>> vanished. >> but sergeant ernst heard a detail that was curious.situation immediately rang a bell with the dispatchers. >> greg mulvihill had called our dispatchers earlier in the evening to ask their advice. he had received a phone call from an unknown person stating that that person was a private investigator and had some information. >> greg said the mysterious caller was a man with a deep voice, who claim to have documents that greg would want to see. greg without the impression it was evidence that could be used against him in his custody battle with diana. the man said he'd leave a package for greg to pick up. greg asked the dispatcher whether he should go. what was their response? >> probably not a good idea. but it was up to him. >> and he went? >> and he went. >> this was the meeting spot. and isolated dirt road near a power pole. greg asked his boss, a neighbor jason to join him on this bizarre mission. jason till police, around 11 pm, the men pulled up to the intersection of avenida soledad and the dirt road. sergeant ernst and detective

byrepresentatives right , representative seth moulton and joni ernst. the subject of today's discussion is really something out of hard to our current security moment and we have a few questions here and to go right from the beginning your during the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, reflecting on these last two decades what you see as the most positive lesson in how the us has been fighting for work as well as the most significant cautionary lesson from how things playedout . >> that you and it is very good to be with you. thank you daniel very much for the work that you do and of course to the mccain institute. i want to thank my colleagues as well or their service. the in uniform and out of uniform, congressman jim banks and seth walton, great thought leaders on capitol hill thank you very much for the invitation to be here today . and for about 20 years has been a very very long time engaging in the global war on terror. there are a number of positive aspects that we've seen. for a few negative as well. first i'll start with the positive of cour

modern warfare democratic congressman's and republican representatives, to make an iowa senator joni ernsthe mccain institute for its sedona form. >> we are honored to be joined here by representatives banks and others. so the subject of today discussion truly something sort of at the harbor current security moments and we have a few questions here and right from the beginning, this the 20th anniversary of the 911 attack and requesting on these last two decades, what you see is the most significant positive lesson from how the u.s. has been fighting the wars as well as most significant negative cautionary lessons from how things have played out. >> thank you and it's very good and to be here with you. thank you for the work that you deal and of course the mccain institute and i want to thank my colleagues as well. for their service both in full uniform and out of uniform. congressman jim thanks and great leaders on capitol hill. thank you very much for the invitation to be here today. and 20 years has been a very very long time engaging in the global war on terror. there are a number of po

i'd like to yield to my colleague from iowa, senator ernst. ms. ernst: thank you, and i appreciate the time to speak today on this topic and certainly, madam president, i am rising to also support the stop taxpayer funding of hamas act. the united states should no longer provide any recognition or resources to hamas, a terrorist organization supplied by iran, disguised as a palestinian political party. hamas is a long-standing terrorist organization whose attacks and efforts against peace threaten the lives of civilians and innocents. using the population of gaza as a human shield, hamas fired more than 1,500 rockets into israeli civilian areas in an unprovoked attack last month. the attack was not the action of a responsible political party, but the violent outburst of an iranian proxy bent on the destruction of israel and peace. hamas' roots and rational have very little to do with a broader struggle for freedom of worship or narrow land use disagreements. it's far simpler than that. iran supplies rockets and hamas launches rockets on innocent i

the violence against women act is being held up in the senate by joni ernst and the republicans because it has a provision that keeps guns out of the hands of domestic abusers and intimate partners. i think it is really important if we could know, has this anything to do with the pandemic and the violence against women? host: thank you for your call. jeff asher? guest: that is an excellent question. you don't have data now, and we will get some data from the fbi in september when they release their official the to stakes, that it is not something that is particularly well-capped, so we don't have a good understanding of how many murders each year our domestic-related. domestic violence is one of the items i would point to as a logical explanation for why murder is up. basically, abusers and domestic violence victims are together and people cannot get away from each other. it was possible that was one explanation, but we don't have a ton of evidence to support it or refute it. you probably will not get hard evidence for a little while, if ever. host: a follow on that from dave who tweets

