including tax reform, trade, entitlement changes and the merit garland supreme court nomination -- merrick garland supreme court nomination. this is 25 minutes. mr. mcconnell: did you have a good time with her and chuck? [laughter] good morning, everyone. a couple of years ago the american people decided to change the majority in the u.s. senate. i was down in louisville the day after the election, had a press conference in which i pointed out what i thought the new majority needed to be. dysfunction in the senate was not the biggest issue in 2014. but it certainly was one of them. i said, i thought we needed to end that. i knew we had big differences with the president. and the minority in the senate's almost never irrelevant, unless it gets down to a very small minority. so what is the way to try to avoid dysfunction? i said, first, we need to let people participate. remember that mark was defeated in alaska in significant part because she never had a roll call vote on an amendment in a full six-year term. not one. we had had only 15 votes on amendments in 2014 here in the senate. i said

. >> one of the areas democrats point to in dysfunction is judges, you talk about merrick garland but there's a record umber of traditional -- or other vay can sis. is there anything the senate can do to fill them. mr. mcconnell: as you've heard me say repeatedly, if you ever listened, the president has gotten more judges over his eight-year tenure than president bush did over his eight-year tenure. there was a rush of confirmations right at the end of the -- of 2014 before the majority flipped. i think president obama has been treated very fairly by any objective standard over his eight-year period. >> you listen to the accomplishments of the congress - you listened -- listed the accomplishments of the senate but voters are frustrated that there hasn't been more progress on big ticket items like tax reform. do you regret not having more progress on those and looking ahead to next year, do you think there's hope for congress in those big ticket items? senator mcconnell: to tackle the really big issues confronting our future, you need a president ho is willing to engage, and accept in

we can't even get a hearing on merrick garland. why? because they know the appearance he will make, it will be a good one. and after a public hearing, they will be even more embarrassed by not voting for this man. so even though a couple senators didn't keep their word -- and it wasn't just me and them. we have staff here who would be willing to vouch for what i just said even if it weren't two senators not keeping their word, at the very least shouldn't they be concerned about the supreme court and what's not going on there? so i have no reservations whatsoever. this is unfair to come and ask for legislation to pass when we have a supreme court that is stymied, working short-handed. it's incredible that justice is not being served well in our great country. and we have as indicated in this thing i read only part of it congress is dysfunctional. as i mentioned this morning when my republican friend, the leader said that, well, he can't understand what's going on there seems to be some dysfunction here. talk about dysfunction. during the

garland, that we have a vote on merrick garland. if republican senators want to vote against merrick garland, let them do it, but let's go through the process. so i ask whether the senator from pennsylvania would be willing to amend the unanimous consent request as follows: that the senator from pennsylvania modify his request so that following a vote on tftion of consider be confirmation of the nomination of the consensus nominee, merrick garland to be justice of the united states supreme court so we'd have nine members of the court, that the senate proceed to immediate consideration of this legislation, s. 1831. the presiding officer: will the senator modify his request? mr. mcconnell: mr. president, that was a consent request, was it not? mr. reid: yes, it was. mr. mcconnell: i object. mr. reid: i object to the initial request. the presiding officer: objection is heard to the original request. mr. toomey: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from pennsylvania. mr. toomey: let me just briefly observe what's going on h

i would to follow up on that merrick garland question. -- want to follow up on the merrick garland question that does not happen, would you urgently put into renominate him once she is in office? >> they have gotten so far out on a limb and it created such a mess out of this and they sent -- set such a bad precedent for the country. he probably can't backtrack now. as far as afterwards, we will see. i'm not willing to commit at this time to go forward on it. we will see. >> anyone else? >> what does that have to do with mandatory arbitration clauses? a drama played out with -- playing out with lawsuits. >> commercial cases? >> i'm talking about sexual harassment cases. in mandatory arbitration clauses are not a new issue for labor. a lot of discussion about whether they should be legal. this notion that -- of giving up rights for the court. the supreme court eventually have to decide it? any thoughts on whether we will likely see action? >> after getting a ninth justice, we will probably see action. the supreme court does tend to try to reconcile splits in jurisdictions. the primary issue b

give merrick garland a vote.k, folks, you don't have -- my friends in the senate, you don't to support merrick garl d garland. vote no. but give him a vote. we're setting an incredibly dangerous precedent in the institution that i love, that i served in 36 years. i'm proud of being a senator than anything i've done in my whole life but don't, don't set this dangerous precedent. when i was ranking member of the judiciary committee and/or chairman for 17 years i'm told to my chagrin i presided over more supreme court nominations than any person in history that's living. guess what? every single one -- every nominee -- was greeted by the committee. every single nominee got a hearing, every nominee got out of committee even -- when i was chairman, even when they didn't have a majority vote under the rules to get out and was sent to the floor. i was pilloried by some of my friends in the democratic party but it's the senate's responsibility to act up or down and the fact of the matter is every nominee -- including ant

