gentlemen, the dream is alive. [ applause ] >> ladies and gentlemen, the ranking member of the united states senate's committee on commerce, science, and transportation, and the senior senator from the state of texas, the honorable kay bailey hutchison. >> we are honoring four brave, determined, resilient men. they and the astronauts who followed took enormous personal risks for our country to venture beyond earth's orbit. their missions into the unknown remind of us what can be achieved, as well as the dangers of not reaching for the stars. america urgently needs to continue our preeminence in manned space exploration. from senator glenn's flight on friendship 7 to astronauts armstrong, collins, and aldrin's lunar mission of apollo 11, to our recent space shuttle program to the space station, we know that space exploration is a step-by-step process. it will require leadership to get a sustained commitment of resources and a clear sense of purpose over time. look at what space exploration has brought to america. the technology and products in space science, earth science, fundamental aeronautics rese

you are so lucky to have a united states senator who understands what it is to stand up for ordinary americans, and he is the leader in the united states senate to take our country back for ordinary americans again. let me thank berkeley beddel and dave nagel, two former congressmen from iowa who have been all over iowa for us, helping us. i don't know where dave is tonight, but i want to thank him. let me thank the international union of painters and allied trades for standing up. let me thank the american federation of state and county and municipal employees for all the help they've been. the service employees international union, the seiu, thank you so much. but, most of all, let me thank you, from all over america, coming to change this country. we haven't seen this in 30 years. now, in my generation was the last time i saw all this stuff going on, with people your all age, under 30-years-old. and we were a little more-we were-what? when i was your age -- when i was your age we did change two presidents and changed the foreign policy of the united states of america. now the only

united states. may god continue to bless both of our countries. thank you. [ applause ] >> ladies and gentlemen, the assistant democratic leader of the united states senateay for this great honor. you may have heard that we had a little snowstorm in chicago over the weekend. more than 19 inches of snow. more snow in 24 hours than we usually see in two or three months. and yesterday morning while the snow was still falling, the winds were blowing at 45 miles an hour. and someone asked, do you think louis knox and casey selski are going to make it here to washington? and i said not even an historic blizzard is going to stop the devil's brigade from being here. i honor them today, sons of illinois and part of the group being honored. [ applause ] louis there in the front row had a tough time getting into the service. the day after pearl harbor he volunteered, went down to the post office to volunteer to serve in the marines and they took a look at the young man and said, sorry, with that overbite you'll never be able to serve. six months later he was in the army and became part of this elite fighting force. thank you for being here with us today. [ applause

and i might add for my part with nearly 29 years in the united states senate, i have been attending state of the union messages since 1985. ronald reagan was my first. it was my last two. the president's agenda for 16 is clear from the speech he gave last night is bold and i think that is particularly true when it comes to foreign policy. the reason for at is simple. in this extraordinarily complicated time, the demand for the united states leadership -- the demand for leadership everywhere, but the demand particularly for leadership from the president appropriately called the most powerful nation in the world is as high as it has ever been and we understand that and we accept that responsibility willingly. that is why the united states will remain more engaged, more places around the world than any other time in history. the president's primary sponsor ability as all of you know is and always has been to protect the people of our country, protect the american people. he underscored that again last night and i know each of you can relate to that because ndu's mission is to educate, develo

he's been a united states senator since 2006. he's been in the house since 1991. he was mayor of burlington before that. he has been in many, many very,

in the united states senate, it is easy to stop things. it is not hard to stop things in the united states senate. that's why everybody's so mad. because it's easy to stop things. so you're running around saying, oh, my accomplishment is, i did something easy, i jumped a hurdle that was three inches high. because that's how easy it is to stop things in the united states senate. what's hard in the united states senate, what's hard in washington, d.c., is fighting things and getting something done. if you want someone who can do the easy stuff and has no track record in doing the hard stuff, there are a plenty of options for you in this race. if you want someone who's actually accomplished something -- i know that's a dirty word -- experience -- in this election, but here's my final point i'll make. i use it by way of analogy. i see someone who might be a fan of this university. iowa state is just up the road. all due respect, you got a lousy football team. all right. and you have for a long time. and so, you know what, i'm sure there's a lot

