Met thursday to consider legislation that would require people seeking asylum apply facilities outside the u. S. Before the Committee Voted along party lines to send the bill to the full Senate Several democratic members expressed opposition to the measure. This is one hour and 15 minutes. Good morning. Since becoming chairman in january ive been trying to find a solution to the problem that we all acknowledge which is a border out of control. Laws been abused in humanitarian crisis, National Security crisis in the making and in march the Committee Held a hearing to learn the scope of the problem. Rio grande area alone the number of families have doubled in the problem is getting to be unmanageable and were all concerned about the humanitarian conditions that has a 4 billiondollar appropriations to provide better housing but weve done nothing to stop the flow until today. In may i introduced a bill after finding the scope of the hearing that was based on the best advice i could get fro
To law school and, look im in electricity. Theres jobs for people across the spectrum of interest. Its not all about stem. We need people of all the different disciplines. How about a round of applause for our speaker. Thank you so much for being first at the National Press club we hope many future ferc chairman follow our lead and come see us at the National Press club. I would also like to thank the National Press club staff including its Journalism Institute and the Broadcast Center for organizing todays event. Finally heres a reminder you can find more information not only about todays event but all of our activities at the National Press club at the National Press club website. Thats press. Org. Also, if youd like to get a copy of todays program you can go to that website, press. Org. Thank you very much. We are adjourned. Were live on capitol hill this morning as the House Banking Committee is meeting to mark up or finalize a bill introduced by bob kirk and Robert Menendez that w
These pizzas are a delight. When you see somebody who gets so engaged and gets so much of the community engaged, its an endorsement of the battle we fight to end hunger. Thank you for your time, and remember no matter how tall or small we are, we can make a big difference. Hello, everyone. Lets start with your headlines. A nightclub suddenly catches fire in brazil. A Staggering Number of people are dead tonight. Witnesses say it was packed with people during a pyrotechnic show. At least 233 people died with when they just couldnt get out. A cnn crew is on the scene. A full report in just a moment. Attention credit card shoppers. Stores in 40 states can now charge you a checkout fee worth up to 3 of your total purchase. A legal settlement allows stores to pass along processing fees charged by Credit Card Companies avoid the vie by using a debit card or cash. Chuck hagel got the nod today to be the next secretary of defense. Former cia director and retired air force say hagel is a fine c
middle east. going to see that live on msnbc just two hours from now. for prime minister benjamin netanyahu, it could be a golden opportunity to build opposition against an iranian nuclear deal but at what cost? dozens of lawmakers will be no-shows and president obama himself says he won t be watching. i don t think it s permanently destructive. i think that it is a distraction from what should be our focus. and our focus should be how do we stop iran from getting a nuclear weapon. not only will he not watch but president obama won t be be meeting with benjamin netanyahu. remember the white house did not invite the prime minister in the first place. john boehner did. that ruffled feathers and white house says it s against protocol for president obama to meet with benjamin netanyahu so close to israel s elections, which are just two weeks ago. the lobbying group, he means no disrespect for president obama but insists it s his duty to speak out. as prime minister of israe
0 are prepared to negotiate, if we said, sorry, not good enough. you have to give everything up and we re not sitting down with you until you do, others we depend on to enforce sanctions would have started to walk. similarly if we tried to get into a discussion with them about giving up everything right away, that would have taken months. meanwhile they would have continued advancing their program. this interim deal stops the program in its tracks and gives the opportunity for a comprehensive deal without allowing iran to use the cover as talks to advance the program. harry reid has said today they will slowly study more sanctions. it s a lot of pressure. you ve heard chuck schumer and others just yesterday. would the president veto a sanctions bill if it came to his desk in violation of the agreement. it specifies no new sanctions in the next six months. that would be the first veto. congress has been a critical partner in the entire process. the sanctions congress helped design h