he decided to have the easter egg roll here at the white house because the members of the united states congressd you could not be -- they did not want to host the easter egg roll any more on the congressional grounds. just to show you that we don't hold a grudge, we have invited members of the u.s. congress here and you are welcome. and thank you all for coming. i also am really looking forward to starting the easter egg roll. i want everybody to have a great time here. it is our honor to host you all. and i would like to end with this simple statement. may god bless your families. and may god continue to bless the united states of america. [applause] mrs. bush: ok, are you ready? ♪ >> is everybody ready? >> we are ready. >> is everybody ready? [whistle] [applause] [indiscernible] president obama: is everybody having a good time? [applause] pres. obama: happy easter, everybody. we are thrilled that you could come. i am not going to make a long speech because we have the best speaker and the smartest and best looking of the older obamas, and that would be the first lady of the united states, mic

fast-forward to 1940, she worked for congress again, and runs on a platform to keep the united states out of the war in europe. she has faced on december 8, 1941, with a tremendous vote, the day after pearl harbor, fdr has come to the house chamber and has the joint session of congress. 7, 1941,day, december a date which will live in infamy. >> the senate goes back to its chamber and very quickly unanimously passes a war resolution. the house begins debating, house members know that jeanette rankin is a pacifist and will vote her conscience, so we have moral histories of people in the chamber who recall members going up to reagan and asking her, don't vote no. she builds her conscience in the end and opposes the war, she is below him vote against u.s. entry into world war ii with the declaration of war against japan. that effectively ended her political career. life.es back into private she is a force in the anti-war movement for another couple decades. a remarkable career. in 2004 we commissioned a new portrait of jeanette rankin. she was a person so important in the history and expa

draft state constitution, which becomes known as the lecompton constitution, is sent to the united states congress. so the congress can approve this and it that kansas as a slave state to the union. james buchanan puts his shoulder to the wheel, nobody wants the lecompton constitution adopted more than james buchanan. he gets his way at first. the senate of the united states adopts the lecompton constitution. but there, buchanan starts to lose traction. the lecompton constitution has to go the house of representatives and in the house, the lecompton constitution fails, 120-112.

. >> the united states congress has made possession of marijuana in every state and distribution of it so if that is something is not desired any longer congress should pass a law how to change the rules. >> it would be a lot cooler if you did. >> three new bills have been introduced into the sequestration of kosession of congress with bipartisan support. they could do that. chain the laws. make the federal government treat marijuana like alcohol. >> there is going to be a fight with this one. because, this is also a financial fight. >>> this morning on "world news now" -- the king of cable. now dethroned. >> bill o'reilly out at fox news, fired after numerous allegations of sexual harassment. the show's new look debuting hours after the announcement. full story ahead. >> deal or no deal. trump administration not worried about making friends. announcing a nuclear treaty will be reviewed. this as some asian countries call the president a liar over that u.s. warship that was headed in the wrong direction. >> the deadly clash between police and protesters in south america. demonstrators r

i was very disappointed that united states congress said no at the time.what we did instead was negotiate the agreement that you talked about a lot where we got 1300 tons of chemical weapons out, not all, as we've seen in the past week, or in the past days, but those 1300 tons were a good thing to get out. but to go back to your original question, martha, sure. i think there are a lot of people in the obama administration thought there would be more opportunities to be more engaged militarily. absolutely. >> martha: we've seen a number of tweets that have come out from former obama administration people, anne-marie slaughter, the director of policy planning saying that donald trump has done the right thing on syria, finally, exclamation point. let me go to ben collins as he was into this. ben, what's your action? >> honestly, martha? i think it's insulting. what obama gave away was your credibility when he went out there and said that and we didn't follow it up with anything. but to actually claim, to put this on congress and to say that we believe in a de

i think senator rubio's one of the great leaders in the united states congress on human rights. he speaks with moral clarity which is something i believe is extremely important. and he's done that with human rights issues around the world. and yesterday we experienced the latest of an atrocity under the direction of president assad of syria. the use of gas against civilian populations. this is the latest because this is going on for six years. the barrel bombing. the targeting of humanitarian workers. the targeting of hospitals. the use of chemical weapons. this is not an isolated example. but it is now on the front pages of our paper. and we must act. and that's why we're here. to make it clear that we cannot allow that type of conduct to go. what we do know, it was a russian aircraft piloted by an assad pilot that dropped a weapon that is -- had the affect that reminds us of sarin. i don't know whether it was sarin or not but it had the impact, much stronger than the chemicals that were used in recent months. we need action. to me, it starts with a clear u.s. policy that presi

