the director of the fbi, james comey, has defended his decision to notify the us congress about reopeningear's presidential election. four days before the country goes to the polls, the two remaining candidates for the french presidency have attacked each other‘s policies and characters in a bad—tempered televised debate. polling suggests mr macron won the clash. at a meeting with the palestinian leader mahmoud abbas at the white house, president trump has said he is committed to working for a middle east peace deal. now on bbc news it's time for hardtalk.

translation: we are prepared to provide the senate and the us congress with a transcipt of the conversationween our foreign minister and president trump. it is reasonable to say vladimir putin enjoyed making that offer. that offer comes on the back of claims that donald trump leaked classified information to the russians last week. we'll be live in washington for more on all those developments. any questions you've got, the hashtag is #bbcos. us soldier chelsea manning has been freed from jail. we'll report from the military prison where she was held for seven years for passing thousands confidential documents to wikileaks. and emmanuel macron has unveiled his new gender—balanced cabinet chosen from across the political spectrum. we'll find out who's in his top team. welcome to outside source it is not a statement to —— an overstatement to say there is next essential threat to the trump per 70. that is not to say that mr trump has done anything wrong, but there are profound and pressing about his conduct. let's start by considering the last eight days. last tuesday donald trump fired fbi di

a major legislative victory for president trump as republicans in the us congress pass their health careill. make no mistake, this is a repeal and a replace of obamacare, make no mistake about it. republicans secured just enough votes to push through the legislation. all democrats voted against the bill. and it will face big hurdles in the senate. meanwhile the president will now head to new york to meet the australian prime minister. it's donald trump's first trip home since taking office and i'm christian fraser in paris. after a brutal tv debate between the contenders just 3 days to go until french voters return to the polls. centrist candidate emmanuel macron takes legal action over claims he has a secret bank account in the caribbean. his far—right rival marine le pen repeated the allegation in last night's debate. mr macron says it's "fake news and lies". plus all the other days news — including the announcement that the duke of edinburgh is to retire from his public duties. the us house of representatives has narrowly passed a republican party proposal to repeal barack obama's aff

the director of the fbi, james comey, has defended his decision to notify the us congress about reopening an investigation into hillary clinton's use of e—mails less than two weeks before last yea r‘s presidential election. four days before france goes to the polls, the two remaining candidates for the french presidency have attacked each other‘s policies and characters in a bad—tempered televised debate. polling suggests mr macron won the encounter. at a meeting with the palestinian leader mahmoud abbas at the white house, president trump has said he is committed to working for a middle east peace deal. now it's time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i am stephen sackur. south africa's anc was once seen as sackur. south africa's anc was once seen as an sackur. south africa's anc was once seen as an inspirational model for africa. now it is becoming a watchword for infighting, cronyism, corruption and the dangers of 1—party rule. president jacob corruption and the dangers of 1—party rule. presidentjacob zuma stands accused of abusing his power not just by his stands accused of abusing hi

the director of the fbi, james comey, has defended his decision to notify the us congress about reopening an investigation into hillary clinton's use of e—mails less than two weeks before last yea r‘s presidential election. four days before the country goes to the polls, the two remaining candidates for the french presidency have attacked each other‘s policies and characters in a bad—tempered televised debate. polling suggests mr macron won the clash. at a meeting with the palestinian leader mahmoud abbas at the white house, president trump has said he is committed to working for a middle east peace deal. mr trump hosted israel's prime minister in february. now it's time for click. hackers beware. finally there is a box which is immune to your attacks. hack—proof. totally secure. sounds like a challenge to me! over the last few years, billions of e—mail accounts have been hacked. has yours? last year, yahoo announced that over 1.5 billion e—mail accounts were compromised between 2013 and 2014, the largest breach in history. then it emerged that russian hackers had gained access to 60,000

