bronze. the roc is the russian olympic committee, which is what russian athletes are competing under after russia was banned from official representation as punishment for a state-involved doping stand al. again, at this point the ioc hasn t said who is involved, nothing about the latest legal issue that has halted the ceremony. but if one of the medalists were to lose that medal, then canada would step up to third place. but, jose, still no word on when we might know that either. the ioc only saying that sometimes legal issues can drag on. jose? gadi schwartz, thank you so much. good to see you, my friend. that wraps up the hour for me. i m jose diaz-balart. you can reach me on twitter and instagram. thank you so much for the privilege of your time.
this morning. luke, good morning. jose, one week from tomorrow, if the government does nothing, it will shut down. there is no clear pathway forward yet on just how the got will be funded. there s a group of conservatives in the house as well as the senate that do not want to see any funds go to planned parenthood. a lot of people say the organization is so tainted after that video stand al, they don t want money going to that it tu. he s get a majority but it won t break filibuster. the other thing he did was fasttrack a bill that would
hair he s is north of cincinnati for us. good morning. what s the campaign saying today? zell with, he say, we re going to hear from the can t himself in about an hour. and in spite of that sort of trying to legislate al lit he also posted on makz. he said, know le support a president for president of the and has not denounced sharia law. he said unless these tenants are fully reannounced he ll be asked to explain that it jose sp.
clinton is just wrapping up a meeting with the japanese foreign minister at the department of state. a joint statement is expected to follow shortly. earlier president obama called south korea s president to re-affirm his commitment to korea s security and stability. when it comes to the payroll tax cut, it s one step forward and two steps back in congress. the house is expected to reject the senate s two-month extension of the payroll tax cut. house speaker john boehner says the house will be pushing a one-year extension. the idea the tax policy can be done two months at a time is a kind of activity that we see here in washington that really put our economy off its tracks. payroll tax cut along with emergency men fits will expire if congress does not act. the supreme court will set aside three days next spring to hear oral arguments on the federal health care law. proceedings will start march 26th with jurisdictional argument. on march 27th they ll discuss the indivi