senator tim kaine of virginia joins me now.are proposing, along with colorado senator something you call medicare x. it's essentially as i understand it, a public option for people to buy into health care. not unlike the public option that was discussed six or seven years ago. >> that's right, john. medicare x is medicare, a medicare produced policy that you can buy on the exchange. that's the x. so medicare would develop a policy that would cover all of the obamacare essential health benefits, put it on the exchange beginning in communities in this country where there's only one offering on the exchange to create instant competition and within time, it would be on every exchange in the country and also on the small business shop exchange. because medicare doesn't have to cover a profit, pay shareholders, pay fancy salaries to execs, advertise on the evening news, set up a distribution network, et cetera, pay state and local taxes. it would be a more affordable policy and people could purchase it if they want to -- they could u

tim kaine joins me now. thank you very much. >> tell me about medicare x and why you think it's a better alternative? >> you bet. medicare x takes the existing system that we have and just adds one element, which is we would direct the centers for medicare and medicaid to put on policies and any working person can buy it. the policy by medicare wouldn't have to cover a profit margin, fancy salaries, return to shareholders, paying local and state taxes because they wouldn't have to advertise on the evening news. it would be a very reasonably priced policy that could be offered in every zip code in the united states eventually. we would have a phased roll out. it's responsive to what i hear from my constituents. we want lower costs and more choices. a lot of people live in parts of the country where there's only one or no doctors on the writing exchange. republican colleagues say the same thing. people need more choices and lower costs. that's what medicare x would do. >> when you call it medicare x, are you s

>>senator tim kaine says the virginia tech shooting march, one of the worst moments in us history. it was the day he hoped would never be repeated because. >>the 32 deaths. >>we're so horrible but mass shootclgs and a las vegas country th toll of 32 killed at virginia tech cain says federal lawmakers have failed to protect gun violence victims, they're just so many. >>horrible horrible and sudden sense then and congress has been bystanders senator tim kaine tells me he's optimistic that meaningful changes to gun laws can happen supporters point to house democrats passing hr 8 a bill requiring universal background checks. >>as one positive sign even though we need to protect. >>the second man writes there are basic safety requirements, senator mark warner supports stronger background checks in preventing people with mental illnesses from getting guns. george washington political science professor gary norton linger says don't bet on major legislative action any time soon but you're not going to get any kind of gun change as long as you have republicans that control the senate and th

and democrats, kamala harris and tim kaine. sen. jones: i rise to talk about a great american.

>>virginia senator tim kaine says he has a plan to expand health kerry calls it medicare acts. the idea is to create a new public option for health insurance that plan would also increase tax credits to help more people who currently cannot afford insurance but. >>as our washington dc correspondent breed jackson reports gaining support for the plan remains quite a challenge. we would direct medicare. >>to develop an insurance policy for working people senator tim kaine says he's not trying to reinvent the health care will his medicare tax plan would only expand existing medicare coverage be on seniors and they would put on the exchange of that any working age person in the country could look at that policy. >>and if they decided they liked his coverage or its cost low cost care to more americans, including people living in rural areas with limited insurance options, the plan would be reasonably priced. >>and i think americans with they saw that as an option. >>they would say well we really like that senator tim kaine tells me that his plan can increase competition and drive dow

i want to bring in virginia democrat, senator tim kaine who served on the armed services committee.e also was, of course, hillary clinton's running mate in 2016. senator, let us start for a moment with just the news of the day. your reaction to julian assange's arrest. >> well, craig, it's i think something we expected. we knew the day would come. and justice has to be done. the thing i'm most interested in, the legal process here will take care of itself with the prosecution. the thing that i'm most interested in is when you get to the bottom of this story, how do we learn enough to protect sensitive information from, you know, vandals like julian assange and how do we learn to protect our election system from a guy like him who is willing to work in tandem with bad actors, you know, including russia, to try to attack our election. we have to protect ourselves. that's the most important thing right now. >> senator, do you think assange should face charges over those clinton campaign e-mails, the leaking of those e-mails? >> i'm going to leave that up to the prosecutors to figure al

