still the washington d c remains under the thumb of the united states congress which has the power to veto any laws passed in the district and rinse the mayor from having total budget and legislative autonomy. that's where this man comes in. paul strauss who also won an election on tuesday. voters did in the democratic nomination for shadow center of washington dc. ill try to secure his fourth term as senator in november. it's a largely powerless position. it's also been paid by the shadow senators strauss carries the flag for the dc statehood movement. the push to make washington d c the nation's fifty first state with full representation in the united states congress. my goal and the reason the position was created by voters was to advance the cause of dc statehood. casey residents pay for federal taxes for the military meet all the obligations of citizenship but are denied their basic fundamental rights. my job is to change that with a population of nearly six hundred fifty thousand people. washington dc is larger than many congressional districts in the country and is bigger than

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the united states congress is gutless. if they did their job they would go after these people.holder was condemned. he should have been impeached. >> we have to leave it there. juan, save it for the next segment. >> all right. >> you can continue the conversation right now on twitter hash tag cashin in. make your voice heard again. take a look at these tweets. "we the people have to decide when we've had enough of this out of control, invasive freedom-sucking big government." talk about not making a love connection. "the one thing i learned from watching hash tag cashing in, i agree with everyone except juan williams. what a surprise." quick response? >> chuck woolery, pat sajak, drew carey, bob barker, what is it with game show hosts. they give away money, they should be democrats. >>> coming up, what caused bill o'reilly to say this about me. >> smarter than i am. and just give them the basics, you know. i got this. [thinking] is it that time? the son picks up the check? [thinking] i'm still working. he's retired. i hope he's saving. i hope he saved enough. who matters most t

this committee on this day is going in the wrong direction and this is a sad day for the united states congress and it's a sad day for the united states of america when american citizens rights are being trampled. i yield back. >> the gentleman yields back. we now go to the gentleman from washington mr. hastings but before you begin upon completion of those who feel they must speak on this we are going to encourage a previous question that informs unanimous consent so do not feel that you have a need to speak more less you have something you believe you want to say that everyone will get that opportunity. >> thank you mr. chairman very much. let me broaden this argument in this debate a little bit. our country was founded on the basic principle that citizens would not be persecuted by the government for their beliefs and political affiliations. that is why when concerns were raised in early 2012 irs issues were targeting applying for tax exempt status, several committees in the house of representatives including this committee asked the question that investigated those allegations. unfortunatel

they are delegation here united states congress is a bipartisan delegation from both political parties and were all united in the fact that we support ukraine in its struggle for freedom. and we want to do everything we can to help ukraine. we met with our vice president yesterday joe biden who was here. he issued its statement today saying that they will be of more money and support for ukraine support for holding these elections. financial support in march may twenty fifth and that dumb the united states will continue to be the case so i just want to say to the ukrainian people that the united states stands with here united states supports you. united states knows how important your struggle for freedom is because your struggle for freedom. it's really everybody struggles. i'm delighted. then on to the ear thank you. it was a gentleman thank you for coming here this evening we're senator corker. who is it is here on a visit to ukraine. we had a number of congressional members of congress here showing their support for the ukrainian people and get up and support to vote for bringing u

their job, our veterans deserve that from us and don't deserve obstructionism between the united states congress and their veterans' physicians. i call on my colleagues to join me in support of this amendment. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentlelady from nevada seek recognition? ms. titus: move to strike the last word. rise in support of this amendment by mr. blumenauer, rohrabacher and farr. i'm strongly in favor of it. the people of nevada voted overwhelmingly to legalize medical marijuana and in the coming months, the first medical marijuana deposit towers will go online throughout the state. at the same time, we have a brand new v.a. hospital, which will be serving the veterans of my district and all across southern nevada. unfortunately due to the v.a.'s current restrictions, 150,000 veterans to call nevada home will be unable to receive a prescription for medical marijuana through their v.a. doctors and so will not have the opportunity to take advantage of this available in nevada, medical option. this is just not fair and i believ

