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was on capitol hill again today where the first handshake of the day was with maryland senator barbara mikulski. and so far, she has met with 36 democrats or independent senators, and with 15 of the 16 republican senators who are willing to meet with hum. republican leadership is refusing to allow hearings on garland's nomination. >>> turning now to the least favorite subject, 15 straight days of rain, and it is not over yet. let's go to doug with more on the the weather pattern with the clean shaven face. >> well, doreen, if we are going to be breaking a record, do it big. it would have been horrible to get to day 12 and missed the day 13. >> no, we would have been okay with that, doug. >> oh, you would have is been all right? >> yes, you shave the hair off of your face, and you have lost your mind. >> and record and not just broken it, but shattered it. it is the rain across the u da, and heavy rain is tapering off, and most of us should see a much drier night. still a couple of showers through montgomery county and the spinning low coming by, and you can see the temperatures now on the high

senate and in the democratic room there are telephone booths and she now had her dedicated barbara mikulski telephone booth. we would have dinner together democrat and republican and at some point we've actually rotate. a lot of times the dinner would be held in the capital in what was called called the strong thurmond room. it's a very elegant room with a chandelier -- >> he was a renowned with the safe e-mail grabber so female pages used to be warned not to come within arm's length of him even in a wheelchair he was definitely a little bit of a ladies man you could say all old southern ladies man said the fact they were having these dinners and lunches in the room the irony wasn't lost. >> and i can remember when senator lisa murkowski from alaska hosted we all got this e-mail saying she was going to have a potluck dinner and she said her teams that you can't have a potluck dinner and ask you this senators to your senators to bring something. she said yes i can and sure enough everybody bought something from their home state. she said you bring the entrÉe, you bring this and of course she

with this in mind, i helped introduce bipartisan legislation along with senator barbara mikulski and congresswomen martha mcsally and susan davis to ensure the wasp ashes could be inurned at arlington national cemetery. a seemingly simple thing, that means so much. this congress passed this legislation honoring these historic women and it is now law. now, this congress is getting to work on the national defense authorization act. this legislation includes measures to make sure our men and women have access to the top equipment and training they need on the battlefield. the ndaa includes many critical provisions to help keep our military members safe so they do return home to their families. we've already gotten to work on the ndaa, and later this summer, the senate will consider the defense appropriations act. these measures will provide some level of certainty to our brave service members now serving in iraq, afghanistan and in other places around the world. as memorial day approaches, let us pause and remember all of the men and women who have given their lives so we can be free. l

barbara mikulski chaired the appropriations committee. all of those things tentatively. when you studied you wonder why. i think that as your book really analyze a great deal in of the people especially sociologist, they say women bring to the table something different. and ability to compromise, and ability to stay active until you get the job done. through the power struggles, the austin kelly is put aside. what's in it for everybody. that means you're not going to get everything you want, otherwise it's a win-lose situation. how can we compromise, how can we come together to understand what the prevailing issues are. at the end of the day get something done. i think that one is what our country want it is demanding, but at the same point who is doing it? the women at the table aren't getting it done. but you can't get it done unless one thing, you run for office. you get the education that makes you available to become that ceo. go through the navy to get to be the first weapon and on a submarine. all of these things don't just happen because you are a woman. they hap

i talked to a democratic senator barbara mikulski last night, the longest serving democratic woman in told me that bernie sanders should drop out of the race, or she said the primary should end, ends in june, a suggestion that perhaps the party should try to unite before july, and if there's a division, clearly that could help donald trump. but the question remains about his foreign policy knowledge as well. he made that comment about kim jong-un earlier this week that raised a lot of eyebrows. you mentioned that tweet that he put out this morning about that missing airliner. let me read it to you. he said looks like yet another terrorist attack. airplane departed from paris. when will we get tough, smart, and vigilant? great hate and sickness. donald trump trying to project some might on the foreign policy side. let's see if he brings folks over on that. clearly an effort by donald trump to bring his party behind him as democrats are divided, carol. >> manu raju reporting live from washington this morning. thanks so much. of course, we'll continue to follow any developments on that e

members, starting with the house democratic leader, nancy pelosi, the dean of the senate women, barbara mikulskir, and i just got off the phone with a democratic national committee man who was talking about the fact that she has a lot of support inside the dnc. has there been talk about maybe her going to another -- another job? yes, of course, but that at the end of the day there is concern about two things, one, her being -- looking like she's sort of sacrificed on the altar of bernie sanders. that was the words of the source and, two, this is going to be another problem for hillary clinton because, as jeff can tell you, and you know this, both of you guys, that she is -- if she does become the nominee, it is going to be up to her to help decide who is the head of the dnc, so it's another issue that she's going to have to deal with. >> what would this look like, nia, and we're so close to the convention at this point in time, what would this look like if debbie wasserman schultz were to go? it's important to note, as dana does, that there are a lot of folks supporting her still, but what would

with this in mind, i helped introduce bipartisan legislation along with senator barbara mikulski and congresswomen martha mcsally and susan davis to ensure the wasp ashes could be inurned at arlington national cemetery. a seemingly simple thing, that means so much. this congress passed this legislation honoring these historic women and it is now law. now, this congress is getting to work on the national defense authorization act. this legislation includes measures to make sure our men and women have access to the top equipment and training they need on the battlefield. the ndaa includes many critical provisions to help keep our military members safe so they do return home to their families. we've already gotten to work on the ndaa, and later this summer, the senate will consider the defense appropriations act. these measures will provide some level of certainty to our brave service members now serving in iraq, afghanistan and in other places around the world. as memorial day approaches, let us pause and remember all of the men and women who have given their lives so we can be free. l