thune: i support aid to israel, taiwan and ukraine. it is in our national security interest to support these allies. i want to see us take up this national security supplemental. but national security begins at home. we can't pass a bill to advance american interest abroad while ignoring the national security crisis at our own border. we owe the american people better than that. the democratic leader needs to take the republicans series. we said this must address the national security crisis at the border and we will continue to hold to that principal. while we recognize that any negotiation that neither side will get what it wants, it must have real teeth. cosmetic measures are not acceptable. we can't afford anything less than real solutions to our nation's border crisis. this president -- mr. president, 10,000 individuals were counted on sunday and another 10,000 on monday. it went up to 11,000 yesterday. now 12000 and is single day. things are getting worse, not better. we have an obligation to do everything we can to get this cris

thune, no. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. mr. wicker, no. mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. ms. stabenow, aye. mrs. gillibrand, aye. mr. merkley, aye. mr. cotton, no. ms. duckworth, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. mr. markey, aye. mr. young, no. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. the presiding officer: the reyes are 52, the nays are 14. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: the judiciary, sara hill of oklahoma to be united states district judge for the northern district of oklahoma. the presiding officer: under the previous order, all time has expired. the question is on the nomination. is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote: the clerk: ms. baldwin. mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn. mr. blumenthal. mr. booker. mr. boozman. mr. braun. mrs. britt. mr. brown. mr. budd. ms. butler. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cardin. mr. carper. mr. casey. mr.

thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- baldwin, booker, butler, cantwell, casey, cassidy, collins, coons, duckworth, hassan, hickenlooper, hirono, lujan, menendez, peters, smith, sullivan, tester, warner, warren, whitehouse, and wyden. mr. cardin, aye. mr. blumenthal, aye. senators voting in the negative -- blackburn, boozman, cotton, fisher, graham, hoeven, lankford, lee, paul, romney, rubio, and schmitt. ms. cortez masto, aye. mr. moran, aye. mr. welch, aye. the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mr. wicker, no. mr. cornyn, no. mr. bennet, aye. mr. budd, no. mr. heinrich, aye. mr. grassley, no. ms. rosen, aye. mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. mr. thune, no. mr. barrasso, no. mr. daines, no. mrs. capito, no. mr. schatz, aye. ms. ernst, no. mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. durbin, aye.test. vote: the clerk: mr. ricketts, no. mr. ossoff, aye. mr. warn

thune, aye. the clerk: mr. cotton, aye. mr. kaine -- mr. ossoff, aye. mr. kaine, aye. mr. schatz, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, no. the clerk: mr. booker, no. ms. murkowski, aye. mr. rubio, aye. the clerk: mr. moran, aye. the clerk: mr. sanders, no. mr. boozman, aye. mr. lujan, no. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. johnson, no. the clerk: mr. welch, no. mr. kennedy, aye. mr. budd, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. ms. sinema, aye. mr. ricketts, aye. mr. lankford, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. cassidy, aye. the clerk: ms. ernst, aye. mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, no. mr. rounds, aye. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, aye. mr. mcconnell, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. vance, no. the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. mr. romney, aye. the clerk: mr. menendez, no. the clerk: mr. mullin, aye. vote vote: the clerk: mr. young, aye. the clerk: mr. brown, no. mr. cramer, no. the clerk: mr. braun, no. mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: mr

this is the blunt take of one top republican john thune. listen to this. >> it seems no deal that an immigration deal can be voted on in the senate this week? tha tha >> that is a fact. yes. there is no way. >> there is no way. so now, joining us is a democratic senator jeff merkley serving on the foreign relations committee. do you agree with john thune on this, no way of a border agreement this week? >> it does take two sides, and if republican side says there is not going to be a dance, there is no dance. >> i am not sure that is what thune was saying, but he is saying that practically speaking, there is not going to be a vote this week. do you agree? >> well, that is fair. you are talk about whilst three major world issues in the middle east, ukraine and the border, and it is not just funding the programs on the border, but it is about more security on the border or more case managers, more folks who are holding the asylum hearings to get rid of this backlog, that is fairly straight forward, but the republicans are getting a lot of the

