senator al franken. we will find out from him what's going on on the democratic strategy on the senate floor on health care, and he's in the thick of the sessions controversy in the senate so we will cover a lot of ground with that. >> excellent. >> thank you to the smartest cable news host. now that you mention that. thanks, rachel. >> stop it. thank, lawrence. stop it. >> i love doing that. that's my favorite thing. rachel, keep the camera, don't cut away. >> bye, i have to go. see you. >> thanks, rachel. >>> so, will the president fire the attorney general? will the attorney general quit? attorney general who al franken says may have committed perjury in his confirmation hearing? will the democrat come up with the strategy to stop the republican health care bill on the sevenate bill in al franken is here to discuss all of that. >>enate bill in al franken is here to discuss all of that. >>nate bill in al franken is here to discuss all of that. >> kill the bill! kill the bill! >> sergeant at arms, can w

, the senator. >> david is live this san jose as al franken comes to town. david. >> reporter: the comedian turned politician has been entering crowds for 37 years. times have changed and so has his focus. senator al franken has not lost his sense of humor even with the serious issues our country is facing. in one really knew what to expect, a funny or a straight man. >> i basically had to not be funny for a long time and to show people, the people of minnesota that i was serious. >> reporter: senator franken got them roaring as he told a story about sending a note to a woman celebrating her 110th birthday. >> dear ruth, you have a bright future. my chief of staff gets it and he goes like what is this. i went it's a joke. i thought she might enjoy it. >> reporter: he had his barbs for senate colleagues. >> he's like a toxic co-worker. he's like the guy who microwaves fish in the hundrlunchroom. >> reporter: he ticks off his favorite grateful dead songs. >> jack straw. althea. >> reporter: he told the audience he's not running for president. >> if i did, i'd

franken: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i rise also in opposition to the nomination of john kenneth bush. mr. bush has been nominated to serve as a judge on the sixth circuit court of appeals and has the dubious distinction of having a anonymously written scores of blog posts that aren't just offensive -- which believe me, they are -- but call into question the nominee's ability to be a fair and impartial arbiter of the law, which is -- that's the job of a judge. especially with a circuit court judge. in my view, mr. president, the nominee's lengthy record of inflammatory and intemperate writings stand as evidence that mr. bush falls far short of the high standards that the senate should demand of nominees to the federal bench. now, over the course of nearly ten years, mr. bush wrote under the pseudonym of g. morris. he wrote under a pseudonym on a political blog operated by his wife where he published hundreds of incendiary posts. now, let me be absolutely clear. being politically active or expressing political

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. >>> senator al franken is going to be joining us live in just a minute tonight as the senate keeps wrangling toward and away from and toward and away from the republicans' effort to kill the affordable care act. the current iteration of their plan is estimated -- the estimated cost of it in terms of the human cost said it would take all health insurance away from 16 million americans who have insurance now. that is -- that remains the plan, such as it is on the table tonight. there's going to be a vote 0 ga on the plan. we've got eyes on the floorp as they go through this strange procedure they're going through to try to do this. we've got al franken here to give us his take on what's happening and why we may need to be flexible in terms of when we bring the senator on in terms of his voting schedule. as you can see, everybody is there in the senate. that said, thanks to the new yorker magazine and the interview they posted tonight with the white house communications director. tonight we learned that the white house is staffed by some sweary staffers who don't mind telling the pres

senator franken. >> thank you madam chair. welcome back to the committee, secretary perry. i don't envy your position. you seem to be a defense counsel for someone charged with murder and you seem to be staying i know he's guilty but i'm going to give him a robust defense. so -- >> that's an interesting observation, sir. two days ago, the american energy innovation council, a group of ten current and retired corporate leaders including norman augustine, former ceo of lockheed martin and bill gates, released a report about the importance of federal investment in energy research and development. the group recommends vastly increased funding for rpe from 300 million to a billion dollars per year. and increasing federal investment for advanced energy innovation to $16 billion per year, two and a half times the total amount for energy research proposed in the budget. secretary perry, the president's budget is frankly anti-innovation. it does the exact opposite of what the american energy innovation council recommends, it absolutely guts private investment and research, including

