Abuse of power. President obama announced one of the largest extra constitutional power grabs ever by a chief executive. He declared unilaterally that almost 5 million undocumented aliens will receive deferred action under some newfangled definition of discretion by the speaker. Not only that, not only escaping consequences, he has decided to bestow benefits such as worth authorization despite the fact that the president denied the power he could do just as he did. He denied hes a king, now mr. Speaker, his position may have changed after the hastened election, i might add, but the constitution has not. The white house reaction sn predictable. An administration that has steadfastly relied on denial and distortion responded with a non seq sequitor. Josh earnest said, if republicans get their way, these individuals will be pushed back into the shadows free of accountability. This vote is bad policy essentially a vote for amnesty. You heard me right you read it right. So the white house h
Abuse of power. President obama announced one of the largest extra constitutional power grabs ever by a chief executive. He declared unilaterally that almost 5 million undocumented aliens will receive deferred action under some newfangled definition of discretion by the speaker. Not only that, not only escaping consequences, he has decided to bestow benefits such as worth authorization despite the fact that the president denied the power he could do just as he did. He denied hes a king, now mr. Speaker, his position may have changed after the hastened election, i might add, but the constitution has not. The white house reaction sn predictable. An administration that has steadfastly relied on denial and distortion responded with a non seq sequitor. Josh earnest said, if republicans get their way, these individuals will be pushed back into the shadows free of accountability. This vote is bad policy essentially a vote for amnesty. You heard me right you read it right. So the white house h
Congress gets that to consider renewing or changing elements of the patriot act. Our question is how concerned are you about homegrown terrorism . It is 202 7488000 if you are calling on the democrats line. For republicans, 202 7488001. For independent and all others 202 7488002. We welcome your comments on facebook as well. Facebook. Com cspan. On twitter, send us a tweet. We will get to comments momentarily. Front page of the Houston Chronicle in a headline courtesy of the museum. The broader issue of homegrown terrorism. Keeping track of foreign fighters. They write the specter of americans drawn to violent jihadist is drawing scrutiny from texans in congress on the littleknown Foreign Fighters Task force which gets briefings and traveled to the middle east to assess the threat. The panel has been meeting in under the radar sessions for at least a month in a secure room at the capitol starting before the attack in garland last weekend that left two radicalize roommates from phoenix
[general chatter] [laughter] democratic president ial candidate hillary clinton. You can find her remarks in our video library. It look at tweets from some of the republican president ial candidates. Dr. Ben carson said he had a great time at blakes Family Restaurant in manchester, new hampshire. Ted cruz will be in iowa fundraising for the Republican Party appearing with steve king. Today in washington dc, a discussion on oil prices and their impact on racking. That will be hosted by the Atlantic Council. We will have that live at 3 00 eastern time. The u. S. Senate is meeting this afternoon. The house returns tomorrow. We spoke this morning with a capitol Hill Reporter to get a look at the week ahead in congress. Their district work period. What is on tap for today and the rest of the week . Guest a big issue in the senate this week is going to be trade. All eyes are on president obama. One of his Top Priorities for a second term is to get some of these International Trade deals done
700 in the capital city of kathmandu alone. It triggered a huge avalanche, killing at least 17 people there. Several countries, including the united states, united kingdom, norway and italy have offered emergency aid. The earthquake was the same magnitude that hit San Francisco back in 1906. Among the dead one of silicon valleys elite. Dan fredinburg was killed in the avalanche from the quake. Hes one of a dozen climbers who died on the tallest mountain in the world. Cheryl hurd spoke to one of his closest friends tonight. A devastating loss for a lot of people. Reporter Dan Fredinburg was a shining star when it comes to saving the planet. He was a google executive since 2007, but his passion, climate change. He is the most incredible person ive ever met in my life. His will to do anything is beyond anyone else ive seen. Reporter mike north is one of Dan Fredinburgs closest friends. Me found out he was killed this morning in an avalanche triggered by the earthquake in nepal. Dans quali