the senate should give merrick garland a hearing an a vote -- and a vote. when they write the history of this republican-controlled senate, they will surely note that we are a little over two weeks away from the deadline when we are supposed to have a budget, appropriations bills, and we don't have them. that has happened before. it's not the first time in recent memory. we've been tied up in knots before, but that is a reality, despite promises to the contrary, we haven't passed an appropriations bill. i might say in fairness, in defense of the senate appropriations committee and the republican chairman, thad cochran, as well as the ranking democrat, barbara mikulski, we did our job. we held hearings on the important bills. they're ready for consideration on the floor of the what has stopped their exrgs is the republican house of representatives -- their consideration angdz is the republican house of representatives and senator mcconnell. the republicans in the house can't reach an agreement. they're troig to deal with a handful of tea party republicans wh

senator grassley should do his job and give merrick garland a hearing and a vote, and it should be now. don't make another iowan question where is the senator i first voted for 40 years ago? i yield the floor. mr. durbin: mr. president? the presiding officer: the assistant democratic leader. mr. durbin: mr. president, i listened carefully to the statement made by the republican leader, senator mcconnell, about the zika crisis that we face. i would like to give the members of the senate and those following this debate an update of what occurred in the united states of america between the time that we adjourned and now returned to this session of the united states senate. the last time i came to the floor to speak in july to talk about zika, there were 3,667 people in the united states and u.s. territories that had zika infections. included in that number, 599 pregnant women. as of late last week that number has skyrocketed. 17,000 people infected with zika in the united states and its territories. a fourfold increase over the seven weeks that we left for recess. it included 1,595 pregna

give merrick garland a vote. look, folks. you don't have to -- my friends in the senate, they don't have to support merrick garland. you don't have to support the chief judge of the circuit. vote no. but give him a vote. we're setting an incredibly dangerous precedent in the institution that i love, they served in 36 years. i'm prouder of being a senator over that time than anything i've done in my whole life. but don't, don't set this dangerous precedent. when i was ranking member of the judiciary committee and/or chairman for 17 years, i'm told to my chagrin i presided over more supreme court nominations than any other person in history that's living. guess what? every single one, sever -- every nominee was greeted by the committee. every single nominee got a hearing. every nominee got out of committee even when i was chairman, even when they didn't have a majority vote. under the rule to get out. and was sent to the floor. i was pillried by some of my friends in the democratic party. but it is the senate's responsibility t

why haven't we had a hearing on merrick garland? well, the reason that my republican friends have not had a hearing on merrick garland is they know that if they did a hearing on merrick garland, people would see who he is. and having seen that and listened to this man, they would be hard-pressed to vote againstle. that's why they're -- against him. that's why they're not doing a hearing. so for all these reasons that we haven't had a vote on merrick garland, we've had absolutely no workout on this process, as desperate as the situation is. and i understand it. i object. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the objection is heard. the senator from wisconsin. mr. johnson: it is beyond disappointing that the minority leader would refer to this as potentially a partisan bill. let me again reiterate. in 32 states where 4,186 state legislators have voted on this, 4,078 have voted yes. republican and democrat alike. 97.4%. this is a bipartisan effort. it provides freedom. it provides hope. and it's beyond disappointing that the

this week marks six months since president obama nominated judge merrick garland to the supreme court. president obama did his job, his constitutional duty, and judge garland should have been confirmed by now. he is eminently qualified, he's a dedicated public servant, and a respected judge. instead, judge garland hasn't even received a hearing. today marks 182 days since his nomination, and not even a hearing. in the last 40 years, the average time for a nomination to confirmation has been 67 days for a supreme court nominee. no matter which party has controlled the white house and the senate. we've always done our job, we've always given a president's nominees a hearing and a vote as the constitution requires. after my remarks, i will formally introduce a proposal to change the senate rules, to require that any judicial nominee who has been pending for more than 180 days receive a vote. i do not take this decision lightly, but i fear that a line has been crossed. this level of obstruction will only get worse in the years to come. we should not ever be in this situation again. i urge