with the chairman of that committee and one of the gratis conquers men to ever serve in the united states congress. >> thank you. we are here under tragic circumstances that the americans have been killed. later we will have the opportunity to talk to mary, the ceo of gm, and ask her how and longhe company took her so to inform the public about this defect and to recall the vehicles. vehicles they knew were hazardous. to acknowledge the families and some of those victims were joining us today, who are speaking up about their loved ones. it takes a great deal of courage to speak out about what has happened. they know they are reexperiencing the continuing pain. you've not only lost family members but you have lost him in an accident that might have been prevented. we begin our investigation -- we began our investigation several weeks ago. a pattern where again and again gm discovered or was told of these problems with their vehicles and the company did nothing. this morning i am releasing a new analysis of never released that gmranted claims wanted claims. jim has received warranty claims from driv

to harry, we the people of nevada elected harry to go back and serve as a senator in the united states congress. we're not in the united states as a senator. harry get back there and take care of your job and your job would probably be something to do with foreign nations. and don't be coming out here where your armies and pointing guns that we, the citizens of clark county, nevada. >> and certainly that did happen. there were some tense armed confrontations there. and the federal government at least for now as i've said they've given up on seizing your cattle which had become a major operation. what do you think is going to happen now? >> well, i've got a handful of certified letters from the united states government, las vegas blm. i haven't opened them. i'm assuming they got their lawyers working on them, on me. i've had their lawyers working on me for 20 years. you know, the public don't understand or know abouts that things. but -- about these things, but i've been fighting these legallily for 20 years. bring them upon. >> the blm is the bureau of land management. as you said, you guys hav

what is the united states congress's position in all of this? is there a bipartisan consensus that something needs to be done at this point other than just sanctions to ease the situation that is going on there? >> there is a bipartisan consensus that this is a compensated situation and that russia has done the wrong thing here. and that is about where the bipartisan consensus ends. there is bipartisan support for the new ukrainian government but there is disagreement within the republican party about how big a deal the ukraine is, how involved the u.s. should be, with lethal assistance really should be on the table here. some folks on the hill agree with the administration that that is not really the right thing to do at this point. disagreementome that no one is really proposing an alternative to what the president has done so far. >> thank you both so much. coldweek on "lyrical cap -- "applico capital with al hunt -- >> i think in his mind, he thinks there will be some hollowing out of that government and reducing the ability of the governmen

i see the y about is entire west, the people of the united states, the congress of the united states, the president of the united states, and all of the governments of the western european countries that are our friends and allies, none of them seem to realize that what's at stake here is the very fabric of international affairs. america's gone to war twice in the last 100 years because one large country took over smaller countries. that's what vladimir putin is doing. nobody is doing enough in the west or around the world to stand up to this blatant aggression. >> thanks very much. >> thank you. >> today the painful weight -- wait continued for hundreds of parents whose children are still unaccounted for after the ferry they were traveling on cap sized off the coast of south korea. the captain managed to get off. he says he's deeply ashamed. the ship sank off the coast and we now report, you may find some of the images distressing. >> divers are waiting to search south korea's stricken ferry. but they can't get in. strong currents kept them out of the water and balanced on the hull,

much less the united states congress. to stay for the record i am proud to be a united states congressman, elected by the people of my district, and to do the business of movie the country forward. i believe this committee, on this day, is going in the wrong direction. this is a sad day. it is a sad day for the united states of america when an american citizens rights are being trampled. iu back. >> the gentleman yields back. >> we go to the gentleman from washington. mr. hastings. the four i began, upon completion of those who feel they must speak on this, we're going to encourage a previous question. do not feel you have a need to speak more unless you have something you believe you want to say. everyone will be given that opportunity. >> thank you. let me broaden this argument. our country was founded on the principle that citizens would not be persecuted by the government for their beliefs or political affiliations. irs waswhy in 2012 the targeting conservative groups applying for tax exempt status, several members of

