mcconnell: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from colorado. mr. gardner: thank you, mr. president. i ask unanimous consent that my fellow john price, be granted floor privileges for the remainder of the year. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. gardner: mr. president, i rise to speak about the defense appropriations bill, con lating senators shelby p and others for putting together a very good product. for my home state it will give installations such as peterson, buckley, the air force academy, fort carson in colorado springs and beyond. this provides the first sig can't pay raise for soldiers, sailors, air mern and marines for -- in over ten years. in the -- i want to highlight several provisions related to these areas. the funding provides $356 million in additional funding to expand and accelera

mcconnell: now, mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 4:00 p.m. monday, august 27. further, that following the prayer and pledge, the morning business be deemed expired, the journal of proceedings be approved to date, the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day, and morning business be closed, and that following leader remarks, the senate proceed to executive session for the consideration of the johnson nomination, and that notwithstanding rule 22, the cloture motions filed during yesterday's session ripen at 5:30. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: so if there is no further business to come before the senate, i ask that it stand adjourned under the previous order. the presiding officer: the senate stands adjourned until 4:00 p.m. on m >> sunday night on after words, an economist discussing her book "edge of chaos, why democracy is failing to deliver economic growth and how to fix it". s

senator mcconnell has given his view. the problem is from my standpoint, the winners and losers stayed around that is the majority and minority stay around. and they have to work together or traditionally they've had to work together and that's because we are not a parliamentary system and so, traditionally when a senate worked well it's because the majority and minority could come together on things to build enough broad support. the other part of it is although politics as a contact sport and there's a great deal at stake, winning isn't everything. you have to sort of way and in a way that maintains the institutions and the government. and i think that is what is in danger here at the moment. >> host: the context ought to have a broader definition as we look at the political elements it's one thing but winning for the american people is totally different and it seems to be that is what is driving so much of the environment today. >> part of this has been a more tribal politics over a long period of time. no question tha

mitch mcconnell was silent today. he was silent today in the face of a president publically obstructing justice. mitch mcconnell could not find one word to say about it. presidents of the united states cannot comment on ongoing prosecutions and mitch mcconnell used to know that. everyone knew that. prior to donald trump it only happened once in the modern history of the presidency, and it was a shocking mistake made by the well-trained lawyer turned president richard nixon. >> i noted for example the coverage of the charles manson case when i was in los angeles. front page every day in the papers. it usually got a couple minutes on the evening news. here is a man who was guilty, directly or indirectly, of eight murders without reason. >> and the country and the news media were stunned because the problem was charles manson was still on trial for those murders when the president of the united states said that he was guilty. and so immediately that very day in court in los angeles charles manson's lawyers moved for a mi

we heard senator mcconnell. most of the individuals, unlike president trump have had 20, 30 years of working together, ted kennedy and john mccain, ten years ago at the funeral. donald trump is in a completely, unconventional figure that's come into our political life. >> i think that's an excuse. you don't have to be here 20 years to -- i hope he could have read the history, the john mccain history. you can read how he was ejected from his plane. he broke his arms. >> i don't know about this -- >> you do know. the excuses for donald trump here. >> you are saying he's not an experienced politician. >> right. the last person who is going to be in position to say anything negative about john mccain is myself. i revered him and owe everything to him. however, i do think and important for this program, to explore the whys. there are some elements to this that i think are different. he doesn't have the 30 years here in washington. he is not experienced. yes, you might say that's a human reaction of someone. for all i

mcconnell: i ask consent the reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent the mandatory quorum call for the cloture nomination be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent that the injunction of secrecy be removed from the following treaty transmitted to the senate on august 28, 2018, by the president of the united states. amendments to the treaty on fisheries between the governments of certain pacific island states and the government of the united states of america. i further ask that the treaty be considered as having been read the first time, that it be referred with accompanying papers to the committee on foreign relations, and ordered to be printed and that the president's message be printed in the record. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the consideration of the following nomination. executive calendar 1060. the presiding officer: without objection. the cle

