we may be having technical difficulties with senator blumenthal. while we are waiting, let me ask a question. i think it's pretty clear from the testimony we have heard today and everything we know about the ftc that the supreme court decision really is an existential threat to the ftc and to consumers. if we do nothing else in this subcommittee, we need to reauthorize the ftc's authority to protect consumers and put money back into their pockets. that is essentially what it enables the ftc to do, put money back into consumers's pockets. 's the money that results from penalties goes to the federal government, not to consumers. it's a deterrent. it's a good means of punishment. consumers see none of it, though. let me ask assistant attorney general alexander, because you were doing what i did for 20 years as attorney general, which is to put on a back in consumers pockets, could the state attorneys general phil some of the gap left by the supreme court's decision and restricting ftc authority to provide restitution if the ftc were to share more of i

and now kevin rhodes. >> chair blumenthal, ranking member blackburn, and members of the subcommittee, thank you very much for the opportunity to testify today. we appreciate your focus on consumer protection, including critical issues of ppe supply chain integrity and public health and safety. in my role as senior vice president and deputy general counsel of 3m, i am proud to be a leader of 3m's ongoing efforts to address fraud during the pandemic, most notably 3m's n95 respirators. we have joined together to help stop pandemic profiteers seeking to take advantage of the tremendous demand for our products in unlawful ways. our efforts are designed to help health care workers, first responders and others on the front lines of the fight against covid-19 get the genuine 3m n95 respirators they need and deserve at a fair price. our actions against ppe scams are part of 3m's overall pandemic response. committed to the safety of our employees, health care workers and the public. we're meeting these commitments by responding to the pandemic from all angles. we've increased our global manufac

blumenthal: are we in a quorum call? the presiding officer: we are not. mr. blumenthal: mr.resident, i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to legislative session and be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein, up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. blumenthal: i understand there is a bill at the desk, mr. president, and i ask for its first reading. the presiding officer: the clerk will read the title of the bill for the first time. the clerk: s. 1364, a bill to provide for the recognition of the lumbee tribe of north carolina, and for other purposes. mr. blumenthal: i now ask for a second reading, and in order to place the bill on the calendar under the provisions of rule 14, i object to my own request. the presiding officer: objection is heard. the bill will be read for the second time on the next legislative day. mr. blumenthal: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to legislative session. i'm sorry, mr. president. mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that when the senate c

>> >> thank you, senator blumenthal. if you look at absentee voting, they go right at the heart of the provisions that we've been spending the morning talking about here in the georgia bill and in many of the provisions that are being teed up in other states that will restrict access or burden access to the vote. ms. ifill: the john lewis voting rights act, where jurisdictions want to consolidate polling places or eliminate polling places, where they want to impose new voter purge regimes, where they want to impose new laws that those laws first have to go through scrutiny of a federal authority. so one aspect of it in h.r. 1 would create a regime that would immediately provide for greater access to voters across the country by expanding registration, early voting, and absentee voting, and the other would protect voters against discriminatory voting changes that are proposed by state or local jurisdictions. and we need both of those elements to strengthen our voting system and to protect, in particular, minority voters.

but, senator blumenthal already cover that well. so, i will move on to a fact that earlier this month tragedy struck one of -- when a 25-year-old man rammed his vehicle into the barricade steps from this chamber. we know that this man's actions tragically took the life of u.s. capitol police officer lee evans . while the act -- exact motives are unknown, social media profiles indicate the man was the follower of a group that holds racist, anti-semitic, anti-lgbtq beliefs. it is too early to tell of those beliefs motivated this man to commit the act of terrorism. what is clear is the man was struggling with mental health issues. today, we are talking about red flag laws. i think we should be looking into possible solutions for gun violence. i thank you for having this hearing. i do think that red flag laws are generally estate rather than federal issue. i also want to state my strong beliefs that any state that decides to enact red flag laws should do so with strong due process protections. to safeguard an important constitutional ri

