this week filing a lawsuit against the president for his use of executive orders. have relations between the white house and congressional republicans reached a new low? that is our question. our phone lines are open at (202) 585-3880, our line for democrats. for) 585-3881, our line republicans, and if you are independent, (202) 585-3882. join us on social media, send us an e-mail, journal@c-span.org or send us a tweet @cspanwj . good sunday morning. above the fold in the new york times, the news from afghanistan secretary of state john kerry brokering a deal to audit the afghan votes. this comes 12 hours of often tense negotiations, the secretary of state announcing yesterday that afghanistan would audit all 8 million votes. host: we will have more with shane harris on the situation in afghanistan. also the latest calming raids by hamas and israel and the israeli army indicating it is prepared to send boots on the ground as early as today or tomorrow. let s been with anoth