united states army. [applause] mr. joe rodriguez accepting on behalf of his uncle private miguel a. vera. the president of the united states of americathorized by act of congress march 3, 1863 has awarded in the name of congress the medal of honor to private miguel a. vera, united states army for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. private miguel a. vera distinguished himself by acts of golf entry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty while serving as an automatic rifleman with company f. 38th infantry regiment, second infantry division and chorwon, korein chorwon,korea september . that morning, despite suffering from wounds inflicted in a previous battle, private vera voluntarily left the station to join his comrades in an attack against well fortified enemy positions on the hill of great importance. when the assaulting elements have moved within 20 yards of the enemy positions, they were suddenly trapped by a heavy volume of mortar, artillery and small arms fire. the company prepared to make a limited withdraw that the private vera volunteered to remain behind

united states -- his unit and the united states army. [applause] >> ms. lori wenger accepting on behalf of her uncle, private fist class leonard m. kravitz. in the president of the united states of america3, 1863, has awarded in the name of congress the medal of honor to private first class leonard m. kravitz, united states army, for conspicuous to gallantry at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. private first class leonard m. kravitz distinguished himself by act of call the an try above and beyond the call of duty while serving as an assistant machine gunner with company m, fifth infanty regiment, 24th infantry division during combat operations against an armed enemy in korea on march 6 and 7th, 1951. after friendly elements had repulsed two probing attacks, the enemy launched a bonsai charge with heavy supporting fire, and despite staggering losses, pressed the assault with ruthless determination. when the machine gunner was wounded in the initial phase of the action, private first class kravitz immediately seized the weapon and poured devastating fire into the ranks of the onrushing assailants. the enemy affected and exploited a breach on the left flank, rendering

. >> the president of the united states of america, authorized by act of congress march 3, 1863, has warded in the name of congress the medal of honor to master sergeant mike c. peÑa, united states army, for conspicuous gallantry and entry bidty at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. master sergeant mike c. peÑa distinguished himselfs by acts of gallantry above and beyond the call of duty while serving as a member of company f, fifth cavalry regiment, first cavalry division during combat operations against an armed enemy in korea on sepp 4, 1950. that evening under cover of darkness and a dreary mist, an enemy battalion moved to within a few yards of master sergeant peÑa's platoon. recognizing the enemy's approach, master sergeant peÑa and his men owned fire, but the enemy's sudden emergence and accurate point-blank fire forced the friendly troops to withdraw. master sergeant peÑa rapidly reorganized his men and led them in a counterattack which succeeded in regaining the positions they had just lost. he and his men quickly established a defensive perimeter and lai

can i tell you one simple example, the bishops of the united states of america had one of the greatest programs for helping women who are being trafficked. you know what the health and human services did? they said we are going to take away all of your money but it's for a good reason. the reason is even though you have been the most successful group in stopping trafficking for women you are not offering them abortions. you know what, all federal funding is gone. that is the ideology and philosophy that transformed the nature of our country. >> predfreedom of religion, then spin this however they want insurance is paying for it but it is catholic charities and hospitals, right? >> for example in boston they are no longer in the business and the service and ministry of adoption. why? is because unless they send children to gay couples, they no longer get any of the services. washington, d.c. the same thing. that is a fundamental change in the way the united states of america operates as a country. >> we will take a break and come back and continue. coming up next on "hannity"." >> i am

." >>> the united states of america or the united states of entitlement from her -- >> everybody in cleveland got obama phone. >> to him. >> tax dollars. >> to them. prisoners getting free phones from the feds on your dime and it doesn't stop there. big corporations now depending on food stamps for the bottom line. we report, you decide. plus, it's obamacare versus is the free market and our liberty hangs in the balance. the supreme court slamming the gavel on companies opposed to obamacare for religious reasons suggesting they stop whine and start paying up if they don't like it. throw the report teaming up with unions into college sports watching the big game may never be the same. "cashin' in" spreading the truth starts right now. >>> hi everyone. i'm eric bolling. welcome to "cashin' in." our crew wayne rogers, jonathan honoring, michelle fields and juan williams welcome. we're living in a country where more and more are riding in the cart and fewer pulling the thing. here are the number even john stewart can't distort. in five years the federal government will hand out $14 trillion of yo