and the new attorney general -- >> the united states congress made the marijuana and distribution of it in ever state. if that is not desired a longer congress should pass a law changing it. >> and there could be bipartisan support to do that -- change the laws be make the government treat marijuana exactly like alcohol. abc news washington. >>> still ahead on "action news," another check of your forecast, stepping live outside sky 6 hd showing you center city. meteorologist, karen rogers, with an update from accuweather when "action news" comes right back. >>> karen is back with another check of the accuweather forecast. we are on the way up. >> we are. it's been a roller coaster lately and that continues. cooler through the weekend but warm today. lets take a look at stormtracker 6 live double scan around the area. and you can see we are dry and the morning showers we had. those are long gone when see sunshine out there. sky 6 hd showing philadelphia international airport we were socked in with the clouds this morning and then we saw the clouds break away earlier than we thought. an

draft state constitution, which becomes known as the lecompton constitution, is sent to the united states congress. the congress can approve this and admit kansas as a slave state into the union. james buchanan puts his shoulder to the wheel. nobody wants the lecompton constitution adopted more than james buchanan. he gets his way at first. the senate of the united states adopts the lecompton constitution. but there, buchanan starts to lose traction. the lecompton constitution has to go the house of representatives and in the house of representatives, the lecompton constitution fails, 120-112. a compromise proposal is put forward by william h english of indiana. a bill known as the english bill. the compromise works something like this. the lecompton constitution was adopted by the proslavery-ites without a single vote from the anti-slavery kansans and the rest of the state. this is what stuck like a fishbone sideways in the throats of the house of representatives. the english bill proposes to send the lecompton constitution back to kansas for referendum. to the enormous embarrassment of james buc

it has been 16 years since the united states congress has visited the issue of peace or war in afghanistan authorization to use military force in afghanistan is now 16 years old. we need to go back as members of congress, carry out our constitutional responsibilities, and decide whether and how we're going to continue that war. to that end, a republican walter jones and i have introduced legislation that would effectively cause congress to once again deal with this issue of the afghanistan authorization to use military force, which is the legal argument that is being used to deal with isis in syria. that's a long stretch, but nonetheless, that is the legal argument that the obama administration used and this administration also. so, congress has to engage here. we need to ask the generals, hey, president trump said develop a plan within 30 days of destroying isis. what is that plan? not necessarily the war plans, but what is the deployment of troops, how much money do you need, what kind of weapons do you need, and how are you going to use the soft power, the soft power of the united state

the american people will not regain confidence in the united states congress unless we keep promises that were made to them. and today i want to talk about promises that were made to coal miners. for decades coal miners contributed into their pension fund with the promise that when they retired, they would receive a pension and retiree health benefits that would last for a lifetime. those were the promises to the people who went underneath the ground, who worked incredibly difficult jobs, who died of black lung disease or a myriad of other diseases or injuries. promises were made to those workers, and those promises were broken. mr. president, if congress does not act by tomorrow, the retiree health benefits of more than 22,000 coal miners will be eliminated. we cannot allow that to happen. it is not only unfair to the coal miners, the retired coal miners and their families, it once again will tell the american people that you cannot trust your government. promises were made, but they were not carried out. mr. president, my understanding is that an agreement to protect these retiree

we drive in in the united states congress and elements come forward and the bill will have to be signed. i don't know who may be there to sign it. but the idea of the elements of the bill, everyone gets akretd itted, mink the police. it is teaching concepts of deescalation on that dark night what was all those shots being fired? what was the reason? why didn't it meet his consciousness? i'm in a white van and i'm not in uniform. and its dark. deescalation. then, this concept of guardian versus warrior. police are guardians of the community. that's why 911 is there. call, help. i want them to go home to their families. the idea behind that bill is to be respectful for the question of law enforcement and then as well be able to deal with what we are. we are not isis, even gangs with kids in it, it is horrible but they are not. what can we do to make this really about community police relations. one small question under under this, many of you know that one of the most important elements was consent decrees that we have used in baltimore and i have heard baltimore yans say, thank you, we a

i am really impressed with the interest by the united states congress. a congressman from texas, for example, he and his staff are extremely knowledgeable, very engaged. as is other aspects of congress. but i think it is a whole of government thing, and the way the president is going, it will be a whole of government and the private realm as well. you cannot protect everything. just before jeh left, he put the electoral system under critical infrastructure. that is controversial. i have tried to explain to people why he did it and what it means. it is another thing that we are from the federal government, we are here to help. when i say that, most people head for the door. they should. we are here to partner. mr. cilluffo: any news from the executive order? secretary kelly: standing by with bated breath. can't wait. mr. cilluffo: and another question along the lines of the budget, and you rightfully said the department is being tasked with more and more and arguably getting fewer and fewer resources to be able to deliver on that vast mission. where do yo

