blumenthal: muchas gracias.nish] i can't speak more, because i'm going to be followed by marco rubio, who will correct me when i get it wrong. [laughter] i want to thank senator rubio for his partnership in this effort, as well as my colleagues senator mcconnell and senator reid, who were so inched mental in making possible -- were so instrumental in making possible this day. there are very few magic moments in this place. but this time is one of them. it was made possible by truly, a bipartisan effort. we ought to see more like it in the u.s. congress. [applause] thank the borinqueneers who are here today, particularly my friends from connecticut. being here.r [applause] they inspired me in connecticut, and then when i visited the borinqueneers in puerto rico, to see their history displayed in photographs and to hear from them the stories of their men whoand others of did not come back. they are american warriors. they are american fighters and patriots in the best and papers -- best and bravest sense of the wo

[applause] senator blumenthal. [applause] senator rubio. [applause] i also want to thank governor padea. [applause] we would like to thank secretary murphy and secretary mcdonald for joining us, as well. [applause] finally, i would like to point out today that we have here with us some borinqueneers, themselves. jose colon is here with us today. [applause] manuel siverio is here with us today. [applause] and john palazzi. where is john? [applause] i would like to add that john now lives in milwaukee, wisconsin. go packers. alright, so, i won't hold things up any longer, only to say to our honorees that we are forever in your debt and this medal is long, long overdue. thank you very much and enjoy the program. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, please stand for the presentation of the colors by the united states army color guard, the performance of our national anthem, and the retiring of the colors. ♪ >> halt, present. say can you see light dawn's early bright stripes and write stars.- bright and the rocket red flare the bombs bursting in

blumenthal: thank you, mr. president. i want to express my gratitude to my friend from delaware, who is truly expert on this issue as a member of the foreign relations committee. he has been a leader in this area and i'm delighted and honored to join him on the floor today to discuss the ever evolving and concerning cooperation between russia and iran, particularly in recent months. and he has very eloquently and persuasively described a number of the concerns that we share and i want to associate myself with what he has said here this afternoon. as we all know, iran has conducted multiple ballistic missile tests in the last several months. that is beyond question. and i have continuously condemned both iran's ongoing ballistic missile program and iran's failure to uphold its international obligations under the u.n. security council resolutions by calling for sanctions enforcement at the armed services committee hearings and in letters to the administration and in public statements. we have been steadfast in this effort.

senator mccain: senator blumenthal. senator blumenthal: thank you, mr. chairman. and thank you admiral rogers for your extraordinary and distinguished service in so many roles over so many years. i want to focus on the challenges of recruiting young people in an age where the best and the brightest who have knowledge in this area have so many opportunities, many of them highly paid and challenging in their professional issues. young americans are entering the workforce with computer technology that has been part of their entire lives. not so much for us of a certain age, but for them, yes. and i wonder if you could tell us how successful you and the obviously incomparably important forces under your command have been in recruiting and maintaining talent in this time and what we can do to help? admiral rogers: i'm very comfortable with where we are on the uniformed side. the same things that lead a young man or woman in our nation to decide they want to pick up a rifle and take on that challenge leads men and women to decide they want to put on a uniform and pick u

blumenthal: thank you, mr. president. the united states senate has -- the presiding officer: the senate in a quorum call. mr. blumenthal: thank you. i ask the quorum call be lifted. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. blumenthal: thank you, mr. president. the united states senate has remarkable, even magic, moments, and yesterday was one such time for my colleague from connecticut and myself, senator murphy and i had the great honor and privilege to welcome again team 26 from newtown, connecticut. at the end of a truly extraordinary journey, their fourth bike ride from newtown, to commemorate and remember the 26 beautiful children and educators who were killed at sandy hook elementary school. this incredibly searing and horrific moment in our state's life in december 2012 was marked by their first journey three years ago. this one was their fourth ride through rough roads, traffic, snow, and rain, and across the northeast as they pedaled -- literally pedaled down to washington, d.c. we said goodbye to them on sa

