[applause] [cheers and applause] so, senator ernst, thanks for the motorcycle lesson. [laughter] thank you all for the warm iowas hospitality. i leave you today with gratitude in my heart on behalf of our president, i say i'm confident that with the great support of the people of iowa, with the great leadership you've sent to washington, d.c., with president donald trump in the white house and with god's help, we will make america safe again. we will make america prosperous again. and to borrow a phrase -- [laughter] we will make america great again. [cheers and applause] thank you very much, iowa. [cheers and applause] thank you and god bless you.

you see senator joni ernst as well along with the vice president. the vice president stating the divided times, perhaps it's time for americans to do more praying for this country. the vice president saying president trump has brought america's business back again. unemployment, he says, is the lowest it's been in 18 years. the president -- the vice president adding that there is a staunch support, adding that the president is a staunch supporter of law enforcement and those who serve in the u.s. military, provide the largest increase in military spending in ten years. senator joni ernst, by the way, herself a 23-year veteran of the u.s. military. ♪ ♪ julie: and welcome to a new hour of america's news headquarters, and we begin with former fbi director james comey who is preparing to testify next week before the senate intelligence committee. and it seems president trump will not stand in his way. is and thank you for joining us now 45 minutes left in the show, not a full hour, but you -- kelly: because of the vice president. julie: very exciting st

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vice president mike pence is in iowa to highlight the rose and ride fund-raiser with senator joni ernst but the turmoil in washington surrounding russia, climate change and james comey's senate testimony scheduled for next week are putting some iowa conservatives on edge. pence's appearance aims to sew fidsfy the base and ease concerns. it was president trump who was supposed to hold a rally in iowa this past week, but then postponed the event citing an unforeseen change in the schedule following his trip overseas. cnn correspondent ryan nobles is in iowa following this event. ryan, good what's taking place? >> you know, fred, you mentioned that there is a lot of controversy surrounding president donald trump in washington but when you get out here to a state like iowa you don't hear all that much about it especially when you talk to republicans, evidenced by the fact that there is a long line of cars waiting to get into this event for joni ernst roast and ride where the headliner is vice president mike pence demonstrates republicans are still backing the president. i talked to the host

ernst: no choice, and a proposed 43% increase in premiums. that's what obamacare and its harmful impact will bring to iowa in 2018. this year, it brought premium increases up to 42%. last year, it brought increases up to 29%. obamacare is not sustainable and not affordable for iowans. to anybody that has studied health care reform, this should come as no surprise. in the past, many states have tried to reform their individual tried to reform their individual many states have tried troop formed their individual market. 27 years ago kentucky made an attempt and implemented the kentucky health care reform act of 1994. this bill was similar to obamacare in many respects. he contained more taxes, more regulation and more mandates. within three years, three years insurers fled the individual market and the state was hit with skyrocketing premiums. what has happened in kentucky then is eerily similar to what is happening in iowa today as a result of obamacare. when it comes to affordability and choice, my whole state of iowa has been hit particularl

>> reporter: yeah, sheinelle, joni ernst has done a 50-mile bike ride with 50 other bikers.re coming in from des moines. the vice president will show up as well. this is quite the cast of characters, sheinelle. you've got to look at iowa. they have a new lieutenant governor who is now the new governor, kim reynolds. she'll be up for election in 2018. they have congressman david young, the moderate. he's going to have a stuff race. you've got steve king, the p provocative conservative, but you've also got joni ernst and chuck grassly, the two senators who have been critical of donald trump. joni ernst hosting this event for her super pac says donald trump should release his tax returns. she said she wants to hear what james comey has to say when he testifies in front of the senate. a lot of these are republicans that have traveled over here to hear from mike pence, which is specifically what you're asking about. and i'll tell you that when it comes to mike pence, he hasn't actually done a major interview in a month outside of fox news and conservative radio. the last time was

