senator lankford, thank you for bring this forward.as a new member to the sin i appreciate this discussion, and look forward to further discussion on not sure i am completely behind what you have look forward to further discussion on the concept. and let me just start with that. as innumerable we talked a little bit about justice scott polk and the fact that he had come before the senate before, i was in your event at a think for purposes of new senators, this is all new to us as well. i would like to see a quick process moving through, particularly as an attorney cares about judiciary and what happens. i'm not on the judiciary committee would like the time to properly vet these individuals. so i think for purposes moving far for new senators, what do given that authority as well and just because they're not just about previously, that would be my concern i would be curious speedy you can see the rest of this on a website c-span.org. type senate rules committee in the search box. we take you live to the use senate on c-span2. today the

we'll also talk to oklahoma republican senator james lankford, a member of the intelligence committee which is conducting one of the investigation into possible trump campaign collusion with the russians. we'll also have plenty of analysis on all the news of the week and look ahead to next. plus how the tax bill might impact you, it's all ahead on "face the nation." good morning, welcome to "face the nation" i'm john dickerson. republican tax plan is in the home stretch. the final package will be voted on tuesday in the house then moves to the senate. at this point it looks like republicans have enough votes to pass it. one s.5 trillion tax cut plan roughly doubles the standard deduction for both individuals and married couples. it cuts individual tax rates, the top income bracket drops from 9.6 to 37%. the corporate tax rate decreases, too, it goes from 35 to 21%. the bill eliminates the obamacare ban mate with individuals no longer required to purchase health care. it could result in 1 million more people becoming uninsured. child tax credit is doubled to $2,000. income level for th

lankford: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from oklahoma. mr. lankford: mr. president, i'm delighted to be here with several other members to talk about the issue of immigration. this has become a very contentious issue that as soon as you say the words immigration, there's a whole group of individuals who scream amnesty, there's another group that screams that thugs are taking grandmothers out of their homes and we lose the policy issues that are in place. there are obvious problems with immigration. we have not taken those obvious issues on in decades. they need to be resolved, and every year that they are not resolved, this issue gets harder and more complicated. we should address the issue of immigration. now, for years the conversation's been out there and for years it remains unresolved. i would challenge this body in the next three months, let's resolve some of the big issues of immigration. almost four years ago now i was in central america with a group of other senators and house members. we were meeting with central american leaders and we were meet

i want to thank senator lankford, we are full of acronyms here. sometimes they say we are full of other things that we are full of acronyms and the succeeded act is another bill i think many of its provisions will be considered as we go through the negotiation process to get a bill to the president's desk. the bill we sponsored is called succeed, a solution for undocumented children through careers, employment, education, like bridge act in that we go to the daca population and we know something about the daca population that is often overlooked, is a great group of people, less than 2 million, many are working hard, going to school, serving in the military, they do their an opportunity to provide a way to recognize -- legally present in this country. what i hope my democrat colleagues will do who endorsed the bridge act and there are many of them, senator grassley ran through the list, i won't do it again, let's solve this problem and except there are people on the far left who will stand on one issue at the expense of letting march 5th pass and

he said senator lankford it see if i have this right, 63 closure motions this year, i looked at this in october. if i recall the mid-october number, there were 47 the share. at the same time for president obama there have been three. president bush there have been one. president clinton there have been one, for bush 43 there have been zero. so, the previous of four presidents there have been five closure motions. forty-seven this time. is the debate more strenuous on these three? have you looked at how much is debate and how much is time spent on other things. >> this rule on proposing would not change elizabeth, still 30 hours for those individuals. the other individuals the debate clock was released. sometimes assured us 20 minutes and sometimes they're coming to speak from their state and other times the cameras rolled with riveting silence. that is an issue. an example of that is judge scott -- from my state, he required extended closure time. he had been nominated by president obama is a district court judge. renominated by president trump, so we that vote to go through the proc

we are now hearing that jeff flake is a yes and james lankford is a yes, ron johnson is a yes. susan collins, bob corker? >> those are the last two senators who have not announced or made clear they will vote yes. the if they vote no, republicans will have 50 votes, whether the vote is today or late tonight. as mitch mcconnell made clear, they are appear to have the votes. they are still trying to win over senator cowan's and they make concessions to her, including -- susan collins and they make concessions to her, including the concession for property taxes. bob corker seems less likely. they have the votes. vonnie: why bother giving her any more if it is not something that would attract support in the house during the reconciliation process? why give susan collins anymore, they have the votes? >> i guess they want a cushion. it would help to have 51 and you do not have to call the vice president. eating the $10,000 a sentient is important for a few house republicans who will hold the deciding vote in a goes back to the house in conference. it is a win-win situation for them.

