his day before the united states senate. if it was fair enough for a republican president and a democratic senate, why isn't it the same standard to be used when it comes to president obama's nominee being sent to a republican senate this day? you just can't explain it away. so what does this vacancy on the supreme court mean? only eight members of a nine-member court. all right, the supreme court has deadlocked twice on 4-4 tie votes since judge scalia's passing. almost 50 cases still need to be decided this term. major legal questions may go unresolved. because the senate is not doing its job. and not filling this vacancy. judge garland does not deserve to be used as a pinata, a word used by a senate republican to describe what he would face in the senate. let's give him an taunt to rebut any a-- an opportunity to rebut any attacks made against him. let's let him explain himself on the record and in full view of the american public. let's let the american people decide if the ads and attacks against him are valid or baseles

is a ortiz y pino democratic new mexico state senator who has endorsed bernie sanders.nd we are joined by new mexico state senator sue wilson beffort , who is a republican and has yet to endorse a particular republican presidential candidate. i wanted to go to former governor gary johnson. why you switched. do you feel the republican party left you? >> yeah, well, i think a majority of republicans -- i thinthe majority of people in is country a classic libels, whicis bng speakingith a brd brush stroke, socially liberal. th is the cami am in i happ to belie most republins are ithat cam also. but having participated in the 2012 election cycle, there was not one social conservative on stage. it was not say or. -- it was not fair. what was not fair was to be in the debates, the networks would say you had to be 2% in a, b, c, d kohl's. when you're not in a, b, and c thes, that means in d polls media to be at 8%. the republican party did not stand up for me. running for the president as a libertarian, there is no way that a third party wins. there is no way i have a chance of

my list for how to make the best visual impression possible when testifying before the united states senate. that same day, 1985, that senate committee had heard already from frank zappa, who was hilarious in his testimony, but who also wore a very nice, conservative suit and a positively trump-esque red republican tie to give his hilarious testimony. that same committee had also heard from john denver that day, the great john denver, who was there to testify against censorship and against the sort of soft-form censorship that you start to ease into when you start putting official warning labels on different kinds of artistic expression. john denver was there to testify against that kind censorship. he was also there to make clear his song "rocky mountain high" was not about that kind of high. but then in comes dee snyder. god bless him. from twisted sister. pride of long island. and no, dee insider not wear a suit and tie when he testified that day. far from it. but boy was he prepared for that testimony. and fired up. and when he walk the in wearing that muscle shirt and slipped off his j

[applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, united states senator from florida, the honorable marco rubio.rubio: thank you very much. first of all, i was very impressed with senator blumenthal's spanish. for those of you who don't speak spanish, he just said he saved a bunch of money on his car insurance by switching to geico. [laughter] [applause] and i want to thank him as well for the opportunity to work with him on this very important issue. we're gathered here today for a moment that's been years in the making and quite frankly many years overdue. and i do want to say from the outset that as a member of the u.s. congress, i wish we could have honored with you this medal sooner. i join all the borinqueneers present today in remembering your brothers in arms, who passed away before this day could come. including those who have died since this legislation was signed by the president in 2014. it is my hope that more than -- that the more than 1,000 borinqueneers still living throughout the united states, as well as the family members of those who who have fallen and departed or are missin

this is a good sign for the united states senate. it means we're serious about our most basic constitutional responsibilities, when is the oversight of the spending of money, the setting of priorities and doing it in a way that allows every senator to participate. i'm privileged to be able to work with senator feinstein who is able to come to a result after we have examined and important piece of legislation. she has a background as a manager, as a mayor, as a chairman of important committees, and i'm very privileged to have the chance to work with her, whether we're in the majority or the minority. before i talk about the bill specifically, since this is the first bill, i'd like to say a few words about the money we're spending. this year the budget control act which the united states senate adopted in 2015, which is the law, passed by the senate by a vote of 64-35 october 30 of last year. this year the budget control act sets the amount of money that we're to spend at $1, 700, 00, 000. our bill, the energy and water bill will be $37

