alabama governor, mr. strange got to hold on the that u.s. senate seat for a few months even after the obaalabama gover was forced out of office. but ultimately the people got a say themselves. alabama republicans held a primary last summer and a runoff last fall in both of those elections, this incumbent senator, luther strange, who was appointed by the disgraced governor, he got beat both times by a disgraced state supreme court justice who had twice been thrown off the court for violations of judicial ethics. big luther strange was initially the senator who filled jeff sessions' senate seat from alabama, but he didn't even make it a year. he was out by december after just ten scandalous, strange months in office. that republican candidate who beat him in the primary back home, he ended up facing multiple substantive allegations of child molestation in addition to his other preexisting ethics troubles. when it came time in december for not just republicans, but the whole state of alabama to vote for a new full-term u.s. senator, ultimately in that

senator and flow serve until his death in 1907. he was, like many men of his power in alabama, and arch support avoid supremacy. certain records indicate he was the 19thof the klan in century. one record indicates he was the head of it here in the state. ,uring his time as senator alabama passed the 1901 convention, which famously stripped most blacks and many poor whites with the liberties they won during the civil war. specifically the polls were largely closed to blacks. the franchise became a powerful vehicle to manage the black vote. was a tremendous black to white ratio. state constitution stripped blacks of power here. so, alabama passed this famous constitution which stands as an the way that state government went to great lengths to re-create a version of the old south during the new south. this was manifested by the black k of rights forc for americans. the bridge was born and dedicated as an emblem of white supremacy. it went from becoming a place of racial separation to being a place of racial liberation. by that, i mean in 1965, this became the setting for one of

senate seat for a few months even after the governor was forced out and the people got a say and alabama republicans held a primary last summer and a run off last fall in both elections and this incumbent senator who was appointed by the disgrace governor, got beat both times by a supreme court justice who was thrown off of the court for violations of ethics. he was the senator who filled jeff sessions and didn't make it a year. he was out by december. the republican candidate who beat him in the primary faced multiple multiple allegations of child molestation and when it came time in december for not just republicans but the whole state of alabama to vote for a full term senator in the special election, alabama decided they were going to pick a democrat. thanks to big luther change and he is weird fake pledge that he was investigating the sex scandal governor, thanks to the sex governor himself and roy moore and i'm a republican too and you need to know about this guy and his thing with little teen girls. the alabama republican men and thank you to democrats we know it is alabama but we

you can win the issues war, you can win the day just like i did in alabama by talking about the issues. >> doug jones, democratic senatorama, thank you for being with us. please come back. appreciate talking with you. >> thank you, john. >> we are following a lot of news today so let's get to it. >> we're allow to disagree but we should be able to do so freely. >> he has shredded the idea of civility. >> no one should call for the harassment of political opponents. >> i believe in very peaceful protests. i have not called for the harm of anybody. >> it's the party of maxine waters. >> the situation is a real humanitarian disaster. >> we're not changing the policy, we're out of resources. >> there are 2,000 kids that have been separated from their parents. that is a shame on the trump presidency. >> we're going to continue to prosecute those adults who enter here illegally. >>> announcer: this is "new day" with alisyn camerota and john berman. >>> good morning and welcome to your "new day." it is tuesday, june 26th, 8:00 in the east. alisyn is off. erica hill is here. john avalon as well. we survived. >> we got another h

almost throughout this entire battle that he's had with the nfl and it really did start in that alabama senate race in september, last september, and as he has said, as we know from conversations within owners this is a good issue for him. it doesn't appear that the facts about this team, the fact that he's picking on the eagles, that that, as you said, none of the facts stand up to what his problem is with the eagles and yet the eagles i think are more of a symbol for him of the nfl and the anthem even though as we knowaepernick was never about the anthem, it was about social injustice. >> it seems like it just came down to the players not want to go come. some of them did. some where between four and ten, this was what the white house was told yesterday would be in attendance. clearly not enough for president trump who personally said, that's not -- that's not going to cut it, i don't want to do this. but those four to ten players, plus the coaches and others on the team, other coaches on the team, they might have enjoyed coming and they won't have that opportunity now. >> if we're talking p

he went down for doug jones, democrat in the alabama senate race.ur, promoting t book he wrote about his son's death. that death is still very, very -- weighs very heavily, on him on his family. it does affect his decision about whether or not to run in 2020. i know from being out in iowa, he is in touch with a lot of the newer faces that are coming into iowa to explore their options. including eric garcetti, mayor of los angeles. a lot of those folks calling joe biden saying, joe, you knows are you going to do it or aren't you? right now joe biden is certainly the best-known democrat maybe along with bernie sanders thinking about getting back in in 2020. joe biden is telling people, go for it, if you're interested in running for president -- >> interesting. >> -- take a look, take a gander, see if it fits. he's telling people he will decide probably right after the midterm. he's see what happens in the midterm elections, whether or not democrats reclaim the house, whether democrats have a little bit of juice going into the presidential re-election

