You can also reach out to us online. Im calling about john boehner. But him not bringing up the extension of our Unemployment Benefits before the twoweek recess for easter, i am appalled by that. Not bringame he did this up for the people who need the jobless benefits. I think is a shame that the president cannot do anything about it. Why do you think you didnt bring that bill up before lawmakers went for recess . Caller it is paid for, i dont know. What he wants. Im i just think he wants to hold all of us hostage and make everybody suffer. From theory now washington times. Oh he contends his reelection bid, quote wont even be close. This is quoting john boehner. Kaiser, west virginia, larry is on the line. Caller i think john boehner has done a very bad job and i think he should be replaced. Host who should he be replaced with . Caller im not really sure. Someone hi whos more conservative. They should cut back on the spending programs. Sundays the ington post lets go now and listen to
And all the things that we see in our communities that are tied to the arts. Ifill those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions and. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff more cities in iraq fell today to a rapidly advancing wave of Al Qaeda Linked militants. Today, it was tikrit, only 80 miles north of baghdad. Yesterday, the extremists took over iraqs secondlargest city, mosul. Jonathan rugman of independent Television News has this report from Northern Iraq. Reporter for a second day, militants of the so
Raddatz coming to you from baghdad. Where were tracking breaking news in a fastmoving crisis that could draw the u. S. Back into war. President obama now considering air strikes, as an army of jihadists remain just 60 miles of this capital, and while there will be no american boots on the ground, just last night, the Aircraft Carrier, uss george h. W. Bush, and two other warships were moved to the persian gulf. We have Team Coverage of every angle. But we begin here in baghdad, where we arrived this morning to find a city bracing for attack. Ready to take up arms. A city where americans gave their lives, now on the brink of civil war. Security forces here mobilizing. Residents here, hoarding food and supplies, fearing the extremists will strike. The countrys political and religious leaders now calling for new recruits to take up arms. This morning, we met some of the young men eager to join the fight. Are you ready to take up arms . Definitely. Reporter new recruits, mostly majority sh
Was so far off the mark he had the incumbent holding a 34 lead as recently as last week. The board of elections in virginia reported an increase in voter turnout over 2012. 18,000 more votes were cast last night and as you can see on the map on your screen, brat beat kantor in the precincts closest to the inner cities of richmond and suburbs. Brat pulled off the surprise victory while in a major disadvantage in both money and endor endorsements. According to Campaign Finance data, kantors campaign spent nearly t lly 5 million to brat 122,000. Cantor spent more on state dinner. His big money donors include, the blackstone group, goldman sachs, oracle, credit swis and verizon communications. Can you say establishment . Brat, mistakenly labelled a Tea Party Candidate by much of the National Media despite failing to win the backing of a single Major National tea party organization. By the way, cantor himself is most closely aligned with the tea party or at least he was. Brat told the new y
Iran coming in hot and heavy on one side. Considerld obviously the fact that if its a view of throughon is solely sectarian frames, they could find themselves finding fighting a lot of locations. Thats not good for the iranian economy or the iranian people for the longterm. I suspect there are folks in iran that recognize that. Old habits die hard and we will they would have to take what would be a more mising path will stop president obama finishing up an hourlong talk about the situation a rat situation in iraq will stop he talked about not only specific plans he is going to take now but also a philosophical view. The president has 300 military advisers that will be going to rack. Some of them will be working on intelligence efforts to try to now. With the violence sending secretary john kerry to the region to build some sort of effort toward a political solution. The president ruled out any u. S. Ground forces beyond these military advisers going in and said the possibility in the f