charles schumer, senator schumer says give it a year two. >> no, you can't. iranians are on a path of nuclear weapons right now and the idea that somehow watching their behavior is going to make things better isn't going to work. the trouble with this deal, there are many troubles with this deal but it's not only a mistake strategically, it's very badly negotiated. very poorly drafted from the american point of view. so let's take the example that the international atomic energy agency has just given, the second violation of the deal by iran in terms of the amount of heavy water that it has, heavy water critical in the production of plutonium. looks like it's limited to 130 tons at any given time but in fact the words of the deal are consistent with iran's requirements. we estimate they need 130 tons. that's like trying nail jello to the wall. look what the obama administration did the first time they exceeded 130 tons. united states of america purchased the excess from iran. so not only do we pay for hostages, we get iran out of the violation territory they

charles schumer / new york"the only fair thing to do is ask a lot of questions, very thorough questions, and then make an opinion." scrutiny also falling on trump's much touted trillion dollar infrastructure plan? how will it be financed? and who pays? sot - rebecca jarvis / abc news chief economic & business corresponden t "now the details seem to be more inclined towards tax cuts for private companies, tax credits for private companies... just two months until inauguration day. out joining trump's administration . "i'm not ruling anything out but my focus is on serving the people of iowa and i want to serve the people of iowa and accomplish as much as i can " he made those comments ah altoona last night. there has been some speculation that trump could ask branstad to be ambassador to china. that would, however, mean living there. governor branstad previously said he wasn't interested in living overseas. people are paying more and more to have someone take care of their kids while at work. the costs are adding up, forcing some families to make difficult choices. . and the hawkeye defe

were elected in the senate today and mitch mcconnell was widely expected new york senior center charles schumer could replace the retired harry reid. schumer is adding vermont senator bernie sanders as the chair of outreach. >> a blow for the patriots in the game against the seahawks. that landed gronkowski on the injury report. the big question is, will he be benched this sunday? as you can imagine, reporters had tons of questions for coach beli trey daerr joins us now with the latest. >> playing through the pain is something every player has to deal with in the nfl, when injuries occur to your all pro players, they immediately become a bit more alarming and there is no injury situation more dire than one potentially involving tom brady and gronkowski. >> reporter: despite taking what managed to finish the game sunday night but did not appear in practice today and bill belichick had little to say when asked about gronk's status for sunday's game in san francisco. >> if you don't have him this week, how much is the past experience of not having him this season maybe helped your team? >> i don't

but incoming senate democratic leader charles schumer called it akin to asking the fox to guard the henhouse. the president-elect will meet for a second time with mitt romney. he will have a private dinner as mr. trump continues to mull over his pick for secretary of state. other potential candidates include tennessee senator bob corker with whom mr. trump meets today and retired general and former cia director david petraeus who was in yesterday. kenneth craig, cbs news, new york. >> meantime, president-elect trump took to twitter about another issue this morning. he wrote that there should be consequences for burning the american flag suggesting loss of citizenship or a year in jail. the supreme court ruled back in 1989 that flag-burning constitutes free speech. >>> in san francisco, right now, members of the board of supervisors and public defender jeff adachi are introducing a proposal addressing president- elect trump's threats against illegal immigrants. david campos said i am proud to join with our public defender and jeff adachi and community advocates and attorneys throughout san fr

but charles schumer said it is akin to asking the fox to watch the hen house. donald private dinner with mitt romney as he continues to mull over his pick for secretary of state. retired general david petraeus met with donald trump yesterday. >>> new details about yesterday's attack at ohio state university, as investigators dig into the attacker's past, they say this is increasingly looking like a case of terrorism. shortly before the stabbing attack yesterday, abdul razak ali artan posted at least one message on facebook suggesting that he was disturbed by how muslims were being treated. he hit pedestrians with his car before stabbing several people. >> very kind, very well received around here by people for the most part. >> that's what some are saying. investigators still have not confirmed a motive here. >>> new information on the protestors at the dakota the governor has ordered emergency evacuations of those protestors because of the extreme cold weather coming. hundreds of people have been camped out on federal land for months. they oppose a four-state

charles schumer / (d) new york "the only fair thing to do is ask a lot of questions, very thorough questions, and then make an opinion." scrutiny also falling on trump's much touted trillion dollar infrastructure plan? how will it be financed? seem to be more inclined towards tax cuts for private companies, tax credits for private companies... bridge in order to monetize it. that will be a key question going forward." just two months until inauguration day. mary bruce, abc news, bedminster, new jersey. right now -- near the airport connector. part of the 215 is both directions in that area. it'll run through tomorrow morning. and -- it could effect your monday- morning commute. 13-action news anchor -- yasmeen hassan -- has a look -- at some alternate routes for you -- as we head into your work week. this is the last day... the 215 will be closed in both of a flyover off-ramp over the highway. drivers headed to mccarran international airport will be able to use the 215 to get to also be closed during the same this part of the 215 entirely this weekend, if possible, as westbound 215 traffic n

