mr. evans: thank you, mr. speaker. i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the subject of this special order. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. evans: i want to thank my colleagues for holding this special order hour to talk about the c.b.c. special order hour this evening. as we discuss snap and other efforts by the president and the g.o.p. to shed the social safety net. i want to i want to thank the chairman to have to lead what we call the conscious of the congressional black caucus and i thank our chairman, chairman richmond, who is the one who came up with this idea for us. as we paint a picture of the black community in 2018, it is clear that we have a lot to lose, because too many of our neighborhoods unfortunately are still plagued by poverty, dysfunctional and crime. the g.o.p. progress not working we have a group hell bent on enacting jaded, outdated economic backwards legis

mr. evans: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise in support of the small business development center improvement act. i want to thank my colleague, congressman blunt of iowa, for helping in this bill. the small business development center provides assistance in philadelphia, nationwide to small businesses and aspiring entrepreneurs throughout the united states and its territories. it helps entrepreneurs the dream of owning a business and helping existing businesses remain competitive in a complex, ever-changing global marketplace. sbdcs are funded through a artner with s.b.a. advisors provide aspiring small business owners free business counseling and business development plans, manufacturing assistance, supporting ckaging, disaster recovery, program support, health care guidance. mr. speaker, last week at the enterprise center, minority business center in philadelphia, ran by a capable woman named della clark, i had the honor of hosting the gentlelady and the ranking member at a roundtable for lady entrepreneurs. i want to t

i would like to thank mr. evans for his collaboration on this bill and i would urge my colleagues to support this bipartisan legislation. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from new york is recognized. ms. velazquez feather i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. velazquez: let me take the opportunity to thank mr. chabot and all the members of the small business committee for working in a bipartisan manner. mr. speaker, we continue to hear about cyber breaches and unauthorized data collection. cyber security must be our nation's top priority, especially as it pertains to the health of our small business community. the small business committee has taken steps to leverage the small business administration's network of resources and partners tocy i acyst in education and development of cyber infrastructure. clearly we must do more to combat rogue nations -- rogue nation states and cyber criminals this key lies in a pro

mr. evans? no. mr. lawson? >> no. >> mr. o'halloran? no. mr. panetta? no. mr. soto? >> no. >> miss blotrochester? no. >> mr. chairman? >> yes. >> the vote is 26 yays to 20 nays. >> ayes have it. does any member give notice to file supplement or dissentering views? if show have them submitted to room 1407 by noon april 23rd, 2018. take this opportunity quickly to thaveng the staff on both sides. none of us on this side of the diaz have a clue how much time is spent, how many family events were missed to get us to this point and i sincerely thank you. without changing the substance of the legislation, the meeting is adjourned. >>> the house is expected to begin debate on the farm bill wednesday or thursday, setting farm policy, food programs and agricultural trade for the next five years. a final vote is planned for friday. watch live coverage for the debate and votes this week on c-span. >>> and a look at some of this week's live coverage here on c-span 3. tomorrow the ninth circuit court will hear oral argument in a daca case. regents of the university of california

mr. evans, five minutes. thank you. mr. evans for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. chairman, i'd like to express my concern regarding the text of the agriculture and nutrition act of 2008, the farm bill released last week. the importance cannot be overerated. pennsylvania farmers are facing the same challenges impact the agricultural industry throughout the country. with trending low farm income and a recent market loss of 42 pennsylvania dairy farms, the farm bill should be an opportunity to support our commonwealth valuable agriculture industry. the agriculture committee has released a partisan bill that will punish struggling pennsylvanians, especially seniors, individuals with disabilities and working families in your congressional district. this is a letter to me from governor tom wolf. as the ranking member said from the nutrition committee, he said that we should talk to the people who are on the front lines. but the governor also said to me, the farm bill has been a bipartisan effort because hunger is not a political issue. that's what the governor of pennsy

