn we have to spread to other people. i think that is one of the real values of what csis is tuned today. i would like to call on the mexican ambassador to the united states for a few words. her run of a gutierrez became ambassador in january of this year but he is no

congress. you have to be a u.s. citizen in order to run. am for all intents and purposes a member of congress for our citizens, but i'm not able to cast a vote on their behalf. is a washington, d.c. sanctuary city, correct? caller: that's right. it has been that way for many years. host: how is that more complicated with it being the city that hosts the federal government? with congress inside the federal city? caller: the response to many thing cities has been because of our broken immigration system. it has worked well, we started with an understanding between our mayor and the community. it was enforced as well as other measures. is supporting,or introducing moneys to help. they have created a fund to help some of the folks in the city. host: franklin, garcia in washington, d.c., a shadow representative. why don't you come on the show some time down the road? caller: i would love to. thank you for the invitation. host: stephen, independent. good morning. your thought on the judge ruling to block the funding for century cities executive or

u.s. congress understand he was serious about the defense program and he could not, sort of, understand how cooperating the soviets in, you know, the -- in the production and export of gas would somehow or other make european population and the u.s. congress more willing to support a significant defense build up and a defense deployment, all of which he felt was going to be necessary if he was going to ever get serious arms control association. he was very clear, by the way. i think ken can confirm this. he was clear from the very beginning, he talked about it during the campaign. that he was building up the defense, pending negotiation. that he was doing all of this in order to increase, not to defeat the soviet union in some kind of a, you know, all out arm's race, but to create leverage, which could convince them they couldn't win and therefore they would get serious in the negotiations. by the way. it's a strategy he laid out very early. he talked about this in 1963. it's another thing i would encourage, don't just look at what's happening, you know, in a president's situation. 1963, he

fast-forward to 1940, she runs for congress again and she runs on a platform to keep the u.s. out of the war in europe, and she's faced on december 8, 1941 with a tremendous vote, the day after pearl harbor. after you are to the house chamber and address the joint session of congress. seven,ay, december, 1941, the date which will live in infamy. >> the city goes back to its quickly,nd unanimously, passes a war resolution and the house begins debating in the house members know that jeanette rankin is a pacifist and she's going to vote for conscience, so we have some oral histories of people who are in the chamber who recall members going up to rankin and asking her to vote -- vote present, not know. she votes are conscience in the indent opposes the work. that effectively ended her political career. she goes back into private life the antiwarforce movement for another couple of decades but a remarkable career. >> in 2004, we commissioned a new orchard of jeanette franken. she was the person who is so important in the history and expansion of rights and representation in congress

u.s. congress can trigger a bankruptcy proceeding. is $70 billion in debt.is conceivable this could end up in a court room restructuring that could go on for many years. carol: in an economy not doing well and not a lot of hope, people leaving puerto rico. i guess what i want to know is you said he was a scientist. -- who a financial guy is this guy and what is his background? the governor'sn mansion. his father was a governor in the 1990's and he told us he was not interested in politics back then. seeingd not necessarily everything his father was doing portrayed positively, so instead he went to nit as an undergrad and studying engineering, went on to become a biomedical engineer, then was doing research at duke doing a post-doctorate in biomedical engineering and thought he would go into the biotech industry, so instead he said around 2004 that he met someone who had been touched by one of his father's policies, his father pioneered health care reform on the island, and that is when he relies politics does have an impact on people's lives, came back to th

u.s. congress and their steroid hysteria hoopla. they are like joe mccarthy's little cousin. bondseared calling barry to testify on steroids. they were afraid that he would say what he was saying to reporters. to useit illegal steroids but it is not illegal to make a t-shirt for $.50 in korea? we can dissect what we like and dislike about sports and challenge not only sports but challenge our society to change. fly overhead and baltimore ravens games, we can ask how many physical education everys are cut to pay for blue angel. windows disgustingly -- when those discussed only sexist -- disgustingly sexist beer commericals are used, we can ask what they are doing. when they see a touchdown dance get to raunchy, we can ask how a network that pays the o'reilly millions and promotes shows like who's your daddy and the littlest groom, i don't want to say what that is about but it is kind of gross. how they have the right to be the purity police. when our cities are attempting to be soaked by stadium deals. .ike the rat house we can stand up as sports fans and say we may love baseb