we have a guy from romania listening in to sidney blumenthal's e-mails.nformation that guccifer brings to the fbi. lou: one last question, she still hasn't been contacted, the feeling is if you were transmitted to us that the fbi would within a week be talking with mrs. clinton. she hasn't heard, she says, from the fbi. what seems to be the delay and why is there a greater delay than would be rationally expected? >> well, i think everybody anticipates it's coming soon. they've got to work their way through the sequencing of the potential interviews. that's very important undoubtedly as they flipped. lou: my lord, john, they've had eight months on its face! rudy giuliani says 13 federal violations. >> let me tell you, the fbi director said this week, he told it all in response to a number of questions, he said, we want to do it quickly but we've got to do it right, emphasis on the right. lou: you know what disturbs me, ambassador, why does the fbi have to make a choice between quick and right? aren't both possible within the context of vast resources and t

senator king, did you want to -- >> senator blumenthal. mr. mccain: senator blumenthal. mr. blumenthal: thank you, mr. mccain. i want to emphasize how important senator mccain's comments are to all of us engaged actively in our state in this war against an epidemic. it's a public health hurricane that's sweeping our country and affecting the quality of people who are available to you, our military, doing your job very actively and responsibly in recruiting new men and women to join your forces. this public health hurricane is undermining the recruiting effort insofar as it diminishes the quality of people available to fight in our military, tearing apart families, causing heartache and heartbreak -- i think you used that word, general richardson. i released last week a call to action with 23 specific recommendations focusing on health care, on law enforcement, on overprescribing of painkillers, on a variety of areas where i think the nation needs to do more and do it better. and in my public comments i have talked about the interdiction challenge. and it's not within the abi

first of all, i was very impressed with senator blumenthal's spanish.se of you who don't speak spanish, he just said he saved a bunch of money on his car insurance by switching to geico. and i want to thank him as well for the opportunity to work with him on this very important issue. we're gathered here today for a moment that's been years in the making and quite frankly many years overdue. and i do want to say from the outset that as a member of the u.s. congress, i wish we could have honored with you this medal sooner. i join all the borinqueneers present today in remembering your brothers in arms who passed away before this day could come. including those who have died since this legislation was signed by the president in 2014. it is my hope that more than -- that the more than 1,000 borinqueneers still living throughout the united states as well as the family members of those who who have fallen and departed or are missing in action, that they will not at least that their service has received the ultimate tribute from a grateful nation. over the ye

senator blumenthal: thank you. well, their supply chain is a lot of it based in connecticut and i can tell you from my , experience in connecticut that our suppliers and manufacturers have recognized the challenge we face for this century, literally this weapons platform will be critical to our national defense. throughout this century. we can look back and draw lessons, and we should, from the challenges that caused that improvement to take place and maybe even the overall conceptual framework as you kendall,, secretary should there have been more individualization of the platform for different services. but i can well recall that the conventional wisdom not so long ago was that the services ought to get together and collaborate fighter andngle that was the wisdom du jour, and maybe now lessons point in a different direction. i hope we will learn lessons from this procurement experience, but there is, i think, there has to be a recognition that this weapon s platform will do things that no fighter engine or platfo

through the attack much blumenthal's account clinton's use of a personal account first came to light. charlie sykes, wisconsin conservative radio show host and never trump supporter is with me now. glad to have you on the show. thank you for your time. what do you think the chances are that the fbi is actually going to question this hacker? >> well i think it is very, very high they are going to question this hacker. this is not going away. there is no good news for hillary clinton for email scandal. this will hang over the democratic nomination flight. reality she is deeply flawed candidate and she doesn't have momentum and always possibility this story will blow up. with possible exception of donald trump i think any republican will be plausible and electable. deirdre: plausible and electable. before we move on to donald trump. sitting with my colleague ed henry, talking about senator sanders going to the vatican, to be clear not at the pope's invitation. sanders will be there for a conference, maybe meets the pope, maybe he doesn't, what do you make of that trip a few days before t

