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Would be terrorists in this country, the key parts of it may expire tomorrow night if congress cannot agree and pass what some are calling a compromise. what does it mean for you, next. art has a power to let children discover who they are. every child needs to have space for them to create. when i moved to new york city i noticed that access to art education was lacking. i decided that we need to be the ones to put paintbrushes in the hands of kids. we opened art classes in public libraries that are near the schools that need us most. >> you're on a roll here what's going on? >> reporter: ....

Documents. congresswoman says it's too little, too late. >> they have been working at this for four and a half years. and now they have come because they know the fast track is in jeopardy, they know that this treaty is in jeopardy and say, oh, we would like to have you read the text. but, it's classified. >> so what it comes down to is the obama administration is making a last ditch effort to get enough votes on the democratic side to appease the house and make this thing go through. members say the votes are still not there. nafta's mistakes will be rectified. and once the deal is done it's ...

That authorization, he wrote, if you guys in congress cannot agree on some kind of new authorization for the us of american military force, the administration says, that's okay, we already have the authorization we need. what do you think of that? >> it's a bit of a ridiculous situation. the president has been at war in iraq and syria for six months now. he would now like cross' approval of that war while failing to appeal the underlying law. it would be nice to have your approval and stamp but if i can't get that, i'm going to prosecute this war, nonetheless. again, the defense secretary said...

>> the president already has statutory authority to act against isil. but a clear and formal expression of this congress' backing at this moment in time would dispel doubt that might exist anywhere that americans are united in this effort. >> in the president's letter to congress requesting a vote on that authorization, he wrote, "the existing statutes provide me with the authority i need." if you guys in congress cannot agree on some kind of new authorization for the us of american military force, the administration says, that's okay, we already have the authorization we need. what do you thi...

Have more black electeds than ever before but the truth of the matter is we probably have less power than ever before because most of the us are in the minority parties, whether it be in the federal government and/or the statehouses. and that drives the impact. >> and look at the restrictions on voting. at least 40 restrictive bills introduced or carried over from 2014 in 17 states. i.d. laws making voter registration harder making it harder for students to vote reducing access to absentee ballots, making long lines worse. putting us in the context globally, you can go to some of the poorest c...