the clerk: department of state, matthew h.tueller of utah, a career member of the senior foreign service to be ambassador of the united states of america to the republic of yemen. the presiding officer: under the previous order, there will now be two minutes of debate equally divided. a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. reed: i would ask unanimous consent to yield back all time. the presiding officer: without objection. all time is yielded back. if there is no further debate, all in favor say aye. all those opposed say no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table. the president will be immediately notified of the senate's action, and the senate will resume legislative session. mr. reed: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. reed: madam president, i just want to thank all my colleagues for this very strong bipartisan vote to move a step closer to restoring unemployment insurance benefits for over two million americans. i p

syria with which to export terrorism throughout the middle east and the world including the united states of america the president of the united states has got to understand vladimir putin for what he is and what his ambitions are and what he will do. my friend from south carolina and i are not sure what he will do now. but i think it's obvious with his troops massed on the border of eastern ukraine, he is contemplating further action. whether he does so or not, i'm not sure. but i think his calculation has got to do with the cost-benefit ratio of further aggression against a sovereign nation. i see my -- could i just make one more comment because my colleague was in ukraine recently. these are wonderful people. all they want is what we have. they don't want to be part of russia. they're tired of their corrupt dictatorrian owe coffee itch that they had. they're wailing willing to stand for weeks in this huge square in ukraine, 110 were assassinated by snipers. can't we at least give give them weapons with which to defend themselves and speaker up for them rather than say the -- speak up for them rat

so we, an ally of the united states of america, of course people look to america, travel in america, you know, hollywood, you know, american culture, all of that. we have our special and historic ties to the united kingdom. we still have convene elizabeth as our head of state. we are not a republic. she is our ultimate head of state. but we've got this clear consciousness of ourselves in our part of the world needing to understand what is happening right across our region. so of course that's about china. but it's also about india and what's happening in south korea. it's been a very long time what's happening in japan now, such a strong trading partner of ours and partner in the region in so many ways. it's what's happening in indonesia. so across all of our region we are deeply engaged and we've got more of a sense of ourselves in that place. than had 20, 30, 40 years ago. >> along with being comfortable with itself as an asian country, does australia have something to say to the west about global climate change? because it's in a very different place on the globe. are you suffering

people, rights give tongue them by their creator -- given to them by their creator, if the united states of america will not be a forceful voice, what nation on earth will? they look to us. our own model of freedom and our republic inspires people. we say that we stand for these principles. we need to defend them when they are threatened, especially in our own backyard. and so i hope that in the weeks to come we can pursue these targeted sanctions against some of these individuals associated with the government. like the assembly president, like others such as these individuals who we will come on the floor in the next few weeks and identify by name who benefit from the systematic violation of human rights in venezuala, who are stealing money from the venezualan people, who are using the resources of that nation to enrich themselves. in the next few weeks we will identify them by name and the properties they own and the assets they hold in our own nation. but i implore my colleagues not to ignore this issue. this is happening right now right in our own backyard, in our own hemisphere. and it is imp

and the united states of america, our president, our secretary of state, this body, the entire congress, and the american people should do what we have traditionally done and that is to stand up for the rights of people around the world. and in this particular context, that means standing up for christians, for being percent -- persecuted and killed merely because of their beliefs. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in reces appeared this morning at the oversight committee. but when committee chairman darrell issa asked her about her role in the matter, she invoked her constitutional right not to commit herself. she invoked her constitutional privilege. we're going to show you what there was of the hearing. we' also follow that from -- we'll also follow that with comments from the chairman and the ranking member, mr. cummings. this is about 20 minutes. >> the committee will come to order. we are here today to continue a hearing that began on may