donald trump about to unveil his proposal to make childcare more affordable and more accessible for merrick and working families. here she is. >> her children had been hospitalized and she was jailed and charged with felony child abuse. as i have traveled around the country with my father stories about hardships caused by our insisting childcare system one that is too expensive, too outdated into the inaccessible come up time and time again. just last week i spoke with a military spouse who recounted the vicious cycle responsible for holding so many american families back economically. she relayed to me the frustration i have heard all too often of not being able to work and bring home a second income because she can't afford quality and reliable childcare. stories like these go straight to my heart and they field my belief that there has to be a better way. i have three young children myself and i am grateful daily for the means to pursue two of my dreams, being a mother and investing in a career that fulfills me. i recognize that far too few women can say the same for themselves and that

she described merrick garland as somebody who's a brilliant jurist. her opinion is one that's widely shared by democrats and republicans. that's why what republicans in the united states senate have done -- have drawn so much condemnation, not just from democrats all across the country but even some republicans who uncomfortable with the republican argument that somehow presidents are not allowed to nominate judges in their last year in office. there's no such provision that exists in the united states constitution. it's ironic because many of these same republican senators described themselves as strict constructionists when it comes to interpreting the constitution. you know, apparently that's maybe part of the constitution that they haven't read. in some cases you might actually question the intellectual honesty of some of these senators, particularly senator cornyn and cruz that are advocating for the republicans -- nomination of justices in texas. you can't have it both ways. if they're concerned about vacancy on the federal bench in texas, how c

perhaps revising the nomination of the supreme court, merrick garland. he's a little more moderate than someone that perhaps is in clinton which is true i don't rule out republican thing, we said we were not quick to bring it up, but in a lame-duck going to bring it up, but in a lane duck session, we look over matter darling because he may be the moderate choice. i would not rule that out. marek garland -- merrick garland because he may be the moderate choice. i would not know about that. >> thank you. the house and senate are returning on tuesday, the sixth of september. you can follow the house live gavel to c-span and the senate on c-span two. >> some of the focus when members returned to congress on tuesday right after labor day directed by house leader kevin mccarthy briefly talked about with the house is going to do regarding legislation regarding terrorism and iran. millionnse to the $400 in cash paid by the obama administration. iranian leaders required to report their own financial assets. forlso was a path forward the house on sick of funding.

i would to follow up on that merrick garland question. -- want to follow up on the merrick garland question. if that does not happen, would you urgently put into renominate him once she is in office? >> they have gotten so far out on a limb and it created such a mess out of this and they sent -- set such a bad precedent for the country. he probably can't backtrack now. as far as afterwards, we will see. i'm not willing to commit at this time to go forward on it. we will see. >> anyone else? >> what does that have to do with mandatory arbitration clauses? a drama played out with -- playing out with lawsuits. >> commercial cases? >> i'm talking about sexual harassment cases. in mandatory arbitration clauses are not a new issue for labor. a lot of discussion about whether they should be legal. this notion that -- of giving up rights for the court. the supreme court eventually have to decide it? any thoughts on whether we will likely see action? >> after getting a ninth justice, we will probably see action. the supreme court does tend to try to reconcile splits in jurisdictions. the primary iss

speculating monday when he said there might be a chance he'll hold hearings for supreme court nominee merrick garland. president obama nominated garland in march to fill the unexpected vacancy after the death of justice antonin scalia. senator grassley has said his judiciary committee would not hold confirmation hearings on any supreme court nominee until the next president takes office. but monday in sioux city, grassley said if democrat hillary clinton wins the election, he might consider congress. that's the 11 weeks between election day and inauguration day. yesterday in dubuque, grassley backed away from that, saying his original opinion has not changed. "everybody who heard me say what i said got the wrong opinion. people ask me to speculate, maybe i shouldn't be speculating." "so my position is, it's going to be decided by whoever is elected president." grassley also said on monday he would only consider holding hearings for senators favored the hearings. grassley and his fellow republicans hold the majority in the senate - with 54 seats. each year more than 64,000 adults will be diagn

positive statements about merrick garland, as if we need more. we've got plenty. this is a good man. i'm glad to see the republican leader is talking about some more on zika. maybe we have a path forward onn that.t we will continue to take steps to keep attention on this important nomination, and don't of course the zika, and other things that republicans simply are not doing their job. using these charts we have, andd we will continue showing them. very simple, do your job. and republicans simply are refusing to do their job. anytime we want to find other ways to focus attention on what they are not doing to help chief judge garland. and my friend, democratic leader, is going to attend ath meeting, which he does whenever they have one with rare exception, judiciary committee. he loves this committee. he's the ranking member, was chair of the constitution my subcommittee, and tomorrow, it's my understanding, tried to do a markup of some district court judges. so i look forward to what's going to happen at that meeting of the judiciary tomorrow. mr. president, in t

