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and minority whip limited to five minutes. but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. poe, for five minutes. mr. poe: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, the president, quote, avoid the battle, complains, and misses opportunities. those were the words of leon panetta president obama s former secretary of defense and c.i.a. director in 2011. at the time panetta, along with military commanders and joint chiefs of staff, recommended that the united states leave 24,000 troops in iraq to prevent that country from falling apart and becoming chaos. according to panetta the administration was so eager to rid itself of iraq that it was willing to withdraw rather than lock in arrangements that would preserve american influence in our interests. so the president ignored the advice of his own secretary of defense and top commanders and pooled troops out of iraq in 2011. the timing just before the 2012 presidential lea ....
the gun wrapped in a shirt in the t-shirt and went off in his hands. he pled not guilty. his lawyer says it was an accident. we can confirm that mr. sanchez did not know kate steinle and he had no reason to want her to be harmed in any way. reporter: now, sanchez s story has changed along the way. originally he said he was using a gun to shoot sea lions. this will reignite the debate over whether or not san francisco should be a sanctuary. the murder of kate steinle has provoked a dispute about who is at fault for letting an illegal immigrant felon go fruit. chef ross mirkarimi said it isn t his fault. he says federal immigration officials messed up by not obtaining a warrant to keep sanchez in custody. our allen martin talked yesterday with a former head of i.c.e. about that. sheriff mirkarimi clearly laid the blame right at the door of i.c.e. he said that the city and the county really had no choice. in fact, here s what he had to say. well, i think i.c.e. n ....
announcer: this is nightly business report, with tyler mathisen and sue her profit powers strong earnings from iconic american companies, fuels big gains on wall street, sending the nasdaq past 6,000. trade tensions. the trump administration slaps tariffs on canadian lumber. will the housing market pay the price? losing patience? find out what happens when one of our reporters tries to get near a still mill in china. tonight on nightly business report for tuesday, april 25th. good evening, everyone, welcome. nasdaq powers past 6,000 for the first time ever. the dow reclaims 21,000. the small cap russell index hit a record. what you will street once again seeing super sized gains for the second day in a row as some of the biggest companies in america crush earnings expectations. and all of this came on the same day that the u.s. threatened tariffs on canadian lumber imports. that is a form of protectionism, something the market historically does not like. t ....
yes. we ve seen clouds locked in all day. 63 degrees right now but the thing is we don t have the rain around. we just have these clouds locked in. big area of low pressure giving us cloud cover. later today, though, it s going to move up into new england and pull the cloiuds with it. a little more in the way of clearing happening farther off to our west. here s what it s going to look like around lunchtime. mid-60s. cloudy skies, happy hour. more clouds breaking and more sunshine trying to peak through, temperatures in the mid-70s and by dinnertime, even more clearing. i ll show you when the 80s return and we ll look at the weekend forecast straight ahead. thank you, sheena. we re looking at what is going on in virginia. there s a fairfax investigation going on. erika gonzalez has information now. reporter: good morning. we re right outside of glasgow middle school. there is police presence here this morning but this has nothing to do with the school. all facul ....
off for school. k-9 officers walking through the park. police finished their search of the area just before the school day ended. investigators say nothing was found but they re on a heightened sense of awareness. it was just last month that the officers found the remains of two people less than a mile away. now the principal did send home a letter to parents letting them know that police were searching the area but she ensured them that it had nothing to do with the middle school. back to you. thanks so much. a quick look now at some of the day s other top stories. the trump administration revealed the president s plans to simplify your taxes. there would be a three tax bracket instead of the current seven brackets with the highest of 35%. now the standard deduction would double for married couples to $24,000. charitable giving and mortgage interest would still be deductible. the business tax rate would drop to 15% and the debt tax, that s going to end. fox news chan ....