mcconnell was convinced it was a hind hinderan hinder to free speech. watching them fight for years, i never thought that the two of them would be able to reconcile. not only did they reconcile, they did in a big way. mcconnell went to see him in arizona and talked about it. >> that's william cohen. he was a republican senator from maine as well. he is there paying his respects as well. you see john bolton, the national security adviser, is there as well. they are all going to be walking up to that casket, paying their respects. >> i don't know if you saw it, wolf, at the beginning of the line was defense secretary john mattis. they came up as a group. and also chief of staff john kelly. a whole group from the white house. >> dick durbin, patrick leahy. members of the senate democrats and republicans paying their respect to this wonderful man, john mccain. it underscores, david axelrod, his unique ability to bring people together. you were talking about campaign finance reform. remember who his partner was on campaign finance reform, russ finegold. john

mcconnell: now, mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 10:00 a.m. tuesday, august 28. further, that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the journal of proceedings be approved to date, the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day, and morning business be closed. and that following leader remarks, the senate proceed to executive session to resume consideration of the johnson nomination under the previous order. i ask that the senate recess from 12:30 to 2:15 to allow for the weekly conference meetings. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: if there is no further business to come before the senate, i ask it stand adjourned under the previous order under the provisions of s. res. 619. the presiding officer: under the previous order and pursuant to s. res. 619, the senate stands adjourned until 10:00 a.m. on tuesday, august 28, 2018, and does so as a further mark o

>> take what mcconnell said in the last 48 hours, that he thinks sessions should stay. i think lindsey graham was right. a year ago, when he said, it would be holy hell to pay if sessions were fired. i think the president would have a lot of difficulty trying to confirm someone to replace jeff sessions. >> after that story broke that mcgahn spent all that time with mueller. a fake piece today implying that because don mcgahn gave hours of testimony to mueller he must be a john dean rat. there is the dean precedent who was nixon's white house council. who also did time in prison. when you think about what it is mcgahn knows. >> nobody knows all of what he knows. but he's been at the president's right arm as the president has committed some acts that very plausibly amount to obstruction of justice. there's a credible case of obstruction of justice right now against the president of the united states. don mcgahn has been at his side through all that he knows, the motive, he knows what the president said, when he wanted to fire comey initially. he wanted to provide a pretex

then mitch mcconnell will speak. paul ryan, the speaker of the house will follow.-president of the united states, mike pence will speak. then there will be this presentation of the senate wreath jointly been mcconnell and schumer, followed by the presentation of the house wreath by paul ryan and the minority leader nancy pelosi. there will be a presentation of the administration, the trump administration wreeath by the vice-president, a final benedicti benediction. people from the public will be allowed to walk in and pay their personal respects to the late senator. it's going to be very emotional, especially for this very, very loving family. >> yeah, you can see meghan's husband is there along with other family members and some members of congress. this has already been a poignant week, this poignant moment -- >> the vice-president is there with his wife. >> and speaker ryan and mitch mcconnell. made more poignant by that sudden rainstorm. if i were prone to metaphor, you might say the nation is weeping for this man today. >> that's something that senator mccain

mcconnell: i send a cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the 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 a. marvin quattlebaum jr. of south to be united states circuit judge for the fourth circuit signed by 17 senators as follows. mr. mcconnell: i ask that the names be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. question is on the motion. all those in favor, say aye. those opposed, say no. the ayes do have it. mr. mcconnell: i move to consider calendar number 1009. the presiding officer: question is on the motion. all in favor say aye. t-those opposed, say no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: the judiciary julius ness richardson of north carolina to be united states circuit judge for the fourth circuit. mr. mcconnell: i send a cloture peti