also today, democrats elected new york senator charles schumer minority leader. >> thanks. >>> those anti-trump protests continue today. state capital calling on elected officials to protect all immigrants. >> the need for our state to stand up for immigrants' rights. and for legislatures to listen to our votes and to our community. and, do what is right for our community. >> during an interview with 60 minutes, trump said he would deport an estimated 2 million to 3 million immigrants with criminal records. >>> coming up, a woman streamed the moments after a police officer shot and boyfriend. now a decision is in. that officer is responsible should face charges. >> and the first of its kind training in colorado helping officers help victims of domestic violence. >>> partly cloudy skies over the ian plains and over the city. you see the moisture pushing into the west. we have more moisture coming our way. but what you can't see on here is the cold temperatures. by tomorrow, maybe, 40 degrees cooler than we saw today. i will fill in the numbers coming up. >> it is a first of its kind d

new york senator charles schumer will be the senate minority leader replacing harry reid who is retiring. he's expanding his team adding a few new rules including one for vermont senator bernie outreach. >>> immigration status will not impact your education is the message from denver public schools worried about being deported. students have been walking out of class breasting donald trump's election. today dps posted a statement online spelling out its policies. dps points to the u.s. supreme court ruling from 1982 that protects students' education no matter their immigration status or their parents' immigration status. >> this election in no way has thinking about how is it we provide a quality education for kids? so they'll be safe as well as educated in our classrooms. >> dps had its head of legal teams fiend and post resources for concerned den families. we have a link to the -- denver families. we have a link to the resources and the statement on 9news.com. >>> we invited viewers to talk about the election, meet people from the other side and talk out their differences. people. we'

louis: welcome back to our time warner cable new york senate debate between senator charles schumer anddy long. let's get right back to the questions. mr. schumer, throughout your career in congress, you have been a champion of wall street , the financial industry and the , new york economy. this election season in particular has seen voters in both parties expressing pronounced anger towards large financial institutions because of growing income inequality and a perceived attitude of protection from government for companies deemed too big to fail. are you too close to wall street to help main street, and how is your advocacy for large financial institutions helping new yorkers were not connected -- who are not connected to the industry? sen. schumer: first, i think i am very mindful of the fact that wall street creates hundreds of thousands of jobs. most of them are middle-class people, and poorer people. the woman who gets on a bus and -- in eastern queens and works as a secretary. a guy from the south bronx who gets on the train and sells food. i oppose wall street whenever they oppo

zphart charles schumer, the new senate democratic leader is saying we need to address these concerns from white working class americans that we are being unfairly treated, that the system is rigged against them with a bolder economic message. i don't think democrats have figured out the identity policy but they're saying let's expand leadership and include everyone. but if you have 10 people in leadership and 48 democrats, someone is still going to have to make the final decision. >> and they did elevate bernie sanders now into a leadership position. >> and joe mansion. >> they haven't confronted where we go now. >> the real question at its heart is what is the agenda the party is getting behind? they seem incredibly focused right now on the mechanics and the messaging. democratic donors who gooptered here in washington were taking stock, stunned. where do we go from here? this message they've been invested in. let's get latinos and women out. coming to terms and reckoning with the fact that they need to have an agenda that's compelling before they attach mechanic turkeys that. >> th

kennedy: he has got and lot of criticism for donating to campaigns of charles schumer and hillary clinton. but he knows that pragmatism, you have to do that. think about new york city unions and what that must have been like long before he entered the real estate market, and trying to do something within that without necessarily changing it. is that like washington? >> it speaks towards perhaps an ability to move across or reach across the partisan divide. trump's history of working with unionized workers played footy with endorsing donald trump. kennedy: his brand of populism resonated with a lot of union workers. not necessarily boss. >> not public sector unions, but industry unions. kennedy: not the seiu. those filthy communist bastards. i want everyone to buy your book "a torch kept lit." there is something interesting about these eulogies that you edited. it makes you realize how important a eulogy is and how it's a lost art in this culture. you have to look back honestly at someone's life and pay tribute and some of the -- and soften the edges. buckley cultivated friendships sometim