for the united states congress and it is a sad day for the united states of america when an american citizens rights are being trampled. i yield back. >> the gentleman yields back. >> we go to the gentleman from washington. mr. hastings. before you begin, upon completion of those who feel they must speak on this, we're going to encourage a previous question. i've been informed there will be a unanimous consent. do not feel you have a need to speak more unless you have something you believe you want to say. everyone will be given that opportunity. >> thank you. let me broaden this argument. our country was founded on the principle that citizens would not be persecuted by the government for their beliefs or olitical affiliations. that is why when concerns were raised in early 2012 the i.r.s. was targeting conservative groups applying for tax exempt status, several members of the house of representatives asked questions and investigated those allegations. unfortunately when lois lerner testified before this committee, she refused to answer questions that would give us, members of congre

i would hope the new president would come to the united states, meet with the united states congress, thank the american people for all they have done to help the country where it is now, offer his plan for where the country is going, and what he would like america to do to support that plan. and start rebuilding a bipartisan consensus that this afghan project has been important for america and it's worth our continued support. i think if a new leader does that, i think that bipartisan support can be rebuilt over time. >> if i may add to this, that from the afghan perspective, it is very clear now after the pronouncements made by parliament in afghanistan, civil society, candidates, that they are eager and they do value the relationship with the u.s. and international community. not just because of aid that is needed in afghanistan, but because of everything that has happened over the last 13 years, we've shared so much together, and blood and treasure and so on and so forth. there is one expectation of the international community and the u.s. that hasn't been met fully, and i think h

says it's done to the united states congress. i asked her specifically that she provide them. we still haven't seen them. and so the question for her is, really, how can you let your own son behind the wheel of a car that the recall notice indicates is unsafe to drive? and there have been reports since then, matt, you know that "the new york times" reported several incidents of the cars losing their power, the power brakes and steering failing to work, which means the air bags would not deploy, which is a pretty serious danger to anybody behind the wheel. >> senator, you're the former attorney general of the state of connecticut. what kind of legal recourse do people have or the dealers have to make sure that they get the parts necessary in order to fix these automobiles or any potential liability that g.m. would operate under? >> well, that's a very pertinent and important question, matt. because g.m. has said that it won't be held liable. in fact, it is disclaiming and denying any liability for the old g.m. prior to the reorganization in 2009. it has a shield from liability

he has been a friend to not only those of us in the united states congress who are on the responsible committees, but he's been a friend to his men and women that serve in the united states coast guard. commandant pat, we absolute you for your grand service and -- salute you for your grand service and look forward to your continued service to america, but more importantly we owe you a great deal of respect and honor. thank you so very much. i thank the gentleman. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back the balance of her time. the gentleman from california, mr. hunter, is recognized. mr. hunter: mr. speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from california, mr. garamendi, is recognized. mr. garamendi: i yield two minutes to the gentlelady from the virgin islands. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from the virgin islands is recognized for two minutes. mrs. christensen: i thank my friend for yielding. thank you, mr. speaker. i rise too in support of h.r. 4005, the co

it is because the united states congress's willingness to work on landmark initiatives and that is not happening with the affordable care act. it should have been a process in which everybody was engaged on both sides. i won't get into the why it didn't, but unfortunately it didn't. ultimately, people are paying the price today. that's why i think so many people are saying, you know what, i prefer gridlock. with so many problems of the implementation, they say. not that there wouldn't be as your problems with an initiative of this kind, but it would be less awesome because you have more interest to make sure it works when you have both sides working on a major proposition of this kind. >> i know i have already spoken but i can't -- i have to tell you the story. [laughter] senator wyden and i in the previous congress put together a bipartisan health-care bill. we called it the healthy americans act. and mary landrieu called it the noah's ark built because you go ill becauserk b you go about it to buy two. we got up to 19 cosponsors. 10 and he had nine. lott, lamar alexander, ok, the ele

