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that senator ben sasse. >> who is ben sasse? come on, man. who is ben sasse?irping ] >> bueller? bueller? >> well, we're waiting. >> nada, nothing, nobody knew. not even this guy, the winningest "jeopardy" contestant in years. the guy who knows everything. he's missed like three questions in a month but he didn't know sasse. now, kudos to ben sasse for reacting to this indignity with his trademark, well, sass. i'll take uncomfortable awkward silences for 1,000, alex. nice work, senator. i think this actually goes to prove a larger point, when it comes to washington, america has checked out, even the smartest guy in the world. it doesn't take a brain yack to see that the body public is -- we are exhausted by the partisanship and the infighting and the do nothingness. so they're flipping around to see what else is on. in a hat tip to our friends at "jeopardy," i'll respond in the form of a question. can you blame them? for 2,000, alex. for 2,000, alex. laughs ♪ you're having one more bite no! one more bite! ♪ kraft. for the win win. woman: ahh! need a change of
that senator ben sasse. >> who is ben sasse? come on, man. who is ben sasse?irping ] >> bueller? bueller? >> well, we're waiting. >> nada, nothing, nobody knew. not even this guy, the winningest "jeopardy" contestant in years. the guy who knows everything. he's missed like three questions in a month but he didn't know sasse. now, kudos to ben sasse for reacting to this indignity with his trademark, well, sass. i'll take uncomfortable awkward silences for 1,000,...
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. >> as you say, it's up to the house, but would you expect now someone like senator ben sass, who has been equal live krly crf the president to now weigh in on this now that justin amash has? >> the senators may have a little bit of an excuse. i think other house members, including serious republicans who haven't been lalp dogs for the white house, who will get asked this on monday or tuesday, it will be very interesting to see what they say, especially those on the judiciary committee and others with knowledge, on the njintelligence committee an so forth. justin amash is a back bench republican congressman may have put it front and center more than nancy pelosi and jerry nadler and all these important democrats who have been doing all these other things except discussing the actual report and what the obligations of the house pursuant to it are. >> we'll see. as i mentioned, nancy pelosi has said to move forward on impeachment would require public support. there isn't that yet. the public calling for impeachment is not supported and bipartisan support. she's got one. we'll see if she
. >> as you say, it's up to the house, but would you expect now someone like senator ben sass, who has been equal live krly crf the president to now weigh in on this now that justin amash has? >> the senators may have a little bit of an excuse. i think other house members, including serious republicans who haven't been lalp dogs for the white house, who will get asked this on monday or tuesday, it will be very interesting to see what they say, especially those on the judiciary...
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the ben sasses of the world -- how long has it been since he spoke out? he's trying to think of his own pry matter. the reality is every time these senators take a small vote -- look at senator roy blunt. he defied the republican party just a touch and got slapped by some -- of his own conservatives in missouri. the reality is, this will not change much, but it does open the door to the conversation and it forces every republican to be asked about this. i think at the end of the day they're afraid of the president's base and they won't talk about it. >> to your point about speaker pelosi, she was a couple weeks ago way over here. don't do it. she's been forced by her own liberal base and in part by the white house. the white house counsel this week says, no, hell no, go away, take a hike to any democratic documents. they see bill barr. they thought maybe there would be an outlet to go to a more seasoned voice in washington ask say, are there some areas of compromise, if they want to compromise, i'm not saying the democrats do, but there was a potential av
the ben sasses of the world -- how long has it been since he spoke out? he's trying to think of his own pry matter. the reality is every time these senators take a small vote -- look at senator roy blunt. he defied the republican party just a touch and got slapped by some -- of his own conservatives in missouri. the reality is, this will not change much, but it does open the door to the conversation and it forces every republican to be asked about this. i think at the end of the day they're...
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nebraska senator ben sasse says china is our adversary, canada, and he's right to be de-escalating tensionsh the north american allies. sources say talks have stalled as washington and beijing doubled down on their positions and discussions over the next rod of talks in flux until they can agree on what they will talkhtbout. for "n business report" i'm kayla tausche in washington. >>> and tinde hea continue to inject more volatility into the market. at the close tod the dow was down 98 points and closed to 25,764 and the nasdaq slid by 81. the s&p was down 16 and the dow reed its first four-week losing streak in three years. bob pisaniou takes us t all of this week's twists and turns and he looks ahead to next week. >> never a dull moment on wall street, you know. first the dow jones industrial average plummets more than 600 points on monday after china announced ary retaliaound of tariffs over the weekend and it seems like a long time ago and the market edged higher on tuesday on hopefulme cs from steve mnuchin, treasury secretary and president trump saying trade talks have not completely
nebraska senator ben sasse says china is our adversary, canada, and he's right to be de-escalating tensionsh the north american allies. sources say talks have stalled as washington and beijing doubled down on their positions and discussions over the next rod of talks in flux until they can agree on what they will talkhtbout. for "n business report" i'm kayla tausche in washington. >>> and tinde hea continue to inject more volatility into the market. at the close tod the dow...