has been submitted since the budget act was passed 1974.sibie this is a good sign for the united states senate and that means you're serious about the basic constitutional responsibilities the setting of priorities in a way to allow every senator to participate her acquired privilege to work with senator feinstein that comes to a result she has a background as a manager and chairman of the committees an ion channel - - privileged before i talk about the bill specifically since this is the first bill of rights is a few words about the money we're spending this year the budget control act which united states senate adoptedmouf passed by a the us senate $1 october 30th of last year the budget control act sets about $1,000,000,700,000.1 our build the energy and water bill but however mr. president the entire budget is more than $1 trillion it is four times as much. the entire federal budget is 3.$9 billion. superior talking about appropriated dollars plus 3 trillion other dollars we will spend this year that is mandatory or automatic spending with interest onou the debt. federal health care spendi

state senator buck newton urged a crowd in raleigh, to quote, keep our state straight. those were his words. it came during a state law that limits limitations to the lbgt community and restricts bathroom room to the sex written to what's written on a person's birth certificate. >>> johnny manziel got the news he was dreading. a grand jury indicting him in the assault case against his ex-girlfriend. the 2012 heisman trophy winner -- cleveland browns in march for inconsistent play and off the field issues. he could face jail time if convicted. >>> new at 4:00, first lady michelle obama is in manhattan to celebrate the decision by some of the high school seniors to pursue higher education. mrs. obama chose to celebrate her third annual college signing day in new york. it's apart of her reach higher initiative. she's joined by celebrities like ben and melissa mcarthy. the guest of honor are the 4,000 local high school seniors in attendance who have been accepted to college or a professional training program. >> we all know that completing your education passed high school

this is a good sign for the united states senate. it means that we are serious about our most basicpe constitutional responsibilitiesi which is the oversight of the spending of the money, the setting of priorities, and doing it in a way that allows senators to participate. i'm privileged to be able to work with senator feinstein who is able to come tn a result after we have examined an important piece of legislation. she has a background as a manager, manager, mayor, and chairman of import th committees. min i'm very privileged to have the chance to work with her, whether whether we are in the majority or the minority. before i talk about the bill say specifically since this is the first bill, i like to say a few words about the money we are spending. this year the budget control act which the united states senate adopted in 2015, which is the law passed by the senate by a vote of 64 - 35 on october 30 of last year, this year the budget control accepts the amount of money that we are to spend at $1,000,000,000,000.700 -- $1,000,000,00

amy: democratic state senator jim dabakis was one of the people who try to buy the tribune who is runough a joint operating agreement with the desert news, which is owned by the mormon church. senator dabakis, if you could explain the history of the paper. is the mormon church trying to buy this paper and what are you trying to do? i understand others are competing to get a hold of the paper. >> for many years, since the 1950's, the salt lake tribune has been the big independent, progressive voice in the mormon church had the desert news. always circulation and the ad revenue is much bigger in the tribune. through a series of circumstances, now the desiree news believes it has a right of veto power over who can only salt lake tribune and -- amy: which meets the mormon church. >> has the ability to veto the owner of the salt lake tribune. they say come at the department of justice doesn't necessarily agree, but a big hedge fund in new york that has been paid off is in the middle of all of this. amy: and it is called? >> alden global capital. we're in the position now where it looks lik

and confirming supreme court justices is one of the most important roles we have in the united states senate. and it is this issue that actually pushed me to run for the senate in the first place. back in 1991, i was a state senator, a former school board member, and a mom. like so many people across the country back then, i watched the clarence thomas confirmation hearings. in frustration how the nominee wasn't pushed on the issues that i and so many others thought were so important to the future of this country. i saw how a woman who came to talk about her experiences, anita hill, was treat bid this senate, and i decided then and there to run myself for the united states senate, to give washington state families like mine a voice in this process. madam president, i've had the opportunity to hughes that voice here -- to use that voice here in the senate and to make sure washington state families have a seat at the table in supreme court nominations and confirmations over the years. i voted to support some of the candidates, including the chief justice nominated by a republican president. i

blackburn: i commend state senator mark norris and terry lynn weaver for their work in the tennessee general assembly to authorize the state to enter into a lawsuit against the federal government. this lawsuit is over concerns with the refugee resettlement program and the 10th amendment. i have put forth legislation at the federal level. h.r. 4218 that would immediately suspend the syrian refugee program. yesterday, governor brownback announced he was with druge the resettlement program because of security concerns. there is no way to vet these syrian refugees. islamic radicals want to attack america. it is no secret to the american people. however, president obama and this administration deem not to recognize this. i call on my colleagues to join me and let's stand against the president's lawless and

