Quorum be dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Schumer well, mr. President , for more than a year and a half, leader mcconnell and Senate Republicans have refused to take action on the housepassed for the people act. At a time when our democracy is under siege in so many ways, the for the people act is a bold proposal that will restore Peoples Trust in our democratic system, a trust that is fading. It is under it is for the people. In order to make a more perfect union. It would shore up our elections from threats from abroad. Thats something we have just recently read more and more about. Why arent we doing more on that . In fact, when senator van hollen a few days ago put on the floor the an act u. C. Of an act that would say russia should have sanctions imposed on it if they interfere with our elections, the other side blocked it. I hope theyre not following Donald Trumps obeisance to russia and his view that putins just okay. It would also dismantle systemat
What he said and well its all wrong and elon muck is taking on ford he say test it is la pickup truck is coming soon and bigger and better than f150 varnmy and company starts right now. Charles all right take a look at that, that baby is cold outside and by the way it is getting colder and were togs windchill numbers frigid weather the midwest i lived there for a year and a half i bet you it is like minus 20 below but kansas city can boast about being a balmy 2 degrees. With a rally hit dow 25,000 in 2017, and, of course, now that the tax deal is done a lot of focus on what is next on the the trump agenda for his administration and a pouked on trillion dollar infrastructure that package is on the docket now remember when Senate Minority leader Chuck Schumer said he would work with President Trump on Infrastructure Spending you dont remember roll that tape. To join us we expwrea democrats are talking about this and a bill long before donald trump was campaigning for the president. Now w
President trump also telling the Intelligence Community he is behind them 1,000 during a trip to the cia headquarters but facing criticism for spending much of the time going after the media while standing in front of a wall honoring fallen cia agents. All of this while millions of people across the country have hit the streets to try and disrupt President Trumps plans by protesting, marching in dozens of cities to protest his past words and actions as candidate trump. We have an allstar lineup to discuss the road ahead. House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael Mccaul is with me on what he expects from congress in the coming weeks. Senator roy blunt, the chairman of the inauguration on this historic day, and journalist Paula Broadwell joins me on the president s plan to combat cyber warfare. Also here with me Carly Fiorina and Grover Norquist zero in on what trump policies will mean to you. We kick it off right now with former House Speaker Newt Gingrich. Mr. Mr. Speaker, tha
Detecting a jihadist, now shes using the term jihadist now a days. To be able to detect if the jihadist are in the United States, but the Obama Administration refuse today consider one element of the vetting. If you say no, youre going to let jihadist come to the United States and assume the responsibility. Thats what mr. Trump is trying to change. Charles according to white house now the screening process includes collecting document and Resettlement Support Center that goes through the application process and you get the security change after that, department of homeland security, the state department and biometric security check, medical check and cultural orientation. Are they missing something in this process where they are not focused enough with respect to allegiance to dangerous terrorist groups . Absolutely. Let me make it very, very clear. What they are missing in this sophisticated process our agencies are fantastic. They receive political orders. They have all the tool ifs
The German Parliament has approved the governments plan to send 1200 soldiers to support the fight against i. S. I. L. In a noncombat role and politicians debated the bill over the last couple of hours and a war ship and six aircraft were also part of chancellor Angela Merkels plan and applied for help after last months paris attacks and antiwar activists have been protesting against the plan and germany is the latest addition to the international antii. S. I. L. Coalition which includes dozens of countries and however not everyone has played a military role and not all at the same time so here is a break down for you. These are the countries that have been involved in fighting i. S. I. L. , there is 18 of them in all. These are the ones carrying out or supporting air strikes in syria and these are the countries that are striking i. S. I. L. Targets in iraq. There is a caveat as well, canada has since decided to call off their air strikes and instead increase its presence on the ground