joining me now from wilmington, delaware, democratic senator chris coons. indictment of those 12 russian intelligence officers, the announcement on friday for alleged interference in the 2016 election. should president trump cancel the summit with vladimir putin? >> i think it's too late to cancel the summit. but president trump needs to make it clear he knows who he's meeting with. he's not meeting with a competitor, not a potential friend, he's meeting with an adversary. president trump's own director of national intelligence, dan coats, just said on friday that russia continues to be our most aggressive foreign adversary in an ongoing threat to our upcoming election. >>chris: i want to pick up on the president's reaction and response because deputy attorney general rod rosenstein in announcing the indictments said he had briefed president trump before he left for europe. this is how president trump has addressed the whole issue here in the days before the summit in europe. this is how he talked first of all about the mueller investigation and how he inte

iowa republican joni ernst and delaware democrat chris coons. plus we'll have plenty of analysis on all the political news of the week coming up on "face the nation." good morning and welcome to "face the nation." we begin with a story that is dominating world headlines. the efforts ofree 12 young boys and their soccer coach, who have been trapped in a flooded cave in thailand for 16 days. that rescue has been under way in at least -- and least four of the boys have been saved. cbs news correspondent ben tracy is near the site in chiang rai, thailand. ben, what can you tell us? >> reporter: well, margaret, so far this is the news that we had all been hoping to hear. these four boys now out of the cave after 16 very long days. we now believe that all four of them were transported to the hospital in chiang rai via helicopter and then ambulance. we did see the head of this rescue operation gave a news conference. he said this was much more successful than they thought it would be, that it went very smoothly. he said from the time the boys exited th

i'll speak with senator chris coons. but our correspondents and specialists, they're standing by with full coverage. first, let's go straight to senior white house correspondent jeff zeleny. tell us about the stunning effort today at damage control. >> wolf, a firestorm unlike any other of his time in office so far both internally and extermly. we're told that several top aides gathered the try to piece together the remarks we saw the president give earlier this afternoon. he was hearing from republican loyal allies on editorial pages across the country and had to do something. but, wolf, sitting inside the white house this afternoon, certainly not on the world stage as he was in helsinki but he tried to explain the remarks and clear it up like this. >> so i got a transcript. i reviewed. i reviewed a clip of an answer that i gave. and i realized that there is a need for some clarification. it should have been obvious. i thought it would be obvious. but i would like to clarify just in case it wasn't. in a key sentence in

i'm joined now by delaware democratic senator chris coons, thank you for joining us. >> great to be one could be a shutdown this fall? >> i am. this doesn't help anyone. no one here in congress is itching for a government shutdown because frankly that shows that we're not able to do our most important job here, which is to compromise and to move things forward. president trump seems to think a shutdown is a great idea, and i'll remind you that what he's threatening to shut down the government over is getting full funding for his proposal for a border wall, which he campaigned saying he would somehow get mexico to pay for it. now he's demanding that the american taxpayer spend billions of dollars on a border wall that both republicans and democrats have said is not a smart use of money. now, katy, to be clear, this isn't a fight between republicans who want border security and democrats who want open borders. a lot of democrats, including myself, we voted for a significant investment in border security as part of the bills that we took up and voted on earlier this year in february to tr

joining us now is democratic senator chris coons of delaware.ks so much for being with us. you were asked flat out if the president's all caps tweets on iran and then of course this statement from the white house press briefing room on the possibility of revoking security clearances, you were asked bluntly is this an effort to distract by the president? your answer was, yes. >> that's right, john. frankly the idea that a few career intelligence officials who served across both republican and democratic administrations should have their security clearances revoked is a pure distraction. it's also just frankly being petty. most of these officials either don't use their security clearances or have no relevant access to classified information anymore. and i'll note that the list of who is being singled out exactly coincides with those who have been publicly critical of the president. this is the sort of attack on free speech, the press and the rights of individuals to speak out in our country that really doesn't serve the president well. >> what's t

