see two interested parties from the office of senator chris coons. re, donald trump jr. testimony today. then it says summary. below is a statute to keep in mind in regards to donald trump jr.'s testimony today and then they posted the entire u.s. federal statute that makes it a crime to lie to congress. and then this is a lot of things but subtle is not one of them. we don't know what senator coons was hinting donald trump may have lied about today. we called the ask the senator today and we haven't yet heard back from his office. but here's the next big shoe that dropped on this story today. the ap and cnn both reported today that one of the things that donald trump jr. told the senate is that he he doesn't recall anything about the white house or the president himself being involved in crafting the first statement that was written about why donald jr. went to a meeting with a whole bunch of russians last june at trump tower along with jared kushner and paul manafort. quote, donald trump jr. told senate judiciary staffers today that he did not recall the details of whi

joining me now, finally, is senator chris coons of delaware.ator, it was a hard time getting you connected but i'm glad you are here. welcome. >> thank you katey. great to be with you. >> i want to talk about this idea that senator graham is basically using senator sanders's pitch for universal health care, a single payer system as a way to get other republicans on board the pass this thing quickly before september 30th. do you think that senator sanders's rallying cry for single payer backfired? >> what i wish we were focusing on is the strong bipartisan work that's been going on here between republican senator alexander and democratic senator murray. they are the chair and ranking of the health committee. after the failure by the republican majority in august to repeal the affordable care act, they began working diligently together as we should have been for the last seven months bringing in governors of both republican and democratic states, bringing in insurance commissioners from around the country, bringing in leaders in health care and w

it will lead to a less healthy america. >> well, i like senator chris coons.y america is obamacare. 70% of the counties in this country have one insurer, one person left in the exchange and many have no options. premiums have gone up. deductibles have gone up. it's been a nightmare for the american people and how do we replace it. we take the same amount of money. we eliminate the individual mandate, the employer mandate. you can reimpose them at the state level if you'd like. you don't have to but you can. we take what's left over, the same amount of money and give it to states. they have to cover sick people. they have the flexibility to decide how to cover sick people. they have to do it in an affordable, credible way. medicaid in 2027 will cost more to the federal government than the defense department. it's growing at twice the level of inflation in the private sector. if you get a headache under medicare, you run to the emergency room. we pay the bill and nobody asks questions. what we will do eight years from now, start lowering the inflation rate to me

. >> reporter: shortly after, democratic senator chris coons e-mailing out a memo about a law that prohibitsng to congress. coinciding with don junior's testimony, president trump trying to convey unity on capitol hill. >> i think we will have a different relationship than you've been watching over the last number of years. i think that's what the people of the united states want to see. >> continuing to align himself with democrats on fiscal matters this week and leaving the door open to working with democratic leaders on immigration. president trump giving daca recipients reassurance they won't be targeted over the next six months while congress works to pass a dreamer's bill at minority leader nancy pelosi's request. >> i was reporting to my colleagues, that's what i asked the president to do. and boom, boom, boom, the tweet appeared. so that was good. >> reporter: the president, like the rest of the country, is keeping a close eye on the situation in florida. he's expected to have a midday hurricane briefing and will head to camp david for a meeting with his cabinet. >> joe, thank you ve

six of them are democrats, one of those, chris coons of delaware, put out a statement afterwards, without much context and explanation and that's why it got a lot of attention, it's important to remember that anyone who testifies in front of a senate committee is under the restrictions of the false statement statute that says material false statements to congress are criminal and punishable with fines or imprisonment or both. the judiciary investigation, one of three going on concurrently on capitol hill today, the california democratic senator cam elahar ris, spoke to our own marie melber about that investigation and did not rule out the possibility of seeing the president himself testify as part of this russia investigation. >> is the testimony of the potential hearing with the president, donald trump, off the table for this investigation? >> no. >> so it's possible the senate could seek his testimony. >> i think it's possible, yes. >> under what conditions? >> we'll see. >> with that, and on that note, let's bring in tonight's starting panel, senior foreign affairs correspondent for po

clemons: i interviewed senator chris coons yesterday and we were talking about health care and i asked him in terms of bipartisan constructive working together -- how many united states senators did you think would be open been to the -- open to a vehicle that solved a lot of problems of the affordable care act and he said 50, which is a disappointing number. i am interested -- you and richard burr have a deep relationship and good, effectively. is there a chance that we are going to be able to tilt from this period of extreme -- extremism in both parties of being able to work -- sen. warner: the truth is, there is a lot more interpersonal working relationships in the senate than you guys in the press represent. mr. clemons: do you hide them from us question mark sen. warner: no, we don't [laughter] sen. warner: there are plenty of spots where we have a secret glass of wine and share ideas. mr. clemons: give me a call. sen. warner: there was a path. patty murray and alexander, there's a way we can do short-term market stabilization as well as taking on some of the options, the reinsura