everybody knows the last seven years, barack obama when he was united states senator was kind enough to come to vermont and campaign for me. i have never forgotten that. in 2008 i did my best to see that he would be elected president as i did in 2012. as was the case in a democratic society. we have differences of opinion. i was on the floor of the center for three hours. by and large over the next 7 years on major issue after major issue i have stood by his side where he has taken on unprecedented republican obstructionism, and trying to do the right thing with the american people. >> will you go negative against hillary clinton? >> it was just a discussion to get myself updated on some of the current issues facing the country. and how we deal with isis, a testament about iran and how we work with iran and our relationship with iran. >> do you think hillary clinton or anybody else -- has hillary clinton ever played for president with obama? >> the people of iowa will make that decision. >> how do you tackle the threat of isis differently? >> frankly we did talk about this. as you al

this is the 1st time that the united states senate has debated energy policy reform in 18 years. more than eight years that we have had this kind of debate. i was here yesterday morning it was an interesting morning. my left ear and went down the hallway and there was a group of moderator nine young kids with the fellow who works on the house side. he was giving them a little bit of a field trip. i think he had kid duty. we had a fabulous conversation and understanding the difference between house member of the senate member. what are you working on? well, it is really exciting. picking up energy legislation, reform legislation. there were you born? one little girl says 2007. well, not the last time we had energy legislation on the floor. and i said look at what happened to you. you have grown, gotten smarter: been exposed to a lot of things. sometimes it helps to put passage of time in relation to our kids because we can see that. the process we have built some about a bipartisan bill, and should enjoy the respect of the debate as we move forward to attempt to modernize our ener

. >> ladies and gentlemen, the democratic leader of the united states senate, the honorable harry reidplause ]. >> the war against humanity is nothing sacred to the aggressors. so was the acts of power in world war ii. as the troops rolled across the globe, millions of innocent people and entire countries and cultures fall victim to this machine. but we have learned even history itself was threatened by adolf hitler and his accomplices. historic structures were bombed into owe bolivian. priceless family heirlooms were lost forever. art, culture and our own history is being waged today. a number of friends prior to my speaking mentioned this. isis destroys the vestiges of ancient civilizations. isis destroyed the holy site believed to be the tomb of the prophet jonah. recently isis used large quantities of explosives to destroy a 2,000-year-old venetian teufrpl in syria. isis publicly executed a professor, anticities for refusing to reveal the location of more archeological treasures. in afghanistan, the taliban destroyed giant sand stone statues of buddha 1,700 years old. timbuktu, tho

written two years before barack obama began to run for president, and three years before the united states senate decided that john mccain's natural-born citizenship was questionable enough to be worthy of a unanimously passed senate resolution in 2008 declaring that the united states senate, at least, regards him as a natural-born citizen, even though he was born outside of the united states. there is no more authoritative legal analysis of the natural-born issue than this boston university law review article written by sarah halane dug gan and mary collins. it says the natural born citizenship status of millions of americans is open to question. natural born citizenship is absolutely certain only for united states citizens born post sta statehood in one of the 50 states, provided that they are not members of native american tribes recognized by the united states government. to varying degrees, the natural-born status of all other united states citizens is suspect. joining us now, one of the co-authors of that article, sara duggan, an expert on constitutional law. thank you very much for joining

even these children who would be jewish victims of nazi owe -- oppression was rejected by the united states senate. it was a sad moment in the history of this chamber and a sad moment in the history of the united states. after the war, we reflected on what had happened. we realized that this great, strong and caring nation had made a serious mistake. innocent people had died because we rejected these jewish refugees from germany. and so after world war ii, the united states decided to take a different approach to show leadership to the world when it came to accepting refugees, and since then we have. there have been exceptions, but we have said that our country is open, as most civilized countries on earth are open to those who face oppression, suffering and death come to the united states to be safe. we've established a process for this that it isn't easy. each year it becomes more and more difficult, more and more challenging. if you were a refugee wanting to come to the united states, be prepared. it will take at least a year, one year of investigation, sometimes up to four years investigation

