I have the experience and the testing. The testing which is shaped shoe and prepares you for the most important job in the world. I and here to ask you for your prayers, for your support for your efforts because i have decided to run for president of the United States. Mark after that announcement, i spent if youa a few minutes with him. More that later. For now, to john. John this was vintage k6. John kasich. The good, the bad, it sounded like john joyce. There was an unruly, rambling feel to it, but it was very charming and all of that. It reflected his heart his passion, very different from the messages we heard from other 2016 ors. If you find him charming, he found his speech charming if youre a critic, you will find a lot to criticize. Mark i think john kasich these to show people that he is interesting, that he is stuff to say that he cannot get elsewhere, and he has a record. I thought he put that on display today. There are critics who say it was too long too thin on policy no
And the inspired action you took to come to the aid of the veteran in crisis. Thank you all for the work that you do day in and day out on behalf of those who have served. A few weeks ago i had the honor of meeting with robert mcdonald, the secretary of the va. Secretary mcdonald is a man who has time and again answered the call of duty to his and our nation. He graduated from the United States military academy at west point in the top 2 of his class in 1975. An army veteran. Mr. Mcdonald served with the 82nd airborne division, completed jungle, arctic, desert warfare training, earned the ranger tab, that expert infantry men badge. Senior parachutist wing. Upon leaving military service, captain mcdonald was awarded the Meritorious Service medal. But mr. Mcdonalds expertise as a soldier is equal by his business beingaccumen. He earned a degree from the university of utah and has a career in the private sector. Before joining the va, chairman mcdonald was chairman, president and chief ex
With the general an think taking place . I know whether its emerge or care, i helped start a Youth Leadership symposium in houston where im from and its still very, very difficult for us to get people engaged to sign up for these programs. So you can talk about putting these programs in the mosque or starting a sunday school class about it or putting ads in your local paper, but theres still a very, very large divide in having people in the Community Involved in this. What are suggestions practically speaking on apathy . Okay, ill go first. And thank you for sort of thank you for the question. Something that id eventually speak about when i was up there. One of the ideas we have tried to quote unyoet get the Community Involved and engaged is to get them to run for Political Office at the lowest level. There are thousand chairs in the city of houston. And about 10 of them are from our community. Our population is less than 1 or 2 approximately. Many times, its not that difficult to get
About israel and iran, maybe, but its also because of the white houses response to benghazi, perhaps, something obviously, but that was nothing to do with chuck hagel who wasnt in the government at that time. Well, today republican threats to take the unprecedented step of blocking a president ial cabinet appointment came to fruition, if you will. Democrats moved forward with a procedural vote to end debate and pave the way for a final up and down vote. Then it failed. It failed to get the 60 votes needed to overcome a filibuster. So and this just happened. Where does hagels nomination go from here and what are the republicans really up to here in delaying the vote . Claire mccaskill is a democratic senator from missouri. Thank you, senator. Kelly odonnell. Let me tell you this, i want to ask you, why are they doing this . Why are they holding up a cabinet appointment at the highest 4re68, defense secretary in why are the republicans doing this . I talked to republicans about this toda
But its also because of the white houses response to benghazi, something that has nothing do with chuck hagel, who wasnt even in the government at the time. Today, the unprecedented step came to a head. That failed to get the 60 votes needed. That mob at the gate headed over what are republicans really trying to do . Nbcs Kelly Odonnell is at the capital tonight. Let me just tell you this, im going to ask you, why are they doing this . Why are they holding up a cabinet appointment . For some of them, it is about chuck hagel wanting to know more, who were not a part of committee. They just all received. They make it very clear. Its not personal, they say. It is a tool within the rules of the senate. They say the only tool they have to try to extract from the Administration Information they did not willingingly give. So case in point, there are two things that have happened because they put up this resistance. Today, they received a letter and they believed that that is a credit to the w