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And by 2016 well have fewer than 1000 which is considered to abnormal embassy presence. but again these are working numbers that we have at this time. a big question whether or not they will stay that way. eric? >> jenna, there is new action on capitol hill focusing on the controversial top taliban terrorist swap that freed sergeant bowe bergdahl. the senate arm services committee holding a closed-door briefing that some house members described as very rough. chief congressional correspondent mi...

Scandal. and obviously new concern over whether or not general shinseki can do his job. many democrats coming forward today calling for his resignation. as mike emanuel noted. many waited until they saw the rules of this report. the report is very damming. and it really is also, if you look at the arrangements of this hearing, greta, the fact that even as of yesterday witnesses were not confirmed that even an hour ago, one of them a congressional relations officer from the v.a., whose job it is ...

Bipartisan outrage over this scandal. and obviously new concern over whether or not general shinseki can do his job. many democrats coming forward today calling for his resignation. as mike emanuel noted. many waited until they saw the rules of this report. the report is very damming. and it really is also, if you look at the arrangements of this hearing, greta, the fact that even as of yesterday witnesses were not confirmed that even an hour ago, one of them a congressional relations officer fr...

Explained. the second thing that starts happening, the families going through the torture, only to be tormented by misinformation, inconsistent information, the way the government can solve that problem is to be totally transparent. invite officials from other government, make sure that independence is open to the investigation so that you cant question whether or not its being influenced by those having an interest. the easiest way is to invite the united states government, let independent peop...

And now some fresh pickings from the political grapevine. the administration is meeting with the saudi king on monday. "the new york times" writes, mr. kerry side stepped a reporters question whether saudi women should be allowed to drive. casting the debate as one best left to saudi arabia. in 20 11, hillary clinton called out israel for allowing segregated buses and compared israel to iran and the american south before civil rights. lecturing a democracy like israel is liberalism. federal em...

Iran. what happened was the supreme leader pulled the plug. its still power as we know still lies with him. clearly he is backed up at least these gestures, he gave his own speech last week about heroic flexibility on the part of the iranian public. it all falls on the supreme leader. hes looking for concrete steps that are verifiable and transparent. thats the same language we used for syria. the proof is in the pudding as they say. >> i want to go to tehran. i asked a question whether or not p...

Confereees, that, when they ask for a con for instance well appoint our conferees as well. the sooner the better. >> will you expand the conference to include people on agriculture? >> well see. >> thank you, mr. speaker. are you willing to violate the house rules to pass the cr? >> we expect to have the votes tomorrow to pass the cr. and well take it from there. >> -- vote, if it is needed? >> i will not speculate on what the senate will do, not do, where the votes are. way too early on that. j...

If was prosecution i would find out whatever accomplice on death row and make whatever deal to make sure the woman doesnt get away with this. jon: two men were also convicted. one of them gave a confession to police and led them to the little boys body. that is how they, how they found him. what do you think about that approach, ashley? >> well, you know, both of those individuals were convicted and neither of them testified at her trial the first time around. so it begs the question, of whether...

They could earn and people are just saying, hey, im not going to work. theres no incentive, absolutely. its a disaster. you look at new york and various other place and the numbers are atrocious. >> dont you think that the obama administration or anyone is looking at the numbers would be horrified. ive heard the numbers on food stamps and if people need them, we ought to give them food stamps. but the fact that its exploding calls into question whether or not were going in the right direction de...

Checks that are bigger than what they could earn and people are just saying, hey, im not going to work. theres no incentive, absolutely. its a disaster. you look at new york and various other place and the numbers are atrocious. >> dont you think that the obama administration or anyone is looking at the numbers would be horrified. ive heard the numbers on food stamps and if people need them, we ought to give them food stamps. but the fact that its exploding calls into question whether or not wer...