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Some news you might have missed on the holiday weekend. thursday, in a near party line vote, the republican-led house approved an amendment to the national defense authorization bill that prohibits the department of defense from using its funding to address the threats of climate change as laid out in recent scientific reports. prompted to move a pair of democrats that the democratic society is at it again. joining me is rush holt, a plasma face zysk. congressman, great to have you here. >> chris, great to be with you. >> this didn't get much news. in many ways it's symbolic. but it's not. i c...

Governments as a threat after 9/11 and financial crisis of 2007 worsened. two traumas where the country looked to uncle sam for security. >> there's clear evidence americans in times of crisis want to believe in their government and do tend to have more fatith in their government to do the right thing. >> siting big labor as the nation's biggest threat, 5%, record low. that hasn't cracked double digits since 1995. analysts say that reflects the broader decline of organized order in american life in recent decades. senate is trying to wrap up the preholiday work with a contentious debate over...

Military pensions, that it would pass like a hot knife through butter in the house of representatives when they recon seen. >> reporter: with the senate moving from the budget to the defense authorization bill, the republican leader complain about -- complained about an overall lack of input. >> some of the most important thing we discuss as a body is rushed through without any opportunity for debate or amendment. >> reporter: and a short time ago the defense authorization bill passed a key procedural vote, 71-29, the senate is expected to wrap that up and handle a few presidential nominations...

Bill. >> you heard senator mccain. there is certain about the military retiree benefits but more immediate concern is the current military that he says is very worried about cuts if this budget doesn't pass. jon: that's the view from a prominent republican. what about the top democrats? what are they saying? >> they say that this is a good compromise, they say it's not their ideal deal, if you will, but they are rounding up votes and they are talking about what is necessary in terms of rounding up votes in terms of support for this package. >> the struggle is still on in the united states sena...

Employees are prospective for new hires. and so i think that if you think about it, a man or woman right now serving in afghanistan probably on their third tour could be more than that, they could have served in iraq as well, 19 years in and the message we are sending them right now is that you of all people in this agreement will be singled out and you will receive less. i think that is wrong. i've introduced an amendment for another pay-for that i think is much more responsible so we'll save the same amount of money so we don't have to take it from the military. >> senator mccain said he is ...