reporter: senator blumenthal. senator blumenthal. senator blumenthal: let me say briefly i won't go into the substance of his answers except to say those answers really need to be given to the american people in public under oath. he should come before the judiciary committee and tell the american people what he has told us in this setting and i urged him to do so because it is important to the confidence and trust of the american people in our criminal justice process. and i was disappointed in some of his anticipates. they were less forthcoming and specific than i think they should have been. i will await judgment until i hear more and i will be asking additional questions. reporter: what were the biggest unanswered questions coming out of the meeting? senator blumenthal: regarding to the background of his memo, the reasons for the firing of director comey. i'm satisfied that bob mueller can follow the evidence wherever it leads, including not only the trump campaign possible collusion with the russians interfering in our election

. >>> senator blumenthal. senator blumenthal: thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, director comey for being here. thank you to you and the men and women who work with you at the fbi for their extraordinary service to our country, much of it unappreciated as you are so powerfully in your opening statement. you have confirmed, i believe, that the fbi is investigating potential ties between trump associates and the russian interference in the 2016 campaign, correct? dir. comey: yes. sen. blumenthal: and you have not, to my knowledge, ruled out anyone in the trump campaign as potentially a target of that criminal investigation, correct? dir. comey: i haven't said anything publically about who we have opened investigations on. i briefed the chair in ranking -- the chair and ranking on who the people are. i can't go beyond that in this setting. sen. blumenthal: have you ruled out anyone in the campaign that you can disclose? dir. comey: i don't feel comfortable answering that, senator, because i think it puts me on a slope to talk about who we are investigating

blumenthal has done. we have to wait for the train. excuse me. it's one of the beauties of gaithersburg is that you get the train going by ever so often. so, when we think about him or her-- when we think about abraham lincoln we think of him as a fully formed a leader that brought our country back after the civil war in this book along with the first volume gives us a detailed account of how lincoln actually becomes lincoln, the leader who we now envision. 150 years from now someone is going to write a book about the 2016 election. [laughter] >> lets hope the writer is as committed to telling the full story of the 45th president as sidney blumenthal has so doubtfully given as number 16. thank you. [applause]. >> thank you very much for that kind introduction. i'm delighted to be here at the gaithersburg book festival, which is a terrific events, not only for gaithersburg and maryland, but for the entire washington area. it's a really unique event and i'm glad you are all here. i was here last year in torrential rainstorm and there were a lot of

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senator blumenthal: i agree. senator hirono made a reference to the importance of culture and learning and so forth. there is a great song in a musical called "south pacific" about prestigious it has tore -- prejudice, it has to be carefully taught. i think unteaching that kind of bias and prejudice is something all of us have to do and in 13 senators, 12 of my colleagues have joined in this effort, including senators durbin, klobuchar, hirono, in a letter calling for the white house to establish a presidential task force on hate crimes. would you think that's a good idea? mr. treene: that's certainly something that i will take back to the acting assistant attorney general wheeler and the subcommittee as one possible recommendation. senator blumenthal: thank you. thank you, mr. chairman. >> by the way, calling senator blumenthal your honor is not bad thing. i think he argued more cases before the supreme court more than any other living senator. don't worry about that. i appreciate your commitment to making sure

amy: president trump last out at senator blumenthal. instead of addressing the comments, trump attacked blumenthal's military record. in a series of tweets, trump wrote -- "watching senator richard blumenthal speak of comey is a joke. "richie" devised one of the greatest military frauds in u.s. history. for years, as a pol in connecticut, blumenthal would talk of his great bravery and conquests in vietnam -- except he was never there. when caught, he cried like a baby and begged for forgiveness and now he is judge and jury. he should be the one who is investigated for his acts." senator blumenthal returned to cnn later on wednesday and was asked by anderson cooper how serious this could get. >> it may well produce another united states versus nixon on a subpoena that would to the united states of bring court. it may well produce impeachment proceedings, although, we are very far from that possibility. amy:'s a professor ruth ben-ghiat, can you talk about what the senators are saying and what you see might be, though you would be high-pr