. >> the chairman yells back, mr. evans, five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman i write to express my concern regarding the text of the agriculture act of 20 oh eight the farm bill released last week. the prince of the farm bill cannot be overrated. as you know of any farmers are facing the same challenges of the country. with trending low income and the [inaudible] the farm bill should be an opportunity to support our agriculture industry. it has released a partisan bill that will punish struggling pennsylvania especially seniors, individual disability and working families in your congressional district. this is a letter from governor tom wolfe as the ranking member from the ranking committee he said we should talk to those on the front lines. the government also said to me the farm bill has been a bipartisan effort because hunger is not a political issue. that is what the governor of pasadena said and he is on the frontline. mr. chairman, i read the comments from him and it's i'd like to submit that for the record if that is possible and i understand i

judge leifman: we have been asked -- we've been at this for good friend mr. evans likes to say, it's an 18 year overnight the test. ,ut in miami-dade right now because of that situation involving the psychiatrist, if you get arrested on a misdemeanor, you are now evaluated at the jail with a new screening tool. , withineet criteria three days you are out of the jail, your transferred to a crisis stabilization unit and given an opportunity to stabilize. if you agree to go into the , you're not read books, you're taken directly into the courtroom where a peer is waiting for you, where your housing is there, clothing, medication, treatment, transportation, everything you need to begin recovery. ourrecidivism rate of mental health population went from 72% to 20%. so successful that the state attorney in miami-dade allow us to expand it to nonviolent felony cases. that program has a recidivism rate of only 35%, and over the last six years, it's a the -- we have the largest train squad of cit officers. 6000 officers trained in miami-dade county at all 36 police departmen

speaker -- mr. evans: thank you, mr. speaker. i'd like to thank my colleague, congresswoman clarke, for leading this critical special order to speak about the national epidemic of gun violence. an important topic to all of us . sadly, though, mr. speaker, it seems that most members only need to dust off their talking points from the last mass shooting, which was in florida at parkland. as the grammy winning artist kelly clarkson noted over the weekend, the same script plays out. vigilance are held and the dead children are in their thoughts and prayers and life goes on. with the most of the rest of us hoping and praying that our loved ones will not become a victim. let me repeat that, mr. speaker. the same old script, which we play the same old game over and over again. we have these vicles, we come to this floor -- vigils, we come to this floor, we make these prayers, and the reality of it is, we hope and pray that someone will not become a victim. yet nothing gets done because the g.o.p. leadership refuses to do anything about

danny davis of illinois for today, mr. evans of pennsylvania for today and mama are ino of pennsylvania for today -- and mr. marino of pennsylvania for today. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the requests are granted. under the speaker's announced the of january 3, 2017, gentleman from florida, mr. rutherford, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader. mr. rutherford: thank you, mr. speaker. i'd like to ask unanimous consent that all members have to revise ative days and extend their remarks and include any extraneous material on the topic tonight. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. rutherford: thank you, mr. speaker. it is my honor tonight to host my colleagues from the great state of florida to highlight the successes we have seen in passage of the tax cuts and jobs act. with job growth, wakes and labor participation -- wages and labor participation all up since the passage of this birblings hardworking americans and businesses are already experiencing the many improvements tha

. >> mr. evans, five minutes. >> thank you plr, mr. chairman. good morning as we gather here this morning to mark up the 2018 farm bill. it is clear that as thousands of communities exist across the country, both urban and rural, that lack of access to healthy affordable food, many will now have no way to pay for food because of changes in this bill. i'm very disappointed in the process and quite frankly very unhappy. the ranking member, who i believe has been one of the most fair, open, straightforward people you can ever meet -- as a matter of fact i was visiting his district in sleepy eye, minnesota. i'm happy to have been there. listening to him in his comment this comments this morning it is very clear that he knows and understands what is going on here. i come from pennsylvania, where i am proud to have served as chairman of the state legislative committee for 20 years. there i was able to secure billions of dollars for state, urban and rural programs. but in my work, i was able to work together with many members of the state, both rural a

