blumenthal: thank you, mr. chairman. we are a nation of immigrants and illegal immigration that undermines our country is certainly to be opposed, but a wall is not necessarily the most effective means of stopping illegal immigration if it is truly immigration by criminals or others who pose a danger to this country, would you agree? mr. mcaleenan: i actually think good border security requires balance investments to include a wall system but also technology, agents, the whole wall -- mr. blumenthal: for a wall for a wall's sake, if it's an ineffective form of a wall, if it does not have technology, if it's not accompanied by other means of security is likely to be ineffective and conversely, effective security can be done without certain kinds of physical obstacles, correct? mr. mcaleenan: yes. that's why we built our requirements for border security, including the wall system from the ground up. from our agents in the field, our sector chiefs have requested capabilities in different parts of the border. we have not ask

i was kind of taking general blumenthal's leave here. that is how i know him because we are former attorney general's. i still call them general. >> part of your time was indicating a willingness to cooperate with me. >> thank you mister chairman. thank you for holding this hearing and thank you for all of the commissioners and thank you for your service and your testimony and answers today. i want to start by following up on the topic of how we are doing in protecting our kids. earlier this year, the confirmation hearing for most of you, i discussed the possibility of the ftc examining the issue of children in the videogame space. specifically we discussed loop boxes which allows in game purchases for surprise winnings and motive you agreed this is an area that could use additional oversight by the ftc. loop boxes are in the videogame industry are and present in everything from capital smart phone games to the newest high budget videogame releases. they will represent a $50 billion industry by the year 2022 according to the latest resea

president, and i yield back to senator blumenthal. mr. blumenthal: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from connecticut. mr. blumenthal: in closing, i am grateful to nigh colleague from wisconsin -- to my colleague from wisconsin and colleagues really across the aisle. this measure is bipartisan. it was unanimous in passing the house of representatives. it should be unanimous here. the money is not a problem. the money is there. the predictions about outlandish possible financial exposure are simply products of fantasy, and i know my republican colleagues almost unanimously on the other side of the aisle understand that simple fact. but even if the cost were higher than they are projected to be, we have an obligation to do the right thing. we have a moral duty here to make sure that we fulfill our promise, and i know the presiding officer has been a strong advocate of our veterans. and i know my fellow members on the veterans' affairs committee join me in this belief. the costs of this program are the costs of war. they are the cost of keeping our tro

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. >> democratic senator richard blumenthal, is the president compromised? >> he is extremely compromised. the russians have the same leverage over him they had over michael flynn. that's the reason the former attorney general wanted flynn fired, it's the reason that flynn was prosecuted. the russians could blackmail flynn, and now trump with the truth. >> yeah, just a reminder to folks that sally yates went and warned folks at the white house about flynn because they knew that flynn was telling a public lie about private communications he had with the russians, and that that was the -- that provided a possibility for blackmail and compromise. what you're saying is that's precisely the same situation with the president of the united states, the commander in chief. >> in this case trump lied to the american people that there were no business dealings during early 2016 when, in fact, michael cohen was out there doing a deal, or at least trying to do them, and they didn't succeed, but not for lack of trying. and not only donald trump, but his family also potent

-- blumenthal versus trump. i believe this lawsuit which claims the president is violating the chief anticorruption provision of the u.s. constitution will shed even more light on those payments and benefits from saudi arabia and other countries around the world . these friendships and conflicts of interest demonstrate the very flawed and likely corrupt basis for the trump administration's foreign policy -- foreign policy in saudi arabia, american credibility is at stake. we must end all united states involvement in the saudi war and we must sanction the top levels of the saudi monarchy under , we muststatutes ensure the president removes u.s. forces from any hostilities against the yemeni people. reasons toountless vote for this resolution. i call my colleagues to support that the make sure united states support for this , theeptable conflict aggression and attack by saudi arabia on innocent civilians is ended. thank you. i yield the floor. >> during a saturday visit the arlington, national cemetery to visit vo