and murthy and blumenthal are trying to work with republican senators behind the scenes to persuade them negotiate with them on gun safety on the senate fl floor. chuck schumer is committed to putting a bill on the floor anyway, even if it doesn't have the votes to pass. here's what he said earlier this week. >> we will have a vote on this issue. we will have a debate on this issue. it is very important. two of our leaders on this from connecticut, senators murthy and blumenthal are reaching out to colleagues to see if we will have a vote. >> reporter: schumer's goal is to hold a vote so that both democrats and republicans can go on where they stand on the issue of gun control. christi, boris. >> daniella diaz, thank you. >>> if it seems like we're talking about mass shootings in america, it's because they're happening. take a look at this list scrolling on your screen. cnn defines a mass shooting, by the way, as a shooting that results in four or more injuries of death, including the shooter. by definition, there's been more than 40 mass shootings in this country just since mid-march. t

and then apple air tech predecessor tile was there as well, as democratic senator richard blumenthalfor sherlocking. those that don't know, sherlocking is techie term critics use apple researching out competitors and wildly popular app store competitors, copying what they do, doing whatever they can to literally erase their competition. just an allegation. tile ceo says he welcomes fair competition, apple's history left him quote skeptical. as the attack on the app stores continues, host of kudlow, larry kudlow joins us. if you wanted to defend apple and google, if you don't want to sell, don't pay commission on the app stores, don't. this is our business and our candy store, we'll run it how we want to. then there is the monopolistic issue. >> if richard blumenthal is against apple, i people i have to defend apple. it's a free country, it's a free world. if you want to charge commissions go ahead charge commissions. that is the way business works. i don't know if that is true, liz, i'm just making this up because you told me blumenthal is against apple. liz: larry subscribes to the

but, senator blumenthal already cover that well. so, i will move on to a fact that earlier this month tragedy struck one of -- when a 25-year-old man rammed his vehicle into the barricade steps from this chamber. we know that this man's actions tragically took the life of u.s. capitol police officer lee evans . while the act -- exact motives are unknown, social media profiles indicate the man was the follower of a group that holds racist, anti-semitic, anti-lgbtq beliefs. it is too early to tell of those beliefs motivated this man to commit the act of terrorism. what is clear is the man was struggling with mental health issues. today, we are talking about red flag laws. i think we should be looking into possible solutions for gun violence. i thank you for having this hearing. i do think that red flag laws are generally estate rather than federal issue. i also want to state my strong beliefs that any state that decides to enact red flag laws should do so with strong due process protections. to safeguard an important constitutional ri

i understand senator blumenthal is here and there you go and the former attorney general took care of my son of bo when he was attorney general. thank you very much. also dwight evans, you can't miss dwight. stan appear and good friend of mine and work like the devil to get him elected brenda boyle, brendan, that the irish of it, man. donald payne, new jersey. i keep telling donald because delaware is so small that it's a constitutional or there was a case in the supreme court delaware, the state owns delaware river up to the high watermark in new jersey and i just want you to know that. you have to treat us with more respect and mayor kennedy, thank you for the passport. great friend. you're doing a heck of a job. real close, )-right-parenthesis is a cochairman on my campaign and just a good friend the whole time. governor, thank you pal. the city owes you a lot. chairman of the board in one of my best friends in life we've known each other from high school and went to rival high school and bert ran my operation in years and years and the one election i got the most votes in was the

from senate democrats a number of democrats, two of the signatories of that brief are senators blumenthal. now they're going after her to force her to recuse herself from cases they themselves were involved in, seems like. it feels really circular. by the way colleges and universities don't have to reveal their donors. we see what is going on with academia, what middle-class families pay in tuition and, the blatant stupidity flying out of academia, hitting our society today. your final word, gregg. >> it will be up to justice barrett whether she recuses herself or not. i doubt she would. she would be worried sending a message to bow because of political intimidation. when she recurses herself, the court is 4-4. could change outcome of a case. this is not like another judge could simply be replaced a supreme court justice has to be very reluctant to recuse herself, not here. it will be a very interesting case to be argued next case, monday morning. elizabeth: i want to make you laugh. i think your cat wants to visit. >> perils of homes. elizabeth: we're loving it. good stuff. gregg nunziat

