u.s. senator and dish officials the troop withdrawal and what lindsey graham is hoping for is a phased withdrawal rather than abrupt pullout where u.s. forces are in the. the syrian territory for enough time that i said is defeated his view is different again from the u.s. president who thinks that iceland has been defeated u.s. senator lindsey graham is important because he sits on three very influential committees including defense foreign affairs as well as appropriations so his opinion in the policy circles in the united states and he say assured the turks that he is going to urge the u.s. president to try and make sure that it does not leave a void when these forces leave because the kurdish fighters in this border area have been going closer towards the syrian government and outcome which neither the united states or turkey wants on its border more protests have been held in sudan villages in the northern region of my house chanted for a while bashir to step down what began as an outcry of the rising cost of bread has become the biggest challenge to thirty year rule for the morgan reports n

u.s. senator and fish officials the troop withdrawal and what lindsey graham is hoping for is a phased withdrawal rather than a drop pullout where u.s. forces are in the syrian territory for enough time that iceland is defeated his view is different again from the u.s. president who thinks that iceland has been defeated u.s. senator lindsey graham is important because he sits on three very influential committees including defense foreign affairs as well as appropriations so his opinion in the policy circles in the united states and he say assured the turks that he is going to urge the u.s. president to try and make sure that it does not keep. void when its forces leave because the kurdish fighters in this border area have been going closer towards the syrian government and outcome which neither the united states or turkey wants on its border. will also have another summit with kim jong un tries to get the north korean leader to give up his nuclear program critics say little has really changed since that last meeting which some have dismissed as a photo opportunity. from washington d.c. . this mil

u.s. senate will finally vote to try and end the government shutdown that is promising to be a fight. to free damage to national damage and so on a warning on climate change at a meeting without leaders from some of the world's worst polluters. so the president has arrived in qatar and what says first trip abroad since violent antigovernment protests began last month omar al bashir was in doha for two days of talks he's due to meet the qatari emir shift i mean been hammered out there any in the coming hours meanwhile back in sudan bashir is facing daily demonstrations calling for an end to his thirty year long rule rights groups accuse the government of cracking down on demonstrators at least forty people have died since the protests began but sudan's labor minister says the government is working to start a dialogue with the demonstrators with my views and if you are new we required to exhibit more if it's an. coming days and this should include a teams to find common grounds with the youths prot

has so many members of the u.s. senatelleagues have said has served -- my colleagues have said, they have served with him, and none have seen him inebriated or in conduct unbecoming the office. >> senator tower has taken a significant or earned a significant amount of money within a very small space of time, from too many military contractors whom he now seeks to come back to be the chief regulator of. >> mr. president, the vote we are about to cast in stone and a difficult and unpleasant chapter in the history of the senate advice and consent process. when the tally is announced, there will be no winners other than our system of government and our u.s. constitution. >> on this vote, the aye's are 47, the nays are 53. tower toation of john be secretary of defense is not confirmed. under the previous order, a motion to reconsider is laid on the table and the president is to be notified of the senate's action. >> that in itself wound up having a rippling effect because president bush needed a secretary of defense so he dippe

whenever a cartoonist wanted to depict the u.s. senatew a big moneybag with a senator's head sticking out of the top. in a sense, money was the equivalent of power election to the u.s. senate. >> cartoons, magazines, they often look at the senate as this kind of cesspool of big business corruption. to some extent, it was. there were briberies going on, there were business deals going on. ♪ >> this became a real scandal, a national scandal. the muckrakers really drew attention to the end of the 19th century, talking about the treason of the senate, the senators millionaires club. >> the treason of the senate was a series of articles -- very much part of the muckraking tradition of journalism of the day. there were a series of articles where they wrote very harmful, critical essays about together senators. -- particular senators. >> all of these images of the senate of that time period are fueling the movement we need to take the senate back, out of the hands of the powerful political elite and give it back to the people. that is the impuls