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after months of wrangling, republicans in the us congress may be close to repealing health care legislation 0bama. today will see local elections taking place in england, wales and scotland. nearly 5,000 council seats are being contested. there are also mayoral elections in doncaster and north tyneside, as well as in six new devolved regions in england. 0ur political correspondent vicki young has more details about the vote. almost 5000 seats are up for grabs but none in northern ireland. in scotla nd but none in northern ireland. in scotland these elections involve all 32 councils and were last contested in 2012. back then the snp on the most seats but labour wasn't far behind. a key battleground this time will be glasgow city council, where labour has held overall control since 1980. in wales, all 22 councils are being elected. labour performed strongly five years ago and it is defending almost 600 seats, far more than any other party. the tories are hoping for games and ukip could wilderness good showing in the welsh assembly elections. in england there are 34 elections. in england there

whenever the ongoing investigations may lead us, congress must act to restore the faith of the americanpeople in our republic. it is incumbent upon republicans to join democrats and calling on congress to immediately investigate this latest irresponsible action, as well as support the appointment of a special prosecutor. we need the white house to make the transcripts of the meeting with the russian foreign minister and ambassador available to the house and senate intelligence committees as soon as possible. we must ensure that president trump does no additional damage to the united states national security in his dealings with russia. it is time for the republican party to put country over party. and to remember their country is the united states of america and not russia. >> we have young men and women in uniform all across the world today representing our nation. even the most junior of those young officers and men and women know that you do not leak a classified data to the russians. russia is not our friend. our intelligence committee has made it clear that russia seeks to undermin

members of the us congress have been giving their reaction.gation into a close political associate. and we are only one day removed from stunning allegations that the president may have divulged classified information to a known adversary. concerns about our national security, the rule of law, the independence of our nation's highest law enforcement agencies, are mounting. allegedly, the president did something inappropriate. it is an open invitation for the judicial forces. i don't want to read the memo, i want to hear it from him. so you want him to testify publicly. yes. have you invited him? ijust did. let's speak to jane o'brien in washington. jane, no surprise what the democrats are saying about all of this. perhaps more importantly, what are the republicans saying about this latest crisis that the administration has lurched into? we are seeing growing concern about senior republicans. there is a real worry that the constant turmoil in the white house is really about to derail their political agenda. they wa nt to derail their political

a major legislative victory for president trump as republicans in the us congress pass their health carea repeal and a replace of 0bamacare, make no mistake about it. republicans secured just enough votes to push through the legislation. all democrats voted against the bill. and it will face big hurdles in the senate. meanwhile the president will now head to new york to meet the australian prime minister. it's donald trump's first trip home since taking office and i'm christian fraser in paris. after a brutal tv debate between the contenders just 3 days to go until french voters return to the polls. centrist candidate emmanuel macron takes legal action over claims

the us government wont be shutting down — at least not this week. congressh houses. the $1 trillion deal will keep the us government running until september. what would have happened without a deal? the statue of liberty would have been closed, other places would have been closed, other places would have been closed, but they came in to agreement in the nick of time so there won't be a disagreement about keeping the federal government open. there's look at the deal. it does not include any money for president trump ozma wall, and there was also no funding slashed but it wasn't all bad news for resident trump because he has one 12.5 billion dollars in defence funding. certain things aren't included in this deal. it was aren't included in this deal. it was a winds definitely for democrats and there were some winds as well for republicans but overall, if you look at the reaction from both parties, you can certainly see that democrats we re you can certainly see that democrats were a lot more up beat about what was in fact included. this isjust a stopgap measure

it is the responsibility of each of us in congress. i think merely having this debate would be a real service to the american people. >> i appreciate that. in talking with your staff in the run-up to this panel, the role we play is trying to stimulate debate and discussion. i am very grateful. can you stay for a couple of minutes? >> absolutely. >> the rules of engagement are the same. for all distinguished speakers at heritage. we would be delighted to take your question. just please raise your hand, identify yourself by name in and organization and ask a question with a question mark at the end. >> thank you, senator. i am paul larkin, a fellow here at heritage. in your opinion, what is the difference between a congressional declaration of war, and a congressional aumf? would you choose one over the other? >> in the use of military force, my colleague sort of alluded to, can either be fairly narrow in scope. one example would be the quasi war in the 1790s, where was limited with the action be taken against the barbary pirates who wer