>> reporter: democratic state senator john whitmire, who chairs the texas senate criminal justice committee, sponsored the junk science bill. he says his state's reckoning with d.n.a. testing paved the way for the law. since 1993, texas has exonerated 57 people, mostly convicted of murder and sexual assault, who appealed with d.n.a. evidence. the highest number of any state. whitmire says that was a moral wake up call. >> i hope it keeps everybody up at night if they think one person is wrongfully convicted. junk science has proven we have numerous people, maybe large numbers nationwide, wrongfully convicted. >> reporter: when texas adopted its junk science law in 2013, it was the first in the nation. last year, california, became the second. junk science appeals are finally making it onto court calendars in texas, but there is no deadline for decisions. >> reporter: so far, only one case has resulted in a new trial. a handful of other cases, including sonia cacy's are waiting to be heard. >> reporter: but the number is

the state senator says commuters in that state have driven 2 billion fewer miles this year. >>> there's a sidewalk dispute in the bronx. next a grandmother told to pay $2,000 to repair the sidewalk outside her home. the only problem, she can't find the damage. >> how many homeless people are there in new york city? why some groups are contradicting the city's new numbers. >> here comes the weekend. and look at this. here comes some rain. is it saturday, is it sunday? we'll time it out in a bit. >> and coming up on the "cbs evening news," tonight what's being done to fight zika. >> scott pelley joins us now live with a look ahead. hi, scott. >> reporter: maurice and kristine, great to be with you. public health officials all across the country are saying that they do not have nearly enough money to fight the mosquito-borne zika virus which we know causes devastating birth defects. our dr. john lapook is going to show us what's needed to fight these mosquitos as spring comes upon us. we'll have that and the rest of the world news all coming up on the "cbs evening news" at 6:30. >> see you

downing me now, arkansas state senator bart hester who supported marco rubio. bart, nice to have you on. >> hey, thanks for having me, brooke. >> i'm just curious, first out of the gate, have you heard from anyone from the cruz campaign trying to woo you? >> well, you know, i'm friends with the cruz state chairman, state representative bob ballinger and he is certainly working hard for the cruz campaign and encouraged us to support cruz and the national delegation. >> so as perhaps you wou support cruz, i'm curious if you have received, as we've been hearing reports, any threats from trump supporters? >> oh, i think there's threats in everything we do in politics. but you know right now, i'd like to be very clear that i still have a marco rubio sign in my yard and i'm rubio to the end. should it get down to those two guys and i'm going to be -- should i be an elected delegate there at the national convention, between the two, trump and cruz, i would be changing my vote to cruz for

state senator john rafferty and former deputy attorney general joe peters. they are of course running to succeed kathleen kane as attorney general and kathleen kane herself is embroiled in a perjury scandal at this time. now a lot of names for when you head to the polls today. so add that to what katherine just told you about. the polls of course here open at 7:00 a.m. for now reporting live in lafayette hill, annie mccormick channel6 "action

kennedy institute for the united states senate, i welcome all of you to the kennedy caucus room. for this timely and important discussion of the senate's role in connection with the presidents lifetime appointment of individuals to the supreme court of the united states. and mission of the kennedy institute is to educate the public about the important role of the senate in our government. to encourage participatory democracy, to invigorate civil discourse, and to inspire the next generation of citizens and leaders to engage in the civil life, civic life of their communities and of our country. to that end, in addition to our hands on senate experience in boston, we host a series of public programs that highlight the role of the senate, and the focus on the issues of the day. i think you will agree that the senate advise and consent role in confirming nominees to the supreme court certainly qualifies as and the board issued of the day. we know, however, that the public doesn't fully understand this and it's important advise and consent role. indeed, in polling just completed by the