he became a communications director for conservative alabama senator jeff sessions, now the u.s.orney general. take us back to 2013. there was a piece of immigration legislation that stood some chance of passing here. jeff sessions was instrumental in that not happening. >> and so was stephen miller. you actually see, you know, playing out five years later exactly what they blocked five years ago. now they're trying to implement their own radical form of immigration policy and obviously it's playing out on our tv screens over the last two weeks, very detrimentally to both, i think, stephen miller and jeff sessions' image and, of course, that of the president of the united states. you notice in his talk in las vegas, president trump is trying to talk about what he did or did not accomplish in the summit last week in singapore. unfortunately, that's just not getting through anymore. what's getting through are these horrible images of separating young children from their families. >> ned price, i want to bring you into the conversation here. stephen miller has an advisory role. he h

the presiding officer: the senator from alabama, mr. shelby, proposes an amendment numbered 2910 to h.r. 5895. mr. shelby: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment be waived. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. the senator from tennessee. mr. alexander: mr. president, i call up amendment number 2911. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from tennessee, mr. alexander, proposes an amendment numbered 2911 to amendment numbered 2910. mr. alexander: i ask consent that the reading of the amendment be waived. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. alexander: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from tennessee. mr. alexander: tomorrow, the distinguished senator from alabama, senator shelby, and the distinguished senator from vermont, senator leahy, will lead us in the beginning of the senate's appropriations process for the year that begins this october, 2018. this is also the best opportunity we've had in a long time

in wisconsin, the governorship, state house and state senate. alabamathe state house and the state senate. 17 chambers so far that have switched hands from democratic to republican. that's going to have a big impact on redistricting, which will have an impact on the composition of congress for a decade. >> after the 2010 election, republicans were in a position to draw 193 congressional districts compared to 44 that democrats were in a position to draw. a israreally lopsided advantage. >> that allowed them to redraw the map in places like north carolina, ohio, michigan, pennsylvania, states where there really is a battleground and where gerrymandering makes most difference. >> partisan map makers in 2011 can purchase incredible private data sets. a cloud's worth of consumer preferences, magazine subscriptions, a social media like. as they sit down to draw these lines, they have a complete and very accurate picture of who lives in each of these houses and how they are likely to vote. especially in an era of heightened partisanship and polarization. >> am

the presiding officer: the senator from alabama. a senator: madam president, i rise today to talk about an issue of deep importance to our country and fellow alabamians and it follows on my colleague, senator lankford, to eloquently spoke of our national security. this week we're debating the national defense authorization act, which funds our nation's defense programs for the coming year. mr. jones: like senator lankford, i want to thank chairman mccain and ranking member reed for their work on this important legislation as well as senator inhofe, who has done such yeoman's work in senator mccain's absence. this bill has tremendous implications for our country both abroad and here at home. in alabama, we know all too well about the need for national security and good economy. from redstone arsenal, from maximum we will air force base and for all of our reserve and national guards men and women in the state of alabama, they are on the front lines. in addition to the tens of thousands of civilians that support their work, alabama is h

proud that this bill includes the rural health liaison legislation, which i worked on with senator jones from alabama and senator rounds of south dakota. the rural health liaison will encourage collaboration between usda and health and human services to address the specific health care needs of rural communities. i'm pleased to see that the inclusion of my bill encouraging usda to assist veterans in joining the agriculture workforce after leaving service. this is going to expand access and job opportunities for returning service members. as we consider the farm bill on the senate floor, we also need to listen to all our communities, including leaders in indian country. we have many go good -- good provisions in the bill. in addition to addressing tribal food fraud, this bill requires the secretary of agriculture to support greater inclusion of tribal products and federal trade promotion efforts. it also expands eligibility for forest program funding to include the 1994 tribal colleges so more students in minnesota and around the country can get involved in forestry research. i was glad to join senato

you haveg moore the new senator from alabama >> dougjones. >> d jones forgive me. the point being there will be democrats to make tough choices like the republican. >> joe mansion did vote to confirm justice gorsuch. this will be a big campaign issue. isn't it >> yes, it's turning it into it theoi it's reallng to, and it will be great to mobilizes the basis of aoth partind and both will do it. >> i count probably up t about five democratic senators whoog could be lally persuaded to vote for whatever e nomination is. but it will go into the fall, and hopef we'll see a vote octoberish, but both sides, you know, if there was any lack enthusiasm for the republican side, >> that is seals the gap. >> i think itight suggest someone look say a federal aappeals circuit court judge who'sdlready been v >> we have the latest from the scene of the deadly newspaper shooting, new details we learned about the gunman and victims wh. ♪ . ♪ . . >> dls> mging and miss warn signs not threatening . jarred ramos s the paper and en called the article over an article theaper wrote. he was