louis: welcome back to our time warner cable new york senate debate between senator charles schumer anddy long. let's get right back to the questions. mr. schumer, throughout your career in congress, you have been a champion of wall street and the new york economy. this election season in particular has seen voters in both parties expressing pronounced anger towards large financial institutions because of growing income inequality and a perceived attitude of protection from government for companies deemed too big to fail. are you too close to wall street to help main street, and how is your advocacy for large financial institutions helping new yorkers were not connected to the industry? sen. schumer: first, i think i am very mindful of the fact that wall street creates hundreds of thousands of jobs. most of them are middle-class people and poorer people. the woman who gets on a bus and the queen and works as a secretary. a guy from the south bronx who gets on the train and sells food but i oppose wall street whenever they oppose the interest of the middle class. i have done it over and

charles schumer / (d) new york "the only fair thing to do is ask a lot of questions, very thorough questions, and then make an opinion." scrutiny also falling on trump's much touted trillion dollar infrastructure plan? how will it be financed? sot - rebecca jarvis / abc news chief economic & business correspondent "now the details seem to be more inclined that will be a key question going forward." just two months until inauguration day. mary bruce, abc news, bedminster, new jersey. police officer -- in washington state -- caught on camera. the officer -- was responding to reports -- a man had broken a window -- at a nearby fast-food restaurant. the man refused to follow the officer's orders -- and began attacking him. then -- out of nowhere -- a good samaritan rushes in -- and helps the officer -- fight him off. :52 "what i saw was someone who was just viciously attacking somebody. butt with. 1:00 "if we can help each jumping in to help get that guy the officer -- suffering some cuts and bruises in the attack -- but thankful for the help. that was philip mena reporting. next -- a community

fox news sunday has mike pence and senate democratic leader elect charles schumer. check your local listings for time and channel. of course, we're keeping a close eye on new jersey, where we are awaiting some more news. we know that president-elect donald trump is having some major meetings today. and we can speculate all day long on if there is a possibility that there will be an additional announcement today. we certainly heard from rnc spokesperson shawn spicer who said there may be an additional announcement, appointment. aside from speculating, what we do know is the president-elect is meeting with a number of folks today. he's certainly reaching across the aisle. with eknow he's meeting with some democrats today. we know he's also meeting with some former rivals. the one that we are looking at in particular, of course, former governor of massachusetts, mitt romney, former presidential nominee. very much an olive branch to those who maybe did not agree with him over the past year, year and a half. >> obviously so many questions about whether those are olive br

. >> and charles schumer is taking a stand on a range of issues as the chamber's top democrat. what that could mean for mr. trump's 100-day agenda. >>> president obama meeting face-to-face with russian president vladimir putin for the first time since the election. what the two discussed and what it means for the incoming administration. >>> the eyes of the nation and the world once going to focused on that now famous brown door at the main building at mr. trump's national golf club in bedminster, new jersey. we're now waiting a possible announcement of more high profile positions in the president-elect's administration today as more big names visited mr. trump for sit-downs with people who may be pointed to his administration. bryan llenas is live there. bryan, any closer to a possible contact pick? >> reporter: good afternoon, eric. the campaign says definitely possibly we should be getting perhaps some announcements of cabinet positions today. we've seen a half dozen people show up for meetings at his clubhouse. governor chris christie is now about to meet with mr. trump. th

speculation that he would jump in and a statement of support from the top democratic in the senator, charles schumer. former vermont governor howard dean has already said he's in the race as well. a bunch of other people's names have been floated so far but tonight there is one more name to throw in to this mix. he's not the most obvious choice. i think he's an intriguing choice. he brings a really, really, really interesting biography and a really interesting set of experience to this job potentially he's also going to be here tonight live in the studio to announce his bid to lead the democratic party. yes, i'm going to keep you in suspense. nobody has figured it out. the suspense will end soon. in just a moment. i have a lot of questions for him. stay with us. >>> you might reasonably think that given how difficult the presidential transition is turning out to be, you might think that president-elect mike pence would be clearing his card, focusing on his new role as chairman of the transition effort. you might think that. you'd be wrong. as i just talked about with my friend chris hayes, vice pres

. >> and charles schumer is taking a stand on a range of issues as the chamber's top democrat.uld mean for mr. trump's 100-day agenda. >>>

democratic leader-elect senator charles schumer have in common? here's one reigns priebus and chuck schumer have in common? opposite they will both be on fox news sunday this weekend. and let's get to chris wallace and talk about that. and lot of other breaking news happening this morning. hey chris, how you doing? >> i'm great. good morning to you russell. all right my phone lighting up lot trump administration appears to be coming in to play. and things are getting into it looks like it anyway right now. yeah tells something how silly coverage has been two days ago "new york times" was saying, behind. in fact, barack obama didn't name his first cabinet appointment until three weeks after the election. trump is going to name his a week and a half after. and i frankly what difference does it make is the key. and not to get farsi person. anyway trump is going to have apparently jeff sessions senator from alabama first and only senator to support trump early on in the campaign. he's going to be attorney general, mike pom pay oh not a well known. ben

