senator blumenthal, let me turn to you. you have taken on health insurance industry, big tobacco, you have been an outspoken advocate for consumer rights. in this case, consumers as we just heard from doctor stokes, are getting huge amounts of bad information throughout social media platforms. the scammers who are selling this, leadinglike people to think now they are immune, conspiracy theories that drive people in different directions, let us turn it over .o you respond to what you have heard from doctor stokes and randy smith. what should be done about it? what should platforms be doing? senatormuted, blumenthal. still muted. there we go. thank you for joining us. >> let me repeat my thanks even more enthusiastically to you had and the doctor, who have described so compellingly the real harm that has resulted from this colleague, and my thank you for being here. on behalf of consumers. my reaction as i listen to these andies from the real world, i encounter them everyday, i am and really just outraged. i know you use tha

senator blumenthal joins us. and it traces back to decades pretty connecticut's attorney general damages a senator blumenthal coming from connecticut. and it's a great pleasure. and with the consumer rights, for more than two decades as the state attorney general. an recognized leader in the senate on the democratic caucus on this issue pretty and from the great state of illinois, ninth congressional district. house energy and commerce committee pray you serve as a senior deputy in the house leadership as well. so thanks to you for joining us. rosen joined by nathaniel smith. he is a canadian member of parliament prayed for the liberal party pretty former litter getter and industry science and technology. ...n ... randy smith is a mentor ship at risk youth in texas after a successful corporate career. he became a house t apparently saw in that video. he is the kind of community leader, as we see in that video, we would all like to have. randy we thank you, celebrate you and appreciate everything you do are doing.

senator blumenthal, it's a great pleasure. the states attorney more than two decades as the state's attorney general and his work in the senate on the commerce judicial committee, a recognized leader in the senate. congress woman schakowsky, from the great state of illinois, she chairs the consumer protection subcommittee. you served as the whip in the house leadership as well. thanks for joining us. we're also joined by nathanael smith, a canadian member of parliament. he is on the standing committee on industry science and technology. he has been demanding action on disinformation for quite some time. i'm going to ask our lawmakers to bear with me and allow me the timekeeper role here as i turned

thank you. >> senator blumenthal, thank you. we now will hear testimony from our witnesses and we will begin with the honorable derek schmidt, attorney general, state of kansas. >> thank, you mister chairman. chairman rand, from -- cameron moran, thank you for the invitation and thank you for accommodating our remote testimony today. i will admit is the first time i've presented congressional testimony without leaving the office of the attorney general so, i would hope it lives up to your needs. mister chairman, you have, both you and the ranking member, have laid out very well the framework in which we operate -- operate is a state level enforcement agency. you have vibrant testimony and i thought i would use my minutes here for oral presentations to just emphasize a few of the highlights that we've already presented to you in writing. let me first discuss one case, for the purpose of illustrating, not because that case isn't necessarily all that extraordinary, but it illustrates some of the types of enforcement actions at the

>> thank you senator blumenthal. it is unclear. number one and there are state laws against match fixing in each state. the history is that match fixing has been discovered almost every time by the legal operators that recognized betting activity. i absolutely believe in the legal construct we are now beginning to see, understanding it will be much easier for law enforcement to identify the regular activity for those who make those suspicious bets then it was when it was not a legal operation. >> and is it your sense broadly organized crime not what was known as organized crime in the forties or fifties, but that organized criminal networks that engaged in sports betting still have a role. >> they do. we have done recent research around consumer behavior and 52 percent of people that believe they are betting on legal sites it is illegal sites but the prevalence of which they can open their cell phone and get to the ill legal offshore website is just as easy as to get to any other item on your cell phone. the illegal activity that t

blumenthal: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from connecticut. mr. blumenthal: i want to thank from my heart our two colleagues from oregon, who are standing up and championing not just their hometowns, not just the constituents of their state. they are speaking for every hometown, every citizen of our country from every party from every corner of our great nation. and met me just say -- and let me just say very simply. these pictures of heavily armed, unidentified individuals in camouflage fatigues, driving unmarked vehicles, grab individuals, throwing them into their car, would be something we would associate with the worst nightmare of a two-bit dictatorship. and here we see it in the united states of america. i spent almost my whole career in law enforcement before i came to this body, and i am embarrassed and ashamed that this kind of sadistic, cruel, hate-filled abuse was done in the name of law enforcement. what we witnessed in oregon was in no way law enforcement. it was a violation of the law and of individual rights. and it is coming to you

