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When this resolution comes to a vote, nobody here felt boxed in by a tweet from the president-elect. he is perfectly entitled to express his views on these things. there was no boxing in of our purview or how we might deal with this going forward. >> egypt postponed the showdown vote after israel and trump weighed in. lets reiterate here. a u.n. drama happening with the israelis calling in the help of donald trump. donald trump -- >> calling the president of egypt. >> one president at a time is ...

That. >> even if they are on the radar, theyve talked about an attack much like the one they carried out, theyve almost gone through the deportation process, theyve been identified as someone who should be deported, and then a judge releases them back into society. >> well, again, i think we need to let them work their process here. the investigative process. and to figure out what they knew and what indications they might have had. sometimes -- intent is very difficult to determine here in fron...

Human beings make a mistake. if i could go back to the targeting in raqqa, having been a guy that planned operations what you have to understands is theres more kinetic strikes going on primarily not because we wanted to start pulling more trigger, but we have more intelligence. were getting greater intelligence feeds and able to bomb more targets. good point there. thank you so much for coming on to discuss. coming up here in "the situation room", as demonstrators wait outside south carolin...

and may have big-footed congress. kate bolduan is on the case. we heard it moments ago. the white house asserting executive privilege. >> reporter: it is the latest twist in this ongoing battle that is coming to his -- leading up to this showdown vote, this contempt vote, that the republican chairman of the house oversight committee, congressman darrell issa, has been threatening. he says he had a subpoena for documents relating you of the department of justice relating to this botched...

strike. thousands of public employees say theyll walk off their jobs this week as parliament prepares to vote on yet another round of austerity measures. wrnss in yemens capital say government troops killed at least five people when they opened fire on pro democracy demonstrators. sundays violence left eight dead and more than 50 wounded. the surge in violence is blamed on al qaeda and the muslim brotherhood. a revolutionary forces commander was killed in sirte in the front line on...

Point. its also expected to lash the coast with up to 28 inches of rain and send tidal waves far deeper inland than usual. back at home, senate leaders from both parties agreed to hold a showdown vote as early as today on repealing president obamas health care overhaul. the vote which will be symbolic since it has virtually no chance of winning approval in the democratic-controlled senate, but on capitol hill yesterday mitch mcconnell said republicans were sending an important message just by ...

Welcome back to "first look." im lynn berry. here are some of your top headlines this morning. senate leaders from both parties have agreed to hold a showdown vote possibly as early as today on repealing president obamas health care overhaul. the vote will be largely symbolic since it virtually has no chance of winning approval in the democratic-controlled senate. residents in australia are bracing for a massive category 5 cyclone that forecasters say is shaping up to be the deadliest storm in...

Showdown vote to break the fillibuster. >> this bill is about protecting democrats from criticism ahead of the november election. a transparent attempt to rig the fall election. >> democrats say if that were true the unions might be on board. the idea that this limits free speech is bogus. the idea that this bill is unbalanced is bogus. >> one thing the president will win is more deficit funding for the afghanistan war, the house moved toward passage of $33 billion, a vote that unified republica...

Say they are close to a keel but not necessarily by monday when the showdown vote is scheduled to bring the bill to the floor of the senate. there are still key issues, including new complicated rules over derivatives. it looks like the deal making will continue in washington beyond monday. 41 senate republicans are standing firm against the move by senate leaders to start debate on the bill. republicans say at least a day of accusations by dem that has the gop blocked the bill to clean up wall ...

To bring the bill to the floor, not yet anyway, neither side in washington is eager to be seen as the party that failed to fix wall street. >> harris: i read today theyre calling it a showdown vote. >> thats right, one more time. >> harris: thank you so much. al-qaeda confirming the deaths of two top leaders and vowing to keep on despite the deaths a week after the u.s. and iraqi forces in a safe house, it happened in tikrit, saddam husseins old hometown. the group posting a four-page statement ...