democratic new jersey senator bob menendez is joining us now. week on the senate floor, you said russia is a, quote, mafia state run by a vicious authoritarian and his inner circle of corrupt oligarchs, not a normal country. so that said, president biden has told aides he believes putin will respond to directness, and he wants to be ready to offer a frank message. what does he need to say to putin? >> well, i think president biden's going in clear-eyed. he himself has called him a ruthless killer, and that's what he is. and i think what he's going to say is, look, you continuously challenge the united states in ways that affects our national securities by permitting ransomware attacks, by engaging in our elections, violate the international order by the use of chemical weapons to assassinate your opponents and countries abroad. annexation of crimea. all of these actions are not only in violation of the international norms but also some real challenges to the united states, and here's what's going to happen if you continue to do that. and i think

primarily china. >> richard engel, getting this conversation started for me, thank you. >> senator bob menendezsenate foreign relations committee. senator menendez as richard was finishing up his remark. you're vladimir putin. put yourself in his shoes. he's got to be, obviously, disappointed. he had an american president that was somebody to be generous. he could get along with. somebody that he thought understood him. and now he's obviously not happy an american president that will have a much different strategy in dealing with him. i assume he's going to be very at first and is that your assumption? >> well, look, putin has always looked at when we had previous quote/unquote resets or new engagements as a sign of weakness. number one lieutenant was recently here in washington and he told me that when putin sees resets he sees weakness. that's the difference. i think you're right that he is going to test president biden. he is going to see what advantage he can get, if any. but he's got a totally different paradigm going in. he's got a president who has said that, you know, putin is a killer.

joining us now democratic senator bob menendez of new jersey.week? >> i think it is incredibly successful for president biden. think he has united our allies in a way that we haven't seen over the last four years, invigorated alliance, helped set the agenda at it and for nato to list china as one of the strategic competitions for nato, i think it an incredible success. >> what do you want to see joe biden accomplish? what is the take away, the so-called deliverable after this meeting with vladimir putin. i think everybody has to be happening with what has happened with g7 and nato. just about everybody, at least. what about with putin. what is the deliverable? >> i want him to speak to putin the way he knows putin is. putin is a killer. he said it. he was right when he said it. and that is what he is. chemical attacks using a chemical weapons international law and annexing its neighbors. listen, we want a stable predictable relationship. but we have to understand who we're speaking to. we're speaking to someone who uses chemical weapons to assas

. >> el senador bob menéndez insiste en que las negociaciones continúan pero si fracasan le piden alea elegible para esta posibilidad mientras que la calle la desconfianza con el gobierno comienza a a pasarse acusan a la vicepresidenta de mensajes contradictorios tras su viaje a guatemala. >> nos dijo que todos nosotros éramos bienvenidos aquí y ahora nos dice que no vengamos, es un cambio drástico. >> ya cortos de paciencia quedan resultados inmediatos. >> en washington noticias telemundo. >> bueno en este aniversario nos acompaña carolina igual ter, están en la ciudad de las vegas los dos beneficiarios del programa daca las gracias por estar con nosotros carolina acaso este año consiguieron beneficiarse con el programa cierto? >> si >> como se sienten?. >> muy feliz bendecidos. >> cuáles son sus sueños platícame qué es lo que quieres lograr?. >> pues yo quiero meterme a la armada, y quiero meterme como [hablando ingles] y estudiar medicina y ser doctora neonatal con el entrenamiento que tendré en la armada es un sueño ahora no lo puedo lograr todavía pero si es lo que quiero hacer.

bob menendez criticized -- i want you to listen to what he sads. >> the trump administration regularlyy mandated deadlines. i expect better from this administration. president biden and his team must announce these ansanctions for this week. >> russia taken no steps to rectify it. >> this is your fellow democrat, are more sanctions coming? >> well, first, i think it is important for your viewers to understand that we have sanctioned russia for the poisoning ofnavalny, we didn't do it ourselves. we rallied allallies. we are preparing another package of sanctions to apply in this case as well. we have shown all along the way that we are not going to pull our punches whether it is on solar wind or navalny. the president also took the extraordinary step of signing a new executive order that gives him even more expanded authority when it comes to sanctions for russia's harmful activities. >> we'll take abackseat to knowing. >> that's coming soon? >> it will come to ensure we have the right targets. when we do that, we'll impose new sanctions. >> president biden decided not to impose sanctio

bob menendez joins me live with his thoughts, ahead.

