blumenthal. mr. booker. mr. boozman. mr. braun. mrs. britt. mr. brown. mr. budd. ms. butler. the clerk: ms. cans we will. mrs. capito. ms. cantwell. 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. . ernst. mr. fetterman. mrs. fischer. mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. helmy. mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mrs. 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. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. rkowski. 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. mssinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mal

blumenthal. mr. booker. the clerk: mr. boozman. mr. braun. mrs. britt. mr. brown. mr. budd. msbutler. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cardin. mr. carper. mr. casey. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. mr. rnyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. apo. mr. cruz. mr. daines. mr. durbin.th. ms. ernst. mr. fetterman. mrs. fischer. mrs. gillibrand. the clerk: mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. . hass. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. helmy. mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mrs. 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. . marsll. mr. mcconnell. mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. muhy. mrs.urray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. . 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. nema. ms. smh. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville.

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. 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. helmy. mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mrs. 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. 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. tub

blumenthal, aye. mr. cornyn, no. the clerk: ms. butler, aye. mr. daines, no. the clerk: mr. moran, no. mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: mr. marshall, no. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. mr. booker, aye. the clerk: mr. johnson, no. the clerk: mr. kennedy, no. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. mr. merkley, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mrs. britt, no. mr. bennet, aye. mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: mr. warner, aye. the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. vote: the presiding officer: on this vote the ayes are 50. the nays are 45. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: nomination, the judiciary, sarah french russell of connecticut to be united states district judge for the district of connecticut. we have all witnessed this with the kids online safety act led by my friend and senators with sailed through the senate unanimously. the bill protects both. youth curren

>> i could share an anecdote about that, senator blumenthal.ly in my tenure at facebook, i was introduced to some of that was a friend of a friend and i told them i joined the civic integrity team. in this friend said, that work sounds interesting, but i never join teams like that because you can never show impact. you never have anything to say on your performance reviews about what you did because the only thing you achieved was hopefully to not have something happen. and i heard different versions of that throughout my time in the tech industry. not just from inside of the companies where i worked, but i heard that across the board. it is very hard to make progress in your career when he work in an area that doesn't have clear ways to show progress. i also heard of people being asked whether they could demonstrate that the work they did reduce the number of public relations emergencies for the company. how can you possibly demonstrate that you reduced the number of public relations emergencies for the company. these are structural problems w

richard blumenthal. welcome to our witnesses, thank you so much for being here. i appreciate everyone was here personally for virtually and my colleagues for being here on a very busy day. i want to thank the ranking member. work together i'm sure. without microchip and technology from the company's representative today. russian bombs, missiles and drones supported by american technology are killing ukrainians matches ukrainian soldiers but civilians. women, children. in their, and schools purposely, relentlessly every day millions of dollars by manufacturers from chips like the one with russian weapons. these are funneled shadowy startups and young companies every day malicious companies are added to the list of factors ago buyback electronics with alternative address in china and iran placed. three or transactions there's no mystery here in the number of dollars multiplied astronomically. over my visits to ukraine, i've met lakes were lost with weapons like the 101 missile. i spoke with families who lost loved ones in the homes and more. please to do more to st

senator blumenthal from connecticut this hearing will come to order. welcome to our witnesses, thank you very much for i appreciate everyone who is attending personally or virtually and also to my colleagues for being here on a very, very busy day and a busy three weeks, as you know. and i want to thank the ranking member in particular for his cooperation. we worked well together and we will continue to do so. i am sure. on july 8th, of this year, as anyone who has been following ukraine will recall that a russian cage cruise missile hit kyiv largest children's hospital. slaughtering many. it was fired by russia but the technology in it was american. it could not function nor could many of the weapon of slaughter manufactured by the russians be made without microchips and technology from the four companies represented here today. analog devices, intel and texas instruments. russian bombs, missiles, drones, supported by american technology are literally killing ukrainians. not just ukrainian soldiers but civilians, woman, children, in their sleep, in ho

