Obtaining a Nuclear Weapon which would make it far more dangerous, and would give it scope for even greater action in the region the Prime Minister didnt offer any viable alternatives. And now there is a potential new complication for the iran Nuclear Talks. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell may fasttrack a measure to give the senate the ability to sign off on the Nuclear Deal Still in negotiations. A Senior Administration official told me that the president would veto that legislation. The white house showed what the president was up to during the netenyahus speech. They offered up this picture of the president holding a Video Conference with other european leaders, talking about the situation in ukraine. In the situation room. So guys that the president did have Something Else on his books. Besides watching netenyahus speech. Getting back to the Prime Minister from israel if his goal was to get congress to jam up the works up on capitol hill it may be mission accomplished. Back
Near rockbottom in recent months its no secret the israeli Prime Minister and president obama dont care much for each other. What can we expect during the next two years, if netanyahu remains in power . Lets turn to cnn White House Correspondent Michelle Kosinski with that part of the story. Given that netanyahu vowed to stand up to Washington Well his rival was saying that his goal was to repair relations with the u. S. You can pretty much see where things stand. I mean thats part of the rhetoric of campaigning. But it shows you that it mattered. You look at netanyahus campaign. Coming here to the u. S. Giving the fivy speech before congress. Criticizing the administrations negotiations with iran over its nuclear program. Saying if he were in power, there would never be a palestinian state. Which is one of the key u. S. Goals for peace in the region. And also the differences of opinion between the u. S. And netanyahu over israeli settlements. It is clear that washington would have wel
Or shortterm spending bill and that is why over here at the white house theyre sort of bystanders to all of this and the White House Press secretary josh earnest is waiting for republicans to get this done. Republicans made an aggressive case over the course of last year about why the American People should entrust United States congress to Republican Leadership and here we are, seven or eight weeks into their tenure and theyre on the precipice of fall down on the job. Particularly when thats notable when were talking about something as important as funding the department of Homeland Security. You know whos not a fan of a threeweek spending bill for the department of Homeland Security that would be the secretary of dhs, jeh johnson. He said a shortterm continuing resolution exacerbates the uncertainty for my workforce and puts us back in the same position on the brink of a shutdown just days from now. As hes saying in that letter they would have to come back and do this all over again
View of the iraqi area. We did see helicopters flying overhead. While we were here we got to meet the head of the Paramilitary Force who told us yes, its no secret that iran is helping these forces that they have advisors on the ground. As a matter of fact i had an opportunity to speak with some of them. He says they have provided assistance and support in a way the americans have not been able to do. Once again we see the large role being played by iran in supporting the iraqi forces. Speaking with the commanders here, they stress that the fighting is being done by iraqi forces and that they are surprised in fact that theyve been able to make such Good Progress driving isis out of this area. Theyve covered an area of about 40 miles just in the last three days pushing toward tikrit. As we were driving on the road, we saw isis vehicles completely destroyed. There were bodies by them some of them in pieces. It does appear the iraqis are making Good Progress in heading toward tikrit. The
Does say individual a knew hastert most of individual as life and was a resident of the illinois town where the former speaker of the house was High School Teacher and coach for years. In consultation with the White House Reporter in december of last year the fbi launched an investigation on the payments and whether hastert was trying to avoid currency transaction reporting requirements as well as using the cash to cover up past misconduct. Thats why they would be looking into this. If there was a pattern of withdrawing around 10,000 from the bank without another explanation. Reporter hastert told fbi agents that the withdrawals were because he did not trust the bank system. The government alleges that was a false statement. Its a stunning turn for the former republican leader who was House Speaker from 1999 until he stepped down in 2007. Since then hes been a lobbyist at this Washington Firm which quickly removed hasterts biography from its website after the indictment was announced.