senator blumenthal? you.or blumenthal: thank i agree completely that we ought to be hearing from the tech companies because i think on that scale of one to 10, half is probably generous. given the experience that you and others have outlined today. would others agree that the tech companies can and should do more to protect children? mr. stone? mr. stone: i do, and i would like to make a comment about what you previously said concerning youtube. the dark web hits -- gets the majority of the attention when it comes to criminal issues. on the other hand, i believe the mainstream, the more mainstream internet, is actually just as dangerous. the videos i described earlier, the music videos that are professionally made that show gang members with guns and drugs, show them literally law enforcement, those recruiting tools, trying to get our teenagers and our young people to join into their gangs are not being posted on the dark web. they are posted on youtube. our office.se in from that perspective, i think th

blumenthal: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from connecticut. mr. blumenthal: mr. president, i want to thank my colleague, senator warner, and we'll hear shortly from senator wyden. these two great colleagues are championing election security. senator warner at the helm as vice chairman of the intelligence committee has done as much as any american, any member of this body to uncover the serious russian threat to our election system, and it's a threat not just from the russians but from other countries as well. and that's why i have offered and i will shortly ask for unanimous consent for the passage of s. 1247, the duty to report act. this legislation, like senator warner's, is based on a very simple idea. if you see something, say something. the duty to report act would require campaigns, candidates, and family members to immediately report to the f.b.i. and federal election commission any offers of illegal foreign assistance. it differs in some technical aspects. for example, min

earlier today senate minority leader chuck schumer and senators richard blumenthal and edward markey responded to former special counsel robert mueller testimony yesterday. >> i have unanimous consent request i know my colleagues in connecticut has one as well. indifference to the leader schedule i will speak for a few minutes on mine and then i will yield to senator so he will speak a few moments on his. then we will wait for the leader to come out to object. we will make the request after that. mr. president, yesterday everybody heard special counsel mueller. there was a lot of dispute about obstruction of justice and things like that. there was virtually no dispute about to fact that mueller said. one, the russians interfered in our elections in 2016 and two, they plan to do it in 2020. we rise to the floor because when russia or any foreign power seeks to interfere in our elections it eats at the well springs of our democracy. the founding fathers, the founding fathers in their wisdom said one of the greatest threats to our democracy was foreign interference. now we are faced wit

blumenthal: mr. president, i have a separate bill. it has not come to us from the house but it should have bipartisan support, so i ask unanimous consent that the rules committee be discharged from further consideration of s. 1247, the senate proceed to its immediate consideration, that the bill be read a third time and passed, and that motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: is there objection? mr. mcconnell: i object? the presiding officer: the objection is heard. mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: for the information of all of our colleagues, i want to provide an update on the remaining items -- on the remaining items the senate needs to deplete before we adjourn -- complete before we adjourn for the august state work period. here's what we need to accomplish before members depart next week. we need to confirm well qualified nominees to two open positions of utmost importance, the deputy secret

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here's what senator blumenthal said about the nbc news reporting around the terrorism questions.e a thorough investigation of his implied claims, which, certainly for a director of intelligence would be especially egregious because he's dealing with supposedly the facts. >> blumenthal obviously a democrat and because of changes to senate rules, doesn't matter in the context of the confirmation process. but this could potentially be something that gets in the way. >> i think so. i think the senate intelligence committee, should he be nominated, let's remember he hasn't been nominated yet and we've seen other cabinet nominees be announced by the president and fall apart. if he is nominated and they go through their due diligence process, they're going to have to integrity these claims. i think it's clear the white house didn't vet this nominee. they might've asked him to take this inaccurate claim off his website where it is as of still minutes before we came on air because i think it raises two concerns about him, one is his qualifications and two his honesty. that district where

blumenthal: wonderful. that reflects a commitment you indicated to superiority in the undersea domain and in the air which involves the f-35 and the helicopter force. i notice you're nodding for the record. dr. esper: i'm sorry, yes, i do. we need to sustain the f-35 program. it is the world's premier fifth generation fighter which provides extraordinary capabilities. you mention rotary wing. the army undertook initiative, top priority to modernize aviation fleet, future vertical lyft. ift. there are exceeding opportunities to give unprecedented range, pay load and what not. the third thing you mentioned, we have to modernize the submarine force. the boomers, if you will. i had the privilege on the past of being on the vessels, they're impressive, but need to be modernized to deal with challenges today and in the future. sen. blumenthal: i want to raise a topic that i raised with then acting secretary shanahan about dod expenditures at trump branded properties. in response to my question to him, the departm

