blumenthal. thank you. sen. blumenthal: thank you for your leadership on this. this foia request is a last resort it is unprecedented because this concealing of documents is unprecedented and , and when i say concealing of documents, it's literally hiding documents. from a relevant period in the nominee's professional career. not only obstructive but what he instructive but what he called the most instructive period of his professional life. three years as staff secretary to the president of the united states. the chairman has shattered all the norms and potentially violating the law, but we need these documents to do our job, literally to perform our constitutional duty to thoughtfully and deliberately consider this nomination and to ask insightful questions during the hearing and to decide how to vote. the request we've done, the freedom of information act requests, are two nine separate offices, principally the national archives. i am prepared to go to court, and they have 20 days to respond.

thank you. >> senator blumenthal or white house -- >> i'm sorry. i'm pleased i made it to introduce to the next person that i introduced the wrong person for not having been attorney general with senator blumenthal i take any confusion with them is a great complement. >> two of the most brilliant lawyers in the usa. >> so, we are now in a situation in which the best path for senators on the judiciary committee to get access to a nominee for the spring court record is through the public process and the committee process, for senators on the committee have forced us to go to the foia route which is available to the general public and that is a very telling fact in the present state of affairs. throw in the materials that we will be getting a senators will be given to us, so-called committee confidential, meaning the public will not have access to them and setting a trap for any inadvertent release of those documents finally, we have a complete variance from the past traditions of the senate in terms of what types of documents were provided for the co

thank you. >> senator blumenthal? or whitehouse. sorry. senator whitehouse. i majored in how to introduce the next person. >> having been attorney general with senator blumenthal, i take any confusion with him as a great compliment to me. >> two of the most brilliant lawyers in the u.s. senate. >> so we are now in a situation in which the best path for senators on the judiciary committee to get access to a nominee for the supreme court's records is through the public foia process. the committee process for senators on the committee has forced us to go to the foia route which is available to the general public. that is a very troubling fact in the present state of affairs. throw in that materials that we will be getting as senators will be given to us so-called committee confidential, meaning the public won't have access to them and setting a trap for any inadvertent release of those documents. finally, we have just a complete variance from the past traditions of the senate in terms of what types of documents were provided for the committee about nominees. now

blumenthal -- sen. blumenthal: do you know the number question -- number? >> i don't know the number but we haven't and can provide it. sen. blumenthal: of those 431 total, how many eventually of them do you expect will be reunified? >> you are referring to the minors who have been removed from the united states? sen. blumenthal: is there any process to reunify them? >> there's no way i can say what number that will happen because it hasn't happened yet, but we are working on strategy to affect reunification. a number of parents may elect that their children remain in the united states. sen. blumenthal: when parents are put in detention facilities, are they permitted to retain their telephone? their cell phone? >> not at the facility itself, no. sen. blumenthal: how do children reach their parents? >> i can speak to our capabilities at the detention facilities. commander white spoke very well about the process they utilize. individuals are allowed phone calls during the course of their detention. we have a contractor that provides low-cost, if not free call

parties it claims to help non-governmental groups promote democracy in over ninety countries but blumenthal couldn't help but notice some parallels right i covered the ceremony because these organizations are doing exactly what congress accuses russia funded media outlets control farms of doing in the united states to interfere in other country's politics and with foreign money. the only difference is they do it openly and in the name of spreading freedom. joining us live now is the independent journalist behind that report explain menthol himself welcome to the program now let's first take a look at another excerpt from your report here you speak to the director of an organization that focuses on work with north korean defectors let's take a quick listen though once again. i'd like to express our sincere gratitude to bipartisan. support and also u.s. congress people as well and u.s. citizens french and me we are doing this work with the u.s. citizens tax he talks about u.s. citizens to what extent are american taxpayers aware they are funding those sorts of organizations. well yeah america