using the court to try to push their political agenda rather than bringing it here to the united states congress. the reality is that over the course of the roberts court, the exact opposite has happened. it's been conservatives who have brought their complaints to the court system, their complaints about voting rights, their complaints about campaign finance, their complaints about the affordable care act rather than bringing them to the floor of this body. that the house of representatives abandons for the time being the repeal and replacement of the affordable care act, their allies continue to push cases through the court system that would attempt to unwind it. judge gorsuch has been, in his writings at least, blind to this idea that conservatives have spent just as much time over the past 20 years trying to push their agenda in court as have progressives. progressives have done that as well. clearly we have full marriage rights in this country because of court cases that progressive groups pushed. i'm not denying that there isn't this trend line on both sides of the political spectrum, but

united states of america. people have the right to paint the painting that they want. if you don't like the painting you go to the next painting. you don't take it down, especially in the congress of the united states where we should be setting an example. justice bran dies said government is the omnipresent teacher to the constitutional values of the whole society and now we have one other serious problem i want to mention before i go. see, before they engaged in this act of censorship against this young artist from st. louis who was obviously upset about what happened in ferguson, missouri, and painted this painting which i think is actually a very interesting, captivating painting that eminds me of picasso's guernica and george orwell's "animal farm," you didn't have to agree with any painting or sculpture in the capitol complex, right? we have great champions of freedom and justice and the republic who are portrayed all over the capitol complex like abraham lincoln, for example, like rosa parks, like martin luther king, like lyndon johnson, like sojourner truth. you know what, we have people who are traitors to the country, people who were confederate conspirators against t

. >> its use and possession is against federal law, and until the law is changed by the united states congresswe in d.h.s. , along with the rest of the federal government, are sworn to uphold all the laws that are on the books. >> reporter: john hickenlooper is governor of colorado, the first state where legal recreational marijuana went on sale in 2014. do you think you or other states will go to court and fight this? >> well, we'll certainly explore every option. we should communicate and collaborate and not make a snap decision. >> reporter: in colorado, medical and recreational marijuana are now a $1.3 billion industry. shutting it down,ization the the dangerous black market. >> there's just going to be a vacuum to fill, and it's all going to be cash and guns. drug dealers don't care who they sell it to. >> reporter: there are also concerns that not enough studies have been conducted on pot's effects, especially on unborn babies or teenagers whose brains are still developing. pot shop owner sale vander veer worries a crackdown will put thousands in this industry out of work. these are good

concerned that it looks like russia may have been tipped off about this attack before the united states congress was. i'm long concerned that bashar assad in syria has been propped up by vladimir putin. >> reporter: russia old to the u.n. security -- told the u.n. security council there could be negative consequences if washington took military action. syria has responded to the airstrikes calling them an act of immigration. reporting in west palm beach florida, i'm weigia jiang, kpix5. >>> tonight syrian americans are watching the very latest developments closely. a sacramento man who has been in this country for two decades has mixed feelings about the u.s. missile strike. >> i think people from all walks of life have very graciously sympathized with the plight of the syrians, the catastrophe that's happening and all the atrocities and that's why we see this action now. at the same time i'm not interested in anybody dying and anybody being bombed. re >> house minority leader nancy pelosi says in a statement, "tonight's strike in syria appears to be a proportional response to the regime's use o

laura: he ran as an outsider, but he's come up against the wall that is the united states congress.you think he is going to learn how to work with them? >> i do. with a the afternoon leading report and member of congress. they said they want to roll up their sleeves and work with this president, but stop making campaign statements. come work with us. find ways of getting legislation on your desk that you can sign into law so that we can say, we can deliver for the american people. laura: the midterm elections are november of next year. campaign cycle is practically constant. how long does he have to get obamacare reform and tax reform through before his most patient start questioning him? >> if you look at between now and the end of this year, can he get an obamacare repeal through? can he reform the tax code? can he move on his infrastructure built? if he finds a way to demonstrate to the american people that he can deliver, i think a lot of republicans will feel a lot better heading into reelection knowing that trump will not be a drag on of them. in fact, there might be some head

i think senator rubio is one of the great leaders in the united states congress on human rights.e speaks with moral clarity, which is something i believe is extremely important. and he's done that with human rights issues around the world.

