Tom DeLay

The Takeaway’s Washington correspondent, Todd Zwillich, and Republican strategist Ron Christie, CEO of Christie Strategies talk about whether this in-party fighting will damage the GOP’s brand and political clout.

Americans marked the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War today, but according to Brian DeLay, a teacher of history at the University of California, Berkeley, the rest of the world was hardly at peace, either.

Citing abortion controversy, the U.S. Congress has delayed the release of funds for international family planning. But a house vote coming up in February will be a sign of future relations between Congress and the White House on the financing of our population program. Kim Motylewski reports.

The Senate failed once again to approve the nearly $1.25 billion owed to black farmers. Gary Grant, president of the Black Farmers and Agriculturalists Association has been fighting to secure the funding; he responds to the latest holdup.