we know susan collins and lankford are expected to vote for the tax bill.y tuned. ♪ vonnie: live from bloomberg world headquarters in new york city, i am vonnie quinn. mark: and from the new headquarters in the city of london, i am mark barton. this is "bloomberg markets." let's check with emma chandra. more from new york. emma: a new twist in special counsel robert mueller's russia investigation. former national security adviser michael flynn is expected to plead guilty moments from now to lying to federal agents about communicating with russian ambassadors. he was fired after resolutions he lied to the vice president mike pence about this contacts. putting guilty to a single count suggests plan has agreed to cooperate with the investigation. on capitol hill, the second ranking senate republican says there are enough votes to pass the tax bill. senator john cornyn and other party leaders have been working since last night. earlier today, senator ron johnson agreed to back the measure, as has oklahoma senator james lankford. there is a report that president

and representative lankford of oklahoma says that it's going to explode the deficit he's a deficit hawk just like corker corker just came on board though and said that he's good with it as long as land and that it does actually deliver the zero point four percent growth that was promised because if it doesn't that he wants a backup plan and then representative flake says that he's got can say and concerns again about exploding the deficit and then marco rubio no one's talking about him but he still to this point to this day saying that he's unsure about this basically quid pro quo because her father always wanted to get the arctic drilling and if she does get that single issue that she will follow him on board but they can afford to lose to lose but the larry kudlow know him pretty well known economic commentator republican one of the president's why is this is such a difference going on here let me. well you know larry is great and i think that he . has a lot of insight on this so what i would say is clearly in some places you know if you live in california larry as you and i do you li

arthel: senator lankford is on the intelligence committee. do you agree or disagree, jehmu? listen to deputy attorney general rod rosenstein himself who said very clearly that he has no concerns about bias in the investigation. he batted down repeatedly the republicans' questions about any sort of bias and how robert mueller has handled this. we also have to keep in mind robert mueller discovered these appalling texts -- and i agree with everyone who says that they are appalling -- he discovered them, and he removed the problem. that's the type of person he is. that's the independence we need in a position like this. and it's just really sad, again, to see the polarization driving, undermining our nation's law enforcement agency. that, at that level that's just sinking to a new low for republicans. arthel: gianno? >> i don't know about that, jeff my. i think -- knew. i think if this individual was someone who was a police officer that shot an unarmed citizen and we found out these messages, would you give this person the benefit of the doubt? wouldn't you question the entire

inclusion of the alternative minimum tax for both individuals and corporations i talked to senator james lankford of oklahoma who is one of the senators who got to yes today. he said that's part of the compromise in washington >> it was really a tradeoff to be able to get lower rates, to make sure we have the revenue. no one wants to be revenue negative we want to be revenue neutral to compensate for bringing down the rates. >> reporter: right now we're waiting for republicans to finish up the formal debate on the bill that should be happening very shortly shortly. after that they'll move on to voting to eight to 15 or so amendments the final amendment will come from senate majority leader mitch mcconnell himself, that will be the final revised version of the tax bill. we're still anticipating a vote to want. >> thank you, ylan mui david seeberg, we know this market has been beholden to tax cuts did you believe or anybody at the colantine think this market was beholden to the market where the dow fell in minutes? >> you're absolutely right algos were triggered institutional traders, institutional

i spoke to republican senator james lankford, and he said this is all part of >> there was really a tradeoff, you have to be able to get to lower rates to be able to make sure you're revenue neutral. no one wants to be revenue negative. we have to to be able to compensate for bringing down the rates. >> reporter: a final vote on this tax bill is still expected to come tonight. assuming it passes, republicans will be on track to get this bill to the president's desk by christmas, tyler. >> ylan mui, thanks, ylan, on capitol hill tonight. >>> the great tax debate wasn't the only thing investors watched and reacted to out of washington today. former national security adviser michael flynn pleaded guilty to charges he lied to federal investigators. and as first reported by abc news, was expected to testify that president trump and transition officials directed him to make contact with the russians on a variety of matters. eamon javers is at the white house tonight. >> reporter: dramatic scenes at the federal courthouse in washington, d.c. today as michael flynn, former national security adviser