jackie speier on the house side has been pushing for this and now joni ernst.it, and it's a question of getting i think the commentary that austin has gotten from the services was from the trump appointees and he may be waiting to hear from the new biden appointees who are service secretaries in order to make his recommendations, which he said he would make by the end of the month. >> there is a timeline on this. we've been showing the woman who is at the senator of much of this as you've been speaking and in the last couple minutes she's actually talked with joint chiefs of staff head general milley who said that he reiterated basically asking him to reiterate his support. he said he is completely open-minded to significant change and said that is true for most of the senior leaders in uniform. i imagine this is a significant difference from what you heard when you were over the army? >> it absolutely, of course, is. i'm not sure that they're planning to take it to a civilian side, which would mean reporting it just to law enforcement, off base. i think that t

they were red flags, but apparently no checks. auditors that ernst and young have been criticized for having given their okay to the balance sheets. but germany's government watchdog boffin also found us get more on all of that. i am joined by the w. me, hey, the cook nor our chief political editor. so mikaela 1st i'd like to ask you about this parliamentary committee report that has come, come out and is being debated as we've heard, what are the major findings while the made the findings are that there was a lot of conspiracy. there is a lot of disbelief that those signs were that fairly early on that that even was a report by co mat spunk, and which was pushed aside by wire cards, appearance as a financial service provider. and that, that information simply wasn't taken in even leading to angela mac or none other than the chance a her self and trying to lobby essentially for wire card, even at the end of 2019, when all of these facts were on the table. so the over arching finding is that at best the government was naive and it was just, there are signs that it might have been compl

. >> senate republicans like missouri's roy blunt and iowa's joni ernst see the bill as federal overreach and national power grab. >> to take away the voices from our local elections officials. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell made sure the gop remains united in opposition. it is a solution in search problem. we will put an end to here in the senate. >> but democrats presented a unified front, too. senate majority leader chuck schumer argued congress must push back against new state laws that make it more difficult for voters, particularly minorities to cast ballots in response to donald trump's lies. republican state legislatures immediately launched the most sweeping voter suppression efforts. >> in at least 80 years. georgia senator raphael warnock urged all americans to oppose what's happening in his state. >> and across the country. that shouldn't be partisan. we're in a fight for the soul of our democracy. >> and both president biden and vice president kamala harris made it very clear that that fight will still continue. despite the senate vote. the president said that you can

. >> senator ernst. >> thank you, mr. chairman and thank you ms.zman as well for being here today to testify on the small business administration response to the covid-19 pandemic internation small businesses continue on their very long path to recovery and is critical that this committee continues its work with thehe sba to ensure that te covid relief program that we have worked on so hard over the past year whether it is the paycheck protection program, our shuttered venue operators program and the restaurant revitalization fund are administered effectively and with transparency and i know were having a very livelyy discussion today, i am going to point out that the planned parenthood issue being discussed is very important to a number of us, senator paul and ranking member has gone through a number of those issues and we do want to make sure that those funds of been directed to small businesses, i would just echo the thoughts and we would love your participation and to be able to sort through and get to the bottom of it, please let's continue to

what it is at ernst and young have been criticized for signing off on the balance sheets. the japanese financial markets watchdog bath in also failed. the w. 2 political editor, mccain of cooking, has been following their story. welcome mikaela. what other questions have come out of based parliamentary committees reports into wildcard? well, the overall thing finding was that the information that was, that simply wasn't taken up and it wasn't acted upon. and it leaves a picture that at the very least, the german authorities and also the german government, were an eve. after all, it was none other than the german chancellor herself who went to china in 2019 and still did some law being a full wire card. wanted to see it as a pioneer in a financial transactions across the border into an out of china. while those reports were already on the table that there was something unsavory going on. and at the very worst, that could have been a complicit element here with the boffin itself, actually ordering a stop to some trading practices, savoring wire cards. so clearly the german g

we spoke with the chairman of the german economic affairs and energy committee close ernst, who says a purely business enterprise and his view has been dragged into geo politics. for now, i believe no to stream to as a necessity. because in europe, we're in dire need of gas for the foreseeable future. we know that the existing gas pipeline no stream certainly does not have the same capacity is no extreme to, and therefore, i am very pleased to this new pipeline is ready. i hope will soon be in operation. the u. s. is in the lead those against the gas pipeline, 50 years ago, they opposed gas supplies, mis soviet union, because they thought we will become dependent on moscow. but in fact, they only care about selling the liquefied gas. this arguments about dependence on russia is just nonsense, because this dependence is not one sided and it's 2 sided. russia also depends on revenues from the gas supplies and exactly the same way as we depend on their gas. and by the way, you know, pins combined gas from other suppliers. tony, it is more expensive and more harmful for the environment l

