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To thank one special veteran bikes tension, our brave military men and women, veterans everywhere those who served while i did not. I hope they know they have my greatest th respect and now my apolo. Host Brian Williams on wednesday night and this morning on washington journal we want to get your reaction to his iraq helicopter story. The numbers are on your screen. Host you can also make a comment via social media. Host front page of usa today, Brian Williams loses credibility with mistake. it ...

All right, its monday morning. Its never easy to get up out of bed and out the door. Lets go ahead and check on the roadways and see how everythings going. Hey, jillian. Good morning, michelle. To you at home as well. I was following an accident out of warrington, but that just cleared in the last few minutes. So, mustang road at palomino drive, thats where it was located, but thats now out of there. Taking a live look at 76 right near belmont avenue. No delays, no accidents to report so far. So...

Up aessmen, they set ruse. It was as follows. They would meet with the congressmen, have a party somewhere or their representatives, the lawyers and they sort of explain to them, well, we represent the arab sheik. And he is very concerned about unrest in the middle east. That ifill like to know he needed a haven in the United States, he could come here. We hear that congressmen have the ability to introduce special and immigration bills to help just one individual come to the United States. Thes...

[captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2014] looking and more of our live coverage today, coming up at 10 45, the u. S. Conference of mayors winter meeting wraps up with Homeland Security secretary jeh johnson touching on topics like Cyber Security. They then hear from House Transportation Committee bill shuster on efforts to pass a transportation bill in congress. Also today, live coverage from the and National Republican rants...

Conference report. Roll call votes are scheduled for after 6 30 be eastern. Over in the senate, members return at 2 ian to continue eastern to continue work on scheduled Flood Insurance rate increases delay. A procedural vote is scheduled for 5 30. Watch the house live on cspan and the senate here on cspan2. Bill and hillary began their teaching careers at the university of arkansas. Bill came right after graduating from yale in 1973, and hillary came a year later. Hillary clintons career began ...

I have seen throughout my professional career that the Robust Exchange of ideas and bipartisan compromises can produce the best policy result. Already i have found my colleagues to be incredibly thoughtful and dedicated public servants. Everyone has a different back browned and perspective that can help balance decision making. The same goes for career staff. Ive been most impressed by the depth of knowledge, expertise and work ethic they demonstrate on a daily basis. Finally i think input from ...

Secretary of defense here tonight. We know last week he made a Surprise Announcement at his first thank you rally saying yes hes indeed choosing general james mattis for defense secretary. But the fact that two will be up on stage together, certainly notable, especially given that is the military friendly town. So donald trump hoping to cash in on the energy here almost to validate his pick for Secretary Of Defense. And we know trump has many thank you tours and rallies ahead. Just two this week...

Administration . Possibly, possibly. Tim, michael, thank you very much for being here. Were following a lot of news this morning so lets get right to it. They want a tremendous health care plan, thats what we have. Thursday will be the day, repeal and replace. Im still a no vote. The bill is still bad. In politics, if you get 85 of what you want, thats pretty darn good. Nobody is above the law, that includes the president of the United States. Im asking you a question, please answer questions. I...

Yet it is a message deeply delivered from my heart. We are a country that stands united in condemning hate and evil and all of its very ugly forms. We are also taking strong measures to protect our nation from radical islamic terrorism. We must restore integrity and the rule of law at our borders. I am also calling on this congress to repeal and replace obamacare. America must put its own citizens first because only then can we truly make America Great again. Jenna our chief White House Correspo...

A full understanding motivation of the russian ambassador. One thing that isnt clear at this moment is whether flynn read that document. One more interesting detail that my colleague jeff zeleny has confirmed, is that according to a former u. S. Official the Obama White House was troubled about the way trump transition people was handling classified documents. Sources say some highly classified document were copied requested removed from a secure room in washlt headquarters. As a result of that ...