quorum call: the presiding officer: the senator from alabama. a senator: i ask that the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. shelby: mr. president, before we vote this afternoon, i briefly want to thank my colleagues in the senate and provide a status update on the appropriations process that's before us and urge the senate here to stay the course. first, mr. president, i want to thank leaders mcconnell and schumer for bringing this package to the floor and facilitating an open amendment process. mr. president, i also want to thank the bill managers, particularly senator alexander, for their work in crafting strong, bipartisan bills and keeping the process on track. in addition, mr. president, i want to express my appreciation to senator leahy, the vice chairman of the appropriations committee. vice chairman leahy is a man of his word and it's essential to the committee to move bills. finally, i want to thank all of my colleagues for their cooperation and their input during floor consideration of this packa

senator to endorse president trump or then candidate trump. that was a monumental thing for us. it was probably 45,000 people there in alabama there on that day when senator sessions introduced then candidate trump. so there is a friendship there. there is a loyalty there. i think the attorney general said it was one of his life's dreams to be attorney general. the president is obviously a very loyal guy. when he was putting his cabinet together, he wanted to make sure that senator sessions had one of the highest draft picks to go where he wanted. so i just think he was disappointed. and i guess he got caught off guard by the scandals in washington. if secretary clinton had become president of the united states, she would have gotten lit up with the scandals incorporated. they would have came after her on e-mails, they would have came after her on uranium one. it is the same playbook basically washington has had since the early '70s. they are still working off 33 rpm record when we have all moved on. so the american people are actually tired of it, in my opinion. i don't think they like this sort of nonsense. they want the i

senator from alabama who was a part of the ku klux klan.the bridge is known all around the world for the courageous fight that took place here for the right to vote. it is known for that. when i think about how we're going to help revitalize economically the city of selma, you cannot pay for the marketing of the fact that the whole world knows about the pettis bridge, not because of who it is named after, because of the great event of what happened on the bridge. if you ask most soviets -- se lmians, we know the complicated history that is selma. -- wart that civil roar and civil rights live side-by-side. we cannot change that history. we have the learn from it. it is a part of american history. i think it is important that we embrace our history. even the painful parts and tell our own story because if we who are from summa and alabama, do not tell the history, others will tell that history and they may not get it right. take it through the lens of people were from here and understand the complicated nature of the history of selma. we cann

the senate monday to debate judicial nominations for u.s. district court in kentucky, texas, and alabama. the house returns tuesday to work on its first spending bills for 2019, and work on water infrastructure projects. you can watch live coverage of the house on c-span, the senate on c-span2. c-span's "washington journal," live every day, with issues that impact you. saturday morning, goldwater institute discusses the right to try legislation, and a doctor will join us to talk about how right to try will allow terminally ill patients access to drug treatments not fully approved by the fda. t in how the carrier plan indiana is faring. be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern saturday morning. join the discussion. on -- joining us washington journal is hector silva avalos, the inside -- inside crime project manager at the american university center for american and latino studies. joining us this morning to talk about the transnational gang, ms-13

one of the elder retired statements, in the bay area, a former schoolteacher, alabama county supervisor, state senator, and senate president, now a political consultant, has spent almost all of his professional life in public service. he says housing is only the severest of sore points. >> 97% of the 2000 units that are under construction are market rate. >> reporter: the same issue we all have. >> we are hollowing out the middle class, people can't afford to live any longer, and hollowing out the servant class. >> traffic and congestion, another major reason to leave. >> i don't think we are capable of making the decisions that are necessary, much less willing to pay for them. >> reporter: homelessness, encampments, little visible progress on ending it. >> that's the result of decades of making decisions without any accountability. >> reporter: fourth, the overall cost of living here. >> bad tech system, a failing public school system, transportation infrastructure is falling apart, you're never going to catch up, how do you fix that? you don't. people have said i have pretty much given up on califor

cnn projects doug jones has won the special senate race in alabama. >> but that election proves a pointbout alabama. no one thought doug jones would win. no one except for crles barkley and his fellow alabamaens. i see you black women. and if people were paying attention. that they'd have known a few months before randall woodfin was elected, the first progressive mayor in its history. sometimes charles barkley knows what he is talking about. it's a confusing world. but let's start from the beginning, my beginning. so this is the house that i grew up in. spent a lot of time here, lived here a couple years where my dad and step mom lived and step sister. spent a lot of time here. cutting this grass. as you can see i did a great job. it's still cut. my dad likes to remind me that i blew up two lawn mowers. all this grass because i didn't put enough oil in them. is that right, dad? that's right. >> come here. so you still -- you still upset about the lawn mowers. >> you owe me a couple of lawn mowers. >> that's my dad. he is so much better looking than me. but we're spending a lot of quali

