committee and to the american people, and i do believe he owes us that explanation. >> senator susan collins, republican from maine. i will leave it there. senator collins, thank you for coming on the show and sharing your views. >> thank you. >>> when we come back, tomorrow, big day in washington. hearings begin for supreme court nominee neil gorsuch and fbi director james comey testifies on russia's role in the 2016 election and those wiretap claims made by president trump likely will come up. we'll be right back. ♪ minutes old. ♪ a baby's skin is never more delicate. ♪ what do hospitals use to wash and protect it? ♪ johnson's® the number 1 choices in hospitals. let your reign begin. ♪ evony, the mobile game. download now. our first name has always been 'american'. at at&t, we employ more than 200,000 people with good-paying jobs. connecting consumers and budiness through mobile, internet, and entertainment. at&t invests more into america's economy than any other public company. bringing american's more choices, more freedom, and entertainment everywhere. no company is more invested in ame

committee and to the american people, and i do believe he owes us that explanation. >> senator susan collins, republican from maine. i will leave it there. senator collins, thank you for coming on the show and sharing your views. >> thank you. >>> when we come back, tomorrow, big day in washington. hearings begin for supreme court nominee neil gorsuch and fbi director james comey testifies on russia's role in the 2016 election and those wiretap claims made by president trump likely will come up. we'll be right back. constipation,diarrhea, gas or bloating? she does. she does. help defend against those digestive issues. take phillips' colon health probiotic caps daily with three types of good bacteria. 400 likes? wow! try phillips' colon health. imagine if the things you bought every day earned you miles to get to the places you really want to go. with the united mileageplus explorer card, you'll get a free checked bag, 2 united club passes... priority boarding... and 50,000 bonus miles. everything you need for an unforgettable vacation. the united mileageplus explorer card. imagine where it w

rand paul, mike lee who say the bill is too generous and dean heller and susan collins who argue the bill is too harsh. senator collins of maine joins me now. welcome back to the show. >> thank you. >> you were very tough on the house bill. you were unambiguous when it came to the no vote on the bill. so very simply, what would it take to get you from no to yes? >> we have to deal with three issues. the first is coverage. under the house bill, 14 million americans would lose coverage next year. that rises to 24 million over the next decade. second, we have to do something about the fact that the house bill disproportionately affects older rural americans. the congressional budget office has estimated that a 64-year-old earning $26,500 a year would see an increase in his or her costs from $1700 to $14,600. that's unaffordable. third, we have to do something about the medicaid changes which ship billions of dollars of costs to the states, to hospitals and other people who are insured. >> do you believe health care is a right and, if so, that it is a right the government is responsible f

democrat on the senate intelligence committee mark warner and fellow republican committee member susan collins, former cia and defense chief leon panetta will also be here. and we will go in-depth into a blockbuster new york times report that the u.s. has been involvedin cyber warfare against north korean miss still launches that is president and republican leaders begin a coordinated push to replace obamacare we will get a progress report from health & human services head dr. tom price and have plenty of political analysis. all straight ahead on "face the nation". >> dickerson: good morning and welcome to "face the nation", i am john dickerson. the senate intelligence committee was already investigating russian efforts to med until the 2016 election but yesterday the president opened a whole new set of questions by accusing his predecessor, president obama of wiretapping trump's campaign headquarters and this morning, the president has asked congressional committees to investigate. we are going to try to sort through all of this today and we begin with the top democrat on the senate intellige

so maybe susan collins or senator collins or senator heller don't like it n its present form but there's nothing requiring them to vote for it in its presence form about the talk president's budget, the skinny budget. just over $1.1 trillion, defense getting more money as well as veterans affairs and homeland security. number of nest domestic program cuts. the state r the epa, department, foreign aid, and ducation guest: the president is laying out his priorities. putting that into action and submitting his budget. but for all the people that are when i say excited, exercised, concerned, i would say this too, i can't remember the last time a resident's budget was ever enacted. i don't have any idea when that occurred. it's somewhat aspirational. it gives information about the resident's mindset but it's congress' job. it's our job to come up with the really lay kage and those things out. host: this is your third term? guest: yes passed a congress ever budget on time since you've been in the house? guest: not on time ost: october 1st guest: it's a shifting. i think one time with the crs o

