guest: pretty quiet on capitol hill. there were a lot of questions on if the president were to rule out this immigration overhaul, historically, when presidents do something like that, they try to line up support on capitol hill, so when they drop a big plan like this, they have supporters lined up to talk to the cameras, , toalk to reporters like us give high praise for something like this. that was not in the works last week. there were not senators or how senators with white house talking points. there are a lot of questions about how it would be implemented, and there is a lot of concern about the deferred action for childhood arrivals program set up under the obama administration, dreamers, and what would happen to them. they were not addressed at all in this plan. that has been a point of some bipartisan unity on capitol hill. there are republicans on the hill who are supportive of protecting those daca recipients, and that was a point where they could move forward, potentially, and to have it go unaddressed was a

there was a lot of upset on capitol hill about this. often when youl have glo threats when you think the u.s. military might be needed, they notify the armed services committee and talk to the gang of eight -- the's a protocol and the administration didn't do that. there is concern of what is happening on the ground. they were hearing it in the media before thedministration. and the overall message was, this does not have -- military action i d irans not have support of congress and democrats would argue if theen pres wanted to do that, they would need a vote. robert: iran feels crippled with h.h.s. - itsconomy because of sanctions. >> much of this interpreting what the pressure is, economicon sanc which thede pre says they're prepared to escalate. it is clear tt any military action against iran would be devastating and destabilizing for the region in a way the u.s. does not want to take on for a number ofeasons. robert: in alabama, the republican led state legislature passed aew total ban on abortion. the law has no exceptions for rape

let's go to manu on capitol hill. tell us more about this letter, this response. >> yes, the response from the house judiciary chairman rejecting the calls from the white house to drop the probe the democrats led into potential obstruction of justice. jerry nadler said they will not be doing that. they're planning to press ahead. in a very strongly worded letter to the white house counsel sent moments ago, he said the committee has a right to all of this was information the white house said is off-limits. in this letter jerry nadler says, your failure to comprehend the gravity of the special counsel's finding is astounding and dangerous. he also goes on to say, the committee has the right, indeed the duty under the constitution to investigate these and other related circumstances. recent developments indicate that the objects of our investigation as to both past and current actions are needed more urgently than ever. both the russian threat to our elections and the president's threat to the rule of law continue. now,

think of the complexity of being a capitol police officer. t's not just the safety of the women a and men who serve in here. it's the thousands of visitors that come every day. but it's also the responsibility of keeping a government by the people, for the people, and of the people open. every day we see it, but we all felt it. it's not just protecting us when it's inside this building. we saw it just a short time ago on a baseball field. we're reminded of the number of members' lives you saved, your officers, that day. we're reminded of the number of times just in a building that the majority leader room has of the officers giving the ultimate sacrifice inside tse hallowed halls to save the others. so we thank you for your work, but more importantly, we thank you for the force. we thank you for all the officers. we know last week was police officer week. they were here in the capitol and throughout washington, d.c. we know every day that we hear the other lives that were lost protecting us throughout the nation. but we thank you for your ser

does this grease the skids for thesmca on capitol hill? >> it was a very good week on capitolr hill the president in the trade agenda, part of that becse heame up to the hill to met with democrats including nancy pelosi. i think there was skepticism going into the meeting and democrats came out of the meeting thinking the message to democrats was what d i need to do to get you on board. they know they need nancy peli to bringhis to the floor and i think they recognize that and i would say in t ebb and flow of what can this congress do with this period, at the endf this week, i talked to more democrats who thought trade was much more of a possibility than some of the other this. robert: when could a vote happen? >> anyone who says anything that could happen substantively ith congress has to happen this year. next year the chances are nancy pelosi said she's not in any rush so i can't imagine it happens any time sn butf you'll see movement on it, fall is probably a time. robert: thisnlasn't the movement, hans. on trade this week we had the p