chairman. >> thank you senator blumenthal. senator blackburn. >> thank you, mr. chairman, and thank you to our witnesses. we appreciate that you are here. i enjoyed visiting with you for a few minutes before the hearing began. mr. wolfram, i want to pick up where we had discussed. in your testimony computational irreducibility. look at that for just a moment. as we talk about this, does it make algorithmic transparency sound increasingly ielusive and would you consider moving towards transparency is a worthy goal or should we be asking another question? >> yeah, i think there are different meanings to transparency. if you are asking tell me why the algorithm did this versus that, that's really hard. if we really want to be able to answer that, we're not going to be able to have algorithms that do anything powerful. in a sense being able to say this is why it did that, we might as well follow the path we used to explain it rather than have it do what it needed to do itself. >> so the transparency, what we capital do is try to get a pragmatic result. >> yeah, we ca

we'll talk about the breaking news much more with senator richard blumenthal of the judiciary and armed services committees, and our correspondents and analysts are also standing by. first let's go to our justice correspondent jessica schneider. stunning details about the hush money scheme in those unsealed warrants. >> that's absolutely right, wolf. this flurry of documents do reveal this flurry of communication in those frantic days leading up to the 2016 election. also the fact that fbi agents in reviewing these texts and calls, they now believe that the president played a direct role in trying to keep at least one woman quiet about this alleged affair. and the man at the center of it all, this middle man, michael cohen, he of course is now serving three years in prison for his role in this cover-up. tonight newly disclosed details in a search warrant show the fbi believe president trump was directly involved in the decision right before the election to pay off stormy daniels, who alleged having a sexual relationship with him. >> when you're a star, they let you do it. you can do any

. >> reporter: for blumenthal, a day at the office includes this treasure trove of modesty garments.> we have an hibue. this is a stick-on strapless panty. so this one has adhesive. part of my prep with actors is i tell them how to put the nudity garments on. all the contents go in the pouch. >> reporter: why is it important to have choreography? >> it's important so actors can consent to where they're going to be touched before we do the scene. so when i work with actors, i make sure to talk with them about whether or not they're okay with things like having their hair pulled happen. and then if they are, and especially if it's part of the choreography, we practice it in rehearsal. >> reporter: she says part of her job is to protect actors from being coerced into doing more than they agreed to, like legal agreements. give me an idea of the types of body parts. >> we can only see the upper right quadrant of someone's butt. we can only see the left nipple. >> reporter: how can a director end up being coercive? or bully an actor or actress into doing a sex scene or nude scene they may

richard blumenthal and jerry moran.ngs done in washington. senator blumenthal, tell us what the legislation does that would prevent what happened. >> you're absolutely right that larry nassar was a monster predator. he will spend the rest of his life behind bars. but he was not a lone wolf. he was enabled by the u.s. olympic committee and by the gha national governing boards. there is a long list of other predators still out there, a long list of enablers who have to be held accountable. and other sports like swimming, wrestling and figure skates where there has been similar kinds of abuse. so our legislation would produce a seismic change in culture. no more medals and money above morals. usa gymnastics was rotten to the core. we'll hold u.s. olympics responsible. they will be legally accountable. they will have reporting duties. they will have to disclose the names of those predators that are found. and they will have to be legally liable. every individual. and every official and the organization itself. congress will

senator blumenthal, thank you very much. appreciate it. >> thank you. >> speaking of the other kwun triz, joining us now is craig tim burg of the "washington post" who shares the by line as the senator mentioned which adds concern to what is laid out in the senate intelligence report. the headline of the "washington post" piece, it's not just the russians any more as iranians and others turn up disinformation ahead of the 2020 vote. how many countries and which countries does the u.s. have to consider a security threat to the next election? i mean, the article focuses on iran, which is fascinating. china, we know, has a huge industrial spying effort going on in addition to national security spying. >> there's quite a few countries that have disinformation operations happening within their borders. people mention as you said china, iran, israel, saudi arabia, united arab emirates. quite a few. and the concerning thing, of course, is that they're all active and they all have a different agenda. we could have a much more comple