blumenthal, aye. mr. wyden, aye. mr. daines, no. mr. casey, aye. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. clerk: mr. grassley, no. the clerk: mr. risch, no. the clerk: mr. wicker, no. ms. rosen, aye. ms. warren, aye. mr. marshall, aye. mr. young, no. ms. cantwell, aye. mr. marshall, no. mr. boozman, no. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. mr. sanders, aye. mr. ossoff, aye. mr. welch, aye. mr. mcconnell, no. mr. tillis, no. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. mr. ricketts, no. vote: the clerk: mr. durbin, aye. mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. mr. thune, no. ms. sinema, aye. mr. kelly, aye. mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. mr. hawley, no. the presiding officer: on this vote, the ayes are 41, the nays are 26. the motion is agreed to. a quorum is present. a quorum is present. the question is, is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of mustafa taher kasubhai of oregon to be the united states district judge for the district of oregon shall be brought to a close. the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. vote: the clerk: ms

we've got richard blumenthal and jamie raskin. all good. >> if you are watching now turn off now come back at 10:00. >> don't do that. don't do what he's saying. it's going to be awesome. i don't know. it's going to be a very good hour of television. >> it's going to be. >> you don't want to miss it. thanks chris. bye. >>> on to our show. donald trump has now moved on to his second choice for attorney general. today trump's first choice for the job officially withdrew from consideration over allegations. allegations he denies. given this, trump today had to give up on his choice of a maga loyalist from florida who is a fixture on fox news and will instead be nominating a maga loyalist from florida who is a fixture on fox news. trump has chosen former florida attorney general pam bondi to be his pick. you may remember her from her many guest appearances on the political reality show that donald trump forced us all to live in. in 2018 she had reportedly been looking into allegations of fraud at trump's sham university. but then trum

we've been talking to grace or another, some knox blumenthal. thank you. thanks a lot to 11 on now what i see is find between hezbollah and is while appears to be holding off to coming into force on wednesday morning. the news has some thousands of lebanese civilians rushing back to that homes, especially in the south of the country. i would look in concerns of hostilities may resume locals and they were so also were trying to areas they had to see earlier. people were seeing waving flags and celebrating the truce to sponsor destruction close to the city. sees correspondence. steve sweeney has sensors this report from one and stay works of the so without just entering the dia, district in the southern suburbs that they would, people are now starting to attend to their homes. we just passed through the check for the, the entrance of here, and we were kind of this lead slip by the lebanese army. this is a warning for people the i'm returning just to be mindful and i'm what child, unexploded bombs, you can see now the state of the destruction, which is policy

blumenthal. mr. booker. mr. boozman. mr. braun. mrs. britt. mr. brown. mr. bu. ms. butler. the clerk: ms. 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. ms. duckworth. mr. durbin. ms. ernst. the clerk: mr. feerman. mrs. fischer. mrs. gilliand. mrgraham mr. assley. ms. hassan.. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. helmy. mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono mr. hoeven. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. . king. the clerk: ms. baldwin. mr. barrasso. mr. moran.ell, mr. merkley, mr. mullin. ms. murkowski mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peter mr. reed. mr. risch. mr. romn. ms. rosen. mr. rods. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. e clerk: mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. . scott of florida. mrscott of south carolin mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. the clerk: ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. llis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. wel

the senate homeland security meeting was chaired by senator richard blumenthal of connecticut. >> this hearing and investigation will come to order . welcome to our witnesses and thank you so much for being here. i appreciate everyone who is attending personally or virtually. also to my colleagues for being here on a very, very busy day and a busy three weeks, as you know. i want to thank the ranking member, in particular, for his cooperation. we work well together and we will continue to do so, i am sure. on july eight of this year, as anyone who has been following ukraine will recall, a russian 101 cruise missile hit a large children's hospital slaughtering dozens of medical staff and children and brutally injuring many. the missile was made by russia but the technology and it was american. it could not function, nor could many of the weapons of slaughter manufactured by the russians be made without microchips and technology from the four countries represented here today. well devices from intel and texas instruments. russia bombs, missiles, and drones are literally killing ukrainian

blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. young, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mr. rosen, aye. mr. scott of south carolina, no. mr. graham, no. the clerk: mr. cornyn, aye. the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. ms. sinema, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. mr. kaine, aye. the clerk: mr. helmy, aye. vote: the clerk: ms. smith, aye. ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: mr. schatz, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. marshall, no. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mr. tester, aye. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: mr. wyden, aye. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: mrs. britt, no. ms. butler, aye. mrs. hyde-smith, no. the clerk: mr. rubio, no. mr. mullin, no. ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. vote:# vote: the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. mr. fetterman, aye. ms. cantwell, aye. mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. mr. johnson, no. the clerk: mr. rounds, no. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. budd, no. mr. romney, aye. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye

. >> joining us is senator blumenthal that is expected to run the hearings if there is one.mer attorney general of connecticut. senator blumenthal, what is your reaction to the prospect of matt gaetz becoming attorney general? >> the only reason for matt gaetz's nomination is he's a trump puppet. his loyalty to trump is the only credible reason that he has been proposed. he will weaponize the department of justice for retribution, donald trump's words. he is highly dangerous as a potential national security risk. remember, anderson, as you well know the department of justice is in charge of prosecuting espionage, terrorism, sabotage, all kinds of national security threats, and i am hopeful that republicans will take this major test of their integrity, their devotion to country above politics and stand up to donald trump, but i am very clear- eyed based on their very unreassuring history that they're going to cave, unfortunately, to donald trump's will. >> so you think he could pass senate confirmation? >> he could pass if republicans fail to vote the way many of them are say

. >> thank you, senator blumenthal. >> thanks very much. and thank you for having this hearing and thank you to our witnesses. i think we're all repulse d by the skyrocketing hate crimes that have occurred across the country. connecticut is no different. there have been a number of very concerning hate crimes against both muslim americans and jewish americans in connecticut over the past few years. in fact, we've seen 158 antimuslim hate crimes reported in 2022, up from 2021 and according to the antidefamation league, there's been a huge increase in anti-semitic incidents within connecticut, specifically since 2020. at the university of connecticut alone this past year. bias complaints were filed detailing incidents of discrimination and hate speech since the conflict in gaza began on october 7th, 2023. the numbers reflect only a small part of the problem because there has also been a failure or a lapse in reporting hate crimes. and i know that our witnesses have called attention to that problem. there is a real need for more robust data in

we have richard blumenthal, jamie raskin. we have people that are great talking about important issues. >> just turn it off and come back at 10:00. >> do not do that. stay right here. it will be awesome. it will be a very good hour of television. you don't want to miss it. thanks, chris. >>> donald trump has now moved on to his second choice for attorney general. today his first choice for the job former congressman matt gaetz officially withdrew following a wave of controversy over allegations he had sex with an underage girl and paid two other young women also for sex, allegations he denies. given this, trump had to give up on his choice of a maga loyalist from florida whose a fixture on fox news and instead will be nominating a maga loyalist from florida whose a fixture on fox news. he's chosen former florida attorney general pam bondi to be his pick for attorney general. you may remember ms. bondi on her many guest appearances on the political reality show donald trump has forced us to live in. when bondi was still attorn

ossoff, you have been a real leader on this and want to thank you and senator booker and senator blumenthalnd senator klobuchar, the whole democratic side of the committee has paid special attention to this issue. thank you for this hearing today. >> thank you, chair durbin. senator booker, chair of the crime subcommittee for your opening remarks come up with. >> thanks much, chairman ossoff. i want to thank the chairman of the full committee whose u.s. welcome, who's been a part of silly of these issues. it's frustrating to me because our society is turning a blind eye to the treatment and experience of incarcerated individuals. it's stunning that things have been allowed to happen in our prisons and jails throughout our country that do not align with our values. an often put us as outliers in the developed world for how people are treated behind bars. we are especially culpable for overlooking complex challenges and barriers faced by pregnant and postpartum women while incarcerated. i came to this issue many years ago from honestly a place of ignorance. i-40 since i was a law student in p

this is senator blumenthal on putin's nuclear threat, listen here. >> using nuclear weapons would beutin has the bad judgment to cross that line, he will recognize the use of nuclear weapons not only crosses a line, it jumps into a chasm of total chaos and destruction. there is a way to end this war at the bargaining table. >> sandra: so not even putin has the bad judgment to cross that line, said senator blumenthal, and he said this just a moment ago, but he ended with, there is a way to end this war at the bargaining table, which rings me back to your point. how do you do it? where does this go next? >> first of all, i agree with the conclusion that putin doesn't make any sense to do this. his domestic population would be terrified by the result of something like that. his troops aren't trained to deal with radiation. they don't have the equipment to do it, the generals certainly wouldn't advise it and if you drop nuclear weapons in ukraine, that exposes year up, united states and nato countries would have to do something abou. putin is not stupid. the history of putin, you push hi