and kamala harris and tim kaine. dr. mario the king was arrested in birmingham, alabama. crime, protesting in the jim crow era. he violated birmingham public ban oncommissioner's public demonstrations, which targeted the growing resistance of african-americans to the injustices they were suffering. in solitary confinement in birmingham, dr. king what became -- wrote what became known as a letter from a birmingham jail. to a groupresponse of white clergy in alabama who had denounced his tax xcom and questioned the wisdom and timing of his arrival in birmingham. they insisted that he was an outside agitator coming to alabama to instigate trouble. dr. king responded famously, injustice, anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. in his letter he rejected the idea that african american should be more patient for change. in the face of the daily indignities inflicted by segregation. in the face of violence and threats and intimidation. there comes a time, he wrote, when the cup of endurance runs over. while i did not experience this struggle as a young child, a young white ch

and democrats, kamala harris and tim kaine. sen. jones: i rise to talk about a great american. an american whose words lit a flame of hope in the souls of those who had become weary of the weight of injustice. a man who struggled with ideas and his dreams are etched in the foundation of our nation. on april 12, 1963, dr. martin luther king junior was arrested in my hometown of birmingham, alabama. his crime, leading a peaceful march to protest the indignities suffered by the black community in the jim crow era. he violated birmingham public safety commissioner's ban on public demonstrations, which targeted the growing resistance of african-americans to the injustices they were suffering. while in solitary confinement in birmingham, dr. king wrote what became known as a letter from a birmingham jail. a stinging response to a group of white clergy in alabama who had denounced his tactics, and questioned the wisdom and timing of his arrival in birmingham. they insisted that he was an outside agitator coming to alabama to instigate trouble. dr. king responded famously, injustice, a

>>senator tim kaine says the virginia tech shooting march, one of the worst moments in us history, it was the day he hoped would never be repeated because. >>the 32 deaths. >>we're so horrible. but mass shootings at an orlando nightclub and a las vegas country music festival have surpassed the death toll of 32 killed at virginia tech cain says federal lawmakers have failed to protect gun violence victims, they're just so many. >>horrible horrible and sudden sense than and congress has been bystanders senator tim kaine tells me he's optimistic that meaningful changes to gun laws can happen supporters point to house democrats passing hr 8 a bill requiring universal background checks. >>as one positive sign even though we need to protect. >>the second man writes there are basic gun safety requirements, senator mark warner supports stronger background checks in preventing people with mental illnesses from getting guns. george washington political science professor gary norton linger says don't bet on major legislative action any time soon but you're not going to get any kind of gotten cha

>>senator tim kaine says the virginia tech shooting march, one of the worst moments in us history. it was the day he hoped would never be repeated because. >>the 32 deaths. >>we're so horrible but mass shootclgs and a las vegas country th toll of 32 killed at virginia tech cain says federal lawmakers have failed to protect gun violence victims, they're just so many. >>horrible horrible and sudden

. >> and i'm tim kaine. let's get a check of the weather. >>> noticeably warmer than yesterday. today we'll climb into the upper 70s. now i've told you it will be warm and sunny in the afternoon i'll start off by showing you the complete opposite of that which is might look like a dark screen on the tv but those are the low clouds, the marine layer come in and total the enveloped the golden gate bridge. you see that? as we take out look past the tower, more low clouds hugging the coast and trying to work its way on shore to the pacific yeah and to the south. across the bay, clear sky. the sunrise about to happen later this hour once about 6:40 6:40ish. 53 in oakland. san francisco at 50 and santa rosa sitting at 47. as far as what to expect today, sunny and warm once we get into afternoon. upper 70s inland. a bit cooler on sunday and then the rain is returning on monday. i'm going to track that next rain maker coming up in a bit. there's the forecast 68 officially in the city. the rest of the bay area, trs the 77 for inland locations. i'll see you with the rest of the forecast i