lankford: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from oklahoma. mr. lankford: i ask consent that senator cardin be recognized to offer a motion to commit and that the time until 2:00 p.m. be equally divided. following at 2:00 p.m. the senate vote on the motion. i further ask disposition of the motion the majority leader or his designee be recognized. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. cardin: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from maryland. karld card mr. president, i have a motion at -- mr. cardin: mr. president, i have a motion at the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from chairld mr. cardin moves to commit the bill h.r. 1 with instructions to report the same back to the senate in three days not counting any day in which the senate is not in session with changes that are within the jurisdiction of such committee and two this order to fix and enhance our country's infrastructure and use one-time revenue for one-time spending, designate the revenue raised which the

. >>> this weekend on "face the nation" john will speak with senator james lankford. >> last week the president said the bureau's reputation is, quote, in tatters over its handling of recent investigations. julianna goldman is at the white house. julianna, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. with most presidents speaking to the course. this is actually president trump's first visit to the fbi. his last visit was canceled after he fired former fbi director james comey who was very popular at the bureau. he called comey a liar and a leaker. today's circumstances perhaps just as fraught considering the ongoing investigation that's reached top white house aides and remember president trump said the fbi's reputation was the worst in history. this is after they found text mojs disparaging candidate trump from a cia agent. it was said there is no finer institution, so, bianna, we will have to see whether president trump echoes those sentiments later today during his speech. >> >>> president trump meantime called russia's president yesterday to say thank you. they spoke after vladimir pu

and representative lankford of oklahoma says that it's going to explode the deficit he said.

lankford: i ask unanimous consent to suspend the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. lankford: mr. president, we're in the middle of a have protracted conversation about tax reform. this conversation started in january. i heard people say it was riewshed through, -- rushed through, it started in january. there were hearings in the house and senate, different drafts, shot down and come back again and now we're in the 12th month of going through this process. as we get close to the end, i wanton outline what we're working on to tell the american people what is actually happening here. the focus here from the very start of it was two simple things. how can we reduce the rates for individuals so they can spend more of -- keep more of their own money and then spend their money to stimulate the economy. and the second question, how can we stimulate the economy? those two things are very clear. this dramatically simplifies the tax structure that we have and it reduces rates for people so that people have more of their own money t

republican senator james lankford of oklahoma says a bi-partisan group of senators will introduce thelegislation early next week. its goal is to improve communication between federal intelligence agencies and state election officials to stem foreign intervention in elections. republican lindsey graham and democrat kamala harris support the bill. it comes in the wake of allegations of russia's meddling in the 20-16 elections. (justine) power has now been fully restored at hartsfield-jackson atlanta international airport. the country's busiest airport came to a stand-still during a power outage today. it forced the cancelations of all incoming and departing flights-- the source of the power outage is unclear. the airports twitter page also noted, that 5-thousand plus meals are being delivered to standed passengers. (anchor) time now to check on our weather... with meterologist lawrence karnow. lawrence karnow: the winds which howled overnight calmed down in the afternoon leaving behind plenty of sunshine & cool to mild weather. it's still breezy tonight but the winds will decrease throu

senator james lankford and lindsay gram and we have introduced this bill. what it does is it says we have to share information with the states immediately. and that homeland security is sharing any threats to infrastructure and that secondly we give them grants. they have not created their equipment for over ten years. >> i'm reading this executive summary. the core sort of election integrity. cyber defense of the actual electronic areas for voter registration, is that correct? >> that's correct. illinois got broken into. as he practices things like backup paper ballots which we know would be very important if a hack were to occur. i know there's a territorial ethos. i've covered some of those which was covered after the florida debacle. it's on part of states and they have a sense of how to protect the integrity of future elections. >> a number of them are taking steps but i think it's frustrating to them, both republican and democratic secretary of state. they don't want to have that kind of equipment. they want to leave the house and want information. if

so senator lankford and i and two of the house members got to work on this thing and talked to regional v.a. veterans administration leadership. and we talked to the veterans. we talked to whistl whistle-blod identified three key problems that we needed to fix. this is interesting because these are three problems in my state of oklahoma, but they'd be the same thing in nebraska or any other state because it's not just in our state of oklahoma. the first one was the v.a. couldn't fire bad employees. you know, this is always a problem. you go into an organization. you find that things are not doing very well because there's one or two bad employees and yet it takes you a year before you're going to be able to get rid of these people. and despite having identified, it takes forever to terminate an employee. well, we fixed that in the summer -- this past summer when president trump signed the v.a. accountability act that included our language to allow the secretary of veterans affairs to immediately fire employees for misconduct or for poor performances. that was successful. we did it. that