thune mr. president, if democrats were unsure about republicans' seriousness about including meaningful border security provisions in the national security supplemental, yesterday's vote made it crystal clear. every single senate republican rejected democrats' collective attempt to bury their heads in the sand and pretend that what's happening at our southern border isn't a threat to our security. border security is national security which is why any national security supplemental that moves through this chamber must tackle this crisis head-on. mr. president, on tuesday fbi director christopher wray testified before the senate judiciary committee and told members, and i quote, i've never seen a time when all the threats or so many of the threats are all elevated all at exactly the same time. end quote. senator graham then asked director wray to comment on the threat environment using the blinking red light's analogy often used about warnings before the september 11 attacks. and director wray re

thune: is the senate in a quorum call? the presiding officer: yes, we are mr. thune: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be limited the presiding officer: without objection. mr. thune: this week the senate will vote on the final version of the national authorization act or ndaa. it's one of the most important bills we consider each year. we had a robust floor debate on the senate version of this bill in july featuring the kind of open amendment process that we should be using on a regular basis to debate important legislation. all told, more than 900 amendments were considered and 121 amendments were adopted during floor consideration making this the most open ndaa floor debate in years. i wish we'd been able to take up a final version of this legislation earlier, but i'm glad we're on track to finally pass it this week. mr. president, i've said it before and i'll say it again. if we don't get national security right, the rest is conversation. the security of our nation is the precondition for everything else. for the continued enjoyment of our fre

john thune will be here in a moment. but for the latest, we go to aishah hasnie with the very latest. aishah? >> hey, good afternoon to you, charles. several senate republicans i can tell you right now are looking at the white house and they want the president, president biden, to get involved directly in these border talks. we'll see if his time is meeting will convince him of doing that. we know the white house is involved. big developments in the last hour. i can tell you that house -- that homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas and white house aides are meeting with senate negotiators right know and aides for leader mcconnell and schumer. schumer wants to get in deal done before the new year's. listen to this. >> serious means not saying we're going to go home. when there's an emergency, they say it's an emergency, both the border and in ukraine. you don't go home for three weeks. i called speaker johnson last night and urged him to stay. i spoke to leader mcconnell after the zelensky meeting and urged him to

senator john thune from south dakota.obviously, they have a lot of tentacles all over the middle east right now. one arm is the houthis. they're hitting 101 times in the region. some of that has come from syria as well, hitting back at the united states. the plans that the coalition now has to protect the red sea, which could drive all of the prices up for oil and goods because 10 to 15% of everything goes through the red sea. they're doing this strategically. general jack keane will join us to explain next. >> there's talk about redesignating houthis as a terrorist organization? >> we're conducting a review on whether or not that is the right course forward. no decisions right now. symptoms define me... emerge as you. with tremfya®, most people saw 90% clearer skin at 4 months... ...and the majority stayed clearer, at 5 years. serious allergic reactions may occur. tremfya® may increase your risk of infections and lower your ability to fight them. tell your doctor if you have an infection or symptoms or if you had a vacci

i commend my colleague, senator thune, for leading this legislation. i was glad to be a co-sponsor of it. previously i also led the spoofing prevention act which senator bill nelson which passed into law in 2018. this law was a foundational effort to increase penalties and boost enforcement tools that fight illegal spoofing. deterrence through fines for illegal robocall activities is a key part of cracking down on nuisance calls that endanger consumers. on this front, federal agencies, particularly the justice department, must improve how they work together to ensure that unpaid fines are collected. there are no silver bullets to eradicate the scourge of illegal scam calls and techs. lawmakers have to remain vigilant and monitor how illegal robocall schemes are evolving. we must be able to empower consumers with the knowledge of who is actually calling them and the ability to block illegal callers. we all share the goal of being able to pick up our phones safely, trusting we know who is going to be on the other end of the line. but we are not there jus

thune: i support aid to israel, taiwan and ukraine.t is in our national security interest to support these allies. i want to see us take up this national security supplemental. but national security begins at home. we can't pass a bill to advance american interest abroad while ignoring the national security crisis at our own border. we owe the american people better than that. the democratic leader needs to take the republicans series. we said this must address the national security crisis at the border and we will continue to hold to that principal. while we recognize that any negotiation that neither side will get what it wants, it must have real teeth. cosmetic measures are not acceptable. we can't afford anything less than real solutions to our nation's border crisis. this president -- mr. president, 10,000 individuals were counted on sunday and another 10,000 on monday. it went up to 11,000 yesterday. now 12000 and is single day. things are getting worse, not better. we have an obligation to do everything we can to get this crisis