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senator richard blumenthal, democrat from connecticut, thank you so much for being with us. >>> chief analyst, and former federal prosecutor, jeffrey toobin, and ken cuchnelli, and kaitlan collins, and from the "washington post," as we come to air, that russian social media accounts are going after robert mueller. >> well, it's just consistent with how the russian government has treated donald trump since he declared his candy is. they are -- his candidacy. they are doing his bidding, whether it's by supporting trump explicitly, suppressing turnout by support es ers of hillary clinton, attacking hillary clinton or attacking president trump's adversary, robert mueller. now, i don't know if there is any connection between the trump presidency or the trump campaign, and what's going on now. but again, it shows how russia's interests are aligned with president trump's interests. >> you know, ken, as a republican politician and leader, are you comfortable that the russian message so often is directly in line with the white house message? >> well, i'm not comfortable with any involvement by

with me now, senator richard blumenthal, democrat of connecticut, member of the judiciary committee.enator, thanks for being with us. the judge today saying cohen's sentence was fully justified to send a message. what message do you think it sends? >> it sends a couple messages. first of all, the judge indicated that the crime justified this three years, a significant sentence, because it was serious and sophisticated. second, there were statements in court and there's other evidence that donald trump directed the crime. and third, the term, co-conspirator, is beginning to fit donald trump like a well-tailored suit. it may be unindicted co-conspirator. he hasn't been formally charged, but he has been directly implicated in court and in charging documents from the southern district of new york prosecutor's office that put him at the center of a criminal conspiracy. and there is additional corroborating evidence now forthcoming as you indicated in your excellent summary before from ami, and that company is owned by one of donald trump's closest friends, david pecker, that says the purp

not far from where robin blumenthal lives.robin blumenthal/nei ghbor- "i mean, i'm lucky. have a big, big dog who i can walk who could be somewhat of a deterant, but its. i mean, i have, i have daughters, who you know, it's even more terrifying." police say the attacker did not try to take the woman's clothes off... so, there was no attempted rape. he also didn't steal anything. so, a motive is unclear.myra gilfix/neighbor- "it certainly made me feel vulnerable." investigators say neighbors reacted to the victim's bloodcurdling screams... ran outside and scared the suspect off -- mid-attack. he got away on foot down miramonte avenue, then mariposa avenue... and, has not been seen since. myra gilfix and her husband mike walk their dog in the neighborhood every night.mike gilfix/neighbor- "this stuff happens everywhere, so why not here. and, it's a little bit nieve on our part perhaps to relax totally. that's, you know, that's unsettling, but uh, here we are."myra gilfix/neighbor- "as a woman, you have to be careful anyway, but i did feel maybe too safe walking here." the vi

not far from where robin blumenthal lives.robin blumenthal/nei ghbor- "i mean, i'm lucky. have a big, big dog who i can walk who could be somewhat of a deterant, but its. i mean, i have, i have daughters, who you know, it's even more terrifying." police say the attacker did not try to take the woman's clothes off... so, there was no attempted rape. he also didn't steal anything. so, a motive is unclear.myra gilfix/neighbor- "it certainly made me feel vulnerable." investigators say neighbors reacted to the victim's bloodcurdling screams... ran outside and scared the suspect off -- mid-attack. he got away on foot down miramonte avenue, then mariposa avenue... and, has not been seen since. myra gilfix and her husband mike walk their dog in the neighborhood every night.mike gilfix/neighbor- "this stuff happens everywhere, so why not here. and, it's a little bit nieve on our part perhaps to relax totally. that's, you know, that's unsettling, but uh, here we are."myra gilfix/neighbor- "as a woman, you have to be careful anyway, but i did feel maybe too safe walking here." the vi

>> senator blumenthal said that. with talking and negotiating and to draw arbitrary lines. >> that is what he said and what i tried to say earlier. >> there is a lot of talk that you mentioned equifax. what about categorizing this law? >>ou. >> the answer to that, the big tech is so pervasive that the focus has been on big tech it doesn't take big tech to violate people's's privacy. so this needs to be encompassing at a company and at a behavior or what is an appropriate. i indicated in my questioning of the ftc what kind of that is intruded upon is more important to me than the size or scope of those that are perpetrating. we need to focus on what americans dearest as compared to singling out the invasion of privacy. does that make sense? >> so facebook has shown. >> so the point was made today that the big tech companies are hard and with that understanding that we need to know what is going on with big tech. and the question is how do we make certain we address privacy issues the big company creates without doing

