house of representatives. pursuant to the permission depranted in 2-h of rule 2 of the u.s. house of representatives, the clerk received the following message december 17, 2018 at 1:36 p.m. that the senate agreed to senate joint resolution 54, senate joint resolution 69, that the senate passed senate 645, senate 2322, senate 2599, senate 2827, senate 2863, senate 3461, that the senate passed with amendment h.r. 2666. the senate passed with an amendment h.r. 6227, that the senate passed without an 4032,ent, h.r. 1318, h.r. 6160, 31, h.r. appointments, cyber space commission and serious study group. signed sincerely karen l. haas. the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house another communication. the clerk: the honorable, the speaker, house of representatives, sir, pursuant to the provision granted in clause 2-h of rule 2 of the u.s. house of representatives, the clerk received the following message from the secretary of the senate on december 18, 2018 at 9:14 a.m., that the senate agrees to house amendment to the bill, senate 1311, that the senate agrees to the ho

house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 389. the nays are one. 2/3 having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed, without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the unfinished business is the vote on the motion of the gentleman from south carolina, mr. rice, to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 7227 as amended on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 7227, a bill to amend the internal revenue code of 1986 to modernize and improve the internal revenue ervice, and for other purpose. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. members will record their votes y electronic device. members, please be reminded, again, we are in a two-minute vote series. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives

house of representatives, sir. pursuant to the permission granted in clause 2-h of rule 2 of the rules of the u.s. house of representatives, the clerk received the following message from the secretary of the senate on december 19, 2018, at 5:42 p.m., that the senate passed senate 3247, signed, sincerely, karen l. haas. the speaker pro tempore: the ouse will be in order. the house will be in order. members please take your conversations outside. he house will come to order. the chair is prepared to entertain one-minute requests. for the purpose -- the gentleman from new york -- if you were does the gentleman from new york eek recognition? >> mr. speaker, this evening i say good-bye to the house of representatives after 20 years of service. thank you to the people of queens, to the bronx, it's been an honor, the honor of my life, to be the voice of many people from new york city. mr. crowley: as the son and grandson of immigrants from ireland, as the son of a new york city cop, as a husband and father, i can only hope i have made my family proud my family is everything to me. they taught me to pursue

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house of representatives. sir, pursuant to the permission granted in clause 2-h of rule 2 of the rules of the u.s. house of representatives, the clerk received the following message from the secretary of the senate on december 6, 2018, at 1:28 p.m. that the senate passed senate 2679. that the senate passed senate 3561. that the senate agreed to without an amendment house joint resolution 143. that the senate passed without an amendment h.r. 1417. that the senate passed without an amendment h.r. 1861. that the senate passed without an amount h.r. 3398. that the senate passed without an amount h.r. 4111. that the senate passed without an amendment h.r. 5238. that the senate passed without an amendment h.r. 6330. with best wishes, i am, signed sincerely, karen l. haas. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 4 of rule 1, the following enrolled bill and joint resolution were signed by the speaker on thursday, ecember 6, 2018. the clerk: h.r. 754, and house joint resolution 143. the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house a communication. the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of r

house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 358, the nays are 36, 2/3 being in the after five, the rules are suspended. the senate amendment is agreed to and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the unfinished business is the vote on the motion of the gentleman from texas, mr. burgess, to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 7328 on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 7328, a bill to re-authorize certain programs under the public health service act and the federal food, drug and cosmetic act, with respect to public health security and all-hazards preparedness and response, to clarify the regulatory framework with respect to certain nonprescription drugs that are marketed without an approved drug application, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass the ill. he house will come to order. he house will

of guam for allowing me to represent them and their interests for eight terms. i also rise this final timee appreciation to my colleagues in this wonderful institution, the u.s. house of representatives. for their support over the years, as we have worked on many impactful issues for the betterment of our constituents and our nation, it has been my honor to serve in congrfo

house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: the yeas are 372, the nays are two. the bill is passed and without objection. the unfinished business is the vote on the motion of the gentleman from florida, mr. mast, to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 7319. the clerk: h.r. 7319 the amend to amend the federal assets sale and transfer act of 2016 with respect to real property and for other purposes. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a two-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: the yeas are 372. 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the unfinished business is the vote on the mo