also senator susan collins who compares the house russian probe to a bad mystery naval. plus the senate's second ranking democrat, senator dick durbin. plus a segment that we call "why we love john mccain." we'll explain that and give you a tweet of the day from mr. mccain straight ahead. first, here is bill karins -- >> i've never had that segment joe. >> he's got the forecast and potential for severe weather. >> severe weather and a snowstorm to talk about for northern new england, just mistery. for the severe weather, we looked oulucked out, a tornado warning for the downtown portion of the city. we did get wind damage, bel air apartment complex, maybe a week ef-1 tornado went through. today's forecast calls for severe weather all through tennessee valley, ohio valley, southeast. 48 million people at risk. if we get tornadoes today, most likely areas northern mississippi, tennessee, maybe even southern kentucky. now let's talk about the mystery part. the snow in portions of northern great lakes today. then we'll take the snow and move it a little further to the east t

i have a lot of respect for susan collins, but i have to differ with her on this. bottom of this. there is nothing at the bottom. >> do you think director comey will say that? >> i suspect he will. we have to put an end to the goose chase. what the president said is patently false and the wrecking ball it created has banged into the british allies and german allies and continuing to grow in terms of damage and he needs to put an end to this. i suspect what's really at root here, chuck, is this is just how the president does business. maybe this is the way he conducted his real estate business with half-truths and sometimes no truths and a lot of bluster. that, in my opinion, is no way to run a business, but it's in no way to run a country. it's dangerous to us and it's alienating allies and as george will so correctly pointed out, when there is a crisis with north korea and iran and what not and every president has one in their term we need to be able to believe our president and he's making it very, very difficult. >> i want to get to the point of, look, collusion

that seems reasonable and fair to meo maybe susan collins or senator heller, senator collins or senator heller like it in its present form but there's nothing requiring them to vote for it in its present form. >> let's talk about the presidents budget, a skinny budget it's the first blueprint and outlines will come out in the spring and summer. over $1 trillion defense, $64 billion in additional spending with more money for veterans affairs and homeland security. 54 billion in cuts for any number of domestic programs, veterans affairs adding a six percent increase and big cuts for the epa, state department and foreign aid. >> the president is laying out his priorities. he talked about these things on the campaign trail, won the election and now he's putting that into action and submitting his budget but for all the people that are excited, when i say excited, exercise concern. i would also say this. i can't remember the last time the presidents budget was ever enacted. i don't have any idea when that occurred. though it's somewhat aspirational. it gives a direction, it provides informat

this is a provision that is really going to have some problems in the senate where we have seen susan collins of maine and lisa murkowski of alaska, two republicans come out and say they oppose this, as we know, there are only 52 republicans in the senate. so this is going to be a problem. >> and one final element, if you could explain, as you write it in your piece at khn.org, dramatic changes to medicaid. what are the changes? and what impact will they have on the states? >> the key impact here is the shift in how the medicaid program would operate. right now, it is funded by the federal government on a matching basis with states. it is a variety of percentages, the average is about a 54% match for most states, some higher, some lower. but there is no ceiling, no cap, no cap there, it is an entitlement. what would happen under the house republican proposal is this would become a capped amount of money that would be given to states, and states would also have more flexibility to administer the medicaid program as they see fit. so the concern around this provision is will it be enough money,

tough, there are two different types of holdouts there are ted cruz holzer out -- holdouts and susan collinsldouts, those who are worry it is obamacare light, and still has government too involved in the healthcare market, for those, they want trump to roll back fede medhanie -- medicaid n sooner. rather than down the road, and urgent to get those changes to make it go further than legislation, on other hand, you have susan collins holdouts a moderate republican from maine, she said this morning, she also was not ready to vote for the bill, but for opposite reason, she think its goes too far, worried about constituents seeing premiums go up and thing more expensive. and losing medicaid coverage they have. it going to be hard for president trump to make both people happy. in the house, republicans have a big enough margin they might be okay, right now it looks like they will be okay. but in the senate it different and complicated. >> it is complicated, houses, you say has a bigger margin, your prediction? your betting for thursday? >> i think it will passes. that is the sense they get. i thin