trade representatives office to here on capitol hill. treasury secretary steven mnuchin told me that he is going to go to china for the next round of trade talks; however nothing has been scheduled right now. he went on to say he is hopeful for an agreement not using the word "confident" but there's an agreement but hopeful and in the meantime the administration pushing not trade but u.s. mca, trying to get lawmakers here on capitol hill to ratify smca. there's pushback from those lawmakers because of steel and aluminum tariffs they have in place on canada and mexico. now lawmakers here say that needs to be removed to have widespread support and canada's top negotiator in washington trying to work out that issue here. she says that canada would like to see those tariffs removed in order for canada to ratify the agreement going forward with the treasury secretary saying they are trying to resolve the issue right now. now one issue that will not go away is the instability in ventura county. now because of that, the u.s. has announced they

done the rewards plan follows governor knew some requests for changes to the embattled project, our capitol bureau reporter ashley zavala explains how lawmakers are reacting now. >>in the high speed rail authorities update to lawmakers wednesday, the board president aims to keep it on track the project update shows the line between bakersfield tumor said will be ready by 20 28 with the construction cost increase of one billion the authority plans to phase in la and san francisco. but the update shows the project has no money committed or appropriated after 2030 assemblyman jim patterson is calling on the governor to halt funding for the project and making it up as they go along again they have no idea what they are doing let alone in 9 years from now this is a. >>i absolutely and trust operation that i think has lost all credibility another concern for lawmakers was the project's use of private consultants handling public money in the update. the board president says state staff will replace private consultants for management and oversight before the report's release wednesday, the governor

chad pergram on capitol hill for us. blake, start with you, what happened in that building behind you today? reporter: let me give it timeline way this shook out earlier, connell. 100 minutes crystallized everything where things stand here in washington, d.c. most certainly between president trump an democratic leadership in the city. it started at about earlier this morning, 8:00, 9:00 hour, nancy pelosi up on capitol hill held a meeting with her democratic colleagues about the way forward with president trump and discussions about possible impeachment proceedings. after that meeting with her democratic colleagues she came out and said this, listen. >> we believe that no one is above the law including the president of the united states and we believe as president of the united states is engaged in a coverup. reporter: president of the united states is engaged in a coverup, pelosi said. that was 10:10 this morning. roughly an hour later, pelosi and chuck schumer came over here to the white house to talk talk to talk to t

sahil kapur on capitol hill. let's turn to kevin cirilli at the white house. one day was enough for the attorney general? the calculation the administration has made is that william barr do not have to testify before the house judiciary committee. they are saying it was a disagreement amongst democrats and republicans regarding procedure of how that hearing would go. jerry nadler, the chairman of the house judiciary committee, still convening the hearing and saying he might have to use subpoena power in order to get attorney general barr. talked to suggest yesterday's hearing before the senate judiciary committee was very much something that did not move the political needle on either front. the president, a busy afternoon for him at the white house. he is said to have a visit from the senate finance committee chairman chuck grassley to discuss trade. david: whether a move the political needle or not, you have the impression watching that nobody's position is moving to the center. it seemed like democrats against republicans. can we infer anything about furthe

cnn congressional correspondent phil mattingly is joining us from capitol hill. phil, how far is the judiciary committee chairman, jerry nadler, willing to go to get what he wants? >> reporter: wolf in the latest escalation of tensions both jerry nadler and pretty much all democrats firing back, making clear that the new 12-page letter that lays out a red line from the white house is simply not going to work. they have objected to it and rejected it and made clear they will continue with their investigations and document requests and will not revise those document requests. they will continue to invite administration officials and staff to capitol hill to testify. jerry nadler making clear they believe former white house general counsel don mcgahn will testify in front of the committee, so will special robert mueller and they are willing to pursue several different ideas if they are stone walled in those efforts. we know that the attorney general has been held in contempt on the committee level, the full house has not voted yet, but democrats are now considering

