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Congress ignored him. the white house sent over draft language for congress to consider so they could take a vote on authorizing this military force in iraq and syria against isis. congress never brought it up. yesterday the house majority leader kevin mccarthy told reporters theres just never going to be a vote on that war. there will never be a vote on authorizing the use of military force against isis in iraq and syria even as those air strikes continue every day and even as thousands of u.s....

>> senator jim risch, republican from idaho. thank you so much for time, sir. >> thank you. >> i should clarify the 100,000 number is the total estimated death toll in the civil war on both sides as of now. we do not know how thats apportioned by by the assad regime and the rebels. joining me, gerry connolly of virginia. hes drafting the house democrats resolution that would put strict limits on a syria attack. how does it differ from the proposed draft language that was sent over by the white h...

Happening there because everything is draft language, and now meetings are occurring with no outside observers. so its hard to know what the exact language could be. my sources in new york tell me that the chances of getting an agreement are about 50/50, but if we -- if there is an agreement, almost totally likely to be something that is not advantageous to us and doesnt recognize the second amendment to the united states constitution. and what were, what we outline in our letter, 51 senators, a...

For americans, at least as far as i can see. were dealing with countries who have no similar guarantees similar to what we have with the second amendment to the united states constitution, and so we have a group of nations who are coming together to negotiate something that hardly yet defined, but i certainly dont see much of a path in which we see something that would be positive to improve the safety, security and freedom of americans. jon: so far i guess part of the problem is everything is c...

Tessier that was bankrolled by the clinton campaign and the dnc and which the fbi may have used it to launch a counterintelligence probe against comp advisors. and fox news has confirmed that strzok oversaw the questioning of former national security advisor michael flynn that led to his guilty plea last week. ed henry, chief national correspondent explains what this means and an increasingly skeptical congress. >> the mainstream media has been shaking its head at president trump for lashing out...

Change that draft language in comeys statement. shifting it from the fbi director saying it was "grossly negligent" which hinted at potential crimes to the much more lenient "extremely careless" about clintons handling of the email server. it turns out peter strzok had been sending his girlfriend, another fbi official, text messages that were pro-clinton and extreme the anti-trump. leading special counsel robert mueller to pull strzok from the russia probe because of bias concerns. the other key...

Who changed james comeys draft language in the hillary clinton decision from grossly negligent a phrase that carries possible criminal penalties to extreme the careless, a phrase with no real legal implications. >> bret: former trump campaign chairman paul manafort may be in trouble again. prosecutors say manafort has been working on an op-ed essay with a colleague that prosecutors assessed to have ties to russian intelligence services. that wouldnt be in direct violation of the judges ruling th...

Deliberately keeping the measure under lock and key. we get more from cnns phil mattingly on capitol hill. >> reporter: dave and christine, just the week before house republicans are planning to launch their legislative effort to finally repeal and replace the affordable care act, something theyve been campaigning on for years and years, the whole process devolved into a game of hide and seek. seriously. so, senator rand paul is very opposed to what house republican leadership wants to do, disco...

Actually coming from within his own government at times. tonight chief washington correspondent james rosen tells us why and perhaps with the president can do about it. >> most federal workers are good people of varying competence who execute their duties faithfully but some bureaucrats, as fox news has reported, howard -- are using encryption and leaks. we have seen leaked transcripts from the calls with heads of state. an leaked draft language from his executive orders. >> certainly weve seen ...

Lousanne switzerland today to return to capitals. they gave how much progress was actually being made. secretary kerry hung in there even though the networks pool camera was barred for shooting the sessions today for the first time in a while. kerry was captured peersof the hotel window as if looking for the right formula for successful outcome. earlier spoken of wanting to draft language. the white house today coilly told reporters that negotiating and drafting were not mutually exclusive verbs...