house, the u.s. senate and the house of representatives. the fact that they cannot pass funding for the border wall tells me that the president does not have support within his party. it tells me that there are a lot of republicans who have been reasonable about this and have thought it through and do not agree that that is the priority in the united states of america. as a law-enforcement officer from orlando, i can't help but think about the pulse nightclub shooting. that mass shooting in orlando. ands an people were killed we have seen it in newtown and las vegas. we have seen it in too many places around america. we have to ask ourselves the question, if we are going to be reasonable and honest with ourselves. maybe homegrown terrorists are a bigger threat to the united states of america at this time. mexico was supposed to pay for that wall. maybe we should better use that $5 billion to protect our communities from homegrown terrorism. host: the president tweeted this will be in order the democrats

referendum, the best way to do that -- >> we will leave the british house of comments to go live to the u.s. house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the the chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. the clerk: the speaker's rooms, washington, d.c. december 10, 2018. i hereby appoint the honorable john abney culberson to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 8, 2018, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties. all time shall be equally allocated between the parties and in no event shall debate continue beyond 1:50 p.m. each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from florida, ms. ros-lehtinen, for five minutes. ms. ros-lehtinen: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, though i still have a few days

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u.s. house of representatives got on their pedestals and grill but company's c.e.o. steve malzberg until we're standing by to discuss and as we close in on the end of the year and markets seem to be reacting more like roller coasters that anything else we talk to market volatility with and he's the president and c.e.o. of signature profits and speaking of hot seats there is more boeing bad news as the aircraft maker continues to be plagued by problems with the seven thirty seven max a jet we've been telling you about for the last month former national transportation board official jamie financial joins us with the latest from the philippines from manila and he's done it again tesla c.e.o. he'll on must continues to prove he's not only a great innovator but his old worst enemy the car coach lauren fix will joins us and address his most recent messy missteps and look to other auto related issues from today all that directly ed but first let's have some headlines let's go. to. the intersection of business and politics and the internet leads our global report today as the

u.s. house of representatives. next, we will visit the university of california riverside where we will take a look at its political papers and learn about its latest just legislative legacy. i am what the congressman who served the southern california area for 34 years, most of it in the inland and -- inland empire. the inland area -- and power mix of riverside and san bernardino which is in southern california. about one hour east of los angeles and may be an amber or two north of the border. -- maybe an hour or two north of the border. mainly riverside and san bernardino. he was first elected to congress ,n 1963 for the 29th district which was serving parts of east los angeles. he served until 1970 when he decided to run for senate in california. he lost the primary in that election. he had to take a little bit of a break from congress. he decided to run for congress again in 1973. he served the inland empire continuously since then until he passed away in 1999. i think these kinds of collections are really impor

u.s. house of representatives try to prove bias over the probe into russian meddling during the 2016 presidential election. this, while the president of the united states is lying about the fbi, attacking the fbi, and attacking the rule of law. how does that make any sense? republicans will use to understand rule of law matters and the truth matters. where are those republicans today? >>'s testimony comes on the heels of two over boards. one, showing internet trolls targeted african-americans in a bid to suppress votes for hillary clinton and the other showing pressure used social media to influence the election in favor of donald trump. trump has called it a hoax and a witch hunt. four members of trump's campaign team have pled guilty to various charges. saw them lose their viewers. they are armed with the power of subpoena and the president's legal troubles could be just getting started. >> i am joined by the professor of american studies. thank you for talking to us. latestn to these reports, how much trouble is donald trump in? >> he is in a lot of trouble. the mueller investigation is these

of the 20th century. 18th birthday enlisted to fight world war ii, youngest pilot in u.s. navy. by 1948 married barbara pearce and moved to texas, elected to u.s. house of representatives. rose to become ambassador of united nations and china, director of the national intelligence agency, vice president. then ran for president himself, defeating michael michael michac >> made a promise he would later break. >> read my lips, no new taxes. >> fall of the berlin wall and end of communism in europe, liberation of kuwait after the iraqi invasion. in 1992 bush was defeated by bill clinton. with the election of george w. bush in 2000, joined john as president and presidential father. raising money with president clinton for tsunami and hurricane victims. >> easily could have chosen a life of ease, instead when offered a chance to serve, he seized it. >> bush like his son decided to let history measure his legacy. abc news, new york. >> at the white house, flag is flying at half staff in remembrance of the 41st president. president trump is in buenes aires, argentina at a summit. >> released a statement. we join with a grieving nation to mourn the loss of president george h.w.

