and when angus king, i think this is what we're going to remember today is dan coats saying angus king, i'm not sure i have a legal basis for the fact that i'm not going to tell you what occurred. >> why aren't you sure. >> it's as if they just went up there today and said you know, i don't feel like it. >> let me play that exchange involving dan coats. watch this. >>> when i was asked yesterday to respond to a piece that i was told was going to be written and printed in the "washington post" this morning, my response to that was in my time of service which is interacting with the president of the united states or anybody in his administration, i have never been pressured. i have never felt pressure to intervenor interfere in any way and with shaping intelligence in a political way or in relationship to an ongoing investigation. >> you can clear up an awful lot up by saying it never happened. >> i do not share with the general public conversations that i had with the president or many of my colleagues within the administration that i believe are should not be shared. >> i'm not satisfi

my guests today, marco rubio and angus king. after a shooting at a republican baseball practice, both parties say it time to tone things down but how long will that sentiment actually last? we will take a look at why tuesday's special election in georgia is the biggest political test yet for this young trump presidency. it's all coming up on "meet the press." >> "meet the press" starts in a few right here on nbc10 at 10:30. >>> let's look at some of the stories making headlines today. overseas a defense official tells nbc news the investigators found the missing sailors in the flooded compartments on the "uss fitzgerald." three other crew members including the commanding officer were injured. an investigation into the collision is now under way. >>> we have an update about representative steve scalise shot at the congressional baseball practice this week. he underwent under surgery yesterday and his condition has been upgraded from critical to serious so he's improving. four others were injured in the shooting on wednesday, and

>> that was angus king asking jeff sessions.g me now from his home state of maine, senator king, welcome back to the show, sir. >> thank you, your colleague, i asked him, i asked him to react to that answer that the attorney general gave to you, and while he acknowledged that might be stunning or surprising to some that the attorney general did not get briefed, that it was a catch 22, and that if he were, he would have been rescuesed and -- >> i don't think so, i don't think he recused himself until some time in march. we're talking about when he was a senior foreign policy advisor. from january to february. the narrow engagement in the election and not digging into it. i believe it is one of the most serious ataxes on our country that we have had in years. mr. comey said he had nine interactions with him before he was fired. in none of those did he say what did they do, how do we know they did it, and what can we do about it. this is serious stuff, and it is on securing what i believe is the under lying story. >> do you believe

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joining us now senator angus king ever maine. he's an independent of the intelligence and armed services committees. we've got lots to discuss. senator, thanks for joining us. >> thank you, would have. >> we just heard from the senate majority republican leader mitch mcconnell. when he emerged from the white house, he was passionate at the very end of the q. and a. with reporters. what happens if the republicans fail to pass legislation, can you then go to the democrats and work on a compromise to fix obamacare, to improve it? he basically said no, he said because the democrats, they don't want any reforms of the market. they don't want any reforms of medicaid. what's the point? now, you're an independent. you caucus with the democrats. what's your response to the majority leader there? there's really no need or no opportunity to come up with a compromise with democrats? >> well, with the majority leader, i just don't think that's true. i've been meeting with a group of members of the democratic caucus for about three years tryin

republican senator marco rubio, and senator angus king. plus that shooting at a republican baseball practice reminds us that toxic rhetoric can turn to real violence. both p

angus robertson, one of the biggest scalps of the night.ink we are in for all sorts of interesting developments as the political rubiks cube turns around with all sorts of new faces and new patterns emerging. one thingi new faces and new patterns emerging. one thing i would say, it is not going to be straightforward. thank you laura kuenssberg, the one o'clock news will follow shortly with sophie ray worth, just a few more minutes for us to really underline the magnitude of what happened overnight, and that's been underlined by some of the responses from conservatives. theresa may, the largest party and largest number of votes, but we have tories like heidi allen, we as conservatives will learn from this, we will listen, collaborate more... it's not lost on anyone that heidi allen has of course opposed her own government in the past, some of the measures she felt were too harsh and this is the sort of pressure which will come to blair in the weeks to come when legislation put before the house. we have heard from sarah woolston already as we

