but marsha persisted.r that if i concluded from my review of the file that there was any basis at all to believe that mr. jennings had murdered his wife, that i would use whatever influence and -- whatever pressure i could to make sure he stayed in prison the rest of his life. >> reporter: you could accept a deal like that? >> yes, absolutely. >> reporter: so, dwight scanned the file. just a quick look and -- this was strange. >> it was obvious there was something that just wasn't right. >> reporter: remember what the trial attorney said about the black bathrobe, too bad they didn't test it for gsr, gunshot residue? dwight, with his years in law enforcement, lit up when he saw that. they must have tested the robe. >> that should have been tested for gsr all the way up the right sleeve. >> reporter: sure. if -- if he'd fired the gun, there would have been gsr on that robe. >> no such report existed for the testing of that sleeve of that robe in the file. >> reporter: didn't make sense. dwight began working

thank you so much marsha blackburn. we'll be right back.g gamestop investors can only purchase one share of gamestop, and five options shares edging lower ahead of open soaring more than 1600% last month, brian your take as retail investors take i am a at silver, silver prices up 11% let me say reading a note from wells fargo, the analyst there covers schwab, and -- the ebrokers he is saying share, in both schwab and ibkr, down 4% friday because some retailer brokers limited trading in certain highly shorted securities investors are concerned the action could ultimately lead to unfavorable responses by regulators, in other words, because you are limited trading you are going to see more regulatory action. >> maria that is exactly where my -- on this issue i am a lot at this point story here, you are seeing the words protect investors from quite a few corners including the edition what i am concerned about whole moment is going to become the vehicle for politicians those want to regulate more heavily banking finance sector to step in and not

>> marsha, i don't think there's anything to clear here. it is a fact that the state legislature did a request. we told them we were not going to address the request at that time, that we were going to honor the doj request first. we said that. that's a fact. there's nothing to investigate that, and -- and then we provided information to doj so there's no -- there is nothing to investigate. i am telling you i agree to the legislature's point. the they sent the letter and we said we would deal with the doj first. i said that. they were told that, and by the way, they could have objected. they are not talking about speen, as. they could have sent a subpoena and said we're not waiting for doj. we're not going to do that. they understood we were dealing with a pandemic and that we were giving doj precedence. and by the way i believe they were right in that. all the numbers we produced were exactly right. we didn't provide all the information that was requested that did create a void and misinformation filled that void and that misinformation ga

>> hi, marsha. happy valentine's day. >> several members of the legislature, some republicans, some democrats have asked to be an investigation of what happened. if that investigation was done, it might be done by the attorney general. you're a former attorney general. if you were in this situation and looked at this pattern, would you open an investigation of what has happened so far? if there was an investigation and the attorney general agreed with everything that you said that it would help clear the air? >> marsha, i don't think there's anything to clear here. it is a fact that the state legislature did a request, we told them we were not going to address the request at that time, that we were going to honor the doj request first. we said that. that's a fact. there's nothing to investigate there. and then we provided information at the doj. there's nothing to investigate. i'm telling you, i agree to the legislature's point. they sent a letter. we said that we would deal with the doj first. i ag

we'll talk with senator marsha blackburn who has made the issue a top priority. welcome to america's news headquarters from washington, i'm griff jenkins. >> i'm alicia acuna. we'll be going that to interview in a moment. first, president biden takes aim at his predecessor telling cbs there's no need for president trump to receive intelligence briefings now that he's out of the office. mark is in wilmington, delaware where biden is spending the weekend. hi, mark. >> good afternoon. the white house says it's focused on this and the interview that president biden had yesterday, the president was asked whether or not he thinks his predecessor should get the briefings sort after a tradition of ex-president. >> i think so not. >> why not? >> because of his erratic behavior. you've called him n existential threat, dangerous i believe it. >> the president taped this before he went to delaware, no major plans on the schedule, but he's expected to continue to try to get a massive stimulus podge through congress. >> and there's a look at what his immigration policy would b