senator blumenthal, go for it. >> tucker: i like that idea.ny, there are so many layers of it. these are the exact same people telling us we don't have a right to know what our government is doing, we don't have a right to know the pretext under which carter page was spied upon by the obama administration and we are quislings if we ask too many questions. somehow john t brennan has a rit to the classified information. how could you make that argument without turning redth with sham? >> if you read his column in "the new york times" ," it's faintly creepy. at one point, he actually says i thisto make sure i get right that a variety of politicians, political parties, media outlets, think tanks and influencers -- that means you, your an influencer you are readily manipulated by russian intelligence. you don't even know you are being manipulated by russian intelligence but the fact that you are ejecting to john brennan telling you you are being manipulated by russian intelligence is the clearest proof that you are being manipulated by russian inte

>> senator blumenthal is my friends. he is my senator.f the persons he asked to serve in connecticut on the panel that makes recommendations for federal judges in connecticut. it is not partisan and i'm proud of senator blumenthal for having set up that selection process. i have to respectfully disagree with my friend and senator dick blumenthal. people can disagree in a democracy. shannon: that is one of the beautiful things about us. chuck schumer says he wants brett kavanaugh in these hearings to say roe was correctly decided and absent that he should not be confirmed. is that a litmus test? is it fair? >> it is fair for senator schumer to think that vote that. the process by which justices rc elected is by design in the constitution a political process. presidents are allowed to pick nominees because they think they have a certain philosophy and senators who disagree are allowed to vote against the candidate on the same grounds. every single justice who george washington nominated was a federalist, supporter of the constitution. georg

we've covered the facebook and twitter circle shows that r t v dot com coming up journalist max blumenthal joins us to discuss another u.s. government funded political meddling organization that he showed some new light on in the new documentary and then look at the future of office cubicle interesting stuff say to watch in the. semifinal done well enough so that it can get out now hundreds of billions of dollars on the point. line and if he would be would it be that easy to find a ten that i had in me. plus is that going to people who. didn't. vote but i thought it might have been love a little bit of

in the shooting let's cross live now to investigative journalist mark blumenthal for his take on the show why is the f.b.i. releasing these documents so heavily redacted what's the point in the. yeah i mean it's not these documents aren't heavily redacted they are completely whited out it's a literal whitewash i mean in this seventy one page file there's more white than at a coldplay concert or the republican national convention it is all white it's a it's shocking really the one the two things they acknowledge the f.b.i. acknowledges is that it was paying christopher steele in till november first twenty sixteen so first of all james komi who is the director of the f.b.i. at the time has feigned ignorance about who is paying christopher steele so that's interesting and number two it acknowledges that steele's contract was terminated because he had been the source for an article by michael isikoff which was specifically designed to get the word out about this deal dossier so it could be dropped after trump's election apology so many people of color who are cold cliff of course how do

i'm happy to be joined by senators blumenthal and whitehouse, both from the judiciary committee. i want to recap where we're at with the supreme court nomination process. for weeks, republicans have been deliberately withholding the entire record of judge kavanaugh's three years as staff secretary, most senior position he held in the bush administration, and a job that he himself said was formative and instructive as preparation for being a judge. those are his words. meanwhile, the small percentage of documents the judiciary committee will get to see are being prescreened by a republican operative, bill burke, who not only worked for kavanaugh in the bush administration so this is someone who reported to him, but currently represents steve bannon, reince priebus and don

are two spoke to the journalist behind that report max blumenthal he told us more about his findings so once again. i'd like to express our sincere gratitude to bipartisan. support and also u.s. congress people as well and u.s. citizens french and me we are doing this work with the u.s. citizens tax americans have no idea that they're funding an organization that's explicitly dedicated to meddling in other countries affairs interfering in elections toppling often democratically elected leaders and spreading public relations campaigns to sow chaos against countries that resist washington's agenda but here you have kind of open acknowledgement from this korean activist who is behind the transitional justice working group which is responsible for a lot of what congress states and knows about north korea's suppose it human rights violations so basically the united states is paying for its own findings to ramp up sanctions and hostility against north korea and what's really interesting about this event that i attended in capitol hill is that it was timed to coincide with the trump him sum