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i was beside angus king. i was set to ask questions after angus. came back after angus questioned his. i got no answers. would you have substance in a closed? >> what did they say? >> they said they would. both coats and admiral. we will see. i said we have an afternoon session. it will be in the skiff. why don't you come down. we had plan on 702. that is our fisa. that was -- >> did they? >> they did not. the chairman said we will have them in. we are trying to get them in quickly to clear this up. mr. rosenstein and mr. mccabe were not anxious to come in and not speak about it because of the mueller investigation. i have confidence in mueller. i do not want to impede the investigation and whatever he has done. however we can comply and help him. we will make sure that is done. >> that would be great to get those answers and have the american public know that. i know we will be watching closely, senator, to see if the questions are answered today during open hearing. >> we will get there, alisyn. we will get there. that's all i can tell you. tell

announcer: maine senator angus hearing.he >> is there an invocation of executive privilege, is there or not? >> not that i am aware of. >> then why are you not answering our questions? >> i do not feel it is relevant. >> what you feel is not relevant, admiral. >> today is the day we release a thert titled "the cop on beat." the fraudulent scandal investigation. we have received numerous records from wells fargo and others that indicate the csp be was asleep at the wheel. announcer: c-span programs are ourlable at c-span.org, on homepage, in by searching the video library. next, "q&a" with paul sparrow, who oversees the franklin d. roosevelt presidential library and museum. ♪ announcer: this week on q&a, paul sparrow, director of the franklin d. roosevelt presidential library and museum in hyde park, new york. he talks about the papers and artifacts housed there and provides a rare look at fdr's personal book collection. this interview was conducted at the museum in president roosevelt's private study. brian: paul sparrow, director of the fdr library. what is this room, and will cut -

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seeing the snp‘s westminster leader, angus robertson, unseated, was one of the night‘s more dramatic convinced it was their promise to block another referendum that created those victories. nobody, not me, not anyone, is expecting the snp to give up on independence. that is what it believes, and it is a perfectly honourable position to take. but what people do expect is that right now the snp gives scotland a break. simply put, scotland has had its fill. scottish labour are also claiming victory of a sort. now with seven mps, up from just one, they are back from the brink of extinction, saved by a corbyn surge, despite the scottish leadership‘s opposition to him. the success of our results as a combined message of being a pro union party, talking up the benefits of the united kingdom but also showing how we can do things differently, how to reject austerity and build a better future for the many. the lib dems got their scottish tally up to four, also by opposing another referendum. glasgow, last weekend, saw a huge pro—independence march. passionate yes voters, convinced independence

also, this morning, senator chris coons, angus king and dick durbin -- >> by the way, for kids at home we had requests for every republican on the intel committee, and we were told by many of them, they do not want to come on the show and defend donald trump before the hearing. so if you're wondering why we only have democrats and independents up there, it's because the republicans did not want to come out. susan collins will come on tomorrow, though. other republicans laying low. they don't want to defend this guy. we'll be right back. be the you who doesn't cover your moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. be the you who shows up in that dress. who hugs a friend. who is done with treatments that don't give you clearer skin. be the you who controls your psoriasis with stelara® just 4 doses a year after 2 starter doses. stelara® may lower your ability to fight infections and may increase your risk of infections and cancer. some serious infections require hospitalization. before treatment, get tested for tuberculosis. before starting stelara® tell your doctor if you think you have an infe

senator angus king, independent from maine. i want to play the key moments of his questioning today. >> with regard to several of these conversations, in his interview with lester holt on nbc, the president said, i had dinner with him. he wanted to have dinner because he wanted to stay on. is this an accurate statement? >> no, sir. >> did you in any way initiate that dinner? >> no. he called me at my desk at lunchtime and asked me was i free for dinner that night. called himself and said, can you come over for dinner tonight. >> and then he said in one case i called him and in one case he called me. is that an accurate statement? >> no. >> in his press conference on may 18th, the president was asked whether he urged you to shut down the investigation into michael flynn. the president responded quote no, no, next question. is that an accurate statement? >> i don't believe it is. >> in terms of this is comments to you about -- in response to mr. reich, senator reich, he said, i hope you will hold back on that. when the president

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>> that was angus king asking jeff sessions.ning me now from his home state of maine, senator king, welcome back to the show, sir. >> thank you, your colleague, i asked him, i asked him to react to that answer that the attorney general gave to you, and while he acknowledged that might be stunning or surprising to some that the attorney general did not get briefed, that it was a catch 22, and that if he were, he would have been rescuesed and -- >> i . >> i don't think so, and we're talking about a period where he was a senior foreign policy in the election through the transition through january into february. i can't imagine coming into office with this fact of this russian engagement in our election and not digging into it. i lie it's one of the most serious attacks we've had on our country in recent years and the president doesn't seem interested in it, either that mr. comey testify in interactions with him before he was fired in none of those did the president say what did the russians do? how did they do it? can we do about i

