Our spirits. Restore our confidence that our world is undergirarded by eternal purpose. Bless those who give service of heart to this great nation. Give them strength to temper their judgments by the compassion of the human soul. Know that none are free until all are free, free from fear, want, bigotry and callous hatred of the other. Let the courage of their convictions make america worthy her past and blessed by her future. T not sin civil bright, to live as we pray, so that unashamed, our leaders may transmit to generations to come, an america better than ours. Hear our prayer. Amen. The speaker pro tempore the chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. Pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, thejournal stands approved. Pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentlewoman from puerto , miss gonzalezcolon. Miss gonzalezcolon i pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands,
president to hold a rally in the style so soon after taking the presidency. he outlined what he said we re presidency. he outlined what he said were big plans for the four years ahead. in a speech lasting around an hour, he attacked the media, insisted the white house was running smoothly, and claimed he had inherited a big, big mess from the previous administration. he also talked about the court order overturning his travel ban. here s a little of what he had to say. and i ve taken decisive action to keep radical islamic terrorists the hell out of our country. so you probably read where we want to enforce the laws as existing and so we to enforce the laws as existing and so we signed an order couple of weeks ago and it was taken over by a court, originally by a judge and then. yeah, it s very sad. and you know the reason is for protection and safety. so the statute is so plain and so clear i said last week i was speaking to a great group of sheriffs, the sheriffs group in w
surveillance video will help them track down their family members. one of their stops, this whole foods. in hopes of finding dan ha sooner than later, his brothers went around to businesses near his home to see if there was any sight of him on surveillance video. one of the stops, this whole foods at fourth and harrison. his friends tell us surveillance video from halloween night, the night he was last seen, shows someone in a red hoodie coming into the store and then quickly leaving. the images from the rear image is from the rear so there s no confirmation it is him, however, he was wearing a red hooded sweatshirt when he was last seen. family members tell us that today they have been talking to police and getting significant updates. however, at this point they tell us there is nothing they can talk about and nothing they can confirm. reporting live in san francisco, dan kerman. thousands of nurses who worked for kaiser permanente are off the job and on the picket line
appointing to this house select committee on benghazi. let s have a huge discussion on this, the ramifications, politically, et cetera, with wolf blitzer and mime willis congressional reporter for the hill. mike, let me begin with you. do we know specifically what led to this decision on behalf of leader pelosi to say, yes, we will participate. it had been a tough question for the democrats. in the end i think very simply they decided to have a seat at the table of this investigation than be on the sidelines. it has divided the caucus over the past two weeks. there was one camp that said we have to boycott it, if we participate we re legitimizing something that s essentially a witch hunt, that republicans want to embarrass the white house. there was another camp that said, wait a minute, this panel is going to have subpoena power. it s going to bring in witnesses, could bring in hillary clinton. if we don t have democrats at the table to defend the white house, president
nearly nonstop scrutiny for this trump white house so we thought we would take the opportunity tonight to look at that very dynamic. a little more than two years ago this month robert mueller, a justice department veteran with a dozen years at the helm of the fbi was asked to take over the most politically charged investigation since watergate. he was appointed special counsel shortly after president trump s decision to fire a different fbi director james comey. mueller s task to uncover any lengths or coordination between the russian government and individuals associated with the trump campaign. mueller was also asked to investigate any related issues that came out of the inquiry. the special counsel s team closed out its work about ten weeks ago now. their 484 page report said conspiracy could not be proved and the special counsel declined to make a reommendation whether trump obstructed justice even though it sited ten instances of such behavior and mueller s document conc