those two are senator chuck grassley here from iowa senior senator and democratic leader nancy pelosiand we appreciate them both taking time to come and visit with us today. we will hear from senator grassley today and we will hear from democratic leader pelosi to borrow. we have worked with our staff and we have a series of questions we are going to ask after they have made a presentation. it's the same questions we will ask them both to get their perspectives on the republican and democratic side of the house as we foster better relationships. to introduce senator grassley -- grassley we will ask governor brand said he would do that. terry are you ready to do that? >> i sure am. chuck grassley is a dear friend of mine. i met him when i was a student at the university of iowa and my family were democrats and a friend said you know republicans are really not as bad as your parents told you. would you come to this college republican meeting and a young state representative named chuck grassley was the speaker. that was in the 60s. that was in 1966. in 1972 i got elected to the legislat

chuck grassley: there may be some legitimate reason, but i haven't found it, but i think, most often,t becomes a culture within an agency to put people on administrative leave maybe for pu inability to make a decision. sharyl: iowa senator charles grassley counts 88 dhs employees on paid administrative leave. he suggests systemic misuse of paid administrative leave. on paid leaveere for more than a year, most while under investigation for misconduct. 17 were on paid leave for two four for three years or more. chris farrell: it's not an endless guaranteed employment forever. sharyl: chris farrell is with judicial watch, a d.c. watchdog group that monitors government waste. they estimate homeland security spent $1.8 million last year for workers who aren't working. chris: and if you've acted in a way that's objectively out of bounds, then you should either be suspended pending final outcome or, if it's serious enough, it's grounds for termination. sharyl: senator weren't put on unpaid leave. for all federal employees, the government accountability office estimates paid leave costs taxpa

those two are senator chuck grassley here from iowa. senior senator. d democratic leader nancy pelosi. and we appreciate them both taking time to come and visit with us today. we'll hear from senator grassley today, and we'll hear from democratic leader pelosi tomorrow. we worked with their staffs. we have a series of questions we're going to ask after they made a presentation. the same question we'll ask both and get the perspective of the democratic and republican sides of the aisle as we help foster better relationships. so to introduce senator grassley, we asked governor branstad if he would do that. so terry, are you ready to do that? governor branstad: i sure am. chuck grassley is a dear friend of mine. i met him when i was a student at the university of iowa and my family were democrats and friends said, you know, republicans are really not as bad as your parents told you. would you come to this college republican meeting and the young state representative chuck grassley was the speaker. then later -- that was in the 1960's. that was in 1966. in

senator chuck grassley issuing this statement last night. there should be extraordinary transparency. that means more than simply giving the public a brief summary a review of his facts. it should include the review of the factual evidence. attorney general loretta lynch was scheduled to speak next week. >> catherine, what about the response from democrats? >> a shorts time ago whip steny lewis would not say. he does believe it's a political move. earlier today they said the top intelligence officer james clapper, the director of national intelligence should consider blocking clinton's access given comey's assessment that she was extremely careless. >> you get access to deeply classified material once you leave the convention as a nominee on a regular basis. it's part of a transition government. with no indictment occurring but a discussion or call for administrative action. i think it's the least we can do given how she was so reckless in handling classified material and sending it on unclassified servers. >> josh earnest has just weighed i

senator chuck grassley, the reason part, even director comey said there should be extraordinary transparency and that includes more than a brief summary. it should include evidence so the public can make the decision on all involved. this comes after the public statement by comey. the house judiciary sent a letter with questions of how comey said there was evidence of wrongdoing. and a no requirement for intent, jon. >> catherine, thanks. >>> hillary clinton campaign nothing atlantic city where she wrapped up a speech where she hit the gop presumptive nominee hard on his business record. and meanwhile, trump will campaign in the battleground state of ohio, and holding a fundraiser and rally in cincinnati. no republican ever won the white house without carrying ohio. carl, what is it like? >> we are waiting on a thunderstorm that will hit and cool down the trump folks that are waiting for the event that starts tonight at 7:00. ohio is important. and tonight, newt gingrich will be on stage. he is being vetted as one of the presidential picks and last night in north carolina, mr. trump had tenn