in february, ilhan omar question special envoy to venezuela elliot abrams on capitol hill.e welcome you to democracy now! congress member ilhan omar, before we talk about the remarkable rally held for you, in defense of you yesterday just outside the capitol next to the reflecting pool, if you can comment what is taking place right now in venezuela, the u.s.-supported coup attempt agnst president maduro. for havingu, amy, me. it is really great to join you all this morning. i concur with what professor sachs was saying. a lot of the policies that we have put in place have kind of helped lead the devastation in venezuela. forort of set the stage where we are arriving today. this particular bullying and the use of sanctions to eventually intervene and make regime change really does not t help the peope of countries like venezuela and is not in the interest of the united states. i think finally we have folks in congress that see what professor sachs was referencing. amy: i want to turn right now to your questioning of elliott abrams, the man who president trump has made the sp

busy at the halls of the capitol, as well. take you back to the microphones where members are speaking to reporters. we'll listen in. >> i support the chairman. look forward to this process and continuing to see the truth comes out to the american people. >> what is the next step for don mcgahn? >> mr. mcgahn should be held in contempt. we will have strong attempt citations. i don't know we'll go as far because there are legal issues there that i don't totally agree with. >> file your article of impeachment? >> they are as ready to go as mr. roberts -- >> what are you waiting for? >> one thing, i'm waiting for mr. mueller to testify before this committee. i think it's important that we hear from mr. mueller. >> are you sensing a shift? >> you have been listening to democrats in the house judiciary committee speaking to reporters as this is unfolding. don mcgahn former white house counsel someone who sat down for 30 plus hours with robert mueller and the special counsel team not appearing at the direction of the white house. th

let's start on capitol hill. cnn's manu raju is there with much more. what are the next steps now that the former white house counsel has refused to appear and testify? >> well, expect the house judiciary committee to move in the coming days to hold don mcgahn in contempt of congress. this coming after they did a similar step with the attorney general, bill barr, after he did not turn over the full unredacted mueller report and the underlying evidence, the democrats plan to do the same thing here. that will ultimately go to a house floor vote, and the full house will vote to hold mcgahn in contempt, barr in contempt, as well as other individuals not complying with subpoenas. democrats plan to roll it all in one package. it may happen in weeks, it may not happen this week. it could take time. at that point, expect court action to ensue. jerry nadler made it clear they plan to go to court to try to compel don mcgahn's testimony one way or the other, to provide the information they're seeking. but kate, that process i just laid out is going to take time. d

at capitol hill.rats are in a stando with he white house. >> former aide to president we more on the standoff and new calls to start impeachment procee craig, good morning. good morning, everyone. lots ou talk abt impeachment democr pressuring --ore inquir democr are angry about don democr are frustrated over democr have nows isued two get hearing. as you guys know, they have also threat to hold in contempt serakin high dma on capitol hill, ys. it continues. >> craig bosswell on capitol hill. thank you. worker life. the driver had to getore than 60 stitches and staples. his head is wrapped while the wounds healing. this is amang. he only speaks chinese. his son translated what happened to his father by phone. >> the dog was runutng o of >> he says he works for a they denied that one of their he said he doesn't know how he p.d. physician accused of bond has been set at $400,000. he was indicted monday on 65 nea chargeter 11 new accusers the is in addition to the $100,0 heid already pa after torres cann

we are taking a live look at capitol hill. house democrats are in a standoffith the white house. >> thee former a to president trump defied a congressional subpoena to testify. news 4's craig boswell is live on capitol hill with the news on the standoff and calls for impeacepent. >> rorter: aaron, eun, a lot on house speaker nancy pelosi's plate. she's holding a meeting less than four hours from now. it's intended to be an update on oversight,n investigatio and likely going to be more talk about impeachment. almost two dozen democrats that we've heard from arere incsing their calls for house speakern na pelosi to begin that inquiry. democrats are angry after desident trump blocked the testimony of mcgahn. democrats frustrated with the obstruction and aaron, eun, alsn the wake of the no show from the hearing. democrats have issued two new subpoenas forwh former ite house staffers including he hicks, the former communications director for the president. guys, back to you. >> craig live on capihill. thank you. >>> a prince george