. >> richard blumenthal's election security bill would require campaigns to report any offers of foreignistance, one of the proposals blocked by mcconnell and malcolm nancy from the u.s. military. good evening to both of you. >> good evening, thanks for having me. >> senator, let's get to the bill. but first, i got to ask, does the senator have a point in his criticism as he mentioned the media, he mentioned msnbc, he mention what had he views as mccarthyism. is any of this out of bounds in your view or no. >> the plain fact is we have no idea why mitch mcconnell has made it his unrelenting business to block these measures three times i've gone to the floor for the duty to report act which requires any campaign, any family member, any candidate to report illegal offers of foreign assistance or acceptance of them because donald trump has said i take it. his son said during the campaign, i love it. and the reason why is he blocking these measures is simply has no explanation. maybe it relates to the fact we're seeking greater access to the ballot box for ordinary americans or ending the im

in the world where protesters see democracy would actually hold up the british flag as their own blumenthal there was very interesting that was there held up inside the legislative assembly chamber foreign secretary hunter and now calls for deescalation does he regret his inflammatory remarks after these protests you think. well look i think jeremy hunt is trying to do 2 things at once he's trying to be the next tory prime minister which means he has to take a particular approach to china and britain internationally and he's also trying to be a foreign secretary where no one has any interest diplomatically in seeing any. temperature raised any and europe any action is taken rationally and i think that. think the clear that the chinese don't want to see force used at the moment against that was traitors there needs to be some way of using this so i think someone generally hunts are good for the british position to make you put a position to the tory party in the country and quite who's got the leadership of the tory party the mother florence johnson and partly to try to do his job as foreign

. >> senator blumenthal. >> thank you, mr. chairman. general milley, thank you for your service to our nation and your family's as well. it's been extraordinary over many, many years. and thank you for your conversation with me in my office recently. i am going to proudly and strongly support your nomination, not only because of what you said, but what you have done throughout your extraordinary career. you identified the nuclear triad and space as two areas that require modernization. i know that as ain't infantry lieder, you have a deep concern about families and servicemen and women who serve in our nation. they are a major resource, in my view, despite all the new forms of hardware and new bright, shiny objects that may be in space or on the battlefield. at the end of the day, it's people that matter most in our military. so i want to ask you about military housing. not glamorous, not sexy, but essential to the assurance that we recruit and rewe taint the best. because if we don't provide adequate housing and compensation and guaran

blumenthal: thank you, mr. president. are we in a quorum call? the presiding officer: we are. mr. blumenthal: i ask that it be lifted. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. blumenthal: thank you, mr. president. when it comes to air safety, the united states of america should be the gold standard for the world. in fact, better than the gold standard, it ought to be the sullenberger standard. you remember sully sullenberger who was the pilot at the controls when the miracle of the hudson flight in 2009 landed safely? he prescribed the qualities that we should regard most highly as we choose a new administrator of the f.a.a. and he also gave us the leadership we need and should respect in consideration the nomination of stephen dickson. we should reject it. and he articulated exactly why. sully sullenberger said about stephen dickson, quote, his actions and words raise grave concerns about his ability to act with the integrity and the independence the next f.a.a. administrator must have to navigate the challenges of

richard blumenthal of connecticut called this chump change for a company of facebook's size and is callingrings. the department of justice has to settlement, so the ftc would have to defend itself. facebook always in the crosshairs of washington. this comes before a top facebook executive goes up to capitol hill this week to talk about the new libra cryptocurrency facebook is planning. it is a big and influential company, doesn't have a lot of fans in washington. between the ftc fine and the hearings this week, certainly more pushback from washington on facebook. paul: washington editor ros krasny, thank you. let's get a quick check of the business last headlines. samsung has security emergency supplies for three key components that had been cut off by japan's export restrictions. they don't indicate where they will come from, nor how big the into venturi -- the inventory is but it seems to be enough to prevent crisis. the chairman jay y. lee was in tokyo to find alternative sources of semiconductors and components. shery: huawei is ready to cut jobs at its u.s. subsidiary. this will affec