this senator does not want that to be part of the history of the united states send it. you should demand your senators do their job by provide this nominate a public hearing so he can respond to the attacks on his record. i believe that's what ted kennedy would be doing. it's easy in politics, but senator kennedy appealed to the best of us. the appealed to our sense of justice, to our sense of responsibility, to are uniquely american belief in hope and possibility he appreciated the role of the senate. sometimes you have to be instigated, sometimes defended, sometimes a compromiser. but we are called to fulfill our constitutional duties. we are called to lead. we need to do our job. it is my sincere hope that we will follow ted's example, and not what i would like to do, if vicki, if you could come up here. i just have a personal thing i'd like to do. this is something i inherited when i became chairman of the committee. it is ted kennedy's gavel that he had when he was chairman. hold it up. the gavel, it says senator edward kennedy, u.s. senate committee judiciary, 1963

it's key because f kaminsky does prevail, democrats would have the majority in the new york state senate. >>> democrat alice cancel e s won the assembly see the left open by sheldon silver. she did win 41% of the vote there. silver now faces 20 years in prison after being convicted of corruption. >>> you can find much more on our website, nbcnewyork.com, including the latest delegate treaacker. you can check the map and see how your county voted. >> it's 5:04, time for traff and weather on the 4s. a bit chillier but still nice. >> everybody bounces back nicely into the mid and upper 60s today. not as warm as yesterday or the day prior, but a clear, school

back to you. >> katherine creag, thank you. >>> former state senate majority liter dean skelos is saying the $5,000 fine in his corruption case is unwarranted. that adds up to about five years of his $95,000 a year pension. prosecutors say it's appropriate since he is facing corruption through the course of his five years. >>> today lawyers should argue that charges should be dismissed against two key figures in the closure controversy. they were accused of wire fraud and civil rights violations. the defendants are hoping documents subpoenaed from an investigation that exonerated governor chris christie that they had be handed over today. >>> happening now police are warning families in new jersey to watch out for a possible predator. they're searching for a man who tried to lawyer a teen into his car. investigators say the suspect called out to a 16-year-old boy yesterday morning in the town of rozelle park. police are looking for this chevy impala. the man inside made sexually explicit comments to boit s to s to the boy before driving away. if you recognize this car, please call police

>> i think it's time for this latina in the united states senate. this latina, by congressional quarterly was named as one of the 25 most powerful women in the congress. republican or democrat, house member or senator. and they said two things about me. one, she knows how to frame the issues and debate and bring people to the table, and two, she knows how to find the votes to pass laws. and so i think we need this latina in the united states senate. >> you made some remarks recently about muslim americans that were very controversial. what was the point you were trying to make? >> you're looking at the person who sat for 20 years on the armed services committee, on the homeland security committee since its inception. one of the areas of my expertise is counterterrorism, and so when i said that there were a group of muslims worldwide, who are in favor of a caliphate, and some of them are sympathetic. i was talking about the need to get our american muslim community to help us, to figure out this whole issue of isis, and this radicalization that we see

represented the 8th congressional district since 2003 and served in the house of delegates and the state senate and lives in kensington maryland. thanks for coming here. >> great to be here. >> this question is from martin harry if elected to the senate, what is the first bill you will introduce? >> the very first bill ul our economy in a way that make sure that people are working hard and to get higher wages and better benefits and i have put forward a plan called growing paychecks for all, not the wealth of the few and which means increased worker productive translates to higher wages and benefits through policies, whether it is work force development, whether it is changing the tax code so we make sure that we don't have a tax code that favors people that money over money. there are are a number of things we can do. a huge issue. >> you have become the senator from the state of maryland, what do you do about metro funding do you think maryland and virginia ought to be giving more money or the federal government. you saw what happened on the hill yesterday. >> i did and the one thing we shoul

i am not in the united states senate. we don't have a vote on the core fir mation over our federal courts here in the house. i do serve in the judiciary committee, and this is the end of the 14th year i have done that, mr. speaker, and so the -- e of time and observes observation and reading and experience, especially a member of the constitution committee of the house subcommittee, yes, i have deep convictions on this and knowledge base on it. i am suggesting, mr. speaker, that this house of representatives, evaluate the agents i'm making here and evaluate the agents that senator grassley is making on the other side of the rotunda. this would be my argument, we all take an oath here to support and defend the constitution of the united states. so do the justices on the supreme court to support and defend the constitution of the united states. the president of the united states takes an oath to preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the united states. these are serious oates. when you tanned up -- these are serio

