chris koonce a few weeks ago. here is this guy, a brilliant senator from delaware, but he would be the first to tell you this is a guy who never would have gotten elected to the united states senate had republicans in delaware not nominated the one candidate he could actually beat, which was christine o donnel. not the candidate he couldn t beat, the former senator and congressman. he s absolutely right. whether that s what will happen in 2014 remains to be seen. but it s what makes the republican party right now very interesting and challenging. yeah. they could have taken it two years ago, but again, they elected some candidates who in the end are arguably unelectable and nevada against harry reid in the midwest there was a race there. the list goes on and on. susan estridge, always great to chat with you. thanks very much. happy new year, gregg. you, too. don t forget, read susan estridge s syndicated column in newspapers all over the country every wednesday and friday.
0 contradicting the assessments of some of our most senior lawmakers, including the chairman of the permanent select committee on intelligence, congressman mike rogers, who had this to say about who was behind the assault. listen. it is accurate that of the group that is being targeted by the bureau at this point, there is strong al-qaeda ties. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge joins us live on the phone. you have been reporting on this story since the day after the attack. what s your assessment of the new york times claim here? thank you. congressman mike rogers, as head of the house intelligence committee, has regular classified briefings and more significantly, he also has access to the raw intelligence data so that he can make his own assessments. one day after the attack, he told fox news on the record that there was no link to this anti-islam video, that the assault was a premeditated terrorist attack. and since he has maintained an it s relying on affi
from you on twitter at bpshow and come on, come on! be our friend on facebook at facebook.com/billpressshow. what a shameful day, the most shameful day we can remember, i can ever remember out of washington. when 46 senators decided that they would rather stand with the gun manufacturers and rather stand with the gun lobby and nra than 20 little angels gunned down at sandy look elementary school or their grieving parents who came down here and begged the senators to take action. they don t give a damn about the american people. don t give a damn about those beautiful little babies or their families or their brave teachers who stood by them. no doubt who s responsible. 90% of democrats voted yes. 90 pest of republicans voted no. meanwhile up in boston, thanks to video from lord & taylor police have hot leads in that investigation. but don t believe what you hear on cnn. no arrest has been made in that case. we ll bring you up to date on both big stories and more on current tv.
careful not to let this out of hand. and so maybe this three party, i agree with martin, this three-party agreement could be very important and maybe a sign that in his second term president obama is going to get more engaged in the peace process. there has been talk of sending president clinton as a mideast envoy. i thought that was an intriguing idea. but at least i think this is these are all very good signs for the situation. e.j., stay with us, and martin fletcher, thanks to you. i want to bring in senator chris koonce. senator, good morning. good morning 0, chris. the senate did unanimously pass that resolution standing by israel, something you co-response arored. what do you think hillary clinton brings to this now? well, i think secretary clinton moving to the middle east to stand by our most important ally, israel, is an important signal of our engagement to unanimous ly r
delegates, about 5500 of them, much more diversity among the delegates here. more latinos than ever before. more african-americans than ever before. and a convention that s much more focused on the issues. no mystery guest either. no mystery guest. no empty chairs. we ll cover it from one end to the other. first, let s take a brief time-out to get the latest latest from lisa ferguson out in los angeles. good morning. good morning, everyone. the democrats have a lot to live up to this week after their convention in 2008. and here are a few things to watch out for as the dnc kicks off today. first off this is the democrat s big chance to make their case to american voters and respond to republican s attacks last week. more than 2/3 of people say they are not happy with the direction of the country meaning president obama will have to acknowledge that the economy is struggling while at the same time adding to his forward campaign proving he has what it takes to get the country