directors for almost two decades here. so some senators, some democratic senators believe they were misled last night when she said it was a clerical error because it seems it was a long clerical error. the reality is it may not matter at all. republicans of course control the senate, democrats can raise questions about this. she has long relationships with republican senators and we should also point out the ideology here is different. democrats simply don t like her view of education. this has been a long running debate. donald trump is likely to get his cabinet nominee in betsy devos. thanks very much. you saw the opposition from democrats. coming up, new details about how they plan to try to stop or at least stall some of the nominations. and the 41st president george h.w. bush tonight in intensive care. dr. sanjay gupta will join us with the latest. as well as his wife barbara, who is also now in the hospital.
i ll hand it back to you. keep going. as we monitor that. we could have left if alone saying i m focused on house races. he created the rift either way. and he s in a compromised position as so many of these other republicans are. he does not support donald trump. what he really wants to do is protect the house and be a check on either a trump or a president clinton. let s listen in to the speaker of the house. on what this election is ultimately about. beyond all the ugliness lie as long running debate between two governing philosophies. one in keeping with our nation s founding principles like freedom and equality and another, another seeks to replace them. and so at this time i would like to invite you to reflect on this choice that we are facing here. right now as fractured and as polarized as this country is, a vast majority of americans,
possibility of the united states cooperating with iran on a solution in iraq. congressional republicans have been expressing bewilderment that the united states would even consider such an idea. jay carney said there would be limits to any agreement of that type. i can tell you that we are open to engaging the iranians just as we are engaging other regional players on the threat posed by isil in iraq. any engagements we have with the iranians will not include strategic determination about iraq s future over the heads of the iraqi people. reporter: now we are told here at the white house secretary of state john kerry has just arrived presumably to talk with the president about iraq and other matters. one running debate right now is about whether the united states ought to get involved in the question of the prime minister of iraq, nuri al maliki and whether he ought to be prime
you are not allowed to have screens of any kind. you are also not allowed to have trap doors, secret doors, windows, secret passages, again, this is a tremendous threat to law and order in the state of alabama. and if you have your billiards at your billiard table in a town that does not have a police force, it s unincorporated, you have to have a license. if you do not, you could be subject to a fine between 50 and $100 per table and you could do time, between 30 to 50 days. it s tough. steve: yeah. they re not messing around. meanwhile, there has been a long running debate, is it tomato a fruit or vegetable? i believe it is a fruit. but the federal government, the supreme court and united states have settled it. it s a vegetable! who knew? did you know? in 1893, the supreme court determined that tomatoes are a vegetable. the reason we care about this is because it now means that tomatoes are subject to vegetable import laws and restrictions.
as as of this time, 5:00 a.m., there has not been a day without a budget being passed in the united states senate. and some interesting observations from the vote. all democrats voted yeah with the exception of for up for re-election 2014. unfriendly to democrats. mark beg gich from alaska. baucus from montana. pryor from arc. hagan from north carolina. recently passed the ryan budget plan that one outlines $4.6 trillion in deficit reductions over the next decade and does balance the budget. remember, these are resolutions. these are not bills. so most likely they will now just be used for argumentative talking points and of course the long running debate over spending which is good news for us because we get to talk about it back to you guys. get up extra early and