: oh, you thought franken's question was rambling.remind you that this is the guy you work for. >> that speech was hot for about two or three hours after the speech was made, because they came up with other things, having to do with other people, that they shouldn't have been able to do and they shouldn't have done. but they did it. and you know exactly what i'm talking about. [ laughter ] >> seth: no. no one knows what you are talking about. if sessions thought franken's question was rambling then he must just blackout whenever he talks to trump. [ light laughter ] so sessions was forced to formally recuse himself from the russia investigation. but then last week, comey added to the intrigue when he testified that there was another undisclosed reason why sessions had to recuse himself that he couldn't discuss publicly. and soon after that testimony we found out what it was. >> we're learning now that in closed session this afternoon, the fired fbi director james comey told senators that the reason he didn't want to discuss the attorn

he's author of "al franken, giant of the senate." welcome back to 30 rock, your home away from home i think in many regards. >> well, i enjoy being on msnbc and i do recall being here for 15 seasons with "snl." yeah. >> we're going to get right to the white house shakeup. do you think it is fair to say that this is part of president trump's attempt to get away from certain facets of washington? he said he ran as an outsider. he's going to bring in outsiders. because this grand experiment of working with political insiders in washington does not appear to have worked. >> he was working with political insiders, not so much, but some. i don't know what this is. i mean i respect general kelly, i voted for him for homeland security, and he's got -- he'll still be -- it all comes from the top. that's what i like to say in my office anyway. >> i'm sure it applies there. how about anthony scaramucci, how does he fit into this outside the beltway mentality? can you at least understand why the president might have brought him in after all? bas

>> senator franken, i'm not aware of any of those activities. i have been called a surrogate at a time or two in that campaign, and i did not have communications with the

he misled al franken, when he answered a question as franken said he didn't even ask that franken asked him have you had any contact with russians and sessions volunteered that he never talked to any russians about impacting the election, about interference in the election, but here is senator franken talking about that with our very own chris matthews this is the day before the sessions testimony you just heard. >> they'll be asking the attorney general about some of his testimony during his confirmation hearing i imagine, and which he actually answered, he didn't answer a question i asked. he answered a different question that he made up, and that was did you meet with any russians, and he said something that wasn't accurate. they've intercepted some contacts within kislyak and his people. kislyak may have been exaggerating the meeting, you know, because he wanted to look important. >> that sounds, sarah, almost exactly like "the washington post" report including the fact "the washington post" supposedly had this story in june and only came out with it last night. what do you make of

abc 7 news reporter david louie covered franken's appearance. david? >> reporter: well, ama, senator al franken is on a tour promoting a new book that is laced with his trademark humor. however, he does have a serious side, reflecting the serious issues this country is facing. however, he has not lost his ability to get audiences to laugh. he's been entertaining people for 37 years. but the commonwealth club audience had no idea that the senator for eight years if he would be a funny man or straight man. senator franken got them roaring as he told a story about sending a congratulatory note to a woman celebrating her 101st birthday. >> dear ruth, you have a bright future. and -- [ laughter ] my chief of staff goes, like, what is this? i wanted to joke. i thought she might enjoy it. >> reporter: the conversation was moderated by a retired judge, turning quickly to health care. >> it's about tax cut for the wealthiest americans, and taking, people who need it the least, and taking health care away from the people who need it the most. >> reporter: as a d

with a welcome to you both, josh, you heard senator franken there.think plea bargains could be on the table, as bob mueller tries to expand his investigation? and if so, who might be offered one? >> oh, absolutely. that's sort of how these investigations work. you try to get somebody to flip and give evidence on other people. the cast of characters here is so large, there have been rumors that paul manafort is a cooperating witness. he has denied that. i have no knowledge of that being true, but there's a long -- a long list of peoplema contributing factor. so there's all sorts of people you could imagine who could end up being cooperating witnesses. >> do you think we'll be seeing some plea bargains as the investigation deepens? >> well, the special counsel feels like he's not getting the information he needs, but we heard lawmakers say that jared kushner was very cooperative, that they got a lot of answers from him when he was up on capitol hill and so it looks like at this point that the white house and the people close to the president are being

abc 7 news reporter david louie covered franken's appearance. david? >> reporter: well, ama, senator al franken is on a tour promoting a new book that is laced with his trademark humor. however, he does have a serious side, reflecting the serious issues this country is facing. however, he has not lost his ability to get audiences to laugh. he's been entertaining people for 37 years. but the commonwealth club audience had no idea that the senator for eight years if he would be a funny man or straight man. senator franken got them roaring as he told a story about sending a congratulatory note to a woman celebrating her 101st birthday. >> dear ruth, you have a bright future. and -- [ laughter ] my chief of staff goes, like, what is this? i wanted to joke. i thought she might enjoy it. >> reporter: the conversation was moderated by a retired judge, turning quickly to health care. >> it's about tax cut for the wealthiest americans, and taking, people who need it the least, and taking health care away from the people who need it the most. >> reporter: as a d