blumenthal, murphy, representative courtney also asked the inspector general to examine what could be done to overcome the objectives of the haitian government to the removal of this individual. i assume you support this part of the investigation as well. >> yes. >> thank you for being here, and my time is up. >> vigilance time is expired the gym and from north carolina for five minutes. >> today is about six names that it boils down to. now, what i am impressed with his you are willing to relive the situation over and over again to questions that i'm sure you do not want politicized are exploited. at the same time, i have the same question, what is it that drives you to keep fighting for your lost loved one? why are you doing this? >> well, if it changes the life of one person, it is worth it. if you don't say or do anything, nothing gets done. you must be vocal. i was brought up that way, and it is how i feel. >> i have one kid left. my only daughter. >> i agree exactly with what he said. there is no doubt about it. i shouldn't be here, belong to a group that nobody wants to join, a

the hacker was allegedly able to access the email account of sidney blumenthal, one of the clinton's most prolific confidants when she was secretary of state. experts say now he is in the u.s. he may be able to help make the case that clinton's email server was compromised by a third party, one that did not have the formal backing and resources of a foreign intelligence service such as that of russia, china or iran. david: fascinating stuff. this guy was putting out information that was from emails from clinton, between clinton and blumenthal. somebody got in there. melissa: yeah, interesting. david: major developments in the hunt for terror suspects linked to the paris and belgium attacks. several arrests have been made. man in the hat for brussels airport bombing, he may, he emphasize may be among them. melissa: new poll showing more americans now have an overwhelmingly negative view of donald trump. we're going to hear from south carolina pastors, mark burns, one of trump's most passionate defenders. david: that should be interesting. is bill clinton helping or hurting hillary on

we are working with senator johnny isakson and richard blumenthal. bipartisan,g on a on the bus bill that would solve many of the legal issues we have today with running the v.a.. number one, there are seven different ways of a veteran getting care in the community. each one has different criteria and different reimbursement rate. methods came from seven different laws that are very complex for v.a. to administer and virtually impossible for the veteran to understand. last october, we put together consolidated legislation and we are working to get past. as i have gone around the country visiting the a sites, i've been to about 300 and i've noticed emergency room's are being outsourced. why would you outsource and emergency room? that's a key capability. we discovered was there's a law that does not allow emergency room doctors who work 12 hour shifts. that is what is done in the private sector. hireresult, we cannot emergency room doctors. everyone agrees that rule should be changed and is archaic, but this is one of about nine different pieces of le

i want to start out by thanking ranking member blumenthal for his effort to make this a reality and each and every member of the committee for the work they did because in the end we adopted 148 provisions of the united states senate to amend, reconstruct, and hold accountable the veterans administration. i don't know about you, mr. president, but every morning when i wake up in washington, d.c., and turn on the tv, whether it is cnn or fox or a local station, one out of three tragedies is a veterans. this morning, what did i see? chicago, illinois, vents administration hospital, they found cockroaches in the food of our veterans. what kind of accountability is that in the veterans administration? for ow our veterans to be fed food with vermin in them is ridiculous and crazy. we all know when veterans missed their appointments and three veterans died in arizona. we all know when we had an outbreak of suicide in atlanta. we know what happened when the cost overruns went away. the veterans administration didn't know how to control t every time we turn around there's been no accountability

chairman. >> senator blumenthal. >> thanks, mr. chairman. i thank you all for your being here today and for your insights on this very challenging program. it is as complex as it is critical to our national defense, and we should expect on this committee and the american public should anticipate that a weapons platform of this complexity will also have bumps in the road in its development and research. i take it one of you would disagree with that basic proposition. despite that bumpy road, at some point the f-35 as a whole has already made significant advancements in a number of areas and in particular the f- f-135 program provides truly a fifth generational power capability to the fleet. every low rate initial production, lrip, contract as i understand it for the f-135 has been on or below cost. the recent announcement of the lrip lots 9 and 10 will bring the price down another 3.4% from the lrip-8. today the f-135 conventional takeoff and landing engine cost has been reduced by 47%. since the initial flight test engines. the sobel engine

