duty military but mostly civilians and deserters. on saturday the new national constituent assembly fired venezuela s top prosecutor viewed as a threat to the revolution. the two prominent opposition leaders arrested and hauled away from their homes last week have been sent back home but remain under house arrest. and friday the national constituent assembly convened for the first time. answers to no one. the opposition dominated national assembly still refuses to recognize that body saying it cements maduro s power. daily clashes have been happening for the past four months leaving 100 protestors dead in a country that has a horrible economy and persistent food shortages. leland: seems to continue to get worse there. phil in miami. shannon: amid the chaos in
voters and said hillary clinton won t be president and there will be a conservative on the supreme court you would have a lot of republicans pretty happy with that outcome. having said that, as you point out, republicans on capitol hill are not doing much. there is, i think, skepticism about their ability to do much. there are concerns about leadership coming from the white house and what the president s agenda is. it is all sort of at a stand still with a lot of churning and talk but not really a lot of action. shannon: on the issue of justice neil gorsuch, whether you re thrilled he is a justice or distraught that he is a justice you have to give the majority of credit to that for mitch mcconnell holding onto that seat for more than a year after pledging to do so and coming up against a lot of really heavy opposition to doing that. so that is definitely a win in their column. beyond that they are on recess talking about cutting down recess to get healthcare done. they come back to
leland: peter, thank you. shannon: we all remember it was a dramatic vote on the senate floor that sank the gop s efforts to replace obamacare. mitch mcconnell spoke publicly about the tough loss saying, quote, i choose not to dwell on situations where we come up a little bit short even on the night when we came up one vote short to repeal and replace obamacare the first thing i thought about feel better, hillary clinton could be president. steve hayes is the editor of the weekly standard. you could be dealing with hillary clinton as president and they blocked that from happening. but a lot of people who voted for this president so that there isn t a hillary clinton president want to know why more isn t getting done on capitol hill in the meantime. the other thing that mitch mcconnell said in the interview asked about republican accomplishments he pointed to justice neil gorsuch. if you had gone to republican
were gathered there for morning prayers on saturday. the governor calling the attack terrorism and unforgivable. a criminal act of terrorism against the imam who thank the lord was not present in his office as it would appear that this person intended. and the destruction done to this sacred site is unthinkable, unforgivable. shannon: we re joined live from the midwest bureau. matt, if there is any good news no one was hurt in this attack. fortunately no injuries reported by this explosive device that police are calling an ied. the hunt is on to figure out who did this and why. this morning explosive detectives and investigators are analyzing evidence including cell phone data and video. early saturday morning the ied shattered windows and damaged an office at the community center.
witnesses say it was tossed from a vehicle that sped off. neighbors felt a loud bang. several muslim groups are offering rewards totaling more than $20,000 leading to an arrest. is it hate crime, act of terrorism? who did it? that s what the investigation is going to, determine who and what the motivation was. we need an america where people are safe with their neighbors. targeting people because of their race, ethnicity or religion is unamerican. the f.b.i. is the lead agency in this investigation and so far they haven t given us any details describing a suspect. shannon: we heard from the governor a little bit. what are other leaders in the area saying about this? the governor was quick to call it an act of terrorism. senator franken said there is