i will rundown and vote when senator blumenthal gets here and come right back. yeah, i think i'll do that. okay. senator mcsally residing. >> thank you, mr. chairman. we'll wait for senator blumenthal. >> senator plum thole, you're recognized. >> thank you, madam chair. thank you general hyten, four your service to our nation and your family and you being here today. i'm probably the last to ask you questions, and i just want to say for myself that i appreciate your willingness to cooperate with this committee and to answer the questions that you have. many of us i think feel there remains serious unresolved questions and factual issues that have not been completely answered on the record. we will be submitting questions for the record. i know you'll be responding promptly. out of respect for the courageous men and women who serve in our military and who will answer to you, if you are confirmed, we need to seek those answers and make them public as much as possible. a number of my colleagues have made reference to the truth that has been revealed to the committe

s a bipar with moran and blumenthal.lly give a lot oversight to congress and it would allow essentially them to dissolve thehoards of bot the lso usa gymntics if necessary. and impose a lot more liability on the potential, so if one of these organizations has abuse going on, they would be exposed to greater liability. also, giving the young athletes more representation on the usoc board as well. the bottom line is this law if it's passed would provide a lot more congressional oversight er america's olympic teams. all right. tom, thank you very much. >> jt aheadhis morning, another bison attack at a national park. the young victim still recovering in the hospital ares details behind his terrifying encounter. but what they eaink is likely acidic and then what's happening is the weakd ening ofdr enamel.t now is the perfect time for a toothpaste like the new pronamel repair. thth toothpaste takes it to next level. it takes mineraland it drives it deep into thtooth surface so that we can actively help repair weakened enamel.

let me give you another shot at the question from senator blumenthal. will you commit to a third- party audit? >> again we have plenty of people looking at our content including economists. >> but that is not an independent audit. are you a happy to do it? >> if a third party wants to moderate -- >> is this a yes? we are getting a yes. >> no. i am telling you that the content moderation has been looked at at google. >> so sad. let me ask you about youtube. china is difficult for you. youtube is difficult for you. what is so hard about ending the automatic referral of videos of minors to pedophiles? you know you can stop it so why won't you just do it? >> senator, i'm not sure. i'm familiar with the issue you are referring to. based on our policy decisions made earlier this year, we have eliminated referencing or recommending videos that contain minors in risky situations, risky conditions. >> so you are telling me you taken them out of the algorithm and taken them out of the referral? >> not all minors. there will be situations where there is legitimate

there were three senators, mechan mcconnell and schumer and blumenthal. the entire program of keeping the election safe. killing that took about 20 minutes. mitch would say i object and it is not coming out of the rules committee and schumer and blumenthal would say something and it was all over. i don't know about anybody else but even more than the mueller appearance which i thought was a heck of a lot more compelling than people were not convinced by the optics of it was the senate committee report. there is more of that coming. the chairman of that committee is a rock-red republican. not on-- ask about the key yaor their warfare capabilities. >> according to mitch mcconnell, whatever it takes to keep trump signing those judges in and sending those right wing judges to them. my panel is going to come right back because apparently none of us have a life. we'll just be here. coming up, who won the week? we? causing a lack of sharpness, or even trouble with recall. thankfully, the breakthrough in prevagen helps your brain and actually improves memory. the

blumenthal, you're on. >> thank you, senator. thank you, admiral, for your service and your family's as well over a very long and distinguished career. i want to just pursue the line of questioning that senator inhofe raised. i don't know how i go back to my con si constituents and all of us to the american people and make the case for the ford and others in its class that may follow it after the cost overruns and delays that we've seen and also the continued questions about whether aircraft carriers make sense in today's military environment. so, i would just respectfully suggest now or in your answers to questions afterward that the navy might better explain to the american people why this class of weapons platforms has continued value that justifies the cost. it's not just that we might like to have another aircraft carrier. but they're pretty expensive. >> yes, sir. >> you can buy a few submarine oris more for the cost of that aircraft carrier. and you testified earlier and the entire navy has been commend bli supportive of o

senator blumenthal. senator duckworth. >> thank you mr. chairman. , thank you for holding today's on the implementation program. and, mr. anderson, mr. jeffries, i would like to start with you. last week, i extended an invitation to the head of fra and fm csa, to meet with me to discuss their ideas and priorities for service presentation realization. i think it would also be helpful to discuss industry and quasigovernmental perspective. would you come to my office in the coming weeks to discuss your specific priorities for the authorization? >> absolutely. i would love to. >> thank you. mr. jeffries, implementation a ppc continues to be my primary focus as it is so many of my colleagues for the rail industry. the december 2020, that line is right around the corner and while significant progress has been made, i'm still concerned about the interoperability components, specifically, and dynamic areas like northeastern illinois. mr. jeffries, are you still confident that the interoperability issues will be fully addressed before december 31,