united states and turkey. in the united states, congress is elected by the states and they have their constituents., the president will choose the people who will run in his party. so there's questions about who they will have loyalty to -- to the people or to the president? dave? >> this is a critical united states ally, major player in the war on terror. any sense of what these powers for erdogan mean for that war on terror and the united states? >> we talked to his supporters and they say this is the best thing that could happen because it would make him far more powerful to take care of terror that turkey has been experiencing. there have been a number of terror attacks not only by isis but by the pkk. also it strengthens his position when it comes to the international community in dealing with other countries because he holds executive power. he will be the one dealing with other countries, not the prime minister, which will be dissolved. when it comes to the united states, there will be the shift there. although it needs to be said that erdogan has been the man that everyone has been talking

representative. >> but you represent this data texas in the united states congress and you should be working for the benefit of the united states not only republicans. [applause] when i went into the army i was not representative of just a specific group of people i represented all of the united states. and when we start talking to hear the ideas of the other side when we work together but they're usually far apart and then begin that a try in the working together to get things done. [applause] >> these said that we should work together and i don't disagree with that and i should represent the whole country and that is correct. bill hall country is not identical and you will think this is silly but did you say vanilla is your favorite i.c.e. cream 10 people have made people think is chocolate? chocolate is a little bit ahead of. we have to work together. can we compromise to say everybody's favorite is neapolitan? the that is the simple test it is silly but when you're talking about to under 35 members of congress and montana has one all over the country's summer lawyers and summer te

. >> its use and possession is against federal law, and until the law is changed by the united states congress, we in d.h.s., along with the rest of the federal government, are sworn to uphold all the laws that are on the books. >> reporter: john hickenlooper is governor of colorado, the first state where legal recreational marijuana went on sale in 2014. do you think you or other states will go to court and fight this? >> well, we'll certainly explore every option. we should communicate and collaborate and not make a snap decision. >> reporter:in colorado, medical and recreational marijuana are now a $1.3 billion industry. shutting it down, says the governor, will drive people to the dangerous black market. >> there's just going to be a vacuum to fill, and it's all going to be cash and guns. drug dealers don't care who they sell it to. >> reporter: there are also concerns that not enough studies have been conducted on pot's effects, especially on unborn babies or teenagers whose brains are still developing. and pot shop owner sally vander veer of medicine man worries a crackdown will put thou

every much the same weight as laws produced right here behind debate in the united states senate and the united states congress. this is a time that we have to have a jurist that will bring a balanced view for all americans to be represented in the united states supreme court. i'm proud to have the opportunity to support this nominee. i urge my colleagues in the senate to put partisan interests aside, to put the best interests of the country first, and to confirm neil gorsuch as the next justice of the supreme court. mr. president, i take this as a huge, huge privilege to speak out today, and i will speak more next week on the history of this nomination, and i thank you for the opportunity to speak, and i yield my time. mr. lankford: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from oklahoma. mr. lankford: there's been a long conversation about a supreme court justice. quite frankly, there should be a long conversation. when you talk about a supreme court justice, this is someone who serves on the court for life. i.t. got to be right. -- it's got to be right. the long conversation about neil gorsuch is co

united states. another topic that the two disagreed about. >> that is fairly well-established in the united states. that has been spoken to on the hill as well with the congress and it's a serious issue. it's one that we know is serious enough to attract additional sanctions. so we're mindful of seriousness of that particular interference in our elections, and i'm sure that russia is mindful of it as well. >> and the case with the so-called russian hackers and the chemical incidents in syria, we would very much like to get some concrete evidence, not just words. >> secretary of state rex tillerson said that the united states right now is not considering removing sanctions against russia for its problems in crimea. the only thing they agreed on is maybe they should continue to talk more. that's about it. shep? >> shepard: thanks, rich edson live from moscow. we're waiting for the president to speak and we're told in about 90 seconds he will. let's go to anna palmer from politico. anything that you thought was unusual today? sergey lavrov dominating the news conference as chris wallace observed. not really that much of a surprise. anything else? >> i think one

not because of your prowess on the field but because you are here in the united states congress. you are always the independent, but i hope they are seeing the sayingf what you are now , and that they should be squarely, 100% with the owners behind the importance of your message. who you are speaking to are the to come.ns of nflers if we can save lives through your words, we can change attitudes about policing, if we can move legislation in the united states congress, just look at the power of the nfl. i know you are here on your own distinguished career and record your own passion in your heart, but don't diminish what you are doing for the nfl. because you are really doing it. ant a little bit of advertisement, we also have something called the congressional black caucus foundation. we want to make sure that we give some opportunities to young men in the opportunity -- nfl to come here and work with us. i know there are projects going on. we want to give the opportunity for fellowships and internships to be right here where the policy are. we can see the brilliance that is bein

