I think it is too soon to be speculating. We were talking in general terms about how much. We are notcluded dealing with any specific request to my knowledge in terms of funding. You had your hand up . Asked you said you asked but a Congress Report i the end of next week. Expressed their view this should be held as a standalone vote. Having ayou stand on standalone vote . That is the decision we have to make. We await what the house is going to do. I spoke to the speaker on more than one occasion. Forward to bring everyone together. I appreciate what he is trying to do. Have been pretty clear. How do you on to your caucus who disagree . What did you tell them . This is what will happen. We had the rest of the nation last night. We are going to have a briefing. People with questions will ask them. Next week week there are going to be congressional hearings on the situation in the middle east. They are still looking forward to having an interior minister or, which is important. Ongoing m
Good morning. Inc. For the introduction. The thanks for the introduction. Will you please join me for a moment of silence . Thank you. Here is what Prime Minister tony blair commented on that day. This mass terrorism is the new people. It is perpetratedat the who are utterly indifferent to the. Anctity of human life we have to come together and fight it together. He could have written that yesterday. The 9 11 Commission Report concluded the attacks were a shock but none should not have come as a surprise. Of warning. Ngthy plenty of warning. They are more lethal than al qaeda was on september 11, 2001, yet the president has likened isil to the junior versus the team. Safer. Argued america is nothing is further from the truth. I listened to the president s remarks a month and i welcome them. There are several elements i support. Willinghrough a coalition, ordering more forces,es and u. S. Stepping up intelligence collection, cutting off their , curtailing the flow of foreign fighters, a
There will be an opportunity to ask questions. And perhaps hearings that will follow through the course of the next few days. This is our chance to ask specific questions but i will have to join in at this point and say that the majority leader is 100 right. Make no mistake. When we commit American Service women and men in harms way, it is time to put partisanship aside and stand together as a congress and as a nation. We need to be on their side. Mr. Schumer. Thank you. Last night, the president laid out a Clear Strategy to keep the homeland safe from the emerging terrorist threat posed by isis. He made clear he will use aggressive airstrikes to attack isis wherever they are found. He will not put troops on the ground and will not engage in the type of nation building that weakened america at home during the last decade. This is exactly what the American People want and exactly what the president intends to do. While the president made clear and we agree that he has the authorization
This memo is not an indictment of the f. B. I. , of the department of justice. It does not impugn the Mueller Investigation or the Deputy Attorney general. What it is is the congresss legitimate function of oversight to make sure that the fisa process is being used correctly. This memo is really a spin on not just a set of particular documents, but broader classified information than that. That because of serious and material omissions is inaccurate. Sandra chief White House Correspondent john roberts is live with the latest where anything could happen. Good morning, john. Good morning. The betting appears to be the white house will transfer the memo to the house Intelligence Committee. Whether they can get it out today may be another question. The president other than being caught in an open mic moment tuesday night after the state of the union where he said 100 he would release the memo he has been fairly quiet on this. When he was leaving for the republican retreat in West Virginia
This is the day. You know the events of nike did i ever bite of what binds us are 2 countries free societies transatlantic allies and spread yourself said ive already said that we certainly need more control of our own. Base. But the transatlantic relationship is indispensable for us in the people and the rest of us on the street im not of the opinion that needle is brain dead i still believe in international cooperation. By it especially because we are facing ever larger and more International Challenges that almost all of it was yes i agree with the chancellor merkel nato is strong. United States North America and europe to do more to get it done been done for decades we have implemented the strongest reinforcements also looked at the fence instead of the cold war. Also coming up a bronze statue of former u. S. President Ronald Reagan will be unveiled here in berlin tomorrow a statue to commemorate those words that he delivered before the wall came down. Chaired this one was at the a