senator manchin: thank you. chairman pai, i think i was the only member of congress to formally and successful challenge federal broadband. you recognized that. we're fighting it all over. we knew the maps have been wrong from day one. the problem i'm concerned with is the amount of time it's taking. that's $4.5 billion. rural states and rural areas of any state is dependent on connectivity. also, we brought to you basically the cost in certain areas. t's much costlier in the mountainous areas of west virginia to build out the infrastructure that would be in the flat lands of our neighboring friends. we want to make sure that was in consideration of that. the time element as far as deploying these funds, what timetable are y'all on? i'm not being critical except you don't know how desperate it is. we can't keep people. businesses can't function. nothing happens. chairman pai: i appreciate that more, senator. when i visited capen springs and i visited with a small business owner who is consistently losing busines

senator kennedy: senator manchin. senator van hollen: you missed a lot around the president's tax returns. secretary mnuchin: if you want to talk about the i.r.s. modernization, i really look forward to that. [indiscernible] naublenauble -- [inaudible] maveragemaverage cfius, i know -- senator manchin cfius, i know we talked about that before. talking about our economic infrastructure, such as stealing trade secrets, hacking our computer systems, but i've always been concerned about the attempts from foreign companies to make illegal investments and gain control. i think you and i may have talked one time about this before. so my question is, do you believe cfius should require of all foreign investments in the american stock exchange? secretary mnuchin: i'm sorry. say the end. senator manchin: do you believe cfius should require all reviews of foreign investments in american stock exchanges? secretary mnuchin: first of all, i very much appreciate what has been the bipartisan support on cfius. and the update ready leg

manchin: are we in a quorum call? the presiding officer: we are. mr. manchin: i ask to vitiate the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. manchin: i'm introducing prioritize our workers act which will make changes to the current bernanke code require -- bankruptcy code. they will have to pay out workers pensions. i firmly believe no one should be denied their pension because their employer goes bankrupt. hardworking men and women go to work every day paying into these pension plans each paycheck with the expectation that one day they can retire and provide for tear families. companies made promises to their workers and need to have live up to those promises no matter what else happens to that company financially. in west virginia we are far too familiar with coal and steel companies leaving their workers out to dry in this way. it is unacceptable. that's why i'm introducing this bill and i look forward to my fellow senators join me to support and protect pensions across this country. i also, madam president, rise today to call for i

americans at risk is simply unacceptable. , during my first few weeks as senator, i joined senator manchin in helping lead the effort to defend the constitutionality of the affordable care act. our revolution would direct the senate legal counsel to intervene in the federal court case where the aca and our health care system is under attack. and to defend our current law including those protections for pre-existing conditions. , during my first speech on the senate floor, i called for senate republican leaders to take up and pass this resolution to defend the constitutionality of the aca in court. unsurprisingly, republicans locked my request. leader mcconnell would not even let us take a vote on it. he has refused to allow the senate to take a vote on a number of bills that have passed the house and that would help hard-working american families and workers most notably. legislation that passed the house this week that would enforce protections for people living with pre-existing conditions. we know that health care is not our only fight. every day, this administration shows us its true c

that has democratic senator joe manchin puzzled. >> he's well qualified and has much experience.an't figure out what they're trying to do. you want to know what led to the investigation. it was the evidence. we watched this unfold, and it was the evidence that led us in the direction we went. >> attorney general barr recently suggested the trump campaign was spied on, a claim echoed by the president but called into question by fbi director chris ray. durham is a trump employee who has investigated a number of corruption cases in the republican and democratic administrations. his role marks the third separate probe into the early days of the russian investigation. and the u.s. attorney in utah, john tuber also tasked with investigating. >>> new details about why the senate intelligent committee decided to subpoena donald trump jr. two sources telling cnn the president's son involved in answering more questions about his meeting with the russians as well as his pursuit of a trump tower moscow project. chairman richard burr told his colleagues he had been engaged in talks with don j

that has democratic senator joe manchin puzzled. >> he's well qualified and has much experience.what they're going to try to undo. if you want to know what led to the investigation, it was the evidence. i was on intel committee, we watched all this thing unfold and it was the evidence that led us in the direction that we went. >> attorney general barr recently suggested the trump campaign was spied on. a claim echoed by the president but called into question by fbi director chris ray. durham is a trump appointee who has investigated corruption under democratic and republican administrations. his role marks the third separate probe into the early days of the russia investigation. >>> 5:50 eastern time, i'm going to check on cnn business. amazon wants its employees to quit their jobs and create their own delivery business. turns out that is awfully expensive so it's raising the stakes. amazon says it will give employees $10,000, and three months salary to get their delivery service off ground. the retail giant announced the program but many who were interested simply couldn't affor

so joe manchin putting a lot on the idea that robert mueller has to appear in front of him, has to answer questions now from congress. >> and bill barr has been fairly successful in spinning this report in a way that gets people either thinking that there is nothing bad in there or at least that they are confused about what is in there. and republicans are trying now to run with that. that is why it is important to be hearing from literally hundreds of former prosecutors who are saying we used to bring these case, we've looked at this evidence, this is a real thing. it is far from time to move on, it is time to really look at this and examine the very strong case that the president obstructed justice. >> stick around, we have a lot to get to in the show you including all of this developing news. craig melvin also has a rising star, pete buttigieg talking faith, critics and his troubles trying to corner voters. but first, more on the contempt clash. the house judiciary committee potentially ready go full steam ahead against the attorney general. we'll talk to a leading member of congress a