senator richard blumenthal has a different name for it. he calls it junk fees. it's also caught the attention of the biden administration and airlines. he says, in this new report from the senate permanent subcommittee on investigations have made over the past five years, $12 billion by charging for seat selection. this is what senator richard blumenthal said to cnn earlier today the airlines are relying more and more on these junk fees as a source of revenue and they are obscuring them very often. >> you as a passenger won't know how much you're being charged until after you buy the ticket one other interesting tidbit in this report ultra low cost carrier frontier was uncovered by this report for charging passengers for carry on bags, and by doing that by giving employees bonuses for catching passengers trying to skirt the airline's rules. >> in some cases employees at the gate who caught passengers trying to skirt the airline's carry on bag rule they could get $10 for each person they caught wow. >> that is, uh, almost leaves me speechless, my friend. pete, i

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we discussed the prospects of the upcoming us administration with the gray zone editor knox blumenthal. well, trump was elected along with his vice president j. d. vance, with a promise to make peace between ukraine and russia, and stop the bleeding of the american tax period. if you are failing. the ukraine proxy war became a salient issue in the election campaign. and it did influence many people to vote for donald trump, because they understood that their money was going out to an extremely corrupt country, fighting a failing war. that was only escalating and putting millions and millions of people, particularly in europe, in harm's way. and this was a part of j. d vance, as appeal explicitly through a new york times editorial and again and again and debates in on the campaign trail to the american public. and now we see a faction with in donald trump's america 1st world, which wants to put nato 1st. and sebastian gorka is going to have trumps here. so it could be, but he said he's not the only one. he's far from the only one. this lindsey graham is another figure in the senate who

we discussed the prospects of the upcoming us administer ation with the gray zones added to mex blumenthal. well, trump was elected along with his vice president j. d vance, with a promise to make peace between ukraine and russia and stop the bleeding of the american tax period. if you are failing proxy or the ukraine proxy war became a salient issue in the election campaign. and it did influence many people to vote for donald trump because they understood that their money was going out to an extremely corrupt country, fighting a failing war. that was only escalating and putting millions and millions of people, particularly in europe in harm's way. and this was a part of j. d. vance is appeal explicitly through a new york times editorial and again and again and debates in on the campaign trail to the american public. and now we see a faction with in donald trump's america 1st world by which 60 wants to put nato 1st. and sebastian gorka is going to have trumps here. so it could be, but he said he's not the only one. he's far from the only one. this lindsey graham is another figure in the se

interesting stuff as always, lauren i stuff as always, lauren blumenthal, thank you. —— laura blumenfeldok at some other stories making news in the uk. thousands of british farmers held a rally in central london to protest against changes to an inheritance tax. according to the new rules, inherited agricultural assets worth more than £1 million will be subject to a 20% tax. britain's labour government says only a small number of farms will be affected, but some farmers say the plans will be catastrophic for an industry that's already struggling. our business editor simonjack has been looking into those struggles. there is no doubt it's been a challenging food years for farmers. the cost of things like food and fuel and fertiliser have rocketed, they have been walloped by the cost of living and the cost of doing business crisis. for example, pig farming because of going up 54% since 2019, call farmers have seen costs rise by 45%, and even cereals have seen an increase in cost of 43%. tv presenterjeremy clarkson was among those marching in whitehall, saying "it's the end" for farmers. its

well, i'm supporting max blumenthal for a secretary of state, but i'm, you know, that's, that's, that's hopeful thinking. i hope you see there's max. okay. assign the, again, going back to person. now, what we saw, what in the 1st administration is a trump wanted to get out of syria and they blocked him. okay, so i, i worry that's going to happen again. i mean, if, if he really is going to be at his word, he's gonna have to go in and fire a lot of people them to, you know, it's been out that top layer. if he's gonna want to get done what he wants, i think he does are, you know, for better or worse about donald trump, he is. this is his last term. he wants legacy. he's gonna have to really shake up the works if he wants the legacy that he wants go ahead. well and we all know he enjoys senior fired and, and fire people. so hopefully he fires the right people that need to be fired and, and he avoids making them the same mistakes of his previous presidents. i mean, in his previous presidency, he appointed people like steve bad and ramp that some of homes that have made a career out of morni