hindsight is always 20/20. >> senator, blumenthal, thank you. eric, thank you so much for joining us. you heard what he said there. let's talk more about this. senator blumenthal was adamant that a special prosecutor be named to the investigation with the russian interference in the election. how likely do you think that will happen? >> i don't think that's a likely scenario. i think democrats will probably press that as a result partly of today's hearing. but, you know, i think you have someone who was just confirmed at the deputy attorney general rosenstein after jeff sessions reaccused himself. he's seen as an independent prosecutor appointed by both republican and democratic administrations am. it's about as middle of a row as you're going to get from a political appointee. so i don't see that getting much traction to be honest. >> even though director comey was clearly animated at times, you think he did well with it. why is that? >> this was his first real opportunity to lay out, look, this is why i did what i did. you saw him in a very em

sidney blumenthal, thanks. as he is leading an investigation which is effective into his campaign? i do not think you can read into president trump's mind. i think he wants this investigation concluded. i do not think he has tried to thwart it but get it behind him. it's a handicap to his presidency. i do not think it is logical to think that that was the goal behind his actions. wouldn't it be better if presidents used it with restraint and it was fairly difficult to do? thinking about it for awhile, have consultations and enquiry? i cannot quite hear you — the sound has got rough. it should be difficult to sack the director of the fbi and not too easy for a president to do that? well, presidents can have anybody that they want as the director of the fbi. it is his decision and i do not think he was praising comey initially, but i think he wanted him to have a chance. face—to—face, he has a reputation for getting along with everybody, and being friends with people. and getting them to do what he wants them to

senator blumenthal: thank you. thank you all. thank you to our leader, senator schumer for bringing us together. the cbo non-partisan, fact-based score shows what a horror show this republican plan is for the people who need health care most. cbo is supposed to score and tell us what the costs are of specific programs. and what this score shows is monstrous mounting costs, skyrocketing financial costs, catastrophic human costs, unconscionable moral costs. those clear facts are undeniable. and it imposes in effect an age tax. seniors are going to find if it ever became law that tax credits for health care are completely restructured to their detriment. it also in addition is a war on , seniors is a war on woman's health care. and it prevents more availability of mental health care and at a time when we have bipartisan sense about the need for opioid abuse and addiction treatment. as well as outreach. it would decimate that kind of care as well. so it is a nightmare. and it has no pulse because it has no heart. it is heartless and

senator blumenthal? senator blumenthal: director coats, thank you very much for being here. i know that given your long record in public service and the oath you have taken you would , never allow anyone to discourage or deter you from a lawful investigation. and your nondenial of the "washington post" report, i think, should lead to even more intensive investigation of the alleged effort by the president to enlist you in shutting down that investigation. this evidence, if true, goes to criminal intent and constitutes mounting evidence of obstruction of justice, and you are aware that obstruction is a crime, and i'm sure that you will cooperate in an investigation of that crime. and i presume that you would not agree with the president of the united states that this investigation of russian meddling and possible collusion by the trump campaign in the interference in our elections is a "witch hunt," so therefore i want to ask you whether you have discussed efforts by the president to stifle or stop the investigation, enlist you or admiral rodgers in denying such an investigat

richard blumenthal. he sits on the committee. welcome back. >> thank you very much. >> i'm still sort of shell shocked, the day we talked, 30 minutes before the announcement. comey firing, we talked and you had actually expressed, you wouldn't quite express confidence in comey but confidence in the fbi, in hindsight, how would you answer that question now? >> i still have confidence in the finish. i think the filibuster is going to be one of the heroes when the history of this era is written, along with the press that is uncould have gone this story he have day. what i said about my confidence of the fbi uncovering the truth means we have an additional obligation to get a special prosecutor who can lead to investigation and bring charges where appropriate. >> i want to and you about this. i want to get you to react to what your democratic colleague, sheldon whitehouse, an argument he made against asking for a special counsel. take a listen and i want to get to you listen on the other side. >> if you have something going like that

