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Work yesterday morning, and broken hearted at what i saw a member of congress doing. a member of congress who listened in on a phone call from the president of the united states to a young wife. and in his way tried to express that opinion, that hes a brave man, a fallen hero. he knew what he was getting himself in into, because he enlisted. >> reporter: so some pretty emotional words there from john kelly, although obviously expressed in his own kind of reserved and, as a marine, as marine woul...

He knew what he was getting into by joining the -- that 1%. he knew what the possibilities were, because were at war. and when he died, and the four cases were talking about niger, my sons case in afghanistan when he died he was surrounded by the best men on this earth. his friends. thats what the president tried to say to four families the other day. i was stunned when i came to work yesterday morning and broken hearted at what i saw a member of congress doing. a member of congress who listened...

Work yesterday morning and brokenhearted at what i saw and remember congress doing. a member of congress who listened in on a phone call from the president of the united states to a young wife. and in his way tried to express that opinion. hes a brave man. a fallen hero. he knew what he was getting himself into because he enlisted. and he was where he wanted to be, exactly where he wanted to be with exactly the people he wanted to be with when his life was taken. that was the message. that was t...

Continue hammering home this point, but you know, look, what is the government doing, what is congress doing, what is the white house doing? in order to stop the issue of russia hacking political institutions, what is going to happen when its not a political institution, but its a hospital, or its a military institution. i mean, that is really what i think we have to get to the bottom of and senator graham speaking earlier today on the sunday shows hammering home that point saying that, you know...

If he did write down memos or type up memos that he took contemporaneously with his interaction with the president, if he knows if there were any taped recordings or audio recordings of their conversations and what he could tell us about that. those things and his testimony are going to be critical to figuring this out. >> brennan also testified today that russia will, quote, further refine its meddling tactics in elections. what is the united states government, specifically the congress doing, ...

Supreme court cases, rather court cases, at least a dozen -- this is 100% the prerogative of the commander-in-chief. to have a district court judge stepping in and saying oh, no, he doesnt have that duty, what else could a district court judge say? oh, no, we are overruling your decision to go to war because someone in hawaii could be affected. this is what we need congress doing. i was hoping for a better repeal of obamacare. sean, they have had seven years to work on it. no one aint in washing...

>> angry chants as senator joni ernst in iowa came face-to-face with angry constituents. some of them are outraged after the presidents first month in office and what their representatives in congress doing. some democrats facing the angry as well. california representative adam schiff, ranking member of the select committee on intelligence, thanks for being here. >> great to be here, thank you. >> yelling makes for great television, but how do you as a party turn this into action, how will you ...

Enter the visa process, which could involve an interview. you can just come and visit up to 90 daze. what the administration is proposing has to do with biometrics, collecting material on folks coming into the u.s. its a pilot program to collect fingerprints, requiring travelers to use a security chip in their passports and also allowing more of those who work for the u.s. government in foreign airports to clear people before they come here to the united states. there also is a movement on capit...

As weve been reporting president obamas decision to remove cuba from the state departments list of sponsors of terror is controversial with many in congress it could pave the way to reopening embassyies in both capitals for the first time in half a century unless the congress steps in in the next 45 days to block that decision. pat leahy has been involved in this deeply evolving relationship with cuba. thank you for being with us. what do you see congress doing in the next 45 days? is there a mo...

This rig the deep water horizon failed to work. >> greta: in reading the "wall street journal" article there was a recommendation that there be two redundancys, two ways to have it work. this rig didnt have the double one. >> most rigs do not -- >> greta: recommendation of two. >> right by a norwegian researcher that my colleague interviewed. he made the recommendation they be required to have a second pipe-cutting device that could sheer off the pipe and increase the odds that you could tap the...