u.s. congress. i think there is as much uncertainty about this weighing on the u.s. dollar going ahead. i think we will remain in a range. >> so, any specific levels that you throw out? are we just range bound in this 108 109? >> i see it upside capped around maybe 1.10 to 1.12. the down side towards 1.05. i think this is a broad range that we will stay in. i don't see a reason for us to break out any time soon. >> before i let you go, any other currencies you would want to draw to our attention now? >> at the moment, i think the swiss franc is interesting. we've seen a rise in the swiss following the relief after the presidential election results in france after the first round. i think these are actually quite attractive levels to enter for long positions, in fact. i don't think that this rise is going to be permanent. obviously it's caused by the decline in political risks in eurozone, but political risks remain obviously in the eurozone. we have french elections, but we have also elections coming up in germany, italy, and i don't think that risks will decline entirely. at some point

u.s. congress.ht ier, and i don't ba down. >> reporter: and democrats and republicans in kansas are in a tight race to replace mike pompeo. with approval ratings at an all-time low for president trump, both democrats and republicans will be paying attention to the outcome of these elections. dimarco morgan, cbs news, new york. >>> colombian officials on friday officially ended the search for survivors from floods and mudslides that swept through the city of mocoa last weekend. at least 314 people were killed, including more than 100 children. more than 100 people are still unaccounted for. at least 4500 people were left homeless. deforestation played a role in the disaster, they say. >> reporter: we got a closer look at where the mountains above mocoa gave way, unleashing tons of mud and debris downstream. a disaster made worse by deforestation. the trees and roots that would have helped hold back the torrent have disappeared, cut down for lumber, farming and to hope with the coca production for the

u.s. congress if this continues. >> the key question, if this continues. w what's happening now as we speak, the u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson is in moscow. he's meeting with the foreign minister sergey lavrov. he may have a meeting with president putin. both sides, the u.s. and russia have hardened their positions and some are suggesting the u.s./russian relationship may be at its worst level since the cold war. >> particularly coming from tillerson who was close to putin and took a lot of flack for that. what happened in syria and the administration strike has given him more leverage going into this meeting, but i just wanted to add one more thing about how different this is from the candidate trump who didn't -- who didn't want to get into another conflict in the middle east. who campaigned that iraq was a terrible decision and who criticized the spending that went into this. and now we're how many days in and we're talking about perhaps another aumf. >> not only that but the comparison to candidate trump, when he talked about the value of trying

u.s. congress had a bipartisan agreement on friday demanding president trump consult them on any further action in syria. they are split whether the u.s. should launch any full scale war in the middle east. take a look. >> we got choices. if you think the last eight years were a good idea, then let's keep doing it. if you don't, then we ought to back the president, but also recognize this is the beginning. this is only the first step. if we want to succeed, we're going to have to step by step do a lot more. >> our founding fathers gave the power to declare war to congress because they want to make it difficult to go to war and this is war by any other name, dropping bombs on another country is war. we have to think about what are the ramifications, what may happen from this? and will assad reform? will assad get worse? if assad is toppled, will the people that replace him be bet were than assad or worse than assad? >> joining us now is the chair with the london school of economics, thank you very much nor jo for joining us on the show. i guess back to senator mccain's point it depends on what t

u.s. congress some time ago approved a law allowing the u.s. administration to send manu oh to -- we have learned two days ago in this very council that the permanent member states in the security council, the three colonialists have a renewed appetite to renew their lies and their stories that have been spread by the united states and the united kingdom 14 years ago to justify the instruction and occupation of iraq. using a major lie being wmds, perhaps history has come full circle in a regrettable scenario. when we saw secretary of state colin powell at the time trying to delude the international community and the united nations to justify the aggression of his country against iraq by talking about highly credible information. today the united states of america in its policy in an attempt to justify its aggression against syria is using fabricated information provided by terrorists. this aggression proves that syria has been correct. that successive american administrations will not change the policies which is the target states to make peopl

