mr. cruz: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cruz: mr. president, i wish we were not here facing these issues yet again. in recent days, our nation has seen yet another horrific school shooting. in september of last year, i stood on the senate floor and tried to pass legislation to stop these school shootings. there have been too damn many of them. i've been there on the ground at too damn many of them. santa fe high school in texas, about 45 minutes away from my house, the morning of that shooting i got the call within minutes of the shooting. i was down on campus, just over an hour after it occurred. i saw the tragedy, the tears, the grieving parents, the children in shock. uvalde, i was there shortly after that shooting as well. the horror, the mayhem. too many of our children have been murdered by deranged lunatics. mr. president, when you and i were kids this wasn't a thing. when you went to school, when i went to school, there wasn't a single day that i woke up going to school worried that some idiot, some sociopath was going to sho

including turkey that can play in even more constructive role at ending the war, but ending support for mr. cruz wor, machine. alright, i'm afraid we're not to leave it there. that was jonathan cats, a senior fellow with the german marshal fung. thank you for your analysis. thank you. support for ukraine is also expected to be a major topic on a visit by german chancellor. it will not shall, it's to washington. later on, friday, sholtes will be meeting you as president joe biden. 4 talks will focus on russia's invasion and concerns of china. they provided military assistance to put in shorts, last visit with the white house in early february last year. shortly before russia invaded ukraine, the west is set to announce a new 400000000 dollar military eat package for cheer for her to day champs are short. and in ukraine, at least 4 people have been killed in a russian missile attack on an apartment building in the southern city of the parisha assertion rescue operation is under way to find people still trapped under the rubble present. volota been zalinski, has condemned the strike and bound to dr

mr. cruz: mr. president, i wish we were not here facing these issues yet again. in recent days, our nation has seen yet another horrific school shooting. in september of last year, i in september of last year, i >>lo and tried to pass legislation to stop the school shootings. there have been too damn many of them. i have been there on the ground too damn many of them. santa fe high school in texas, 45 minutes away from my house.g. the morning of the shooting i got the callr within minutes and i was down on campus just over an hour after it occurred. saw the tragedy, the tears the grieving parents and children in shock. the horror in the mayhem too many of our children have been murdered by deranged lunatics. mr. president when you and i were kids this was not a thing. when you and i went to school there was not a single day i woke up going to school worried that some idiot, some sociopath was going to shoot up the school. it might be worried about getting punched at recess but this did not happen 30 or 40 or 50 years ago. now it is a brutal reality over and over.

mr. cruz: mr.resident, today is texas independence day. 187 years ago today the texans declared our independence from mexico and fired a shot for liberty. in the fight for independence from mexico, many would go on to give their lives for liberty at the aloe, including william barret travis, jim bowie, and davy crockett. but shortly afterwards, after losing battle after battle after battle, the texans won a decisive victory and formed the republic of texas. the rest is history. after nine years of the republic, our own nation, texas officially became part of the united states in february of 1846. sam houston, the founding father of the lone star state, was also born 230 years ago tomorrow. tomorrow is sam houston's birthday. happy birthday. sam houston was an extraordinary american, born in virginia, spent many years in tennessee where he served in the u.s. house of representatives and then became governor of tennessee. in texas he served as commander in chief of the texans army. he led the texas a

"hey, back to the airport, mr. cruz a snowstorm coming." [ laughter ] and yeah, even in texas, the taxi drivers talk like that. okay, dude of course, i probably don't need to tell you that faux populism was all a show in the four years trump held office, republicans accomplished exactly one thing of note, which was an extravagant tax cut that lavished millions on the wealthy and corporations and then, when they won a narrow majority in the house and made it through an excruciating series of votes to elect a new speaker, republicans had a chance to finally prove their new working class bonafides. instead, one of their first hearings was about this. >> you may have collaborated with u.s. intelligence community regarding stories that y'all didn't want the public to see. so, namely, what we refer to as the hunter biden laptop story. >> hunter biden's lawyers, as recently as last week, wrote the department of justice about hunter biden's laptop. >> the substance of hunter biden's laptop story. >> fbi subpoenaed hunter biden'

mr. cruz: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. uz: madam president, i rise today to honor the memory of oswaldo paya who would have celebrated his 73rd birthday this week. his memory and his story have been an inspiration to dissidents across the world, and i'd like to briefly retell it here today. oswaldo was a dissident and democracy activist in cuba, with unrelenting passion and dedication. he was someone who stood up against the castro regime at very direct risk to his own life. he had incredible courage. he spoke up for human rights. he spoke up for free speech. he spoke up for democracy. and 11 years ago oswaldo paya was murdered. on july 22, 2012, paya left his house with three other people to go visit friends. from the start of their journey, their car was followed. on the way, the cuban police drove paya's car off the road and killed him. the crash is widely believed to have been orchestrated by the castro regime. paya had long been a thorn in the side of the castros, even from a young age. he was the only person at his sc