is senator thune right and what are the specific details being deba debated? >> good morning, john. so we're going to see senators on both sides, you know, argue differently when it comes to the negotiations. democrats have been insistent that there has been progress made in the last few days and they were here over the weekend. republicans meanwhile, a lot more pessimistic and we saw that by the amount of republicans that ended up showing up to last night's unrelated vote that were only 14 members that ended upcoming back to washington. so right now some of the things that are being debated over as parole, deportation policy and a lot of the aspects that would really impact the way that the u.s. is handling migrants handling into the country, you know, with progressives saying that some of these go far, conservative republicans saying these don't go far enough and trying to find the consensus there. >> dufevil is always in the details. but i think the more that gets out about the specific changes the more we might be able to find common ground. i want to talk about ukraine aid. you

senator republican whip john thune and he's repeatedly stressed the importance of appealing to moderate. >> nikki haley comes in in some of the polls she handedly defeated biden by even a larger margin and doesn't carry a lot of the baggage that trump tarries, and i thought -- carries and i thought ron desantis made a mistake going after very conservative voter when is he should have consolidated the somewhat conservative republican voters and moderate republican voters. there's no liberals, but he didn't do that so he left them wide open and she seems to be doing exactly that. like i said, with the primaries, we never really know till the actual primaries occur. if she comes off incredible in iowa and wins new hampshire, it's a new day. elizabeth: interesting. let's get your take on what was said on abc this weekend and hear from senator lindsey graham and hbo's bill maher. >> i would take joe biden over donald trump every single day of the week no problem. where this country has gone and how far we've gone downhill in the last three years is a place that most republicans aren't willin

israeli air strikes on civilian buildings have left us more people dead in the central city of dabala and thunes. palestinians say the israeli air strikes now target air as regime had earlier told people to seek shelter. the israeli war so far held over 16,00 palestinians, around 70% of them are... women and children, an official with the world health organization and gaz has expressed concern about the vulnerability of the health system there and says the situation continues to worsen. situation is is getting worse by the by the hour, mean like there's intensified bombing going on all around including here in the southern areas and even what i've seen over the last couple of days that we see increasing fastly increasing number of idbs coming from the so-called middle area and and even now the southern areas towards further more to the to the south and and i think we are close by is yeah humanity is darkest hour and and this is has been the message i think from who the un in general this bombings and i would say los of life must stop now we need a sustained uh is fire uh may say something about

thune, no. mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. mr. schatz, aye. ms. murkowski, aye. ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: mr. cardin, aye. mr. cruz, no. mrs. hyde-smith, no. mr. rubio, no. mr. warner, aye. mr. bennet, aye. mr. tillis, no. mr. cornyn, no. ms. collins, aye. the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. mrs. blackburn, no. mr. kelly, aye. mr. moran, no. mr. wyden, aye. mr. murphy, aye. mr. tuberville, no. the clerk: mr. boozman, no. the clerk: mr. rounds, no. vote: the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mr. paul, no. the clerk: mr. king, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas a 53, the nays are 47. the nominee is confirmed. under the previous order, the motion is reconsider is made and laid upon the table and the president will be immediately notified of the senate's action. mr. schumer: madam president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: madam president, the questio

thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- booker, brown, butler, capito, cardin, casey, cassidy, duckworth, durbin, fetterman, grassley, hirono, johnson, kaine, klobuchar, manchin, murray, padilla, ricketts, schumer, police. senators voting in the negative -- marshall, paul, scott of florida. mr. sanders, aye. ms. ernst, aye. the clerk: mr. cornyn, aye. mr. johnson, no. mr. risch, no. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: mr. kennedy, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. mr. warner, aye. mr. kaine, aye. ms. cantwell, aye. the clerk: mr. heinrich, aye. mr. schatz, aye. ms. sinema, aye. mr. murphy, aye. mr. cotton, no. mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: ms. collins, aye. mrs. shaheen, aye. ms. hassan, aye. mr. peters, aye. mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: mr. budd, no. the clerk: mr. reed, aye. mr.