left them under a canopy of ice so you news from no business is next with monica jones i'm sorry marsha thanks for watching. why are people forced to hide in trucks. there are many who said. there are many answers. and there are many stories. make up your. w. made for mines. from hedge fund managers to the chief executives of reddit and to robin hoyt u.s. lawmakers grilled the parties involved in game stops recent wild drives trading spectacle also coming up commodity prices. is this super cycle we talk to an analyst and the aviation sector is facing 2 major challenges the pandemic and climate change we'll show you how innovations in biofuel could make aviation more sustainable. welcome to do that the business i want to johnsonville end good to have you with us in the united states the c.e.o.'s of reddit and robin hood as well as some big name hedge fund managers have been facing a grilling from lawmakers over the recent wilde's trade in game stop. game stop stock in the companies surged 1600 percent in general before plummeting again all the volatility was driven by small scale retail

i have said much about marsha already. she is with us from our great community college, i believe, the downtown campus. i don't know which campus she is on. she is the proud daughter of ohio. she grew up in our state. she graduated from ohio state university in cleveland. marshall college of law. a long career in public service. she was in the cuyahoga county prosecutor's office. mayor of warrensville heights. i remember a long meeting i had in her office back in 2005 as she served as national president of the delta sigma theta sorority. thank you for that. she has been a leader in congress this past year of the congressional black caucus. we know her as outspoken on civil rights, on human rights. she saw up close how lenders preyed on families. everyone in this mini has heard me talk about my zip code. more foreclosures there in thousands seven and anywhere in the country. she was serving as mayor then, probably seven or eight miles from there. she represents my zip code. now she has dedicated her career fighting for thes

senator marsha blackburn will join us next. >> i think there needs to be a vote. when you are the conference chair and the person who speaks for the conference and you take a position that 96% of the conference, 96% of the conference disagrees with. at record low rates to save money every month plus you could get an average of $50,000 cash. that's money for security today and money for retirement tomorrow. refiplus, it's only for veterans and it's only from newday usa. ok everyone, our mission is to provide complete, balanced nutrition for strength and energy. whoo-hoo! great tasting ensure with 9 grams of protein, 27 vitamins and minerals, and nutrients to support immune health. ♪♪ for every trip you've been dreaming of, expedia has millions of flexible booking options. because the best trip is wherever we go together. ♪ ♪ the chevy silverado trail boss. expedia has millions of flexible booking options. when you have a two-inch lift. when you have goodyear duratrac tires. when you have rancho shocks and an integrated dual exhaust. when you have all that, the last

tennessee senator marsha blackburn weighs in on china and policy this morning. democrats dig in 15-dollar minimum wage as speaker pelosi promises it's in next package. scandal in new york state, an aide for governor cuomo says his office purposely withheld data about nursing home mortality to hide it from the feds. we are following the shocking story all morning long. markets this morning are lawer, take a look. mixed story with the dow industrials down 56 and the nasdaq down 26 and the s&p 500 down this friday morning following record day on wall street yesterday. both nasdaq and s&p 500 notching all-time highs while the dow finished slightly lower. we begin today's session in unchartered territory. impeachment 2.0 rolls on. president trump's team has 2 days to present its defense as conviction looks less and less likely. crypto craze continues. not this year. more people plan on skipping out on valentine's spending this year. the reason making a buzz this morning. we will tell you all about it. mornings with maria is live right now. ♪ ♪ ♪ maria: european marke

yesterday i interviewed senator marsha blackburn, a republican from tennessee. has deep concerns about whether the united states can afford to take on $1.9 trillion worth of stimulus, but the bottom line here is that for republicans who might be more in the middle and willing to have more economic stimulus within the next six weeks, that is actually an easier vote for them than voting to convict former president trump in the trial next week. tom: lisa, i know you want to pick it up your, but what i find amazing here is you have russia blackburn on the same page -- you have marsha blackburn on the same page as the washington post. lisa: the idea of what is the correct size in order to actually solve the immediate problems versus stimulate the economy? kevin, this goes to the heart of the question i wanted to ask, if the democrats go it alone, does that take any additional stimulus, true stimulus, infrastructure spending, etc., off the table later in the year because they won't be able to get the bipartisan support? kevin: yes in the sense if they have to get thro

please welcome tennessee senator marsha blackburn. [applause] sen.i am delighted to see you. i look forward to cpac every year. seeing friends and being with happy warriors and fellow conservatives. i absolutely love it. this year is no different, but i'm going to tell you something that is different this year and it is not just that we are all wearing masks and have covid-19, comments of china, it is that we have a bunch of radical liberals in the white house and the house and the senate and they are determined to radically change this country. it is very evident in the area of free speech. they are determined to take away your free speech and the first amendment. here is what the first amendment actually says, hundreds shall make no law. that is an order. they can't do it. they cannot make a law. respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press or the right of the people peacefully to assemble and to petition the government for the redress of grievances. the first am

