chris coons didn't leave much to the imagination. biden said last night that he's in.ke comes in on friday. both white men. beyond that, all kinds of contrasts. >> oh, yeah. between the two of them, and i think we're almost -- i hope we're almost at the point where the field is ultimately settled. i think this is going to be a fascinating race between this, and the contrast between beto and biden couldn't be more dramatic in where they came from, who they are and all that. but i think what's ultimately going to happen is we basically have the top two candidates for biden and bernie. theuestion is that all the other candidates have to fight over the last two or three spots of how do they get in and out of iowa and new hampshire. but those debates that started in june are going to be really, really important for that. they're really important for the candidates that are well known, but important for joe biden because biden has to figure out, how does he present himself with all these other diverse candidates on stage? why is he the guy? >> you have some experience with t

joining us now is senator chris coons, democrat from delaware and a member of the senate judiciary committee. senator coons, thank you very much for joining us on this special coverage friday night. i want to get your reaction to what you've seen today and what you've read in the attorney general's letter about the mueller report, which is really all we know about the mueller report at this point. >> thank you, lawrence. all of us are waiting with bated breath to hear exactly what attorney general bill barr is going to convey to congress of his summary of the mueller report. he commits in his letter to being as transparent as possible within the boundaries of policy and law. and as some of your guests before have pointed out, there are legitimate reasons why the attorney general might decline to share either classified information or information that would interfere with ongoing investigations. but other than that, everything should be shared with congress and i'm going to be pressing for the attorney general to be as transparent as possible and to move as quickly as is reasonably possible b

joining us now is senator chris coons, democrat from delaware and a member of the senate judiciary committee. senator coons, thank you very much for joining us on this special coverage friday night. i want to get your reaction to what you've seen today and what you've read in the attorney general's letter about the mueller report, which is really all we know about the mueller report at this point. >> thank you, lawrence. all of us are waiting with bated breath to hear exactly what attorney general bill barr is going to convey to congress of his summary of the mueller report. he commits in his letter to being as transparent as possible within the boundaries of policy and law. and as some of your guests before have pointed out, there are legitimate reasons why the attorney general might decline to share either classified information or information that would interfere with ongoing investigations. but other than that, everything should be shared with congress and i'm going to be pressing for the attorney general to be as transparent as possible and to move as quickly as is reasonably possible b

democratic senator chris coons is wanting fellow lawmakers overreaching. if it turns out that the mueller report found no collusion. are the democrats suggest plans to force robert mueller to testify regardless. so what can we expect? is this thing over? and how is it different from other special counsel investigations. including that of former president bill clinton. that is ahead. >> one of the things that has made washington difficult to working in the eight or nine years i've been there is the ways in which both parties have at times, be in a particular point to death. i think they were 13 benghazi harries. i don't think we need 13 hearings into the mueller report. after walking six miles at an amusement park... bill's back needed a vacation from his vacation. so he stepped on the dr. scholl's kiosk. it recommends our best custom fit orthotic to relieve foot, knee, or lower back pain. so you can move more. dr. scholl's. born to move. or psoriatic arthritis, little things can be a big deal. that's why there's otezla. otezla is not an injection or a crea

[applause] as well as chris coons. chris holds the seat that i held. more in hiss done first term than i did in three terms. so thank you. thank you for making sure the biden legacy looks good. , as you don'tat , he's abe told superstar. and thehe best brightest in the united states house of representatives, that's not hyperbole. elected,two classes we this last class had some of the , buttalented women and men mostly women that i have ever seen in congress. i campaigned in the 2018 cycle, most of them women. won, but is a new breed. five graduated from the naval academy. men who have done extraordinary things. most of all, who have great character lately said. whiche has gotten a seat is a show of respect the leadership has for her. that's really a big deal for the state of delaware. lisa, we are lucky to have you. [applause] but that runs in our family. all-conference, alternative, -- told me that "you were better than they were." would have been drafted as well except for those flat feet of yours. ted, you have been a friend a long time and as this

