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You in a sense panic. You wonder what it is, who it is. This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley it was Donald Trumps gettysburg address, but if he thought the world would little note nor long remember what he said there less than three weeks before the election, he put it all in writing and signed it, promises for his first 100 days in office. With 95 days down and 5 to go, chief White House CorrespondentMajor Garrett has a progress report. What follows is my 100day action plan. Reporter as a candidate, donald trump set a high bar for his first 100 days in office, laying out a 28point contract with american voters. Totally renegotiate raft. Repeal and replace obamacare. Were going to end common core. Reporter but late last week, the president took to twitter to call the 100day milestone ridiculou ....
You in a sense panic. You wonder what it is, who it is. This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Milestone ridiculous. Mr. Trump told the Associated Press the contract wasnt really his. Somebody put out the concept of a 100day plan, he said, even though his signature appears on the document. Press secretary sean spicer. Is 100 days, as the president said on twitter, a ridiculous benchmark or an important one . I think obviously in the context of an entire administration, theres a lot that we feel very proud that weve gotten off, gotten done and gotten taken care of. Reporter the president has fulfilled or taken steps to fulfill about half of the executive promises in the contract, including drawing from the mument nation Transpacific Partnership trade deal and nominating Supreme Court justice neil gorsu ....
Afghanistan is in its youth. While you are not quite youth, you are still a representation of the new generation that comes from a different background but has lived through a lot of the tragedy of afghanistan. If you could make a minute to talk about your background. In brief, i would say that as child no one believed that would be in this position. The people of my country gave me the honor of serving in the most important diplomatic position. That is a showing of where afghanistan is. We have had over 30 years of a difficult period but the afghanistan people are hard working and they have turned the table around. Today afghanistan is a functioning democracy, it has, as president mentioned, opportunities for our youth, for our population, and the opportunities that we didnt have, we have pulled out selves out of the rubble and built our country. A democracy we continue to build on. You and your family went through a lot in the process getting here. The vast majority of afghans suffer ....
Possession possess minorities are waiting hour and a half to two hours, what being don on that level to deal with those there is a recognition that not everyone has to wait on long lines and so much of what has gone wrong with our elections is as much function of ram shackle election system as anything else. A lot of states have improved matters by moving to early voting. Other steps that are in a sense a kind of customer service, and in a place like ohio, where there was nearly a floridastyle debacle that almost upended the election of 2004, they actually expanded early voting and its been a big political fight over it, but its quite effective. But it varies from police to from place to praise and its the case in minority neighborhoods and neighborhoods of color that the lines are longer due to as much as anything else the underinvestment. Theres a president ial commission that president barack obama appointed. It was chaired by mitt romneys lawyer, ben ginsburg, and his own counsel, ....
Quorum call mr. Cornyn madam president . The presiding officer the sphror texas. Mr. Cornyn madam president , i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Cornyn madam president , i understand there is a bill at the desk due for its second reading. The presiding officer the clerk will read the bill for the second time. The clerk s. 3011, a bill to improve the accountability, efficiency, transparency, and overall effectiveness of the federal government. Mr. Cornyn madam president , in order to place the bill on the calendar under the provisions of rule 14, i object to further proceedings. The presiding officer objection being heard, the bill will be placed on the calendar. Mr. Cornyn madam president , anybody whos been watching the national news, and particularly the weather, knows that weve been having some serious flooding back home in texas and, tragically, we lost nine soldiers at fort hood in a very unfortunate drownin ....