chris murphy was thinking basically when you're looking at that particular basket, it ran its coursest for the broader market anymore and you won't see that support for the s&p 500 anymore. >> the earnings season we have gone too is an interesting data point as well. you've been crunching the numbers and looking with the bloomberg intelligence team that's been putting together things on sectors like tech which had all that momentum we just talked about in january. but i'm terms of the magnitudes of beating expectations, there were certain sectors that have really stood out. >> there definitely are. when thinking about technology, we had interesting data recently about this talking about how the bets have proved to be pretty expensive this year, especially when it comes to hedge funds. 10 of the most shorted stocks have delivered almost $17 billion in combined market to market losses for bears to actually last thursday, but not surprisingly tesla is among the big gains when it comes to those leading short seller losses. looking at paper losses, more than $7 billion. not surprisingly,

joining us now is the man himself, chris murphy, senator from the great state of connecticut. senator murphy, thank you for being with us tonight. can you tell me what you want to do in this bill? >> well, what we want to do is very simple. we want to make sure that every judge who sits on a federal judge has a code of conduct that the american people can see that applies to them. as you mention right now there are only nine justices that have no code of conduct. that's outrageous especially at a moment where we're seeing this rather outlandish and transparent integration between the conservative justices on the court and the broader conservative movement. you mentioned this case in which there's a really serious allegation that justice aleto or one of his family members told conservative activists ahead of time about a contraception decision. the court said, well, authorize no evidence that there was an ethical standard breach. what ethical standard? there's no set of standards that applies to the supreme court. they are exempt. and so what we're calling for here is an indepen

joining us now is the man himself, chris murphy, senator from connecticut. o is simple. we want to make sure that -- on a federal bench as a coastal condo that the american -- can see that applies to them. as you mentioned right now, there's only nine justices that have no code of conduct that's outrageous, especially in a moment where we're seeing this rather outline jason transparent integration between the conservative justices on the, court in the broader conservative movement. you mentioned, this case in which there is a serious allegation that justice alito or one of his family members tool conservative activists ahead of time about a contraceptive decision, the court said, while there's no evidence there is an ethical standard, breached what ethical standard. there is no set of standards that applies to the supreme court, they're exempt. we're calling for here is an independent body that excess, a judicial conference. to set up a code of conduct that will look very much like the appellate court judges, district court judges are held to. at the very, le

senator chris murphy of connecticut, senator chris murphy, thanks so much for joining us. we know this is a long night already for you. thanks so much, sir. >> good to be with you. >> so, we've been talking tonight of a remarkable moment, a crescendo that happened right in the middle of the president's speech, in which republicans seemed to be sort of heckling, taunting, doing, screaming at him. and in garrett haake's words -- all reporter who is in the room where you were -- he described it as the president just potentially essentially responding with a rope a dope, in which he ended up engaging, doing that kind of column responses with his would be hecklers, and getting them, in the end, to endorse inanimate sleeve the idea of now cutting social security or medicare, sort of committing to it on the stage. it seemed like incredible theater from where we sat. i have to ask you if you saw the same way and what it was like from your vantage point. >> that is wonderfully optimistic take on what happened. the idea that he suddenly forced a conversion of republicans on the ques

and joining us now is democratic senator chris murphy of connecticut.is a member of the senate appropriations committee, the foreign relations committee, and health, education, labor, and pensions committee, thank you very much for being tonight with, us senator. so, 1000 years, ago when i worked in the senate, i was in a few white house negotiations. this sounds like the shortest one ever. it's two answers, no questions, goodbye. >> first of all, kevin mccarthy has no idea what he's asking for. it's hard to have a negotiation when one side has no position. we guess that what they may want is big cuts to medicare benefits or social security. maybe they want a 30% national sales tax. by this hard to have a negotiation when one side does not ask. it's also hard to have a negotiation when this caucus is just so dysfunctional. they cannot pick a leader. there is really no sense that they could ever enter into this kind of complex negotiation over the sovereignty of american debt. my advice to president biden's, don't negotiate. tell these guys that it is yo