>> next, senate judiciary committee ranking member lindsey graham joins john thune and other senate republicans to discuss the biden administration's border policies. they discussed aid for israel and ukraine cannot pass until significant changes are made to the border policy. >> we are on time and under budget. we are about to break. we had an effort yesterday from senator schumer to pass a ukraine, taiwan and israel legislation which i support and the proposal on the border was awful. what is next? here is what is next? the commander in chief joe biden needs to wake up and do something about our broken border. it is his job above all others to secure the nation. here is what we learned this week in the judiciary. excuse me, the director of the fbi when asked about linking light threats -- eyes see blinking lights -- i see blink ing lights wherever i turn people have to understand that what happens to israel affects you also. we have chosen to support israel because we should. hamas would kill all of us if we could and we need to be behind our friends in israel. what does that mean for us? the

. >> next, senate judiciary committee ranking member lindsey graham joins john thune and other senateepublicans to discuss the biden administration's border policies. they discussed aid for israel and ukraine cannot pass until significant changes are made to the border policy. >> we are on time and under budget. we are about to break. we had an effort yesterday from senator schumer to pass a ukraine, taiwan and israel legislation which i support and the proposal on the border was awful. what is next? here is what is next? the commander in chief joe biden needs to wake up and do something about our broken border. it is his job above all others to secure the nation. here is what we learned this week in the judiciary. excuse me, the director of the fbi when asked about linking light threats -- eyes see blinking lights -- i see blink ing lights wherever i turn people have to understand that what happens to israel affects you also. we have chosen to support israel because we should. hamas would kill all of us if we could and we need to be behind our friends in israel. what does that mean f

. >> next, senate judiciary committee ranking member lindsey graham joins senate minority whip john thune and other senate republicans to discuss the biden administration's border policy. they express that aid for ukraine in israel is necessary, but an emergency supplemental package cannot pass until dangers are made on border policy. >> we are on senator graham: all right. we are on time and under budget. we were about to break and we had a package put forth by senator schumer. their proposal on securing a broken border was awful. what's next? here is what is next. the commander-in-chief joe biden needs to wake up and do something about a broken border. it is his job above all others to secure the nation. here is what we learned this week in judiciary. director of the fbi when asked about linking light threats -- eyes see blinking lights -- i see blink ing lights wherever i turn people have to understand that what happens to israel affects you also. we have chosen to support israel because we should. hamas would kill all of us if we could and we need to be behind our friends in israel. w

senator thune, welcome. thank you for being here. your reaction as a person in leadership in this country as you watch yet another what looks to be another shooting on another campus in america. >> right. another senseless tragedy. another deranged sounds like shooter, hopefully we will get more details, more information about it, martha. but the one thing i think that -- has to say thank you to law enforcement for responding quickly. it sounds like taking the shooter down, will -- we will know more information at some point. but i guess what i would simply say is that this is why it is so important that we have the facts of our law enforcement community. we have our job, under circumstances where we have people in this country who in a deranged way act in a way where it leads to mass casualties. let's hope for the best with this. but just know that we got to keep security front and center in our country and obviously that is the conversation that we are having here in washington on a different subject, the southern border, which has

thune, no. the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. mr. warner, aye. the clerk: mr. cramer, no. mr. romney, aye. the clerk: mr. lee, no. vote: the clerk: mr. welch, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. cassidy, no. the clerk: mr. mullin, no. the clerk: mr. graham, aye. vote: vote: vote: the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 6 3, the nays are 37 and the motion is agreed to. mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: i move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all those in favor say aye. all opposed no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. schumer: i move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar 352. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all those in favor say aye. all opposed no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: nomination, the judiciary. richard e.n. federico of kansas to be uni

thune, no. mr. budd, no. the clerk: mr. barrasso, no. the clerk: mr. cornyn, no. the clerk: mr. vance, no. mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. rounds, no. the clerk: ms. collins, no. mrs. capito, no. mr. van hollen, aye. mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mr. tillis, no. ms. murkowski, no. the clerk: mr. cotton, no. the clerk: mr. mullin, no. the clerk: mr. cramer, no. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. mr. crapo, no. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: mr. wyden, aye. ms. rosen, aye. mr. moran, no. the clerk: mr. lee, no. the clerk: mr. zanes, no. -- mr. daines, no. the clerk: mr. cassidy, no. mr. sanders, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. mr. blumenthal, aye. mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, no. the clerk: mr. rubio, no. mr. tuberville, no. the clerk: mr. menendez, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: mr. lankford, no. mrs. fischer, no. the clerk: mr.

