Reverend al. Hardball will have full coverage of the speech next. Chris jansing, thank you for your time tonight. And thanks to you for watching. Im al sharpton. Hardball starts right now. Congress backs the president on war. And this is hardball. Good evening, im Chris Matthews in washington. President obama is just about to dress the country on the votes by both houses of congress now, supporting his decision to arm and train Syrian Opposition forces for the battle against the terrorist group isis. The senate just voted. 7822 to authorize the arms and training. The house voted yesterday also in support of the president s position. Senator angus king of maine joins us now, hes an independent to alines with the
democrats. Senator king, what does this mean . Does this oh, lets go to the president. International coalition to degrade and ultimately destroy the terrorist group known as isil. France will join against isil targets in iraq and as one of our oldest and closest allies, france i
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Tonight broke big news about the federal criminal investigation that has dogged new Jersey Republican governor Chris Christie for nearly a year now. Wnbcs jonathan dienst reporting late tonight while federal prosecutors in new jersey continue to investigate the shutdown of lanes onto the George Washington bridge last year, as some still unexplained act of political retribution, federal officials tell wnbc tonight that those investigations thus farce have found no evidence that governor Chris Christie personally had advance knowledge of the shutdown plot nor have they found evidence that he took part in the plot personally. Again, the investigation continues. But that is the first substantive leak from the federal criminal investigation of the bridge shutdown in new jersey. The u. S. Attorneys office in new jersey has been incredibly tightlipped. Thats the first reporting weve had from that. Well have more coming up in a few minutes including governor christies own reaction to that leak
Also. The nbc station here in new york tonight broke big news about the federal criminal investigation that has dogged new Jersey Republican governor Chris Christie for nearly a year now. Wnbcs jonathan dienst reporting late tonight while federal prosecutors in new jersey continue to investigate the shutdown of lanes onto the George Washington bridge last year, as some still unexplained act of political retribution, federal officials tell wnbc tonight that those investigations thus farce have found no evidence that governor Chris Christie personally had advance knowledge of the shutdown plot nor have they found evidence that he took part in the plot personally. Again, the investigation continues. But that is the first substantive leak from the federal criminal investigation of the bridge shutdown in new jersey. The u. S. Attorneys office in new jersey has been incredibly tightlipped. Thats the first reporting weve had from that. Well have more coming up in a few minutes including gover
Syrian rebels. Here is the president. Good evening. Today the United States continues to build a Broad International coalition to degrade and ultimately destroy the terrorist group known as isil. As part of the air Campaign France will join in strikes against isil in iraq. And as one of our oldest and closest allies, france is a strang partner in our efforts against terrorism and we are pleased that french and American Service members will once again Work Together on our shared security and our shared values. More than 40 countries, including arab nations have offered assistance. This includes support for iraqi forces, strengthening the iraqi government, providing humanitarian aid to the iraqi civilians and doing their part in the fight against isil. Here at home, im pleased that congress, a majority of democrats and a majority of republicans, in both the house and the senate, have voted to support a key element of our strategy. Our plan to train and equip the opposition in syria so th