. >> this week on "newsmakers" an interview with senator chuck grassley. he talked about whether james comey should be suspend to testify now that the inspector general's report has faulted his handling of the hillary clinton email investigation. here's a preview of the sunday's interview here on c-span. reporter: it was a big department of justice inspector general report, hearing before your committee. you expressed some displeasure that james comey did not show up. and that he has time for media appearances but not congress. are you going to ask him or perhaps subpoena him to come back to the committee to respond to what these big findings from the inspector general? senator grassley: i will want to subpoena him but in the senate rules of our committee, you have to have both senator feinstein and i agree to it and at this point i can't tell you she would agree to it. but if she will, yeah, then we will subpoena. reporter: and loretta lynch as well? senator grassley: yeah. reporter: and when do you think a decision will be made on that? senator grassley:

senator chuck grassley chairs the committee.

it offers perspective on this issue is one of the senate champions, robust oversight, senator chuck grassley from iowa. senator grassley has had a long and distinguished career that he received his bachelors degree and a massive story from the university of northern iowa and a phd from the university of iowa. he was first elected to the iowa legislature in 1958 and to the house of representatives, u.s. house of representatives in 1974. since 1981 he has served the citizens of iowa and, indeed, the rest of the nation as a united states senator. senator grassley is has long bn considered a champion of government oversight and transparency and is often referred to as the patron saint of whistleblowers. he is currently the chairman of the senate judiciary committee where his fervent belief in the need for robust oversight has been on full display as of late. please join me in welcoming senator chuck grassley. [applause] >> thank you for a kite introduction, and if i could make just one little correction because i don't want to be misleading here. i was elected to the legislature while i was in t

andrew napolitano here, our legal expert extraordinaire. >> i'm smiling because i love chuck grassley. he verbalizes the angst -- >> neil: there must be consequences. >> correct. the laws that he's sworn to uphold gives mr. strzok a lot of protections like civil service protections that prevent you to be fired because of words that you uttered of a political nature. >> neil: even if you're at the fbi. >> sure. he was demoted from intel to mueller. mueller learned about the texts. she was demoted. who cares what his opinions are. friday he was frogged, they took his gun and badge away from him out of the building. we don't know why. what we do know, he has civil service protection and can only be fired for cause. andrew mccabe was fired because the attorney general was satisfied that mccabe lied under oath. telling your girlfriend that you can't stand trump and trying to do something about it as reprehensible is protected speech. he must have been removed from the building. for some reason we don't know. >> neil: not from his job. >> i doubt that. he can be fired from the upper echelon

. >> this week on "newsmaker" chuck grassley and talked about whether former director james comey should be forced to testify. here's a preview of the sunday interview here on c-span. >> department of justice inspector general report hearing before your committee expressed some displeasure that james comey did not show up and he had time not for congress. are you going to subpoena him committee? k to the >> i will want to subpoena him. you have to have both senator feinstein and i agree to it. and i can't tell you if she will agree to it. >> and loretta lynch as well? >> yes. >> when do you think a decision will be made on that? >> if senator feinstein tells me yesterday that they'll do it, we'll do it. >> is that for andrew mccabe, he requested immunity? senator grassley: feinstein and my agreeing to it and i want to do that and we are in some negotiations with her on that point but goes to the justice department to make sure it doesn't interfere with their potential prosecution. another step that is not so regular is i think we need -- and we are working through his lawyers on this, to

here on c-span, newsmakers is next with republican senator chuck grassley of iowa. that is followed by an oral argument for supreme court cases decided this week 11 states to collect sales tax of online retailers. on q&a, a conversation with university of pennsylvania law school professor amy wax, who talks about the limits of free expression on college campuses in the u.s. susan: senator charles grassley of iowa, the chairman of the very important senate judiciary committee. he is our guest this week. joining me is bob kusak. the editor in chief of the hill. we will be joined in a bid by alana shore of politico. as we get started, the house is still in progress with migration legislation. with your many years watching this town, what is your view of what this city and country went through over the past couple of days regarding immigration policy? where do you think we are going to end up? sen. grassley it proves a lot of phone calls and journals covering issues like that, it can turn things around very quickly. not only in congress but in the presidency as we have