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. >> at this point i have seen no evidence of what he's allege zblrd senator susan collins a member of the senate intelligence committee told face the nation they would investigate the claim. >> it probably would be helpful if he gave more information or if he just didn't comment further and allowed us to do our work. >> a spokesperson for the former president never authorized any wiretaps on u.s. citizens. any suggestion otherwise is simply false. kendis and diane. >>> the trump administration is expected to unveil its new travel ban today e revoking and replacing the original executive order that was blocked by a federal court. the new immigration order removes iraq from a list of countries that will face a 90-day travel ban. >>> house respect are also expected to introduce legislation early this week to repeal and replace obamacare. they're hoping to push the bill through the house by the end of the month. still some disagreement over how to pay for it. >>> we have been following some breaking news overseas this morning from the korean peninsula a defiant show of force. north korea

. >> reporter: susan collins will examine the evidence next week. also wants the president to prove his wiretapping claims. >> i would like him to turn over any evidence that he has supporting his tweet from this weekend about surveillance. i think that would be helpful to our investigation. >> reporter: the white house still offering no evidence, as press conference sean spicer continues to field questions about whether president trump is tied to the russian hacks. >> it is interesting how many times this fake narrative gets repeated over and over and over again. and yet no evidence has ever been suggested that shows that the president has anything to do with any of the things that are being -- it's a recycled story. >> reporter: senators lindsey graham and sheldon whitehouse sending this letter, seeking copies of any warrant applications and court orders, related to wiretaps of president trump, the trump campaign, or trump tower. >> when it comes to surveilling an american citizen, the only way you can do it lawfully, any president, is obtain a wa

but, jake, susan collins also saying there should be a public hearing on -- by the senate intelligence committee on the issue of russia because of this committee's outbreaks in secrecy. she believes the public deserves to know as well, jake. >> manu raju on capitol hill, thanks so much. joining me now is democratic senator diane feinstein, she serves on the intelligence committee. thank you for joining us, senator, appreciate it. so, you're on the intelligence committee. have you seen any evidence that president obama tapped donald trump's phone? >> no, i have not. and it's all rather shocking to me that a sitting president would make this kind of an allegation about a former president without any proof whatsoever. and as you know, the obama white house people and the obama people have responded and said that it was absolutely false. so, to keep this going with no proof i think is really dangerous for president trump. >> what do you think might be behind the president's claim? do you have any idea? >> no, i don't have any idea. it may have been some right wing news channel. i don't kno

i had a chance as well to talk to senator susan collins this morning, who also agreed that he had some work to be done with that committee, but still is able to hold the chair. take a listen. >> that would be helpful. that would have to be done in a classified setting and behind closed doors because the information apparently is from classified documents. but i believe that is a good recommendation. that would help put things back on track. in the meantime, however, we're plunging ahead in the senate. >> and the senate intelligence committee will hold its first hearing. that is going to be on thursday. next thursday they are talking about meeting with cyber experts to delve into that. in the meantime, democrats are asking for the white house visitor logs to be made public. so far the trump administration has refused. >> sean spicer said we are working on that with no time frame provided. president trump has a full day ahead of him, no doubt. eager to focus on anything besides russia or health care for that matter. cnn's sara murray at the white house. >> this administration does not wa