senator chris murphy of connecticut, senator chris murphy, thanks so much for joining us. we know this is a long night already for, you thank so much for. >> good to be with you. >> so, we've been talking tonight of a remarkable confined other happened right in the middle of president speech, in which republicans seem to be sort of heckling, taunting, booing screaming at him, and garrett hague's words, a reporter was in the room where you, where he described as the president essentially responding with a robot out where he ended up, engaging doing a colin, response and getting them in the end to endure's unanimously the idea of not cutting social security medicare, sort of committing to get on the stage. it seem like incredible theater from where we set. adam desk you saw the same, way and what it's like from your vantage point. >> that is wonderfully optimistic on what happened. the idea that he suddenly forced conversion of republicans on the question of protecting social security medicare. i don't think that's actually what occurred, because i, know i've watched republi

senator chris murphy of connecticut will join us, but with us now, frank figliuzzi, plus tim miller and kim atkinstore. frank, i'll start with you, and the investigation. tell us a little bit about the law enforcement response here. one of the things that jumped out to me and we understand that the fbi is involved, any idea what that is about this this moment? >> so, at first, it's all hands on deck and that was why we saw just the swarm of law enforcement to establish a perimeter, clear buildings, evacuate buildings, but the fbi also gets involved in a number of other ways. first, to determine if there is a federal terrorism nexus to this, which appears there is not. no indication of that. and all of the support that comes along the investigative services component of things. so, actually mapping out with computer design the actual crime scene, so it is determining trajection of bullets, all of that. and then the deep dive into forensics, any devices the shooter had. the i.t. cyber side of things. what was he looking up? what had he been doing. and reports today that he may have had a

senator chris murphy tweeted i hope understands the unseriousness of shoot the balloon down twitter. it is not real, all theater. another tweet after the takedown see, all better bed weters. congressman buyers joining in on the downplay. my republican colleagues can stop panicking about a balloon. joey. >> chris murphy is a hack who would have us all disarmed and if there was action taken by another country we couldn't defend ourselves and put our security in the hands of a government that let a spy balloon fly over us for eight days. they are towing the party line and i'm disappointed in house republicans that their first action is a condemning resolution. let's dig into the military read enes and put something on the floor to get our technology up to speed with china and do something proactive rather than theater. you just won the mid-terms, barely elected a speaker. republicans, it is time to win not act like the democrats from a different angle. >> harris: you brought this up twice now. i wonder when you say that we need to up the grade of our technology, are you indicating that

democratic senator chris murphy of connecticut will join us live to discuss his rowenewed push f more to try to end this endless bloodshed. >>> also, just a few hours from now we will see parts, just parts though, of a special grand jury report that is examining trump's efforts to overturn election results in georgia. what might we learn? >>> we begin in east palestine, ohio. you heard from the mayor a few moments ago. people in the city are afraid to drink the water, breathe the air, even live in their own homes. nearly two weeks after a train that was packed with dangerous toxic chemicals crashed and burned in their small town, frustration boiled over at a heaton town hall meeting last night. residents were demanding answers from officials. >> why are people getting sick if there is nothing in the air or in wthe water? >> everybody expects a hell of a lot more. >> my kids say are the people safe? is the future of this community safe? >> the head of the epa is actually set to arrive in east palestine today to assess the disaster and the cleanup. we are expected to hear from him. the

chris will be speaking with new jersey governor phil murphy about police reform at the local level andtive in his state. >>> good day, i'm chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. at this hour, less than a day after tyre nichols' funeral, a key republican senator says no to nichols' mother, president biden, and democrats who have been calling for the passage of the george floyd justice for policing act. what does tim scott think can get done? i'll be talking to critical players in the debate throughout the hour from the state house to the white house including new jersey governor phil murphy and senior white house aide keisha lance bottoms. >>> and 643 days, more than a dozen possible republican candidates. is the fear of challenging trump in 2024 in the rearview mirror? >>> plus, the just released

