Ms. Compton former governor of South Carolina, jim hodges. [applause] former majority leader of the u. S. House of representatives, virginias own eric cantor. [applause] ms. Comes in and finally a , former Senior Adviser and deputy chief of staff in the white house for george w. Bush, the amazing karl rove. Carl grove. [applause] ms. Compton doesnt it always seem that the moment we are living in is the most chaotic, the most dysfunctional that we have ever seen in american politics . Except we know looking back at american politics, it is really not. What you all to explore what it is at the federal level and at the state level that has made this government so dysfunctional and so problematic, and how, looking forward, are there ways that all of you can help get past that . When i graduated from college in virginia, i went right into my first job. I covered the Virginia State legislature for Wdbj Television in roanoke. And talk about dysfunctional. The first republican governor had jus
We begin now with the intelligence report. Republicans can only afford to lose two gop senators if they want the tax bill passed. There are a few on the fence. Mike lee, bob corker, what about jeff flake . The question is, can they get it done . Well ask former utah congressman jason chaffetz. President trump clam slamming the fbi handling of the Hillary Clinton email scandal and he called it rig. That he has not seen anything like this before. Adam shapiro with the latest on the tax reform fight. The clock is ticking. Adam will this get through . Reporter when you speak to talk to people on capitol hill and in the administration they expect it to pass. We expect marco rubio to vote yes on this bill. He has gotten a decisional 300 for the Child Tax Credit refund. This comes against the payroll taxes, roughly zero to 25,000 in income. In simple terms, if you doesnt have federal income Tax Liability he wanted to increase the amount you could get back for a Child Tax Credit. He seems to h
Mcshane. Glen hall. Independent women forum had hadly heed manning. What time frame were looking at. Looking like it is going in his direction. So much hundred unusual that whether it would get done minutia. They want this thing finalized by today. You start debates next week. Midweek the plan still is to have the president signing into law which is interesting because once you get to the end of next week, it is not talked about as much today, again were talking about all the details of getting this particular bill passed, you run up against the other deadline, making sure the government is funded, not shutting down next friday. Still trying to get you will of that done before then seems to be the rule. Neil i hear you. Glen, one thing you immediately hear of, as soon as one concession to made to senator to keep him in line you tick others off, right. You will hear others how we pay for it. Neil corker, why he was a no vote going in. Might remain a no vote. That is the challenge. They
President obama however in contrast calling for restraint despite yet another dead american on foreign soil. The president saying, as a father i cannot imagine the indescribable pain that the parents of these teenage boys are experiencing. I urge all parties from ste could i urge all parties to refrain from steps that could further destabilize the situation. His comments suggest he does not quite comprehend the magnitude of yet another american killed on foreign soil by terrorists. The white house tonight also facing the reality that ukraine has moved back into civil war if it ever emerged with a Russian Military wading across the border for an order to invade 800 american troops now returns to baghdad. As they often do, come and gone. No closer to ending the sectarian violence. Talking with former pentagon official here in moments of the president s Foreign Policy missteps and miscalculations. Also tonight president obamas says he will fix the broken immigration system of self without
Reporter now that victim received multiple injuries to his face and head. Hes at a local hospital being treated right now. Coming up at 6, more on the search for a suspect. Mark segraves, news4. Im Pat Lawson Muse at the live desk. We are just getting details about the arrest of a Senate Staffer. His name is fred pagan. He works for senator thad cochran of mississippi. According to court documents, d. C. Police and Homeland Security raided his home on colorado avenue in northwest yesterday after a package addressed to the home was intercepted in cincinnati with a controlled substance gdl inside. According to police, inside the house in d. C. They found more than 180 grams of methamphetamine. And according to court documents, pagan allegedly told authorities he had previously gotten gdl from china and he said he intended to distribute the gbl and the methamphetamine in exchange for sexual favors. Now, we reached out to Thad Cochrans office just a few minutes ago. We are now waiting for