. >> mr. evans, five-minute. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> good morning. as we gather here to mark the 2018 farm bill, it's clear that is thousands of communities across the country, both urban and rural that lack of access to healthy, affordable food, many have no way to pay for food because of changes in this bill. i'm very disappointed in the process and quite frankly, very unhappy. the ranking member lively has been one of the most fair, open, straightforward people you can never meet. as a matter fact i was visiting his district in minnesota. not many people have been there but i'm happy to have been there. listening to him and his comments this morning, it is very clear that he knows and understands what's going on. i come from the commonwealth of pennsylvania where i'm proud to have served as chairman of the probation committee for 20 years. i was able to secure billions of dollars for state, urban and rural programs, but in my work i was able to work with many members of the state both rural and urban. i came to congress in november 2016 looking fo

abrams and mrs. evans style as progressives, running on healthcare and transit. bring in s aims to young people and minority to defeat the g.o.p. is important d it to win, but georgia and candidates must appeal to moderates and d suburbs as state representative. massachusetts, hear from catherine next. catherine, go ahead, you're on. hi, pedro, good morning, c-span viewers. calling about -- i don't or 30th, too many gun shootings in the schools in this country. i'm a mother. i'm worry body children in schools not being safe, not safe and i'm wondering when the president is going to action. regarding that, he is the now, not president obama or any other president in the past. what action would you like him to take? to havei would like him some form of gun control like we massachusetts. within the people in we have gun control. willing to accept that we an't act like we're the wild west. and if you look at gun shootings hat have taken place, florida, and what not, these are states are the wild ey west. host: okay. let's hear from jordan in independent ate, line. ca

the clerk: nomination department of state, james randolph evans of georgia to be ambassador to luxembourg. mr. mcconnell: i send a cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the cloture motion. the clerk: cloture motion, we the undersigned senators in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of james randolph evans of georgia to be ambassador to luxembourg, signed by 16 senators. mr. mcconnell: i ask consent the reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion to proceed. all those in favor say aye. all those opposed no. the ayes have it. the motion to proceed is agreed to. mr. mcconnell: i ask consent the mandatory quorum calls with respect to the cloture motions filed in executive session today be waived. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. the senator from indiana. madam president, as we observe national po

she was introduced by two former members, democrat evan bayh and republican saxby chambliss. mr. former senator and governor of indiana noted she is without question the most qualified person ever nominated for the position. mr. chambliss a former vice chairman of the committee says he cannot name the last time so many former intelligence professionals agreed on a single nominee. and in her opening statement, acting director haspel outlined what she is focused on to better position the cia for tactical and strategic success and to accomplish its mission. the acting director clearly demonstrated why the president selected her, her character, her experience, and her commitment to protecting the country. she is the right person to lead the cia and the senate should confirm her. because the president is traveling tomorrow and we won't have a briefing, i'm going to take advantage of this opportunity to wish my daughter scarlet, who will be 6 tomorrow, a happy birthday. and with that i will take your question. jeff? >> sarah, you mentioned the cia director nominee gina haspel says toda

evan, good luck. i don't know. you two, you two, good luck. >> thank you, mr. esident. >> that's going to be a -- should we do a little test? >> yes, let's do it. let's do it. >> who is voting for patrick? who is voting for evan? >> this is his congressional district. >> your district. >> it was fairly close. it was fairly close. >> that's about as good as the polling gets in west virginia these days. four states that went for president trump all holding primaries on tuesday. joining me now, nbc news political reporter ali, polster and president of bellwether research, christine mathews. and msnbc's the great steve kornacki. steve, i want to start with you. i'm so excited to have the big board on "kasie d.c." what are we looking at on tuesday? >> well, we're looking at a lot. let's get the count down going, kasie. 48 hours from now we'll get a lot of results. you mentioned west virginia, four states with primaries on tuesday. let's start in west virginia. you just had trump there crowd sourcing the poll. this is the most recent poll we got out of this republican