congressman is close enough. >> you represent the state of texas in this district in the united states congress and you should be working for the benefit of the united states, not only texas and not only republicans. when i enlisted in the army, when i went in the army, i was ativeof just a specific group of people of the united states. i represented all citizens of the united states. when we start talking, we hear that some of the ideas of the other side are good, some of ours are good. when we work together and get the things that we agree on in a bill, then we can work on the things we're a little bit far apart on but things we're usually far apart on, we leave those out and then we try that bill and then we give it a try and we get rid of the stuff that doesn't work and we work on trying to resolve the big differences. that's what working together would get things done. rep. barton: all right. [applause] rep. barton: he says that republicans and democrats should work together and i don't disagree with that. he says i'm a united states representative. that means i represent the whole country

say that -- very openly, again, not having any weight of having to run again or be in the united states congress -- it is a heck of a lot easier to maintain your position when you're in because there are all -- one thing i go -- i'll get to weeds. i go into frank mail and there's somebody here laughing because -- okay. frank mail is -- the archaic term for the -- step back. sometime the mind goes faster than the mouth you have two roles in congress or senate. your campaign and role as a federal lawmaker. you never, ever mix the two, i will say all member of congress i never saw mix organize abuse of office but one maybe, possibly, could be bowelsed with taxpayer -- could be abused with taxpayer direlies could be incumbentsy re-election inch you get budget in your office where you can mail out pieces and you cannot target based on demographic or republican or democrat, but you can kind of feel out, maybe, possibly, where your strongholds will be, where your voters might be, and if you know your district, let's use left and right. planned parenthood, divisive example. if you're in a very liberal d

so there were people that spoke out against what was happening in california even in the united states congress there were others who spoke out against california's genocidal policy. but i will tell you one story that stands out in my mind in part because it happened miles from where i was born and bred there were killings moving through the northern sacramento river valley coming from farm to farm she held up a close between herself and several california indian women and she said if you want to kill these three women you want to kill me and my unborn baby also. she saved their lives and they took the three women as far as they could with a wagonto take them to safety but the sad fact is there were not enough people that stood up anstood up and dig so it is always up to us in this room when we see evil being done of it is up to us to stand up and do the right thing and we can save people's lives. >> do any others care to stand up and find inspirational heroes? >> this is a great question and one of the things i was interested in and the book, this idea is prominent because there was no consens

years ago, where i am standing, with concrete evidence to thean hostility united states, international democracy,liberal the congress of the united states declared war on germany. secretaryd security john kelly on the building of the border wall. >> i have no doubt when i go back to him and say high-tech here,g make sense over technology makes sense over here, i have no doubt he will tell me to do it. >> kamala harris on morrell. regards to your assessment, has included in looking into the morale issues and putting in place programs and initiatives to improve morale. >> it's what i do. >> actress holly robinson pete on autism awareness. new amazing this initiative, they are showing how amazing kids with autism truly are. coming to a better understanding about autism through the beloved sesame street friends makes it all the more accessible and it's part of sesame street's magic. nationalrson at the low income housing coalition conference. >> bureaucracy is when you care more about the rules than you care about the goals. that is killing us as a nation. hard to getng very the inappropriate things out of the way. >> b

representative. >> you represent the state of texas in this district in the united states congress and you should do working for the benefit of the united states. not only defenses and not on the republicans. i thought -- [applause] when i was in the army, i was not representative a specific group of people of the united states. i represented all citizen in the united states. and when we start talking, we hear that some of the ideas that the other side are good. some of ours are good. when we work together and get the things we agree on and a bill, then we can work on the things a little bit far apart on. but the things we are hugely far apart on really those out. we give it a try and we get rid of the stuff that doesn't work and we work on trying to resolve the big differences. and that is what working together will get things done. [applause] >> all right. he says that republican and democrat should work together and i don't disagree with that. he says i'm united states representative if that means they represent the whole country. correct i'm not. but i'm also representing this part