we'll see what comes out of that and what's happening on capitol hill. steve mnuchin is testifying under oath right now and was asked about the president's tax returns. this is a live shot on capitol hill where he is being questioned about the president's tax returns, jason. he said under oath that he has never -- this is just coming into us -- talked to anyone at the white house or to the president about handing over tax returns to congress. he did address that i.r.s. memo saying he had a chance to look at it which was the request to do so saying he does not believe the memo contradicts his conclusion that congress needs a legitimate legislative purpose to see those tax returns saying the memo addresses a different issue. i want to get your thoughts as we learn more out of that hearing room. >> so it's referred to on capitol hill as 6103 material. that's the statute. and the statute was put into place so that the i.r.s. was not used as a political tool to grab people's tax returns and then embarrass them or do what they want to do politically and that's

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and meanwhile on capitol hill, kelly o'donnell, first to you. you've got some insights into what happened in that oval office meeting, beyond what we heard from nancy pelosi and chuck schumer. >> reporter: a senior democratic aide says to me that pelosi herself said that she knew the president was not serious about infrastructure and would find a way out. as the president left the meeting. that was reflected in her on-camera remarks. and i think part of what we'll take away from this day, andrea, is not only the words and the unexpected nature of everything that played out, but the imagery that was cast here. the president standing alone in the rose garden, which is sort of the solitary nature of being president. there may be strength in that, according to his supporters, there may be isolation in it. and then on capitol hill, the speaker of the house, the leader of the democrats in the senate and so many of their leadership team standing together and describing the scene at the white house in terms that cast the president in a very dark and iso

mnuchin not the only one testifying on capitol hill. the federal aviation administration chief faced a blistering assault over his agency's role in approving that on your screen, boeing's 737 max jet. even after safety risks emerged. we are going to show you the fireworks from that. >>> and the battle between capitalism versus socialism has oil prices trapped in the middle. we are going to look at the socialist strongholds with a crude grip on the globe's top energy source. >>> plus microsoft's monster bug and what's that flaw in whatsapp? the ceo says his company can provide a secure space for all those big names. and charlie breaks it as t-mobile and sprint circle the wagons. less than an hour to the closing bell. let's start the "countdown." liz: folks, we are going to get to this breaking news. we apparently have a helicopter shot we are trying to get up over the east river here in manhattan. there it is. the new york police department has just confirmed a helicopter fell short of a landing pad and slipped into -- sorry, the hudson

capitol this morning.bout to begin speaking to honor law enforcement officers who have died in the line of duty. may 15th, today, marks peace officers memorial day by resolution under president john f. kennedy that was set. so far in 2019 more than 40 law enforcement officers have died in the line of duty. the president has made a big effort to reach out to law enforcement to thank them and obviously to honor those that have fallen and paid the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty. you are looking at the head of the fraternal order of police who is speaking now. he is about to introduce the president, a very important day for this country and for all of us who support the blue and those that wear the uniform. a live look on capitol hill as we await the president. the annual peace officers memorial service happening on capitol hill this morning. >> jon: this fox news alert as the u.s. and iran downplay the threat of war despite the state department warning americans in the region and ordering non-essentia

capitol hill -- from the capital.hen the attorney general sits down for questions, the committee will have already negotiated with the justice department and the senators how long each senator gets to ask a question or questions for and how long this hearing will go. this is part of the process of setting up for these types of hearings. the former chair of the judiciary committee, senator chuck grassley talked to c-span yesterday. a republican out of iowa. he talked about the ground rules for these type of high-profile hearings. [video clip] >> as former chairman of the judiciary committee, you lead a lot of these high-profile hearings, who gets to determine the format? >> the chairman. usually, unless there is any disagreement between the chairman or the ranking member, the top democrat, you consult with them about it. most of the time, particularly hearings on legislation, it is easy to work out. the only thing that was not easy for me to work out with a democrat leader was on judges. except for that, we had so much