. >> before i let you go this time, i want to get your take on the comments from senator al franken.ng to me yesterday. let's take a listen. >> everything they proposed was terrible. everything they proposed took insurance away from millions and millions and millions of americans and raised costs. it may be the best thing to happen to them that senator collins and murkowski and mccain voted against -- >> could that be true? could republicans be better off politically without having that bill become law? the best polls of the gop showed only about 17% in favor of it. >> i think senator franken did wrong. i think senator franken should have helped come to the table with options, and now is his chance to do so. i'm sitting on the other side of the camera looking at tony. tony is the one who's disappointed because he has to pay tens of thousands of dollars in insurance costs for a catastrophic plan that he can't afford, he and his family. it's he and others that are left with those costs. >> always good to see you. thanks for joining me. and please tell tony thanks for doing the job. wel

franken: thank you, mr. president. i want to thank my vice chairman of the indian affairs committee and thank the presiding officer who chairs that committee. i'm honored to serve under both of you. i'm speaking today to discuss the devastating effects that various republican health care proposals that have been made would have on indian country. republicans are now considering a straight repeal of the affordable care act with no replacement. this policy, like others that have come before it, would have a devastating effect on native communities. today i want to describe some of the health care challenges that these communities face, and how the affordable care act helped address some of those challenges and how repealing the affordable care act would undermine these gains and further jeopardize health care for an already vulnerable population. i've served on the indian affairs committee for the past eight years, and i am continually shocked by what i hear almost every week from tribal leaders and other witnesses about

senator franken. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. blanco, in my state of minutes former minneapolis chief tim dolan used to say victims are less likely to dial 911 if they know the police officer in response to that call is going to check their papers. and statistics bear this out. a 2013 study from the universe of illinois found that 44% of latinos report that they're less likely to call the police even when they are the victim of a crime boss they believe that officers will use the interaction as an opportunity to check their immigration status. 45% say their less likely to voluntary information about crimes they've witness. and this isn't even confined to immigrants. 28% of latinos born in the united states say they're less likely to call the police when they're the victim of a crime because they fear police will ask them about their status or the status of people they know. now, that study was conducted before the 2016 campaign, a campaign in which then candidate trump made scapegoating immigrants the essential pillar of his plat

i want to listen to something al franken said about jeff sessions' confirmation hearing testimony and his forgetting his meeting with russians in his confirmation testimony. let's listen to what al franken said on this program about that. >> there's no other conclusion that you can come to other than that he was lying and was committing perjury. >> and now let's listen to what donald trump said to "the new york times" about that very same thing. donald trump said, jeff sessions gave some bad answers. he gave some answers that were simple questions and should have been simple answers, but they weren't. john heilmann, there's the president of the united states coming as close to agreeing with al franken about his own attorney general's confirmation hearing testimony as you could imagine. >> yeah, and i think, lawrence, that the other thing about which he probably now agrees with senator franken is that i think he now thinks it's time for jeff sessions to resign. you've made the case for why the attorney general needs to resign if he's going to maintain his self-respect and his position

senator franken, it's now your -- say whatever you want to say. >> well, before i begin, i'd like to thank you, mr. chairman, for calling this hearing and for focusing attention on an issue that has significant implications for public safety. gang violence, particularly violence perpetrated by ms-13 and its rival, the 18th street gang, threatens the safety and security of our communities, most especially our immigrant communities. after police in los angeles arrested close to two dozen ms-13 gang members last month, lapd chief charlie beck explained that gangs like ms-13 prey on immigrants, in particular on undocumented immigrants. he said, quote, they extort them, they rob them, they rape them, they murder them. but chief beck also made clear that, quote, without immigrants' cooperation as witnesses, none of these arrests would be possible. now, chief beck knows, and i expect that ms-13 knows as well that members of our immigrant communities are far less likely to seek help from law enforcement if they know that the police officer who responds to that call is going to check their pa