this is part of the united states congress and we need to do that now. we feed to highlight the work that we are doing, which is the power of partnership. >> right. >> urban league is working every single day to put people to work and to train them for the jobs of the future. >> you ranked metro areas and looked at things -- i think we have graphics. hispanic and white unemployment and you looked at where income is the most equal, where it is the least equal, and also areas where unemployment is an issue. tell me about some of those findings. >> here's the most important thing. there's a wide disparity in all 80 of these cities between black, white, latino, unemployment, and median income. now, inside of that there's another picture of which cities had an economic situation in those communities. you can have a lower disparity but that means that all communities are not doing well in a particular city. >> uh-huh. >> or you can have a higher disparity, yet washington, d.c., is a perfect example where the median income level for african-americans is 60,000.

i'm calling on the united states congress to pull harry in and straighten him out. i don't think as a congress and i don't believe you people want -- would call us terrorists and i don't believe you should allow harry to roam free and loose anymore. his mouth needs to be kept quiet and these people need to do it. it's not my job, it's your job to reign him in a bit. >> we'll continue to do that. thank you for being with us. thank you-all for being here. arden thank you. >>> my next guest, an arden supporter with the bundy family went toe to toe with chris hayes over the bundy substantitand of the feds. watch this. >> if you owe the federal government, chris, do you want them coming to your house pointing guns at your wife and children? is that okay with you? that's not okay with me? >> joining me, michelle is with us. that was a pretty big beat down by you and it went viral. i thought that was the heart of the matter here, whether you agree or disagree here, is this the government's new tactic if you owe them money or they believe you owe them money, they surround y

campaigners are fighting to bar nscf for competing for business in the state of maryland and in the united states congress another bill would strip it for immunity that foreign straight controlled companies now enjoy. under that pressure, the french government has begun talks on compensating the survivors in america. victory would be too late for bretholtz who escaped a train before it reached the camp in 1942. >> yes, we did send people to death there. we got paid for it. >> two days after his 93rd birthday, he died just before bretholz testified in support. one less victim to be compensated. tom ackerman, al jazeera, washington. >> still ahead here on al jazeera america, an amazing first. evidence that earthlike planets exist beyond our solar system. >>? >> i will never complain about a supermarket line again. >> "borderland here f s in resent years, astronmembers have brought us several amazing discoveries in our solar system and beyond. this week comes news of scientists finding what could be an earth-like planet far, far away. the planet is called kepler 186-s, roughly the same size as earth but near

we are seeing the united states congress display their disdain for people of color. look at the numbers. congressman elijah cummings is exactly right. you can't change sterling, but you can change the lives of african-americans, people of color for the better, if you vote to help them out. the report couplings is talking about is very disturbing. the report from the center for global policy solutions shows that there is a massive wealth gap in this country between white americans and black americans. white americans have a median net worth of $100,000, black americans have a median net worth of just $7,000. on average. it's a fact. white people own 15 times more than black people in america. how did that ever happen? well, let me tell you something, you're not going to address this gap unless you change the minimum wage, the numbers are what they are. and it's going to be awfully hard to turn this around overnight. but it's about opportunity to get involved in the economy with some level of sensibility and fairness. the first step is fixing and raising you the minimu

they are also a disturbing reminder that one party in the united states congress has not learned the lessons of the past. >> have you no sense of decency sir, at long last, have you left no sense of decency? >> let me ask dr. welch, you brought him down to act as your assistant. >> mr. mccarthy, i will not discuss this further with you. you have sat within six feet of me and could have asked me about fred fisher. you have seen to bring it out and if there is a god in heaven it will do neither you nor your cause. i will not discuss it further. i will not ask mr. cold any more witnesses. you mr. chairman, may if you will, call the next witness. >> joining me the democratic congressman from michigan's 9th district, ranging member of the house, ways and means committee. sandra leaven. first question, is daryl issa's crusade modern day mccarthyism? >> i was listening to what you had on, and i remember listening to it and surely are echos of that. it's a serious mistake, the 5th amendment is still in the u.s. constitution. and mr. issa should respect that and he's disrespecting it, as was