in these past five years, the united states senate has endured three of the most contentious fights in the history of the united states. the nomination of william rehnquist, who was confirmed by the most votes cast against him of any judge to the supreme court to that point. the 1987 rejection of robert bork at the end of an epic conflict between competing constitutional visions, and the subsequent withdrawal of douglas ginsburg days after president reagan selected him to succeed bork as his nominee. this fierce fight, which none of us, i suspect, will ever forget in 1991 over clarence thomas's nomination to the court, which broke chief justice rehnquist's record for receiving the most negative votes in senate history. this change to the court over the last few years has already been dramatic. but as a duke professor pointed out, there is every reason to see that we may see as many as five more justices retired within the next four years. in all likelihood then, we stand at the halfway point of the remaking of the supreme court. with as many coming controversies as we saw over the past

. >> it alleges a plan to help democrats take back the state senate in 2014 may have violated election fundraising eyewitness news reporter cefaan kim is outside city hall tonight with details. cefaan? >> reporter: well, sandra, it's no surprise that the mayor wants democrats the mower but did power of the state senate but did he break any laws? a bob shep suggests he did and it could be a felony. >> everything we did was legal. and appropriate. and careful. and look. we've said from the beginning, if there's any kind of investigation going on, we'll happily participate. >> reporter: mayor bill de blasio on defense, over more questions into his fundraising tactics. speaking on the brian leonard show yesterday. the mayor flatly denying any wrongdoing and vowing to be transparent. >> i'm happy to be a part of solving any outstanding questions but from my vantage point, everything was done legally and appropriately. >> reporter: the mayor what may have been an illegal fundraising scheme. the damning eight page memo is posted in full of the neighbor's website. the lead -- newspaper's websi

that is the whole story of why we now have three senate office buildings and three house office building surrounding united states capitol. this is one of a series of programs with senate historian emirate is don ritchie. on the history of senate office buildings. we also toured the russell and dirksen buildings where many of them most notable congressional hearings to waste. you can watch all of our american artifacts romance in their entirety by visiting our website. c-span.org/history. week our city store takes you to tuscaloosa alabama. we willcan history tv, learn how the native american culture lived from about the 11th to the 18th century. welcome to mount built ecologically park. it contains the remains of about flattop amounts. this is the largest mound in alabama. this would have been really structure for the highest-ranking clan would have been. originally, scientists thought that the mounds were completely built by one basket load of dirt at a time, recent research indicates that the base of the mound and possibly the size of them were initially built with blocks, that were then filled in with clay. t

thank you. [ applause ] >> ladies and gentlemen, united states senator from connecticut, the honorable blumenthal. [ applause ] [ speaking foreign language ] >> because i'm going to be followed by marco rubio who will correct me when i get it wrong. and i want to thank senator rubio for his partnership in this effort as well as my colleagues senator mcconnell and senator reed who were so instrumental in making possible this extraordinary day. there are very few magic moments in this place. but this time is one of them. and it was made possible by truly a bipartisan effort. we ought to see more like it in the united states congress. [ applause ] i want to thank the borinqueneers who are here today, particularly my friends from connecticut. [ applause ] thank you for being here. [ applause ] they inspired me in connecticut and then when i visited the borinqueneers in puerto rico to see their history displayed in photographs and to hear from them the stories of their bravery and others of men who did not come back. they are american warriors. they are american fighters. and patriots in th

and democratic state senator fred riser has been around to see a lot of it. ected in 1956, the 88-year-old riser is the longest serving state legislator in the entire united states. and he's the fourth generation of his family to serve in the wisconsin state legislature. we caught up with the senator this week in his home town of madison to ask him about the political changes that he's seen in his state. >> the republicans at one time were the party that ran the state in a very good way. and as i say, they were a very progressive, innovative party. through divisions and splits and partisanships, what's left of the republican party now has turned into not conservative but to far right conservatism. and my ancestors would not have recognized it. you know, having been, fourlegi representing four different parties, it's not my ancestors and i who have changed viewappointments. it's the parties that have changed. the parties have changed drastically over the years. it's very interesting to see how the parties have changed. interesting to see how the republican part

