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Good morning. its wednesday, may 3. after congress struck a bipartisan deal to fund the government through september, president trump got defensive yesterday explaining his reasoning for compromise and threatening a standoff when the money runs out in the fall. he tweeted the reason for the plan negotiated is that we need 60 votes in the senate which are not there, we either elect more republican senators in 2018 or change the rules now to 51. our country needs a good shutdown in september to fi...

As you mentioned a minute ago, you did mention the weather thats coming, i can tell you, staoefr, there is a -- i can tell you, steve there is a big line of thunderstorms coming just to our south moving in this direction. i dont think were talking about tornadoes but we could be talking about really strong wind and lightning. for people out here without homes and potentially kind of wandering a little bit -- and im sure there is some of that -- the next number of hours when this rainfall begins ...

What they want. nothing can take over a rebel quicker than somebody who knows what they want when they are dealing with people who dont know what they want. >> lets talk about the scandals. we have talked a lot about solyndra, $535 million down the drain. $1.2 million for sun power, same story. political connections, buys access, money poured down the drain, lost money. and the fast and furious, may 3, 2011, the attorney general said, quote, i probably heard about this for the first time in the ...

Settlement with ensigns legislative aide doug hampton. those talks fell apart, and hampton went to the media with details of ensigns affair with his wife. ensign announced his resignation on april 21 to take effect on may 3. >> my caution to all of my colleagues is to surround yourself with people who will be honest with you. about how you really are and what you are becoming. and then make them promise to not hold back no matter how much you may try to prevent them from telling you the truth. i...

Tried to get rid of documents. before senator ensigns affair became public, oklahoma republican senator tom coburn tried to help his friend negotiate a seven-figure settlement with ensigns legislative aide doug hampton. those talks fell apart, and hampton went to the media with details of ensigns affair with his wife. ensign announced his resignation on april 21 to take effect on may 3. >> my caution to all of my colleagues is to surround yourself with people who will be honest with you. about h...

But then last month on his own terms, senator ensign announced his retirement. >> as you all know, campaigns are ugly enough today, and this campaign would be exceptionally ugly. and because of that, i dont want to put my family through that. and for these reasons, i will not be seeking re-election in 2012. >> that was barely a month and a half ago. but now unexpectedly, john ensign has decided not to wait until the end of his term. he has all of a sudden decided that he is resigning right now, ...

Senator announced he would not seek re-election. he took pains to emphasize he was not resigning. he would not run again, but he wanted to be clear he was not resigning. why wasnt he resigning? >> i didnt break ethics rules or break any of the laws. i didnt do any of those things. resigning is admitting guilt. >> resigning is what he did today. he says effective may 3. may 3. the tuesday after next. its a weird specific date to pick. may 3rd unless you were forced to testify under oath about the...

All for just $11.99, during the festival of shrimp. get more of the shrimp you love in more irresistible new ways. for a limited time at red lobster. >> bret: nevada republican congressman heller will replace ensign in the senate. he was appointed today by sandoval. ensign chose to resign effective may 3 rather than face ethics investigation. key democratic party ally is said to shift strategy in preparation for next years

Through it all, john ensign never lost the public support of the republican party. but then last month on his own terms, senator ensign announced his retirement. >> as you all know, campaigns are ugly enough today, and this campaign would be exceptionally ugly. and because of that, i dont want to put my family through that. and for these reasons, i will not be seeking re-election in 2012. >> that was barely a month and a half ago. but now unexpectedly, john ensign has decided not to wait until t...

Investigation. through it all, john ensign never lost the public support of the republican party. but then last month on his own terms, senator ensign announced his retirement. >> as you all know, campaigns are ugly enough today, and this campaign would be exceptionally ugly. and because of that, i dont want to put my family through that. and for these reasons, i will not be seeking re-election in 2012. >> that was barely a month and a half ago. but now unexpectedly, john ensign has decided not ...