. >> thank you, senator moran, senator blumenthal. >> that you, mr. chairman and welcome to all the participants this morning. mr. anderson, last month, i sent you a little expressing my deep disappointment that amtrak has failed so far to reinstate its discount program for veterans and their immediate family members. until march. and it provided a 15% savings to veterans on nationwide travel and for the acela express travel on weekends. in fact, under previous leadership, amtrak expanded this program to include same day travel and benefits to immediate family members. last year inexpicably amtrak eliminated this program. i'd like to ask you, as i did in the letter, when this discount program will be reinstated veterans. >> we first of all always had a program for active duty military. so that continued unabated and we were in the process of implementing the 10% discount for retired military personnel. i have my staff get back to you on when it will be fully implemented. we have a lot of computer programming that has to be done since most of our ticke

earlier today senate minority leader chuck schumer and senators richard blumenthal and edward markeynded to former special counsel robert mueller testimony yesterday. >> i have unanimous consent request i know my colleagues in connecticut has one as well. indifference to the leader schedule i will speak for a few minutes on mine and then i will yield to senator so he will speak a few moments on his. then we will wait for the leader to come out to

>> this is a bipartisan effort with moran and blumenthal.ly give a lot more oversight to congress, and it would allow essentially them to dissolve the boards of both the usoc and also usa gymnastics if necessary also imposing a lot more liability on the potential for -- so if one of these organizations has abuse going on, they would be exposed to even greater liability and also giving the young athletes more representation on the usoc board as well. so the bottom line is this law, if it's passed, would provide a lot more congressional oversight over america's olympic teams >> all right, tom, thank you very much. >>> just ahead this morning, another bison attack at a national park, the young victim still recovering in the hospital shares details behind his terrifying encounter, but first these messages evel. it takes minerals and it drives it deep into the tooth surface so that we can actively help repair weakened enamel. i do think dentists are going to want to recommend the new pronamel repair toothpaste. it's such an easy answer and it wil

their colleague richard blumenthal is a stunning number of senate democrats who have sent children toarvard university. senator bob mendez is a harvard parent, so it's in is senate minority leader chuck schumer. schumer said to make sense both of his kids to harvard for barack obama sent one of his, so did former new york governor eliot spitzer. the record goes to former vice president al gore. al gore's an four -- imagine that, four kids in a row to harvard. it's about as likely about getting hit by lightning every single day of the year, and somehow the gore family pulled it off. congratulations, gore family. andrew cuomo, the sitting governor of new york sent one of his kids to harvard, but sent some to brown. that's another ivy league university that your kids can never get to. highly selective, apparently for the kids of nonpoliticians. none beat stanford you can never meet a single person who went to stanford. it's that rarefied. yet here is the amazing part. hillary clinton's daughter reads right in. how did chelsea do that? was it her formidable brainpower? you can check out h

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. >> senator blumenthal is supposedly one minute away. we will vote and senator blumenthal gets here. >> [inaudible] thank you for your patience in d service to the nation. to answer the questions you have a. i know you will be responding we need to make them public as much as possible. i am hopeful that you will support how to make it public as much as we can. the men and women who serve the country in the military as well as the public will be watching the committee closely. i know you've been asked what you think should be done if you have declined to give specifics. i understand it's not your direct area of expertise if you've been at a high level of the military for a substantial period of time i'd like to ask you now in the responses you get to those written questions to be more specific about what can and should be done. we have asked the general about it and i know he's very attentive to this issue, but i would like your commitment that they will be more specific in response to the questions what can be done by way of programs to