senator blumenthal. ? thanks, madam chair. again, welcome back, senator nelson. i'm delighted that you will have this role and really inspired by your opening statement. i want to ask a question about the source of contracts by nasa because so much depends on having a supply chain and a reliable source of the components and parts that go into these projects and frankly make it look easy when, in fact, it is diverse combination of many, many contractors. in our call earlier this week, i raised the critical role that connecticut plays in the aerospace industry, companies like collins aerospace in windsor locks are working to develop, for example, the next generation of space suits. people take for granted, of course, we'll walk on mars. of course we'll have men and women on the moon. but the next generation of space suits is going to be critical to enable them to do so. and as you well know from your experience as a united states senator, there are many, many small companies that are simply looking for a fair playing field, competitive outlook when they are bidding

senators murphy and blumenthal, chris murphy and richard blumenthal from connecticut are carrying forwardhe effort to say they think they can get ten republicans to join them in bipartisan support, murphy in particular, saying i think we can do this so they're trying to see if they can bring republicans around. any bill would likely omit private transaction background checks. what this means, is if you're making a deal with somebody privately to pass a gun on to somebody else that may get around that. why would that be there? that might give room for republicans who are saying i can't go against my gun rights supporters if i don't get some room in here to say it's not as broad as they would fear. red flag legislation is in discussion, with due process concerns. what is that legislation, what you're talking about a minute ago, the notion that there are people out there who have provable mental issues, and maybe they should not be allowed to have guns. maybe to get guns, to have them, maybe there should be a limit on that. there's a lot of public support for trying to stop that from happeni

senator blumenthal? sen. blumenthal: i am intrigued by the arguments that corporations should have been sooner in their opposition to these restrictions on voting rights. and that their social conscience was overdue. or that they needed legions of lawyers to tell them that these restrictions and infringed on the fly and chives -- franchise and curtailed voting opportunities. the fact of the matter that has been established irrefutably today is that these restrictions will impact, adversely, and enduringly, the rights of citizens in georgia another chain -- states where they are being in -- imposed. the positions of the corporations are beside the point. what is the importance is the effect on voters and their rights. in shelby county, the supreme court tossed out the preclearance provision of section five of the voting act. which for decades served to protect communities of color from voter suppression. as the late justice ginsburg noted in her defense "throwing out preclearance when it has worked and continu

there's an effort underway to add a bipartisan amendment, sponsored by senators blumenthal and moran, one a democrat one a republican, as an amendment, and their bill would provide resources to state and local law enforcement to improve hate crime reporting, increase training, and establish pathways to rehabilitation. so reporting, training, rehab, would be the three words that underlie their amendment. now, combating hate in the asian american community can and should be bipartisan. the way to do that is for 60 senators to vote to proceed tors the legislation. i hope it'll be many more than 60. who would oppose this very simple, but necessary legislation? as majority leader, as i said, as majority leader, it's my intention to make the first amendment a bipartisan one, but i can't do that unless our republican colleagues allow us to debate the bill. make no mistake, the senate will debate and take action to combat hate crimes against asian americans. w there is no reason, no reason, this shouldn't be a bipartisan bill that passes the senate without delay. this is not some kind of gotc

senator blumenthal? sen. blumenthal: thank you to all of our witnesses and to the chairman. it's a very critically important topic and hearing and i apologize that i am late coming here because i was sharing a subcommittee of commerce on consumer protection dealing with covid scams. i am very proud that last week the united states senate approved the bipartisan no hate act which i led alongside other senators. we have known for a long time that hate crimes are on the rise and they are exploding in this very polarized and vitriolic time. viral videos of individual crime is posted on facebook, twitter, and youtube no matter how horrifying or stomach churning, only part of this story will improve hate crime reporting because so many of them are invisible and unreported. it will expand assistance and resources. this will enable us to understand the full scope of the problem so we can take more effective action against hate crimes. we know that tech platforms play a role. in hate crimes and hate speech online and off and the anti-defamation league recently found that as many as o

