u.s. senator and he was a republican but very liberal. bob packwood was a liberal republican, u.s. senator. the most important politician in the state, the one that everyone talks about in the newspaper and always -- the newspapers and others say why aren't politics like they used to be back in the '70s was tom mccall. tom mccall was the governor of the state in the 1970s and probably what we might call sort of the golden era of oregon politics. it's when some of the most important progressive reforms were taking place, and mccall was at the forefront of that reform effort. and so routinely when people talked about oregon, oregonians talk about our political history, they talk about tom mccall. one of the interesting things about tom mccall is that while he was governor, he was republican, very moderate republican. the treasurer was a fellow by the name of bob straub who was a democrat. he was the leading democrat in the state for many years. he ran for governor four times and was elected once. when he was treasurer, he would often make a suggestion on something the state ought to d

u.s. senator to be a republican but very liberal. and the one that the everybody talks about it with those politics back in the '70s and to be called the senator of oregon politics. en to give it the reform effort. so to talk about organ and political history and the interesting thing about tom mccall is and bob was the leading democrat for many years. and was the governor four times when -- reenforce times and then elected once. and then say that is a good idea we should do that. but just to match that in the republican turns around to say that is a good idea let's do that. but that is what looked like in the '70s and '80s. >> soul in the 1990's to be better more effectively so throughout the 1990's that day have to respond and he became very effective he turned the process into a business so innocence could make money without putting initiatives on the ballot so then you see one initiative after the other so he was the most important player. because even though he did not serve in the legislature to put that initiative bombed of val

u.s. senator from oklahoma he is the author of the book, smashing d.c. he is also a senior advisor of the convention of state project. could you talk about what article five said and what it offers as far as power to the states? guest: colonel george mason when they were having the discussion on our constitution stood up and said we have made a grievous error. we have to make sure that because nowhere in history has powerful governments ceded power back to the people. we need to make sure that is available to the american people. they put the second component into article five which allows the states two thirds of the states to call on amendments conventions. it is not a constitutional commitment -- convention where states can offer amendments which are nothing but recommendations to go back to the states and three quarters of the states would have to approve that. what it does is it is the root relief valve for the states when they see this imbalance and what has happened is that there is no longer a balanced our between the three branches and our feder

these include wayne morris was called the tiger of the u.s. senate. he started out as republican, he came in independent and became a democrat in the 1950s. he was one of the two people in the senate who opposed the vietnam war. we talk about mark hatfield, part of the hatfield school government. hatfield was governor and he was a u.s. senator, and he was a republican but very liberal. bob packwood was a liberal republican, u.s. senator. the most important politician in the state, the one that i' evere talks about in the newspaper, the newspapers and other say why i politics not like these be back in the 70s was tom mccall. , call was governor of the state in the 1970s, and i'll be recall the golden era of portland, oregon, politics. it's when some of the most important progress reforms were taking place and he was at the forefront of that reform effort. and so routinely when people talk about oregon, and oregonians talk about our political history, they talk about tom mccall. one of the interesting things about tom mccall is up while he was governor h

u.s. senator from oklahoma he is the author of the book, smashing d.c. he is also a senior advisor of the convention of state project. could you talk about what article five said and what it offers as far as power to the states? guest: colonel george mason when they were having the discussion on our constitution stood up and said we have made a grievous error. we have to make sure that because nowhere in history has powerful governments ceded power back to the people. we need to make sure that is available to the american people. they put the second component into article five which allows the states two thirds of the states to call on amendments conventions. it is not a constitutional commitment -- convention where states can offer amendments which are nothing but recommendations to go back to the states and three quarters of the states would have to approve that. what it does is it is the root relief valve for the states when they see this imbalance and what has happened is that there is no longer a balanced our between the three branches and our feder

where the u.s. senate is debating the republican plan for a so-called skinny repeal of obamacare. we're expecting a vote tonight, even though the bill was released only a couple hours ago. good evening. i'm julie haener. >> and i'm frank somerville. vice president mike pence has arrived at the capitol building just in case he's needed to break a tie. the congressional budget office says the skinny bill would leave an additional 16 million americans without health insurance. the pared down bill would eliminate the mandate to buy insurance. occupies the gop wants to vote quickly without holding lengthy hearings. senators have been giving impassioned speeches. here's a sample from democrat cory booker. >> let's send this bill in to committee. let's do this process as this institution was designed to have it done. let's open the doors of the capitol and invite america to come, the american medical association, the cancer association, hospital association. let's invite the aarp. let's have america come down her