>> maine senator angus king at a hearing on the foreign intelligence surveillance act. >> i'll ask both are you the same question, why are you answering these questions? is there an indication by the president of executive privilege, is there or not? >> not that i'm aware. >> and was not answered? >> i feel it is inappropriate. >> what you feel isn't relevant, admiral. >> and changes to the dodd-frank act. >> and today, today we released a report titled was the cop on the beat? this is regarding the cfpb's wholly inadequate role in investigating the wells fargo fraudulent account scandal. we have received numerous records from both wells fargo and the occ and others that indicate that the cfpb was asleep at the wheel. >> c-span programs are available at c-span.org, on our homepage and by searching the video library. >> the senate gavels and today at 4 p.m. eastern, in about ten minutes, to continue debate on moving forward on sanctions against people and companies that help iran develop a ballistic missile. senators to vote on president trump's picked to be assistant secretary of defens

[cheers and applause] >> angus robertson has been the voice of opposition. standing up to the tories. and week out, putting jeremy corbyn to shame as he does it. [applause] that thorn insure the side of these tories is still there. last point, on the tory -- with, last week davidson is going to run. ] -- the thing is, she talks about it so much that i do not get a chance to talk about it. [applause] >> what i am talking about in this election is how we get rid of policies like the rate clause . support really does show her true colors. tories want only to talk about independence is if you look at any of them, there is no mention of health, education, welfare, or and him the other policies that really matter. they don't want to talk about the record and they do not want to check about their policies because they know the tory record and tory policies harm public services, harm people in this country. i will let miss davidson continue to talk about whatever she wants in this campaign. i will continue to talk about how we put an end to the tory policies that ar

angus king and marco rubio will be among chuck todd's guests. >>> cuba's government is reacting to president trump's new restrictions on travel and business in that country. in a statement, the government called it a backwards step and said the decision favors the political interest of cuban americans in florida, from havana, meanwhile, gabe gutierrez looks at the impact of the new travel restrictions. >> reporter: newly opened, this is the first five star hotel in havana, banking on u.s. twraflers, now it will be off limits to them. >> it's going to be a great day for cuba. >> president trump makes it harder for most americans to visit the communist island. colin just changed reservations for travel groups. the cuban armed forces control more than 60% of the economy. including a hotel chain, which is 26,000 rooms. >> i assume what the treasury department will do is issue a list of companies within the tourism sector that you're not allowed to do business with. >> the trump administration will also clamp down on people to people exchanges, forcing americans to come with tour groups, not alon

manes of angus king on the foreign intelligence surveillance act. >> why are you not answering these questions? is there an indication by the president of the united states of executive village? >> not that i am aware of. i feel it is inappropriate. >> what you feel is best released a report the beat? the cop on this is regarding the wholly inadequate role in investigating the wells fargo fraudulent accounts scandal. we have received numerous records from both wells fargo and others that indicate the cs bb was -- cf pb was asleep at the wheel. >> these are available at c-span.org our homepage and by searching the video library. >> monday night on the communicators -- >> i decided it was a column in andpioning average people, in challenging the companies, the industry to serve those people. >> the first of a two-part conversation with one of the nation's best-known technology watchers. he shares the best technology gadgets he has seen over the years and his productions of tech development. >> i believe we will see in the next five to 10 years a big first of new stuff. virtual reality,

he was said to be in some danger, angus robertson.rty, 18,400 78. douglas ross, scottish conservative and unionist, 20 2000. the conservatives take murray. angus robertson, a familiar figure on the house of commons asking his questions on behalf of the snp, is out of the house. and douglas ross is there for the conservatives. this is significant nationally because the snp have been the third biggest party in westminster. this is the equivalent of the westminster leader of the lib dems losing at a different kind of election. the tories poured huge resources into this and it seems to have paid off. there is the result. a majority for the conservatives of just over 4000, taken from the snp. the sharav the vote was 48% for the conservatives, 39% for the snp —— the share of the vote. we can see those figures... well, a p pa re ntly we can see those figures... well, apparently we can't. i was going to show you the share... here we are. the change, the conservative goes up 16%, the snp is down 11%. it is a swing from the snp to the conservat

