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Secretary of defense for the state of israel . I will take your answer off the air. Host that was part of the discussion yesterday. Guest absolutely. There was a lot of time spent on israel yesterday. It is a huge foreignpolicy issue for the. They happen to be in the middle of an environment that is unsettled and without clear paths forward. It is a core interest of the United States. Again, it is a scenario where politicians feel strongly and American Voters feel extremely strongly. There were ...

Next, a discussion about the Lessons Learned from the 2012 campaign, and how they apply to the current session of congress. At 11 00, q and a with mark shields. Then, in other chance to see british Prime Minister David Cameron taking questions from members of the house of commons. If you have got some hotshot who just got his phd in Computer Science from stanford, she is getting offers from all over the world. If you can say, you can stay in some limbo for six years that is not competitive. Hung...

The president agreed to cut the spending by a significant amount. Now, would you like that negotiation had resulted from not having made that threat . Absolutely. But do you think it would have occurred . Theres the difference. I would never be one to advocate that congress should not increase the debt limit. They should. When this came up in the summer of 2011 i wrote that and they put that in the pages of the initial review. I was arguing against those who say lets look and creating a cash cru...

Back to work for federal workers after an unscheduled long weekend. President trump ending the threeday government shutdown. The government is funded for three weeks. Well done, congress. House and senate voted to end the stalemate after mcconnell fir firmed up assurance of daca and immigration. The president held two meetings to discuss immigration reform. One with six conservatives and two red state democrats. The president up late tweeting big win for republicans as democrats cave on shutdown...

Kasie hunt is on capitol hill. Were watching the senate gaveling in now. Roller coaster 24 hours for al franken. Do we have guidance on where his head is at . Reporter hallie, i think the overall sense is its very difficult for him to remain in the position in the senate but, of course, we at this point are still waiting for final word on what his decision will be. There was a report last night that he was going to resign. Franknesss office denied it saying he had not made a decision an we know ...

And political successes continue to shape her policies. Thats corruption, thats capture of our government by the richest and most powerful around us. Welcome to the axe files. Elizabeth warren, so good to see you. Were here in washington. Were in this library because we thought that would be an appropriate place given how youve spent most of your life. You know, youve moved to washington twice in your life, once as a young woman. Uhhuh. And later in your life you came here as a harvard professor...

Struggling to match his 2016 clout. In the new entry steve hoping its not too late to make friends and supporters in iowa. Ive seen delaney, ive seen Amy Klobuchar and corey booker and i can tell you who else ive seen. So many you have to look at your list. Ive seen beto orourke. We begin the hour with attorney general and a remarkable interview in which he makes clear keeping the boss happy, forgive me, trump is waiting for all the facts to come in. We know the tvs on air force one were tuned i...

And kims bargaining chip. Kim jongun is holding an australian hostage. Is that a potential bargaining chip in the effort to get a third summit with President Trump. Im wolf blitzer and youre in the situation room. Announcer this is cnn breaking news. Breaking news, President Trump is blasting former special Counsel Robert Mueller falsely accusing him of illegally deleting Text Messages between former fbi officials. Mueller will appear before two house committees next month and that public testim...

>> at this point, nick, dont we have to see some really sweeping changes to how congress polices itself? >> right. >> if you have the top women in the senate saying congress isnt equipped for this, you got to fix it. >> we talked about it in this room probably two weeks ago if its a watershed moment. it is more in that direction and happen and congress environment will change and the process will change, as well. >> watching the senate floor here in about an hour and 40 minutes and expect senato...