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. >> senator blumenthal. sen. blumenthal: ms. yates, so far, what you have said has been upheld by the courts? that's right. sen. blumenthal: and director clapper, on the issue of possible use of the far right websites by the russians, you were asked earlier whether you had any knowledge about that potential cooperation or involvement. do you have any knowledge of those websites? mr. clapper: i don't. at least off the top of my head, specific knowledge or insight into that connection. could have been. i just don't know that directly. sen. blumenthal: but you made reference to published reports, you said from what you read about in the newspapers. mr. clapper: that's a specific reference to what occurred in france. sen. blumenthal: and the same tactics that were used most recently in france were also reportedly used in this country? mr. clapper: correct. sen. blumenthal: and i'd like to put in the record one public report, there are probably others, march 20th, beginning -- march 20, beginning with the lead, "federal investigators

#draintheswamp" this on blumenthal, a three-part tweet: "watching senator richard blumenthal speak of comey is a joke. "richie" devised one of the greatest military frauds in u.s. history. for years, as a pol in connecticut, blumenthal would talk of his great bravery and conquests in vietnam -- except he was never there. when caught, he cried like a baby and begged for forgiveness... and now he is judge and jury. he should be the one who is investigated for his acts." clearly, the president has been frustrated with the fact that this russia story continues to make headlines on an almost daily basis. and his determination letter he sent to james comey, the president pointed out three times that comey had told him he was not being investigated. white house senior aides say it is time to get past all of this, listen here. >> we have heard that time and time again. we heard it in the testimony earlier this week. we've heard it for the last 11 months. there is no there there. it is time to move on. >> but if the president was trying to get past the russia investigation and story by firing

we're back with senator blumenthal. why didn't jeff sessions recuse himself from this dismissal recommendation? >> that is a question that i'm going to put to him when we have the all-senators meeting that has just been announced. but i believe he should be called back to the judiciary committee to answer that question and why he denied meetings with the russians. i also believe that the deputy attorney general should testify before the judiciary committee under oath. and the mystery is why he chose to involve himself in this decision to fire jim comey vochivoc involving an investigation that he felt he could not oversee as attorney general. and his recusal as a matter of fact makes all the more necessary the appointment of this independent special prosecutor by the deputy attorney general. >> your senate colleague senator camilla harris told cnn that she thinks sessions should resign. do you think that? >> i believe we're at the point where there should be a review of abo. i'm not prepared to say he should right now. b

. >> senator blumenthal has just told us that this has now become a criminal investigation. is that your takeaway? >> as someone on the intelligence committee and perhaps open to much more information than many of the other members, i do not want to comment on that. >> a follow-up on the timing of when rod rosenstein knew that director call me was going to be fired. comey was going to be fired. where we are on our investigation, i do not want to comment on that. >> are there concerns that robert mueller's investigation well swap yours? i made a the things very strong, to the deputy attorney general about was that we have different purposes and different standards. we are looking at counterintelligence. the justice department looks more at criminal. and they have a much different standard. there may be factual collaboration that falls short of full legal collusion. ismany ways, our purview broader than the justice department might be. >> will you have trouble getting access? >> that is a great question. ofhink the responsibility the confliction -- of deconf lication has been