mr. andrew newcomb is a staff attorney there, and jorge de la cruz also works at the law firm but is also a daca recipient. so we were wrapping up that segment. which they can then submit. is that right? andrew: that's correct, mr. trujillo. so after going through and filling out all of the information--we try to phrase it in a way that's very user-friendly, that's not legalese, that's available in english and in spanish. and people can go through. they can complete that application and-- print packet all set for them to just add two passport-size pictures, the money order, and send it out-- damian: all right. you've been--if it's every 2 years, jorge, you filled it out four times or so. i'm not sure. but how complicated can it get, and how easy are you making it now? jorge: yeah. that's a great question. so, you know, it can get really complicated not just because of what needs to--the information that needs to be filled out, also keeping up with what immigration is changing, so whether the forms are updated or changed. recently we just saw a change that wasn't announced like that like i

mr. cruz: mr. president, i rise today to discuss phil washington, president biden's nominee to serve as the administrator of the federal aviation administration. the top job at the faa. the faa has been in the news far too often lately, from the software meltdown of a critical safety system in january that resulted in the first u.s. groundstop of aircraft since september 11 to recent numerous near misses of airliners on runways. these incidents are a stark reminder of why it's essential to have an faa administrator with decades of deep and real aviation experience. especially experience in aviation safety. after all, the faa's primary mission is to keep the flying public safe. this mission is so important that congress has explicitly mandated by statute that the faa administrator must -- quote -- have experience in a field directly related to aviation. this is not a patronage job. this is an aviation safety job. and it is frankly irresponsible to entrust the role of protecting the lives of millions

cruz frequent sinking madam chair mr.ngton first round of questioning had a lot of discussions about your lack of experience with aviation safety. there is a nether concern that's front and center for this committee. you're the first nominee i can recall who is currently entangled in an ongoing public corruption investigation right now while your nomination is pending. this investigation alleged pay to play contracting skin that resulted in l.a. metro giving a 30,000 dollars in no-bid contracts to politically connected charity called peace over violence or pov to run a sexual harassment hotline that is hardly ever used. whistleblower has alleged among other things that we are the l.a. metro ceo you push forward these questionable contracts in order to stay in the good graces of a powerful politician on the l.a. metro board. last december he told the "new york times" quote when i pursued the job in denver for the airport much thanks the credit of the denver city council they looked into all this and debunked it all so i wo

cruz: authorizing 20 agents going to mr. houck's house, and he could turn himself into counsel, but the department of justice wanted to make a show of it. did you personally authorize this, and you want to appropriate -- apologize to the family? a.g. garland: the decisions are made up the level of fbi agent's unseen. sen. cruz: did you know about it? a.g. garland: the way you are describing it, my understanding is the fbi disagrees with the description. sen. durbin: the senator's time is expired. i will allow the witness to respond to questions. sen. cruz: was it a mistake? sen. durbin: i am the chairman of the committee, senator. sen. cruz: you said that he could respond to the question i asked, -- you just said you will allow him to respond to the question, so i am repeating the question. sen. durbin: i am going to let him respond. please stop interrupting. a.g. garland: decisions about how to do tactical arrests are made by fbi agent in the field. the fbi has publicly stated it disagrees with the description you gave of w

step in concepts shown the lacy big is paul's form on eulogy as well from jonae cruz, charlotte equilla, the speed audi nemea. mr. manny and all that is because your mentor mcguckie, i'll be more sure. manny about see here, cynthia c, i. carson listed to, to any level, glad to hear that you can, i'm an ample, i mean, to me now, you know, with, with funding model for them or somebody in the sort of a low price low to, in other words, the for, i think the motion model didn't from the fact that gun david thought it was a i believe, took and what is the up spring? because i have to spring is in a complete plan for mean years old for different demand from the end of our board and from a distance to say, ah, a thousands of people streaming down to the main boulevard all getting the same direction for quite a bit resigned, i would not show that people would burn up even the warning on wrong. i know a lot of people, especially in the people, should not forget that the arab spring in some way started with what was happening, the green movement in iran. i think that gave inspiration to a lot of people else were in the, in