. >> i left the united states senate at a type when we were at war. and i was someone who offered sanctions on iran. the nuclear sanctions, i authored those when i was in congress and overcame president bush's initial opposition to get them passed. i worked on the armed services committee to outfit our military. when i left the united states senate, i didn't spend four years working on cultural issues. i talked about radical islam because i saw that as the most pressing threat to our national security. four years ago when i was running, i talked about those things. but nobody else wanted to talk about it. the war was over, bin laden is dead. we are taking our troops out of iraq. everything is going to be great. many people are saying that's not the case. i called for to us get involved in syria in 2011 and again most did not do so. but they weren't important in the eyes of america because americans felt i think unfortunately too safe. now it is a big issue and here i am. jon: ways your assessment on the world situation? >> disaster is too kind of a wo

. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> please remain standing as the chaplain of the united states senate, dr.lack, gives the invocation. >> let us pray. god and father of all, we praise you for your infinite love that provides us with help when we need it most. we thank you for this congressional gold medal ceremony in honor of world war ii members of the civil air patrol. we're grateful that this organization, as speaker boehner has pointed out, was created six days before the bombing of pearl harbor. it provided civilian air support that helped us win world war ii. thank you for its members who more than self their country loved and died so that this nation might live. inspire us from this legacy of service and sacrifice to give our lives for causes greater than ourselves so that we shall leave this world better than we found it. we pray in your holy name, amen. >> please be seated. ladies and gentlemen, the united states representative from the tenth district of texas, the honorable michael t. mccaul. [ applause ] >> thank you. what a great day. 73 years ago this week america was attacked

united states congress. mr. president, you can't pay iran until iran meets its obligations to pay what it owes united states senate -- united states citizens. mr. president, i thank you, and i notice the lack of a quorum, after i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. cornyn: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: mr. president, i'd ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. cornyn: mr. president, if this sounds like a case of deja vu, it's because we've been here before, and i'm talking specifically about the flow of unaccompanied minor children coming across our southwestern border, primarily through citizen-- primarilythrough my sa border with mexico. as you know, mr. president, these children are coming not from mexico but from central america, and this is something that about a year or so ago that the president and his administration called a humanitarian crisis because you had this flow of children, unaccompanied children and some with their mothers, but mostly w

in the united states senate, it is easy to stop things. it is not hard to stop things in the united states senate. that's why everybody's so mad. because it's easy to stop things. so you're running around saying, oh, my accomplishment is, i did something easy, i jumped a hurdle that was three inches high. because that's how easy it is to stop things in the united states senate. what's hard in the united states senate, what's hard in washington, d.c., is fighting things and getting something done. if you want someone who can do the easy stuff and has no track record in doing the hard stuff, there are a plenty of options for you in this race. if you want someone who's actually accomplished something -- i know that's a dirty word -- experience -- in this election, but here's my final point i'll make. i use it by way of analogy. i see someone who might be a fan of this university. iowa state is just up the road. all due respect, you got a lousy football team. alright. you and you have for a long time. and so, you know what, i'm sure there's a l

running the united states senate. you are in charge of all those guys. everybody wants to go in their own direction. i think that we should stop the laboring. we will get the senators together. here comes the senator. the book is called crisis point. why we must stand how weak can overcome our broken politics. >> if you guys can be friends, there is hope. nice to see you. thank you so much. the bottom line is, it just seems like nothing can get done in dc. they need to read your book. >> what is the point of the book here? >> we have reached a crisis washington is dysfunctional. it is critical that we do a better job of covering it. you cannot do that if you are the only there on wednesdays. that will not work. that is not working. we have to make some changes. >> you are running the place for some time. >> when we were there, we did get a lot done. we had a divided senate. we did welfare reform. we balanced the budget. cut taxes. first of all, we communicated a lot. the book is not about what we did did the book is about we had some experiences. here are