please join me in welcoming senator chuck grassley. [applause] en. grassley: for a kindly introduction -- thank you for a kindly introduction. i don't want to be misleading here. i was elected in the legislature while i was in the middle of the ph.d. i'm one of those people that almost -- it's a privilege to be here with you. in 1980, that's before most of you were born, i was elected to the united states senate, and during my early years in the united states senate, i met a man who had a significant impact on my career. his name was arthur earnest fitzgerald. but everyone called him ernie. i call him the father of whistleblowers. this is an original that we go from the library of congress. and we blew it up. but this is ernie fitzgerald. this is the famous $700 toilet seat that was representative of defense waste in the 1980's when i early got involved in -- in ove sight and whistle blowing. he was called ernie. you probably never heard of him. if you did, ernie's reputation preceeded him even way back before i knew him. in 1968, ernie testified befo

offering his divine the issue is one of the champions of robust ersight, senator chuck grassley from iowa. senator grassley has a long and distinguished career and received his bachelor's degree from the university of northern iowa. he's been the university of iowa and he was first elected the legislature in 1958 into the house of representatives in the team -- 1980 when he observed the senate in iowa and indeed the rest of the nation as a united states senator. senator grassley has long been considered a champion of government oversight and transparency and is often referred to as the patron saint of whistleblowers. he is currently the chairman of the senate judiciary and believes the need for robust oversight has been on full display. please join me in welcoming senator grassley. [applause] >> thank you for a kind introduction. if i make one little correction because i don't want to be misleading here. i was elected to the legislature in the middle of the crusade i was on and so i one of those people who almost. it's a privilege to be here with you. in 1980, before most of you were

but we're laughing about it because chuck grassley's style. the president of the united states at this moment, we have to stop sometimes. it's such a blur of developments. he's in a standoff with the special counsel. the special counsel saying if you't come in voluntarily, maybe i will test my power to subpoena you. i can pardon myself absolutely. then he goes on to say i didn't do anything wrong. why? why does the president want to do that at this moment? >> i saw a tweet about him saying he could pardon himself. what i thought of is that this is a president, a man who you can't tell him what he can't do. i'm not so sure this is about his legal strategy or his legal case as much as it is about his own approach to the office and his own interpretation of his powers in that office. we have seen a number of times in stories we've a done you start reporting something and gets to the president and he turns around and does the opposite in order to stop that story. only to have that play out a couple weeks later. i think a large piece of that was hi

until then, conversation with iowa senator chuck grassley in the farm bill and subsidies. [applause] >> thank you, john. i want to thank everyone for showing up today and all those watching online and on c-span. every five years or so congress passes the

we'll get the read from senator chuck grassley on that. trade issue, the volatility that we've been seeing in the markets and because of these developments here, right after this. let's do an ad of a man eating free waffles at comfort inn. they taste like victory because he always gets the lowest price on our rooms, guaranteed, when he books direct at choicehotels.com. or just say badda book, badda boom. book now at choicehotels.com. neil: if you're just joining us the president promising to take action before he leaves for duluth, minnesota, on this separation going on between kids and their parents at the border. this is something that iowa republican senator, chuck grassley had been urging. the senator runs of course many other thing the senate finance committee, the judiciary chairman there as well. you know. senator, the president is saying this is step but only a step. what do you make of it? >> from a humanitarian standpoint and since most senators have said they don't want parents separated from their children, and i'm in that camp

join us at noon eastern for a preview of the upcoming farm bill in congress with remarks from chuck grassley. live coverage starts at 12 noon eastern on c-span. week,g at congress this the senate returns at 3:00 p.m. eastern today for work on the defense programs and policy bill. lawmakers will take a vote to advance the measure: 30, with simple majority needed to start debate on the bill. if that succeeds, they will work on amendments throughout the week. the house will be back tomorrow at noon eastern to work on opioid legislation, including the crackdown on synthetic opioids into the u.s., treatment and covery, and getting guidelines for pharmacists on prescriptions. live coverage on c-span and c-span [applause] -- c-span2. neutrality,f net interviewed by the technology reporter. >> the conversation has shifted to legislation or the hill would like it to. do you think it is possible to legislate this issue? allt is fascinating that along during my term, this was something congress would decide. when congress now has an opportunity to decide what the congressional review act that has passe

