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[gunfire] >> harris: the israeli military trading gunfire with hamas terrorists in northern gaza. the defense minister said hamas has lost control of the gaza strip. israeli forces now say they have the proof that hamas is using hospitals, even the childrens hospital, to hide a vast network of underground tunnels housing a terror command center. they are trying to protect their leadership. im harris faulkner and you are in "the faulkner focus." prime minister benjamin netanyahu says th...

You know, a consensus in the senate? there are some very high profile senators who have said they dont like that the president has, you know -- has declared this emergency. >> oh, absolutely, i think theres going to be a legislative challenge. i think theres going to be a challenge in the court from the states, from groups, from landowners on the border. heres the deal -- there is no national -- >> theres already three lawsuits like that. >> right. heres the deal, there is no national emergency,...

Are putting everything out, they have four different ways they can tell her story. >> except for pushing back the date of her hearing so we can have an fbi investigation. >> harris: why would they need to? susan collins says they would bring an independent questionnaire. >> what ive seen from her lawyer, is that the reason you need an fbi investigation is that there can be more facts gathered. brett kavanaugh is coming in with frankly years of preparation for something like this. >> harris: he d...

Will be in my opinion, an outstanding governor of new jersey and frankly, when the liberal media elite chase him around like this, some republicans, it helps him with and make them get energized to help elect more republican governors like christie who can run for reelection on his record, rather than having to do like obama who ran on whats wrong with mitt romney. >> why arent we hearing more republican defend es of chris christie step up to the microphone? >> well, theres not a lot of them. he...

Of. >> and one of the reasons ken lingone is speaking publicly in his defense is not a lot of other people are. but one of them, one of the defenders out there today is halle barber. lets listen to what he had to say. >> christie has sense enough to walk and chew gum at the same time. he can be an outstanding, and will be in my opinion, an outstanding governor of new jersey and frankly, when the liberal media elite chase him around like this, some republicans, it helps him with and make them get...

Happening with health care in the country is get out in the country and thats what we decided to do in the cnn express and our first stop is greenville, south carolina. >> i wanted to know if a persons age was going to impact the premiums whether its going to be higher for older people or lower. >> reporter: you cant be discriminated against based on pre-existing conditions, youve heard that, dean, heart disease, cancer, they dont ask you about those things. are you familiar with what this means...

Overall. u.p.s. has a big distribution center here in kentucky and they have made this decision to basically say if spouses have insurance that they can get elsewhere, this he should go ahead and do that. let me point out something. kentucky is a divided state. a democratic governor. you have two very high profile senators, senator paul, senator mcconnell, the senators of this state. they dont agree on this. i sat down with the governor and asked him about that just a short time ago. >> id say t...

From doing what newt did, which was not lobbying by the way, as you know very well lawrence in washington lobbying has a fairly specific meaning and this is not. if we stop them from doing that, first of all, the unemployment rate would go to up 10% because so many are doing it and our parking problems would be over. >> i do define it as lobbying. i know what youre saying. there is a task called the registered lobbyist, and a lot of these guys, especially the high profile senators, when they lea...

From doing what newt did, which was not lobbying by the way, as you know very well lawrence in washington lobbying has a fairly specific meaning and this is not. if we stop them from doing that, first of all, the unemployment rate would go to up 10% because so many are doing it and our parking problems would be over. >> i do define it as lobbying. i know what youre saying. there is a task called the registered lobbyist, and a lot of these guys, especially the high profile senators, when they lea...

Richest tax brackets, of course, will all pay less. republicans dont know if theyve got enough votes to pass this tax bill, but right now, right this second is when theyre trying to line up those votes. the arm twisting is happening and the fight is on. and in the middle of all that going on, we are also waiting on the justice department tonight. president obama created the consumer financial protection bureau as part of dodd/frank, part of the post-wall street crash reforms. before she was a un...