almost one quarter of the members of the u.s. senate cosponsored a bill to say pay the coast guard right now so they are treatedke fairly by men and women civil law - - serving in the military. and to be a roller coaster ridet but i could not imagine outhis would not sail through that we can work on these individual issues so last week the secretary of homeland security we continue to press this issue chief of staff of the white house and he said this week he would support the bill. that'san important he will sign teit. i was in a meeting with him yesterday more democrats and republicans right now so what we did to move this quickly so we moved to hotline it to get this bill to be moved through unanimous consent through the senate everybody will vote on i it. that started today andry by noon every republican member of the u.s. senate said we are good to go. i had the opportunity to talk to a local radio public program in kodiak one of the largest coast guard stations ad the. countr country, actually it is the largest i had the opportuni

the resolution failed to advance yesterday in the u.s. senate. today the senate is in session later this afternoon at 4 p.m. eastern and it will take up a bill that would prohibit government funding of abortions. speaker pelosi shortly live here on c-span2. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> coming up shortly house speaker nancy pelosi and her weekly briefing with reporters. the house in session today. their last a legislative work for this week anyway. both the house and senate expected to be in next week. the house today working on a measure to reopen the federal government through fibber 28th but that doesn't include money for border wall funding. speaker pelosi yesterday in a letter to president trump suggested he pos

but it is against that big world-changing roiling backdrop that the u.s. senate today tried to confirm a new u.s. attorney general, and it is against that same roiling backdrop today that something sort of bright and unexpected happened in the united states senate, alongside the confirmation hearings for the man who would be the new attorney general. in terms of the attorney general hearings, in terms of the william barr nomination, we're going to speaking live with senator amy klobuchar of minnesota in just a few minutes. she is on the committee that grilled william barr. if you caught any of the hearing today or the news about the hearing, you know that william barr was questioned repeatedly more than any other about -- questioned repeatedly and more frequently than on any other topic about whether or not he'll respect the independence of the special counsel's investigation into russia's interference in our 2016 election. and of course the related question of whether americans were confederates in that operation. william barr handled those questions about the m

u.s. senate here on c-span2. pe senate will come to order. the chaplain, dr. barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. eternal god, you are wisdom without end, mercy without limit, and strength beyond resistance. we praise your holy name. on this 19th day of the partial government shutdown, illumine our darkness, revive our faith, and heal our wounds. give wisdom to our lawmakers. may they transform the jarring discord of ant and -- anxiety and fear into the music of your purposes. pardon and overrule what has beendone unworthily or left undone or done amission. we pray in your merciful name.

u.s. senator to jump in to the presidential race. some other senators may follow.ake things weird at work? >> you know, i will say that of those who have entered or at least opened exploratory committees and those who are rumored to enter, we all have a great deal of respect for each other and have worked together on many issues and are aligned on many issues. of course anyone who wants to should join, and i think it will be a robust and a healthy conversation, and i have a great deal of respect for my colleagues. truly have a great deal of respect. >> you have you been in the senate for two years. why so fast? why would you -- why are you willing to move on from this job so fast? you just got there. >> november of 2016. in terms of my background, i have served in local government. i have served in state government, and now in federal government. i understand how these systems work, and i understand how it is not working right now with the current administration and how it is impacting people at every level of our society, much less government. the experience that

so that started today, and by noon every republican member of the u.s. senate said good to go, clear, let's say the minimum of the coast guard. i had the opportunity to talk to local public radio program in kodiak, what is the largest coast guard stations in the country, actually it is the largest in the country, and i the opportunity to say to my fellow alaskans hey, i'm pretty optimistic.he we moved. a lot of cosponsors, 25% of the city, democrats and republicans, the president of the united states and bingo, republicans that said we're good to go on it. and so i certainly started working with somewhat democratic colleagues who also optimistic. why would we block this? why would we block this? remember, the only men and women in the u.s. military not getting paid right now, and we have a solution. so, mr. president, i come to the floor and hate to admit it because two hours ago i was hurting optimistic but in getting word that my colleagues, the democrats, by minority leader, are now saying maybe we're just going to block this. not sure why. nobody has come d