if you will allow me to honor the people from the united states of america, from the international forces military, civilian, and are afghan colleagues. we thank you very much. you gavei were saying this keynote address. andrew asked if i would talk about reconciliation, elections, and a very important topic, the politics of the future relationship between afghanistan and pakistan. before i do, i wanted to step back for just a moment and make three points and ask one question. it is relevant to the entire conversation we will have today. , it has been emphasized in the film we saw in the speech we heard, it is really important whenever we talk about afghanistan, to stop for a moment and recognize what has been achieved. just what has been achieved, but what has been achieved at such great cost on the part of afghans and the united states military and civilian, and of course our international partners as well. it is a matter not just of highlighting and not forgetting what has been achieved, but very lines in support of the afghan people. we want to try to put it back in the consciousness

if i told you or any of the listeners in 2001 that we would not be attacked again in the united states of america for the next decade, none of us would have believed that because at that point al qaeda had more of the advantage. now we have al qaeda in the terrorist definitely on the defensive. so we can at this point get out most of our forces from afghan jihad. so i agree with you, but with a success on what we really wanted to do as a country and that is to protect ourselves. >> one of the concluding sections of the book is in effect unless and learned about water. one of the things that you think people would understand what he how frequently people who advocate going to water and people who make decisions to go to war almost always circumvents the war will be short. this year will celebrate the centennial race of world war i, which is eight k. classic example of where everybody thought the war would be over by october and november 1914. the problem in iraq in particular it really is true of iraq and afghanistan that would be in as swift military victories quickly degenerated into thought and

council where he read a 1994 agreement he says was violated by russia's invasion. >> the united states of america and federation and united kingdom of great britain reaffirm the position to refrain or threat of use of force against political independence of ukraine. so there are very clear legal obligations that are at risk in this. and we're going to talk about those here this morning. >> and while the e.u. today offered ukraine a $15 billion aid package, reports are that house members in d.c. are working on sanctions against russia over the invasion. congress and the white house also are working on a billion-dollar aid deal for ukraine. loan guarantees and election help are reportedly part of the package. and both could come as early as tomorrow. >>> meanwhile, you're looking at live pictures from connecticut where president obama is making his big push to raise the minimum wage. he's set to speak at the bottom of the hour. we will be on top of it. [ thunder crashes ] [ female announcer ] some people like to pretend a flood could never happen to them. and that their homeowners insurance protect

i am a member of the congress of the united states of america. this. >> tempers flare yesterday on capitol hill. and today a civil rights leader is calling chairman darrell issa a racist as a result of the exchange. i'll go one-on-one with a member of the congressional black caucus, and then later on tonight. >> for the first time in my adult lifetime, i'm proud of my country. >> remember when the first lady said that, yesterday, i said on my show for the first time i'm humiliated. liberals losing their minds. when we come back, i'm going to explain why i said that. and first, set your dvr, never miss ann coulter's appearance. we'll continue on "hannity." with amazing rewards. with the spark cascard from capital one, i get 2% cash back on ery purchase, every day. i break my back around here. finally soone's recognizing me with unlimited rewards! meetings start at 11, cindy. [ male announcer get the spark business card from capital one. choose 2% cash back or double miles on every purchase, every d. what's in your wallet? i need your timesheets, la

life, one specific example, the bishops of the united states of america had one of the greatest programs for helping women who were being trafficked. you know what the health and human services did? they said we're going to take away all of your money but it is for good reason. the reason is, even though you have been the most successful group in stopping trafficking of women you're not offering them abortion. so you know what? all federal funding is gone. that is ideology and philosophy that has transformed the nature of our country. that is a very, very bad thing. >> the freedom of religion, that goes to the contraception mandate. they can spin this any way they want, it is really the catholic churches, right? and for example in boston they're no longer in the business and service and ministry of adoption, why? because if they don't send the children to gay couples they're out of it. and in washington, d.c., the same thing. that is a fundamental change in the way the united states of america operates as a country. >> we'll be right back after a break. we'll continue, coming up next ton