mike pence is set to speak at any moment at joni ernst's annual roast and ride.n hilliard is talking to voters. hey, vaughn. >> reporter: hey, jacob. we're out here in iowa. the vice president is going to be rolling up on a harley here in a couple of minutes with senator joanie earnst. joni ern. for all of the political fanfare, it's real for all of these voters. i have one voter who voted for trump. >> i'm here at the birthplace of john wayne. >> what do you want to hear from mike pence today? >> how he's going to push the agenda forward, how he's going to get the tax reform done and how he's going to create more jobs for middle america. >> reporter: at this point, are you satisfied with what congress has done and are you concerned about the russia investigations? >> well, i'm not satisfied with what congress has done. i don't think they have done anything yet. and the russia investigation i really feel is the only strategy that they have at this point. they have no message. they have no candidates. enough is enough. we need to get on with our business. >> repor

but you have the likes of joni ernst, senator from iowa along with chuck grassley. chuck grassley stood up here and said congress has notd done enough to produce results on behalf of donald trump's agenda, i was talking to a lot of these voters here, i think you heard from a couple of them these last couple hours saying they're frustrated, there's no health care passed, a lot of the issues they voted and still believe donald trump can push through ultimately hasn't actually resonated. and the interesting part though the way mike pence is still framing it though is there's been a lot of success. he said right off the top he said, quote, donald trump has brought america back and the world knows it. i'll leave it up to others to analyze and pick that apart, but mike pence is making the pitch that six months into this administration that they've done what they can. yes, there's still a lot on the table and said specifically goes iowans are hurting from obamacare and said they need to repeal obamacare and replace it with something that they need congress to act. which is

[applause] already this year working with this 23-year military veteran turned senator, joni ernst -- [cheers and applause] president donald trump has been rebuilding our military, restoring the arsenal of democracy. and congress, in fact, under the president's leadership and with your senator's support just passed the largest increase in military spend anything nearly ten years -- spending in nearly ten years. [applause] and, you know, working with that iowa farmer, chairman chuck grassley -- [laughter] president trump's been also keeping his word to appoint principled conservatives to the courts in this land like the newest justice to the supreme court of the united states, justice neil gorsuch. [cheers and applause] and i promise you, president trump will continue to appoint men and women to the courts of this land who will uphold the god-given liberties enshrined in our constitution including the second amendment right to keep and bear arms. [cheers and applause] and, you know, working with my old friend, congressman steve king -- [applause] president trump's been busy securing ou

>> reporter: at the actually asked joni ernst that question.e certainly will not be a part of the bigd ri ride here. but he's expected to come right here to the venue. whether or not he ends up on a motorcycle at least for a photo-op is definitely possible. >> it would make a heck of an entrance. thanks so much. >>> we're also keeping a close eye on protests across the country. activists calling for the truth about russian meddling in the u.s. alexandria and possible ties between that country and president trump and his soirkts. s between that country and president trump and his soirkts. between that country and president trump and his soirkts. between that country and president trump and his soirkts. between that country and president trump and his soirkts. n that country and president trump and his soirkts. and possible t that country and president trump and his soirkts. and possible ti that country and president trump and his soirkts. >> do you think our president respects the ruled of law? >> do you share the appraisal of the russia investi

senator ernst: thank you. senator reed: on behalf. senator. senator: i have a long-term question i would like you to address we are grappling with the proposal to grow the navy from 308 ships to 355. and i'm on the budget committee. if you are growing the navy to that level, there are other changes you will be contemplating because of the mixture, some have support elements. what might that mean for naval and marine aviation. many of them have expeditionary units connected to them and particularly end strength numbers. and you are probably early into the thinking, but let's look down the road, if we get some of the roads about sequester and start to budget based on priorities instead of budget, instead of trimming our priorities to deal with budget uncertainty, as we grow to 355, what should we expect from you to us around additional changes like aviation, personnel, et cetera and if you could each tackle that, that would be helpful. >> you have hit the nail right on the head and the idea of the concept is wholeness. i would advocate -- as we