in addition, remember in june of 2011, chuck grassley made a big deal of this back in january.he actually -- one of her staffers, jake sullivan, she ordered him to strip the header off of a document that they had to conclude was classified so she could send it over a non-secure server. that is also, in my view, prima facie evidence of her intent, which again you don't even need under the statute, to subvert the law. so i think comey had to do a lot of mental gymnastics. it's mind-blowing. he basically made the case against her. >> also 32,000 e-mails that she decided on her own that she was going to delete. >> of course. >> and some of which weren't classified. maybe we're playing clinton word games. extreme carelessness, gross negligence. i watched the first 15 minutes, and i thought, oh, my gosh, comey is going to pull the trigger on this and do the right thing, until he got to the "however" part. reaction? >> well, we really learned three things today. number one, we learned there is a u.s. criminal code, and there's a u.s. clinton code. and it's very different. different se

senators, senator chuck grassley and senator joni ernst, and the longest serving governor in american history, governor terry branstad. the state of iowa proudly casts its 30 votes for the next president of the united states of america, donald j. trump. >> pursuant to the announcement of the delegation and the rules of this convention, iowa, 30 votes trump. >> kansas. 40 delegates with the following bound delegates, nine trump, 24 cruz, six rubio, one kasich. >> madam secretary, kansas, home of the greatest fans of the reigning world series champions, the kansas city royals, proud home of the iconic bob dole, casts nine votes for the next president of the united states, donald j. trump. 24 votes for senator ted cruz, six votes for senator marco rubio, and one vote for governor john kasich. >> pursuant to the announcement of the delegation and the rules of this convention, kansas, nine votes trump, 24 votes cruz, six votes rubio and one vote kasich. >> kentucky, 46 delegates with the following bound delegates. 17 trump. >> mr. chairman, from the bluegrass state, the commonwealth of ken

but please understand mike lee, chuck grassley, senator durbin, senator leahy, so many senators on both sides of the aisle have been speaking on this issue for years. in fact, since before i became a united states senator, this moment has come. but as senator durbin began talking about the issues of the day where there is so much frustration, so much concern, so much consternation, so much divisiveness on this issue of criminal justice in america. it's made me think personally a lot about this idea of hope because i tell you this week i've talked to a lot of people who seem to be indulging in a dangerous, toxic state of being, which is hopelessness about criminal justice issues in our country. i have appreciated senator durbin who has not just been a senior senator, not just been steadfast in working with this issue, but he has been a friend, calling me up not just this past week but weeks before where lots of americans were indulging in high pressure systemness about the divisiveness in our country, about the injustices in our country, about the ravages of a broken criminal justice sys

i worked with chuck grassley. can i tell you one great story? i was proud of the work i did on military procurement work. so i have a town hall meeting and tell the story of procurement reform and i say can you imagine a $600 toilet seat. what is it made of gold? and i asked about any questions and a woman raised my hand saying do you know where i can get one of those? >> host: there is a reason lily tomlin and orts endorsed your book because people forget about the humorous things that happen in politics. i think it is important because you want young women and men to run for office. i think that is the cool part about the book. >> guest: by the way, you may add -- that is why you are affected. people wonder do i need someone with a sense of humor or a person who wants to write leyris like i do and the fact is that is part of the act. have a sense of humor. it enables you to survive. >> exactly. one of the things in your book is you talk about how the women didn't have a gym or there was this big deal that was so unfair to try to get women to h

there is somee concern especially with some races we thought were safe coming into play including chuck grassley of iowa who took some heat from theman of o democrats of course, the very vulnerable senators from ohio and mark kirk from illinois as they tried to push issues then number havee supported and also try tooo see the zero pla legislation that would be a big deal if they could say i was in the senate and a hell passed the legislation to push the solution towards treatment and medication as opposed toif e abstinence to restrict those tactics spirit that would be a big win if they could get that through especially with the. [inaudible] virus that is why they feel the pressure and they try to say but the spill across the floor and look at what i was able to do.on >> even if they will say publicly with donald trump at the top of the ticket most are running for reelection as the nominee but they realize those that came not in very big numbers we need them to come out to support them with their own reelection races but it alsork realize that comments that they made that is why you saw those re

and finally, in iowa the pro-life senator chuck grassley, chairman of the senate judiciary committee, is facing a challenge by pro- abortion former lieutenant governor patty judge. senator grassley has a 100% voting record while patty judge is so extreme on abortion that she supported by emily's list and planned parenthood, the nation's largest abortion provider. [applause] as you can see, there's a lot at stake for babies and their moms in the senate in 2016. moving on to the house of representatives, if you look at the screen you will see the current list of the competitive house races. democrats need a net gain of only 30 seats to take pro- abortion control of the u.s. house of representatives. the battle for the majority control of the senate and the u.s. house of representatives will have sweeping implications for the future of the pro-life movement. the pro-life republican majorities will be devastating to the life issues. i began this morning by talking about history and the importance oof theimportance of reflectingn where we have been so as not to repeat the mistakes of the p