and decrease the united states of america's influence. madam president, i agree with my friend from alabama, who suggested moments ago this is through the looking glass. this makes no sense. i would challenge any of my friends here to stand up here and explain why a sensible response to what russia has done is to expand russia's influence in the i.m.f. and to diminish america's influence. that makes no sense whatsoever. and, madam president, i want to close with two points. number one, we could pass aid for the people of ukraine right now today. the senator from wyoming rose and asked for unanimous consent to pass the bill that has already passed the house. had the majority leader not stood up and objected on behalf of senate democrats, that bill would have passed into law. it would be already headed to the president's desk for signature. it is only because the majority leader objected that we are not sitting here today having already passed aid for the people of ukraine. i would note, by the way, the majority leader had extended commentar

i am a member of the congress of the united states of america. i am tired of this. >> tempers flare yesterday on capitol hill. and today a civil rights leader is calling chairman darrell issa a racist as a result of the exchange. i'll go one-on-one with a member of the congressional black caucus, and then later on tonight. >> for the first time in my adult lifetime, i'm proud of my country. >> remember when the first lady said that, yesterday, i said on my show for the first time i'm humiliated. liberals losing their minds. when we come back, i'm going to explain why i said that. explain why i said that. and first, set your [ female announcer ] what's a powerful way to cut throh everyday greasy messes? [ male announcer ] sponges, take your mark! ♪ [ female announcer ] one drop of ultra dawn has twice the everyday grease-cleaning ingredients of one drop of the leading nononcentrated brand... ♪ [ crowdheering ] ...to clean two times more greasy dishes. dawn doesore, so it's not a chore. i'm spending too much time hiring and not enough time in my kit

god bless those that serve and god bless the united states of america. >> tomorrow on c-span, a republican study committee chair is our guest on "newsmakers." he will talk about the efforts to promote conservative ideas in congress ahead of the 2014 elections. you can watch the interview at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern. on the next "washington journal," fred kempe reviews president obama's trip abroad. tony carrk discusses monday's deadline to sign up for insurance under the affordable care act. tea party express cofounder russo talks about the current state of the tea party. and former un ambassador discusses the u.n.'s role with russia. as always, we would take her calls and you can join the conversation via facebook and twitter. " washington journal," live at 7 a.m. eastern on c-span. c-span, created by america's cable companies 35 years ago and brought to you today as a public service by your television provider. >> david cohen is the executive vice president of the comcast corporation. he is our guest this week on "the communicators." when it comes to the comcast -time warner cabl

thank you. >> i think the representative of the united states of america. i now give the floor to the representative of france. >> madam president, it is with a feeling of incredulity that we are meeting here today. we feel incredulity at the scenario brought under our gaze by the russian federation to annexed crimea. nothing had been missing. we thought this had been relegated to the dusty shelves of history. military maneuvers on borders. a man ignored yesterday. that elevated crimea. occupation denied against all evidence. propaganda. now, the masquerade of a memorandum that is not merely legal, not merely cobbled together, not merely an electoral campaign, but just reduced to yeses. the people of crimea cannot say anything. the international law is so obvious that we almost feel pity at witnessing the russian diplomat being so -- respecting form and debating on the legal basis for action. wednesday, -- one day, a letter from a head of state disappeared. the next day, it was recorded. then, after feverish research, we hear it was exhumed from 1975. moscow

should that be happening in the united states of america? mr. president, the number of homeless children living in america has gone up by 73% since 2006, at every state in the country, in my state of vermont. there are families living with their kids in cars or in emergency shelters. is that the way we give kids the opportunity they need to advance in their lives? mr. president, what the psychologists tell us over and over again, that the most important years of a human being's life in terms of intellectual and emotional growth, are those years between zero and 4, and yet in this country today, less than half of 3 and 4-year-olds are enrolled in preschool. 96% of infants and toddlers living in low-income families don't receive the early education they need through the early head start program. more than 220,000 american children are currently on waiting lists for child care assistance, and on and on it goes. what does this mean in english? this is what it means. it means in vermont, it means in new jersey, it means in maryland, it means in states