thank you, angus.warm welcome to the launch of the as mps manifesto for the general election. this manifesto sets out a clear plan to in tory cuts, protect scottish jobs and strengthen scotland's hand. it is a manifesto with fairness, opportunity, and democracy. at its heart. a manifesto for the country thad is welcoming. manif a manifesto that reflects our beliefs in the infinite possibilities open to the people of scotland. if we work together in the common good to build the kind of country we know we can be. [applause] >> our pledge at this election is that snp mps will work every day to make scotland's voice heard and build a better country. we know that decisions taken at westminster in the years ahead will shape our country. so now more than ever is vitalav to a strong snp voices standing up for scotland. with labour -- [applause] with labour in disarray, the tories saw chance to take -- ale of uk for many, many years to come. with their true colors being exposed in this campaign, we have a real

here is angus king. >> how are you preparing for tomorrow's hearing? >> basically reviewing the to prior hearings, discussing these issues and doing all the reading i can and trying to think of the questions. i will not be questioning until fourth or fifth down the list. a lot of what i will do will be filling in on the questions that have not been offered. >> what do you think you will get to? >> you have to wait until tomorrow to think -- to see that. host: that was senator angus king on capitol hill. he will get his turn later in the hearing. it will begin with opening statements of the chair and vice chair and then mr. comey, we will hear from him and he will be reading the words he put out yesterday. openingges, his statement, detailing conversations, and one-on-one meetings he had with the president. in baltimore, maryland, independent caller. good morning and what do you think? caller: i think we're watching and attempted coup to unseat a duly elected president of the united states. and the news media. i think this is just that. ever since this

>> maine senator angus king at a on the foreign intelligence surveillance act. ask both of you, why are you not answers questions. is there by president of the united states of executive privilege. is there or not? you not answering questions. >> i feel it's appropriate. >> what you feel isn't relevant. >> missouri congresswoman ann the indy changes to 50dodd-frank act. >> rerelease a report entitled was the cop on the beach. regarding cfpb investigatinge wells fargo fraudulent account scandal. we have received numerous records from wells fargo and occ and others that indicate that cfbb was asleep at the wheel. >> c-span programs are available c-span.org on our home page and by searching the video library. >> "washington journal" continues. host: for tuesday round table on family leavepaid we're joined by aparna mathur resident scholar at the american enterprise institute. atbel sawhill senior nell the brookings institute. paid familyookings leave project. good morning to you both. here.you for being isabel sawhill the working group that you're part of, out with

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their deputy leader angus robertson was ousted by the conservatives and their former leader alex salmondhis seat too. now one of theresa may's own mps is laying the blame on her. i think she's in a very difficult place. she's a remarkable and a very talented woman, and she doesn't shy from difficult decisions, but she now has to consider her position. the festival of democracy has been on full show, as have the upsets. theresa may arrived at party hq knowing there are those who say that should bring the end of the road for her premiership. she has ended up wea k her premiership. she has ended up weak and with fewer mps and calls for her to go. tom bateman, bbc news. in northern ireland both the sdlp and the ulster unionist party lost their seats. it was a successful night for the largest parties. the democratic unionist party won ten seats and sinn fein won seven seats but will continue to abstain from sitting in parliament. the result could see the dup play a key role in any potential coalition negotiations with the conservative party. in wales, the labour party had a strong night takin

. >> we've seen over the past two years that it has been the snp, not labor, angus robertson, not jeremy corbyn that has been the effective opposition. [ applause ] making scotland's voice heard week in and week out raising issues important not just to scotland but the whole of the uk. week in, week out at the prime minister's questions. it was the snp that was the first to spot and pick up on the national insurance increases in the budget. and that, of course, then led to a u turn. a whole range of issues that has been the snp making sure that scotland's voice is heard. that's been important. and over a period where we may have another tory government with a bigger majority, that will be even more important. of course, in politics, you know, who wins elections matters. in terms of who has the authority to stand up and speak for those they represent. and if the snp wins this election, a week on thursday, i take nothing for granted. but if we win this election, then yet again the people of scotland will have put their trust in the snp to stand up for scotland. [ applause ] and that is exa

senator angus king, thank you very much. >> he brings up a great point.ine. so barack obama had his red line. >> not just for syria. >> now donald trump has drawn a red line. if asaad does something, he has to act. >> it doesn't look like a lot of people were prepared for the statement. i think that's problematic. coming up a number of democrats are taking the obama administration to task for not doing enough against russia after the 2016 election. we'll ask congressman jim hines how he would punish moscow. he joins us just ahead. ♪ this is a story about mail and packages. and it's also a story about people. people who rely on us every day to deliver their dreams they're handing us more than mail they're handing us their business and while we make more e-commerce deliveries to homes than anyone else in the country, we never forget... that your business is our business the united states postal service. priority: you ♪ so when i need to book a hotel to me tharoom,vacation. i want someone that makes it easy to find what i want. booking.com gets it, with grea

