here is dick durbin comparing putin to mr. trump. watch. >> what's the most positive thing you have to say about vladimir putin and the most negative? >> the most positive thing is that he is gifted and has knowledge of history, our president is not. he certainly knows how to meet with foreign leaders and to push his agenda, our president has limited experience in that period and terms of his weakness, he also suffers from a form of mental mania. >> kennedy: good lord! >> melissa: please. i don't know what to make of that. >> gillian: whenever any analyst starts talking about the psychology that goes behind world leaders meeting, it's a little bit silly. you can talk policy, you can talk objectives. >> melissa: they are both megalomaniacs. >> gillian: that's what i was saying earlier. the argument doesn't apply with me that someone is more manly, and he'll stand up to putin. >> meghan: feel free to extrapolate on that. >> kennedy: is a completely different dynamic. president obama's foreign policy had no teeth. i don't know if there

with me now as promised senator dick durbin. are you concerned the president is acting this way toward the attorney general because of russia? >> of course. let's analyze this. what the president is doing is brutal. how would you like to be working for man who is trying to hounds you publicly into resigning? what kind of loyalty does that inspire? it's unprofessional. i agree with lindsey graham. for a president to be directing his attorney general to initiate a prosecution is unheard of and to do it publicly is just unthinkab unthinkable. the real reason behind it as one of your guests noted it's about trying to dissemble to bob mueller investigation. it's very obvious what he's trying to do. the scenarios are unfolding. get himself new attorney general. take over the special investigation himself. take mueller out of business. take the heat off the white house. >> if that's the goal, senator, and he does remove the attorney general after you go out on a full recess, he might be able to appoint him during the recess. do you wan

democratic senator dick durbin says democrats are being shut out of the process.sen.urbin/-d- illinois/from msnbc: the notion that mitch mcconnell yesterday finally disclosed the secret negotiations in a bill to affect one-sixth of the american economy and the health care of all is outrageousthe congressional budget office scores the plan as early as monday...and a vote is expected midweek.in washington, stacey cohan reporting. (pam) in sports -- gary joins us with his lovely wife alicia to read fan emails (steve) plus -- warriors star, steph curry continues to have fun this offseason -- this weekend he is up in lake tahoe for a celebrity golf tournament -- gary has the highlights from round one and all the sports coming up university of michigan professor betsey stevenson told congress if us employers want to attract more workers -- they need to offer more programs, like paid family leave.stevenson: "research has shown that female labor participation would be 6 % points higher in the us if we had access to childcare and paid family leave that other countries have." s

joining me now is senator dick durbin of illinois. what's happening here? what can you decipher? you stay away from what you just aerd from your four colleagues on the other side of the aisle? >> you can which, it's been over six years since the republicans told us they were going to repeal obamacare and replace it. and now it's been seven months that we've been in session here. and listen to how republican senators describe the work product we're being asked to vote on tonight. i respect the senators who came before the press calling it a fraud, a disaster. it will make this situation worse, and it won't solve the problems that face our healthcare system and obamacare today. what i heard them say was they are demanding a conference committee. they want it to be bipartisan and they want buy in from the governors across america who are going to have to implement the final work product. that tells you that we need to roll up our sleeves, follow john mccain's advice and have a bipartisan effort to finally write a good bill that is deserving for the american people. >> look, there's

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the senate's number two democrat dick durbin, and michael mccall.ngoing fight over health care just ahead on "morning joe." ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ they aren't analyzing the information in etc. entirety. i haven't seen even once any direct proof of russian interference in the presidential election in the united states. hackers can be anywhere. they can be in russia, in asia, even in america. latin america. they can even be hackers, by the way, in the united states. they can skillfully and professionally shifted the blame as we say on to russia. >> all right, joining us now, journalists, a former host and producer at both rt and the huffington post. also with us the news and finance anchor at yahoo, good to have you both on board this morning. especially with the perspective of both your backgrounds, looking at this meeting today, putin's personality seems somewhat similar to trump's, in some way. >> yeah, very mum similar. i think they're both men with big egos, they want to show how macho they are. also there is a little strongman envy on the part of donald trump.