here is incoming senate minority leader charles schumer. >> as you know democrats got majority of theopular vote, hillary did, so it is not a mandate. when he opposed to our values we'll go after him tooth and nail. for instance, we'll not let him repeal dodd-frank or the, the rules we put in place to limit wall street. they're going to regret the day they tried to repeal the aca. so when we oppose trump, on values or if his presidency take as dark, divisive turn, we'll do it tooth and nail. meghan: oh, chuck schumer. in my home state of arizona, obamacare went up 100% with the premiums, the state hit hardest. when people said hillary clinton would win arizona, this is the first quarter thing i pointed to said absolutely no way. is there hope it will be repealed? dagen: i don't think it will take the shape of complete repeal this one of the first things to work on. rule number one, donald trump won with the republicans with coattails he had. he doesn't kowtow with chuck schumer. 150 days they will shove through whatever they want to, should. corporate tax reform. maybe along with indi

i believe in senator charles schumer.e'll stand in the way of any further regulation. >> i get why they're taking profits, up 20% from the lows, but still very cheap. some are under tangible value still so the valuations are still there. i get the call. but if you like bank of america, goldman sachs is also going up. they trade as a group. it may lag, but i don't think it will, i think you're having capital markets activity and m&a better and pipeline is very strong. it is still very attractive. i get the call, i just don't think it is going to work. >> you own wells. >> we do. we like regional banks, three reasons, number one, the economy is improving which will mean nonperforming ones stay low and top line growth will improve. number two, we are seeing that interest rates are moving up, steepening yield curve is positive for regional banks and banks more generally. number three, valuations. you can get 3% plus dividend yields on some names trading below tangible book value. this is a sector we want to be in. we're in it

the democrats elected charles schumer to take over from harry reid who is retiring. republicans reelected kentucky senator mitch mcconnell to be majority leader. >>> this morning we keep an eye on the trump transition as the president-elect works to hire his white house staff and fill his cabinet positions. >>> so far the only name confirmed is republican party head reince priebus who will be chief of staff. >> democrats are tree to regroup after the loss last week. doug luzader has the latest from washington, d.c. >> reporter: we're waiting for more announcements from the trump team. in the meantime the president- elect sent his press contingent for a loop when he went out to dinner and didn't tell them. donald trump and his motorcade heading out to dinner last night in new york. he would later tweet, very organized process taking place as i decide on cabinet and many other positions. i am the only one who knows who the finalists are. but there has been tension. michigan congressman mike rogers who helped to coordinate national security issues is now out. so is ben

. >>> democrats have tapped new york senator charles schumer to replace outgoing senate minority leader he had a long and contentious history with president-elect trump. republicans re-elected mitch mcconnell as senate majority leader. >>> fire crews are battling major wildfires in six states across the southeast. upwards of 30 large fires have scorched more than 80,000 acres and filled skies across the region with a smoky haze. the air quality is so bad in tennessee that more than 200 people have gone to the hospital with breathing difficulties. >>> in just a few minutes, crews in san francisco will begin trucking sand from the north end of ocean beach to the southern end. it's an effort to prevent beach erosion. expect lane closures and detours in the area through next month. >>> the uc board of regents wraps up their annual budget discussion today. a big issue on the table is a proposal to raise undergrad tuition by about $280 per year starting next fall. a final decision will come in january. >>> i'm anne makovec live at ucsf where lieutenant governor gavin newsom will be speaking t

in the senate they have elected charles schumer to be the senate minority leader and behind him you are going to have people like patty murray of washington state, dick durbin, but elizabeth warren and bernie sanders coming into the top of the democratic fold in the senate. >> the democrats -- the gop opened up a can of whoop-ass on the democrats over four of the last five election cycles. when a team is losing, you change the coach. you don't sell the team. you change the coach. the coach isn't leading. leadership in the democrats -- look, they were hoping -- they needed 30. they were hoping to get 12. they got six. they lost. they continue to lose the senate. this one, republican governors are 62% of the governors in america. the republican party has taken over the country. the ideology of conservatism has spread. it's time to change. the best thing that tim ryan said is out with them. it's out with -- >> yeah. he said -- he got a message that is important right that they should listen to if they fall back on -- there's one reason why they would keep pelosi. she has leverage over them