since then he has had tirades against the french union, nato, robert blumenthal. >> and despite attemps that john kelly would be leaving monday, the president decided to do it yesterday. the two haven't reportedly spoken in days. so how far would the president go to change the conversation? >> cnn white house correspondent boris sanchez joins us now. boris, it seems the firing was expected but the timing seems suspect. >> yes, especially considering john kelly was supposed to make the announcement he was leaving the white house on monday to his senior staff. the president stepped all over that yesterday when he was answering questions about the russia investigation. as you noted, he was asked directly whether he directed michael cohen to pay hush money to two women who allegedly had affairs with the president, which is campaign violations. i asked the presidnt if he knew paul manafort was having conversations with senior officials as recently as may. the president didn't ask the question. he then went on to talk about john kelly. here's what the president actually said regarding the rus

he deferred the vietnam draft, so did senator blumenthal, but that is the president acting out.ly see from him. and the sentencing recommendations that came through on friday do show some more light and more information about where certain investigations stand. but they do not indicate where the mueller investigation stands. and i think that to the governor's point, you want that to play all the way through. so that way if the democrats do want to -- if there is reason to go on with impeachment, whether that or the southern district's case against michael cohen and election fraud, they can go forward using those investigations and already have a base of evidence. they should not make the same mistakes republicans make, they should not use these hearing as a way of grand standing. politically it didn't make sense. they do have an agenda that they won on and it wasn't impeaching donald trump. >> it seems that they look at don jr. being the one most in peril of indictment and that there is a reason that he is on a hunting trip in canada because he thinks something could come down t

when it started, you were richard blumenthal and when it ended, youere "the dick." [ laughter ] guess in his lane. [ laughter ] kelly was never going to bring discipline to this white house. for one thing, you can't change trum and also kelly wanted t same thing as trump. we all just projected ourselves on to kelly cause his face always looked the way we felt. [ laughter ]bu now we know, that's just his face. [ light laughter ] thg 's his "everything is go great" face. [ laughter ] here he is, blowing out thca les on his birthday cake. [ laughter ] d here is john kelly on roller coaster. [ laughter ] fact, kelly served a president for whom lawbreaking was apparently so routine that tillerson had to routinely explain to theresident that the things he wanted to do were illegal. >> when the president wored say, "well what i want to do, and here's how i want to do it." and i'd have to say to him, "well, mr. president, i understand what you want to do but you can't do it that way. it violates the la it violates a treaty." >> seth: the secretary of state had to explain to the president that

i'll talk about the breaking news this hour with senator richard blumenthal of the judiciary committee. and our correspondents, analysts and specialists are also standing by. first, let's go directly to our senior white house correspondent, jeff zeleny. jeff, this was a remarkable spectacle today in the oval office, with the president saying he would be proud to shut down the federal government over border security. >> good evening. the president said more than once he would be happy to shut down the government, proud to shut down the government. but it was the first time that he met with the democratic leaders in more than a year. but since that time, so much has changed, of course. nancy pelosi will be leading democrats as they assume the majority in the house. but wolf, the president received something he has rarely ever experienced in the oval office. that was being confronted on the facts and his positions. this is what he said about the border wall. >> we have to have a wall as part of border security. and i don't think we really disagree so much. i also know that, you know, nanc

democratic senator richard blumenthal?> my reaction, there's a despicable cruel irony in the saudis using american veterans and putting them up in trump hotels, benefiting the president. and then using them to lobby against a measure that would help the 9/11 families who are seeking to sue the saudis. so the saudis are using veterans, paying the president in violation of the emoluments clause. and that $270,000 going to donald trump's organization is only the tip of the iceberg as donald trump himself has said, he gets tens of millions of dollars in payments for the condos and rentals in new york and in chicago, all around the country, from the saudis and other foreign governments. so it adds to the strength of our lawsuit. >> yeah, i want to talk about this scheme that's so bizarre. it's unclear if it was actually a lobbying scheme or a pretense to put money in the president's pocket. but the legislation was legislation you championed, right? and the legislation would have done when? >> the legislation, which was successf

senator richard blumenthal of connecticut who sits on the judiciary committee.ator, a lot tonight. what are you -- how do you react to the southern district of new york's report that the president directed the criminal violation of the campaign laws to cover up his affairs with susan mcdougal and with stormy daniels? >> this sentencing memorandum first of all is a bombshell in showing why prosecutors in the southern district of new york, independent of the special counsel believe that donald trump committed a felony that enabled him or at least helped him to become president. and covering up those payments was part of what was done, part of the conspiracy in which donald trump is an unindicted co-conspirator. think of it for a moment. unindicted co-conspirator. and the further information in this bombshell memorandum shows facts and evidence that link that conspiracy to russian collusion with the trump campaign and potentially obstruction of justice. so the pieces of the mosaic or the puzzle are coming into place, and the walls are closing in on donald trump and

