. >> dan, what happened in the last 19 years to chuck grassley? >> interesting question. you could say the same about lindsey graham. lindsey graham during the time president clinton was being impeached said the american presidency has to be about honor and integrity, honor and integrity. i ask any reasonable person to consider whether what we're seeing and hearing out of the white house now have been hearing and seeing for quite some time meets the standard of honor and integrity. >> there is chuck grassley citing the idea that george washington never told a lie, and therefore there is the standard that presidents have to live by. there is not a single senator now in the senate who voted for the removal of bill clinton from office, who has said one thing this week objecting to anything they learned about donald trump in federal court on tuesday when michael cohen pled guilty. >> and that's the reason we should not underest kate donald trump going forward. he's not a knock down these last 48 to 60 hours. we're now about to found out what kind of fighter he is. while it ma

chuck grassley, no problem with president trump getting rid of chuck grassley's dear friend jeff sessions replacing him with an attorney general who will protect the president and stop the mueller investigation over the president. senator chuck grassley is one of the current republican senators who voted to convict bill clinton in his impeachment trial in the senate and remove him from office. and here is what senator grassly said then about why president bill clinton had to be removed from office. >> i was brought up in an era and i hope we still have that era today that presidents tell the truth. george washington didn't lie. whether that's true or not, i don't know, but that's the way i was led to believe that public officials ought to set a standard, a high standard. and telling the truth obviously is the easiest thing a public official can do because if you tell the truth you never have to worry about what you told somebody else. >> joining our discussion now dan rather, the current president of news and guts and host of axs tv's "the big interview". >> dan, what happened in the last

the letter to chuck grassley indicated they wanted a fair bipartisan process. 2 reveal all of this. nothing is warranted. anything in terms of delaying the process and their assertion that somehow the manafort and the cohen issue that has nothing related to trump are absolutely baseless. >> the judge has in the past suggested that the sitting president cannot be indicted. that is the doj guidelines. dupree cavanaugh on the bench and the critics said it'll be in. >> well, brett kavanaugh has had a very stellar judicial record. over 300 opinions show his infidelity to the constitution in his capacity as a supreme court justice, what he would ultimately rule is not supposed to be part of the senate confirmation hearing. the fact that democrats use that as a particular tactic not only undermined the credibility of the justice that has had a very long track record to the constitution, but also the senate has more document than almost any other judicial nominee previous. >> 30 seconds left. what is your prediction? they have the most of the nomination will go through

judiciary committee chair, chuck grassley expects the hearing to last 3 to 4 days. watch it all live on c-span3, c-span.org or listen live on the free c-span radio app. >> white house press secretary, sarah sanders, today announced president trump was revoking the security clearance of john brennan. the former cia director under the obama administration. the statement from president trump came at the top of a press briefing for reporters at the white house. this is about 20 minutes.

so jay, why now on opening and lindsey graham and chuck grassley. are they vying for the job?he difference right now and today if you will, than two weeks ago when we weren't hearing such talk from senators in. >> well i think i would be surprised if either wanted that job. i can't imagine many people in american want that job, to stand between donald trump and bob mueller and tread that fine line. i do think there is -- we should note importantly there is a caveat in what both chuck grassley and lindsey graham are saying and they don't believe this new nomination should come before the mid-term elections so while grassley did say he would have time in his schedule and would have to first wait until the confirmation of brett kavanaugh to the supreme court and then maybe after the -- the actual elections in november they could consider perhaps holding hearings on a new attorney general. but this is clear that this case, that this investigation is yielding incredible fruit. it is actually having huge impacts. and i think you see with michael cohen this spawning other kinds of in

departure is generating strong reaction from conservatives, including senate judiciary chairman chuck grassley who tweeted moments ago, i hope it's not true mcgahn is leaving the white house counsel, you can't let that happen. in part, he was able to spearhead the nomination of dozens of conservative judicial appointments, including the two very popular conservative supreme court nominees, gorsuch, who was confirmed to the supreme court last year and obviously brett kavanaugh who mcgahn has been extensively involved in working with. we don't know who hess successor will be. cnn is learning that emmett flood is a leading contender. mcgahn will leave a big void in the white house in the eyes of conservatives. >> in part, may be why there is pushback. sarah westwood, thank you for delivering that breaking news. joining me now to discuss this, julie pace, an analyst and michael zeldon, cnn legal analyst and special assistant to robert mueller at the justice department, michael, first to you, in the mix of the russia investigation, we know don mcgahn has cooperated to a certain extent with special

