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First-degree murder. alex alex? >> what do we know about daron and his past? >> reporter: we know he came from guyana in 2000. he worked for iron works from 2003 to 2005. we don't know much about him since 2005. >> okay. well, we are looking at a bit of details on things he's been convicted of i assault, that has happened as well. adam reese, thank you so much. late last night the senate voted in favor of the president's trend bill 62-37. this will fast track the president's negotiating authority allowing him to prevent trade bills to congress and they can either approve or reject but not ch...

Blocking guard for the president, that's the reason he didn't have to use the veto. he had harry reid. with harry reid gone and mitch mcconnell run aring the senate, they are able to enact agenda. they have an agenda. and they should be willing to pass whatever they can and to dare the president to go ahead and to veto. now, they can do stuff that they know the president will sign. the most obvious thing is to trade negotiating authority. harry reid was holding it up because of the unions because of many liberal democrats. but presidents want negotiating authority. republicans are protrade. th...

Representative, to look out for those concerns that have to do with protecting wages in this country and environmental aspects of this. i mean, how do you interpret that any other way? i understand what you're saying about congress' duty. but they're looking for fast track in order because they say, you know what? if the president doesn't have this negotiating authority when you enter into these trade deals then other countries won't enter into the trade deal at all. >> that's right. and, chuck, i would just say this to you and i'll speak just personally for myself. i have consistently, in my ...

How do you negotiate with somebody, lawrence, when you get a deal it lasts a nano second until senator cruz calls or whips up the tea party caucus in the house. and this does not bode well going forward. because -- assuming we get over this hurdle. we have just got these -- new timetables set you. have january 15th. february 7th. and unless speaker boehner is able to finally get negotiating authority. there is no sign he will. it is going to be very hard to conduct the budget negotiations and avoid a repeat of what we are seeing now. so -- again. we are hoping that the tea party caucus has lea...

Scott walker's act basically gave all -- it basically required workers to recertify their union with a majority vote every year. so the union now has to basically earn its members' respect. >> i can see, kim, this is why the unions fought walker's reform so dramatically because they were worried that if they no longer had government putting them in the cat bird seat in negotiating authority that when union members get a choice, pay dues, don't pay dues, they often say, you know what, i think i won't pay dues. >> well, and that's why you see, for instance, such a ferocious protest among unions ...