so based on those comments there has been a wave of criticism about the selection from president trump. secondly the second nomination he pointed to was bret tally. mid-30s. but however bret tally has never tried a case. wife works for the white house as lawyer. he didn t disclose that in his senate forms when being considered by the judiciary committee. and also had a long list of social media platforms that he post posted controversial things referring to hillary clinton as rot t rotten in this post. now, within the pass hour grassley has said to the white house, look, you have to do something about these two nominees. at this point the white house is not responding to this. but this could be big trouble for at least two of their nominees. brooke? could be asked about that in the coming briefing as well.
right to free speech. yes, offensive speech is prot t protected and need i remind anyone that the first amendment reads congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of a religion or abridging freedom of speech. these folks don t seem to understand that they are violating our free speech rights under the first amendment. offensive speech and congress is forbidden from promoting one religion over another. i have feared for some time that sharia law is already here. this resolution is an affront to the freedom of religion by prioritizing one over others. by the way, this resolution and the names of those who sponsored it are on my facebook page. so mr. mayor, stop mouthing off when you don t know the facts because you re pandering either to the white house and the political class that s taking us down this road.
there s an industry, that too big to fail has been solved. i don t think the changes have but soledad, what industry, what industry of such import would we say, well, we re knreay sure whether or not we ve got it under control. and this is why sherrod brown and david vitter have come together and said, look, we have a bill that will adjust the capitol requirements on banks and make sure that we re prot t protected. and the fact of the matter is, i understand that barney franks thinks he did some important stuff. but that i has not been dotted. that t has not been crossed it s hard to ask the guy whose name is on the bill, does the bill have teeth. that s a little counterproductive. i think that s right. and i think the problem with the dodd/frank approach, it assume ifs the regulation is clever enough, you can get things so, yes, the banks will be very big, but they will be safe and have ways to unwind them if
he spoke to the importance of an israeli/palestinian peace. both in interviews with palestinian president mahmoud abbas and moments ago in a high-profile address to israeli youth. i ve returned to the west bank because the united states is deeply committed to the creation of an independent an sovereign state of palestine. peace is necessary. piece is necessary, i believe that. the only way for israel to endure and thrive as a jewish and democratic state is through the realization of an independent and viable palestine. that is true. underscoring just how rough the road ahead will be for any deal, as the president spoke of peace, palestinians were prot t protesting u.s. support for israel and rockets were being launched into israel from gaza. joining us from tel aviv is ben birnbaum, a contributor at the new republic and the author of this week s cover story, the end of the two-state solution.
america. we will begin this hour in greece where the voters have spoken in parliment,le bailout, the leader has two more days to form a coalition government. investors around the world are now relieves that greece has not decided to scrap the euro, ditch the bailouts, but what it has decided is anything but clear, unfortunately. but kristine rollins has been watching europe. let s talk about the election and the impact on us right now. i can t overstate the importance of greece to the american economy. it comes at a time when it looks like growth is softening a bit, and greece is the weakest link in europe, and europe is the biggest destination for our exports. so if greece continues to hurt and has uncertainly, and the questions being asked about the euro continue, then you have a problem. you have europe not buying as much stuff as it used to and that is bad for american jobs. so that s a really important part here. also, what greece avoided by this voiavoided something b