just as any of us were we the parent of a young lady that lost their life on behalf of the united states of america. i rise to pay first particular tribute to secretary kerry, samantha power to the state department of the united states of america, to michael reigner the ambassador in benin, to todd wattly, to kevin armstrong, the as theusaid director, all of whe made it their top priority the investigation and the fulfillment of bringing this case to a reality. three years ago when i went to benin for the first time it was to encourage president yahi of benin-to-a how the united states to come in and assist in the investigation and the prosecution of the case. a rare thing to happen in that french colony which is governed by french law. to our credit and president yahi's credit, he allowed us to come in and begin assisting the investigation. i went back last week because it looked like the case was dying. it looked like the intensity of the interest was dying and it was so important to me and for the family in my home state of georgia to see to it that in some way we could fin. mrs. feinstein:ally

the last thing putin and his cronies is competition from the united states of america in the energy race. have had many rose to fear revolution and this u.s. energy revolution is one they should keep their eyes on. >> this was part of a hearing held today. you can see the entire event tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span 2. u.s. supreme court argument on the contraception mandate. >> senate armed services committee held a hearing today on the command and forces in korea. sanctions and pressures on north korea are not enough to make the country end its nuclear program. witnesses discussed china's military power and the country's cyber attacks. minutes.wo hours, 15 >> good morning everybody. today we receive testimony on the posture of u.s. forces in the asia-pacific region. on behalf of the committee i would like to welcome the admiral, commander of u.s. pacific command and the commander of u.s. forces, korea nation command and combined forces in korea. the committee appreciates your long years of faithful service and the many sacrifices that you and the families make a part of this nation.

one simple example, the bishops of the united states of america had one of the greatest programs for helping women who were being trafficked. you know what the health and human services did? they said we're going to take away all of your money, but it's for good reason. the reason, is even though you've been the most successful group in stopping trafficking of women, you're not offering them abortion. so you know what? all federal funding is gone. that's ideology and philosophy that's transformed the nature of our country. >> that goes to the contraception mandate. they can spin this any way they want, but it's really the catholic church, catholic hospitals. >> in boston, they're no longer in the business, in the ministry of adoption. why? because unless they send children to gay couples, they no longer get any of the services. they're out of it. washington, d.c., the same thing. that is a fundamental change in the way the united states of america operates as a country. >> we'll take a break. coming up next, tonight right here on "hannity" -- >> it's driven by budget considerations.

of us, as we heard him say, that in five days he was going to fundamentally transform the united states of americathat box. what he chance formed was our constitutional system of checks and balances. has aw that the president very high opinion of himself. that when heow read the constitution that he thought article one, the legislator, article to the article three the judicial system, was all about himself. that is transforming. that is lawlessness. that is going to end. [applause] ourpresident transformed health care system. plutocratz.up of clue kre we are only at the threshold of obamacare's demonstration. next up is transforming the immigration system. that is the last thing that conservatives should do, is to help the president pass his number one goal of his second term, and that is amnesty. [applause] beacon ofs been a freedom in a tumultuous world. we do not for a moment apologize for our policies on legal immigration. we allow over one billion people into this country every year. we should give ourselves around of applause for that. who seek welcome those to come to our country legally. a

> you will sit down and allow me to ask the question, i am a member of a congress of the united states of america. i am tired of this. >>> good day. i'm chris matthews in washington in for andrea mitchell. she'll be back tomorrow. secretary john kerry's meetling this hour with his russian counterpart, sergey lavrov, earlier today, they had a brief discussion in which secretary kerry urged direct talks between russia and the ukraine. according to a senior state department official. >> united states of america, the russian federation, and the united kingdom of great britain reaffirm their obligation to refrain from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of the ukraine. there are very clear legal obligations that are at risk in this, and we're going to talk about those this morning. >> andrea, as i said, is traveling with secretary kerry and filed this report from paris today. >> chris, here in paris, john kerry has a very tough diplomatic game. he's playing all the angles. he's trying, first of all, to rally the allies, trying to get them to hang toug