i had the honor of introducing senator chuck grassley. serving as one of iowa's u.s. senators nate and 81. by every measure, senator grassley were tirelessly to earn the trust. with uncommon tacity,enor grassley brings grit and integrity to the nation's capitol where he's developed a reputation for independence and relentless oversight by the way the government serves. not the other way around. as chairman of the senate judiciary committee, senator grassley understands the critical role congress errs in our system of checks and balances. no matter which political party controls congress or the white house, senator grassley can have a robust oversight of the bureaucracy and expects the answers. transparency is in effect giving crucial tool for holding government accountable. he's a lifelong family farmer. senator grassley brings the reality check t the table when it comes to american agriculture. from the farm bill to trade, taxes, energy, health care, bankruptcy and the federal regulatory regime, senator grassley is a fierce advocate for families who live and work inme

chuck grassley runs the judiciary committee. it's the committee that all of these options will run and candidates will be accepted or rejected. the president given the time crunch here has to hope for sooner or later. he can't make a bad choice. that will compound this. the more controversial it drags into next year and god know what's else. former democratic senator, former presidential candidates, joe lieberman on this. good to see you, senator. >> good to see you, neil. >> neil: he can't afford to make a mistake if you're the president or a nominee that doesn't click, right? >> yeah, right. this circumstance, there's a lot on the line. we say in america nobody is above the law. what we really mean nobody is above the law as interpreted by the supreme court. this is important to our future. you might think the president would look for a moderate here to try to engage a few moderate democratic votes. i don't think so. i think he made a commitment during the campaign, he's going to take his nominee off of the list provided be i

the president also met with judiciary chairman chuck grassley, lisa murkowski and lisa collins who are watched closely as the white house vets supreme court nominees. >> the white house claims it cannot keep the country safe unless a federal judge reverses its order requiring the government to quickly reunify families separated at the border. the ruling endangers national security. the administration's hard-line immigration policy is not deterring everyone. cnn's nick valencia was on a ride along with customs as they caught a group of immigrants crossing the rio grande. >> after meet with the leaders of honduras, guatemala and el salvador, pence delivered a clear message. >> among this flood of illegal migrants are human traffickers and violent gang members like ms-13. but most are making the journey seeking economic opportunity. driven by the misguided belief that they can ignore the laws of the united states and enter our nation without consequences. i say with great respect to the presidents gathered here, this exodus must end. >> as of monday, there are 2,047 separated, unaccompani

chuck grassley, the republican chairman of the judiciary committee.collins and lisa murkowski and senator donnelly, senator man chin and senator heitkamp. he is said to unveil it before he leaves for a trip to europe. both parties bracing for a showdown. on this one they have a process. they have to understand the importance of reaching out. lisa murkowski, susan collins, two republicans worried about the swing vote with anthony kennedy gone. new restrictions on abortion could come into play. critical. with john mccain absent, if you lose a republican, you're going to lose a democratic vote, so you bring in three democrats that are likely to be your target of opportunity here. >> this is one of the big things the white house is hailed as doing smoothly last year. that was the nomination and confirmation of neil gorsuch who is a chief justice now. don mcgahn, the white house council, is having a meeting now while the president decides what the supreme court will look like for the next few decades. we were told short after we found out kennedy was retir

