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Welcome back. were standing by for white house briefing. well take you there when it happens. getting everyone in the republican party to row in the same direction, seems to be hard at the moment. the second most powerful republican in the senate is making it harder for the president to live around his signature campaign promise building the wall. why? money and says it wont work. john corning of texas said quote, i have concerns about spending offset money which adds to the debt, period. i dont...

With their name saying we cant afford it and it may not work. >> reporter: absolutely. i was surprised when i was talking to a cross section of the moderates who say this is way too big of a price tag. the republican leaders like john cornyn of texas as well as other pr prominent voices like bob corker of tennessee that they believe the cost, which is republican leadership is estimating could cost between 12 billion to $15 billion is too steep of a price to pay especially if its not offset by co...

>> give me data on that. >> asking americans if gun violence had gone up or down. majority of americans thought gun violence was up when it was down 50%. >> we have too little data to cover this story effectively? >> many media outlets dont use the data we have. thats a problem. >> i guess maybe what we can all agree upon is theres no common ground here. very little common ground and language. is that fair to say? >> no there is common ground. thats whats so disappointing. you hear it from democ...

Strategy to not debate any of these issues because the nra doesnt want any movement on these issues is not true. theres a bill in the senate introduced by republican john corning that has the nra backing to expand mental health checks. the nra is responsible for getting background checks as opposed to five-day waiting periods. the nra has been willing to help inform and construct meaningful legislation that it knows it can help get passed through congress. under this administration, however, its...

The taxpayers but they are $3.3 billion in paying their own taxes. they include 714 capitol hill workers and 36 in the white house. nearly 3.5% of federal workers and retirees owe back taxes which is a lower percentage than the public at large. the agency with the most, the department of veterans affairs. the vas health care and administrative woes are all over the news but their fiscal decisions have earned plenty of criticism as well. the washington free beacon reported the department has spen...

ukraines defense ministry says 20 rebels and one soldier were killed. russian leader vladimir putin calls it chaos and a full scale civil war. reports tonight on the final dangerous. >> it is a deadly run-off to the presidential vote for ukraine. along for billboards for candidates in ukraines election. pro russian separatists are at the barricades with automatic weapons. at least three pro kiev militia were killed in one fight. 20 yesterday. this aadmit arguments about the future of t...

morning as the senate moves to the fans the border security amendment. here are the numbers to call -- you can also find us online, send us a tweet, or join the conversation on facebook. you can also e-mail us, journal@c-span.org. the headline in "washington post " this morning -- looking at other headlines on the story this morning -- "the wall street journal," -- for in "the washington times," -- o tell us more about what happened last night, were joined by alexandre, senior staff wr...

that brings us to our question this morning -- on the nsa surveillance programs what should congress do in response to the leaks in intelligence? let me begin with "the new york times" this morning, with the headline -- he is quoted in "and new york times" this morning, saying -- the piece goes on to say -- what is your take this morning? congressionale seats -- a congressional response to the surveillance? william is up first. caller: good morning. i believe congress should investigat...

have reported so far in the vast majority have topped the targets. we are off to a good story even with a small sampling. even today the rally is a paper gain of 1.8 trillion dollars for the wilshire trillion index we will talk to the president of seaports securities and get ready for fireworks on capitol hill harry reid today announced he is holding a showdown on thursday on the efforts to roll back the second amendment and we will have a live report to talk to the congressman about t...

have reported so far in the vast majority have topped the targets. we are off to a good story even with a small sampling. even today the rally is a paper gain of 1.8 trillion dollars for the wilshire trillion index we will talk to the president of seaports securities and get ready for fireworks on capitol hill harry reid today announced he is holding a showdown on thursday on the efforts to roll back the second amendment and we will have a live report to talk to the congressman about t...