with dick durbin, i detect a similar thing. the democrats do not have the clout in this town right now. things can change. depending on what the next couple of elections do. he will be well positioned. particularly on international affairs. i think he is been a good senator from illinois. lynn: here is what is interesting about dick durbin. he is one of the few lawmakers who i have covered who could actually create an issue. see something out there and it -- and was able to articulate it. what do i mean? dick durbin invented the dreamer movement when he came across a young lady in illinois who do not have the term dreamer, he invented it. we have thisve -- young lady who realize there are 70 people who realize there are some a people around illinois alone who have been brought here illegally through no fault -- there are so many people who no matter where you stand on the issue, it is an issue that needs to be your -- that needs to be addressed. it durbin started the crusade that led to the banning of smoking on airlines. he id

front and center is senator dick durbin. he took to the senate floor yesterday to repeated that tedious trope that you americans are just too lazy or unwilling to do the jobs that only illegal immigrants will do. >> go to the local meat processing plant or the chicken processing plant and watch what comes out of that plant at quitting time. hispanics and africans taking what are pretty tough, dirty, rough jobs because others don't want them. not many of us say to our sons and daughters, i'm hoping they will, when you decided to pick fruit for a living. you hardly ever hear that because we know it's hard backbreaking work and immigrants do the work. >> laura: that is so offensive on so many levels, we can spend an hour debunking it and analyzing it. from my own personal experience, my brothers, my mother and i did all of these jobs. we did manual labor, fruit picking, paper route, restaurant work, my mother waited tables into her early 70s. if she were alive, i think about her a lot, i think she would probably show up at his

senator durbin. >> let me tell you a story. in 1982, there was an immigrant in the united states arriving at california that didn't have a college degree and spoke little english but carried a dictionary with him and had about $300 in his pocket and decided to go to school and a little girl that had a special skill that came with snowboarding. it's a man that might have passed some of the merit-based tests we are hearing around here but who came to the united states determined to make a livinlifeand bring the family f. they think it is time to change the narrative about america and its diversity and origins and truths. september 5 of last year it was the president who ended up ending the daca program effective march 5 of this year challenging the congress to respond. still no scheduled debate in the house of representatives. in order to pass a measure in the senate it takes both democrats and republicans to put together 60 votes on any proposal. each of the proposals we are bringing to the senate, whether it is senator mccain o

durbin: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. durbin: mr. president, i thank my colleague from delaware, tom carper. he and i came to the house of representatives together many years ago. he went off on another assignment, was governor of his state, and then came back and ran for the united states senate. we're lucky to have him. he is a great senator, a great friend, and a great colleague, and he takes on the important issues every day on behalf of his state and nation. i thank him for his support, for this conversation about daca and dreamers. i'd like to take a little different approach to this than i usually do on the floor, and i have come to the floor many times to talk about it. i'd like for everyone here who is listening to this debate to pause and think for a minute, what's the worst job you ever had? the worst job? maybe it was the worst job because it was boring, and boring jobs are terrible, but there are some pretty bad jobs out there. i could tell you my worst job. i was working my way through college, and i was working in what

senator durbin was quoted to say his bill was to get all democrats and 11 republicans to vote. but i will point out that is not a pathway to success. that says nothing about what happened in the house of the necessity of a presidential signature. if you want to make a law as opposed to engage in a futile gesture taking these young people's lives at risk in the process then what i would suggest democrats and republicans get on the bill and offer amendments then we can offer something to address those four pillars the president has proposed passing the senate and the house and signed into law. >> we will find out real soon if the democrats are serious or want a solution or if this is a campaign issue. what is in front of us is an opportunity for certainty and at the same time to strengthen the border security which is a priority for a long time to prevent these sorts of things to happen in the future. so those democrats up until now who have expressed an interest about immigration it is time to come to the floor and put your amendment out there and get some votes going. meanwhile

in particular, i thank again senators durbin and graham and senator flake, the presiding officer, mr. president, thank you, for their advocacy and efforts to find a bipartisan compromise. i thank leader schumer for his leadership in pursuing a resolution and leader mcconnell for keeping his commitment to have this debate. i thank them all. the basic facts of this debate are clear. the american people overwhelmingly support finding a solution for dreamers that protects them from deportation and provides a pathway to citizenship for those who work hard and play biff the rules. -- play by the rules. i believe a bipartisan majority of my colleagues want the same thing. the question before us is whether the partisanship and raw feelings surrounding this debate will prevent a solution to this crisis from becoming law. so i urge my colleagues, let us forge the bipartisan agreement that the american people want and the dreamers deserve. let us end this crisis. then after this bipartisan show of good faith, let us again take up the kind of comprehensive immigration reform that many of us in th