. >> so, when my european friends and interlocutors say this global economy mess is the united states of america what is the short answer to that accusation? >> they have their own mess. [laughter] >> you wanted a short answer. >> short and true. >> this came out of a sort of boomerang thinking that everything is traceable to the u.s. crisis is obviously wrong and that the european problems have been brewing on their own for quite some time. there is truth to the idea that the u.s. has done more than its share to destabilize the finances over the last couple of decades. >> it is always a pleasure. >> they are available for book signings out in the hall thank you for coming. help yourself to one and say hello to the authors. >>> a timber town and you wouldn't know to look at it today. the timber qualities are almost completely removed but yes it was a timber town to begin with. at the height of the timber industry if he were to drop in and say 1928, he would smell sawdust if you went to certain parts of town you would get sawdust on your clothes and you would hear periodic whistles from the gigan

if you will sit down and allow me to ask a question, i am a member of the congress of the united states of america. >> well -- >> we have people here, each of who represent 700,000 people. you cannot have a one-sided investigation. there is absolutely something wrong with that and this is absolutely un-american. >> hear, hear. >> we had a hearing, it's adjourned. i gave you the opportunity to ask a question. >> do i have a question -- i do have a question. >> i gave you the opportunity. >> what are you hiding? >> he's pleading the fifth. [laughter] >> -- to discuss the republican staff report claiming that ms. lerner was, quote, at center of the effort to target conservative groups. although we provided a copy of this report to fox, he refused my -- [inaudible] provided to the members of the committee. the fact however does not support these claims. we have now only 38 employees who have all told us the same thing. that the white house was not directed, subjected or even knew about it at the time it was occurring. and none -- [inaudible] any political motivation. the inspector general, russell geo

one of the basic priorities is we make sure that nobody goes hungry in the united states of america. when you look at the fights and no taxes on the estate tax and all the other things they come up to help the rich, yet there is a growing trend of conservatives wanting kids to work for their school lunches. watch this. >> should students have to work for their school meechlts send those comments over to us. >> why don't you have the kids pay a dime, pay a nickel to instill in them there is no such thing as a school lunch or maybe sweep the floor of the cafeteria. >> when you get a new pet, what is the first thing you try to do to try to bond with it? you want to be the one to feed it, right? well, same thing here. >> have one master janitor and pay local students to take care of the school. the kids would actually do work. they would have cash. they would have pride in the schools. >> so put the kids to work. i mean, but let the millionaires and the billionaires get all kind of tax loopholes, no tax or a lower tax percentage. let's figure out ways to increase their wealth and everybo

but when the united states of america fails to act in a decisive way, it has a dramatic impact. one of the arguments that our adversaries around the world use is they tell our allies, the why ar-- they tell our allies, why e you still in the united states camp? their government is always bickering and deeply divided. they can't come together in washington to do anything. you do you think if you're invaded or ever get in trouble, the united states could muster the political support for them to come to your assistance? don't count on america, count on us or yourself. and i've already explained why there's danger in that. but that is the argument these countries use against us. if we fail to take decisive and unified action in this body in the senate to send a strong message that while we may not agree on every component of this -- and i've already told you it was a mistake for the administration to push for that i.m.f. sanction language, the i.m.f. reform language, but i fear that if we do not send a strong and decisive message, i think this will be spun against us. i think this wi

you will sit down and allow me to ask the questions, i am a member of the congress of the united states of america and i am tired of this. >> mr. couplings did not raise a point of privilege or point of order and in fact i recognized him when he had said he wanted a question. opening statements were already completed and there were 40 members sitting at the desk and we had adjourned. >> i am tired of cherry-picking information and sending just a few lines of various transcripts and what we want is the truth and whole truth is nothing but the truth. >> that's all we want. nnorth carolina congressman mark meadows was at the hearing and thanks for joining us. what was your take on what happened in the court today? >> it is good to be with you, alisyn. really the bottom line message is, that there were e-mails that could have been responded to and the truth that could have been told to the american people and yet we see stone walling and the fifth amendment exercise and all the american people want is the truth so they can once again trust their government. >> were you expecting lois lerner to testify

