senator bob dole attended. [applause] >> ladies and it gentlemen, my name is pat roberts. i have the privilege of representing the people of kansas. as chairman of the senate agriculture committee, i am speaking on behalf of so many farmers and ranchers and people throughout small-town rural america. we are delighted to have our --mpion in bob blight hauser in bob who has been such a great person to come to this job. he worked with my dear friend senator bob dole. thank you. applause] >> thank you for that. want to say i also a debt of thanks to the president. ishii, heth president has worked out an agreement in -- president xi, he has worked out a trade deal for the first time in many years and that will help small-town america. i think that is why i should yield to the distinguished vice president of the united states. the vice president. [applause] pence: thank you guest.of our honored on behalf of the president of the united states, today will be my great privilege to administer the oath of office to the 18th united states trade representative, robert lighthouse or --

senator bob dole, place of honor today on memorial day. john from illinois, you are next, good morning. caller: yeah, this is john from hegwish. how about put a picture of that vietnam veteran's back up there and i will tell a story about 1982 in november i there was for the dedication. host: go ahead john. caller: yeah. anyways, we went out there at night time and there were no lights on the wall, it was dark. only way you could see a name was with a flashlight or cigarette lighter. there must have been thousands of guys out there playing guitars and drinking jack daniels and some people smoking weed out there. everybody was so together and cops showed up on motorcycles, we thought we were going to be in trouble. one copper walked over to the wall with the flashlight and the other policeman came over and started talking. it was small talk and somebody said, wow, it would be nice to get lights out here to show up on that wall. and it was just a little bit more small talk with the coppers and they got on their motorcycles and drove away. an

senate, along with bob dole, that actually generated consensus in the senate. he went on to be a great diplomat and peacemaker, ending decades of conflict in northern ireland and quite literally saving hundreds of lives. george is a son of a janitor. his dad worked here at colby. his mom worked at a textile mill. understood what my dad would always say, your job is a lot more about -- lot more than a paycheck. it is about respect and your place in the community. it is being able to look your kid in the eye and say, it is going to be ok. the most helpful thing a parent can face is to look at a child with an opportunity for problem knowing there is not a thing they can do to help them with either one. they worked hard to give their kids lives filled with greater opportunity. to give george the chance to live a life of public service. like george, regardless of your background, remember where you came from. hold on to the way you reached out to mentor young people. hold on to the way you engaged in this community. make sure to bring that commitment to whatever wal

there was an interesting call out to former senator bob dole who's still in his 90s.sing today was i thought there would have been a mention to john f. kennedy. this is his 100th birthday. kennedy's grave and the eternal flame is just a stone's throwaway and john glenn who was recently buried in arlington and is tied to the kennedy years. i thought there might be a mention of that, but there wasn't. i thought the president did, as most presidents do, a very appropriate job today. >> general, i want to come back to our discussion prior to the president's comments. i think it was so important what you were saying at that moment which was talking about how us as americans, as citizens, and just everyday people can do more to honor the sacrifice that so many have made before us. >> americans like to give money to organizations. there are certainly quite a few out there they can give money to and support. and i mentioned taps, operation gratitude, the uso. there are a lot of nonprofits that you can contribute to. they're on the web. but more importantly, and this is the po

the last in a long line of majority leaders in the senate, along with bob dole, actually helped generate consensus in the senate. he went on to be a real diplomat and peacemaker, ending decades of conflict in northern ireland and quite literally saving hundreds and hundreds of lives. george is the son of a janitor. his dad worked right here at colby, his mother worked in a textile mill. he watched his parents. my parents would say, your job is about more than a paycheck, it is about dignity, respect, it is about your place in the community. it is about being able to look your kid in the eye and say, honey, it is going to be ok. it is going to be ok. the parents can tell you the most helpful thing a parent can say, looking at it out as an opportunity or problem, knowing there is not a thing they can do to help them. and deal with either one. so folks, they worked hard to give their kids greater opportunity, to give georgia chance to go to college and then law school. a chance to choose a life of public service. so like george, regardless of your background, remember where you came from. h