with me now is the second highest ranking democrat, dick durbin, judiciary appropriations and rules andistration committee. pretty busy. we've got to start with the meeting between president trump and vladimir putin during the g20, the dinner they were joined by their spouses. we just learned about it and it was an hour long -- actually we have to take a break president trump is now speaking at the podium. excuse me. >> thank you very much. thank you. please be seated. thank you. mr. vice president, distinguished guests and members of the media, i'm honored to welcome you here today as the bipartisan presidential advisory commission on election integrity prepares to conduct its first official meeting. very, very important. this commission is tasked with the sacred duty of upholding the integrity of the ballot box and the principle of one citizen, one vote. every time voter fraud occurs it cancels out the vote of a lawful citizen. and undermines democracy. can't let that happen. any form of illegal or fraudulent voting, either by noncitizens or deceased in any form of voter suppression o

south carolina republican senator lindsey graham was joined by illinois democrat and minority whip dick durbin. they talked about an immigration initiative they're spearheading. this is about 25 minutes. mr. durbin: i want to thank my colleague, senator graham, for joining me as we reintroduce the dream act. we'll be joined by senator schumer and senator flake as co-sponsors. i have introduced this bill over many years. started 16 years ago. it has two basic premises. two basic reasons. first, we don't belief that young people should be held responsible for the errors or the illegal actions of their parents. number two, we believe that those who were brought to the united states as children, have grown up in this country, have no criminal record, who are prepared to serve this country in a variety of ways, should be given that chance to make america a better nation. over the years we have tried many times to pass this legislation. we've been able to pass it in the senate one year, in the house another year, we've never quite brought it together. we need the dream act more than -- act now more

south carolina republican senator lindsey graham was joined by illinois democrat and minority whip dick durbin. they talked about an immigration initiative they're spearheading. this is about 25 minutes.

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dick durbin a straight shooter all of the same type serving. so those people are in that. should understand that they are. like you and me da team here now. this saturday afternoon the eighth of july good to have you company wherever you're watching around the world is kevin i will be the next surgeon migrants trying to get into europe in recent months has led the ease migration commissioner to admit that indeed the situation is getting worse and despite years spent trying to search for a solution the e.u. seen very limited results. you said two thousand and ten kenyans who are that that and now rice has gotten out that i have to say give me thirty to almost twenty percent increase t.c.f. meant because of that trade and it will happen also try. to go through a shilling a smuggling the toilets. we need to pull it from the international level to break the smuggling business model. putting more people in the boat still sending out all boats those monsoon january february tend to be very slow and instead we had incidents almost every day in boats that were taking more people t

we will be joined by democratic senator dick durbin of illinois.ive from new york, this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ taylor: this is "bloomberg daybreak." t's agriculture business gave an unexpected move on earnings. pesticide revenue rose 10%. the merger is expected to be completed next month. the new company will be called dow dupont. michael kors has agreed to buy jimmy choo for $1.2 billion. the brand had high-profile brands like princess diana and carrie bradshaw in sex and the city. jonathan: thank you. greece is returning to the bond markets after a three-year hiatus. the debt crisis forced them to seek multiple international bailout. the last time they came to the market was with five-year money at a yield of 4.94%. they are seeking 7 billion euros, what sources are reporting. will this be characterized as a successful return to the market? is this a success for the prime minister? >> i am sure he will characterize it. i think the market is saying what have they achieved in the last three or four years? 4.95%, ihing goes at would say the market would

we heard it earlier from senator dick durbin and the leadership in the senate that that is a sign that mitch mcconnell has enough to move forward on health care legislation. hearing?hat are you senator collins is a definite no. rand paul and more conservative senators are possible yeses. >> they are getting closer to the magic number they need, 50 votes. rand paul has been one of the most opposed. vonnie: i have to interrupt you just a moment. mitch mcconnell is on the senate speaking. >> we will vote on a critical first step to finally move beyond its failures. many of us have made commitments to our constituents to provide relief from this failed, left wing experiment. now we have a real opportunity to keep those commitments by voting to begin debate and ultimately to send smarter health care solutions to the president's desk for his signature. just yesterday, the present reiterated his intention to sign them. just yesterday the administration urged all senators to vote in favor of the motion to proceed so we can move forward on repealing obamacare and replacing it with true reforms