about five or six hours left in debate on health care today in the u.s. senate. senators are expected to take a break here for about 20 minutes and debate a bill that passed in the house thisee

they, along with dan and many before them, represent strong leaders in the u.s. senate who have represented the appropriations committee with distinction. the close friendship of dan and senator ted stevens grew from their work together on the senate appropriations committee. their ability to work across the aisle and forge common ground is legendary, and an inspiration that is still remembered by many they found ways to support important projects for our nation that remain significant to this day. one of dan's most cherished times in the senate was his chairmanship of the committee from 2009 until his passing in late 2012. i thank you for remembering him this evening in asking me to share brief remarks. as tonight's event highlights the 150 years since the senate appropriations committee was created, it is important to recognize those that have developed the committee into one of the most powerful in the senate, and to reflect on how the appropriations committee can continue to work towards bipartisanship and appropriations that will support the important work of the c

u.s. senators who have responsibility over this tonight. thank you so much. ali, thank you so much. broadcast for tonight. thanks for being here with us. >>> senator al franken is going to be joining us live in just a minute tonight as the senate keeps wrangling toward and away from and toward and away from the republicans' effort to kill the affordable care act. the current iteration of their plan is estimated -- the estimated cost of it in terms of the human cost said it would take all health insurance away from 16 million americans who have insurance now. that is -- that remains the plan, such as it is on the table tonight. there's going to be a votorama on a gazillion amendments on the plan. there may be a vote on the bill itself.

we are live outside the u.s. senate in the ohio clock building waiting for the senate to gavel back in to take up the motion to proceed voting to begin debate on the healthcare law. the democrats and republicans have been in their weekly conference meeting and during those meetings we heard on twitter and from a number of reporters saying that dean heller plans to vote yes as does senator rob portman of ohio. the majority leader mitch o'connell will come to the senate floor make comments on the floor and step out to speak with reporters as we are able we will have it live for you hear on c-span2. ficer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent the democratic leader be recognized for five minutes for debate only and that i then be recognized. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection.

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countries and what they've even done is gone as far as accusing essentially the u.s. senate of protectionism and suggesting that by threatening sanctions against a project like this to stop that gas coming from russia into the e.u. that america would essentially be pushing its own gas supply its own e.u. member states and then protecting american workers so this is much more than a war of words this is an energy war that the e.u. companies say that america just shouldn't be involved in a tool you know well with deep implications as well live from the french capital sharla devinsky thank you. germany's chancellor angela merkel has been facing criticism for choosing homburg as the g twenty host city three consecutive nights of riots an unprecedented violence rocked several districts as world leaders gathered for talks last week the country's president germany hasn't witnessed such brutality in years. we have had violence of such magnitude demonstrations in germany in recent use there were apparently some who acted ruthlessly. against police forces and also against the citizens

the u.s. senateust voted narrowly in favor of further debate on repealing the affordable health care act, known as obamacare. president trump had put heavy pressure on republican senators to support the procedure, but does it mean that obamacare is now doomed? also coming up, the trial of this woman moved towards its end. she's the last surviving member of a far right terror cell in germany. she's been charged with involvement in 10 murders. and -- a jewish director in the anti-semitic richard wagner. germany's annual wagner fest opens up with the master singers and a jewish sense of humor. ♪ louise: -- brent: i'm brent goff for the u.s. senate decided to proceed with debate on repealing the affordable act -- affordable care act known as obamacare. the vice president mike pence had to break the tie to advance the repeal bill. as president donald trump held the results shortly after the vote took place, he's been applying huge pressure to get obamacare repealed but it's unclear whether there are enoug