night, i believe he was campaigning in the florida panhandle, just trying to reach the alabama market for that senate race, and then he just brought up the issue, hisrowd went wild and ever since then it has been something that he's gone back to. one thing i do want to point sarah sanders said the eagles have abandoned their fans. this is one lifelong eagles fan who completely defends my team. the eagles haven't let any of their fans down. we can see thank yrough that. this is all about a president who is very petty and has a very fragile ego. once he found out that so few players were going to show up, he decided to cancel the whole party. >> congressman, the president akg this a about him. re'sou twe there. you know, this -- one of the things that it's really forced me to think about and we can talk about this with all three of you, the anthem protest. have they been -- and by that i mean, michael, initially, it was colin kaepernick and he made it very clear why he was kneeling. now all of a sudden it's become about the president. it's become about the national and the anthem. how did we get to tha

african-american women lengted a democratic senator in alabama. that was -- unbelievable, and you know we saw in virginia an i know that was a race that you were really involved in. ralph elected with a 22 point gap with women, the first transgender woman ever elected to the virginia assembly the first latina elected to the virginia assembly so i just there's a theme here. [laughter] i really do believe that women are they are concerned. they are everyone thetic but important look the marches were great. nitting the pussy hat that was fun. you know calling congress -- but voting that's what we've got to get done this november 237 >. >> you worked for the most effective nancy pelosi and she knows how to count votes. and she knows how to -- get things done she's responsible more than anybody for the passage of the affordable care act. >> i absolutely agree. she has -- >> she has, she has an extraordinary sense of duty and responsibility. and how long did you work for her? >> it was like a hot second. i got and realized i have no idea what i'm doing,

african-american women elected a senator in alabama. that wasunbelievable . and we saw in virginia, i know that was a race that you were really involved in, ralph more than elected with a 22 point with women, the first transgender woman ever elected to the assembly. the first latinas ever elected tothe virginia assembly . there's a theme here. i do believe that women are, they are concerned. pathetic as i say, it's important. marches were great, knitting was fun, pulling hundreds. showing a town hall meeting voting, old deal. that's what we'vegot to get done . >> you worked for one of the most effective women in history of american politics, nancy posey. she knows how both and she knows how to get things done. she is probably responsible more than anybody for the passage of the affordable care act . she has, she has an extraordinary sense of duty and responsibility and how long did you work for her? >> it was only for a hot second. i realized i don't know what i'm doing and i am better out. i worked almost years but it was like taking a graduate course in the

trump president trump endorsed donovan, reminding supporters of losing a republican senate seat, tweeting "remember alabamawe can't take chances to losing him on a nancy pelosi control democratic." >> it might have even fired up my base because a lot of them who are fully supportive of our president think he got it wrong. >> donovan won the presidents endorsement despite voting against mr. trump's positions on taxes, health care and sanctuary cities. he says, grandma failed to cast the most crucial ballot. >> my opponent went to federal prison and lost his right to vote. he couldn't even vote for the president. >> in a published report today, graham backed away from a previous claim made during a radio debate that donovan offered to help him obtain a presidential pardon if he dropped out of the congressional race. grimm told "the wall street journal" that the remark was made during the heat of the debate, and that there was not a quid pro quo. >> bret: david lee miller, thank you. some major rulings to tell you about of the u.s. supreme court. let's get to my colleague, and anger at fox news at night, shan

the presiding officer: the senator from alabama. mr. shelby: madam president, just three months ago, congress passed and the president signed a $1.3 trillion, $1.3 trillion omnibus spending package for the year 2018. no one had time to read it, much less an opportunity to amend it here on the floor. the president vowed that never again would he sign such a measure. collectively, we lamented the absence of process, an excess of partisanship that led to that point once again. the collapse of regular order had become the new normal despite our usual resolutions to revive it. madam president, i'm pleased to report here today that the senate appropriations committee has charted a different course in the months since the 2018 omnibus became law. in april of this year, i began working with vice chairman leahy and our colleagues on the appropriations committee to put into motion an aggressive schedule to mark up all 12 appropriation bills before the july 4 recess here. thus far, the committee has passed seven of these bills. this week, the comm

