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Supply. there are still too few homes for sale, given the continued strong demand. now, as you said, sales were up month to month, but just barely, under 1%, and still down 21% from a year ago, and he's why. take a look at mortgage rates, they started dropping off their fall highs in december, and came down sharply in january. boom, they shot right back up in february. these sales are called pending sales. that's a report we got today, and they're based on signed contracts in the month. that's people out shopping when their purchasing power got clipped because of these higher rates, and you ca...

Know, a historic figure in washington, d.c. it was a wonderful opportunity for me to serve and i just had a wonderful time in d.c. it's, as you know, full of so many passion malt people who love the country and want to fix things and there's an energy that can't be described and, again, i think we need to focus on electing young, passionate candidates who want to bring real change and find solutions to the clunts. >> 2003 was a pretty messed up time in the u.s. senate as i recall. it had to do with the war authorizations, going to war in iraq, weapons of mass destruction, evidence that turned ...

That? >> so, i am a big believer congresses of both parties intended to advocate for presidents of both parties were making power the most power we regard and that constitution. this week 22 centers 11 democrats, 11 republicans led by todd young of indiana introduced a resolution to repeal the iraq war authorizations for an oh two. we should not be at war and this is a congressional declaration. at this case there wasn't a war is over we should declare it over. as you know iraq is gone for an enemy an adversary to a security partner and trying to combat terrorism groups like isis. but also to ...

Outdated war authorizations but it would be a stretch, bill, if the president wanted to have any activity inside of ukraine to try to use those authorizations to do that. that would be a stretch, bill. >> bill: aishah, thank you on the hill. >> dana: joining us for more is senior strategic analyst general jack keane. where do you see things today, general? >> i think lavrov and putin both today have indicated that diplomacy hasn't been exhausted. a bit of a surprise and certainly we're willing to see something like that. lavrov, this is on a scripted television interview. an unusual thing betw...

Itself out in front in this way, is it not? >> yeah. congress always tries to insert itself into negotiations and foreign policy. you see how congress as tried over and over again to appeal war authorizations. this is pretty wear. the administration is trying to move alongside the europeans and allies. congress is just working within itself. they don't have to take all of that into consideration. but it is more powerful, members of congress, and even some of the administration say than when everyone is on the same page. >> the lack of skin in the game is pretty important, especially when it co...