that is headed to the state senate for approval next. it would include chewing, miking or vaping. they would issue a $100 fine. >>> air bnb is in the hot seat. two san francisco leaders will propose a plan that forces short term rental sites to enforce the law or face a hefty fine. the sites will have to register with the city. it's already the rule, but if owners fail to register, they could face fine on $1,000 a day per violation. >> people should comply with laws, but it's another matter who be asking private companies to disclose private information and help the city to be law enforcement agent. >> the company responded with a statement saying while the legal enforceability of the proposal is questionable, airbnb will work to simplify the process to get hosts registered. >>> historic lights in the south bay a couple days. >> we told you about the solar impulse 2. the earliest it will take off for phoenix is friday. right now the aircraft is recharging inside a moffitt field hangar. >> they will go to new york then abu dhabi. >>> next to the universe and back. >>> coming up nex

think he saw senate as a possibility for growth and serve his interest and issues. >> reporter: state senator cheryl kagan is looking ahead. >> i'll be so thrilled if he's my u.s. senator. he'll be an amazing partner between annapolis and washington. >> tell us about your call from don >> first, i want to thank democrats throughout the state of maryland and let all know looking forward to campaigning with them in the fall. i want to thank donna edwards for her advocacy on important issues and for reaching out after the campaign. it's important we have unity going. >> chris will be running for the senate against gop candidate kathy szegulia. that's the latest live in bethesda. back to you. >> our team coverage continues with news 4 tom sherwood. >> that was not good news for donna edwards with the low turn out. >> no, it wasn't. the party is over here. it was a long campaign but an early night for donna edwards. she entered the senate race 13 months ago. tonight she conceded to van hollen but she was defiant in a promise to >> maryland is on the verge of having an all male delegation. p when w

i remember a state senator named peter behr -- a republican -- who i supported -- state senator -- because he understood how critical and important it is to defend state government, not only in terms of the beauty of our planet but the very health and safety of our families. and as i often say, no one -- in all the years i've been in office -- it's 40 years, hard to believe; time flies when you like your work, i guess. the fact is, no one has ever come up to me and said, barbara, our water is too pure, our air -- oh, it's way too clean. doing is! dirty it up. repeal landmark laws, barbara, that protect our -- they don't do that. they say they're no -- they say they're worried. they don't know what pollutants are in their water. i'm going 0 say, please vote against the hoeven amendment. this is not smart legislation in light of what we face. i would yield the floor. i would note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. hoeven: mr. president? ms. stabenow: mr. president? mr. hoeven: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from n

state. nicole: all candidates except senator cruz will be campaigning today. cruz is expected to head the texas. lauren: winning new york's 95 delegates is crucial, peter barnes in albany, new york covering the trump campaign. >> peter peter donald trump heads to raleigh. he sounded like the republican nominee going after the democratic nominee. >> hillary clinton does not have the judgment to be president. she doesn't have the judgment. [cheers and applause] >> believe me. you look at her decisions and they have been so bad and so wrong,i so look forward getting rid of these guys and running against hillary, all right. peter peter donald trump is expect today win his home state of new york in the primary a week from today. right now he is up more than 20 points in the latest polls over his nearest rival ohio governor john kasich. thank you in new york. lauren: peter barnes in albany, new york, thank you. >> adam shapiro has more from new york. >> bernie sanders may be closing the gap in hillary clinton in new york as they head to the primary. a poll shows tha

clinton represented the state in the u.s. senate.the republicans, you don't get more new york than donald trump. and he has got a 33-point lead over ted cruz, who is in a tight battle for second with john kasich. major investigate is covering the gop race. >> reporter: donald trump needs to reset his campaign. after a string of delegate losses to ted cruz, trump is well positioned to win most of the state's 95 delegates. that will not end trump's feud with the republican national committee, but it will give his unsettled campaign something it has been craving of late. a victory. >> i hope it doesn't involve violence. and i don't think it will. but i will say this, it is a rigged system, it is a crooked system. over the weekend donald trump mixed veiled threats of violence with his long running rant against gop rules. >> the republican national committee, they better get going. because i will tell you what, you are going to have a rough july at that convention. >> reporter: rnc chairman trying to prevent an open revolt from trump and