my parents were in their 40s, clearly they were bob menendezing when they conceived me.eing 70. right? that's also science according to the gutfeld institute of numbers he made up the other day. sean, i have a thinking, or an idea that live pd wouldn't exist without alcohol. right? because 90% of your suspects wouldn't be breaking the law if it wasn't for the fact that they are high as kites. >> a lot are big fans of alcohol and illegal drug business. and me as well my parents met in a bar so i wouldn't be here without the good old alcohol. i'm a big bourbon collector i worked for and higher bush in college and drove a beer truck so i think people should have libations and have a good time. we are all adults we can make our own decisions >> greg: you drove a beer truck. >> greatest college job ever >> greg: you should have a show. >> good idea. >> greg: don't you think? >> good idea >> greg: why don't we talk later. i could probably help you out on this. i have a shoe shows under my belt janice. speaking of belt you take a few belts don't you? >> remember the old days? >

joining me right now, is bob menendez, the chairman of the senate foreign relations committee. lot to get to. first, the big decision. your reaction to the ruling of the supreme court, leaving intact, obamacare. >> well, a great day of relief for tens of millions of americans, who have insurance. under the afordable care act, in the midst of a pandemic. the last thing we need is to have millions of insurance struck down. and it's time for republicans and their cohorts to stop attacking the insurance security of 30 million americans that have found coverage under the affordable care act. >> do you think obamacare is secure with this? >> i have no doubt, that our republican opponents of the affordable care act will find ways to try to challenge it. three strikes and you're out, already. it seems to me that they need to reconcile themselves. this is the law of the land. it provides health insurance for 30 million americans, who are probably increase, as people continuously need the coverage, especially in the midst of the global pandemic. i am convinced, it will stay as one of its

the democratic chairman of the senate foreign xhilt committee, bob menendez, criticized missing an earlyssia again for poisoning his political opponent alexy navalny. listen to what he said. >> the trump administration regularly missed congressionally mandated deadlines. i expect better from this administration. president biden and his team must announce these sanctions this week, for putin has shown no remorse for these vile actions and russia has taken no steps to rectify them. >> this is your fellow democrat. what's the answer? why haven't you sanctioned russia, again, for poisoning alexy navalny? are more sanctions coming? >> first, dana, it's important for your viewers to understand that we have sanctioned russia for the poisoning of alexy navalny. we didn't just do it by ourselves. we rallied allies in a joint effort to impose use on russia and chemical agent against one of their citizens on russian soil. we are preparing another package of sanctions to apply in this case as well. we've shown all along the way we're not going to pull punches whether it's on solar winds, election in

he took questions from the foreign relations committee chaired by senator bob menendez.

. >>> senator bob menendez is chair of the foreign relations committee and chair of the banking and financemittee. thank you for your time. lots to discuss here as we see this. urging the biden administration to hold russian president vladimir putin accountable for a litany of actions. you recommended imposing new sanctions, calling out russia's increased aggression in cyber space and annexation of crimea. is it possible to secure a more cooperative relationship in one meeting or do they need a course correction here? >> i think it will take more than one meeting but we set the tone with this meeting. i hope the president will set the tone with this meeting. the reality is that i finished meeting with alexey navalny's representative visiting in washington. one point i made in my speech which is that every time president putin sees an overtur, let's build a new bridge, he sees its a sign of weakness and the only thing he really appreciates and understands is strength. and so, therefore, we already have a history -- i understand president biden's desire to have a predictable, stable relations

my parents were in their 40s, clearly they were bob menendezing when they conceived me.eing 70. right? that's also science according to the gutfeld institute of numbers he made up the other day. sean, i have a thinking, or an idea that live pd wouldn't exist without alcohol. right? because 90% of your suspects wouldn't be breaking the law if it wasn't for the fact that they are high as kites. >> a lot are big fans of alcohol and illegal drug business. and me as well my parents met in a bar so i wouldn't be here without the good old alcohol. i'm a big bourbon collector i worked for and higher bush in college and drove a beer truck so i think people should have libations and have a good time. we are all adults we can make our own decisions >> greg: you drove a beer truck. >> greatest college job ever >> greg: you should have a show. >> good idea. >> greg: don't you think? >> good idea >> greg: why don't we talk later. i could probably help you out on this. i have a shoe shows under my belt janice. speaking of belt you take a few belts don't you? >> remember the old days? >