and, congress has taken a keen interest in every now and then. that is the authorization for use of military force. one of the most awesome powers that the congress has under the constitution. hasthat congress have -- authorized force five times in our nations history. times inared wars five our nations history, and operates use of military force over 40 times. the question today, we're delving into the the very fascinating and interesting topic of senator young's proposal for an isis specific authorization for use of military force. reading,ommend to your a paper which we just released, and michael offered -- co-authors here. on analyzing all the cases out of guantanamo. the kb's cases, to see whether -- if president trump brought isis members to guantanamo, whether the old 2001 a limit would actually apply. and if not, what the litigation risk would need. i hope you read that paper. we are not going to talk much about it today, that's not the point. the point is to hear from the senator who has some excellent prepared -- remarks. he has been kind enough to agree to answer a few

greg gianforte, a high profile republican candidate for the us congress, has been charged with assaulty knocked a guardian journalist to the ground, on the eve of an important by—election. mr gianforte's spokesman said benjacobs entered an office without permission and was aggressive. the guardian newspaper has published audio of what happened. china has issued a stern warning to the united states after one of its warships sailed within 12 nautical miles of an island in the south china sea. the uss dewey passed close to mischief reef, an artificial island built by the chinese in the disputed waters. a spokesman for china's foreign ministry said the move was a mistake and could upset negotiations over the area. 91 inmates have escaped from a prison in northeastern brazil through a 30—metre tunnel. a police hunt is under way at the prison in parnaymirim in the state of rio grande do norte. a number of prisoners have been recaptured and, like manyjails in brazil, this prison is dilapidated and overcrowded. president trump has strongly criticised nato leaders for not paying enough for thei

after months of wrangling, republicans in the us congress may be close to repealing health care legislation 0bama. this story on bbc.com. china's government has issued new rules, tightening its control over online media outlets. companies that publish or share news will need a government licence, and senior editors will need to be approved by the authorities. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. once again the japan times takes a look at the diplomacy involved over north korea's nuclear and missile programmes. as the us and china work together, the paper says pyongyang could turn to russia for support. it says north korea is hoping moscow would help ease the pain if china steps up sanctions. the china daily also focuses on diplomacy involving north korea. it's reporting that chinese president xi jinping wants to bring asean countries like the philippines into the discussions, to help maintain regional peace and stability. the south china morning post is looking ahead to this week's maiden test flight of china's first home—grown passengerjet. the c—9i9 is built by the

us. and also understandably members of congress wanted to satisfy us. and that's what they set out to do. and in the clean air act of 1970, congress promised healthy air without heavy burden. and what they convinced himself would deliver this was something called technology forcing the idea was that if congress had a definite deadline for producing clean air, that would force industry to invent affordable technology that would in fact, deliver healthy air without costing too much. this was plausible in the sense that just the previous year in 1969, americans landed a man on the moon and congress explicitly said, members expressly said that if they could do that come if they can land a man on the moon, they could make the air healthy on earth. that's what people believed. both parties signed on, both parties voted overwhelmingly for the clean air act. but technology forcing did not work as was hoped. for example, to meet the deadline for producing healthy air in southern california, would have required taking three-quarters of the cars off the road, and t

a powerful committee of the us congress has demanded to see all communications between mr trump and james comey by may 24th. president trump is still insisting he did nothing wrong in sharing sensitive intelligence with two senior russian diplomats. his current national security adviser says the president's conversation was "wholly appropriate," and he hadn't known the material had been provided by a foreign ally. responding to north korea's latest missile test, the un security council has been meeting in emergency session. the us ambassador has said she will "call out" states backing pyongyang's nuclear programme. north korea claims its latest rocket could carry a nuclear warhead. now, coming up in a minute it'll be hardtalk, but first let's have a quick look at the front pages of this morning's newspapers. obviously, our breaking story of the latest white house crisis came too late for the first editions. they're concentrating on domestic matters. the i leads with the launch of labour's manifesto, calling it the party's "most radical since the 1980s." the times claims labour's taxation