. >> a very qualified defense of donald trump there from a fellow republican susan collins. senator from maine. that is one of the things you hear from republicans, they have not -- the elected officials at least always embraced this president and gets us to our most important number of the day today. it is 39 as in donald trump's current approval rating today is 39%. gallup, fallen to 37 the other day. it's up to 39 right now. obviously this a pretty low number at this early point in the presidency for any chief executive. take a look at this, it's been pretty steady since he came to office. you see his first week there, he was at 46%, that's the highest level he's been in this gallup daily poll. couple valleys here. he's in a valley in the mid to high 30s. little peak here, 45 around that time was the tweet about president obama and wiretapping. that might have brought him down, but you know what, this looks like the campaign did on a good day, donald trump and the race against hillary would be mid-40s, low 40s, he could drop down to the 30s. it looks like in many ways whe

. >> susan collins. >> sure. i think there is a way to get the majority of the members of mo both houses of congress voting for the same bill. in order to do that we have to do what we said we would do, which is repeal obamacare. >> what do you make of the various leadership threats out there? you have probably heard it on the house freedom caucus. this will probably cost republicans the house if this goes down. mitch mcconnell, i would hate to be a repubn whose vote prevented us from keeping the promise we made to the american people for seven years now. sounds like a threat. is that an effective way to get the votes? >> those are two very different statements. with respect to mitch mcconnell's statement, it's true on its face. i wouldn't want to be the person who caused us not to repeal obamacare. i think what mitch mcconnell is saying -- >> what if you didn't like the replacement? >> well, this bill doesn't repeal obamacare as completely as it needs to. so we do have to get there. as to the other statement, to

funding a health saving account that would be applicable to everybody >> main republican senator susan collins warned republicans are not unified. >> there is not a consensus. it is complicated and we shouldn't rush it. we need to get this right. >> reporter: before it's released. the gop's plan was under attack from the senate's top democrats. >> they don't want to folks to see it until the very last minute. just rush it through. i don't blame them. it's going to be hard for republican to the best of proud of this plan. >> reporter: obamacare was a massive 2400 page of piece of legislation while separate components from energy and commerce and ways and meanses are roughly 60 pages fox news >>> the supreme court the decision means the case will now get sent back down to a lower court. it also comes after president withdrew president obama's order that allowed them to use the rest room matching the gender identity. >>> paramedics and firefighters together to help people in need of urgent medical care. at first let's get that quick check on the forecast. >>> it's not going to be as cool for tues

susan collins and lisa murkowski, both republicans, opposed a repeal measure in 2015 largely because of that issue. finally you've got the unknown. we're looking at you, ted cruz. we really know what he thinks about this. by the way, he's going to the white house tonight. with all that said, i'm going to move over here. i want to talk about what the white house is up against. with our old friend, ari fleischer, who knows a little about what this is like to be in a white house when you've -- you've been in both. you've been on capitol hill and in the white house during very large congressional battles. of course, former press secretary for the white house under george w. bush. i just laid out all those groups they're up against. can the white house do it and how? >> yes. this is called good government. i've never seen a time when a major announcement was made about legislation where everybody said, i'm for, it it's going to pass. if that's the case, you wouldn't need legislation because there's no controversy. this is typical for announcement day. now comes the hard lifting of being t

he joins rand paul and susan collins both republicans already on record as no votes.urse, 52 republicans in the senate. so if the bill does pass the house, those three gop no votes in the senate would kill it. but will the bill even get there from the house? will the house pass it thursday? the house freedom caucus is opposed to it still and if all members of the caucus vote no the bill is dead in the house. that means it won't even make it over to the national for a vote there. the house vote on thursday coinciding with the seventh anniversary of obamacare becoming law. with me former vermont governor former chair of the democratic national committee howard dean. good evening, sir. >> hi, how are you? >> good. so if you do all that math and you take in all the that i've said about the house and senate and all the nos we're hearing about do you think it will pass the house, if so do you think it will pass the senate. >> i don't think it will pass the senate. i don't think it will get any democratic votes. there are senators like joe manchin and heidi hi-- it is terrib