europe have slammed these new threats of sanctions against this pipeline project by the american u.s. senate saying that it's unacceptable that they should be trying to meddle in you e.u. policy the principle of american sanctions on a project that is not in us does not involve us that it's not in dollars it is an interference in the fears of european countries in that it's an acceptable the proposed sanctions not only affect russia but also europe and germany i appeal to all parties involved not to turn the project into a pawn of global politics and to leave the problem of europe's energy supply to europeans. it is unacceptable that european energy policy is now being made in the us well a number of e.u. companies and countries that agreed to support this project it's called the nord stream two project and this is a pipeline that's due to be operational by the end of two thousand and nineteen and it's due to start in russia to be built underneath the baltic sea and the project is expected to cost around nine point five billion euros so this is a huge project indeed and it's under some uncer

i believe her to the first woman to hold the top committee position in the u.s. senate. born in illinois in 1867, wells moved to wyoming when she turned 21 because the young suffragists could vote in wyoming. there, she met senator francis warren, whose patronage brought her to washington. senator warren appointed wells to the clerical staff. when he became chairman of appropriations in 1911, he brought wells with him, giving her the position of chief clerk, although it appears that the senate never gave her that official title. at the time, leona wells was unusual, a well-paid professional woman on capitol hill. in fact, she was so unusual that she attracted attention from the press. leona wells is probably the most envied women in government service, reported "the boston globe." not only did she earn a good salary, "to the globe" noted, but she was the first woman to be placed in charge of affairs of a big committee, while scouting new territory for female staff. but one area remained off-limits, the senate chamber. when chairman warren was on the floor doing committee

countries what levy done is gone as far as accusing essentially the u.s. senate of protectionism and suggesting that by threatening sanctions against the project america would essentially be pushing its own gas supplies on e.u. member states and then protecting american workers so this is much more than a war of words this is an energy war that e.u. companies say that america just shouldn't be involved in a tool. germany's chancellor angela merkel has been facing criticism for choosing homburg the g twenty host city three consecutive nights of riots on preceded violence rocked several districts as world leaders gathered for the talks last week the country's president is german he hasn't witnessed such brutality in yours. we have more violence of such magnitude demonstrations in germany in recent years there were apparently some who acted ruthlessly and destructively against police forces and also against the property of ordinary citizens while german police were out in force but over twenty thousand of them struggle to contain protesters with hundreds of officers

the u.s. senate has approved a new round of sanctions against russia ran a north korea an overwhelming majority voted in favor of the. bill during the hearing senators emphasize that russia is being targeted for its alleged meddling in last year's us election a strong message to vladimir putin and any other aggressor that we will not tolerate attacks on our democracy that's what this bill is all about this vote let us finally finally finally officially condemn and forcefully respond to that attack on our country for this stunning breach of our right as a sovereign nation not to have our elections disturbed by a foreign capital in response legitimate putin's lambasted the proposed sanctions which now only need donald trump's signature that come into force he says that if they are implemented moscow will have to respond jacqueline vogel reports the short debate that took place beforehand was full of anti russian rhetoric and again repeated accusations of russia having meddled in last year's presidentia

huge project indeed and it's under some uncertainty now with the potential of these threats by the u.s. senate now those threats of sanctions against moscow in this particular project still have to be passed by the house of representatives in the u.s. but if that is passed it really will put a big question over this project and whether it can deliver that energy to europe and supporters of this project say that it is absolutely needed to secure the future of energy in e.u. countries what levy done is gone as far as accusing essentially the u.s. senate of protectionism and suggesting that by threatening sanctions against the project america would essentially be pushing its own gas supplies on e.u. member states and then protecting american workers so this is much more than a war of words this is an energy war that e.u. companies say that america just shouldn't be involved in a tool. that the german chancellor angela merkel has been facing criticism for choosing hamburgers the g twenty host city consecutive nights of riots and i'm president of violence rock several districts as world leaders gat

u.s. senate preparing to vote tuesday to at least repeal obamacare. president trump is a lashing out at g.o.p. senators who are wavering, saying it's time to act. the future of a plan to repeal and replace obamacare remains uncertain. this on the same day the president's senior advisor and son-in-law makes a rare statement defending himself before a senate committee on capitol hill and then to reporters outside the white house over his contacts with russia. >> the record and documents i have voluntarily provided will show all of my actions were proper and occurred in the normal course of events of a very unique campaign. >> bret: morand jared kushner's defense today in a few moments. first, the president puts republicans' feet to the fire over the stalled effort to repeal and replace obamacare. in a short but pointed statemen statement, president trump decried democrats for passing what he says was a big fat ugly lie and then turned on republicans, accusing them of not doing their job in something they've promised for seven years. congress isn't the on