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senator richard blumenthal asked coats in an open hearing, so when both of you got pressure about theresident on the russia matter, did you guys ever talk to each other about that? have you talked about this issue with admiral rogers? at which point, dan coats paused for nine seconds, which as you can see, is an eternity in congressional hearing time. dan coats actually scored a second hall of fame nominee for sound bites in our -- of our insane era in american politics and it came during a conversation he had with nbc's andrea mitchell. criticing aspects of trump's meeting with vladimir putin in helsinki. >> i do want to say, we have some breaking news, the white house has announced on twitter that vladimir putin is coming to the white house in the fall. >> say that again? [ laughter ] >> you -- vladimir putin coming to -- >> did i hear you? >> yeah. yeah. >> okay. >> yeah. >> that's going to be special. >> honestly, a lot of people thought coats would be out as director of national intelligence the next morning after that performance, but he survived, and for the record, vladimir pu

other than that, scott, i think as senator blumenthal said, this is just a slap on the wrist. $5 billion for a company that makes $50 billion in revenue this is such a minor fine. if it was on mark zuckerberg himself, $5 billion would be something that he'd notice $5 billion overall out of the company, not so much >> the stock is a yawner it's barely moving on news of $5 billion. a number that was largely expected >> and it was the largest fine ever by the ftc at any given point in time. it's 9% of their top line. 25%, 23%, the bottom line. is it a ton relative to $55 billion in a year? no why do i think the market is not really responding right now? it's because the market doesn't like uncertainty what we got today was certainty. we know what it is you wash your hands, and you we're moving on from it. some of the controls being put in place were things that made since. like an independent director to sign off on the privacy controls having certain other things put into place it protects the consumer and allows facebook to move on with their business that's a good thing. as a holder of t

whether or not google is working with the chinese government he was asked that by senator richard blumenthalarlier today and here is what he said >> have you found any evidence of infiltration of your management or your private data by chinese intel venezuela >> absolutely not, senator. >> has google made any decision about its contracts with the united states government based on pressure or in consultation with china >> absolutely not. >> has google turned over or in any way turned a blind eye to a leak of its software or private data to chinese intelligence >> absolutely not. we take extremely seriously that, the threat of any penetration of our systems >> reporter: and, again, google policy chief karen bottia there, denying that google is working with the chinese government. these comments are stemming from comments peter thiel made earlier this week, alleging that perhaps google is working with the chinese government, calling the company unpatriotic. that's something president trump responded to, saying he would be looking into that. we are continuing to monitor the hearing and will flag

one of my colleagues senator blumenthal has called for oversight into the relationship between trumpnd acosta and epstein regardless of whether acosta leaves the cabinet. the larger issue here really, kasie, is about rule of law. i will remind you a troubling development today that we're not talking about is the argument in front of the fifth circuit court of appeals that was made in the case texas v.eus where the trump department of justice is not defending the affordable care act even though it was upheld by the supreme court. this could have a consequence for 130 million americans with preexisting conditions who if the republicans, if the administration are successful in getting the court to overturn it could really lead to a significant loss of coverage for millions of americans. >> it's definitely something we are absolutely paying attention to. senator, big picture here with jeffrey epstein, i mean, the reality is, you know, his only ties to prominent politicians in the united states, it's not just donald trump, he also has ties to bill clinton, he has ties to prince andrew in

senator blumenthal. >> thank you all for being here today. as you may know, ptc has been an abiding issue for me, a challenge that i think our nation must fulfill. we're celebrating 50 years since the day we put a man on the moon. if we can't implement ptc, it is due to a lack of will, not technological knowledge and certainly not resources, because the nation has the resources. i hope none of you disagree with those two basic propositions. the record will note no one is disagreeing. i'd like to ask you about a recent report april 18th, 2019, in the connecticut post about hundreds of defective antennae assemblies for metro north's positive train control safety system which were recalled, quote, threatening further delays in an already delayed project. it refers to 1200 scanner assemblies that allow trains to communicate with a central system recalled over defective par parts. the system evidently was made by siemens. are you familiar with this issue? >> yes, i am. >> do you know whether that delay will threaten metro north's compliance with t