. >> i wonder how you are going to look back at yourself as a member of the united states congress ifolds in the way that i think the science says it does and makes these distinctions between the people that actually had the fortitude to stand up and say the unpopular thing and those who didn't. history judges those people incredibly harshly. those who met the biggest challenge of their time and people who didn't. >> the big takeaway from that exchange is, well, pretty discouraging. this idea that even people who think we need to do something about climate change feels there's no appetite to do it. that the unfolding disaster just sits there, hovering over our heads like an eternally unchecked item on the global to do list. well, there's a group of people who are doing a pretty amazing job of refusing to take later for an answer when it comes to climate change. actress daryl hannah is one of those people. i'm going to talk to her, next. when jake and i first set out on our own, we ate anything. but in time you realize the better you eat, the better you feel. these days we both eat sma

because tomorrow in the united states congress, the republican-controlled house is about to take up a bill to have the whole country go la, la, la, la, la, when it comes to understanding what's happening to the planet right now and how we might plan to survive it. today the intergovernmental panel on climate change released its latest international consensus scientific report saying, in effect, that the effects of climate change are already being felt around the globe. everything from droughts in the mediterranean, to sea ice collapsing in the far north which is eroding the coastline. adaptations around the world include everything from needing to raise flood walls already and sea barriers, it some coastal communities moving themselves away from the sea or at least making plans to move away from the sea soon. so that international report came out today and it is scary stuff. the effects of global warming and climate change have already started. what hope to we have of reversing these changes? what hope do we have of adapting to deal with them if we can't reverse them? this is keep you

going to get parity if we don't take some pretty proactive action here in the united states senate and the united states congress. to say what a woman does is valuable. and it's at least as valuable as what a man does in the exact same job. and that's who we are as a country. we are gender neutral and that's what we're trying to do right here is maintain our gender neutrality, maintain a great economy, because we know if we put more money into those women's family budget, that money is going to go out and it's going to grow our economy even more. but at the bottom line is let's have a little sympathy in this body for people who earn less than 20% of what a united states senator earns. let's give them a show of support, a "thank you" from a grateful country for the hard work that they put in every day, and let's tell them that those words in our constitution and that promise of equality is isn't -- still not realized but we can work together to make that a reality in their life. thank you. i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from wisconsin. ms. baldwin: i'd like to star

on behalf of the united states congress and a grateful nation, i want to thank colonel bush and his family for their service. i wish him the best in retirement and yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. thompson, for five minutes. mr. ompson: thank you, speaker. mr. speaker, reading is a fundamental education skill that provides the foundation for academic and life success. on march 29, the central intermediate unit number 10 located in the pennsylvania fifth congressional district hosted their elementary school reading competition. it's a great event to promote reading. each year the intermediate unit chooses a list of books to be read and this year 41 books were utilized for the competition. students read books from the list and answer test questions that are created to measure the student's comprehension and recall of the books. on competition day, students learn the value of hard work, the importance of reading as well as teamwork. along the way they also have some fun. the team with the highest number of po

i want to thank you tonight and members of this united states congress, both republicans and democrats support members of the united states military, as you served your country so ably and we give thanks and pause every single day to not only the freedoms that we have but to know young machine that served like you that have come back home and have married and beautiful young babies and represent a future in this country to where we believe there is no problem bigger than a solution but by working together under stability of law, intellectual property and growth, that we can continue to lead the world through american exceptionalism and the world can have an opportunity to have that little piece part of america whether it be a great state of texas or a great state from south dakota or perhaps a manufacturing state here in the united states or great state of ohio that said made in america. i thank the speaker. and i yield back. . the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. under the speaker's announced policy of -- policy of january 3, 2013, the gentleman from new york, mr. jeffr