they had both republican senators, joni ernst, chuck grassley, congressman steve king here. where it was a swing state, a place that obama won eight and four years ago. but this year donald trump won. mike pence was delivering the message that congress needs to do more and congress needs to produce results to fulfill the trump agenda, setting up what could be 2018 tough midterms if the voters here, many of whom i talked to, over issues of health reform and tax reform. i want to play a sound bite of mike pence setting up for the crowd where the trump administration is at. take a listen. >> president donald trump has brought america back and the world knows it. president donald trump withdrew the united states of america from the paris climate accord. and put america first. as the president explained, the paris accord punished theed united states. no doubt about it. how great is it to have a president who is more concerned with des moines than denmark? >> reporter: richard, as you heard, he took his own spin on the president's pittsburgh to paris comparison. >> so this is inte

ernst: thank you. because i am nearly out of time, our special operators have a dw ell time of a one-to-one ratio. this was mentioned in a conversation recently. what can we do? i will tell you it is because they want that. they will not say no when they are given a mission. i think it's incredibly important that they stand up to their obligations, but what can we do to increase their dwell expanding forces? sec. mattis: some of these missions, due to our conventional forces capability compared to 2001, we now have army infantry, brigades, marine battalions that can take the load off of the special operators. where you want relationships, we still want to use special operations forces. the secretary directed meet several weeks ago to do an analysis of our special operations requirements, and look for opportunities to substitute with conventional forces for exactly the reason you are talking about. we are concerned about the dwell to deployment ratio. not only does it affect families, it prevents them f

. >> in a few hours away, vice president mike pence will join joni ernst in the roast to ride in iowa. plus, a live look at the white house. trump supporters are getting ready to rally while steps away, protesters are gathering for a march for truth. they will be joined by protesters in new york. live pictures there. several other cities will lead the marches calling for a full investigation into the possible ties to russia. we're covering all this and a lot more with cnn producer dan merica and washington correspondent ryan nobles. dan at the white house. dan, the question if the president will assert executive privilege to prevent the former fbi director from testifying. what is the executive privilege and how can the president use it to stop the testimony? >> reporter: executive privilege is almost a nixon era rule that came about during the nixon watergate investigation to allow the president to keep his conversations private in the executive branch. there are some who say he waived executive privilege rights because he talked about conversations with james comey on twitter and in

ernst: no choice, and a proposed 43% increase in premiums. that's what obamacare and its harmful impact will bring to iowa in 2018. this year, it brought premium increases up to 42%. last year, it brought increases up to 29%. obamacare is not sustainable and not affordable for iowans. to anybody that has studied health care reform, this should come as no surprise. in the past, many states have tried to reform their individual market. 27 years ago, kentucky made an attempt and implemented the kentucky health care reform act of 1994. this bill was similar to obamacare in many respects. it contained more taxes, more regulations, and more mandates. within three years, three years, insurers fled the individual market and the state was hit with skyrocketing premiums. what happened in kentucky then is early similar to -- is eerily similar to what is happening in iowa today as a result of obamacare. when it comes to affordability and choice, my home state of iowa has been hit particularly hard. while traveling across the state, i hear from iowans who

ernst: thank you. i am just very briefly, because i nearly out of time, our special operators have a time of about one-to-one ratio. this was mentioned by the general and one of our conversations recently. what can we do? i will tell you it is because they want that. they will not say no when they are given a mission. i think that is incredibly important that they stand up to their obligations. but what can we do to increase their dwell time beyond expanding their forces? is there a way we can push their talents out to the conventional forces? sec. mattis: some of these missions, due to our conventional forces' capability today compared to 2001, we now cap army infantry, army brigades, marine battalions that can pick up some of these missions take the load off of , the special operators. that sort of thing. where you want relationships, we still want to use special operations forces. chairman. gen. dunford: the secretary directed meet several weeks ago to do an analysis of all of our special operations

