secondly, i think the van hollen case is different than the libya case, is that van hollen and the libya case is likely to be the target of the multi-million dollar campaigns where they're totally anonymous. he can make a particular case, which is the requirement for standing, that these campaigns that are being funded against him, are done by people who are using the cloak of secrecy and they don't have the entitlement of that cloak of secrecy that the 501(c)(4) grant actually gives them. so i think he has a relatively good case, and it is distinct from the libya and other cases. >> julian epstein, as usual, i've been learning a lot and taking notes. thank you. >> coming up, ted cruz remains the champion of republican lost causes. and as of tonight, he remains a canadian citizen. and in the rewrite, how a company mitt romney called a loser is not just re-writing success, it is re-writing the future. and today, chris christie endorsed the guy who was against federal aid for hurricane sandy victims in new jersey. and he is in favor of arming teachers and he thinks our tax system was writt

congressman chris van hollen and justin amash join us. and -- >> we want them to look back and say, this is when the rnc got it right. >> republicans reboot in boston and hillary sets up a speaking tour. hello, 2016. our powerhouse political panel sorts it out. then -- the new orleans saints, the oakland raiders and a first down for the girl from pascagoula. an update on sarah thomas. i'm crowley, and this is "state of the union." >>> after days of deadly violence across the country, egypt's interim government is asking the world to listen to its side of the story. members of the foreign ministry released video today of the recent chaos and blamed terrorists for the unrest. but supporters of ousted president mohamed morsi say egypt's security forces are responsible for the violence that's claimed hundreds of lives since wednesday. i want to bring in nick payton walsh from cairo. nick, give me the latest from the ground. >> reporter: it's comparatively quiet here. first day of the working week and there are protest marches called by the mu

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just conform with the law. >> chris van hollen.or more i'm joined by the great nia-malika henderson. nobody covers elections and government better than "the washington post." i'm looking at these numbers right now. it just seems to me as right as the congressman was on the facts i believe, that the public knowledge is so murky and so confused, there's been so much nonsense thrown. look at this, in june of this year, 47% blame the white house. back in may, a month before it was only 37%. increasingly in this fog of political war, the white house is getting blamed for something they probably had nothing to do with. >> that's right. you've had republicans run a very effective campaign on this issue of the irs and sort of essentially saying that the white house culture of corruption led to this whole scandal at the irs. it turns out not to be much of a scandal. the whole idea the irs was targeting not only tea party groups but progressive groups started to come out in the summer. you feel also that the white house was in some ways caug

. >>> "outfront" tonight a top democrat in the house congressman chris van hollen joins us. congressman, thank you for being with us. i want to pick it up where dana left off. if congress were asked to come back and take a vote authorizing the use of military force, do you think they would vote yes? >> i'm not sure i agree with dana on that. i think it depends on the specific resolution that's been put before the congress. many members of congress who said they wanted to come back and vote on this issue have said they might support the president depending on the specific request, how narrow it was. so, i think that's an open question. but it may be -- >> so why doesn't the president call the members back and get that authorization for use of force? there's no reason not to if he has the votes. >> well, as you know, jessica, the president's position is that if the military action that is taken is very limited in scope and time, the president as commander in chief has the ability to do that. certainly if the president was going to engage, you know, full-scale war, he needs an

i think congressman chris van hollen broadening that issue. i think issa will move ahead. the probe is not over but as far as this becoming a watergate style thing this summer we haven't seen it go there. >> i don't think it will. lauren, is it pretty hard to tell the truth when so much about this, the conversation is political? >> certainly. the oversite committee has a history of being a political committee. there have been a lot of investigations that have gone through there, including benghazi and this irs scandal and there has been a lot of discussion about whether the republicans and democrats were targeted in the same way, whether republicans were targeted more pr there has even been some question about whether democratic groups were targeted at all in the committee discussions there. so i don't see the discussion going away, but i certainly think that the politics of this have made it much more implicated and much more difficult for voters even to understand. >> lauren fox and alexander burns, thanks to both of you. >>> i want to remind folks we are waiting for the

now, i spoke with chris van hollen, a senior democrat on capitol hill.sten to what he said to me about how important this is. >> i think it is important for the president and second of state to layout for the public the clear evidence that the syrian regime was involved in the chemical weapons attack. it seems pretty clear that chemical weapons were used, but i think they should come forward with additional evidence linking the regime to that use of chemical weapons. after all, in iraq there were claims made that saddam hussein had stock piles of chemical weapons. we went to war. turned out not to be the case. >> so, again, it is the question of the chain of custody of these weapons. cameron, secretary of state kerry, vice president biden, all seem to be convinced these were indeed assad's weapons and so that is the kind of evidence i think that members of congress are going to want to hear when they are briefed later today. >> it is worth pointing out, isn't it, that there are definitely an opposing point of view in all of this. >> oh, yeah. >> the whit

. >> catherine: democratic representative chris van hollen of maryland is suing the i-r-s.the house budget committee - and says he's suing over the agency's criteria for tax-exempt social welfare groups. the lawsuit says there's a discrepancy in how federal law defines the eligibility requirements versus how the i-r-s defines them. >> jacqueline: not quite and 90's and antioch where there was 88 degrees. in the north bay and mix of upper 70's and low 80s. and the north bay mainly fall for the bay area we will see bobby conditions tomorrow it will clear into the afternoon. but are typical summer pattern will continue tomorrow and to the weekend. offshore dome a different story with a couple of lightning strikes coming up right now. continuing to track to the north. will take a look at where sitting right now. the clouds and the rain rotating all round it. has that move through tonight. the bill little slow clear up by 10 lifting to the south bay in the delta and 1:00 hour it will leave that to the coastline. 79 in cupertino and 78 and san jose eighties once again places like

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chris van hollen on our side of the aisle has an alternative to sequester. we ought to vote on it. my republican friends haven't allowed a vote on an alternative sequester all year. nothing. we ought to go on conference on the budget so we can actually get a budget, so we can have reasonable numbers on our appropriations bills. we can pass and be proud that we are doing something to put people back to work. we are doing nothing in this house. we ought not go on recess until we do the people's business. i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from oklahoma is recognized. mr. cole: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. cole: thank you, mr. speaker. we did have a referendum on obamacare. what we got was a split decision because while the american people certainly re-elected the president, they also re-elect add republican house. that's a hard thing -- re-elected a republican house. that's a hard thing to achieve in what my friends regard is a great victory. 435 differe