. >> democratic senators tim kaine and michael bennett will introduce the medicare x plan to create this new public option for health insurance. take a listen. >> within time it would be on every exchange in the country and also on the small business shop exchange. because medicare doesn't have to cover a profit, pay shareholders, pay fancy salaries to execs and advertise on the evening news, set up a distribution network, et cetera. pay state and local taxes. it would be a much more affordable policy and people could purchase it if they want and they could use their obamacare subsidy if they call for one to even bring the premium down further. >> i think you guys weighed the public option about a decade ago and the democratic party seems to have shifted since then. do you think it is a realistic plan now? >> well, several things have happened. one is we have seen some uncertainty in parts of the exchange plans where there is either no plan or more likely just one plan, especially in rural counties and i think this is an effort to address that and again to put some solid base -- safety n

that's why i developed medicare x with tim kaine because i think it does include what we should havesed as part of the affordable care act. i think it will wear well on the primary campaign for the democratic nomination. it's going to be the obvious place for us to go as we continue to work toward universal coverage in the united states of america. >> it does seem, however, your party has moved significantly to the left on policy issues especially the presidential candidates. former president barack obama spoke at a town hall in berlin, germany, yesterday. he said he was worried about, quote, rigidity among progressive democrats. take a listen. >> then we start sometimes creating what's called a circular firing squad where you start shooting at your ally because one of them is straying from purity on the issues. >> do you agree? >> to me purity on the issues in this case is covering every single american with high-quality health care. that should be the purity test. that's what the democrats are for. the republicans are for, for reasons i don't understand, taking away mcfrom tens of

. >> coming up, senator tim kaine who does have a health care plan of his own. >>> father knows best.ald trump clear the way for widespread cheating on proper white house clearances well beyond just ivanka and jared. >> i've been accused of all different types of things. all those things have turned out to be false. we've had a lot of crazy accusations like we colluded with russia. >>> feeling the heat. al roker travels to

>>horrible horrible and sudden sense than and congress has been bystanders senator tim kaine tells metimistic that meaningful changes to gun laws can happen supporters point to house democrats passing hr 8 a bill requiring universal background checks. >>as one positive sign even though we need to protect. >>the second man writes there are basic gun safety requirements, senator mark warner supports stronger background checks in preventing people with mental illnesses from getting guns. george washington political science professor gary norton linger says don't bet on major legislative action any time soon but you're not going to get any kind of gotten change as long as you have republicans that control the senate and the white house nor linger note some progress has been made including the trump administration's ban on bump stocks and that was something that actually pretty significant gun control advocates say it's not enough and they'll continue to push for stronger legislation if really want to the students were killed virginia tech we need to put in place appropriate. >>safety rest

time it was the deadliest shooting in us history. 12 years after virginia tech shooting senator tim kaine says he's optimistic than meaningful changes to gun laws can happen supporters of senator kaine believe house democrats passing hr 8 a bill requiring universal background checks. >>the fire is out and no shirt on in paris but the process of restoring the century's old cathedral will take much longer in the meantime the world is paying tribute to paris as it mourns the parts of notre don that were consumed by flames yesterday reid binion with that story. >>3 gathering for a second day to pay tribute to their beloved lady of paris singing praying and lighting candles noted, i'm still standing though charred and disfigured after being ravaged by fire monday. french president emmanuel mccrone speaking to his nation and the world vowing to rebuild notre down even surpassing its original splendor while wants it done 85 years, others cautioned could take a lot longer to restore the 850 year old gothic masterpiece before that effort can begin accurate damage assessments are of critical import

. >> harris: i want to hear from senator tim kaine, democrat, on this very issue. >> from the first day goal has been to get rid of obamacare. primarily because of his insecurity about president obama. he just wants to get rid of it. he'll get rid of it with no plan in place. they still don't have a plan, after so many years they still don't have a plan. but the actions they are taking, which would take health care away for millions. >> harris: is that fair? the president, just as recently as last week, was finding ways to keep existing conditions. he is pressuring republicans to come up with the plan. >> you notice what senator kaine didn't do, he didn't offer democrat proposal. what they will put forward is medicare for all. they put forward a bill that will cost us $34 trillion and take away health care coverage. i think we got plans. we want to make sure they can access their doctors. direct primary care. health savings accounts, health sharing organizations, portable insurance. we can make sure people can keep their insurance from one job to the next. all of that is possible if we