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he'll join a number of congressional lawmakers at senator joni ernst's annual roast and ride fund-raiser. >>> let's go right now to the white house and nbc's kelly o'donnell standing by with us. kelly, with a good saturday to you. we have the fired fbi director, james comey, set to testify before the senate intel committee on thursday and white house press secretary sean spicer left open the question of whether the president might use executive privilege to try to block that testimony. are you hearing anything on that? do you think they would really try to stop him from testifying? >> well, i've checked with white house advisers today and there's still no update on their position. an executive authority, the privilege that comes with that is intended to allow a president to get unfiltered advice or counsel within the executive branch and to not have to have one of those officials testify before congress, a separate branch of government. it's been used by other presidents. what's really different here is that president trump has talked about his conversations with james comey. he's tweete

so you saw the annual report from ernst and young for 2016 which suggested that still greece is in thele in terms of the investment climate comparing all european countries? i am giving you what i have observed in the last week in my visit with many investors. that's anecdotal, i'm talking about statistics. i'm looking at individuals who have made investments. there are serious investments that have taken place in greece. have you looked at your fdi figures compared with other european nations? they are extraordinarily poor. i've looked at the fdi figures between this quarter, the previous quarter, and i see a growth, that's what i see. from an extraordinarily low base. but it's growing. that is what i'm interested in, it's growing and it will grow faster. this is what i see out there, this is what i read. therefore, that comes also with actual investments. philip morris, calamos group, blackstone, fortress, these are significant funds that are invested in greece. you promised me that you would come back to my fundamental question about how greece deals with the debt mountain which ove

he got the question earlier on maf of tervegs pa, some of you, senator ernst about the 730 day timeline for making decision on new active ingredients and the statistic that was quoted from epa that they meet all these deadlines in pria 90% of the time. percentages can be tricky. we noted a study we did from 2012 to 2014, which is a fairly representative period out of the 134 years, that 730-day target was vastly missed by 50 to 100% in some of those years, so they asked for a renegotiation of the declinedead line and count,000 as a met dead line when they meet the renegotiated time line. an example that came up at a conference that we sponsored with epa a couple of weeks back, the head of the registration and the held of the reregistration divisions openly admit that their computer systems still don't talk to each other so there's a lot of duplicated work that has to occur to translate one computer's messaging to the other one, so they're doing a lot of work. >> ok. >> so there's still lots of progress to be made in those kind of areas. >> in your testimony, specialty crops you noted ar

i spoke to senator ernst yesterday, she said there are some things that donald trump does that turn people off, his style is not perfect, but she says he is hitting on big issues her constituents care about. that's one of the reasons he continues to have quite a bit of support in iowa. >> all right. ryan from des moines iowa. thank you. >>> up next, chair of the house intel committee promised to stay back, stay out of the russia investigation after a trip to the white house landed him in scrutiny with the ethics committee. why is he sending out subpoenas. >>> and biden, hillary clinton trying to explain election loss. what is the future of the democratic party. we're going to talk about it. >>> black eyed peace headed to the uk for the concert for victims of manchester. talking to cnn about music's power to heal. >> we bonded around music, melodies, harmonies, messages of love and peace. we cannot let that break our bond. think again. this is the new new york. we are building new airports all across the state. new roads and bridges. new mass transit. new business friendly environment. new

. >>> joining me now josh ernst who served under president obama from 2014 to 2017. i was thinking about president obama's reaction to these sorts of things. often he would get criticism for being too calm. there was a sense in the midst of crisis, chaos, attacks, ebola i remember he was being too calm, he wasn't showing this sense of urgency. this president takes it seems to me a 180-degree different approach. what are the richks of that? >> well, chris, the risks are significant. there was a process that was in place when i worked in the white house to make sure that the president was getting good information from his top national security advisers when there's a terror incident somewhere around the world. the president's top terrorism adviser would come in and brief him on the details. we would make public the president had been briefed. figure out what we could convey to the american public and the world what exactly the united states government was doing to respond to this particular incident. oftentimes that would be immediate phone calls between law enforcemen