. >> sandra: political reporting that james lankford wants to see al franken go through that process,hey of vermont told frank and privately, he regrets urging him to step down. interesting turn in all of this. >> kevin: i love it. the democrats promised something. they want to have the moral high ground. part of it was, it was a trick to go after donald trump. they resurfaced the sexual allegations against donald trump, because they thought with frank and stepping down. >> sandra: i wish we had a split screen with katie and marie, because marie is saying come and katie is smiling. >> marie: i love how partisan politics is the first way you go, knee-jerk reaction. you cannot talk about the issue. >> kevin: i have had a lot of practice because i watch leftists over the last decade. >> marie: 1960 word, leftists. >> kevin: they use al franken as bait, and the next thing you know, he's not going to go away. i am shocked that al franken is not going to go away. >> katie: they're worried about the senate seat going to a republican, even though it would look really bad now that a female lie

will talk about whether a deal will get done, including republican senators bob corker, and james lankfordghing in, adam schiff also joins the conversation. "morning joe," everyone, moments awa away. >>> we lock at the day ahead, halle jackson has more on that, good morning. >> reporter: hey there, good morning to you. even as the president is still savoring this legislative accomplishment, the big one on the tax cut plan, getting ready to at some point in the coming days sign the bill into law. there is also another big deadline congress is facing now, one to avoid a government shutdown, essentially at mid-fight when thursday, today, ticks owe into friday. >> that is going to be the bat tal we will be focusing on over the next 18 or so hours. because something needs to be done, frankly to get the loits back on. it seems like ain't ri at this point congress is going to punt to january, setting up real showdowns then. all of this, by the way, as the president continues to celebrate along with republicans the pass only of the gop tax bill. another busy day at the white house before the holid

. >> james lankford is now a yes vote. this is selloff. >> jeff flake who was holdout on the tax bill, we are getting word he will not be. he will be a yea vote. that would seem to indicate senator, there are enough votes there to get this thing passed. >> i think we'll get this thing passed. >> the market reacting to lots of news because it nervous. >> off the extreme lows of the day. we were down better than 350 points. now down 63. these are fast market conditions and violently swinging ones. liz: the dow in a roller coaster rise, down 350 points, retracing before ending down 40 points to 24,231. with all the turmoil is it is best week for the dow and dow transports as action was really hot on the tape. dow broke down below 24,000 earlier after an abc news report that michael flynn will testify that a top trump official now thought to be jared kushner or steve bannon, among others directed michael flynn to make contact with the russians. to capitol hill where senate republicans are getting ready to close out the vote on

but republican james lankford laments it, "the federal government and the irs should never have the ability through our tax code to limit free speech. this tax reform bill was an appropriate place to address this historic tax problem." the chances of this tax bill passing next week are improving. senator marco rubio is on board because the refundable part of the child tax credit has jumped from 55% to 70% for low income families, republican bob corker also announced he's a "yes" with a phone call to the president for the tennessee senator says, "i believe this one in a generation opportunity to make u.s. businesses domestically more productive and internationally more competitive is one we should not miss." senator thad cochran who had an outpatient procedure to remove and nonmelanoma is expect it to be here next week. and lawmakers think senator john mccain, hospitalized work obligations from brain cancer treatment, will be here too. >> i'm told he'll be here next week and voting. more importantly, and you know, we all wish of the best of health. >> two holds out tonight. senator jeff flak