. >> the senate judiciary committee met to discuss chairman chuck grassley's decision to limit the request for supreme court ca nominee brett kavanaugh's records. grassley said some are trying to stall the nomination for political reasons. dianne feinstein of california and patrick leahy of vermont spoke about the move to limit the request and called for full transparency leading into judge kavanaugh's confirmation hearing. this is about 40 minutes. >> before we turn to today's his agenda, i would like to briefly speak on the supreme court nomination. i mentioned last week that judge kavanaugh's confirmation hearing will begin september 4. senators will have had by then 57 days between the announcement of judge kavanaugh's nomination, and the start of the hearing. this is a longer time than we had for justices kagan and gorsuch. this longer time is how, this is a time and another example that this is the most transparent confirmation process of all time. in 12 years on the d.c. circuit, judge kavanaugh issued more than 300 opinions and hundreds more. as senator schumer and way he said at t

what a difference a year makes because today chuck grassley told bloomberg i do have the time for hearings on nominees and lindsey graham said this. >> the president's entitled to attorney general he has faith in. somebody that's qualified for the job. and i think there will come a time sooner rather than later where it will be time to have a new face and a fresh voice at the department of justice. and after the election, i think there will be some serious discussions about a new attorney general. >> jeff sessions then snapped back at his colleagues and his boss in a rare public statement basically issued out of nowhere "while i am attorney general, the actions of the department of justice will not be improperly influenced by political considerations." talk about what exactly would happen if the president did fire sessions, i'm joined by elliott williams, former deputy assistant attorney general at the justice department and chris lu, former white house capital secretary and assistant to president obama. chris, on this relationship between these two men which is obviously abysmal, what is

and chuck grassley is mad.s he got sessions confirmed, he's helped protect him, and sessions is still in the way of his major legislative initiative. i think there's some of that figuring in there and sending a message that you need to go along with what we're pushing here. >> abby, the president face to face with sessions yesterday. what did he say? >> nothing about this. this was a meeting about prison reform and by all accounts they didn't discuss this at all, which is typical of this president. he will attack you on twitter, he will attack you in interviews, but to your face, not necessarily. >> mum's the word. >> this is the pattern. these members of congress are correct. it is not sustainable for the president to be warring openly with his attorney general. at some point, that has to be resolved. and it can't happen now because they have too much on their plate before the midterms. >> we'll see how this ends. thanks for joining us on "inside politics." wolf picks up our special coverage right after a quic

you an example, dianne feinstein is ranking democrat on judiciary, so she's negotiating with chuck grassley over documents. i'm told their staffs haven't been talking at all and feinstein and grassley typically get along. i think the key to understanding is that that she's running for reelection against kevin de leon, democrat from state government in california who is running to the left and saying, you should do anything you can, even shut down the government to stop. >> all of the senators are under pressure and in their local races, i do think the republicans got some good news this week in a poll that came out of missouri where senator claire msk call is up for reelection, heidi heitkam and manchin and donly voted for gorsuch before. the latest poll shows her race is dead even with the state attorney general there in recent poll. so if that holds true, you could see another democrat really weighing whether they need to vote for judge kavanaugh. paul: what do you think of shutting the government down over kavanaugh? >> i love it. we are considering a nominee to the supreme court, the ul

i do also think that it's yo noteworthy coming from chuck grassley. it will be interesting to see where this goes from here. initial steps is what we're told at this moment. if this escalates, it will be something to keep an eye on. >> we're all counting. phil, thanks for that report. rachael, i'm going to start with you. you have some great reporting on this whole impeachment talk or lack thereof and pelosi's role in it as well. quoting from your story in politico, you say a house democrat put it bluntly, the voters don't want to talk about impeach the right now. you don't want to poke the bear in a way that he's able to come back strong per. >> interesting. at the exact moment there was news breaking that cohen was going to do this big plea deal, pelosi was on a call with the democrats who are back home in their districts saying do not talk about impeachment. frame it as corruption. the republicans are not holding the president accountable. there's just this concern that it's going to backfire and they're going to not be able to take back the house