eric: but tennessee republican senator marsha blackburn wants china out of our children's classrooms.he says they are teaching our kids the wrong lessons. they want to make certain that they are causing children today to be more friendly to the socialist, marxist ideas that they espouse in the chinese communist party and that these children will grow upping being more friendly -- up being more friendly and accepting a chinese communist party propaganda or chinese culture. eric: both blackburn and peterson believe american students should be able to learn mandarin and chinese culture if they want to but not to be taught by what beijing decides. >> american students do need to learn chinese. they need exposure to chinese culture but not on the chinese government's terms. confucius classrooms are an inappropriate tool, and it's time to let them go. >> i think it's important that we separate the chinese people from the actions of the chinese communist party. and as we know that they have pushed forward with trying to expand these institutes, and we know they're very frustrated with us tha

why didn't you hang out with your buddies, marsha blackburn? loeffler, ron johnson, john "not that kennedy" kennedy? because you can run all you want for the rest of your lives, but you can never escape the responsibility of what you brought upon american democracy today. and this was never some sort of peaceful protest. this was charlottesville come home to roost on capitol hill. look at these thugs. a guy in a qanon t-shirt chasing a capitol security officer up flight after flight of stairs. nothing to see here, folks. just a crowd of angry white people chasing a black man. remind me: are we great again yet? the justice department finally responded with a strong show of force-- i'm sorry, no, jim, that's federal police tear gassing peaceful protesters so that the president could do a photo op. jim, do we have the actual response, a photo? there you go. nope, i'm sorry, no, that's during the b.l.m. protests where troops were guarding a statue of lincoln from black people. now, in case you were wondering what kind of americans would try to viol

i'm joined by senator marsha blackburn, all things d.c.ll that and much more on "making money." ♪. charles: house pushing ahead on president biden's two billion dollar covid release bill despite no republican support. so egregious are details emerging really underscore why the democrats didn't bother to reach across the aisle. i'm joined by republican senator marsha blackburn of tennessee. senator blackburn there are at least a half a dozen items that left me speechless in the last day or so. this is not a rescue bill. it is a whole lot more. your thoughts? >> it's a lot more than a rescue bill. our covid funding that should be targeted timely and temporary. but what they're trying to do is bail out the blue states. you have got about $50 billion for new york, $27 billion for california. the bay area rapid transit is going to get millions and millions and millions of dollars. so what the democrats are doing with their bill is rewarding incompetence. they are rewarding people that have been taking the taxpayers money, spending it fast, loos

they have already voted out of our committee on a strong vote marsha thud -- budget to be secretary of hud -- fudge to be secretary of hud. we also are about to consider -- we know what we have to do. this plan is about vaccines and about putting money in the pockets of the people. we will continue our work on this. the committee is working every day on this during the impeachment and after. we have seen the risk of inaction and the public health risk of inaction on this virus and we've seen the risk to a functioning government of inaction in the face of the encouragement of violence. we can never make those mistakes again. my pleasure to bring forward a senator who is doing his work well and we voted yesterday to confirm --[indiscernible] >> thank you. in a few i think it is important we do our job as jurists to hold people accountable to what happened on january 6. i think if we have to have unity, we have to have accountability. i will tell you we will make sure our veterans get the benefits they earned, it is important. the pandemic has brought new challenges to our veterans becaus

i hope some of these questions, maybe not mash -- marsha blackburn, but maybe mitt romney why didn't the president send in the national guard to save his president? i don't think republicans will change their votes. i'll be surprised if bill cassidy change his vote. this all came from contesting the election. for katie saying that 2016 was invalid or what stacy abrams did in for governor, she didn't call anybody up and pressure them like a mob boss. she didn't do that. democrats didn't do that. questioning an election is something that happens. what stacy abrams said, we'll do better next time and we want to make sure there's no voter roll purging, et cetera. but they're not comparative. i thought this defense was weak using elizabeth warren saying we're going to fight for a higher minimum wage. that's not telling people to march down to the capitol when you know they're armed and angry -- >> martha: jessica, you can't tell me that it doesn't give you a moment of pause when you watch that video -- all of this is rhetorical at this point. both sides are pointing to the other and sayin

