mr. kaine: mr. president, thank you for the opportunity to appear tonight. i share my praise for my colleague, the senator from connecticut. we came to the senate together and his leadership on this issue is something i admire. but more than leadership on the issue, i admire his heart and his compassion because he has suffered because his citizens have suffered. and if you suffer and you don't try to change things, you don't try to do things differently, then you're not fully alive. so i just honor that in you that you're willing to be vulnerable and in your suffering try to find help for others. i have a little scar tissue on this, mr. president, and i'd love to just describe the virginia experience in my -- and my own personal experience on this and ask a series of questions to my colleague from connecticut. i was elected to office for the first time in may 1994 to the richmond city council. at the time i was elected, richmond had the second highest homicide rate in the united states per capi

do know tim kaine they would help mrs. clinton shore up constituency support. john: who do you think would be the best buys presidential pick for hillary clinton -- vice presidential pick for heller clinton? viceould be the best -- presidential pick for hillary clinton? >> i think tim kaine and cory booker and elizabeth warren certainly drive the party. mark: we asked about the republican brand in our poll. 32% said they had a favorable view. 62% unfavorable. his donald trump -- is donald trump helping or hurting? >> he is changing the brand. it is hurting a little bit. , i'm of therun feeling that he is bringing new people and new excitement to the republican party. it is a party that has been a little confused through the primary process. ande is a clarity there whether the establishment likes the clarity or not, we will see how it turns out. we played donald trump saying today, basically, i may have to go it alone here. republican leaders should just be quiet. is that a sensible strategy or way of looking at the world? >> it probably would not have been my a

mr. kaine: if i could just rise to compliment my colleague and others for their leadership on this issue. i just want to point out something about the institution and what we're about to do. monday night we had competing proposals from both parties to deal with this challenging issue of no guns for terrorists. not surprisingly, the majority party wouldn't support the minority party, the minority party wouldn't support the majority party and none of the bills got enough support to go forward. now there is a bipartisan version on the floor. now there is a version where both parties have worked together to do something commonsensical to stop this carnage of gun violence in the country. and i'm just curious as to why one side wants to fight against a bipartisan proposal to put motion on the table. that's what this is. i hope we're going to be able to get over that motion and proceed. but it is important to point out that when a bipartisan proposal is on the floor where the sides are reaching togeth

mr. chairman. >> senator kaine. >> thank you, mr. chairman. it is good to visit with you and congratulations on the nomination for this important post. senator warner my colleague and i today did something that we do once a year which is really fun. we have a coffee for all of the academy nominees that are about to report to all the service academies. and i am here to tell you that we are sending some great virginians to colorado springs and they are excited to report. very, very excited. a couple of questions. you and i talked about readiness in my office and you have testified and spoken briefly with the chair about this. that there is a projection because of the readiness shortfalls that it is going to take to the mid to late 2020s to return to adequate. we have just passed off the senate floor the ndaa. does the funding and end strength and policies contained in the ndaa that we passed, will that enable you to stay on that same track? not that that track is so great. 2020 mid or late. but does the ndaa we passed enable you to stay on track

mr. hunt: bob corker. i don't think he will pick him but i think he best fits the bill. on the democratic side, tim kainedo you think chris christie would meet that bar? mr. hunt: not as much as corker. he has no foreign policy experience. he is an immensely unpopular governor of new jersey. there is still a whiff of scandal hanging over him. i think it would be a hard sell, not as hard as other people. john: newt gingrich? mr. hunt: it is my wish, my dream. imagine the family values party, six marriages, all the stuff he has said over the years. we could turn this into a five-hour show every day. john: on your behalf, we will be praying for newt gingrich to be his choice. you're awesome, as always. coming up, we talk scotus with the great pete williams, right after this. ♪ ♪ mark: joining us from outside the supreme court in washington to talk more about the supreme court ruling today, correspondent pete williams. thank you for joining us. i want to start with the abortion case out of texas. i erroneously suggested justice kennedy was a reliably pro-choice vote on the court. he is not on partial-birth a

kaine? >> thank you, mr. chair. thanks to witness. first to get an idea of the scope of this challenge on the mexican side, in terms of the black tar heroin. is the poppy production for this heroin still significantly confined to the state of -- or is it more broadly distributed? messias of the country so if we talk about a problem in mexico that we are not being specific enough. >> yes, senator. our latest crop estimate that was produced about two months ago shows two major growing areas in mexico. one in the state of guerrero and another was called the tri-border region up in the northern par part of the countr. those are the two major growing areas in mexico. with a very, very small sporadic spots and other parts of the country but they are basically concentrated in those two areas. >> and then the fentanyl is made in labs and they get the most of the fentanyl becomes an issue to coming in, it's made in china and maybe transited through mexico or also made in labs in mexico. are those the two major sources of? >> that's correct. an

kaine. -- use plause [applause] mr. grayson: the shooting took place eight blocks from my district a week ago last sunday. ere are a list of the victims. amanda, 25 years old. angel. adolfo, 33. antonio brown, 29. darell roman, 29 years old. angel, 28 years old. juan martinez, just 25 years old. luis, 39. roy, 21. y yacka, 32. imone, 31. leroy, 25 years old. mercedes, 26 years old. peter gonzalez cruz, just 22 years old. uan, 22 years old. frank hernandez, 27. miguel angel, 30. javier, 40. jason, 19 years old. eddie, 30. anthony, 25 years old. christopher, 32. alejandro, 21. brenda, 49. robto -- roberto, 25. kimberly, 37. kira, just 18. luis, 20. ric, 36 years old. oel, 32. juan carlos, 35. enrique, 25. christopher joseph, 24 years old. avier, 34. shane, 33 years old. martin, 33. onathan, 24. frank de jesus, 50. juan rivera, 37. luis, 22. luis wilson-leon, 37. jerald right, 31. in the time it took to read this list, that's pretty much the time it took to kill them. if you look at the video taken by one of the dead, the