police found 350 pigeons flying freely inside of a house in north merrick. a man in his 70s also lived in there. he was taken to the hospital in a full protective suit used for hazardous materials. the pigeons were allowed to roam around as they pleased doing what birds do. thick in some places. >>> a blind man was able to fight off two armed robbers. he was a former gang leader. he said he arrived home when someone hit him in the head. in the struggle, he managed to grab the attacker's gun. he recognized their voices and thinks the attackers are teenagers who belong to the bloods, the gang that he started in dallas. >> i don't know what i could tell them right now. i want to tell them something so harsh, but my heart won't let me. >> he is now a vocal anti-gang advocate. >>> 5:22. coming up, the surprise statement the trump campaign made overnight and what hillary florida's aquifer. a fertilizer plant is creating a dangerous situation. >> good morning. we're watching your traffic cameras. this is a live look at i-4 right through plant city where we have a c

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if hillary clinton does win the election, would you want mitch mcconnell to bring up merrick garland as possible. or do you fear she would appoint somebody even more liberal? >> i would like him to bring him up. the principle ought to be for republicans to confirm the most conservative jurist we are able to confirm. if we do lose the election we ought to move swiftly to confirm merrick garland. >> thank you for your time. >>> coming up a latino trump supporter warns the result of too much immigration will be, quote, taco trucks on every corner. dangerous or delicious? that story next. there's no one road out there. no one surface... no one speed... no one way of driving on each and every road. but there is one car that can conquer them all. the mercedes-benz c-class. five driving modes let you customize the steering, shift points, and suspension to fit the mood you're in... and the road you're on. the 2016 c-class. starting at $38,950. mercedes-benz. the best or nothing. ...that could stand up to weather like this... ...or this... ...or even this? if a stain can survive any amount of

one of those issues, merrick garland. calling on congress to vote regardless of their feelings about him. >> you don't have to support merrick garland. you don't have to support the chief judge of the circuit. vote no. but give him a vote. we're sending an incredibly dangerous precedent in the institution that i love. >> biden also pressed the lawmakers to vote on a clean zika funding bill. >>> this just in to nbc 10. we're learning that camden city schools are closing at 1:00 tomorrow because of the heat. we know it's going to stay hot throughout the evening and into tomorrow. we told you earlier that philadelphia public and catholic schools, they're doing the same. thoel's close around noon. if you want alerts about your school district sent right to your phone or your tablet, sign up right now on the nbc 10 app. >>> coming up, it's a classic moment in philadelphia sports history. allen iverson ranting about practice. how the former 76er is playing hard to get once more at the hall of fame. we're live in springfield, ma

i would to follow up on that merrick garland question. -- want to follow up on the merrick garland question not happen, would you urgently put into renominate him once she is in office? they have gotten so far out on a limb and it created such a mess out of this and they sent -- set such a bad precedent for the country. he probably can't backtrack now. as far as afterwards, we will see. i'm not willing to commit at this time to go forward on it. we will see. >> anyone else? what does that have to do with mandatory arbitration clauses? with --played out playing out with lawsuits. >> commercial cases? >> i'm talking about sexual harassment cases. in mandatory arbitration clauses .re not a new issue for labor a lot of discussion about whether they should be legal. that -- of giving up rights for the court. the supreme court eventually have to decide it? any thoughts on whether we will likely see action? after getting a night justice, he will probably see action. -- you will probably see action. the supreme court does tend to try to reconcile splits in jurisdictions. the primary issue becomes,

republicans still refuse to give chief judge merrick garland a hearing or a vote. orrin hatch opened the senate a few minutes ago and has said that merrick garland is a consensus nomination. i don't know if he forgot when he said or didn't mean it at the time -- i think he did mean it at the time. republicans want to hold the seat for donald trump to fill. if that doesn't startle you, i don't know what would. what more do you need to see from trump to realize that he's danger arks unfit for the -- dangerous, unfit for the presidency? how can you hold a supreme court vacancy open for this man and his weird, weird ideas? it's not just the supreme court. roons have deadlock -- republicans have deadlocked our entire system of justice. this senate has confirmed the fewest justices in decade. the republicans want trurn to row make the justice system in their image. what an image that would be -- a trump judiciary. to show the americans' disgust with how the republicans have treated merrick garland's nomination, if the republican leader thinks there's a committee that nee

