blumenthal, mr. booker, mr. boozman, mr. braun, mrs. britt, mr. brown, mr. bud, ms. beutler, ms. cantwell. mr. capito. mr. cardin. mr. carper, mr. casey, mr. cassidy, ms. collins. mr. coons. mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo, mr. cruz, mr. daines, ms. duckworth, mr. durbin, ms. ernst,al mr. fetterman mrs. fischer, mrs. jill the brand, mr. graham, mr. grassley, mr. hagerty, ms. hassan, mr. hawley, mr. heinrich, mr. hickenlooper, mr. ono, mr. hoeven, ms. hyde smith, mr. johnson, mr. kaine, mr. kelly, district kennedy, mr. ms. klobuchar, mr. lankford, mr, mr. manchin, mr. markey, mr. marshall,. >> we are currently in a roll call vote. voting on senator ted cruz republican of texas his emotion to proceed to a close session to considersi senate majority leadr chuck schumer's motion the impeachment articles are unconstitutional deciding whether to go to close session and after that we expect senate majority leader chuck schumer to continue with his push to make this a speedy trial. we are here on cspan2 watching live. >> mr. rounds, m

senator blumenthal will be back in first up and still in the first round for him. but after that, we will take a 10 minute break for everyone. you are recognized for your questions. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and secretary mayorkas, welcome back to the committee. mr. chairman, i cannot help but reflect on what has happened in the last few months in the senate. no one, and i mean no one is interested in or takes seriously lectures on border security from senate republicans. no one. in one of the most stunning acts of political cowardice in recent american history, a bipartisan border security bill co-authored by a conservative republican member of this committee was put forward in the u.s. senate. it would have tightened asylum standards. to stop exploitation of the asylum system. it would have surged enforcement resources to the border. it would have meant more expedited removals of those who enter this country unlawfully. it would have empowered the federal government to take the fight of the drug cartels who are laying waste to communities across our country wit

blumenthal? mr. booker? mr. boozman? mr. braun? mrs. britt? mr. brown? mr. budd? ms. butler? ms. cantwell? mrs. capito. mr. gordon? mr. carper? mr. casey? mr. cassidy? ms. collins? mr. coons? mr. cornyn? ms. cortez? mr. cotton? mr. cramer? mr. crapo? mr. cruz? mr. daines? ms. duckworth? mr. durbin? ms. ernst? mr. federman? mrs. fisher? ms. gillibrand? mrs. graham? mr. grassley? mr. hagerty? ms. athens? ? mr. hawley? mr. heinrich? mr. hickenlooper? ms. hirono? mr. hoeven? ms. hyde-smith? mr. johnson? mr. kaine? mr. kelly? mr. kennedy? mr. king? ms. klobuchar? mr. lankford? mr. lee? mr. lujan? ms. lummis? mr. manchin? mr. markey? mr. marshall? mr. mcconnell? mr. menendez? mr. merkley? mr. marion? mr. mullin? ms. murkowski? mr. murphy? mrs. murray? mr. also? mr. padilla? mr. paul? mr. peters? mr. reed? mr. ricketts? mr. risk? mr. romney? mr. rosen? mr. rounds? mr. rubio? mr. sanders? mr. shots? mr. smit? mr. schumer? mr. scott of florida? mr. scott of south carolina? mrs. shaheen? ms. sinema? ms. smith? ms. domino? mr. sullivan? mr. tester? mr. thune? mr. tillis? mr. tuberville? mr.

blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. risch, aye. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. mr. reed, aye. mr. casey, aye. the clerk: mr. graham, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. mr. cramer, no. mr. tuberville, no. the clerk: mrs. britt, aye. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. the clerk: mr. thune, aye. the clerk: mr. warner, aye. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. kennedy, no. mr. cornyn, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. brown, no. the clerk: mr. lankford, aye. ms. rosen, aye. mrs. fischer, aye. mr. boozman, aye. the clerk: mr. cotton, aye. ms. murkowski, aye. mr. barrasso, no. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: mr. budd, aye. the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. romney, aye. mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. mendendez, no. mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. ms. hirono, no. the clerk: mr. moran, aye. the clerk: mr. marshall, no. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. the clerk: mrs. butler, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, no. mr. o

blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. braun, no. mr. vance, aye. mr. vance, no. mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. kennedy, no. mrs. hyde-smith, no. the clerk: ms. butler, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. tester, aye. mr. warner, aye. ms. ernst, no. ms. lummis, no. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. mr. peters, aye. mr. risch, no. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. mr. rubio, no. mr. schumer, aye. mr. cassidy, no. mr. markey, aye. ms. warren, aye. mr. reed, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mr. rounds, no. mrs. fischer, no. mrs. gillibrand, aye. mr. casey, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, no. mr. wicker, no. mr. romney, no. ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. the clerk: mr. lankford, no. mr. johnson, no. the clerk: mr. wyden, aye. the clerk: mr. cotton, no. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. lee, no. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mr. boozman, no. the clerk: mr. young, no. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. mr.