mike emanuel reporting live on capitol hill. first to john roberts reporting live on the north lawn. john? >> trace, good afternoon to you. president trump was clearly incensed after the house speaker, nancy pelosi, accused him literally 50 minutes before she was to meet with him in the cabinet room of engaging in a cover-up. the president could have cancelled the meeting but instead of doing that, he brought the democratic leadership over to the white house, sat them down in the cabinet room and as they were sitting there expecting him to come in and talk about infrastructure, instead he walked in through the door that leads to the oval office and let them have it. >> i walk in to look at people that just said that i was doing a cover-up. i don't do cover-ups. i walked in to the room and i told senator schumer, speaker pelosi, i want to do infrastructure. i want to do it more than you want to do it. i'd be really good at that. that's what i do. but you know what? you can't do it under these circumstances. so get these phony inv

ainsley: little hazy for capitol hill. steve: what's going on? a foggy day in our nation's capitol.mony yesterday william barr got a break and went after it. when bob mueller put out

talking about south capitol shut down at firth sterling and potomac avenue. this is a crash investigation. northbound south capitol track pushed to firth sterling, southbound, trying to get through this. shut down between 123 to the beltway because of a sinkhole. they're hoping to get a lane open by this evening. hyattsville, southbound bw parkway after 202, left lane blocked by a crash. southbound georgia near heath field, two right lanes blocked by an accident. as we zoom out, 66 and 95 look okay. northbound fairfax county after 123, a crash is shutting down the right lane. chuck, good morning. >>> good morning. i wish i had better news, but behavioral today will be vry much a repeat performance of yesterday. a lot of cloud cover. h hit-and-miss chances of rain that starts this morning and continues into the afternoon. e perhaps thly parts of the evening, as well. it's only 50 degrees here in town. 48 in fairfax county, 46 in montgomery county. 48 in prince george's cnnty. and r dotting the landscape this morning all over the news4 nation. more rain down to

cnn's manu raju is on capitol hill. we've been speaking to members who have been going in and out of that meeting. what came out? what happened? >> the upshot was that nancy pelosi essentially got what she wanted, to lay out the course of action that committees are taking to investigate this president. they believe they've been successful in the courts, to continue this current line of action. there were not many members who spoke out against her. there was a call for impeachment from alexandria ocasio-cortez i'm told as well as david cicilin. her approach stops short of impeach. i spoke to a couple of lawmakers afterwards who said impeachment is not the way to go at the moment. you're not in favor of impeachment inquiry? >> oh, well, it depends. i am concerned about setting the precedent that the only way, apparently, a future congress can investigate an administration is by launching a technical, formal impeachment inquiry. i do not agree with that. the courts need to uphold the constitutional powers of congress, as j

there's a crucial meeting in just two hours on capitol hill. pelosi, who's been reluctant to move on impeachment, will meet with the entire democratic caucus. some of those now calling for impeachment include powerful committee chairs. how will she convince her members to slow down? we were just told by one of the congressional reporters we talk to all the time that this could be a very tense meeting. a few minutes from now, we'll be joined by the house majority whip. it's

this is adding to the drumbeat on capitol hill. every time there is another privacy incidents, i reach out to some of the senators who have been active on privacy issues and they are kind of like a, we are having this conversation yet again. it adds fuel to the fire as they are considering what our next steps on these issues. host: is it difficult for the lobby for the republican to control those committees on the senate side and the democrats control them on the house side? guest: one of the interesting things on the text debate is that there is bipartisan consensus that congress needs to act on this issue and something needs to be done on privacy. i think there are slight differences in how they would approach this. generally, the republican party tends to have a more pro-business mindset. they are more wary of legislation that could be heavy-handed and in any way limit innovation among smaller companies. there is a bit more caution in terms of what steps republicans would like to see on this. host: of your with a question from -

abc's mary bruce has more. >> reporter: on capitol hill, attorney general bill barr forced to defendns against unprecedented criticism from robert mueller himself. >> this letter was an extraordinary act. a career prosecutor rebuking the attorney general of the united states, memorializing in writing, right? >> the letter's a bit snitty and i think it was probably written by one of his staff people. >> reporter: mueller wrote his own summaries of the report and twice asked barr to release them but barr refused. the two men later talked on the phone and barr insists mueller did not accuse him of misrepresenting the report. >> there were notes taken of the call. >> may we have those notes? >> no. >> why not? >> why should you have them? >> reporter: barr called concerns over his summary mind-bendingly bizarre and took this jab at mueller. >> his work concluded when he sent his report to the attorney general. at that point, it was my baby. >> reporter: mueller did not make a determination on obstruction of justice, but barr did, declaring in his summary that the president did not obstru