>> thank you, senator blumenthal. i don't know if we can quantify specifically how dangerous it is or prevalent match fixing is but the more permissive it is the more opportunity there is to do it and the more temptations there will be. i look at my career. it would have been hard to get access to gamblers in the past. they linger outside facilities, outside of the arena with classmates or roommates nowadays with social media, such easy access as relates to social media accounts, there is tremendous exposure that they have. those threats, those pressures, those comments are real so they have to ignore them. access for outside people. >> name, image and likeness, competition for the athletes to match fix and there is compensation outside of that. >> there would be some. the reality involved students from financial temptation but it may lessen a bit. >> mister miller, what is the prevalence of match fixing? a real threat? >> what i would say is it is unclear. there are state laws against match fixing. match fixing has b

the issue in etiquette senator richard blumenthal says of congress does get involved the question for us is how do we protect the athletes even though the nc double a decided it will allow college athletes to make money from endorsement deals. sec commissioner greg sankey told senators he worries about the nc double a going pro. >>we must not allow college athletics to the wall into a pay for play system. >>and soon worried about the impact on which schools, athletes choose to attend if this becomes a money issue. how that could impact that recruiting process but dionne koller director of the center for sport in the law told sen she is concerned the nc double able put its own best interests above its athletes rather than seeking protection from congress to impose economic restraints on athletes the nc double a should craft rules that better support athletes health safety and well-being this is at least the second time senators have explored the issue but there's no consensus someone legislation might get a vote. reporting in washington, i'm trevor shirley. well as the

from china to syria to yemen where the gray zone is max blumenthal and then is russia controlling peers in the house of lords as the u.k. intelligence and security committee appears to allege we are conservative piano bell formerly of the lords international relations committee how many of putin spies sit on the red benches told us the more coming up in today's going underground the 1st u.k. prime minister boris johnson claimed that this week's you gain teligent in security committees so called russia report showed allegations of russian control of elections in britain was just froth it was left starmer under attack from members of his own body over money and anti semitism to ramp up the cold war rhetoric and arguably call for the end of a free press in britain the report also highlights serious distortions in the coverage provided by russian state and international broadcasters such as russia today the high court has ruled that russia today broadcasts actually the potential harm just the prime minister agree with me that it's time to look at good but the licensing for russia today to o

max blumenthal author of the management of savagery joins me now by skype from washington d.c. max thanks so much for coming back on so i guess 1st of all what do you make of this report the expert witnesses in russia christopher steel and the intelligence services own institute for statecraft richer helps journalists get to the truth in the 1st place it was really remarkable for me to see someone who is been fully discredited in the united states in christopher steel appear as an expert witness just 2 days before we learned that steele had been an expert witness on the suppressed and overhyped report the senate judiciary committee revealed that several sources that steel used on his notorious dodgy dossier had called into question his credibility and said that they couldn't really attest to the legitimacy of the report that it was all over the place and then you have chris donnelly who is the head of a covert troll farm operating under the under cover as illegitimate institute for statecraft think tank that was actually the integrity initiative and was organizing clusters of j

blumenthal: thank you. madam president, i'm proud to talk about the national defense authorization act which has come to this body with a strong bipartisan vote from the armed services committee where i serve. i'm proud to have helped to craft this legislation. and i'm proud to be voting for some of the amendments that have been permitted votes on the floor. one that has not been permitted relates to the insurrection act, a 213-year-old law that has been invoked at various points in our history to protect civil rights, as it was during the era of desegregation. but president trump had threatened to use this slavery-era law to silence calls for justice from americans protesting centuries of racist oppression. in effect, he had threatened to invert the insurrection act to deprive americans of their first amendment rights, and so i introduced the bill called the civil act that would preserve presidential accountability to congress whenever the insurrection act is invoked. it would require the president to cons

again i want to follow up on senator blumenthal. do you support boeing's position or should the victims families be held come be able to hold boeing accountable for a defective plane recounts of whether the company complies with broken faa regulation? >> senator, i'm not in a position to comment on that but i would be willing to follow up with you on that question. >> look, there's no way that boeing should have escape liability. i think you know that, and i think it's going to be important for you alternately to make a statement to the effect that boeing had a responsibility to ensure that this plane was safe. and if it did not acted that way, that they should be held accountable. i think the faa and you should make a statement to that effect. >> senator, i i just want to me clear that the safety responsibility to produce a safe product does belong with boeing, absolutely. >> okay, i think that's important for people to hear. boeing has responsibility for making a safe product and i'm glad you clarified that. >> absolutely. >> it's