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. >> several plants across the country, iowa senator joni ernst and tom billsex tweeting federal agenciess attack with the white house and formidable insecurity working closely together. the concern is pork prices will jump in the wake of the shutdown and remember we've seen inflation pushing prices higher for consumers. dave kennedy says us companies should be on high alert. >> what is happening is companies that are taking cybersecurity seriously the control critical infrastructure and then the sophistication level raised by organized crime groups that continue to grow. >> other experts say americans should prepare for more of this. >> the reality is consumers continue to experience more of these disruptions given the relatively nascent state of defenses and a lot of major us corporate around the world. we've got to demand more. >> in a statement to usa today the company ceo said the vast majority of plants should be back up and running by wednesday as long as production gets back up and running quickly consumers should not see a jump in prices despite how futures tumbled when this atta

well, there were red flags, but apparently no checks. auditors, ernst and young had been criticized for signing off on the balance sheets that germany's financial markets watchdog bath and also failed. the w. c. political editor mccain our customer has been following their story and welcome mikaela. what other questions have come out of based parliamentary committee reports into wildcard? well, the overall thing finding was that the information that was that simply wasn't taken up and it wasn't acted upon. and at least a picture that at the very least the german authorities and also the german government were now eve. after all, it was none other than the german chancellor herself who went to china in 2019 and still did some law being a full wire card. wanted to see it as a pioneer and financial transactions across the border into an out of china. while those reports were already on the table that there was something unsavory going on, and i'm at the very worst that could have been a complicit element here with the boffin itself. actually ordering a stop to some trading practices, savor

i can't resist asking you about the case of ernst dowd. a scholar and activist who found himself barred from the united states in the 1960s, even though he had been here before and lectured here in the interest. my interest in the mandel case is sparked in part by my having taken a class with him and another marxism academic in a summer session in boston university in 1979. right before my senior year in college. at the time, i had no idea of the government's efforts to keep him out of the country and, frankly, nothing of its efforts until i read your book. >> oh. >> there's a lot going on in the 1960s, and i can't imagine mandel's readership being all that great. books can be very long and very dense and marxism prose, and yet the government expended not insignificant effort to keep this guy out. what did it do and why? >> okay. thank you for sharing that. i want to talk a little bit after i discuss the mandel case about why he would have gotten into the country in 1979 to teach that class. so this is a fascinating case and very -- the pr

senator joni ernst counted them down.n average every single day. senator grassley is 82 years old and he dominated the challenge against senator cotton. great team work all around. >> jesse: grassley challenge president biden. he is always talking about how he can do all these pushups. let's see it, president. that's a challenge. >> greg: great point. >> jesse: "special report" is up next with bret who can also do pushups we think. >> bret: yes, but i want one of those gutfeld shirts. good evening. i'm bret baier. breaking tonight, former defense secretary donald rumsfeld has died. rumsfeld served under four presidents and worked nearly a quarter century in corporate america. six decades had in public service for the country. we will have complete coverage in a moment. first, some of the other headlines today. comedian bill cosby is a free man tonight. he was released from prison a few hours ago after the pennsylvania supreme

you've got the great senator joni ernst and i'll as one of the best governors in the country with governor kim reynolds . america needs more strong conservative women leaders and less of nancy policy and, like harris. thank goodness for donald trump or we would never have gotten kamala to the border. it's been almost 100 days this is how she handles a crisis? god help us if she ever becomes president. we need more republicanwomen and men in office period . iowa is leading the way and next year the red wave that starts in iowa won't endhere . in 2022 we are not stopping until we take back the house and the senate and after that , this republican party and the american people will take back our country from joe biden and the radical left. [applause] today's democrats don't just blame america. we don't even believe in america and that's why they don't deserve to lead america . we got our work cut out for us. we've got to keep the governors seat which i will give kim reynolds for more years. got to hold onto iowa's other senate seat, where once he away from retaking the senate and can'tlose io