cruz. if i may ask, mr. cole, kid to you take debts for those, as you mentioned, and are you still paying them off of? >> guest: oh, you know it. i ott -- got $30,000 in student debt. recognize that i still have that debt, i'm still paying that down, but i want to see this debt relief happen right now. >> host: and if i may, if you don't mind sharing, what are you paying there? >> guest: you know, when it comes to those interest rates, we've got to recognize that those are things particularly for the black community that is continuing to hold us back. often times when we think about interest rates when it comes to loans, you know, look 10 years out, black folks are still having to pay trouble the amount that their white peers do. so when i'm thinking about my own interest rate, those are some of the things, right? i've been paying down my loan since i graduated in 016. 0 the 16. that's almost 8 years now, and i'm still at the same amount that i had when i started. >> host: steven is next, seattle, washington

mr. secretary. >> apologize, that's senator cruz. so many heated moments. cornyn was pressing the secretary over the number of chinese migrants across and whether or not we know truly whether or not they pose a threat to the country. this comes as the chairman of this committee, democrat dick durbin, sent a letter signed by 18 democrats opposing the move to return to the family detention policies that were under the obama and trump administration's. we caught up with the chairman in the hallway, here is what he said to us about a policy change. listen. >> the bottom line is the united states congress has not changed the immigration, broken immigration system in america for 30 years. so we can point blame as much as we wish at the executive branch. fact of the matter is, we have not done our job. >> and john, the fireworks continue to fly. we can hear the hearing continuing below us. we'll bring you any news if indeed it breaks. john. >> griff jenkins in the hearing room, thank you. sandra. >> sandra: back to nashville now, john, we are waiting that presser.

cruz. >> thank you madam chair. mr. washington emphasized your time at the denver airport 20 months, have you ever flown a plane? >> thank you for the question senator know i've never flown a plane for correction on a military pilot or commercial airline pilot. >> no, sir. >> and ever work for an airline? >> no, sir. >> it never worked as an air traffic controller? >> no send up a. >> have you ever worked for company that fixes airplanes? >> no senator. >> offered 20 months you've been in charge of the denver airport. you are in charge of the airports buildings, correct? >> i am in charge of everything that goes on at that airport. >> i'm not sure that's exactly right. you are in charge of parking at the airport is that correct question are coming parking spaces of the denver airport? works thousands. >> okay you are in charge of all the shops and restaurants in the airport how many restaurants are there? >> we have anywhere from 150 -- 200 or so. >> you are in charge of coffee shops and clothing stores and newsstands.

political commentator republican strategist and former communications director for ted cruz, are you with us alice >> mr. donald trump speaking at cpac addressing a very supportive crowd. what stood out to you from his speech? >> clearly this was his crowd. this is inside baseball red meat message for the people in the crowd there, and look, they were going to be on a side no matter what he said, i was surprised that -- that the message he gave in terms of he's really taking the fight to not just the democrats and president biden, but also what he calls the fake news media, and rinos, republicans in name only, and naming certain republicans by name in terms of people that he feels as though are not loyal to the party, which in turn means loyal to him. and also throwing a lot of red meat in there to the crowd in terms of going after woke policies of the democrats, and really going above and beyond and saying the democratic policies are tantamount to socialism and communist policies that's what the crowd wanted to hear and responsive to what he had to say, it was obviously evidence in the straw poll they

cruz. i'm not going to get ahead. >> mr. kirby -- my question is about pakistan, not participating in the summit of democracy and beside that a lot of turmoil in pakistan, whether it's economic, political, judicial. is the u.s. concerned about it at all? >> certainly sorry they decided not to participate, that's their choice. they are also a sovereign state and can make these kinds of decisions for themselves. it's not going to change our willingness to continue to work with pakistan. we share a lot of mutual security concerns in the region, of course, when it comes to counter terrorism and all that work will continue. >> one more. >> is it true that pakistan is providing some weapons to ukraine or not? >> you have to talk to pakistani leaders. >> one question on the democracy summit. how would you respond to concerns that the u.s. is boosting -- offering a reputational boost to the participating countries for the democratic credentials without even knowing if they fully bought into the idea of democracy in the first place.