i don't think you will see the united states congress passing a minimum wage bill. >> there's a midtermvember. do democrats see advantage to pushing for this? >> i think if you listen to president obama's comments today he's already looking ahead to the midterms in november for his party saying if your congressman isn't voting for this, maybe you need to send someone new to washington. they know the majority of the american public supports a minimum wage increase and they know it's to their advantage. >> republicans say it will cost jobs. they put the figure at a million in america? >> they put it at a million. the congressional budget office puts it at 500,000 jobs lost. yes. that is another possibility jobs will be lost. you will see a messaging war. democrats say this is about closing the income equality gap and lifting the middle class and republicans say this is a job killer. >> who wins that battle? in a year where things are like right now? >> that is the million dollar question, isn't it? who can make the better argument on that front. i think democrats have a sillient message a

the united states congress is, of course, one of the main bodies in government that's entrusted with protecting american freedoms system of we talk about our first amendment rights, whether it's freedom of expression, freedom of speech, freedom of religion, or second amendment rights, other amendments, the right against self-incrimination, all these things, all the bill of rights enshrined in the constitution. but i posed the question to those who continue to want to repeal the affordable care act, what good are any of those rights that we're entitled to as americans, the that previous generations of americans, and these generations of americans have fought so hard to preserb, what good is freedom of expression, freedom of religion, freedom of speech if you're , sick, a hospital bed broke because you can't pay your hospital bills, worried about your family and your future, and remember, that's not an uncommon situation for americans over the years. the largest reason, the biggest reason for personal bankruptcies, before the affordable care act, was the fact that people were racking u

the united states congress is gutless. if they did their job they would go after these people.he should have been impeached. >> we have to leave it there. juan, save it for the next segment. >> all right. >> you can continue the conversation right now on twitter hash tag cashin in. make your voice heard again. take a look at these tweets. "we the people have to decide when we've had enough of this out of control, invasive freedom-sucking big government." talk about not making a love connection. "the one thing i learned from watching hash tag cashing in, i agree with everyone except juan williams. what a surprise." quick response? >> chuck woolery, pat sajak, drew carey, bob barker, what is it with game show hosts. they give away money, they should be democrats. >>> coming up, what caused bill o'reilly to say this about me. >> smarter than i am. >>> i don't remember apple borrowing money for the iphone. i don't remember sony borrowing money for the walkman. i don't remember all the innovative beautiful, wonderful capitalist companies borrowing money. >> they pay the money back.

the united states congress can't seem to agree on a way to extend unemployment benefits here at home.cross the pond, stringent new rules are now in effect for those who've not been able to find work in two years. there have been some unemployment proposals for politicians in the u.s. that have drawn con tro strtroversyc. nothing like what's now in place in the uk where the long term unemployed will now have their benefits cut if they don't enroll in a new program called help to work. it requires them to show up at a job center every day, commit to six months of voluntary work or enter into a training program. under the old system people were only required to check in at a job center once every two weeks. the government says there are at least 600,000 job vacancies and the program is not intended to punish the jobless. if people don't comply the government will dock their benefits by four weeks. britain's biggest union calls it forced unpaid labor. prime minister david cameron says it aims to help those who are persistently stuck on benefits. what does your gut tell you? do you agree w

come, let us reason together, and i think that was very much his focus when he was in the united states congress, and in the senate and in the presidency, and i think it is a lesson that we can all learn from. blessed are those who try to make peace. >> nicole, what's the lesson you want for our generation, you and i are about the same age, for the next generation, the millennials down from this week? what do you want the lessen sows to be to take away from this? >> well, my grandfather always said, you know, your work done. we've made strides with the 1964 civil law act and we still have work to be done. my generation focused oh much on the gay rights move vment. >> do you think your father would be front and center on this, gay marriage and gay rights? >> i do. i think he believed everyone should have every equal opportunity and i feel like he would be right there with us leading the way, and i feel like he would be really proud of what we are doing here today with the civil rights summit, and i think that he -- he loved children, and he would be passionate about watching this next generation