thune: mr. president. the presiding officer: the republican whip. mr. thune: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, later today the senate will take a vote on whether or not to move to consideration of the national security supplemental bill. and make no mistake, this vote will fail. not because republicans oppose supporting national security interest overseas, but because scts are refusing to take -- democrats are refusing to take seriously the national security crisis here at home are. from the beginning republicans have made it clear that any national security supplemental would have to address one of our biggest threat to national security. the out of control illegal immigration at our southern border. and when i say out of control, mr. president, just look at the numbers. yesterday 12,000 people apprehended at our southern border trying to come into our country illegally. not including the gotaways, not including the unknowns, over 12,000 people, which i think, mr. president, is an all-time one-day high. most ever in history. and think about that annualized. we're now

amy klobuchar and john thune, senators, have also put together something interesting. there's an interesting bill from ted lieu. a lot of legislation around, but really what we need is for the senate and for the speaker of the senate to come forward with something concrete that actually has substance, and that's up t sh chuck schumer mostly at this point. >> gary marcus, thanks so much. we'l'll be rightht back. >>> billie jean king is an icon, a champion, and a trail blazer. cnn anchor and chief political correspondent dana bash sat down with the tennis legend to learn about her career, the twists and turns of her personal life, and her fight for equality. a fight highlighted by competing against bobby rigs in the so-called battle of the sexes. >> here comes billie jean king. >> a massive television audience. 90 million people worldwide watched as she made a dramatic entrance. >> i didn't see the match until 25 years after the match. i wish i had seen it because it was so clear in 1973 where we're at, howard cosell talked about only my looks. >> very attractive young l

senator john thune just told our manu raju that there's no way this border provision will get a vote this week. some of theic thing points in negotiations include republican desires to connect stricter requirements for individuals coming to this country that want to claim asylum, limits on humanitarian parole, allowing afghans or ukrainians to come into the u.s., and also a new way to expel migrants more quickly. now, at least one democratic strategist said these are similar to trump-era policies. what do you think? do you have a problem with any of the three i just mentioned? >> again, i haven't seen the details. i have had communications with some of the negotiators, and i do support stricter policies, but at the same time not to the extreme where you don't allow the rights of the immigrants to claim asylum. but do i believe in stricter? yes. again, i think we can still have stricter policies without changing the law. it's called title 8. we've got to make sure we're able to do that. unfort unfortunately, they were looking at changes to asylum. keep in mind, jake, the asylum law is

republican senator john thune weighed in also gently saying quote, that's not a view i share. and here's a few more reactions. >> we're talking about language. i could care less what language people use as long as we get it right. >> it's campaign bravado. you get up on stage, you're feeding off the audience and you just let it rip. that's what he does. frankly, that's why a lot of people like him. >> i think it's unlikely donald trump's ever read -- >> cnn is also learning about the former president's defense along with don jr. of a social media influencer who has a long -- andrew kosinski shares the byline on it. what more can you tell us about this influencer that trump is defending? >> that's right. both donald trump and donald trump jr. have been defending, praising a former influencer convicted of interfering in the 2016 election with a history of deeply racist and deeply antisemitic posts. his name is douglas mackie and he posted under the anonymous twitter handle, ricky vaughn. that's where he posted this meme which prosecutors say was meant to trick people into thinki

first time i have seen john thune today talk about the open border i mean, is he really worried aboutrican border. i'm sure he is. but i have never seen him on television really hitting the border until ukraine fund something on the line to me that says it you will a ukraine first, american border, yeah, if we can rope that in. maybe we will throw a few bones to the pro-enforcement crowd. senator, hold tight on this, please. we are relying on you and a few others. >> laura: up next biden breaks the economy and then blames you. we will explain what that all means in mommy's. >> whether you believe it or not or if you feel it or not, the united states economy, macrolevel, under president biden is, according to nearly every metric we use to measure such things in excellent shape. >> laura: really? is that why biden's economic approval is sitting at just 36%? well, try again. bidenomics is not working. it's never going to work. as long as they stick with the same disastrous policies that have delivered us lowering wages and lower standard of living, which sounds like what they plan on doi

first time i have seen john thune today talk about the open border i mean, is he really worried about american border. i'm sure he is. but i have never seen him on television really hitting the border until ukraine fund something on the line to me that says it you will a ukraine first, american border, yeah, if we can rope that in. maybe we will throw a few bones to the pro-enforcement crowd. senator, hold tight on this, please. we are relying on you and a few others. >> laura: up next biden breaks the economy and then blame ah, these bills are crazy. she has no idea she's sitting on a goldmine. well she doesn't know that if she owns a life insurance policy of $100,000 or more she can sell all or part of it to coventry for cash. even a term policy. even a term policy? even a term policy! find out if you're sitting on a goldmine. call coventry direct today at the number on your screen, or visit coventrydirect.com. >> whether you believe it or not or if you feel it or not, the united states economy, macrolevel, under president biden is, according to nearly every metric we use to measure