mr. chadwick bozeman. >> october 28, 2014, robert downey junior and chris evans known as iron man and captain america to movie fans introduced to the press marvel's newest super hero. chadwick bozeman as "black panther." it's a monumental step toward turning the "black panther" concept into a reality. >> i would like to say it was a huge casting discussion and we talked about a million names. the truth was we talked about one name, chadwick. it was based on his work in "42." >> bozeman is known for playing figures in the african-american figure. including the first black supreme court justice thurgood marshall. the god father of soul, james brown there "get on up." the opportunity to play "black panther" takes him by surprise. >> i was on a press tour doing "get on up." i was headed to the red carpet. my agent called me. my agent is like, hey, marvel wants to talk to you. i'm literally about to get out of the car and get on the red carpet. as soon as you get off, you know, be ready. >> we brought him into the office. we pitched him the movie. i remember him saying at the end of the pitch, oh, i thought

a statement tonight, mr o'brien said he had made his decision to avoid any further impact to the delivery of health and social care services. now it's time for newsnight with evan but anti—abortion protests. just how close to the clinics should they be able to go and what is a cce pta ble they be able to go and what is acceptable behaviour?” they be able to go and what is acceptable behaviour? i have been able to carry a model of my dash of able to carry a model of my dash of a ten week—old fetus in my pocket because you come over that conversation, it is a clump of

mr. trump could talk himself into becoming a target." let's start with evanerez, who has been track thing investigation from day one. any sign the special counsel would consider cutting that deal with president trump's team? >> reporter: we don't see any signs of that yet. but look, a lot of this discussion is happening back and forth between the trump team and the special counsel's office. one person we talked to said that this is a negotiation that's inching forward. you know, essentially the president's team is trying to limit the questions, limit the scope of questions to things that are prepresidency. so that would probably take obstruction off the table. they don't want any questions on obstruction. they say the president is willing to sit down for a limited interview, perhaps a couple of hours with a limited set of questions. but then he can answer additional questions perhaps in a take home test version, the written test version. we don't though whether the special counsel will accept that. as a matter of fact, what we were told, the special counsel's

mr. updike, when is your last day? >> 31st of may last day. >> onto business. seeks authorization of a 5-year lease of 1305, 1309 evan at department of health. they can begin to address that for you. this is primarily for administrative and clinical counseling offices for youth and family services. the lease negotiated here is a fixed rate for the term, for the 5-year term of $36 a square foot per year. it has one 5-year option at 95% fair market rent. as noted in the budget legislative analyst, this was month to month for something just short of forever, over a decade. however, over the past four years we have been working very closely with d.p.h. staff, a variety of d.p.h. staff on site that's had outstanding month to month leases. all for good reasons outlined in the report and we have now taken that list to just two remaining after this, on month to month. so we have made great progress to get the portfolio in a little more stable condition. given the value of leasehold, appraisals weren't required. although the legislative analyst report recommended a lower rate than the holdover rate that's been paid, my person

evans, thank you very sich. ited president trump keep the united states in the iran nuclear deal? in a tweet today mr. trump said he'll announce his decision tomorrow. a cbs news poll finds as americans have an opinion on this are evenly split on what he should do, but well over half say they don't know enough about it. usijia jiang is at the white oruse. >> reporter: british foreign secretary boris johnson met with secretary of state mike pompeo nuday to urge the u.s. to remain a part of the nuclear deal with iran. >> which could lead to a nuclear orapon. b reporter: johnson did not meet with president trump, but dry have been trying to send him a message about withdrawing by appearing on fox news. >> you can't do that without atst throwing the baby out with the bath water, without scrapping the whole thing. because if you do that, you have to answer the question: what next? >> reporter: the agreement brokered by the obama administration, european allies, russia, and china in 2015 lifted sanctions on iran in exchange for caps on its nuclear program. >> this deal is the all-time orrst. >> reporter: pr