it's really -- it's good reporting and it's also interesting because in my day job covering capitol hill, there's been a lot of speculation and rumor and now we have a window into what's going on. i'm going to say, laura, i don't think democrats will be too keen of doing this behind closed doors. >> something tells me you're right. >> thanks again for the great reporting, laura jarrett over at doj. we'll discuss this more in a movement another issue percolating right now. we turn to impeachment impatience. democratic leaders are stepping up the pressure on house speaker nancy pelosi to begin impeachment proceedings against president trump. tensions flared behind closed doors last night reflect the growing divide among democrats. adding fuel to that fire the refusal as laura mentioned of former white house counsel don mcgahn to testify before the white house judiciary committee. republicans accused the democrats of political theater and chairman jerry nadler threatened to hold mcgahn in consglemt when this committee issues a subpoena even to a senior presidential adviser, the witness must

starting to walk out of an emergency closed door meeting in a morning of breaking developments on capitol hill. the house speaker trying to keep her caucus in line making her case as the impeachment drum beat gets louder. has the dam broken? in a minute we'll hear from one lawmaker inside the room about what went down and all happening as steven mnuchin faces fire. let's listen to what nancy pelosi has to say. >> excuse me. right now the judiciary committee is marking up the dream act and we have our legislative agenda that we're moving forward on. it was a very positive meeting, respectful sharing of ideas and i think very impressive presentation by our chairs. we do believe that it's important to follow the facts. we believe that no one is above the law, including the president of the united states. and we believe the president of the united states is engaged in a cover up. in a cover up. and that was the measure. thank you. >> some of your members on impeachment, is that part of the persuasion? >> persuasion, we were exchanging information. really, we had this -- >> can you still have

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well for us capitol bureau reporter ashley zavala gives us a rundown on some of the legislation facing the cuts so far. >>back from the holiday weekend and lawmakers have a hefty load of bills to get through and i respectfully ask for your i vote both the assembly and senate have until this friday to pass bills that were created in their own chamber, the assembly started tuesday with 232 bills that will open proposal moving forward the anti eavesdropping at the proposal that aims to protect consumer privacy from smart speakers like amazon's alexa and google home and i think it's time we get consumers back the control and the choice. >>so that when they choose to bring a speaker into a home. they know what they're getting into and they can consent before their recorded. been happening. they say the shooter i have information. 3rd parties i think that is appropriate but not the to retain. search for its record on the device. but if those from revised from functioning about another bill debated tuesday would allow anyone running for office to use campaign funds to pay for child care. >>i

he him and jim stenson berger, the only adult on capitol hill and these people are running around withdoing all this nonsense. what upsets them is not what's in the report. what upsets them is what's not in the moment report is a shred of evidence that any of this cockamamie story that they've been peddling for the past few years. they did not need another lawyer. they need a psychiatrist. >> charlie, look. i'm 100% with you on the fried chicken thing. that's ridiculous. it looked foolish and unbecoming of a member of congress. but let's be clear, barr didn't do himself any favors when mueller came out and said, hey, you mischaracterized. you are not honest with people about our findings and our rulings. >> martha: that's not what he said. he didn't say he was honest about the findings. he did not argue with the findings. he said the findings were accurate. he didn't like the whole execution of the way it came out -- >> the letter specifically said he mischaracterized. >> the other thing that matters is bill barr turned right around and did what he did not have to do which is release t

