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Joining me tonight are political Strategist And Commentator Rina Shah and columnist for the i and former Labour Executive Director of Policy Andrew Fisher first , the latest headlines. Israels Defence Minister has said the military is opening a new phase in the war, and will be diverting troops and resources northwards. Yoav gallant was speaking to troops at an airbase near the border with lebanon. It comes as 14 people have been killed and at least a50 injured in further explosions across lebanon involving Walkie Talkies. The us Federal Reserve has cut Interest Rates by half a Percentage Poin...

Aid, and what's troublesome here is the characterization of pork applied to stuff like fixing roads and community centers and actually doing real fixes on damage. i think what he's saying, the governor j that it's not a fair label to call it pork. it's a way of posturing. >> and two-thirds. where do you get that number? >> he made it up. ted's particularly good at that. he just made it up. you know it and i know it. he made it up because it sounded good. >> i never said that. by the way, i would never be critical of ted cruz. >> i know. the disgraceful part is he's not telling the truth standi...

Put that into the budget, it became a prize to some people. some people called it pork, but it has a purpose, especially now with the coal industry on its last leg. >> my sense was go down there and see what the program is doing. they're paying people for getting train and leading to jobs, and these are folks who want the new industries there. and that's what the funding is going for. it's a success. we don't have to be ineasing it. i often say for the president who made his whole reputation on theapprentice, you'd think he'd want to fund apprenticeship programs. this is what he campaigned on....

Steps in picking a committee that will talk about the future of federal spending and the debt and hopefully craft a plan to take the federal government through the next year. >> for more on what is in the bill, let's turn to cnn's athena jones. she is live with us in washington this morning. there's actually some stuff in there that is quite a surprise to a lot of people and outrage to a few people too. >> reporter: good morning, john. some people may call it pork. the bill is 35 pages and our folks are pored through it and here are some of the other things addressed in this bill. one is 2.2 b...

>> john is it okay. >> no, it is not okay. no one will vote against the hurricane sandy bill and so things that were unrelated n to it is put inside it and 80 or 90 years ago we did not followize the disaster. we would make sure they didn't do corrupt act to get it through. if you want to see more of this. keep having washington pay fors that are tragic and local. >> is that the point when we federalize with fema and other agencies and that's when the trouble came in and when everybody loads the pork in. >> it is not only the disaster bills. any bill that gets clearance from congress they load...