ultimately, we don't have to have the blessing of chuck schumer and dick durbin to pass a bill. that would be as if the gang of eight in 2013 had gone to mitch mcconnell and jeff sessions and saying they had to have their votes. we need the votes of republicans and anywhere from 9 to 15 democrats depending how many republican votes we get. i suspect if it's a choice between this legislation or nothing at all, we will get those votes. >> one more question. >> what is your count on how many votes you do have? >> well, i think we have been working with democrats, some of us have had several meetings as an ongoing effort up here. both parties are involved in this. interesting thing about this is that at different points in our history in the last few years, people on both sides have offered their support for different issues that are in the president's framework. you have to go back to barbara jordan and the commission on immigration that was presented to president bill clinton that laid out a move toward the solutions we have listed in this framework. just a few years ago in the ga

durbin: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. durbin: mr. president, this is immigration week in the united states senate and we are preparing to procedural moves to bring bills to the floor for consideration as early as today, perhaps tomorrow at the late et- at the latest. it is an unusual time when the senate is focused on such an important issue and amendments and substitutes are being offered. the reason we are at this point at this moment in time because of a decision by president trump on september 5 of last year when he announced that he was ending the daca program. the daca program allowed those who were brought to the united states brought here as toddlers to be on a renewable -- it was called daca. several stepped up and paid the filing fee of almost $500 and went through a criminal background check and interview and received daca protection. they went on with their lives. >> 900 of them enlisted in the united states military. undocumented, in america willing to hold up their hands to take an oath that they would die for america t

. >> and senator dick durbin who has worked with senator john kelly in meetings in the white house andngs in the capitol, when he heard about what john kelly said about lazy and saying it again tonight, senator durbin said it doesn't surprise me from general kelly. and marilane, i have to say to you that is truly condemning dick durbin when he hears this horrible statement from john kelly, that doesn't surprise me. that may well indicate me may have heard things like this from john kelly. >> from 2001 we at the national immigration center have been fighting 16 years, lawrence, along with senator durbin and other champions. and the fact that senator durbin had to sit there and endure the racial slurs from the president of the united states and today confirms he like we share the outrage of kelly's comments is really just damning. and i think it's a testament to where this administration is at, the fact it is simply a white nationalist administration. >> thank you very much for joining us tonight. josh, please stick around for a later discussion. >>> yesterday donald trump said that demo

>> well, first of all, senator durbin's comments are outrageous.s we know the president is proposing a very generous compromise. you are talking about 1.000000 daca recipients that would then lead to a pathway to citizenship. he wants a permanent fix. the democrats need to come to the table and need to provide a solution as opposed to playing politics with the lives of these daca recipients. with that being said, the democrat have to decide if they are going to be protecting the criminal alien or are they going to be protecting the american people? and that is why it is crucial at this moment for the democrats to come on board with this reasonable, common sense immigration reform package that the president has laid out, which the vast majority of americans agree with. they want this to have the solution. but, yet, the democrats continue to play with this political football and at the same time using the daca recipients as political pawns. >> martha: so the president, you know, it was a fascinating meeting. last time they all got around the table in

senator durbin said, "let's get this right for the department of defense. let's give general mattis and the secretary of defense the resources he needs to spend money wisely in defense of this country to make sure we never come in second in a war." this is an opportunity. we will put on the bill that we passed in appropriations dealing with d.o.d. back in september onto the continuing resolution, a place we do not want to be because back in september we want government to be fully funded. we do not think this is the best way to fund government, and we will send that to the senate. having just read these quotes from a few weeks ago and understanding what they want to get done, this is an opportunity that all americans can win on. our military men and women could have what they need, and we will not be using from a perspective of playing politics with this and we can continue to move forward to solve the other problems as well. speaker ryan: yesterday the president was in ohio to talk about the good news still rolling in on tax reform. just over this past wee