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for our viewers who are watching the sasse questioning carefully, ben sasse tried to pursue, i thought, a friendly line of questioning. everyone is against russia, right? he went to dirty russian oligarches. barr liked he didn't know who oripasko was, and that really can't be true but he made it abundantly clear that he didn't know enough about him to talk about it. i hope somebody asks it, even a republican. a girl can still hope. if barr has actually read the mueller report cover to cover? he's answering questions as though he has not. >> politicians are going to cover what we see today and tomorrow just as we have three candidates for president among the democratic questioners, joni ernst has to defend her seat in 2020. you'll note she had a choice of which traunched to pursue and went national security. she went what happened to us in 2016, how do we for ttify our nt presidential election, which happens to be her senate election as well, in 2020, just as ben sasse chose to speak for most of his questioning and got the attorney general to agree to maybe giving briefings to nominees
for our viewers who are watching the sasse questioning carefully, ben sasse tried to pursue, i thought, a friendly line of questioning. everyone is against russia, right? he went to dirty russian oligarches. barr liked he didn't know who oripasko was, and that really can't be true but he made it abundantly clear that he didn't know enough about him to talk about it. i hope somebody asks it, even a republican. a girl can still hope. if barr has actually read the mueller report cover to cover?...
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coincidence considering donald trump's discussion today with vladimir putin and to that end this is from ben sasshe select committee on intelligence, kim's provocation tells you all you need to know about north korea's commitment denuclearization and vladimir putin's desire for peace. letter putin claimed a big role in the other major crisis the white house is watching and that is in venezuela where us opposition is preparing for massive demonstrations tomorrow. it is clear the initial plan to talk and replace nicholas maduro, vladimir putin puppet, has failed and tonight we are getting a better idea of what it means when the american administration says all options are on the table to kick the strongman out. nicholas maduro still holds the support and protection of iran, china, russia, and cuba. the us military operation puts them under the purview of us southern command. admiral craig fowler came to light up options in the over secure conference room, the tank. afterwards the national security adviser said the united states will not tolerate foreign military interference in the western hemisphe
coincidence considering donald trump's discussion today with vladimir putin and to that end this is from ben sasshe select committee on intelligence, kim's provocation tells you all you need to know about north korea's commitment denuclearization and vladimir putin's desire for peace. letter putin claimed a big role in the other major crisis the white house is watching and that is in venezuela where us opposition is preparing for massive demonstrations tomorrow. it is clear the initial plan to...
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senator ben sasse asked barr about how foreign spies are using sophisticated new ways to try to contactresidential campaigns. >> in a digital cyber era, you don't need a bar and a hooker anymore. you can surround people digitally much easier. >> stephen: the president, however, i'm guessing, still very interested in that bar-hooker scenario. ( laughter ) "what's that? i like that. i'll be in the bar." ( applause ) after lunch, hawaii senator mazie hirono took her whacks at this pinata of perjury. >> mr. barr, now the american people know you are no different from rudy giuliani or kellyanne conway, or any of the other people who sacrifice their once-decent reputation for the grifter and liar who sits in the oval office. ( cheers and applause ) >> jon: cold-blooded! woo-hoo! >> stephen: madame, how dare you imply that kellyanne conway ever had a decent reputation? ( laughter ) wrong! hirono kept tearing into barr. >> being attorney general of the united states is a sacred trust. you have betrayed that trust. america deserves better. you should resign. i have some questions for you. ( laug
senator ben sasse asked barr about how foreign spies are using sophisticated new ways to try to contactresidential campaigns. >> in a digital cyber era, you don't need a bar and a hooker anymore. you can surround people digitally much easier. >> stephen: the president, however, i'm guessing, still very interested in that bar-hooker scenario. ( laughter ) "what's that? i like that. i'll be in the bar." ( applause ) after lunch, hawaii senator mazie hirono took her whacks at...
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for the senate republican conference, led by -- which this week banned earmarks, an idea led by ben sassewho can forget earmarks, when chuck schumer was pushing for a woodstock museum. thisome republicans had really n thinking that they made it easier to pass legislation and there was talk of bringing them back. it's great news that the gop is swearing off earmarks. paul: jason. >> this is a hit for robert smith, a commencement speaker at morehouse college in atlanta. he announced he would pay off the student debt of the entire graduating class, paul. he's a tech billionaire many he can afford it. he could have spent it on a new sports complex or a fancy student lounge. there are 400 graduates that are very happy he didn't go that route. paul: allysia. >> this is the hit to the post office which over the next two weeks is piloting self-driving trucks on long haul routes between he phoenix and dallas. in order to increase efficiency, imagine that. this may be the triumph of hope over experience, but this is definitely progress. paul: words i never expected to hear from allysia finley, a hi
for the senate republican conference, led by -- which this week banned earmarks, an idea led by ben sassewho can forget earmarks, when chuck schumer was pushing for a woodstock museum. thisome republicans had really n thinking that they made it easier to pass legislation and there was talk of bringing them back. it's great news that the gop is swearing off earmarks. paul: jason. >> this is a hit for robert smith, a commencement speaker at morehouse college in atlanta. he announced he...
