abuse. we re live with more on this. reporter: the u.s. customs and border protection sought a federal exemption to launch a massive recruitment of just women. the border patrol needs to hire 1600 new agents by october 1st and the border patrol says that men are eligible for the new hire effort but the agency needs moore female agents in part because border patrol agents are the first responders to incidents involving immigrants crossing the border illegally. accord dog amnesty international more and more are women and children attempting to cross the u.s. via the southern bored and have been victimizedded. the border control commissioner says women bring a perspective to the job that is of valuefr÷ and at the train are standards for men and women nor different. male and female agents are required to do the same job, in the same locations. there is no difference between what we re expected to do. it s just there are times when
tensions with the obama administration saying the alliance between israel and america, never stronger. reports of the demise of the israeli/u.s. relation is not only premature, they re just wrong. it s stronger than ever. in our part of the world increasingly in every part of the world, no one makes alliances with the weak. doug schoen and david avella join me. did i just hear benjamin netanyahu sound political, doug? he s saying that never before has there been a stronger alliance between the u.s. and israel? gretchen with all due respect that doesn t sound political to me. that sounds to me like a characterization of an alliance very similar to what john kerry himself said yesterday on the sunday shows. i think the real issue here is
so it s fine. the skit was a parody of former mayor rudy giuliani as birdman. the film that just won the oscar for best picture. skid my fans to check out the sketch. what did they think? scott says, you made it when you have been spoofed by snl. thanks. mc says vanessa baird did a great job and is a good snl cast member. jen says there s only bun gretchen so my mombpla says, too. eddie thought it was funny. he thinks they may have some new writers. i want to thank you 0 you for being part of the real real, real story today. i m gretchen. here is harris. we begin with the battle against the islamic state. [explosion] iraqi forces launching a major operation came at taking
turning over material. listen. that flies in the face of what you said. ed what we have confirmed is that iran has lived up to their agreement as a part of the joint plan of action. this is iran this is the u.n. nuclear watchdog saying they haven t been able to verify that. can you explain how the u.s. verified that? in the the context of the joint plan of action our international inspectors have gotten very important access to iran. administration officials maintain that the iaea has previously confirmed that iran complied with the earlier stages of this agreement to comply and explain the key pieces of its nuclear program. you see secretary of state john kerry in geneva trying to make sure they follow through. ed henry good to see you. thank you very much. there s word hillary clinton could officially start running for president a whole lot sooner than even she has been hinting at. it was a bit of breaking news
house. this has been well, they say rough. i can think of other words back and forth between the administration and netanyahu. you re right. it s been brutal, and just last week susan rice suggested that this whole trip by the israeli prime minister would be destructive, is what she called it and that did no not go over well so as the israeli prime minister spoke today at aipac, the american israeli public affairs committee, the large pro israel lobby the united states, samantha power, the president s u.s. ambassador to the united nations, made it clear they re trying to smooth over the tension. listen. debating the most effective policy both within our respective democracies and among partners is more than useful, it is a necessary part of arriving at informed decisions. politicizing the process is not. republican john mccain told fox today the administration is