and she was a united states senator from a complexed state with a diverse population and a very complex economy, and she did a very, very good job of that. and as secretary of state she was on the very front row with regard to world events, and as stephanie said earlier we live in a very dangerous and complex world. i think her experience in that particular cabinet position is invaluable with regard to bringing foreign policy and decisions to the floor from the oval office. that's why i made that decision. >> what part of iowa do you represent? >> right where we're standing. >> this is you? the greater portion of warren county, martinsdale, liberty center and points east. i have the whole eastern and northern part of the county. >> and to give people who are watching this out of state an idea we're in i indianaola. what do your constituents think about this race? have they made up their minds? we have about 25 days to the iowa caucuses. >> i think it's a split ticket. there are definitely those who went on with hillary early on, with bernie sanders early on, and with martin o'malley. i

thank you. [ applause ] >> ladies and gentlemen, the majority leader of the united states senate, the honorable harry reid. >>> a blast that rocked the 16th street baptist church five decades ago, blood every stained glass window in the church except one. our staffs have talked, and i know he was going to use this reference, but it's worth repeating. listen to this. blew out every stained glass window in the church except one. one window remained was an image of jesus leading a group of children to safety. on that september morning in 1963, there was no safety for those four little girls, addie mae collins, denise mcnair, carole robertson or cynthia wesley. not even in sunday school. but there really was salvation. not only for the four young ladies but for a nation that outrage sparked by the death of these four innocents united the civil rights movement like nothing had up until that time. as dr. king said at the funeral for these three girls -- three of the girls i should say, quote, god still has a way of bringing good out of evil. dr. king said, god still has a way of wringing go

republican president there is a clear path to repealing obama care without 60 votes of the united states senate. we are confronting the president with a hard honest truth. obama care does not work. has to go. higher premiums, fewer choices, restricted access. these are not signs of success. these are signs of failure, and the american people deserve better, so we are asking the president to reverse course, don't give washington bureaucrats more control over our healthcare. the patient's in control, put them back in charge. charge. if there is one story being told you today is this, the idea that obama care is the law of the land is a myth. that will collapse under its own weight we will see this law the next session of congress as we are. today be repealed and signed replaced by a republican president. they are also asking the president to stop sending the hard-working taxpayer dollars of all of our constituents to planned parenthood. so in that money to health centers. it can better be used there. they are asking the president to choose life can't value life, to protect life very proud of our

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. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> please remain standing as the chaplain of the united states senate dr. black gives the invocation. >> let us pray. sovereign god, your glory fills the skies. triumph over the shades of night. lord, thank you for this congressional gold medal ceremony that commemorates the brief lives of four exemplary young women, casualties in the bombing of the 16th street baptist church on september 15th, 1963. may their deaths on a day that they came to church to worship you remind us of the senseless and deranged nature of evil motivating us to remember that all that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing. we praise you that their tragic deaths helped arouse the conscience of a nation, bring g ing deliverance and freedom to the oppressed. inspire us, oh, god, to honor the memories of addy, denise, carol and cynthia by refusing to become weary in doing what is right, knowing that a productive harvest is as certain as the dawning of the springtime upon a cold, dead land. we pray in the name of him, who said, let the children come to me for o

. >> we've already seen were happens when we have a first-term united states senator become president of the united states and ex-president needs to be day in office will get rid of every single unconstitutional and unwise of thing that barack obama has done not someone that agrees meanwhile donald trump and leading in states like new hampshire's thing he's got a focus on the general election speaking of donald trump a muslim protester was ejected from a rally tonight in south carolina the woman was wearing a hijab rose hobby but told cnn she plans to attend a rally to get from supporters a glimpse of what muslims are like the trump campaign told police to remove anyone protesting from the event donald trump has been under fire for his proposal to temporarily banned muslims from injuring the us hillary clinton getting some support democratic rival bernie sanders says bill clinton's scandals while he was president has no place in the candidates should focus on the issues of today rather than history a couple of running a tough lesson about leaving close call they had after thieves stol

