when i saw your interview with senator barrasso i grew alarmed.onald trump and ted cruz are spreading this nonsense, these fringe ideas and putting them in the center of our politics. if it spreads to other republican members of the senate out of fear or search for political cover or politicking convenience, whatever senator barrasso's motives are for embracing this really horribly counterproductive approach, it's potentially very, very harmful to the interests of the united states and the safety of our citizens. >> jonathan, thank you. that does it for this hour of msnbc live. i'm tamron hall. next, andrea mitchell will take next, andrea mitchell will take over our coverage. we've created a new company. one totally focused on what's next for your business. accelerating innovation. accelerating next. hewlett packard enterprise. or if you're young or old.are if you run everyday, no matter who you are a heart attack can happen without warning. if you've had a heart attack, a bayer aspirin regimen can help prevent another one. be sure to talk to your

joining me now from capitol hill, senator john barrasso. senator, great pleasure having you on. i know that you were quoted as saying that the president on his way out of office should not make an appointment to the supreme court. when merrick garland was nominated in 1997, he was confirmed, 76-23, with 32 republican votes, seven of which are current gop senator who is voted to confirm him that year. does he not, based on this, deserve at least a meeting here? >> well, the decision has already been made. there's not going to be a vote or a hearing with this nominee. i agree with what pete williams said, it would not be worth his time to do it. but let's face it. you're going back to the 1990s. let's listen to what biden said when george bush was president. he said the president should not even nominate and if he nominated, there should not be hearings or a vote at times of a presidential election. and that's why we're applying the biden rule when it comes to this situation. because it's not really about the person, it's about the principle, the checks and balances that we have i

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barrasso: mr. president, a couple of weeks ago a small agency in new york state took a very big and a step that i think is very l dangerous. the state board of regents said that it will start giving some illegal immigrants a license to practice medicine in the state of new york. now, this is a state agency that grants certificates and licenses for more than 50 different professionals, so you need this board's permission if you want to be a nurse in new york, a pharmacist, dentist or doctor and i think it's a terrible idea to grant licenses to illegal immigrants because doctors, den timpts, others are entrusted to prescribe powerful medications and that's the point of the bill we're on right now. these include these very opioid pain killers we've been talking about the past few weeks. the senate right now is debating what we can do to help communities and families who are struggling with abuse of these drugs. i think a big part of the problem is that these powerful medications are just too widely av

barrasso: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from wyoming. mr. barrasso: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. barrasso: i ask unanimous consent to speak as if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. barrasso: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i come to the floor today to discuss more of the troubling news that has come out about how the health care law has affected the people of this country. a new poll just came out from national public radio as well as the robert wood johnson foundation. this is what they found. according to the poll, 26% of americans are telling us that the health care law, obamacare, has directly hurt them. 26% of americans say the obamacare, the health care law, has directly hurt them. only 14% of the people in the poll said the health care law has gotten their health, personal health care has gotten better under obamacare. one in seven say it's better. over a quarter say they have personally been hurt. almost twice as many

barrasso: thank you, madam president. madam president, i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. barrasso: thank you, madam president. madam president, there's been a great deal of discussion here on the floor of the senate about the current vacancy on the united states supreme court. democrats want to fill it immediately. now, republicans are much more interested in making sure that the american people have an opportunity to weigh in on this very important decision. this is a lifetime appointment, a lifetime appointment, and the stakes could not be higher for our country. so it is perfectly reasonable to wait for the next president to make this critical nomination. it is also exactly the precedent that democrats in this body, in the senate, created for situations just like this one. now, first of all, let's remember that this is not uncommon for there to be a vacancy on the court. sometimes a seat can be empty for even more than a year. there are eight justice

i appreciated that the committee and my colleague, senator barrasso, attended a field hearing in seattle to talk about these issues, as well. all of this underscores the importance of these issues and getting the right solution. we need to better protect our communities and our firefighters from these wildfires. guided by science, we need to invest in and pursue policies that will make our forests more resilient to these wildfires. we need more equipment and more efficient use of existing resources to have a more hasty response at the initial attack to these wildfires. fortunately, as you can see from the chart behind me, as chairman murkowski mentioned, the forest service had a 60% increase in firefighting funding for this year, giving us a window to come up with a more functional solution. we certainly appreciate the work of my colleagues in getting that 60% increase. i know that chairman murkowski's state also experienced one of its worst fire seasons in alaska's history, and we've been working together for months on legislation to get us ahead of this problem. we've had several heari