durbin. this is pablo desilva. pablo was brought to the united states from brazil in 2001 when he was 13 years old. he grew up in new jersey. here we are again, new jersey. here's what pablo has to say about his childhood. the same as every other kid growing up in the u.s., i attended middle school, pledged allegiance to the american flag and sang the national anthem. as i grew older i came to understand that one thing about me differed from my classmates -- i was undocumented. however, my parents always taught me to see barriers as a measure of perseverance and an opportunity to thrive. pablo was an excellent student. he dreamed of becoming a doctor. during high school and college, pablo volunteered at a nursing home every week. he also was a member of a group called doctor red nose. pablo and other members of the group would dress up as clowns and visit hospitals, nurses and nursing homes to cheer patients and health care providers. he was accepted at rutgers university. because he was undocumented he didn't qual

this week about >> tucker: democratic senator dick durbin of illinois was surprisingly forthright thisout why we need to mass tomm united states. immigrants provided the low-paying serf labor that american labor so desperately want, watch. >> the next time you go into a nice restaurant in chicago, look at who cleaned the dishes off the table and when the door swings, look at who is in the kitchen doing the dishes. by and large it's going to be immigrants were doing thosemi things. not many of us say to our sons and daughters i'm hoping the day will come when you decide to go and pick fruit for a living. you hardly ever hear that because we know it's hard to back breaking work and immigrants to the work. many jobs they feel are jobs that americans aren't jumping to fail. >> tucker: fruit is picked by machines, but whatever. brian, thanks for coming on. it's so striking for someone as old as i am to see a democrat to make case.ca there are millions of americans who can't get by, have the country can't get $400 in a days notice, they don't have any money.wh what they need are higher-payin

durbin, senator durbin and received the majority of the votes in the united states senate, but did not reach the 60 threshold and so the discussion goes on. shortly thereafter, president obama issued the daca executive order. none of this success would have been possible without the leadership persistence, optimism and the courage of senator durbin. and he has heard all of these stories, so many of these stories firsthand for nearly two decades. so i congratulate him and as i said earlier, our call today is for our speaker to give the same opportunity to house members to vote on our dreamers' bill, just as you were able to achieve in the senate, senator mcconnell, the senate leader, working with bipartisan groups, which you have always been a part, it has always been about bipartisan to pledge to bring to the senate floor a vehicle that you will act upon. no guarantees that the senate will work its will. what dignity that brings to the united states senate. what commitment to the purpose of america that is there. and feel like second-class members of congress over here when it's not wi

senator dick durbin. he serves as dick durbin's liaison to elected officials and other constituencies throughout the chicago and metro region. we also have richard driggers, the deputy assistant of the office of cyber security communications at the department of homeland security. he supports the implementation of operational programs designed to strengthen the security of the nation's critical infrastructure. we have ambassador doug lute, the senior fellow in the future of democracy project at the harvard kennedy school. a senior adviser at cambridge formeradvisors, and a career army officer and former u.s. permanent representative to nato. former career armyour moderator is jako of cambridge global advisors. he is the faculty member of chicago where he teaches cyber security policy. also, former white house liaison to the department of homeland security where he developed policies and programs chicago ro national security and cyber security. our conversation, discussion will be followed by audience q&a.

senator durbin, thanks for joining us. president trump says the nunes memo vindicates him in the probe. does it? >> no, of course it does not. the fact that the republicans in the house refuse to allow the minority report, a democratic response to their memo, is an indication that they're bound and determined to continue to find ways to absolve this president from any responsibility. i agree completely with john mccain. it was john mccain who said that trying to undermine the fbi and the department of justice is, frankly, doing putin's work. we ought to be trying to focus on an investigation at a professional level by bob mueller and not trying to find a way to obstruct justice or to absolve this president from any responsibility he has. >> i want you to listen to what house intelligence committee chairman devin nunes said about fisa abuse laid out in the memo. tke a listen. >> i think the american people understand that the fbi should not go to secret courts using information that was paid for by the democrats to open up

from the committee outreach coordinator, we have dick durbin, who serves as dick durbin's liaison to elected and other constituencies throughout the chicago and metro region. richard, who is from the office of cyber security with the homeland security, and he supports the development and the limitation of operational programs designed to strengthen the security and resilience of the nation's critical infrastructure. doug flutiebassador who is the senior ambassador of the future project at the harvard kennedy school center and a senior adviser at and isge global advisors a former career army officer and former representative to nato. our moderator today is jake, he is the coo of cambridge advisors and is the faculty member of the university of chicago's harris school where he teaches summer security policy and also former white house liaison to the department of what security he develops policies and programs related to national security and cyber security. and discussionn will be followed by an audience q&a, and with that i would like to welcome our panelists for this evening. in joi