as in years past, this year i am again joining with senator susan collins to introduce a bipartisan resolution commemorating international women's day and highlighting its goal of advancing the equality and empowerment of women all across the globe. and i especially appreciate senator collins' unwavering support in working with me on this resolution. it's been said that no nation can get ahead if it leaves half of its people behind, and in the 21st century, wherever women are respected and treated as equals, we excel, as the presiding officer knows, as legislators, as scientists, as entrepreneurs, artists, inventors, lawyers, and in every other field. but the harsh reality remains that women make up some 51% of the world's population, and yet we count for an estimated 70% of those living in poverty and two-thirds of those denied even a basic education. so on this international women's day, we celebrate women's achievements and we rededicate ourselves to achieving an equal voice, equal participation, and equal rights for all women. we also acknowledge that we still have much difficult work ahea

the measure was tied after two republicans, susan collins of maine and alaska voted against the bill. it passed after mike pence cast the winning vote. it now goes to the president. >>> in north carolina today the legislature repealed the so-called bathroom bill after a year of controversy that included a major backlash by the business community but as nbc's maya rodriguez reports, it's replacement is drawing fresh criticism from supporters and opponents. >> what do we want? >> justice. >> reporter: after a year of protests and debate. >> house bill 142 is adopted. >> reporter: today a deal to replace north carolina's bathroom bill. lawmakers were under intense pressure from the ncaa, which gave them a deadline. repeal the bill this week or face five years without any championship games in the state. >> today we repealed house bill 2 and we begin to end discrimination. >> reporter: house bill 2, also known as the bathroom bill, required people in north carolina to use the bathroom for the gender on their birth certificate. critics called it discriminatory, supporters said it was an is

. >> i have a lot of respect for susan collins but i have to differ with her on this. she said we need to get to the bottom of this. there is nothing at the bottom. >> today, president trump visited his -- for the second time this weekend. he spoke on the phone with the president of chile and he continues to -- overhaul of obamacare, tomorrow, elaine, president trump holds a campaign style rally in louisville, kentucky. >> earle, thanks. also on capitol hill tomorrow, confirmation hearings begin no the president's pick for the supreme court. tony dokoupil tells us what to expect from judge neil gorsuch and the hearings. >> judge neil gorsuch has been crisscrossing capitol hill hoping to win votes for his confirm nation. i pledge, confirmation, i pledge that if i am confirmed i will do all my powers to permit to be a faith faith elf servant? to the country. >> while most say he is calm and reasonable, his confirmation hearings may be anything such. >> gorsuch himself has criticized the modern confirmation process as an a ideological food fight. >> i look forward to the

not only the chair but people like susan collins and roy blunt and james lankford, marco rubio, all said we're going to follow the intelligence wherever it leads. this committee -- my committee is committed to making sure that we're either going to show what type of activity there was or if there's no activity, i'll be the first to state it. but if there is no activity, no collusion, no inappropriate contacts, you would think the trump administration would then welcome this inquiry. >> senator mark warner of the senate intelligence committee, democrat of the commonwealth of virginia. thank you very much for being with us tonight. >> thank you, brian. >>> and coming up here after our next break, how the british feel having been drawn into this. one man who is speaking out on the topic joins us here tonight. this is "the 11th hour." >>> our british allies have called the president's suggestion that they wiretapped him for obama nonsense and utterly ridiculous. would you agree? >> yes. >> does it do damage for a president to make a baseless claim that the british participated in a conspirac

. >> i have a lot of respect for susan collins but she says we have to get to the bottom of this. he's nothing at the bottom. >> also at the capitol the first tay of many hearings for supreme court nominee neil gorsuch. they're preparing for a fight, stung after they refused to consider merrick garland. if confirmed he would replace conservative justice antonin scalia who passed away last year. president trump will meet with microsoft cofounder bill gates as well as the iraqi prime minister at the white house today. anne-marie? >> hena daniels here in new york. thank you so much, hena. >>> ahead on "cbs this morning," we'll talk with adam schiff, the top democrat on the house intelligence committee on the president's allegations of wiretapping and the investigation into russia's attempt to influence the presidential election. >>> well, the man who drove up to a white house security checkpoint saturday night and told the secret service he had a bomb has been arrested. there was no bomb and he was charged with false bomb threats. earlier saturday a man jumped over a low metal barrie