senator blumenthal understands. a lot of the folks here understand it. it takes courage. to turn pain and purpose and demand we take the action that gives meaning to the word enough. enough, enough, enough. what they want you to know, it is not just listen. every day in this country, 316 people are shot every day. 106 of them die every day. our flag was still flying at half staff for the victims of the murder of eight asian american people in georgia, when 10 more lives were taken in a mass murder in colorado. you probably did not hear it, but between those two, less than one week apart, more than 850 additional shootings. 850 that took the lives of more than 250 people and left 500 injured. this is an epidemic, for god sake. it has to stop. i am here to talk about the steps we are going to take immediately and second, the actions that need to be taken going forward to curb the epidemic of gun violence. i asked the attorney general and his team to identify immediate, concrete actions i can take now without having to go through congress. i am announcing several steps my ad

thank you for having the courage the courage to be here the courage to continue this fight senator blumenthal understands it a lot of the folks out here understand but it takes real courage thank you to turn pain in a purpose and demand that we take the action and gives need to the word anough anough and enough enough because what they want you to know what they want you to do is not just listen every day in this country 360 people are shot every single day 106 of them die every day our flag was still flying at half staff for the victims of the horrific murder of 8 primarily asian american people in georgia when 10 more lives were taken in a mass murder in colorado you probably didn't hear it but between those 2 incidents less than one week apart for more than $850.00 additional shootings $850.00 the took the lives of more than $250.00 people and left $5500.00 injured this is an epidemic for god's sake and it has to stop so i'm here to talk about 2 things 1st the steps we're going to take immediately and 2nd the acts that need to be taking going forward to curb the epidemic of gun violence. i

blumenthal: thank you, and thank you, mr. chairman, this hearing is so valuable and i hope we can build on it in the judiciary committee going forward because it is a key part of what we need to do to reform and improve policing in america. sen. booker: i would like to call on senator whitehouse who is remote. sen. whitehouse:: thank you, very much, chairman booker. it's good to be with all of you. i appreciate the testimony of everyone. miss o'connor, my daughter lives in philadelphia, so i'm very glad your husband's family and your family have been protecting that community through multiple generations and i want to express my appreciation for their service. it is not at all uncommon for police work to be passed on from father to son and now daughter and be a very important part of a families traditions and i am grateful you share your experience with us today. senator cornyn and i have been working for some time on a bill to improve the coordination between law enforcement and behavioral health and mental health, addiction

thank you. >> thank you senator blumenthal. >> thank you mr. chairman. gentlemen let me begin by thanking both of you for service to our country and your family sacrifice as you dedicate your time to our country. i would like to begin by talking about the challenge we see right now or the possible challenges with regard to regional conflicts that could occur. most recently we have seen very aggressive posturing by both china. there incursions within the taiwantu airspace with larger air groups and second, within the european theater and russia's aggression we were talking about earlier i the committee meeting. can you describe briefly the impact on the ability of your command and your professional military judgment to execute its missions if united states became engaged in two conflicts and force to defend friends and allies in the pacific and inn europe simultaneously? general wolters? >> i can, senator. it starts with the appropriate approach we have been very aggressive in europe to make sure we understand the importance of allies and partners in the