there is a commitment as dick durbin is talking about to go ahead and do something on that. is that realistic? will that happen? >> well, democrats are certainly pointing to they have this promise, debate. it's not clear how a deal comes together right now. the outlines they're talking about still are fuzzy. it's not clear what they could agree on certainly the white house would support. so it's understandable they're separate in these two things but how immigration plays out is still very uncertain. >> why is immigration not included in this deal? explain that to folks. >> it's not really -- it's a difficult political thing for house republicans in particular to do, for speaker ryan to put immigration as part of a budget deal because that is being negotiated separately. it's always been a complicated issue for house republicans to vote for any kind of legal status for people here illegally. and beyond that, the big holdup on immigration negotiations that has prevented congress from coming to a deal for these daca eligibles is the issue of legal immigration, the president's

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dick durbin (d-il): but there is no indication the house takes this seriously.se democratic leader nancy pelosi agrees. she spoke on the house floor for hours wednesday - urging speaker ryan to vow to put daca legislation on the floor. in washington i'm jessica smith. (steve) that was jessica smith reporting. congress has until march 5th to strike a deal. (pam) the man authorities say killed two people -- including an n-f-l player-- in a car crash was in court today. criminal charges have been filed against manuel orrego- zavala he is accused of driving while intoxicated ... and crashing his truck into the victims' vehicle which was stopped on the side of the road early sunday morning. jeffrey monroe and indiana colts player edwin jackson .... were standing outside the vehicle at the time of the crash. orrego -zavala was arrested after fleeing the scene. prosecutors say orrego-zavala is an undocumented immigrant from honduras who has been deported from the u-s twice. (steve) happening tomorrow... canada's prime minister justin trudeau will be stopping by san fra

the grassley and durbin graham couldn't survive what piece of legislation could? the senate is taking the lead on this you aren't going to see anything potentially reach the lower chamber where a bill would have to be more in line with what hard line conservatives want to see on immigration to pass. >> julie: was the final nail for some republicans seeing chuck schumer's name placed on the bipartisan proposal. susan collins complained to the senate floor staff about it ahead of thursday's vote. >> they might be wary of voting that something that president trump and conservatives don't like on immigration. the gang of eight talks left a stigma around republicans like lindsey graham and marco rubio. their support of that kind of legislation followed them for years into the 2016 primary. a lot of republicans will be reluctant to back something that could be used to characterize them as someone in favor of amnesty. >> julie: what is it with the centrist republicans that have an issue with the family migration and visa lottery system. if you want to properly vet immigr

durbin: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. durbin: mr. president, this is immigration week in the united states senate and we are preparing to procedural moves to bring bills to the floor for consideration as early as today, perhaps tomorrow at the late et- at the latest. it is an unusual time when the senate is focused on such an important issue and amendments and substitutes are being offered. the reason we are at this point at this moment in time because of a decision by president trump on september 5 of last year when he announced that he was ending the daca program. the daca program allowed those who were brought to the united states brought here as toddlers to be on a renewable -- it was called daca. several stepped up and paid the filing fee of almost $500 and went through a criminal background check and interview and received daca protection. they went on with their lives. 900 of them enlisted in the united states military. undocumented in america, willing to hold up their hands and take an oath that they would die for america. th

there was a senator durbin who said it presents a constitutional crisis. when is oversight by the congress a constitutional crisis when it is our job to look at this and protect the rights of the american citizens? when we put this forward we're holding those accountable and do what we're supposed to be doing. >> julie: thank you very much. appreciate you coming on. >> jon: still ahead the national transportation safety board releases new information about a deadly amtrak train collision in south carolina over the weekend. what we're learning about the moments before that crash just ahead and what really happened to natalie wood? why investigators are taking a closer look at her husband nearly 40 years after her death. >> the version of events he has portrayed in the media we told the original investigators and portrayed since then don't add up to what we found. >> jon: right now the national transportation safety board sex am inc. the data recording from the amtrak train involved in the deadly crash in south carolina over the weekend. they recovered it un