learning who will be running in the final general election contest for governor, for senate, and for congress in alabama, mississippi, montana, iowa, new mexico, new , south dakota, and rn. interesting races in all of those states. a lot of the attention tonight in terms of national news and controls of the national levers of power focused on california. democrats in total nationwide need to flip about 25 seats from republican control to democratic ntrol in ord the majority in congress. if they take the majority in the house of representatives that would make adam schiff the chairman of the intelligence committee, nadler head of the judiciary committee, nancy pelosi speaker of the house. it would change everything in terms of power dynamics on capitol hill and it is within democrats' reach. they need about 25 seats. democrats nationwide are counting on a whole bunch of those 25 seats coming from california. there are seven congressional districts that hillary clinton won in november 2016 but where a republican member of congress nevertheless holds the seat in that district. now there are a whole bunch o

i have to go back to the senate race in alabama. we were not supposed to win. we hadn't won a senate seat there in 25 years, and they were able to get people of color out. they were able to put -- >> that's because they called every single voter. >> and they -- >> every voter. >> and they did everything -- >> not the usual voters. every voter and said we need you to be present. >> if nonvoters participated in the election, everything would change. you change everything. that's my soap box. get on it. >> sing my jam. >> thank you very much. both of you for hanging out with me. i know you want to get to the rally. that's our show for today. alex witt, alex, my girl. >> i'm so glad to see you're in the middle of all of it. we'll pick up where you left off. good day to all of you. i'm alex witt. 9 certainly a day of protest.

his track record, certainly the roy moore race, can you imagine losing a republican senate seat in the state of alabamaeally takes something. but bannon does have a big following still. and he does channel the president. if you look at the president's agenda right now, it looks a lot like the bannon agenda. >> jon karl, thank you as always. i want to remind everybody. jon has a big show this morning. he is as we just said, he's going to go one-on-one with the former white house chief strategist steve bannon. this will be his first live sunday morning interview since leaving the trump administration. >> plus we'll have the powerhouse "roundtable" breaking down the week in politics. it's all coming up on "this week" right here on abc. >>> let's send things over to ron once again for a look at the headlines. hi, ron. >> good morning, dan. good morning, paula. good morning, everyone. we begin in russia in moscow with a chaotic scene caught on video. a taxi approaching a line of stopped cars and then slamming into a crowd of people on the sidewalk. eight people were injured. an interrogation video released

senate. is it impossible that susan collins and lisa murkowski, and another matter republican get together with the dow jones from alabama, and manchin and say we do not have a more regular order in the senate? right now, the senate judiciary committee votes at 14-7 a bill that i like to, that would protect mueller. it would not fully protect mueller, but it would create a review process if the president tries to fire the special counsel. there are some genuine constitutional concerns about that. it comes at 14-7. 2-1. 4 republicans vote for it along with democrats. the majority leader says i'm not going to bring it to the floor. the majority -- it is a 2-1 vote in the committee. shouldn't he bring it to the floor and let people amend it and see if it can get 60 votes on the floor? it is astonishing to say, i am not bringing it to the floor. if the president doesn't li it, he can veto it. it's not like we are taking away his power on legislation. i think there's a pretty big feeling among younger members especially, in the house and senate, that the system is really broken. and it is. and this predates trump. this is not

senator durbin: it takes children. it takes the images and voices of children in fear and pain to finally move us. school marching in birmingham, alabama, facing some -- facing the pounding hoses and snarling dogs. the dreamers with tears flowing down there cheeks. as this president abolishes daca. and now the little boys and girls ripped away from their mothers arms at our borders. the administration tries to hide the images. today they denied senator nelson access to one of the centers where the children are being held in florida. and consistently they say well, give twouse weeks' notice we might let you see how we're treating these kids. they can try to hide the faces of these children in the grief of their stricken mothers, but it won't wor we've seen enough. we know enough. they cannot hide the cruel reality. we know the depths this administration will go to to push their hateful agenda. the president with his lying tweets, the attorney general hiding behind his bible, the secretary of d.h.s. who now must live with the rest of her public with her performance yesterday. thank goodness some senators are speaking up. all of the democ

was talk about division in the country and aimed at the south, before alabama elected the randall woodson and had not elected the senatoro was stalking kids. >> roy moore and doug jones. >> i deleted him from my cast so i couldn't think of his name. so this was -- it was like i wanted to show those who don't live in the south tend to con desend to the south and a lot have not been to the south and i've been going to the south my whole life and it is an important time to go there and not as an outsider or somebody who has been on the inside and could show it to -- show it to the world. >> love it. as a southerner, i appreciate it. "united shades of america" here on cnn. and coming up, president trump's attorneys talking hours after paul manafort was sent to jail. brighthouse financial allow you to take advantage of growth opportunities... with a level of protection in down markets. so you can be less concerned about your retirement savings. talk with your advisor about shield annuities from brighthouse financial- established by metlife. i'm a small business, but i have... big dreams... and big plans. so how do i make the