. >>> democrats elected new york center charles schumer to be the next senate minority leader. schumer was chosen by colleagues to succeed the retiring senator henry reid. republicans reelected kentucky senator mitch mcconnell to be the majority leader. >>> as for president-elect donald trump white house staff and cabinet, we're waiting to find out who else he will be nominating. he has only tapped reince priebus as chief of staff and steve bannon as chief strategist. gist. >> reporter: president-elect donald trump is back on twitter tapping down glowing media speculation that the team is in upheaval. i'm the only one who knows who the finalists are. the process described as a knife fight became more convoluted with the departure of mike rogers. rogers regard as an expert in national security was brought in by new jersey governor chris christie who was replaced as head of the transition team. a potential secretary of state candidate and surrogate playing down all of the twists and turns. >> there's always a lot of questions and a lot of issues. >> i think he's going to put toge

. >> democratic senator charles schumer is threatening political payback if the trump administration tries to undo obamacare. the incoming senate minority leader said, quote, republicans will rue the day they repeal the affordable care act. the president-elect has said he would like to keep part of it but he is planning to change the rest. >>> tonight, president-elect trump is demanding an apology from the cast of the broadway musical "hamilton" for this. >> boo!! >> boo!!! >> that's vice president-elect mike pence being booed by fans as he took his seat at last night's performance. but it didn't end there. after the show, the cast had this message for him. >> we are the diverse america who are alarmed and anxious that your new administration will not protect us. >> boo! >> our friends, our children, our parents or defend us a every as a whole our inalien rights, sir. but we truly hope that this show has inspired you to uphold our american values and to work on behalf of all of us. >> yeah! >> all of us! whoo! [ applause and cheers ] >> today an angry president- elect trump tweeted,

>> well, trump knows charles schumer very well and they have worked together for manier years, and therea logic. remember that shchumer has give henn ima bone saying that there is a p few areas that they could work together, and what you are hearing there is an important step as we are moving to the next stage of the cabinet picks and all of the stuff that trump is doing. trump is about to make his economic choices. he has to start signaling where he is going on the economic issues. and the truth of the matter is that if he is going one way, he is going to divide from the fellow republicans, and in that case, he needs schumer. and so i don't know if it is outreach per se as sort of laying a little bit of the strategy, and it might be a signal as to where he is going the go on some of the economic picks. >> charlie, strategy or mending the fences? this meeting with mitt romney and could he become the secretary of state? >> well, that is an extraordinary image and not one that many people would have expected, but it would clearly signal that this administration is going to have a much broa

speculation that he would jump in and a statement of support from the top democratic in the senator, charles schumer vermont governor howard dean has already said he's in the race as well. a bunch of other people's names have been floated so far but tonight there is one more name to throw in to this mix. he's not the most obvious choice. i think he's an intriguing choice. he brings a really, really, really interesting biography and a really interesting set of experience to this job potentially he's also going to be here tonight live in the studio to announce his bid to lead the democratic party. yes, i'm going to keep you in suspense. nobody has figured it out. the suspense will end soon. in just a moment. i have a lot of questions for him. stay with us. yeah, so mom's got this cold. hashtag "stuffy nose." hashtag "no sleep." i got it. hashtag "mouthbreather." yep. we've got a mouthbreather. well, just put on a breathe right strip and ... pow! it instantly opens your nose up to 38% more than cold medicine alone. so you can breathe ... and sleep. shut your mouth and say goodnight mouthbreathers. brea

senate minority leader charles schumer appeared on fox news sunday. areas he says he will cooperate with the trump administration. watch this, please. >> federal spending, exactly, not just tax expenditures, and it can't cut the basics like medicare and education, and other things to pay for it, but if he wants to do a major infrastructure build, focused on infrastructure and with those criteria, it's very possible. stuart: now, infrastructure, that looks like something that is going to be done. are you with that? >> i hear that, but i think what we have to realize, the number one infrastructure issue in our country is broadband access and you see this from coast to coast, top to bottom. stuart: really? >> especially in our rural areas. stuart: broadband? . economic development. broadband. stuart: is the number one infrastructure project. >> broadband is the number one infrastructure we hear about, you can't get factories, call centers, education opportunities to rural and underserved areas until you have broadband. stuart: we hear you, i'm rushing, i

already hearing about his attorney general pick from charles schumer who says of senator sessions, nowgym but the fact is he is a senator that does not absolve him from answering tough questions in the confirmation process. given his past statements and staunch opposition to immigration reform, what he is saying i will be on him like nobody's business. after this. or.. neil: the process is beginning, president-elect trump making his picks for key positions including attorney general jeff sessions. getting word out of us senator chuck schumer leading democrats in that body or will in a new congress, won't be easy, talk about how they work out of the gym and so on but his record on dealing with immigration issues and immigration reform is not fine, chuck schumer's way of saying we are going to rake this guy over the coals. there are moderate republicans pushing for that immigration reform. marco rubio among them, john mccain, they might way on this, might not be key again on jeff sessions. other positions as well, connell mcshane with the latest out there. connell: interesting because tw