house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 223, the nays are 178. the previous question is ordered. the the question is on adoption of the resolution. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the speaker pro tempore: in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. >> mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. mcgovern: i ask for a recorded vote. the speaker pro tempore: a recorded vote is requested. those favoring a recorded vote will rise. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote

house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the peaker o tempore: on thnays are. e resolutionsdopted. withoutbjection, the motion toeconsideisd on t table. rsuanto clause 8 of rule ,the fished biness is the questin agreeing to the eakes approval th jourl whi the chair w t novo. e estn is on ageing to thepe proval of e journa thosn favor y ay tho oppos, n opin of the chair, the ayes havit. the gentleman from texas. >> -- mr. brady: mr. speaker, i call for the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. those favoring a vote by the yeas and nays will rise. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. hous

the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives, sir, pursuant to the permission granted in clause 2-h of rule 2 of the rules of the u.s. house of representatives, the clerk received the following message from the secretary of the senate on december 20, 2018, at 10:03 a.m., that the senate passed senate 3456, that the senate passed senate 3523, that the senate agrees to the house amendment to the bill senate 943, that the senate agrees to the house amendment to the bill senate 2248, that the senate passed without amendment h.r. 1162, that the senate passed without amendment h.r. 1850, that the senate passed without amendment h.r. 3383, that the senate passed without amendment h.r. 5205, that the senate passed without amendment h.r. 5475, that the senate passed without amendment h.r. 5923, that the senate passed without amendment h.r. 6059, that the senate passed without amendment h.r. 6167, that the senate passed without amendment h.r. 6335, that the senate passed without amendment h.r. 6347, that the senate passed without amendment h.r. 6348, that the senate passed without amendment h.r. 6400, that the senate passed w

u.s. house of representatives. next, we will visit the university of california riverside where we will take a look at its political papers and learn about his legislative legacy. george brown was a congressman who served the southern california for 34 years, most of it in the inland empire. it is sort of a geographical area that makes up parts of riverside and san bernardino counties which is inland southern california. about an east of los angeles and hour maybe an hour or two north of the border. it used to be mainly agricultural, but now it is a lot of urban and cities, mainly riverside and san bernardino. he was first elected to congress in 1963 for the 29th district, which was actually serving parts of east los angeles. and he served until 1970 when he decided to run for senate in california. he lost the primary in that election. so he had to take a little bit of a break from congress. but then when i district opened in the inland empire that was near his childhood home, he decided to run for congress again in

u.s. house of representatives it's notable that today republicans in the house already moved in anticipation of receiving this resolution to make it more difficult for this resolution to pass the authors on the senate side have said that if this congress does not pass the resolution because it's still controlled by republicans in the house they may try again to reintroduce this bill come january with democrats take over the majority in the house and it will be a more friendly politically environment for this resolution but all of that said the final and most challenging test will be on president trump's desk this resolution needs his signature to become law and he has stood steadfastly by saudi arabia in defense of its war in yemen and the killing of jamal khashoggi however this ends with this resolution passing or not it does still deliver a clear message to saudi arabia that there is a growing support among lawmakers in the u.s. to say that there is a red line that saudi arabia cannot cross when it comes to these human.

u.s. house of representatives know something very significant, that if we went to almost anyone of our any part of the country and we asked them -- why should the united states of america, the greatest military power, the greatest republic, arguably the greatest civilization the world is ever why should we be putting american laws and treasure on the lin to fight as co-belligerents in a civil war half a world away in yemen? we knowk that question, 99 times out of a hundred, perhaps 9900 times out of 1000, we know that that would not result in a confident answer. we know that would result in an answer full of uncertainty, andy ambiguity, raises concern, and well justified fears for the fact that we are involved in somebody else's civil war, in a civil war in which we have no business fighting, in a civil or in which we have finally followed the kingdom of saudi arabia into conflict. this, mr. president, is our decision to make. , results mr. president in bloodshed, and the shedding of blood that will be on our hands if we fail to exercise our constitutional prerogative under a system of gov

u.s. house of representatives. ir first chance armed with subpoena powers to demand answers from the trump administration on a range of troubling issues. our randi kaye takes a look now at one area where they could start the trump family business empire. >> reporter: is the trump organization mixed up? money laundering? that's what some members of congress want to find out. deutsche bank has a history of illegally laundering russian money and a relationship with the trump organization. >> they paid hundreds of millions of dollars in fines to the state of new york because they were laundering russian money. and this apparently was the one bank that was willing to do business with the trump organization. now, is that a coincidence? >> here he comes. here he comes. >> reporter: there's also the michael cohen problem. he pleaded guilty in august to eight counts, including campaign finance violations tied to his work for trump, which cohen says included payments designed to silence women who claim they had affairs with t