this is the united states senate debate. tonight's debate is presented by -- >>> now, from the uop campus, here is kcra 3's gulstan dart. >> welcome to all of you watching us from sacramento to san francisco, from monterey to l.a. to san diego, we're so glad you're with us tonight. we have a lot on our plate for this debate. with that would you help me welcome the five leading candidates for u.s. senate? >> they are left to write tom del baquero. [ applause ] >> camel la harris. duff sundheim. loretta sanchez. [ applause ] >> and republican ron unge. we're going to include some questions tonight from social med media, but most of the questions will be coming from john diaz and edye lambert. edye, we will start with you. >> gulstan nank you. we will be helping voters understand your positions on a wide range of issues. we start with, before we get into proposals, what can you do, as a freshman senator in a relatively ineffective congress to get anything done, to promote the interest of the people of california. we determined

forward, the senator from kentucky will consider it the new standard established by the united states senate in this confirmation proceeding and apply it respectively. and the senator from kentucky will do that with some relief, as i indicated earlier. because, after all, it is not easy for us politicians to restrain ourselves, holdback, if you will, to confine the inquiry to something as standardized and thate as trying to ensure we have truly outstanding members of the legal profession on the united states supreme court. in conclusion, where we are in 1987, the words nominate and up appoint pint -- and give to the president the power of selection. that we interpret now advise and consent in this body wrongly -- broadly. and if we don't like the philosophical meaning of the nominee, then i think as for the majority of the senate will simply reject nominees on it. basis -- on a philosophical basis. it is my prediction the president will send up another nominee, a. , 10 or 15judge bork -- and weger, and me may waltz thrown this maple one more time. and it will be interesting to see if what ha

issue that is not related to those nominees, we are abusing our power and authority as united states senate. second of all, the senator from kansas knows that he cannot have the president call him. then he would have to call 99 other senators, who would then hold up nominees because they have not been assured that the detainees will be relocated to their states, according to any plan that the president may come up with. so what we're doing here is we're telling a nominee, who is totally qualified, totally imminently qualified for the job that that person cannot fulfill those responsibilities and take on that very important leadership post because of an unrelated issue that has nothing to do with mr. fanning. that is not the appropriate use of senatorial privilege. what it is, if we set this precedent, if we go along and every senator -- 100 senators adopt the practice of saying, i don't want the president to pursue a certain course of action, and so, therefore, i'm going to hold hostage his or her nominees until they take a certain course of action, that is not the role of advise and consen

to know who can beat hillary because if we don't beat hillary we lose the supreme court, united states senate, state and local races, where we're heading. >> ted cruz will remain in indiana tomorrow ahead of that state's may 3rd primary. a new cbs news polls shows the front runners are looking strong in pennsylvania. the cbs battles ground tracker shows donald trump with 49 percent followed by 26 for cruz and 22 for kasich. on the democrat side clinton leads sanders 51% to 43%. we will have to find outcome tuesday whether the poll are accurate when voters in pennsylvania and delaware head out to cast the votes. in new jersey, the primary will be held on june 7th. >>> the coming up in the next half hour, are jessica dean sits down with the democratic candidates hoping to go up against incumbent republican pat toomey and the u.s. senate race in pennsylvania. >>> also today was pretty much a perfect spring day. beautiful out there. it can be more sunshine as we head back to work on monday? meteorologist lauren casey is live on the cbs3 sky deck. with the answer, is it still pleasant. >> very ple

both were vying for the district 9 state senator left own by dean skelous charged after using his power to get his son for no show consulting jobs, no matter whcomes out victoryious they'd like to see a change in character in senate. >> i'd like to see somebody who for the county. >>> i'd like some honestly in pans out. >>> the unofficial numbers are in. according to in nassau county board of elections kaminsky won the ninth treat seat, last night he gave a victory speech. >> i can't wait to go up there, work as hard as i can. chris mcgrath says it isn't over, 1300 democrat, 1100 republican, mcgrath doesn't all counted. >>> because this is a special election whoever comes out victorious will have to win another vote come november, if you would like to secure a two year term in the senate. cbs 2 news. of the board of elections will certify the election results he says he wants to avoid a fight over the final count which would be the waste of the taxpayer money in time. >>> the presidential primaries ahead. janelle burrell is here with the very latest. >>> hillary clinton and donald trump