senator marsha blackburn, thanks for joining us again.we got president biden defending his executive order signing frenzy. ashley what exactly is he saying? ashley: basically anything trump did is bad. back to you, stu. no, saying look, at last count president biden signed 45 executive orders since january 20th or in the 13 days since he took office. some are aimed at addressing the coronavirus pandemic but many dismantled the policies of former president trump. the late of the being a series of orders rolling back the trump administration's hedge shun on immigration but the president says he is not making new laws. take a listen. >> there is a lot of talk with good reason about the number of executive orders that i have signed. i'm not making new law. i'm eliminating bad policy. ashley: okay. with regard to those immigration policies he says that 99% of the trump administration's strategy were counterproductive he says to security and counterproductive to who we are as a country. but former immigration officials say under biden's new dir

we have already voted out of our committee on a strong vote marsha fudge to be secretary of hud. we have also vowed it -- voted out of our committee cecilia rouse will be the chair of the council of economic advisors. we will make sure those go through. we are also about to consider the head of the securities and exchange commission and the consumer protection bureau. we know what we have to do. this plan is about vaccines and about putting money in the pockets of people. it is about stopping layoffs. we will continue our work on this. the committee is working every day on this during the impeachment and after. we have seen the risk of inaction. we have seen the economic and public health risks of inaction on this virus and we've seen the risk to a functioning government of inaction in the face of the -- of donald trump's encouragement of violence. we can never make those mistakes again. my pleasure to bring forward a senator who is doing his work well and we voted yesterday to confirm the secretary of the v.a. >> thank you, senator brown. i want to thank senator schumer and ever

. >> our next caller iss marsha done. go ahead marsha . reporter: hi and congratulations. for al, all ofbl those blue dots up sorry all the red dots running that patch. so mostly rocks and how close you came to the mission on landing and thankt you. al: will have to take a closer look at exactly what we had there. inin general, it was little scarier because we want to make sure we find the spots. we consider hazard so that if you came down there, some of these places are definitely individuals there. let's take a closer look how close we came but definitely the system did what it was supposed to do. this area was available to us. >> next call is from paul wpi. reporter: hello yes and thank you for taking my question. this dissent images i have not seen yet. but to what extent do you expect major changes. and perseverance is planned route based on those images and about how much imagery you think you're going to get in terms of the number of images and video and much better with the speed in which you have from the orbiters. it i don't know if that would be for lori or for

berlin coming up next we've got to the point for you and a look behind the coup in myanmar i'm sorry marsha thanks watch. to the point sean opinions clear position on the international perspective such. nobel peace prize laureate aung san suu kyi is back under house arrest in myanmar on trumped up charges with the elected government deposed and the military back in power is also part of democracy extinguished find out onto for a moment to the point. next o'clock d.w. . the fight against illegal gold diggers. in peru jungles this takes heavy weapons the price of gold skyrocketed during the pandemic and the number of forbidding mines is exploding. with company a special unit in their dangerous work against reckless environmental destruction. global 3000. and 60 minutes on d w. d q you know that 77 percent of africa are younger than 35. that's me and me and you. and you know what it's time all voices got heart. on the 77 percent we talk of bobby fischer. this is where it. was 77 percent this weekend on g.w. . nobel peace prize laureate uncensored she is back under house arrest in myanmar facin

let's move on from that and bring you republican from the great state of tennessee marsha blackburn.ery much with you on this. how are you going to do it? >> first of all i am very much with you on that monologue that you just had. when it comes to the paris climate agreement reentering that why would you take taxpayer dollars and pay for this when you know that 400,000 americans, with loss of their jobs and around those 400,$000. if they want to look at doing this again, let john kerry sell his jet, taxpayer dollars should not be used to enter an agreement that was going to adversely affect the taxpayers, make them pay for this when it is going to cost them jobs, makes no sense. stuart: if your bill fails and there's no saying it is guaranteed to succeed but if it fails then we are going to be shelling out tens of billions of dollars and there's nothing you can do to stop it. >> there are always things we can do that will highlight what is going on and in a couple years we might have the ability to stop that if there is not public awareness about what this does. but how adversely im