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. >> i would like to follow up on senator manchin's question. both of us being from west virginia, on the fentanyl and heroin, i know that you've put a lot of resources into this. i know that you've worked on closing up the prescription loopholes and going after providers. the situation at the southern border is such that i feel that there's still a proliferation of illegal drugs coming through our ports of entry. do you work with the border patrol to try to -- i know you get into transcontinental or transcountry cartels and all of that. how do you information share so we can prevent this? because this is killing people. >> we have a number of task forces where we work closely with border patrol agents, certainly this is a problem that i come back to my two plus two to get five or six paradigm. we focus on kind of dismantling the super prizes but they have enormous eyes and ears on the ground. >> are you able to stay ahead of them, though? it seems like they're, obviously, very creative and wealthy on the other side, i'm talking about the cartel

i look for that. >> senator manchin?> you've missed a lot of questions around the president's tax returns, if you want to talk about irs modernization, i would really look forward to that. >> we talked about that before. i'm familiar with actions of foreign countries take to undercut our economic instru infrastructure such as stealing trade secrets. hacking, secrets. but i've always been concerned about companies making illegal investment to gain control. i talked about this before. do you believe that it should require reviews of all foreign investments in the american stock exchange? >> do you believe that it should review foreign investments and american stock exchanges? >> first of all, i very much appreciate what has been the bipartisan report on cfius and the updated legislation. i also appreciate this committee looking at we need tmoney to do this. i don't want to make a specific answer on any -- it would be unfair for to comment on any specific industry or anything else. i will tell you this, i personally spend -

the bill faces an uphill battle in the senate where all democrats except for west virginia's joe manchinsponsored similar legislation. >>> overseas taiwan is the first country in asia with a l comprehensi and terms for same sex marriage. lawmakers in the country approved a measure today with large crowds celebrating outside parliament. it recognizes same sex marriages and allows many of the same tax, insurance, and child sufcustody benefits available to other married couples rjs stil. >>> still ahead, verbal math and adversity. >> see how severatunts are reacting to change to the s.a.t. >>> storms on the radar, but all around us. nothing in our area right now. parts weather back into of west virginia. as tell you what to expec as tell you what to expec we head into the weekend. the big carriers are talking about their current 5g roll outs, but their efforts are li sted to a few pockets inect cities or trying at convince consumers th 4g is actually 5g. they're neglecting small towns and rural communities, leaving them on the wrong side of the digital divide. if approved, only the combined

senator joe manchin of west virginia says help us out here. >> if he did appear -- it would be helpful to me as someone who voted for mr. barr and leaving a lot of questions unanswered to hear mr. mueller's report and basically from himself. >> you know, that's really a decision between the special counsel and the department and the congress. >> no, thanks, i've given you enough already. >> if he was born at night it wasn't last night. he doesn't want to touch that. >> the president made a turnaround by saying that's okay to i have several objections and i want the attorney general to stop it from happening, so if way were going to -- he's not refight the president at that the point. he would be going directly against his boss and that's potentially more awkward. >> up next a very related conversation. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell says the democrats are having a public meltdown over the russia investigation but some republicans say, you know what, maybe we should hear from mr. mueller. i felt i couldn't be at my best wifor my family. c, in only 8 weeks with mavyret, i was cur

access to life saving treatment including legislation like the lifeboat act, which is led by senator manchin. do you believe that pharmaceutical companies should have a role in covering the cost of treatment as in pharmaceutical companies that produce the opioids. >> pharma absolutely agrees this is a huge problem. the opioid epidemic is really hurting lives across the united states. we want to be part of the solution. pharma has joined with nih and the nih foundation and others as part of the heal initiative. we think that an increase in both addiction treatment as well as the development of non- -- >> what do you think about the lifeboat act that senator manchin -- >> i'm actually not familiar. >> it's a one cent per milligram fee on the opioids. then that fee would be used and would be dedicated to treatment. i would suggest if you do two cents like they just did in new york, that you could also use that for other drugs like meth and addiction and other things, mental health. we just have a huge problem with beds and personnel when it comes to addiction. >> as i said, we're very invested