u.s. senator lindsey graham has again warned saudi arabia over the killing of journalist jamal khashoggi on a visit to turkey the republican senator also said he hopes president trump will slow the withdrawal of u.s. troops from syria osama bin jet it has more from gaziantep near the turkey syria border. the killing of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi was very much on lindsey graham's mind he said relations between washington and riyadh couldn't be normalized and the crown prince mohammed bin so man widely believed to have been behind the murder has been dealt with we will. start sanctioning those involved with the killing the mr shogi will make a definitive statement that n.b.s. knew about it and is responsible for it and come up with a series of sanctions. was last seen at the saudi consulate in istanbul on october the second after initial denials the kingdom eventually admitted that saudi agents killed the journalist who criticized the crown prince of saudi leaders say eleven saudis have been indicted while the us government has imposed sanctions on seventeen saudis for their suspected d

u.s. senator lindsey graham has again warned saudi arabia of the killing of journalist. during a visit to turkey the republican senator said saudi's time is with america can't progress until the murders properly dealt with it also expressed hope that donald trump will slow the withdrawal of u.s. troops from syria so a binge of aid has more from gaziantep near the syrian border. the killing of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi was very much on lindsey graham's mind he said relations between washington and riyadh couldn't be normalized and the crown prince mohammed bin sole man widely believed to have been behind the murder has been dealt with we will. start sanctioning those involved with the killing of mr shogi will make a definitive statement that n.b.s. will that it is responsible for it and come up with a series of sanctions. she was last seen at the saudi consulate in istanbul on october the second after initial denials the kingdom eventually admitted that saudi agents killed a journalist who criticized the crown prince of saudi leaders see eleven saudis have been indi

u.s. senator who's spoken out about these murderous saudi american relations can't move on until the crown prince is dealt with. launching up to zero life from a headquarters and. also ahead just days after calling north korea a growing threat the white house announced as a second summit between donald trump and kim jong il and. chanting step down that's protesters keep up the pressure on sudan's president a month after the demonstrations began. and a mexican oil pipeline explodes killing more than twenty people after being ruptured by suspected. hello a prominent u.s. senator who's close to donald trump has the clear that america's relationship with saudi arabia cannot move forward until the crown prince is dealt with lindsey graham made the remarks in ankara where he's been meeting with the turkish president raja play a bird graham's been fiercely critical of muhammad been cited monic using him of being complicit in the murder of saudi journalist john. what has transpired over the last couple of years has been unnerving to say the least the leadership coming from. imprisoning the lebanes

the u.s. senate leaders will vote on thursday on bills to end the month long partial government shutdown is the longest in u.s. history but hundreds of thousands of federal workers going without. a ten thousand migrant children who are separated from their parents are part of a class action lawsuit against the trumpet ministration a southern poverty law center says the children were held in detention centers away from their parents lawyers say the separation of families was a deliberate tactic to deter people who were undocumented from entering the country are you sure castro has more now from washington d.c. . the lawsuit points to this secret draft memo written by government officials more than a year ago but only leaked to the public last week as the so-called smoking gun the memos titled policy options to respond to border surge of illegal immigrants now this was written at a time when illegal border crossings were actually at a historic low and they remain so to this day and it appears to lay ou

pregnant but we do not want to tell you next couple stories ones we've been covering already more u.s. senate said lindsey graham's visit to turkey and saying that u.s. saudi ties cannot move until someone is dealt with and also of course protests against president omar al bashir of sudan please live rounds outside the food of slate right. now this weekend marks the second anniversary of donald trump's election as president of the united states at the halfway mark of his time has seen the u.s. go out of the global climate accord launch a trade war with china crack down on undocumented migrants and trigger the longest government shutdown in american history and diplomatic editor james bays now reports there are concerns over what trumps next move will be. on his very first stay in office president trump made his international agenda very clear his actions abroad would be guided by his view of the interests of the people at home in the u.s. from this day forward it's going to be only america first america first. this policy made him the disrupter in chief on the world stage freaking out the u.s