a payoff, a payoff to the unions, legalized bribery and corruption, joining me tennessee senator marshaf this. >> you of right. when you talk about california. having more money right now than they did this time last year, you know that this is not about covering. expenses. when luke at the fact for education, for example, when is a huge issue right now, because unions do not want to go back and teach in some of the flu bls and states, we have put 110 billion forward already for education. out of that money, you have got 4 billion-dollars thats had been pulled down for k-12 education, and 11 billion for higher education. so, there is no money in the pipeline they are using, then on top of this, you now have pelosi from california, schumer from new york, and what are they saying? we have got to have 350 billion-dollars because our state and local governments have no money. and we need to send money to them, just not true, state budgets in better shape than they were there time last year. >> outrageous -- keeping the you and your colleagues can do? >> one thing that we did do, this past w

joining me right now a member of that committee, tennessee senator marsha blackburn.mong those questioning garland on the floor today. what do you want to hear from him in this confirmation hearing? >> yes. good morning, maria. i'm going to have some questions about the durham investigation, the hunter biden investigation, i also have some questions that center around china and as you would expect, anti-trust investigations into big tech. so those are the four areas where i'm going to concentrate my time with him today. maria: these are very important areas. what's your sense of his priorities? i mean, do you expect that we are going to see independence when it comes to the investigation around hunter biden? i'd love to get your take also about section 230. do you expect we will hear commentary about big tech's dominance? >> i do think we're going to hear commentary about big tech's dominance and i have had the opportunity to visit already with judge garland and talk with him about some of these issues and he understands the frustration that the american people have w

calls for the immediate release of men marsha ousted leader aung san suu cheat as hundreds of thousandstake to the streets there to protest the military coup.

kevin: marsha blackburn said they are ready for a political battle once the house of representativesy advances the stimulus bill later today in the senate. there are a host of different republicans suggesting they are not ok with the $15 minimum wage increase over the next couple of years, whether it is senator tom cotton, mitt romney, who are suggesting there needs to be a gradual wage hike over the next couple of years, or hardliners like senator blackburn who are saying no way, know-how, they will never get on board. lisa: isn't this out of the provision or out of the bill? how could it make its way in? kevin: it is precisely how the timetable goes for the wage hike. i will be candid. when you talk to industry groups outside of washington like the restaurant association, for example, there are some major concerns they have for small size businesses, small sized restaurants about the legitimacy of them being able to afford something like this. already, when you talk to some republicans, they are looking beyond the notion of the stimulus negotiations and they are talking about infra

senior adviser to him and a number of other black americans not to mention hopefully this coming week, marshawill be confirmed as the secretary of hud. we are off to a good start in his 100 day roll-out and commitment, so, we will continue to work with him. and see how we reset the clock. >> got a similar question for you as we had for the councilwoman from boston who is running for boston mayor in terms of how you balance all of the priorities. i know the congressional black caucus has not surprisingly been kind of tearing its hair out trying to work with the previous administration and now they have a president who is more semp -- more sympathetic, you have people that are saying i need help right now. i am not sure we will make it through the month let alone the year, i have to feed my kids right now. you can only bring one bill to the floor at one time. how do you deal with the balance? >> we start with the pandemic. it's a three-headed pandemic. and it gets to your economic question. it's not only the health care, it is the economic and it is the injustices and while you can bring one bi

. >> marsha's father became head of the national urban league.rts with her grandfather. he ran the lincoln institute in kentucky. secretly it was a college prep program that operates as a job center today. the school set a host of high achievers in the world like marsha's aunt, the first black dean at the university of illinois and a professor at the university of chicago, who was also a trained pilot as well as harvey russell, the first black v.p. of a major corporation, pepsico. >> education is part of the whitney young jr. legacy. there's at least 13 college scholarships honoring his name in the united states today, john. >> john: thank for bringing us that story, lauren. thank you. love that story. he sat down with lyndon johnson, told a few jokes and a shot of bourbon and did the work. >> sandra: great stuff. thanks to lauren green. >> john: that's we way we should all live our lives. >> sandra: i'll see you sunday. we'll cover the president's speak at cpac. i'm sandra smith. >> john: and i'm john roberts. "the story" with martha maccallum s

senator marsha blackburn says the bill is unfair to people suffering under covid. >> the democrats are using this as a cash cow. they are going to keep printing money until they solve their problems and they are going to force states like tennessee, which are well managed, have no state income tax, and people that are living by the rules to pay for all of this mess that people that do not live by the rules have made. >> now we know the time frame to raise the minimum wage to $15 four years from the signing. we're digger deeper into the nearly 600-page bill filled with all kinds of things. the house budget committee will work on it on wednesday and a vote could come on friday at the end of the week. back to you. >> harris: thank you very much. you have gotten us started with the facts this hour. i want to bring in house minority whip steve scalise. republican from louisiana. great to see you today. i know the list is long and this is just one example. but why in the world is an underground project for rail, which hasn't broken ground yet, in resource catch rich silicon valley, californi