senator susan collin and rob portman. jason chaffetz andidarit issan and tom cole and paul labrador. democrats calling for session's resignation. >> he's proved he's unqualified and unfit to serve in the position of trust. >> for the good of the country attorney general sessions should resign. >> i will reserve judgment until i look at what he said. if if he did this wilfully he is step down. >> lou: our guest said the dems have no credibility and the this is one of the most honorable men. joining us a forme trump campaign and deputy manager and citizen's united. david, good to have you with us. this is something quite to witness. people have a awful low view of washington d.c. and to watch this attempt to exploit politically a man of immense character and integrity and stature is gut wrenching. >> it is troubling, lou. i disagree with with his staff that told him that he is recuse himself. he's done nothing to put himself in a position of of not overseeing the investigation. it is a dire contrast to what happened in the

over and over there were bills, republican john warner had a bill, susan collins had a bill, republican lamar alexander had a bill. republican john mccain campaigned on this issue for president. then came citizens united. january of 2010. there hasn't been a piece of the republican sponsored serious climate legislation since. the power of the fossil fuel industry made the republican party in congress and in fact a banana republic party. the call the banana republic the banana republic because of the power of the international fruit companies who pulled the strings behind the preposterous uniforms and antics in those countries. so it's sad to have the republican party in congress become a banana republic party to the fossil fuel industry. with its executive order, the executive branch of government becomes a banana republic executive branch tapering for their friends in the fossil fuel industry. it is ultimately probably not going to make much difference. there are lawyers and lawsuits, there is an administrative procedures act that means administrative procedures have to be on the up an

susan collins, tom cotton, dean heller, mike lee, rand paul. top republicans in the senate and house are trying to rally the troops. today mitch mcconnell told the associated press, quote, i would hate to be a. whose vote prevented us from keeping the promise that we have held to the american people for almost ten years now. paul ryan was sounding more grandiose. >> president trump was here to do what he does best and that is to close the deal. he is all in and we are all in to end this obamacare nightmare. the president just came here and knocked the ball out of the park. he knocked the cover off the ball and explained to our members how it is important to unify, how it is important to work together, how we're advancing our principles and we're doing what we told the american people we would do. this is our chance and this is our moment. it's a big moment, and i think our members are beginning to appreciate what kind of a rendezvous with destiny we have right here. >> let's bring in our panel tonight starting in washington, white house corresp

. >> i have a lot of respect for susan collins, but i have to mention there is she said we need to get to the bottom of this. nothing is at the bottom. >> also on capitol hill today the first of several dates, airings supreme court for gorsuch. >> preparing for fight. after republicans refuse to even consider president obama's nominee, garland. if confirmed, gorsuch would replace antonin scalia who passed away last year. >> and president trump will also meet with microsoft co-founder bill gates today, as well as the iraqi prime minister at the white house. jim, rahel? >> hena, thank you. >> so the time now 5:37. business news this morning, some new game pieces for one of america's favorite games. >> also, another company says they've put customer information at riskment money watch's jill wagner joins us live from the new york stock exchange, good morning, jill. >> good morning, friday fell, nasdaq flat. suffer data beach. in this case customer e-mail addresses and phone numbers visible on the sach's website. ten every thousands of customers impacted. hudson bay, can add jane company t

one republican member of the committee, susan collins, told cbs today she's seen no evidence of collaboration with the russians or the wiretapping claimed by president trump. >> what we need to deal with is evidence, not just statements. at this point, i see no evidence of what he's alleged. >> sreenivasan: the senate's democratic leader, chuck schumer, said on nbc the probe needs to be more independent. >> we need a special prosecutor to investigate what went on in the trump campaign transition and presidency. >> sreenivasan: today, the chairman of the house of representatives intelligence committee, congressman devin nunes, said as part of its probe into russian meddling with the presidential election his panel joining me now to discuss these political developments is "newshour weekend" special correspondent jeff greenfield. jeff, the news does not stop on saturday and sunday. this is partly a justification of why our program exists. but is it possible to step back from this flood, find a little bit of common ground in the parties here? >> i can try. here's what is interesting to me. as soo

