the clerk: the speaker s room, washington, d.c., february 3, 2014. i hereby appoint the honorable thomas e. petri to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, john a. boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 7, 2014, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour ebate. pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess until 2:00 p.m. today. will have more state of the state speeches for you to for you. today, oklahoma republican governor mary fallin will be delivering her speech. that will be live at 1:30 p.m. eastern on our companion network, c-span3. a specialtoday, election debate for the 13th congressional district seat in florida. filled,the seat to be held by the late representative bill young. he passed away in october of last or after serving 40 years in congress. last year after serving 40
.tanding behind steven sotloff he is the second killed at the hands of i sold isil. the state department is working to verify the video. it is exactly what many feared after seeing steven sotloff in the video released two weeks ago when terrorists killed james foley. , he says illing tape am back, and the beheading is react allegation is in retaliation. is 31 years old. a freelance journalist who vanished a year ago while covering the conflict in syria. mother made a play for the release of her son. there was concern time was running out. the pentagon made this statement. we have seen fresh reporting about the potential murder of steven sotloff. idle have anything to confirm today. we are monitoring as best we can. our thoughts go out to the family, who has endured hardship and suffering just by virtue of his captivity and being held hostage. i can t confirm those press for arts now. the first video, they threatened another murder at the end of this one, i british cit
was the order as americans came under attack in benghazi. now u.s. commandos on the ground give firsthand account on the night four americans died and who stopped them from going to the rescue. plus health care.goff. promises that the site was secure. it is an ongoing operation. is the website where millions of americans send personnel information compromised. we ll explore it on happening now . we welcome you back to our second hour of happening now . first to the top story. president obama ending the nato summit with tough talk on isis. i am jon scott. i am heather howard in for jenna lee. president obama said the threat from isis is growing but the u.s. and allies are committed to hunting down the terrorist. it is not going to happen overnight but we are steadily moving in the right direction and we ll achieve our goal. we ll degrade and defeat isiowa l. prime freedom came ron is trying to arm kurdish fighters to drive isis from iraq but notes inially syria c
well. plus, in the line of fire. get the heck out right now. and raging flames devour 100 homes and orders for 1500 people at risk to get out. and fire is on the move. and army of firefighters battle to contain it. will nature lend a hand. that is another problem. and back on land after going missing at sea. and one man s fight for survival before the coast guard became an issue. it is all on happening now . first two hour top story, some of the nation s top military leaders are not ruling out american forces on the ground against isis. i am jon scott. i am heather howard in for jenna lee. general martin dempsey telling law maker ares he doesn t so the need to put troops in the combat situations in iraq, but said things could change. listen to this. my view at this point, the coalition is the appropriate way forward. and i believe that will prove true, but if it fails to be true and there are threats to the united states, i would go back to the president and make a
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