here is dick durbin. >> to say that that's the end of the investigation, that this is all that donaldrump needs to fire rosenstein or bob mueller, this could precipitate a constitutional crisis, if the house republicans believe they've set the stage for this president to end this investigation, they are basically saying that in america, one man is above the law. and that's not a fact. >> so sandra, this is part of the reason that some republicans are saying let mueller's investigation go, because when he finds no evidence, according to them, then it is done. >> sandra: that's a fair point. they also have a fair point that you don't just sit the president down, and newt gingrich, you probably heard him so many times saying show me the crime first. you can't just sit the president down to ask him questions without providing enough evidence as to why. >> what did it satart out as? so far, we have seen little evidence. so now there could be other crimes, if you have general flynn lying to the fbi, if they were innocent, he shouldn't have done that, he should have told the truth, right? so

colleagues on both sides for an open debate on a solution for dreamers and in particularm also senators durbin and flake. thank you for their advocacy and efforts to find a bipartisan compromise also leadership are and mcconnell for keeping hishi commitment to have this debate. i thank them all. the basic facts are clear the american people overwhelmingly support finding a solution for dreamers that protects them from deportation to provide a pathway to citizenship for those who work hard and play by the rules. i believe a bipartisan majority of my colleagues want the same thing. but the question is if the partisanship will prevent a solution to this crisis so i urge my colleagues without bipartisan agreement that the people want and the dreamers deserve. let us end the crisis and ask lettuce again take up the comprehensive o immigration reform that many of us have already built a path to fix the broken immigration system once and for all. i do not believe however that solving the daca crisis that president trump created should come at the cost to radically restructure illegal immigration. acc

i want to play you what senator durbin said today. watch. >> there's not likely to be a daca deal.e'll work every single day on telephone calls and person to person to reach a bipartisan agreement. i think we're making real progress. i don't see a government shutdown coming. >> nancy, that's different from last month, which was democrats with a real appetite for a government shutdown. doesn't seem like there's an appetite now because they are making progress on this. you guys know the hill very well. you are well-sourced there. is that what you're seeing? >> one of my colleagues from "politico" reported this morning that they are thinking about the temporary one-year extension. i think democrats after the last shutdown, you know, there was a sense that they lost a lot of leverage with that, with the white house, and house republicans on the hill came out ahead on that, and i think that, you know, the yidea of a temporary one year extension -- >> who likes that? nobody likes that. >> it doesn't solve the problem, but they can take the contentious issue out of the midterm year and le

mcconnell, minority leader chuck schumer along with majority whip, john cornyn and minority whip, richard durbin. >> it is now wednesday morning the week the senate set aside to debate daca, border security, interior enforcement and other immigration issues. i promised i would clear the way to debate these matters this week and i have. i promised i would ensure a fair amendment process in which both sides could offer legislation for discussion and vote and i have. yesterday the congressional hispanic caucus released a letter thanking me for keeping my commitment and urge the senate to resolve this issue quickly. but we haven't even been able to get started yet. haven't even been able to get started. yesterday i tried twice to open debate and start the voting. both times my democratic colleagues objected. i'm a little for text frankly by the holdup. my democratic colleagues spent months months as we all know demanding the senate take up this issue and even shut down the government shut down the government unnecessarily i might add in order to secure this very week for this discussion but now the

as i said, dick durbin trying to convince his democratic colleagues to come on board. clearly there's a split within the democratic party. they are holding their caucus, retreat, three-day retreat on the capitol as opposed to the eastern shore to make sure they tend to this business, very divided and as well as house republicans, some of the conservatives looking at that deal saying it is way too expensive for them to sign off as well. >> dick durbin did say one of the problems with the last agreement, there was no funding for those community health centers so we'll see what he does convince people to do. suzanne malveaux, thank you. president trump faces another deadline. only has until the end of the week to decide on the release of the democrat's memo. it refute republican claims that the justice department abused its authority in the russia investigation and claims that the president has applauded. the white house says he'll rely on the intelligence authorities, that he has openly distrusted. caitlin collins is at the white house for us. any new hints on the timing

dicker durbin, from the state of illinois and orrin hatch, from utah, introduced a bipartisan bill to provide a means, to provide undocumented youth college, lawful status here in the united states, but also an opportunity for them to get permanent residency status which allowed them to get a green card and then eventually snip citizenship. so had broad bipartisan support, '0% of americans are in support of the the dream exact the path to citizenship for young people, yet it's been stalled in our congress now for 18 years. daca was an executive order by president obama, that occurred in year 2012, and what daca refers to is deferred action for childhood arrivals. what it did overnight was provide these young undocumented people the removal of the threat of deportation, but also given work authorization, and so literally within hours, a million young people were able to have the opportunity to apply for daca, move out of the shadows, and become full participants in our society. the average person with daca arrived her when they were six years of age. they're now in their mid-20s. 55% o

