refused. he didn t want to leave us. the fact, at one point i asked him why are you here? and he said because you re here. reporter: todd robinson was just a kid when this happened. he learned about it 30 years later from the survivors of the ambush. it was just phenomenal to sit with battle-hardened men who would weep openly in beverly hills restaurants or on military bases or wherever we might find them because this was such a powerful experience for them. reporter: you made a promise to these guys? yeah. reporter: what was the promise? the promise was that i d get this story told on behalf of them. it was as simple as that. it wasn t hard to make that commitment to them, although it didn t occur to me it was going to take 20 years. pararescue jumper. reporter: working on an indy budget, he assembled a-list actors to play the veterans. peter fonda in what turned out to be his last movie, ed harris, william hurd, and samuel l. jackson, among others. how did
Mr. Crowley we have a c. R. Before us once again as of last night presented to the republican caucus. No, sir the way the American People want to rufpblet if the democrats controlled the house of representatives, the government would certainly be running differently. Ms. Sanchez thank you, good morning. Thank you for joining us. I would like to report this morning the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and tri caucus leaders had a meeting with john kelly to talk about a fix for dreamers. There are a number of legislative proposals that have been introduced that would esectionly provide the relief that dreamers essentially provide the relief that dreamers need and deserve antipresident promised. We had a fruitful discussion about the fact that there are solutions that have been proposed, bipartisan solutions, such as the hurdaguilar bill, on the house side. There is a senate bill that is being worked on but that they have core consensus on. Were simply asking for a vote. Give us a vote on a
This runs over 15 minutes. Good morning, everyone. I am joined by the vice chair of the Democratic Caucus, linda sanchez. Two dates before the potential for another set them. The only person in washington who said it would be good to shut down the government as the president himself. I dont think thats what the American People and certainly not what the Democratic Caucus wants, and we are working in that vein to see that government remains open. Rican needs and deserves America Needs and deserves leadership. They are not getting it from the president or the senate. Two days to go. The American People want to see govern operating. This is the third time in this period of time that we have had a c. R. Before us once again as of last night presented to the republican caucus. Thats not the way the American People want to run. If the democrats controlled the house of representatives, the government would certainly be running differently. Let me turn to my colleague, linda sanchez. Ms. Sanch
Up a shortterm spending, funding resolution, funding the government through mid february. House rules meeting tonight. Well have live coverage of the house when they gavel back in about 5 00 or so. Now we take you to the briefing with Democratic Caucus leaders from earlier today. Joe crowley and Linda Sanchez spoke with reporters about the daca legislation and theup coming debate on shortterm spending. Mr. Crowley good morning, everyone. Im joe crowley, chair of the Democratic Caucus, im joined by the vice chair of the Democratic Caucus, Linda Sanchez. We are days from the Government Shutdown they feel only person in washington who has said it would be good to shut the government down, i believe is the president. We dont want to see it shut down. Were working to see it remains open. America needs and redeserves reserve and deserves leadership but theyre not getting it from the president or from the republicans. With two days to go, our republican colleagues have been complicit in the l
The National Security team in washington. How big news is this . Leave in expected to early march or midmarch when he became eligible for pension. This is a surprise. It is earlier than expected. Ofhas been a longtime target not just the president but republicans for his past role in the overseeing of the Hillary Clinton email investigation and for donations his wife got from virginia democrats when she was running for virginia legislative seat in 2015. Shery what is the president saying about this resignation . Far he declined to take a shot at questions when the news was breaking. We will be looking at the White House Press briefing. We are also chasing sources of the fbi to get them to make an official comment. It sounds like he has decided to step down from the post but is not actually leaving the bureau until he becomes eligible for pension in march. David this is news. Willnt know right now, this affect the investigation into russia tampering with the election . Reporter the spec