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u.s. senator. the others are basketball player bill bradley and kentucky's own happy chandler, who was commissioner of baseball. but jim is not just a baseball hall of famer. he's a hall of famer in life. a storied baseball career and more than three decades as a successful public official would be sufficient, but he is also a devoted husband, father, grandfather, and great grandfather. in all of these areas, jim has shone brightly. what possibly could be a grander legacy? thank you so much. >>> you're watching "american history tv." 48 hours of programming on american history every weekend on c-span3. follow us on twitte twitter @cspanhistory for information on our question and to keep up with the latest history news. >>> tuesday night, july 4th on american history tv, pulitzer prize-winning historian david mac cull luf talks about the founders viewed education, slavery, and persevered in the face of hardship. here's a preview. >> now i don't think we can ever know enough about the revolutionary e

senate. it has a conflictual relationship with the speaker of the house. when barack is first talking about running for the u.s. , hete, in the 2004 cycle goes to senator jones who is majority leader, to ask for his support. this is really a defining moment becauseolitical rise senator jones's decision to support him, one of iraq's competitors is supported by jones ride -- rival, jones's decision to put all of his political eight and influence barack is thening democratic nominee for the u.s. senate, that is what makes barack obama a serious state-wide contender in illinois. book,r the end of the there is this quote. is that somebody we would know? >> it is in the end notes. i may not put a name in the text, but if people go to the end notes they see everyone. answer you that accurately off the top of my head. i don't have every quote memorized. i think the point to emphasize is that over the course of iraq's presidency, there were scores and scores of people in illinois who had known him, who were deeply disappointed with the trajectory of the obama presidency, in two ways. number one, disappointed that barac

. >>> coming up, democrats claim victory as the u.s. senate rejects a full obamacare repeal without replacement.>>> analysis of the vote is coming up. >>> father accused of leaving his infant in the shopping center parking lot faced a judge today. >>> we are tracking the warm up we will see you in the forecast. >>> we have breaking news from ohio, one person has died after a ride malfunctioned during an opening day at the state fair. eight people were hurt and to are in stable condition. the right is the fireball that's shaped like a squall. one witness said he heard metal cracking and then saw two people thrown from the ride. other rides have also been shut down as a precaution. we are monitoring the situation and we will update you as soon as more information becomes available. >>> police in milpitas have arrested a man accused of exposing himself to young girls. police arrested mohammed for exposing himself 214 and 15- year-old girls in two incidents last week. the first was at augustine park where a man exposed himself to children and drov

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that's where we will begin tonight with the political theater as the u.s. senate works late into the night on health care. will they or won't they get something to pass? that's the question. mike emanuel joins me here. this is amazing. welcome to capitol hill. in about an hour, mitch mcconnell released the details of the senate plan. they are calling at the health care freedom act. repeal and replace the individual mandate and the employer mandate from obamacare, provide flexibility as states. three and are 32 waivers. more flex ability for consumers. increase health savings account contributions. it would repeal the medical device tax and fund community health centers. o'connell issued a call for action. >> passing this legislation will allow us to work with our colleagues toward a final bill they can go to the president. repeal obamacare and undo its damage. i would urge everyone to support it. >> two moderate republican senators. shelley moore capitol and lisa murkowski told fox news they know how they will vote but would not reveal it. speaker paul ryan offere

u.s. senator.e tweets that his new website is not a joke and he promises major announcement in the near future. he camped >>> six members of afghanistan's all girls robotics team are coming to the united states to compete. apparently the third time is the charm. the all girls team applied twice before to compete in an international robotics competition in washington. they will receive parole status allowing them in after being told president trump personally intervened to reverse a system by u.s. state department to deny them visas. >>> new developments in the case of four missing young men in pennsylvania. investigators uncovered a mass grave on a farm with remains of some of the missing men. >> reporter: investigators say initial tests have identified the body of 19 year old dean finocchiaro. >> we are in progress of identifying the other remains. >> i am very, very pleased paradoxically with our progress but i am not prepared to acknowledge that at this time. >> reporter: four men have missing f