host: senator chris coons, on "face the nation," one of the five programs we air on c-span radio. one of 20ons is members on the senate judiciary committee. guest: we heard minority leader chuck schumer was in the ear of the president, invoking merrick garland again. this is something you will hear consistently from the democrats. i think we need to lay out why we are here. when you talk to conservatives and to folks around the president, there are a lot of people who feel like these past republican presidents, who have nominated justices to the supreme court, have not necessarily gotten what folks wanted. i think they look at the nominees that democrats have seated and say these folks are coming down in their rulings the way that that president intended. that is what is leading to a lot of pressure on the right. they do not want to miss with this pick. as well. realize that this could be something that changes the balance, obviously because of justice kennedy, for 20 to 40 years. the stakes could not be higher. host: we will get to your phone calls in a moment. you can begin dial

joining us now member of the senate foreign relations and injuries committee, democrat chris coons ofe. chris, kasie hunt has the first question for you. >> senator, good to see you this morning. i want to start with what we were just talking about a few minutes ago the supreme court nomination that is pending coming up tonight and some of the pressure that your colleagues in the democratic caucus are under. what is chuck schumer telling all of you right now, and is there a sense that if there were to be some red state democrats who broke with the party to vote in favor of president trump's nominee that, you know, that would cause an unhealable rift in your caucus? >> well, as you know one of the thing that senator schumer has been particularly skilled at is keeping our caucus together. as we have dealt with an onslaught of issues from president trump that might have divided any other caucus at any other time. we're in the minority. so our ability to challenge this nominee is going to be difficult and senator schumer will work hard to hold us together as a caucus. i'm a member of the

chris: senator coons thank you. thanks for joining us. , sir. >> thank you. chris: so what can we expect from this summit? some experts question why it is even being held. and what about president trump's attacks on members of the nato alliance? what was the strategy there? we will ask two reporters here to cover the summit, what they are hearing from their sources, on this special edition of "fox news sunday" in helsinki. that's why there's ocuvite. ocuvite helps replenish nutrients your eyes can lose as you age. it has lutein, zeaxanthin and omega-3. ocuvite. be good to your eyes. ito take care of anyct messy situations.. and put irritation in its place. and if i can get comfortable keeping this tookus safe and protected... you can get comfortable doing the same with yours. preparation h. get comfortable with it. well, esurance makes it simple and affordable. in fact, drivers who switched from geico to esurance saved an average of $412. that's auto and home insurance for the modern world. esurance. an allstate company. click or call. pay

chris coons, senator coons and i met in 1988, we worked on a campaign for the u.s. senate that was one of the least successful campaigns ever, anywhere. in fact a friend of mine -- i had taken a leave of absence from a very good job at mckinsey and company to work on this campaign. and the partner in charge told me he was watching the results that night and he said, your race was the first one called out of the entire country. and i'm sure much of that had to do with the help that senator coons and i provided. he is beloved in delaware. for good reason. he is brilliant. and there's no question about it. he's just -- you know when you hear it and people across the country have seen that he's incredibly real. this is a guy who, are you the only chemist in the senate? probably. chemistry degree from amherst, a law degree and a divinity degree from yale. went to south africa to work for bishop tutu. came back to work for the coalition of the homeless in new york. not in the office, but on the streets. you know, he has, he has learned not just in the classroom, but he ha

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from face the nation and senator chris coons from delaware.enate democrats up for reelection this year. joe donnelly of indiana. claire mccaskill is also a key vote and is up for reelection in missouri. we heard from senator suzanne collins of maine who said she will not book for a candidate that will reverse roe v. wade. senator john mccain has not been in washington since before christmas. he continues to battle cancer. he is in arizona. whether he is able to vote remains a question. i want to follow-up on an earlier caller about ivy league. business insider had a piece a week ago, the president was down to five candidates. we now know he is down to four and potentially too. the president, according to business insider, said he wants somebody who is extraordinarily well-qualified with sterling credentials on their resume. some say that trump has sought to pick someone with a law degree from ivy league schools like harvard or yale. the advisor telling the washington post, president trump what the candidate to have an impressive portfolio of a

joining us now democratic senator chris coons, member of the foreign relations committee.ate with president obama suggested the russians were our greatest geopolitical foe. he was almost laughed off the stage by the president at the time. why this new fascination with the russian relationship among democrats? >> i don't see how it's relevant there was some presidential debate six years ago when what we all know today is that speaker ryan is right. that russia attacked our 2016 election, is threatening our 2018 election and since 2014 when they invaded and occupied crimea has been assertive and aggressive in a way we haven't seen in a long time. beginning with their assault on georgia in 2008 and accelerating with their attack in ukraine in 2014, vladimir putin's russia has become a newly-restored opponent of the united states and our nato allies with a ferocity and breadth that is deserving of bipartisan pushback. i'm grateful speaker ryan is being so clear-eyed about this. a number of republican senators from spoken forcefully about it and it is time for all of us in cong