not congressman, blumenthal, he had things rolling pretty good for casey's case when i saw him in hartford last year that, so, i know for a homeland security is investigating gene jacques's case, my daughter's case. we're just waiting for the report. >> mr. martin, could you tell me about the contact that your department has on a regular basis with i.c.e.? do they inform you when there's, you know, there could be somebody in your jurisdiction that is, you know, under deportation order or, is there any communication going on between your department? >> we do have some limited communication with i.c.e. recently homeland security did build an i.c.e. facility in santa maria. >> are you north of l.a. between l.a. -- >> we're between los angeles and san francisco. >> yeah. >> however it is not a detention center. it is simply a processing center. when they go, i'm referring to i.c.e., when they pick up people done their time in state prison or county jail and take them to the processes center for few hours, by van take them down to oxnard or los angeles. so the center is there, but only open dur

of all people, sidney blumenthal. what does he have? top see credit e-mails.y hacking mr. blumenthal. bill: fbi is watching all of this and listening to answers and they're taking notes. final point, it was my sense he was trying to tell chris wallace and american people watching it, everything will be aboveboard here. there will be no, no foul play in this investigation. second thing, i think he was trying to characterize degrees of classification. that you may think something is classified and i may not, or vice versa. is there wiggle room under the statute that would allow for such an explanation? >> the reason there is not because on her first day in office, mrs. clinton signed an oath. after two-hour fbi tutorial. in thatethshe stated, i understand it is the law that i must recognize secrets whether they are marked as classified, meaning confidential secret or top secret or not. so, i didn't know it was secret is not a defense. no judge will let her tell that to a jury. bill: january 2009, was it? >> yes, it was. bill: thank you, judge. >> you're welcome.

blumenthal: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from connecticut. mr. blumenthal: mr. president, i ask that the quorum call be lifted. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. blumenthal: thank you, mr. president. we have a great opportunity in the senate to recognize and reconfirm an extraordinarily distinguished and dedicated public servant who happens to be from west hartford, connecticut, commissioner jessica rosenwarsel of the federal communications commission. i understand there was an agreement as part of the approval of commissioner o'reilly that michael o'reilly was reconfirmed as part of a very unusual request that there be that agreement. the president renominated ms. rosenwarsel for a new five-year term back in 2015 and she was easily and unanimously confirmed by the senate commerce committee, and i think we ought to keep that agreement in the senate, that anyone party to that agreement when the democratic leader, senator reid agreed to reconfirm republican f.c.c. commissioner michael o'reilly, and that we ought to move forward. but apart from the poli

opportunities ground -- act and my colleagues blumenthal markey cantwell shocks and marquis for supporting the sector. working together i know we can do better. no we can't ensure that women who want to pursue s.t.e.m. careers can do so in a supportive environment without fearing harassment. on equal pay day we are reminded of how far we have to go to achieve equality and encourage my colleagues to support the paycheck fairness act, the s.t.e.m. opportunities act and other legislation that would help close the gender gap in our workforce. i yield the floor. >> mr. president. i want to thank the senator from wife for her leadership on this issue and i will be yielding the floor to the lead sponsor of today's effort. our nation is built on the belief that anyone that works hard should have the opportunity to achieve the american dream yet there are women across this country who are doing the same job as their male colleagues and being paid less. that's why today on national equal pay day i stand before my fellow senators to renew our efforts to ensure equal pay for equal work. 50 years after

lincoln was far too great of a politician to review what sidney blumenthal said earlier this morning. a masterful politician. he did not lose that mastery is the war went on. he was able to play the middle, keep the moderates in line, address the concerns of the conservative side of the party, and not completely alienate the radicals. we have to believe, certainly, that his ability to do that would have continued the pace. there are other ways as well, in which, had lincoln survived, perhaps things would have changed. frederick douglass spoke at length after the assassination about the speech. douglas said the president has expressed himself in favor of extending the rights of suffrage to two classes of colored men. first, the brave colored soldiers who had fought under our flag, and the second is the intelligent part of the south. the declaration on his part, though it seemed to mean but little, meant a great deal. it was like abraham lincoln. he never shot prejudices unnecessarily. having learned statesmanship, he always used the thin edge of the wedge first. the fact that he used t