senator blumenthal. [cheers and applause] sen. blumenthal: thank you so much for being here. thank you for giving us the inspiration to carry on this fight. it is a fight about the future of our rule of law in this country. it is more than just the pillars and the robes. it is about the effect of the nomination on real people and real lives. it will probably decide whether or not women have the right to decide whether and when they will have children. whether people have the opportunity to marry the one they love. whether we breathe clean air and drink clean water. whether consumers have rights against monopolistic companies that sell them defective products or try to cheat them. whether the president of the united states is above the rule of law. whether the president of the united states is above the rule of law. anybody needed an argument for opposing this nomination and saying "we should postpone the hearing," all the have to do is go to this document. this document is the indictment and plea agreement of michael cohen, entered yesterday in the united states district cour

people like richard blumenthal and others have proven to be wrong.e have proven to be right, which is always a good thing. but more importantly, wolf, we've got a lot of work to do. we're going to get to the bottom of what this president knew and when he knew it and what he did about it. and the details of this coverup. on september 10th, the court is going to lift the stay, i anticipate, in the civil case. we're going to march forward with our efforts to place the president under oath and get a deposition, where i'm going to be able to ask him questions and he's going to be forced to answer those questions under oath about his own conduct. we're also going to get a chance to depose michael cohen and get to the details of this. so i'm very much looking forward to those moments, and i'm very much looking forward to uncovering the evidence and the facts so we can demonstrate them to the american people. >> so what do you think this means, legally and politically, for that matter, for the president right now? >> the president is in a lot of trouble, wol

are two spoke to the journalist behind the report next blumenthal he told us more about his findings so once again. i'd like to express our sincere gratitude to bipartisan. support and also u.s. congress people as well and u.s. citizens eventually we are doing to score with the u.s. citizens tax americans have no idea that they're funding an organization that's explicitly dedicated to meddling in other countries affairs interfering in elections toppling often democratically elected leaders and spreading public relations campaigns to sow chaos against countries that resist washington's agenda but here you have kind of open acknowledgement from this korean activist who is behind the transitional justice working group which is responsible for a lot of what congress states and knows about north korea's suppose it human rights violations so basically the united states is paying for its own findings to ramp up sanctions and hostility against north korea and what's really interesting about this event that i attended in capitol hill is that it was timed to coincide with the trump him summit

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from one form of us meddling in a sovereign countries politics to another this week journalist max blumenthal unleashed a new short documentary that shines a light of the rather curious work of the united states government funded national endowment for democracy or ned founded in one thousand nine hundred three by then u.s. president ronald reagan the ned was started under the guise of promoting democracy around the world and is funded primarily by the u.s. congress in the form of a grant awarded to the united states information agency however with its deep ties to me or conservatism and the cold war era ideologies many claim the group is more of a mechanism for influence peddling and propaganda than promoting any kind of democracy cia whistleblower philip achieve one stated nowadays instead of having the cia going around behind the scenes and trying to manipulate the process by inserting money here and giving instructions secretly and so forth they they have now a sidekick which is the national endowment for democracy now joining us now to discuss his investigations into the national endowme

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one of the men who will vote is senator richard blumenthal., "this judge is outside the mainstream. he is extreme, even by conservative standards. he's part of a concerted effort by right-wing groups like the heritage foundation foundation and "the federalist" society to remake the federal judiciary in the image of the far right extreme ideology of conservatives." do you think the judges out of the mainstream? is he extreme? >> senator blumenthal is my friend. he's actually my senator . i'm one of the persons whom he asked to serve in connecticut on the panel that makes recommendations for federal judges in connecticut. it's a merit selection panel, it is not partisan and i'm very proud of senator blumenthal for having set up a merit selection process. on this one, he and i, i think, i will have to respectfully disagree with my friend and senator . people can disagree in a democracy. >> shannon: that is one of the most beatable things about us. i want to ask you, chuck schumer had to say this. he says he wants to kavanaugh in these hearings to

