[applause]. We wish you all the very best because what an extraordinary family you have. And the pleasures of family were hard earned by this young man. So, all right. Thank you very much, everybody. God bless you. God bless america. [applause] forty years ago the watergate scandal led to the only resignation of an american president. American history tv revisits 1974 and the final weeks of the nixon administration. This weekend the House Judiciary Committee as it considers impeachment of the president and the charge of the abuse of power. What you have questions about for what the framers had in mind, questions about whether the activities that had been found out by the committee and by the senate, watergate committee, were, indeed, impeachable and, thirdly, can we p prove that Richard Nixon knew about them and even authorized them . Watergate, 40 years later. Sunday night at eight eastern on American History tv on cspan3. Next, political consultants, pollsters and journalists talk ab
We will get to many of the areas where you have expertise. You were head of the benghazi review board. Is there a case for reopening that investigation . If there is, i have not seen it yet. I have been alert to this. When i took the job, i knew it was going to be a big issue that had great political overtones. And i tried to watch it very carefully, one of the things i did when i took the job, i tried to read every report that we did our job as well as we could. We did our job as well as we could. I am the last person to tell you we did everything perfectly. No one believes your board, your review board, got all of the information and documents. Haveere any you should gotten . Of course, we got information and documents on the five tasks we had under the law. For security. We were not there to look at talking points. We were not there to look at what i would call event political hand wrestling. And so of course, there could be things that were not within our mandate because we did not
Ceo and founder and chief executive officer of iraq and afghanistan veterans of america, paul rieckhoff. You heard the president on the veterans scandal. Were you satisfied with what he said . No. That was no action or plan. It has taken three weeks. We expected to hear news. We thought he would tear into the issue with the severity it deserved. We did not hear it. I immediately heard from our veterans nationwide saying, is that it . We are disappointed. Should general shinseki go . We dont know. We will talk to our members. We pulled our members and we will make a decision based off of that. Well talk about it and make sure we talk to our members nationwide. They are outraged and disappointed. This is about nine different cities. About six years of problems. One thing after another. If you have been paying attention, we have been outraged for a few years. What would you like to see him do right now . He dithers. The congress could take action. It will strengthen the v. As ability to f
Implications of a caliphate. The United States Supreme Court handed out two major decisions on the final day of its term. The justices ruled that some employees cannot be forced to pay union fees. The High Court Also ruled today that some Companies May refuse to pay for some type of contraception if it conflicts with the othe owners beliefs. Both in their churches and outside their churches. We believe that the owners of forProfit Companies should not be allowed to assert their personal religious views to deny their employees federally mandated services. Lisa stark, this is a strike against president obamas Signature Health care, no doubt about it. Tell bus the ruling. A fivefour ruling. One of the most closely watched cases. Requiring coverage for Birth Control. Crowds gathered on the steps of the Supreme Court. What do we want . Health care. When do we want it . Now. And when the high court found in favor of hobby lobby its supporters erupted in cheers. The case also involved conesto
We are just hours away from president obamas address to the bashan will he will reveal his strategy to dismantle the Islamic State group. He said he has the authority to take action against the is. 61 of americans say acting against the Islamic State group is in the national interest. The president plans to ask law make tours approvlawmakers to approve 500 million in lethal aid to Syrian Rebels. Reporter lets talk about how president obama is spending his day preparing for that speech, and laying the groundwork with members of congress and leaders overseas. He met with his National Security team in the oval offi office. The white house allowing a photo op through the window of the oval office. And talking if the president , as we believe will authorize expanded air campaign into syria against the Islamic State group. We expect the president to announce hell expand those airstrikes in his primetime address from the state floor of the white house just behind me. He will emphasize the nee