also on the phone i have senator bill cassidy, louisiana senator on the phone with me here. as we are awaiting the news conference from the governor. what can you tell us about the situation now. >> i've only been following the police reports so i cannot say more than what you have said. what i can tell you though is that i was at church when this occurred and immediately there was just grief. there was grief for the families. there was grief for our community and for our nation. we don't need more of this. but first we begin by just reaching out to those families. >> and a time where we know this all too well this, kind of tragedy. departments know this type of tragedy all too well after dallas and the attentions we've been seeing talk a little bit about your state, baton rouge and how they will begin even to cope with this now becoming what their city is known for as far as in light of this news today. >> it will be tragedy if this is what our city is known for. first let me complement the police. all last week --. the tension they had was that they were on the one hand tr

i want to go to bill cassidy of louisiana, joining me now. senator, can you hear me?poply, i can hear you. i assume you can hear me. >> i can hear you. i understand you are in baton rouge. first -- yes, i can hear you. can you hear me senator? >> yes, ma'am. >> okay. senator, i understand you're in baton rouge at this hour. first, my sincere condolences and thoughts with that entire community right now. what an absolutely horrifying sunday morning for all of you. what can you tell us at this history? because we have reports from the police saying that, yes, one shooter is down, but they are looking for at least two others. is that how you understand it? >> that is what i understand as well. obviously -- first, let me just say, we our heart we ail grieve. we grieve for our community. right now, we particularly grieve for these families. with my head, i know what you're saying. we have to wait for the details. we have to make sure people are safe and we have to make sure that everybody that did this terrible crime are captured. so totally agree with you on that. i've sp

republican senator bill cassidy is joining us now live from baton rouge. senator, thanks so much for joining us. i wish we were talking under different circumstances. as you know, the president, he just spoke moments ago about the killings of these police officers in baton rouge. i want you to listen to a little bit of what he just said. >> everyone right now focus on words and actions that can unite this country rather than divide it further. we don't need inflammatory rhetoric. we don't need careless accusations thrown around to score political points or to advance an agenda. we need to temper our words and open our hearts, all of us. >> important words from the president. senator, what do you make of the president's words today? you heard his statement. are they enough from your perspective? >> it is. i agree. i tell folks right now we just need to support law enforcement as one example. if you have any kind of complaint about anyone, don't even make a casual comment. there may be someone who is unbalanced and this tips them over. right now we need to f

. >>> joining us now, louisiana senator bill cassidy.he way represented baton rouge in the u.s. house before he was elected to the senate. he joins us now on the phone. senator, your initial reaction to the terrible news out of baton rouge? >> oh, my gosh, first was grieve. these are three families who just lost. but it's not just the familys that have lost. our community and our state has lost. and i think i can say that our country feels a loss. coming on the heels of dallas, don't we all just feel like that was an important civil society is threatened. and i think we agree on so many levels beginning with those families. >> did you feel prior to what we've seen in recent weeks and of course most of this sparked in the wake of the death of alton sterling, did you see trouble? did you feel there were divisions in the community there that needed healing? or is this a new schism that's opened up that takes you by surprise in any way? >> of course there is division. and we can see that among the demonstrators. first we have to compliment t

we're joined now by louisiana republican senator bill cassidy. reaction to what has happened in your home state. >> you got to grieve, right? you got to grieve. you got to grieve for the families. you have to grieve for the law enforcement who's lost. but you also grieve for our city, our state and our nation. the president's remarks, i think, reflect that. we as the people have been assaulted and i think we all feel that way. >> tell us if you've been able to learn anything -- i presume you've heard our coverage, have you learned anything we haven't about this last conversation we were just having, the fact police say the only shooter in this is down but that does not indicate the shooter acted alone. >> yes, and i only know a press report. i've spoken with people in law enforcement, but they are being pretty careful how they release information. and i totally understand that. >> talk to us about baton rouge. it has been -- it was just beyond incredible today to learn baton rouge was back in the news after being one of two places in this country