charges will be related to allegations brought forward in a new yorker article by lucia evans who alleged in 2004 mr oral sex on him at a meeting at the miramax building here in manhattan in what she thought was going to be a business meeting there. are other charges that may be veiled against mr. weinstein later today as well. first, he must turn himself in as he will at any moment. he'll be finger printed and booked and brought over to the county courthouse to make a court appearance. there are a number of different elements to this story, some of it is political. the manhattan district attorney has come under tremendous amount of pressure to bring charges against mr. weinstein. he passed on the opportunity to do so over groping allegations back in 2015. there are allegations made by politicians that mr. vance may have passed for political reasons. that's something he has denied. finally, there's the business side of this. mr. weinstein's empire on the movie side has completely collapsed including the film studio which bears his name which is going through a bankruptcy. we expect him to turn himse

and for someone like evan jenkins to keep the political dialogue to say that things are not true to hide his deep liberal background is very sad. >> bret: mrrrisey i understand, but as attorney general you did see with the major pill distributor, but at the same time your wife was lobbying for that pill distributor period is that not a conflict of interest? [cheers and applause] >> we have handled everything exactly right, i think most people in the state would say that we have a more effective taking on the opioid epidemic than anyone. i note when i got into office there was no substance abuse fighting unit in the state. we have turned things around her to the other point, you cited it, the statistics from 2007-2012, look, joe manchin was on the watch as governor. he was sleeping at the switch when pills were flooding into our state and it took me and the ag office to go after that aggressively. >> when he came into office, cardinal health paid for his party. they were so happy that patrick morrisey had won the attorney general, they knew that they had a friend. returning the money. >> he has a pain pill pledge. [cheers and applause] he h

evans and the other still unnamed. his lawyer says he'll plead not guilty maintaining any sex was consensual. >> mr.in did not invent the casting couch in hollywood and to the extent that there is bad behavior in that industry, that's not what this is about. >> the defense's strategy appears to be this bad behavior was part of the cultural norm in hollywood. that's probably not a cultural norm that's familiar to regular folks who will be on this jury. >> reporter: "new york times" reporter megan tuey first broke the story last october. >> there were so many things that helped protect him for so long. today in the courtroom it felt like those layers of protection fell away. >> reporter: weinstein ignored shouted questions yesterday. in eight months he's lost his company, his wife, and now his freedom as he awaits trial. some of his accusers including rose mcgowan plan to be in court in person to see justice served. >> that will be an emotional time in the courtroom. >> the fact they put the arraignment up live seems to lead to the fact that they'll maybe do the court live as well. this will all play

evans and wilfred frost. we're back in two minutes. mr. elliot, what's your wifi password? wifi? wifi's ordinary. basic. do i look basic? nope! which is why i have xfinity xfi. it's super fast and you can control every device in the house. [ child offscreen ] hey! let's basement. and thanks to these xfi pods, the signal reaches down here, too. so sophie, i have an xfi password, and it's "daditude". simple. easy. awesome. xfinity. the future of awesome. >>> welcome back to the "closing bell," i'm wilfred frost let's have a look at the laggards today pfizer down, merck down, and, of course, we've seen other drug stocks rise today on reports around certain cancer drugs. mcdonald's down 2.25% after a great day yesterday. >> overall temperature of the market, dow's down 138 points now, and russell hanging on to a gain of four and a half points small caps down 2% in three months so it's been a laggard. >> joining us to discuss more, michael belkin, michael, very good afternoon to you. >> thanks for having me. >> let's touch on the factors and attractions of small caps at the moment, one factor weighing on the