and i agree with senator franken, i think you've done very well today. who interviewed you for this job? >> senator, i was contacted originally i d lly by deputy at general rosenstein. that's the first inkling i had that today was a gleam in anybody's eye. i met shortly thereafter with deputy attorney general rosenstein and attorney general sessions together, the two of them. and then as has been publicly reported, i think it was the day after memorial day, i had a brief meeting at the white house that was attended by several people from the white house, including the president as well as several people from the department. and another similar meeting and then i was announced as the intended nominee. >> okay. indulge me a second, for my second question, i have to lay a little bit of a foundation. and so my colleagues alluded to this today, but our country began as a -- a self-reliance, likely taxed, debt averse union of states. but our country's changed a lot in a couple hundred years. i don't mean this to be a pejorative statement, i mean it to be factu

one of the senators set to grill them al franken -- >> republican leaders say they're dead set on voting this week. >> i intengd to keep my promise and i know you will too. >> do they have the votes? >>. >>> hello, i'm jake tapper in washington, where the state of our union is defiant. congress ignoring the congress's appeals and reaching an agreement for new sweep iing sanctions on russia. is he prepared to punish russia for the election interference. is he contemplating his first ever veto of this bill? the white house objects to a provision in the sanctions bill that gives congress the power to override the president should he choose to ease the sanctions. the bill could reach president trump's desk before the end of the month. the incoming communications director anthony scaramucci. first of all, congratulations on the new job. >> it's a pleasure to be here, and thank you for that. >> you come to the white house at a time when president trump has historically low approval ratings, he's signed into law zero pieces of legislation. multiple investigations are underway. i guess the big q

followed by al franken's autobiography giant of the senate. fourth on the list and newt gingrich's "understanding trump" followed by comedian kevin heart's memoir "i can't make this up" we continue with a collection from the diary of humorous david sudarius in theft by finding. next, facebook ceo cheryl sandburg and psychologist adam grant give advice in "option b". bill o'rielly explores the truth behind larger than life characters in "legends and life" followed by a book about a murder spree in 1920s oklahoma that targeted the osage indians. and wrapping up the best selling non fiction books is "way 1968 "which recounts the battle that changed the american approach to the war in vietnam. many of these authors have or will be appearing on booktv. you can watch them on our website, booktv.org. >> booktv recently visited capitol hill to ask members of congress what nay are reading this summer: >> i intend to read different books. i love reading history about our presidents. the library of congress has a theme where every so often they will brin

they couldn't have played it worse with her. >> the book is "al franken: giants of the senate." i read most of it on the plane to l.a. from new york last night and it's a great read. you can see more of this interview on msnbc.com. >>> former trump campaign manager has words of wisdom for general john kelly. that's coming up in three minutes. because he's gary. (phone ringing) what? keep going! yeah... (laughs) (voice on phone) it's not millennial enough. there are a lot of ways to say no. thank you so much. thank you! so we're doing it. yes! start saying yes to your company's best ideas. let us help with money and know-how, so you can get business done. american express open. so you can get business done. there's nothing more than my vacation.me so when i need to book a hotel room, i want someone that makes it easy to find what i want. booking.com gets it. and with their price match, i know i'm getting the best price every time. now i can start relaxing even before the vacation begins. your vacation is very important. that's why booking.com makes finding the right hotel for the

. >> senator franken. >> senator klobuchar. thank you very much. this is following up on what senator graham was talking about. oversight inur more general terms. --now that -- just a phone testified recently and he said that section supplement to surveillance provides critical born intelligence that cannot practically be obtained through the muslim. and i agree -- other methods. maybe we can give some examples from you about that. see from senator graham's questions we have a lot of reasons to want to do oversight on behalf of the public. notably, your joint testimony urges congress to reauthorize without a sunset provision. this would effectively mean that congress would not have to take up pfizer reauthorization, we could have hearings but no leverage to get changes or work on things. we would not have the opportunity to discuss what is working and not working as we did today. can you provide more construct -- context as to why the administration wants this reauthorize without a sunset provision? is that set in stone? >> all-star. i will start.