republican susan collins had a bill. republican lamar alexander had a bill. republican john mccain campaigned on this issue for president. then came citizens united. january of 2010. here has not been a piece of republican-sponsored serious climate legislation since. the power of the fossil fuel industry made the republican party in congress in effect a banana republic party. we call a banana republic a banana republic because of the power of the international fruit companies who pulled the strings behind the preposterous uniforms and antics of propped p administrations in those banana republic countries. so it's sad to have the republican party in congress become a banana republic party to the fossil fuel industry. with this executive order, the executive branch of government becomes a banana republic executive branch prancing and capering for their friends in the fossil fuel industry. it is ultimately probably not going to make much difference. there are lawyers and there are lawsuits. there is an administrative procedures act that means administrative proc

mccain, al, john bunch of senators -- susan collins, todd young from indiana, that is the senate side. then the house side, greg walden, the chairman of the energy and commerce committee. the chairman of transportation. the reason i say these -- these will be key pieces of registration the country will be working on and our men and women will be working -- in the middle of it. host: such as the affordable care act replacement that was revealed yesterday. guest: that is right. host: do you think that is something moderates can sign on on, or are there issues? guest: some moderates could have issues with planned parenthood. as a party, we are not looking to defund women's health care. it is just the nuances of it. going to be interesting. it is going to go to the senate once the house passes it, and the senate will have some fixes, tweaks, they can live with, and we will come back and have our compromise bill. we are finding around the country a.c.a. is not working. we do focus groups. people are unhappy with it. it is too expensive. they are not getting what they thought they were goin

this is the main senator susan collins. both say mr sessions should recuse himself from this investigation. and this is why. in january mr sessions was being questioned under oath by senators as pa rt questioned under oath by senators as part of the confirmation hearing that led to him being approved attorney general. this exchange took place. ivanovic any evidence that anyone affiliated with the trump campaign communicated with the russian government in the course of this campaign, what will you do?|j am this campaign, what will you do?” am not aware of any of those activities. i have been called a celibate a time or two in that campaign andl celibate a time or two in that campaign and i did not have communications with the russians. and i'm unable to comment. the problem was, he had had communication with the russians. this is the washington post which was the first to report he had met the russian ambassador to america doing a presidential campaign. after that story came out a spokesperson for that story came out a spoke

susan collins or senator heller don't like it in their present form but there's nothing requing them to vote for it in its present form. >> let's talk about the budget called the skinny budget. just over $1.1 trillion defense trillion dollars defense getting $54 billion in additional spending along with more money for security, $54 $4 billion in cuts for domestic programs, a 6% increase for big cuts for the eta, foreign aid and education.t >> the president is laid out priorities. he talks about these on the campaign trail and now he's putting that into action and permitting budget. for all the people that arecern, excited -- when i say excited i mean exercise or concern. i can't remember the last time a president budget was ever enacted. i couldn't tell you when it ever occurred. it's somewhat aspirational, it gives direction and it gives -- it's really the congress' job. we know where he wants to go but it's our job to come up with a spending package and really lay those things out. this is your third third term ir congress yes it starts my third term. have they ever started a budge

you have senator susan collins of maine, rob portman from ohio, members of the house, barbara comstock saying he does need to recuse himself from the investigation. the person that started it off was darrell issa saying there should be an independent investigation to this last week. this morning, jason chaffetz had this to say. listen here. >> the attorney general should further clarify his testimony. i do think he should recuse himself. >> he should recuse himself from the investigation. the president has his heels dug in as he has on other issues in the past. with this many republicans coming forward, you get on shaky ground in terms of how far you can dig the heels in. if the number of republicans calling in hits critical mass, may be difficult to resist the call for him to do that. shep? >> shepard: thanks, john. so what now? with some republicans calling for the attorney general to recuse himself and others on the democrat side calling for him to lose his job, what is the next order of business? how is it exactly that sean spicer says this is political and he was straight with the