greg gianforte, a high profile republican candidate for the us congress, has been charged with assaulter he allegedly knocked a guardian journalist to the ground, on the eve of an important by—election. mr gianforte's spokesman said benjacobs entered an office without permission and was aggressive. the guardian newspaper has published audio of what happened. it's reported that president trump ‘s son—in—law, jared kushner, is under scrutiny by the fbi enquiry into russian interference in last year ‘s election. jared kushner, seen here at his father—in—law‘s side, at a time when donald trump's base in certain members of his inner circle is thought to be waning, the influence wielded by members of the first family is on the ascent. at the age of 36, jared kushner is the president's closest to buy a fashion adviser. jared kushner is reported to have caught the attention of the fbi because of his meetings with this man, russia's ambassador to the us. he is also thought to have met with a head of a russian bank which was subject to sanctions imposed by the obama administration. jared kushner

a powerful committee of the us congress has demanded to see all communications between mr trump and jamesing wrong in sharing sensitive intelligence with two senior russian diplomats. his current national security adviser says the president's conversation was "wholly appropriate," and he hadn't known the material had been provided by a foreign ally. responding to north korea's latest missile test, the un security council has been meeting in emergency session. the us ambassador has said she will "call out" states backing pyongyang's nuclear programme. north korea claims its latest rocket could carry a nuclear warhead. now, coming up in a minute it'll be hardtalk, but first let's have a quick look at the front pages of this morning's newspapers.

a powerful committee of the us congress has demanded to see all communications between mr trump and jameshe did nothing wrong in sharing sensitive intelligence with two senior russian diplomats. his current national security adviser says the president's conversation was wholly appropriate, and he hadn't known the material had been provided by a foreign ally. responding to north korea's latest missile test, the un security council has been meeting in emergency session. the us ambassador has said she will call out states backing pyongyang's nuclear programme. north korea claims its latest rocket could carry a nuclear warhead. now on bbc news, panorama. litter is a big problem. £2 billion spent on cleaning up litter and waste last year. the public wants to see something done about litter. an increasing number of fines are being issued on behalf of councils. it's causing real anger. all i want to do is pick up the poo that you say i'm responsible for. look at this poor old man. you alright, mate? look, and they're abusing him, you scumbag. many of the fines are being handed out by private com

translation: we are prepared to provide the senate and the us congress with a transcipt of the conversation

joining us now is congress member adam kinzinger. of the wars in iraq and afghanistan. >> good morning, alisyn. >> do you agree with senator mccain? >> that is hyperbole. he is very intelligent, obviously. one thing that is bringing a lot of questions to the front is what is going on and what is happening. it seems like every day there's some new information to pop. yesterday it was the idea of speaking and giving intelligence information. today is the idea of was there quote/unquote, cover up or attempt to cover up obstruction of justice? that is concerning. we have to get to the answers. it is not just about the politics of it. everybody is focused on the politics and what it means. when this is done, the american people need to know that justice was served. either way. whether the administration shown they actually did not do anything or whether there was something. the american people deserve the answer. >> if the president asked fbi director james comey to let the investigation go of michael flynn and that is obstruction of just

i was in congress when the medicare part a vote was taken -- part d vote was taken. many of us in congress wanted to use the bargaining fo power of the medicare program to negotiate with the drug industry to lower drug costs, much like we do with the v.a. for veterans. unfortunately the republican majority at the time decided they did not want to do that and help that vote u open. it was for five hours before the pulled the last people down the middle of the aisle and passed medicare part d without requiring us to negotiate for lower prices. , -- inmercial markets the commercial markets, that is what insurance companies do. they go to pharma and say they have x amount of customers. if you want access to our customers, this is what you will pay for our drugs. the result is lower drugs for our customers. the republican majority in the house of representatives did not want to do that. they decided instead of negotiating with pharma that they would pass the program without that. d a result, medicare part customers are paying higher drug prices than veterans who have access to the a