i mentioned to senator franken, that meeting with the mother of the dead firefighter and the roughly 7-year-old daughter of the dead firefighter is a memory that i will take with me forever. so i have sort of a personal appreciation for the importance of prosecuting those crimes. >> it i'll ask you about human trafficking, which is one of my top priorities. but i did have one other question on terrorist online recruiting. we have had a number of instances of that in minnesota and our former u.s. attorney andy luger and before that todd jones worked extensively with the fbi on this issue, i have met with the fbi on this issue, they have showed me some of the internet targeting that's really designed to focus on people in our state, because of the major somali population that we're so proud of in minnesota. and could you elaborate on this threat and what you believe the fbi should be doing to counter these types of online recruiting efforts that are going on around the country? >> senator, i think i need to get briefed up on the fbi's efforts in that area, based upon technology. but we

going to think it's me i'm going to take this letter signed by elizabeth warren bernie sanders al franken every problem the liberal progressive democrat i'm going to say you know what i think to show you our allegiance and my working with you i'm going to adopt your concerns and i'm going to direct my justice department to kill this merger wait a minute you're doing that because if you know who it's it's another bridge this is what you want right al franken right right progressive community so this is what he's looking at right now because we're talking about something this is huge because remember they want to make their money in entertainment lindsay they couldn't care less about this this this albatross called c.n.n. but it lionel it made billions during the elections ok it took rolling coverage of donald trump speeches didn't cut to break it wasn't exactly doing that for a lot of the other candidates ad this is a boon for this company it brought in a lot of money they just going to walk away from that. no. locomotor that's it i can go back even further i remember during the first gulf

franken is more of a joke than kid rock any day. series of announcements tonight. >> yes. >> all right, all right. facebook friday is next. who are these people? the energy conscious people among us say small actions can add up to something... humongous. a little thing here. a little thing there. starts to feel like a badge maybe millions can wear. who are all these caretakers, advocates too? turns out, it's californians it's me and it's you. don't stop now, it's easy to add to the routine. join energy upgrade california and do your thing. >> that's dream machine. they are on my show tomorrow night. it will be great. check it out. facebook friday. this is michael, what was the first movie that made a giant impression on you as a kid? >> oh, god. >> don't say "giant." >> i have no idea. something scary. >> one of the best movies ever made. >> it's about searching for a lost treasure. they have every celebrity on the planet. >> i cried. my friends had to bring me out of the theater. when he take his mask off and it's his dad. >> don't

fourth is al franken's autobiography be giant of the senate. after that, neil degrasse tyson explores the universe is astrophysics for people in a hurry. our look at the best selling nonfiction books according to "the washington post" continues with retired navy admiral william mccraven's self-help book, make your bed. and comedian kevin hart's memoir, "i can't make this up." roxanne gay with her reflections on food and self-image, "hunger." j.d. vance's recollections of his childhood, "hill billy elegy." and wraps up our look at do best selling nonfiction books according to the washington post was i was told to come alone o

al franken is going to grill them and he joins me. health care in the balance, another effort to repeal obamacare fails. >> it's pretty obvious we had difficulty. republican leaders still say they're dead set on voting this week. >> i intend to keep my promise and i know you will too. >> do you have the votes? >> hello, i'm jake tapper in washington. the state of our union is defiant. congress ignoring the white house's appeals and reaching an agreement to slap new sweeping sanctions on russia from meddling in the presidential election. this now the first real test for president trump on this issue. he is willing to punish vladimir putin for the election interference snt white house says they want to move on. he is really contemplating the first ever veto of the bill, siding with putin over the overwhelming sen overwhelming sentiment? the white house says they to be the a provision in the sanction bill that gives congress the power to override the president should he choose to ease the sanctions. the house plans to vote on the bill tu

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franken. >> no. >> mr. gardner. >> mrs. jill brand. >> no. >> mr. graham. mr. grassley. >> ms. harris. >> no. >> mr. hatch. >> mr. hinrich. >> no. >> mr. hide camp. >> no. >> mr. helder. >> ms. hirono. >> no. >> mr. hoven. >> mr. inhoff. mr. isaacson. mr. johnson. >> aye. >> mr. cane. >> no. >> mr. kennedy. mr. king. mr. langeford. >> aye. >> mr. leahy. >> no. >> mr. lee. >> aye. >> mr. man chin. >> no. >> mr. marky. >> no. >> mr. mccain. >> mrs. mccaskill. >> no. >> mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. >> no. >> mr. merckly. mr. mor ran. ms. murcowski. mrs. murray. mr. nelson. >> no. >> mr. paul. >> aye. >> mr. pure dudue. >> mr. peters. >> no. >> mr. portman. >> john mccain gestured to get the attention of the clerk. john mccain voted no. you heard applause from the democratic side. bernie sanders is still animated about it. republicans are on the near side of the chamber and connell stands at the end. >> mr. sanders? >> no. >> mr. sass. >> mr. shots. mr. schumer. >> no. >> mr. scott. >> mr. shelled bby. >> aye. >> mr. strange. mr. sullivan. >> aye. >> mr. tester. >> no. >> mr. thune