u.s. congress, as compliantnt as they were, and acted the patriot act by an overall majority, even the u.s. congrgress two o weeks aftr septemember 11 inserted into the patriot act a provision that says the power this law createts will expire in four years. the reason being that everyone recognized this was an incredibly radical piece of legislation and that nobody wanted this to become permanent as part of america's political landscape. it was justified only because the situation was so extreme. later, thears situation was no longer extreme and the ideaea was those poweres could be curtailed and everything would return to normal. later, in 2005, the patriot act came up for renewal and it was renewed with almost no debate b ba vote of 89-10, even in the face of abundant evididence powers had been abus. in 2009, the obama administration issued a statement saying they wanted the patriot act quickly renewed. the handful of senators said, maybe we should modify this a tiny bit because there are some abuse taking plalace and this wl help prevent that, and t they we immediately accused by harry

u.s. congress because if you look at libya, we got rid of gadhafi and then we had a void. same in iraq. >> he's there. earlier he was saying assad could stay, now he's saying assad must go. >> he's putting stuff on the table -- and i think if you listen to what nikki haley was saying also, an international coalition. >> but they're where obama was, assad must go, we just don't have a plan to make it happen. >> it's a potential escalation and where you -- this drum beat of war and i felt that, you know, donald trump's movement, he was decisivdecisive, he sent strong message that we will not tolerate chemical warfare, should we go back to trying to topple assad? do you think george washington is going to emerge and run that country? i think the good news is that h.r. mcmaster seems to now have donald trump's ear and he served in iraq and afghanistan and basically knows counter insurgency strategy. >> what would happen if assad continues -- assad is not a weak actor, he's not going to sit on the sidelines and watch all of this happen, what if he does use chemical weapons agai

here in the u.s., congress is on vacation but the work continues on a repeal and replace effort for obamacarenuel brings us up-to-date. >> congressmen begun for reassessment conversations continue, trying to secure these 260 votes to pass health care reform in the house but some suggest there is pressure to the house to act. >> this is probably a 60-40 possibility that we get it done. >> texas republican serves on the energy and commerce committee. >> my opinion, the bill is close to being ready to go. from that standpoint, it's not going to require a great deal of additional time of the house side. >> house speaker paul ryan is traveling overseas this week but senior republican aides say leadership is evaluating adjustments designed to win over conservatives while ensuring they don't lose moderates aboard. jeff denham of california pledged to keep components of obamacare. >> i have expressed to leadership that i am a "no" on the health care vote until it's responsive to my community. >> it is not just republicans hearing from constituents about health care. california democrat senator dianne

u.s. congress changes potentially forever.think it is a good change, well senator john mccain says think again. it is a quote, stupid idea. after the horrific chemical attack in syria, the president caims a radical shift in his opinion, but what about his promises? >> that crosses many, many lines,

u.s. congress. let's get out to valentin molinaux. her comments yesterday did not move the dollar much, but we're seeing five-week lows in terms of dollar longs. when do you think those have to be built up again? do we have to wait closer to the june fomc meting? >> that may be the case. what seems to be happening in relation to the dollar and fed, it's driven by two factors. one is the timing of the next rate hike by the fed, which could become more of a driver for the currency as we move closer to the june meeting. at the same time it's about the forward guidance by the fed which has been at least historically the more important driver of the dollar. forward guidance for the time being, from what we heard from janet yellen is neutral. unless the fed steps up to the plate, like they did ahead of the march meeting and starts dropping very strong hints that rates will be going up, the dollar may remain that range, close to the multi-month lows. that said, i don't think the dollar is a sell or the downside correction will continue from