. >> as was pointed out by sidney blumenthal this morning, when frederick douglass gave his speech in 1865 and said, "when i heard lincoln give that speech, in which he called for limited black freedom i and my , abolitionist friends were disappointed because they were so limited that we should have recommended -- recognized that that was a very important speech. abraham lincoln learned his statesmanship in the school of rail splitting. you insert the thin edge of the wedge into the law. you drive home the thick edge of the wedge. we should have known what lincoln was doing on april 11, 1865 was inserting the thin edge of the wedge. and having done that we could , count on him to drive home the thick edge of the wedge. >> i think that there is a bit of speculation in that. do we know what he would have done, had he lived longer? i don't think that is quite as clear. extent we have to say whatever we say about hedge with ae to degree of uncertainty. it is quite possible, perhaps likely, that he would have done so, but we don't really know. >> i am puzzled, still, and somewhat concerned

blumenthal: thank you, mr. president. i want to join in the remarks just made by the distinguished senator from illinois that we have an obligation to do our job, to provide a hearing, and a vote for the president's nominee, not as a matter of discretion or convenience but as a mandatory obligation that we have as members of this body, an obligation that comes from the constitution, which says that we shall exercise this duty of advising and consenting. for all the reasons that my colleague has expressed so eloquently, the american people feel that it is our jobment and they are right. nothing so epitomizes the feeling of the american people that washington is failing to work, that this body is failing to do its job, that the congress and the federal government are failing the american people than the failure to deal with this nominee. the refusal even to meet with him mocks the american system of justice. for all who care about the quality of our judicial nomine nominees, this intransigence is both insult and injury, and

now, this gentleman is the one who hacked sidney blumenthal's e-mails that put truth to your lie that you hadghazi e-mails. this is serious stuff, hillary. one witness with immunity, another to prove that you lied. now hillary, you are a smart woman, well educated, one who has held positions of power. you fully comprehend the treacherous waters that you are trying to negotiate. a bit of advice from a former prosecutor. if you decide to meet with comey, not only are you going to need to watch your tone, but you might want to read up on that famous supreme court case, you remember it, miranda versus arizona. you have the right to remain silent. you have the right to an attorney. anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. you remember all that, hillary, don't you? and that's my open. tell me what you think on my facebook page or twitter, and with me now is conservative radio talk show host and fox news contributor, david webb along with hillary clinton supporter and political commentator with us for the first time, danielle mcloughlin. all right, guys. you know

i'm also told that senator blumenthal and senator haynes are coming from question. if i may take a short perhaps, just a few moments and we shall return. we'll stand in recess until the chairman returns, thank you. >> mr. gilmer, concerns that i have touched on this hearing is that the time this platform is expected to serve roughly 20 years from now, 30 plus years from the initial inception, i think back to any product that i may have bought it in 2004, i was originally thinking of senator grams flip phone. i wouldn't want to be flying that in 2040. are we building upgrade ability into this airplane so it can keep up with the times. in other words, is it designed with that in mind? >> that's the question to me, senator? >> yes, sir. >> well, i will defer the details to general bogden. this aircraft is going to be much more upgradeable than the f 22 was. but having said that, we've already identified -- a need for the upgrade from the current -- well, from the now being installed technically refresh two processor, which provides additional capability relative to the

those speaking this afternoon include senator richard blumenthal, congresswoman eleanor holmes norton and members of antigun groups like mayors against illegal guns and campaign to keep guns off campus. >> it would be easy to be angry and be easy to give up. and yet, we see the best of america in team 26. they are not giving up. they are pedaling on. with their 400-mile journey here, they remind us of what is best about american democracy, what is best about this c >> congress is a part of the problem. not the solution. it is complicit in the deaths and injuries that are preventable and avoidable, senseless and needless. kevin: while here in d.c., the cyclists will also be delivering a petition with some 36,000 signatures on it. that petition calling for banning guns on u.s. college campuses. we're live at the u.s. capitol, i'm kevin lewis, abc7 news. michelle: thank you. u2 front man bono was on the hill and testified about violent extremism and the role of foreign assistance. jonathan: some new developments to tell you about in the war on terror with two more suspects charged in con

