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Saying, we hear youre going to make changes to the bill, if you make changes i want a new score by the cbo before the house votes on the legislation. does that seem like something they can agree with? >> no. theyre doing anything to delay knowing were up against a hard date because of the easter break and also the need to hold hearings on justice gorsuch in the senate. >> right. >> so, this is nothing more than another delay tactic, much like our 27-hour energy and commerce hearing was last week...

The inauguration happening tomorrow on the steps of the capitol building, pretty exciting. back to you. heather: thanks. well, the time now is 12 minutes after the top of the hour. dc braces for inauguration day chaos. after a terrifying arrest of the man who threatened to kill our president elect and his connection to the clintons? >> do you think donald trump is going to use profanity in inaugural address, do you think hes going to mock the disabled of women and minority? of course, hes not. a...

The list goes on and on. we dont haveo continue to litigate it because we know what was said. he doesnt like to see himself as the person who potentially divided it further. >> thats interesting because if you look at the story that came along with this by our d.c. bureau chief, it identifies the fact he plays a huge role in that division. its not just that, you know, less than 50% of americans picked hip, that the country was very closely divided on this election, but his rhetoric, he was reall...

Hillary clinton, very, very emotional speech. you saw her holding back, choking back those tears. she is well known as being very, very emotional on these kinds of moments. clearly a sad poemt fmoment for. she congratulated donald trump and said i know donald trump is going to be our president, and she totally respects a peaceful transfer of pow around she added this loss hurts, but never stop believing, that fight for whats right is worth it. gloria, you saw hillary, hillary clinton, deliver a ...

>> while we continue to keep close watch on the festivities taking place in philadelphia, were also going to bring in some other stories making news right now. and turning to the presidential sweepstakes, gop presidential contender ted cruz getting a big boost to campaign. straw poll results for the value voters summit in washington are now out and it looks like cruz comes out on top with 35% of the vote. ben carson follows with 18%. frontrunner donald trump finishing in fifth place with only 5%...

Island over the years has attracted people from all over the world just like those on mh-370. >> nationalities and religions, and its very, very important for this. >> reporter: some of those attending the service, members of the chinese community here. two-thirds of those killed on that malaysian air flight crash were chinese. eric. >> all right, greg. thanks so much. politics now. republicans running for president are making a big push ahead of the first primary debate this thursday. 17 cand...

>> and very often you have to pay for the chore. how about the hotel in waikiki? >> i love this. this is a fun, funny one. theyre showing you their fitness center. but its cropped in very close. so you again, is it big, small? is it nice? is it not nice? >> its green. >> yeah, there is some greenery out the window. you just dont know what to expect in terms of how nice it will be. the reality is it kind of looks like a basement. it sort of looks like a suburban basement where there is only one t...

Our d.c. news room is working with secret service to get more detail on how hair going to be able to manage this in light of sequestration, but limited tours of the white house to begin again at the beginning of next month. what did i say, november 4th -- november 5th so if you have just been dying to get inside the white house on one of the tours, beginning november 5th you can do that in limited numbers. well have more information in the afternoon about to what degree theyll be opening. when t...

Solve kosovo, you have a fractured arab league, a fractured region competing conflicts within syria. 1999-2000 was the height of united states power and the ability to lead a humanitarian intervention. >> im going to bring you to the conversation. white house reporter for the washington post who joins us from our d.c. bureau. david, can you speak to why the president is doing this now? a timing question to you. >> reporter: i think as you have said, repeatedly, the white house is about to have i...

Truth. are we going to listen to folks like mike rogers who say trust us when we still have someone like james clapper who lied to congress is still being paid. he worked directly for the president of the united states. we have much work to do. this story is far from done. >> joe johns is live with us from our d.c. bureau. lets talk about the comments by the attorney general or snowdens asylum request. he wrote that letter challenging the question. why does he say its without merit and what are ...