u.s. congress. we are not operating cohesively. we have to get together. democrats, conservatives.verybody has to get together to solve this. health care will collapse. obamacare is collapsing under its own weight. alisyn, my home state, we have 96 county out of 159. some have one care carrier in the private sector. if that goes away, what do they do? >> yes. senator, let me ask you about the taxes. the president will make announcement this week. if he lowers the tax rate from 35% for the corporate rate to 15%, the tax policy center says that grows the national debt and revenue by $2.4 trillion over ten years. are you comfortable with increasing the debt? >> here is what i'm comfortable with. we have $20 trillion of debt. this is why i ran for the united states senate. >> you are a debt and deficit hawk. how can you get on board? >> here is what you have to do to solve the debt crisis. you cannot cut your way out of it. you can't tax your way out of it. you have to grow your way out. you have to get the economy going. job one is growing the economy. we have to move toward fixing ou

u.s. congress invited to hear president trump's strategy for dealing with one unstable dictator with nukesncy pelosi think a strike against north korea is imminent or necessary? we will ask her live. from slamming judges to steam rolling a court, after another federal court decis

u.s. congress and i'm going to go to washington, d.c. and fight for your family.eautiful thing about your district is we have all of the family values. we are the heart land and we're the best part of america because we have everything here. to raise a family and to be good americans. >> taking your money, vialing yo -- violating your values. late term abortion. that's james thompson. more extreme than your typical d.c. liberal. >> bold. >> yeah. >> it's so telling that both of those ads are about the democratic candidate. democrat going positive. republican going negative. >> you compare that to the ads that are running in the georgia race we're talking about. democrat is being attacked there not as this arch liberal. more on character issues because that is more of a swing district. actually it was a one-point race during the presidential race that georgia district was versus this very conservative kansas district. you see the change in strategy there. we'll see how much it works. if you go and you want to be too liberal, you're going to probably encourage some

u.s. invasionaryforce. congress should give the president support to execute the plan.e knows progress hasn't come quickly as voters wanted. >> he had the lowest approval rating since 1945. >> it's tougher for a president to advance his agenda if approval numbers are not high. >> tome toomey denies he himsels been unavailable to his constituency. jim? >> monica, thank you. >> coming up on "action news" tonight, former president obama is in the spotlight. >> and the what you should watch more closely than your weight or bmi. >> cecily? >> you need the umbrellas tomorrow. rain is headed our way. by the end of the week, you need your air conditioner. i let you know how warm it's going to get. >> ducis rogers looks at the local football stand outand the best prospects to the draft and the phillies take a hit to their standing rotation. that and more when "action news" ,$8drw >> we are following a developing story out of arkansas. the state will complete the nation's first double execution in 17 years after going back and forth on one inmate's fate. following jack jones exec

u.s. congress, because as we got rid of gadhafi in libya, and -- >> he is there.se early april he said that assad could stay, and now he is saying that assad must go, so it is not necessarily going to make him go. >> and he is putting stuff on the table, and then i think that if you are listening to what nikki haley was saying, also, and talking about the international coalition, and tillerson was talking about the international coalition -- >> and this is what obama said, assad must go, -- escalation, and that is the drum beat of war, and i thought that it was a message that was strong and decisive and we will not tolerate chemical warfare, and should we get involved to toppling assad, and what happens? a vacuum? does isis take over in and is george washington going to emerge and run that country? the good news is that h.r. mcmaster now has donald trump's ear and he served in iraq and afghanistan and basically knows counter insurgency strategy. he knows what will happen. >> and what happens, brian, if ass assad, and he is not a weak actor and he is not going to b

u.s. congress included the chief counsel for the house majority leader and the subcommittee on crime and the house ethics committee meeting the global corporate compliance for baker mckenzie one of the world's largest law firms receiving numerous recognitions corporate governance including the 100 most influential people we're honored to have him indicted served on the board with him with the board of directors. [applause] also on the panel today partner at wilmer hailed david ogden assistant deputy attorney-general under president -- obama and with more than 30 years experience often focusing his practice with serious financial implications serving as assistant attorney general for the civil division 1999 through 2001 mr. ogden is currently chair of the litigation group for is areas of practice was civil litigation and government enforcement action and antitrust administrative law and other mitigation to restrain the enforcement and with appellate litigation and is consistently higher the rate. [applause] and the final panelist you have already met mr. thompson is chair for the ethics resea