. >> would have been hitting a cow, a hernandez democratic senator chris murphy said the administration was smart to wait. think it. >> made sense for us to learn something about this balloon, given that it really pose to know threats of united states. the fbi is currently analyzing parts of the balloon. senior fbi officials familiar with the operation. >> say it's still very early in the process and much of the technology remains under water. and while democrats and republicans definitely still disagree about how administration responded to this incident. >> they did come together yesterday in the house to unanimously passed a resolution condemning china for violating u.s. sovereignty. for now in washington, raquel martin, back to you right now. all right, rick hill, interesting story there. thanks for that update. well, still to come on the kron, 4 morning news are talking about former vice president mike pence. >> now subpoenaed and his role in the january 6 riot. we'll hear more on this after the break. we'll be right back. well, former vice president mike pence has been issued a su

reaching that point has been a goal of senator chris murphy's.e court to adopt a code of ethics. today, he put forward his legislation again, nbc news reports this, quote, the bill would task the judicial conference of the u.s. with issuing within a year of enactment a code of conduct applying to supreme court jules tises. it also contains a new provision that would authorize and ethics investigations lawyer who would have the power to enforce the code. murphy stresses that enacting this code would make the court look better, not worse, in the eyes of the public, increasing transparency and accountability at a time when only 7% of americans have a great deal of trust in the court. seven. his push comes as new reporting in "the washington post" reveals this. quote, the supreme court has failed to reach consensus on an ethics code of conduct specific to the nine justices, that's despite internal discussion dating back at least four years. according to people familiar with this. although the justices say they voluntarily comply with the same ethical

>> it is exactly the way we approach the gun safety legislation on our side, led by chris murphy. was happy to be a part of that. get things in the billick community violence intervention. it was not everything we wanted like universal background checks or an assault weapons ban. we are looking at this bill, but it has to meet the standards of raising professional standards, transparency, more accountability. i am sobered about the ability we can get a big, comprehensive bill done. i believe we can get something done. host: cory booker on meet the press, talking about bipartisan efforts and talks of police reform and gun violence. is that an area where you would like to see compromise? washington state, independent. caller: good morning. first i want to say i hope that c-span covers the state of the union and i hope there will not be anybody like nancy pelosi standing behind donald trump, tearing up his speech. i want to know that there is going to be death penalty for anybody who brings fentanyl into the country. host: would you like to see compromise on the border and drugs comi

options trading are zero dte does it mean these rallies are a dangerous mirage let's bring in chris murphyw unusual is this? >> hey, kelly. yeah, a huge increase in this type trading, just within a week, a couple day expiration. one thing to keep in mind is, it's pretty much all opened and closed or bought or sold or the reverse over the course of the day. so there is no time to build up these massive, off-side positions. so when i hear comparisons to volmageddon, that took an entire year in 2017 of relentless selling of volatility until these positions got to big that it finally unwound you know, option trades that are over the course of one day and then expire, they're wiped clean the next day so i'm not seeing what some of those comments you just mentioned. >> would you think the other signs in options markets or just in general in in terms of extended risk taking or anything like that? >> well, i mean, look, volatility levels are down from where they werel last year and down from where they were with covid. but they're still elevated compared to long-term history. we've seen an increas

. >> would have been hitting a cow, a hernandez democratic senator chris murphy said the administration was smart to wait. think it. >> made sense for us to learn something about this balloon, given that it really pose to know. >> threat to united states. the fbi is currently analyzing parts of the balloon. senior fbi officials familiar with the operation say it's still very early in the process and much of the technology remains under water. and while democrats and republicans deadly still disagree about how the biden administration responded to this incident. >> yesterday, they did come together in the house. they passed a resolution unanimously condemning china for violating u.s. sovereignty for now, washington, excuse me. for now, washington, raquel martin. back to you guys. ok, alright, right out of account. all right. it is 6.23. >> we're going to take a break. but coming up, gas prices once again on the rise across california experts say could be a while before they start to come back down explain why. we're back at 6.25. and for your money this morning. gas prices in california