joining us now to discuss, democratic senator chris coons from delaware.s been speaking to the former advice president about a potential run. senator, thank you so much for being with us. you've been a supporter of joy joe biden for decades. do you believe he is going to run for president? >> squli'm kfd he's going to rur president. he's 95% there and everything that needs to be in place for him to have a strong and successful launch is being put together. look, i understand why he hasn't yet made the final decision. this is something he and joe need some time to reflect on and pray on. but i think this is a big and important moment in american history. former vice president has a huge reservoir of experience, both in the senate and as the vice president in the obama/biden administration. but i expect him to run looking forward. setting us on a path towards making america work again, pulling us together, not cracking apart the divisions in our country as president trump does. but seeing our divisions, knowing who we are, and inspiring us to pull together a

joining me now is chris coons. good morning, senator. >> good morning, alisyn.t's a strick striking assertion on the part of president trump that the republican party is now going to be the party of healthcare. i'd say with his leaped, it will be the party of taking healthcare away. >> well, let's talk about this because we just had former senator rick santorum on who is pretty bullish about the republicans seizing an opportunity here. he cited what he calls the healthcare choices act and basically i think it would give states block grants or a lump sum of money, i may be butchering this but from what i understood from what he just said, from the federal government, put control back in the states, he thinks that it will have lower premiums and cover more people than currently obamacare does. >> well, that's great that former senator santorum thinks that. i'll tell you the most important thing about the affordable care act for more than 150 million americans who get their healthcare through their employer is that it protects you against discrimination by an insur

joining us now democratic senator chris coons from biden's home state of delaware.nd thank you for being here. can you tell us with 100 percent certainty that he is, indeed, making a run? >> sandra, i can tell you that the energy that you just showed in that clip where he was speaking to firefighters is the same energy and optimism that i heard when i met with him this past week. he is all but certain to run. and i am hopeful that he will. he has made all the important decisions in terms of his family, his values and priorities and he is just putting the final pieces in place. i would say he is 95% there. he and jill need some time to reflect on it, pray on it, but i'm hopeful he is going to run and i think in a few weeks we will see an announcement. >> sandra: once that question sought of the way we will know with certainty that he is running can he win? >> i'm hopeful that he can. joe biden is a fighter. he knows what it means to get knocked down by life and get back up. >> sandra: you know, without even entering the race yet, is he already leading the pack of dem

senate judiciary committee member chris coons will join us on what's next in congress. two former federal prosecutors will join us on the investigations that are still on going. and presidential historian michael beshlosch will join us with an amazing historical echo of presidential investigations that occurred today. that occurred today. 's dream and new ultimate lobsterfest surf and turf. so come lobsterfest today! and now for a limited time, get ten percent off red lobster to go. i switched to geico and saved hundreds. that's a win. but it's not the only reason i switched. geico's a company i can trust, with over 75 years of great savings and service. ♪ now that's a win-win. switch to geico. it's a win-win. switch to geico. if you have a garden you know, weeds are lowdown little scoundrels. with roundup sure shot wand you don't need to stoop to their level. draw the line. the sure shot wand extends with a protective shield to pinpoint those pesky bedfellows. it lets you kill what's bad right down to the root while comfortably guarding the good. draw the line with the

. >> we'll talk with senator chris coons of delaware.t's an interview you'll see only on "cbs this morning." >>> the national weather service confirms at least six ef-1 tornadoes touched down in the latest round of extreme weather hammering the south. a total of 15 twisters were reported across the southeast saturday including one that sent debris flying in louisiana. another tore through arkansas. it injured two people and destroyed mobile homes. part of mississippi and tennessee also experienced heavy winds. the damage also created power outages. the storm system dropped hail the size of ping-pong balls near dallas. more severe weather is threatening texas tomorrow and louisiana on wednesday. >>> good monday morning to you. looking at clear skies. chilly conditions. bundle up out the door. areas of fog especially the peninsula, tri-valley and the north bay this morning. all of us will see the sunshine as we head through the afternoon. below average temps today. as we head through the week, temps will be soaring with a huge warm up. upp

