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House Insurance Committee — Property and Casualty Subcommittee Chairman Steve Tarvin (R-Chickamauga) and members of the Property and Casualty Subcommittee took action on some legislation this morning: HB 241, authored by Representative Matthew Gambill (R-Cartersville), seeks to amend O.C.G.A. 33-7-6, relating to property insurance, contract requirements, rules and regulations, and exemptions, so as to revise the meaning of property insurance and also to change the parameters under which certa...

Donald trump is mission impossible. theres no question that donald trump made it very difficult on john kelly. this is somebody donald trump for whom process and discipline and quite frankly the truth, its the chief of staffs job to try to instill those things. part of it is on trump because he didnt want somebody who would tell them hard truths but sadly i think a lot of this is on john kelly. john kelly reinforce all of donald trumps worst partisan instincts. and i think thats, you know t we l...

Gabe gutierrez joining me from mcallen, texas. joining me is petal levy from "mother jones" and eugene scott, a political reporter for the "washington post." eugene, youve been focusing your reporting on this. whats going on in the detention centers and you talked to u.s. representative fredricka wilson who is going down to look at one of those detention facilities. >> one of the biggest questions that lawmakers and activists and people interested in this issue continue to have is where are the ...

Dollars to a totalitarian, despotic regime under the hope that they would change. they would not change. >> harris: representative wilson, thank you so much. >> a historic day around the world. >> harris: you are only one of two in congress who have seen it. we appreciate your perspective. president trump is set to speak to reporters a short time from now. we are awaiting a joint news conference with the president and german chancellor angela merkel. we will bring it to you live as it happens. t...

Lavrov summoned ambassador today. apparently, there were two other consulate being considered for closing. are we done yet with their retaliation? >> they may continue. again the putin regime is so inward looking. its really sad. they had an opportunity to develop -- we saw the end of socialism in the 1990s. we saw a free market democracy being developed. sadly the oligarchs who are back up the putin dictatorship have taken control. >> all right. representative wilson assistant major whip and me...

Clearance. he needs to fix that. but the larger problem really is a lack of credibility. and that goes all the way back to that infamous appearance in the white house press briefing room with representative wilson. its continued with the inaccurate timelines. so, for openers, i think he could demand some transparency from the communications staff and that would help. >> you detail in this book what this small club is like. the smallest, most elite club is comprised of those who have been preside...

Encapsulating the first year of donald trumps presidency when he stated that donald trump sees democratic governance through the lens of whether donald trump personally is winning or losing. this is a man whose incapable of putting the office of the presidency above himself. >> to expand on that, chris, the associated press heard from a white house official that said that the presidencys th sees th shutdown as his commitment to tough negotiations, he believes the democrats will be the ones to bl...

To representative wilson. has anyone expressed revulsion by the way shes been slandered and treated? >> no, ive not heard from any republicans who have expressed any amazement that she could be talked about this way, but, you know, leadership starts at the top. this president needs to apologize. certainly general kelly needs to apologize. he lied on her. we saw the video of what she said and it was quite different than what he said she said. and he needs to apologize. but i want to tell you some...

Le i dont call it tweets. tweeting is like a typewriter. theyre well crafted. i was always a good student, like a person that does well with that kind of thing. i doubt id be here if it werent for social media. when somebody says something about me, im able to go bing bing bing and take care of it. the other way id never be able to get the word out. >> is that what hes doing with the congresswoman from florida? is he bing bing bing getting the word out, just continuing to hit what? five times? >...