. >> would have been hitting a cow, a hernandez democratic senator chris murphy said the administration was smart to wait. think it. >> made sense for us to learn something about this balloon, given that it really pose to know. >> threat to united states. the fbi is currently analyzing parts of the balloon. senior fbi officials familiar with the operation say it's still very early in the process and much of the technology remains under water. and while democrats, republican definitely disagree about how this administration responded to this incident. >> yesterday, they did come together and unanimously passed the house resolution condemning china for violating u.s. sovereignty. for now in washington, raquel martin, back to you guys. all right, rick hill, thanks for breaking that down for us. all right. it is 5.22. we'll take a brief break. but coming up on the kron 4 morning news. people are frustrated over problems. >> they're having with the state's middle class tax refunds. one legislbtor wants the state to do. the state to do. >> to fix the problem. so sweet, so crispy. nobody makes

i was really proud to be a part of that with -- led by chris murphy to help get in more resources forlence intervention. it's a bill that wasn't as far as people who believe we should have universal background checks or a ban on assault weapons. it made america safer. we have to do that in the realm of policing now as well. >> i know that you are optimistic about this because this is near and dear to your heart, but realistically, considering the makeup of the house and senate right now and the pushback that you are getting from republicans, kaitlin pointed out, just sort of stoic and sitting there. >> no reaction when the president is talking about this. do you really believe something is going to happen now? >> i will always be a prisoner of hope. i have seen impossible things happen even in my ten years in congress. i will keep fighting. but, yeah, absolutely. we couldn't get it done after george floyd. we had an impasse. now we have the house of representatives controlled by republicans, led by mccarthy. but what a moment of hope, everybody wants to divide this country. in this to

that did not happen and chris murphy has given me the information, there was a lot of puts and when that information didn't come out, it went up and now it is down. and poorly, the 10-year yield is up and that is what they. want to see they want to see. --that is what they want to see. i think that -- fed chair powell got what he wanted especially delivering at the end of the conversation, underscoring a significant road ahead, there will be nor -- more rate increases. that is nothing new. kriti: abigail, you are a skilled technical's analyst and let's talk about the technicals. we are talking about the s&p 500 bouncing off the 41 level and a 10 year yield that stays about the trading range. what matters more? abigail: i would argue the technicals are always in charge but if you assume that the market is efficient and taken all -- taking all information early. the uptrend out of the october lows is holding and we have seen often that strong jobs report, nice facilitation but the buyers are stepping up and if that trend were to bake -- break, it could be a different story. except be a sig

with me democratic senator chris murphy of connecticut, he has made gun safety legislation his life's work since the tragedy at sandy hook elementary. today he is reintroducing legislation to expand federal background checks to all gun sales. good morning, senator. >> good morning. >> let's show people this picture, last year you went to msu. you spoke to students and you have tweeted about gun tragedy after gun tragedy. look at michigan, right, kalamazoo, oxford, now msu. could you speak about what you are reintroducing again, the background check expansion act, and do you think it could have saved these three students' lives? >> i was proud to be at michigan state last year. part of my work is trying to help build a national anti-gun violence movement that will make our kids safer. i was there in part to thank a small group of michigan state students that were starting a chapter of an anti-gun violence organization. it also pains me that children have to spend their time trying to convince adults to just do the right thing. the fact that my 14-year-old has to talk to his friends abo

>> it's exactly the way we approached the gun safety legislation on our side led by chris murphy, and i was happy to be a part of that and goat like community violence intervention. it was not everything we wanted like universal background checks or assault weapons bans. but it was a significant step forward. we are looking at this bill or the potential to get legislation through. but it has to meet those standards of raising professional standards, transparency, more accountability and, again, we are working on things. i am sobered about the belief we can get a big, comprehensive bill done but can we get something done? i believe we can and i am putting all my effort into that right now. >> look, i take it the idea of dealing with qualified immunity is probably not something that happens with this round of police reform? >> you know, look. when you hear encouraging things, i've met with lindsey graham last week. >> sure. >> when you hear encouraging things from people like him, it gives me the sense that we could do something possibly in the senate, but, remember, passing a bill in t