while she spent time with kansas senator bob dole at walter reed army hospital in 2011, she noticed many caregivers around her and the unique challenges they face. following this discovery she established a foundation to raise awareness and serve as a resource for these hidden heroes. i'm a proud member of the hidden heroes caucus which raises awareness and develops legislation in support of caregivers. i urge my colleagues to join this wonderful congressional caucus of hidden heroes. next, mr. speaker, i'm like to address stroke awareness month. it's the second leading cause of dimensiona and one of the leading causes of long-term disability. during this important month of awareness we in congress must realize we have a chance to make a difference. the fast act, the fast fast act would expand access to telly health edge ingible troke services under medicare. i personally witnessed one of can's a greatest victories in health care where my alma mater led the kansas stroke collaborative through telemedicine we saved thousands of lives and prevented literally hundreds, perhaps thousands of

he pointed out several people in the audience including senator bob dole, former presidential candidate. he will turn 94 in the next couple of weeks. he also pointed out secretary john kelly who lost a child fighting in battle. the president spoke for about 20 minutes. pres. trump: they were all angels sent to us by god. they all share one title in c ommon. that is the title of hero. we paid tribute to those brave souls who raced into gunfire, roared, into battle, and ran into just before the president spoke he laid a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier. he placed it there and paz for -- and paused for a moment. that will wrap up his ceremony at the arlington national cemetery. there will be another ceremony for president john f. kennedy who would have turned 100 today. >> the fallout continues as the president's advisor and son-in-law, jared kushner, faces accusations of attempting to set up back channel medications with russia. laying a wreath at arlington national cemetery. the final resting place for many who died in service to their country. administration introduced the play

even though george mcgovern is no longer with us, bob dole continues to champion this cause. on march 20 in a statement to the "washington post," he said, and i quote, eliminating the mcgovern-dole program would have a disastrous effect on the planet's most vulnerable children. without a reliable source of nutrition, these children face a lifetime of stunted physical and mental development in unrealized opportunity. this global school meals program remains one of the proudest achievements of my lifetime. it embodies the very best of america's values. saving this program means saving lives. it's as simple as that, end quote. mr. speaker, working through partners like the u.n. world food program, catholic relief service, world vision, save the children, counterpart international, and many more, mcgovern-dole has reduced the incidents of hunger among school-aged children. increased school enrollments and attendance t has increased the support of families and communities in education especially for girls. it is a proven success. instead of eliminating t. we should be strengthening

senator bob dole, here with his wife senator elizabeth dole.president trump: senator dole fought bravely in world war ii and was severely wounded by german fire. in just a few weeks, bob will be celebrating his 94th earth day. var.s 94th birthday and, bob, i know i speak for millions of grateful americans when i say thank you. thank you, bob. we thank you not only for your us toe, but for helping remember your fallen comrades and the countless american patriots who gave the lives in the second world war. since the first volley of gunfire in the revolution, brave americans in every generation dutyanswered the call of and one victory for freedom. in its hour of need. today, a new generation of american patriots is fighting to win the battle against terrorism , risking their lives to protect thatitizens from an enemy uses innocents to wage war on humanity itself. we are joined today by the wife of specialist christopher moore, who rests on these so beautiful grounds. as jane tells us, chris was a man who loved his country with his spirit.f he list

. >> i think we had bob dole. not quite -- >> bob dole/will ferrell.ny time we can have will ferrell on the show it's a good day. >> we do want to start with pretty serious news heading into another busy day on what's been even by trump standards one of the most the firing of fbi chief james comey. >> this morning, the search for a new fbi director begins with the first round of candidates arriving at the justice department for job interviews. these interviews on the heels of president trump's latest tweet about fired director james comey raising questions about whether or not the white house is recording conversations. could the president's statements be used in a case against him? in said comey better hope there are no tapes out there. also the president is going to be traveling to virginia where he's going to make his first extended public appearance since he gave comey the ax. trump will deliver a commencement address at liberty university, a christian university founded by the pastor jerry falwell. >> you can see them setting up. team coverage. co