judiciary committee chair chuck grassley expects the confirmation hearing to last three to four days. watch it live on c-span3, c-span.org or listen live on the free c-span radio app. >> tom hazel, your new book is called the political -- "the political spectrum: the tumultuous liberation of wireless technology, from herbet hoover to the smartphone." is this written for the layman? >> guest: absolutely. it is not a hard read but it's a lot of stories about where we are now and how we got here in the wireless world. of course we're all in the wireless world now. it's part of our daily life and it's really quite fascinating how we got here, the politics of it and now the 1927 later act basically determined what would get into the market, what wouldn't and then how reforms overtime led to the pretty amazing new stuff we're dealing with today and we carry in our pocket. >> host: what is your expertise to write a book like this transit i'm an economist. i don't hold any patents in the mobile space and then you're at, looking at just the great innovation, but i look at it from a policy stan

judiciary committee chair, chuck grassley expects the confirmation hearing to last three or four days. watch it on c-span.org, or listen live on the free c-span radio app. >> tonight, but tv is in prime time with a look at recent books on america at war. susan dunn, humanities professor at -- college explains her book. sam on his book, the flying tigers. the untold story of the american pilots who waged a secret war against japan. for the 2018 book festival in maryland, philip reported on his book, advocating overload. the dth strategy in the atomic bomb. but tv this week on prime time on c-span2. sunday night on afterwards, the economist discusses her book, and of chaos. she's interviewed by jason furman, former chairman of the economic advisers during obama's administration. >> you wrote a book quite a lot about politics. why did you do that? >> the most important thing was that it's born out of frustration. after you write my interest in economic background but you think about the global economy today there's a host of structural long-term economy that they have to contend with. th

including chuck grassley and lindsey graham. both say the move to replace could be made after the midterms. >> it feels when, not if. >>> and michael cohen pleaded guilty to eight counts last week saying he paid hush money at the direction of donald trump in the effort to sway the election. before the plea, cohen was defiant, but realized he had no choice and became focused on his wife and family's well being. cohen is expected to get three-to-five years at the sentencing in december. >>> cnn learned a second employee discussed an immunity deal with prosecutors. cnn could not determine the employee's identity. >>> betsy devos is considering to bolster the rights of college students accused of harassment or rape. according to "the new york times" and "washington post." new rules could have significant repercussions to handle the lawsuits. the changes could change the statement from unwelcome conduct of sexual nature to unwelcome conduct on the basis of sex which is pervasive and objectively offensive. >> the regulations would red

joining me now, chuck grassley. he served in the senate with john mccain for 32 years.e a lot of time to spend with somebody and in some ways i feel like you're losing a family member. >> yes. what i've learned from him is

. >> senate judiciary chair chuck grassley spoke about something court nominee brett kavanaugh and responded to democrats for request for records. his remarks on the senate floor are 20 minutes.pr >> over the last several days the minority leader has again continued his unprecedented partisan interference with the business of the senate judiciary committee. in additiondd to these partisan interventions being unwelcome many of the minority leaders are surgeons just plain false. other assertions omit significant context so, as i've done several times here in recent days, i'm here to correct the record. let me start by reiterating the confirmation process for judge kavanaugh will be the most transparent in the history and that is from the availability of all the documents that are out there for our colleagues to study about this nominee. senators already have access to the most important part of judge kavanaugh's record and it's more than 300 opinions written during his 12 years on the dc circuit. in addition to the hundreds more opinions he joined in the more than 6000 pages submitted in conne

at least that's what we're hearing from senate judiciary committee chairman chuck grassley.nts they're requesting to review are pertinent to how judge kavanaugh would operate as a court justice. most of the documents are from the bush white house. these are papers that he was organizing for the president's review. so a lot of senate republicans are wondering why these would be pertinent to the confirmation hearing that is supposed to be scheduled for october. it seems as though democrats are likely to get some of this information, some of these documents next wednesday. for the time being, they're certainly running to push back from republicans that say that this isn't necessary at all and that they have provided plenty of information already. >> trish: so democrats want to postpone this nomination until after mid-terms. is that their goal and they can make to it a political issue and hopefully stop it? >> absolutely. if you go back to the very first evening that brett kavanaugh was announced as president trump's pick for the supreme court, a bunch of senate democrats came o