mr. president, if you are watching right now, let me tell you, your tweet was huge. >> it wasn't huge for house members. congressman evan jenkins was a runner-up for west virginia, and congressman luca metzler and todd were killed were casualties in indiana where a lesser-known businessman, micron, will challenge incumbent senator joe connelly with a campaign modeled on president trump's. >> when i sign. i feel back in 16, i thought, maybe we can get more of us in the senate. >> a trump like congress was helping the only g.o.p. house member to advance and he now faces democratic senator sherrod brown. >> make ohio first again and make america great ahead. >> richard cordray, and a favorite of senator elizabeth warren easily beat dennis kucinich for a chance to succeed john kasich. >> you demanded a change and we heard you, we want the same. speak out with the exception of california's upcoming primary where dianne feinstein failed to secure her party's endorsement in an aggressive challenge from state senator kevin de leon, the field is mostly set, so they are preserving resources to base a roster of republicans still b

republican voters will decide is it worse to be a former democrat that's evan jenkins, the guy who was born in brooklyn, that's mr is it worse to be an ex-convict? i don't know they're going to have to decided to. neil: well that is fielder's choice right there but did blankenship say that he would definitely run the third party, because i thought they had that law in effect. they can't. neil: but people could write him in if he so chose, right? >> well, you've got to be able to spell his name, but yes. that's correct but just to be clear, because i've got the attorney general here, mr. blankenship if you were to lose, could not run as a third party. >> there's a sore loser law so the most important thing is that he's saying he wanted to run and he's open endorsing joe mansion. that's not what a republican does. that's not what a conservative does. >> i understand, mr. attorney general. neil we're avenging the best we can today. neil: he didn't say he would support blankenship if he were the nominee at the end of tonight so we'll watch what happens. he did not. neil: a very super heroic effort i might point out.

the passage of h.r. 3663, and i thank my colleague, evan jenkins, for this introduction of the bill and his support for woody williams. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from tennessee is recognized. mr. roe: i'll continue to reserve. mr. walz: i continue to reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from tennessee is recognized. mr. roe: thank you, mr. speaker. at this time i'd like to yield four minutes to my good friend, mr. jean fan day. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from montana is recognized. jean jean i thank the gentleman -- mr. gianforte: i thank the gentleman from i rise today in support of this legislation, as well as the legislation i introduced along with the montana senate delegation to honor three montana veterans by renaming three department of veterans affairs facilities in their honor. these three veterans have shown the true spirit and dedication all montanans and americans should aspire to. ben steele from roundup, montana, joined the army air corps and was stationed at clark field i

a statement tonight, mr o'brien said he had made his decision to avoid any further impact to the delivery of health and social care services. now it's time for newsnight with evan davis. mps want to debate, not over abortion but anti—abortion protests. just how close to the clinics should they be able to go and what is a cce pta ble they be able to go and what is acceptable behaviour?” they be able to go and what is acceptable behaviour? i have been able to carry a model of my dash of able to carry a model of my dash of a ten week—old fetus in my pocket because you come over that conversation, it is a clump of cells, it is relevant to say that is what it looks like. also tonight, israel and iran. are they both itching for a fight? we will hear different perspectives. and from this, do this. after the most abject government apology for the facility and torture of abdul hakim belhaj and torture of abdul hakim belhaj and his wife, we ask how much it was and his wife, we ask how much it was a blight on the blair government's record? my dear friend, you won't leave me? and barbara windsor's husband has opened up about alzheimer's. we talk to people whose pa rents al

evan jenkins. a campaign ad confirmed the image saying the campaign took creative license. take the third republican contender in west virginia. >> but mr. blakenship, isn't it true you live in nevada, you pay taxes in nevada and in fact, your probation officer is in nevada and yet, you're running for u.s. senate in west virginia. >> and that's still not the end of the offenses of don blankenship. that's thing 2 in 60 seconds. >>> so convicted criminal don blankenship who finished a year in prison for conspireing to violate mine safety laws when an explosion in his mine killed 29 people, that guy is the third republican contender for the u.s. senate race in west virginia. he's trying to so hard to position himself as the anti-establishment candidate, he's unleashed by czar quasi racist attacks on senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. in one ad, he calls mcconnell cocaine mitch. based on some very, very tenuous and bizarre claims that drugs were once found on a shipping vessel owned by mcconnell's father-in-law. he also claims mcconnell has a conflict of interest with the nation of china citing mcconnell's wife transportation secretary