>> not really, but we'll move on. [ inaudible ] >> i think senator franken. >> senator klobuchar next. >> whatever senator feinstein says, go ahead. >> senator klobuchar. >> thank you very much. thank you to the panel. this is along the lines of following up on what senator graham was talking about and that is our oversight in a more general term. i know that senator coates testified before the senate intelligence committee recently and he said that section 702 surveillance provides critical foreign intelligence that cannot be obtained throughout other methods. i agree that that is true and maybe i'll get to some examples from you about that. but as you can see from senator graham's questions, we still have a lot of reason to want to do oversight on behalf of the public. notably your joint testimony urges congress to reauthorize the fisa amendments without a sunset provision. as you know, this would effectively mean that congress would not have to take fisa reauthorizations in future years. we would have no -- we could have hearings, i guess, but we would have no leverage to get chang

franken. >> no. >> mr. gardner. >> mrs. jill brand. >> no. >> mr. graham. mr. grassley. >> ms. harris. >> no. >> mr. hatch. >> mr. hinrich. >> no. >> mr. hide camp. >> no. >> mr. helder. >> ms. hirono. >> no. >> mr. hoven. >> mr. inhoff. mr. isaacson. mr. johnson. >> aye. >> mr. cane. >> no. >> mr. kennedy. mr. king. mr. langeford. >> aye. >> mr. leahy. >> no. >> mr. lee. >> aye. >> mr. man chin. >> no. >> mr. marky. >> no. >> mr. mccain. >> mrs. mccaskill. >> no. >> mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. >> no. >> mr. merckly. mr. mor ran. ms. murcowski. mrs. murray. mr. nelson. >> no. >> mr. paul. >> aye. >> mr. purdue. >> mr. peters. >> no. >> mr. portman. >> john mccain gestured to get the attention of the clerk. john mccain voted no. you heard applause from the democratic side. bernie sanders is still animated about it. republicans are on the near side of the chamber and connell stands at the end. >> mr. sanders? >> no. >> mr. sass. >> mr. shots. mr. schumer. >> no. >> mr. scott. >> mr. shelby. >> aye. >> mr. strange. mr. sullivan. >> aye. >> mr. tester. >> no. >> mr. thune. mr. til

al franken is way more of a joke than kid rock all day every day. >> -- for mayor.> there have been a series of announcements tonight. >> mayor. >> new york to win. >> all right. stay right there because facebook friday is coming up next. ♪ >> that's "dream machine."w they are on may show tomorrow night, it is going to be great. #*b check them out. facebook friday. what is the movie that made a giant impression on you as kid? don't say "giant." >> i have no idea, something scary. >> come on, say "the omen." >> my parents used to make me watch, it is a mad, mad, mad, mad world, it is an old movie, almost every weekend. it is an amazing movie. one of the best ever made. that one. >> it is about searching for a lost treasure, they have every celebrity on the planet, i love that movie. i'm going to watch that this weekend. jesse. >> i saw "star wars" in the theater with my friend's dad and i cried and my friend's dad had to bring me out of the theater, i was so upset. >> wow! >> when he takes his mask off and it is his dad. >> wait, don't say that! >> i ruined it. >> i

by to turned to the issue of child predators but i recently joined with senator franken to introduce a bipartisan actss to that would provide access to fbi background checks to youth serving organizations to ensure that child predators are not able to obtain employment with such organizations. the bill passed the house of representatives early this year end want think the fbik th for providing very constructive support and technical assistance on this important bill. we you commit to continue working with congress to ensure that these organizations have access to the background checks for their employees and volunteers. >> i know this is an importantow issue and one that you raise and senator franken also raised. i can commit to something i'm interested in trying to figure out how to support those efforts and work with both of you and others on. the child exploitation an was in the criminal division when i oversaw and brought some of the most important cases. i'm keenly aware on a personalit level of the threat that predators face to the most vulnerable population in this country and