dick durbin bashing president trump and speaking favorably about vladimir putin before the two leaders met at the g20 summit. take a listen. >> senator, what's the most positive thing you have to say about vladimir putin and the most negative? >> he is gifted in knowledge of history. our president is not. he certainly knows how to meet with foreign leaders and push his agenda. our president has limited experience in that. in terms of his weakness, he too suffers from a form of megalomania. liz: economist ben stein joins me now. good to see you, ben. >> honored to be here. liz: what do you think of senator durbin going after the president and making it seem like vladimir putin is better as a leader? >> i think it's extremely unfortunate. this is a time when the country needs to unified. we face extreme, extreme threats from north korea. in a way like hitler with nuclear weapons, it's a time for us to be pulling together. these are cheap shots by mr. durbin. he could have said i find fault with mr. trump. we've got to all pull together. america's got to be the united states of america mo

senator dick durbin, thank you for your time.n this story that keeps developing seemingly minute by minute. how many people were in that meeting in june 2016 with donald trump jr. at trump tower? nbc news reports there was another person besides the russian lawyer and there may have been a sixth person now in that meeting too, previously undisclosed. keep it on "morning joe" for this breaking news. whoooo. finding the best hotel price is now a safe bet. because tripadvisor searches over 200 booking sites - so you save up to 30% on the hotel you want. lock it in. tripadvisor. buried just under the surface, the answer to it all. ♪ we want to need each other. ♪ we, the entertainment-loving people, want an unlimited data plan that gives us more. we want more than just texting. more than just surfing and shopping. because sure, we want to use this to call the people we love- - like our directors. but mostly, to get the entertainment we love. maaaaark ! ! ! switch to at&t for the only unlimited plan that gives you 60 channels of live t

step so a lot of senators are trying to stop it, like illinois senator and bug-eyed squeezy toy, dick durbinid, "we're exploring the ways right now to keep the senate formally in session through the august recess." they might cancel recess? that means mitch mcconnell would ha slide on the senate floor! ( cheers and applause ) and, and, it's not. ( cheers and applause ) it looks fun. that looks refreshing. it's not just the democrats. south carolina republican and oldest man in an elementary school picture, lindsay graham, is warning the president not to mess with sessions. >> i'm 100% behind jeff sessions. there will be no confirmation hearing for a new attorney general in 2017. if jeff sessions is fired, there will be holy hell to pay. >> stephen: "holy hell. holy hell. i do declare. holy hell. if you persist, i will whip you with my fiddlesticks. holy hell. and graham went on to warn: >> any effort to go after mueller could be the beginning of the end of the trump presidency. ( cheers and applause ). >> stephen: yes, and-- again, if he doesn't go after mueller that's also the beginning of

i'll joined by dick durbin on the judiciary committee. do we know if they're going to come? the president's son, the chairman of his campaign? >> no. we don't have confirmation yet. we home we don't have to go any further than an invitation but it is scheduled for wednesday morning. >> do you believe in an open hearing, you would be in a position to simply say, we have all the time in the world. tell us all the conversations you had with the russians in the last year and a half. >> it is an open format. theon thing from the independent council is to make sure the witnesses testify under oath and publicly. certainly questions can be asked on a lot of questions. last june they met with the russian lawyer and he is perhaps speaking on behalf of the russian government. there was a lure, a dangle, and it was, we're on the side of mr. trump winning the election. and we'll give you help. wouldn't that be something would carry all the way through election day? >> it certainly could. it is speculative but not out of the question. we need to nail down as many facts as possible as what

. >> overruled lukens her to bring any democrats on board, the democratic whip dick durbin says they need to bring the adapting process into the light. >> went out they take their idea and put it in a committee, like the health committee where the chairman can hold a hearing. the american people can take a look at the proposal. >> leaders in the house are hesitant to delay their upcoming august recess like the senate just announced so if anything passes the upper chamber, house lawmakers will have to come back to town to approve it. an architect of the house version doesn't sound ready to rubber-stamp it. >> we are going to let it -- left the senate have their space. i have every confidence in their leadership that they can come together. >> even though the senate is delaying their august recess, some senators are now saying there could be a health care vote as soon as next week. if the timeline slides again, and the senate isn't able to approve something if they can approve something until after the house goes away, house lawmakers were told today they would receive 72 hours notice