i look at bob dole and pat moynihan, a conservative republican and a liberal democrat coming together to save social security. you want to be able to stay on your health care, you have pre-existing conditions like diabetes or whatever, you should be able to get health care. it should be affordable, not just for the wealthy but for everybody out there. having said that, that can be but we have some very good people in the house and senate in both parties. they say let's take what we have , let's take out what's not working and go to what is working. we spent more on health care and any other country in the world. we are not the healthiest country in the world. that should tell us something. >> do you think republicans in the senate will be able to get a bill passed this year to repeal and replace? senator leahy: i think republicans realize there is no way on god's green earth they will pass this cobbled together monstrosity that came out of the house of representatives. i call it that to give it the benefit of the doubt. they know they will have to find something better. >> i have hear

to be joined today by a man whose life demonstrates the values of service and sacrifice, senator bob doleth his wife, senator elizabeth dole. [applause] senator dole fought bravely in world war ii and was severely .ounded by german fire in just a few weeks, bob will be celebrating his 94th birthday. [applause] [cheering] and bob, i know i speak for millions of grateful americans when i say thank you. thank you, bob. [applause] thank you not only for your service, but for helping us to remember your fallen comrades and the countless american patriots who gave their lives in the second world war. since the first volley of gunfire in the revolution, brave americans in every generation have answered the call of duty and won victory for freedom in its hour of need. today, a new generation of american patriots are fighting to win the battle against terrorism, risking their lives to protect our citizens from an enemy that uses the murder of innocents to wage war on humanity itself. we are joined today by the wife of specialist christopher horton , who rests on these so beautiful grounds. as jane

people like george mcgovern and bob dole and kennedy and schweikert and javits etc. these are folks who understood we have a national problem. this is about hunger in the united states. what direction will the nation take. i think of the critical issue for focus. they came up with school lunch programs, we do have another program, i continue to call it foodstamp program and these are under assault but people believed the problem, had to be something, they understood the reason they came to the congress which was to be able to put partisan politics aside, to focus on the issues. that being said, i mentioned in my remarks the earned income tax credit. if you look at the years in which the e itc, it began in 75 and was expanded over the years. if you look at that under what administration they occurred they were democrat and they were republican, who felt this was a way to raise people out of poverty. >> i don't want to stop you. let me interject the connection between the eeoc cns work is the core of the political success you are stressing the by taking connection out,

to be joined today by a man whose life demonstrates the values of service and sacrifice, senator bob dole senator dole fought bravely in world war ii and was severely wounded by german fire. in just a few weeks, bob will be celebrating his 94th birthday. [ applause ] and bob, i know i speak for millions of grateful americans when i say, thank you. thank you, bob. [ applause ] we thank you, not only for your service, but for helping us to remember your fallen comrades and the countless american patriots who gave their lives in the second world war. since the first volley of gunfire in the revolution, brave americans in every generation have answered the call of duty and won victory for freedom in its hour of need. today a new generation of american patriots are fighting to win the battle against terrorism, risking their lives to protect our citizens from an enemy that uses the murder of innocence to wage war on humanity itself. we're joined today by the wife of specialist christopher horton who rests on these so beautiful groun grounds. as jane tells us, chris was a man who loved his count

bob dole a war hero. we will monitor comments and bringing more. >>> in the bay area bart police arrested a man accused of punching an operator on saturday night after 6:30 saturday pittsburgh bay pointe station earlier that same day, police arrested a man on suspicion of assaulting a woman at the oakland coliseum station. the woman told police the man- made unwanted advances toward her and when she rejected him, he assaulted her and left the station police found him later that morning and they say the incidents are not related. >> there's families on board and elderly people and they have to see that is terrible. >> i would like to see more cameras. police maybe but cameras definitely. >> a woman told police she was sexually assaulted on a train from richmond to north bergen no arrests have been made. >>> bart riders should expect delays . late mary station will be closed until tomorrow while crews rebuild the tracks near the station. bart set up a bus bridge to shuttle passengers between fruitvale and 1

when people like george mcgovern and bob dole got together and kennedy and leahy and jabbot, et cetera, these are folks who understood that we had a national problem. and this was related to nutrition and hunger in the united states. so they came together and they said what direction will this nation take? as we move forward? because it is a singular critical issue for us to focus on. and we do have school lunch programs. we do have a whip program. we have -- i continue to learn about programs. but nevertheless there were people who believe that the problem was so grave that we had to do something and they understood the reason why they came to the congress which was to be able to put partisan clicks aside but to focus on the issue. okay. that being said, i mentioned in my remarks the earned income tax credit. it if you take a look at the years in which the eitc when it began, i guess it was in '75. it was expanded over the years, if you look at that under what administration they occurred, they were democrat and they were republican. who felt that this was a way to get people out of p