i talked to john thune, number to senate republican about the prospects of plat rosendale impacting this primary and potentially their chance of picking up the seat? >> do you worry that rosendale could put the seat at risk? >> i think changes the dynamic for sure in montana. but like i said, i think shehee is well positioned to win and he's done a effective number so far moving numbers out there. we'll see what happens. you can't control these things. voters make those decisions. but we feel like we're in a good spot there. >> it seems like rosendale is running in this race. he's made all of the steps that he will. what kind of impact could that have in the fight for the senate? >> so, i think the way to look the at fight for the senate is mo montana is very critical. it is a handful of red states that democrats have to defend. but there are seven that they have to defend with west virginia off the table, that means the senate right now is 50/50. and if donald trump wins the presidency, the senate is already in republican hands. so the math is more than montana. it is that democrats nee

still, this morning two of the top republican negotiators, senator lindsey graham and john thune, saiddoubt a deal will be possible before the end of the year. let's discuss this with democratic senator jeff merkley of oregon. he's a member of the foreign relations committee as well we should note. senator, thanks so much for sharing part of your afternoon with us. lawmakers are divided right now as to whether a deal is going to get hammered out. i'm wondering what is your sense of things, where they stand right now. are you and your colleagues ready to stay until the holiday? >> here's the vision, which is that the team from both sides was working, along with the administration, until three 8 am this morning. they decided they had made enough progress, that they have a fair chance of hammering out a complete framework over the weekend, to have that ready for monday, not the legislative language but the framework. then simultaneously they will be lurking on the -- working on putting the legislative language. it's a very complicated undertaking. the best we can consider is a 50/50 propo

thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren.whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative brown, butler, cantwell, capito, casey, cornyn, ernst, gillibrand, graham, hickenlooper, kaine, kelly, lankford, marshall, menendez, merkley, padilla, reed, sinema, tester, thune, tillis, wicker. senators voting in the negative -- britt, cotton, crapo, daines, particularer, grassley, hawley, johnson, mullin, paul, tuberville. ms. hirono, aye. mr. manchin, aye. mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, no. mrs. murray, aye. ms. cortez masto, aye. mr. booker, aye. ms. duckworth, aye. mr. sanders, aye. mr. durbin, aye. mr. welch, aye. mr. van hollen, aye. mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. ms. stabenow, aye. mr. ossoff, aye. ms. baldwin, aye. mr. scott of south carolina -- mr. scott of florida, no. mr. budd, no. mr. moran, aye. mrs. blackburn, no. mr. braun, no. ms. collins, aye. mr. warnock, aye. ms. rosen, aye. mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. rubio, ay

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deal israel and ukraine while also securing the southern border is running republican senator john thune says democrats unwillingness to back more stringent immigration policies will push negotiations into the new year. democrats have run out the clock but others, including republican senator roger wicker are more optimistic. a deal is in reach. one that restricts who can apply for asylum. i think there's been some movement on the part of of the white members of the congressional hispanic caucus are pleading with the white house not to get into what they describe as inhumane border policies. senate majority leader chuck schumer says negotiators are working through those differences. we agree the border must be fixed but not at the expense of our values. we need to get this right. senator chris murphy is democrat lead negotiator. i'm planning on staying in the negotiating table forever. >> long it takes to get this failure to reach a deal guarantees a tough fight ahead for ukraine. the biden administration says current u.s. military aid to ukraine. >> runs out by the end of the month. the

thune, no. ms. murkowski, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. romney, aye. mrs. fischer, aye. mrs. the clerk: mrs. britt, no. mr. advance, aye. -- mr. vance, aye. the clerk: mr. lankford, aye. the clerk: mr. young, aye. the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: mr. hassan, aye. mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, aye. mr. sullivan, no. ms. sinema, aye. the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. cassidy, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. lee, no. the clerk: ms. lummis, aye. mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: ms. collins, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. mr. brown, aye. mr. mcconnell, aye. mr. scott of south carolina, aye. mr. kennedy, aye. mr. wicker, aye. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven. mr. hoeven, no. mr. cramer, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. markey, aye. vote: s >> the presiding officer: the yeas are 80, the nays are 12. the nomination is confirmed. is under the previous order, the motion to