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republican senator james lankford of oklahoma joins us right now from capitol hill, a member of the intelligencenks for joining us. >> glad to be with you, wolf i know you traveled to israel twice this year. what's your reaction to the decision announced by president trump. >> in many ways it's about time. it's obvious when you go visit israel and you sit down with the pript, you meet with him in his office in jerusalem. if you're going to visit with members of the knesset, you meet in the knesset in jerusalem. it's obvious to the world if you're going to meet with the israeli government, it is located in jerusalem. it's always been an odd thing. 1995 was the year congress passed wide bipartisan support to be able to move the embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem and declare the capital. that was reaffirmed by the senate as recently as this year with a naps vote in the senate to be able to relocate the embassy back to jerusalem where it should be and where the entire world should recognize the obvious thing there. the capital of israel is jerusalem. >> what do you say to allies, u.s. friends in the

they wrote down messages in sharpie on a big poster board to send to one of their senators james lankfordem know how unhappy they are about his support for that bill. in louisville, kentucky this weekend there was the trump chicken at their big rally. there were trash bags full of fake money at the big rally in boston. there were a bunch of cold people outside the courthouse in frigid milwaukee, wisconsin this weekend. for months now the treasury secretary steve mnuchin, the guy in charge of all the money, he has been insisting that the treasury department would churn out a super-detailed analysis of all the wonderful things this tax bill would do. he's been saying for months that hundreds of people at the treasury department had been working day and night, crunching the numbers for their big report. today we finally got that report. this is it. this is not like the cover page. this is it. this is the entire analysis from the treasury department. it fits on one page. it is 470 words long. and that's only if you include the footnotes. there are no calculations in this report. there are no

senator lankford, your proposal should be considered but only if additional reforms are considered as part of bipartisan negotiations. for years senator merkley and i have advocated for the talking filibuster. to filibuster nominees only with a significant effort and willingness to hold the floor continue debate. that's what you talk about. the time can be used if not be used on something else. before going to look at reforms that should be in a hastily scheduled hearing. during the last week during the session and when the other major legislation is being considered. i appreciate the markup was postponed. i hope it's not rescheduled until we've had additional hearings and we can consider a variety of reforms from other senators. since the republicans took over the rules committee has been dormant. in three years they've only had one substantive hearing until today. later schumer chaired the committee he took reform seriously. in 2010 we had six earrings on examining filibuster, or five months we heard from 26 members, we heard from legal experts and former parliamentarians, senator b

represent -- senator james lankford of oklahoma and representative brad wenstrup of ohio have introduced a bill to wipe out the district's death with dignity law. now, that bill was actually passed in committee, didn't get to the floor, i think because there are states that have such laws and two of them are states of our republican leadership. this controversial bill, but you got it in other states, which allows people to take their own lives if they follow a very strict protocol. you don't like -- you don't like it here, well, you don't live here. ou don't pay taxes here. trump's budget also -- president trump's budget also had this and, again, these have -- these are pending, i'm telling you most will not pass because i will fight tooth and nail to keep it from passing. budget autonomy, there is a bill that would repair, that uld -- that would eliminates our local budget autonomy act that passed by 83% of the vote in the district of columbia to keep our own local funds. we raise almost $8 billion on our own from coming here for no purpose except to perhaps attack something to overturn

. >> republican senator james lankford has proposed procedural rules changes would limit debate on executivend judicial nominations. he was the sole witness at a senate rules committee hearing on his proposal. this is an hour and 20 minutes. >> hearing will come to order. today the committee on rules and administration will receive testimony on senate resolution 355, improving procedures f

i was talking to senator lankford a week ago, they won't even carry a 20 in their pocket.do you think i'm going to go there and say you're wrong? no, i'm not going to do that. but i think there's a lot more good than bad. and i just think that in life if you try to make a difference, you are going to rankle people. there's going to be people who think you're crazy. remember, truman had a 28% approval rating. when i was in school, he was a near-great on everybody's list are. they tried to -- i'm reading this book on lincoln, carl sandberg's book on lincoln, they tried to impeach him. lincoln. they thought he was a dunce. so, you know, you've got to look back and understand somebody's not perfect and also understand when you try to do great things, people are going to get in your way. now, there's nothing great about the trail of tears, i get it. so i'll take it on, but i'm not going to be blindly defending anybody. but i'll blindly defend that war, that battle, his leadership and his confidence and his patriotism. he always had america's best interests in mind. matter of fa

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stuart: more coming in to us, james lankford, the republican from oklahoma, senator lankford, now, hencerned about the deficit. he is now a yes vote. >> yeah. stuart: so you've got -- look, as you say, liz, this is sausage making at the very last minute. one senator stands up and says i want this, other one says, okay, i've got it -- >> the thing is are they looking for backstops to stop the deficit from growing. do they want the triggers, what is it -- stuart: it's sausage making, and i wonder how much point the -- >> you know, when you're look at the deficit, everybody forgets about spending. why not put limits on government spending? stuart: good luck getting that through. all right, i've got to go. many of you are faithful viewers. a little over two years ago i became a u.s. citizen. that picture is of me after the ceremony. after the break, i'll play you the clip when a congressman handed me an american flag through the tv to congratulate me. it was a moment to remember, and it was two years ago today. how about that? >> oh, my gosh. stuart: and the senate continues to vote hour.