republican senator mike braun from indiana coming to us from capitol hill.sador toa's moscow working on u.s. russian relations and taking a turn for invasion with the of ukraine. this is bloomberg. ♪ david: you are watching balance of power. has devoted his career to understanding russia, the people, the culture and the government. he brought that to bear when he took up the position of u.s. ambassador to russia under president obama. instead of trying to bring an understanding between the country president vladimir putin casted as an instigator. of anls the story american ambassador input and's -- in putin's russia. it is great to have you with us. let me start with a quote from your book where you say " this new era of confrontation did not mark a return to the cold war but most certainly could be described as a hot piece. there are acts of soviet aggression the cold war soviet leaders did not attempt including annexing territory in ukraine and intervening in the 2016 u.s. present a lot -- presidential election." what brought us to this point that russia i

cheryl: acting faa administrator daniel elwell will be on the hot seat on capitol hill.ed to face tough questions following two deadly crashes of boeing 737 max jets. a flight control system suspect r&d of causing both tragedy, will today's hearing help the nation's airlines calm passenger fears. let's bring in travel e travel , amy west. we've never seen a time in history where people are getting onto airplanes, making sure it's not a boeing p 737 max. how will the airlines handle the summer. >> they're making sure passengers are not affected as much as we might think they would be. as a whole, there were around 40 -- 40 some odd of these actual equipment that were on the ground for southwest who had the largest fleet here in the united states. and they've done a lot of work, switching out, bringing in other equipment so that there were less cancellations affected passengers. cheryl: they are trying to get ahead of this for the summer travel season which of course, amy, is the busiest for all of them. i've seen some reports that the best case scenario, these jets will g

historic day on capitol hill. >> remember, nobody had seen her and nobody had heard from her.the senators. so it was a total surprise. >> (voice shaking): i am here today not because i want to be. i am terrifi. i am here because i believe it is my civic duty to tell you what happened to me while brett kavanaugh and i were in high school. >> when you realized how genuinely terrified she was to be there, it shocked a lot ofe der, longer-serving senators, that once again, this issue was being broughinto the public sphere.ea >> (voice ng): i believed he was going to rape me. i tried to yell for help. when i did, brett put his hand over my mouth to stop from yelling. this is what terrified me the, mod has had the most lasting impact on my life. it was hard for me to breathe, and i thought that brett was accidentally going to kill me. >> it was, of course, a larger-than-life moment. christine blasey ford had to go before the eyes of a nation and the world. >> i thought she was enormously urageous, enormously persuasive. >> she was very polite and just looked deahonest. >> it was a h

senator lindsey graham on capitol hill today rolling out his own plan that he says will fix the humanitarian crisis at the southern border, people will not be able to claim asylum any more at the border under his plan, but instead, will go to the u.s. consolate in their home country. graham says that his plan is better than the presidents because his is built to be passed as law. >> the white house's plan is not designed for laws. this is designed for laws. the white house plan is trying to unite the republican party around border security and i'm trying to get some relief to our border patrol agents and trying to get some of the smuggling business. reporter: graham also brought up the number of immigration judges to 500 and he also would up the amount of time families can be detained at the border from 20 days to 100 days. back to you guys. >> thank you, hillary let's bring in lou dobbs, host of lou dobbs tonight on fox business. the plan? what do you think, and any chance of passing? lou: well first the plans to have lindsey graham competing with the president of the united states on an im

kelly o'donnell on capitol hill, hans nichols at the white house. the with me, harry litman. mr. nichols, we'll start with you. this all seemed to catch the white house a bit off guard. >> it did. and this is something that the white house would like to get a head's up on precisely so they can answer questions about what their response will be. now, they would point out that he is a private family member, they wouldn't necessarily go through the white house, but listen to what we heard from mick mulvaney last night, listen to how he said it was kind of bad etiquette. >> the fact that the president's son got a subpoena from a republican-led committee, i have no difficulty with the bipartisan, but to subpoena the president's son and not get a head's up was let's say bad form. >> now, for the white house, this is an indication that congress will continue to investigate him, it won't just be the house committees or house judiciary. there is the senate as well controlled by republicans. and it is also an indication that committees on both sides of capitol hill take their investigative