. >> i was referring to the senator from california, but senator franken, i think europe. >> thank you, mr. chair. [laughter] thank you mr. wray for meeting with me. i enjoyed our meeting yesterday. it was a good meeting. i senator tillis asked the kind of question i would want to ask which was what the role going forward of the fbi is distinct from former director mueller's special prosecutor would be. you answer that question, but i'm glad you answer that question, saying that part of what the fbi will be doing is working so this doesn't happen again. i think that we've gotta keep our eye on that ball. 2018 will be upon us soon and we don't want this to happen again. before he turned to my questions, i would like to first think senator hatch for his work on the child protection and improvement act and i would think you for your commitment to help us get that bill passed and done. it helps organizations for kids to get background checks, so vulnerable people, this is also for people they should be able to effectively screen their workers and their volunteers to make sure that they are

franken? >> no. ms. cloeb char, no. mr. reed, no. >> you're watching msnbc, i'm ali velshi, we're watching the vote on the motion to proceed, we will continue to watch this, this is the moment in which the decision is made as to whether this debate can proceed or it is dead. let's listen in. >> mr. murky, no. mr. warner. >> no. >> mr. warner. no. mr. bennett? >> no. >> mr. bennett, no. mr. shots? >> no. >> mr. shots no. >> mr. blumenthal? >> no. >> mr. blum e ee ee ee een thal. ms. warren. ms. warren, no. >> ms. hassen, no. mr. merkley. >> no. >> mr. merkley, no. mrs. gill brand? >> no. mr. white house? >> mr. whitehouse no. mr. murphy? >> no. >> mr. murphy no. mr. booker? >> no. >> mr. booker, no. ms. cantwell? >> no. >> ms. kancant well, no. ms. harris, no. mr. van holland. >> no. >> mr. van holland, no. >> all right, we are watching this debate under way. there's a group of people at the bottom of the screen. those are people who are waiting to greet senator mccain, who has come back a week after being diagnosed with bra

now, the way senator franken framed that question could allow some wiggle room there, but that's the real room. >> then according to "the washington post" reporting that according to u.s. officials they've spoken with, sergey kislyak has real credibility, that he has a reputation for accurately relaying details about his interactions with officials in washington. so, rebeccrebecca, with that be said earlier this week, the president of the united states expressing his disappointment with his attorney general. what about the timing of this leak in concert with what the president told "the new york times" about really kind of losing interest in the a.g.? >> it certainly caps off a less than optimal week for jeff sessions to say the least. he's in a really fragile position right now in this administration as the president expressed ho to "the new york times," and these sorts of reports that cast further doubt on his version of events that he's presented to congress and cast further doubts on these conversations he did have with kislyak during the election, that's only going to complicate

[cheering] the senator from minnesota, the arbil al franken. way, this isin a funny today. in a way. they didn't know what they were voting for. we don't know what their bill is. they don't know what their bill is. they have the shell of a bill that has the house bill in it, the house bill filling the shell right now. though we don't know what that is going to end up. it only cuts off 22 million people from having health care. [booing] >> we may up with just the repeal. that is 32 million people. [booing] >> they may have one of the versions of the senate bill, with the ted cruz amendment.[booing] b because it is ted cruzoo. and churns companies will not have to provide essential health benefits. they can go back to junk policies. it is going back to things before the affordable care act. listen. we all want to go through regular order. we all wanted to have bipartisan hearings. we all want to have nonpartisan experts so that we can build on the successes of the aca. and so we can fix what's not working with it. that is what we need to do. we all know that. he said politics

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that's followed by minnesota senator al franken's memoir, giant of the senate. then, jd vance recalls his childhood in "hillbilly elegy". then a collection of excerpts from davidson terrorists "theft by finding". followed by mark manson's advice on leaving a happier life. a look at the best-selling nonfiction books continues with ceo sheryl sandberg and adam grants advice and moving forward after facing setbacks in "option b. next, roxanne looks at her lifelong struggle with food and body image in "hunger". a retired u.s. navy admiral provides advice for self-improvement in "make your bed. wrapping up the look at the best-selling nonfiction books according to indy bound, is a book by mark boutin which recounts a battle that change the american approach to the vietnam war. many of these authors have, or will be appearing on book tv. you can wash them on our website, booktv.org. >> book tv recently visited capitol hill task members of congress with their reading the summer. >> i'm reading a book i'm really enjoying, tom friedman's latest, thank you for