Congressman, good to see you. Thanks for joining us. Brian, good to be with you and your listeners. Happy easter to you. Likewise. Let us sort of start with the tone in washington. So much news over the last several days about the strike in syria a week ago, the dropping of a bomb in eastern afghanistan, sabrerattling on both sides with respect to north korea certainly the United States and north korea involved in that china and russia. Sir, are we headed toward an inevitable military showdown of some kind on a large scale . Well, you raised the point that we really moved away from local issues, national issues, to the International Stage quite quickly with the syrian use of the chemical weapons. So we begin with the question of putins responsibility and role in that. Maybe not directly responsible, but hows he gonna act with respect to assad . You have iran working in partnership with russia with regard to that, and then the question simultaneously with china and north korea. So, thes
The result of this election . I will look at it at the time. Im not looking at anything now. Ill look at it at the time. There is a tradition in this country in fact, one of the prides of this country is the peaceful transition of power. Are you saying youre not prepared now to commit to that principle . What im saying is that i will tell you at the time. Ill keep you in suspense, okay . Well, chris, let me respond to that, because thats horrifying. So, Donald Trumps saying when the vote is done, he may not accept it. One of the key things that he bases this on is the idea that he says the vote is being rigged, and he picks out places like philadelphia to say this is where its being rigged. What evidence he has, its not really clear. And speaking of evidence, lets talk about this people go to two places to talk about this issue, a loyola law study that was done and the Brennan Center for justice. The loyola law study, the professor looked at a billion votes going back to the year 2000.
With espionage and treason. Announcer nbc10 news starts now. Good morning, its 4 30. Welcome to nbc 10 news today. Im vai sikahema. And im Tracy Davidson live from inside the Wells Fargo Center. Tonight is the final night of the dnc, the night that Hillary Clinton will accept the Democratic Partys nomination. But first, we have issued a first alert for much of the area because of the fear of Severe Weather out there. Lets get right to bill henley for his first alert neighborhood craft. A closer look at communities across new jersey, pennsylvania and delaware. Good morning, bill. Good morning, vai. Were issuing a first alert for the afternoon and evening threats for storms in delaware, new jersey, philadelphia and suburbs. Later on today, tonight and thats when we could see strong thunderstorms for a flash flood threat. One of the areas were watching closing, cape may. Youre seeing areas of fog that thickened up from yesterday. A possibility for us with showers this afternoon, especiall
Havent seen in quite some time. People are extremely passionate on both sides of the issue because youre talking about children, but youre also talking about the potential loss of jobs. So were getting that level of debate in the council, in the street. Wherever you go, people want to talk about sugary drink tax. So, i think, at some point, we will come up with a solution, cause we do need to figure out a way to do these very worthy causes. Im not sure how we do them. The actual Implementation Phase is still not clear to me. I have a lot of questions, as the other members do, as it relates to, why do you set up a totally new prek system when there already is a prek system . Why dont you just give the money to the existing prek system . How do we get the diversity that we need to have as it relates to construction on new rec centers and libraries . All of those things need to be discussed. Lets take both ends of that question. Lets start with the money. Everybody that ive called in city
Defeating the enemy . From abc news, its this week. Reporting from baghdad, coanchor martha raddatz. Good morning to you from iraq where the fight against isis terrorists is intensifying. An enemy, a threat to our nation that voters see as one of the most important challenges our next president will surely inherit. With a growing number of u. S. Forces, nearly 5,000 u. S. Troops on the ground right now in iraq, and several hundred headed to syria, the decisions our next commander in chief will make about this fight will have life or death consequences. We have seen the battle from the air. But this week, for the first time, we saw the american Ground Forces up close, as they helped the iraqis push back isis. It is a battle that continues to claim american lives. The latest, a navy s. E. A. L. Just two weeks ago. And here in baghdad, the deadliest week in months. Half a dozen bombings and shootings. A sign that the terrorist threat is evolving yet again. Well have exclusive interviews w