Him. Without further do, the abbasid or of the united nations. Thank you. We have had an exciting day in hosting the members of the Security Council. This is the most powerful group any sortdes sanctions, of conflict that comes up, this is the group. They would come to d. C. Is overwhelming for them. Extremely pleased. Senators graham and carton, as well as congressman smith and the congresswoman. Probably about an hour and a half talking about issues from budget to peacekeeping issues as well as conflict and syria and iran. A healthy discussion. We came over to the white house and the president greeted all the members, had his picture taken with them, and we all sat down for lunch. It was an open dialogue, the members wanting to hear from the president what his plans are, what he will continue to do on syria or not continue to do with north korea, and all of those issues are at the forefront. The idea that he would have that dialogue with them is tremendously helpful to me. To engage
John yarmuth, the senior democrat on the Budget Committee, and he announced that he will be a candidate for reelection. It will be a seventh term. Thank you for being with us. The current funding expires on april 28. Are we a week away from the Government Shutdown . I think it is highly unlikely. I think we will see a shortterm that will provide enough time for negotiations to take place. I think both sides have some things they would like to see in any funding mechanism. So i suspect we will look for some more time to do this rather than to get that a congress in three days next week. Theepublicans who control white house and congress, but i hear democrats say the democrats have the upper hand, very much like it would be under president obama. Do you agree . We have a lot of negotiation leverage in this negotiation. Every budget deal over the last ears have been done with democratic votes. I think that will be the situation again this year. They will need democratic votes in both the
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Mr. Sessions was nominated to be a federal judge by Ronald Reagan but was rejected by the Senate Judiciary committee. Jeff sessions later served as Alabama Attorney general and spent 20 years in the u. S. Senate. Heres a portion of his confirmation hearing from january. The attorney general of the United States is, of course, the nations chief Law Enforcement officer. He or she is not the president s lawyer, nor is he the president s wingmen, as attorney general holder described himself. Rather, he or she has an independent obligation to the constitution, and to the American People. I know you care deeply about this foundational principle, so i am going to ask you a question i have heard you ask other nominees for attorney general. Occasionally, you will be called upon to offer an opinion to the president who appointed you. You will have to tell him yes or no. Sometimes president s dont like to be told no. So i would like to know, will you be able to stand up and say no to the presiden
Over oakland clearing out as the storm system continues to make its way through the south, and we are expecting another band of storms, but is that going to affect your football sunday . Well, i will have details on exactly what you can expect. Here of your highs for today. In the 50s. Overall a pretty chilly day, but we are finally going to get a little bit of that sunshine as we head into later part of the evening. Here is a live look right now at your Doppler Radar. You can see the majority of those storms tracking north to south. The north bay already seeing some clearing. Out near San Francisco, just a few drizzles, but all in all, we should be in the clear for the rain for now though. I cant say if its exited all the way through. Ill have more details coming up in a bit. Thats good news. A Christmas Tree with my familys name on it and i was hoping we could get it and some sunshine. Vianey, thank you very much. You probably heard it while you were sleeping, the spurts of heavy rai