We just got back. We were in ames earlier today enduring the family leaders event. It went well. Big crowd. You were there . [inaudible] well, its my opportunity to talk to you today. The county chair puts me here. He asked me to stand in for him. Welcome. Im going to call on hester kim crummer from the Monroe United Methodist Church for an opening prayer. Pastor. I asked god if i could write my hartnell in this piece of paper so i can pray for all those who live in this great nation. So let us pray. Mighty god we thank you for your presence here today. We thank you for your wisdom and love that god is great nation. We thank you for those observed in our military to shore our liberty and freedom that allows us to meet this day for the good of our country. Our hearts are heavy this day for the unnecessary deaths of our marines within our borders. We reach out to the families of these brave men who selflessly served our country, and ask that you hold them with your love. Sometimes we for
[inaudible] when it comes to our approach which doesnt take into account to continue to almost take on the evidence of those roles to take both sides. Why is it that we cant get this right to this changing approach and lack of analysis doesnt inspire confidence. That is a gross misrepresentation of the situation. What happened is the situation on the ground has changed. When we were first looking at the situation in syria it was a civil war with opposition groups fighting a regime which was responding with ever more ruthless military means. What happened in the meantime is isis has become a fact on the ground controlling a significant area of territory more extreme. Theyve become a much more important sector in the conflict on the ground and that is hugely complicated the situation. It was a relatively blackandwhite thing in the beginning. [inaudible] [inaudible] the holding of the establishing of Something Like the government is usually going to complicated situation. For the record i
Yearold Matty Middleton says no parent should have to go through what she is going through its now been more than 24 hours since Madison Middleton vanished there are apparently some developments unfolding right now at this hour. Alicea joins us live from santa cruz what can you tell us about whats going on . Reporter thing just unfolding as we speak if you look back there the mother of another child is 1415 Years Old Police just came in and swarmed this entire area to put yellow tape just within the last minute or two that woman over there screaming right now saying some things about her son but i fear they found were not sure what they found but they have her son in custody there is a car over there that might have some evidence of the car something is going on pam will no idea sofa and figure out this mother is screaming uncontrollably or such and figure this allout as its unfolding cops pushing us back as march and find out going on. But all we know as of now there is a kid in custo
And reuters highlights another comment from the Kentucky Republican where he said it is absurd lawmakers must chose between the Iran Nuclear Agreement or going to war. We will watch that News Conference now. It is half an hour. Morning, everyone. Today after the election at a Similar Press conference like this i said the American People expressed their opinion in the election and two things were on their mind. One was it was helpful to us obviously the president was not very poplar. But the other issue is the issue of dysfunction. The sense that nothing every gets accomplished here. To observers they were not sure what dysfunction was but if you worked here you know it was the senate. The senate was basically shutdown for literally years. How do you measure dysfunction . One way is do you vote on amendment amendmentamend amendments. We had 15 votes before this and 60 this year. The law requires us to pass a budget, not when we feel like it, but every year. We have done that. That is no
Agreement or going to war. We will watch that News Conference now. It is half an hour. Morning, good morning everyone. Today after theenough. But my goal looking at the government the American People gave us a divided government, which is not unusual, we have had divided government more often than not since world war ii. I think nay are saying why dont you look for things you agree on and try to make progress for the country. So what i tried to do is empicizeemp says empicize empicize there was agreement. We led off o the it passed by a pretty overwhelming bipartisan majority. As indicated we pass a budget. Thats not a bipartisan exercise typically typically and it was this year but we have also done every Nuclear Review every right of no child left behind a multiyear highway bill. Clearly the senate is up and running and trying to focus on things where we can make progress. What is not helpful is rhetoric like the president has been using as recently as this morning comparing republic