To fully participate in the process and provide the best possible military advice to the president. I really hope that statement closes the book on this narrative. This should hopefully be the final time we have to address what was in the National Security directive. The family of the president also had a very somber and lengthy conversation with the family chief petty officer william ryan owens. The president offered his sincerest condolences to his wife, father and three children. Chief owens was on his 12th deployment for what i understand. We can never repay the debt of gratitude that we owe him. The freedom he fought for and the sacrifice he made as well as the other members of the unit who were injured in this operation. Today in the senate, to the president s nominees advanced the committee for the energy and Natural Resources Committee Approved the nomination of congressman ryan zinke of the next interior secretary in the nomination of former governor rick perry as the next sec
Announcer senator Dianne Feinstein introduced to bills thesing against president ial action and posing a againsty travel ban seven countries. Next, we hear a response from arkansas senator tom cotton. I have come to the floor. We have just styled a resolution, a bill actually, with 26 cosponsors that would repeal the immigration ban. Laced by President Trump mr. President , President Trumps muslim ban is unnecessary, unconstitutional, and on american and it should be repealed and immediately. The executive order prohibits individuals from iran, syria, iraq, cynthia, somalia, libya, and yemen from entering the country. And even bars relatives of americans from visiting. The order suspends the entire u. S. Refugee program and most egregiously, Syrian Refugees are beyond indefinitely unless they are christian. This is not what america is all about, mr. President. Unnecessary. Der is individuals from the seven targeted countries and 150 other nations are already thoroughly squeezed. They s
Is ukrainian Prime Minister tightening his stance on those who shut down the malaysian airline. He said they would be held accountable. Justicell bring to everyone responsible including the country which is behind the scenes. We go to Ryan Chilcote with more. The missilesaid that brought down the jet was supplied by russia. What increased rhetoric are you hearing . Basically, the u. S. Over the the separatists in the east of the country of a coverup. They said they have intelligence reports of this Missile System being brought into the east of the country. They have evidence of it just after that attack took place on brought out of east ukraine and back into russia. Correctly accusing russia of providing the weaponry in helping the separatists get the weapon out of the area. And we are just inkiev heard about increased fighting in the Eastern Ukraine. Our business is functioning and how is life on the ground . Kiev, it feels like it is a million miles away from the conflict. The Busine
first of all? reporter: well, that s what they re working it s not just these guys, it s the folks on capitol hill. chris, the next four to six weeks are pivotal now in this retirement phase. because, frankly, i think they have they have not had a number of retirements that sort of republicans need to turn this into 94, particularly on the house side. but i think the next four to six weeks are going to tell us a lot. in 94, a lot of retirements actually happened in 94, not in 93. so that s what these guys have to do now is work the phones, find out who those wavering guys are and say, hey, don t do this. dorgan caught them off guard. they don t want to be caught off guard by someone else. how do you encourage a man or woman who think they ve reached the end of their string, or knows they ve reached the end of their string, talked to their family and they say, it doesn t look good, people are mad at you. how do you say, people are wrong, your family is wrong, your
weeks are pivotal now in this retirement phase. because, frankly, i think they have they have not had a number of retirements that sort of republicans need to turn this into 94, particularly on the house side. but i think the next four to six weeks are going to tell us a lot. in 94, a lot of retirements actually happened in 94, not in 93. so that s what these guys have to do now is work the phones, find out who those wavering guys are and say, hey, don t do this. dorgan caught them off guard. they don t want to be caught off guard by someone else. how do you encourage a man or woman who think they ve reached the end of their string, or knows they ve reached the end of their string, talked to their family and they say, it doesn t look good, people are mad at you. how do you say, people are wrong, your family is wrong, your friends are wrong? you come up with some money to throw at their district, promise them some help, promise them some goodies that are going to mak