richard blo richard bloom men blumenthal is with me now. >> thank you, carol. >> what do they want. >esults and achieves things and that's what hillary clinton will do. she knows what it takes to accomplish things. whether it's gun violence prevention or creating jobs and economic growth. so important for the country. and i think bernie sanders deserves a lot of credit for bringing into the electorate a lot of folks who otherwise might feel alienated and uninvolved, and i've stood shoulder to shoulder with him in the senate fighting for many of the causes he has espoused, social security, pay equity. but at the end of the day, and in connecticut today, what will happen is a victory for hillary clinton, because she is on the side of working men and women. ordinary families. >> along those lines, you heard the sound bite i played of hillary clinton attacking donald trump and his big jet. the thing is, though, trump is connecting with blue collar whites, much more so than mrs. clinton is. is this really the best way to attack trump? >> as we come together, and i really believe we'll come

it was underscored this morning by sidney blumenthal. i have attended lots of events like this. and i have heard many presentations on mrs. lincoln from fans -- from friends and foes. love her or hate her, there is little doubt in my mind that abraham lincoln -- that abraham and mary love each other deeply and supported each other for better or worse, richer or poorer, sickness and in health. was anry's support indispensable element of abraham's ambition. our next speaker knows more about this relationship than just about anybody. it stacy mcdermid is the author of "mary lincoln: southern girl, nor the moment." this compact volume traces the complex and often tragic life of mary lincoln and for dose stages -- of mary lincoln and four stages. i encourage you to read the book. if you want to get an instant impression, let me draw your attention on her blog about the civil war and pop culture. she drew a portrait of mary lincoln and gave a strong thumbs up to sally field's for trail of the president's life in the movie "lincoln." but her expertise extends far beyond mary. her phd d

both senator heidi hide camp and richard blumenthal are democrats.land met with the two gop senators earlier this week. some republicans refuse to meet with garland. they say the next president should be the one to nominate the next supreme court justice after antonin sc february. >>> virginia governor terry mcauliffe will be in northern virginia this afternoon to sign gun control legislation, but some people really don't like it. the legislation requires anyone subject to a long-term protective order to give up or sell their guns. it does not close the so-called gun show loophole, but it does put state police on site to do voluntary background checks for private sellers. governor mcauliffe intends to sign the legislation around 2:45 in alexandria. >>> well, after the yvette: i was running for my life. he was flicking matches on me... my ex-husband's intentions were to murder me. glenn: i made sure yvette's abuser went away for good, and put in place tougher sentences, because domestic violence can never be tolerated. yvette: mr. ivey showed compassi

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sid blumenthal is mrs.linton's contact, and they probably want to know did you see any of his stuff. >> and the president when he said hillary was careless may have hurt her rather than help her. what is careless? negligence. how can you prove espionage, negligence. it's the rare federal crime for which negligence is a basis, you can be-- >> he's saying she would never intentionally and that's the head tip to james comey and loretta lynch, isn't it sort of giving them cover to not prosecute here and it opens them, makes them vulnerable to attacks that if they do not move ahead in that investigation. >> i don't think so because as i just said, you don't have to show intent. however, there are two e-mails in which she says to her subordinates, remove the top secret marking, cut and paste, and send it to me on your own fax machine so that i can read it. that shows an intent to disobey. charles: either way i think president obama's more not on the legal side, but for the general election, trying to provide some

blumenthal: mr. speaker, i urge adoption -- mr. blumenthal: mr. speaker, i urge adoption of the bill and i yield back the balce of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affimative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and, without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1rk the chair declares the house no recess until appro [speaking foreign language] speaking foreign language] >> "the new york times" writing that, quote, much of the argument before the high court was technical but the justices kearnty paused to recognize realities outside the courtroom. a justice said the case had enormous political implications. justice society mike r.: said 11 million immigrants live in the shatows and they're here, whether we want them or not. the story says the case, brought by 26 states, may produce a significant ruling on presidential power

