Former Reagan Press Secretary james brady, severely wounded in a 1981 assassination attempt, who subsequently became an ardent gun control advocate. He died today at age 73. Ifill those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Bae systems. Inspired work. And the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. And with the ongoing support of these institutions. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff fighting quieted across much of gaza for a time today, as israel declared a short truce. With negotiations to follow a halt in the gaza fighting that has killed almost 1900 palestinians and more than 60 israelis. The news came hours after israel observed its own short truce for par
Woodruff and remembering former Reagan Press Secretary james brady, severely wounded in a 1981 assassination attempt, who subsequently became an ardent gun control advocate. He died today at age 73. Ifill those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Bae systems. Inspired work. And the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. And with the ongoing support of these institutions. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff fighting quieted across much of gaza for a time today, as israel declared a short truce. With negotiations to follow a halt in the gaza fighting that has killed almost 1900 palestinians and more than 60 israelis. The news came hours after israel observed it
James brady, severely wounded in a 1981 assassination attempt, who subsequently became an ardent gun control advocate. He died today at age 73. Ifill those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Bae systems. Inspired work. And the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. And with the ongoing support of these institutions. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff fighting quieted across much of gaza for a time today, as israel declared a short truce. With negotiations to follow a halt in the gaza fighting that has killed almost 1900 palestinians and more than 60 israelis. The news came hours after israel observed its own short truce for part of the day. The brief unilat
Recognized. Mr. Cuellar thank you, mr. Speaker. I thank mr. Thompson for the leadership that you have provided on this piece of legislation and other legislation thats so important for the security of our nation. I certainly want to thank also chairman peter king also and, of course, my good friend, Michael Mccaul, chairman mccaul, for being one of the original cosponsors, along with mr. Farenthold. A new member from the bounceville area, mr. Faleomavaega, who always worked in a bipartisan way. The jamie zapata, this 915, has received bipartisan support in may when it was first passed by the house. It was overwhelmingly supported by the house. Both democrats and republicans. Went over to the senate and certainly i want to thank, also, senator lieberman and senator collins for the support of this bill. Senator lieberman was outstanding in making sure we move this as quickly as possible. We have a bill that does two things. First things, enhances Border Security. And number two is to fla
Questions and comments and criticism. You can connect with the cycle at facebook. Now with alex wagner starts now. President obama gets the best Birthday Gift he could ask for, congressional vacation. Its monday, august 4th and this is now. What do the republicans in washington, d. C. Stand for . Exactly. The white house saying the president will soon use his executive power to move on immigration. The president is not going to sit around waiting for Congressional Republicans to act. The possibility is some republican lawmakers floating impeachment. I think congress has to sit down and have a serious look at the constitution, that includes the iword. If i were the dnc, i would pay for steve king to go all over america. Democrats have handed the senate potentially to the
republicans on a silver matter. Steve king and these guys are knocking it over. They are not showing courage. They are playing to the cheap seats. Republicans are simply strangled by extremism. How courageous is it to g