. >> john looks at the tax bill with the republican senator james lankford and independent senator bernie sanders. that's sunday right here on cbs. >>> president trump is at the fbi training headquarters in quantico, virginia, this morning. his speech to law enforcement managers comes at a sensitive time. last week the president said the bureau's rep tration is in taters over its handling of recent allegations. julianna goldman is at the white house. good morning to you. >> the president made quite a bit of news as he headed to marine one for that speech at the fbi. perhaps the top headline is the president saying alabama senate republican candidate roy moore should concede. he said we'd like to have the seat. but he did sound still optimistic that congress would pass tax reform by christmas. he said it could come as early as next week. now, on his way to the speech at the fbi, the president doubled down on his criticism of the bureau. saying it's a shame what's happened but they'll rebuild. now he was responding to retch lations that former senior investigators sent texts that disparaged

also, bloomberg reporting that senator hatch says he believes senator collins and senator lankford, twoholdouts on this bill, will get onboard. so republicans once again coming closer to that 50-vote line they need to get this passed, and there could be big implications for businesses if that deemed repatriation rate increases. back over to you, michelle >> how much higher, do we know >> we don't know yet what we do know is that the house version of the bill is already higher it's 7% and 12%, so there is a discrepancy between the two bills. this could just bring them in line >> got it. yeah, super important, especially to the tech industry. thank you, ylan. >> all right, president trump says the house senate tax proposals will cost him a fortune. but our next guest says that as the real estate investor in chief, the proposals are tailor made to enrich him joining us, jim stewart. an expert on the tax code. what i think of you as, given the time you have spent on it. and we have all made note, i think, of the president saying this and not being true >> it's preposterous i mean, this tax

james lankford the republican member of the senate homeland security and intel committees. good morning, sir. >> merry christmas. >> bill: to you as well. the democratic leadership reacting to the tax bill yesterday. >> we have a simple message for our republican friends. republicans will rue the day they passed this bill and you can bet democrats will make sure of that. >> american people saw right through this brazen con job republicans tried to sell them. >> bill: rue the day and a con job. >> i'm not sure any american will rue the day they get to keep their own money. some of my democratic colleagues believe you give a tax cut. you allow people to keep more of their own money. they can save it, spend it. both of those things help the economy. as the economy grows more people make more money and more tax revenue comes in. that's how the economic process works. this is not trying to destroy the government. this is trying to allow people to have more control of their own lives and money. >> bill: you didn't come on today to explain their position, but why did not a single

deduction, the you take the yes so we will get from corker, the turnaround by senator dean and johnson, lankfordfrom oklahoma persuaded on deficit and other fair tax, this looks like it is a done deal. >> a dozen roses to susan collins, saving my salt deduction. >> charlie gasparino -- neil: not necessarily in issue. >> a wonderful woman, paragon -- neil: you know, on any other day we would be racing ahead on this news, not today. >> what i reported earlier today, they were told directly, and it is 100% accurate, he was going to cut some sort of deal, they are telling people i am fine. neil: the president knows he will cut a deal. >> as that was happening, he was telling people, the last couple days, i am fine, and -- neil: you are a long way from that. >> the president himself, developing alternative realities to this, fake news -- neil: you didn't -- >> i said it was this way. that wasn't his voice. it gives you an insight into his mind. i am not saying the deal flynn cut, the market came back for two reasons after it was down, that flynn was able to testify against trump, there is progress on