then, sidney blumenthal, author of "wrestling with his angels," and at 3:15, sally mark freeman on the jersey brothers. coverage lives all day of the gaithersburg, maryland book fair, starting saturday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span twos book tv. on "q&a," author and journalist tr reid takes a comparative look at tax systems around the world. >> i went to the world bank and imf and said, who has a good tax system? they said go to new zealand. new zealand followed the fundamental principle of good taxation, which the economists blr.ced to b that means broaden the base to lower the rates. said your salary, that his income, if you are an employer that pays health insurance, that his income to you. if you get free parking at the company, that is worth $20 per month. they text that as income. no deductions. you want to give to charity, we are all for it, but we do not give you a tax break. if you tax everything and give no write-offs, then you can set the rates very low. 8:00 easternht at ." "q&a, speaking at a graduation ceremony for the coast guard cadets, president trump said no politic

i want to go to richard blumenthal. i don't know if you just heard what allen durs wits was saying, but he believes this is the most serious charge against a sitting president in american history. your response. >> what we know is it is a very very sirius threat to our national security and safety and that's why my hope is that republicans, democrats will come together in favor of an independent investigation through a special prosecutor and through an independent commission so that we can follow the facts wherever they lead and the appropriate remedy adopted. make no mistake, this kind of serious grave threat really requires a national response, putting country above politics. that's what i hope we'll be seeing. >> what needs to happen right now, though, senator? oviously the nature of what we're discussing right now is a president, an imminent threat to civilians, american and other in aviation. that's what we're talking about. so investigation, i hear you on that. but what needs to happen right snow. >> what needs to

maybe blumenthal didn't but most of them did. why would they be questioning his judgment if they thought he a 94-6d enough to get vote for the united states senate? i think there is a bigger reason here. that is -- what have we been talking about since early january -- about getting to the bottom of the russia-flynn connection or the russia-presumably trump connection? we want transparency. you know how special counsel's work. if there is not an indictment, there is no report done. we have the intelligence committees of both houses, a house oversight committee, my committee investigating it. and we are going to report so people are going to know everything that we know when it is all said and done. steve scully: what are your thoughts on the tweets of the president? he gives us a lot of reasons to have to explain. and clarify. steve scully: do they bother you? --the answer: um is, from the standpoint of may be not running them by other people before they go out. but it is they do, like sometimes when i tweet something that i shou

. >> senator blumenthal says he will introduce legislation today to establish an independent couns counsel if they fail to appoint a special prosecutor. one senior democratic aide says senate dems may not vote to confirm a new fbi director unless the justice department appoints a special prosecutor, an important to note senator blumenthal will be a guest later this morning on "morning joe." >> let's get reaction to how this is playing out. a number of top lawmakers shared democrat concerns, richard bur oversawing seeing the investigation of russia's role in the election, said he is troubled by timing and reasoning of the move. jangs lang ford of oklahoma said the american people nooet need claire deand deserve explanation. and congressman amash, called the second paragraph in the letter of firing bizarre. jeff flake on the judiciary committee tweeted i spent the last several hours trying to find an acceptable rationale for the firing. i just can't do it. senator sasse called the timing troubling, and john mccain said he is disappointed in the president's decision to remove comey from offic

that caused senator blumenthal to tweet this.y someone with secrets wanted a secret line to putin. senator blumenthal joins us now. you hear what they are saying. oth administrations have said they have back channels. rfk had one with kennedy and kruschev to stave off the missile crisis. >> they have official authorization and knowledge at the highest levels. here what we have is a secret discussion about a secret back channel using russian communication facilities and maybe most importantly concealment. the non disclosure on security clearance forms and part of a pattern because flynn had secret discussions and then failed to disclose them. in fact conceal them. so did attorney general jeff sessions and now kushner, again, with the russians. so the pattern here and the non disclosure and concealment are what concern me. >> senator, we had governor johnson of new hampshire yesterday who basically said blah, blah, blah, all this is a tempest in a tea pot. until you have the proof, shut up about it. the fbi has not been able to pro