in fact, senator bob menendez, chair of the senate foreign relations, earlier in the month said sanctionsn now. this all comes on the heels of that high stakes summit between the president and russian president vladimir putin and the administration has really said that though they didn't leave with any tangible deliverables from that summit, they believe that any progress that would be made and any change in putin's behavior would be coming in the coming months. >> all right. we shall see. arlette saenz at the white house for us, thanks so much. >>> in florida some scary moments at a pride parade after a truck hits pedestrians. we're going to have the latest on that ahead. >>> also the insurrection, cnn talks to one of the men who stormed the capitol. guard, & lint your clothes can repel pet hair. look how the shirt on the left attracts pet hair like a magnet! pet hair is no match for bounce. with bounce, you can love your pets, and lint roll less. ♪ sometimes you wanna go ♪ ♪ where everybody knows your name ♪ ♪ ♪ and they're always glad you came ♪ welcome back, america. i didn't realize

way of dealing with iran's nuclear threat was offered this week by senators lindsey graham and bob menendez it would allow iran to draw upon a u.n. run nuclear fuel bank for its civilian use but would take away the means of making enriched uranium. >> to do away with the enrichment program and let the world supply the spent ruled rods that way they can't make a bomb. >> some experts doubt they will give up their nukes in any way especially since elections to replace rouhani are just two weeks away. the winter is supposed to be even more anti-west. >> i think the supreme leader wants a hard line president that will back his own hard line policies. >> the recently paused rocket and missile duel between israel and iran backed hamas another sign of ongoing threat to instability in the region and beyond. bret? bret: greg palkot in london. thank you. tomorrow author david all bret joins us to talk about iran pursuit of nuclear weapons. new info inside about iran's nuclear efforts currently. let's bring in our panel about foreign policy early morgan ortagus former state department spokesperson. ma

bob menendez said i think part of the reason this meeting was short you had the president go in thereble, what is not possible and there was no need to have a buddy/buddy back and forth. it's going to take time to see if, in any way, russia does change its behavior or what can be built on this before lawmakers come away with unified take on what went down today. >> there had to be consequences for russia's actions against america, the cyber attacks and what have you. republicans have been publicly criticizing biden when it comes to russia. talk to us about the tensions on the hill. does congress have the president's back if the united states was prepared to go on the offensive against russia, what that might entail? >> you have biden taking a tough line on cyber attacks, what's been happening across the country with the attacks. i do think you have some discussions on the hill with the white house, but i think that there is really in a different position, there's a lot of members of congress that want us to take a very, very tough tact when it comes to this issue. and right now, we di

joining us to discuss democratic senator bob menendez of new jersey., thanks for joining us, mr. chairman. your colleague, independent senator angus king of maine who caucuses with democrats, he tells cnn that he wants to try again to reach a deal with republicans on election reform legislation. do you think that there is potentially common ground to be found on this, a more narrow bill? or do you think democrats and republicans are just too diametrically opposed on this? >> well, look, i hope that we can reach common ground. preserving the right to vote and the ability to cast that vote is the very essence of representative democracy. yet, what we see across the country over 400 actions taken by republican legislatures and introducing bills that restrict the right to vote, that make it far more difficult to cast a vote, particularly in minority communities. that's a telltale sign of where republicans really are at. so it is my hope that if it wasn't for the people, that then tell us what you're for at the end of the day to see what we can come togethe

and this is from senators bob menendez, democrat of new jersey and susan collins a republican of maineey write the devastating events of september 11, 2001, shook the united states to its core and sparked immediate and consequential action. congress formed the mission to investigate the missteps that contributed to the attack. they write and to issue prescriptions for what we as a country could do to prevent future attacks of foreign terrorism on american soil. they write the death toll from covid-19 pandemic is now more than 200 times the death toll of the 9/11 attacks but congress has yet to establish a similar blue ribbon commission to investigate the vulnerabilities of our public health system and issue guidance for how we as a nation can better protect the american people from future pandemics. we're beginning to emerge from a pandemic that has claimed more than 600,000 mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, friends, neighbors and co-workers in the united states alone. fraj tragically it'll claim more lives before it's over. the economic costs will never be fully realized yet we are