>> chris: senator, are you worried about how tough president trump will be with putin and the summit about russian meddling in 2016 and about the potential for more in 2018? >> senator coonsam. i'm very concerned, and frankly, chris, as you just brought up in her interview with the ambassador, there is a menu of things to be concerned about, that he might withdraw american troops from syria, that he might cancel military exerces with crd pressed ambassador whether he could say with confidence he would do none of those things or weaken a nato alliance, another thing you raised, and he couldn't say that with clarity and confidence. after president trump's with last performances in brussels, the united kingdom and the g7 summit, i will say it's difficult to predict with clarity what president trump will or won't do with vladimir putin. that's what gives me real pause. >> chris: i'm going to get to some of those other issues in a moment, but let's go back to this issue of election meddling. when i talk to the ambassador and i said are you going to put the russians on notice? no meddling in november at the midterms or the relationship is in dire jeopardy, and he said yes. do y

chris coons is saying that. >> when paul ryan said that i had to take a second look to make sure it wasl ryan. but the democrats are in trouble. i think they are taking what many people said would be a sure win this fall. and are likely now putting it into a 50-50 scenario because of the hyper extreme elements on the left that want to hold these positions. and those then the moderate party of the democrats are concerned about it. certainly you have got to also grab independence. they have got issues? liz: curt, you get the next question. we ran out of time. the media ripping into trump for calling out germany's russia pipeline. but guess who else called out germany for that. john kerry and joe biden. not a people from the media then. lawmakers saying peter strzok deserves a purple heart for enduring the hearing yesterday. u something incredible. capital one has partnered with hotels.com to give venture cardholders 10 miles on every dollar they spend at thousands of hotels. all you have to do is pay with this at hotels.com/venture. 10 miles per dollar? that is incredible. brrrrr! i have

joining us now democratic senator chris coons of delaware. senator, good morning.ou. the argument seems to be at this point this morning from the white house that the president was sort of softening the ground with the all-caps tweet to set up a negotiation or a deal. you convinced by that argument? >> willie, i'm not convinced. this seems to be the same play book the president followed over several months with kim jong-un of north korea where he threatened and threatened and threatened some sort of aggressive all-out nuclear war on twitter and increasely abusive of kim jong-un, did a 180 degree turn and did a handshake photo op in singapore. my concern is he'll do the same, that he has now very briefly tweeted one all caps threat at president rouhani of the iranian islamic republic and will declare himself capable of concocting some better deal. the iran nuclear agreement which took years to put together and relied upon our european allies and china and russia isn't something you can replace with a few tweets and photo op. >> when you see a tweet like that one fro

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when is the last time you saw president trump and a democrat like chris coons celebrate the sa same tweetabout these tweets that come from the often malicious comments from conservative and media outlets alike. there will be more political fights ahead but for the moment, let's enjoy the fact that there is some common ground in america. just had to go to thailand to find it. >>> one other thing before we go -- and this is my producers indulging me. let's look at the champs-elysees in paris where fans advance to the world cup finals. they beat belgium 1-0, a header from utiti in the 51st minute. it was awesome, it was freaking awesome and i hope england wins the next round because, frankly, a france/england final would be even more awesome. i have only awesome superlatives. that's it. we'll be back with more "mtp daily." now "the beat with" with ari mel burr starts right now. >> katie, it seems your love for the world cup could eliminate all of our bantering if it were an all year long type of thing. >> maybe i'll keep doing it. >> you look so happy. i feel more guilty about trying to crea

republican senator jeff flake from arizona and delaware democrat chris coons may try to force a vote on a bipartisan resolution supporting the findings that russia in fact meddled in the 2016 election. and there are other new developments tonight, as well. the president now says he directly addressed election interference with russian president vladimir putin. the president told cbs news that he said to putin, quote, we can't have this. we're not going to have this. and that's not the way it's going to be. fox news' ray bogan says this comes as the white house is once again trying to clarify the president's position on he deals with the fallout from his meeting with his russian counterpart. strong words on moscow from president trump, who claimed on twitter that some people would rather go to war than see him get along with vladimir putin. >> there's been no president ever as tough as i have been on russia. all you have to do is look at the numbers, look at what we've done, and i think president putin knows that better than everybody, certainly a lot better than the media. >> reporte