liz: what did you make of what blumenthal said. >> i disagree with senator blumenthal on a lot of philosophical issues, i have great respect for his legal skills. he was a serious lawyer when he was attorney general for the state of connecticut. not all attorneys general are serious lawyers, he was and is. i do not believe this is a constitutional crisis nor do i believe congress can get to the bottom of this. justice scalia was saying whenever congress gives you a reason for what they're doing, don't believe them. everything they're doing is for one reason, to get re-elected. that's the same reason the republicans would try to big foot the democrats in any kind of investigation. only the fbi, with a grand jury, subpoena power with search warrants as jim llstrom told unlike what they had in the hillary clinton investigation or the special prosecutor, with a grand jury with subpoena and search warrants can get to the truth. liz: this feels like the d.c. scandal factory going full throttle. they're not getting to the issues that the american people wanted the d.c. politicians to fix, health refor

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blumenthal was one of the few that voted against it. so a mounting wave of outrage coming from democrats and a lot of disappointment and consternation even from some republicans. >> thank you so much. i think you're going to know the democrats think he's d on the mat. i know schumer moves when he he soos the opportunity. he's very politically swift, and he sees a guy on the deck. that's "hardball" for now. thanks for being with us. "all in" with chris hayes starts right now. >>> tonight on "all in." >> the fbi, as part of our counterintelligence mission, is investigating the russian government's efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election. >> james comey is out. >> that includes investigating the nature of any links between individuals associated with the trump campaign and the russian government. >> the president of the united states has fired the man leading the investigation of his own campaign. >> he's become more famous than me. >> tonight, how the white house is explaining its seismic power play. how democrats are react

richard blumenthal/-d- judiciary committee: "a very solid and significant step"rosenstein -- who recommended firing comey -- has appointed robert mueller to lead the russian investigation. mueller is a former marine and doj official who served as fbi director until 2013 after serving 12 years. jeffrey toobin/cnn senior legal analyst: "this is the single most respected figure in american law enforcement./this is someone who really embodies the best of the american criminal justice system and the chips are going to fall where they may."the news comes the same day president trump interviews candidates to replace comey. the white house has said the need for a special counsel in the russian probe is unecessary. in a statement president trump wrote: "a thorough investigation will confirm what we already know - there was no collusion between my campaign and any foreign entity." (grant) president (grant) president trump also said he looks forward to this matter concluding quickly. most legal and political experts say that's highly unlikely...and that we should expect a long, thorough and fair intves

he is connecticut senator richard blumenthal. senator, i note that you were out and out trolled by the president on twitter this morning to which you responded, your bullying won't silence my calls for an independent prosecutor and investigation. but on that front, because you are a member of the minority party, because we did see how mitch mcconnell chose to start the day in the well of the senate, are there any talks going on? are you guys going to get any republicans to come over and go with your side? >> there are talks ensuing and there is growing disquiet and doubt among many ofy republican colleagues about the president's direction. face a looming constitution crisis. the saying goes, history does not repeat itself but it does rhyme, and a lot of what's happening here with the potential for a cover-up, stifling or stopping an investigation, using a pretense of what director komy dcomey di firing him, that there needs to be an interim prosecutor. i'm going to keep advocating as i have since february that we need that impart

rosen rosenstein said this will be up to director muller under the appointment he has >> senator blumenthal >> thank you. let me just say briefly, i'm not going to go into the substance of his answer except to say that those answers really need to be given to the american people in public under oath. he should come before the judiciary committee and tell the american people what he has told us and i urged him to do so because it is important to the confidence and trust of the american people in our criminal justice process. i was disappointed in some of his answers. they were less forthcoming and specific then i think they should of been, but i will await judgment until i hear more and i will be posing additional questions as we go along >> what were some of your biggest unanswered questions coming out of the meeting >> relating to the background of his memo and others in the department of justice, and the reasons for the firing of director comey. >> >> weather is the firing of director komi or the memo prepared for the witnesses that may have knowledge about the interference of this electi