they were red flags, but apparently no checks are diverse that ernst and young have been criticized for having given their okay to the balance sheets. but germany's government watchdog boffin also failed us get more on all of that. i am joined by the w. me, hey, the cook nor our chief political editor. so mikaela, 1st i'd like to ask you about this. perla mentary committee report that has come, come out and is being debated as we've heard. what are the major findings while the major findings are that there was a lot of conspiracy, there is a lot of disbelief that those signs were there fairly early on that that even was a report by co mat spunk, and which was pushed aside by wire cards. appearance as a financial service provider, and that, that information simply wasn't taken in even leading to angle americans. none other than the chancellor herself and trying to lobby sense to the full wire card, even at the end of 2019. when all of these facts were on the table. so the over arching finding is that at best the government was naive and it was just there are signs that it might have been

when these things get passed, it's going to be a full employment act for consultants like people at ernstare going to have to disclose their carbon footprint, disclose various diversity measures on boards and even this their corporate ranks. and then they're going to have to make sure those disclosures are 100% accurate and they take into account consultants, part-time worker. i mean, it's going to be a rigorous process and time consuming and costly. the exact number of the cost we can't tell you right now, but what i can tell you, the word billions is floating around. and that's what has a lot of companies scared. banks, obviously, bug banks like j -- big banks like jpmorgan, they have, they can do this a lot easier than smaller public companies. can you imagine if amc has to really ramp up its corporate disclosures? they don't have a lot of money right now to do what they're doing, barely staying alive. can you imagine if they have to ramp up these disclosures? so you understand why this is starting to be concerning to the business community, and it's going to be a huge debate this summ

senator joni ernst counted them down. did that to honor the 22 veterans a day who commit suicide on average every single day. senator grassley is 82 years old and he dominated the challenge against senator cotton. great team work all around. >> jesse: grassley challenge president biden. he is always talking about how he can do all these pushups. let's see it, president. that's a challenge. >> greg: great point. >> jesse: "special report" is up next with bret who can also do pushups we think. >> bret: yes, but i want one of those gutfeld shirts. good evening. i'm bret baier. breaking tonight, former defense secretary donald rumsfeld has died. rumsfeld served under four presidents and worked nearly a quarter century in corporate america. six decades had in public service for the country. we will have complete coverage in a moment. first, some of the other headlines today. comedian bill cosby is a free man tonight. he was released from prison a few hours ago after the pennsylvania supreme court overturned his sexual assault

. >> senate republicans like missouri's roy blunt and iowa's joni ernst see the bill as federal overreach and national power grab. >> to take away the voices from our local elections officials. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell made sure the gop remained united in opposition it is solution in search. >> of a problem. we will. >> put an end to here in the senate. >> but democrats presented a unified front, too. senate majority leader chuck schumer argued congress must push back against new state laws that make it more difficult for voters, particularly minorities to cast ballots. in response to donald trump's lies. republican state legislatures immediately launched the most sweeping voter suppression efforts. >> in at least 80 years. georgia senator raphael warnock urged all americans to oppose what's happening in his state. >> and across the country. that shouldn't be partisan. we're in a fight for the soul of our democracy. >> and right after the vote. both president joe biden and vice president kamala harris stress that fight is not over. the president said to expect more on that n

you're looking for the ernst and young of accounting. you're not looking for a newby company who has never done this before who as cnn very capably showed doesn't even have office space and is sending the data off to a mysterious house in montana. that is not the gold standard. you want to do better just from a competency standpoint. and so you can talk to more than just the stop the steal crowd. let's be honest this arizona audit isn't going to convince anyone outside of the crowd that already believes the election was stolen. >> yeah. just listening to you, you know, point out that they are sending ballots to some guy in montana we think to his house where i don't know what he is doing with it in the comfort of his own home, and it's funny, you know, on one hand because it is so ludicrous as you say and, yet, there is really nothing funny about it because a lot of, you know, good and decent people are taking this seriously because they have been lied to and, you know, misled. >> you're absolutely right. the people who are working there

you've got two great brand new congresswomen in ashley henson and -- you've got the great senator joni ernstand iowa has one of the best governors in the country with governor kim reynolds. [applause] ms. haley: we need more strong, conservative women leaders and less of nancy pelosi and kamala harris. by the way, thank goodness for donald trump or we never would have gotten, look the border -- kamala to the border. it has been almost 100 days, god help us if she becomes president. we need more republican men and women in office, period. iowa leads the way and year the red wave that starts in iowa won't end here. in 2022 we are not stopping until we take back the house and senate, and after that this republican party and the american people will take back our country from joe biden and the radical left. [applause] ms. haley: today's democrats don't just claim america. they don't even believe in america, and that is why they don't deserve to lead america. we have got our work cut out for us. we have got to keep the governor, i'm confident we will give kim reynolds four more years, we have got