blumenthal works as a massageea therapist.he is, not surprisingly, the daughter of a former department chairman at lasalle university. stephan cannon, 24 years old, is charged with the murder of retired st. louis police officer david dorn. he was shot to death while protecting a friend's pawnshop. what exactly was dorn killed for?r? apparently a television. police found the television in cannon's home as they arrested him. colinford mattis and urooj rahman are both attorneys in new york city, they went to prestigious law schoolsy mattis graduated from princeton undergraduate and nyu law,re rahman went to fordham law. both are charged with tossing a molotov cocktail at a marked nypd squad car. in an interview taped in brooklyn, rahman declared violence was the only way forward. "the only way they hear us is through violence. through the means that they use. we've got to use the master's tools. that's what my friend always says." when asked about police officers who'd been hurt in this violence, rahman blamed the mayor for not p

blumenthal works as a massage therapist.he is not surprisingly the daughter of a department chairman at lasalle university. stephan cannon is charged with the murder of retired st. louis police officer david dorn. he was shot to death while protecting a friend's pawnshop. what exactly was he killed for? apparently a television. police found the television in cannon's home as they arrested him. to attorneys in new york city, they went to prestigious law schools. mattis graduated from princeton at nyu law, robin went to fordham law. both are charged with causing a molotov cocktail at marked nypd squad car. in an interview taped in brooklyn, declaring violence would be the only way forward. "the only way they hear a sister violence." through the means that they use. we've got to use the master's tools. that's what my friend always has." when asked about police officers have been hurt in this violence, he blamed the mayor for not pulling police back and letting the mob rampage, as they did in minneapolis. speaking of minneapolis

senator blumenthal. >> thank you, chairman collins, thank you senator casey, to both of you for having this hearing on such a critically important topic and it couldn't be more timely. like many of my colleagues over the last few weeks in connecticut, i've been to a number of demonstrations, peaceful, and passionate, and more than 17 myself all across the state and i have been so inspired and impressed by the cries for justice, not only in policing, but also in housing, education, health care, maternal mortality, addressing the disparities that exist in so many areas of health care. in connecticut, black and latin residents are three times likely to have tested positive for covid-19 as white people. and black residents are more than two and a hoof times likely to have died from the disease as white people, latin people are more than one and a half times as likely and just one last statistic, almost 60 to 70% of all our deaths from this insidious disease have occurred in nursing homes. if you are older and you are black or latin, this disease has a target on your back. not one that you

>>should never left town in connecticut senator richard blumenthal wants the senate to cancel the rest of its july 4th recess and return to take up the coronavirus relief package passed by the house 7 weeks ago we are. >>up to our necks not only a health care crisis. it also and mc hammer to see blumenthal says senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is failing to respond to the pandemic >>most serious catastrophic crisis or my time. >>a virus is stopping and so congress should stop. >>marilyn senator chris van hollen agrees senate lawmakers have work that can out this is not a part of this will take van hollen says the bill called the heroes act would provide aid to state and local governments increase testing and give economic relief to american struggling to put food on the table the push to cancel the recess comes as covid cases surge across the country with more than 50,000 new cases reported on tuesday. we had hoped. >>we'd be on the way to say. a good-bye to this a health care clearly it is not over monday. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell signaled the senate is expected to

have two great senators in washington who andesent massachusetts connecticut, senators markey and blumenthal. there are a handful of other senators who have introduced give me my money back, give me my refund back now. forceot there to consumers to take a voucher. you didn't sign up for that. you are not required to give this company a loan. flights were canceled without your having anything to do with it. my flight was canceled, my trip was canceled, i feel and you and all the other americans out there who paid good money and got insurance should get every single dime back. i am frustrated as well as you are. we are trying to get members of congress the support they need so we can get this bill passed. i can look up the bill number but in the meantime, you should call your attorney general and say i demand to have every single dime back i paid. this was through no fault of my own. i'm not 100% sure on this but on the insurance piece, i bought insurance in case something happened to me. i didn't buy insurance in case they canceled the trip on me where i had no choice of going. i bought cance