verbatim from the testimony, angus king, "the president responded no no, next question. is that an accurate statement? comey: i don't believe it is." it is the direct opposite of what spakovksy stated. thatd, spakovsky stated comey conclusively closed about whether trump colluded. let's look at the underlying issue, russia's backing of the e-mails and releasing them, and the allegations of collusion. do you believe donald trump colluded with russia? : that is a question i don't think i should answer in an open setting. that is a question that will be answered by the investigation." who some mayy, know from his so-called voter fraud investigations, made 2 completely false statements. our urge viewers to google "comey testimony." you can find it verbatim -- host: the whole hearings on our website. you some like you are a lawyer. caller: these are lies. host: from this cover story on "time" magazine out this week, " how the d.c. outburst became a deal makers paradise for diplomats, lobbyists, and insiders." "l.a. times" reporting about attorney general jeff sessions testify

joining me now is senator angus king, he serves on the intelligence committee. obviously a lot of focus on paris, especially so soon after what happened in london and manchester. these attacks on soft targets, different types of weapons, we don't know it is counter-terror or not, but that is the focus of the investigation by police. >> ken it a a few minutes ago. these are the attacks that give everyone nightmares. there is no plot, nothing to intercept, you have 20 people involved and you can talk about e-mails and that sort of thing. this appears to be a lone wolf attack where someone is self radicalized. we don't know anything about the attacker or what his motivations were. he was maybe a refugee out of syria, and he was angry from the french involvement. it is impossible to know motivation, it is very hard to prevent something like this in a free society. the only way to be fully secure is to lock everybody down and i don't think any of us want to live in north korea. >> onef the issues erging in the k. is that the prime minister is the home secretary and i

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it was an interesting exchange with the senator from maine, angus king, the famous line about thomas beckett, who will rid me of this meddlesome previous. you don't tell someone but you know you send the message. there is also the point where there is the clearest conflict between comey and trump. >> because the president has denied -- >> trump gsdsaid i didn't make sort of order. so i think that remains the most important point of conflict. and the other point i think dana alluded to this, but i think it's very important, is there was a -- in the letter that trump wrote firing comey, he said three times you told me that i was not under investigation and that was in may. well, here we know in june donald trump is under criminal investigation, and that's a big deal and that's important. >> jim acosta. >> he's a mart guy too. i just want to focus on what we learned about the various investigations under way from comey today. one, as john king said earlier, that the flynn hope comment is clearly under investigation now. comey said as much. comey said it was immediately of investigative

their deputy leader angus robertson and former leader alex salmond.ters the length and breadth of the uk are no longer prepared to accept. we will work with others if it is at all possible to keep the tories out of government. the lib dems saw the return of former ministers like vince cable in twickenham, but the pa rty‘s old vince cable in twickenham, but the party's old leader was the victim of one of the biggest upsets of the night, losing his sheffield seat.” have encountered this evening something that many people have encountered before tonight, and i suspect many people will encounter after tonight, which is, in politics, you live by the sword and you die by the sword. after their best ever election result in westminster, the democratic unionist party now find themselves as kingmakers. the prime minister has spoken with me this morning, and we will enter discussions with the conservatives to explore how it may be possible to bring stability to our nation at this time of great challenge. paul nuttall resigned as ukip's leader after the party los

this week it will be certified angus beef. the members of the club with 25 years or more tenure in the club have their annual spring gathering of song and food and drink and we encourage you to come. the journalism institute has its golf tournament on the 31st and that the benefits the scholarship on training and journalists and professional development and on the headline series june 19 this general joseph of the joint chiefs of staff and we will talk about all things defense. so i'm going to present you with a traditional national press club mug and with that comes one final question. if someone handed you a designated svivor's car, would you accept? >> at it and actually going into raven rock. i didn't get the chance to go in and i would like to see that very much. >> so you would expect the responsibility that you might have to beat your family behind in all that stuff? i think at the end of the day i probably ever wanted use it. i don't have -- i didn't come away from this process with enough confidence in the totality of

