Today his spokesman is out with a nasty attack on his female opponent, which is probably not going to help. We are one step closer to obtaining the stamp of approval as the Senate Foreign relations today voted to approve u. S. Military action against the Syrian Government of bashar al assad. The tally, 10 to 7 in favor of military action. The ayes were compromised of 7 democrats and 3 republicans. The nays, tom udall and chrisser if murphy and five republicans, jim riche who was on this program last night. The white house quickly reacted with a statement reading in part, we commend the senate for moving swiftly and working across party lines on behalf of our National Security. The military action authorized the resolution, would uphold Americas National security interest by degrading assads chemical weapons capability and deterring the future use of these weapons, even as we pursue the broader strength of this strategy in syria. Earlier today in stockholm, the president defended his de
You dont respect in arent there . I have faith in this country, darn it, i have faith in politics. I believe good people can come to agreement and stop taking cheap stupid shots at each oesh. It didnt work once. It took us to civil war. But that was due to slavery. It was economic, historical. We came all to know moral. This fight is whether to implement a law that the United States congress passed, that the president of the United States signed, that the Supreme Court of the United States declared constitutional. Is it a sign of weakness for Speaker Boehner to say when he gets up in the morning, were going back to the regular american system. Sorry crazies, were going to enforce the law and move on. Jonathan martin writes for the New York Times, jonathan kay port on the washington post. Jonathan march thin, youre chuckling. Its sad. All he has to say regular order, ladies and gentlemen, were going to enforce a law that we wrote and the president signed. And he would invite a challenge
I have faith in this country. Darn it, i have faith in politics. I believe democracy works. I believe good people can come to agreement and stop taking cheap, stupid shots at each other. Okay, didnt work once. It took us to civil war. But that was about a real disagreement. Slavery. It was regional, it was economic, it was historical. It was, after all we came to know, moral. This is a over a law the congress passed, that the president of the United States signed, the Supreme Court of the United States declared constitutional. Its isnt a sign of weakness for boehner to say when he gets up in the morning were going back to the original system . Sorry crazies, were going to go back to the law and move on. Jonathan martin, youre chuckling, but its so sad. Its so sad because all he has to do is say regular order, ladies and gentlemen, were going to do what weve always done. Enforce a law we wrote and the president signed. And he would probably invite a challenge to his speakership if he wa
Critical in terms of sustaining the stability and calm in iraq, and our hope is that mr. Maliki will not stir those waters. Also news today, warnings about a potential military coup. Military forces rolling around baghdad today in the green zone. The other Big Development in the u. S. Perspective today, officials tell nbc the cia is now directly arming Kurdish Forces in the north. That is a major shift in how the u. S. Helps the kurds. Previously, it only funneled those weapons through the Iraqi Government. With the help of u. S. Air strikes, the Kurdish Peshmerga has driven out isis from two northern towns, but isis is armed with u. S. Made tanks and humvees theyve stolen from Iraqi Government. Those kinds of weapons helped them capture another town outside baghdad. All this as humanitarian efforts get an international bump from the u. K. And france. So far the u. S. Has delivered 74,000 meals and 15,000 gallons of fresh drinking water. U. S. Central command released this night vision
Sitting down with president barack obama behind closed doors at the white house tomorrow morning. That should be interesting. The campaigner in chief telling nbcs jimmy fallon this. My hope is, is that over the next couple of weeks, were able to pull things together, and what happens during primaries, you get a little ouchie. Everybody does. A little ouchie. Who better to talk about getting a little ouchie and other things than cnns mark preston and dana bash. Good evening to both of you. We miss you here in washington, d. C. , mark preston. But im going to start with you since youre the odd man out. Youre not in studio with dana and me here. Lets talk about Hillary Clinton and her historic night. We know she has called Bernie Sanders. She called last night. Whats her next step . A couple things. One, i do think that Hillary Clinton and her campaign has really deftly handled the Bernie Sanders situation very well over the last 48 hours. She was very gracious in her speech last night. S