host: on the senate side, charles schumer assuming the lead role in that chamber.what do you think of that decision? what are your expectations about his leadership? guest: chuck is a competent leader. as someone -- chuck is a complicated leader. hasweakness is the way he represented wall street and the big donors. that is not great for the democrats. the washington chosen wall street supporting candidates lost. the people who want our women of color and said like california .nd nevada it is really important as we look to the future to be thinking about we are winning by fighting all three. chuck schumer is not a fantastic choice. what is good about chuck schumer is he is somebody that listens to the people. he is movable. when he is wrong, he listens. on the iran deal, when at first he was against the deal. at the end, he did not organize extensively against it. host: one person that does have a new leadership role is independent senator bernie sanders. a recent candidate for president for the democrat. let's take a look at what he said thursday at a christian sci

just this morning, democrats elected charles schumer to take over as senate minority leader from harryeid who is retiring as you know. republicans reelected kentucky senator mitch mcconnell to be majority leader. paul ryan was unanimously chosen as speaker of the house for another term by fellow republicans. whether nancy pelosi will continue as house minority leader is up in the air. president-elect donald trump is denying reports that the transition to the white house is not going smoothly as expected. he headed out to dinner in new york last night. he tweeted very organized process taking place as i decide on cabinet and many other positions. i'm the only one who knows who the finalists are. rudy giuliani has said he would be honored to be secretary of state. former house speaker newt gingrich is angling to create a position for himself. the current administration is transitioning for a move out of white house. 500 white house staffers will have to find new jobs. president obama brought in representatives from facebook and instagram and other companies. linkedin is showing them how

republicans reelected senator mitch mcconnell as the majority leader, while democrats chose senator charles schumero replace retiring senator harry reid as minority leader. for more about the leadership elections we spoke to the congressional order -- reporter. jordan of the hill newspaper follows the senate leadership races today on capitol hill. thank you for being with us. >> thank you for having me on. a changing of the guard today with a chuck schumer easily winning the leadership post. what other surprises were there? >> going into today's election, there is a question on whether there would be a fight between senators for the number two spot. there is still a question on who will head up the democrat senate campaign. that was the one position they did not announce today. everyone was watching this heading into this year. >> over the goals of senator schumer? what was he trying to accomplish in setting up his new team? >> we heard talk before the meeting that he would expand the leadership team and bring all the factions of the caucus into leadership. especially coming out of an election wher

senator charles schumer of new york, the democratic leader in elect and conference chair, the leadership team also includes the following members. we will show those. senate democratic leaders dick durbin is a minority whip, senator patty murray of washington is the assistant democratic leader. more democratic leadership post for elizabeth warren. she will be one of the conference vice chair salon with senator mark warner of virginia. wisconsin senator tammy baldwin will be the democratic conference secretary. and the policy and communications committee, the chip will be debbie stabenow of michigan, and joe manchin of of west virginia the vice chair. amy klobuchar of minnesota will take the steering committee leadership post. and a postwar senator bernie sanders who ran against hillary clinton for the democratic nomination for president. he will be the democratic outreach chair. senator bernie sanders of vermont. speaking out bernie sanders, a hill just out with this story that senator sanders will deliver a major speech on trump. that's the headline in the hilbert the article says senat

senator charles schumer, democrat from brooklyn, seeking a fourth term. wendy long, a republican. [cheers and applause] mr. louis: attorney wendy long is a republican from manhattan who also ran in 2012. [cheers and applause] ms. benjamin: now we have to lay out the rules that the candidates agreed to. each gets one minute for an opening statement and one minute for a closing statement at the end of the debate. we will ask a series of questions of state, national and international issues and rebuttals will be limited to 45 seconds. further responses will be allowed at the discretion of the moderators. we will limit these to 30 seconds. halfway through, we will have the candidates asking one another a question. responses are limited to one minute. mr. louis: let's get started. the order of opening statements was selected randomly earlier today. first up is mr. schumer. mr. schumer, friday's letter -- opening statements come first. mr. schumer goes first. senator schumer: let me thank you and union college for having this debate. i fought my entire career f

we've seen senator charles schumer from new york, the incoming democratic leader in the senate, talk terms about the possibility that he could work with president-elect trump. >> yeah, hey, niall, a quick follow up. i'm wondering how much a barrier the conflict of interests of the trump organization and trump being in the presidency will be to even starting negotiations on this. i've been somewhat surprised that democrats and also, frankly, republicans haven't been more aggressive in speaking out on this, given that their reputations might well rest on it if in fact people's worst fears of corruption in a trump presidency are realized eventually? >> yeah, i think that's a great question. i think it is evidence that even donald trump, controversial though he is, is enjoying a honeymoon period to some extent. people have not pushed those questions right now as aggressively as one might think. but i do think it is an ongoing concern on both sides of the aisle to some degree, but particularly among democrats. democrats are going to want firmer, clearer answers on that question before the