senator chris coones, executive county government, local government here. congresswoman lisa blunt ran the , who department of labor under governor carper and is a long-time public servant. we work closely together. we depend areas where on the government in a really important way is in health care. we have significant expenditure program, which is basically a matching program federal tate and dollars, about 50% each or thereabouts, important held care services for low income amilies, people with disabilitys and long-term care facilities for the elderly. on the federal government with that program. it's a big part of our budget area we do have to look t controlling costs going forward. >> governor carney, considering how health care is approached how closely do you atch that and can -- can you have an impact on that outcome? think so.well, i as former member of congress, i spent three terms, six years in house of representatives and i have a lot of colleagues who serving. they often reach out to us for governors, as senator carper was saying he came to the

. >>> now i want to turn to democratic senator chris coons who joins me. thank you, senator. i really appreciate your time. >> thank you. >> let's just start with where we left off on tax reform. is there any room, do you think, for bipartisanship on this issue? i know this is an issue that democrats care about when you see the outlines of this tax reform plan coming together. do you think some democrats can get behind it? >> absolutely. this is an example of an area where, right from the election, there were many democrats saying we would like to find a way to work across the aisle, to work with president trump. there are a number of other areas like infrastructure where we had early hopes we might be able to work together. but if we look back at the health care process and outcome, that's got some important warnings here. we should be listening to senator john mccain who says the only way to do very hard, very complex things here in the senate is in an open process, not by having five or six people craft a complex plan in secret and then roll it out and try and pass it with

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we have a soft landing for those states. 2026, here's what i tell chris coons, every patient in every state will get the same contribution from the federal government to deal with health care, as every other state. >> let's talk about all of it. rick stengel is here with us, former undersecretary for public diplomacy, and public affairs at the u.s. state department. also the former managing editor of "time" magazine. jonathan lemire is back with us, white house reporter for the associated press. both gentlemen msnbc contributors. jonathan, we should say about jimmy kimmel he'd probably give anything not to be part of the health care debate. his infant son was born with a heart defect. he went on the air after that and talked about how he had every advantage. he had top-flight physicians, medical staffs at hospitals making way, doing whatever they could. and he wondered aloud what about the people who don't? that's what put him into this debate. you happen to think there is, to quote you, some life in this bill on the hill. >> first of all, you're right about jimmy kimmel, he has becom

. >>> joining me now is democratic senator chris coons of delaware. good to see you, as always.rn when donald trump jr. appears before your committee tomorrow? >> jake, what i'm folk ugcused the future public hearing where we'll be able to hear donald trump jr. and potentially other witnesses testify under oath in public. one of the things i hope to question donald trump jr. about in that future public hearing is why he was unsurprised, at least according to the e-mail records, when he was told there was an effort afoot by the russian regime, the putin government, in trying to assist his father in winning the presidential campaign. i would suppose that elicited a more surprising reaction than he took. i think it suggests he may have known more about the russian efforts than he so far has led on. >> do you have any evidence besides the supposition in your e-mails? >> no, all i have is the e-mails that were publicly released. the judicial committee is working hard. diane feinstein, nancy pelosi and their staff have received 20,000 documents. i haven't had the chance to review any

chris coons of delaware and dick durbin of illinois said he gave an opening statement, ten or 15 minutestions are expected to go for a long time. when will donald trump next? i had a chance to speak to mark warner, the top democrat on the senate intelligence. they want to move forward in questioning donald trump jr., but they want to ask questions first to a number of other people in the room in that meeting from june, 2016, including the russian operatives that he did not have a time frame when. that is how they are proceeding at this point. clearly, donald trump jr. is behind closed doors today, but it's not the last time he will be on capitol hill. >> manu raju reporting as the meeting is under way with donald trump jr. >> moments ago, the president took to twitter, for all those daca concerned about your status in the six-month period, you have nothing to worry about. no action. let's discuss with hillary, rebecca and rick santorum. senator, can you help us understand that? i mean the president makes this highly controversial move that pleases the base, ends daca, then goes out of hi