many of us in congress wanted ts be able to use the bargaining power of the medicare program because we have so many subscribers to negotiate. much like we do in virginia for veterans. unfortunately, the republican majority at the time decided they did not want to do the and how that vote open.be i believe four or five hours before they pulled the last couple people down the aisle to pass medicare party without requiring us to negotiate for lower prices. in the commercial markets that's what insurance companies do. big insurance companies go to farming and say we have x amount of customers. if you want access to our customers this is what will pay for the drug. the result is lower cost for the customers. in the federal government and medicare program the republican majority in the house of representatives did not want to do that.f they decided instead of negotiating with pharma they would pass the program without that, as a result medicare part d customers are paying higher prices than veterans have access to healthcare, or to some peopla with plans whose companies have negotiated be

today, as he said, i would like to offer some remarks about whether it's time for congress to pass usef military force against isis. what you may not know is that my time here came at a historically significant moment because it gave me a taste of the fine scholarship here. my last day here at heritage was supposed to be september 1september 10, 2001. my successor in my administrative role here had not formally been trained and turnover didn't occur so i volunteered to come back on september 11, 2001. i was buying a bagel for breakfast at the corner bagel shop that is now closed and there's a television screen in the corner and i noted on that screen there was some breaking news, a plane had hit the world trade center tower. i arrived here at heritage, not certain certain what had occurred but i had some suspicions, and we were told the second plane had hit the world trade center tower. not too much after that, as i recall events, we were looking out the window and saw a large plume of smoke which appeared to be rising from the mall right here in washington d.c. we later found out that

us. >> congress to sheila jackson lee thank you for your time. more ahead.s is bloomberg. ♪ i've spent my life planting a size-six, non-slip shoe into that door. on this side, i want my customers to relax and enjoy themselves. but these days it's phones before forks. they want wifi out here. but behind that door, i need a private connection for my business. wifi pro from comcast business. public wifi for your customers. private wifi for your business. strong and secure. good for a door. and a network. comcast business. built for security. built for business. >> we know she will chair a second meeting of cobra, which is the emergency committee that responds to these events. she also made a private visit to the manchester children's hospital. 12 victims are under the age of 16. that's one element which has made this attack so horrible, so difficult to jot -- digest for people. >> i know interns and -- intelligence sharing is a greater issue as brexit negotiations continue -- i'm imagine that something to debate at the nato summit later this week. what stands t

they have tried to use congress to shut us down as state ag's.ommittee has been led by lamar smith, has been very aggressive in attempting to subpoena me and really attempting to bully us into stopping us from doing our work. these are questions that need to be asked and they need to be answered. amy: that is massachusetts attorney general maura healey. to see our full interview, you can go to democracynow.org. i also spoke to tom goldtooth. talk about your activism that has led to this day, april 29, that it looks like it promises to be one of the hottest april 29th's and washington, d.c., history. >> i've been at the united nations climate negotiation and the world social forums, and in our local community's building the movement of consciousness. this is where it is coming to, this moment where we are breaking down the silos that basically capitalism, industrial mindset has created a divide of people for mother earth. we have to break that and be able to talk to humanity, that we need to come back to understanding where we're at right now. and

oklahomans are doing that with our state legislature and we with our elected officials who represent us in congress. confident that congress will hear from the american education.ut public we know that having excellent public schools in our cities the country will help everyone because it lifts our country. soledad: deborah gist superintendent from tulsa. thank you. deborah: thank you. >> next on "matter of fact." to group people by politics? but not by race? supreme court says about how election maps could be losers.the winners and and later. need work? inwe are looking at probably manufacturing two million jobs. >> find out if you have the right oledad: an important gerrymander case to update you on the supreme court ruled 8-0 5-3 the strict and other with conservative justice thomas clarence agreeing with liberal justices large of a ayed too role in creating districts in north carolina. they look like. district one is described as an district 12 has been described as looking serpentine. republicans who contro the legislature in 2011 roups too many african-americans in those two districts. thus,

