And v. A. Secretary Eric Shinseki resignation. Dont have time for distractions, we need to fix the problem. Schieffer what is the solution . Well talk with the chairman of the Veterans Affairs committee Bernie Sanders, former cia and nsa director Michael Hayden will be here. Along with an allstar panel of analysts. 60 years of news because this is face the nation. Captioning sponsored by cbs good morning again when the president came to the rose garden for the announcement Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahls parents stood beside him. Were committed to winding down the war in afghanistan were committed to closing gitmo. We also made iron clad commitment to bring our prisoners of war home. Schieffer bergdahl is 28 years old he was captured in eastern afghanistan has been held captive for close to five years. Videos released by the taliban recently show him in declining health and it was for that reason defense secretary hagel told reporters the administration moved quickly to exchange him for t
Dana bash, mark presson and gloria borger. Dana, what happened to night . What happened to night is this was a surprise of epic proportions. This is a town where we are right now, that doesnt get phased by much. But everybody im talking to is numb. Is numb from the shock. Because even the challenger didnt really think he was going to win. He said, joking to our deidre walsh that there would be a cnn van pulling up in his drive way. But he didnt really mean it. At the end of the day, eric cantor and people that support him in general election campaigns didnt go out into the primary, didnt go out and to vote. The money he had, 5 million war chest, couldnt beat the 300,000 war chest of his unknown candidate because money cant buy enthusiasm. Mark, how broad does the fallout from this go . Very far. The local implication says that we will see a new congressman from a district north of richmond. National implications are new majority leader in congress. A new lineup of potential successors
Executive authority. Arguing the are the cannot legally obstruct the russia probe. Its a total witch hunt. I have been saying eight long time. What does it tell us about the president s legal strategy . Former u. S. Attorney Preet Bharara will be here. Identity crisis . Prominent republicans say they no longer recognize the gop. I think the Republican Party has gone dormant. Reporter what is the partys image to voters . House majority Kevin Mccarthy will be here in momentt. Their trade, President Trump hits u. S. Allies with steep tariffs on steel and alluminum. I love canada, i love mexico. But they take threats economically. These tariffs are totally unacceptable. Is the president risking a trade war . Canadian Prime Minister Christian Freeland will be here. Hello, im dana bash in for jake tapper in walk, where the state of our union is debating executive power. We are getting a new look against the russia investigation in a confidential 20page letter obtained by the New York Times,
at play here and kevin had done so much more. first of all, remember, i came mid mid-term. boehner, the motion to vacate was placed on boehner. i came mid-term. kevin had worked his tail off to campaign and fund raise and build over the last two cycles. he did that. it s different than what happened in 2015. kevin was the leader of the conference as the minority leader for two cycles, built that majority. then there really wasn t another alternative for people to go to so i really thought he would get through it, even with this tough margin, i just didn t think it would take 15 votes and all the concessions that it did, but it did. there s this moment, we ll show it, armed services committee you don t have to show me the pictures. there he is lunging at congressman matt gaetz after gaetz did not vote aye, thus stopping mccarthy from winning on the 14th ballot. does this bode ill for your
get good grades, even on the trip of a lifetime. reporter: kenny deland jr. chronicled his trip to france in august. his father hopes he can pick him up on saturday. outgoing house speaker s official portrait is unveiled in statuary hall. she s stepping down from house leadership after two decades. she thanked fellow democrats for making her the first woman to hold the speaker s gavel. my members had the courage to elect a woman speaker. that is not about courage [ applause ] and the republican who handed pelosi the gavel in 2007 spoke. don boehner teared up as he praised his political adversary. madam speaker, i have to say,