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Pequot Lakes columnist Craig Nagel talks about the forgotten benefits of writing and sending a letter

It will give them a chance to learn perhaps some classified details of what happened and the thinking that the administration has put into this as well as potentially the strategy going forward. i think that is going to be the critical question here for members of congress as the reaction has come in. i think on the whole there has been positive reaction to the idea of punishing assad for the humanitari humanitarian, you know, for the strikes that were so devastating to look at and those picture...

I.c.e. says the operations were "routine" and they were targeting criminals. leaders of the condwregsal hispanic caucus want a meeting with the acting director scheduled for tomorrow to discuss people were deported because they came illegally in the first instance or because they commit aid violent crime. joining me is the chair of the congressional hispanic office, and antonio villaraigosa, former mayor of l.a. welcome to you both. you have a meeting tomorrow. >> correct. >> youve been calling ...

Write a letter to the judge which is read out to the public in which he says i cannot in good conscience consider a guilty verdict and the jury later asked to reconvene on monday. what are the signal these various things at play are telling you? >> its a problem. jurors cannot be coerced into changing their mind when they have come to a decision, and its most highly unusual that one juror would be able to write a note and deliver it to the judge and the way it normally works is the foreperson, w...

They had notice from russia. >> these are existing differences. i dont think theres much to sway those that believe he should be defined enemy combatant, and not much to dissuade the white houses mind. theres a lot we dont know. >> do you know what the white house is going to do, theyre not going to do enemy combatant, thats for sure. >> we dont know. theyre in the 48 hour window right now. >> whats going to cause some heartburn. >> i dont think anything. celebration, we caught the bad guys. >> ...

I want you to send an e-mail, use one of those airplane sky riders, dust off the fax machine, or you can just like write a letter so long as you get the message to congress. send me the american jobs act so i can sign it into law. lets get something done. lets put this country back to work. >> kelly odonnell is nbc news capitol hill correspondent. you remember snail mail, send us a statement. they were going to send it to the congressional budget office but what are they saying behind the scenes...