it's a pointless brunch with chuck grassley and merrick garland. please enjoy.cheers and applause) >> you know, senator grassley, these eggs benedict are pretty good. >> bet they, are merrick. that they are. >> not as good as if you would allow me to have a confirmation hearing you obstructionist piece of (bleep). >> i'm sorry, what? what? i didn't say anything. more mimosa? >> oh, no, i have plenty right here. thank you. >> that's right you get drunk on those just like you're drunk on power you turd-eating denying monster. >> what? no, nothing. i can only hear people who are actually only going to be supreme court justices. >> what's that? oh, nothin'. yes! please. delicious. >> trevor: i'm proud to say that play is up against "hamilton" at the tony's. since they're democrats, they're actually making things worse. >> senate democrats practicing theater. holding a mock hearing for a man who can't get a real one. >> a top republican calls these mock hearings a desperate act. >> trevor: i thought republicans were bad for shutting down garland but democrats stringi

senators chuck grassley and dianne feinstein are asking for an audit of the funds.till to come on "full measure" -- battleship grey, the color that defines the navy, even to this day. ahead, we'll go back in time to see some ships of a different color. sharyl: the u.s. navy is pressing new ships into duty. there's the nearly $13 billion uss gerald r. ford, a new class of aircraft carrier which goes into service this spring. and the dramatic launch of the new uss sioux city two weeks ago. both claim to have the latest technology for the navy's global presence of late in the strait of hormuz in the mideast and increasingly in the south china sea. but we noticed one thing that hasn't changed for a half century -- ships go to sea painted battleship grey. ♪ jim: as a young boy, i had a poster from world war i that hung in my bedroom and it showed a destroyer coming to the rescue of a merchant ship and the destroyer was painted orange and blue and all kinds of different colors and i thought, "this is so ridiculous -- they would never paint ships like that." sharyl: but th

chuck grassley a household name in iowa, talking on the phone and doing tv hits, that suggests thosetates could be in play not anything republicans want. >> if that this is case -- obviously democrats are feeling their oats on this because of the headwinds for republicans, one question is ads like that, to what extent can the personal things that people might find odious about donald trump be text to candidates running for senate -- be connected to candidates running for senate. it seems easier onto a policy or platform, to they all report the budget and this guy is a pig and chuck grassley is running for senate. how much can you pull that off. it makes it's easier when every single one of the republicans we are attempting to knock out in 2016 is willing to support trump and wants him to nominate the next supreme court justice. that seems like a fairly easy link there. it's more important than women's autonomy or the white house and women absolutely understand that. they're stuck with him. there's this compounding factor, all those seats you mentioned democrats are challening republi

chuck grassley applauded the move calling it an impressive list today. it was a measure of how much donald trump is distrusted by republicans that his campaign felt compelled to release this list. something no other presidential campaign has done. it was in effect donald trump genuflecting in front of the senate saying "i know you're in charge, here is my lives." which it turns out wasn't really donald trump's list. it's basically the same list a republican think tank in washington came up with, a think tank that reflects the thinking of republican senators. also today the candidate who is described on this network last night as being an ignoramus on foreign policy had an important foreign policy meeting. >> i think he is a stunning ignoramus on foreign policy issues and national security which are the issues i care most about. nuclear arming south korea, pulling out of nato. the guy has a chimpanzee level understanding of national security policy. >> donald trump met with former republican secretary of state henry kissinger at kissinger's home in new yo

iowa senator chuck grassley said the report undermine's clinton's claim the e-mail system had been approvednd shows she circumvented laws. but barbara boxer dismissed the report as a nothing burger she said other secretary of states have used personal e-mails for work. >>> new at 11:00, the head of metro's board of directors firing back tonight after threats from virginias governor to keep cash from the troubled transit agency. terry mcauliffe promising to withhold funding from metro if safety protocols don't meet virginia standards. we caught board chair jack evans tonight and he said he is frustrated by the threats to cut funding especially by lawmakers on capitol hill millimeters m of whom have been in office since the system fell apart. >> i'm getting annoyed by people in office who were in place at the time when this place went to wreck and ruined and did nothing. this is my system i belt built in the 90s. i'm not happy with what happened in the last 15 years anyone who had responsibility with that i'm not happy with. >> today, virginia, maryland and d.c. announced plans for a metro ov

