members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour ebate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip each, to five minutes but in no event slal debate ontinue beyond 1:50 p.m. but in no event shall debate ontinue beyond 1:50 p.m. the chair recognizes the gentleman from american samoa, mr. faleomavaega. mr. faleomavaega: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to put for the full text of my statement be made part of the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. faleomavaega: mr. speaker, i rise today to denounce the disparaging name of the national football league agencies washington, d.c., franchise, the redskins, which i ll refer to as the r word. the native american community has spent millions of dollars in the past two decades to fight that racism that is perpetuated by thi
0 secretary of state john kerry produced talks that don t seem like they will happen until fall. elise viebeck. stick around, we ll talk about 2016. meanwhile in colorado, firefighters are making progress battling the state s most destructive wildfire ever. what s being called the black tpoefrt fire started tuesday in colorado springs. so far it s killed two people and destroyed 473 houses. a surprise rain shower helped firefighters contain 0% of it yesterday. that s prompted authorities to lift some evacuation orders in the surrounding area. meanwhile, in louisiana, a second deadly plant explosion in as many days. it happened in the same parrish thursday. nitrogen was being offloaded, injuring one. the plant is 40 miles south of baton rouge. it did not pose a threat to an area surrounding the plant. in upstate new york, heavy rain caused flooding to at least one county. several roads and a bridge had been shut down. an additional inch or two could fall this afternoon as well. dyla
0 the republicans are just totally bam booze he willed now. the gop ordered an autopsy. 98 page autopsy. of its performance in the last election. they don t understand they re being suckered. it is all about outreach, not policy. to be clear, our principles are sound. outside of pushing for comprehensive immigration reform. if you wish to live and work in america. kentucky senator rand paul. we will find a place for you. raising his national profile. endorsed a path to citizenship. we will find a place for you. i am now a single issue voter against amnesty. it is all completely incoherent. we know we have problems and we aren t going to deport 12 million illegal immigrants. the opposition to the iraq war led to a crushing defeat for republicans. ten years to the day aftershock and awe. we have seen this with jeb bush who was for citizenship, in his book, don t know if he wrote it, seemed to not be for citizenship, now he is for citizenship. saw it wi
0 through the house of representatives that everyone thought were impossible. john boehner, from the moment he became speaker has never been able to get anything through the house without it failing, without it failing before it could fail or without it being some slippery sloppy mess as we saw at the fiscal cliff. or without independennancy p. consider just in terms of leadership style. pelosi had as diverse a caucus as john boehner has had to deal with, and, yet, as speaker, she was very productive, got things done, and as the minority leader she s been productive and got things done, and been the one person that you could count on to get it passed. i mean, that s the irony of this is that john boehner actually needs nancy pelosi more than he can count on eric cantor. isn t part of the problem that when nancy pelosi was speaker, she didn t have her deputies looking to maybe replace her, and i want to read this piece and come to you on this. in the guardian there was a fascinati
election night. we are now less than an hour away from the first poll results. and some polls are coming in. closing in. indiana, kentucky right now. now we do not report any results until all the polls close in each state. the first of six states close at 7:00 p.m. eastern. bret: it s expected to be one of the closest and most closely watched vote count in american history. the candidates on a cross country race, for electoral votes. 270 is needed. this is the big number. glenn: the race for white house takes center stage. live look. president obama headquarters in chicago. governor romney in boston. we ll take you there live in a moment. we are getting information on why they vote the way they are. martha maccallum will cover that for us. reporter: they are analyzing the response as they come out of the polling places tonight. there are key states like ohio and virginia. the polls are still open for hours as people come home from work and continue to vote. so many are