spo is so sahil, we just heard senator durbin say he doesn't see a shutdown coming.re things going to play out differently this time around? >> i think what's different is democrats don't have the kind of appetite for the confrontation that led to a three-day shutdown last time. they have extracted a promise, as senator durbin alluded to that in clip from mitch mcconnell the senate majority leader, that there will be an immigration debate. that means floor considerations, that means amendments and votes. it's not guaranteed, it's far from certain anything will pass, but democrats want a shot at it. the two big obstacles i see for immigration once they clear the government funding and pass yet another short-term bill is that on the democratic side, they firmly object to president trump's plank and his immigration plan that would cut legal immigration through sponsorship of adult children. and on the republican side, president trump seems to be getting impatient, saying he's willing to walk away from a deal if democrats don't accept his premise. in the house, that is w

dick durbin was on tv this week talking about the path forward here.e a listen to what he had to say. >> i think that we are trying to make a deal. we're going to see. but the democrats, i really believe they don't want to make a deal. and think of it, they've given up on daca and that's supposed to be theirs. it's ours. >> there is not likely to be a daca deal, though we're working every single day on telephone calls and person-to-person, to try to reach this bipartisan agreement. i think we're making real progress. i don't see a government shutdown coming, but i do see a promise by senator mcconnell to finally bring this critical issue that affects the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in america, finally bringing it to a full debate in the senate. >> all right, sahil, we got a two-for, president of the united states and dick durbin on the heels of that. lets get reaction from that. >> first on the government shutdown, david, i don't think that's likely to happen. i don't think democrats have another sort of confrontation the way we saw earlie

durbin saysr olympic gold medalist chloe kim's story is the story of immigration. he evoke the story of her father's trips did on estates from south korea which is the couple hundred dollars. she won a gold medal for the u.s. today in the half pipe. former white house can indication's director anthony scaramucci says president trump's chief of staff john kelly should step down. tweet came after the fbi revealed it notified the white house in july about domestic violence allegations against former white house staff secretary rob porter. thatny scaramucci tweeted general kalani -- in general kelly "almost certainly knew mark: in sweden, a trial began today -- the case of a man who ramming a stolen truck into a crowd in downtown stockholm in april of 2017. the man is charged with terror-related murder and attempted murder. he told officials he wanted to punish sweden for taking part in the fight against islamic state. the prosecution is asking for a life sentence. a british judge has upheld an arrest for the wikileaks founder julian assange. he spent more than five ye

dick durbin holding on to hope after his party took the brunt of the blame for the last shutdown. >> good news as well is that we have a public commitment from senator mcconnell to take up this issue involving the dreamers, bring it up on the senate floor if we have not reached an agreement before that. so i think we are moving forward in a positive way but i have got my fingers crossed to make sure we go to the finish line. this is an issue, this is a problem and challenge created by president trump on september 5th when he ended the daca program. many times we felt we had an agreement with president trump and within an hour or two, he turned and walked away. so he is a tough person to nail down. >> sandra: just in the last hour some drama on the house floor from the minority leader nancy pelosi over dreamers. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel is live on capitol hill for us. what's going on? >> sandra, good afternoon. all sources i have spoken with say they expect an agreement later today on a two year spending cap deal but for now house democratic leader nancy pelosi s

this was another one of senator durbin's main concerns. a simple -- a similar bill and simpler bill passed the house of representatives last year that is similar to the amendment i tried to offer and senator durbin objected to in the year 2016. it would simply stop the v.a. from referring veterans to the gun ban list without first finding them a danger to self and others. however, it does not set up any system to make that happen. the argument is that putting veteran -- that this puts veterans using the v.a. in the same boat as somebody else and of course i'm sympathetic to that argument. but the legislation i'm introducing today was a good-faith effort to overcome objections that have prevented action on this important issue in the past. my bill solves a problem that has existed for many years, denying ve veterans their second amendment rights. veterans should not be subject to a harsher standard than what the government is subject to. veterans deserve full due process protection when their constitutional rights are at stake. and that's t

