And minority whip limited to five minutes. But in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. The chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. Poe, for five minutes. Mr. Poe thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the president , quote, avoid the battle, complains, and misses opportunities. Those were the words of leon panetta president obamas former secretary of defense and c. I. A. Director in 2011. At the time panetta, along with military commanders and joint chiefs of staff, recommended that the United States leave 24,000 troops in iraq to prevent that country from falling apart and becoming chaos. According to panetta the administration was so eager to rid itself of iraq that it was willing to withdraw rather than lock in arrangements that would preserve american influence in our interests. So the president ignored the advice of his own secretary of defense and top commanders and pooled troops out of iraq in 2011. The timing just before the 2012 president ial leaks to me appe
Some flooding which has already occurred in parts of the area and some possible severe thunderstorms tonight as that Second System comes in. As we look at the radar, its pretty clear, delaware youre in the clear. Most of pennsylvania is but theres this cluster of storms in new jersey and some of these have really intensified over the last hour. We didnt even have any lightning a couple hours ago. Weve had tremendous rains in parts of salem and Cumberland County. Some places have had over 3 inches of rain already. Now, some of the latest cells are right near camden. Through much of Camden County Gloucester County has been getting hit hard in west Deptford Township cumberland and even inland portions of Atlantic County getting rain. Poconos had heavy showers but they have weakened. We do have advisories, general flood adviseories until 2 45 and a Flash Flood Warning for this part of salem and Cumberland County that had over 3 inches of rain already. Well go hour by hour to show you where
This evening, i interviewed ted cruz, and now, im here with florida senator marco rubio. Thanks for joining us. Thank you. Welcome to hialeah, florida. Great to be here. So its very windy here. We have our stick mikes so you can hear us. I want to talk to you about what happened last night . It was a tough night for your campaign. The question today is are you preparing to drop out . No. You know, what is funny about that . I dont know whats happening in this campaign, everybody thinks someone else is supposed to be dropping out. Were going to fight through and were going to win florida. Were going to win florida. The latest polls show youre not winning in florida. There is a poll that shows donald trump has a 23 point lead. There is a poll that shows he more than doubled it. Cnn, same thing. How can you win here . Well, first of all, those polls are not accurate. And the fact is that only poll that counts is the one theyre going to take on tuesday. And were going to work hard as we ha
Governor kasich is there a path for you to get 1,237 delegates or to secure the nomination of your party will it have to be a brokered convention and if so do you fear a ruptured Republican Party . We picked about half of the delegates. Theres a poll i cant remember but at nbc somebody trump was at 27 cruz at 25 and i was at 24. It is really jammed and close. I think is possible this year, greta that somebody could get there. It is possible but probably not. Can you go to a convention and come out united . Absolutely. I was a mere child when governor reagan at the time challenged ford. Ford beat him at the election. I was there. I was managing five states for governor reagan. It was the coolest thing in the world. I showed up at the convention and this guy was working, wanted me to help him. I welcomed him can you handle five states for governor reagan . I said absolutely. I ran five states for them. We lost we came out united. I think the delegates are serious about becoming commander
Trump clinton matchup. Caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. The factor begins right now. Hi, im bill oreilly. Thanks for watching us tonight. Well analyze yesterdays vote with karl rove and Rudy Giuliani in a moment. Plus, brand new fox polling in ohio and florida. But, first, the talking points memo. Fascism and donald trump. As predicted here, some in the media both left and right are portraying mr. Trump as a 1930s type fascist and his supporters as budding brown shirts. The nazi party street army ink germany. Mr. Trump, with some of the rhetoric youve used on the campaign trail over the last several months, targeting groups like muslims and mexicans, that that evokes images of nazi, germany and the scapegoat of jews there back in the 1930s and 40s. Well, i think thats a big, big stretch. Its more than a big stretch. Its a strategy with the intention of not only demeaning trump but his supporters as well. The candidate aside, its not hard to understand why Many American