i am a member of the congress of the united states of america. i am tired of this.e have members over here each who represent 700,000 people. you cannot just have a one-sided investigation. >> cummings had just witnessed a typical assault. darrell issa had just choreographed another day of beating the dead horse of the irs so-called scandal. like benghazi and obamacare and now ukraine, it's the bang bang bang bang of the conservative arsenal. just say the words and the peanut gallery explodes, say all four and it levitates with glee. benghazi, benghazi, irs, irs, obamacare, obamacare, ukraine, ukraine. joining me now is the congressman involved here, elijah cummings of maryland. and david corn joins me from mother jones. let's start with the far right's obsession of the irs which erupted into one of the most dramatic scenes you will see in a congressional hearing room. it started with oversight committee chairman representative darrell issa recalling lois lerner to the witness stand after she previously took the fifth. in a hearing last may. she took the fifth again

i am a member of the congress of the united states of america. i am tired of this! >> all right.man issa cut off congressman cummings microphone. he said issa was slandering him. joining be me is bill crystal and cnn contributor paul bagala. paul, you heard that exchange. is this a new low for washington? mics being cut off, at least our research, that's never happened before. >> that's not a new low. chairman issa ought to know better. congressman cummings is a formidable intellect. none of us would be covering this if chairman issa had the good sense and temperament to allow the opposite to state their case the way he has stated his. is it a new low? please. come on. you must not have been a history major. he crossed over. this is 1856. he floor and beat senator charles summer of removed from this meeting if you don't stop. >> the reforms i am proposing would not apply to those who are here. >> not true. >> if disrespect -- industry notwithstanding, paul? >> well, yes, actually, it is. for mr. issa today, the inspector general of the i.r.s. who first blew the whistle, i thought

europeans spy on the united states of america. sorry, every single day. what we are trying to do is make sure that we get a balance in the discussion. we have gone to the european union to balance that discussion so that you can really argue on the same set of data points. to me, that's really important. >> let's talk about where we are today, we are talking about unions of america. since world war i, almost every country in this world has some form of intelligence. what we are doing here, we are starting to lead by example, we are showing the rest of the world that we are making changes based on the perception of our constituents that have concerns about privacy. we have more checks and balances of what we do in intelligence than any other country. you just heard about the french. we have two committees. we have justice, inspector general, we have the courts. that's a lot. i used to be a former investigative prosecutor and you had to have probable cause to get a search warrant. we are dealing with the united states first. and then we are going to lead by

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. >> i'm a member of the congress of the united states of america, i am tired of this. >> well -- >> we have members over here each who represent 700,000 people. you can not just have a one-sided investigation. there is absolutely something wrong with that, and there's absolutely un-american. >> this public spat even caught colleagues by surprise. one saying he'd never seen anything like it during his tenure in congress. >>> so from the halls of congress to the decision in the halls of every american high school. the s.a.t., a test that can make or break college dreams is getting a makeover. we have the details. >> reporter: she is among one and a half million students taking the s.a.t. every year. did you stress out about this a lot? >> yeah, i was cramming every night. >> reporter: many spent months and thousands of dollars preparing. >>> it's like a game, and you learn strategies to play the game. it's not even what you're doing in high school. >> reporter: the president of the college board explains that's about to change. >> there's no mystery as to what success in college and c

obama wants to see that europe and the g7 is prepared to come shoulder to shoulder with united states of america. at the moment, the inner circle around. putin,around vladimir it's mining and energy. he wants to curry favor with europe and see if they are prepared to step up with united states of america in terms of the action that we are here to take oath up what's give us some perspective. what does that mean for europe, in terms of real business? what it comes down to finance and banking where you see the most exposure. they have over $50 billion in liabilities for banking and exposure. europe is a major foreign direct investor in russia and exports could come under pressure. they could drop 2.5%. are the most exposed. if you want to understand the real risk, finland energy ifosure is with russia and you want to think about on the ,round, it is not the sanctions it is something like ryan metal that was scheduled to deliver on a project. that project has come to an end and that is a real personification of what is happening without the full sanctions going through. >> thank you so much. that w