thanks, chuck grassley. appreciate it. >> thank you very much. >> dana: now let's bring in bret baier, anchor of "special report." a couple thoughts about senator john mccain, if you will. the details are set. senator mcconnell saying he's setting up a bipartisan group to look at all the ways that we might honor john mccain. >> the senators on both sides of the aisle will find something that they agree on. i'm not sure it's going to be renaming the russell senate office building, although that's what chuck schumer and jeff flake and others have said that they have signed on to. there may be other tributing that the senators come to agree on. i think we're going to see over the next few days a lot of outpouring, a lot of stories, a lot of remembrance. a real traditional funeral for a guy that really attracted a lot of attention in american politics and throughout the last decades. >> dana: indeed, the next several days. a fitting sent off to senator john mccain. on another topic that i just spoke to senator g

judiciary committee chair, chuck grassley expects the hearing to last 3 to 4 days. watch it all live on c-span3, c-span.org or listen live on the free c-span radio app. >> white house press secretary, sarah sanders, today announced president trump was revoking the security clearance of john brennan. the former cia director under the obama administration. the statement from president trump came at the top of a press briefing for reporters at the white house. this is about 20 minutes. >> [inaudible conversations] >> good afternoon. i would like to begin by reading a statement from the president. as the head of the executive branch and commander-in-chief, and i have the unique responsibility to protect classified information. including by protecting access. i decided to revoke the security clearance of john brennan former head of the intelligence agency.the former head of intelligence and law enforcement agencies have been allowed to retain access to classified information after the government service. so that they can consult with their successors regarding matters. t

>> guest: we were asked by three congresspersons, senator chuck grassley out of iowa, representative steve king and pete sessions out of texas to examine this information. gao has done this report a few times. are about every 5 to 7 years we will update the review. part of what we were doing this time is to update the review, to examine the change over time. when i talked about the federal population in our study, we were looking at 2011-2016. when i talk about the state population in our study we are talking 2010-2015. those pickup from the last report. the last report we issued was in 2011. >> host: what happens to criminal aliens after they serve their time in us prisons? are they deported? >> guest: some of them can be but not all. that is the fourth objective in our report, when we look at what these offenses are after incarceration. some may be removable. some may be in immigration proceedings. if you are in immigration proceedings the likelihood you would be removed right away, you couldn't get a full sentence for that because of the way the immigration process works. >> host:

today senator chuck grassley, chairman of the executive committee, posted about him leaving. he said, quote, i hope it's not true. mcgahn is leaving the counsel. you can't let that happen. there is also talk about replacement for mcgahn. emmett flood, this man, is the one name most frequently mentioned. flood represented former president bill clinton when he was impeached. the "washington post" sent this tweet today saying, flood is widely seen as a likely replacement and was personally recruited by mcgahn to join the white house back in the spring. flood has built a rapport with potus, to mcgahn's relief. but no decision finalized yet. the headline on another blockbuster piece of reporting by the "washington post" tonight reads, winter is coming. citing 26 sources, the story describes how aides and advisers to the president feel the white house is ill prepared for a potential democratic takeover of the house of representatives in the midterm elections, now just 69 days away. according to the paper, winter is coming, said one trump ally in close communication with the white h

chuck grassley tweeted yesterday, quote, you can't let that happen.ator lindsey graham warned the president needsah to be prepared for what could happen in november. >> if i were the president i would pick somebody that understood theck legislative branch, because if the democrats take overus the house then he's going to be subpoenaed to death and investigated to death. >> all right. switching gears to the race in florida where congressman ron desantis is facing criticism for what some c are calling racist language against his reference. if you haven't heard it, here is what he said during an interview on "fox news." >> you know,vi he is an articule spokesman for the far left views and a charismatic candidates. iis watched the democratic debates, none of that was my cup of tea, but he performed better than the other people there. so we have to work hard to make sure we continue florida going in a good direction. let's build off the success we've had off governor scott. the last thing we need to do is to monkey this up by trying to embrace a socialist