house. they had control of the u.s. house of representatives, and the senate. and so when you talk about those issues, the list you just named off, the president, the senate and the house has had not only the responsibility but also the power to do that. what i can tell you is that i am looking for two democrats taking over the house in the next session, and the 116th session, and i do believe that we're going to be able to get some things done that are really priorities for the majority of the american people. thank you. >> host: upper marlboro maryland democrat. >> caller: good morning. i'm that nearly 81-year-old blind pass you guys can't get rid of. kudos to c-span because this is an amazing discussion. congresswoman, i can't see television, i don't even have a television on this morning even though i'm a tv addict. i want to give kudos to you for saying what i knew i was here eventually, once god reorganize these dominoes so that we had nobody is above accountability. let me just assure the public. this is not about democrats or republicans. i've been a pr

u.s. house of representatives says it's a crisis started by what she calls a cruel immigration policy by president donald trump one she hopes to change to children that we know of have died in american custody that should never happen again we need to know why it happened how it happened we need to know the conditions that other individuals are having to live through we need to know the foundation of this policy who called for it and we need to change it back at the community center where mad well is at falling tears are trying their best to help knowing more migrants will need it hoping no boar are left on the streets to fend for themselves give rosendo al-jazeera el paso texas. brazil's military claims its crackdown on crime in rio de janeiro has been a success a controversial operation due to end on monday target at some of the state's most violent areas most of them in the capital but some residents say it failed to address the root causes of the problem. and reports. for nearly one here soldiers carrying machine guns have been raiding some of brazil's most dangerous favelas the military was c

house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. the clerk: the speaker's room, washington, d.c., december 27, 2018. i hereby appoint the honorable luke messer to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by the guest chaplain, reverend benjamin hogue from the lutheran church of the reformation in washington, d.c. the chaplain: gracious god, now that the songs of the angels are stilled and the star in the sky is gone, the kings and princes are home and the shepherds are back with their flocks, the work of our holiday begins. help us to find the lost and heal the broken. empower us to feed the hungry and release the prisoner. guide us to rebuild the nations and to bring peace among all. show us that cooperation and reconciliation are true gifts to share. as your love guides us t

u.s. house of representatives it's notable that today republicans in the house already moved in anticipation of receiving this resolution to make it more difficult for this resolution to pass the authors on the senate side have said that if this congress does not pass the resolution because it's still controlled by republicans in the house they may try again to reintroduce this bill come january with democrats take over the majority in the house and it will be a more friendly politically environment for this resolution but all of that said the final and most challenging test will be on president trump's desk this resolution needs his signature to become law and he has stood steadfastly by saudi arabia in defense of its war in yemen and the killing of jamal khashoggi however this ends with this resolution passing or not it does still deliver a clear message to saudi arabia that there is a growing support among lawmakers in the u.s. to say that there is a red line that saudi arabia cannot cross when it comes to these human rights abuses. for us in washington d.c. thank you heidi well al jazeer

referendum, the best way to do that -- >> we will leave the british house of comments to go live to the u.s. house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the the chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. the clerk: the speaker's rooms, washington, d.c. december 10, 2018. i hereby appoint the honorable john abney culberson to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 8, 2018, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties. all time shall be equally allocated between the parties and in no event shall debate continue beyond 1:50 p.m. each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. the chair

u.s. house of representatives and to the united states senate and i could count on them every step of the way. now, madam president, we all know how important our staff is and i'm no exception. i've been fortunate to have two staff members with me my whole tenure in congress. i would like to highlight both of them. mack abrams hails from north carolina. i know more about north carolina than i thought i ever would. matt came to me from senator vitter's office. after 12 years we mused about writing a book together because together we have seen and been through a lot. from the great recession's impact on nevada, the visit from senator reed to my -- reid to my house office, to senator ensign's resignation, the governor's appoint me to the senate, obamacare, dodd-frank, immigration reform, tax reform, changing the courts, just to name a few, mack has always been there. in this chamber there's a lot of slings an arrows and it takes an expert to walk through these minefields. no one does it along. i always had mack arams by my -- abrams by my side. i thank him of. scott riplinger also served the