if hillary clinton does win the election, would you want mitch mcconnell to bring up merrick garlands possible. or do you fear she would appoint somebody even more liberal? >> i would like him to bring him up. the principle ought to be for republicans to confirm the most conservative jurist we are able to confirm. if we do lose the election we ought to move swiftly to confirm merrick garland. >> thank you for your time. >>> coming up a latino trump supporter warns the result of too much immigration will be, quote, taco trucks on every corner. dangerous or delicious? that story next. that was it. now i have nicoderm cq. the nicoderm cq patch with unique extended release technology helps prevent your urge to smoke all day. it's the best thing that ever happened to me. every great why needs a great how. romantic moments can happen spontaneously, so why pause to take a pill? or stop to find a bathroom? cialis for daily use, is the only daily tablet approved to treat erectile dysfunction so you can be ready anytime the moment is right. plus cialis treats the frustrating urinary symptoms o

chuck grassley says he was just there might be a chance he'll hold hearings for supreme court nominee merrick garland. president obama nominated garland in march to fill the vacancy resulting from the death of justice antonin scalia. and grassley has said his judiciary committee would not hold confirmation hearings on any supreme court nominee until the next president hillary clinton wins the election, he might consider holding them during the lame duck session of congress. that's the time between election day and inauguration day. today in uque, grassley backed away from that, saying his original opinion has not changed. "everybody who heard me say what i said got the wrong opinion. people ask me to speculate, maybe i shouldn't be speculating." to be decided by whoever is elected president." grassley also said on monday he would only consider holding hearings for garland if a majority of senators favored the hearings. dubuque police say people are still dying from heroin overdoses. back iril, police warned of a deadly batch of heroin circulating through the city. days later, dubuque police a

garland one way or another. >> they don't have to support merrick gar larpd.'t have the support the chief judge of the circuit. vote no. but give him a vote. we're setting an incredibly dangerous precedent in the institution that i love. >> reporter: biden also called for both sides to work out a deal for funding the fight against the zika virus, which he called a national emergency. >>> "world news with david muir" will have much more on today's top stories including the latest from the campaign trail. you can watch it all tonight at 6:30 following "action news at 6". >>> a college student accused of running down a police sergeant in manayunk while driving drunk appeared in court today. "action news" was there as 21-year-old colin murphy walked out of the criminal justice center in center city. he's charged with driving into 55-year-old sergeant joseph kane during a traffic stop last month. kane suffered a broken collarbone, broken ribs and internal bleeding. >> my client is a good kid. he has a clean record. he has really not been involved in any difficulty

merit garland, if they think that trump is going to get wiped out on election day, all of a sudden merrickarland becomes a lot more attractive person, rather than somebody that hillary puts up instead. she could put someone much more liberal on the court. at the same time, zika could influence a lot of different senate races and so could funding around heroin, particularly in kentucky and ohio, which are seats that republicans are trying to hold on, and which are kind of in the grips of ahern epidemic. >> you think that if we see some activity on the heroin, if we see funding for the heroin fight, even most folks consider, if he seals up the heroin funding, it's over. >> he might already be a shoo-in, because of his work getting this comprehensive heroin bill through over the last several months, something he has actually been working on for three years. but the one hiccup at this point, it's a bill without a lot of funding. and so he can still be hammered on that. if he can work with democrats across the aisle to put together a spending bill that addresses the heroin epidemic, then it's v

republicans have been blocking merrick garland, now the longest nominee, waiting to be considered. they will not consider it, that this should be a matter for the next president. so those kinds of things are happening here on capitol kind happening here on capitol hill. we expect joe biden to sort of probably be joe biden with an enthusiastic pitch to try to get some of these things accomplished. it's a way to bring the campaign trail here where the business is still going on. tamron? >> thank you very much. >>> coming up, the nbc political team digs into the nine controversial statements donald trump made in 24 minutes. that's next with nbc's senior political editor mark murray. remember here at ally, nothing stops us from doing right by our customers. who's with me? i'm in. i'm in. i'm in. i'm in. ♪ ♪ one, two, - wait, wait. wait - where's tina? doing the hand thing? yep! we are all in for our customers. ally. do it rit. fmale teacher: and then wname thelargest planet?t?omers. male teacher: someone we haven't heard from. female teacher:anyone else? through internet essentials, co