you will recall back at the vice presidential debate against tim kaine this was not an issue that cameovernor of indiana he signed a law into bill that would have allowed businesses to openly discriminate against gay people. say what you will about pete buttigieg. he is finding a way to bring this to the forefront, an issue that's largely escaped scrutiny. >> this is a really interesting debate. what it points out is that to your face and people generally are kind to their neighbor, kind towards the people they work with, kind towards the people in their family. so when you know somebody personally, you don't stand on your soap box about the things that are wrong with them. what pete buttigieg is referring to is -- i think -- in 2006 mike pence said in a speech societal collapse was always brought about following the advent of the deterioration of marriage and family. pence also called being gay a choice and said keeping gays from marrying wasn't discrimination but an enforcement of, quote, god's idea. you hear pete buttigieg speaking directly to that. it's not a choice, he doesn't bel

. > >emocrats are suing the president ovehis border emergency declaration, virginia senator tim kaine ys t t declaration fails to live up to legal standards you don't think the presisisient should be able to basically ransacked the pentagon budget for a nonmilitary emergency, but the white house and congress say they expect the supreme court to eventually decide the issue however it's not clear when the court may get the case in washington. i'm mark meredith. >>british prime minister theresa may is writing to the eu the european union asking for more time again she is hoping to delay wreck-it until june 30th while she tries to negotiate her way out of the so-called no deal we have hard brexit the key she already asked for a june. >>extension last month but brussels only allowed an extension until april 12th because of upcoming eu elections. cnn's hadas gold has the latest now from london. >>prime minister theresa may is asking for a nother extension to that breaks a deadline, she's written a letter to european council president donald tusk for the new deadline date to be june 30th kno

been doing that in pittsburgh since 2016 when then-candidate trump was the center of attention at a tim kaine in a state that the clinton can take it ultimately lost >> if there's ever a time we need that, it's now. so, folks, we can't -- we can't let this happen. it belittles our closest allies and embraces vladimir putin. a man who seeks to subdivision among our allies for his own gain. an disorder, around the world. >> from here, biden will make his first trip to the first caucus state, i will pray last time he ran, and 2008, i will as the end of the line. he dropped out on cactus night after finishing fifth. harris? >> harris: peter doocy, thank you very much pete i want to bring in kayleigh mcenany, national press secretary for the top 2020 campaign. roger fisk, campaign rally organizer for barack obama during his 2008 presidential campaign. good to see you both. i want to start with you, roger. just on how you win back or both of the middle class when so many people are already finding jobs out there. what is the answer to a situation that might not be critical because of the economic s

i met my senator, tim kaine. he was so kind and i'm so grateful i had the opportunity to meet him.e answered all my questions and he was really thoughtful with his responses. i understand being a senator is a very busy job but the time he took was so meaningful and impactful to me. brian: what did you and him and what did he tell you? >> in my area there's been a rise of sex trafficking, especially as northern virginia becomes more of a transient city. i asked him which policy he was enforcing because he's on one of the committees dealing with that issue. i wanted to make sure he was aware that was a problem. brian: how were you chose on the be here? there's only two from each statement. >> it was a rigorous process. i had to be demom named by one -- i had to be nominated taiwan of my teachers, then i had to nominated by one of my teachers, then i had to take a very difficult test and interview as well. was it worth it? without a doubt, thank you. brian: let's change topics for a bit. you ready to talk? ok, good. what, from your perspective -- excuse me. i'm having trouble talking.

to thank senators lamar alexander of tennessee, ted cruz of texas, kamala harris, of california, tim kaine, of virginia, for participating in this historic reading today. i encourage the rest of our colleagues and anyone in the gallery or watching on television at home, that we might learn about this powerful message of justice and freedom of oppression and the indifference of people who stand idly by when their fellow americans are pers kiewvmentd to begin the -- persecuted. to begin the reading of the letter, i'd like to yield to my colleague from tennessee, my friend, senator alexander. mr. alexander: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from tennessee. mr. alexander: thank you, madam president. madam president, i thank the senator from alabama for including me today in the reading of dr. king's letter from the birmingham jail. senator jones has standing to do this not just because he is from alabama, but because of his work as a united states attorney prosecuting klansmen. senator jones said all of this was not too long ago -- it was not too long ago for me. i remember a