u.s. senator to come out in support president trump. i have talked to a lot of conservatives now and during the campaign that said he was the sole reason they came on board with president trump. he gave them legitimacy in conservative circles and now he's turned on his attorney general. where does that leave the a.g. and every other employee of the trump administration who he demands loyalty from? >> this is something that it we have been hearing for some time now. trump has been steam iing a bit. over the decision to recuse himself from the russia investigation. although it's pretty amazing when you think about all the things that an attorney general does and has not it recused himself, inclouding implementing the agenda as it relates to immigration to e seeing this steamed to not offer the job in relation to the russia investigation. certain certainly you mentioned other folks in the administration i think it sends shock waves. you're absolutely right when you talk about not just conservatives, but a particular type of conservative th

now, when barack's first talking about running for the u.s. senaten the 2004 cycle in spring of 2002, he goes to senator jones to ask for his support and this is really a defining moment in barack's political rise because senator jones' decision to support barack -- one of barack's competitors is supported by jones' rival speaker madigan -- so jones' decision to put all of his political influence behind championing barack as the democratic nominee for u.s. senate -- that is what makes barack obama a serious statewide contender in illinois. brian: near the end of the book on page 1065, there is this quote: "barack is a tragic figure. so much potential, such critical times, but such failure to perform like he is an empty shell," one long time hyde park friend lamented. "maybe the flaw is hubris, deep and abiding, hubris -- as if his touch and deep understanding will clear the path. how else could he possibly be so unruffled?" is that somebody we would know? david: it is in the endnotes. there are no anonymous sources. i may not put a name in the text b

meanwhile, the u.s. senate coming in at 12:30 eastern today. news that republican leaders plan to unveil a revised health care proposal that will allow insurers to sell austere plans not in line with the regulations imposed under the affordable care act. according to three republicans familiar with the plans, reported by "the washington post" and other news organizations. senate coming in at 12:30. reports are that the majority leader, mitch mcconnell, will speak at that time. follow that over on c-span2. we'll have paul ryan's briefing shortly. at noon eastern today, the house coming back into session to work on the 2018 defense programs and policy bill. legislation authorizing $688 billion in pentagon spending. lots of amendments to go through. expected late night tonight in the u.s. house. while we wait for the house to return, we'll -- we'll wait for the paul ryan briefing. we'll take you to this morning's "washington journal." congressmr of arizona here to talk

we don't do any of that come to visit dc if you go to the gallery in the u.s. senate and there's usually someone making a speech of their for c-span and heaven things to c-span and yet, other senators on the floor aren't engaging in their debate and its grandstanding and narrowcasting for particular audiences i'm a business turnaround guy by work history i worked in the boston consulting group and did private equity because the timing i graduated college and 94 and the internet was blowing up sector after sector. i got to go into a lot of processes in sector and industry that were in crisis. one of things i learned is the special privilege of being a newbie. when you get to ask precise questions and i don't have to know the answer to every problem when i get 20 sector and there are a lot of smart people there but there might be a collective action problem in trying to figure out will come next in the travel industry. i work for, big airlines for orbitz and travelocity and xp and came into existence was clear that the cornerstone travel agency was going to go away and

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u.s. senator who received the popular vote from the people in the state. oregon's have had a lot of colorful politicians. important and colorful politicians. from the 1940's up until about .he 1980's some that were different from the rest of the state -- i mean, different from the rest of the nation. they were mavericks. the state was perceived as politicians.ck wayne mark was called the tiger of the u.s. senate. he was a republican who became an independent, then a democrat in the 1950's. he was one of the people who opposed the vietnam war. mark has skilled was part of the government, a governor and then or mark hatfield was a govern and then a senator, very liberal. bob packwood was a senator. the most important politician in the state, the one everybody ,alks about in the newspaper was tom mccall, the governor of the state in the 1970's. we might call that the golden era of oregon politics. it's when some of the most important progressive reforms are taking place, and mccall was at the forefront of that reform effort. routinely, when people talk about