. >> former senator bob dole pushed to build memorial he said time was important.world war ii vets were dying at a rate of a thousand per day. not that moment for america and patriotism, one 97-year-old former g.i. remembers how he and his buddies celebrated it. in france. >> we had champagne all over the place. >> george came down with his daughter who helped him remember the story. >> tell him about drinking with your friends. >> the one in birthday suit. >> one lady found me laying out in the field. she helped me up and got me in the house. >> that is another way to look at v.e. day. a party everywhere. on the national mall, i'm sam ford, abc7 news. michelle: right now at 6:00. a stolen assault rifle brought to the school. teen at the center set free. we are pushing for answers. jonathan: an attacker caught on video. this man on the run after the police say he attacked a woman in her own condo. [screaming] michelle: terror at a fun park. the little girl is thankful for one thing. >> "abc7 news at 6:00". on your side. jonathan: we begin with a man once sentenced

senator bob dole here with his wife senator elizabeth dole. [ applause ] [ applause ] >> senator dole in world war ii and was severely wounded by german fire. in just a few weeks bob will be celebrating his 94th birthday. [ cheers and applause ] and, bob, i know i speak for millions of grateful americans when i say thank you. thank you, bob. [ applause ] >> we thank you not only for your service, but for helping us to remember your fallen comrades, and the countless american patriots who gave their lives in the second world war. since the first volley of gun fire in the revolution, brave americans in every generation have answered the call of duty and won victory for freedom in its hour of need. today, a new generation of american patriots are fighting to win the battle against terrorism, risking their lives to protect our citizens from an enemy that uses the murder of innocents to wage war when on humanity itself. we are joined today by the wife of specialist christopher horton who rests on these so beautiful grounds. as jane tells us, chris was a man who loved his country with every

he was excoriating, teddy kennedy and bob dole still a close friend of mine. for introducing the precursor for the americans with disabilities act. saming, there's no obligation of the american government he went on and on. i thought it was heartless. i had my meeting with senator mansfield. i sat in front of the senator mansfield desk. i didn't understand how he can be here. i really mean it. i was truly upset. kind of like up -- upset some of the things trump is doing. he let me go on. he said joe, what would you say if i told you that in 1970, dot and jesse holmes sitting at their home in raleigh, picture of young man, 14-point 5 years old with steel braces and steel crutches. all i wanted was someone to love me. i said i feel like a fool. he said, joe, they did. he sat back and mansfield fashion, he said, you know, joe, i learned couple things. it's always appropriate to question another man or woman's judgment. it's never appropriate to question a motive because you do not know. think about it, husband, wives, brothers, sisters, friends and or competitors

the last in a long line of majority leaders in the united states senate along with bob dole actually, actually helped generate consensus in the senate. he went on to be a real diplomat and peacemaker, ending decades of conflict in northern ireland literally, quite literally saving hundreds and hundreds of , lives. george is the son of a janitor. his dad worked right here at colby. his mom worked in a textile mill. understood me watching his parents, what my dad would always say. my dad would always say, "joe your job is about more than a , paycheck. it is about dignity, respect. it is about your place in the community. it is about being able to look your kid in the eye and say, honey, it is going to be ok. it is going to be ok." the parents can tell you the most helpful thing a parent can say, looking at it opportunity and knowing there is not anything they can do to help them. so, folks, they worked hard to give their kids greater aportunity, to give george chance to go to college and then law school. a chance to choose a life of public service. so like george, regardless of your bac