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. >> meanwhile, republican ben sass is looking towards 2020 and what is proper for campaigns to accept from hostile foreign governments. >> what's appropriate and not appropriate to take from foreign intelligence agencies. >> that's a very broad topic. what is is legal and i will leem. >> at one point he turned the criticism back to mueller for not concluding whether the president obstructed justice. >> if he felt that he shouldn't go down the path of making a traditional pros -- decision, he shus have investigated. >> capital hill. >>> a judge in the uk sentenced wikileaks founder julian assange to 50 weeks in prison for skipping bail seven years ago and holing up in the ecuadorian embassy. it was hard to imagine a more serious version of him as he gave the hacker a sentence close to the maximum of a year in custody. >>> new developments. a hillsborough couple pleaded guilty in boston federal court. the eye team reporter melanie woodrow covering the story, has the latest. >> hillsborough parents bruce and da vin a isaacson entering guilty pleas of the college admission scandal. this i
. >> meanwhile, republican ben sass is looking towards 2020 and what is proper for campaigns to accept from hostile foreign governments. >> what's appropriate and not appropriate to take from foreign intelligence agencies. >> that's a very broad topic. what is is legal and i will leem. >> at one point he turned the criticism back to mueller for not concluding whether the president obstructed justice. >> if he felt that he shouldn't go down the path of making a...
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. >> ben sasse, not a whisper, that's surprising. >> when i talk to mid westerners whose families areand tied to farming, they are giving the president a lot of leeway. they think no one has had the nerve or gall to take on china. they think he looks tough, and that plays among his base in the midwest. let's talk about the subpoena of don jr. here. what's going on, give us the backdrop. a couple of days ago we heard from mitch mcconnell that the case is closed. now we know that there has been a subpoena. >> that's right, richard burr, the republican senator kwhwho i the chairman of the senate intelligence committee pushing for the subpoena really cutting against where the majority leader is. there has been a lot of unity among senate republicans upon calling for, you know, the mueller investigation to be protected, for mueller to have some -- you know, have the room to do his investigation. now that that's over, that's given people like mitch mcconnell the sort of breathing room to say let's move on, and i think what happened with richard burr calling for the subpoena has really sort
. >> ben sasse, not a whisper, that's surprising. >> when i talk to mid westerners whose families areand tied to farming, they are giving the president a lot of leeway. they think no one has had the nerve or gall to take on china. they think he looks tough, and that plays among his base in the midwest. let's talk about the subpoena of don jr. here. what's going on, give us the backdrop. a couple of days ago we heard from mitch mcconnell that the case is closed. now we know that...
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you know who senator ben sass is and he didn't. >> he didn't know. >> you could have beaten him if youn now as opposed to four years ago. we have a clip of one john berman. who is that child? >> come on. i have not aged one bit. >> i know. >> his wager was enough, $25,900. >> $42,000 is a fraction of what holzhauer wins every day. a dirty little secret about "jeopardy!" most of the people on stage know almost all the answers to the kwquestions. it's the buzzer. can you hit it at the right time? >> i see that. >> you're not allowed to hit it until the light goes on. holzhauer times it perfectly. that's what he does. anderson cooper gave me advice on the buzzer which he got from cheech marin who smoked a lot of dope. his method is to time the buzzer well >> it works. >> it works. how did he learn? >> i don't know. >> exactly. >> the favorite is out and the field for tomorrow's kentucky derby is wide open. the bleacher report is next. change has many faces. names you'll never know. the bright-eyed, the brave, the visionaries. where challenges exist, you'll find them. everything they do is
you know who senator ben sass is and he didn't. >> he didn't know. >> you could have beaten him if youn now as opposed to four years ago. we have a clip of one john berman. who is that child? >> come on. i have not aged one bit. >> i know. >> his wager was enough, $25,900. >> $42,000 is a fraction of what holzhauer wins every day. a dirty little secret about "jeopardy!" most of the people on stage know almost all the answers to the kwquestions. it's...