the u.s. senate went to work this week and yet the u.s. senate actually went to work this week no i'm not making this up our illustrious senators actually got some work done on tuesday focusing on a range of truly pressing issues that america needs an active right away government shut. out or no government shutdown and and just like you i am curious to see what what are some of these important issues that the u.s. senate put on the front burner as many u.s. citizens in the coming weeks might see their food stamps run out and rental system checks and balance think to thanks to this shutdown i wonder i wonder what they chose to work on today well thankfully our t.v. correspondent dan cohn has been following the senate and can tell us just what our illustrious senators did all day. one of the key components of this bill is called the combating ass act and it's what many critics are calling a direct attack on constitutionally protected free speech now b.d.s. stands for the boycott divestment and sanctions movement and its proponents say it's ne

marcia black burp is now a member of the u.s. senate, the first woman to represent the state of tennessee. she is taking bob corker's seat. he retired. another new senator who we are seeing is mike braun, who beat the incumbent democrat from indiana, joe donnelly. four senators there being sworn in on the left. two of whom are new senators. others are being sworn in for yet another term. that's on the left of your screen. the right of your screen is house members milling around, getting to know ya. what is known as a quorum call to be finished with so they can start the rest of the proceedings. the action at this moment is as we just saw in the u.s. senate because of the swearing in that has begun. let's listen to more. >> brown, cant well, carden, carper. >> please raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear you will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies, foreign and domestic and bear allegiance to do the same and do you take this obligation for purpose of evasion and you will well and faithfully

u.s. republican senator says he'll urge president trump to meet the leaders of pakistan and afghanistan so they can come up with a plan to end afghanistan seventeen year war graham made the comments after a meeting with pakistan's prime minister in islam a bad come out it was their. the revered by the u.s. senator lindsey graham comes at a time when the special representative for peace and reconciliation and i would run a stand. has just left islam a body words hoping to meet the afghan taliban head and up against any captured however the afghan taliban walking out of the orthodox saying that peace and reconciliation would only. if the americans were willing to give a timeline for withdrawal it must be understood that the senate all the president's all for u.s. forces to continue and of iran and stand as relevant in syria he has already met the pakistani prime minister said that he agreed with the progress on the prime minister brown kron that their relationship with bugger stanford we are strategic one and not our transactional one he had also praised the august on the efforts to fence th

u.s. senator lindsey graham has again warned saudi arabia over the killing of journalist jim out on a visitto turkey the republican senator also said he hopes president trump will slow the would draw all of us troops from syria well some have been generated has moved from gaziantep near the turkey syria border. the killing of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi was very much on lindsey graham's mind he said relations between washington and riyadh couldn't be normalized and the crown prince mohammed bin sole man widely believed to have been behind the murder has been dealt with we will. start sanctioning those involved with the killing of mr shogi will make a definitive statement that m.p.'s feel that it is responsible for it and come up with a series of sanctions. she was last seen at the saudi consulate in istanbul on october the second after initial denials the kingdom eventually admitted that saudi agents killed a journalist who criticized the crown prince of saudi leaders see eleven saudis have been indicted while the us government has imposed sanctions on seventeen saudis for their suspec

u.s. senator says america's relationship with saudi arabia to move forward until the murder of journalists. on a two day visit to turkey republican senator lindsey graham also said he hopes donald trump will slow the withdrawal of u.s. troops from syria until destroyed. by the u.s. president to north korea's leader have agreed to. the white house announcement came after the north's lead nuclear negotiator met donald trump in washington. the latest in a month of growing demands for the president to villagers in the northern region. for the. thirty year rule. pictures coming in from paris where the so-called yellow vests that you can see are staging their tenth straight weekend of rallies it began in mid november over higher fuel taxes which were subsequently scrapped and have since morphed into a broader movement against president. the protests brought some of the worst violence seen in paris for decades as rioters burned cars and. businesses. yemen's warring sides have failed to reach agreement on swapping thousands of prisoners of war. between the yemeni government and what the rebel repr