the disturbing information was first exposed when unidentified whistleblowers contacted senator chuck grassleyone whistleblower apparently told your office, out of a sample of 29,000 adults allowed to take these children, 3,400 had known criminal histories, that's about 1 in 8. aren't the sponsors supposed to undergo background checks? sen. grassley: they are and they aren't doing it. they're telling us they don't have time. well, it's the government's responsibility to be responsible for the safety of these people, and you wouldn't tolerate it in any other environment, you surely shouldn't tolerate it even for undocumented workers. sharyl: in late 2014, example of what can go wrong. eight illegal immigrant boys and two adults were being forced to live in dirty, unsafe trailers and work 12-hour days at an egg farm in marion, ohio. arthur carp was a neighbor. arthur: you would not live in 'em, i guarantee ya. holes in the wall, holes in the floor, and just filthy -- and work 12-hour days at an egg roaches. filthy. sharyl: it turns out this illegal immigrant from guatemala was part of a human tr

. >> well, i think young libel chuck grassley. he's very much alive. [laughter] if i had to guess, i would say, no. just based on incentives that republicans have to wait it out. we may have a justice nominated by president donald trump. >> i would guess, i might guess yes in the lame duck session. i think, i've been -- i was predicting judge lawson was going to be elevated, so take my predictions for whatever little they're worth. although in hindsight, the pick of judge garland was just brilliant. it's like at the end of the sixth sense where you're like, ah. yeah, i didn't see that coming. shh. >> spoiler alert. >> i think you could see it in a lame duck session. i know some of the republican senators are saying, no, no, no, but i think it's a little bit like the government shutdown. are there incentives for them to hold their ranks now? sure. but i think once november is done and maybe we have president-elect hillary clinton, i think 63-year-old, moderate judge garland is going to start looking very good for them. you know, if this were, like, the

. >> reporter: senator chuck grassley has introduced legislation to stop housing authorities from paying over the federal limit. when we showed him what philadelphia's housing executives were earning, he said it violated the spirit of the cap. >> if it's a good salary here in washington, d.c., it ought to be a good salary in philadelphia. >> reporter: philly hasn't been alone in paying over the limit sala salaries. according to the department of housing and urban development's most recent records, last year 302 public housing authorities paid above the federal limit including trenton and wilmington. but our investigation found trenton and wilmington housing officials now earn under the federal limit. philadelphia housing officials say they have no such plans. if you have a core mission to help low-income families find housing, couldn't you use that extra money to do that? >> i suppose we -- i suppose we can. it would be disingenuous to say if we have an extra $140,000, i cannot put it to any good use. >> and during our investigation, we also learned that some public housing authorities g

. >> senator chuck grassley has introduced a bill. >> if it is a good salary here in washington dc, it ought to be good in philadelphia. >> philly has not been alone in paying over the limit salaries. according to the department of house and urban development, last year 302 housing authorities above the federal limit. our investigation found that trenton and wilmington housing officials were over, but now are under the limit. >> if you have a core mission to help low income families find housing, couldn't you use that? >> yeah, you can say that. >> and some were caught paying excess executive valsalaries wi federal tax money. i'm mitch blocker, nbc 10 news. >> the jersey shore is drawing a lot of people this holiday weekend. right now a live look at ocean city and the beach down there, things are very quiet for right now, but you can be very sure just a few hours from now it will be bustling again. >>> well memorial day is the unofficial start of the summer season. and from philadelphia to the jersey shore, it certainly feels like summer. we'll have a live report coming up from ocean c

since chuck grassley didn't send the questionnaire to garland the white house had him fill one out anywaythan: it's primary day in west virginia. senator bernie sanders had been leading in the polls up to today. but we will show for sure who comes out with more delegates when the voting is complete. that is happening later tonight. for the general election,ing there is a new quinnipiac poll that shows clinton and trump neck and neck in three key swing states. florida, pennsylvania, ohio. those are critical. historically, you need to win two of the three in order to win it all. michelle: still ahead on abc7 news -- meet sarah brown. virginia woman on the road to rio but her journey sidetracked by a diagnosis that almost floored her. what doctors found and the detour to rio. jo ferris buehler's day off." that's when we come shopping for an suv? well, this is the time. and your ford dealer is the place to get into a new ford escape. escape leads the way with the convenience of a foot-activated rear liftgate. plus, the power and efficiency of ecoboost technology. you'll find a full lineup of