mr. president, i rise this afternoon to discuss the presidential tax transparency act, legislation that i have authored with senators warren, bennet, kaine, baldwin and boxer. and the reason i propose this legislation, mr. president, is that ever since watergate, it has been routine for democratic and republican presidential nominees to release their tax returns. so in effect this has been the norm. this has been the standard operating procedure for almost four decades. that's because the american people expect transparency when it comes to a presidential candidate's actions and values. they, of course, are running for the highest office in our land. they're running to be commander in chief of the most powerful nation in the history of the world. and when transparency is the overwhelming expectation of the american people regarding the presidency, my view is it ought to be the law. right now we are in the midst of a presidential election, the nominating conventions are just weeks away, and one of the candidates who has become its party's presumptive nominee has thus far refused to release his tax returns. this in my view is a clean break

i don't know secretary castro, but i do know tim kaine, and sherrod brown, who also would bring a lot to the ticket geographically. and help mrsn sure up constituencies that we did not have a strongly as we wanted in the primary. john: i will ask you to do something that is not going to make you comfortable, because you are an elusive man on some matters. who do you think would be the best vice presidential pick for hillary clinton? who would be the best? harold: look, i think all these folks would be good. the challenge is, who helps her win, and who helps her with constituencies we need the most help with? i think tim kaine, sharon brown, and cory booker, and elizabeth warren certainly drives the fire in the party, but if you look at geography, those three guys bring a lot to the table. mark: fred, we asked about the republican brand in our poll. 32% said a favorable view of the republican brand. 62% said unfavorable. is donald trump helping or hurting the republican brand right now, do you think? fred: i think he is changing the republican brand. it remains to be seen whether it is helping or hurting. probably hurting this

kaine. >> thank you, mr. chair. i'm going to ask you three questions, and i will submit these questions for the record for the second panel because i cannot stay to hear the answers to them. first, in your professional opinion, what would the likely effect on russian behavior be if the united states dramatically reduced or withdrew its support from nato? >> as a former ambassador to na nato, i would say, senator, that that would be a strategic mistake for the united states. >> dr. carpenter? >> senator, i could think of no greater gift to russia and no greater strategic vulnerability for the united states than that course of action. >> second question, on the eve of the warsaw summit in early july, how concerned are european nato allies about a potential change in the u.s. level of support for nato? >> you know, obviously, allies are watching the debate here in the united states with a lot of interest, as they always do. in our conversations, i think they find it very difficult to imagine that the united states woul

kaine of virginia and u.s. housing secretary julian castro. earlier today mrs.nton took aim at donald trump's economic policies. >> trump would take us back to where we would before the crisis. he'd rig the economy for wall street again. well, that will not happen on my watch, i can guarantee you. >> the latest quinnipiac polls show fairly tight race in three key battleground states n.florida clinton is at 47% and trump 39%. a dead heat though in ohio, 40% each and slight edge in pennsylvania for mrs. clinton with 42% and mr. trump at 41%. much bigger gap in their war chests though. clinton has around 42 million, just just 1.2 million. let's bring in cnbc contributor larry kudlow, former energy secretary bill richeson who served as new mexico governor and congressman. we're a business network and i want to start with the war chest. governor, i would normally say, wow, trump is at a big disadvantage but here's the thing. in this election, well, if money mattered, mitt romney would have been the president and jeb bush would have been the nominee, and that hasn't h

kaine: thank you. my time is up. senator: like the state worksment that mr. mcgurk for an like the white house, we agree that this administration has all legal authority necessary to combat isis, so i just want that to be stated. certainly, we have had multiple hearings on how to deal with this, and i personally am pushed back against efforts to limit his ability to conduct the operations, which much of the discussions around the map has that about, so i just want to say again, i support the efforts that are underway. i would like to see it happen in a much more expeditious manner. i know it is creating threats to our homeland, which we have got do support the i administration's statement that they have the legal basis to do dot they are doing, and i what i do, everything i can, to keep up this body from limiting their ability to do that. with that, i will turn to the senator. mr.tor: thank you, chairman. thank you for the testimony. turning to your statement about being able to deny them territory and impact their ability to foment terrorism elsewhere or dir

seeing someone like tim kaine, who is a more pragmatic swing state senator from virginia as the front runner in the vp stakes. >> trump tweeted this about elizabeth warren and mrsclinton, "crooked hillary is bringing out one of the least productive senators in the u.s. senate. goofy elizabeth warren who lied on heritage. trump's campaign called warren a sellout for supporting clinton. we know that warren and clinton really didn't see eye to eye when it came to wall street. >> warren is a true believer of the left. hillary is a true believer in polling. look, i think i agree with dave on the vp selection. hillary clinton's selection is about optics not function. whether it's two women at the top, i'm not sure. hillary clinton doesn't have a female problem, she's doing just fine with them. she has a white man problem. those are the people that donald trump is doing well with, and hillary clinton hasn't been able to capture. so i don't think she's going to choose warren. >> i want to also get john oliver's take on this. we have to get him in here, especially about trump's reaction to the results oh it have brexit referendum. we know that warren and clinton were sl