capital in the senate, about two dozen reporters briefly occupied the capitol hill office of charles schumeroday, ejecting his connections to wall street. he is set to become the leader of the senate democrats for the protesters came from groups that include occupy wall street and black lives matter. they remove the protesters who say they want bernie sanders of vermont to lead the party instead. these videos recorded by buzzfeed capitol hill reporter. another reporter with abc tweets there were 17 people arrested outside senator schumer's office charged with crowding, obstructing or in promoting. they return for the remainder of the 114th congress reconvening today to discuss a number of bills but we will have live coverage over on c-span and the senate convening tomorrow. live coverage here on c-span2 at 4:00 o'clock eastern time. senators will debate on a bill dealing with the library of congress oral history project. also live today on c-span two, a discussion about trade policy which republican congressman kevin brady and u.s. trade representative michael discuss what to discuss from a

and has the support of senators elizabeth warren bernie sanders reportedly strangely, charles schumerfrom this morning, harry reid will take to the floor of the -- united states senate and denounce steve bannon at the same time offer some support to keith ellison, so i think looks like self-destruction if they go that far left route that is the way it looks. >> embarrassment to see one of the alerts of our government harry reid not try to unify this country we are a moment in time he is throwing these fireballs out, to fire everybody up. >> not the first time he's done it remember in 2012, he took to the senate floor and lied about mitt romney's taxes, for political advantage. that is what harry reid has done exiting letter from last friday was all fire and brimstone about the racist sexist homophobicetsetsets republicans and donald trump the man is a fire broader wieedl do it this morning. >> day dthey are the cause. >> workplace centrist democratically would take charge of ditch nc rearrange the party where is that name. >> how are you -- >> good morning, sir how are you? you look w

he spoke with congressional republicans as well as charles schumer of new york and house democratic leaderancy bloody -- pelosi. can you tell us how the meeting went? >> really well. >> let me say, we had a very good meeting with the vice president-elect and we talked about going to work. he described president trump as a man of action and we are anxious to go to work both on the transition as well as the policies in place. they are working on their 100 day plan and 200 day plan. what else was memorable to you? did he mention anything about the transition of the cabinet? >> he encouraged anyone to submit their names. they are in the process of making those decisions. >> he talked about 400 positions that need to be filled quickly and how he would love to have our help and support in some morning -- some porting names. does that mean you will have to budget resolutions next year? >> that is what is under consideration right new, a budget resolution for fy 17 in the first part of the year and another later on. those conversations are underway right now. ok. >> thank you. >> overwhelming. he

he spoke to congressional republicans as well as incoming senate democratic leader charles schumer of new york and house democratic leader nancy pelosi. ere is a look. >> can you tell us how the meeting went? >> it went really well. > what did you talk about? >> let me say we had a very good meeting with the vice president elect. we talked about going to work. he described president trump as a man of action and we're anxious to go to work and getting people in place as well as the policies in place. they are working on the 100-day plan and the 200-day plan. you want to join me, mia? what else was memorable to you? >> did he say anything else about the cap net? >> he encouraged anyone who was interested in serving in the cabinet to be submitting their names. they are in the process of making those decisions. >> talked about 400 positions that needed to be filled very quickly and how he would love to have our help and support in submitting names and he said the transition was going smoothly. march 31 -- >> that is what is under consideration right now. would be a budget resolution for f

stuart: -- and charles schumer. >> what about hillary clinton?or are they totally out of picture now? they are failing to examine the political picture accurately if they're going to take arguably the most left-wing member of the house of representatives -- and that's no stretch to say that, and to be in that position is in deep, deep left field, and put him in charge of the party. stuart: you're right. i'm going to bring up a constitutional issue. it was raised by former attorney general eric holder. he wants to abolish the electoral college. roll that tape again, please, and the judge will comment. >> fbi director james comey, are you going to ask for his resignation? >> i think that i would rather not comment on that yet. i don't -- i haven't made up my mind. i respect him a lot. i respect the fbi a lot -- stuart: i do apologize, the wrong sound bite. we rolled the right one previously where eric holder says we've got to do away with the -- >> right. he says bill maher who does a lot of heavy lifting and former attorney general eric holder say

republicans reelected senator mitch mcconnell as the majority leader, while democrats chose senator charles schumero replace retiring senator harry reid as minority leader. for more about the leadership elections we spoke to the congressional reporter. >> jordain carney of the hill newspaper covers the senate and has been following the leadership races today on capitol hill. thank you for being with us. >> thank you for having me on. >> a changing of the guard today with senator chuck schumer easily winning the leadership post. what other surprises were there? >> going into today's election, there was still an open question on whether there would be a fight between senator murray and senator durbin for the number two spot. there is still a question on who will head up the democrat senate campaign wing. that was one position they did not announce today. everyone was watching this heading into this meeting. >> what were the goals of senator schumer? what was he trying to accomplish in setting up his new team? >> we heard talk before the meeting that he would expand the leadership team and bring all t