. >> we had senator tim kaine from virginia on last hour, he was eager to talk about it as much as he possibly could. >> and he laid out his plan in layman's terms that he does not want medicare for all. >> it was the public option from obamacare that was discussed years ago and was considered too liberal at the time. it's fascinating now that the public option which was so threatening to so many people is now seen as the middle ground. >> that's the moderate point of view. i think when they say medicare for all who want it is another way of saying public objection but still sounding cool. >> i want to talk about security clearances because this was interesting yesterday. 25 people initially had security clearances designed but were overruled and that's according to a whistleblower, a named on the record human being, tricia newbold who works in the office that oversees them. they were denied initially for a range of issues including financial issues, possible foreign influence, a number of things, but overruled by someone else in the administration. how do you see this issue? >> well,

our two senators tim kaine from virginia are part of the resistance and they can block this nomination by being part of the resistance without having to vote on it at all. they don't have to vote for her. they don't have to vote against her. they don't have to do anything. they only have to surface of both seed level to show where they are. it would be to annoy their base the resistor and a vote against her would be clearly out of reason with the committee vote that is bipartisan and unanimous. and never to do anything publicly about it but to be part of the way of killing this nomination without ever having to say yea or nay. this seems to me as part and parcel all these things i've mentioned and also many others. the problem is that congress has put in place in the senate in particular so many ways of ian non-transparent in so many ways of coming to outcomes where it's never clear where any member has stood and members of have to say yea or nay whether it's transparency or accountability. this seems to me all of these rules make the senate and the house particularly difficult place t

. >> and i'm tim kaine. let's get a check of the weather.

tim kaine pointed out we all understand the better job we do on maintenance means we can have more ships at sea. i was really surprised when projects from the port of naval shipyard showed up on the military construction list of projects to take money from for the presidents border wall. i was particularly surprised because i know you were at the shipyard last fall, you were briefed on the projects which directly relate to our ability to expand the drydock capacity and to allow us to at the shipyard do maintenance on warships. can you explain what the thinking is here, why we would take money from this projects that would backup our ability to address our backlog in submarine maintenance? >> yes ma'am. the list that was generated was generated based on those projects that met a certain set of criteria, that was not the list as i understand it of projects not to be funded. that will be a secondary process that the secretary of defense will work on. i believe make comments i've heard is the secretary will have the opportunity to provide his thinking in terms of readiness impact and the oth

biden tried to do in pittsburgh in 2016 on the trail with the man he hoped would succeed him as vp, tim kainea man who embraces vladimir putin. >> that strategy of just going after president trump is the main focus failed here in pennsylvania in 2016 because president trump won the state and its 20 electoral votes but the biden team is trying something very similar around. >> jon: peter doocy, peter, thank you. >> sandra: r sean spicer, a former white house press secretary and senior advisor and spokesperson for america first pac. thank you for being here. >> good morning. >> sandra: joe biden has the early lead. officially in. how do you think it's going so far based on what you've seen? >> i think it's way too early to tell. joe biden is the 20th candidate. who knows how many more are getting in. upwards of 10 additional ones. he is winning because of name i.d. and his time in connection with president obama who continues to be extremely popular with the democratic base. you have 20 candidates taking shots at each other. a series of debates a couple months away. when it starts to happen we'

michael bennet's got a plan, with tim kaine, on medicare s. there's other plans out there.builds on yours, congressman berra, on automatic enrollment. but i do feel that this is going to be dicey for us. we can win or lose on this issue. and whether we win or lose on health care, i think will determine whether donald trump is a one-term president or a two-term president. >> jim, thank you for that. and thanks for giving the pledge to auto enrollment as well. >> can i say one thing in response and i really agree with a lot of what jim has said, i think we do need to navigate two things, in the primary, to say these things out loud, i think this is an impulse and a healthy impulse to get to universal coverage and the way i think of that, the aca contributed to that, why should you throw out the aca, that's not the way i think about it, it is a reasonable impulse for people to think that in the industrialized problem, it is a problem that people in the united states still, there are many millions of people who still don't have coverage. i completely hear what you're saying abo

and kamala harris and tim kaine. >>