>> reporter: republican senator joni ernst town hall in iowa. >> shame on you! at republican congressman paul labrador's town hall in idaho, the more he said the more fired up the crowd became. >> you are demanding people on medicaid accept dying. you are making a mandate -- >> nobody wants anybody to die. that line is so indefensible. nobody dies because they don't have access -- >> reporter: in some cases, members of congress lost complete control. unable to even make their presentation. >> if i'm allowed to complete the nine slides. >> reporter: representative tom reed in new york was drowned out by angry nay sayers. >> how can you say you're representing your constituency when only 70% of the u.s. population is supporting you? >> reporter: it was all too much for this man in the crowd to take. >> don't shout each other down! if you're americans, act like americans! >> reporter: perhaps the general hostility about voters angry about changes to obamacare can be summed up in a single tweet like this one. rep tom reed, you're done, i don't usually vote in the mi

we don't need another ernst & young reform act of whatever year, we need to not tweak around the edges, we need to go big and i think the blueprint does that but we also need to be realistic. i am the one guy appear that can live with the border adjustable tax, i can live within state. the problem has been that they laid this out and there is not yet a plan communicated on how you actually implement it. it's a little bit like the fair tax. i think it has lost a lot of momentum and musters a big reversal, even if you totally love it, which i don't as a standalone thing, i don't see how you pull it off politically. i'm a new guys i'm open to learning and seeing what happens here. >> it seems to be two principles to guide. what is not in those principles are this concept of revenue neutrality. it has a way of saying the tax burden stays the same you just shift around who pays what. it always works out in this town that the connected class gets a good deal and middle families get the shaft. when did republicans adopt this idea that we have to do revenue neutral tax policy makes absolutely

. >> you're right when mike pence was in iowa for a fund-raiser for joni ernst they were looking forthe audience and there was happy applause and enthusiastic applause when mike pence said we've withdrawn from the paris deal. we are all about putting des moines first ahead of the people of denmark and that got big applause. they were looking to that reaction but they realize the business community there is a growing rift with the business community and they're aware of that. >> they're aware of that yet this president if he has to choose between what he views even though he's a manhattan rich guy lives in a penthouse, between wall street or corporate board rooms or what he views as the little guy that's his choice. >> thinks for a year and a half he's not going to win and he won despite the skeptics. for people now who are second-guessing him he's saying it served me well during the campaign. why wouldn't i keep doing it, and that is, as you put it going back to your base, reinforcing what they want to hear. it's in marked contrast to every president in recent american history that t

rather than reading the studies that steve bannon was handing him, he might look for example at the ernstoung study just released this week by the alliance for market solutions that shows a growth in gdp if we pursue this pricing of carbon dioxide. >> thanks for joining us. >>> ahead, reporting on the trump administration's secret efforts to ease russian sanctions as soon as they took power. up next, about that swamp draining. startling new revelations about the president's efforts to keep the swamp alive and well in his own senior staff after this quick break. >>> after initially refusing to publicly release the waivers exempting staffers from ethics rules, the trump administration relinquished the first round of those waivers last night, backing down from a confrontation with office of government ethics head walter schaub. schaub had pressed hard for the release of the waivers, which had routinely been made public in the obama administration. and what they show is that a president who vowed to drain the swamp has routinely been flouting his own ethics rules. according to vox, president

i just talked briefly with senator joni ernst, the senator from iowa, and she called the president's tweeting this morning inappropriate. so she didn't want to talk about the healthcare bill but she was pretty ready with that comment about president trump's tweets this morning. so i think that that is something clearly that is on the mind of republicans up here today. so i asked leader mcconnell earlier during a photo spray about this healthcare bill. he just laughed a little bit, wouldn't answer my question about where the votes are, but i think there would be a growing sense of surprise if they did get something before they head home for the break. >> thanks so much. >>> coming up, between the lines. how read in is the president on the details of his healthcare bill? you're watching "andrea mitchell reports." ♪ ♪ (vo) you can pass down a subaru forester. (dad) she's all yours. (vo) but you get to keep the memories. love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. pain is sometimes in my hands, be a distraction. right before a performance especially. only aleve has the strength to stop min