next question is from daniel ernst.can you generalize about when pearson decided that a leak say from someone in a federal agency was just an intramural squabble versus when it was something of actual public note that he would then use. well intramural scrubbles were good made good press actually so he was always probably especially during the new deal. you know, there were always fights between different new deal advisors. and so he was it was just great because one would lead to the other and the back and forth and they both sides had a point of view that he was including that in there some of these stories never went anywhere. they were nice. they were funny. they were interesting they were they they shed light on a particular person or a particular moment and then they were over with and nobody remembered them a couple of days later some of those stories became big issues because government agencies started to step in and look into the what what the truth was to the matter and people went to jail as a result of thes

in 2020, the senators that worked on that provision, senator ernst and i, made very clear that we didot appreciate staff members taking out work and provisions that had been considered and voted on by senators as part of their responsibility, and we were able to pass it the second time. so, unfortunately, mr. president, i don't have faith that if we allow the committee to look at this bill and pass it in the senate and the house, that it will not be watered down or taken out in conference without the consent of all the senators that voted for it. therefore, i urge this body to allow for an up-or-down vote on this senate floor. that is a privilege that was given don't ask, don't tell repeal because of similar filibusters by members of the armed services committee. when we voted on don't ask, don't tell, it was an up or down senate vote. this deserves the same opportunity. i yield the floor. i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: mr. portman: madam chair. i would like to ask unanimous consent to dispense with the

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today but we are here right now because of the position that senator cardin brought up and senator ernstought up and my guess is we htare concerned about the restaurant fund running out of money as of yesterday again. i know my colleague asked you about this.t if congress approves more funds how long would it take to get assistance to those restaurant and if they have already bed in the application process would they take priority over people who had filled out paperwork? >> when we first began a reach on the restaurant fund this would be done immediately regardless of their set-aside category. we would be old to leverage those existing applicants so thatou we could get these fundsp quickly to those who applied. do you have any idea how many applicants you have the render served? >> not the specific number but we are working through the specific awards. >> you have any idea how many restaurants you're going to serve versus how many applicants who have left? are there 30% more applicants that we didn't serve? i don't have the specific numbers on how it will be estimated atn this point. >>

one is a republican -- joni ernst. is a democrat, tammy duckworth, and they are both on this legislation, and they have served as commanders and they understand the importance of commanders' role. but they also have seen that nothing has gotten better. they saw the report from fort hood that said the command climate was so toxic that it was permissible for sexual assault and sexual harassment. and so they have said enough is enough. and so when you have so many former commanders and sexual assault survivors from this chamber supporting this legislation, it is time that it does not need to go through the committee. more than half our committee supports this. but when we take issues like this to the committee, they have been taken out in conference. despite winning the vote in the senate, despite winning the vote in the house, our bill in 2019 to make sure that a service member could come forward and not be prosecuted for minor related offenses like drinking or being off base, that bill passed in the senate, passed in th

in fact in the past senator joni ernst said at president's words and actions don't match up when he says he supports farmers. back to you, neil. neil: edward, thank you very much for that. meantime want to take you to the house right now where they are looking at trying to get to the beginnings, the origins of the covid. of course they're coming up zeros here getting bipartisan support for this effort. democrats are not part of it. let's go to rich edson with the latest. reporter: good afternoon, neil. this covid investigation in the house is just underway. it is made up of house republicans hosting a forum how this pandemic began. a number of folks testifying here are former trump administration officials who were tasked last year trying to figure out where and when this pandemic started. democrats have the majority in the house which means they control congressional committees, which means they figure out which hearings they put on. so this is not an official congressional hearing. this is republicans only. it is a forum. and republicans have no authority to compel witnesses here or to