this is from senator bob menendez and senator susan collins.y are right that the devastating events of september 11 two thousand one shook the united states to its core and sparked immediate and consequential action to protect american lives. congress formed the independent 9/11 commission to investigate the security missteps that contributed to the attack and to issue prescriptions for what we as a country could do to prevent future attacks of foreign terrorism on american soil. the death toll from the covid pandemic is now more than 200 times the death toll of the 9/11 attacks, but congress has yet to establish similar blue-ribbon commissions to investigate the vulnerabilities of our public health systems and issue guidance for how we as a nation can better protect the american people from future pandemics. we are just now beginning to emerge from a pandemic that has claimed more than 600,000 mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, spouses, friends, neighbors, and coworkers in the u.s. alone. it will claim more lives before it ends and the econo

senator marco rubio, along with senator bob menendez and tim cane saying this , "without u.s.d caribbean nations in support of a diplomatic agenda" and just one example earlier this year china promised vaccine shipments in exchange for the peri- ceas ing taiwan and secretary of state anthony blink el said yesterday in a press conference with costa rica 's president that u.s. vaccines will not come with political strings and is focused on equity in its distribution and saying they will work with c ovax, a global alliance that focuses on equitable access but an op-ed is blasting covax's approach saying need should be the principal criteria for distributing vaccines among countries but not the only one, before vaccines are sent, countries must be able to distribute and administer them, vaccinations, not vaccines, are what save lives and that is a problem, because some countries that have received donated doses from covax had to destroy some of them because they could not get them in arms in time, south sudan threw out 60,000 vaccines and the ivory coast destroyed over 300,000 vac

here's the three hour hearing chaired by senator bob menendez of new jersey. >> this hearing comes to order. mr. secretary, welcome. pleased to see you before the committee again it's nice to see the secretary engage on a regular basis and we appreciate that. even though we may not always agree on everything i appreciate you proactively making yourself available to discuss the budget. it sends an important signal about the value of transparency in the two branches of government working together on behalf of the american people. i am also pleased to note after four years in which this committee on a bipartisan basis created the foreign affairs budget proposals with various tones of incredulity today we have a serious budget proposal that if enacted would represent the largest increase to the international affairs budget in more thanmo a decade. that's not to say we will see i to i but we are looking forward to the discussion. after a year during which the community has been shaken to its core by the pandemic it should be clear to everyone an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure

he took questions from the foreign relations committee chaired by senator bob menendez. >> this hearing of the senate foreign relations committee will come to order. mr. secretary welcome. pleased to see you before the committee again. it's nice to see the secretary engage on a regular basis, and we appreciate that. and even though we may not always agree on everything, i appreciate your pro actively making yourself available to discuss the budget. it sends an important signal about the value of transparency in our two branchs of government working together on on behalf of the american people. after four years in which this committee on a bipartisan basis greeted the foreign affairs budget proposals with tones of incred duality. today we have a budget that would represent the largest increase in more than a decade. that's not to say that we will see eye-to-eye on all the specific components to be sure. but we're looking forward to a robust and substantive discussion. after a year during which the internal community has been shaken by the covid pandemic it should be clear to everyone tha

he has the strong support of his home state senators, senators cory booker and bob menendez. and he's received broad bipartisan support in the judiciary committee with five reasons joining all the democrats in supporting his nomination. i urge my colleagues to support him. this week the senate will also consider the nomination of regina rodriguez to be a judge in the district court of colorado. what a life story she brings. she is the daughter of a japanese american mother whose family was interned during world war ii. and a mexican american father who was one of the first hispanic coaches in the national football league. her father's job as a coach took the family cross country. though she was born in colorado, she spent several of her formative years in my home state of illinois. she thought she might want to be a lawyer when she was 17 years old. so she put on her best suit, knocked on the doors in macomb, illinois, until she found a lawyer who said, come on in. i'll show you the ropes. she held onto that passion that first developed when she was a teenager. over the past