[applause] as well as chris coons. chris holds the seat that i held, and chris has done more in his first term than i did in three terms. so chris, thank you. [applause] thank you for making sure that the biden legacy looks like it is good. the fact is that, as you don't have to be told, lisa blunt rochester is a star. she is a superstar. [applause] she is one of the best and brightest new leaders in the united states house of representatives. that is not hyperbole. the last two classes we elected and took over the house, this last class, have some of the most talented women and men, but mostly women, that i have ever, ever seen in congress. [applause] i campaigned in the 2018 cycle, 23 states for 69 candidates, most of them women. all of them won, but it is a new breed. five of them graduated from the naval academy or west point, women and men who have done extraordinary things but most of all who have great character, like lisa. and she has gotten a seat, which shows the respect leadership has for her, on the house en

join the race for president according to the man who replaced him in the senate, delaware democrat chris coons. >> he's someone who i am confident is going to run. i'm optimistic he's going to run. >> we're in the final stages of that decision. >> reporter: even before he takes the plunge, biden is leading the 2020 democratic field in iowa. 27% of likely democratic caucus- goers would pick him first, following close behind, vermont senator and former 2016 presidential candidate bernie sanders. but it's the man in fourth place in the iowa poll that republicans are worried about, former texas congressman beto o'rourke is the subject of a conservative attack ad in iowa, even though he's not yet in the race. >> but with a charmed life like his, you can never really lose. >> reporter: o'rourke joined more than a dozen declared or potential candidates in austin over the weekend at the south by southwest conference, but it was biden who loomed large over the field. democrats welcomed him to the fray, but they are focused on their own bid. so if he gets in, does he draw support from the kind of -- >>

the other thing, i talked to chris coons of delaware, he makes a solid point that the justice department has done what it has done legally. congress has the right and the expectation to do what it's going to do politically and constitutionally to oversee this government. whether people like that or not. the question will be in the tone and the focus of those investigations. do they go after the raw material because they're convinced that there's something in there that merits more investigation, or do they just step back and say, look, there's all these other issues, the trump hotel, he keeps drawing money from, that he could be violating the emoluments clause, the e.p.a., decisions made by the pentagon and the state department regarding foreign affairs, if they focus in on that kind of transparency and accountability, they may emerge from that okay because the american public will realize they're just looking at the rest of the government and doing their job. >> brennan: certainly no one wants to vote against transparency, but let me try to argue the other side, which is traditionally i

joining me now a member of the senate judiciary committee chris coo coons, the democratic senator and vice chair of the ethics committee. senator, 37 people or entities charged, seven guilty pleas, one conviction at trial. five sentenced. was the impact of mueller's work lessened by the incremental release? would we on any other day had it all been dropped by once be floored by the outcome? >> reporter: that's right, michael, if this had been released as one final report or spray of indictments and then proceedings in terms of both guilty pleas and convictions, it would have a stunning impact. the fact that it has happened over nearly two years i think has lessened the impact, as most americans have absorbed. what is a really stunning story, first that there was an intentional effort by a hostile power to interfere in our presidential elections. second, that there were a dozen senior people in the trump campaign seeking help from russia, trying to connect and coordinate with them and trying to have some influence that runs well outside what we would expect from patriotic folks pursuin

join the race for president according to the man who replaced him in the senate, delaware democrat chris coons. >> he's someone who i am confident is going to run. i'm optimistic he's going to run. >> we're in the final stages of that decision. >> reporter: even before he takes the plunge, biden is leading the 2020 democratic field in iowa. 27% of likely democratic caucus-goers would pick him first, following close behind, vermont senator and former 2016 presidential candidate bernie sanders. but it's the man in fourth place in the iowa poll that republicans are worried about, former texas congressman beto o'rourke is the subject of a conservative attack ad in iowa, even though he's not yet in the his, yanlose a charmed life lik >> reporter: o'rourke joined more than a dozen declared or potential candidates in austin over the weekend at the south by southwest conference, but it was biden who loomed large over the field. democrats welcomed him to the fray, but are focused on their own bid. so if he gets in, does he draw support from the kind of democrats-- >> you need a pundit for that. >> i ha