and mcconnell wanted confirmation of the 12 judicial nominees by executive appointments. and if the democrats agreed to it they would have had to come back next week. that would've been good for the democrats because you're a bunch of democrats running in tough races. and stay said donald trump carried by big margins in 2016. so you get back on the campaign truck. schumer came under heavy pressure from the left. in fact, brian fallon, the executive director of one of the advocacy groups, he was tweeting, urging people to call senate democrats and kill the deal. it's interesting we have a former senior chuck schumer aide now working for an advocacy group pressuring democrats not to agree to nominations package. joe manchin iii, from west virginia said let's just pass this and there's no point in hanging around. these are noncontroversial nominees have been passed in the judiciary committee. you are just wasting time. but i think there's a lot of pressure on democrats to resist the trump agenda and slow it down at any cost. >> interesting. we will continue to follow you, yo

mitch mcconnell says he has total confidence in the attorney general.gh in on the point that rachel just made, there are these obscure regulations that would allow the president to effectively take control. >> you wanted me or jeff to jump in. >> ron, go ahead. >> yeah. i think the mcconnell statement is about november. it's not about jeff sessions. i actually think lindsey graham is a better predictor of where congressional republicans' sentiment would be after november. i mean, there's nothing in the last 20 months i would think that would lead you to conclude that mitch mrk connell would stand up to protect sessions after the election if getting rid of him is still what the president wants to do. i think mitch mcconnell who is a shoed political operator, he can read the polls as well as anybody, he knows there are a lot of traditionally republican leaning voters who may like some of the economic policies that have been pursued over the last 20 months but who are very uneasy about the president ecommitment to the rule of law, very uneasy about kind of

you worked for mitch mcconnell, if senator mcconnell, leader mcconnell said, if you want, i won't do it now. i do a pretty good mcconnell, you should put money into this race in nevada. you would they can as, okay,ly go do that? >> loose, i think we are analyzing this on traditional metrics of politician. traditional metrix of litigation and traditional metrix of criminal prosecution. the president proven before office and before that he didn't play by those rules. he believes much of this is litigated in a court of public penalties. he decided he is going to enganl there. i don't think there is a single lawyer rudy guiliani or anybody else would advise him to do that. he says he thinks it's his best stuff. he gous out, leads with this, his supporters obviously react it to. i think to the point of guiliani saying they want things to wrap up. i think most people republican, democrat and otherwise do want to make it wrap up. they may have didn't opinions on what that looks like. but this has been going on for a long time. if they can wrap it up with closure at some point in the future,

that's why mcconnell has come around. you won't see speaker ryan come around but you see mcconnell. white? >> ryan has made up his mind. lou: he's made up his mind and taking down fellow republicans in the midterm election. i mean, this is one of the most unconscionable figures i've ever seen or read about in the speakership. it's amazing. >> that is the members. you are seeing a phone number of democrats who want to get rid of nancy posey as a future leader. way bigger numbers than the republican staff into a certain ascent she is far less horrible to them then ryan is to us. lou: to go back to mcconnell. i've got to give me credit. he is entrenched establishment with orthodox to his very bones in for him to turn in the interest of the party and to embrace what he sees as effective policy making real changes in the trade relationship with china and right now rising above all of that and acknowledging the president's right and that we had to do something to correct these imbalances in our trade relationships globally. >> mitch mcconnell can count votes and knows politics as well as

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i think that's what mitch mcconnell is saying.itch mcconnell is defending sessions for now, and i don't think he wants the tumult of a firing before november, before the election, but i think whether it's before election day or after, sessions is gone. >> alan, do you think sessions is a good attorney general? >> i think jeff sessions has been a good attorney general in many ways. look, i don't approve of any of these policy. i don't approve of the immigration policy. i don't approve of the policy of preventing from people cosming into the country based on countries. if you're a trump supporter, you might think he was good attorney general. but as a liberal democrat, no, i don't think he is a good attorney general any more than i think the sammamish good administration. so you're asking the wrong person. as to whether he is a good person for trump, he has had a mixed record. he is strong on immigration and he hasn't been, quote, loyal. but remember, there is another point tao too. we have a very odd system in america in which we e