. >> michael crowley, we mentioned senator chris coons, democrat of delaware, his statement really did land with an ominous thud. >> well, look, brian, this is not going to get better for the trump administration anytime soon. you know, i think that you're going to be seeing more developments involving other associates around trump. remember, this meeting is just one of many unfolding story lines. paul manafort's apartment was raided this summer. michael flynn is in deep trouble. so there are just so many balls in the air here. and i don't see this story going away anytime soon. i want to add one last point about don jr.'s statement today. it didn't really wrestle with the fact that that e-mail made the assertion that there was an ongoing russian effort to help his father get elected. even if pleading incompetence which is basically him saying our campaign was too scattered, too overstretched, too inexperienced to really know what it was doing here, and not paying a lot of attention, that sentence in an e-mail has got to grab you by the shoulders and shake you. i think any reasonable p

today's session was hosted by delaware senator tom carney and chris coons and representative lisa bluntn behind the popular abc comedy "the goldbergs" received hometown honors. adam goldberg created the series based on his childhood in jenkintown in the 1980's. the show is marking its 100th episode. goldberg said he never expected this level of success. >> i was 100 percent positive that no one would ever want to spend their free time watching like what went on in the goldberg household. >> hey, we want to get invited to this press conference today. actors from the series joined mayor jim kenney 6abc president and general manager bernie prazenica in recognizing goldberg with a flyers jersey autographed by team captain claude giroux. the fifth season of "the goldbergs" begins september 27th right here on 6abc. >> that is a funny show. a bucks county nursing home enjoyed an eagles tailgate party today. swoop and two of the eagles cheerleaders made the trip to neshaminy manor. they led the residents to the ymca and treated them to football themed treats. >> all right. still ahead on "actio

i spoke with a member of that committee, senator chris coons earlier.explain what's going to happen tomorrow? this is going it be behind closed door. the american public will not see or hear from donald trump jr. is any topic off the table? >> well, anderson, what i'm really looking forward to is an upcoming public hearing where i'll get the opportunity to question donald trump jr. under oath in front of the full judiciary committee. this week what's happening is a staff interview where i believe donald trump jr. has voluntarily come in and is open to being asked virtually any question by staff that is relative to the ongoing investigation. >> that interview from the staff, is that on the record? is that under oath? >> yes. it will produce a transcript that will be accessible to members of the committee and to others who are investigating the potential concerns about the conduct of the trump campaign. anyone who testifies in front of a senate committee is under the restrictions of a statute that says if they attempt to mislead congress, there are legal

joining me now, chris coons, a member of the judiciary committee who was in part of that meeting with tell me what you can about whether he answered all these questions, the questions while you were there. >> well, andrea, first, i very much look forward to a public hearing in front of the full judiciary committee where the questions that many members have could get answered. i heard donald trump jr.'s prepared statement but did not get to stay for the hours of questioning from staff that followed. today on the appropriations committee, we move forward. some critical bipartisan efforts to provide support for a lot of different crises miracles facing whether it's opioid and heroin abuse or the response to hurricane harvey. there is, in fact, a vote right now on the senate floor to support moving forward with a $15 billion appropriation to support emergency response. it's going to take much more than that to deal with the fires all across the west and hurricane irma that's already ravaged the u.s. virgin islands and is about to hit florida as well. there's a lot-bipartisan work do. my h

senator chris coons and many other delaware dignitaries also attended the event.y provides direct connections tocommerciall facilities. >> more than 100 students in the philadelphia area who have chosen to go to school online began their classes today. today was the kickoff for the area pa virtual students and socialization is a huge part of the experience. the school has dedicated coordinator who's are helping parents keep their kids social by having them be active in their church their community or the workforce. >> residents in montgomery county were invited to think outside the box today. they saw how ordinary parking spots can be transformed into public parks and other social spaces. the event was held in front of the county courthouse in norristown. this is all in honor of parking day 2017. the global campaign challenges people to rethink the way urban streets are used. >> well, history was made at the reading terminal market today and it was quite a tasty celebration. it was the 30th anniversary of the pal general store here at reading terminal. plenty of f

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one of the most reasonable democrats out there chris coons said this is his concern when it comes toaffordable. no enforcement mechanism that says exactly how the federal government will hold the state to that description. there is also a provision that suggests that it is possible for health insurers -- excuse me beneficiary differently than previous health experience. i have a concern that that suggests that the ban that's in the affordable care act on discrimination based on preexisting condition will be easily overrid within states apply for waivers under this graham-cassidy health plan. brian: adequate and affordable, governor, because that's the criteria for preexisting conditions. they have to give adequate and affordable. does senator ciewngs have senate legitimate concerns. >> no. that's why people hate washington. people think they know better than people at state and local level. bottom line the bill as lindsey graham said requires preexisting conditions be covered. think about it governors and lawmakers across america spend more time in their states and districts than do