i'm confident with my own judgment but i would recommend people like mike lee, ted cruz, and chuck grassley and on the house side, people like franks, smith, and others that have been leading on these issues to vet these justices and i'd like to suggest that donald trump bring that kind of a committee together and seek their council on appointments. what does a trump presidency look like? there's a level of unease but they could make for a lot of concerns. >> on the issue of lgbt rights, you want to call a hearing on president obama's new guidelines for public schools to allow students to use the bathroom corresponding to their gender. i want to play something for you, one of your republican colleagues refer to congresswoman ileana. you know her well and what she said, she has a transgender child. listen to this. >> republicans and democrats, let's forget about the party labels and move ahead in the political dialogue and accept people for who they are and what qualities they bring to their job rather than artificial barriers like gender identity. >> that's her transgender son standing behi

no effort here -- you can't say this came from trey gowdy and the house benghazi committee or chuck grassley and the judiciary committee. this came from the democratic administration, the department she ran, and an obama appointee in the id and the obama appointee in the secretary of state. >> she did offer one reason why she didn't agree an interview was because, well there was a republican on the staff of the ig as well. one republican. chris, thanks very much. we look forward to "fox news sunday" and let me promote what chris has. going to be talking perspective donald trump's campaign manager, corey lewandoski and the latest on hillary clinton's e-mails with james langford on the senate intelligence committee, and california democratic congressman, adam shift, check it out. check your tv listings. >> president obama making history today with a trip to hiroshima, the site of the deadly atomic bombing in 1945, and he met face-to-face with some survivors who were just kids when all of it happened. details next. think fixing your windshield is a big hassle? not with safelite. this family nee

chuck grassley, as an example, should just do his job here. we have a consensus candidate for the supreme court. orrin hatch, mr. republican, has stated previously on more than one occasion that i repeat what he said, orrin hatch, merrick garland is a consensus candidate. merrick garland is a consensus candidate and he should be chosen to be on the supreme court. that's a republican talking. and i don't know where they have come up with this idea that obama was elected for seven years. he was elected for eight years. they need to do their job just like barack obama did his job. >> and up next, my panel will join me to talk about the state of the presidential race and the new poll numbers out this morning. stay with us. ♪jake reese, "day to feel alive"♪ ♪jake reese, "day to feel alive"♪ ♪jake reese, "day to feel alive"♪ customer service!d. ma'am. this isn't a computer... wait. you're real? with discover card, you can talk to a real person in the u.s., like me, anytime. wow. this is a recording. really? no, i'm kidding. 100% u.s.-based customer

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and republicans up and down the ticket, including the senators in kentucky, mitch mcconnell and chuck grassley have been holding back and obstructing a supreme court nominee want to see who the voters will support next are now forced to answer are you really holding everything up to support donald trump as the next president. we like this contrast that's been good and now the republican party having to own donald trump after setting the stage for him these last several years. >> let me ask you about that healthy primary. our recent survey says 57% of democrats want sanders to stay in through the convention, they're that big a fan of his. is your party as split as the republican party is? >> i feel in 2008 we had the same dynamic. we're not concerned about it. it's not the party's job to tell our candidates what to do about their own campaigns or how to run them or when to get out. from our perspective we saw the same thing in 2008, we had a very healthy and strong primary between clinton and obama at the time. in some cases it was even fie e fiercer and a little harsher. yet at the convention

i think the chuck grassley quote is ifunny, leak a thing to the new york times and they would public it, and then did you see "the new york times." clearly, donald trump didn't just like sit in his, like, $100 million man cave penthouse and say like who do i want on this court. will it -- no, like obviously there are people who are connected, the conservative legal establishment helping put this list together. >> you're saying the prior aluminum tube of our era. absolutely, this is that thing. it is what donald trump said it would be. he doesn't claim these are his ideas. he publicly said on may 21st, i'm going to heritage, get names from them. we called them, they said no, we're not working with him. but we do have a public list on our website. five of those names are on that list. >> willett, who a state judge in texas, a very funny on twitter by the way, i would recommend him. diana sykes, a federal judge in the 7th circuit, on the wisconsin supreme court, and pryor a man around. there are a few people it seems to me, paul clement, is the number one missing one i saw there, sollis