trust have placed their in chuck grassley's since 1981. every measure, senator grassley works tirelessly to trust, with uncommon tenacity, senator grassley brings grit and integrity to the nation's capital we's developed a reputation for and relentless overtime sight to make government work for the people other way not the around. as chairman of the senate committee, senator grassley understandshe critic rngress serves in andsystem of checks balances. no matter which political party, the wte house, senator grassley conducts a robust oversight of the bureaucracy and expects answers the executive branch. this transparency is crucial for government accountable. a life-long family farmer, brings arassley reality check to the policy-making tables when it comes to american agriculture. the farm bill to trade, healthcare,y, bankruptcy and the federal regulatory regime, senator grassley is a fierce advocate whofarmers and families live and work in rural america. join me in welcoming senator grassley. >> hello, everybody. gave me a kind introduction

when you have folks in the ethanol industry led of course by two republican senators from iowa, chuck grassley and joni earnst, that becomes an inner republican fight and that's problematic from a political standpoint. i'm not sure they want to have a nomination fight ahead of the midterms. >> i meant the administrator to you. jonathan, 15 seconds. >> i don't think scott pruitt is going anywhere. seems cemented in there. up to the president personally and execute the policies he wants. >> headline that keeps on giving unfortunately i'm sure for money. that will do it for me. i'm richard lui. thanks for watcng. all of your fathers have a good father's day. yup. (butch barks at man) butch is like an old soul that just hates my guts. (laughs) (vo) you can never have too many faithful companions. that's why i got a subaru crosstrek. love is out there. find it in a subaru crosstrek. we have a mission: to help hand everyone a better world. that's why we, at the coca-cola company, make shore breaks with actual coconuts. tea, organically. treats for celebrations. water with added minerals for taste. d

. >> a bipartisan bill from chuck grassley and dianne feinstein would force digital occurrence to comply with money laundering regulations an the justice department created a new task force on the use of cryptocurrency on the dark web to buy fentanyl but so far the death rate continues to rise for "on the money" i'm ylan mui. >>> and according to the cdc -- and illegal street drugs like heroin caleb alexander is from the john's hopkins center for drug safety thank you for joining us today. >> thank you for having me. >> a huge issue. president trump declared the opioid epidemic a public health emergency last year. has anything happened since then and is the federal government doing enough >> there is a flurry of legislation working through congress and the legislative efforts addressed everything from safer packaging to better use of information, to try to address the diversion of prescription opioids >> there is a lot of different potential solutions and ways of trying to attack this but from somebody watching it, what do you think the top two or three things are that need to be done if

investigation but i get why the inspector general included it why not just inspector general chuck grassley for instance chair of the senate judiciary committee june eighteenth he said it's disturbing that f.b.i. and police talked with investigating secretary clinton including the former director appear to have engaged in strikingly similar comment that. conduct was on five occasions you either drafted official messages and all forwarded e-mails to your personal account right i was different for years and i would draft speeches for public distribution send them home to myself like work on the my laptop and send them back to my government account when i was completed anybody who thinks of that is the same as the conduct we investigated in the clinton case was not paying attention but there is also an investigation into how you did handle plus fund the right to take in memos that you sent outside the f.b.i. according to the washington post report shortly after he was fired. i review concluded that some of the information to have your most was classified and that the f.b.i. felt compelled to r

investigation but i get why specter generally included it well not just the inspector general chuck grassley for instance chair of the senate judiciary committee he said it's disturbing that the f.b.i. and police tasked with the best of getting secretary clinton including the former director. strikingly similar comment that. conduct was on five occasions you had a draft an official message was not all forwarded emails to your personal account. right i was a director for four years and i would draft speeches for public distribution send them home to myself like work on them on my laptop and send them back to my government account when i was completed anybody who thinks of that is the same as the conduct we investigated in the clinton case was not paid attention but there is also an investigation into how you did handle classified that you write notes in memos that you sent outside the f.b.i. according to the washington post report shortly after you will find many of us to be i review concluded that some of the information to reveal the most was classified and that the f.b.i. felt compelled to