mr. speaker, during one of my recent weekly talk radio town halls, i spoke to a family member of a veteran who served aboard the destroyer, u.s.s. frankie evans, during the vietnam war. the vietnam veteran, richard, advocates for service members who died during the vietnam war but not presently recognized on the vietnam veterans memorial wall here in washington. the u.s.s. frankie evans provided naval gunfire off the coast the vietnam, including during the tet offensive. while conductsing friendly maneuvers outside the stone t. collided with a friendly australian aircraft carrier, killing 74 crew members. i introduced an amendment to the defense authorization act to engrave the names of the 74 crew members who died that day on the vietnam veterans memorial wall. their sacrifice and that of their families is worthy not only our mention but the high honor of being memorialized forever on the wall. i'm honored to lead this amendment and urge my colleagues to support t and look forward to the day the wall sen graved with the 74 heroes of the u.s.s. frankie evans. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his

evan jenkins internal patrick morrissey hope to beat don blankenship. as a result, he is gaining some traction. joining me now attorney general mr. morrissey. good to see you this evening. >> it's good to be with you tonight. thank you. >> we're glad to have you. explain to me what you said today about what see as campaign violations from the blankenship camp and why you reached out to his parole officer in nevada? >> couple of things. very big issue, don blankenship has a history of ignoring the rule of law. everyone knows about his criminal conviction relating to the conspiracy to violate mining standards. when you file as a u.s. senate candidate, you're supposed to submit your personal financial disclosures. you're wealth, your income, your assets and liabilities and don blankenship ignoring that. that comes with potential civil and criminal penalties. he just brushing it off like it's no one's business. this is important information for voters so they can actually know a little bit more about you. your finances and your conflict of interest. >> his parole officer said he doesn't see this as a violation. we know that don blankenship he d

evan, juliet, michael and renado. michael, these questions related to attorney general jefs sessions. what did you think and do regarding the accuse l of mrat effort did you make to try to get hem to change his mind? did you discuss whether mr. sessions would protect you in reference attorney general? what did you think and react to the news and appointment of special counsel? the special counsel still has a lot to ask him about that. >> right. don, he has a public record. the president has tone about it. he spoken about how he believe erick holder, the previous attorney general actually did a good job in protecting president obama and he sort of wishes that sessions would have done that for him, that's the insinuation he made. i think the special counsel is armed with a lot of the president's own public statements, tweets, his excellents that he's made to his friends which are then linked to the press. there's a lot of material to work with. the fact is jeff sessions has no choice but to recuse himself in this investigation, simply because he played a role in the campaign, and the justice department rules make it clear he has to recuse h

evan buy and republican sacks v. chambliss. they noted she is without question the most qualified person ever nominated for the position. mr.mbliss, a former vice chairman of the committee said he cannot name last time so many performance intelligence professionals agreed on a single nominee. and in her opening statement acting director haspel outlined what she is focused on to better position the cia for tactical and strategic success and to accomplish its mission. the acting director clearly demonstrated why the president selected her, her character, her experience, and her commitment to protecting the country. she is the right person to lead the cia and the senate should confirm her. because the president is traveling tomorrow and we won't have a briefing, i'm going to take advantage of this opportunity to wish my daughter scarlet who will be 6 tomorrow a happy birthday. and with that i will take your questions. jeff. >> sarah, you mentioned the cia director nominee. gina haspel said today the president asked her to do anything, to restart the interrogation program that the cia was criticized for, that she would not do t