>>should never left town in connecticut senator richard blumenthal wants the senate to cancel the rest of its july 4th recess and return to take up the coronavirus relief package passed by the house 7 weeks ago we are. >>up to our necks not only a health care crisis. but also and mc hammer to see blumenthal says senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is failing to prespond to the pandemic >>most serious catastrophic crisis or my time. >>a virus is stopping and so congress should stop. >>marilyn senator chris van hollen agrees senate lawmakers have work that can how this is not a part of this will take van hollen says the bill called the heroes act would provide aid to state and local governments increase testing and give economic relief to american struggling to put food on the table the push to cancel the recess comes as covid cases surge across the country with more than 50,000 new cases reported on tuesday. we had hoped. >>we'd be on the way to say. a good-bye to this a health care clearly it is not over monday. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell signaled the senate is expected

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weather the storm but the coronavirus far from being contained senators chris van hollen and richard blumenthal say americans need new targeted direct payments to stave off economic fallout, somebody said work and doing fine and pay their there's no reason they should be getting a payment but people who are hurting because of this should be getting the relief they need stimulus payments are necessary for families that. >>still struggling to put food out and then holland says time is of the essence as key protections from previous bills like eviction protection and unemployment benefits are slated to expire at the end of july we still have 20 million americans out of work you could see just takes one action notes, i'm going out so. >>all of those issues need to be dealt with. >>as negotiations continue for the next covid package, new direct payments appear to be a source for common ground secretary of commerce wilbur ross says the president supports more stimulus is some interest in doing it through a payroll tax cut. >>there is other interest in writing checks directly to a whole variety of for

covered by mainstream media around the world from china to syria to yemen with the gray zone smacks blumenthal and his russia controlling peers in the house of lords of intelligence and security committee appears to allege was conservative be a nobel formally of the lord's international relations committee how many of putin spies sit on the red benches.

own cars and from being attacked by the gadhafi forces if you look at the e-mails between sidney blumenthal the clinton clinton's closest advisors on this and hillary clinton he makes it clear. this is not it was safe and under the control of the opposition by the time nato starts bombing but he says specifically we need to keep going we need to keep on going we need to create regime change and why because we need to be able to take over libya for the west for oil for infrastructure investment and for his gold and that's exactly what happened. and then the other countries within nato had had their own reasons because you know he got a major donation from gadhafi for his campaign and he didn't want that to come out and believe it was in a league with able to get out of billions of dollars they live in by bringing down gadhafi really is a despicable motivation behind this so-called humanitarian intervention recently the trump administrator who has been working very hard to destroy the power of the international criminal court the i.c.c. but they're not the 1st of his very soon to say the i fa

fixation with the russia report who else to turn to them for analysis but the grey zone smacks blumenthal author of the management of savagery joins me now by skype from washington d.c. max thanks so much for coming back on so i guess 1st of all what do you make of this report the expert witnesses on russia where christopher steel and the intelligence services own institute for statecraft which are helps journalists get to the truth in the 1st ways it was really remarkable for me to see someone who is been fully discredited in the united states and christopher steele here as an expert witness just 2 days before we learned that steele had been an expert witness on this suppressed and overhyped report the senate. judiciary committee revealed that several sources that steele used on his notorious dodgy dossier had called into question his credibility and said that they couldn't really attest to the legitimacy of the report that it was all over the place and then you have chris donnelly who is the head of a covert troll farm operating under the under cover as illegitimate institute for statec

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. >> this week, senators ed markey and richard blumenthal introduced legislation to force auto makessersal highway traffic administration or nhtsa to strengthen seat standards within two years. a problem auto makessers have known about for decades, nhtsa declined to comment on the legislation saying it mates data decision decisions, data driven decisions, markey has been trying to change it since 2015 when our investigation first told the warner story. >> cbs put the spotlight on this issue and as a result the spotlight is now on nhtsa and the auto manufacturers and our goal so make sure that we pass the legislation. >> reporter: a step the warners have been fighting for. >> we don't want our daughter to die in vain. this bill in helping fix this chronic problem takes the weight off of our shoulders a little bit. >> a tribute to taylor a and a life saving legacy for the little girl they lost. kris van cleave cbs news, washington. >> garrett: still ahead on the "cbs weekend news", a drive-in revival, families search for safe entertainment during the pandemic. >> i really need to start add