>> well, chris, just today chris coons and i introduced a bipartisan resolution. this is a non-binding resolution but a sense of the senate. that one, we stand behind the intelligence community and we reject the claims of vladimir putin when it comes to interference in our elections. we know that he did it. and i wish the president, rather than asking him, would have made the statement, we know you that interfered. so this will put us firmly on the side of our intelligence community. and it will also say that the sanctions that have been passed by congress, by a vote of 98-2, should be immediately and fully implemented. and also it says that we commend the department of justice for the investigation that led to the indictment of 12 russians. we know they did what they did. so i think that's important for congress to state that and we'll bring that up tomorrow. >> it is. it gets you into the feels of it. you know, a resolution is what the kids would call a little bit of meh today. you know, it's not going to actually make anything different. but it's a start in ter

moderate democrats, they are clanging the alarm bells, chris coons, joe lieberman saying you can't maket democrats should be allow toed to -- allowed to govern again with these ideas because it makes it easier to mock us. and those policies will slam middle and working class voters because their taxes will have to go up to pay for those policies and the policies will collapse jobs. >> yeah. both of these districts were represented not the distant past, but in the recent past by democrats. but in the case of the wichita district, it was a clinton democrat. and in the case of the kansas city democrat, it was a blue dog, a fiscally conservative democrat. so how can a district like that support somebody who says i'm in favor of free college, expansion of medicare to everybody, expanding social security benefits, a $15 min pulmowage, a guaranteed -- minimum wage and, oh, incidentally, let's get rid of i.c.e.. and i have bringing in to campaign for me somebody who says the israelis are occupying palestine. so it's not a very attractive picture, and think it's going to fall flat in the general

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and i talked to chris coons, who wanted to move on from it immediately, democrat from delaware, and said, i want to focus on russia, on iran and other things. but you think it would be a mistake to just move on. you think that it is worthy of noting this moment? >> well, look, you asked me what i thought. and i do think while it likely is a distraction although, look, that's a political commentary. that's an analysis that i'm not really that equipped to make, from a national security perspective, i think it's very dangerous to try and stifle critics and particularly try to really bring in the politicization of this security clearance process. and it's frankly unprecedented. i've never seen it happen before. and i've served for about 20 years in government across republican and democratic administrations. >> well, what the administration will say, which is also unprecedented, is having a former cia director like john brennan say that the president committed treason, which he said last week. >> look, i think you're right that people are going out and they're expressing their views. but, ag

i'm proud of my find chris coon and you and you're a great choice for secretary of state. we have worked together on state department issues and trade issues and tariff issues. on behalf of poultry in the united states of america and particularly with the south africans. who we cracked down the door here two years ago and now 19 million metric tons of chickens from delaware and georgia sold to the south americans who love them and are eating them and it pointed out to me to reinforce the first statement of ag. we have such a powerful force with our agriculture productivity and the level to which we have taken our technology in agriculture. we need to use that as a tool for our relationships around the world and i know you want to do that and be a part of that and you can help us in doing that because every time we make a trade deal that sells georgia chickens or delaware chickens to the south africans is good for georgia and delaware and america, too. >> amen. i agree. >> thank you for your service to the country. >> thank you. >> thank you. i'm not sure if senator coons w

again, venezuela, north korea, cuba -- and we've got moderate democrats, kelsey, like tim ryan, chris coonsarn that these guys are so unhinged from reality, it will ruin the democrats' case that they should govern again. they're saying it's easier to mock us than marginalize us, and tim ryan says we're locked in a 24-hour news spin cycle about these guys. >> i think they're right to be concerned. i think that if the future of the democratic party is as social isist as bernie sanders and some of these others, they are in big trouble. i think the democrats need to figure out who they are and along the way maybe travel across the globe and visit some of these socialist countries and ask is this really the model that we want to replicate, because in these countries that you just mentioned, venezuela, people are going hungry. they're actually going without medicine because often medicine and medicaid, any sort of medical program for all isn't able to work. it might sound good on paper, but it does not deliver. elizabeth: you remember bernie sanders said, about venezuela, that food lines are, quo