chris coons put it best. he was channeling winston churchill. he said this is not the beginning of the end. this is the end of the beginning. meaning this is the first marker. once people start to go through whatever the summary is, that will start to spin once members of congress return this week. members of congress, some on both side, want to get barr and robert mueller at an open hearing. you might remember ken starr who investigated president clinton and whitewater in the 1990s. he spoke before the judiciary committee in an open hearing. but he was an independent counsel, not special counsel. so the report went to the house of representatives and the house voted to publicize that report. the house voted a non-binding resolution 420-0 that the report should be publicized. but they don't have any real weight here. people say what is this summary going to be like? the house speaker nancy pelosi indicated today she doesn't want a classified briefing for the congressional leadership. she want something comprehensive so all members can go and tal

democratic senator chris coons spoke with kevin cirilli about concerns surrounding the company and theam confident in the faa and the end up the new professionals who investigate accidents, but i am concerned about news that broke last night that five different american pilots had self-reported concerns about the safety and operations. i am hopeful that the faa is going to quickly make a decision to ground the planes and speed up their investigation, but to make sure it is thorough and complete. kevin: you have legislation that would really impact to the agriculture sector in terms of the president's trade policies with china. a lot of business leaders and farmers looking to get relief from tariffs. talk about what your bipartisan legislation would do. sure,oons: one is to make with senator james lankford, there is an appropriate process for those seeking relief from tariffs to come in and make their case to the u.s. trade representative office. another is to say if we are in this trade war with china, let's not stop without guaranteeing access to the chinese market for american poultr

chris coons put it best. he was channeling winston churchill. he said this is not the beginning of the end. this is the end of the beginning. meaning this is the first marker. once people start to go through whatever the summary is, that will start to spin once members of congress return this week. members of congress, some on both side, want to get barr and robert mueller at an open hearing. you might remember ken starr who investigated president clinton and whitewater in the 1990s. he spoke before the judiciary committee in an open hearing. but he was an independent counsel, not special counsel. so the report went to the house of representatives and the house voted to publicize that report. the house voted a non-binding resolution 420-0 that the report should be publicized. but they don't have any real weight here. people say what is this summary going to be like? the house speaker nancy pelosi indicated today she doesn't want a classified briefing for the congressional leadership. she want something comprehensive so all members can go and tal

. >> reporter: longtime friend delaware senator chris coons backed up that comment on fox news. >> hes all but certain to run. i'm hopeful that he will. i think he's 95% there. >> he was in comparable territory in front of the firefighters union. in pennsylvania joe biden countered his relationship with unions. he was there to talk about what is going on in the white house. >> that is what the next president of the united states needs to understand and what i don't think the current president understands at all. >> reporter: the firefighters union is affiliated with the afl-cio, leaders with the afl-cio recently sent members of congress a letter expressing their disapproval of the green new deal popular with some of the candidates buying for the white house. according to a new des moines register poll biden who hasn't announced is at the top. former texas congressman beto o'rourke who hasn't announced rounds out the fifth spot. biden seem to be more of a centrist democrat, with socialism becoming mainstream. he took heat from democrats when he called successor mike pence a decent guy.

chris coons of delaware and james lankford of oklahoma have proposed legislation that would help withmports. senator, thank you for being with us. sen. lankford: glad to be in the conversation. david: what is it you are proposing? >> the tariffs have been ignored. there has been focus on the 232 tariffs dealing with steel, but other tariffs deal with products coming in. a 10% tariff, the president did threaten to go up from there, but in the first two there were smaller amounts and in exclusion process, the way that companies could say that this is not manufactured anywhere else and it has to be done here. those processes were put into place and they are working through it, but the third-largest tranche of tariffs coming through these 301's, there is no close in process. there is no way to do an exclusion process. we are simply saying, we have to do a waiver process. we put in place what that process would be and we are saying, you cannot say to american companies that you're getting these $200 billion with of tariffs on your withou -- you without an option out of it. david: there wer

chris coons, tillis got in, to protect that counsel investigation. finish his work and then make our determinations after that. >> our own chris matthews there speaking to democratic presidential candidate cory booker of new jersey earlier today in davenport, iowa. senator booker also criticized trump's foreign policy. >> this is a guy that to me has weakened our nation abroad. >> yeah. >> has weakened our alliances. the way he cozies up to dictators. won't even admit that america has been attacked by the russians and they are still coming at us. a president's job is to be the commander in chief and he's not making america stronger. he's making america weaker. >> and meanwhile, there's this. newly announced democratic candidate beto o'rourke released fund-raising numbers today that show he raised $6.1 million in the first 24 hours after his announcement, and while the campaign didn't disclose the number of donors or the average dollar amount per donor, he narrowly beat out senator bernie sanders who raised $5.9 million. back with us are ken and laura.