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this is ben sasse a constant trump questioner, to be find, about connecting the dates.versations after his summit with putin tell you all you need to know about denuclearization and about putin's desire for peace. these two her der rouse tyrants have no interest in peace. implicit in that is, mr. president, you're nuts. you're wrong. you're in a parallel universe. why are you trusting these people? >> he's been in this parallel universe for many, many months. you think about the love letters they've exchanged and his praise of kim jong-un and really elevating the north korean dictator, this brutal dictator on the world stage. the venezuela policy, it was always so odd. how do you go after maduro because of what's going on there on the one hand but sort of coddle kim jong-un which is exactly the dynamic that was playing out. there is no consistency in terms of foreign policy, no consistency in terms of america's standing in the world as a moral authority. >> if you're juan goeido, the opposition leader who the united states recognizes as the president of venezuela, he co
this is ben sasse a constant trump questioner, to be find, about connecting the dates.versations after his summit with putin tell you all you need to know about denuclearization and about putin's desire for peace. these two her der rouse tyrants have no interest in peace. implicit in that is, mr. president, you're nuts. you're wrong. you're in a parallel universe. why are you trusting these people? >> he's been in this parallel universe for many, many months. you think about the love...
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which this week and idea by ben sasse of nebraska.get your mark sources when chuck schumer is pushing for million dollars for a 1969 woodstock museum. these are hardy perennials and over appropriations bills and really 2000. some republicans had really been thinking nostalgic that they made it easier to pass legislation and there was talk of bringing them back. it is great news that the gop is swearing off earmarks. cpaul: jason? >> a hit for robert smith at morehouse college. in atlanta. during his speech, he not to pay off the student debt the entire graduating class. he is a tech billionaire. he can afford it and he could have spent it on some cool sports compass on campus or fancy student loans but there are many that are happy he didn't go that route. >> over the next week piloting self driving trucks on nclong-haul routes between phoenix and dallas. in order to increase efficiency. imagine that. this may be the triumph of hope over bexperience. but this is definitely progress. paul: words i never expected to hehear from allysia
which this week and idea by ben sasse of nebraska.get your mark sources when chuck schumer is pushing for million dollars for a 1969 woodstock museum. these are hardy perennials and over appropriations bills and really 2000. some republicans had really been thinking nostalgic that they made it easier to pass legislation and there was talk of bringing them back. it is great news that the gop is swearing off earmarks. cpaul: jason? >> a hit for robert smith at morehouse college. in atlanta....
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pretty clear not just with this but i think with the infant born alive act which is something that ben sasse sponsored and all of the republicans voted for, that they're making abortion first of all a political issue in 2020. there's the legal implications of it, which jeffrey can get into more, about the fact that it is not just alabama passing bills like this, there are other states and they're doing it in part because that's what they believe, also because they want to get something to the supreme court because they hope the supreme court will overturn it. then there's just the substantive impact of it, which is incredibly extreme. it is something that's even caused division in the pro-life community, the idea of not even having exceptions for rape and incest, something close to 80% of americans support. >> jeff, back in june when kennedy announced his retirement, you said, i want to make sure i get this right, you said abortion would be illegal in 20 states in 18 months. you got a lot of pushback, a lot of trump supporters saying are you a mind reader, how can you say this. >> for better
pretty clear not just with this but i think with the infant born alive act which is something that ben sasse sponsored and all of the republicans voted for, that they're making abortion first of all a political issue in 2020. there's the legal implications of it, which jeffrey can get into more, about the fact that it is not just alabama passing bills like this, there are other states and they're doing it in part because that's what they believe, also because they want to get something to the...
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considering president trump's discussion today with vladimir putin and to that end, this is from ben sassthe select committee on intelligence. kim's provocations after a summit with putin tell you all you need to know about north korea's commitment to denuclearization and about putin's desire for peace. vladimir putin also playing a very big role in the other major crisis that the white house is watching tonight. that is in venezuela where the u.s. opposition is now preparing for massive demonstrations tomorrow. it is clear that the initial plan to quickly topple and replace nicholas m action duro, the putin puppet there has failed. tonight we're getting a better idea of what it means when the american administration says all options are on the table to kick the strong man out. >> nicholas meduro still holds the support and protection of iran, china, russia, and cuba. an operation in venezuela would come under the purview of the u.s. southern command. and today it's leader, admiral craig fowler came to lay out options to the security conference room, the tank. the united states will not t
considering president trump's discussion today with vladimir putin and to that end, this is from ben sassthe select committee on intelligence. kim's provocations after a summit with putin tell you all you need to know about north korea's commitment to denuclearization and about putin's desire for peace. vladimir putin also playing a very big role in the other major crisis that the white house is watching tonight. that is in venezuela where the u.s. opposition is now preparing for massive...