. >> reporter: d.m.ic senators ed markey and richard blumenthal are hoping to pass this as part of the president's infrastructure bill. the national highway traffic safety administration, the regulator, declined to comment on proposed legislation. norah.sed leg >> o'donnell: kris van cleave, thank you. hollywood's biggest night certainly had a different look in the pandemic year. it was a night of firsts with a plot twist at the very end. here's cbs' carter evans. >> reporter: and the oscar goes to nomads. >> i am just houseless. >> reporter: immigrants. and a messiah. >> reporter: women won 17 oscars include best director chloe zhao for "nomadland." >> this is for anyone who has the faith and the courage to hold on to the goodness in themselves. >> reporter: the film's star, frances mcdormand, won best actress-- her third oscar. it was a celebration of diversity both in front of the camera and behind. jamika wilson and mia neal are the first african-american women to win for makeup and hair. ( applause ) >> i can picture black transwomen standing up here and asian sisters and our lati

senator blumenthal understands. a lot of the folks here understand it. it takes courage. to turn pain and purpose and demand we take the action that gives meaning to the word enough. enough, enough, enough. what they want you to know, it is not just listen. every day in this country, 316 people are shot every day. 106 of them die every day. our flag was still flying at half staff for the victims of the murder of eight asian american people in georgia, when 10 more lives were taken in a mass murder in colorado. you probably did not hear it, but between those two, less than one week apart, more than 850 additional shootings. 850 that took the lives of more than 250 people and left 500 injured. this is an epidemic, for god sake. it has to stop. i am here to talk about the steps we are going to take immediately and second, the actions that need to be taken going forward to curb the epidemic of gun violence. i asked the attorney general and his team to identify immediate, concrete actions i can take now without having to go through congress. i am announcing several steps my ad

chairman blumenthal: thank you. thank you to all the witnesses. thanks to senator cruz and all the colleagues who appeared here. the record will remain open for one week, and anyone with questions can submit them. we appreciate you being here today. thank you, very much. hearing closed. [gavel striking block] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2021] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [indiscernible conversations] >> thank you. take care. >> as he approaches his 100th day in office, president biden will give his first address to a joint session of congress tonight. our live coverage begins at 8:00 p.m. eastern with the president's address at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, online on c-span.org or listen live with the c-span radio app. pedro: we continue our discussion taking a look at efforts to expand the supreme court with mike davis, founder of the article three project two served on the senate judiciary committee from 2017-2019

now we will have an introductory statement by senator blumenthal. >> thank you madam chair. thank you to all of the nominees here today once again demonstrating the judgment and wisdom by inviting his beautiful and accomplished family to be with him today. we welcome you and look forward to working with you. it's a tremendous honor to introduce lina khan, whom i've long admired and i want to thank her family as well for their support. ms. khan, your story is so inspiring. it's an immigrant story and american story about extraordinary accomplishment and also giving back to america in such wonderfully important and life-changing ways. you've helped countless people with your expertise and amazing writings and so many academic journals and also your involvement in public service in this congress in both the senate and house it's a great expertise and insight with tremendous experience and frankly the guts and grit that you've demonstrated already to stand up to powerful corporations and special interests that now threatens competition in this country. the fact is the nation is

. >> let me recognize senator blumenthal. >> thank you for your service and thank you for being here today. first on the topic of vaccines i want to follow-up on some of the questions that have been asked most recently. do you know how many men and women under your command, general, have been vaccinated? >> i do, senator. we have a tier one vaccination plan for tier one constitutes those in military uniform. we're at about 46% of that force being completely vaccinated. those needed two shots. and we're forecast based on the arrival of future vaccines to have the entire tier one force, those in military in europe vaccinated by the middle of july. >> and have you encountered resistance? >> i'm sorry, senator, i didn't catch all your question. >> have you encountered resistance or hesitancy among the men and women in your command to being vaccinated? >> we have not. we've got the traditional deferral rate we've seen across all of dod. but our percentages are within the norms and actually slightly less. >> let me ask both of you as you well know the secretary of defense ordered that ther