companies up in 2017.ar ofning us is the global head the ipo leader at ernst & young. the show. it's all going swimmingly well. headlines, 240% up. >> we had a brisk pace and this continues in the second quarter. the first half of 2017 is the best since 2007. we see positive ipo sentiment all over the world. low volatility, the political uncertainty is diminishing. manus: there's no doubt about it, you still have mutually low interest rates around the world. i'm told by many wealth managers there is a slew of people who just don't know what to do with money and they would rather put it in private equity which is the precursor to ipo's. >> there ample liquidity around the markets as well as equity market, but you cannot compare debt and equity. they are two different animals. there's a lot of soft factors associated with the ipo benefits. having m&atalent, currency. manus: we are showing some pictures there of snap. i understand you want to drill in a little bit more. we were talking about north america. when you drill into north america, snap leaves the evaluation. tha

rather than reading the studies that steve bannon was handing him, he might look for example at the ernst & young study just released this week by the alliance for market solutions that shows a growth in gdp if we pursue this pricing of carbon dioxide. >> thanks for joining us. >>> ahead, reporting on the trump administration's secret efforts to ease russian sanctions as soon as they took power. up next, about that swamp draining. startling new revelations about the president's efforts to keep the swamp alive and well in his own senior staff after this quick break. this is the new new york. we are building new airports all across the state. new roads and bridges. new mass transit. new business friendly environment. new lower taxes. and new university partnerships to grow the businesses of tomorrow today. learn more at esd.ny.gov we can'twhy?y here! terrible toilet paper! i'll never get clean! way ahead of you. (avo) charmin ultra strong. it cleans better. it's four times stronger and you can use less. enjoy the go with charmin. >>> after initially refusing to publicly release the waivers

. >> reporter: republican senator joni ernst's town hall in iowa. [ crowd chanting "shame on you" ] atrepublican congressman paul labrador's town hall in idaho, the more he said, the more fired up the crowd became. >> you are mandating people on medicaid except dying. you're making -- >> that line is so indefensible. nobody dies because they don't have access to health care. >> reporter: in some cases, members of congress lose complete control, unable to even make their presentation. >> if i'm allowed to complete the nine slides -- >> reporter: representative tom reid in new york was drowned out by angry naysayers. >> how can you say you're representing your constituency when only 70% of the u.s. population is supporting you? >> reporter: it was all just too much for this man in the crowd to take. . >> don't shout each other down. if you're americans, then act like americans. >> reporter: perhaps, the general feeling of hostility among voters angry about changes to obamacare can be summed up in a single tweet. like this one. "rep tom reid, you're done. i don't usually vote in the midte

disappointed and republicans, but i see republicans in congress, including our own senators from iowa joni ernst and chuck --ssley, the three islands republicans who represent iowa in the house, i've been disappointed to see them either say nothing or continue covering for the president when so many of these outrageous scandals keep coming out. and the conflict of interest, gottent that he hasn't rid of some of the businesses she is still profiting off the presidency. his sons are profiting off of his presidency. i've been disappointed to see senator chuck grassley, who likes to style himself as of a watchdog and yet i don't see him doing a lot of watchdog and on the trump administration. and when the president fired the fbi director, are senator, the chair of the senate judiciary peopleee just said should suck it up and move on. that's the president's power and now we find out that trump was concerned about the russian investigation and what was happening at the fbi and he told russian officials that he was going to be a little breathe easier because he dumped the fbi director. it would be far-

with me is mats persson, a consultant at ernst & young who used to advise david cameron at number tenfirst of all, let's consider these plans by theresa may. you see them as an opening gambit? are they fair and serious?|j you see them as an opening gambit? are they fair and serious? i think donald tusk was slightly unfair himself, i think theresa may, with her proposal, what she is doing here is establishing two very important principles with respect to eu citizens already in the uk. first, known already here will be required leave. second, all the key rights will be guaranteed, so right to access health care, education, pensions, etc. these are the two principles i think people were looking for and they have now been... they are now they're in the open and and have been put forward in the proposal, we'll see more detail on monday, these details matter, but the key principles to meet with fair. are you surprised that the detail hasn't come out at same time as the starting negotiation? not at all. i think it is quite a common thing, you brief a bit beforehand and then publish the detai