another proposal introduced by senators jeff flake and chris coons would have demanded the presidenttions against russia that congress has authorized. it would have also required senate committees to hold hearings to find out exactly what was said behind closed doors in the trump putin summit. that rebuke of president trump did not even come to a vote. it was blocked by republican leaders...in washington alexandra limon. (vicki) tonight at 5:30... kron4 is always tracking local stories. here's a look at what's going on in your neighborhood right now. (grant) in the east bay... oakland mayor libby schaaf and police chief anne kirk-patrick are holding a town hall meeting tonight. they are going to talk about rebuilding trust between the community and police. the meeting will also highlight the findings of a study that analyzed police behavior -- in an effort to combat racl profiling. the meeting is open to the public...and is from 6-8 tonight at the laney college theater on fallon street. .. (grant) an east bay man pleads guilty to federal charges of trying to help terrorists. amer alh

republican senator joni ernst, and democratic senator chris coons. >>> the midwest and northeast areetting relief from a punishing week-long heat wave. but it is a very different story in the west. parts of southern california, nevada and arizona are under excessive heat warnings. forecasters say the heat could be unprecedented, with temperatures expected to hit triple digits. fire crews are battling several wildfires across california. they say those record breaking temperatures could make their already difficult task even harder. carter evans is in manhattan beach, which is under an excessive heat warning. carter, good morning to you. >> reporter: goord morning. temperatures are expected to be in the 80s and 90s up and down the coast today and people may not fare too much better cooling off in the water. the remnants ofri fabio are exppde at creating the perfect storm of some miserable weather. as southernalor l for rief at r in splash pads, they're getting ready for what could be a record shattering weekend. >> find shade definitely and drink as much water as you can. that's the b

brennan's guests will include kay bailey hutcheson along with joni ernst and democrat is snoenator chris coons. >>> pompeo said there was progress but declined to go into specific. he did not meet with leader kim jong-un but did leave him a letter from president trump. the defense department officials are set to continue these talks in north korea next week. >>> the pal. beach post reports almost every penny of the $706,000 donated by the donald j. trump foundation went to charities which held events at the president's mar-a-lago is estate dating back to 2008. some event organizers say receiving a donation interest the trump foundation was never an expectation, downplaying any notion the foundation was rewarding nonprofits which chose to support the family business. the foundation was shut down shortly after president trump took office. >>> the globe and mail of toronto says the driver of a tractor trailer has been arrested three months after colliding with a bus and killing 16 people connected to a youth hockey team in canada. authorities say the suspect faces several charges. police did not

jeff flake of arizona teamed up with democrat chris coons and resolution supporting u.s.ntelligence agencies' assessment of russian interference and calling for unanimous support. resolutionissuing a statement e resolution would command the justice investigation into russian interference into the 2016 election and indictment of 12 russian officials. "i hope the president will take the word of our intelligence agencies other than the empty words of a dictator," was flake's statement. good morning. caller: we are outside of springdale. i've got to say you talk about nonsense. it is just russian meddling. of course they did. russia has hackers, china has hackers, britain has hackers, everybody has hackers. they are paid to do with they do. if you're not surprised, were you surprised by the president's comments this week when he was standing next to vladimir putin and was asked if he believed his intelligence agencies? caller: not a bit. our intelligence agencies failed to stop it. now they are running around the country, spending taxpayer taxpayerain milling -- money, blamin

people in district like mine i can tell you that resonated with them because just like chris coons was talking about or the governor, we had more than our fair share to send all of the jobs to mexico or companies that were bought out to send everyone to china. companies like robertshaw that makes these water gadget to go in dishwashers we have seen more than our fair share of that the average family income of the family for his $45000. what we do as democrats? if you listen to senator coons i think he nailed it. show up. you use these two things and i think it is something a lot of politicians have a hard time doing for me it is much more natural to listen more than i talk because most of my career i was a newspaper reporter i did that 17 years. but you know any good reporter you ask follow-up questions then you listen. the reason i did this report from the heartland if you google let it is the first thing that comes up it is a 52 page report but read the whole thing just read the executive summary and then breakouts of all eight midwestern states and what has happened with these 1000