blumenthal: thank you, madam president. i feel privileged to speak on behalf of vanita gupta, a dedicated public servant who is devoted -- deeply voted to equal justice, civil rights and the rule of law. i've seen first hand, and i know i'm not the only one who has done so. her consummate dedication to the integrity of the department of justice, which is so vital to be restored at this moment in our history. the support for her reflects a broad professionally and ideologically diverse coalition of individuals and organizations that know that she is eminently qualified to be associate attorney general. when she is confirmed, she will not only be the first civil rights lawyer, but also the first woman of color to serve as associate attorney general. she is, in effect, the leader we need in that position now. and we need it right now. the attorney general needs her right now. he has said so and we should be proud to confirm this eminently qualified woman. her's the character that the department of justice requires to restore t

show me formerly -- formally introduced by senator blumenthal. lena con --lina kahn is an associate professor of law at columbia law school. previously she served as an advisor to the ftc and counsel to the house judiciary committee subcommittee on antitrust, commercial, and administrative law. she will serve as the nations that's one of the nations leading -- she will serve as one of the nations leading antitrust officials and consumer advocates. how do we fulfill that mission that the ftc has to protect consumers in the information age? a very big challenge. we know that section five of the ftc on unfair and deceptive practices in an information age, how much that has been challenged. we look forward to how you can help us keep on track. in 2011, we watched google and facebook establish dominance. if you are not paying for it, you are the product. we have to absorb what that has meant for all of us over the last decade. i believe in the promise of the internet, but i also believe that we need a policewoman on the beat to make sure the markets f

next senator blumenthal. >> thank you, madam chairwoman. just a country lawyer from connecticut. i tried to use that line once, senator lee, in the supreme court in an argument there and i think it's the closest i came to contempt of court anyway. let me just say after listening to my colleagues i'm tempted to say google and apple are here to defend the patently indefensible. if you present it, this fact pattern in law school anti-trust exam the students would laugh the professor out of the classroom because it's such an obvious violation of our anti-trust laws. in your testimony you were at microsoft during the heyday of the anti-trust woes. i remember those days because i sued microsoft. and the lesson from that case that you expound here that these practices are exponentially worse is absolutely true. but the larger lesson that you tell us that the current laws aren't working, in effect. that enforcement of them is too little too late. courts are overly deferential. agencies are reluctant to bring lawsuits and therefore we need to reform

show even caused floyd's death through negligence so let's take this on let's bring in susanna blumenthal she's a co-director of the program in lore and history at the university of minnesota also partly residential fellow at the center for the advance study in the behavioral sciences at stanford university joins us via skype from palo alto in california susanna welcome to the program now your expertise is in substantive criminal law that is what the government must prove to convict a person of a crime what elements of this case stand up for you in that regard. well there are i think some very clear questions before the court here that cross all the charges having to do when the question was asian that's going to be an element of asa charges and then the question of reason has to be use of force that is obviously turning quite a liability and so what glenn's of all is that it's a set of questions and that's what their lawyers have been tending about today and there was an r.v. right in the beginning to the defense case was to put george floyd's drug addiction on the stand was an. well i t

fill this void, i introduced the ensuring health safety in the skies act with senators wicker and blumenthal bipartisan legislation instructs the doth to convene a joint task force of aviation security and public health experts that will develop national standards for safe air travel. i'm proud our bill earned unanimous passage by the senate last year. and we now are going to reintroduce it for the current congress. i believe a structured task force for rebuilding air travel is something we need. so miss nelson, do you agree we need an air travel task force and can you speak to the value of what it would provide to rebuilding the aviation system? >> senator, absolutely. we need to have all the stake holders at the table to review what has happened to date and to take lessons learned and how to plan for a full way out of this pandemic. we support that 100%. and i believe it is so common sense that you had wild bipartisan support for this, and we should just get it done. >> okay. and if i may, could you just talk a little bit about how promoting global vaccinations helped the u.s. aviation ind