speaker, on behalf of the united states congress i'm humbled to honor chief master sergeant walter h. richardson, united states air force retiree. my wife and i send our sincerest condolences to his wife of 60 years, helen, his eight children, walter, pat, lili, carmen, henry, donna, william, and carl, their nine grandchildren, four great grandchildren, and the entire richardson family. mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the chair now recognizes the gentlelady from ohio, ms. fudge, or five minutes. ms. fudge: mr. speaker, this week the house begins deliberations on the majority budget for fiscal year 2015. better known as the ryan budget. sadly it is reminiscent of the same misguided policy proposals rejected by the american people time after time. a budget is a moral document. a road map to fiscal stability and the security of the social safety net. the majority's budget does neither. it's not a serious document, and it is not responsible. according to the center on budget policies and priorities, nearly 70% of the cu

they put on another show trial yesterday in the united states congress.icial they tried to tear down fought back with the facts that should help. and that's ahead. well, this is "hardball," the place for politics. there's a saying around here, you stand behind what you say. around here you don't make excuses. you make commitments. and when you can't live up to them, you own up, and make it right. some people think the kind of accountability that thrives on so many streets in this country has gone missing in the places where it's needed most. but i know you'll still find it when you know where to look. mayo? corn dogs? you are so outta here! aah! [ female announcer ] the complete balanced nutrition of great-tasting ensure. 24 vitamins and minerals, antioxidants, and 9 grams of protein. [ bottle ] ensure®. nutrition in charge™. (agent) i understand. (dad) we've never sold a house before. (agent) i'll walk you guys through every step. (dad) so if we sell, do you think we can swing it? (agent) i have the numbers right here and based on the comps that i've fou

we in the united states congress issued a subpoena back in august that was not fulfilled. we got the same document at the same time. it's a problem. it's a real problem. >> we should remind everyone that ben rhodes was a communications specialist with this administration. wouldn't the administration know, congressman chaffetz, that through the freedom of information act that somebody was eventually going to get their hands on these e-mails? >> well, i have to believe the truth will eventually surface. but, remember, the white house saying they were not involved, they did not have these things. you have the president of the united states himself saying as new information is available, we would release it to the public. that's never been true. how president obama can do that, it's not true. with a duly issued subpoena, we've had roughly 3,200 new documents in just the last 30 days. the white house has been telling the white house press corps that this happened a long time ago, we've given them all this information -- we got 3,200 documents in just the last 30 days. >> and it

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congress. some months later, apparently the idea was stuck in the head of the president of the united states and by executive fiat he did what he said he didn't have the authority to do. we could go on through obamacare, 38 or 39 more different changes that have been played to obamacare. i don't assert that they are all unconstitutional moves by the president, but some of them are unconstitutional that it cannot be argued with a straight face if you know anything. the clearest and starkest was, the directive in obamacare that the employer mandate be implemented in each -- shall be implemented in each month after december of 2013. that's real clear that the president has announced months ago, we are going to delay the employer mandate for another year and add another year. it's as if the president, took his pen, went to page whatever it is in the 2,700 pages of obamacare and went in there, be a red pen, draw a line through that number that said 2013 and each month after december of 2013, draw a line through that and right above it, each month after december, changed the number from 2013 to 2014.

. >>> but first, ukraine expected to get big support today from the united states. congress voting on millions of dollars of aid, also punishment for russia. we're live in moscow with reaction right after the break. >>> welcome back to "early start," everyone. the search for flight 370 incensifying in the indian ocean. no sign yet of the missing jetliner. a report in the "wall street journal" heightening the frustration. it says that search crews spent three days looking for flight 370 in the wrong place because of poor communication between countries. and now the malaysian government is backtracking on what they say took place in the final transmission from the cockpit. instead of "all right, goodnight," authorities now say that the pilot or co-pilot actually signed off by saying "goodnight malaysian 370." now, we also just learned of the new transcript. we actually have our hands on it now. jim clancy in kuala lumpur has a transcript of the full final conversation. we will break that down for you in a little bit. still poring over that. again, that just in. meanwhile, 20 p