>> dana: actually i pull this up because when comey testified in front of chuck grassley, chuck grassleyed was the clinton investigation named the focus, because it need to be finished questioning why the artificial deadline? why was that the name? he sank putting an artificial deadline of instigation is a bad idea. you've never heard mueller kaman say going to get this done by september 1st. you've heard rudy giuliani see it. do i think robert miller would love to drag this out because he is enjoying it so much, i doubt it. i also think in the cnn poll, not only do people think it should wrap up. i agree with that. but they also said, 63% said they would, that the investigation has some importance on their vote in the midterm. that doesn't mean that it's bad for president trump. it might mean that for republicans thinking we better get out there make sure the democrats don't take over and drag this out even further. we don't think tying it to our election -- tying our justice system to any election is a terrible idea. >> jesse: i do agree. follow the facts where they lead. juan, where i

mike: judiciary chairman chuck grassley, doesn't see precedent for delay, he calls it absurd, are -- right? >> i think so. it doesn't connect him to russian collusion or michael cohen or anything like that, it's not like some president under some cloud is i -- illegitimate, it's not like richard nixon. until and unless trump is impeached, this nominee continues and he's going to be processed in the normal course. he's being processed about the same pace that the last five confirmed justices have been. >> yeah, typically 66 days for nomination to confirmation, what about the challenge for senate democratic leader chuck schumer, how necessary is it for him to show the base that he's willing to fight, fight, fight? >> he's between a rock and hard place, it was certainly not advisable for the democrats to force the republicans to get rid of filibuster for neil gorsuch, they would like to have filibuster now to replace justice kennedy and not justice scalia, they don't have it, the base wanted blood and schumer had nowhere to go, now, they are basically pounding the table and trying to ma

republican leaders seem worried that don mcgahn is leaving the white house and it sounds like chuck grassley and mitch mcconnell are trying to sound the alarm via twitter or statements that they don't think this would be a good idea but we had anthony scaramucci on and he said they're sanguine because if there's no evidence the president did anything wrong why should they be worried? winter isn't coming to the white house. they're not worried because there's no evidence. >> there are a couple different things going on. what anthony is talking about is the mueller investigation and whether don mcgahn is an incriminating witness. he either is or isn't. his story has been told. the administrative job that he has as white house counsel is a very important one and it's not only that don mcgahn is leaving, four of his five deputies are leaving and there's work that has to be done and if there's a democratic congress or house of representatives there will be a new set of work that this white house never had to deal with. they've had a compliance congress for two years, they will have to start respo

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chuck grassley who worked with mcgahn on judicial nominations tweeting, i hope it is not true. mitch mcconnell lamenting the sad news for our country. the white house did not say who would be replacing don mccain upon his cain -- mcgahn, but our sources say that emmet flood is a top candidate. he was a lawyer for former president bill clinton during his impeachment trial and also dealt with hillary clinton he's e-mail investigation as a lawyer for her. but he is close to don mcgahn and is believed to be the likely successor in that role. >> abby phillip at the white house, thanks very much. back with the panel now. so just a reminder, here is the president this afternoon praising mcgahn. >> very good man. very good man. don, excellent guy. don mcgahn is a really good guy. >> cnn's own reporting is that the fact that mcgahn and the president have not had a good relationship, some of it bubbled over and i understand that the "new york times" is report thagt preside the president wanted to get rid of him for some time. >> and the question for me, how did mcgahn last this long. we

two key republicans on the senate judiciary committee chuck grassley and lindsey graham have signaled in recent days they would be open to replacing sessions after the midterms. he's lost the president's confidence since recusing himself from the russia probe last year. the majority leader, mitch mcconnell, threw his weight behind sessions tuesday in no uncertain terms. >> i've total confidence in the attorney general. i think he ought to stay exactly where he is. >> last week sessions hosted a breakfast at the justice department with a number of former republican colleagues who urged him to stay on the job. cnn reported last week the president has renewed calls to fire sessions and deputy attorney general rod rosenstein, but a source tells cnn rudy giuliani talked him off the ledge. >>> president trump slamming google, accusing of it political bias, claiming on twitter google's search results for trump news is rigged so that almost all stories and newses bad, adding google and others are suppressing voices of conservatives. the president doubled down later in the day. >> i think goog