[applause] [cheers and applause] [applause] incoming senate democratic leader charles schumer of newt senator bernie sanders as outreach chairman. this is 10 minutes. [inaudible conversations] >> okay, good morning everyone and we had a great meeting. it went very smoothly and i am humbled, truly humbled and honored to receive the support of my colleagues to be the next leader of the senate democratic caucus. i am even prouder to introduce the team joining me appear appeared today which i will get into very soon. i came into this job fully aware of its challenges and what it needs that my colleagues trust me to live up to a high standard set that my friend, mentor and my foxhole buddy, harry reid. hairy. it's like an older brother to me his supporting counselor and valuable and i speak for the entire caucus when i say we are grateful for his leadership, his service, his friendship. now i want to say to the american people exactly what i just said to my caucus. i'm going to wake up every single day focused on how senate democrats can effectively fight for america's middle last and tho

. >> and charles schumer is in the lead role in the chamber so what do you think about that decision?>> chuck is a complicated peter to represent new yorkk for years because his weaknesses are though way to represent big donors that is not good for democrats with the election results they lost patrick murphy and those that one are women of color like california and nevada and it is important to look to the future that we are winning by fighting wall street nonsupport in an so chuck schumer is not a fantastic choice but what is good is he listens to the people. he is movable when he is wrong he listens. a great example that he did not organize extensively against that. >> from the independent bernie sanders candidate for president for the democrats so let's take a look at what he said thursday when asked about the state of the democratic party. >> it is time for soul-searching within the democratic party. we admittances pretty clear that when you lose the white house in a campaign against a gentleman who live believe will enter the white house as the least populist candidate in the his

. >>> senate democrats choosing charles snchumer as their minority leader. schumer announced a 10-person leadership team including elizabeth warren and bernie sanders. >>> the swede i can academy says bob dylan is not going to go to skomholm to pick up his nobel prize for literature. he says he wishes he could come and he's very honored, but other commitments have made that impossible. guys, there's no word on who might accept it for him, but he did say that he was extremely honored. and the academy says it's unusual they don't come and pick up the prize, but it's not unprecedented. >> is he going to do the speech? >> you mean he would write something and somebody would -- >> could be. >> maybe write a song, right? how cool would that be? >> his son is a songwriter and he plays git tthe guitar, so yo never know. we'll keep you posted. >> it's just sad he's not going to be there. i know it's his bowling night, but still, i wish he'd make the effort. thank you, sue. >> you're welcome. see you later. >>> 26 minutes left in the trading session here. they just took that

jared's father, charles kushner, was sent to prison by christie when christie was a new jersey's top prosecutor. meanwhile, the democratic party has elected new york senator chuck schumer to be the senate minority leader, despite opposition from protesters who say schumer's ties to wall street make him unfit to lead the democratic p party's opposition to donald trump. earlier this week, protesters held a sit-in inside schumer's office demanding he step aside and instead support vermont senator bernie sanders for the position of minority leader. instead, on wednesday, schumer was elected minority leader and then tapped bernie sanders as chair of outreach for the democraticic leadership team. a new position. meanwhile, massachusetts senator elizabeth warren has become the latest democratic party member to endorse minnesota congressman keith ellison as the next chair of the democratic national committee. he is the first muslim member of congress and cochair of the congressional progressive caucus. in san diego, u.s. district judge gonzalo curiel will hold a hearing friday to consider a request by donald trump's lawyers to delay the class-action lawsuit against trump and h

support of slis beth warren and bernie sanders and chuck schumer and harry reid, the current democrat leader and future democrat in the senate. charles? >> it's surprising. i don't know why the anti-defamation league would embrace someone associated with lewis farakan. charles: he tinkered with communism when he was young. the guy you thought the democratic party was trying to move away from. >> you would think what you want to doyles move towards the center and reembrace. he has given speeches and ought to be focused on economic growth and win people over that way. instead it's mort fascination with climate change and weather. >> economic justice. >> have the government live -- charles: your latest piece in national review, you say hillary clinton's actions deserve a special prosecutor. >> i think one of the core principles of this society is emblazoned on the side of the supreme court it says equal justice under the law. we lack that. if we have a two-tier system, one for regular folks and one for the rich and powerful. this society will fall apart. if you look at what hillary clinton has done. her actual maid print out classified