senator chris coons what we heard from him is emblematic from both parties.ng that lawmakers will be pushing for is transparency in finding out what mule sister concluded. they want to see as jeff pointed out more than the report itself. they want to see some of the underlying materials contributing to any of those conclusions. but what was interesting was the senator responded to new comments reported from senator lindsey graham. he's the chairman of the senate judiciary committee. he was atmar lago last night appearing with the president at a republican fund-raiser there. he was according to these reports that we're seeing criticizing is the investigation what, senator cons said to us today responding strong little is it's one thing for the president to be undermining the mueller investigation, it's disheartening of the senate judiciary committee is doing the same thing. >> interesting. you're outside of the justice department, julia and reported a.g. barr plans to release to the media whatever he shares with congress. what is the strategy there? >>. >> rep

i know delaware chris coons yesterday said we have to be prepared for the fact this report could make the white house and president very happy. did the democrats maybe put a little bit too much emphasis on what they expected from mueller? >> certainly, the political fight here is interesting to watch because in a way there is less than two years until the next election. while you have all of these freshmen democrats who may be hungry to have a fight about impeachment very vocal freshmen, the fact is you only have a couple of months until another re-election so you have to be careful how you proceed here. a lot of those democrats who were freshmen and won an made this happen in the house of representatives are not -- these are democrats who won in states and districts that trump won in. >> it is very interesting. lauren fox, appreciate it. thank you. >>> well, it was supposed to be a fun vacation but, my gosh. look what it turned in to here. >> a cruise ship with 1,300 passengers ran into some really rough seas off the coast of norway. motive of this in a moment. my mom washes the dish

there are far more institutional senators down the totem pole, people like mark warner, chris coons, working on a bipartisan basis every day who are institutionalists that have been there for a long time. they are older and they have more state approach. i think frankly it's harder for a lot of those democrats to actually get their voice heard because saying let's talk, let's be calm doesn't get the headlines as people like alexandra o'casey of cortez. >> laura: you are right. dinesh, there's something else going on here. it's not just -- there will be someone else who comes along and replaces her. right now she's the girl of the moment. i mean it girl and the best ways. ryan stetler at cnn again kind of revealed unwittingly was really going on. let's watch. >> they have a news division. it's relatively small compared to the huge opinion division which has the highest rated shows. both exist but it's getting uncomfortable for both to exist in that same body. why would democrats even consider going on fox in the first place? >> laura: the dnc is actually indirect communication speakin

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you had chris coons talking about how the president should apologize. graham said nothing should be changed or diminished of mccain. he didn't call on the from the to aparoleeyes. he didn't go after his friend donald trump. >> what's even more shocking about that to me is that the president does have good things to talk about as always. this is a president who is choosing to talk about things that he knows will bring him criticism. he could talk about an array of things that are positive for his administration, although, there is always bad news and he chooses to dive into controversies, to me is curious. maybe there is a huge strategy behind it. it's one of the most curious parts of his administration. >> there is one thing he hasn't dived into, that is a strong condemnation of white nationalism. it put his advisers on defense like his acting chief of staff dick mulvaney. watch. >> why not deliver a speech condemning it. >> you seen the president stand up for religious liberties, the w president is not a white people sift. i'm not sure how many times w

senator chris coons that said he doesn't think the democratic party had gone to far to the left for biden to be excluded. >> frankly confident that he will be a very compelling candidate. not because he's in this lane or that lane but because he has more experience in the senate as a legislator, in the white house as vice president as part of the obama-biden team than any other candidate and his heart, his experience connects with the average american. >> coons says he thinks there's a little bit of praying and joe and dr. jill for the final decision. biden was more sure of himself on stage yesterday than two weeks ago when he said he wasn't sure there was an appetite for a biden candidacy and he has more to learn about a social media role. he was surrounded i be yellow and black signs that said "run joe run." he didn't lay many of them off. >> neil: thanks. to my next guest who probably isn't going one way or the other whether joe runs or not. the former starbucks ceo howard schultz who is giving an independent run for the presidency. he was speaking in miami-dade college in florida toda