they may well come in october, and especially if chuck grassley is underwater in iowa, go ahead and confirm. if not and he kept the nomination, i think it may happen in a lame-duck. what i think is happening now is republicans in the senate having said, we should let that go. saying, that doesn't mean we would not filibuster for an extended period of time, any nominee from hillary clinton. we could well end up with a 4-4 supreme court for a significant period of time. that is a big danger. what we could have before long, and i could see this playing out through much of 2017, is yet another change in the filibuster rules to move it to a simple majority. i don't thing that would happen until we get 8 or 10 months of a filibuster. and that would be unfortunate. >> i do want to disagree on the merrick garland issue. i think it is very unlikely that republicans will go back on this, no matter how badly they are doing, and confirming somebody in a lame-duck or early on before the election. i agree with norm on this, there will be opposition to a new nominee by hillary clinton or perhaps more than

in october,l come and especially if chuck grassley is underwater in iowa, go ahead and confirm. if he kept the nomination, i think it may happen in a lame-duck. what i think is happening now is republicans in the senate having said, we should let that go. that wouldn't filibuster for an extended period of time, any nominee from hillary clinton. we could end up with a four p four supreme court -- with a 4-4 supreme court for a significant time. but we could have, and i could see this playing out through much of 2017, is yet another change in the filibuster rules. i don't thing that would happen until we get eight or 10 months of a filibuster. that would be unfortunate. do want to disagree on the merrick garland issue. i think it is very unlikely that republicans will go back on this , no matter how badly they are , and confirming somebody in a lame-duck or early on during the election. there will be opposition to a new nominee by hillary clinton or perhaps more than one nominee. you have the potential for other nominations either from resignations, especially on the democratic si

they may well in october especially if chuck grassley is underwater in iowa decide to go ahead and confirm. if not entity kept the nomination, i think it may well happen in the lame duck. but what we are also seeing now is republicans in the senate saying, having said that the next president and we should let that go, saying that doesn't mean we wouldn't filibuster for an extended period of time in a nominee from a hillary clinton. so we could well end up with a split supreme court for a significant period of time and that's a big danger. what we could have before long and i can see this playing out through much of 2017 is yet another change in the filibuster rules to move it to a simple majority to i don't think that would happen until we get eight or 10 months of a filibuster. that would be unfortunate. >> i do want to disagree on the merrick garland issue with both normal and my. i think it's unlikely republicans will go back on this no matter how badly they are doing. confirming some in the lame duck out early on before the election. parley i agree on this that there will be opposition

i serve on the judiciary committee under the leadership of chairman chuck grassley from iowa. at the end of the april i was proud to join a number of my colleagues on a bipartisan basis to announce major proposals to reform our criminal justice system. back when i -- when i wnts to law school -- when i went to law school, more years ago than i want to count, we used to be told that the criminal law was to be used to punish people who violated the law, to deter others who might be tempted to commit crimes in the future, and, third, to rehabilitate people who have made a mistake or ended up in prison. my experience and my observation has been we have largely forge gotten the -- forgotten the rehabilitation process. now, in texas and in other states beginning in 2007, we began to provide incentives for low-risk offenders who were in prison who, if given the opportunity, would begin the process of turn their lives around -- of turning their lives around, dealing with a drug or alcohol addiction, dealing with an education deficit like the fellow i heard about when i was in a prison

namely chuck grassley and mitch mcconnell from kentucky. with them and norquist and the round man, bush's big backer, they should all be tried for treason. host: so you want to see a slit court? you think a 4-4 split court, an eight-justice court would work for the country? caller: our political system is so corrupt it doesn't matter. and as long as they keep letting all these guys like the ones that i said and a bunch of the democratic party also, they shouldn't even have a government. we got a givement. i'm 81 years old and it is a disgrace for our country. host: seems like you're criticizing both sides on this. how long have you had -- caller: yes, i'm criticizing both sides. host: did you ever think our government was not corrupt? was there ever a time when it was functioning correctly? caller: when harry truman, john f. kennedy. i have never voted a republican in my life, but i sure intend to this time. if it comes down to where they try to take it away from trump, i will definitely vote republican. because we got an illegal immigrate

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