single day herman cruz is not only teaching his new jersey students how to read, he's also mentoring and motivating them, but here's the twist, y'all he's not a reading teacher or a librarian. mrdriver he's also a driving force in students' lives. >> bye >> mr. herman, as the kids call him, spends his spare time in between routes, volunteering as a reading tutor. >> what's the name of the book >> "i can fly. >> can you >> no! >> you can't >> no. >> tell me how this all started. >> it started as a means of killing time until dismissal i overheard a student interacting with his teacher about a reading assignment and that he didn't get it done and i said, you know what? i can help him he just was exuberant! >> hi! >> it started with one and then it just got contagious. >> oh, my goodness calm down, calm down >> now two years later, he meets three days a week with kindergartners, first, and second graders, one on one for hours at a time in a corner of the school they call his reading program mr. herman's kids, and there is a line out the door. mr. herman is a legend >> when mr. herman comes to my class, i smile >> i want to be smart like him >> he helps me learn new words >> he is

senator cruz. >> thank you, madam chair. mr.ton, first-run a question had a lot of discussions about your lack of experience with aviation safety but there's another concern that is front and center for this committee. because you're the first though many i can recall who is currently entangled in an ongoing public corruption investigation right now while your nomination is pending. this investigation involves an alleged patent by contracting skin that resulted in l.a. metro giving $800,000 in no-bid contracts to a politically connected d charity called peace overer violence, or pob come to run a sexual harassment hotline that was hardly ever used. i whistleblower has alleged among u other things that when u with the l.a. metro ceo to push forward these questionable in thet in order to stay good graces of a a powerful politician on the l.a. metro board. last december you told the "new york times" quote, when i pursue the job in denver for the airport much thanks to the credit of the denver city council they looked into all of th

mr. mickelson and senator cruz. today, 87% of nba teams, 87.5% of nhl teams.and 93% of nfl teams have exclusive ticketing agreements with ticketmaster. is that right? >> that is correct. the teams are broken down in my testimony that i provided. >> okay. dispute? >> that seems inconsistent, senator, with the information that i indicated about seat geek taking between 2018 and 2022. we have the leading chair, we have the best product. it is suited to the complex requirements. >> we are just doing facts here. but i understand your answer. do you want to reply to that? >> yeah, i wholeheartedly disagree. there is only one real choice you can make. >> and then, in 2020, the doj confirmed the ticketmaster has been the, quote, largest primary ticketing service for major concert venues in the united states for at least three decades. next, live nation revenue grew from 5 million to over 11.5 billion. >> then, i am going to quote from a new york times article, 2018, it said this. and if it's wrong, you tell me. and maybe it has changed since 2018. ticket prices are at

stuart: senator ted the cruz, republican from the state of texas, joins me now. mr.or, if the justice department has been politicized as you suggest, what can we do about it? >> well, unfortunately, there are consequences to elections, and in this case there are enormous if consequences to joe biden being president, one of which is we have today in merrick garland the most political, the most partisan attorney general we have ever seen. under joe biden the department of justice and the fbi have been weaponized, they've been politicized. you know, i just wrote a new book called "justice corrupted: how the left has weaponized our legal system." and it goes through chapter and verse, it explains how the politicization of the department of justice started in earnest under barack obama, and we saw the machinery of the federal government used as a weapon to target the enemies of the obama white house. under donald trump much of that machinery burrowed in as hard partisans want to senior career positions and waged war against with president trump. and now with joe biden the

senator cruz top of woken on the commerce, science and transportation committee meeting wednesday to vote on whether to send faa nomination to the full senate for consideration. this is 20 minutes. >> mr i rise to discuss the washington, president biden's nominee to serve as administrator of the federal aviation administration. the top job at the faa. the faa has been in the news far too often lately. software meltdown of a critical safety system in january that resulted in the first u.s. ground stop september 11. two recent numerous near misses of airliners on runways. these incidences are a stark reminder why it is essential to have an faa administrator with decades deep and real aviation experience especially experience in aviation safety. faa primary mission is to keep the flying public safe. this is so important congress explicitly mandated by statute the faa administrator must have experience in the field directly related to aviation. it's not a patronized job, is in aviation safety job is irresponsible to interest the role of protecting the lives of millions of americans who fly in the hands of a person who needs on-the-job training. unfortunately that is what we have with pres

cruz. we will now turn to our witness, starting with mr. hudson. did mr. hudson: can you hear me now? good morning, and thank you. for including the passenger perspective in this important hearing on airline operations and consumer protections. my name is paul hudson, i am here today as president of flyers rights, the largest airline passenger advocacy organization. these southwest airlines christmas meltdown as you know, resulted in 16,700 canceled flights. it impacted over 2 million passengers, and many more indirectly. it was unprecedented but not unexpected. southwest, as well as other airlines, have had past meltdowns do to obsolete technology, lack of reserves of personnel and equipment, lack of stress testing, and unrealistic gradually. -- scheduling. the southwest debacle caused tens of millions to be stranded. they missed important events which as weddings, funerals, holiday gatherings, vacations want work obligations, and needed medical care. not to mention the mounds of luggage. they shut down the customer service and could not communicate with their own employees. the loss