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for the senate republican conference, led by -- which this week banned earmarks, an idea led by ben sasseschumer was pushing for a woodstock museum. thisome republicans had really n thinking that they made it easier to pass legislation and there was talk of bringing them back. it's great news that the gop is swearing off earmarks. paul: jason. >> this is a hit for robert smith, a commencement speaker at morehouse college in atlanta. he announced he would pay off the student debt of the entire graduating class, paul. he's a tech billionaire many he can afford it. he could have spent it on a new sports complex or a fancy student lounge. there are 400 graduates that are very happy he didn't go that route. paul: allysia. >> this is the hit to the post office which over the next two weeks is piloting self-driving trucks on long haul routes between he phoenix and dallas. in order to increase efficiency, imagine that. this may be the triumph of hope over experience, but this is definitely progress. paul: words i never expected to hear from allysia finley, a hit to the post office. dan -- >> this
for the senate republican conference, led by -- which this week banned earmarks, an idea led by ben sasseschumer was pushing for a woodstock museum. thisome republicans had really n thinking that they made it easier to pass legislation and there was talk of bringing them back. it's great news that the gop is swearing off earmarks. paul: jason. >> this is a hit for robert smith, a commencement speaker at morehouse college in atlanta. he announced he would pay off the student debt of the...
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senator ben sasse, republican, said this, and i quote, "the general isn't evil bastard, but he knows they can bring their butchers to their knees if americans are targeted peer he should rethink his recent provocative move" pit where does the attention now go? >> i agree with the senator, but i'm not sure he understands our history. the history as they blew up the u.s. embassy in lebanon, the marine barracks in lebanon, the u.s. embassy in kuwait, the air force barracks in saudi arabia, for four years, they targeted our soldiers by iranian trained she a militia killed over 600 of them. may have been killing us a long time, and this is the first administration, democratic or republican, that has ever truly confronted the iranians. you can see what is happening. their economy is being crippled by the sanctions. a significant amount of unrest. and they are trying to figure out what to do about this. and they are thinking of some kind of moves against u.s. soldiers. that'll be a significant mistake if they do it. i don't think it will be anything comprehensive, because that would bring t
senator ben sasse, republican, said this, and i quote, "the general isn't evil bastard, but he knows they can bring their butchers to their knees if americans are targeted peer he should rethink his recent provocative move" pit where does the attention now go? >> i agree with the senator, but i'm not sure he understands our history. the history as they blew up the u.s. embassy in lebanon, the marine barracks in lebanon, the u.s. embassy in kuwait, the air force barracks in saudi...
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you'll have ben sasse weigh in, but it's a good thing that a republican is standing up and saying what he thinks is right. even though he must know he will not have the backing of the majority of his party. >> keith, he's going further than some democrats. >> he is, and it's important to look at how these procedures were. for richard nixon in the 1970s. a year before nixon was impeached, 19 pn% of americans thought nixon should be impeached after they started the proceedings. it wasn't until a year into the hearings when the majority of americans believed that richard nixon should be impeached. democrats who are sitting back and saying only 30% or 40% of americans think that trump should be impeached, that's a higher number than thought nixon should be impeached in the 1970s. you have republicans who are now saying they are engaged in -- >> a republican. >> there are numbers out there who are saying the same thing. >> sure. >> as long as you know that's the case, and you know that donald trump is violating the law, and the consequences of not holding him accountable are that other pres
you'll have ben sasse weigh in, but it's a good thing that a republican is standing up and saying what he thinks is right. even though he must know he will not have the backing of the majority of his party. >> keith, he's going further than some democrats. >> he is, and it's important to look at how these procedures were. for richard nixon in the 1970s. a year before nixon was impeached, 19 pn% of americans thought nixon should be impeached after they started the proceedings. it...
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. >> john thune voicing concern about the farmers, no criticism from the president, not from ben sasse jeremy herb. thank you so much, appreciate it. >> it's wealth redistribution, taxing consumers, bailing out farmers, may be too late for some. really interesting. >>> the secretary of state cancelling a planned trip to moscow today. more on where he's headed and why. >> and a prosecutor just made a key decision on julian assange. a live report ahead. ♪ ♪ ♪ this mother's day, get mom the one gift she's always wanted... ♪ get engaged... ...with our diamond price match guarantee, there is no better time. dare to be devoted. jared. guys, i've got an idea! oooh, what is it? so people love iphone xr, right? well, it does have an incredible camera. and it comes in all those amazing colors. uh huh. what if we give the people iphone xr, when they join t-mobile? iphone xr on us? yeah, iphone xr on us! what's not to love about that? for a limited time, join t-mobile and get the awesome iphone xr on us. ♪ ♪ in big ways and in small, bank of america is here to help you get things done. what would
. >> john thune voicing concern about the farmers, no criticism from the president, not from ben sasse jeremy herb. thank you so much, appreciate it. >> it's wealth redistribution, taxing consumers, bailing out farmers, may be too late for some. really interesting. >>> the secretary of state cancelling a planned trip to moscow today. more on where he's headed and why. >> and a prosecutor just made a key decision on julian assange. a live report ahead. ♪ ♪ ♪ this...