chris coons, tillis got in, to protect that counsel investigation. finish his work and then make our determinations after that. >> our own chris matthews there speaking to democratic presidential candidate cory booker of new jersey earlier today in davenport, iowa. senator booker also criticized trump's foreign policy. >> this is a guy that to me has weakened our nation abroad. >> yeah. >> has weakened our alliances. the way he cozies up to dictators. won't even admit that america has been attacked by the russians and they are still coming at us. a president's job is to be the commander in chief and he's not making america stronger. he's making america weaker. >> and meanwhile, there's this. newly announced democratic candidate beto o'rourke released fund-raising numbers today that show he raised $6.1 million in the first 24 hours after his announcement, and while the campaign didn't disclose the number of donors or the average dollar amount per donor, he narrowly beat out senator bernie sanders who raised $5.9 million. back with us are ken and laura.

>> well, i think the bill you're talking about was introduced by senator chris coons, democrat of delaware basically seeks to hold institutions of higher education accountable for not just racial diversity but socioeconomic diversity and to help institutions that are doing well on those fronts but are struggling. and i think that's a great idea. it's got promise. it's the kind of thing that should be embraced in state legislatures. and really, when it comes to the whole college admissions, and frankly, college accountability issue, what you need in congress is for one person, or in state legislature, one person to force a vote, because i think whether there is a public vote on these matters, members of congress don't want to be on the wrong side of what's right. >> and michael, what do you think's going to happen to students whose parents were implicated in this scandal? do you think they should be allowed to remain enrolled at those schools? >> you know, i don't. if they got in through fraudulent means, false pretenses, then whether they knew about it or not, it doesn't really matter. it'

. >> delaware senator chris coons are apparently warned his fellow democrats yesterday saying once we get the conclusions of this report i think it's possible that will be a good day for president and his core of supporters. do you think they put too much emphasis on this report and what they want to do moving forward? >> i think people not fans of president trump put all of their hopes into bob mueller and thought he might wind out his investigations with a who slew of indictments and draging in the president's family and that is not happening so that makes it a good day for the president and his team that there are no additional indictments coming and i think, you know, lauren knows this of course, better than in my opinion on the set but democrats are in a very difficult position on how they read this report and how they judge their next moves going forward. we have heard, obviously, tin te house a lot of discussions of impeachment but they risk overstepping when you head into a presidential election and many watching this play out what the polls have shown they prefer to vote for

candidates, but all eyes are still on joe biden who is slow walking his decision, but his pal, senator chris coons, said it's all but certain he'll run. this morning new york senator kirsten gillibrand officially joining the crowded field of 2020 hopefuls, taking direct aim at president trump in a campaign launch video titled "brave winds". >> brave doesn't spread hate, cloud truth, build a wall. that's why i'm running for president, and it's why i'm asking you for your support. >> reporter: later this week she'll hold a rally out of trump hotel in new york city. in this recent des moines register/cnn poll that served iowa democratic caucus goers, not a single respondent named her as a first choice, but in that same poll, joe biden who has yet to announce his candidacy is leading the pack. overnight, biden teasing his decision at a fundraiser in delaware. >> i'm told i get criticized by the new left. i have the most progressive record of anybody running for the united -- of anybody who would run. i didn't mean that. >> reporter: and calling out president trump with a message of unity. >> everybody

don't know if you know, but i usually do your programming out a studio in wilmington, delaware that chris coonsf and on. today i walked in, there is actually a joe biden scented candle with a picture of him saying that he likes corvettes. i thought of bringing it on camera. so something is going on. i don't know what it is. but i think that there is an announcement coming. i obviously have no inroads. i'm a republican. but something is going on in biden land. >> i appreciate the on the ground reporting there. the concern amongst your fellow republicans about a biden candidacy, is it real? >> oh, sure. he gets into i think some of those voters that traditionally have voted democrat. but didn't vote for hillary. i would call them working class voters in pennsylvania, southwest and northeast part of the state, same in michigan, samin wisconsin. maybe didn't view nafta the way hillary clinton did. maybe labor union represented. i can tell you that there were a lot of labor union workers in my district that historically vote democrat who said i'm voting for trump. so i think that biden speaks to s t