republicans run bob dole again and again. anyway, the roundtable is sticking with us. next, these three will tell me something i don't know. be right back. >>> we're back with the "hardball" roundtable. first up, ginger, tell me something i don't know. >> democrats made a big concession in this budget fight when they passed a spending bill this week. they backed away from a requirement that defense and domestic funding cuts be equal, and that's something that's kept domestic programs funded. >> defense is higher this time. >> defense is higher. that could have long-term reverberating effects. >> why did they give on that? >> i think it was because they got other things that they wanted, and you can see it as a concession that makes sense. >> you noted in your first segment that if mcconnell loses three republicans on health care, it's done. the three to watch are heller of nevada, carlins of maine, and murkowski of alaska. >> two women and a state with a lot of working people who are union. >> who's up in '18. >> i've got three as wel three republican congressmen attem

bush told donors, i just don't like that guy, and former senator bob dole couldn't hide his feelings. >> i don't know. there are a lot of good candidates. i like nearly all of them except ted cruz. >> but that's just how republicans feel about him. what about democrats? >> you have to understand that i probably like ted cruz more than most other of my colleagues like ted cruz, but i hate ted cruz. >> senator al franken has a new book out in which he shares perhaps one of the deepest cuts against ted cruz, one that literally left the ever loquacious senator speechless, and that's thing 2 in 60 seconds. >>> minnesota senator al franken has a new book out in which he dedicated an entire chapter to texas senator ted cruz. according to a page tweeted by jonathan tyla, one section recounts senator amy klobuchar pre-clearing a ted cruz joke she was going to tell at the gridiron club dinner with cruz himself. amy smiled. here it is. when most people think of a difficult cruise, they think of carnival. but we democrats in the senate think of ted. ted smiled and then he offered a suggestion. w

>> it was almost like she was the bob dole of 2016. >> wait a minute.greatest -- >> misogyny, what do you think? >> she was a terrible candidate. >> she said she was a victim of misogyny. she acknowledged that. >> she claims a lot of things. >> what do you think about your mood right now? do you think that's -- >> no. i'm just saying she wants to -- >> i mean you're coming across as -- >> when somebody breaks up and says, it's not you, it's me, she wants reverse and say it's you, not me. >> you really don't like her, do you? you talk like you really don't like her. >> a lot of american voters didn't like her. >> you don't like her personally either do you? >> i don't like her politics. >> you don't like her. >> i don't like her politics. >> jonathan. >> you make your point, and then i'm going -- >> the democrats are still stuck in 2016. you made some great points over the weekend that the democrat party is not in the greatest place. >> i don't call it the democrat party first of all. go ahead. i call it the democratic party. that's an adjective. >> they

senator bob dole attended. [applause] >> ladies and it gentlemen, my name is pat roberts. have the privilege

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i remember bob dole running. he was running in the year that i was trying in '95 and '96 and was successful. i remember very well, howard baker ran earlier than that because i was his campaign manager. but both of these individuals were leaders of the party to minority leaders in most cases as opposed to the majority leader's. in the bill very conscientious about doing there duties in the senate. i felt the same way about making all of the roll call votes and feeling that indiana had only to members of the senate. if one was gone 50 percent of whatever we had was absent. but it is a different style. if you decide to go for the presidency, the senate is there as a forum, you can speak, have books of your own, take time to write those, as john kennedy said -- certainly did, and likewise to have an instructional process in terms of foreign relations. i was delighted to learn from jon's book, for example, that president kennedy was very eager to get on the foreign relations committee. and it took him awhile for his s

and jessie was -- friend of mine to this day bob dole and one of my mentors, teddy kennedy, for the precursorked in and sat down for my meeting. and i guess i looked angry and he said, what's the matter, joe, he spoke and turned. i said, that jessie helms, and i went on to basically say, he had no social redeeming value. i didn't understand how he could do what he was doing. he looked at me and said, joe what would you tell me if i told you that dot and jessie helps three years ago were really the observer in their hometown of north carolina. what would you say if i went and adopted that child? he said, i learned a long time ago, everyone has been sent here has been sent because their state found something good about them. it's your job to look for that. it's always appropriate to question the man and woman's judgment, but never their motive because you don't know it. well, because you don't know it. well, ladies and gentlemen all we do today is seem question motive. we need to focus on the things that unite us, what our founders understood, that there was nothing beyond our capability, beyon