u.s. house of representatives. it's a major position because it is an important group -- and now mainstream conservative group of members of congress. they look for leaders that people haven't quite heard of yet. because they have been relatively newly elected. mark walker was starting his second term when he was legitimated to the chairmanship. mark walker came in in 2014 and mike johnson came in in 2016. mr. brooks: mark walker to my right, he represents the 6th congressional district of north carolina. i mentioned he was first elected in 2014 and chaired it since 20717 since the beginning of the second term. in addition, he serves in the house oversite and government reform committees. before entering politics, he was a pastor for two decades and worked in personal and deep faith and deep conviction and someone who has been helpful to my own work here in washington, d.c., and real inspiration and he is a musician and he is a composer in keyboards and something i admire very much and known for his elvis impression

u.s. house of representatives senators from both the republican and democratic parties saying that it is very important to send a message not just to the trumpet ministration but to countries around the world that this sort of behavior luring in a journalist and killing him because you don't like what he's writing or what questions he's asking can not be supported by the united states the discussion is getting under way on the senate floor a number of senators have already come forward to say mainly that they're going to support it but we've heard from at least two senators who say that they are opposed to the measure because they say there is a better way in their view of trying to send the message that the u.s. disapproves of what happened to jamal khashoggi and that ordinary americans also disapprove of the suffering that yemeni citizens are suffering because of the ongoing air war between the saudi like coalition against the rebels who want to take control of the yemeni government but this just discussed in is very much a contentious one it clearly has seized the imagination and the initi

u.s. house of representatives has increase the chances of a u.s.ent shutdown by voting to give president trump the money for his boardwalk. -- border wall. to the u.s. senate where it is almost certain to be rejected. president trump says he won't sign a bill without the border money. this was after the white house entity would accept it. london's gatwick airport has been reopened. a limited number of airports scheduled for departure. all flights had been suspended since wednesday night. this following numerous sightings of an illegal drone. passengersd 120,000 during one of the years busiest travel times. singapore reportedly has expanded its criminal probe to include goldman sachs. see if moreking to than 6.5 million in fees close to the subsidiary. the bank had previously said it acted in good faith of the bond sale. news 24 hours a day pound them with and 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. there are fewer than 100 days until the u.k. set to leave the european union. the path forward is very uncertain. i

u.s. house of representatives. >> the united states has a moral obligation to call these crimes genocide. >> reporter: aung san suu kyi, myanmar's de facto leader and nobel peace prize laureate, has widely fallen from grace for her failure to condemn the violence in her country. >> we want to find out what the real problems are, and we have to make sure that these allegations are based on solid evidence before we take action. >> reporter: but despite aung san suu kyi's denial, almost 1 million rohingya have fled her country into neighboring bangladesh. and now an international debate roils over what the future of the rohingya should be. just weeks ago, bangladesh and myanmar struck a controversial deal to repatriate the rohingya in phases. but when buses arrived to carry refugees back to myanmar, they refused to go. so for now, thousands of families are in limbo and a new humanitarian crisis is under way. here in bangladesh, they're spread out between 32 different makeshift camps. it is not a beautiful place to be. but they know it's a lot safer than it would have been if they'd stayed in

u.s. house of representatives that's a house of four hundred thirty five people so they will now have control in january so the president is going to have to come to the table with them or something else dramatic is going to have to happen in order for him to get his wall funding right now it does not look like that will happen but he's able to show his base that he's been fighting for. john hendren there thanks so much turkey and the u.s. will meet next month to discuss donald trump's decision to pull troops from syria in the meantime and korea says it will hold off from launching a cross border offensive against kurdish finds is there's concern the withdrawal may cause a vacuum that could lead to more instability for people on the ground and the water is zana hold the reports from talk today on the turkish syrian border. these syrian refugees have been living in this turkish border town for three years they say they can't return home as long as their towns and villages are controlled by the syrian armed group the why peachey while fighting eisel the why p.g. backed by the u.s. had taken con

u.s. house of representatives. an employee for more than 30 years was elected to represent georgia's sixth district. she defeated republican incumbent karen. ms. mcbath talks about how the shooting death of her son in 2012 spurred her to run for office. 2012 my son was killed in what people have considered the national lobby case. i started questioning our leaders. why were these tragedies continuing to happen? as i continue to ask more questions, why were our legislators not willing to keep our family safe, there was silence, there was complicity. what i began to understand is no one was willing to do anything. f the reason i stood up and the reason i'm taking action. what i've noticed over and over again is karen handel and other republican legislators refuse to do anything about this unnecessary gun violence. in the end the only thing i am beholden to are the people i talk to every single day and my son's legacy. i'm running because i'm a mother on a mission. to represent everyone. new congress, new leaders. watc