however, an analysis from ernst bill's found that the revenue impact is minimal. there is little motive for and gaming because the amount of money at issue taxes wages is n 30 days' minimal. also, the income tax generally has to be paid. merely to whom. nor does this bill violate federalism principles. contrary, it is an exercise of congress' commerce precisely ority in the situation for which it was intended. the supreme court has explained commerce clause was informed by structural concerns out the effects of state regulation on the national economy. under the articles of nfederation, state taxes and duties hindered and suppressed interstate commerce. the framers intended the clause as a cure for these structural ills. within fits squarely this authority by bringing diminute to cases of muss presence by interstate workers in order to reduce compliance cost. year's version of the bill passed the house on suspension by a voice vote. his year's version is nearly identical with two changes. the professional entertainer from a is narrowed person who performs services

and i just want to echo what senator ernst said which is that we all want to make sure that we have pesticide regulation regime that is scientifically based and we all know that sometimes the conclusions are different from usda versus epa and i do want to ask you about that because as we all know recently there was a head line in the "washington post" that says the new epa chief rejecting agency's own analysis, declines to ban pesticide despite health concerns and dr. keigwin you're quoted in this story as supporting the decision, but mr. keigwin, could you talk a little bit about this epa recommendation to regulate banned chloropirifor. there have been serious health concerns raised about it including the impact on newborns, neurological impacts and clearly the epa when it issued its report last december seemed to be on the way of suggesting that we need to ban this to protect human health. we need to make sure we protect crops from pests so that we have a vibrant agriculture community, we also need to protect human health and the way epa drew that line at least back in december was that ban

and that's with -- that's with joni ernst from iowa, republican from iowa.om maine and i have introduced the jessica kinski and patrick downs bill to give domestic victims of terrorism access to military hospitals and to the help that they need. you know, we're continuing -- >> that's the kind of things that appeal to both republicans and democrats isn't it? >> but is that a bad thing, charlie? >> no. >> no one said it was bad. but the point is -- who could be against that? >> but there was a time in america when the idea that someone working 40 hours a week ought to be able to support a family also appealed to republicans and democrats and that's what's changed in washington. >> in fairness -- go ahead. >> you mentioned hospitals. what's happening with the health care bill? you mentioned -- not a lot of people are talking about that, the senate health care bill right now. >> it's absolutely the right question to ask when we're talking about bipartisanship. right now, the senate republican leadership has 13 men locked behind doors negotiating what they're go

it was an honor to work with senator ernst and the pro-life community to help this life-affirming legislation to reach the president's desk, and i want to once again thank president trump for his leadership on this matter and with that i yield back the balance of my time. mr. walker: thank you, chairwoman black. we appreciate that very much today. we talk a lot about what's getting done. just want to remind our audience this evening, mr. speaker, that our president, even without a full cabinet, has been busy taking the time to make sure that what the house and senate is sending him is being signed into law. as you see my chart this evening, 37, that's the most. you have to go back in last the four presidents haven't equaled that and the 158 bills from the house have been passed. one of the things that's been promised by this administration and by members of congress is to make sure that we're doing everything we can to take care of a very important segment of our population and that is our veterans. it wasn't long after i arrived 2 1/2 years ago that i had a chance to meet someone. now, as a

this is mike pence praising in iowa on saturday at the joni ernst annual roast. this is mr.t me say from my heart as the proud father of a united states marine, i couldn't be more grateful to be vice president to a president who cares owe deeply about the men and women of the armed forces of the united states of america. congress, in fact, understand the president's leadership with your senator's support just 35s35s passed the largest increase in military spending in nearly ten years. >> they genuinely loved each other. when he would speak about him he genuinely praised him a lot. you never saw this autocratic country 11 fopraise for effusiv praise. >> mike pence is already married to donald trump by virtue of being on the ticket with him. i think what you're seeing from the trump/pence administration now they're turning towards the base because independents are abandoning them. democrats weren't really there to begin with. the few that were are moving away. they're starting to see cracks in the trump base. that's why he pulled out of the paris accord. they need to have that