next collar is marsha. go ahead, marcia. >> hi, congratulations. all those blue dots, red dots surrounding the latch, are those rocks? how close you think you came from something on the landing? >> mwe have to look at what we have there. we want to make sure, he's not specifically saturated as we consider 4% hazard down there. some of these places are definitely problems and there's individual works so we will have to take a closer look to see how close we came but the system did what was supposed to. the area available to it. >> great, thank you. next call from paul of upi. >> thanks for taking my question. i'm wondering if someone, i realize you haven't seen the sentiment but to what extent do you expect any major changes perseverance perseverance plannedch route based on the images and about how much imagery do think in terms of the number of images or video and how much better than what you have from the orbitere ? i don't know if that's for lori or jennifer. >> go ahead, lori. jennifer. go ahead, jennifer. >> i can talk a little bit about the

. >> reporter: earlier tennessee senator marsha blackburn responded. >> if i were lori lightfoot, i woulde every one of these teachers that will not go back to school in chicago. if. >> reporter: teachers unions are also resisting returning to the classroom in l.a., boston, cleveland, philadelphia, san francisco where the city actually sued its school board as well as here in the nation's capital. at the white house, jen psaki was pressed on the issue. >> president biden use the power of the bully pulpit to help cajole teachers who are unwilling to go back to schools to go back? >> i'm just going to reject the premise of the question. we're going rely on cdc guidance which, again, is not officially out yet to determine the best way to do it. but there are several mitigating factors that we've seen to date that will help make it safe. >> yes with an asterisk. >> if you are the spokesperson for the white house, you could certainly say that, but you are not. >> reporter: joe biden was the top recipient from the teachers unions by a long to shot in 2020. more than 98% of the teachers donate t

senator marsha blackburn tweeted "important voice for the conservative movement. he will be missed dearly. my condolences to the family." senator rand paul said rest in peace. not many revolutionized the industry and stayed atop like he did. larry kudlow said without rush limbaugh, it's unlikely that republicans would have retaken control of the house in 1994 meaning that newt gingrich wouldn't have been speaker of the house. his radio show had between 15 and 20 million listeners a week. his wife katherine said this on that show. >> from today on, there will be a tremendous void in our lives and of course on the radio. rush loved our miraculous country beyond measure. an unwaivering patriot. >> even though that were not rush limbaugh fans like david axelrod, he's a force of historic proportions. yes, we knew a lot about rush limbaugh but did you know as a kid, hi shined shoes at a barber shop? a fan of rare sports cars and owned some. he was the head of sales for the royals where he became great friends with george brett and sang at george brett's wedding. rush li

our next caller is marsha dunn of the apa. >> congratulations. all those blue dots -- sorry, the red dots surrounding the little blue patch, are those mostly rocks? how close do you think you came from something that could have doomed the mission on landing? >> we will have to look at what we had there. in general, we make these maps a little scarier. these maps are typically saturated at what we consider 4% hazard. some of these are definitely problems, but there's individual rocks that are marked there. but the system did what it was supposed to do. it found the safest area available to it and went there. >> great, thank you. next call is from paul of upi. >> thanks for taking my question. i'm wondering if someone can -- i realize you haven't seen the descent images yet, but to what extent do you expect any major changes in the planned route based on those images, and about how much imagery do you think you are going to get? how much better will it be than what you have from the orbiters? i don't know if that would be for laurie or jennifer. >>