cruz to say this. listen here. >> you don't know what they are, mr.just testified to the american people you are incompetent at your job. the drug cartels, every color corresponds to how many thousands of dollars they owe the cartels. you have turned the cartels into multi-billion dollar criminal organizations. >> john: not a lot of faith in the dhs secretary yesterday at least among republican members. what about you and rank and file of your union, any faith mayorkas can control the situation? >> it just shows how out of touch and is not doing the right job. he doesn't know what he's doing when it comes to this. it's been all over the news, it's been through intel reports. everyone knows what these bands are, they are used by the cartels so they can distinguish who has paid, who hasn't paid, what cartel is in charge of what group, what country. it's an organization that is doing everything like a business model with these bands and they know what they are doing and they are used for different purposes and for the head of the department and the agenc

senator cruz asked for unanimous consent to pass school safety legislation however senator murphy objected to the request. this is about 40 minutes. >> mr. president, i wish we were not here. facing these issues yet again. in recent days, our nation is seeing yet another horrific schoolmb shooting. september of last year i stood on the senate floor and tried to pass legislation to stop theha school shootings. there've been too many of them. i've been there on the ground at too manyf of them. santa fe high school in texas about 45 minutes away from my house. the morning of that shooting i got the call within minutes of the shooting i was down on campus just over an hour after it occurred. i saw the tragedy, the tears, the grieving parents, the children in shock. you faulty, i was there shortly after that as well. the holder, the mayhem. too many of our children have been murdered by deranged lunatics. when you and i were kids, this wasn't a thing. when you went to school, i went to school, there wasn't a single day that i woke up going to school worried that some idiot, some sociopaths was going to shoot up the school. you might worry ab

cruz, listen to this. >> what are these wrist bands? >> i don't know what they are. >> you don't know? mr.ecretary, you are incompetent at your job. every color is how much they owe the cartels, you have turned cartels into multi billion dollar criminal organizations and these are modern-day leg irons, children being sold into sex slavery and you don't know what they are, that is astonishing. >> ashley: i have never been to the border, but i knew what they were, but the dhs secretaries he doesn't know? >> well, that is incredible. if you think of the dhs secretary, every evening before he goes home, he's given a briefing book and every component of dhs adds something to the briefing book. it is hard to believe that someone within his department did not mention at least once, i imagine several times about the use of the bands. the bands represent something bigger, the cartels have so much activity and flow, they are having trouble organizing their own contraband, they turn to the tags and that means their business is good, that is bad for the american public. >> todd: if the guy in charge o

mr. attorney general, how come you said you were going to be open, transparent and comply as senator cruz was asking you, and yet jim jordan issues a subpoena asking for documents related to the targeting of parents at school board meetings. that subpoena was due at 9:00 a.m. this morning and based on the contacts with friends i still have in the house of representatives, the department of justice produced less than 12 pages of documents related to that subpoena. why aren't you complying with that subpoena? there is lots to ask him. very specific and pointed. >> bill: we'll see how far he goes on the answers as opposed and deflecting that's happened a lot in the past. last night bret with the f.b.i. director on the hunter biden probe. it went like this. watch. >> why is this investigation on the hunter biden laptop taking so long? >> well, the investigation is being led, as you may know, by a u.s. attorney appointed in the last administration out of delaware and the f.b.i. is actively supporting and working with that u.s. attorney on that investigation. >> the whistleblowers are telling l

mr. trump wound up going to iowa, a state where they had the caucuses in 2016. he actually came in second to ted cruzo believe. so here he is. a little bit last night in davenport yesterday talking about the state of the affairs around the world and russia and china. things that can go haywire, watch. speak of biden administration has driven russia right into the arms of china. something that is unacceptable when you are a child studying history, the one thing you learn as you never want russia and china to get together and form an alliance. biden has done that. we are in a position no we have problems, i don't think we have ever had a more dangerous time for this country and for the world. i don't think there has ever been, again it has to do with weaponry, but i don't believe there has ever been a time like we are in right now. what they've done to our country in two years is unthinkable. it's unthinkable. standing before you today i am the only candidate who can make this promise. i will prevent world war iii. >> brian: he's also a bit of a role since he visited east palestine and stopped having l