blumenthal: thank you. jackson-akiwumi: this is my second time setting up but it is hard to improve upon the competence of answer. she explained that the sentencing regime i litigated under for one decade. in almost every case where judges departed from the guidelines and i was representing a client it was because of the presence or absence of mitigating or aggravating factors. there would be aggravating factors that warranted a higher guideline sentence in the rare case and in the more common case, mitigating factors that warranted a sentence or lower than the guideline range. the judges were operating under the statutory framework. that this body laid out about how they should sentence. only one of those many factors was the sentencing guidelines. there are many other things that judges needed to look to. sen. blumenthal: thank you both of you. sen. cruz: is -- sen. durbin: is senator tillis available remote? sen. tillis: i am. sen. durbin: proceed. sen. tillis: congratulations on your nomination, i am su

as senator blumenthal relayed earlier, you have to know your network to defend your network and the changeshe department has been making under the cybercommand is they have up to the bar in the ability to know the network that translates to keep people out. >> has dod and nsa develop strategies to migrate 20 trust architecture and what are the major challenges facing the department and nsa moving do you have plans to address these challenges? >> yes. absolutely. the coalition and looking at zero trust includes our partners, folks across the department and best practices of industry. the biggest challenge quite frankly is the scope and scale of the amount of change that has to happen. the amount of legacy equipment and devices and networks. if you design something from scratch zero trust is easy. if you have to make sure you have migration it is a harder problem. but the journey in and of itself will improve the department's ability to defend itself along the way. we don't have to get all the way to reap the benefits. >> thank you mr. chairman. >> senator rosen via webex. >> thank you mr. ch

>> thank you, senator blumenthal.hose that relate to automatic voter registration, equality voting, absentee voting, they go right to the heart to the provisions we have been spending the morning talking about. and the provisions being t up in other states. the voting rights advancement act would require that jurisdictions want to make changes to voting, where they want to impose new laws, those laws have to go through scrutiny of a federal authority. one aspect would create a regime that would immediately provide greater access to voters across the country and the other would protect voters against discriminatory voting changes. we need both of those elements. host: a bit more detail on the pew research they released on voting laws. this is one of the findings. since 20, sharp decline in the share of republicans -- any voter should have the option to vote early or absentee without having to document a reason. 36% of republicans and 62% republicans saying a voter should only be able to vote early or absentee if they h

now that you recognize senator blumenthal. >> thanks, mr. chairman. you both for your service into the men and women under your command. i don't need to tell either of you that the definition of success in afghanistan has changed over the 20 years that we've been fighting wars in that part of the world. in october 2001, president bush set the terms of victory in afghanistan as bring al-qaeda to justice and ensuring that they could no longer use afghanistan as a base to launch terrorist attacks on the united states. .. i the on station in somalia or libya or other places under your command where countering terrorism is a similar mission? >> senator, we also have some pretty long legs to get our isr on station, although i don't believe four hours. transit times are more in the realm of one or two hours, one way and we spend four hours probably on average back and forth but not as long as you just described. >> general mckenzie, with that length of time enable effective counterterrorism in afghanistan using the kind of air resources that we have? >> sena

blumenthal: thank you. jackson-akiwumi: this is my second time setting up but it is hard to improve upon the competence of answer. she explained that the sentencing regime i litigated under for one decade. in almost every case where judges departed from the guidelines and i was representing a client it was because of the presence or absence of mitigating or aggravating factors. there would be aggravating factors that warranted a higher guideline sentence in the rare case and in the more common case, mitigating factors that warrand a sentence or lower than the guideline range. the judges were operating under the statutory framework. that this body laid out about how they should sentence. only one of those many factors was the sentencing guidelines. there are many other things that judges needed to look to. sen. blumenthal: thank you both of you. sen. cruz: is -- sen. durbin: is senator tillis available remote? sen. tillis: i am. sen. durbin: proceed. sen. tillis: congratulations on your nomination, i am sure

