Senate where a vote could take place any minute now. Reporter harry reid is pushing to get it done today. Earlier senator reid expressed support for the bipartisan compromise. Legislation is the art of compromise. Any chief executive who has to work with any legislature, as president s of the United States do, they dont get what they want. Legislation is a compromise, and heats what this legislation is. Reid called it far from perfect but said it is superior to a threemonth government extension. One explains that these dlarsz 1 trillion bills are rushed through at the end, and a burnl of stuff is added in, and in this case it made some folks really angry, right . No question about that. In this particular bill it is more than 1,600 pages, and it was unveiled just earlier this week. Some critics are questioning whether anybody has actually read whats inside this bill. It would be a huge feat to get through 1600 pages in just a few days. Thats been available for the public record. We nee
Reelection campaign. This comes as President Trump visits lee county, alabama after it was ravaged by a deadly tornado this week. John roberts is live at the white house. John . Reporter bill shine joined the administration in june of last year. There was a bit of a surprise this morning when we found out that he left. He was outside this morning as the president , the first lady left the white house, headed for alabama then to mar an lago. After that we got the notification bill shine was leaving. No reason was given. I do know it has been difficult for him since hes been here the last eight months. Hes lived here alone. His family did not move to washington, d. C. With the pace of the white house here in washington, d. C. , its awfully difficult to get back home to another city to visit with your family. I think that probably weighed pretty heavily on his decision whether or not he was going to stay or go. He leaves on good terms with the white house. Giving this statement on the way
Practically. News. President trump just tweeting that John Radcliffe, theyre dana tony katz and doug going to withdraw that nomination to the dni. He is not going to put forth shone, great to have you here. John radcliffes name to be the tony bringing the shirt for us director of National Intelligence. Today. Doug, take a listen to former that was something he talked about earlier this week. There has been some push back Vice President biden about his from the hill and the media, and the president deciding this former boss and the criticisms would not be the nomination he of him. Would make. I was a little surprised at your thoughts on that . Reporter well, texas is a how much there was about barack, state, as will hurd, will hurd the president. And John Radcliffe both from im proud of having served with there. Maybe they need him in texas. Him. Im proud of the job he did. I dont think theres anything he has to apologize for. I dont know of any of the details but republican retirements
Mine from a ship. Reporter u. S. Officials tell me four tugboats contracted to pull the norwegian owned tanker, one of two tankers damaged in attacks thursday has been prevented from doing so by iranian gun boats that have surrounded the tanker. At first the iranians put out a press release saying they rescued all 44 of the sailors on these two disabled tankers. U. S. Officials tell us one of the two tanker crews were detained by the iranians thursday after first being rescued by another merchant vessel. One of the crew members spoke earlier today on Iranian State television. Translator i am from russia. They hosted us really well. Everything is fine. Reporter only 23 are present in this video. The u. S. Navy said it rescued 21 taylors from the other oil tanker that was attacked. Important to remember those 23 sailors detained by iran have now been held for nearly two days against their will. U. S. Central command released this photo showing what it says is an unexploded mine attached
I make it a point every thursday morning to read your column. I thought you were sending a message that you think things are quite dire right now. Yeah. Look, weve had these two tragic brutal massacres in dayton and el paso, and the response of some members of the democratic president ial Campaign Field were to say the president of the United States is responsible. Thats the word that was used for example, by cory booker, thats the word that was used by Robert Francis orourke. That was the word used by Elizabeth Warren and bernie sanders, to hold the president of the United States responsible for the murders pip think thats beyond pale. Our country doesnt need that kind of divisiveness in it. Vice president biden, senator warren and senator sanders all use the occasion of the massacre in el paso to send out fundraising pitches. Elizabeth warren asked for money for democratic senatal candidate, biden asked for money for his own campaign. Bernie sanders asked people to sign a petition co