we heard from senator chris murphy, a democrat from connecticut.was very pleased with how this went down. we also talked to senator jon tester who is from montana. of course, he's up for re-election in 2024 and montana played a big role in all this. he went into the briefing saying that he really felt like the administration needed to justify its actions and he did want to hear more so people have a lot of questions that they want answered and to that end there have also been a handful of briefings or a handful of hearings, rather, here on the hill throughout the day and i want to let you listen to the deputy secretary of state. here's what she was telling lawmakers a little bit ago. >> we make clear to prc officials that the presence of this surveillance balloon was unacceptable and along the way we learned a thing or two which you'll hear in the classified briefing about the prc's use of the balloon. this irresponsible act put on full display what we've long recognized if the prc has become more repressive at home and more aggressive abroad. >> r

but administration officials and democrats like senator chris murphy say waiting until it was over the atlantic ocean was the right call. this lawful and deliberate action was achieved with no harm to civilians. >> and with maximum ability to recover the payload collection that we did. >> well, it was over the united states in the paint. dividends. >> the fbi also released new photos of the balloon taken as part of their investigation. and earlier in the house, lawmakers unanimously passed a resolution condemning china for sending the surveillance device and we should, as americans denounced their actions. and pentagon officials say they have collected substantial information from this balloon so far. they say that's going to be able to help them better detect them here in the u.s. just seen reshad hudson. thank you so much. >> ukraine is asking its allies for additional military support as the one year mark of russia's invasion approaches. the u.s. has provided 110 billion dollars of aid for ukraine since the war began on wednesday. president volodymyr zelenskyy asked his allies for f

>> it is exactly the way we approach the gun safety legislation on our side, led by chris murphy. was happy to be a part of that. get things in the billick community violence intervention. it was not everything we wanted like universal background checks or an assault weapons ban. we are looking at this bill, but it has to meet the standards of raising professional standards, transparency, more accountability. i am sobered about the ability we can get a big, comprehensive bill done. i believe we can get something done. host: cory booker on meet the press, talking about bipartisan efforts and talks of police reform and gun violence. is that an area where you would like to see compromise? washington state, independent. caller: good morning. first i want to say i hope that c-span covers the state of the union and i hope there will not be anybody like nancy pelosi standing behind donald trump, tearing up his speech. i want to know that there is going to be death penalty for anybody who brings fentanyl into the country. host: would you like to see compromise on the border and drugs comi

one of the tweets from senator chris murphy of connecticut, democrat saying sarah huckabee sanders iscribing america as a bloodsoaked dystopian health scape -- hellscape. when did republicans become so pessimistic about america? two very contrasting views of that funds last night. -- republican response last night. host: politico.com, biden urges were public and takes a few swipes at them, too. the seer from mary lou calling from new jersey, independent line as we get your reaction to the state of the union. caller: good morning, bill, thank you for c-span. i want to comment on both speeches. first, i thought sarah huckabee sanders came across a genuine, sincere and concerned, and i felt that story that she called about going to iraq with president trump was very moving because it showed a side of president trump that all too often, people are not willing to recognize. kalus go to joe biden. joe biden at no point addressed the exorbitant food crisis, the rise in gas prices, the energy crisis. he didn't remark on that balloon that flew over our country and his fight on us, giving infor

mr.ll chris murphy of illinois. mr. connell of california. mr. mfume of maryland. ms. kaiser cortes of new york who is our vice ranking member carper this congress. ms. boards. of california. ms. bush, ms. brown and mr. gomez. those of the returning members. ms. brown about, mr. gomez of california, ms. bush of missouri. but from across the country our new f members, mr. chairman, are ms. stansbury, melanie stansbury of new mexico. robert garcia california. maxwell frost from florida. summer league from pennsylvania, greg cassara texas, jasmine crockett alsomi from texas to dn goldman from new york and jared moskowitz from florida. mr. chairman, it's hard for me today not to think of my fellow maryland and m my friend elijah cummings who was chairman and ranking of this committee not so long ago. allies you recruit me to and taught me that central purpose of this committee, our job is to make government to serve not an opportunity for greed and self-enrichment, not as a violator of the rights to liberties of the people but rather as the protector of the rights and libe