as you pointed out, mitch mcconnell, not on the same page with this. the big caveat is what does it mean for the mueller probe. we know president trump is upset about sessions and about the mueller probe and is blaming sessions for that. lindsey graham is saying whoever replaces him needs to be willing to protect mueller, but that's clearly not what president trump wants. so it really pushes the -- kicks the can down the road here in terms of when president trump might make a decision like this. perhaps after the midterm elections, but there's no question we've been reporting, president trump has been talking about this in recent weeks, especially as the mueller probe has been heating up. but jeff sessions is fighting back. last week he had a breakfast with some republican members, his former colleagues, a long-planned breakfast our sources are telling us. but at that breakfast he did get some support from those colleagues, and that information is coming out now at a time when he is under fire. think, jim, that is no mistake. sessions is not sitting ba

now, the mcconnell judge approval machine has ground to a halt. one member of the senate judiciary committee has gone missing. who would do a thing like that to mitch mcconnell in this guy and that is thing two in second sects. >>> so majority leader mitch mcconnell canceled the senate august recess. but one senator didn't listen. jeff flake posted this picture. marks a new day for this political country. flake is there observing the elections which is a first since mugabe left. now it certainly is possible this was a really important trip to senator flake. but he must have realized in his absence lasting approximately three more weeks is royally screwing over mcconnell and president trump who need flake in d.c. to continue their mission of packing the courts. maybe this is his way of riding off into the sunset. i'm lucky to get through a shift without a disaster. my bargain detergent couldn't keep up. so, i switched to tide pods. they're super concentrated, so i get a better clean. number one trusted. number one awarded. it's got to be tide >>> i

senator mcconnell was elected in '84. senator mccain elected to the senate in '86 is. so they worked side-by-side for more than 30 years in the united states senate. there is chuck schumer who actually requested the opportunity to change the name of the russell senate office building into the mccain senate office building. he does have one republican cosponsor, senator flake from the state of arizona, which is where senator mccain was from, but again a very moving tribute from senator mcconnell who is with him, with mccain for more than 30 years. >> we do have the president right now who just released a statement, quote, despite our differences on policy and politics, i respect senator john mccain's service to our country. in his honor have signed a proclamation to fly the flag of the united states at half-staff until the days of his internment. i asked vice president mike pence to offer address at ceremony honoring senator mccain at united states capitol this friday, at the request of the mccain family i authorized military transportation of senator mccain's remains f

the three leaders, pelosi and religion and mcconnell.ut mcconnell has gotten more done and held in the lowest esteem according to polls. lou: mitch mcconnell who i have been critical of for not supporting the president has shown the intellectual capacity and droik support the president on tariffs and views on balanced trade with china. he has moved through a record number of judicial appointments. ed: i totally agree. at the end of the day the senate is a hard place to function and run as a leader. we need five more senators after this game. that has to be our goal after this election minimum. lou: paul manafort in this trial. it go to the jury and almost everyone now is basically forget being it. ed: the judge on several occasions said make sure don't go home and talk about this. the problem is alexandria, near the heart of washington, d.c., that's all everyone talks about. they want to know what he's going to say or she says, whatever the case may be. the good news for manafort is that it didn't happen quick. there is a lot of evidence

to get to nominate scalia's replacement and just with this issue being at the forefront, majority mcconnellputting it on ballot, let the american people make their voices heard with their vote and then with canned at a -- candide donald trump reassuring conservatives was amazing turn of effects that nobody could have predicted at the time and that gave us the amazing opportunity to put justice neil gorsuch in supreme court but now you are getting to replace what has been determined by everybody the swing vote. even though many media outlets want to portray as conservative the reality is that he did not help a strong constitutionalist view as we would call it. he would -- from what he would do, how he would approach each case. and basically comes to this two philosophies that we have in the legal circles, we have a philosophy that says the constitution is living, breathing document that was written with the purpose that it would change with time and, of course, the question that needs to follow such a philosophy is who gets to say what those changes are and the constitution is clear that the