with that, "newsmakers" chuck grassley. announcer: now, president trump talks about immigration, joined by family members of the victims of crimes committed by undocumented immigrants. this is about 35 minute. s. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states accompanied by the vice president of the united states. [applause] president trump: we actually spent some time together, so i didn't mind giving you a second hello. we have known each other a long time from the beginning of the campaign and these are special people. please, sit down. vice president pence, thank you very much for joining us, mike. i also want to recognize acting holman, whoe and -- is leaving us. he has been truly a star and he is leaving. he is retiring. where is tom? stand up. is he around here some place? tom, stand up, tom. great guy. [applause] tom has been doing what he's doing for 34 years and doing it with strength and dedication and you are really outstanding and you are highly recommended. your replacement is going to do a great

congressman ron desantis, jim jordan, mark me dees, lee zeldin, lindsey graham, ron johnn, chuck grassleythese people are fighting the deep state and obstructionist democrats like pelosi, schumer and schiff stare into the cameras and turn truth on its head. they are demon rats. until the republicans learn to fight like they do and go with a narrative no one veers from. they and socialism will run amok in this country. we need people in whington who believe in truth and justice and are not offended by the term law and order. this is not a banana republic. this is the united states of america with a justice system that needs to be protected. it's time for those people who are not interested in supporting president trump to get out of his way. that means you, jeff sessions. it's time for to you put on your big boy pants and start acting like the a.g. if you can't get on board with this president, then get the hell out of his way. let me be clear to all you critics. i'm not looking for that job. i'm an ordinary american who was brought up to believe in truth and justice. like thousands and hu

here's what chuck grassley had to say in response, the committee would need to know a lot more about the anticipated scope, nature and extent of your testimony. he adds this, the committee could then consult with the department to solicit its views before deciding to proceed formally. interesting request to say the least. here's judge andrew napolitano. >> it's very unusual for the second person in the fbi saying you want me to testify, give me immunity ti and this is not how you do it by writing a public letter. you go and negotiate quietly. >> reporter: a.g., jeff sessions, who fired mccabe is reportedly weighing criminal charges after receiving a report from the office of inspector general that perhaps he was less than forthcoming with investigators within the fbi. now, all this, of course, is happening while there's concerns the doj and fbi are slow walking the release of the report but the president has the authority to review the i.g. report without redactions if he choose to do so. >> sandra: and more personnel changes. what's the white house saying about the departure of an a

that is followed by iowa senator chuck grassley talking with the agricultural sector. later, the republican primary debate from new york's 11th congressional district. host: we want to welcome congressman tom emmer, good morning and thank you for being with us. guest: thank you for having me. host: let's begin first with the ig report. have you had the chance to read the summary? guest: i have read the highlights. host: what is your reaction? guest: it is not surprising. i think it is pretty damning when you talk about bias and insubordination. that for me it is a bigger issue, and the bigger issue is the credibility of our government institutions like the fbi. one of the things that makes this democracy work is that the citizens believe in the system and believe in the institutions, and unfortunately, because of some shortsighted, self-centered behavior within the fbi, it appears that -- well, it doesn't appear, i believe the credibility of the organization has been affected dramatically for the average american citizen and it is going to take a while for christopher

they're also coming from republicans the head of the senate intelligence judiciary committee chuck grassley said that if his lawyers said that the president could pardon himself he'd fire those lawyers but what its allies and to meet this is not necessary the merits of this particular case it is what some see as an attack on the constitution in particular the principle in the constitution that provides for a separation of powers between executive judiciary and legislative so that is the issue that ultimately lies down to this and that will form the basis of any legal challenge should president trump at any time decide to pardon himself mike so what's been then the broader political impact of all of this business you say even senior republicans have come out and said look no president can pardon themselves. well it has provoked a massive storm in a way for those reasons that are blind that some see it critics of president trump see it as a direct attack on the constitution now the case of richard nixon that was mentioned in that package that you just saw coming three days before he resigned

