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That would lower the number of votes needed to confirm gorsuch and future u.s. supreme court nominees. also tonight, president trump vowing to support egypts hard line leader and work with him in the fight against terrorism. plump welcoming president fattah el sisi to the white house, something president obama pointedly did not do. and breaking news, members of the house intelligence committee are gathering this evening after weeks of partisan division and gridlock and controversy surroundin...

This memorandum counters through dramatic expansion of the federal workforce in recent years. in particular it prevents filling vacant positions and creating new positions except when necessary to meet national or public security responsibilities. it does not apply to military personnel. it ensures that the american taxpayers get effective and efficient government. earlier in the day the president spoke with egyptian president and discussed ways to deepen the bilateral relationship and support e...

And thats why weve indicated, although we support military efforts by the storisraelis to sure rockets are not fired in their territory, we also have said that our understanding is the current military ground operations are designed to deal with the tunnels, and we are hopeful that israel will continue to approach this process in a way that minimizes civilian casualties and that all of us are working hard to return to the cease-fire that was reached in november of 2012. secretary kerry is workin...

And thats why weve indicated although we support military efforts by the israelis to make sure that rockets are not being fired into their territory, we also have said that our understanding, is the current military ground operations are designed to deal with the tunnels, and we are hopeful that israel will continue to approach this process in a way that minimizes civilian casualties and that all of us are working hard to return to the cease-fire that was reached in november of 2012. secretary k...

Program or else. >> the form he defense minister of israel, the former prime minister of israel as well. thanks very much for joining us. >> thank you. >> the former defense minister also told me, he thinks that there should be what he described as a no-fly zone overseer i cant, given the humanitarian crisis thats going on as a result of the civil war there. he also told me, he thinks the obama administration should strengthen the relationship that currently has with the new interim leadership o...

Said what the military did was restore democracy, im paraphrasing a bit, in egypt, clearly very different than a coup. i know youre in phoenix. the president just delivered a speech there on housing. what was the headline? >> he outlined a plan to wind down the mortgage giants fannie may and freddie mac, which youll recall needed a massive government bailout and they back most homeowners in this nation. the presidents plan to help revive the housing market and help homeowners fell very short. no...

Diplomacy happens behind closed doors. its very difficult to figure out what these two senators accomplished and this a classic standoff here in egypt where you have these two sides digging in and you can easily see how each side views any concession made to the other side as defeat. so the key moving forward is whats going to give? is either side going to back down in hopes that theres going to be some reconciliation to avoid what has been a very, very violent conflict, wolf. >> reza sayah in c...

>> well, they came here to deliver a clear message and some of those messages were controversial. first off, senators restating the position of the u.s. congress that this was indeed a coup, what happened last month, the overthrow of mr. morsi. of course thats not going to sit well with supporters of this military-backed interim government. but their overarching message was a positive one. they said they dont want to dwell on the past, they want to look to the future and they want to support egy...

Ever since egypts military ousted president mohamed morsi last month, the obama administration has avoided calling it a coup. senator john mccain certainly has no problem with that word. >> the circumstances of the former governments presidents removal were a coup, and we have said that we cannot expect egypt or any other country to abide by its laws if we do not abide by ours in the united states. >> at president obamas request, senators mccain and his colleague lindsay graham, they are in cair...

Show of public support by those who support egypts new president. he also announced there will be a constitutional referendum on december 15. it came really after a vote on friday pushing through that constitution in one day. now the nation will have the chance to vote up or down on that constitution. president morsi said the extreme powers he declared for himself last week would end when that constitution is ratified. perhaps in just two weeks time. its not clear thats going to be enough for th...