blumenthal, mr. booker, mr. boozman, mr. braun. mrs. britt brown, mr. budd, ms. beutler. ms. cantwell, mrs. capito, mr. cardin, mr. carper. mr. casey, mr. cassidy, ms. collins, mr. coons. mr. cornyn, ms. cortez masto, mr. cotten, mr. cramer. mr. crapo, mr. cruz, mr. daines, ms. duckworth. mr. durbin, ms. ernst, mr. fetterman, missus fischer. mrs. gillibrand, mr. graham, mr. ms. hassan, mr. hawley, mr. heinrich, mr. hickenlooper. ms. sharon oh, mr. hoeven, ms. hyde smith, mr. johnson. mr. kaine, mr. kelly, mr. kennedy, mr. king. mr. klobuchar, mr. lankford, mr. ms. lummis, mr. manchin, mr. markey, mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell, mr. menendez, mr mr. mullin, ms. murkowski. mr. murphy, mrs. murray. mr. all soft, mr. padilla, mr. paul, mr. petersmr. romney. mr. rounds, mr. rubio, mr. sandersmr. schatz, mr. schmitz, mr. schumer, mr. scott of floridamr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen, ms. sinema, ms. smith. mrs. stabenow, mr. sullivan, mr. mr. tillis, mr. taber bill, mr. van hollen, mr. vance. mr. warner, mr. warnock, ms. warren, mr. welch. mr. whitehouse, mr. wicker, mr. wyden

blumenthal. mr. booker. mr. boozman. mr. braun. the clerk: mrs. britt. mr. brown. mr. budd. ms. butler. the clerk: ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cardin. mr. carper. the clerk: mr. casey. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. the clerk: mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. the clerk: mr. crapo. mr. cruz. mr. daines. ms. duckworth. the clerk: mr. durbin. ms. ernst. mr. fetterman. mrs. fischer. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. the clerk: ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. hickenlooper. the clerk: ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. the clerk: mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. king. the clerk: ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. the clerk: ms. lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. the clerk: mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. mr. merkley. mr. moran. . the clerk: mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. the clerk: mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. the clerk: mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. the clerk: ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. the

blumenthal, aye. mr. bennet, aye. vote: the clerk: ms. lummis, aye. mr. sullivan, no. ing. the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, aye. vote:# >> good afternoon everybody and thank you for joining us. we receive the impeachment articles on secretary mayorkas tomorrow or next week. the democrat leader of the senate still plans on halting the process to stop an impeachment trial. make no mistake about it the vote to block the impeachment trial by secretary mayorkas is a vote to keep the borders open a book to tell lincoln riley's family that we don't care. 250,000 americans who lost a loved one is that no poisoning that we don't care. it's significant it would only take two democrats to deny tabling this process in order to proceed with an impeachment trial. but we truly don't think that's going to be the case. why? because this issue is so toxic the senate democrats, the house democrats and the joe biden that they don't want this to be the issue of the day. but my hope is the good people of montana and ohio wisconsin and michigan, nevada, pennsylvania that they h

i think as senator blumenthal said, to pin it to somebody is just going too far ahead we do see these criminal investigations and these doj investigations last close to a decade sometimes. >> sheila, thanks. >> thank you >> tim, how do you think it will play out >> a crowded bingo card, which i know you play a lot of bingo, mel, equates to a lot of pressure on the stock. it doesn't necessarily change where free cash flow claims to reaccelerate by the second half of next year i agree with her view on free cash flow for this company i remind people that boeg's underperforms ans over the last six weeks is obvious, and obviously because of the alaska air investigation and the changes at the top most of the underperformance of boeing over the last three years were not related to regulatory dynamics, but related to covid, the shuttering of the airline industry boeing is going to have a free cash flow yield of 5 to 8% by the time we get to '26 they report next we'ek i think it's going to be an interest time. >> travelers taking a tumble the insurer with its worst day in nearly four years wha