senators, senator chuck grassley and senator joni ernst -- [ applause ] and the longest-serving governorpursuant to the rules, the state of iowa proudly casts its 30 votes for the next president of the united states of america donald j. trump. [ cheers and applause ] pursuant to the announcement of the delegation and the rules of this convention, iowa 30 votes trum trump. >> kansas, 40 delegates with the following bound delegates. nine trump, 24 cruz, six rubio, one kasich. >> madam secretary, kansas, home of the great est fans of the reigning world series champions, the kansas city royals. [ cheers and applause ] proud home of the iconic bob dole. [ cheers and applause ] cast nine votes for the next president of the united states donald j. trump. 24 votes for senator ted cruz, six votes for senator marco rubio and one vote for governor john kasich. [ cheers and applause ] >> pursuant to the announcement of the delegation and the rules of this convention, kansas, nine votes trump, 24 votes cruz, six votes rubio and one vote kasich. [ applause ] kentucky, 46 delegates with the following b

bill: chuck grassley said two words, supreme court.may not be your second, third or fourth choice but better than hillary clinton. that seems to be what you're hearing inside hall. >> bill mcgurn has great piece in the "wall street journal," former colleague of mine in the white house, if you're not for trump here is essence why hillary is bad. i think it will be process, not an event. it will take longer than next essentially eight or nine days to the end of philadelphia. bill: you do? >> i do. look there are a lot of hurt feelings. more hurt than normal. normally by the time we get to the convention, candidate is pushing upper 80s, there is visible enthusiasm. not much in the way of opposition. that is way it is in winning campaign. there are larger number of people undecided we've had since 1992. smaller percentage of republicans who are behind their candidate and smaller percentage of democrats who are behind their candidate than we have traditionally seen at this point in the drama. this will take a little bit longer. i think newt

senator chuck grassley issuing this statement last night, reads in part, even director comey said thererdinary transparency. more than giving the public brief summary of the facts. should include the actual evidence that the public make educated decision on its own about the judgment and decision making of all senior officials involved. congressman goodlatte spoke to comey after yesterday's public statement at fbi headquarters. house judiciary chairman sent a follow up letter with questions focused on how comey reach addition against prosecution for gross negligence when comey said there was evidence of wrongdoing. clinton and her aides he said, showed, quote, extreme carelessness in handling of classified information, bill. bill: the response is what, catherine. >> three current or former fbi agents told fox news they were surprised even disgusted by the director's statement. one agent recently retired said it is sad day when it comes to the integrity. bureau. last night on a "the kelly file," former assistant fbi director in new york also responded. >> i talked to two prosecutors toda

chuck grassley: senator whitehouse. toator whitehouse: freedom travel is also a constitutional right, perhaps of freedom we do not have the same concern about inhibiting from keeping people from flying when they are on the terror watch list. you, mr.on to secretary, has to do with something quite specific, and i am sorry to have to raise it to your level. but you oversee fema, as you know. at one of fema's responsibilities is flood very important responsibility, particularly for coastal states like rhode island. it affects a decision to buy property, affects the decision to build, fx insurance --affects insurance that they can or must have. rhode island is actually pretty flood mapping. we have a coastal zone management council. we have delegated federal power for that. we have a university -- secretary johnson: i'm listening. i'm listening. the situation i talked about earlier seems to have resolved itself. that is all i wanted to let you know. excuse me. we have aitehouse: university that is also very expert at this.

were certain races that they thought were safe that are now coming into play, namely senator chuck grassley of iowa, who was ofrting to feel a little bit the heat from the democrat running against him. and then there is the very vulnerable senator such as senator rob portman of ohio and senator ronald kirk of illinois and senator of new hampshire, so they are trying to push issues, like the gun provisions, which and number have supported. and then they are also trying to see the opioid legislation gets sent to the president because that would be a big deal if they were able to say, look, i was in the senate and i helped pass this legislation to combat heroin addiction and to try to push treatment, to try to push the solution more toward treatment and medication toward recovery as opposed to lawinence of really strict enforcement tactics. that would be a big win for them if they were able to get it through, as well as efforts to combat the zika virus. they are definitely feeling the pressure and that is why they are trying to speak to the leaders and say, look, let's get these bills across t