. >> how did you feel when you learned of the e-mail from sidney blumenthal, writing to hillary clintonte department calling saying whether you owe opted the generals and admirals to make yourself the queen bee in the tampa social circle and saying your were a vicious dope. >> i was taken how sexist that was. if i was a man, joe kelly, that e-mail never would have transpired. there are so many -- every leak number one was sexist, completely sexist. s and no woman should ever go through that just because they reported a kriechlt these falsehoods that were leaked are completelyke bogus and defamato and really puts women behind. it's not fair what they did. our country has come far along where women can have positions and make a difference and not be queen bees. >> just briefly, the collateral damage, the title of your book, how lasting is it, will it ever be reversed for you and your family? >> no. the damage has been done. general allen, he was completely humiliated and resigned -- i'm sorry -- retired in that kind of shame after serving our country so proudly. my family, my innocent kid

the senator blumenthal has been going after bernie sanders on guns for months.were the go-to people whenever clinton wanted to attack sanders on guns, she turned to her allies in connecticut. now the race has come to connecticut and this is the ads they are running on tv there, this is the message she is doing with these town halls, and it's really the closing argument that she's chosen ahead of that tuesday primary. >> really quickly, i want to make a pivot. danny glover, chris jansing interviewed him earlier. we saw it not too long ago. he essentially would not say that he would support hillary clinton if bernie sanders is not the nominee. your thoughts? >> i think about what patton oswald said when they asked him the question. he's a sanders supporter. he said if hillary wins, will you vote for her in the general? he said of course, because i'm not a stupid child. he said we have to unite against the enemy of the two psychopaths, his words. we will see pressure mount to sanders holdouts who may not want to rally behind hillary clinton in the general. >> we ac

secretary clinton also failed to turn over e-mails with secretary blumenthal whom secretary clinton used as an off-the-books intelligence resource while secretary of state. if secretary clinton used a government e-mail address for official e-mails, we wouldn't have this problem in the first place. so how many more official e-mails were not turned over but should have been? the committee -- let me emphasize, the judiciary committee cannot ignore these important issues simply because the former secretary decided to run for president. and to be clear, to be perfectly clear, i started this investigation before secretary clinton announced her candidacy. now, senator reid suggested that the committee's work on these issues is a waste of time. senator reid, this is nonsense. congressional oversight is not a waste of money. it's a constitutional responsibility. the minority leader fails to understand that congress is so obligated to i don't see see that the executive -- to oversee that the executive branch of government faithfully executes the laws, faithfully spends the money the way congress i

he's not exactly where i want him to be, but he has actually been clear and signed on to the blumenthalendment. he supports cdc research. my hope is he clarifies that message much better going forward. >> let me ask you about this latest back and forth other fund-raising. the sanders campaign is accusing the other side of not playing by the rules. here is their response in the last hour. >> it's a false attack. and it's a pattern now over the last two weeks here in new york of the sanders campaign lashing out with personal, negative and i would say dangerous and harmful attacks because they are not having the success in new york that they said they needed and they certainly hoped for. look, my response to this is hillary clinton was raising money for democrats up and down the ticket. that's what the leader of a party does. and if senator sanders chooses not to help other democrats, that is his choice. >> i mean isn't that what a leader of a party is supposed to do, to help raise money for other candidates in that political party? as far as i've seen, this is not bernie sanders' forte. a