and other here and we spoke optimizes supported chiefly by my colleague senator durbin, also supported by the rising -- presiding officer on to have president trump and the republican majority find a way to say no or to stall the process. this week, however, the senate has an opportunity to address the panic expressed, not just those on daca in assam is but also for our nation's businesses and our broader economy. and grd senator flake, the presiding officer, mr. president, thank you, for their advocacy and efforts to find a bipartisan compromise. i thank leader schumer for his leadership in pursuing a leadership in pursuing a i think leader schumer for his leadership in pursuing a resolution and leader mcconnell for keeping his commitment to have this debate. i thank them all. the basic facts of this debate are clear. the american people overwhelmingly support a finding solution for dreamers that protects them from deportation and provides a pathway to citizenship for those who work hard and play by the rules. i believe that our part of the majority of my colleagues want the same thin

the number two democrat in the senate, dick durbin put it that way on "state of the union." >> to say that is the end of the investigation and this is all that donald trump needs to fire rosenstein or fire robert mueller. i tell you, this could precipitate a constitutional crisis if the house republicans believe they set the stage for the president to end the investigation, they are saying in america, one man is above the law. that's not a fact. >> at the same moment former white house chief of staff reince priebus was on "meet the press" saying he never thought robert mueller as special counsel was at risk. >> i never felt of all of the things we went through in the west wing, i never felt the president was going to fire the special counsel. i only know what i dealt with and i can tell you i never felt there was some sort of collusion or obstruction situation going on in the west wing. >> just a reminder, priebus left the white house back in july. >>> a special agent with the fbi turning in his badge to protest what he believes is a bureau politicized by the republicans and trump adm

democratic durbin wants to avoid shutdown but pushing for bipartisan deal on daca. >> there's not likely daca deal though we are working every single day on telephone calls and person to person to reach try to reach this bipartisan agreement. i do see promise by senator mcconnell to address the issue that affects hundreds of thousands of people in america to finally debate in the senate. >> republican senator john mccain and chris cooms are introducing bipartisan plan to pathway to citizenship. it's time we end the gridlock so we can quickly move onto completing a long-term budget agreement that provides our men and women in uniform the support they deserve while reaching a deal cannot some soon enough for america's service members, the current political reality demands bipartisan cooperation to address the impending expiration of the daca program and secure this southern border, lawmakers have until this thursday february 8th to approve funding and possibly, possibly get a deal on daca, if not, there could be another government shutdown on thursday. heather: yeah, the mccain-coons proba

is under way on immigration in the office of the stepy hoyer and dick durbin. we are on the mark ets again tomorrow for you. charles payne is here with you for "making money." charles: we have a jam-packed hour for you. we started with his wild trading session upon wall street. after a volatile session. we had a range of 1,167 points. the largest was yesterday's session. of course, the outcome this time slightly different. though it felt like the market could have gone in any direction when i made this prediction on varney. charles: it seems like a coiled spring. the anxiety is there and you can people the last hour of trading will be absolutely mind boggling. charles: there is one more segment i didn't show you write said the dow would close at 24,800. i had a chance to bring in the best and brightest. some of my oldest friends are here. oliver, you got a raise since i saw you last. vince rinehart a former federal reserve employee. chris, i think you were pretty optimistic the last week. i saw some of your tweets and i know how you operate. but people were sca

this is a companion legislation to the bill introduced by senator durbin in the senate. i thank him for his leadership as well as my colleagues in the house, ranking member bennie thompson, representatives robin kelly, and miss gonzalez in joining me in this effort. working together we can can crack down on these domestic terrorist organizations and ultimately save lives. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house the following enrolled bill. the clerk: h.r. 470 , an act to amend the homeland security act of 2002 to require the secretary of homeland security to issue department of homeland securitywide guidance and development training programs as part of the department of blue campaign ty nd for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. thompson, for five minutes. mr. thompson: thank you, mr. peaker. the speaker pro tempore: mr. speaker, february is career and technical education month. as co-chair of the career and technical education caucus and senior member of the committee on educat

durbin: thanks, mr. president. mr. president. >> thanks mr. president. i come to the floor today to speak of an issue which really defines america. with the exception of native americans who preceded us, with the exception of many african-americans who were brought here in bondage, virtually all of the rest of us are the sons and daughters of immigrants to america. immigrants from literally all over the world who have come to this nation and made us different, different in a positive way. they have given life to this democracy. they have given hope when it comes to our future. they have inspired us. i will be the first to admit that i do not come to this debate without strong personal feelings like millions of americans. i am a son of an immigrant. in 1911, 107 years ago my grandmother came to this country with three little kids. one of those kids was my mother. she was two years old when they landed -- their ship landed in baltimore. my grandmother didn't speak a word of english but somehow she managed to take those three kids and make her way to join m