other states where voters cast ballots including alabama, iowa, mississippi, montana, new jersey, new mexico and south dakota. democratic incumbent senator menendez was so many trials came out and held on. one final note in california there were some errors in l.a. county. 108 and a apparently were not it wasome sort of error but no worries. voters votes will be counted. >> they will take a while to get counted. thank you very much. a great recap for anyone what happened overnight. for more on this, lloyd mathis and then brought in by a row for senator mike lee. robin campaign direct her. good morning. not sure if either of you select. you both live for these night warnings. first, but talk about what happened in the governor's race. this wasn't exactly the blue wave because a republican is going up against gavin newsom. l.n' make it. what do you think of the first race? >> it's exactly what gavin newsom wanted to be honest. we are up for the fight. i'm kind of glad they've got the top two systems. i think that is fair and we are ready. the numbers are there. it'll all come down to her turns out to vote. with donald trump having lost by

senator durbin. >> it takes children, it takes the images and voices of children in fair and pain to finally move us. the school kids marching in birmingham alabama, facing the pounding fire hoses and the snarling dogs, the dreamers with tears flowing down the cheeks as the president abolishes doctor and the infants, toddlers and the little boys and girls ripped away from their mothers arms at our borders. the administration tries to hide these images. today they denied our colleague senator nelson access to one of this centers where these children are being held in florida and consistencconsistently they tell us give us two weeks notice and we might allow you to go in and show you how are treating these kids. we have seen enough. we know enough that they cannot hide this cruel reality. we know the depths this administration will go to now to push their hateful agenda. the president, with his lying tweets, the attorney general hiding behind his bible, the secretary of dhs who now must live for the rest of her public life with her performance yesterday, thank goodness some senators are speaking up. all of the democratic senators, all of us have jo

john and alisyn, this all got started last september a rally in alabama where the president was supposed to voice support for a senate comment instead he made this remark about players who kneel on the field for the national anthem. >> wouldn't you love to see one of the nfl owners when somebody disrespects our flag to say get that son of a bitch off the field right now, out. he's fired. he's fired! >> reporter: now, this has been a debate the president is more than willing to engage in. he thinks it sells to his base well. he enjoyed the debate over it last fall when there were several football players speaking out against the president for what he said about their decision to protest there. now back here at the white house today, the president said that 1,000 people are supposed to come to this event today where he said it would be a celebration of america and the national anthem. that is to be determined, john and alisyn. >> thank you for setting all that up for us. joining us now to discuss we have political analyst john avlon and joe lockhart, the white house press secretary under president clinton and the forme

holding primaries today with implications for control of the house and senate after several governors races. primaries are being held in alabamaia, iowa, mississippi, montana, new jersey, new mexico, and south dakota. disgraced former movie mogul ha weinstein pleaded not guilty to rape and two criminal sex act charges. today's arraignment comes days after a manhattan grand jury indicted him on charges .nvolving two women his lawyer has challenged the credibility of his alleged victims. >> we are going to file a series of legal motions that will get us more information and may impact the process, and if we , there may not be a trial, and if there is a trial, we will proceed expeditiously and vigorously to try and clear mr. win's name. mark: manhattan's district it was predictable that weinstein's camp would intact it -- attacked the integrity of the women and of the legal system. the deputy who has been criticized for his actions during the shooting at a florida high school says he's haunted by what happened. nbc's "theson told today show" "those were my kids in their." unfolded so fast on the afternoon of february 14 that ther

you know, when roy moore was running for senate in your grit state, joyce, in alabama, there were voterslike i remember reading a washington post articles saying we don't like roy moore, but, man, do we care about the supreme court. you just don't have that volume on the progressive side where the right has been 25 years ahead of us in terms of funding. we're playing an asymmetrical war for trying to protect for a fair and independent judiciary. everything we care about, everything that david just talked about is playing itself out in the courts right now and i just think that we, as a community and as a movement has really understood what we're going to have to do to protect it and frankly, the racist nominees are making it through. the only ones that have been-- that have been withdrawn are the folks that didn't know what a motion in limine was and one said that some children were satan's spawn and withdrawn. but we have nominees refusing to say that brown versus board of education was correctly decided. that's the level at which we are at. and the swift speed with which this is happen