blumenthal: to competing platforms. the effect of what he described things lower on the amazon that she would keep prices lower on amazon's platform to the extent that more people are shopping on amazon than others, they are receiving the benefit of that policy. that is not to say that the benefits necessarily outweigh the costs, nor is it to say that the kind you are pointing to cannot potentially be a problem, but before we assume that we can describe a potentially anticompetitive scenario around them, it doesn't mean that it is anti-competitive. these companies by other -- purchase other companies all the time. like i was saying with respect to amazon, when facebook improves its product it benefits 5 billion users of facebook. when a small competitor improves its product, it benefits a hundred million users. that doesn't mean that the competitor cannot eventually be an important restraint, but you cannot discount the fact that the benefits of the incumbent , if it has a lot of uptick and is providing benefits to cons

i yield to senator blumenthal. mr. blumenthal: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from connecticut. mr. blumenthal: i want to thank my colleagues, senators brown and tester, and most important senator gillibrand and our good friend, senator isakson. senator isakson and i and senator gillibrand worked together closely on this issue when i was the ranking member of the senate veterans' affairs committee. we engaged the v.a. through hearings, through meetings, through any way that we could reach the v.a. so that it would grant the presumption to all veterans who served in the territorial waters of vietnam during the vietnam war and were exposed to agent orange, to give them simple justice. simple justice. to treat them with the same presumption of service-connected disability as their fellow veterans who served in the vietnam conflict with boots on the ground. if they served in those territorial waters, they deserve that same presumption. beyond the abstraction here, i want to talk about the face and voice of this problem, which fo

senator blumenthal. >> thank you very much madame chairwoman. this topic is immensely important and many of us in this room will encounter this situation. in connecticut, guardianship or conservatorship decisions are made by local probate judge who is elected and need not be a lawyer. i don't know how often that occurs elsewhere in the country, but these judges are essentially beyond any oversight. very often, they have their own private kingdom and they make a ton of money. [ applause ] >> i gather from the applause that many of you are familiar with these situations and maybe you have been in a sense involved in them. i hear from my constituents all of the time and we are carrying on this conversation a very high level of abstraction. but the impact on lives, real- world situations is enormous. i say that as a lawyer in connecticut who has never handled a guardianship or conservatorship case. but i think we need to figure out a way to assure greater accountability in the system. [ applause ] >> i think we need more information. but i don't nee

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he had tweets to james comey and nato and robert blumenthal. >> and to the announcement that john kelly would announce his retirement from the white house on monday, the president chose to do it today. the two reportedly have not spoken in days. >> we knew there would be changes right after the midterms. but the timing of this weekend's rollout some people are questioning. >> reporter: good morning. especially questionable when john kelly was going to announce his stepping down on monday. he was asked point blank if he directed michael cohen to conduct violations by paying two women who allegedly had affairs with him. he said no. then he said they were having discussions with senior administration officials during an indictment. he ignored that question and started talking about his chief of staff john kelly. with apparent remarks on the russia investigation, listen to what he said. >> with the mueller situation, we're very happy with what we're reading because there was no collusion whatsoever, there never has been. the last thing i want is help from russia on a campaign. very one-side

every day that you have the courage to tell your stories we are winning more... .senator richard blumenthal says he plans to reintroduce legislation on extreme risk laws. someone who is identified by police or family as a danger to himself and others - or herself and others should not possess or purchase a firearm - that simple. we can put a man on the moon - we can darn well figure out how to have our children safe... calls for common sense gun reform have been made before - but these lawmakers are hopeful the new congress will work together to break the grip of gun violence on our nation. in washington, morgan wright. ( robin )plenty of americans share the experience of having a loved one behind bars.a report released thursday says half of u-s adults have had an immediate family member in jail or prison.the survey showed one in seven people have an immediate family member who spent a year or more on prison.those include parents, children, siblings, or current romantic partners. facebook c-e-o mark zuckerberg and microsoft founder bill gates are among the co- founders of the advocacy group