blumenthal, aye. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. . the clerk: mr. barasso, aye. mr. cortez masto, aye. mr. menendez, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 78, the nays are 21. the nomination is confirmed. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table and the president will immediately be notified of the senate's action. the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: cloture motion, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby bring to a close debate on the nomination of executive calendar number 542, robert j. white, of michigan, to be united states district judge for the eastern district of michigan, signed by 17 senators. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. the question is, is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of robert j. white, of michigan, to be united states district judge for michigan, shall be b

their public and lindsey graham and blumenthal.e have coverage from israel with ukraine fox news senior foreign affairs and greg we will start with you. >> shannon kathy kremlin reacting very quickly to the words of war with military aid being sent to ukraine. they call this a road to escalation which will deepen the crisis around the world. but as we found out on the ground here for the past couple days, this funding is coming just in time. >> reporter: desperate times and ukraine russia is gaining ground. with a massive advantage in artillery, ukraine is short of air defences leaving those shattered and locals desperate. >> thing it's a lifeline for ukraine and for the army because it's getting critical. >> reporter: outsiders are worried too. they are fighting and training alongside ukrainians any speech from the front line in the country's east. >> we need aid to solve the current russian offensive actions happening. >> reporter: and they are getting that help along with israel and taiwan the house of representatives or king $6

senator blumenthal will be back in first up and still in the first round for him. but after that, we will take a 10 minute break for everyone. you are recognized for your questions. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and secretary mayorkas, welcome back to the committee. mr. chairman, i cannot help but reflect on what has happened in the last few months in the senate. no one, and i mean no one is interested in or takes seriously lectures on border security from senate republicans. no one. in one of the most stunning acts of political cowardice in recent american history, a bipartisan border security bill co-authored by a conservative republican member of this committee was put forward in the u.s. senate. it would have tightened asylum standards. to stop exploitation of the asylum system. it would have surged enforcement resources to the border. it would have meant more expedited removals of those who enter this country unlawfully. it would have empowered the federal government to take the fight of the drug cartels who are laying waste to communities across our country wit

will stick with senators from both sides of the isle republican lindsey graham democrat richard blumenthalhouse a democrat jared moskowitz whether members of his party will step in to help speaker johnson overcome a leadership battle. then. >> is a rigged case is the case there is similarly. >> the jury that will decide president trump's fate is set the unprecedented criminal trial of a former u.s. president. we'll break down what is on the horizon for opening arguments and beyond. and >> donald trump's vision is one of anger, hate, revenge and retribution for good express and bite hits a swing state trail as new numbers show him neck and neck and key battlegrounds with donald trump but could our fk junior shake up the race? we'll bring in our sunday panel to discuss. plus code one of america's fastest-growing sports help bring washington together? >> and senate pickleball caucus solve the world's problem of the country? >> it is a start >> all right now on "fox news sunday." ♪ ♪ ♪. shannon: hello from foxnews in washington but praise from israel and ukraine and condemnation out of russia

blumenthal, no. mr. blumenthal, aye.blumenthal, vote: the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 67, the nays are 32, two-thirds of the attohaving voted, the motion is agreed to. mr. schumer: i ask the chair to execute the order of march 22, 2024 with respect to s. 4072 and i ask unanimous consent that the time count post cloir on the motion to proceed to h.r. 7888. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. pursuant to the order of march 22, 2024, the senate will now proceed to the consideration of calendar number 350, s. 4072, which the clerk will report. the clerk: a bill to prohibit enforcing the rules of the environmental protection agency. mr. schumer: for the information of senators, we expect to yield back time and vote on passage of the bill at about 2:30 p.m. i yield the floor. a senator: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from massachusetts. mr. markey: i am here to defend the environmental protection agency vehicle emissions standards, standards that

blumenthal however 78. i don't know about that. >> yikes. >> joe biden' is 81. >> great point.ht out out by the dozen fr us will see you tomorrow at seven for the big eastern show. "life, liberty & levin" starts right now. ♪ ♪ ♪

blumenthal. mr. booker. mr. boozman. mr. braun. mr. brown. mr. budd. ms. butler. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. carper. [roll call] [roll ms. ernst. mr. federman. mrs. fisher. ms. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mr. johnson. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. mrs. lummis mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. >> senators voting whether to proceed to close session