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. >> senator blumenthal. >> thank you mr. chairman. and thanks to both of the witnesses who are here today. this morning, we are sending a letter to the department of justice requesting a national security investigation into zone and tiktok. as tens of millions of americans turned to both zoom and tiktok. a few of them know they are vulnerable to surveillance, data harvesting and censorship. by the chinese government. there are now a number of reports that zoom and tiktok engaged in censorship on behalf of the chinese government. those reports are reliable and truly alarming. in early june, several chinese pro-democracy activists including, basin united states were suspended by zoom following a demand by the chinese communist party. for the crimes. holding a peaceful commemoration. there were demonstrations on zoom. in their calling in on other members of congress that repeatedly sought answers from both companies about who had access to the personal data of the american users. and how the content moderation are made. and tiktok and so

of their operations and relationships with china this is a bipartisan effort by richard bloom e blumenthal and josh hawley. of course, kelly, zoom has become ubiquitous for any professional working at home. >> we'll have more on what's going on with tiktok, too. and launching a rival service. dom chu with the news there. meanwhile, apple is set to report earnings after the bell the shares are slightly higher today ahead of those results that means up 30% this year. they have recently hit an all-time high. josh lipton is here with the key numbers to watch. >> that's right. apple stock has enjoyed a strong run here, climbing about 30% in the past three months alone, though some pressure here recently, down about 6% from the most recent all-time high hit on july 13th. so what to watch for in this print. the focus will be on iphone revenue, maybe even more so than usual, becausen don't think you're going to get guidance today. the expectation is for $22.4 billi billion in the quarter 689 suggesting that the annual iphone phone release is still largely on track services revenue the street think

visit ncicap.org] >> oregon centers jeff merkley and ron wyden and senator blumenthal spoke about theirpposition to the use of border patrol agent's. senator merkley asked for unanimous consent that the consent toit or -- scaling back law enforcement agents and require them to be identified in crowds. it was blocked by oklahoma senator james inhofe.

weather the storm but the coronavirus far from being contained senators chris van hollen and richard blumenthal say americans need new targeted direct payments to stave off economic fallout, somebody said work and doing fine and pay their there's no reason they should be getting a payment but people who are hurting because of this pandemic should be getting the relief they need stimulus payments are necessary for families that. >>still strongly prefer not to then holland says time is of the essence as key protections from previous bills like eviction protection and unemployment benefits are slated to expire at the end of july we still have 20 million americans out of work you could see just takes one action notes, i'm going out so. >>all of those issues need to be dealt with. >>as negotiations continue for the next covid package, new direct payments appear to be a source for common ground secretary of commerce wilbur ross says the president supports more stimulus is some interest in doing it through a payroll tax cut. >>there is other interest in writing checks directly to a whole variety of fo

i see senator blumenthal has arrived and i want to acknowledge him as well. we're now going to move to our witnesses. our first witness is joining us from new york university. dr. mulligan is the director of infectious disease at the nyu school of medicine and director of the university's vaccine center. he has a professor of medicine and a professor of microbiology at nyu. as the chief infectious disease specialist for nyu, he oversees the treatment of covid-19 patients at the university's health system hospitals in brooklyn, long island, manhattan, bellevue and the va. next we will hear from a doctor of professor health services research at the department of health sciences at the university of chicago. her research focuses on the relationship between economic incentives and the quality of care in long-term care facilities. she's leading work to untangle factors associated with the disproportionate impact of covid-19 on nursing home residents and staff. finally, we will hear from dr. steven landers, the president and ceo of the visiting nurse association he

weather the storm but the coronavirus far from being contained senators chris van hollen and richard blumenthal say americans need new nptargeted direct payments to stave off economic fallout, somebody said work and doing fine and pay their there's no reason they should be getting a payment but people who are hurting because of this should be getting the relief they need stimulus payments are necessary for families that. still struggling put food out and then holland says time is of the essence as key protections from previous bills like eviction protection and unemployment benefits are slated to expire at the end of july we still have 20 million americans out of work you could see just takes one action notes, i'm going out so all of those issues need to be dealt with as negotiations continue for the next covid package. >>new direct payments appear to be a source for common ground secretary of commerce wilbur ross says the president supports more stimulus is some interest in doing it through a payroll tax cut. >>there is other interest in writing checks directly to a whole variety of forms whic

weather the storm but the coronavirus far from being contained senators chris van hollen and richard blumenthal say americans need new targeted direct payments to stave off economic fallout, somebody said work and doing fine and pay their there's no reason they should be getting a payment but people who are hurting because of this should be getting the relief they need stimulus payments are necessary for families that. >>still strongly prefer not to then holland says time is of the essence as key protections from previous bills like eviction protection and unemployment benefits are slated to expire at the end of july we still have 20 million americans out of work you could see just takes one action notes, i'm going out so. >>all of those issues need to be dealt with. >>as negotiations continue for the next covid package, new direct payments appear to be a source for common ground secretary of commerce wilbur ross says the president supports more stimulus is some interest in doing it through a payroll tax cut. >>there is other interest in writing checks directly to a whole variety of forms which