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treasury official michael hawkinger, jon levine of "the new york post", chris bedford, and east palestine resident russell murphywhat trump's lawyers now demand after biden's comment -- after comments from the grand jury forewoman in georgia, and president biden now claims he was not invited to go to the ohio train wreck? also house oversight opens a probe into secretary pete buttigieg over his, quote, apathy there. he's also being probed on his jet flights. also this, hunter biden admits his business partner is a close confidant of president biden's despite the president's denials, and president biden blames media for voter polls saying they're worse off under his white house. i'm elizabeth elizabeth macdonald, "the evening edit" starts right now. ♪ ♪ elizabeth: welcome to the show. stocks ending slightly higher after their worst week of 2023. here's the story, u.s. durable goods orders dropped more than expected, a 4.5% to the downside in january. that's the biggest monthly drop in years. now, this is easing wall street's fears the fed will go more aggressively on rate hikes. >>> now to this story, lawmakers d

new jersey governor phil murphy, thank you for your time. appreciate it. >> thank you, chris. >>> we'll have more, by the way, on president biden's meeting with the congressional black caucus that's coming up in just a few hours. senior adviser to the president keisha lance bottoms will join me after attending tyre nichols' funeral yesterday, that's coming up. >>> plus, who's afraid of the former president? the republicans lining up to take on donald trump in 2024 and what it tells us about hisgrip on the party. >>> and that dangerous storm laying sheets of ice, some the size of a football field from texas to tennessee. you're watching "chris jansing reports" only on msnbc. s" only c hey, man. nice pace! clearly, you're a safe driver. you could save hundreds for safe driving with liberty mutual. they customize your car insurance... ...so you only pay for what you need! [squawks] whoo! we gotta go again. only pay for what you need. ♪liberty liberty liberty♪ ♪liberty♪ now you can enjoy the best eggs in so many delicious ways. eggland's best. the farm-fresh taste you love. plus,

chris. no shadow but we've been in mama and he told me they wanted to. sonya negotiate with best. teresa was classes, murphy, mitchell. so my phone, if you only my way through, but obama able to dial a i ah, ah, need to come to the russian state to little, never be tied as i'm phoning, no slant scheme, devastation mckindoe's house that he could been 55 when. okay, so mine is 2 times anyone else with we will van in the european union, the kremlin media machine. the state aren't russia to date and split our t spoke neck. even our video agency, roughly all band to on youtube with me. ah ah ah ah hello and welcome to cross taco are all things are considered. i'm peter lavelle almost one year into the conflict. no major western leader is called for talks to bring peace.

oh boy chris no shadow but we name my mom and he told me they wanted to. sonya negotiable, basically much. teresa was crazy, murphy, miniature, foolish, jani. my. we thought that obama, real to data with, [000:00:00;00] ah ah ah, ah ah, ah, ah, a ah oh ah, with me. hello and welcome to was apart. as the father of greek tragedy escalates a remark more than 2 and a half millennia ago, truth is always the 1st casualty of war. in the case of the ukrainian war with unprecedented levels of censorship and delivered distortions, should have been banished even before the interstate facilities began. but maybe 2 or on the ring reality could pave the way to peace. well, to discuss that i am now and join, but nikolai petro, professor of political science at the university of rhode island and also the tragedy of your brain. what.

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chris is also the editor of downsizing governor.org. -- downsizing government.org. your guide to shrinking the beast. he hails from canada. our final panelist, neal mccluskey, is new jersey born and bred. our home states governor phil murphy, got an f. he is the director of center for educational freedom and the author of the fractured schoolhouse. a continuing theme of his work is that our one-size-fits-all public schooling system tends to feed culture war conflict, and that having funding follow students as in the student's first act can go a long way toward diffusing those sorts of conflicts. i should mention that we will have a conversation on these issues. we will later be taking questions both from the in person and online audience. if you are out there in twitter land talking about this event, you should use the #govreportcard. with that, i am going to get out of the way and headed over to chris to kick off today's discussion. >> thanks, gene. welcome to cato. delighted that you are here. i am going to provide a minute or so of additional background and then we can get into the discussion. i became aware of the governor's achievements when i did the 2020 report card. she got the second highest grade, second only to