blumenthal. mr. booker. mr. boozman. mr. braun. mrs. britt. mr. brown. mr. budd. ms. butler. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cardin. mr. carper. mr. casey. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. mr. cornyn. the clerk: ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo. mr. cruz. mr. daines. ms. duckworth. mr. durbin. ms. ernst. mr. fetterman. mrs. fischer. mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. m

blumenthal, mr. booker, mr. boozman, mr. braun, mrs. brent, mr. brown, if your r budd, ms. beutler, cantwell, mrs. capito, mr. cardin, mr. carper, mr. casey, mr. cassidy, ms. collins, mr. coons, mr. cornyn, ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton, mr. cramer, mr. crapo, mr. cruz, mr. daines, mrs. duckworth, mr. durbin, ms. ernest, mr. fetterman, mrs. fischer, mrs. julie brann, mr. graham, mr. grassley, mr. hagerty, ms. hassan, mr. hawley, mr. heinrich, mr. hickenlooper, ms. ms. hirono, mr. hoeven, mr. hyde smith, mr. johnson, mr. kaine, mr. kelly, mr. kennedy, mr. king, ms. klobuchar, mr. lankford, mr. lee, mr. lujan, mr. alanis district of islamists, mr. manchin, mr. markey, mr. marshall, mr. mcconnell, mr. menendez, mr, mr. mullin, ms. murkowski, mr. murphy, mrs. murray, mr. ossoff, mr. padilla, mr. paul, mr. peters, mr. reed, mr. ricketts, mr. risch, mr. romney, ms. rosen, mr. rounds, mr. rubio, mr. sanders, mr. schatz, mr. schmitt, mr. schumer, mr. scott of florida, mr. scott of south carolina, mrs. shaheen, ms. sinema, ms. smith, ms. stabenow, mr. sullivan, mr. tester, mr. thune,

blumenthal however 78. i don't know about that. >> yikes. >> joe biden' is 81. >> great point. just move that hispanic woman to wriright out out by the dozen fr us will see you tomorrow at seven for the big eastern show. "life, liberty & levin" starts right now. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪. mark: hello america i am marco levin and this is "life, liberty & levin" saturday. thank you for being here. i don't think you're wasting your time. you'll get to decide that after the program of course. i got to thinking, what is the selection of about? in fact what is society about? it's good versus evil, isn't it? forces of good, forces of evil constantly clashing. who is going to win? this election is about good versus evil. i'm going to make the case, just part of it electing joe biden is electing evil. evil. not just state radical left it's not just a buffoon, not just obama staffers but evil. we are going to start with this. obviously this week as you are well aware of the whole world is aware of biden and a blanket and the rest are aware the israelis while defending themselves against an unprovoked ho

after inspecting the wehrmacht defense line , blumenthal points to a swamp near the village of azarićaiman suggests expanding the epidemiological vice create two more camps in the villages of dert posinnik. and when today we talk about the azarichi death camp, we mean three camps at once. their territory occupied about 5 hectares. posinnik were experimental, it was planned to create something similar throughout the territory of belarus in places where, in the opinion of the nazi leadership, it would be extremely difficult to restrain the advance of soviet troops, and people were infected with boletus. will help stop the soldiers of the red army, even vliemental, when he reported to hitler about the creation of these concentration camps, he said that if this the natural environment itself, the swamp and the conditions that they will create for the prisoners, that is, without medical care, without clean water, without food, typhus will very quickly begin to develop here if this epidemic does not develop as quickly as necessary, we will already bring here people infected with typhus, 700

. >> first off thanks to senator john tim and blumenthal for having the hearing and what in the senate on boeing and getting issues like that and addressed in public and the courage of the whistleblower that has to be investigated but what we see right now is the pressure on safety margin all the things that we look for the happen singularly or happening at the same time last new airplanes because of boeing's trouble and airbus had delivery problems older airplanes longer and the maintenance are the higher level and much more expensive 40% then pre-pandemic, a less experienced workforce out there in a righteous desire to commercially go out there and meet the high passenger demand. all the pressure points coming together gives us great cause for concern but the good news that management engages with us on stopping the trend that we see happening before it leads to incidents or accidents, that is the main goal. maria: we had incidents in the sky our door blowing off. there's enough incidents to take notice. what should consumers do if they're worried about this? >> they should know the