there are some breaks, but maybe a little mr drizzle or very light shower, especially south santa clara valley, santa cruzell. you can get some out of that. but if you get the breaks, enjoy it, because it's kind of been a rare occasion there hasn't it cold fronts on the way and i do mean cold. you can see it wrapping up now. the bulk of this is heading towards seattle, portland. but the tail end of this will drag across northern california already the leading edge there on the dill, north humboldt county on the north coast is producing some light rain and this is a cold front and it's going to usher and even though we won't get much in the way of any rain, most of it will be well to the north. i'm saying we're in county san pablo bay north i try and give you a line, at least make plans or, you know give you an idea, not just broad brushing. so much colder, though frost advisories already been issued for friday, saturday and sunday morning, sunday morning looks to be the coldest of the next three as we go forward, maybe down to 32 or 33 oakland airport, 20 mph out of the west, gusting to 32 that'll get you

mr. mark green and tom homan who has been with law enforcement for many years. [applause] >> chairman we just heard senator cruzt wanting to get the majority of the senate. was the right action being as good right now? >> if it was awesome for us to have been taking control of the united states house of representatives for the republican party. and really for the american people. it is awesome. >> now that you are in the majority, what is the next step when it comes legislation to tackle the border crisis? >> we have a bill we are putting together in homeland security department in the committee that addresses -- there are different jurisdictions. the shary committee has all of the immigration -- causation act -- judiciary committee has all the immigration and naturalization act there. there are laws being disregarded by this administration fall under that jurisdiction. under the helmet security, it is about the people. it's about the technology and infrastructure. we are going to do things that streamlined hiring process for customs and border patrol. we are going to make sure they have the technology resource

mr. chairman, i'd ask unanimous consent that this be made part of the record. this is a speech by a united states senator trying to discredit a judge, happens to be in texas, senator cruz and i recommended and he was appointed and now serves a lifetime tenure as a federal judge, calling him an partisan ideologue and antiabortion zealot. he goes further to say that regardless of how the judge may decide this particular case, that it will inevitably be affirmed by the activist fifth circuit court of appeals. then surely rubberstamped by the united states supreme court. i find this sort of rhetoric, particularly by a united states senator, to be appalling. i wonder if you will join me in condemning that sort of attack on the independence of the southern judiciary? a.g. garland: when i first got in the judiciary, i am several of my colleagues pounded our heads against the wall trying to get reporters to stop. this was more than 25 years ago. to stop reporting the name of the president who appointed us, or the party. unfortunately, this is a battle that has not been won, and obviously, given the authority of the first amendment, is one that we are not going to be able to wi

cruz mountains. also santa clara valley forties on the temps. it's cold out there, mr clark, did you step outside?t's about outside. it is cold. there you go. raining like this from the source right there. yeah it is cold for us. unseasonably called now the surface law, which caused the win. yesterday moved. north field weakened, so that's not the big concern. he will still be breezy today, but not like yesterday. the cold core upper low is right over us. it will drift slowly south, she should start to see a decrease in some of the range of the north. but i think thunderstorms are possible, but not in the santa cruz mountains. it's going to rain most of the morning here waving a white flag. morning rain fog. cool cold sun clouds, thunderstorms, roberta said. it's a cold morning out there. and it is a cold morning highs today well below average lafayette still or is that better? i want once the damage is done, as you say. it's tough to get out of it right. you listen, steve, although we are seeing improvement, at the very least 24 had crashed into the lafayette bart station. they also had a crash r

cruz, really lashing out at alejandro mayorkas during the border security hearing. watch this. >> what are these wrist bands? >> i don't know what they are. >> you don't know what they are mrtestified to the american people you're incompetent at your job. stuart: he doesn't know what those wrist bands are. are you kidding me? that's how the cartels milk illegal migrants. border patrol counsel vice president will be here. and then prince harry made a surprise visit to london. seems like he didn't get a warm reception from his brother prince william or his dad king charles iii. nigel farage joins us later. he doesn't really care for prince harry. we'll be back. ♪ - representative! - sorry, i didn't get that. - oh buddy! you need a hug. you also need consumer cellular. get the exact same coverage as the nation's leading carriers and 100% us based customer support. starting at $20. consumer cellular. stuart: wednesday morning, 11 minutes into the session, and that is a modest, solid rally. contradiction there. the dow is up over 200 and the nasdaq is up 156, which is 1.3%. that's a rally. now this. president biden told reporters the banking crisis is not over yet. his words. e