. >> thank you, marsha. >> thank you. >> ian and i have known each other a long time, i think it's going surface but certain aspects of ian's thinking eye only discovered through this terrific book he jet i really do say it's a terrific book. it's ian you write not like a lawyer and i want to congratulate you on that. >> thank you. i'll take that as a compliment. >> it's meant as one. and as was pointed out, you have been legal counsel at abc where i worked for decades. but there's a line in the book i want to bring back to you from the very beginning and i want to quote this line you've say that chief justice john roberts loves the first amendment. and i've known attorneys who have that love for the first amendment. do you love the first amendment? >> oh, yes. thank you, john. great to be here with you and center for book on history, and yes i do love the first amendment. i love it partially because i do believe deeply in freedom of speech and freedom of the press and partially because it has enabled me to have a career where i work for abc news and i'm so proud to work for the journali

senator big supporter of donald trump he was seen with several other republican senators the likes of marsha blackburn from tennessee and others saying that there are different standards for impeachment in the house compared to the senate that sounds like a talking point that is being prepared so they can go out and see look at the house impeached him but there are different standards here in the senate therefore we have decided not to impeach donald trump it is about facing the bases about a lot of these people going back home and saying yes i voted for donald trump which will protect them with the base but then if they're confronted by people who aren't trump supporters be the democrats or republicans who are disillusioned and we knew there were many of them. in the last election they can say well the reason i didn't vote was because constitutionality lack of joe process 1st amendment right different standard in the house and the senate it is all about political protection for what goes on from here over all the case made by the democrats. was probably a bit thin but we knew it was going t

tom cotton, marsha blackburn and josh hawley and others are speaking today.rning. >> conservatives are here in orlando to decide which issues the candidates and causes they will support in the year ahead. cpac looks different this year because of the pandemic. people are being required to wear masks. some social distancing going on. event just getting started. we heard from florida governor ron desantis. someone getting a lot of buzz as a potential 2024 presidential candidate. >> we are an oasis of freedom in a nation that's suffering in many parts of the country under the yoke of oppressive lockdowns. >> this weekend all eyes will be on former president trump when he takes the stage on sunday afternoon. aides tell fox news he will make it clear he sees himself as the leader of the conservative movement. top republicans say he will get the credit he is due. >> he is beloved by the conservative groups and republican party by and large and he deserves the great applause that he is going to get on sunday when he comes and speaks. >> tomorrow we'll hear from form

neil: thank you very, very much, senator marsha blackburn on all of that we don't know exactly whereg better even if they go it alone without republicans. this could explain why a lot of americans are stepping back from all of this as anxious as they've ever been even technically more so than they were in the height of the pandemic not quite a year ago, last night and finishing up reading you remember ryan the billion dollar listing guy, he has a new book out that essentially urges all of us to get a better sense. more after this about where were all going. we'll have him to explain. ♪ i'm searching for info on options trading, and look, it feels like i'm just wasting time. that's why td ameritrade designed a first-of-its-kind, personalized education center. oh. their award-winning content is tailored to fit your investing goals and interests. and it learns with you, so as you become smarter, so do its recommendations. so it's like my streaming service. well except now you're binge learning. see how you can become a smarter investor with a personalized education from td ameritrade. v

you have marsha fudge from ohio who will go to the administration. that will happen in ohio. but it doesn't have to happen right away by the rules of ohio governor dewine. so you could then be down to three. and you talk about the difference between the progressive side of the house and the conservative democrat side of the house, it is big. you only have to sway three people. not many. >> bill: probably why joe biden -- >> dana: what if he becomes the attorney general of california it is even tighter? >> we'll see you at 6:00, bret. the president is saying go big and go fast because of the timing that we're discussing here now. >> dana: they aren't going the wait. >> bill: house republicans meeting today to consider the fate of republican conference chair liz cheney who voted to impeach president trump. will she retain her leadership role? the battle for the soul of the republican party. how conservatives are charting the course for the future. jim banks will explain his plan and strategy coming up next. usa. romy refiplus lets you refinance at reco

we'll talk with senator marsha blackburn who has made the issue a top priority.ers from washington, i'm griff jenkins. >> i'm alicia acuna. we'll be going that to interview in a moment. first, president biden takes aim at his predecessor telling cbs there's no need for president trump to receive intelligence briefings now that he's out of the office.

now senator marsha blackburn says bill is grossly unfair to the people actually suffering under covid. >> the democrats are using this as a cash cow. they are going to keep printing money until they solve their problems and they're going to force states like tennessee, which are well-managed, have no state income tax and people that are living by the rules to pay for all of this mess that people, that do not live by the rules have made. reporter: the house budget committee is working on it this week. there could be a vote on this out of the house budget committee at the end. week on friday. back to you. jackie: so much to dig into. thank you, edward lawrence for laying it out. some republicans are furious with the pet projects in the relief measure and struggling to derail it with the bill moving fast track through congress. republican congressman from north carolina matson cawthorn joins me now. great to see you. "wall street journal" editorial board out with a piece on this. i want to read it to you. this generous definition of covid related provisions tallied 825 billion. the rest

later we hear from senators tom cotton and marsha blackburn. >> our next session is a set of curated spaces -- speeches