senator harry reid met with supreme court justice nominee merrick garland today. the two talked about the path forward on his nomination. and the need for republicans to give judge garland a hearing and vote. republicans vowed they will not vote on a justice replacement until a new president is elected. there is an opening following the passing of judge antonin request that shooting victims pay them. dozens of victims sued the chain after james holmes opened fire in the movie theater. 12 died, 70 others were injured. the families claim there was not enough security to stop the gunman from carrying out the 2012 shooting. if approved, the request would end all civil lawsuits against cinemark this in she -- the shooting. >> marie: chelsea manning has been asking for. she reveled after being convicted of espionage she identifies as a woman. no transgender inmate has received this treatment in prison. in 2012 manning was sentenced to 35 years after a military court conviction of providing more than 700,000 documents, videos and battlefield accounts to the anti-secrecy

after almost 200 days, we have been waiting, waiting for the republicans to have a hearing with merrick garland. the supreme court is at a stamped still. nothing's being done. a new term and they basically are afraid to take cases of controversy. why? because it's 4-4. so common sense dictates to me that we should address the vacancy of the supreme court caused by the death of justice scalia. march 16, 2016 he was nominated. we're approaching october. to date, the senate has not held a vote, even a hearing. it's nice a few of you have decided to break with the republican leader and even met with the man. that was nice of them to do that. why haven't they held a hearing? because they know they can't hold a hearing. here is one of the most reasonable people that could ever be selected to the supreme court. the former chair of the judicial committee, orrin hatch, said he should be put on the bench. he would be a consensus nomination. but not in this republican world, nope. so democrats would be happy to consider bills like this about what the senate requires as soon as the republicans have

. -- lik they had made merrick garland, a supreme court nominee with more federal judicial experience than any other in history wait longer than any other in history for the simple courtesy of a hearing, let alone a vote. all because they want their nominee for president to fill that seat. there are plenty of other bipartisan priorities for this year as well. attacking the opioid epidemic, funding joe biden's cancer moonshot, finishing the transpacific trade agreement that will support american jobs and boost american wages, and passing a budget that will make sure all of america's priorities are funded that resorting to shut down threats and last-minute gimmicks. none of this list even includes some other big priorities that should get done. it has been also decade since congress voted to raise the minimum wage. none of these things should be controversial. all of it is within our reach. this is america. we can do anything, we just need a congress that works as hard as you do. at the very least we should expect they should do their jobs and protect us from disease, help us recover fr

second question, if obama is not a lame-duck, -- john kerry is not a lame duck, would you consider -- merrick would you consider him be nominated by hillary clinton? >> here is what he said. look at donald trump's economic package and said the country would lose 3.5 million jobs under donald trump's economic program. he also graded hers and said we would gain 10 million. this is movie business credit rating system. -- moody business credit rating system. it would be the largest infrastructure bill since world war ii. our infrastructure is an atrophy. we have talked about policy. we will continue to talk about policy. not just to the election, but after the transition and into the new administration. we will be working as partners. >> does that mean you have offered some specific ideas for infrastructure for the compose all --the proposal? >> we have those publicly out. yes. >> [indiscernible] would you talk about your tier one presidential -- you talk about that a couple months ago. i wonder if you would see any point in the election after the -- another clinton campaign is going in and buyin

reporter: does merrick garland have -- [inaudible] -- picking him up next year if he were renominated, would your position change if hillary clinton was elected and renominated him? mr. mcconnell: as i said repeatedly, the next president will fill that vacancy and we'll see who that is. reporter: do you think it could be better than -- reporter: -- [inaudible] -- election, could you talk about the discomfort level right now with your presidential nominee -- ow -- [inaudible] senator mcconnell: this is not something i'm going to discuss today, the implications of the presidential race on the senate. >> senator schumer said that the american people are on their side and the only thing that would stop them from taking back the senate is money. senator mcconnell: what did you say? >> senator schumer said the american people's priorities are with the democrats in taking back the senate but the only thing that's holding them back is money. mr. mcconnell: did he mention tom stire? i wonder why? i don't know either. >> one of the areas democrats point to in dysfunction is judges, you talk abo

this week marks six months since president obama nominated judge merrick garland to

from spendinging on social security and merrick care -- medicare and medicaid.is not growth spending. spending in the u.s. is decreasing. that is the spending you want to see, more on education and roads. that is falling. i would say it's bad news. in europe, the jury is still out. we have to see what they are going to do with this extra money. mark: what a great conversation. i should start all of my chats with "what's troubling you? " " online retail and referendum, we are going to speak to a shopping person about brexit. we will give you an update on the market moves today. we will discuss the latest events in the u.s. presidential race. this is bloomberg. ♪ mark: i am mark barton in london. >> deutsche bank ceo says the asset management business will be an essential part of the company's model. employees, he said do not allow yourself to become distracted by speculation about a legend mergers and sales plans. this is one rumor i would like to dispel. hp will buy samson's printer for $1.05 billion. it will be able to generate and eight -- income it -- income