you can it in those tweets about senator blumenthal this morning. all the reports we have seen suggests that it was he who really triggered this yesterday and the set of events we saw yesterday. i agree with general hayden about the fragility of our institutions. the thing i have said about president trump was that policies come and go and that's the nature of democracy. that's not my concern. my concern is his wanton sort of disregard for institutions, whether it was the intelligence community or the courts or the media or the former president who he denigrated. now the summary dismissal of an fbi director who was investigating his associates and in the midst of a very tense and frighted issue for the country. at the same time, we see him reach out and embracing autocrats all over the world. he seems to be fascinated with people who don't have to deal with the democratic institutions. i'm not sure i would be as dark as the general was. i do think there's a resilience to our democracy. it's being tested right now. the president is the one who is tes

congressman, you just heard the interview with senator blumenthal. he's talking about obstruction of justice. i'll be honest with you, it wasn't completely clear but he's saying what the president said to the ambassador of russia was obstruction of justice. he doesn't believe a full mosaic is there for charges. >> there's nothing there for impeachment. i think this is the democrats getting ahead of themselves. unemployment is going down, economic growth is going up. border crossings are down about 60%, economic optimism is high. health care reform has passed the house and the democrats haven't been part of any of i would. all they've said is resist, resist, resist. this has given them something to rally around. i'm surprised the senator would say we need to punish russia. they've given russia just what they warm fronted. certainly they'd have enough sense to shut up and say let's fight these s.o.b.s on our own quiet terms and do to them what we've done to north korea and jam some computer systems but instead they're givingst russians exactly what the

senator blumenthal joins us now. do you want to respond to the president's tweets?> just to say this issue is not about me. it is about the integrity of our justice system and this kind of distraction won't silence me and my call for a special independent prosecutor. >> do you believe -- you talked about this as a looming constitutional crisis. you stand by that. you think it's that serious? >> it's a looming constitutional crisis because it involves a potential confrontation as did watergate between the president and other branches of government. it may well produce another united states versus nixon on a subpoena that went to the united states supreme court. it may well produce impeachment proceedings although we're very far from that possibility and right now the president has not been charged, and there is an investigation under way which should be given the kind of integrity and independence that it deserves. >> does the administration time line, their explanation of comey's firing, make sense? on the one hand white house says the president has been mulling thi

thank you very much blumenth blumenthal. this information trying to get out of trouble. now to other breaking story. police in manchester say there are now at least 20 dead and hundreds injured after the explosion at the manchester arena. witnesses said first reported loud bangs described as explosions after concert by the pob singer ariana grande. you can hear the sound of the blast in footage from dish cam video taken from outside -- dash cam from outside the arena. let's listen. >> kelly joins us now. kelly, what do we know? >> well, chris we first started hearing reports about this about hour and a half ago. this happened toward the end -- at the end of this concert at the manchester arena. it holds about 20,000 people. witnesses started reporting on social media, these reports of a loud bang. there was a lot of confusion, unclear whether it was -- something innocuous or much more serious. we then received word from manchester police that in fact they were responding to a serious incident at the arena. at this point, we understand a number of confirmed fatalities, th

. >> senator blumenthal calling for a special prosecutor earlier and in the meantime, this headline from the wall street journal: former fbi director robert muller named special counsel for russian probe. rod rosenstein insights public interest in naming mr. muller to that post. now, local police chief testified to the challenges that

david blumenthal, problem -- president of the commonwealth fund. >> i wondered if your book gave you any thoughts on whether health care is a free market and whether we can solve our problems in health care through free market forces? >> well, i think what we have seen as the answer is probably not. the beginning of the book, i put a somewhat tongue-in-cheek list of the economic rules of the dysfunctional health-care market , where if you think of health care as purely a business proposition, the market will solve, you get to crazy places know, a lifetime of treatment is preferable to a cure. i am not saying for a second that anyone really thinks