. >> reporter: inspiring sidney blumenthal to impose the war quiz with questions like did george washingtonr after he captured laguardia? cute. g gee nimknee >>> july fourth baby surprising his mom our executive producer s suzy and dad dave. look at his big brother nolan. this is a proud little guy beaming with joy. he is as proud as can be, nickelous lee, lee is his middle name means gift in chinese and he's a true gift to that family and to suzy, just wonderful and adorable and congratulations to the whole family. enjoy your special moments with him. thanks to all of you for joining us. ""ac 360a krrks 3c 36 starts no >>> good evening, tonight a man who virtually defined the man shadow social light is accused of things like exploiting minors for sex and recruiting new victims and yes, this is the second time for jeffrey epstein who appeared in federal court today. he was arrested yesterday shortly after touching down in his private jet at an airport outside new york. 11 years after cutting what's been described as an exceptionally lenient plea deal and as heinous as the allegations are ag

a special thanks to erin blumenthal and my colleagues for the work. if today stimulated you to look at source documents associatewood the ammia bombing i mentionland briefly earlier we updated a lot of the documents to a website we put up after. it's east month.org our belief is whoever killed him didn't want to just kill him but wanted to bury his work, his investigations his findings. so there is a wealth of information there for law enforcement for the policy community and for the media and others. and i'll close with this thought. and then just a reflection of what i said in the very beginning. some may have asked what can be done to bring a measure of justice this this case 20 years after the attack. i get frustrated when i hear people say we will never find out who did this, never hold people accountable. if this program today shows anything it's that there are ways to bring justice, bowing for the victims of ammia and for just something that you said, just now, miguel, which is we have to fight against impunity. and so what our panel ifrts did

. >> mister blumenthal. >> mister chairman thank you for your service to our nation and your family as well. it has been extraordinary over many many years and thanks for your conversation with me in my office recently. i will strongly support the nomination not only because of what you said but what you have done with that extraordinary career. you identified the nuclear triad and space as to areas that require modernization and infantry so to have a deep concern with servicemen and women who serve are a major resource in my view despite all the new forms of hardware and bright shiny objects that are in space or on the battlefield at the end of the day people matter most in the military. >> not glamorous or sexy but essential with the assurance that we recruit and retain the best. if we don't provide adequate housing to the military inadequate compensation and guarantee retirement and educational benefits we will be a lesser nation for its. and daa - - t12 has a housing privatization accountability to prioritize families that many of us require the bill of rights to be developed. i wa

. >> [ applause ] >> senator blumenthal has just arrived. we obviously are about to adjourn the hearing, and we are happily through the vote. if you could ask one question quickly, that would be great. >> you know, i will skip my questions. i will submit the for the record. i just want to thank you, madame chairwoman, and ranking member casey, for having this hearing. again, most important, thank everyone who is attending this absolutely packed room, which is very inspiring. believe me. very inspiring. i was here earlier, and i have had various other meetings, including armed services, but i just want to state my unequivocal support for this measure, and also, for efforts to reduce the cost of insulin. this astronomically rising cost of a life or death medicine is reprehensible. it is a disgrace for this country. that we cannot act more quickly and effectively. and, in the presence of so many young people, who are so inspiring to us, i think, you have given us the impetus to try to do more and do it better. so, i think you all for being here

legislation from senators klobuchar and warner, fine seen andwide -- feinstein and wyden, blumenthal and others. it's time we move on these bills. as we continue to negotiate appropriations bills, we should include significant resources for election security, nothing less than the vitality and faith in our democracy is at stake. and there are not two sides to this issue. a foreign adversary attacked our democracy. i expect that special counsel mueller's testimony next week will highlight once again that russia's efforts to interfere in our democracy were sweeping and systematic. what are we waiting for? what are we waiting for? for them to interfere again and for more americans, whether they be republican or democrat or independent, left, right, or center to no longer believe this democracy is legit? for 243 years since declaration of independence and certainly since the signing of the constitution a few years later we've had faith in this democracy, even when the outcome isn't what we want. but that faith is already eroding in good part because foreign powers can interfere in our el

waited months for sexual abuse allegations made by olympic gymnast last july senator feinstein, blumenthaland i sent you a letter to request a briefing on the matter and still waiting. when can we expect to respond to a letter everything? >> senator on that particular matter as you may know there is an ongoing inspector general investigation so we turned that matter over from our inspection division to his team. we are waiting the results of the investigation and will be happy to engage with you in your office upon completion of the investigation. >> is he supposed to report to you or the public? >> probably both i would assume. >> i have sent several letters to the fbi regarding the investigation and the shooting of bea john geiser by the national park police. i am not received a response. when can i expect clear answers to my questions in the conclusion of the investigation which i think is 18 months old? >> i'm not familiar with investigation but i believe it's still ongoing could be pretty mature to provide any information at this point. >> you kinda get the feeling with several of the