last week senator joni ernst put out -- she accuses them of violating federal laws and refusing to cooperatests information about u.s. tax dollars put to the wuhan lab and safety conditions there echo health called questioning inappropriate and tried to taint the scientific investigation calling the lab leak a conspiracy theory. senate passed an amendment by her to stop all funding for the lab in wuhan. >> dana: she has been holding their feet to the fire. >> bill: a major change of heart from that new jersey school board after parents unload on them for removing holiday names from the school calendar. christmas and thanksgiving and other holidays are back on. some parents argue this is still not enough from last night. watch it. >> you brought shame and note eye tree upon our town. after this you will resign. all of you will resign today. >> you've managed to wake up the entire community of randolph. this is a flash point. we draw the line in the sand. you have overreached. >> bill: this went on for four hours. michael attended that meeting and joins us now. how are you doing? good morning

senator ernst, please. >> thank you, gentlemen, and thank you very much for being here today and for your continuing service to our great united states of america. superior weapons personnel and technology ensured that we won the 21st century, but now our adversaries have adapted their technologies, they've improved their operating concepts and they've expanded their challenges to new domains of cyber and space. in fact, president biden has stated the world is at an inflection point with shifting global dynamics and emerging crises that demand attention. we, of course, know that we face emboldened adversaries such as vladimir putin in russia and xi jinping in china. both are actively seeking to disrupt a stable and prosperous global order, and then, of course, we have other actors like iran and north korea presenting their own significant threats. and as we are withdrawing from afghanistan, we don't see the removal of a terrorist threat. instead we see, as the president has stated, the threat has become more dispersed, metastasizing around the globe. so, of course we want to make sur

the ernst & youngs of the world, maybe makenzies of the world.roperly disclose with the new rules when they do come out. there will be a battle over the new rules. lobbyists will make a lot of money in the next couple months. they will hash this out and lobbyists, business lobbyists will go to the sec and say this is one step too much. you're penalizing particularly smaller public companies. so this is really a big story here, neil. it is going to cost corporate america billions of dollars probably. that is the estimates we're getting out of the heritage foundation. it is going to upend the way, the way typical disclosures used to be accounted for in the past. it was material impact on shareholders and bottom line. now it is something a lot more squishy and it is going to be a political story. it will be opposed by republicans. it will be a talking point in 2022 midterms. pat toomey, senator from pennsylvania is big on the case here. so, look for this story to keep coming back. it is definitely going to hurt some businesses. it is expensive. neil

senator ernst is next and then senator hoeven and senator bond. >> thank you madam chairman thanks to witnesses today. doc to her tonsor iq i grew up feeding hogs and typical things that farm kids t do on her famiy farms. i have course grew up in southwest iowa and i've experienced first-hand theha had work that goes into production and agriculture. cuagriculture has long been the bedrock of our national economy and iowa plays a critical part in ensuring folks have access to a safe and affordable food supply. without transparency we risk losing that fair competitive w pricing. what would you recommend to achieve greater transparency in the market and how can the market send clear signals to our producers and our end consumers? >> my response would be similar but i would encourage ongoing glooking at how it works and there's always room for improvement. some of things in my written testimony or closer to a no-brainer and others need further assessment. i made the comment about formulas and transactions been a catchall category. i think there is room to gatherr information better so we

i want to thank senator collins and cornyn and durbin and duckworth and peters and padilla and ernstnd cardon and casey for being co-sponsors of the bill. it's my understanding that in may, a bombing outside of a girls' school in kabul, killed more than 85 young people, mostly girls, then i introduced that bipartisan bill. mr. secretary, how will the state department ensure the security of afghan women and girls going forward and how will we ensure that they maintain their status in society? >> thank you very much, senator. the bombing you're referring to is one of the most horrific incidents, and there have been many horrific incidents, but that one i think touched all of us in our hearts. >> thank you. >> in our guts. it was devastating. to attack school-age girls -- in any event. we're very focused on doing whatever we can to sustain the gains that women and girls have gained in afghanistan. with support from congress over the years we've invested nearly $800 million in programs for women and girls in afghanistan. there have been significant gains over the years. and what i can sa

thank those that have sponsored the bill including my home state senators, senator grassley, senator ernst and then our neighboring state of nebraska. another key provision of sarah's law which is missing from the dream act would ensure that there is in office for the american people devoted to helping them when they are harmed or affected by the actions of an illegal immigrant. .. >> in fact last week they change the name of the office for those who claim to be victims to gain access to support services. this is diminishing to help americans it ministration has removed the most wanted list and is no longer on the website. i urge you all to make the voice of the stronger very important to the american people. for those who have nowhere to turn. give other mothers and dads answers and then to care about our laws. it's been five years and five months every day i grieve her loss. i hope none of you ever have to endure what i have. i know people come here to live a better life and live out their dreams we have no hold ill will toward people who desire the american dream but there has to be lim