the president rec >> and a live picture now, the u.s. senate floor as debate is under way. senators have been back and forth on defense programs but right now they're considering the nation's health care law. republicans' health care law. this is the third day of debate on the law. they are just under 10 hours of debate left before members vote. we're expecting votes this afternoon in a single -- on a single payer system. democrats will not offer any more amendments. debate is expected to last until the evening and there will be a final passage vote this evening, we believe. live coverage of the senate on our companion network c-span2. also on c-span.org and you can listen with the free c-span radio app. dividual market are sg there worrying in july and august whether they'll have any option to buy insurance in 2018. so i don't think we can wait two years to repeal and replace obamacare which is why i voted twice on tuesday to do it again now, and why i voted against it to repeal it now and replace it in two years if you can. i don't think tennesseans will be very comfortabl

for several months and ran his iowa operations for the 2008 campaign and then ran john boozman's u.s. senate race in arkansas and tom cotton and temple anti-and a list of other people and landed here. not like the did cold, the iowa winters. sarah: it was the southern blood, i am far more's other than anything else and i love the people of iowa, maybe not quite the temperature. for candidatesd and having your own father ran for president, what is the difference, is it a blessing or a curse to have your dad as a candidate? sarah: it is a little bit of both. when you have an instant ability to probably have conversations from day one with the candidate that you are not going to be able to have with something -- somebody you do not have that type of relationship with and so i was able to say yes and now in pushback more aggressively than you might with another candidate. also having a better understanding of what they would like to my what they would not like, what they want to do, i could look at his schedule and know instantly if this was going to be something, a day he was going to like or i

we started this movement while i was in the u.s. senate, and it -- we didn't have the majority of the house. it has nothing to do with -- that to do with freedom, and actually this, problems infront of our country, you can ignore it but we'll pay for them eventually, and maybe not me because i'm older but my children are certainly are and my grandchildren are. so the question is, are you a good steward -- do you actually reach out and fix he problem? this isn't about limiting other people's freedom. this is about expanding everybody's, and restoring the freedom that we were intended to have. do we really need a big brothert from washington on everything that goes on in the states? well, if you have been discriminated against you might feel that way. understand that. but that isn't the way to establish freedom. this is a solution that is as big as the problem that is in front of us, as a nation. and the real question is, who decides? is some elite person in d.c. going to decide your future, your freedom, how to do thing or some unelected bu

this after the u.s. senate voted to open the debate on health care reform. u.s. senators narrowly voted to approve that debate. vice president mike pence cast the tie-breaking vote. but then senate republicans were immediately dealt a blow late last night after a bill to repeal major parts of obamacare failed. nbc bay area's tracie potts following all the developments. she'll join us in a live report had in our 5:00 hour. >> we need a flow chart to understand everything going on right now. >>> developing this morning, what would you do if you got a call from someone saying your loved one was in an accident? one peninsula police department is saying just hang up the ph e phone. >> kris sanchez live in palo alto with a scam warning so you don't get taken. good morning, kris. >> reporter: good morning to you, sam and laura. i'll admit as you probably would, too, if you got a phone call from someone saying your loved one had been hurt or was being kidnapped it would be hard to hang up the phone. the palo alto police department says if you stay on the line those scamme

big stories this hour the u.s. senate overwhelmingly approves a new round of sanctions against russia which president putin condemned as a violation of international. human rights watch claims an iraqi army position previously claimed by the u.s. as care about extrajudicial killings in mosul. and the two architects of the cia's post nine eleven tocchet program is set to go on trial in the u.s. we speak exclusively. of one of those men. friday here in moscow this is alex international with me kevin and david good morning to you first that the u.s. senate's approved a new round of sanctions against russia iran and north korea an overwhelming majority voted in favor of the bill during the hearing senators emphasize that russia is being targeted for its alleged meddling in last year's u.s. election a strong message to vladimir putin and any other aggressor that we will not tolerate attacks on our democracy that's what this bill is all about this vote let us finally finally finally officially condemn and forcefully respond to

to head to the u.s. senate overwhelmingly approved a new round of sanctions against russia which president putin condemned as a violation of international. eleven am here in moscow this is an international with me kevin knowing today very good morning to you first than a new report from human rights watch claims that iraqi soldiers executed dozens of prisoners in mosul the rights groups say that they were suspected islamic state fighters international observers cited in the report describe what they saw in the city. a group of iraqi soldiers that fool naked men down an alleyway after which they heard multiple gunshots. through the doorway of a damaged house the bodies of a number of naked men lying in the doorway they said one of the dead men was lying with his hands behind his back and appeared to have been handcuffed and there was a rope around his legs to sixteenth division soldiers the schools had one observe and showed the seven head of the soldiers said was an american female isis sniper whom the hard to