mr. trump. it was not a leak. >> so, senator, other than the nonsense about the photograph. what was so striking to me about the very small amount of exchange about the trump situation is that ted cruzrant executed there. he was only concerned about why are there leaks in this case. >> not exactly what donald trump was looking for, i think, you know. it is a signal that a lot of the trump magic is gone with these guys. and they're looking for other things to pursue. >> we have to squeeze in a commercial break here. when we come back i am desperately eager to ask you about what we have learned about leonard leo. and the latest reporting. this is the guy whose dark money has made the supreme court what it is. you have been the chief investigator of the dark money. please give us the patience of a commercial break and we will come right back that with senator sheldon whitehouse. itehouse bye, bye cough. later chest congestion. hello 12 hours of relief. 12 hours!! not coughing? hashtag still not coughing?! mucinex dm gives you 12 hours of relief from chest congestion and any type of cough, day or night. mucinex dm. it's comeback season. detect this: living with hiv, i learned i can stay

to name a few, rosa parks, harriet tubman, celia cruz, and hidden figures such as mary jackson and katherine johnson. mr. espaillat: madam speaker emeritus, nancy pelosi, who was the first woman to serve as speaker of this house. from the women in leadership roles on my staff who help respond every single day to the needs of my constituents to the women who tirelessly uplift our families and communities, we cannot imagine a world without the leadership of women. it fills me with great pride to represent the district that is over 52% female. women get things done. period. and they do it better than us men. happy women's history month, madam speaker. i thank you. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the the gentlewoman from michigan seek recognition? >> to speak for one minute. >> without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. >> madam speaker, i rise today to celebrate the month of march as women's history month. this is a time dedicated to recognizing and honoring the women throughout american history who have helped shape our nation. but let me be clear, i do m

is on congress and cruz, maybe i would use the term crisis at the border because 2 million people showing up is a really serious problem. but it's not as though any individual who has mr. mayorkas job within the trump administration or by the administration can control a lot of what happens. the thing with that we are not acknowledging here is that if you have 2 million people showing up because it various factors that make them so desperate they will even come with their children, the war in ukraine, a rogue rubble group showing up chopping off hands of 16-year-old kids who then apply for refugee status. or it failed states in cuba, as venezuela, nicaragua and people being so desperate they are willing to risk walk into the gap. secretary mayorkas cannot handle that. you cannot stop those factors you have nothing to do with them you've got to doubt the consequences of them. if you is that each one of these elements i have described has an urgency of its own and requires focused attention including some these legal questions and cruz you have reason senator lee has raised. that is displayed by background to express my own frustration when i see is a failure of congres

mr clark. attention is correct. we're seeing a rapid decrease north and also about san francisco, south san francisco, oakland over to the east heavy duty, though in the santa cruz for six inches of rain have been lehman. they'll get six inches of rain. that's pretty good. sometimes sometimes we do all right. and we did. in this case here. the band is moving south. that's the good news. you know, it's about time to wave the white flag, but we're not done by a long shot. so rain on me, although the heaviest rain is definitely moving east and south so morning rain moves out, the winds has come down. wind speeds have come down. there'll still be some off and on rain today, though, but not the intensity of the duration that we saw upper fifties on the temps. 5 31 sallis who were and he will start with going to start with the bay bridge because people always want to see that the bay bridge looks good and there's not a lot of traffic and i'm thinking because people have discretion. we might have a lighter friday, but i don't know for sure that's just my sense. but it may be that people stayed home yesterday and they have to go today. we'll see. this is a look also at

here's mr steve paulson with some things to say, to unleash some rain totals on your thank you, sal. alright san ramon picked up just shy of three quarters of an inch of rain. santa cruz61 100 snap in san jose 59 oakland, 56 100 vallejo to happen. san rafael is closed and the city had 43 100 conquered at 42. santa rosa had 420.35. that's it, santa rosa, you were you were the also ran everything is driving southwards . southern california will take the turn and go into arizona impacting spring training. no doubt about it. here. hold on a minute. i'll go over there and you can see it. show me phoenix. more snow and flags to have amazing, so it'll be a cold looks like kind of a rainy pattern next couple of days, maybe towards phoenix. in scottsdale fifties on the temps for most cold morning, lots of thirties are frost and freeze warnings out. but again, i think tomorrow morning will be colder here yesterday was unseasonably cold, low fifties here. santa rosa livermore menlo park, san jose today will bump you up a little bit mid fifties to a few, maybe upper fifties, but a lot of thirties here peddling was down to 33. even berkeley and oakland. 37 3 months. 35 livermore i

mr. mark green and tom homan who has been with law enforcement for many years. [applause] >> chairman we just heard senator cruz action being as good right now? >> if it was awesome for us to have been taking control of the united states house of representatives for the republican party. and really for the american people. it is awesome. >> now that you are in the majority, what is the next step when it comes legislation to tackle the border crisis? >> we have a bill we are putting together in homeland security department in the committee that addresses -- there are different jurisdictions. the shary committee has all of the immigration -- causation act -- judiciary committee has all the immigration and naturalization act there. there are laws being disregarded by this administration fall under that jurisdiction. under the helmet security, it is about the people. it's about the technology and infrastructure. we are going to do things that streamlined hiring process for customs and border patrol. we are going to make sure they have the technology resources. we are going to build the wall. we are really -- we are