range of women but first, i'm grateful to have with us to wonderful members of congress that we've had the pleasure of working with over the years. representative pramila jayapal is the first indian american women in the house of representatives. she spent the last 20 years working for women's immigrants civil and human rights. we worked with her as a state senator and are excited to welcome her to congress this year. i also like introduce congresswoman nanette barragan from california. she too began her career this year and thehouse of representatives . born in harbor city california she is the youngest of 11 children raised by immigrants from mexico. she beat the odds and put herself through the ucla law school. she they'll be joined by our moderator for today's event, judith warner who's a senior fellow at action and who what out a paper just last week opening the gates, clearing the way for more women to hold political office. i urge you to pick up a copy. these join me in welcoming the congresswoman and judy to the stage. [applause]

you're starting to hear people in congress use the ooirk-word or vague references to the past. >> in congress right now. >> i have made it clear. >> congress right four, there's the house ways and means chair kevin brady. >> for the first time in 30 years, the house, the white house and the senate are all now committed to leading on this issue. we're taking action on pro growth tax reform now. because it's-time to ends the special interest loophole, it's time to lower taxes for all americans on every income level. it's time to cut the sky high tax rate on businesses so american businesses and american jobs no longer move overseas to level the playing field. it's time for washington to move on this issue. and we encourage all americans to tune n, thank you. >> good morning, first i want to thank chairman brady and the members over at the ways and means committee. this hearing will be an opportunity to examine how a pro growth tax reform will create more jobs. i was talking to small business leaders, everywhere i went, they talked about how our tax code is a source of constant frustrati

the appropriations, the spending process, congress using the power of the purse has been broken here in washington for more than ten years, and i think a good shutdown will be one that can help fix that, as part of that overall drain the swamp mentality about washington, d.c., this president is willing to think outside of the box and do things differently around here in order to change washington. and if that comes to a shutdown in september, so be it. >> dickerson: okay. we will have you back in september and see if the lights are still on. thank you so much. >> no one thought the lights would be on this week, but they are, don't underestimate the president.

us? >> congress too is learning about some of those rules. i think today you'll see some bipartisanship. they'll be happy to make the ceo of united airlines look bad and say we're here for the passengers. we're trying to protect you. whether they follow it up with legislation, less likely. bipartisanship happens in those moments in hearings, it's harder when you come up with what would such a bill actually say. >> there are things united airlines is doing. we can show you after the incident. up to $10,000 for passengers willing to take a later flight, limiting the use of police, and for safety and all these things. is that enough? is that going to quiet the concerns? >> there is more that they could do. >> what's on the top of your priority list as somebody who cares about passenger rights? >> well, right off the top, one of the things the airlines could do would be to change their method of overbooking flights. anybody, when they buy a ticket says, okay, i have a confirmed reservation. if a plane only has 100 seats how do you sell 105 confir

that includes us, congress.nk that's why he has some affection is maybe the wrong word, but erdogan, even putin, i think he can find appreciation for their ability to quickly move to a result without the obstacles of democratic institutions. charlie: checks and balances. john: and this is what all presidents come into. i've been reading recently about kennedy in a book about the bureaucratic state and how kennedy had these ideas and the bureaucratic state kept getting in his way and thwarting him. it was a washington bog. that is exactly what steve bannon would describe it as. or president trump would, as well. if you leave aside what the objectives were from the two presidents, these are these iputiansush and -- lill in washington throwing ropes around your kneecaps to keep you from making progress, that is a very familiar phenomenon. and then that is where presidents start to go wrong. they start to try and get around those prohibitions. that is where they start running afoul of the law. charlie: you talked ab

but many of us in congress, once again, have been having this conversation with our nato friends and allies for a couple years now. pressuring them to do that, i think, is helpful. >> let me ask you about what kelly o'donnell said to us about british prime minister theresa may saying this morning she's going to confront president trump over u.s. officials leaking information of the manchester terror attack. we're hearing reports about how some officials in the uk have already stopped sharing intelligence with the united states. this is now the second ally we've upset over intel sharing. the first one reportedly being israel when president trump shared intelligence with russian officials in the oval office. what do you make of this? >> look, almost every day, i talk to the media about leaks. this has been going on and it is disgusting. whether about the russia investigation, the trump administration, whether about intelligence that's shared with us. some of these people have to be held accountable. my heavens. some of this stuff is, frankly, criminal, and yet we see none of them being