. >> doctor marsha recognized for minutes. >> thank you and good morning, ;-) member rogers, subcommittee chairwoman, subcommittee ranking member griffith and other members of the house energy and commerce subcommittee. it is really a pleasure and privilege to be here today and i want to recognize and thank congressman mckinley who is unwavering in his support for west virginia and to recognize governor justice who has done a remarkable job as a leader. what i would like to do in my time here is to reflect what our strategies have been and talk a bit about the important components that only could be shared and certainly learn from other people. i congratulate the other presenters, and west virginia we recognize that ultimately it is culture that plays the most important role and outcome. we were very much impressed by a we readf articles that at the beginning of the pandemic, one of which reflected for mathematical models. the demonstrated that doing nothing to mitigate the covid-19 pandemic were doing things by force were not as effective as pursuing things collaboratively, that's been a

so, are there any more -- yes, marsha, please. did you have your hand up? we can't hear you, if you're talking. i'm not sure... >> laura is unmuted. she has a page that is created, linked to our city, our home page. the 50th presentation is on there, along with her video. so this is the page that we're hoping to host as your central page for any liaison activities. so you can go ahead and e-mail the information would like posted on to this website, and i can work with our tech folks to make that happen. >> chairwoman: great. thank you so much. one thing we've been hearing is it has been a little bit challenging for those who have been trying, like, in the controller's page and o co. there have been some struggles there. >> can you hear me now? >> chairwoman: yes. >> great. i did want to point out there is oco liaison activities, and as controller, we can try to find a way to publicize it more on the main site. we want to keep it on the city structure so that people who are members of -- members of the public really do have transparency into this information

so, are there any more -- yes, marsha, please. did you have your hand up? we can't hear you, if you're talking. i'm not sure... >> laura is unmuted. she has a page that is created, linked to our city, our home page. the 50th presentation is on there, along with her video. so this is the page that we're hoping to host as your central page for any liaison activities. so you can go ahead and e-mail the information would like posted on to this website, and i can work with our tech folks to make that happen. >> chairwoman: great. thank you so much. one thing we've been hearing is it has been a little bit challenging for those who have been trying, like, in the controller's page and o co. there have been some struggles there. >> can you hear me now? >> chairwoman: yes. >> great. i did want to point out there is oco liaison activities, and as controller, we can try to find a way to publicize it more on the main site. we want to keep it on the city structure so that people who are members of -- members of the public really do have transparency into this information

ted cruz and donald trump junior, others include rhonda santos in florida, marsha blackburn and senatorge for conservative come back? >> reporter: big time and that is the vibe you got here. rhonda santos was on stage, his message was we are not going back to the failed gop establishment and he laid out donald trump's america first agenda as the agenda of the republican party and the conservative movement, this is the beginning of call it a comeback or reaffirmation of what donald trump started inside the republican party. there is going to be a straw poll, the cpac straw poll that will come out 20 minutes before the former president take the stage, but when it comes to who do you like in 2024 the number you see for donald trump will be very high because the enthusiasm for him here, the base from here is very strong. this is not the republican party of liz cheney or mitch mcconnell, this is the republican party of donald trump and rhonda santos and it is on full display here. it is christmas for conservatives. you would love it. you need to come next year. stuart: that was a good wrapup

on our democrats line, this is marsha.aller: when i heard about rush limbaugh passing yesterday i didn't have any sort of feelings about that. as a middle-aged woman growing up, i never had problems with racism, too much. rush caused a lot of that. just like jim jones and hitler's , there's a lot of people that really liked him and both of those guys he knew just what to say. when you have that group of people that want to hear that kind of stuff, there are so many. that is why he became so popular. people who are in the media, on tv, work for everybody. white, black, whatever. that is all i have to say about that. host: on a republican line, good morning to sid. first of all i would like to send my condolences to the limbaugh family. i never listen to the man. he was a racist, zenith, all you have to do now is look at january 6. thank you so very much. host: this is ralph, hi there. caller: thank you for the washington journal. i'm a worker from upstate new york. limbaugh since he was on the air , it was basically the sam