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and workers. the issue was sick time. the president said the deal ensures rail workers will get quote better pay, improved working conditions and peace of mind around their health care costs. amtrak had preemptively postponed long distance routes to avoid stranding passengers if a deal wasnt reached. a strike would have had a devastating impact on the economy since 40% of goods shipped long distance in the united states use the rail system. theres been no word yet from the labor unions...

In the u.s. congress. well see what happens. its a scary time, craig. honestly im not optimistic about it. but i do hope we see more bipartisan efforts happen on capitol hill through friendships. >> susan page, we just saw jesse jackson jr. there, we saw alexandria ocasio-cortez, aoc as shes known. this was congressman cummings 13th term. he ran in 96 during the special election. what do we know about the future of that see? we saw fumai. it was elijah cummings who filled the side of fumai who r...

>> what a moment that was. congressman cummings observing his 13th term in office over that time, republican congressman mark meadows and the moment accused him of committing a racist act by having lynn patton testify, a divisive time on capitol hill and still is right now and an incredible moment and reminder, and everyone looking at this yesterday in the form of a tweet. mark meadows reacting to his friends passing saying there is no better friend than elijah cummings. im heartbroken for his w...

>> the fact that someone would use a prop, a black woman in this committee is alone racist in itself. >> one of my best friends. i can see and feel your pain. >> distributes poor in for elijah cummings, a rare moment of bipartisanship resurfaces, defending his conservative colleague and best friend mark meadows to rashida tlaib when she tried to accuse him of racism. carly shimkus here with reaction online. >> what a moment that was. congressman cummings serving his 13th term in congress and ove...

Thats about to break? is there? are you retiring for the reasons you say you are? >> yes. thank you for having me on again, chris. thank you for correcting -- it is my 13th term. everybody keeps saying its my 12th. its been 25 years, chris. during those 25 years ive spent 4,000 nights away from my home. right? where my wife lives, where my daughters and my grandson. i want to be closer to them. but also, chris, think about it a moment. i love that island so much. its my ancestral home. shes batt...

>> yes. thank you for having me on again, chris. thank you for correcting -- it is my 13th term. everybody keeps saying its my 12th. its been 25 years, chris. during those 25 years ive spent 4,000 nights away from my home. right? where my wife lives, where my daughters and my grandson. i want to be closer to them. but also, chris, think about it a moment. i love that island so much. its my ancestral home. shes battered and bruised. and weve got to rebuild her. and its not fair to the people of t...

Earlier. he says he still plans to fight for immigration reform and advocate for puerto rico, where his family is from. >> im going to leave congress that the end of my term in 2019. but im not retiring. i am not giving up on the fight for equality for immigrants, for latinos, for women, fighting for lgbt, the environment, racial justice. the whole range of progressive issues have been fighting for. >> bret: gutierrez is serving his 13th term in the house. up next, as we told you earlier, the tw...

We set out to accomplish what we planned to do and move on to plan "b." >> this week marks the second anniversary of your colleague, gabby giffords, and the lack of gun control legislation should be a black mark on the congress. >> gun control legislation has been swallowed up by everything that ive been in congress and this is my 13th term. >> why is that? why does congress lack the political will to do anything about gun control? >> those of us that represent new york or the northeast, we dont...

Special election covers continues. tomorrow night bret baier will host a live report . meg anicler will be live in new hampshire as well. there is californian said he will retire in the end of his 13th term. he is the longest serving congressman in ventura county. it is an emotional weekend for congresswoman gabby giffords. tomorrow marks the one-year anniversary of the tucson shooting that killed six people and wounded giffords and 12und others. there were a ceremony for the staffer who was kil...