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at pushing back at trump where they think they can make a difference, rand paul on immigration, ben sasse on trade. some of them, there are a few heroes in the house, but justin certain is one. i predicted it would be justin. >> what is the signal he might break from the pack? >> because he's always been a guy, a very libertarian republican who cares about the rule of law. >> that was rand paul's baseball card description too. what happened to him? he's become a maga boy? >> he's the deal. i wouldn't say maga boy, he pushes back on trade, immigration, yemen, he pushes back on all three. he should stay silent on impeachment as a senator. frankly, he feels like he can't get ahead of nancy pelosi who should be the leader on this. it's easier for her to push back. >> every time i watch one of those mass hall meetings of north korean, people taking notes, if your smile isn't exactly like the smile on both sides of you, if you yawn, if you get caught asleep, you're dead in the next 24 hours literally. the republican party is being disciplined like that. i have never seen a political party so in
at pushing back at trump where they think they can make a difference, rand paul on immigration, ben sasse on trade. some of them, there are a few heroes in the house, but justin certain is one. i predicted it would be justin. >> what is the signal he might break from the pack? >> because he's always been a guy, a very libertarian republican who cares about the rule of law. >> that was rand paul's baseball card description too. what happened to him? he's become a maga boy?...
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senator ben sasse of nebraska: >> in a digital cyber era you don't need a bar and a hooker anymore. can surround people digitally easier and we know we're going to have these kindof ttacks in the future and we f:ed to up our game. >> woodrelaware senator nris coons asked barr if a candidate shouify law enforcement if a foreign adversary reaches out to the campaign, like russia did in >> what if a foreign adversary lets now say north korea offers a presidential candidate dirt on a competit in 2020. do you agree with me that the campaign should immediately contact the f.b.i? if a foreign intelligence service, a representative of a foreign government says we have dirt on your opponent... >> if a foreign intelligence service does, yes. >> woodruff: barr's appearance contrasted with the proceedis, happening at the same time, before the house judiciary committee. >> parliamentary inquiry, mr. chairman savel) >> the gentleman apended until recognized! >> parliamentary inquiry... >> we cannot have people shouting over each other. >> woodruff: they voted on the format for their own hearing w
senator ben sasse of nebraska: >> in a digital cyber era you don't need a bar and a hooker anymore. can surround people digitally easier and we know we're going to have these kindof ttacks in the future and we f:ed to up our game. >> woodrelaware senator nris coons asked barr if a candidate shouify law enforcement if a foreign adversary reaches out to the campaign, like russia did in >> what if a foreign adversary lets now say north korea offers a presidential candidate dirt...
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. >> don't forget ben sasse who is the mitt romney of nebraska often says things that make moderatesthink, well, maybe, maybe this is a guy who is going to rise up and be heard but at the end of the day, votes with the senate. >> heit is good for the hour, b wears off pretty quick. >> i testified many times including in front of the senate judiciary committee and there is a sad pattern person a criticizes you and then the next person praises you and the next person criticizes you and it's hardly or often not a search for the truth, which is precisely what we need now. whether it's republican or democrat, good and hard questions to ask mr. barr. and i'd like to see it from both sides. i guess nicole would tell me not to hold my breath. >> don't hold your breath. t we saw it not just in barr's confirmation hearings but we sat together for the kavanaugh hearings. this is a group of republicans for whatever reason that has chosen to align themselves with a lawless president to, here's the other thing. all those republicans know bob mueller. he was the fbi director after 9/11 and robert m
. >> don't forget ben sasse who is the mitt romney of nebraska often says things that make moderatesthink, well, maybe, maybe this is a guy who is going to rise up and be heard but at the end of the day, votes with the senate. >> heit is good for the hour, b wears off pretty quick. >> i testified many times including in front of the senate judiciary committee and there is a sad pattern person a criticizes you and then the next person praises you and the next person criticizes...
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now, i will say there was a moment with ben sasse that was a little bit outside of this mold. but on the whole, i absolutely agree with you. i do think there were a couple of rough moments for barr in the hearing that were generated bipartisanship on the other side but simply by sharp questioning, whether it was -- i believe he said i'm trying to understand the word "suggest" when he was questioned by kamala harris. >> yes, i'm going to get to that. >> i'm sorry if i'm jumping ahead of your rundown. >> no, you're fine. finish your thought. but that partisanship on the democratic side manifested itself in several cases as very sharp questioning of the attorney general. you also had mazie hirono straight up calling him a liar, which was also a remarkable moment, chuck. >> peter baker, bill barr is basically throwing himself in front of the president and the entire republican party and essentially willing to take every arrow, willing to be the person everybody hides behind. like half of america obsessed with "game of thrones," he is like hodor. he's holdings the door as everybody
now, i will say there was a moment with ben sasse that was a little bit outside of this mold. but on the whole, i absolutely agree with you. i do think there were a couple of rough moments for barr in the hearing that were generated bipartisanship on the other side but simply by sharp questioning, whether it was -- i believe he said i'm trying to understand the word "suggest" when he was questioned by kamala harris. >> yes, i'm going to get to that. >> i'm sorry if i'm...