u.s. senator has repeated his assertion that the saudi crown prince was responsible for the murder of jamal. lindsey graham added that mohammed bin salma must be dealt with threatened new sanctions a republican who is close to donald trump is almost a two day visit to turkey where he's met with president recipe. a solid bench of it has more. he has added his voice to a series of us senators from both sides of the aisle as well as human rights activists and other government thing that the saudi government needs to come out in the open and make itself clear and transparent about what transpired instead of hanging and. providing death sentences to people who are not clear were involved in this particular killing the u.s. president and north korea's leader have agreed to meet for a second time next month for more denuclearization talks the white house announcement came after the north's leader you clearly goshi to let donald trump in washington or protests are being held in sudan the latest in a month of growing demands for the president to go villagers in the northern region of mass transit fo

u.s. senator says america's relationship with saudi arabia to move forward until the murder of journalist she is dealt with on a two day visit to turkey republican senator lindsey graham also said he hopes donald trump will slow the withdrawal of u.s. troops from syria until i saw is the steroid. while the u.s. president of north korea's leader have agreed to a second summit next month for more denuclearization talks the white house announcement came after the north's lead nuclear negotiator met donald trump in washington. more protests are being held in sudan the latest in a month of growing demands for the president to go villagers of the northern region of the haass chanted for the end of this year's thirty year rule. the mexican army has been ordered to guard pipelines after an explosion killed and injured dozens of people at least twenty were burnt to death as they filled their containers with leaking fuel john heilemann has more from mexico city. it looks like a village set of. dozens gathered under a fountain guy. salie it had erupted from what mexico's state oil company said was a

senator. who wants the president's all for u.s. forces to continue and of running a stand as relevant in syria he has already met the pakistani prime minister. said he agreed with the charges on him prime minister brown kron that their relationship would bog standard we are strategic one and not our transactional one is also praised the august on the efforts to fence the border are done one is done something that the governments are not happy about but he said that he will be recommending to the u.s. president that he should in white or hold the dogs were up against any prime minister and dr archer of ronnie as soon as possible however the of one taliban are continuing to stick to their demand for the red drawl of foreign forces and there are problems ahead we broke with a u.s. senator about the fact that the engagement has continued for all more steward decades and yet there was no end in sight to dad bloody conflict senator it's been eighteen years since the u.s. launched the attack on of honest on in reprising. and it's cost a t

ballasts al-jazeera the u.s. senate will vote on thursday on competing bills to end the month long partial government shutdown is the longest in u.s. history with hundreds of thousands of federal workers going without a paycheck mike hanna has more from washington d.c. the clerk will read a communication to the senate in this largely partisan battle the faint flicker of a compromise senate leaders agreed to put two competing bills to the vote on thursday on saturday broken trop rolled out a bold comprehensive offer one drawn up by.

u.s. senator who is a member of the foreign relations defense an appropriation committees he's been both an ally and a critic of president donald trump although he's not known for mincing his words but his outspoken stance cannot be confused the deficient u.s. policy he said a little more than a month ago that marvin summer was a wrecking ball and that it was very clear that he was responsible for the murder. and now he's talking about handling the situation i think it's a bit of a bit of a walk back and also i think it's worth pointing out that this is actually useful for dog try because to have someone who is an ally of probably very close ally and a very powerful senator coming out and in effect demanding something be done with them are bizarre man takes some of the pressure off donald trump friends of the united states the republican senator has previously visited the area in northern syria before americans put him in one thousand people killed on wednesday the suicide attack by isis fighters in member beach followed the u.s. president announcing the draw of u.s. troops and declaring th

live coverage of the u.s. senate here on the fan too. the presiding officer: the senate will come to order.