senator blumenthal will take my turn and then i will go. blumenthal: thank you for having this hearing and thank you to all of our witnesses. i will try to make it to another hearing and then come back. as a one-time antitrust enforcer , i state attorney general have very strong feelings that what we lack in this country is will, the determination to enforce laws. we may talk about improving those laws, we do so here. laws unenforced are essentially dead leonard, no matter how good they -- dead lettered, no matter how good they are. a letteroday, i sent to the department of justice and federal trade commission urging that they open an investigation of priceon's use parity provisions, also known as most-favored-nation clauses. they are done with third-party merchants. time of the year, when millions of americans will be using amazon to shop for the holiday, little do they realize that they are likely paying higher prices, because of this obscure, seemingly invisible clause. the clause prevents merchants from charging lower prices on other on

>> well, the first thing we want to do, obviously, is pass that legislation that is in the blumenthal in the senate and others and i in the house introduced to protect the special counsel and we can bush for that. it is probably not going to pass. mitch mcconnell won't allow it on the senate floor at the moment. we can push for that. and we can hold public hearings and shine the light of publicity on whatever is going on. and we can insist on answers in front of the committee if necessary by subpoena. those are the major powers that we have. and i'm must say, this is a particularly fraught moment because it is clear that the president feels that the walls are closing in on him and but it is also clear that congress is both because of what the -- what is coming out, what michael cohen's revelation that contrary to what he was saying they were doing business with russia during the campaign, which not only is -- was directly contrary to what the president was assuring the american people, but because of that and because the russians obviously knew it, put the president in a position to b

when you look at blumenthal, it was a slow motion saturday night massacre?t -- the whole pint dominic point of that as it happens on saturday night. that's like normal turnover. slow-motion, you get rid of people and to people come in. what a stupid thing today. thing to say. >> harris: we have some buddy the democrats have embraced in the past, unanimous is an embrace. that's not just a few people taking it for the team. as you go forward, i love what kennedy is saying -- if everybody's steps up and does their job, and gets the answers, we might be able to move on with a quick confirmation of someone who could pull some things together in this country. is that too optimistic? >> jessica: a little, but i so thick it's feasible. i think william barr has a role to play in that because he could show up to his confirmations hearing and in his opening statement he could address the comments he's made about the miller probe head on to say "i made these comments, perhaps they were hasty. i will support the probe no matter what. i'm not looking to get in their way."

senators dianne feinstein from california, richard blumenthal from connecticut, and amy klobuchar fromta have introduced a new bill hoping to put illegal robocallers out of business. it's called the real peace act. the bill would close a loophole in the federal trade commission act that exempted telecom companies from ftc oversight, will -- oversight cracking down , on the fraudulent calls. according to the ftc, robocalling scams cost americans $9.5 billion a year. >> when we return -- bah, humbug! how the war on christmas has its roots in american history. soledad: finally, christmas is tuesday, and along with the eggnog and the boughs of holly, there's another seasonal tradition: the annual rehashing of the "war on christmas." people take to social media to lament that some people are trying to ban americans from celebrating christmas in public. businesses that stay open on christmas, and even saying "happy holidays" instead of "merry christmas" is controversial. but did you know the war on christmas actually started with america's puritan forefathers? the puritans who settled in the

an we've seen this from senator blumenthal.e's going to have to comt to protect the investigation. i think -- i think that he wasme conf unanimously when he was confirmed attorney general the first time. ac democratally liked him. so you know, it's not going to be a kavanaugh situation. it's going to be -- it will probably be ok.be : and you think about it's not just barr today. the president also anunced his pick to be the next u.s. ambassador to the united nations. president trump has tapped heather nauert former fox news host to replace nikki haley at the u.n. you've been at the white house al day, abbyle will she shape u.s. foreign policy or is she more of a spokesperson,? >> it does seem like the pick signals has shifted in thatle akki haley was a cabinet level u.n.assador. he wanted to be on equal footing with the secretary of state and other national security officials. she viewed herself as an advisor -- a policy advisor to the present not just spokesperson. heather nauert is a spokesperson, a foreman journalist who com