was riddled with constiutional problems we knew the president of the united states can't usurp spending powers of united states congress this is latest blow for the controversial immigration policies and proposed travel plans were blocked by federal judges. >> president trump retaliates against canada with put ago tariff on lumber. this come as president blamed canadians for hurting wisdom martin home builders. it could mean increase in home builders 18% of u.s. exports gets shipped north. >>> also in the news happening today, d.c. resident that represent out rooms and houses on web site air bnb will testify to the d.c. council. >> as one council member is proposeing a bill that greatly limits air bnb business in the city. >> live in the norm west with more, has become a heated debate with air bnb and its clients. those homeowners. basically accusing counsel ill member kenya mc duffy of proposing the bill to benefit the hotel industry and councilman mc duffy saying that air bnb and hosts are taking affordable house ago way from d.c. residents. now, air bnb is home sharing company that helps property owners represent ro

but you represent the state of texas in this district, in the united states congress and you should be working for the benefit of the united states. not only texas and not only republicans. [applause] when i went in the army, i was not a representative of just a specific group of people of the united states. i represented all of the united states. when we start talking, you hear that some of the ideas of the other side are good, some of ours are good. when we work together and get the things we agree on in a bill, then we can work on the things we are a little bit far apart on but the things we are usually far apart on, we leave these out and try that bill. and we give it a try and we get rid of the stuff that doesn't work and we work on trying to resolve the big differences. and that's what working together will get things done. >> all right. [applause] all right. he says republicans and democrats should work together and i don't disagree with that. he says i'm a united states representative, that means i represent the whole country, correct on that. i'm also representative of the dis

united states. as an executive orbiter. it wasn't directed at congress. he had over 400 local cities and counties joined together saying this is usurpation of power. it violates the constitution of the united states, violates separation of powers. thank god for the judicial branch because we have an executive branch is trying to direct local governments when they're not empowered to do so. spare me the lecture because you just go over a fact that you're ignoring witches we just had eight years of this happening in. the obama administration threatened to withdraw federal funds from states that didn't go by his transgender bathroom policies. with that unconstitutional also? >> i'm here to tell you that in 2010, made a decision here along with cook county, two counties united states of america stood up to homeland security and eyes and said we are not going to hold people in unconstitutional manner despite whatever request you make. we've been vindicated. were not only vindicated today, been vindicated by every court looking at the issue. >> and giving you an

the united states congress has given additional sanctions. for it to be effective china must tighten the economic sanctions against north korea. >> the white house today said they will not discuss any red lines for north korea and the president did explain a little bit of his reasoning this afternoon. here's president trump. >> i don't want to telegraph what i'm doing or what i'm thinking. i'm not like other administrations where they say we're going to do this in four weeks. it doesn't work that way. >> is he right? are you fully supportive of how he is handling north korea right now? >> i'd like to know how he is handling north korea. we don't have a policy -- the trump administration has not presented to the congress a coherent policy in regards to north korea. it would be good for us to hear that. we do hear him responding to certain things that are taking place, including the failed launch this past week in the parading of north korea's military weapons, but we don't have a coherent policy as to how we're going to bring north korea to ch

congressman is close enough. >> you represent the state of texas and this distressed in the united states congress and you should be working for the benefit of the united states, not only texas and not only republicans. [applause] , iwhen i listed in the army -- aot represented representative of just a specific group of people, i represented all of citizens of the united states. when we start talking, we hear that some of the ideas of the other side are good, some of ours are good. when we work together and get the things that we agree on in a bill, then we can work on the things we are a little bit far apart on. things we are usually far apart on, we leave those out and try the bill. , and wegive it a try get rid of the stuff that doesn't work, and work on trying to resolve the big differences. that is what working together will get things done. all right? [applause] rep. barton: he says that republicans and democrats should work together, i don't disagree with that. he says on the united states representative, and that means i represent the whole country. correct on that. i am also a representat

additional use of military force, then it should be first voted on and debated by members of the united states congressshould bashar al-assad launch another sarin gas attack on his own people this evening killing women and babies, the president should go to congress before retaliating? >> i wish he came before. i believe i had the opportunity to vote when president clinton decided to do air strikes on bosnia. i had the opportunity to vote. when president bush went into afghanistan and iraq, i had ant want the opportunity to vote. that's how the american people have their voice and that is what the constitution demands. >> shepard: congressman, did the president do the right thing last night? >> again, i said that if there is a strategy to go along with -- >> shepard: just on the surface of it. retaliating in that way, in that measured way. >> if it's just a retaliation, if it's just a message with nothing else behind it, then i will say no. if it is and there is a strategy that is behind it, then we -- let's talk. i'm willing to have that dialogue. i need to know the facts. that's what the constitution