you're saying it goes squarely on mitch mcconnell?ll it goes squarely on the democrats who have definitely been obstruct its this endeavor. who want to put the needs of people who come to our country illegally before the needs of the american people. that has got to stop. trish: you should be able to get it done given how many seats the republican party has? >> we definitely should and we will when i get to washington. i got frustrate as military wife, mom of three awesome kids. as a physician. i never thought i would run as political office. i had to get up, get of the sidelines, get into the game. i can't wait to get into the game in washington, join conservative people like senator rand paul, ted cruz, mike lee on the senate side, congressman gosar, my congressman, wants me to get there. he endorsed me to get there. start getting the job done, moving the ball down the field in the right direction, rather than letting democrats and unfortunately establishment republicans stand in our way. trish: interesting on both sides of the aisl

what mcconnell is trying to do is pending, so jim jordan is running for speaker or minority leader. we don't know yet. there's a lot of football left to play. the house caucus is deeply divided right now because the political ambitions of kevin mccarthy and all of the stuff so what mcconnell is going to try to do is say here is the package, you want to take it or don't take it and he is trying to put the senate and the driver's seat on this because the houses are divided. >> harris: can i just jump in with one thing? when you specifically control both chambers of the house and senate, you cannot come out and be wishy-washy. when they're ready to move on something that not only got him in the office but that many to capitulate and see his way of the road. >> lisa: to that point also, president trump sees immigration as a driving motivating factor for the republican base and i think he is aware that we have a midterm election coming up in that democrats are really motivated. i think he is pushing the immigration issue because it is something that gets republicans. you're right, and i

mcconnell: on saturday evening, a great loss echoed throughout our country. six decades of patriotic service came to an end. we suspected for some time that we'd bid farewell to our colleague, the senior senator from arizona, john mccain. john took full advantage of the months since his diagnosis. his hard work continued. but happy reminiscing, fond farewells, final reflections, and time with family actually came to the fore. i was privileged to spend a small share of that time with john. we sat on his back porch in sedona under the desert sky replaying old times. john did things his way these last months. for his colleagues here, the time confirmed but sad the obvious truth. the senate won't be the same without john mccain. i think >> the senate will not be the same without john mccain.o it's fair to say that it is 30 s unsurpassed that in more than 30 30 years that the senator never mars failed with his razor sharp wit a big heart and of course his fiery spirit when john saw an found issue the same way you did it was the most tall wart ally and you would th

now, the mcconnell judge approval machine has ground to a halt.he senate judiciary committee has gone missing. who would do a thing like that to mitch mcconnell in this guy and that is thing two in second sects. if you're on park street in reno, nevada, the high winds of the washoe zephyr could damage your siding. and that's very different than living on park ave in sheboygan, wisconsin, where ice dams could cause water damage. but no matter what park you live on, one of 10,000 local allstate agents knows yours. now that you know the truth, are you in good hands? >>> so majority leader mitch mcconnell canceled the senate august recess. but one senator didn't listen. jeff flake posted this picture. marks a new day for this political country. flake is there observing the elections which is a first since mugabe left. now it certainly is possible this was a really important trip to senator flake. but he must have realized in his absence lasting approximately three more weeks is royally screwing over mcconnell and president trump who need flake in d.c.

mcconnell and schumer, ryan and pelosi and one by the vice president. we expect the president's cabinet. chairman of the joint chiefs of staffs and respective chiefs and diplomatic corps to be on hand. arrivals next hour with the ceremony to be in the 11:00 a.m. eastern hour. >> jon: what's the tone been like on capitol hill since the senator died? >> sadness. a lot of senators talking about mccain as the mentor to him. his commitment to our men and women in uniform. his willingness to fight on issues he believed deeply about. a sample of that tone from the senate leaders. >> more than 30 years as a senator he never failed to marshall a razor sharp wit, a big heart and fiery spirit. >> we can try as he did to put country before party. we can try as we always did to speak truth to power. >> mcconnell says the senate will not be the same without senator john mccain once the v.i.p.s are done around lunch time today, the public will have an opportunity to file in, pay their respects, and pray for john mccain. john. >> jon: tremendous honor for an american h