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the u.s. senate prepares to vote on competing proposals to end the government shutdown neither is expected to break the deadlock. and as the breakfast on certainty drags on some in the u.k. start stockpiling food medicine and other basic necessities. and even israel's military has pledged its allegiance to president nicolas maduro this is a day off to the country's opposition leader declared himself the interim president and won the support of u.s. president donald trump on why don't heads the national assembly he swore himself in those leader on wednesday for another day of national protests manure insists he remains the only true president and venezuela's defense minister says the opposition is carrying out a clue. well even as well um we believe. all the people of venezuela what happened on wednesday was very dangerous to the integrity of the nation to our peace to our society i love to venezuelans that is a coup d'etat is taking place against institutions against democracy against our constitutio

u.s. senator lindsey graham says the u.s. relationship with saudi arabia can't move forward until the matter of dealt with graham said congress will reintroduce sanctions against those involved in the killing of the journalist. crowds are gathering outside the democratic republic of congo's top court for a verdict is expected shortly after the result of the disputed presidential election position a different. the shock winner but runner up martin for you insists he won by a landslide. and a group that spearheading anti-government demonstrations has been going on for five weeks and launch more nationwide rallies including a march on parliament arrest warrants have been issued for thirty eight journalists and activists on charges of incitement and spreading false news. and he sixty six people have now been confirmed dead after a pipeline fire broke out in central mexico local residents had been siphoning off fuel from the leak when the explosion happened dozens of people are being treated in hospital for severe burns drove home

u.s. senator harold hughes. here in the senate, he served with his longtime friend and liberal lion, senator ted kennedy. senator culver served on the following committees: armed services, judiciary, environment and public works, and small business. that brings me to another similarity that senator culver and i share from our respective service in this institution. it's our assignment on the senate judiciary committee and our interest in helping at-risk juveniles avoid a life of crime. senator culver chaired the senate judiciary subcommittee to investigate juvenile delinquency. he convened oversight hearings to examine the 1974 juvenile justice and delinquency prevention act, now widely known as the jjdpa. at a hearing in 1977, senator culver pointed out that in our state of iowa, 8,400 juveniles were processed through the courts in the year 1965. then at the time of these hearings and the passage of this legislation, by 1974 the number had increased to 20,200, highlighting then the need for reforms like those i

f0 and then succeeded barbara boxer in the u.s. senate. she was born in oakland. >> she also brings up this diversity and this background, this notion of change in america. >> reporter: he says kamala harris is a strong fund raiser and can energize voters. >> she can excite the base and aw some of those middle voters. those purple people. those people who aren't blue or red. >> reporter: kamala harris will face big tests. critics denounced her in 2004 when she did not seek the death penalty in the killing of a san francisco police officer. he says she lacks experience in foreign experience. >> foreign policy and security related issues will be the challenge for her. f0 >> the camp website harris for the people says she will hold a rally in oakland sunday at 12 noon. a return to her roots for her shot at the nation's highest office. and this year with california being on super tuesday, it could be california voters play a big role in the primary. >> thank you. >>> in san francisco hundreds of people celebrated the martin luther king, jr. ho

u.s. senator for the job. by that time in 1973, it had been true for a long time, it may still be true today, that all things being equal, senators are unusually likely to confirm presidential nominees who are already serving as u.s. senators and that is just because senators like each other. senators like themselves. they think very highly of themselves and of the club of 100 to which they belong. more so in the past, but still to a certain extent today, senators tend to defer to one another and cut each other some slack in a type of old school collegiality, equal parts charming and cheapreepy dependin which end of the telescope you're looking through. if you're a president in trouble needing to get somebody through the senate and it is a tall order for you to get anyone through the senate, when in doubt, pick a senator, any senator that will give you a better shot than any non-senator, and that is what nixon did when he needed a fourth attorney general in 1973. he picked a man named william saxbe. bill saxbe,

she had recordings from inside the consulate with several countries including the saudis now the u.s. senate passed a resolution in december holding the crown prince mohammed bin responsible for the murder just last week saudi arabia said eleven people it's believed were behind the killing have gone on trial but for least no name. let's go live now to jamal shell in istanbul and just tell us what's happening that small one hundred days. well there are a small gathering go of human rights activists gathered outside there were led by amnesty international who one of the representatives read out a statement essentially to mark the one hundred days but also to remind the world the justice is still not being served through the perpetrators of that murder it's very important for remember that. with all the outrage. spillover that's happened in occurred as a result of this murder there were reports that the crown prince himself the key suspect in this was advised by members of the trumpet ministration that you'd be able to weather the storm that's you know it would only last for two or three months