demanding the senator take action on merrick garland's supreme court nomination. they say they want to remind heller that summer vacation is over -- and that hundreds of nevadans say it's time the country has a fully-staffed supreme court. president obama nominated garland back in march, but senators want to wait until senator heller's spokesman sent us a statement saying: "the senator welcomes viewpoints of all constituents and keeps them in mind as he performs his dutues as an elected official." if you are a medical marijuana card holder-- you could be stopped from buying a gun. a federal appeals court is upholding the government's ban-- saying it does not violate the 2nd ammendmant. a woman from nevada filed a lawsuit after a gun store refused to sell her a gun i which bans selling firearms to illegal drug users. marijuana is still illegal under federal law. no word if the woman is planning to appeal. a valley mother is making a bold statement with these signs all over her front yard... you can see, they warn police that her son has autism --- makes loud noises

speculating monday when he said there might be a chance he'll hold hearings for supreme court nominee merrick garland nominated garland in march to fill the unexpected vacancy after the death of justice antonin scalia. senator grassley has said his judiciary committee would not hold confirmation hearings on any supreme court nominee until the next president takes office. but monday in sioux city, grassley said if democrat hillary clinton wins the election, he might consider holding them during the lame duck session of congress. that's the 11 weeks between election day and inauguration day. yesterday in dubuque, grassley backed away from that, saying his original i said got the wrong opinion. people ask me to speculate, maybe i shouldn't be speculating." "so my position is, it's going to be decided by whoever is elected president." grassley also said on monday he would only consider holding hearings for garland if a majority of senators favored the hearings. grassley and his fellow republicans hold the majority in the senate - with 54 seats. according to the american cancer society, thyroid ca

the president nominated merrick garland for the position earlier this year -- and that nomination has been in limbo for the past six months. a central iowa high school football team is under investigation after some another student. student.leaders in the carroll school district say several of the football players were sending text messages to each other -- angry that a gay student was elected to the homecoming court.some of the texts said the student should kill himself.classmates say that kind of talk is disappointing. ?sot 20:29-32? korey nieland/freshman "it's honestly horrible. don't make fun of people for what they want to be> [duration:0:03] ?18:55-00?(taylor moore/freshma n) < yeah im disappointed because he's a really good guy and shouldn't be called names at all." all."the gay student who made the homecoming court says should be a teachable moment for the entire school and not just the football players. right now -- no punishment has been handed down. it's now on this morning.right now it's degrees in when we come back, we'll take a look at the three stories you'll need to k

speculating monday when he said there might be a chance he'll hold hearings for supreme court nominee merrick garland. president obama after the death of justice antonin scalia. senator grassley has said his judiciary committee would not hold confirmation hearings on any supreme court nominee until the next president takes office. but monday in sioux city, grassley said if democrat hillary clinton wins the election, he might consider holding them during the lame duck session of congress. that's the 11 weeks between election day and inauguration day. yesterday in dubuque, grassley backed away from that, saying his original opinion has not changed. "everybody who heard me sa w speculate, maybe i shouldn't be speculating." "so my position is, it's going to be decided by whoever is elected president." grassley also said on monday he would only consider holding hearings for garland if a majority of senators favored the hearings. grassley and his fellow republicans hold the majority in the senate - with 54 seats. "he still shows up for work everyday. best attendance in campaign touts his good atten

senator chuck grassley says he was just speculating monday when he said there might be a merrick garland. president obama nominated garland in march to fill the unexpected vacancy after the death of justice antonin scalia. senator grassley has said his judiciary committee would not hold confirmation hearings on any supreme court nominee until the next president takes office. but monday in sioux city, grassley said if democrat hillary clinton wins the election, he might consider holding them during the lame duck session of congress. that's the 11 weeks between election day and inauguration day. yest from that, saying his original opinion has not changed. "everybody who heard me say what i said got the wrong opinion. people ask me to speculate, maybe i shouldn't be speculating." "so my position is, it's going to be decided by whoever is elected president." grassley also said on monday he would only consider holding hearings for garland if a jority of senators favored the hearings. grassley and his fellow republicans hold the majority in the senate - with 54 seats. the united states. it's a

merrick garland for the position earlier this year -- and that nomination has been in limbo for the past six months. iowa city's minority students -- are telling the district -- through a recent survey -- that they don't feel as valued as their white counterparts. now -- the district is trying to change that by addressing three areas.disciplinary equity -- teacher and mentor relationships -- and classroom inclusiveness.leaders in the district say they plan to increase staff diversity -- which they hope will improve "it is about the relationship. it is not necessarily about the color of the skin. // what we are doing at the ground level right now is empowering our teachers to teach culturally responsively." responsively."the district is putting together a community task-force to improve the climate for everyone.for more information on how you can sign up - visit our website, cbs 2 iowa dot com. a central iowa high school football team is under investigation after some players used gay slurs against school district say several of the football players were sending text messages to each othe