to give you a sense of the mood here on the hill what democrats are saying, take a listen to chris coons and congresswoman sherry bustose. >> stripping away that key protection by the trump administration will proov unpopular. >> we don't need to pivot. we have been having these hearings and talking about health care. >> reporter: for republicans while the repeal and replace rally cry has been around for law, for those who worry the consequences could be colossal. >> president trump was on the hill and said republicans are going to be the party of health care, but i had a republican on the show yesterday who said listen, there's no clear plan for republicans when it comes to the idea of protecting things like preexisting conditions. >> the preplacement piece has always been the trouble spot for republicans in this era. they have been largely united about wanting to strip away obamacare in the earlier phase, but the longer a program of this magnitude is in place, the harder it is so sell it to the public who has adjusted to what the law provides and doesn't provi provide. so when the pres

. >> should we introduce her to senator chris coons? to the house republicans at this point. this is an effective minority in the house looks like, putting together these motions that divide the majority that create these kind of riffs that put the majority makers you're talking about in bad positions. that's what an effective majority in the house looks like. >> i heard them say, we have to fix the whip operation, as if that's something that never should have happened. >> nancy pelosi is serious. she wants to keep that caucus together. let's not forget that it was the moderate democrats who were part of the challenge to nancy pelosi's continued speakership. >> but moderate democrats put the democrats in charge of the house. >> they did. i have a feeling they'll flex a few muscles, too. one of them said in the aftermath of this, running on an abolished i.c.e. platform if you're in a swing district isn't going to work. >> all right, guys. i have to end it there. i have a feeling, though, the conversation won't. >>> all up ahead, we have

senator chris coons, democrat from delaware, on whether biden would be able to get past some of his controversial stances. let's take a look. >> there are things that he was involved in or said or voted for 25 or 30 or 40 years ago that i expect he will get asked about on the trail. but he has a real and solid record of stepping forward and being a champion for civil rights, for women's rights, for lgbt key rights, and i think on the whole the democratic party primary electorate will be very satisfied with joe biden's record and with his vision for our country. >> harris: what would be a sticky wicket for joe biden? >> certainly i think the biggest one is the iraq war. that really hurt hillary clinton into 2008. i think she would have been president if she voted against the iraq war. joe biden has made a lot of votes, especially on that one, that people are going to question. he's got to have a good answer for that. i also think that he's going to have to answer for his record with barack obama, who is very much revered by the democratic establishment. but how would he be different than barack ob

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chris coons is joining us on the phone right now. what do you think? now that this report is out, now that robert mueller himself has concluded there was no collusion, is it time for the democrats to curtail or step back from these other investigations? >> wolf, i don't think that should lead us to the conclusion that other investigations into misconduct by the trump organization, the trump campaign, the trump inauguration are invalid or should be curtailed, frankl curtailed. frankly, if anything, i think the fact the special counsel refused to reach a conclusion one way or the other about whether president trump committed obstruction of justice means that more than ever we have a responsibility to get access to those materials and to conduct a thorough review of it. i'll remind you, special counsel mueller and congress have different charges. mueller's charge was very narrow. frankly, i think it is a good thing that mueller did not conclude that our president conspired with a hostile power in the conduct of his campaign. mueller's report, at least the

senator chris coons told you yesterday on "this week" that he's optimistic that the former vice presidentl announce soon. he still won't say whether he's made up his mind and when he's going to share that decision. >> beto o'rourke had a mixed opening weekend. a big announcement this morning on money. >> reporter: yeah, beto's campaign just announced a whopping $6.1 million in grassroots fundraising in just the first 24 hours. it's a clear sign that that popularity and beto's prolific fundraising that he showed in his senate campaign is translating to the national stage. he's had some stumbles. he apologized about comments about his wife having to raise their three children. we do continue to see a lot of interest and a lot of packed crowds as he barn storms some of the key states. >> back at the white house, president trump just glued to twitter over the weekend. some 50 tweets over saturday and sunday. all kinds of subjects. fox news. gm. also, these bitter personal attacks on the late senator john mccain. >> reporter: yeah, george, he was on a real tear this weekend. it's unclear why t