use of cannabis. you talked about it being a national health crisis that requires all of government. should the congress reclassify marijuana to a schedule one drug to allow it to be used for medical purposes? sec. shulkin: right now, federal law does not prevent us at v.a. to look at that as an option for veterans. i believe everything that could help veterans should be debated by congress and by medical experts, and we will implement that law. if there is compelling evidence that this is helpful, i hope that people take a look at that and come up with the right decision. >> but what is your opinion? sec. shulkin: my opinion is that some of the states that have put inappropriate controls, -- but in appropriate controls, there may be evidence this is beginning to be helpful. we are interested in looking at that. but until time that federal law changes, we are not able to be able to prescribe medical marijuana for conditions that may be helpful. [indiscernible] climate change threatens the health of staff and the v.a.'s -- i guess in light of the assessment you are doing, do you continue to see climate c

. >> ladies and gentlemen, on behalf of the 115th congress, welcome. pray. us internal god, we are thankful -- god, we are thankful for this moment of remembrance. we remember the sacrifices of those who laid their lives down in service of this country. remember the brothers and sisters in arms who willingly took on the responsibility and the burden of defense for this country. we are thankful for their sacrifice and invertebrates of their families who solidly -- their rememberance of families who watched him leave and never return -- them leave and never return. we honor their sacrifice in this place, on this day. you've given a string. help us have the courage to act upon it as these we remember from every branch of office. in your name we pray, amen. >> since its founding after the civil war, the observance of memorial day is a reminder of the cost paid by the servicewomen and men of our nation who laid down their lives. to receive the report, the brigadier general of the united states army. >> marine corps all present. >> air force? >> all present. >> coast

so one reason people were using that kind of argument in congress was because they wanted to be able to placate mainland citizens' fears that if we are to invade a foreign territory, this could open the gates to a stream of migrants to the u.s. mainland. and some congressional leaders appealed to this kind of racial logic saying these people are are so inferior to americans that they could never survive in our society even if they came. others argued that the u.s. congress was so powerful that it would be able to use legislation to limit migration streams from the islands. so the first challenge we see in the early 1900s when a woman named isabelle gonzalez comes from the island to new york. and as a pregnant widow, she's immediately labeled likely to become a public charge and detained on ellis island. and eventually a group old lawyers -- a group of lawyer ares pick up the case and bring it all the way to the supreme court. and the supreme court rules in the gonzalez case that puerto ricans should be considered u.s. nationals rather than aliens when entering the united states. and,

i would like to know how congress uses congressional oversight over the judicial branch? guest: great question. congressional oversight is the idea that the legislative branch , beside passing bills, also has the power to oversee executive agencies. it is the idea that congress can pass a bill like the food and drug act, but congress also has fda,ower to make sure the part of the executive branch, is carrying out its power. tsa, when there were enormous congress'ssa, one of jobs is to look at these long delays and find out what is the problem. in many cases, congress can use budgetary authority to reward an agency to try to change how they are operating or punish an agency by cutting back on funds. guest: congress has three primary duties. they make laws. they provide oversight. this is checks and balances. the third, this is what they do quite a lot, which is constituent service. going home every weekend to help the voters solve problems helps their reelection. remember, don't forget about the obvious. congress rights laws. bureaucracyt enforces those laws. the spring cou

pre-existing condition would get supportable coverage. >> jon: joining us now, republican from missouri with the vice chairman of the republican congressit's good of you to spend some time with us. how would you assess the chances of getting something out of the senate but would also satisfy everyone else? >> i think the chances are pretty good and one reason for that is the other system is collapsing. you can't look at this objectively or with any kind of intensity and realize that the current system is just not serving patients well, it's not serving health care needs well and it has to be changed. on the individual market, insurers just don't want to be there. we have 115 counties in my state, 97 of them only have one company that's willing to write insurance on the individual market. five states only have one company that will write insurance and some of the parts of some states have nobody. people who do have policies may have coverage, but they don't have access to health care because their premiums are so high and their deductibles are so high. we've got to do something. i think we're going to make an intense effort to get this