sorry, dan blumenthal, aei. how would you measure success might say in the course of one or two administrations? >> well i think, , again, china has a strategy, i do think we are going to accomplish major rollback and change of behavior i think would be him pretty optimistic. i think china's interest will ultimately lie in the indo-pacific that they can benefit as well. in the new term it's really too blunt any erosion of individual countries sovereignty and blunt the coercion and influence operations and to continue to promote the free and open indo-pacific in a way that generates a positive response. i think the measures will become to 20 to partner with us, heartd with this in more comprehensive ways. we know countries welcome our investment. we outpace china in terms of foreign direct investment in virtually every country in the indo-pacific. but continue to partner with us in promoting maritime security, partner with us through diplomatic fora when it comes to calling out activities of the south china sea e

lotty spoke to journalist behind the report most blumenthal he told us more about his findings. so once again. i'd like to express our sincere gratitude to bipartisan. support and also u.s. congress people as well and u.s. citizens eventually we are doing this work with the u.s. citizens tax americans have no idea that they're funding an organization that's explicitly dedicated to meddling in other countries affairs interfering in elections toppling often democratically elected leaders and spreading public relations campaigns to sow chaos against countries that resist washington's agenda but here you have kind of open acknowledgement from this korean activist who is behind the transitional justice working group which is responsible for a lot of what congress states and knows about north korea's suppose it human rights violations so basically the united states is paying for its own findings to ramp up sanctions and hostility against north korea and what's really interesting about this event that i attended in capitol hill is that it was timed to coincide with the trump him summit

organization claims to help nongovernmental groups promote democracy in over ninety countries and blumenthal couldn't tell them but notice some parallels but i covered the ceremony because these organizations are doing exactly what congress accuses russia funded media outlets and troll farms of doing in the united states to interfere in other country's politics and with foreign money. the only difference is they do it openly and in the name of spreading freedom. are they spoke to the journalist behind that report max woman thought he told us more about his findings. so once again. i'd like to express our sincere gratitude to buy pot of. the poor and also u.s. congresspeople as well and u.s. citizens financially we are doing this work with the u.s. citizens tax americans have no idea that they're funding an organization that's explicitly dedicated to meddling in other countries affairs interfering in elections toppling often democratically elected leaders and spreading public relations campaigns to sow chaos against countries that resist washington's agenda but here you have kind of open ackn

interfere with the internal affairs of countries around the world and undermine rival governments most blumenthal went to an event organized by the national endowment for democracy it's a nonprofit n.g.o.s that was founded in one thousand nine hundred three and is supported by both the democratic and republican parties currently it operates in more than ninety countries the national endowment for democracy says its work is to help non-governmental groups promote democracy in those places or blumenthal couldn't help notice some parallels but i covered the ceremony because these organizations are doing exactly what congress accuses russia funded media outlets control farms of doing in the united states to interfere in other country's politics and with foreign money. the only difference is they do it openly and in the name of spreading freedom. r.t. spoke to the journalist behind the report mike bloomfield to tell us more about the findings. so once again. i'd like to express our sincere gratitude to buy pot of. the poor and also u.s. congresspeople as well and u.s. citizens eventually we are doing

blumenthal:> we must fight fire with fire.anna wiernicki:> republican senator lindsey graham agreespointing to a report released tuesday morning by microsoft that shows russian hackers have targeted the u-s senate and conservative groups. 0:22-0:30 america is under cyber attack. we are beginning to act but not quick enough and not forcefully enough. 0:32-0:41graham says he has introduced several bills to fight cyber attacks, but his efforts have so far stalled in the senatenow that senators are among the targets, he hopes his colleagues will take action.... we know that russian hackers interfered in out election in 2016 and we have every reason to expect more in this years midterm elections. rhode island democrat sheldon whitehouse says one solution is to let u.s. companies "hack back" after cyber attacks. 0:58-1:09to allow hac