some countries he would know big contract and in the united states he hired bob dole as a lobbyist. that shows us where our weaknesses are. it's a different strategy using different countries. we have a real weakness and accommodation between lobbying and company finance and super pacs in our own cultural acceptance thereof. >> i'd like to add to that regulation. i hate to say it and it is true that, you know, if you're a small business or small bank there's a lot of protecting paperwork that strangles you but what is interesting is people working on behalf of some very large, self interested private interests are using the travails of the little guy as a pretext to dismantle regulations on them that really are in the public interest so i recommend to everyone the book, the best way to rob a bank is to own one. it's about the savings and loan crisis and it is fascinating about the role of effective regulators. the best way to rob a bank is to own one. on my question i would say that the stories you're referring to reinforce the importance of what effort has been talking about. i can

bob dole said the most dangerous place in washington is between chuck schumer and the television camera hill are the white house correspond from the wall street journal and former council under attorney general janet reno who was liaison to the fbi at the ime. we thank both. you for coming in this week. take a look at this list. just about everybody who might have a driver's license in the dc area right now is being under consideration for fbi. you g mccabe who's in the job because he's deputy director, we heard all kinds of names, john pistol to roy kelly who runs the nypd. when we see these lists, how much is this messaging that we want to show that we have a very table of people we're looking at >> this isn't a normal selection process, what we seen with some of those, others when there are multiple names floated out there, usually somebody from that group does end up getting the job. you're right. there's also a messaging aspect of who's me people whose miss steps, this is an unusual situation. >> i immediately thought back to the list released almost as a campaign promise to fill t

bob dole and richard nixon understood you needed the mandate to provide health care to american families and they are going to turn their backs on pre-existing conditions. remember, real national defense also means providing health care for members of the american family. and i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from florida reserves. the gentleman from oklahoma is recognized. mr. cole: before i go to my next speaker, i want to respond to my friends. so i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. cole: i came here to debate the appropriations bill, which is a great bipartisan compromise, but i'm happy to engage in the health care debate as well, if that's what my friends choose to do it. i remember the conditions under which obamacare was passed and that we would save money. i remember if you liked your plan, you could keep it. not true. if you liket your doctor, you could keep that individual. no true. this was sold on a tissue of fabrications and predictions that were false. those p

senator bob whole, here with his wife, senator elizabeth dole. [applause] pres.ought bravely in world war ii and was .everely wounded by german fire in just a few weeks he will be celebrating his 94th birthday. [applause] and bob, i know i speak for millions of grateful americans when i say thank you. thank you, bob. we thank you not only for your service, but for helping us to remember your fallen comrades and the countless american patriots who gave their lives in the second world war. since the first volley of gunfire in the revolution, brave americans in every generation have answered the call of duty and one victory for freedom in its hour of need. today a new generation of american patriots are fighting to win the battle against terrorism, risking their lives to protect our citizens from an enemy that uses the murder of innocents to wage war on humanity itself. we are joined today by the wife of specialist christopher horton , who rests on these so beautiful grounds. as jane tells us, chris was a man who loved his country with every part of his being. in 20

[applause] senator dole fought bravely in world war ii and was severely wounded by german fire. in just a few weeks, bobi know i speak for millions of grateful americans when i say, thank you. thank you, bob. [applause] we thank you not only for your service but for helping us to remember your fallen comrades and the countless american patriots who gave their lives in the second world war. since the first volley of gun fire, in the revolution, braves americans in every generation have answered the call of duty and won victory for freedom in its hour of need. today a new generation of american patriots are fighting to win the battle against terrorism risking their lives to protect our citizens from an enemy that uses the murder of innocence to wage war on humanity itself. we're joined today by the wife of specialist christopher horton who rests on these so beautiful grounds. as jane tells us, chris was a man that loved his country with every part of his being. in 2008, chris enlisted in the oklahoma army national guard. he trained as a sniper becoming known as one of the best shots anywhere at any time.