the very first -- since the very first war, the war that created the united states of america was fought, and from the moment the congress imposed federal income taxes on the people of the united states, the people i represent have paid those taxes to support their government without a voting , this in this congress house of representatives, and with no voting members in the senate of the united states. , do have the vote in committee but when matters affecting my or sdiction in particular matters affecting the united states in which my jurisdiction is implicated, like whether to go to war in iraq and afghanistan, where our residents have served, i have no vote on this floor. mind you, on this floor, they the on the budget raise, local budget raised in my city. has been nny of which ontributed by this congress. yet nothing is more important to residents of our country than the ability to pass their own local laws, to raise your own local money and say how it's to be spent, without interference rom the national government. federals who pay taxes, taxes, obviously we pay local taxes, but no others who pay federal taxes and

congress. what the united states did to prevent that attack. following that attack for the then ambassador on what led to the attack. i guess seeing that firsthand and now you're the united states ambassador to the united states to the u.n., what have we learned and specifically what are we doing differently in the security and how would we treat something like this differently in the future? thank you. >> ok. thank you so much, congressman. let me -- as you anticipated it will not shock you that i'm not going to engage in hype theycals -- hypotheticals, so i think it's more appropriate to describe the president's position which is that even today he has taken no option off the table as it relates to iran. consistently he has made clear on any issue that if america's vital national interests are at stake he's going to act to protect the american people and our vital national security interests. and what that means is that, you know, in the event that the security council does not accommodate our -- his need to lead and perform his duties as the

united states. ask that this case be considered by the united states that other body of congress uphold their responsibility to render justice charges.most serious would the president, i say, sir, you have done great damage to this nation over this year. and while your defenders are contending that further proceedings would only pro tract and exacerbate ie damage to this country, say that you have the power to terminate that damage and heal the wounds that you have created. post.ir, may resign your shouting no). order.e will be in >> and -- >> you resign. >> the house will be in order. only challenge you willingfashion if i am to heed my own words. to my colleagues, my friends and especially my wife and family, i have hurt you all deeply and i beg your forgiveness. i was prepared to lead our narrow majority as speaker and i do ave i had it in me to fine job. job. cannot do that or be the kind of leader that i would like to be under current circumstances. so i must set the example that i hope president clinton will follow. i will not stand for speaker of the house on january 6. at rather i shall remain as ba

. >> i would also point out that prop comedy in the united states congress has taken off. >> you can make a role for the supreme court class. >> i talk brown to a generation of students, there is a hotel two blocks, and then convincing brown, itrgument in just makes it so much more powerful. the fact that we cannot do that -- >> or bush v. gore or the health care cases. quite few can listen to it. you cannot see it. >> and mia misremembering? but the british supreme court in the u.k. had the cameras trained not on the justices but on the advocates. the idea is that they want students to be able to learn oral advocacy. there are some hybrids were -- larry whether you want that. bruce doesn't want that. at least you can say there is this education purpose. there is somewhat historic purpose being met. students can learn and watch and still protect judicial privacy. there is something in the middle. >> even if you're against cameras, and i can't fathom that. how can you be against cameras and the opinion announcement? millions of americans would've had a citizens' moment of unbelievable

that's the congressional budget office which is the official scorecard for the united states congress so if you think about it, if you're a small business and your business -- vaguest expenses wages for the people who work there if the federal government comes in and says forget about your local conditions in north dakota or in texas, we are going to say that from washington d.c. that everybody has got to raise wages by 40%. i can imagine them -- there being many small businesses per ticket that can absorb a 40% increase in their overhead. i mean this is going to hurt low-wage earners who are currently employed and that is what the congressional budget office said and it's going to hurt the economy. now i heard the distinguished senator from minnesota say the economy is doing great. well, i guess he must have missed the latest report on the first quarter of 2014. because of the bad weather we had an unseasonably cold first quarter. the economy grew at .1%. in other words it almost went into what would be a negative growth or a recession. recession is defined as two quarters or set of