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about 1,000 people. this latest attack really shows the chaos and the violence gripping afghanistan, again, after wednesday s truck bombing in kabul s diplomatic corridor killing 90 people and wounding more than 450 others. yesterday, friday, more than 1,000 protesters called for the resignation of the afghan president after what they say is the crumbling security situation in afghanistan and in kabul. the clash with police who fired upon the crowds, and today another smaller protest was held at the site of wednesday s bombing. but, again, this continues. people concerned and people calling for the resignation of the president and upset about the security situation. and, leland, while no group has claimed responsibility for these attacks, government officials say that it was the work of the taliban jeopardizing peace talks that were scheduled to start in kabul on tuesday and creating a very vicious and bloody start to
california republican darryl ice issa speak ice issa speaking out to his constituents. he s one of the critics and he s with the former chair, rather. and we ve seen a lot of town halls that get fairly contentious. some of the residents there are making their voices heard. right now at the town hall in his district. the congressman endorsed president trump last year. he won his o tow reelection narrowly by about 1600 votes. we are going to keep an eye on this and bring it to you live if news warrants. and finally some good news for those hit hardest by the flooding, that damaged more than 1200 homes. president trump announcing yesterday, a major disaster
the supreme court. president obama lost 9-0 when they tried to rein in the executive action. it was a conservative court and justice scalia was still there. never the exact man as neil gorsuch, but cut from the same cloth, if you will. do we read into that or not? i don t think. if you do that as a 9-0 loss, could you view it as fidelity to the statute and constitution. the court would find that president obama was acting outside the staut statutes and the constitution. and here, it clearly delegates to the executive. i don t think that that president obama lost 9-0 is predictive. the entire narrative of president trump challenging the system is coming to a climax as we hit this fall, if the courts decide. leland: you think that we re three months away when you say fall? i think, well, it would be expedited is what the government
they still are through this connection that they have in the white house. it s pathetic. and we really need to do something about that. reporter: now, for a lot of folks here and around the country, this is also about protesting president trump s policies as a whole including climate change. but earlier outside the white house some of the president s supporters held a rally of their own to say i thank you for leaving to say thank you for leaving the paris climate deal, and that some of the protesters didn t like that when they came by. pittsburgh, not paris. job, jobs, jobs. pittsburgh, not paris. jobs, jobs, jobs. reporter: you can see some of that confrontation that took place there when the protesters came upon the trump supporters. later today hundreds of rallies are scheduled to take place including several targeting trump properties, we re told.