senator dick durbin told why he wouldn't support the president's plan even though he supported a similar plan back in 2013. >> the answer is obvious. the comprehensive reform gave a path to legal status over a long period of time. we swept away all the existing applications for family members seeking visas. over 3 million of them, the backlog was going to be wiped away and we were going to bring them into the united states, and then moving forward, change the standard. that is not what president trump is suggesting. understand what they are proposing. they want to cut legal immigration into the united states of family members, some of whom have waited 20 years or more to join up with their families here. this is month longno longer abo security for the united states, it is not about competition for american jobs, it is an effort by them to make a different economic policy in the future, one that envisions an america much different than it is today. this is not an acceptable premise. >> before the government shut down over the dreamers two weeks ago found that 66% of americans polled thou

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dick durbin / iillinois (d)but it's no guarantee at the end of the day that anyone who is currently in status is going to be protected in the future.bryan villamar a dreamer from texas, says it's hard dealing with the uncertainty.bryan villamar / texas dreamersometimes you feel like you want to throw it all away, just give up. but to be honest these are the moments when you see how our government works.senator durbin -the senate minority whip -says there are no current daca negotiations that he knows of. in washington alexandra limon. coming up at eight.. president trump is pushing to arm teachers ... in the wake of the florida school shooting. find out which school district already lets its employees pack heat. plus... a northern california man arrested for trying to join isis.how long he could spend behind bars. and next... two brothers arrested in separate child pornography cases, released from jail.and tonight..some bay area officers are not happy about it. ((lawrence tease))i'm kron 4 chief meteorologist lawrence karnow.coming up, i will take a look at your 7 day forecast. details

this is what dick durbin said as it relates to immigration over the potential shutdown over the weekend. >> i don't see a government shutdown coming. i do see a promise by senator mcconnell to finally bring this critical issue that affects the lives of hundreds of thousands of people. finally bringing it to full debate in the senate. that is what we were looking for with the shutdown. we achieved that goal. we are moving forward. >> it seems by listening to durbin they will not hold daca hostage to a shutdown this time around. maybe a change in perspective? >> i think they learned a lesson last time when they shut the government down to get some promise from mcconnell that he would bring up a bill to address daca. the public opinion polling after that incident did not reflect a positive image for the democrats. they looked like they were shutting the government down to protect undocumented immigrants. if you are a democrat right now, you have to wonder if mcconnell will fulfill that promise ahead of the deadline. will he bring some immigration bill forward or if they will bring up a cle

>> reporter: e i spoke with senator dick durbin. senators saying don't let the president taunt you, don't fall into his trap. there is a possibility of immigration on the one hand and also this big budget deal, a bipartisan deal that could avoid some of the short-term spending deals, if you will, spits and stops and funding the government. here is what they are looking at, the potential here it would fund the government for six weeks while they sort out other things that democrats and republicans want. significantly increasing expense as well as domestic spending in the tune of $300 billion-plus dollars, includes a disaster relief package for those areas ravaged by the hurricanes. also raises the debt limit past the midterm election so it's not a political football and funds community health centers for another two years. senator durbin saying look to his colleagues on the house side, house democrats who desperately wanted to tie this to an immigration bill, saying that was really their leverage saying don't fall into that trap afte

he says it takes a special kind of person to create a worse piece of legislation than the graham-durbin bipartisan bill. he is talking about john mccain and chris kuhn. >> i was struck by his comments. it's really not the democrats for the white house's problem on this issue, it's the republicans. the republican it party itself is split on the issue of immigration. at the very beginning of his appearance on your show, he didn't mention that. the other elements of the white house's proposal which have to do with illegal immigration restriction. that's where the differences among republicans. you have tom cotton on one hand who wants to limit chain migration, you have republicans in the center of the party like lindsey graham and john mccain who are less interested in that kind of policy proposal. that's where the divide is on this and i think the white house got over their skis and trying to get some of those elements tied together with a daca fix and border wall funding. if they had been a little narrower i think -- democrats really want to daca fix, republicans really want the wal wall