we hear from chris coons, former agriculture secretary, tom bill sack. as former new orleans mayor, this is two hours and 35 minutes. [inaudible conversation] >> a morning my name is will marshall, i'm with new market. welcome to today's symposium on building new democratic majorities, big ideas for a big party, we are glad you have come. we are off to a late washington start, if they ever decided to invade washington again they should come early in the morning. but i'm glad we are here. this is the washington debut of new democracy. a new organization formed in the aftermath of the 2016 debacle. its mission is to provide a platform for the pragmatic winning of the democratic party. people who are problem solvers and can win elections in tough places in america. 's highly competitive places in the red and purple zones. particularly in washington the voice of the pragmatic democrats is often muffled. there is infrastructure to amplify the folks on the other side. lot of organizations and money. sometimes the voice of the governing rate is that it gets dro

do you sense a political agenda, house chris coons i felt like every senator was auditioning for their that committee hearing. it's not surprising. i'm sure it happens pretty often. bottom line i thought secretary pompeo comported himself very well and that's the reason why is he our top diplomat because is he not only handle the pressure but can he lay out a very clear vision of what u.s. policy is and how that matters to the rest of the world. brian: senator bob corker a very sober individual. he is going to be retiring and he has sometimes sparred with the president. he says the white house sometimes has a ready, fire, aim approach to foreign policy. do you agree with that or do you know more now to make you think that there is a method to the unorthodox madness. >> what we heard yesterday, secretary pompeo is right. we can't simply rely on press release diplomacy. meaning we fire off press releases and fire up the web sites and internet and condemn somebody for their actions have. face to face conversations with people we disagree with what you heard was a layout of policies that p

senator chris coons is over it.his weekre democrat launched a one-man campaign to exchangee party pie-in-the-sky promises like abolishing the immigration and customs enforcement agency for pragmatic policies. without naming names, the subject of his ire was clear: democratic colleagues seeking favor from the party liberal base. party are a of our fear instead taking the easy road and proposing ideas that might sound great in a tweet like free college and free health care. you can find that article in "the wall street journal" this morning. to fort lauderdale, florida we go, republican line, paul. good morning -- caller: good morning. ice is enforcing the laws of the united states so stop blaming ice and start blaming the laws. it is unfortunate they create fear but aren't you supposed to fear breaking the law? if there is a law and someone is breaking it, they should fear being apprehended. my first recommendation for changing laws in the united states is this. if you are illegal immigrant and you report a crime tha

senator chris coons is saying that. linda sanchez is saying that approaching midterms.need to get back to policy, nuts and bolts issues for the american company. stuart: a stock market make everybody's 401k look pretty good i would say. the democrats appear to be in some disarray what is their policy on the economy? what is their policy on the border? ashley: just to oppose donald trump that is the policy. they don't have any defined one themselves is? what is their platform? abolish i.c.e.? stuart: let me get to individual companies which are in the news. jack, i need your comments on all of this. first of all netflix, a big focus of attention for technology investors. the stock has done extraordinarily well. it reports its profits after the bell. now the big, lizzie, you straighten me out on this, i think the big deal for netflix is how many new subscribers they have signed up. liz: there is a lot of drama right now happening with netflix. the market looking for 6.2 million new subscribers, lifting netflix overall subscribers to more than 131 million worldwide. every

i also want to thank ranking members of the subcommittee chris coons.he's been a great partner in this effort. our team and his team have worked very cooperatively together through a lot of very difficult issues. and i appreciate everyone's engagement on these issues as we try to solve this long term. i look forward to continuing oversight in the months ahead as we pass this bill and that watch over how those dollars are actually spent. we want to make sure decisions that had been made are best for the american people, best for the agencies, and best for the future of our country. i look forward to seeing this bill done. in just the next few hours, the next couple of days, and finishing the work to then partner this bill up with what the house has passed, to get a final conference report, and put it on the president's desk. with that, mr. president, i yield the floor. mr. leahy: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from vermont. mr. leahy: mr. president, i appreciate the comments of the senator preceding me and i thank him very much. he's w