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Isis from the city of raqqa. the u.s. has had special operations forces on the ground in syria for several months. now to an increasingly pressing issue back here at home. that is, the state of americas roads and bridges, our infrastructure. the american society of civil engineers came out with what its calling his 2017 infrastructure report card today. the grade for the united states, a d plus. however, it says things can be turned around. >> americas infrastructure challenges are significant...

Hers? >> good point and good question. its exciting from the standpoint that you have a president willing to lead all for economic growth, regulatory reform, a number of those issues and knowing tax reform, thats terrific news. i dont know yet what that announce meant is going to be. we have engaged almost since the day after the election with the economic team. we started the tax plan with 80%, i think, similarity. we have continue today make progress since then. im hopeful this is comprehensiv...

Is that going to be his bill or hers? >> good point and good question. its exciting from the standpoint that you have a president willing to lead all for economic growth, regulatory reform, a number of those issues and knowing tax reform, thats terrific news. i dont know yet what that announce meant is going to be. we have engaged almost since the day after the election with the economic team. we started the tax plan with 80%, i think, similarity. we have continue today make progress since then....

National prayer breakfast. the vice president thanked the king for his efforts in advancing peace and stability in the middle east and reaffirmed the united statess commitment to jordans security and economic development. the two leaders discussed events in the region, including ways to accelerate the coalitions effort to defeat isis and promote a political solution to the syrian conflict. the vice president welcomes the kings views on potential changes involving the u.s. embassy in israel and r...

What are you and your campaign about. and have you said things in a way where people believe that and they develop a relationship with you. and you need an impression that we being so them in the oval office as the commander in chief and chief executive for the next four years. it will not get it down all night, but they will either make progress or not, depending on their performance. >> trump is on top of the polls, will he be there a week from now? >> unless there is a huge disaster for him t...

Improved weather will help make progress. im going to bring in meteorologist karen maginnis. karen, 15-foot waves what else do we know about the conditions there? >> well this is very typical because this is the monsoon season across this region of the world. even by their standards, they have seen exceptional amounts of rainfall where the week prior to the disaster we were looking at tremendous flooding across his region. heres the search area. right down there, surabaya is going to make the fl...

Life where i was goofing off. i was raised by a single mom. i didnt know my dad. the only difference between me and roger was my environment was more forgiving than his. thats the only difference. if i screwed up, the consequences werent quite as great. so if roger can make it, and if i can make it, if kiara can make it, every kid in this country can make it. but weve got to believe in that. we cant just give lip service to it. and it cant just get caught up in a bunch of political arguments. th...

Didnt think that george w bush was legitimate over eight years. >> you have a confederate flag and people calling president obama a muslim. i was so disturbed by what i saw and another part that didnt make sense you have senator cruz. he is the shutdown champion, how are you going to be protesting the shutdown of memorials and things like that? i mean is he outraged at himself? it doesnt make sense. >> you said -- you are looking for one establishment republican to condemn it. im looking for one...

Little to say since the very opening of this trial, whether or not he testifies on his own behalf or makes any comments. hes refused to speak at all. >> up surprise of some people. a state of emergency declared in california. the fast-moving rim fire is now about eight miles inside yosemite national park. it doubled in size overnight to a mind-boggling 100,000 acres. scott gettiman is the public information officer for yosemite. he joins us by phone. scott, tell us about what progress fire cre...

Recovering. when the president of the united states tries to take us out of this near depression with the american recovery act what did republicans do? they voted against it and did everything they could to take it down. now, look. now is the chance for republicans to quit trying to obstruct, stop trying to get in the way of infrastructure, and help us make progress. we can have a republican and democratic bipartisan infrastructure investment bill. were waiting for republicans to work with us. ...