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you have marco rubio or ben sasse sound sensible, but they know they would sacrifice themselves in theirt primary. >> rick, in 30 seconds, i understand the cowardice of people in office or running for office. isn't there a statesman i'm not thinking about who 10, 12 years ago would come forward and make that -- it is such an obvious, heroic path with no down side if you're not running for office. >> i agree. but trump will become the end of the republican party. it has absolutely no values or nothing it stands for. after him, what does being a republican mean? that's the problem. >> don trump jr.'s surprise subpoena. he is the first trump family member to be subpoenaed. will this be the president's emotional red line? rick, we know the family as you get closer to him, it is a hot button, particularly if you get near his daughter. this is one more example of lawlessness. we will talk about overall lawlessness in the next segment. what -- i am so frustrated as i come on this network everyday and i watch the news and now one more trumpian, no, i won't do anything, i will take the fifth or i
you have marco rubio or ben sasse sound sensible, but they know they would sacrifice themselves in theirt primary. >> rick, in 30 seconds, i understand the cowardice of people in office or running for office. isn't there a statesman i'm not thinking about who 10, 12 years ago would come forward and make that -- it is such an obvious, heroic path with no down side if you're not running for office. >> i agree. but trump will become the end of the republican party. it has absolutely no...
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in detail ben sasse did his homework.he questions and found out how to stop it next time. that to me i understand you have to have politics overwhelmingly about the letters and summaries and it was not about what the russians did. steve: one of the other things that congress would like, the democrats in congress, they would like to see an unredacted version of the mueller report. and the department of justice has made it very clear that is not going to happen. yesterday, the assistant attorney general steven boyd wrote a letter to congress and said allowing your committee to use the department of justice investigative files to rereinvestigate the same matter and second-guess decisions that have been made by the department would not only set a dangerous precedent but would also have immediate negative consequences. keep in mind, a lot of that stuff is prohibited by law to be released. if you at this point in time released, congress, change the rules. ainsley: so much classified information that wouldn't be fair to release
in detail ben sasse did his homework.he questions and found out how to stop it next time. that to me i understand you have to have politics overwhelmingly about the letters and summaries and it was not about what the russians did. steve: one of the other things that congress would like, the democrats in congress, they would like to see an unredacted version of the mueller report. and the department of justice has made it very clear that is not going to happen. yesterday, the assistant attorney...
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he couldn't say even when ben sasse asked him, a republican asked him, trying to give him a softball him the opportunity to say, no. there would be something wrong with that. we don't want that to happen. if not protecting, the department of homeland security can't even talk about russian interference, the attorney general says i can't answer whether or not additional interference would be wrong and the president says, no. i'm going to ostentatiously be the subordinate of the russian president, there's nothing you can do about it. i wonder if the response on the other side is disproportionately unalarmed? >> well, joy, i've been so disturbened and frankly chilled by what we've seen this week including yesterday's disgraceful call with putin that i'd like to address my comments to the democratic members of congress in the house and senate that i know watch "a.m. joy" religiously and i know are watching now. we do a disservice mincing words so a won't do that. the united states constitution, the rule of law in this country at this moment and at this hour is under direct attack by a wan
he couldn't say even when ben sasse asked him, a republican asked him, trying to give him a softball him the opportunity to say, no. there would be something wrong with that. we don't want that to happen. if not protecting, the department of homeland security can't even talk about russian interference, the attorney general says i can't answer whether or not additional interference would be wrong and the president says, no. i'm going to ostentatiously be the subordinate of the russian president,...
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ben sass, didn't ben go to harvard law school?e've got lots of harvard and yale folks on there. mike lee did. the guy who beat me did. >> let's not get started with him. >> let's not talk about it. >> you have some of the best schools, job, and yet you have an attorney general that says the president -- basically the tlau also allow the attorney general of the united states of america to commit perjury in the house of representatives. so i wrote voted to imetch if you committed perjury in front of a federal grand jury, would you have been isn't to jail. that was my standard. that's the same standard i use for barr now. he committed perjury in front of congress. if you or i did that, we would be sitting in jail right now and yet not a single republican has stood up and spoken out on that. >> bill barr is waging what i call for him he really of a view of, tiff authority that is exceedingly expansive, some would say extreme. i think he took the job in part to defend it. i think it has less to do with his defense of donald trump. some
ben sass, didn't ben go to harvard law school?e've got lots of harvard and yale folks on there. mike lee did. the guy who beat me did. >> let's not get started with him. >> let's not talk about it. >> you have some of the best schools, job, and yet you have an attorney general that says the president -- basically the tlau also allow the attorney general of the united states of america to commit perjury in the house of representatives. so i wrote voted to imetch if you...