senator, thank you, john barrasso, republican from wyoming. >> thank you, bill.atti ann: texas senator ted cruz picking up a big win in utah. so where else can he win? here is the senator on "o'reilly" last night. >> this is delegate battle to get to 1237. >> right. >> i'm the only candidate that can beat donald trump and win the republican nomination that can get to 1237. patti ann: a moving moment in brussels. mayors of that city and paris attending makeshift memorial for the victims of the bombings. hundreds of people paying their respects, laying wreaths and carrying the belgium flag and chanting long live belgium. bill: now to utah and the campaign. ted cruz scoring overwhelming victory in that state winning all 40 delegates. cruz picked up nearly 70% of the vote. peter doocy live this morning in salt lake city in atta. how did the caucusgoers you spoke to approach last night's caucus, peter? >> this was very serious business for them, bill. they had been telling us for days, republicans were telling us for days throughout the state they were really happy to

neil: senator barrasso, always a pleasure. thank you very much. >> thanks for having me. ceo mark fields took on the issue with our own jeff flock about the brussels attacks, the impact, politically, emotionally, economically. after this. >> fox business brief time. crude oil taking a hit today, down by 3% as we see here. big build-up in supply reported by energy department and energy, worst performing group of stocks in the s&p 500 as that group is down, as indicated here by almost 2%. individual energy stocks. run through this list. we see a lot of them now, a lost exploration companies and production companies, marathon, 7%. chesapeake, devon, murphy oil, all down, 5, 6, 8, 9% in some cases. we were watching some. travel related stocks quite closely in yesterday's trading. many are lower. not down maybe as much. still airlines, delta and spirit airlines all in the red in today's trading. broader perspective, down131 points. s&p and nasdaq down. more neil ahead as "coast to coast" continues. [engines revving] you can't have a hero, if you don't have a villain. the world

chairs then barrasso committee. this is an hour and 40 minutes. >> i call this to order.rder the meeting to discuss because of his 2017 indian country budget request. the president's fiscal year 2017 budget request calls for increases for travel related programs, including the bureau of indian affairs and the indian health service. whatever funding is provided for these tribal related programs it must beauty effectively, efficiently, and be responsible and filling federal responsibilities. muste be clear, funding reflect performance metrics. it is imperative the executive branch provide congress with the necessary data. today we hear from key federal agencies. >> i want to thank the panelists were here today, i appreciate your endurance. you are at a committee meeting at, so today that i was i want to commend the administration for cementing a budget the details how the federal government will attempt to support indian country's priorities. i'm looking forward to hearing from our witnesses today ending and discussing the issues. if there's one thing we should agree on thi

barrasso: -- my goal. in my state, you have projects and you have a certain degree where you are on the list. when funding me to certain level, you might get funded. i think here, there are people who have been on the list for decades and never know when they are going to get funding. it just seems to be a mystery, so i get that you want to have an index. i think the index is great but i think we need to have a disability for indian country when there project is likely to be funded. or if it is going to be cost of ing be cost of thing for other projects because of population? policymakers the ability to look at policies and make suggestions if people are falling through the crack's. >> that gets to one of the statements that senator tester made. while we are completing the school construction for the schools that are on the 2004 list and now selecting the schools for the 2016 list, the department is going to be internally working at a long-term program to layout for this committee and the tribes, here is w

so i appreciate that the committee and my colleague, senator barrasso attended a field hearing to talkut these issues as well and now this underscores the importance of addressing these issues in getting the right solutions. we need to better protect our communities and firefighters from wildfires and guided to invest in and pursue policies that make our forests more resilient to these wildfires. we need more equipment and more efficient use of existing resources to have a more hasty response that the initial attack to these buyers. fortunately, as you can see from the chart behind me, maybe we need to move that further, my colleague, senator murkowski mentioned a 60% increase in firefighting funding for this year giving us a window to come up with more functional solutions. we certainly appreciate the work of my colleagues in getting the 60% in greece. i know chairwomen mccaskey experience one of the worst fire seasons on alaska's history and we've been working together for months to get ahead of the problem. we've had several hearings where he talked about different solutions to get

. >> senator barrasso. >> mr. secretary, good to see you again. on friday "the wall street journal" had a paper saying europe energy escape valve: u.s. gas. the gulf coast exports are expected to loosen russia's grip on the market is the subheadline. the article discusses the first shipment of liquid gas from from the united states and it explains exports will give countries like poland, bulgaria, greater independence from russia. it is said to be more than about gas but freedom. the article states that it is estimated the u.s. could catch up for russia as europe's biggest gas supplier within a decade with each nation controlling about a fifth of the market. russia controls about a third of europe's market now. it will not be easy. it may wage a price war to maintain its share of the market. iran is also interested in exporting lng to europe. senator cantwell mentioned your role in the negotiations with iran. in january, "the wall street journal" ran iran seeks ways to shift out gas as sanction ease. that article suggested iran could ship in two y