mr clark, no doubt about it. our system is winding down, moving east and south, so it's out of the picture here but still held on especially south bay, east bay peninsula, santa cruz area santa cruz, santa clara valley yesterday but we can say goodbye to that powerhouse system. next one will be here. probably next tuesday is the way it's looking a lot of low clouds in place, but there's some breaks in the clouds. so look for mix of sun and clouds today yet staying pretty cool here a little warmer than yesterday, but still below average. never below average, always well above. here he is, mr sal castaneda. steve, i know you're there. there you are your checks in the mail, steve. it better be. you're a little late . i know. but thank goodness the interest rates went up, so he's he's not going to charge me more interesting. let's go out and take a look at the commute. now the bay bridge looks pretty good.m looking at the commute and traffic is off to a nice start. this is exactly the way we want it. you can see traffic on the same tale bridges looking good. there have been a couple of minor things out there, but for the most part, we are off to a very good start here

mr. takano: madam speaker, i rise today to thank a member of my staff on the house committee on veterans' affairs for his invaluable service to our nation's veterans, this congress, and our country. daniel santa cruz joined our committee in 2020 as our digital director. from the outset he demonstrated an outstanding technical ability and tremendous creative vision. he proved instrumental in helping the committee meet the new digital demands of the covid-19 pandemic, developed, produce,ed directed thousands of hours of compelling video content, created graphical representation of our work for social media platforms, and captured powerful images of committee members hard at work for america's veterans across the world and in our nation's capital. his charm, humor, again rossity have been infectious and commitment to the work of this committee has been impactful. the work of my committee, this congress, and our government to honor and support our veterans was made better by daniel's service and he will be deeply missed. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: thank you. for what purpose does the the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? >> madam speaker, unanimous consent to address the house for

mr. cruz: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cruz: i calling up my amendment number 9 and ask that it be report #-d by number. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from texas, mr. cruz, proposes an amendment numbered 9. mr. cruz: mr. president, there's no responsibility we have as members of congress more serious than protecting the men and women who defend this nation. we're facing a national security crisis due to joe biden and his administration who have repeatedly been unwilling to act against repeated hostilities from the nation of iran. they have looked repeatedly for excuses to justify that inaction. now, i want to be clear. i am not where some members of this body are who want to maintain this authorization for use of military force. i want to vote to repeal this authorization of use of military force. the iraq war was a long time ago. i believe the iraq war was a mistake at the time it was fought. and i would be enthusiastic about congress reasserting its war-making and war-declaring power

mr. cruz: madam president, crime is surging across this nation. murder rates have risen over the last three years. carjackings are rising, robberies are rising. today i want to discuss the resolution disapproving of the d.c. city council's decision to eliminate mandatory minimums and to reduce maximum sentences for violent crimes, including robbery, carjacking, and burglary. the d.c. city council made this decision to lower penalties late last year despite the fact that crime has been skyrocketing in this city. in the past 12 months overall crime is up 25% in d.c. car theft has increased 110% in d.c. and homicide have increased 30%. who in their right mind looks to those rising crime rates and says the answer is to lower the penalties for violent crime? and d.c.'s spike in crime is hardly confined to the last 12 months. in 2021, the number of murders in d.c. was the highest it's been since 2003. the mayor of d.c., a democrat, vetoed the city council's decision to rewrite the criminal code saying, quote, any time there's a policy that reduces penal

mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that if cloture is invoked on s. 316 on monday, march 27, it be in order to consider the following amendments. sullivan number 33, r. scott 13, ricketts 30, cruzhawley 40, johnson 11. that if offered, the senate vote in relation to the amendments at a time to be determined by the majority leader following consultation with the republican leader on tuesday, march 28. and that 60 affirmative votes be required for the adoption of these amendments without intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: so, mr. president -- the presiding officer: so ordered. mr. schumer: before i finish the rest of the business, i want to explain to everyone what happened. a few moments ago we entered into an agreement that puts the senate on a path to repeal the iraq aumf's by early next week. by filing cloture today, we set up a vote for this coming monday. if cloture is invoked, we will hold votes on additional amendments before final passage. this has been a good process here on the floor. i was asked by several of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle to have a reasonable amendment process, and then we could move the