senator harry reid is continuing his fight to get chief judge merrick garland confirmed as the next supreme court justice. yesterday, the minority leader met with the nominee. reid says he hopes republicans will give garland a hearing and a vote in the next seven weeks. when asked if he thinks hillary clinton should keep garland as the nominee if she's elected-- getting into that." new overnight...police in ohio have shot and killed a 13- year-old. officers say they mistook his b-b gun for a real gun. police tell us this started with reports of an armed robbery in columbus. when officers arrived they saw a group of three people. two ran. as officers tried to take the suspects into custody police say one of them pulled a b-b gun from his waistband. officers thought it was a real gun and shot the boy...13-year-old tyree king. shows a united flight after it was diverted to denver because of a security scare. in this video, you can see authorities greeting the plane on the runway overnight. flight 12-43 was on its way to san diego... from newark-- when a passenger reported seeing something susp

>> i happen to think -- i know merrick garland very well. used to be the chairman of the judiciary committee. i think he's a first rate nominee. i think when the nation is divided and the court is divided the president should be cognizant of that division and appoint someone who everyone governor john hickenlooper here in colorado. on the subject of obama care, he said obviously things are not working the way they are. obviously it's not working the way it is. this is a signature obviously of the obama administration. what is the future of it hold? >> i think the future is very, very good. we've said from the beginning we are ready with the congress to make it better but the republicans haven't been serious could make in obama care but obama care is going to survive. healthcare is here to stay. >> despite some of the headlines of carriers dropping out? >> despite some of the headlines of carriers dropping out. on balance we've cut the rate of uninsured significantly. healthcare costs have had the slowest increase in history. and one of the r

cnn politics producer dan merrick was part of the press corps when the event happened earlier this morning is joining us right now outside of hillary clinton's apartment in chappaqua, new york. what is the information we're getting about what happened, dan? >> reporter: you know, it's still pretty much in a holding aren pattern, as you said, hillary clinton wobbled after leaving the ceremony. she left early, she is set to fly to california tomorrow for a fundraiser in san francisco. and then has events on tuesday in california, and then events on wednesday. all of that remains, we have not been told if anything is cancelled. right now, it's a wait and see, clinton's press toll has been waiti ining for details, those details not really provided. so what we're going on is hillary clinton left chelsea clinton's apartment. and she kind of tried to squash any type of suggestion that she may have fainted. she tried to squash it by saying she felt fine. the reason this is an issue for the clinton campaign is that these rumors and talk about her health has kind of festered on right wing websites f

nominee merrick garland return to capitol hill today.e met for a second time with the top democrat on the senate judiciary committee, patrick leahy. ,he senate republican leader mitch mcconnell, has shown no signs of wavering from his position to let the next the replacement for justice antonin scalia a who died in february. california will/more greenhouse gas emissions after governor jerry brown extended the nation's most ambitious climate change law by 10 years. he signed the legislation at a park in los angeles. the law is opposed by the oil industry, business groups, and republicans. it sets a new goal to cut emissions 40% below 1990 levels by 2030. the battle to retake the iraqi town of muzzle from islamic state could begin in weeks. the new commander of american forces in iraq and syria says at least 3000 islamic state fighters remain in moz all cory: 6 -- in mosul. global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 news countries around the world. i'm mark. this is bloomberg. scarlet: "w

merrick garland is still making the rounds on capitol hill. jenna: thank you. eric: wall street journal reporting the u.s. director james suggested that moscow was behind the hacking of the democratic national committee and russia also hacked into the elections system of arizona and illinois this system. more systems moving to online voting, 26 states in the district of colombia now and that's what our next guest did. professor joins us and spent a decade in investigating the safety of our election systems. professor, good to see you, online voting do you trust it if it becomes widespread? >> no. unfortunately online voting raises one of the most challenges in cybersecurity, we need to count every vote accurately but we also need to protect people's privacy in a time when you read almost every week in the news about one nation state or another hacking into government computer systems, online voting is just basically painting a target in democracy and inviting state level attacks. >> eric: you found evidence that china and iraq was hacking in the election system

please be seated. >> sonia: your honor, this is case number 420, merrick vs. degenhardt. >> judge patricia: thank you,