requesting a full unredacted copy of the fbi's confidential human source policy was a letter signed by chuck grassley the fbi did everything right using an informant in the campaign. and subordinate and defined authority, a new reports slamming james comey leadership at the fbi which according to an abc reporter a draft of the living inspector general -- inspector general's clinton email report claims comey went behind the doj's back reopening the investigation in 2016 and calling out obama era atty. gen. loretto lynch's handling of that probe. this story, countdown to the singapore showdown is on. world leaders prepping for the north korean summit, just 6 days away. today the japanese prime minister will meet with donald trump to voice his concerns about the road regime. here is the latest from london. >> reporter: preparations billed for the summit in singapore involving north korean leader kim jong un and donald trump new signs the regime might be backing down further. a think tank saying satellite images show the regime dismantle the missile launch facility after last month's claimed destruction

you see key players like chuck grassley, republican chair of judiciary can do, susan collins, lisa murkowski but at the bottom you have democrats like joe manchin, democrats facing reelection in strong trump republican states, in 2016, that is interesting, the president's critics say he doesn't reach out to democrats, he's clearly doing that. heitkamp praised that he is reaching out for democratic votes. contrast that to this process from democratic senators out of the supreme court denouncing the idea the president is going to try to get this pick done before the midterm elections even though barack obama got a supreme court nominee before the 2010 midterm switching contest disability of the white house about advice and consent with what democratic senators and liberal commentators are saying making it sound like this is the end of the world. >> looking at destruction of the constitution of the united states, folks he has been appointing for lifetime appointments. >> this court is unbounded in its power, not just abortion and marriage equality but everything. it is all political. >> whereve

mccabe's lawyers is asking for immunity before he testifies before the senate committee headed by chuck grassleyhts on that? >> that's certainly interesting. you could imply what you choose to implay from that sort of thing. you are a lawyer. i think it's an interesting request. on their part. >> laura: a lot of people said donald trump is calling the fbi into question. how dare he question the fbi. we love the fbi but this is the director of the fbi and the deputy director. >> i think all of these things will come out sooner or later. the ig report is something that will be interesting. >> laura: the big question for all of us court watchers is the supreme court. the decision coming out kennedy and the majority. the bakery case this week. if kennedy steps down and retires, when will the supreme court hearings be held given the tight schedule we already have? >> the congress meets until december 31st this year. if we get a vacancy in the next month or two we will deal with it this year. >> laura: before the new court term begins? >> it will be held this year. if there is a vacancy in the next mo

chuck grassley wants to find out if the fbi broke its own rule. the video you have to see to believe. a big city mayor celebrating over a policy that brings death and destruction. first, the dems and the porn star. that's the focus of tonight's "angle." >> ♪ >> laura: the news keeps getting better and better for the country and the guy leading it. today the government reported that jobless claims fell in june to their lowest level in 44 years. layoffs are way down. near a 50 year low. and 223,000 jobs were added to the economy in may. voters are feeling the improvement in the economy and rewarding president trump with higher approval ratings. one poll has the president at 44% on par with reagan in 1982 and where obama was in 2010. pretty good. at the same time the president is trying to expand his base which is really smart. while making gains with african-americans, a dream of traditional republicans for a long time, this president might find some progress. unemployment at a record low for blacks and near record low for hispanics. great news. his

shannon: chuck grassley is seeking more information on how it uses informants. let's talk with bob goodlatte. i saw the announcement that you set a date on the hearing in the inspector general's report that we got next week on the investigation into hillary clinton's email. there's a lot of investigating going on. what are you learning from the inspector general's report? >> we have waiting for a long time. we are hopeful we will see it because it will answer a lot of questions about how the federal bureau of investigation and the department of justice handled the investigation into matters related to former presidential candidate hillary clinton and contrast that, continuing to conduct the investigation into the trump russia collusion alleging collusion between the trump campaign and russia. it is important to see this because what we have seen from the stzrok page texts is incredible bias in how they handle these matters. we can't go into another presidential election and have the world's premier law enforcement organization, reforms are underway, changes unde

the letter signed by republican chuck grassley and democrat dianne feinstein in the house oversight committeetrey gowdy said they did everything right, using an informant in the campaign. jillian: quote, insubordinate and divine authority, and reports let me james comey's leadership at the fbi, drafted the looming inspector general's email report claims comey went behind the doj's back when reopening the investigation in 2016 and calling out obama era atty. gen. retta lynch's handling of the probe. the highly anticipated inspector general's report will be released next week. judicial watch pres. tom fenton says it will shed light on the type of corruption inherited by donald trump. >> donald trump inherited a corrupt leadership at the fbi, cleaned house by firing comey. the ig report confirms he did the right thing. ironically mr. rosenstein came to the same conclusion in excoriating mr. comey's handling of the clinton email investigation. not so much the investigation itself but it was a sham investigation confronted directly to he attacked hillary clinton to distract from the fact he was pr