fellow democrat dick durbin telling fox that he did all the right things during his testimony.thank you very much, gerri. joining me with more inside into all this, former fbi assistant director ron hopko. good to see you. he was asked whether or not he thought this was a witch-hunt, effect live the whole collusion thing whether or not it was witch-hunt directed at donald trump. no, i don't think it is a witch-hunt. to which i argue that it's a witch-hunt because the left has been absolutely postively unrelentless in its search for some kind of a crime here. what do you think? i mean, is this what he had to say? >> you know, i think, trish, that look, he's on that, in that witness chair for a reason today. we, we could not expect this hearing take place without the predicate. the predicate is jim comey, jim comey's statements about hillary clinton. jim comey and the election and all things russia. if i had my druthers this would be about christopher wray, qualifications to be the fbi director, does he have the right temperment, the right experience, all those other things. like

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so i join senator dick durbin and tammy duckworth to introduce three pieces of legislation directly targeted to support at-risk youth and the amazing businesses that take a chance on them to change their lives. to date these bills have simply been referred to committee. mr. speaker, when is the agenda of this house going to turn to the actual issues devastating american families? this congress has voted to allow companies to poison our air and water. we passed a bill that stripped 23 million americans of their health insurance. we even passed a bill that lets dangerously mental ill people buy a firearm. shameful. we have not had one single debate, not pass one bill, nothing, zero, zilch, to save american lives. i guess some things just aren't worth the price. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from georgia, mr. carter, for five minutes. r. carter: mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize colonel thomas kuncle who retired on july 10, 2017, as the wing commander of the 23rd wing at moody air force base near valdosta, georgia

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>> a bipartisan couple of senators, dick durbin and lindsey graham reintroduced the dream act this weeklation that would grant a form of amnesty to young illegal immigrants that have been in the country for a long time and meet certain requirements and may seem like a strange time to be doing that. but this administration sent very conflicting signals about a similar but executive program that exists. there are some state attorneys general that imposed a deadline on administration to tell them whether this is going to go or stay. they have been issuing work permits. so lindsey graham in the press conference introducing this said president trump, you can act against time and sol of this problem. they're hoping there's a chance for this. >> that will be a defining moment for the president. >> we talked about anthony scaramucci, obviously one thing that looking forward we might see is -- and this, is you know, always determined dpeepending o donald trump himself and desires -- there could be an opportunity for press reboot over the issues that press corps is arguing with the president abou

fellow democrat dick durbin also commented that he did all the right things during his testimony.issa. melissa: vice president mike pence taking the stage talking to local business owners lexington, kentucky. let's listen in. >> the president sent me here to thank you all, thank the good people of kentucky for your unwaivering support. i promise you elected a fighter, you elected a winner. no matter what the issue media may be focused on any given moment, i promise you president donald trump will never stop fighting for the issues that matter most to the people of kentucky and people all across this country. [applause] and man, have you got a great governor in governor matt bevin. [cheers and applause] governor bevin, thanks for that kind introduction. i can honestly say i was for matt bevin before it was cool. [laughter]. and i just have to tell you, governor, you have just done an incredible job here, changing the fortunes and future of the bluegrass state. give governor matt bevin another round of applause will you? he is doing an awesome job. [applause] i also want to say than

listen we're willing to get on your bill, we want this or we want that, that would have -- >> well, dick durbind he would. have you sat down with him? has it become the graham cassidy durbin bill. >> as you mentioned, durbin spoke to that and without giving away a confidential conversation, obviously it still was cassidy collins or it's now graham cassidy, unfortunately not senator durbin. >> do you think if senator mcconnell took reconciliation off the table and allowed it to be, you know, force the 60 vote, do you think you would have more democrats that would be willing to work with you? >> that political article that was written a couple weeks ago in which it basically quotes chuck schumer saying that he was going to keep everybody in line, debbie stab now saying every time i wanted to do the right thing, i was told don't do scenario, someone else saying i couldn't speak with republicans unless given perms. again, i'm frustrated by that. this should be an american solution, not a democrat or republican. i've done my best. i'm still going to do my best. >> where are you on this bill if your