evan jenkins. a campaign ad confirmed the image saying the campaign took creative license. take the third republican contender in west virginia. >> but mrit true you live in nevada, you pay taxes in nevada and in fact, your probation officer is in nevada and yet, you're running for u.s. senate in west virginia. >> and that's still not the end of the offenses of don blankenship. that's thing 2 in 60 seconds. your social security number on any one of thousands of risky sites, so you'll be in the know. ewww! being in the know is very good. don't shake! ahhh! sign up online for free. discover social security alerts. with tough food, your dentures may slip and fall. new fixodent ultra-max hold gives you the strongest hold ever to lock your dentures. so now you can eat tough food without worry. fixodent and forget it. >>> so convicted criminal don blankenship who finished a year in prison for conspireing to violate mine safety laws when an explosion in his mine killed 29 people, that guy is the third republican contender for the u.s. senate race in west virginia. he's trying to so hard to position himself as the anti-establishment candidate,

evan thomas said today in the post, well, none of us would be here if jack kennedy hadn't resolved the cuban missile crisis, maybe that is a little bit of a stretch. mr. thomas, i concede that point. but you think about what she did. she made us see this whole population in an absolutely new way. she said every child is entitled to a home. every child is entitled to play. every child is entitled to compete. they won't fall apart if they lose. think of the joy if they win. that was a revolutionary idea in the 1960s. equally revolutionary was opening her estate in maryland, timber lawn, to a camp for these children. how did that camp come about? because a woman in maryland called her up and said the kennedy family is doing so much hon this issue, why is there no place for me to send my daughter to summer camp? and mrs. shriver said where do you live? i live in maryland. she looked out the back window and she said, well, i live in maryland, and i have 200-acres! so she opened this camp. conventional? not exactly. she had no idea what she was doing. she was making it up out of whole cloth. she recruited her volunteers and her camp counselors in the local

mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent that notwithstanding rule 22 all postcloture time on the mcwilliams nomination be expired at 12 noon. further if cloture vote is invoked on the evans nomination, the time until 1:45 be equally divided in the usual form, and at 1:45 the senate vote on the nomination. finally, if any of the nominations are confirmed, the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, and the president be immediately notified of the senate's action. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent that at a time to be determined by the majority leader in consultation with the democratic leader, the senate proceed to executive session for the consideration of the following nomination, executive calendar 603. i ask consent there be 10 hours of debate equally divided in the usual form and following the use or yielding back of time the senate vote on the nomination with no intervening action or debate, if confirmed, the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, the president be immediately notified of the senate's action, that no further motions be in order, and any statements rela

in iraq mr bolton said quote they would be badly mistaken the caps the is bolton doesn't was also boots on the ground he's actually often off for bombs from the sky and i think that's what evan is very worried about now is where this inevitably leads especially as seems to be by saudi arabia and israel she have thank you very much for that for now that she has been tons and joining us live from washington d.c. . and iran's president was quick to respond hassan rouhani said his country has fulfilled all of its commitments to the deal. they've done nothing except put empty signatures on pieces of paper without doing anything about it the iranian mission on the other hand has agreed to everything and accomplished all its responsibilities we had some duties based on that agreement and we have delivered all of them but today we can see which is the country that doesn't respect international agreements we've done nothing wrong is not acceptable that the u.s. is pulling out let's go live to iran now our correspondent zain verjee is joining us from the capital and you know many people saying zain that what might happen to the deal will depend on what iran will do so what are they pl

during his confirmation process, mr. evans unfortunately presented conflicting accounts of his involvement in this effort to suppress voter turnout. he first said that he could not remember the details of how the letter was sent or who wrote it. however, other board members who served during that time period as well as summaries of election board meeting minutes from 2006 clearly reflect that mr. evans and the board as a whole appeared to play a central role in drafting and distributing the letters. these conflicting accounts trouble me. the right to express one's vote at the ballot box is fundamental to our democracy. throughout our nation's history, various actors have sought to systematically deny different groups of people this core right. those representing the united states abroad must embody and embrace our fundamental democratic values and ideals, and i'm not convinced that mr. evans will do that. you can't be advocating for democracy and human rights and seeking to suppress votes here at home. i do not think he has de