i'd like to thank senators inhouse and lankford for introducing -- inhofe and lankford for introducing this legislation, and senator shaheen, one of the co-sponsors, for helping advance the bill through the senate and attentive to the needs of our granite state veterans. i proudly support this legislation and urge all of my colleagues to support this bill and immediately send it to the president's desk. mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california reserves. the gentleman fromtown it be. -- from tennessee. . roe: i have no other spreerningsd to close. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. takano: i have no further speak earns urge my colleagues to vote in support of s. 1266, enhancing veteran care act, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california. ardon me, tennessee. mr. roe: spreerningsd to close. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. takano: mr. speaker, i want on the othereagues side of the aisle. this has

lankford: maybe you've heard me discuss in public and in private conversations over the past year i believe the senate is moving gridlock from here on this capitol hill all across the city and across the nation. the reason for that is how we do nominations and the length of time on nominations. here's how it works. as this body knows extremely well, we have over 1,000 nominees that come from the president. the first year of a new presidency, a vast amount of time is spent in getting those 1,000 people through the nomination process. each one of those is selected by the white house. they do their own vetting and then they send them over to the senate. the senate has the constitutional responsibility for advice and consent. when they come to the senate they'll go through background checks and evaluations, conversations with staff on both sides of the aisle, then come to the committee. they'll go through a committee process and a hearing. they're voted on in that time period and then they move to the floor. when they move to the floor for debate, typically for most of the years of the senate,

we had james lankford in yesterday, he believes in due process the republicans believe in due process, why is it they believe in it one second for al franken, a guy they've served with and went up and hugged after telling him to get the hell out of the senate because of something roger stone announced to the world. >> is that is yesterday's democrat navigating the fact that they were, i'm sorry to use the term, if bed with the clintons. and so the utter, the unspeakable hypocrisy that they carry on their shoulders every day, that's yesterday's democrat. today's democrat has to understand that we live in a new, honest, very complicated world and that everybody involved with these situation versus to call it as they see it. not call it as they think the way the wind is blowing and they went to way the wind was blowing with al franken. you can say that i was victim shaming or whatever these words are no, i'm looking at all these cases of sexual harassment, accusers, i'm looking at the perpetrators. i'm talking to some of them on both sides and this one is political as well as problematic

senators james lankford and amy klobuchar will be our guests. they just introduced a bipartisan piece of legislation that will avoid for foreign interpret feerns in future elections. bob corker and chris van hollen will join the conversation and representative adam schiff will be here as well. are you watching "morning joe." we'll be right back. ♪ silver bells ♪ traders -- they're always looking for advantages. the smart ones look to fidelity to find them. we give you research and data-visualization tools to help identify potential opportunities. so, you can do it this way... or get everything you need to help capture investment ideas and make smarter trading decisions with fidelity for just $4.95 per online u.s. equity trade. fidelity. open an account today. ♪ open an account today. going somewhere? whoooo. here's some advice. tripadvisor now searches more... ...than 200 booking sites - to find the hotel you want and save you up to 30%. trust this bird's words. tripadvisor. your privacy makes you myt number 1 place to go number 2. i love you, b

but i do think there's -- and you're seeing new voices, new senators like tillis and lankford who have become involved in this issue that weren't involved in it a couple years ago. so that's a positive development. >> you know, sarah, i want to get another question, but i want to ask you, because your background both in texas as u.s. attorney and from i.c.e, is there something happening to your former agency that concerns you right now? do you think this would have happened in a previous era? >> okay, so a couple things. let me start with -- >> i think she wants to talk about this. >> let me start with facts that are facts that are -- facts that are reported sometimes are not always accurate. i know that is a news flash. but there was a newspaper i really admired and read every day in my prior life until they started reporting facts as facts which were not facts. so i would just encourage you to be -- what's the word? critical in your -- vigilant and critical in your reviews of news coverage on things because you have to be careful with that. one that was reported was that there was ba

and representative lankford of oklahoma says that it's going to explode the deficit he's a deficit hawk just like corker corker just came on board though and said that he's good with it as long as as long as there's a backup plan and that it does actually deliver the zero point four percent growth that was promised because if it doesn't that he wants a backup plan and then representative flake says that he's got can say it's our concerns again about exploding the deficit and then marco rubio no one's talking about him but he still to this point to this day saying that he's unsure about this and then representative mark i feel pretty sure that she's going to fall in line with this because of basically quid pro quo because her father always wanted to get the arctic drilling in alaska and she's basically using this as a means to get that through and i believe that if she does get that single issue that she will follow him on board but they can't afford to lose to lose but those two let me larry kudlow know him pretty well known economic commentator republican one of the president's outside