but in this notion that one united states senator or two can stop the entire process and put the united states not just in an embarrassing situation but in a negative situation that hurts flexibility and our interest and set back our ability to carry values at the highest level and sits back our ability to organize fully our effort to defeat and protect the people of the united states of america. i asked mini asked men the men and women that we significantly qualified and supported by messengers confirmation in the process should go forward a reasonable pace. that is fair and it is the good democratic way to do business. we faced many challenges the world today. we should not be making our own job charter ofjobs harder by failing to put ourselves in the best position possible. so i appealed to the united states senate, please act without further delay on these and other nominations for you and in so doing you will strengthen both america and the institution in which you serve. thank you. [inaudible conversations] >> as these confirmations are held up do you think that you have a major p

senator cruz will not this year in the united states senate, i can assure you of that.s to be what we're hearing. >> he has struck a chord. all of these people struck a chord. both trump, cruz and sanders, oaky?re's dissatisfaction with washington. millions of americans, for a moment of seriousness, millions opped looking for work. the middle class is shrinking at what we define as the middle class. people have not seen any their lives. they haven't, this strikes sanders, the very wealthy and have gotten a lot wealthier. so, you see a frustrthere which then rejects the quote, establishment or elected people.use me, cruz has tapped into that. sanders has tapped into it and of course trump has, you know, and one thing good bernie now brushes his hair. so that's good. >> seth: yes. [ light laughter ] >> so that's good.in the polls. >> i ran into a guy the other day and he said, "i said, who are you for?" i'm for trum he tells it like it is. he's going to make america great your second choice? he said sanders. you know. [ light laughter ]mean, it's, it's both ends of the spectrum of dissatis

"here's a united states senator, republican - doesn't have support of one other republican senator. and i can tell you... they like me! cruz -- attacking trump on the very same point. "if as a voter you think what we need is more republicans to cut a deal with harry reid, nancy pelosi and chuck shumer then i guess donald trump is new track: late thursday, conservative magazine national review released it's new cover. a special issue opposing trump's bid for the presidency....with essays from conservatives like erick erickson and glenn beck. the editors, writing: "trump is a philosophically unmoored political opportunist." trump responded late thursday. trump - thursday night22:59:42 the national review is a dying paper, it's circulation is way down, not very many people read it anymore. meanwhile trump's now - looking to widen his net... ... recasting himself as the kumbaya candidate. "i will bring our country together. we will be unified, we will be one, we will be happy again." but, according to our most recent poll, most americans aren't feeling it. trump's widely disliked by afr

of america, only two united states senators have won a grammy award. the first was united states senator everett mckinley dirksen from lincoln, illinois, for his album "gallon myth." and now again, another senator from illinois has become the second senator in history for a grammy award for his written word. fortor obama won his grammy his recording of his book "games for my father." i understand hillary clinton won a grammy award when she was first lady. and she won for "it takes a village." brian: recently, jimmy carter was nominated for a grammy. one of the things that came to they are all democrats. none of the republicans come of the ronald reagan books, the george w. bush, and of those got nominated. do you see this as being conscious on part of the grammy nominees? carlos: i have no idea. the thing about the reagan memoir authored by him, there was a question about how much he actually wrote. point, even joked at one i hear it is a great book. had occasion to listen to audiobooks. it seems like a small sample size though

but she declined to say which candidate she would endorse. 43 as a united state senator.... and then support that candidate. 1:02 ernst also visited fort dodge, webster city and carroll.. president obama vetoing legislation that would have repealed the affordable care act... the bill would have cut federal funding for planned parenthood. it's one of many repeal measures pushed by republican lawmakers since 20-10, when obama signed the health care program into law. the bill goes back to the republican- led congress, which does not have the votes to override the veto. presidential candidate, ted cruz, is criticizing president obama's ability to keep the country safe... charges yesterday. both men came into the u-s as refugees from iraq. while in mason city, senator cruz said the arrests support his view that the u-s should not accept refugees from syria. 1:00-1:12 both were iraqi refugees, both came in through the vetting programs that president obama tells us are perfectly effective for vetting terrorists. cruz has introduced legislation that would impose a three year morator