blumenthal, mr.ll: we will watch how this goes, it's not easy to shut down ted cruz. as a senator and a former lawyer who argued in front of the u.s. supreme court. his motion is under review right now. >> sandra: chadha, very clearly when he was informed the senate floor was not open for debate he said that was his intention to change that. chad, your thoughts on what we are watching right now? >> they are not allowed to have debate among senators during an impeachment trial. if you look back at the senate impeachment rules which were agreed to back in the 1980s that is not allowed. the only thing they can do is debate the articles of impeachment in a closed session. we have seen that in recent senate impeachment trials in the last couple of years which is what ted cruz was trying to do to put the senate in a closed session to debate this. again we are at a very unique parliamentary construct right now this court of impeachment and rules are a little bit different. so what they were trying to do is

scarlet: senator richard blumenthal this morning during the first of two capitol hill hearings detailedow senators have been critical of boeing which has been under pressure from whistleblowers' claims of shortcomings all revealed in a study commissioned by congress. united airlines reported better results than expected and regulatory pressure will put its expansion plans at risk. let's discuss all of this with nicolas owens. it is good to speak with you. i want to start with boeing and zero in on what the company is doing because senator tammy duckworth this morning said boeing needs to be judged by what it does and not what it says it is doing. the onus is on boeing to do more and we have seen the ceo david calhoun will be leaving at the end of the year and stan, who headed the commercial airplanes unit, will be retiring. is that sufficient? nicolas: those are words to live by. we should all be judged by our actions. i think those two leaders stepping down clears the way for change. i do not think there stepping down is sufficient. customers and airlines express frustration that these

blumenthal, no. mr. sullivan, aye. mr. markey, no. mr. ricketts, aye. mr. warner, no. the clerk: mr. casey, no. the clerk: mr. welch, no. mr. heinrich, no. the clerk: mr. risch, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. ossoff, no. the clerk: mr. lankford, aye. the clerk: mr. moran, aye. ms. collins, aye. the clerk: mr. grassley, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, aye. the clerk: mr. padilla, no. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: ms. duckworth, no. mr. mullin, aye. mr. van hollen, no. the clerk: ms. hassan, no. the clerk: ms. stabenow, no. vote: the clerk: mr. coons, no. the clerk: mr. hawley no, no. . vote: l sit in the house of representatives is expected to center articles of impeachment against the cabinet officer for only the second time in our nations history. this is not routine business. instead this is a very serious moments. february 13 at the house agreed articles of impeachment against the department of homeland security secretary mayorkas for willful and systemic refusal to comply with the law." and breach of public trust." this chamber it will soon have a constitutional d

. >> democratic senator richard blumenthal recently voiced support for sotomayor stepping down, saying should learn a lesson. and it's not like there's any mystery here about what the lesson should be." >> michael: yeah, there sure isn't. obviously, the lesson is: rbg should have retired, or if would have they had listened to me, turned her into some immortal robojudge. but for some reason, neither of those things happened. [cheers and applause] and now democrats are trying to avoid that mistake with sotomayor. but it's a tricky situation. sotomayor is 69 years old, which is, by definition, "nice." it's a little ironic that democrats are trying to push her out at the exact same time they are trying to elect a president who can tuck his testicles into his sock. but on the other hand, it's just smart politics. and i know people are saying this isn't fair to sotomayor, but have a bit of perspective. it's not like they're gonna melt her down to make the new justice. she gets to retire! she's gonna make money! she's gonna sit by the pool. she won't have to spend her days pretending to like

you may have seen senator blumenthal and i sent a letter to president friday saying you need to do thatbut he has no problem sanctioning alaska. this administration has issued 63 executive orders and executive actions singularly focused on alaska to shut our state down. that, of course, hurts my constituents but a national resources energy, critical minerals, that's an american strength. this should concern all kinds of americans. one final thing i want to highlight here. i've been in the senate nine years. i've never seen such a cynical and dishonest display coming out of any presidency when this president on friday with secretary holland announced they did this because the alaska native, indigenous people on the north slope of alaska wanted them to, asked them to. the leaders of the north slope of alaska were unanimous in opposition to this. they tried to meet with secretary holland. she wouldn't meet with them. this is a rule that focuses on their lands where they've been living thousands of years. and the president said i did it because the indigenous people of alaska wanted it. tha

if senator richard blumenthal called this hearing, what we see here is simply management that has been failing manufacturing that has defects and a broken safety culture. >> lawmakers anger is the latest chapter in a years-long saga of boeing disasters to seven, max crashes in 2018 and 2019 killed 346 people while abroad in january, a door plug blew off and alaska airlines 7307 max nine, whistleblower, ed pearson, told lawmakers wednesday that boeing is hiding key documentation about workers failing to install the door properly. >> i'm not going to sugar coat this. this is a criminal cover up. records do in fact exist this i know this because i've personally pass them to the fbi boeing for the record, referred are questions about the missing documents to the national transportation safety board. as for the alleged gaps on the 787, they are very small, about the width of a single human hair or two pieces of paper that is on a huge jet minor that can sit nine people across senator blumenthal says, passengers should not be afraid to step on a plane today, but that the issue is important t