. >>> i am a member of the congress of the united states of america. i am tired of this. >> demanding the head of darrell issa, the democratic party calls on congress to punish one of the biggest critics. and congressman issa is here to respond. plus, new fallout after obama gets a hit on the doj job. see why our guests say this is a huge wake-up call for the white house. and then, they're calling it the start of the christie comeback. we're live with the big developments at cpac on "the kelly file" right now. >>> and breaking tonight, allegations of racism and oppression as democrats demand the powerful republican looking for answers in the irs scandal lose his job. welcome to "the kelly file" everybody, i'm megyn kelly. democrats are fired up over the democratic chair darrell issa and how he handled the hearing on the targeting of conservative groups. issa adjourned the hearing without his democratic counterpart to speak. challenging this exchange yesterday. >> let me say what i have to say. i've listened to you for the last 20 minutes. >> ms. lerner,

. >> the time now is for the united states of america to act united on behalf of the people of the countryd not do a lot of partisan sniping. >> senator mccain hates partisan sniping unless he is the one doing it. he is totally for sanctions until he says they are weak. he wants russia out of the g-8 then he mocks it. did senator mccain think we ignore his flip-flops from here to moscow? nice try, but the answer is we gotcha. in the nation, we reward safe driving. add vanishing deductible from nationwide insurance and get $100 off for every year of safe driving. we put members first. join the nation. ♪ nationwide is on your side so our business can be on at&t's network for $175 a month? yup. all 5 of you for $175. our clients need a lot of attention. there's unlimited talk and text. we're working deals all day. you get 10 gigabytes of data to share. what about expansion potential? add a line, anytime, for $15 a month. low dues, great terms. let's close! new at&t mobile share value plans our best value plans ever for business. if yand you're talking toevere rheuyour rheumatologistike me, ab

military action but there is a whole lot of things that the united states of america can do. >> what e putin then? >> in the short term i'm not sure what will. >> one other aspect of the present situation. you've just shown on cnn there's demonstrations in donesk in eastern ukraine. the question now is does putin move into eastern ukraine and assert control over there, which i'm not sure why, since he has achieved much of his objectives, or does he leave it alone and let the crimean people alone. one of his problems is that if the people of russia see a thriving economically strong ukraine on their border, they might be -- he's worried that they may be infected with the same disease. but the united states of america, first of all, has to have a fundamental re-assessment of our relationship with vladimir putin. no more reset buttons, no more tell vladimir i'll be more flexible. treat him for what he is. that does not mean re-ignition of the cold war, but it does mean treating him in the way that we understand an individual who believes in restoring the old russian empire. >> practicall

of the past. even as america has upped our own oil production, the commitment to defend the international free flow of oil by force remains. >> the united states prepared to use all elements of our power, including military force, to secure our foreign interests in the region. we will ensure the free flow of energy from the region to the world. >> the u.s. interest in the persian gulf region are always first and foremost about oil. oil and war mix. and they're mixing today and they're going to mix a lot more. >>> good friday morning. right now on "first look," crimea to put decision to join russia to the voters as europe denou denounces the move. >>> the military of chain of command remains in charge of sexual assault cases. >>> hello, el nino. the worldwide weather effect is predicted. we'll tell what you it means where you live. >>> plus -- new details in the blade runner murder trial. we've got the numbers on what the average american is getting back from the irs. >>> and white house was rockin' big time last night with the women of soul. >>> hello and thanks for joining us. ochs, so we want to begin with fast-moving developments in ukraine