u.s. senator lindsey graham says he hopes. the withdrawal of troops from syria until eisel is destroyed during a trip to turkey graham warned a sudden pullout of forces could create what he called an iraq on steroids the u.s. military says it's killed fifty two fighters in an air strike in somalia the strike in the middle juba region was in response to an attack by the armed group on a somali military base the al qaeda linked group has carried out high profile attacks in mogadishu and recently on a luxury hotel complex and kenya's capital nairobi at least one hundred seventeen refugees are believed to be missing after their overloaded boat capsized in the mediterranean sea three people have been rescued so far the refugees from nigeria ivory coast gambia and sudan were on a rubber dinghy that sailed off the libyan coast the death toll from mexico's or oil pipeline explosion has risen to seventy three local residents were gathering fuel from an illegal tap when the blast happened dozens are still missing those are the headlines

indiana voters elected republican mike braun to the u.s. senate. reviously served in the statehouse. the senator on the company that manufactures and distributes parts for trucks. voters in indiana's sixth district sent the vice president brother, greg pence, to the house. andwns to antique malls indiana and was in the oil and gas industry earlier in his career. congressman jim banner represents the fourth district. he had previously been elected to the indiana statehouse and putnam county commission. he owns a family farm and a home health agency in indiana. he lost his left arm while serving as an officer in the u.s. army during the vietnam war. wisconsin added only one new member to their congressional delegation, representative brian style elected to replace his onetime boss, paul ryan. he served on the wisconsin -- university of wisconsin board of regents. before that, he was an attorney who worked in corporate law. michigan elected for new numbers of congress, all democrats. andy levin succeeded his father, sander levin, in the ninth district.

tomorrow the u.s. senate, your u.s. senate, is expected to vote on two competing bills to reopen the government. here's the problem. one of them is trump's plan he announced on saturday. that would include the wall. the other is a short-term bill to get the government up and funded, get people paid through february 8th. both bills are expected to fail. some house democrats say they're working on a deal that would offer more technology spending at the border. nbc news reports this vice idel associn to longernnot b thiy s aly leafe it domonto whe shut safehat e not thto trai noting ace.e. stran in worce we hconters actuallyreing s thhe ng mistas when they shn't learthem in y because theyso ssed about they goio ta caf thfami shorges befo thetdowel someontrrs wwork six da weeen-ha-da and ght ns f air ht adantter all and sa in theiindu dueor eads in partf in ev calculahe l of ot thpoint atch tntirt em will breat isunedend. us alk t al it reportor tnew asate or folitico.and we aboo witraight ces a crsatabout lifeuire a tggerin

there's also a chance that congress would override that veto right now there is distaste in the u.s. senateand in congress over u.s. involvement in the atrocities that are going on in yemen and additionally there's been outrage over saudi arabia's involvement in the murder of journalist jamil shogi so those those two things could provide impetus to get this resolution passed in both houses and could put pressure on president trump to sign it. the un's humanitarian chief has repeated his warning of a crisis on the border between syria and jordan it is a military operation in libya local because calling on all parties to let aid into the makeshift group and refugee camp just inside jordan an aid convoy is expected to arrive next week not a security guarantees from russia and the international condemnation in syria. some forty two thousand people remain stranded in rock band along the syria jordan border conditions in the informal settlement have continued to deteriorate since the last humanitarian convoy to the area from three to eight november eight infants have reportedly died since last mo

original package the senate passed, and on wednesday at noon on the span two, -- on c-span two, the u.s. senate gaveling in, swearing and senators. we will take your calls momentarily on the government shutdown. looking at the latest comments from the white house, in a statement both through sarah sanders and some of trump's comments, president trump wants an agreement that reopens the government and keeps america safe. he has invited the credit and republican lawmakers for a briefing from senior homeland security officials. they said nancy pelosi would not reopen the government because it fails to secure the barter and puts the needs of other countries about our own citizens. trump is tweeting about two hours ago, saying mexico is paying through the wall through the new u.s. and he a trade deal, much of the wall has already been fully renovated or built. we have $5.6 billion that the house approved is very little income parents to the benefits of national security. quick payback. from nancy pelosi, the democratic leader, saying that trump is using the shutdown to force an expensive and ineffec

