And it is day 12 of the Winter Olympics in pyeongchang, and superstar skier lindsey vonn was aiming for gold in her final olympics. Keep watching to find out whether or not she clinched it. Sarah im sarah kelly. Welcome to the program. Thanks for joining us. No words left. The United Nations childrens agency describes the suffering of civilians in a rebelheld suburb of damascus as beyond what words are capable of expressing. With airstrikes bounding Eastern Ghouta again today, monitors assay that more than 270 people have been killed since sunday. No, it is not the first time that ghouta has come under attack. Back in 2013, the government allegedly bombed it with chemical weapons. We want to warn you that you may find the images in our next report upsetting. Reporter for a war that has been raging for nearly seven years, the images are no less shocking and no less harrowing. This boys parents fate is unknown. And what will become of him . In towns already reduced to shells, any hospita
Million families that are using these vouchers. I think the variability is a reflection of the fact that somehow the agencies are smaller, they have less of a case load, it may be easier for them to stay on top of these things. Host we talked about the Obama Administration requesting 220 million for the housing choice program. How has that been received on capitol hill . What is the politics surrounding that budget request . Guest that would be a large amount of money that this program has had in a while. The number of families that have been served by the program was cut down significantly by the sequester and is only just now getting back up to the number that it had been. The idea of spending more money i think within the broader context, a lot of antipoverty programs are a hard sell in washington right now, and this is one of them. The Section Eight Program in particular has the stigma attached that a lot of the people that benefit from this are just receiving government handouts,
In terms of favorable and unfavorable opinions same thing well see here in terms of the opinions of most hispanics tend to favor the democratic party, and you would think well game over. We dont need to discuss this any further. Well, not exactly. Because weve seen how different candidates have done very well in different races, and i have given just three, three hispanic republicans that have done well in their respective states. Actually Governor Martinez and sandoval are extremely popular in their respective states, and they were both reelected in resounding victories. In terms of issues, gop is seen antiimmigrant and thats clear and certainly recent Public Discourse doesnt help in that front. And weve seen, for example, how some hispanic groups specifically Puerto Ricans in the i4 corridor in Central Florida even though they voted in 2004 for george w. Bush reelection they voted overwhelmingly for president obama in his reelection just a few years later. And thats a reflection on t
Our Relations Committee will come to order. I want to thank you for your testimony today. As chairman one of our priorities as the state Department Reauthorization process. I want to thank senator menendez for beginning that. I think its critical oversight tool and a healthy exercise to take an annual look at the authorities that need updating. We passed an authorization bill out of Committee Last year for the first time in five years. We hope to build upon that progress with another bipartisan bill for 2017. Like last year, our bill will focus on diplomacy programs and the nuts and bolts operations of the state department. I know our staff has been having a very productive discussion with you and i thank you for creating that kind of tone about these programs. I want to thank you for your help in the process as i know your written testimony as u read will allude to. One area we have been studying is how the u. S. Can use its influence to affect change at the u. N. , particularly in th
The new hint from joe biden, a top aide sent a letter to former staffers saying if biden enters the race donald trump tweeted, cnbc just agreed the debate would be two hours. Its too long. Officials say he tried to pass personal information of american troops to isis. The flames scorched six square miles destroying homes. The mets are going to the National League championship series. The california target store blasted audio from an xrated movie. What is going on at target right now . All that wide open for the touchdown the saints played a clean game and they win it. Reversed back to hogan. How about this from stanford . Did he catch this . Incredible. The play of the year. Have you ever been in handcuffs . Yes. I dont know exactly what you mean by that. All right. On cbs this morning the democratic debate, that was two hours and it was too long. Everybody was bored at the end. Lincoln chafee is threatening to pull out of the next democratic debate if there are going to be questions.