bill cassidy in a conference room in the basement of the u.s. capitol in december of 2013 where the three of us stood together and called on congress to address the mental health care system in crisis, a system where millions of americans suffer every year and are all too often pushed into the shadows by archaic regulations and an outdated federal bureaucracy. 2 1/2 years later, i'm proud the house stands poised today to pass a most significant reform to our nation's mental health programs in decades. this bill includes provisions i have championed to help provide early detection to eating disorders and improve access to treatment coverage. this is a historic achievement as it marks the first time congress addressed eating disorders through legislation. i thank subcommittee chairman murphy, chairman upton and the entire energy and commerce committee for working together to pass this landmark mental health care reform bill and move us one step closer to providing millions of americans and their families a chance at treatment before tragedy strike

let's discuss this with republican senator from louisiana bill cassidy.us on "new day." i understand you were supposed to be here at the convention in cleveland today, but the issues have so consumed you down there in baton rouge that you captain be her -- can't be here. can you give us the latest on what's happening in that city? >> we have the police reports that you have. so i captain an't add to that. what i can say is the community is going through a period of examination. how do we support the police officers? how do we bridge the gap between some elements of the community and the law enforcement community? and how do we on a personal level help bridge that gap? lastly as a senator, i have to say what can i do and what can we all do on a bigger level to help each of those issues. >> this was a topic of discussion, as you know, last night at the convention. there were lots of fiery speeches, one of them from sheriff david clark from milwaukee county, wisconsin. he talked about what he thinks the solution is. let me play that for you and our listeners

cassidy: i ask unanimous consent the bill be read a third time and passed, the motion to reconsider be made and laid upon the table. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. cassidy: i yield back. mr. casey: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from pennsylvania. mr. casey: thank you, mr. president. i would ask to speak as if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. casey: mr. president, let me start today by commending the remarks from the junior senator from south carolina. throughout this week in several, i guess it's now three times this week, his words and his passion have both inspired us and informed us. i think he's also challenged all of us to do more for our country, so i'm grateful that i was here for his remarks today, and i commend him for those words and for what he -- what he talked about on the floor today. mr. president, let me ask first consent that steven deitz, a senate fellow in my office, be granted floor privileges for the duration of my remarks. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. casey: thank you, mr. presid

cassidy. >> great way to end the segment. >> no! another bait and switch from the judge. >> right. we got to pay bills around here. >> crushed me. >> we're going to -- make you stay for the rest of the show. colin gillis, by the way, on "fast money" 5:00 p.m. see about his call, what the numbers come in at today, and how he feels about his call after apple reports tonight. a big call on nordstrom coming up. this stock having a great day and month. up 20% in four weeks. how about under armour? big month there, too. signs of trouble on the field, court, track and in the store? talking about the run in retail, and it is next on the "halftime report." announcer: don't let e. coli mosh with your food. an estimated 3,000 americans die from a foodborne illness each year. so, always separate raw meat from vegetables. keep your family safe at foodsafety.gov >>> welcome back to the "halftime report." under armour back in the red. now down 4%. the company reporting earnings and revenue in line with estimates, profit, though, dropped 57%. seams growth fell below 20%, first time in seven years. one bright spot, sn

bill scheduled at 1:45. senators should expect a vote on adoption of the cara conference report during tomorrow's session. mr. cassidy: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from louisiana. mr. cassidy: i ask unanimous consent that genevieve gorman, a legislative aide in the office of senator cass -- be granted privileges of the floor for the remainder of the 114th congress. the presiding officer: wowcts. without objection. kas kasemr. cassidy: mr. presidi come as a senator but actually i come'come's a wearing two diffet hats. one as a teacher. i decided to do a presentation on something which wearing my next hat is my lives a a physician i have done much work in public health and have learned, by the way, that if you head off illness early, you save a lot of money, you save a lot of money after that. i call it the balloon theory. if you put a balloon -- if you fill a imbalance loon up were -- if you fill a balloon up with helium and let go of the nays l, it deflates. right now we have something at risk with zika that will be like a helium about a lunge, inflating rapidly, unless we do that initial thing