angus king outlines the other key question. >> what role did he play if any again in the comey firingto be recused from this investigation, have nothing to do with it. and to the extent the comey firing had something to do with the investigation, i think % that's an area that we need to explore. >> reporter: sessions may also get asked if the president really does have a recording system in the oval office as mr. trump suggested in a tweet last month but refused to confirm again today. >> mr. president, are their tapes of you and jim comey in the oval office? >> reporter: his press secretary was no more forthcoming. >> what is he waiting for? what's the delay? >> he's not waiting for anything. when he's ready to further discuss it, he wil >> reporter: the secret service discussed it this afternoon revealing that it is unaware of any recording devices in the oval office. spicer declined to comment on that new information saying only that the president will weigh in at some point in the future. >> nancy cordes on capitol hill. you can watch the attorney general's testimony right here on

number one -- and i don't think this number one will be directly confrontation but it's angus king. both the hearing with director of national intelligence dan coats as well as with james comey really able to elicit responses that made the ball move. >> listen to this exchange that senator angus king had with admiral mike rogers last week on the whole issue of executive privilege. >> right. >> why are you not answering these questions? is there an invocation by the president of the united states of executive privilege? is there or not? >> not that i'm aware of. >> then why are you not answering my questions. >> because i feel it's inappropriate. >> what you feel is not relevant, admiral. >> strong words. >> yes. but he's right. executive privilege is something that only the president can invoke. it's not called admiral privilege or attorney general privilege. if jeff sessions does today what mike rogers tried to do there and say under executive privilege or my conversations with the president are privileged, then it will be asked, did the president ask you to invoke executive privil

we have angus king joining us. we expect he won't be easy. why? here's a taste. >> why are you not answering the question. what you feel is not relevant, admiral. what you feel is not the answer. why are you not answering the questions? is it an invocation of executive privilege? k for you. the ultrasound that can see inside patients, can also detect early signs of corrosion at our refineries. high-tech military cameras that see through walls, can inspect our pipelines to prevent leaks. remote-controlled aircraft, can help us identify potential problems and stop them in their tracks. at bp, safety is never being satisfied. and always working to be better. yet up 90% fall short in getting key nutrients from food alone. let's do more. add one a day 50+ a complete multi-vitamin with 100% daily value of more than 15 key nutrients. one a day 50+. >> in two hours, all eyes will be on this hearing room inside the u.s. capital, this testimony certainly anticipated before the senate intelligence committee in a way we haven't seen in a long time. joining us

angus king/i-maine> "did you, in any way, initiate that dinner?" "no."he testified that the president lied about the reason for his firing. "the administration then chose to defame me and, more importantly, the fbi by saying that the organization was in disarray, that it was poorly led."as for the real reason... "it's my judgment that i was fired because of the russia investigation. the ex-fbi director said one meeting in february stands out. "general flynn at that time was legal jeardy, there was an open fbi criminal investigationcomey says that didn't' stop the president from making a bold request... pushing him to drop the investigation into ties between russia and his former national security advisor. "i took it as a direction. he's the president of the united states, with me alone, saying i hope this, i took it as this is what he wants me to do. "

thank you for joining us today, professor sir angus deaton. you're recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, members of the committee for holding this hearing on economics and the opioid crisis. thus from legal and illegal drugs are contributing to an almost unprecedented increase in mortality among middle aged white non-hispanics. there was a halt at the end of the 20th century. and mortality rates for this mid aged group were higher in 2015 than in 1998. driven by these developments, life expectancy at birth, fell for white non-hispanics from 2013 to 2014. and for the whole population of the united states, from 2014 to 2015. opioids are a big part of the story. supplies of opioids have stoked and maintained the epidemic, selling heroin is profitable and illegal. selling prescription drugs and profitable and legal. op poid -- opioids have a limited role in treating pain, but perhaps it would have been better had they never been approved. physicians are far from infallible in detecting which patients are likely to become addicted. and once pa

>> well, what's interesting about this one -- and it was angus king who made the point.re not saying that this is claified, theu have no grnds on wch not to answer the questions we're posing to you. and i think that was very compelling when he made that particular statement. under closed session, they always are forthcoming. they're a little less forthcoming in an open hearing. but, again, they weren't being asked questions about classified material, and that's why it was very frustrating for everyone. they should have been able to answer those questions. >> the point about angus king is well taken. not just classified but he specifically says, look, are you invoking executive privilege to keep these sort of conversations out of our purview. i want to play that exchange because it illuminates what you just said. >> is there an invocation by the president of the united states of executive privilege? is there or not? >> not that i'm aware of. >> then why aren't you answering my question? mr. coats, same series of questions. what's your basis for refusal to answer these que