. >> senator blumenthal. >> thanks for having this hearing. correctional officers, as i know from having been a united states attorney and attorney general of our state and connecticut, are among the hardest working and least appreciated, whether at the state level or federal level. they have to deal with dangerous situations every day. their work is out of public site for good reason, because obviously, they are in a confinement situation. and so, i am very sympathetic to the points you make, director peters, about the need for retention, recruitment and appreciation of the working conditions and compensation that they deserve. i wonder, short of additional compensation, whether there are working conditions, issues that can be addressed over time and other kinds of demands placed on them that may be can be mitigated through better scheduling, better accommodations for them in their leisure moments during the job? maybe you can comment. >> thank you, senator. i appreciate those comments greatly. i think you're right. their unsung heroes, peopl

senator blumenthal will be recognized. he will terminate the hearing. we will reconvene at 12:30 for the closed session. we will see you again in the closed session . i will recognize senator blumenthal as the last member and he will adjourn the open session. senator blumenthal. >> thank you. i will be brief. i want to thank you all for your services. i am sure my colleagues have not apologized i have not been here for the full hearing. i want to ask about navy ship holding in the industrial base. as you know, the navy recently released 45 day ship and review offered a pretty sobering look into the future of procurement efforts by the navy. according to this assessment every major program faces multiple years of delays including the columbia and virginia class the marines which give the navy an essential edge in undersea warfare over our competitors. russia and china are trending in the opposite direction. they are building more, developing more. the decision to fund the production of just one virginia class submarine seems highly alarming. in addition,

joining us now is senator richard blumenthal, he's going to be leading today's hearing.blower is going to say, i'm curious, what are you looking for and how it contradicts what boeing is saying? >> what we'll hear today from this whistle-blower is a pattern of behavior that put profits over safety. the speed of production almost over everything else. and it's behavior described as whistle-blowers who suffered retaliation. really shockin i ing reprisals. which itself is worthy of further investigations by our committee, the faa and the department of justice and boeing at a moment of reckoning. a moment that's years in the making. it promised to be better after the plane crashes of 2018 and 2019 that killed 346 people and it's still failing. >> senator, what should the american public think as they watch this hearing today, and would you step on a boeing plane? >> not only would i do, i do step on boeing planes, and the american public should not overreact, should not panic and should continue to value the great employees at boeing and the products that american aerospace

i think we are going to hear a lot more of this and as i said senator blumenthal said he intends to call future hearing.— boeing to answer questions in a future hearing. thank you for that, michelle. future hearing. thank you for that, michelle- just _ future hearing. thank you for that, michelle. just time _ future hearing. thank you for that, michelle. just time to _ future hearing. thank you for that, michelle. just time to bring - future hearing. thank you for that, michelle. just time to bring you . michelle. just time to bring you some breaking news before i go. we are hearing from the european data protection board, and are european and eu regulator, that has decided that meta platforms, the company that meta platforms, the company that owns facebook, instagram and whatsapp, should offer its users an option to use their services for free without targeted advertising. certainly that is something a lot of these big companies have been looking into, this decision affecting notjust matter, but other similar platforms. naturally we'll bring you further update on that as they come to us

senator blumenthal has endorsed biden. the median average is 65 years old and supreme court justices 63 years old. >> thank you. the labor department says the economy added 303,000 jobs in march. it was march above the 200,000 that had been forecast. the unemployment rate dipped from 3.9% to 3.8. some analysts suggest that strong numbers could potentially delay federal reserve interest rate cuts expected this year. today the jobs report sent stocks up. the dow gained 307. the s&p 500 rose 57. the nasdaq jumped 199. for the week the dow lost 2.25 percentage points. the s&p 500 was down about one. nasdaq lost about .8 of a point. up next, we'll look at the best spots to view monday's total solar eclipse. here's what some of our fox affiliates are covering. in los angeles, firefighters deal with a blaze in a commercial building in the downtown fashion district. it took 120 firefighters about four hours to put the fire out. no injuries reported to firefighters or civilians. in miami, a bridge where a crane collapsed yesterday