without that opposition from the air force, the senate may actually start to acquiesce to what the house is been proposing. >> joe is from auburn alabama, republican line. yes, go ahead. >> i have been sitting here watching. i find it fascinating. it seems like just yesterday i can remember them sending back images from the moon. where is the people's sense of adventure? we have come a long way. >> it is interesting, the color from auburn alabama i believe you are probably in the district of representative mike rogers who is the champion in the house and the armed services to midi for creating a space core. he and his democratic counterpart on the strategic forces subcommittee, his counterpart is jim cooper from tennessee. they have been championing -- he is thrilled that president trump has gotten behind the idea but there is still a long way to go. the caller referenced images from the moon. this would not affect nasa or space declaration. that would not be part -- exploration. this would only represent what the military is doing in space. >> what you expect to happen in the policy bill? >> i don't think there will be anything about

the senate is back on monday to debate president trump's judicial nominations for u.s. district court in kentucky, texas, and alabamathe house returns tuesday to work on 2019 federal spending bills, funding energy, the va, and house operations, and work on water infrastructure projects. you can watch live coverage on c-span, the senate on c-span2. next, they look at the impact with thee immigration mayor of dallas, and a former u.s. trade representative. the discussion was held that strategic for international studies. it is about two hours and 15 minutes. started.get i am dan runde. i hold a share here at csis. we had a bipartisan task force, a diverse group focused on also said perspectives in the united states on this issue. we are pleased with the result. i am particularly grateful to

senate. southern california congresswoman nancy waters is canceling her trip this weekend to alabama and texas after a serious death threat. representative water said the threat was made by someone in texas. the los angeles democratic lawmaker was set to attend to speaking engagements. she says she has received several threats after trump took aim at her. trump took aim at her on twitter earlier this week. the president called her and extraordinarily low iq person. that came after she called her demonstrators to harass trump cabinet officials wherever they go because of the administration's immigration policy. >>> mass really for call to protest the trump administration zero immigration policy that separated children from parents at the border. what to expect for the weekend? nearly 600 people were arrested on capitol hill for staging a sit in at the office building. the protest was part of the day civil disobedience organized by members of last year's women's march. now under the umbrella group called families belong together. they support march is here and in other cities. debate area marche

without that opposition from the air force, the senate may actually start to acquiesce to what the house has been proposing. host: joe is from auburn, alabama, republican line. go ahead, please. caller: am i on? i have been sitting here watching. i find it fascinating. i think what you are saying that you can do -- i am an old man. it seems like just yesterday i could remember them shooting back images from the moon. people's sense of adventure? we have come a long way since then. interesting. i believe you are probably in the district of representative mike rogers, who is the champion within the house and the house armed services committee for creating a space corps. he and his democratic counterpart on the strategic forces subcommittee -- his counterpart is jim cooper from tennessee. they are the ones who have been championing this legislation in congress. has saidative rogers he is thrilled that president trump has gotten behind the idea, but there is still a long way to go. the caller referenced images from the moon. ors would not affect nasa space exploration. that would not be part of the space force. this would only reorganize what t

then judge william prior a federal appeals court judge in alabama, he just turned 56 in aim. mitch mcconnell said on the senate floor they plan to vote on justice kennedy's replacement sometime in the fall. with me, andy card, former white house chief of staff to president george w. bush. he happened john roberts as well as clarence thomas get through the nomination process and sammy alito. thank you for joining us. to this process that halle was talking about, the president gets to put forward a name. this is one of those things that can be fumbled, can be messed up -- it has been messed up in the past to vetting problems and problems with who these judges are. but on this donald trump has outsourced his work to a group of people, the federal society, who are prepared to present names that actually will get approved by republicans. >> well, the process -- every president should always have an every green process of what happens if you have to pick a supreme court justice. so they have had lists for a long time. and yes, the federalist society and the heritage foundation and others help to provide and vet list

california, mississippi, alabama, iowa, montana, new jersey, new mexico, and south dakota. the races include four senaterial races, and nine of the most competitive house districts in the country. a lot of the attention is focused on california's jungle primary. the crowded field of democrats trying to flip the g.o.p. seats. always in the backdrop, california's far left policies. trace gallagher is here. we weren't sure these were real. we believe might get to you to set it straight. >> crazy new role. for 41 years, unions have been allowed to collect dues from public employees without their permission even if they are not union members, it is called fair share fees. it's to make sure's to make sure that employees who benefit from union representation don't get a free ride. a few years back, an illinois state employee did not want to pay dues because he did not agree with the union's political activities so he sued claiming his first amendment rights were being violated. the supreme court is such a rule on that case and california public unions are betting the court will come down against fair share fee