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senator ben sasse warning of a digital pearl harbor if huawei is given access to u.s.ere. >> it's a plausible worst case scenario that we would face from the 5g huawei risk. >> i think a worst case scenario is part of a global conflict. china is able to completely control the internet and fundamentally cripple our ability to do command and control in major combat operations. reporter: out of the u.s. is just part of the threat that u.s. cyberskoort teaecurity tea against. allies opening the door to huawei could force the u.s. to give an ultimatum, if you do business with huawei you are siding with our adversary. >> pretty clear to me as long as china is china, we feel threatened in this space. we are telling our allies don't make us -- don't go down this road, don't make us pick between doing business with you and having to compromise our systems, seems to me this should be a national security economic priority of the congress and the trump administration. reporter: secretary of state mike pompeo says it is his top priority to convince european allies to back away from
senator ben sasse warning of a digital pearl harbor if huawei is given access to u.s.ere. >> it's a plausible worst case scenario that we would face from the 5g huawei risk. >> i think a worst case scenario is part of a global conflict. china is able to completely control the internet and fundamentally cripple our ability to do command and control in major combat operations. reporter: out of the u.s. is just part of the threat that u.s. cyberskoort teaecurity tea against. allies...
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haven't you seen some chinks in the armor there including ben sass breaking with the president recently as a republican decided to switch party? there's some breaks in that armor right now? >> well, i think in a couple policy areas there have been some breaks. my co-panelist mentioned the separation issue. the president backtracked on that within i think 48 hours. so i'm not quite sure what he's referencing there. on other policies, with china, there's diminishing support on capitol hill for the president's addition altar i haves against china. now, he republicans want to see him go after china and don't like tariffs as the approach to do that. but keep in mind as long as trump has 90%, 92% support of republican voters doesn't give elected officials a lot of room and looking at the areas of the accomplishments, areas that republicans are pleased with. conservative judges over 100 confirmed, a strong economy, rebuilding the economy. defeating isis. a long list of things this president's done with capitol hill republicans on board. >> but let me ask you. it's your party. he's 90% to 92% a
haven't you seen some chinks in the armor there including ben sass breaking with the president recently as a republican decided to switch party? there's some breaks in that armor right now? >> well, i think in a couple policy areas there have been some breaks. my co-panelist mentioned the separation issue. the president backtracked on that within i think 48 hours. so i'm not quite sure what he's referencing there. on other policies, with china, there's diminishing support on capitol hill...
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cornyncan side, john serves on both judiciary and intelligence, and ben sasse, republican of nebraskadianne feinstein, the ranking member of the committee today, also serving on the intelligence committee, and kamala harris of california. the president, looking at the hearing, not mentioning it directly but his twitter feed, no collusion, no extraction -- no obstruction, how can you have obstruction when not only was the no collusion but bad actions were done by the other side to create -- the greatest con job in the history of american politics. why didn't president obama do anything about russia before the election when told by the fbi? he did nothing and had no intention of doing anything. host: kevin in michigan, independent. good morning from capitol hill. caller: thank you for taking my call. i was thinking about all of the people going after donald trump of the collision. and we find out that there was none. withverybody was information, adam schiff says i had proof there was collusion but there was none. and the media. they have been going after this guy for two years. probe -
cornyncan side, john serves on both judiciary and intelligence, and ben sasse, republican of nebraskadianne feinstein, the ranking member of the committee today, also serving on the intelligence committee, and kamala harris of california. the president, looking at the hearing, not mentioning it directly but his twitter feed, no collusion, no extraction -- no obstruction, how can you have obstruction when not only was the no collusion but bad actions were done by the other side to create -- the...
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let's get facts on the record about this infanticide narrative going around from ben sasse.ng as auch late-term abortion. a baby born alive from an abortion. abortion terminates the pregnancy. host: thank you for the call. this from "the washington post," "do they even know how abortion works"? states as laboratories of democracy while serving as mad scientist -- host: that's this morning from "the new millbank -- from dana milbank. lisa, idaho, good morning. caller: i'm in agreement with all the ladies who have called before me. i don't think it's right that these states are injecting their religious views upon the states and the laws. i think they ought to just throw the constitution out the window because nobody follows it. they just make whatever revisions to it they like. i think that a woman has a right to her own body and i don't think anybody should tell her what to do about it. the call.k you for from the outlook section of "the washington post," "if a fetus is a person, it has other legal rights, to." you can read it online today. nancy pelosi this past week was as
let's get facts on the record about this infanticide narrative going around from ben sasse.ng as auch late-term abortion. a baby born alive from an abortion. abortion terminates the pregnancy. host: thank you for the call. this from "the washington post," "do they even know how abortion works"? states as laboratories of democracy while serving as mad scientist -- host: that's this morning from "the new millbank -- from dana milbank. lisa, idaho, good morning. caller:...