Congress voted on authorization to use military force against those responsible for the 9 11 attacks. It was just three days after 9 11 happened. The vote in the senate on that resolution was 98 to 0. The vote in the house on that resolution was 420 to 1. Ask it was one member of congress and she was brave enough to stand on the floor of the house and give a speech to explain why she was voting that way one no one else was. She rose she was a strong person, a clear speaker, and has been throughout her career. When she stood up to give that speech, her voice shook with emotion and recognition with the seriousness of what she was ant about to do. The gentlewoman. I rise with a very heavy heart. One that is filled with sorrow for the families and the loved ones who were killed and injured this week. Only the most foolist and the most callused would not understand the grief that has gripped our people and people across the world. This unspeak about act on the United States really forced me
Good day. Im Andrea Mitchell in washington. Isis is escalating its Relentless Assault challenging areas of Northern Iraq now, areas that had been thought secure near erbil. Casualties on both sides. In washington president obama will be speaking this afternoon about how to counteract domestic extremism here in the u. S. But first for all of the developments in iraq and overseas nbcs keir simmons joins me from london. Lot of action and fighting and its hard to sort out from the battlefield who is gaining ground frankly. Yes, it is andrea. I think really the big picture is that the map is fairly frozen, because of course the allies have air power, so its difficult for isis to move but at the same time without a real push on the ground its difficult to push isis away from the areas that its held since last year but what we saw overnight, as you say, was close quarters combat between isis and Kurdish Forces that continues for hours. Senior Iraqi Security official said tens of isis fighters
Those responsible for the 9 11 attacks. It was just three days after 9 11 happened. The vote in the senate on that resolution was 98 to 0. The vote in the house on that resolution was 420 to 1. Ask it was one member of congress, and she was brave enough to stand on the floor of the house and give a speech to explain why she was voting that way one no one else was. She rose, she was a strong person, a clear speaker, and has been throughout her career. When she stood up to give that speech, her voice shook with emotion and recognition with the seriousness of what she was about to do. The gentlewoman. I rise with a very heavy heart. One that is filled with sorrow for the families and the loved ones who were killed and injured this week. Only the most foolist and the most callused would not understand the grief that has gripped our people and people across the world. This unspeak about act on the United States really forced me to rely on my moral compass, my concious, and my god. Im convin
To use military force against those responsible for the 9 11 attacks. It was just three days after 9 11 happened. The vote in the senate on that resolution was 98 to 0. The vote in the house on that resolution was 420 to 1. Ask it was one member of congress, and she was brave enough to stand on the floor of the house and give a speech to explain why she was voting that way one no one else was. She rose, she was a strong person, a clear speaker, and has been throughout her career. When she stood up to give that speech, her voice shook with emotion and recognition with the seriousness of what she was about to do. The gentlewoman. I rise with a very heavy heart. One that is filled with sorrow for the families and the loved ones who were killed and injured this week. Only the most foolist and the most callused would not understand the grief that has gripped our people and people across the world. This unspeakable act on the United States really forced me to rely on my moral compass, my con
Trail, trump talked about ripping up the iran deal as well as trade deals. Today, though, the talk still tough but those agreements stand and that has left his Foreign Policy much like the Carrier Group vinson headed one way despite many in the administration suggested something far different. Domestically mean while, the Health Care Bill may be revived. Possibly. Maybe. Perhaps. Negotiations after two republican factions has the look of an agreement but still no votes scheduled which may mean that many republicans are no closer to a deal than when they started their twoweek split. We have reports and analysis on both stories. We start with politicos jake sherman on the Health Care Bill. Hes been doing a lot of reporting on that. Jake, what are your sources telling you . There are few realities here. There are some ideas about how to revive the Health Care Bill. Conservatives and moderates have been talking. People talk all the time without coming to an agreement. The reality is, congr