A record 61 of voters now have a negative view of clinton compared to only 56 who have a negative view of trump. Trumps unfavorables are lower, down nine points from two months ago. Well be taking all of that up with two former president ial candidates. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich joins us, as does former governor of arkansas, Mike Huckabee, and well have a lot to talk about tonight including, trumps release of a list of 11 potential Supreme Court justices. The list has been well received by conservatives who want someone with similar principles to the late justice antonin scalia, and a lot of upheaval in the democratic party, that after senator Bernie Sanders won the oregon primary and on track to lose by only a narrow margin in kentucky. The results are not yet official. And sanders is now promising to fight on until the end of the primary season. Let me be as clear as i can be. I agree with you. We are into the last ballot. Lou ill be taking that up tonight. The lighter side
In grateful praise to you, use us for your glory. Touch our senators. Lift them from valleys of pessimism as you fill them with your abiding hope. Prepare them to receive your best gifts, helping them to remember that you are able to do more than they can ask or imagine. Thank you that you are the beginner of our yesterdays, the mystery of our today, and the hope for our tomorrows. We pray in your sovereign name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Mcconnell mr. President . The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell when washington democrats passed obamacare over the objections of the American People, they were confident americans would soon warm up to this new law, but more than five years later the American People continue to oppose th
To convince voters to believe in him. Now he faces a similar test on the window. Jurors that he is telling the truth and not johnny williams, the star prosecution witness. Prosecutors allege he took hundreds of thousands of the in gifts and loans in exchange for nn in his testimony so far today Bob Mcdonnell touched on that just briefly. He recalled an incident in 2009 that occurred the morning after he was elected governor. He got up early, elated. Told his wife he had to make some calls. She was not so happy. Testified mcdonnell. She was yelling at me about something. It clearly exhibited some stress of what lay ahead for her in her new role as first lady. Now before Bob Mcdonnell took the stand the defense team laid the groundwork for his testimony by calling several character witnesses to testify. Two of his closest friends in life. Juan priest from notre dame university. His former college roommate, the reverend timothy s. And investigators turned to him to talk about Bob Mcdonnel
I want to make a point here, and then move on to a broader one. Some years ago i went through an exercise of what is congress obligated to do under article iii . This has to go back to the 18 or do wonder a Federal District that were polished by congress and happened to read through all that debate and to begin to ask this question, but we are obligated to do is produce a Supreme Court of the United States. We could conceivably abolish all of the Federal Districts and the only thing left would be the Supreme Court and the own obligation we have there since it calls for a chief justice is to have a chief justice but we dont have to fund the building or its death. He could be at his own card table with his own candle. Thats what congress is obligated to do. So i would suggest that article iii is pretty limited if congress decides to assert its power and authority. If nothing else the workload would stack up on chief robert. That was an exercise in constitutional discussion more or less m
And what kind of, negotiations pressure whatever you want to call it, are we entering into with the u. N. So that does not happen again . Well, which, the short fall itself the u. N. World Food Programme . Right. Unfortunately people have made pledges arent stepping up and demand is increasing and this has reached it is largest humanitarian crisis on the planet today and it is going to get worse. Im sitting here, this is part of frustration. It is going to get worse. We are the largest single donor in the world and we should be proud of that. More than 3 billion weve put on the table since 2011 more than any donor. We had three million into the red crescent to provide syrians and refugees from kobani. We put 133 million into the world Food Programme and other partners because of the emergency needs. Its not sustainable and its one of the reasons why were looking at this question and syria and other things with great urgency right nows as to what other alternatives may be available. 201