. >> chuck grassley. white house press secretary sarah sanders had trouble explaining the discrepancy of who crafted the misleading statement that came hours after the president tweeted he could pardon himself if he wanted. jim acosta with more. >> reporter: dave and christine, the white house doing damage control after claimshe president has the power to pardon himself and saying the mueller investigation is unconstitutional. that is in addition to sarah sanders questioned by reporters over the statement she made last year when she said the president did not dictate the memo about the meeting at trump tower with the russian attorney promising dirt on hillary clinton. sarah sanders said the president did not dictate that memo when he did. here's what she had to say. >> this is a reference back to the letter. this is pertaining to a letter from the president's outside counsel and i cannot answer and i would direct you to them. >> what is your basis for saying that? >> i won't get into a back and forth. i e

this week on newsmakers, senate judiciary committee chair chuck grassley is asked about the possibility of former fbi director james comey testifying before his committee. >> there was a big inspector general report hearing before your committee. it is with some displeasure james comey did not show up. he had time for media appearances but not congress. are you going to ask him or perhaps subpoena him to respond to these findings? to subpoena him, but in the senate rules of our committee, you have to have both senator feinstein and i agree. i cannot tell you she would agree to it. >> and loretta lynch as well? >> yes. >> went to you think a decision would be made? >> it senator feinstein tells me, yesterday. for as that also go compulsory process for andrew mccabe? >> that involves a few steps. first of all, feinstein and me agreeing to it. i want to do that and we are in negotiations with her. then he goes to the justice department to see that it does not interfere with any of their potential prosecution. and then getting the for us, i think another step that is not so regular is i thi

. >> you can see the entire interview with judiciary committee chair chuck grassley friday night at 10 p.m., and on sunday at 10 a.m. and at 6 p.m. on c-span. you can also hear it on c-span radio and watch it online at c-span.org. >> this morning you strategic command general john hyten, nasa mr. jim bridenstine and sector wilbur ross will be testifying utilizing satellites in space for commerce and national security. this is a hearing of the strategic forces subcommittee armed services in the house. it should be getting underway shortly. live coverage here on c-span2. [inaudible conversations] .. [inaudible conversations] . [inaudible conversations] >> good morning. i want to thank ranking member barrett for cooperation to discuss space situational awareness in the whole of government context. i also appreciate the members expressed by the house armed services committee and committee on space and technology more broadly and ask unanimous consent that noncommittee members can participate. and any objection? hearing none, so ordered. noncommittee members we recognize appropriate time fo

demand asoutlined in this letter obtained by cnn and sent to the judiciary committee chairman chuck grassley, grassley wants to discuss the long-awaited internal justice department report and the details on how officials handed that whole investigation. sources say the report will detail a series of missteps. our cnn jusce reporter broke this story. why is mccabe asking for this immunity, laura? >> reporter: unlike many oforme senator grassley is hoping will testify in the coming weeks, mccabe is in a tough spot here. he was fired after it was found he lied to intl investigators about a separate inspector general'sreport. since that time he's been under investigation by the u.s. attorney's office here in hens he did absolutel nothing wrong. the concern here is that whatever he says in this congressional hearing could be used against him in his criminal case. he also says that he would like to turn over some he believes onerat but he do it because he's under a nondisclosure agreement. so as a result of all of this, his lawyer is asking theenate judiciary committee to give him a limited immuni