u.s. senator says america's relationship with saudi arabia for it until the murder of journalist. dealt with republican senator lindsey graham is on a two day visit to turkey graham says he hopes donald trump will slow the withdrawal of american troops from syria until i saw was destroyed well that's in contrast to the u.s. president who said american troops are going home because i saw defeated osama bin job joining us from gaza on tap in turkey that's close to the syrian border so what are we to make of lindsey graham's comments on saudi arabia. when he says the relationship can't move forward until the situation is dealt with. a repetition of seeing what he believes him this time around come to and talking to reporters at the capital he said that the situation that saudi arabia is an important. of the united states but the situation. with the murder of. doug is off concern and he needs it to be dealt with before the two allies can move forward in their relationship this is if you remember in reference to the united states president saying that he believes that the cia did not co

u.s. senator tries to reassure turkey over plans to pull american troops out of syria. plus a palestinian art form that's passed down through the generations in one of the region's most ten cities. along the constitutional court in the democratic republic of congo has declared felix katie the winner of last month's presidential election. miss you a good girl felix. three judges have dismissed the authorization challenges to his victory one of the candidates martin for union had rejected the provisional results and asked for a recount is accusing the ruling party of what he calls a constitutional coup and he's called for nationwide protests for me to miller has this update from kinshasa. a few hundred supporters of the jade were gathered in the administrative precinct in kinshasa celebrating the big chill of the constitutional court ruled that the election results should be upheld recognizing political capital as the new president of the democratic republic of congo people here say this victory is very much about an independent democratic republic of congo and that nobod

today the u.s. senate plans to end the partial government shutdow both failed to get the support they needed. on day 34 of the stalemate, the re are some signs of movement. republican majority mitch mcconnell and democratic senator chuck schumer had talks tonight, and the white house said it could consider a deal to reopen oe government if there is a large down paymethe wall. here with monday's -- more on this is ron christie, former adviser to president george w. bush. talking to reporters tonight, the president said he would not be happy with a shor deal to reopen the government without a wall, but if there is a down payment he would consider it. n: what the democrats want to do is reopen the government now and negotiatentil february 8. it will give them timeo talk about what security but get those federal workers back to work and g them paid. in order for the president to act u. --wi acquiesce the democrats, the figure has to b e lion. the president is asking for $5.7 billion and the democrats have to g

host: u.s. senate is back live in session and watch that on our companion network as the democratic leader comes up. we'll stay here live on c-span. senator schumer: today, the president has agreed to our request to open the government and then debate border security, which is great news for 800,000 federal workers and millions of americans who depend on government services. i want to thank president trump and leader mcconnell. as just outlined, we have agreed to pass a clean three-week continuing resolution to reopen the government. also, we will pass legislation in the senate related to the department of homeland security so the house and senate can participate in a conference committee on that legislation. in the conference, democrats and republicans will have the opportunity to negotiate the details of the homeland security bill, which includes issues of border security, humanitarian aid, drug inspections technology and many others. we expect the continuing resolution to clear the house and be sign

in and o number of democrat and republicans almost one quarter of the members of the u.s. senate cosponsor a bill that says that pay the coast guard right now the survey are treated fairly like the other men and women serving in our military. so, that was a good start. i was optimistic and it's been a bit of a roller coaster ride, but to be honest, i couldn't imagine that this bill would not sail through. we are not going to be able to fix everything right now, but we can start working on these individual issues. there is a lot of talk of doing that. so, last week with the president and his administration, the secretary of homeland security, we continued to press the issue all i week. the omb director, the president himself, and then he said this week he was going to support the bill and that's important. now we have the executive in fact i was with him in a meeting he said he's 100% supportive of this bill, by producing more democrats than republicans on the right now. so, what we did to try to move this quickly as we celebrate the president is going to sign it, bipartisan bill,