. >> reporter: we're still going to talk about washington democratic senators richard blum e blumenthale action against tesla. the lawmakers are sending a letter to the nhsta and asking the agency to determine the exact cause of the crash to better inform future legislation around driverless systems. >>> china's central bank is working to take control of ant group's lending data according to the financial times the central bank wants ant to turnover the data to a state controlled credit scoring company run by former executives of the central bank. >>> delta announced it agreed to buy 25 more airbus a 321planes the order brings back delta's purchase to 125 p5 planes from airbus they are expected to be delivered in the first half of next year. brian. >> bertha coombs, thank you very much. >>> from airplanes to this it is not every day you get a live rocket launch this morning is special. it is happening. let's get a live look now at kennedy space center in florida. spacex launching the second only operational crew mission to international space station he this launch is critical as it reu

senators murphy and blumenthal and the governor there, so many people, the families of sandy hook.hought, when those babies, 26 7-year-old children were slotted, and i thought that would be the thing and it didn't happen p happen. >> wow, what an interview. thank you for sharing it with us. >> thanks, pamela. >>> and up next, president biden gives an address to a joint session of congress. join us for cnn's special live coverage starting wednesday night at 8:00 p.m. >>> up next, why some republicans are pushing legislation that protects drivers who hit protesters. you did hear that right. for the record is up next. we look up to our heroes. idolizing them. mimicking their every move. and if she counts on the advanced hydration of pedialyte when it matters most... ...so do we. hydrate like our heroes. re-entering data that employees could enter themselves? that's why i get up in the morning! i have a secret method for remembering all my hr passwords. my boss doesn't remember approving my time off. let's just... find that email. the old way of doing business slows everyone down. with

so back here in connecticut i asked senator richard blumenthal about the spike that we're seeing and he said now is no time to let our guard up. let's listen. >> we need to be reminded that these losses are continuing. the loss and recent pain of the last year, the hardship and heartbreak is a remind near we can each do more. >> the senator says he is pleased with the vaccine rollout in his state but he is asking for more supply. states are still struggling with that. >> thank you any minute now we expect day five of witness testimony in the trial of derek chauvin. we'll take you live after a quick break. chauvin. we'll take you live after a quick break. could be in for a tasty discount. [ clicks pen] let's roll. hey, check it out. one time i tripped on the sidewalk over here. [ heavy-metal music playing ] -[ snoring ] -and a high of 89 degrees. [ electronic music playing ] ooh! ooh! who just gives away wood? the snapshot app from progressive rewards you for driving safe and driving less. there's an app? -[ chuckles ] beth. -save money with progressive. [ tires screech ] well, that c

highway traffic safety investigation why they have 24 open investigations into tesla and richard blumenthalworried the safety concerns are becoming a pattern. >> there needs to be immediate investigation and intervention by the federal agencies but tesla itself bears a moral and likely legal responsibility to do more and do better to protect the drivers. >> reporter: tesla has not responded to the request for comment and they said they should be ready to take over in a moment's notice and "surm reports" said they have that through eye tracking technology that's absent on teslas. >> and the international space station welcomed four new residents today. a rocket docked there this morning. the mission is spacex's third-ever flight with a crew on board and the first to make use of a previously blown rocket booster and joined another seven astronauts already at the iss and smet with smiles and zero gravity hugs and having a good time and crowded but looks like they're okay and expected to stay in space for six months. >>> georgia's secretary of state one of only republicans to stand up to donald

senator blumenthal understands a lot of the folks out here understand. but it takes real courage to thank you. to turn pain into purpose and demand that we take the action that gives me to the word enough. an uf enough enough. because what they want you to know. what they want to do is not just listen. every day in this country. 360 people were shot every single day. 106 of them die every day. our flag was still flying at half-staff for the victims of the horrific murder of 8 primarily asian american people in georgia. when 10 more lives. retaken a mass murder in colorado. you probably didn't hear. but between those 2 incidents less than one week apart through more than 850 additional shootings. 850 that took the lives of more than 2 150 people. and left 500, 500 injured. this is an epidemic for got sick. and it has to stop. so i'm here to talk about 2 things. first, the steps are you taking and second, the action needs to be taking going forward to curb the epidemic gun violence. i asked attorney general. and his team to identify for me. media concrete