enter mccabe asking chuck grassley for senate protection against prosecution at a congressional hearing on the handling of the e-mail investigation. we are now learning fbi computer struck. a larger role than originally thought. the espionage sheep detailing a meeting on capitol hill. chuck was devoted over and the trunk text messages sent to a coworker and mother. fox news has learned that kelly sadler is out of the white house and deferred departure was for arizona senator. sathererheard in a meeting talking about the opposition president trump saying that his opinion is irrelevant because he i.e. many ways. today marks the 74th anniversary of d-day. americans across the country will honor the thousands who fought and died in the battle of normandy. nearly 3000 americans were killed storming the beach in the team 44. one of the most pivotal moments in world war ii lady to the liberation of france and signaling the beginning to the end of the war in europe. that is what is happening now. over t you. tracee: is a talked about earlier facing new bombshell that it gave information to four

which has it iowa, today, where the two senators from iowa, chuck grassley and joni are asked, two republicansrnst, two republicans arguing against scott pruitt on that policy. china. he is facing it from all fronts on policy today ahead of the g7 and ahead of june 12, the summit in singapore. david: kevin cirilli has the view at the white house. thank you very much. let's check in on the markets. at this point for the major averages, we are looking at very small moves, but earlier we had two major averages trading to the upside and now the dow and s&p 500 are lower. flipping between small gains and losses but right now, near session lows. putting in its first all-time high since march. at that time on pace -- not right now -- for its second-highest closing high since yesterday. it will be interesting to see whether they close in the record territory. a little bit of a reversal of yesterday's modern route -- modest rwe will take a look at t it today chart of the dow transporthey were down yesterda% over the last two days, the worst two day since april 24. this could have to do with increasing

senator chuck grassley said he should get a new lawyer. listen to more reaction from capitol hill. >> i take it that the president feels that he maybe in need of a pardon -- may be in need of a pardon. he likely has done something wrong. >> i would suggest to him tweeting less would not cause brain damage. president trump, you went 0 for 2 on the constution this morning. >> two democrats and rone republican there. susan collins said this would be catastrophic. congress, when you ask these questions, they look down. republicans don't want to talk about it. is there a bit of push back? >> it is tactical. what is the story of the day? i want to go back to paul manafort and legal strategy. i through is another clue in that as to whether or not he would be willing to flip. it doesn't seem to me as a legal strategy, but pr strategy. effort to discredit bob mueller and saying he is going too far. i think he has been relatively successful for a one-man band in pushing that argument. he won the judge down in virginia, but if you look at what has ha

right from the start, senator chuck grassley went right to the blasting fbi on the possible bias insides inspector general's report. he reported there was different team, double standard for the way the clinton email investigation was handled and the russian probe. listen. >> under lynch, a low level i.t. worker lied to the fbi twice about destroying records under subpoena and got immunity. under rosenstein a low-level trump campaign associate provided the wrong date for conversations with a professor and got charged with lying to the fbi. under lynch, clinton's lawyers and aides who improperly held classified information got carefully-crafted agreement to limit searches of their computers by consent. under rosenstein trump's lawyers and former aides got raided and hauled before grand juries. reporter: democrat senator dianne feinstein pointed out in this that, turn to the last part of the report basically where it says the conclusion there was no bias in the final determination that no charges should come against hillary clinton in her email investigation. listen to what she has to say

>> didn't chuck grassley -- sorry.h mcconnell indicate that they don't have this on the agenda, to deal with this? >> not on the senate side. >> the house side is still looking for the bill. >> and he's come up with something that ever can agree on. they can't do this without democrats. on the discharge petition. it's interesting. >> i've been following the immigration issue and the political impact for the republicans. if paul ryan is able to put together a deal and get out of the house and put pressure on the senate, it's a big deal and could be quite a game changer for the party. >> the thing is, can he make a deal. obviously he was going to be embarrassed if you had a group of moderates working with the entire democratic caucus to force a vote on the bill. so he's saying, listen, to the freedom caucus on the far right and to the moderates, wouldn't it be better if we had something to agree on? they don't have it yet. >> i'm hopeful. >> the far right says amnesty -- >> they have all august in the senate. >> coming u