at wednesday's confirmation hearing, illinois senator dick durbin asked wray whether he approved a memo that retain a policy by then-deputy attorney general jay bybee approving of waterboarding and other forms of torture. >> in a footnote on the memo can indicate under the new analysis, all of the tortured techniques that were approved under the bybee, would still be legal under the new memo. in other words, nothing changed. it says it expressly have the approval of your division. do you recall reviewing and approving that memo? >> i do not recall approving -- reviewing and approving that memo. amy: after the 9/11 attacks in 2001, christopher wray played a key role in the fbi penttbomb investigation, which say more than 750 mostly arab or muslim men rounded up and detained under often-harsh conditions. senate republican leaders are set to unveil a revised healthcare bill today after their previous effort to repeal and replace the affordable care act failed to win enough support from their own party. the latest effort comes amid questions about whether republicans have the 50 votes neede

graham joined democrat dick durbin to announce they're trying to once again get the dream act passed.ed or stayed in this country illegally to become legal permanent citizens. speaking yesterday, graham credited his best friend and fellow republican senator john mccain for helping to inspire him to tackle the hot button issue. >> my good friend john mccain. you asked me how he is doing. he has called me three times this morning. no more woe is me, lindsey. he is yelling at me to buck up. i'm going to buck up. i got involved because when john ran for president in 2000, he wanted to fix a brecken immigration system because he is from arizona, and he sees the down side of illegal immigration where criminals come across. he sees the abuse of the code. he sees women living in the shadows that have no rights and are being exploited and on and on and on. so i started because john asked me. >> all right. le with, the legislation comes after a group of conservative state attorneys general issued an ultimate mate imto president trump giving him until early september to stop renewing or granting

and in fact, dick durbin mentioned the first part of that exchange that you played, the back and forth about the donald trump jr. e-mails and essentially defended him for not knowing more about it. democrats i think heard what they wanted to hear out of wray today, just in terms of him going on the record about this not being a witch-hunt, going on the record saying that he would resign if he was asked to do something that he thought to be illegal. they got enough out of them that it sounds like democrats really going up the way up the chain even to the ranking member of that committee, dianne feinstein are pretty much ready to support him. some sound from her coming out of that hearing to talk about this. take a listen. >> well, i'll be very candid with you. i'm going to vote yes. i see him as being a good fbi director. >> do you think you might even have a unanimous vote here today? >> well, the vote won't be today, but i think that we will not have -- i think we can get this done very quickly, even without the two additional weeks of session this summer. >> so that's the chairman ch

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illinois democratic senator dick durbin said "countless democrat in john mccain's corner."said, john mccain is a friend, mentor, and to patriot. if anyone can tackle a challenge like this, it is him. mccains office says the 80-year-old former republican presidential nominee and his family are reviewing treatment options. auschwitz today, john mccain said "i greatly appreciate the outpouring of support. unfortunately for my sparring partners in congress, i will by.ack soon, so stand global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. scarlet: let's get a recap of today's market action. it had appeared the s&p 500 closed that a record high, but shortly after, it settled. it is down barely so we did not get the record high today, but the nasdaq closed out a round number, much to joe's delight, 693390. the dow pulling back a here. after the market close, we got results for a handful of companies. microsoft, fourth quarter beating estimates by a wide margin. the consensus estimate was $.

democrat dick durbin also complementing ray saying that he said all the right things during his testimonyery, very much. i did want to get a quick sense, though. it looks like you will get confirmed. you never want to say anything double jinx that. is it your sense that is how it is looking? >> absolutely. i'll franken giving kudos to read, which i thought was amazing frankly because he usually sets himself up as the big naysayer. he was complementary saying they are taking on the very big job among the american people for the fbi and he was so controversial i guess it's what you'd save. >> that is one way to put it. gerri willis coming thank you so much. the media has been lucky not to, but when it comes to donald trump and donald trump junior would avoid e-mails and collusion. depending what you read coming that seems to be the conclusion here and worse, another watergate summer. it depends what you read, what you follow. a lot of media outlets are saying this doesn't look good for the white house which is a fairly good conclusion. he said he had no such meetings with russians and in fa