the minority whip, john thune said this is nowhere near ready for a vote this week. he blamed democrats for stalling on the border proposal that republicans submitted the first week in november, bret. >> bret: jacqui heinrich live on the north lawn, thank you. the investigation into the biden family business is now centering on the president's brother tonight. even "the washington post" conceding today. james biden has, quote: benefited from his proximity to his powerful sibling. correspondent david spunt has details on this tonight. good evening, david. >> bret, good evening. house republicans tonight are feeling optimistic about their chances of physically sitting across from president biden's brother and asking him questions. james biden was subpoenaed to sit before congress earlier this month that deadline has passed. conversations are underway to make it happen. republicans believe the president's brother has plenty of knowledge of hunter biden's business deals and how those deals may be related to the president. republicans are expecting some candor. >> i'm goi

senator john thune at the white house has been involved with the senate. directly to speaker mike johnson. after all, it's going to have to go through him eventually, why not go directly there and then to the senate. wouldn't that be a faster way to negotiate? >> president biden, if you look at how the white house has been handling this with the senate has been maintaining the posture that he has since he became president through all legislation, which is his white house prefers to play a hand, to be involved, but to let the senators be senators. and it's interesting because there's criticism early on. people sort of expected president biden, a former senator, to really get his hands dirty in the legislative muck making, but there seemed to be at the time reporting that biden also as a former senator remembered what it was like to be a senator when the white house came in and tried to jam things down their throats. the white house is playing a role. they are involved, but in some ways for something as intractable and complicated as immigration, they believ

. >> john: john thune, the senator, mentioned this a moment ago, and something jay johnson, obama's secretary of homeland security said back in 2019, regarding the numbers of people coming across the border and the chaos that it creates. listen to what he said back then. >> it was under 1,000 apprehensions a day before, that was a relatively good number. and if it was above 1,000, it was a relatively bad number and i was going to be in a bad mood the whole day. i know 1,000 overwhelms the system. i cannot begin to imagine what 4,000 looks like. we are truly in a crisis. >> john: he said when he was the dhs secretary, over 1,000 a day would be a bad day. can't imagine what 4,000 looks like. we are triple that. and 22000 people are currently in custody and since we turned over the new fiscal year in october 1st, more than 535,000 people have crossed the southern border. by jay johnson's measure we are way beyond a crisis. >> absolutely, john. we are way past that. this is way past any type of crisis. this is catastrophic. what we are seeing now, in terms of numbers. and of course, all those num

deal israel and ukraine while also securing the southern border is running republican senator john thune says democrats unwillingness to back more stringent immigration policies will push negotiations into the new year. democrats have run out the clock but others, including republican senator roger wicker are more optimistic. a deal is in reach. one that restricts who can apply for asylum. i think there's been some movement on the part of of the white members of the congressional hispanic caucus are pleading with the white house not to get into what they describe as inhumane border policies. senate majority leader chuck schumer says negotiators are working through those differences. we agree the border must be fixed but not at the expense of our values. we need to get this right. senator chris murphy is democrat lead negotiator. i'm planning on staying in the negotiating table forever. >> long it takes to get this failure to reach a deal guarantees a tough fight ahead for ukraine. the biden administration says current u.s. military aid to ukraine. >> runs out by the end of the month. the

we had a blue dog democrat that the represented the state and senator john thune knew that she was coming after him and his next election and thought that if the someone could beat her in her first reelection for the representative job before she would challenge him that that would take care of his problem too. so his folks kept recruiting me for a couple of years to try to run for congress and kept sending people to me frankly from all over the country to say, would you run against her and beat her although she had a 90% approval rating in south dakota. she was one of the last few blue dog democrats, did not vote for obamacare, did not vote for the stimulus package, the only thing that she had done that i really could talk about in the campaign against her was that she voted for nancy pelosi. [laughter] >> so when brian and i finally decided to run we talked about nancy pelosi a lot. [laughter] >> but that was really the decision that we made, listen, maybe we should just run and if we lose then they will leave us a lender and they won't wonder us anymore with this idea of going to washi

thune, no. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. mr. boozman, no. the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. mr.nds, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: mr. paul, no. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. mr. grassley, aye. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. the clerk: mr. moran, aye. mr. budd, no. mr. wyden, aye. mr. risch, no. the clerk: mr. cardin, aye. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mr. cramer, no. the clerk: mr. schatz, aye. the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith, aye. mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. mrs. blackburn, no. mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: mr. graham, aye. the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. mr. vance, no. the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. the clerk: mr. johnson, no. mrs. britt, no. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, aye. the clerk: mr. marshall, no. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. mr. barrasso, no. mr. romney, aye. the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. lee, no. mr. mullin, no.test. vote: the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mr. kennedy, aye. mr. rubio, aye. the clerk: ms