they have got their backing from ernst and young auditors all of that would come as good news it's theirst time we're getting financial results from the company in about a year. let me go through some highlights of that for you i mentioned the good news. that could be why shares are up 2.7% on the idea there's no restatement or any major changes. here's the numbers to know for the fourth quarter, they came in a bit light. 715 million in revenues versus 724 estimated. 40 cents to 43 cents was the eps. the estimate was more like 54. full-year 2017 numbers a bit below expectations for wall street 2.84 to 2.86 billion in revenues verse the 2.9 expected on eps, 1.19 to 1.22 this tells us business has slowed for a time we haven't seen hain. sells a lot to to whowhole food. that's their biggest customer. business has slowed. still growing sales about 4% or so the biggest headline today is there's no restatement attorney numbers. irwin simon, the founder and ceo of this company who remains ceo and founder remains on "squawk alley. the only other piece of news, they have appointed a new cfo alo

disappointed and republicans, but i see republicans in congress, including our own senators from iowa joni ernstnd chuck --ssley, the three islands republicans who represent iowa in the house, i've been disappointed to see them either say nothing or continue covering for the president when so many of these outrageous scandals keep coming out. and the conflict of interest, gottent that he hasn't rid of some of the businesses she is still profiting off the presidency. his sons are profiting off of his presidency. i've been disappointed to see senator chuck grassley, who likes to style himself as of a watchdog and yet i don't see him doing a lot of watchdog and on the trump administration. and when the president fired the fbi director, are senator, the chair of the senate judiciary peopleee just said should suck it up and move on. that's the president's power and now we find out that trump was concerned about the russian investigation and what was happening at the fbi and he told russian officials that he was going to be a little breathe easier because he dumped the fbi director. it would be far-fe

joni ernst third annual event motorcycle ride honoring veterans and i understanding with a pork roastst year. pulling out of the paris climate deal causing quite a stir. a march for truth rally in d.c. today. meanwhile, supporters of the move will hold a pittsburgh not paris rally in front of the white house. abby? abby: hillary clinton going out on excuses tour. providing a laundry list why she lost the election go. >> to netflix, "new york times," facebook, 1,000 russian agents. trump's twitter account. the democratic party. very difficult historically to succeed a two term president of your own party. polling, my a subject any, women in the suburbs, comey, wikileaks, voter suppression, fake news, all of that, and that's kind of what happened. abby: that's a long list. all of these excuses. is it time for the democrats to distance themselves from hillary clinton? here to debate campaign director for the center for american progress action fund emily and mercedes schlapp. good morning, ladies, great to have you with us. >> good morning, abby. abby: the list goes on and on. i was surp

disappointed and republicans, but i see republicans in congress, including our own senators from iowa joni ernst and chuck --ssley, the three islands republicans who represent iowa in the house, i've been disappointed to see them either say nothing or continue covering for the president when so many of these outrageous scandals keep coming out. and the conflict of interest, gottent that he hasn't rid of some of the businesses she is still profiting off the presidency. his sons are profiting off of his presidency. i've been disappointed to see senator chuck grassley, who likes to style himself as of a watchdog and yet i don't see him doing a lot of watchdog and on the trump administration. and when the president fired the fbi director, are senator, the chair of the senate judiciary peopleee just said should suck it up and move on. that's the president's power and now we find out that trump was concerned about the russian investigation and what was happening at the fbi and he told russian officials that he was going to be a little breathe easier because he dumped the fbi director. it would be far-

are already falling behind to move further behind to imagine that china and india are now ranked by ernst and young as being better places for renewable energy investment. it's not going to help american jobs next year and certainly over the next decade. it's a devastating loss economy, and the workers who would have benefited greatly from america leading the way forward in a new industry will lose out. moreover, if the u.s. doesn't have a seat at the table with the nation's in the paris agreement, other nation's could agree on policies that hurt american businesses and american workers even more than this self-inflicted wound by president trump. now, mr. president, i'm glad that states like my state of new york and cities and businesses across the country are already stepping up, reaffirming their commitment to the goals set in paris and pledging to continue making progress in the fight against climate change. our economy and our communities will be better for it. i seriously hope that the president reconsiders this decision for the sake of our planet, for the future of the american econ