blumenthal talked about the competing on platforms. and the effect of what he described would keep prices lower on amazon's platform to the extent that more people are shopping on amazon's platform is receiving the benefits of that policy. that's not necessarily to say that they outweigh the cost or what you're pointing to can't potentially be a problem. before we can describe a potentially anti-competitive scenario around them. it doesn't mean that it is, in fact, anti-competitive. so these companies buy other companies all the time and they improve their own products and again, just like i was saying with regard to amazon, when facebook, for example, improves its product, it benefits, what is it? ed 5 billion users of facebook. when a small competitor improves its product, it benefits let's say 100 million users. that doesn't mean that that competitor couldn't eventually be an important restraint, but you can't discount the fact that the benefits of the incumbent, if it has a lot of uptake, if it's providing benefits to consumers, th

top democrat on the senate judiciary committee richard blumenthal responded on cnn. >> the term co-conspirator is beginning to fit donald trump like a well-tailored suit. >> reporter: it remains to be seen how this will impact the president who says he didn't do anything wrong. now, the investigations continue with cohen, the cfo of the trump organization and that media company, ami all cooperating with federal prosecutors. kendis, janai. >> it's pretty telling. you haven't heard a word from the president on twitter since then. kenneth, thank you. >>> in the meantime, the president's search for a chief of staff may now include newt gingrich. one report claims gingrich tops the list of candidates. he was seen at the white house yesterday but said he was only there advising the president. north carolina congressman mark meadows is no longer in the running for the job. >>> authorities across europe are searching for the man accused of opening fire near the christmas market in strasbourg, france, killing two people and leaving a third brain dead. they say cherif chekatt who was born in france has

he goes down of there well investigative journalist max blumenthal talked to us about why a kurdish assad collaboration worries turkey so much. we've heard conflicting reports of actually the syrian government entering the city of man vs which was recaptured from isis in two thousand and sixteen by the kurdish and this would indicate that there is on the ground collaboration between the kurdish s.d.f. and the syrian government a lot of people are troubled by this in turkey the u.s. didn't consider this a possibility but the fact is that these kurds are syrians they're syrian citizens and actually this is a natural partnership against a common enemy in isis and so both the syrian government and the s.d.f. are determined not to see isis return and i think it's actually a positive development as far as stabilisation goes. gyptian authorities say that forty suspected terrorists have been killed in police raids in cairo in the surrounding area the operation comes after friday's deadly attack on a tourist bus near the giza pyramids four people were killed and dozens injured by a roadside bomb t

investigative journalist mark blumenthal broke it down for us why kurdish thought collaboration worries turkey so much we've heard conflicting reports of actually the syrian government entering the city of men being which was recaptured from isis in two thousand and sixteen by the kurdish and this would indicate that there is on the ground collaboration between the kurdish s.d.f. and the syrian government a lot of people are troubled by this in turkey the u.s. didn't consider this a possibility but the fact is that these kurds are syrians they're syrian citizens and actually this is a natural partnership against a common enemy in isis and so both the syrian government and the s.d.f. are determined not to see isis return and i think it's actually a positive development as far as stabilization goes. the u.s. stock market saw its worst christmas eve trading day ever this year and analysts think they found the culprits computerized trading systems they say that the programs which have gained popularity since the two thousand and eight financial crisis fell to understand market demands. that

i mean senator richard blumenthal of connecticut compared facebook's data privac proble the bp oil spill. he said it's ongoing, uncontned and toxic. we will be paying the price for decades. how likely are we gng to see tighter regulation of tech companies in 2019? >> that's the big question, but are several open investigations on the federal level that we'll be following into january and february. so we'll see where this shakes out. but i think that we will see more push for there to bere lations over time. >> and we had the other major astory this it's so horrible, the camp fire s just so much devastation. ree deadliest and most destructive wildfin california history. lily, how are the survivorsisof ire coping? >> it's been just over a month now since that fire ignited, and i think that, you know, emergency mode is now over. people have caught their breath, and you see a lot of people in ghe butte county complex doing things like try to get their properties reassessed, taking care of theiraxroperty and trying to get them lowered. and, you know, that all -- all along, they were also tryi

use we have now a number of congressional lawmakers who are very concerne i mean senator richard blumenthal of connecticut ompared facebook's data privacy problems to the bp oil spill. he said it's ongoing, uncontained a toxic. we will be paying the price for decades. how likely aree going toee tighter regulation of tech companies in 2019? >> that's the big que ion, but there are several open investigations on the federal level that we'll be following into january and uary. so we'll see where this shakes out. but i think that weill see more push for there to be regulations over time. >> and we had the other major story this year. it's so horrible, the camp fire. it was just so much devastation. the deadliest and mostst ctive wildfire in california history. lily, how are the survivors of this fire coping? >> it's been just over a month now since that fireig ted, and i think that, you know, emergency mode is now people have caught their breath, and you see a lot of people ine butte county complex doing things like trying to get their properties reassessed, taking care of their propert taxes a