vice president pence has just spoken preceded by speaker ryan and by leader mcconnell. what you are going to see in a couple of moments is the wreath laying which stephanie was done at the request of john mccain this way. you will see one of the very few bipartisan things you ever see at congress because of john mccain. >> it's amazing when you watch the last two days. yesterday his service that took place in arizona and now, of course, in washington, d.c. it doesn't just celebrate the life of john mccain but this is how john mccain wanted it. you know, hearing from his dear friend joe biden, what we've heard over and over again, decency over politics and love of america. that is what john mccain stood for and you're seeing it in these last two days. >> you're seeing is camaraderie, patriotism, heroism. it is kind of amazing that the passing of this man is such a sad moment for america and yet such a celebration of what we believe we can be. john mccain was not without partisanship. he was a partisan guy but he also understood how to be bipartisan, he understood how to

the only bias that i seem to notice consistently with mitch mcconnell, the teams that he and his teamre backing, the ones that are most likely to win in november, and i promise you this, if kelli ward asserted may, and joel arpaio had won in this race, you would see republicans take it off the board. democrats would have walked away with it. martha mcsally was the only one in the race he was going to be competitive. she figured out a way to talk to arizona republicans in such a way that made it clear that though she was not a ground-floor team maga, she was go with them, and she could go on a beauty kyrtsen sinema. she was already pivoting to the general election before it occurred and she was contrasting kyrtsen sinema as a code pink protester versus herself in a flight suit and you will see more of that. >> shannon: let's talk about kyrtsen sinema because she's portraying herself in commercials and speeches and all the things she was doing, a centrist. there really is a different historical background for her getting to this point. she has had some pretty progressive positions along

and with this issue, being at the forefront of majority mcconnell, putting it out there and let the american people make their voices heard with a vote and with then candidate, donald trump putting out the list and reassuring conservative of where he was is an amazing turn of events that no one could have predicted really at the time. and give us the amazing opportunity to put justice neil gorsuch on the supreme court. but -- now you're getting to replace what has been termed by everybody, the swing vote. even though many media outlets want to portray the justice as a conservative the reality is, he did not have a strong constitutionalist view and we would call it. he would -- in his opinions from what he would do, how he would approach each case. and he basically comes to this two philosophies we have. in the legal circles. right? we have a philosophy that says, the constitution is a living, breathing document. that was written with a purpose that it would be like that it would change with time. and of course, the question that needs to follow such a philosophy is, who gets to say what thos

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what does mitch mcconnell think when he thinks people are watching? oh, we won't ask you again, that's okay. >> i think what he thinks is they're in hell and their whole hope is that they're productive enough and serve the interest of enough voters that they can spare themselves disaster in november. the timeline is very short here for them. it's from here until the november elections. tailwinds are looking very bad for them. if they can just focus on their work, ignore trump, get judges, get brett kavanaugh confirmed and mitch mcconnell can say, i did all of this. i had nothing to do with this guy. so, he doesn't want to talk about it because there is nothing in it for him in terms of this timeline from now until november to say a single word about trump, about cohen, about manafort and about mueller. anything he says is a disaster. if he says, i no longer support trump, the republican base turns on him. if he says i support trump, he sells his soul. his wife is in the cabinet. it's not good. >> mika, let me ask a stupid question since we're on the s

she was going to nominate scalia's replacement, and just with this issue being at the mcconnell putting it on the ballot, and saying let's let the american people make their voices heard with their candidate donald trump putting out that list, just reassuring conservatives of .here he stood it was an amazing turn of events that nobody could have predicted at the time, and gave us the amazing opportunity to put justice neil gorsuch in the supreme court. but now, you are getting to replace what has been termed by everybody, the swing vote. outletsugh many media want to portray justice scalia as a conservative, the reality is that he did not help a strong constitutionalist -- he did not hold a strong constitutionalist view as we would call it. he vacillated his opinions how he would approach each case. it basically comes to these two philosophies that we have. in the legal circles. we have a philosophy that says the constitution is a living, breathing document, that was written with the purpose that it would be like that, that it would change with time. the that needs to follow such a phil