senator barrasso. >> thank you, madam chairman. mr. secretary, good to see you again.i just noticed on friday "the wall street journal" had a front page story and it was entitled "europe energy escape valve, u.s. gas." so the escape valve for europe for energy is u.s. gas. the gulf coast exports are expected to loosen russia's grip on the market. that's the sub headline. we talked about this. the article discusses the first shipment of liquefied natural gas from the continental united states that took place last wednesday. it explains that exports of u.s. liquefied natural gas will give countries like lithuania, poland, bulgaria, greater political independence from russia. as one lithuanian mayor put it, it's more than just about gas. it's about freedom. the article goes on to cite that deutsche bank estimates the u.s. could catch up with russia as europe's biggest gas supplier within a decade. with each nation controlling about a fifth of the market. it's not going to be easy. russia controls about a third of europe's market right now, and it may wage a price war, i r

. >> joining us right now john barrasso good to see you thanks so much for joining us. >> thank you,h you. >> do you think it is time for senator rubio to leave the race at this point to make it a two-man race? >> no, not at all, still four candidates in the race a long way until the july convention in cleveland where you need 1237 delegates to get the nomination, i think going to go on a long time. >> op-ed in journal today basically saying if the party says that trump is not have number of delegates it looks like the party is stealing election from donald trump. people forget the rules. >> well the riles are you need that many delegates that is the reason they have conventions to come on and nominate somebody that can get a majority of the delegates and bring forth the party to the election in about november, i think that is the best way to assure a republican victory in november is to get somebody with a majority of delegates coming in july. maria: are you expecting a brokered convention. >> i expect i am go to follow rules of convention go with majority i think we are going to se

we have a terrific lineup, james woolsey, john barrasso, we'll talk to the trump campaign about whatt. everything you need to know over the next two hours. >>> as terror was unwinding in brussels, president obama went to a baseball game with raul castro. bonding with the cuban dictator during the ceremonial wave. should the president have skipped the game amid the terror? fox news legal analyst peter johnson jr. is thinking about it. >> this is the latest in the sero series in the frequent flyer in chief, so let's look at this. remember benghazi the president decided to go to las vegas the next day. >> he was fund raising. >> remember when james foley was killed? the president decided to go golfing in martha's vineyard. >> he was on vacation. >> remember after the "charlie hebdo" massacre, the president skipped the paris unity rally after those attacks? >> the president was busy. >> remember san bernardino, well, they tried to tell us that wasn't terror. he went to hawaii and then visited san bernardino 17 days later. so what we had yesterday, brussels, the killing fields. the presid

barrasso: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, last week, the prime minister of canada came to washington for a visit. president obama used that opportunity to take yet another cheap shot at american energy producers. the administration has made a deal with canada to cut methane emissions from oil and gas production facilities. now, they want tough new restrictions to cut emissions almost in half over the next decade. the very same day the environmental protection agency said that it plans to come up with more regulations for methane. well, the obama administration is already trying to limit the methane that gets released from new oil and gas wells as they get put into production, but now the administration wants to go back and impose those limits on existing wells, ones that were built to actually comply with the current rules on the books. so here's what i find most interesting about this, mr. president. this was an official state visit by a foreign leader to the united states. it was the first trip for the new prime

barrasso: thank you. i come to the floor to talk about when i'm hearing from people in wyoming about the issue whether president obama should nominate the next supreme court justice. this past weekend i was around the state of wyoming in rock springs, in rollins, in casper the weekend before that, cheyenne, big piney, and i'm hearing the same thing from people all around the state of wyoming. what i'm hearing is that the president obama should not be the one to put another nominee on the supreme court and that it should come down to the people. give the people a voice. that's what i'm hearing from back home. and as the chairman of the judiciary committee, senator grassley, he is doing exactly what the people in wyoming are insisting upon. the right thing -- he's doing the right thing bin sissing -- by insisting that the american people decide. i think senator grassley is doing a great service to this body and to the american people and also to whom ever the next president nominates for the supreme court.

. >> you thank you, senator barrasso. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. mr. secretary, nice to see you go en. the american people are facing significant issues at home. tight budgetary investment, $1.3 billion for the global climate change initiative as legislators we're contantly searching to find the resources to help many people, communities who are dealing with unemployment, with aging water systems, with poor roads, substandard hospitals, failing schools. how do we talk to people at home and say the real priority of the administration is sending $1.3 billion overseas to international bureaucrats in the name of climate change, rather than dealing with these issues at home? >> very simple answer. the american people are extremely practical. enormous common sense about things that affect them. pick up the newspaper today and you read about the flooding that people are suffering as a result climate change directly. that flooding costs those taxpayers money. we spent billions of dollars last year, i forget what -- reaction to storms in the united states which