u.s. house of representatives threw some shady political maneuvering tucked into a farm bill ended that was able to pull off having to follow in the senate's footsteps and u.s. involvement in yemen essentially throwing a wrench into the gears of peace to help us shed light on where things now stand on saudi arabia yemen and what the future will bring we recently sat down with just foreign policy is hot l. tell you tell you one of the hard working citizens who actually help frame. legislation to a vote on the senate floor first part. so i want to thank you for coming on the show today and i want to start by observing that it has been a very very up and few weeks politically for the plight of yemen here in washington d.c. after the offsetting votes that we saw between the senate and the house where do things currently stand in the u.s. congress on the u.s. involvement in the war. well it's been a historic week in one nine hundred seventy three congress passed the war powers resolution and in that time it's never actually passed the senate so what happened yesterday was absolutely historic fif

u.s. house of representatives got on their pedestals and grilled the company's c.e.o. steve malzberg and hillary foragers standing by to discuss and as we close in on the end of the year and markets seem to be reacting more like roller coasters that anything else we talked to market volatility with and he's the president and c.e.o. of signature profits and speaking of hot seats there is more boeing bad news as the aircraft maker continues to be plagued by problems with the seven thirty seven max a jet we've been telling you about for the last month former national transportation board official jamie pinch will join us with the latest from the philippines from manila and he's done it again tesla c.e.o. elon musk continues to prove he's not only a great innovator but his old worst enemy the car coach lauren fix will joins us and address his most recent messy missteps and look to other auto related news today all that directly ed but first.

u.s. house of representatives and at that time they believe that they can definitively stop funding for the president's wall so the democrats believe time is on their side well the end of a chaotic week for the white house has been months by a second resignation from u.s. president donald trump's administration the top american diplomat dealing with the good as quit of a trump surprise pull out of troops from syria it's the fellows u.s. defense secretary james mattis who's also resigning over the decision state department correspondent roles in jordan as mall. u.s. president donald trump made two major foreign policy decisions this week he said he's pulling seven thousand u.s. troops out of afghanistan and trump is pulling out all two thousand u.s. service personnel from northeast syria a decision he's been defending on twitter on syria we were originally going to be there for three months and that was seven years ago we never left when i became president isis was going wild now isis is largely defeated and other local countries including turkey should be able to easily take care of whateve

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u.s. house of representatives says it's a crisis started by what she calls a cruel immigration policy by president donald trump one she hopes to change to children that we know of have died in american custody that should never happen again we need to know why it happened how it happened we need to know the conditions that other individuals are having to live through we need to know the foundation of this policy who called for it and we need to change it back at the community center where mad well is at falling to tears or trying their best to help more migrants will need it hoping no bore are left on the streets to fend for themselves give rosendo al-jazeera el paso texas. on al-jazeera stills military claim success and insert a long operation to fight crime in rio de janeiro but residents say that things changed. their desperate search for miners trapped for nearly two weeks and north east india. hello again we're here across the united states we watch one major winter storm system make its way across the great lakes but the forecast is going to look much better as we go towards the weekend so l

u.s. house of representatives. mcbath, a delta airlines employee for more than 30 years was elected to represent georgia's six district in the next congress. she defeated republican incumbent karen handel. during one of their debates, she talked about how the shooting death of her son in 2012 spurred her to run for office. >> i'm lucy mcbath. in 2012, a son was killed, it in what people have considered the national loud music case. i started questioning, why are these tragedies allowed to continue happening? not willingslatures to keep my family say? there was silence. there was complicity. what i began to understand is that no one was going to be willing to do anything. that's the reason i stood up and the reason i'm taking action. overhave noticed over and again is that karen handel and other republican legislators refuse to do anything about this unnecessarily gun violence. they will not take action. in the end, the only things i am beholden to in this district for people that i talk to every single day and my so

u.s. house of representatives and then it goes to a trial in the senate should such a thing happen so it's the burden is on mrs pelosi if mr trump is to be indicted or impeached if you prefer the word not up to lawyers in the southern district of new york i just want to come back to what you said there about the possibility of impeachment because of course the democrats will take control of the house of representatives there's a lot of speculation over what could happen there what's your prediction do you think they will try to go for that impeachment. well i don't know what mr miller has or what even the guys in the southern district of new york have if they have something more than they've shown already that would be interesting to see it might give mrs pelosi the nerve to go do this but if there's nothing more than what we've seen already in regard to the cohen matter now there it won't happen it can always happen it's a political act it's not a legal one but it has legal implications the trial in the senate will be much as it was twenty years ago with clinton nobody but you know it wil