coons: i'd like to thank senators klobuchar and blumenthal for joining me in this. i yield the floor. mr. mcconnell: mr. president, are we in a quorum call? the presiding officer: no, we are not. mr. mcconnell: i ask that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of s. 2012. mr. president, i think i'll start gefn. -- again. i ask unanimous consent that at a time to be determined by the majority leader in consultation with the democratic leader, the senate proceed to the consideration of s. 2012, and that it be in order to call up the following amendments en bloc: and that the amendments be called up and reported by number. 3276, cantwell striking certain provisions, 3302, klobuchar, modifying a provision, as modified. 3335, flake. 3050, flake. 3237, hatch. 3308, murkowski, 3286, heller. 3075, vitter. 3168, portman. 3229, shaheen, 3155, heinrich, 3270, manchin, 3313, cantwell, 3214, cantwell. 3266, vitter. 3310, sullivan. 3317, heinrich. 3265, vitter. 3012, kane. kaine, 3004, gillibrand, cassidy. 3233, warner. 3239, thune. 3221, udall-portman, 3203, coons, 32

about three years ago, i think we spent on the order of 10 million looking at boards and senator blumenthal certainly brought up in previous correspondence with dod, sometimes we are going all the way back. so the boards of correction for military records have looked at cases from vietnam veterans and cases where ptsd wasn't a clinical diagnose. it is hard to ascertain the circumstances around something that happened a long time ago without records. >> so, sorry, mr. chairman, just a follow-up. so you already have that authority. have you seen this bill and weighed in on it? it would be very useful. like i said, it is something that i am very sympathetic to. i don't know what dod thinks about the bill. at the same time, it seems like you you have the authority to do what the bill does. i don't know if it has a presumption in favor of honorable discharge. i don't know the specifics. i should have brought it with me. have you weighed in? do you need authorities? are you good to go in addressing what you are saying obviously is a problem? >> sir, i haven't seen the bill or been asked to weigh

some of them she sent to blumenthal, said blumenthal was hacked, fbi agents secured the collaborationa prison term in romania for hacking, he is in alexandria, virginia being interviewed by the same fbi agents that are prosecuting her. how can she mark this and not take it seriously? charles: on the espionage side will someone intercept the emails and use them? judge napolitano: espionage is the removal of secrets. a secret document in a secret and secure location to take it home. that is probably a mistake. if i did it 2200 times over four years, that is espionage. stuart: what about the idea that president obama tried to water it down. there is classified and there is classified. judge napolitano: he was damning her with faint praise. i don't know if he wants the fbi, the justice department to present his evidence to a federal grand jury or if he wants her to succeed. he can't have both. if it is presented to a grand jury she gets indicted. it was a bizarre interview. chris did a truly superb first-rate job, better than many cross examiners i have seen. the president shouldn't have

alexandria, virginia, he's debriefing the fbi about what he saw when he hacked sid blumenthal's serverstuart: plus we do know the know whether her entire private server was hacked. it could have been. >> it could have been hacked and she wouldn't have known that. stuart: she wouldn't have known. a real professional could get in and out of there without anybody knowing somebody would be in there. >> if they could show that, that would make the case stronger. but they do not have to show this. stuart: her position has not worsened exactly with the fbi, but in public it has worsened. >> i'll tell you how it's worsened with the fbi. the fbi monitors every word she says in public about this and when she says something that's materially misleading, she is attempting to gainsay and dismiss the investigation. she continues to antagonize the fbi by suggesting they have standards to meet which they don't. stuart: you're our point guy on hillary clinton and the e-mail scandal. now, when do we expect a decision from the fbi to indict or not to indict? when can they happen? >> i don't know. origina

think about how head of wwf fared against richard blumenthal david trone went after chris van hollen'sly. i think self-funding does not work. gregg: he says majority of the contributions to his campaign are loans. they have to be repaid. >> right, by who. gregg: he is ignoring millions he received in donations. let me go to avella now. trump is responding by saying hey, i don't need koch's money, i'm self-funded. i have my own money. some people wonder if he has enough. his financial disclosure shows $302 million cash on hand. all his other assets seem to be tied up. in a race where hillary clinton plans to spend almost $2 billion, i wonder does donald trump have the money to do this? >> only he knows that but -- gregg: i'm asking what you think? >> there will be plenty of money spent on this election. and quite frankly, third-party groups can't coordinate with the trump campaign. so even if the kochs did want to spend a lot of money, mr. trump can't tell them to do it or not do it. let me also add, if mr. trump doesn't want the koch brothers money, there are many organizations that wo