united states, donald j trump! >> i can tell you i am very proud tonight to announce the next president of the united states, senator bernie sanders. >> the next president of the united states, my friends, and a great american, ted cruz. [applause] kyle: this is the first winnowing so it's like a front-loaded super bowl. you'll have some candidates that drop out after iowa, new hampshire. and then you get to super tuesday. you don't have to win, but you have to be in the top 3. scott: iowa politics is abouas grassroots as it gets. it is where some candidates spend years building a ground game, hoping that the caucuses it is proof that all politics is local. even donald trump, this week, descended from his mass-rally-personal-jet-commuter mass-rally-personal-jet-commuter campaign to attendat church and even stayed overnight in a holiday inn. donald trump: i thought it was terrific. it was clean. it was nice. and the bed was good. scott: but in the state where politics is done over dinner, in diners, in community halls that host town halls, this is not a place for casual politics. iowans care about their ises. and of

. >>> all new tonight, a united states senator is offering pray to the university of florida scientists. >> the final forensic was presented on the dolzier school for boys. tonight, abc action news carson chambers isspeaking with senator nelson who's offering an apology to survivors to family. >> they are doing every bit. an apology from the u.s. of florida. >> and a pledge to never repeat a chapter of florida's darkest history. >> if you ask the white house boys, that they'll tell you monument and some kind of memorial so that in the future people who visit that site will know what happened there. >> and i think that's very appropriate. >> now, there is debate among survivors and family members and florida's cabinet how to honor the site, boot hill semitrar where 15 boys remains and more than a dozens using artifacts age. >> it is a great relief for those families that's still pending. whether the unidentified dolziers boys will be buried or arrested before. >> ultimately, i think to find the best for the best one. >> in tampa, i am carson chambers, abc action news. >> we have the full

the united states senator takes roll call votes and refers things back to the subcommittee for amendment's a big difference. i don't think that being u.s. senator prepares you well to be president of the united states. i think the president presidents would he have had in the last century teddy roosevelt and ronald reagan were both governors. >> woo that include mayor. chatter former mayor of new york city michael bloomberg is interested. dangle out in the media in the last 24 to 46 hours. what about mayor of a big city? >> how about if mayor bloomberg actually gets into the race and offers himself up to the american people and then i will give u. my evaluation of mayor bloomberg. as long as it's it background folks whispering in the ears of the media no reason to consider anything like that. >> i know the criticism of the media and some ways i think it's probably fair. even donald trump today in a facebook post said that the media is out for him. is thed i can't out to get all of you? >> no. what i'm saying is though if mayor bloomberg wants to run for president, he knows exactly how to

my constituents get to go to the polls and vote for me on a ballot that says united states senator. to the united states senate to advocate on behalf of them, i can't vote. delegates in the house of representatives can devote. i would like to call franklin garcia up to join me hair. -- join me here. oft is so against the values our democracy, so against the values that we hold dear, that we are counting on you around iowatate of viola to -- of to end this injustice. you have the ability to pass these resolutions onto your state convention and make them part of your national convention. it means the world to me and my constituents. we did come bearing some gifts for every chair the pledges to get our resolution. we have a d.c. statehood amaga. mug.atehood these are portable cell phone batteries, they say do not let washington be powerless. supportec statehood -- d.c. statehood. a word of advice, you have to be recharged these. please don't be that guy who calls me and says, you know that charger worked great for a few days. then we want you to take one of these posters. to tell you, i

. >> he's a united states senator, republican, doesn't have sent of one other republican senator. there is something wrong there. >> meanwhile, a new super pack is spending $45,000 to send negative mailers about donald trump to potential iowa voters. politico said it was sent by presidential campaign. up steam. he snagged a highly coveted endorsement in new hampshire. the state's former gop chairman fergus colin said he thinks kasich has a chance of winning the granite state and appreciates the governor's positive and consistent tone. well for hillary clinton. iowa. the first time sanders took a clear lead in the critical caucus state. the cnn poll shows that voters the economy. foreign policy. speaking in iowa, clinton surging voters to take a closer look at sanders ' democratic socialist policies. >>> next at noon, a group of ohio sorority girls trying to stereotypes. somara. >> and we're talking about weather and clouds hanging on. still cold out there and some snow from that storm could be reaching the southern counties. just how much that is coming up >>> new at noon, one of