of senators later this afternoon in's -- including senator shelley, a republican from west virginia as well as a very conservative member from alabama the issue of immigration, so largely -- guided by the outgoing speaker of the house, made it very for the president to get stuff done. >> we're looking forward to getting the bills on the floor of the house anytime soon. in other news, the trend of socially responsible investing gaining traction. some activists investors and theare bringing disconnect between environmental, social, governance, investing. ed hammond is standing by with more. >> thank you. that is right. us.k you for joining >> it is great to be here. >> i want to go on a very punchy report reading about advisory firms and how they affect the process. nonsense, a the major advantage to wall street investors and a high conflict of interest. thinks what you really here at what could they do to make it more equitable. >> i think it is important for the role that they play. some suggest iss could sway a vote 25%. this is a big deal. from our perspective, you want there is moret transparency amongst the advisory firms. it --

candidates like corey who is going to be the republican candidate for senate in virginia, roy moore, we remember what happened to him in alabamae, we remember what happened to him in pennsylvania. they all lost, both of those guys lost. is this all good news potentially for democrats? >> yes,nd t's already a lot of momentum for democrats in their direction. a lot of energy in the democratic base. the fact that the president himself is unpopular at such a level that creates a lot of weight for him. but i do think -- there's a couple of points about these special elections. these are more enthusiastic people that vote, and two, i think that association with a particular party is not the winning way to go here on the republican side. it is much more cultish, much more about the trump personality. it can be abofear. it can be about particular issues that t president has just driven over and over again. he likes to talk about immigration being a winning issue. so i think that's what itis. and this idea of loyalty. you look at corey stewart, who is so repugnant to so many, including republicans in virginia, that standing up for monu

the senate returns money to debate president trump's judicial nominations for u.s. district court in kentucky, texas and alabama. the u.s. house is back to states to work on his first federal spending bill for 2019, funding the energy and veterans affairs departments and house operations. live coverage of the house on c-span, and the senate here on c-span2. next winter from deputy veterans affairs secretary thomas bowman. he spoke of the national coalition for homeless veterans annual conference earlier today. it runs about 45 minutes. [applause] good morning. it is a distinct pleasure for me personally and professionally to introduce our speaker. as many of you know, i had a career here in d.c. i i was on the house of veterans affairs committee staffer staf. i was on the senate committee staff, and 19 years at the department of veterans affairs, most of which i served as the director of homeless veterans programs. so for those of you who are outside of washington, for all the real work gets done, i will tell you that inside washington there are people who make things happen, and one of those people is one of t

decision and going to be another alabama situation where alabama was an easy seat we lost to a democrat but we will see a democrat take the virginia senateeat as well because of this. >> we have internal struggles in the gop whether or not to support the president. he wrote an interesting piece, there are people on the outside of the gop and progressive and the left who are absolutely flaming people left and right for any support of the president. americans are told they should not, cannot support this man under any racist, the cardinal sin to do of our generation. instead of trying to understand americans and their choice for president anyone voice even a modicum of support for the administration is bullied into apologies and silence, you ne the most recent examples, if you say something in support of the president or not openly defying him you are a racist and bigoted and any number of things. >> americans are faced with a choice, join the mob or be attacked by the mob. that is not where the resistance should be going but that is what the resistance is doing. they decided that any amount of support for the president even when he does g

." >> the republican party endorsed roy moore for the senate in the state of alabama even though he waslester. you cannot claim that you stand for women -- >> not true. >> -- and put up with that. >> she spoke her mind at cpac this year calling out fellow conservatives for hi pock ra si. directv now gives you more for your thing. get all the good stuff about tv without all the bad stuff. yes! you can still stream your favorite shows... yes! ...with no annual contract. wait, what? it's live tv. yes! with no satellites. what? and no bulky hardware. no bulky hardware! isn't that great news? yes! noooooo! no! noooo. try directv now for $10 a month for 3 months. more for your thing. that's our thing. visit directvnow.com with savings on the new sleep number 360 smart bed. it senses and automatically adjusts on both sides, for effortless comfort. for a limited time, save up to $500 plus free home delivery on sleep number 360 smart beds. ends june 30th. i was very surprised at the size of this crowd. woman: my question is, why hasn't congress std impeachment proceedings given what we know, and

murkowski and the others get together with dow jones from alabama if he is elected in tennessee to say do we not have more of a regular order in the senate. right now this is shocking to me, they are out of 14-7 which would protect him but it would create a review process if the president tries to fire the special counsel, there are some concerns about that that could be addressed but it comes out the judiciary to-1. shouldn't he at least bring it to the floor to let people amende to see if they can get votes on the floor? the littlest punching just say i'm not bringing it to the floor and incidentally of the if the president doesn't like it he can veto it. it's not taking away his power or legislation to do it. so i think there is a pretty good feeling among the younger members especially in the house and senate tha the senate that m is really broken and that it is and this predates trump and i think you could see a situation whatever happens in the next four or five month this post-election day in 2019 where you get much more turmoil and possible change in the house and the senate both in personnel. you could have a new democratic and

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