i also plan to work with senator blumenthal on legislation to ensure that a truly independent prosecutor can be appointed. however, while we work on that legislation, i want to renew my call to have a special prosecutor appointed to oversee the russia investigation. i have said on some occasions now we're in unusual times and i recognize today's hearing is meant to be on the nominees before us for three important positions at justice. but, given the events of the last 24 hours, i believe members should have the opportunity to speak out about these events. so, mr. chairman, i hope you will allow other members to say a few words if they would like, but i want you to know i very much appreciate this courtesy. thank you. ♪ c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. few tweets on the firing of james comey from the hill. for ramping comey up russia collusion investigation." from salon, " donald trump was so enraged that the fbi was investigating hi

david blumenthal, the president of the commonwealth fund. >> has your book given you any thoughts on whether health care is a free market, whether it can solve our problems through free markets? isi think what we have seen probably not. at the beginning of the book, i put a somewhat tongue-in-cheek part about the dysfunctional roles of the health care market, where as if you think of health care as a butte -- as a business proposition, the market -- you will get too crazy places. a lifetime of treatment is preferable to a cure. i am not saying for a second that anyone really thinks that, but that is where market forces put you right now. "afterwards" tonight. fish and wildlife officials from florida, arizona, and rhode island testify at a senate hearing on the endangered species act, and efforts to enforce the 1973 law. this is just under one hour. >> i call this hearing of the senate environment public works committee to order and like to defer to the ranking member. >> i thank the chairman.

david blumenthal, problem -- president of the commonwealth fund. >> i wondered if your book gave you any thoughts on whether health care is a free market and whether we can solve our problems in health care through free market forces? >> well, i think what we have seen as the answer is probably not. the beginning of the book, i put a somewhat tongue-in-cheek list of the economic rules of the dysfunctional health-care market , where if you think of health care as purely a business proposition, the market will solve, you get to crazy places know, a lifetime of treatment is preferable to a cure. i am not saying for a second that anyone really thinks that, but that is where market forces put you right now. "afterwards"tch sunday night at 9:00 p.m. eastern. california senator dianne feinstein spoke about president trump's decision to fire fbi director james comey. she made comments during a senate judiciary committee hearing on null francisco to be .he next senator feinstein renewed her call for an independent special prosecutor to investigate russia's interference in the u.s. election. s

>> eric: when you have richard blumenthal recommending a special prosecutor. the only reason why we know she investigated the information is that anthony weiner was being investigated. they have his computer. oh, we have hillary clinton's classified information. hello. let's go. let's find out what he knows. or when she did. >> eboni: coming from her own party, krystal, how much more does it bolster the suspicion? >> do people want to go back and relitigate the hillary emails? fine, if people do. if there is some wrongdoing, that i have no problem with people looking into it. the fact that it's the democrats saying, but it also shows democrats are not just reflexively partisan. they are not reflexively say no because of its one of ours, we shouldn't go after it. if there was wrongdoing, let's look into it. >> eboni: i'm a little suspicious. is that really how we should read it? or is this because it's huma abedin and anthony weiner and everyone is so sick to death of them. >> i think it really is these couple examples we are looking at right now. i don't think

and sydney blumenthal author of wrestling with his angels: the political life of abraham lincoln." brothers."he jersey watch ourive, all-day goverpblg of the gaithersburg book festival. book tv on c-span2. >> joining us for a conversation on brexit and transatlantic relations -- relations, and formf vote leave, matthew elliott. good morning. guest: good morning. host: could you remind viewers of vote leave when it comes to brexit, in your role in it. officialere was an leave campaign and an official remain campaign, and vote leave was the official leave campaign. host: what convinced you leaving the opinion was the best up for the 90 kingdom? guest: -- united kingdom? guest: when david cameron brought it up, i was open to try to getting a different -- better deal, but he did not get much in his negotiation. no power was brought back to the u.k. we are in a situation where 60% of the laws from the -- of the u.k. come from the eu, which many in the u.k. feel is undemocratic, and unaccountable to voters. host: what kind of laws -- how did it affect you in day to day life there in the