here on capitol hill u.s. trade representative robert lighthizer met with canada's top negotiator today chris -- chrystia freeland. >> we talked about the ratification process for the new nafta, discussed situation in both of our countries and paths forward. reporter: free land said in the past canada would not ratify the usmca in canada if the steel and aluminum tariffs are in place. congressional support eroded for the steel and aluminum tariffs. the u.s. trade representative office is working on that. back to you guys. melissa: edward lawrence, thank you. connell: jonathan hoenig call tallist pig hedge fund, scott martin joins us from kingsview asset management. both john and scott are fox news contributors. all the issues supposedly in the morning were erased when we figured the auto tariffs would be delayed. what do you make of the action? >> connell, it was all about trade and all about tariffs. interestingly the dow was up, good to see the breadth of the market, knew highs versus new lows, was negative.

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see robertg to mueller on capitol hill? democratsnds like the are really pushing that, but not this week. robert mueller is still working for the department of justice. more willing to do it when he is on the government's payroll. they need to figure out how aggressive they want to be. they also had a committee vote on the attorney general. -- attorney general bill barr, to hold him in contempt. votes on scheduled whether he should be held in contempt. the democrats are trying to figure out how aggressive and how quick to push back on some of these things. host: kyle is next from tennessee, a republican. good morning. caller: thank you for taking my call. demanded tax have returns from donald trump. i want to see tax returns from nancy pelosi, maxine waters, jerry nadler. nadler's son jerry was in trouble. biden is a multimillionaire? let me see his tax returns, too. host: are we going to be in a tax return period? guest: we already are. you see the democrat candidates for 2020 already releasing their tax returns, setting a

all the times i've taken tours of the capitol, worked in the capitol, did not know any of that.elker, thank you. at this hour, stocks headed for their worst week of the year after president trump sent out a series of tweets suggesting the trade dispute with china may not end any time soon and that's in spite of the fact that stocks bounced back, actually, after treasury secretary steve mnuchin said trade talks between the two countries had been, quote, constructive. the president's tweet storm came after u.s. tariffs on $200 billion worth of chinese goods soared today from 10% to 25%. china says it will respond with necessary countermeasures, but the president may not even be done with escalating this trade war with china. hours after that increase went into effect, the president tweeted that plans are in the works to put a 25% tariff on the other $325 billion in goods the u.s. imports from china, so critics pounced, including senator elizabeth warren.

manu raju live on capitol hill. to share their reporting an insights, kaitlan collins, and the speaker knows her caucus better than anybody. she knows how to manage this. she won't tell us, yeah, there's a bit of a family feud going on. my question is we know there's frustration. we know all these notes from the white house and have a lot of other democrats saying what choice do we have? let's do something. is this people venting, or is the line moving and is she moving closer to where she says do it. >> i don't know whether she's moved but the line has moved within her caucus without question. manu is right. you just see certain people who are -- the words are, you know, if you're using a one to ten dial they were at sort of a seven and now they are at the 8 1/2 and nine. not sure whether it goes to eleven like "spinal tap" but for some members it probably does. a sign of where she is. she just called what basically is an emergency meeting for 9:00 a.m. tomorrow to have her caucus hash this out. that meeting wasn't

within this hour attorney general bill barr will arrive on capitol hill to appear before the senate judiciary committee. the already-high stakes now ramped up to 11 after last night's stunning revelation of a confidential letter robert mueller wrote to barr complaining the attorney general mischaracterized mueller's report. >>> plus, chaos continues in caracas. we will go live to venezuela as the push to get maduro out grows even stronger. >>> as we're keeping our eyes on 2020. poll after poll shows joe biden with a clear lead. steve kornacki is here to dig in to what the numbers mean now. >>> we must begin this morning with the stunning new revelation first reported by "the washington post" and confirmed by nbc news. special counsel robert mueller expressing frustration. in a letter and phone call to attorney general william barr shortly after barr released his initial four-page summary of the mueller report march 24th. this was the same memo which barr cleared president trump of obstruction, mueller expressing frustration, specifically over the lack of context and substance in that memo, sa