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Show." thanks for staying with us tonight. two big stories. eric shinseki resigned earlier today. and also, hillary clinton's new book is drawing a lot of words from folks around the country. hard choices is offering a fresh look at benghazi in her own words. joining us tonight, our guest is congressman elijah cummings of maryland. he's the lead democrat on the new benghazi select committee and ranking member of the government oversight committee. congressman, good to have you with us. >> good to be with you, ed. >> you bet. let's start with benghazi. i want to clear up the situation with secr...

Happened, i think is always helpful. >> okay. congressman, big news today. general shinseki has resigned as chief of the v.a. do you think it was inevitable that the general resign under the circumstances? >> i don't know all the circumstances surrounding it, but everything i could see, ed, i think it was the right decision. he made a decision based upon, as i understand it, what was best for the v.a. and that's what i expected of him. he has a lot of respect from many of us on the hill. he served the country well, but each day we're seeing more information trickle out, and we've got two major...

There. around the world, environmentalists and elected officials like the congressman, are rising up and saying -- we want 21st century trade. we've had it with with 20th century trade and certainly had it with boehner trade. that letter you referenced, three-quarters of the caucus is on the letter. the question is -- will this president essentially pass boehner trade using the republican votes to substitute for his own party? or can the parties say to the president -- stick with us as we have stayed with you on the rest of your agenda for five years, mr. president. >> and congressman, how do ...

But the other key thing here is the multinationals, u.s. based multinationals like "the gap" can sue vietnam if a future government raises the minimum wage and increases workers' rights and does something about the environmental destruction? secret tribunals whereas the labor language which ambassador furman wants us to say is an improvement, that's government-to-government. our government as a snail's pace trying to say to the vietnamese government what are you going to do to enforce these provisions? it takes years to get a sentence from them whereas the multinationals go over the top, not s...

Jobs? republicans have bought numerous job bills since 2009. it's a pattern. they include bills for teachers, small businesses, infrastructure, and even veterans. republicans simply block everything president obama wants to do every step of the way. republicans now have another chance to put america back to work by rebuilding roads and bridges. how about with american steel? president obama introduced a new infrastructure bill and he's urging congress to act. here it is. >> one study recently found that over time, we've fall into 19th place when it comes to the quality of our infrastructure. 1...