i heard voices ted cruz and richard blumenthal condemn the immunity the tech companies have. they are a bulletin board. they are not permitting anything scurrilous on there but they can't be held liable for what is on there. if you have liberal democrats and conservative republicans questioning this liability it probably will go but as one of your other guests just said, these decisions are arguably protected by the first amendment. if they want to favor republicans or favor democrats they are free under the law to do so. david: then they are publications. right but then their definition is institution changes from an open platform. >> yes. david: where they're not at all responsible for the content to one where they are responsible where they actually edit content and in some cases censor the content. >> so -- david: go ahead, judge. >> can be sued for what they, for what they post. that will force them to charge a fee because they're going to have to pay insurance. they will not deal with this out of their on pocket. that will change radically the availability of the intern

. >> reporter: this week, senators ed markey and richard blumenthal introduced legislation to force automakersational highway traffic safety administration to strengthen seat standards within two years. a problem auto makeerts have known about for decades. nhtsa declined to comment on the legislation saying it makes data-driven decisions that advance safety when changing a regulation. markey has been trying to change it since 2015 when our investigation first told the warners' story. >> cbs put the spotlight on this issue. as a result, the spotlight is now on nhtsa and the auto manufacturers, and our goal is to make sure that we pass the legislation that fixes the problem. >> reporter: a step the warners have been fighting for. >> we wanted to make sure that we can prevent this from happening to other families. >> reporter: a tribute to taylor and a lifesaving legacy for the little girl they lost. for "cbs this morning saturday," kris van cleave, washington. >> we must prevent more of those deaths. >>> lots more news ahead. first, here's a look at the weather for your weekend. ♪ >>> at the hea

blumenthal, you are recognized. >> can you hear me now? thank you.major demarco, let me just get to the question. first, thank you for testifying. i am concerned about what i read or learned a little bit about. do you know anything about army helicopters hovering washington, d.c. related to the event on june 1? >> yes, sir. >> can you discuss this and how do you know of these claims, what is said to be true? can you discuss with you now? >> after the clearing of eighth street, i was informed by the park police that there would be low flying military helicopters in our area of operations. shortly thereafter, i observed the first black hawk helicopter flying north of my position which was at that 16th and i street. i absorbed it had no distinctive markings, however the doors were open. when i made that observation, i assumed it was a publicaffairs helicopter going around taking photos of the response in support of the united gets park police. later that evening, as a defense was being built along a street, i then heard radio transmissions over the radi

because here is the name on it -- brief of amicus curiae, sheldon house, mazie hirono, blumenthal, in support of amicus curiae, steven b.susman, counsel of record. like the thousands of pleadings that bear steve susman's name, so did this brief. but he took a chance to sign on a brief that was written the way we wrote this one. he did not mind. he knew that what we were saying was right. he was willing to put his name behind that even though it might have caused blowback because that's the kind of man that he was. and i will miss that. we have too little of that in this country these days, and, steve, godspeed. i yield the floor. and i -- mr. coons: our respects to steve susman, a man of rare distinction. distinction. the senate is spending the week working on nominations will cope in 19 economic aid packages prepared. republicans are working out several ideas, including unemployment benefit pension. another round of checks moderate to low income taxpayers and aid to state. live coverage when we return on cspan2. during the summer months reach out to your elected officials with c-span

cody shearer and sid blumenthal were out spreading the same dossier. you call it the steele.n, separate dossier. running brookings where the alleged primary source where steele working now all working together. it's not a conspiracy theory. it's a conspiracy but not theoretical. they all knew each other is my point. victoria nuland who also knows strob tall bet they all worked together. she one of the people trafficking that information into the state department. here is the bottom line. have you this dirty football of fake information that's made up. attributed to real people who are sensitive sources. how those people got the sensitive sources' name to put on the fake football. that's the question. then that fake movable is passed around to the state department, the fbi, everywhere. brian: to john mccain. >> right. you can't absolve some republicans from this, too. you basically have a massive information laundering scandal where fake information is made to look real to hijack the justice system and spy on a presidential candidate. it is the biggest political scandal in our