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That party. >> hi. this is charlie rangel. sorry i missed you. the birthday party is going to be wednesday august 11 at the grand ballroom of the plaza hotel. it's going to be a terrific party and we want you there. >> so charlie rangel's party is on for tonight. >> the party is on, rain or shine. >> and now we hear the senate is coming back tomorrow to vote again on the immigration bill. but this is pro forma, and from what our own producer ken strictland is reporting it will not require under unanimous consent rules, it won't require all of them to come back from their vacations? >> yeah. th...

Skirts the controversial issues of cap and trade and offshore drills and looks at more of going after bp and releasing the cap on the liabilities of paying for the spill and promotes natural gas production and electric cars. whether or not to get it to the floor and start debate is unknown. democrats are -- some moderate democrats have concerns. savannah, chuck? >> all right. ken strictland with the latest of capitol hill, thank you. >> thank you. iran rejecting the u.s. pleas for three american hikers to be released instead calling for them to stand trial. what is the latest and are we real...

This bill, we won't allow anything to go forward. they haven't told us what strategy they're going to use yet, but yesterday, mitch mcconnell assured his supporters that a vote on repeal or something like it will occur in this congress. >> ken strictland, thank you. >> you're welcome. >> the case of a missing north carolina teen is baffling police inform baltimore. nearly 100 police and federal agents have used helicopters and even billboards to turn up clues. but there's still no trace of the 17-year-old. she disappeared while visiting half siblings over the holidays. >> my family is not eati...

This has been the most productive post election period we have had in decades, and it comes on the heels of the most productive two years that we have had in generations. >> mike viqueira, our white house correspondent travelled overnight on air force one with the president to hawaii, and with us in the studio to talk about this extraordinary lame-duck session, we have ken strictland, and richard wolf. mike, do we have you? >> reporter: yes. oh, yes. >> did you get some sleep? >> reporter: everything is nice here, mark. you might be able to see that behind me. the president arriving at 11:41 p...

Much time to do it. ken, i know the primary focus for the white house right now is small business bill. something they say republicans should be able to get on board with but what's the status of the negotiations there? >> good morning, savannah. that small business bill you talk about is all but been pulled from the floor. not because of the content of what was in the bill but last week republicans and democrats reid and mcconnell had a problem negotiating which amendments allowed to be voted on. because they couldn't break that impasse and pulled it back from the floor. we'll see if they bri...