Which you saw expressed in some of the things rubio said and paul ryan has said in the last couple of days, if they are going to stick their necks outs, they want to feel they have a partner with the white house. Joining me right now is democratic congressman eric shifz zer. Lets dive in to bring everybody up to speed on where we stand with nine days out on the quester. Interesting with the piece out by john boehner, carney has tweeted out, Speaker Boehner is rewriting history in the oped for getting he said i got 98 of what i wanted when he and 173 house rs voted for the sequester. Are you surprised by the game of chicken being played in washington, d. C. , especially when it comes to the amount of cuts that are coming on march 1st . I wish i could say im surprised but weve seen enough over the last year and a half not to be surprised by yet another impasse. And i think this is really a lot about damaging members of his congress. They want cuts and embracing the sequester, many of the
Assistance putting them at risk of homelessness, and the militarys Health Insurance program would face a 3 billion shortfall, meaning retirees and dependents of active soldiers could lose their coverage. As Congress Heads into the frantic sprint to the deadline next week, how much influence will president obama have on republicans . A month ago the president signalled he would be doing more outreach towards capitol hill or at least more inhome entertaining. Personal relationships are important, and obviously i can always do a better job and the nice thing is that now that my girls are getting older, they dont want to spend that much time with me anyway. Ill be probably calling around looking for somebody to play cards with me or something because im getting kind of lonely in this big house. Senate republicans have not yet seen any evidence of that so far. According to politico, four gop senators who could potentially help the president find Common Ground are reportedly getting the Cold
After montz of emails go missing in the age where no information just goes missing. The national lead. By the thousands, children pouring over the u. S. Border sent by parents hoping they can stay. Can texas wait for washington to do something . Ill ask the man there who wants to be governor. Im john berman in for jake tapper today. We begin with the world lead. The United States next mission in iraq could begin any minute. The pentagon tells cnn that some of the 300 u. S. Military advisors ordered to iraq by president obama are in fact, already there. And are being drawn from personnel already in the country to protect the u. S. Embassy. Right now, their mission is to help the Iraqi Military destroy isis on its own. The president has vowed that american troops will not go back nook combat, but many military analysts including some who saw action in places like fallujah say boots on the ground are boots on the ground. Meantime, the United Nations now says this terror siege forced more
Killing its way and burning across the country towards baghdad. Two areas were focusing on right fowl, the Iraqi Military which is not holding up against this group called isis, they are waiting for the arrival of u. S. Military advisers that could be coming in the next few days. Also fighting is raging this weekend on iraqs border with syria. Were getting reports of iraqi troops being killed and wounded. Two of cnns Senior International correspondents are in iraq this evening. Nic robertson in baghdad, arwa damon in erbil. Where are iraqi troops fighting right now and how high is the concern that baghdad could potentially fall to this militant group . Reporter deb, i dont think theres a concern that baghdad is about to fall. But the Development Today is hugely significant and cannot be underestimated. The border town of the iraqi to syria border town after three days of fighting has fallen. The iraqi brigade there has been overrun. This is coming from an Iraqi Security source in the w
Of mtp daily. New york was big apple sweep for the two frontrunners after a resounding pair of victories in last nights new york primary, donald trump and Hillary Clinton both have their eyes on wrapping up what have been epic primary battles. We dont have much of a race anymore, based on what im seeing on television. Senator cruz is just about mathematically eliminated. The race for the democratic nomination is in the home stretch and victory is in sight. Both frontrunners are now entering more friendly northeastern territory. Next week, there are hundreds of delegates in play, when connecticut, delaware, maryland, pennsylvania, and rhode island hold their primary contests. After last nights 16point victory, clinton picked up the lions share of new yorks 291 delegates. She now needs to win just 29 of the remaining delegates to hit her magic number, and yes, that includes super delegates. Sanders have the virtually Impossible Task of winning 71 , a tall order. Sanders will say, take aw