thune: thank you, mr. president. president zelenskyy visited washington, d.c. last week to ask the united states continued support for ukraine as it defends itself against russia. as someone who strongly believes it is in our national interest to aid ukraine as well as our allies israel and taiwan, i'm disappointed that we've not already passed the aid ukraine needs. but let's be very clear, mr. president. the reason the senate has not already passed a national security supplemental is because democrats so far have chosen to prioritize an open border over aid for our allies. democrats have known for months that border security was going to be a part of the national security supplemental. after all, the president himself requested border funding in his supplemental request. republicans have had a border security proposal on the table literally since the beginning of november. but democrats wasted weeks refusing to engage in substantive negotiations even though they were well aware that border security was going to be a requirement for getting the supplemental th

thune, aye. mrs. britt, no. mr. schatz, aye. ms. rosen, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. hoeven, aye. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. ay. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, no. mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. mr. reed, aye. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. lankford, aye. vote: the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. boozman, no. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. wicker, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. romney, no. the presiding officer: the yeas are 63. the nays are 32. the motion is agreed to. the presiding officer: the senator from hawaii ms. hirono:}madam president, we now have one week left until the senate is scheduled to recess for the end of the year. while this year is quickly coming to an end, our work in this body is far from over, especially as it relat

. >> but you would agree we wouldn tn a blind eye to the constitution of thuned states interpreting a statute? >> unless it was unambigus, your honor, and here i think it is unambiguo i applies -- >> i wl take that is good enough for my purposes. [lghter] when weook at the background structure of the bankruptcy code, itas couple important provisions, right? onis you've got to put everything on the table as we've been discussing, right? and the other is at least with respect to individuals, you don't get off the hkor fraud, right? >> with respect to the individual proceedings. >> then whene look at historic equity practice, i think you've got a couple o cases from the 1600s a a couple of district court cases more recentlynd pretty much thing else. the'a lot of running the other way. >> wh respt the statute itself i tnkne word we haven't talked about today is applicable. >> i'm not askingbo equity prtice. >> there's a lot of running t it, don't you? >> i don't think so. >> what was th ce in the 00s? >> the court of third parties against -- we've got theimed to fund context theourt has r

thune: 10 oh, 109 -- 10,109. the number of people that were apprehended trying to a cross the board illegally yesterday. those were the people that were caught, mr. president. that doesn't count the people who got away and that customs and border patrol know got away. then there are all the unknown got-aways. but over 10,000 people in a single day. apprehended trying to come across our southern border illegally. annualize that -- again you're talking 3.5 million to 4 million people a year. that's larger than 24 states in the united states of america. that's the dimension of the problem that we are talking about and that we're trying to get the white house and the democrats here in the senate to focus on and address. mr. president, i don't think it's any surprise that democrats aren't interested in making the illegal immigration crisis at our southern border a priority. after all, the president and democrats have spent almost three years now ignoring, minimizing, or actively abetting this crisis. but over the past

thune, no. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. the clerk: mr. tillis, aye. mr. coons, aye. mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. tester, aye. the clerk: mr. kennedy, no. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mr. mendendez, aye. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: mr. reed, aye. the clerk: wmr. rounds, aye. -- mr. rounds, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. cotton, no. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. the clerk: ms. collins, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. mr. heinrich, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. young, no. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. vote: the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the presiding officer: on this vote, the eyes are 50, the nays are 11, and the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table and the president will be immediately notified of the senate's act

in the senate, john thune told us we probably will floanot get of them, but substantive ones to allowt to move >> i hear something that sounded like the republicans taking a page from the democrats playbook that was we're more worried about funding irs agents than we are about helping israel now it seems like you are back to that. that's a domestic, according to democrats, that is something we need domestically. israel, you could say it is the same thing we need to help ukraine without helping ourselves at the border. can we use that without funding the irs? >> this is disgusting, frankly the house voted through $14.6 billion necessary for israel it is what they requested. we did that a month ago, chuck -- sorry, oe good morning >> andrew, did you hear that we're talking about chuck schumer. he called me chuck >> isn't that great? >> you can call me tim >> there you go. >> chuck >> the interesting concept, joe, we paid for it we took the money out of the huge pot of money that democrats gave to the irs. >> andrew, we need that money, don't we >> we do we have to figure out the border