chris coons / -d- delaware: that's possible.ose calls, with senate majority leader mitch mcconnell calling for, "as much openness and transparency as possible."moving forward it's in the hands of attorney general bill barr and it's up to him how much lawmakers, and the public, see of mueller's work.in washington, i'm omar jimenez ( will ) ( will )( will ) as soon as the mueller report was turned in... a number of bay area lawmakers weighed in. senator kamala harris, speaker nancy pelosi and others are demanding that the findings be made public. ( will ) house speaker nancy pelosi releasing this statement on the mueller investig

effort to look into the issue of foreign in higher education institutions, whether it is senator chris coonsd systems to investigate the role of china underwriting some of these educational situations at these universities. francine: it is just amazing. thank you for the briefing. we will get back to kevin and talk about boeing. we will talk more about brexit. in westminster when we expect a vote on putting off no deal, that is later today. talk about whether the e.u. would agree to an extension if it was not attached to conditions, and what those would be? >> an extension for what? in the house of commons, there is not any majority or any constructive deal. there is a collaboration between the remainders who do not want any deal and the labour party who wants the government to change. in the house of commons, that is not a good situation. there is no need or purpose for an extension. we hope until the upcoming two weeks, this clarification can come so that we can have a limited extension. you can see, the political situation has been difficult in the u.k.. e.u.ey were to go to the and say,

joining me now is democratic senator chris coons of delaware.m trying to get a sense here of democratic strategy going forward with the caveat, of course, that i haven't seen the report, you haven't seen the report. what would you like to see happens happen next here in terms of order of operations? >> i'd like to see the report. i'd like to see as much as is possibility and i think attorney general bar should be proceed this weekend to convey to the house and senate ju dishadiciar committees as much as possible. given the ongoing investigations, there are three areas that you just mentioned that might justify the attorney general holdsing back parts of the report, either those interfering with ongoing investigations, jury deliberations, or those matters that are classified because 24e6 to do with russia's interference in our 2016 election which congress is capable of handling in a classified situation. other that, even the president and his attorneys are saying release the full report. so it is my hope that we get there as soon as possible. >>.

chris coons, who's a member of the senate judiciary committee, said today that this isn't the beginningd, it's the end of the beginning, to which i could only say, oh, boy. gillian: so rudy giuliani said yesterday this underscores what the president's been saying from the beginning, that he did nothing wrong. but there's a gap, is there not, between no criminal wrongdoing and doing nothing wrong at all. >> oh, of course. and that's what you would expect the president's lawyer to say. i'd want my lawyer to say that -- [laughter] that it proves he did nothing wrong. as i say, it does appear -- i don't know that it's conclusive, but it does appear there was no criminal conclusion, or somebody else would have been indicted, if not the president, because justice department regulations are he can't be indicted. it's not a clean bill of health. maybe it will be and, you know, we'll have to wait and see. leland: where does this go from the sense that you talked about of at least six more house democratic committees investigating the president? have you ever seen a case where there appears to be

senator chris coons has legislation to hold institutions responsible with respect to economic diversitys to act. i hope, if not expect, that they will. >> all right. we'll see how it plays out indeed. thanks to all of you. >>> coming up right here, what's in a name? with a growing number of democrats entering the 2020 race, the issue of name recognition is taking on a whole new meaning. engineers put the first man on the moon. everyone looked up at the sky, in awe... but if you're an engineer, you look in awe at those men and women in the room. because they did it with technology less powerful than any smartphone. think of that... it's what inspires us all to get there first. i became an engineer because of them. now i'm part of the team at verizon building an incredibly powerful 5g experience for america. we call it 5g ultra wideband. it's wider for ultra-fast speeds and ultra-low lag times. when i think of it... i think of what people might do with it. i think of where people might go with it. i think of... them. (man over radio) ...go for landing. ♪ might mean a trip back to the doct