on in washington and there are lots of pigs to be honest with you and what what made me run for u.s. senate was that senator pat toomey my opponent. was sitting on the senate banking committee while i was blowing the whistle on the just b.c. and losing everything and he was our fine dinners and you know letting each is pretty off the hook. and what happened was during the summit elections h.s.b.c. formed a pac and they started buying up senators literally by donating money to their campaigns. and that's a huge conflict of interest and if you're sitting on the senate base finance committee why are you accepting donations from a bank that has admitted to financing the enemy that's kind of a problem. so i decided to throw my hat in the ring against pat toomey and i knew i was going to lose and i'm thirty i was thirty two and thirty one and i sort of running and therefore if ethically i felt uncomfortable accepting donations so i spent. seventy five thousand of my own money to run against him knowing i'm going to lose just look at the message out just to show him and to show the public that you

u.s. senator. >> became a u.s. senator.ually a very strong civil rights advocate within the white house. but he became frustrated by how slowly kennedy was moving forward. and he left after about a year or so. to go work in, in the peace corps. so, king lost a strong advocate. which was really unfortunate. he also had sargent shriver of that family who was also a strong civil rights advocate. and was head of the civil rights division. during the campaign. and, the two of them, the two guys really helped sort of lay the ground work in a way. they were also so fervent about civil rights. they were marginalized in the white house. as kennedy was not ready to, not ready to deal with civil rights just yet. they were sort of, thought of, as pushing too hard. >> uh-huh. >> one of the more disappointing points for me -- realities about jfk was that day that he sat in the white house, watching the march on washington on television. really kept a hand off approach on this until after it was over. he saw well it had gone. then he send

. >>> it looks like caitlyn jenner could one of california's u.s. senate seats as a republican. during an interview with new york radio station, she said she plans to make a decision in the next six months. her goal is to make the republican party more inclusive to the lgbtq community. she may challenge democratic dianne feinstein next year to become california's next u.s. senate. dianne feinstein has not said if she will be running for reelection. >>> sal is right over there. you were watching the morning commute. how do we look so far? >> not too bad. we are doing very well, especially if you are driving in from a far area. that's where some of these early morning commutes -- i tend to mention those a little more. you were to san jose. that's not bad as you drive through and continue up into the valley. if you are getting on the road early, it will pay off for you driving into the west valley. or anywhere along this area, san jose as well. there are no major problems on 280 as you drive northbound getting up to highway 17. this is a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. you can s

tells washington to reduce its diplomatic in russia after the u.s. senate voted overwhelmingly in favor of a new sanctions. human rights watch claims that american trained iraqi army units has carried out extrajudicial killing animals. around the clock across the world this is r.t. international from the team myself you know neal hello and welcome to our top story a stabbing attack in a supermarket in the german city of hamburg has left one person dead four injured with what we know so far here. the suspect to speak for who carried out this attack is in police custody however as of yet police haven't spoken about any motive behind the they have said that investigating all possible motives including now some eyewitnesses at the scene said the man shouted bar god is great in are a big before carrying out his attack however the police spokesperson didn't comment further on that what we are seeing though is around the area where this took place it's cordoned off by police very heavily armed police presence on the scene there we also understand the. units of the

we are bringing you live dedicated coverage of the u.s. senate passed the senate today holding a pro forma session are normally very brief, no legislative businesses being conduct today through the senate gavel that last week for the july 4 recess. typically during a pro forma session the senator comes to the floor to moderate but no one has yet arrived. it was actually supposed to start at 6:00 p.m. but we will bring you live coverage of the senate when a senator does come to gavel the session in. go back to the american writers museum grand opening until the senate returns to session. >> i think the choice of the city in which to locate this wonderful new museum couldn't be better and i say that as an ardent -- and someone who loves new york. couldn't be better. [applause] there's something so american about this part of our country having just spent so many years writing about the wright brothers were example and then another project that i'm working on now. i realized that you have qualities and is part of our country that you don't find so c