but the impeachment narrative has risen and the conversation includes possible jail time here is blumenthal. watch. >> the pieces of the puzzle are coming into place. the walls are closing in on donald trump. and his inner circle including his family. >> even if a sitting president can't be indicted, he has to know his future looks like it's behind bars unless he cuts a deal with the prosecutors. >> those comments were followed by carl bernstein saying the president can't bully his way out and maxine waters saying i told you the president is a criminal. but two other senators struck similar themes trying to reel in the democratic jailers. >> listen, we don't want to create a precedent where the congress of one party unseats the president of another party for political reasons. >> if we get this way and prosecute people and put them in jail for campaign finance contributions, we will become a banana republic. every president would get thrown in jail when done with law. >> and a person said the person can choose between conviction is or choose reality. and mitch mcconnell warned the impeachme

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blumenthal. >> thanks, mr. chairman. i wonder if you could indicate whether you think that the national defense strategy in our current path forward on undersea warfare in terms of construction of submarines, the columbia class and the virginia class is likely to meet the needs that you think have to be met. >> senator, thank you for the question. i would say that the commission discussed what specific things should we recommend as far as increasing capability, capacity. we discussed will there be tables of various capabilities, and we did not do that. however, one of the systems that is mentioned in the report is the need for submarines. undersea dominance, given how we will have to get to where we want to go, is absolutely key. that is one of the areas where our adversaries know it is our strength and will go after that. clearly, the need to make sure that we have the required numbers of submarines is something that we highlighted in the report. that is a huge issue for us because we do own the undersea now. i think we

senator blumenthal says it makes it look like law enforcement is a political end tore trade deals.hink it will be good for what will certainly be the largest trade deal ever made and good for national security, i would certainly intervene, if i thought it was necessary. >> we always have to balance american interests. any time there is a law enforcement engagement, we need to make sure we take foreign policy considerations into effect. the president's mission is clear. america first. reporter: the canadian court gave the huawei cfo bail. among the evidence released in court, prosecutors say she made a presentation lying to hsbc bank in london saying her dealing with iran met united nations guidelines. david: some great news for trade and investors. but is it right for the president to get involved in this situation to boost trade with china? former ohio state senate minority leader capri cafaro. the president is throwing the chum out there, the bait. are the chinese taking the bait? >> i would say china blinked. there is a "wall street journal" report they will alter their plans fo

breaking campaign finance laws and lying to congress but following the sentence democrats like richard blumenthalick to sound the alarm that colin's sentence is a prelude to going after the president. >> the term co-conspirator is hitting him like a well tailored suit. i believe strongly the president himself can be indicted. >> reporter: others like adam schiff taking to twitter, quote, michael cohen made the right decision to cooperate with a special counsel's office, his sentencing demonstrate nobody is above the law, not the personal lawyer to the president of the united states or the president himself was meantime outgoing congressman trey gowdy predicts democrats will spend the next few years doing, quote, everything their base once including undermining donald trump but what about impeachment? >> maybe they are smart enough not to improve -- pursue impeachment, 60 said he be impeached and mueller hasn't issued a single finding yet. >> reporter: gaudi said it would be ironic if democrats clamor for the administration to be responsive when they were silence for 6 years of republicans demandi

impeachment narrative risen a few octaves, the conversation includes possible jail time talk, which is blumenthal followed by the solicitor general under president obama. >> the pieces of the puzzle coming into play and the walls closing in on donald trump and his circle. >> even if a sitting president can't be indicted, his future looks like it is behind bars illicit cut a deal with prosecutors. >> those comments were followed by carl bernstein saying the president can't buy his way out a bully his way out and california democratic congresswoman maxine waters saying i told you so, the president is a criminal but main independent senator agnes king and rand paul struck similar themes as they try to real in the democratic jailers. >> we don't want to create a precedent where congress of one party and seats a president of another party for political reasons. >> if we get this way, prosecute people and put them in jail for campaign finance violations we will be, banana republic. every president gets prosecuted and thrown in jail when done with all of this. >> jonathan turley tried to lower emotions