. >> i would like to follow up on senator manchin's question. both of us being from west virginia, on the fentanyl and heroin, i know that you've put a lot of resources into this. i know that you've worked on chosing up the prescription loopholes and going after providers. the situation at the southern border is such that i feel that there's still a proliferation of illegal drugs coming through our ports of entry. do you work with the border patrol to try to -- i know you get into transcontinental or transcountry cartels and all of that. how do you information share so we can prevent this? because this is killing people. >> we have a number of task forces where we work closely with border patrol agents, certainly this is a problem that requires both skill sets an both agencies' expertise. i come back to my two plus two to get five or six paradigm. we focusdismantling the enterprises, but they have e-new hampshire muss eyes and ears on the ground and we have a great relationship with the border patrol and we're grateful for the very hard job they

my colleague from west virginia, senator manchin, and i have recently introduced a bill that would require the office of management and budget to ensure that these appropriated funds are promptly disbursed. it will start a timer, a shotclock, if you will, on when o.m.b. will release the money, giving them 60 days to untangle the red tape and get them to the communities that desperately need them. it's important to note this change would apply not only to this particular block of funding but to any funds appropriated to states which are being withheld by o.m.b. as appropriators continue to work this week, i hope they will include a provision that states like texas that have already suffered from a major disaster don't become victims of government bureaucracy. it's now been 467 days since the president signed a bill that would have sent roughly $7 billion to texas, and it's tough to imagine what communities could have accomplished in that time and how much progress could have been made if simply congress's and the executive branch's will had been carried out with the federal bureaucracy. wit

manchin?> you've missed a lot of questions and if you're going to talk about modernization i would really look forward to that . >> i've know we've talked about this before. i'm aware of actions that are taken to undercut infrastructure such as stealing trade secrets, hacking sequin-- but i've always been concerned about companies making illegal investment to gain control. i talked about this before. do you believe that it should require reviews of all foreign investments in the american stock exchange? >> do you believe that it should review foreign investments and american stock exchange is? >> i appreciate the report and the updated legislation. i appreciate the committee looking at we need money to do this. i don't want to make a specific answer on any-- it would be unfair to comment on any specific industry or anything else. i will tell you that ice personally spend-- i personally spend a lot of time on this and it is likely that if there was an acquisition that you've described would be

. >> joe manchin colorado is recognized for five minutes. -- gentleman from colorado is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you for taking the time to be with us today. is home to a lot of institutions that play a very important role for rural customers as part of the farm credit system. despite the fact that the farm credit bank focuses on rural america, they have deep ties to the global financial system. developments around brexit continue to unfold. there is concern over possible spillover effects. theou understand what treasury is doing to mitigate consequences that may arise out of brexit? >> we have been very closely involved in these discussions. i think you know we are not primarily involved. we have been having close discussions. i'm relieved that there was an extension. the u.k. and europeans take advantage of that so that we don't get to the brink again with a hard brexit which could have detrimental economic impacts. be able to revisit a topic that my colleague brought up. also to the asian infrastructure investment bank. what is the treasury doing to be able to pressure

joe manchin. >> from the state of my birth. >> is that right? >> yeah. mouse state. >> i mean there are a lot of democrats who were like this is a guy who has served before, he looks like a good guy, we'll just ignore -- as a woman and as a brown person -- >> and west virginiian. >> and west virginiian, it seemed like they were supporting someone who looked like them, sounded like them, they had seen before. >> and hhad not distinguished hf well in the prior outing. >> no, not at all. and there is an amazing faith in washington for other people in washington that they feel like they have known for years. but the game has changed. so you need to look for different players. >> and we were joking with who has actually read the mueller report in the last segment. but how about this 19 page memo. when you talked to senators, are they looking at that on a different light, this unsolicited memo that bill barr then private citizen wrote to the attorney general? >> yeah, that was strange to write that memo basically laying this out and apply turning it over to ro

one's definition of a liberal or conservative can vary. 20 years ago, we might have manchin as ae liberalrtially agreeing and partially i mentioned a second again. here's a fact. all of the evidence is just that again when it comes to being willingness to reach across the aisle, willingness to compromise and moderate on stuff in the past 20 years that republicans have been more to blame in congress and democrats have. it is also true when you look at hey, doand ask people, you think that members of your party should work together with members of the other party to get stuff done, republicans tend to be less likely to answer the question in the affirmative. on the other hand, when it comes to our book and our research on these factors up to his, another one of our surprising findings based on the pre-existing ideas that we brought into it was that republicans and conservatives were more nor like -- more lik democratsiberals and to project values onto their fact perceptions. we tend to have that idea because on certain high profile issues in this country, namely climate change, the democrat

at the example of joe manchin, in west virginia, the got his daughter at -- a promotion at a lab becausehey put in the legislation to jack up the cost of the epipen. , vote for this stuff, it will bankrupt the country. you cannot more people in the part -- more people in the cart then arc pulling the cart. there are other factors, like competition and numbers of changes in the legislation. pre-existingat condition also. host: let me ask you if i can, how do you currently get your health insurance? caller: well, i will go on medicare in august on my birthday. basically, a professional, obviously, paid a total of $600,000 into medicare over the years, my employer and up, i have added contributed tremendously to everybody else's health care. ad i still have to pay premium. i will probably take medicare advantage. thanks for calling in. we are spending the first hour talking about medicare for all as proposed by senator sanders in the house, as well as other presidential candidates talking about medicare for all type health plans. if you support a plan like that, the line to call in on his (