the violence against women act is being held up in the senate by joni ernst and the republicans becauseprovision that keeps guns out of the hands of domestic abusers and intimate partners. i think it is really important if we could know, has this anything to do with the pandemic and the violence against women? host: thank you for your call. jeff asher? guest: that is an excellent question. you don't have data now, and we will get some data from the fbi in september when they release their official the to stakes, that it is not something that is particularly well-capped, so we don't have a good understanding of how many murders each year our domestic-related. domestic violence is one of the items i would point to as a logical explanation for why murder is up. basically, abusers and domestic violence victims are together and people cannot get away from each other. it was possible that was one explanation, but we don't have a ton of evidence to support it or refute it. you probably will not get hard evidence for a little while, if ever. host: a follow on that from dave who tweets, could yo

senator ernst is next and then senator hoeven and senator braun. >> thank you for our witnesses todaydoctor, like you, i grew up feeding hogs and walking beans and typical things that our farm kids do on our family farms. i of course grew up in southwest iowa and i experienced firsthand the hard work that goes into production, agriculture. agriculture has long been the bed rock of our national academy and iowa certainly plays a critical part in ensure folks have access to a safe and affordable food supply and without transparency, we risk losing that fair competitive pricing. what would you recommend to achieve greater transparency in the market and how can we send-- or how can the market send clearer signals to both our producers and our end consumers? >> my response would be similar to what i've given a couple of times. i would encourage ongoing looking at how lmr works and there's always room for improvement. some things in my written testimony are easier closer to the no-brainer edge on that continuum. others need further assessment. i made the comment about formula, transaction b

maria: welcome back, biden border crisis worse ernst apprehensions u.s. hit a record low, deporting less than 3,000 immigrants in april 20% decrease from month of you march joining me right now to discuss this arizona congressman judiciary committee member andy biggs, congressman great to see you this morning thanks very much for being here the numbers weep going up in terms of apprehensions more concerning not 180,000 people, therapy apprehend in the month of may but the 40,000 plus, that got away, we know that there is about 150,000 people so-called got aways, that have gen seen on surveillance cameras into country through mexico border and they left. they got away we have no idea what they are up to what intentions are, congressman your thoughts on where we are at this point. >> well, you are right maria it is a devastating crisis on the border, and what happens is it doesn't just stay on border, so just a quick way to put into perspective, you are going to have about a million people tried to enter this country, i illegally first six months amazing wh

feensfeens i rise today to discuss a law a bill i introduced with senator joni ernst. a girl after her graduation was killed by an illegal immigrant who was drunk and drag racing and posted bond. and i.c.e. and keep illegal immigrants in custody if they have been charged with a crime that has resulted in death. and i am pleased that my proposal was included in the republican study committee budget. after all, budgets reflect priorities. it is crucial we vr policies that protect the people of iowa and americans. and in the last two decades, 180,000 encounters in the month of may and last year, 23,000. yet, president biden's budget proposal does not include a single cent more for homeland security. unlike vice president harris, the border czar, i went to the border and i heard from law enforcement officers. we need to ensure that we have resources that they can work and make their jobs. and border security policies that are address this crisis. at the very least, neither american citizens or should be able to evade the law. this will ensure that they cannot escape justic

they could start with my cosponsor, senator joni ernst. if commanders feel this authority is essential to their ability to lead, then they have a lot more to learn about leadership. and last, we have the argument that is developing that if we do make this change, let's just make it a little bit, let's just do it for one crime, let's just do it for the crime of sexual assault. well, we have an editorial today that has been published in "the hill." it has the headline military justice reform, pink court and unit cohesion. these are four military experts who wrote this article, this dollar. i'll read a quote from it. president biden, secretary austin, and members of the house and senate may be tempted to settle on a compromise under which only sex offenses would be subject to prosecution decisions made by lawyers rather than nonlawyer commanders. after all, they may believe it's those offenses that have given rise to the entire controversial. so let's just fix that. that may be the way the process unfolds from here, but it would be a mistake