with this issue being at the , majority mcconnell saying let the american people make their voices heard with , and then with candidate donald trump putting out the list and reassuring conservative of where he stood eventsamazing turn of and could have predicted at the time and gave us the amazing opportunity to put justice neil gorsuch on the supreme court. now you're getting to replace what has been termed by , evenody the swing vote though many media outlets want to picture a justice scalia as a conservative.the reality is he did not hold a strong constitutionalist view. would vacillate in his opinions and what he would do, how he would approach each case. it basically comes to this 2 philosophies we have in the legal circles. we have a philosophy that said the constitution is a living, breathing document that was written with the purpose it change with time. the question that needs to follow such a philosophy is who gets to say what those changes are? clear.stitution is that people have a way to amend the constitution and do any , but thosey see fit judges that believe in that living

this is john mcconnell and this is june shih. we will take questions afterwards. i have been here in dc for five years. i've been around the scene for a short time. this is an opportunity for me. for many people here the question is, where will you be in the next few years. how old were you when you started with hillary clinton? >> 23. >> mac she was the first lady. >> mac yes. suddenly you can find yourself in that situation. >> how did you get connected? >> is a reporter in florida, i am more of a partisan than a democrat. i wanted to take a side. i wrote -- i called a friend and he said, hillary clinton's team would love you. he had this spot. fax your resume and cover letter and i will give it to her. i never thought it would work. i did not sweat it. ice what so many cover letters before. it took hours. this one i did not sweat because i didn't think i had a chance. i wrote it. it was a couple of paragraphs and i faxed it to my friend and got it to her. nothing happened. luckily i live in dc. i called hillary's speechwriter and said i was coming to town and w

later mcconnell announced they would talk about healthcare they would make this about healthcare. but it doesn't seem like this is a discussion on healthcare. >> the two issues or three issues were focusing on and one of them is healthcare. the cavanagh nomination is here but were focusing on healthcare last week if you read "the washington post", the paper that i know you have a great deal of respect for there was a story how democrats got the country talking about healthcare very successfully. go look at what is happened in the last week. >> we have not tried to solicit everyone in the caucus but i think there's legislation -- okay, glad. >> we have every member of the digital committee has signed this request and i can't give you every democrat in the judiciary committee is on these request. we limited it to the judiciary committee but were the ones in the first instance. >> i'm sure you have the overwhelming support. >> and people since then have asked and will make it availab available. >> tom. >> [inaudible] >> his legitimacy is being undermined already by the fact he refuse

mcconnell: i moved to proceed to executive session to consider calendar 1061. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all those in favor say aye. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: i moved to proceed to executive session to consider calendar 1061. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all those in favor say aye. mr. graham: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from south carolina. mr. graham: thank you. i have been thinking about this. i have been dreading this. and i am now going to do this. to all of my colleagues who have gone before me, you have done right by our friend, senator mccain. the family appreciates all the good words, the kindnesses, the anecdotes that have come their way. this is a tough time for the family. john has seven wonderful children, cindy, devoted wife, you really did well by john. but before anything else, i just want to know -- i'm going to try to make this somewhat fun, even though i don't feel in a funny mood right now. but the bottom line is, let's start off with t

that is a signal that mcconnell doesn't want anything to mess with the kavanaugh hearings. the second part is who do you put in his place? it's a 50-49 senate right now. some of those republicans are not going to be comfortable supporting another a.g. unless they promise to protect the russia investigation and the mueller probe, which is precisely why it seems the president wants sessions gone, so it's hard to know what the end game is here. >> let me underscore this midterm issue here because i think the voters are going to have a say as to the future of jeff sessions, meaning this. my theory is if somehow democrats win the senate, that actually might change republicans' calculations in the senate if somehow they won the senate. brad, is that a fair -- all of a sudden you'd have a different set of -- right now you have a bunch of republican senators going, look, he's popular with the base. >> last fall when chuck grassley sent out a tweet that said i have no time to schedule any attorney general confirmation hearings last year. some people may have noted that last week he