for two people in particular and i hope you join me in showing your appreciation for chairman chuck grassley and republican leader mitch mcconnell, thank you for delivering. for a american tradition -- for a principled american judiciary. the men and women in this room have been supporting judicial nominees, you've made your case is in our states, and in public debate. we are grateful for everything you've done. i know you're particularly grateful that we've also nominated a number of members into positions in cords around the country, including one who ended up serving with distinction on the 10th circuit court of appeals, a former member by the name of justice neil gorsuch. in nominating just as gorsuch president trump kept his word, toappointed a justice replace antonin scalia a. and in the early days of his tenure, justice gorsuch has proven himself. commitment to the constitution and the principles of limited government, president trump and i could not be more proud of of justice gorsuch. we also cannot be more proud of , judget justice kavanaugh. i don't have to tell members of the rep

button, that would mean at the moment we've got scheduled hearings starting on september 4th which chuck grassley has said will go on. when you're talking about pause, you're talking about pause on that, don't start those hearings on september 4th? >> that's exactly what i'm saying. senator grassley asked for documents from the white house and the national archives said it would take until october to get the records that he requested, that the republicans requested. let's at least pause and get all of those documents in there. those are the ones that the republicans have asked for. let's get those. it's still not complete record, but i think that's only fair. it will give some of this other stuff time to play out a little bit. let the dust settle and see where things go before we move ahead. >> i thought it was interesting what lindsey graham said, he said what cloud are you talking about. the cloud obviously comes down to whether or not this president is in greater legal jeopardy than he was 24 hours ago. i think while there's a lot of debate as to whether you can indict a sitting president, the

chuck grassley has alluded to that as well. we talked to a number of senators.y colleague did today. 10, 15 republican senators on the hill, and none of them felt that jeff sessions was safe. so when you have a president who is being not buttressed by his advisers to -- really trying to convince not to do something, but he is sensing flaeb is a window here to do it i think it does not bode well for the future of jeff sessions and the fact that session, who has been something of a warrior for the president's agenda on immigration, on i.c.e., on other issues taking a lot of gulf from the president, the taunts, the tweets, now suddenly seems to be tiring of it a little bit. and some of our reporting indicates that maybe he just doesn't want to do this forever, to wake up and be humiliated seemingly every week by the president for something that seemingly happened a year and a half ago. >> watch this space. jeff dawsey, thank you very much. >> thanks for having me. >> let's talk about all of this, including what lindsey graham had to say, something that was the comp

>> well, talked to judiciary chairman chuck grassley and that is not going to happen.will not be a delay. in fact, the judiciary committee chairman took to the floor last night and said as much, noting that when bill clinton was president he was under investigation most of his presidency, under investigation by an independent counsel, was then impeached but it did not stop the senate from moving his lifetime nominees, you know, through the senate. so this is just a delaying tactic on the part of democrats. he said, you know, some of the democrats who are calling for this delay because of the recent legal woes are democrats who said from the beginning they weren't going to support brett kavanaugh. again, he said -- this is chuck grassley who controls the schedule, said it is all green, all lights are go for a september 4th brett kavanaugh hearing, will happen. >> so when it comes the that confirmation, when it comes to the mid terms, also when it comes to these, you know, two convicted, guilty guys we are talking about still, molly, what are you hearing from those on th

senator chuck grassley also .poke at the event advocates talked about the role and importance of anticorruption informants and how congress could protect those willing to speak out against waste, fraud, and abuse in government. ladies and gentlemen, if you will come back in bc did for the honorable ces

chuck grassley said no way.re political tactics and will go on as scheduled in early september. joining me now is mark warner, vice chair of the senate intel committee. probably heard that last question there. i'll admit, i'm still confused about michael cohen. do you believe michael cohen testified honestly to you in that committee? >> you know, chuck, i don't know. he testified one set of facts. we asked after we heard some of those stories whether he stood by his testimony. his lawyer said yes. but it seems like mr. cohen is now willing to perhaps tell all to mueller. i understand to our committee, so my hope is we will have a chance to have him back and ask him about that, the trump tower meeting, ask him about the attempt to try to build a trump tower ain moscow that he was involved in. and one of the more critical questions which his lawyer alluded to, that he has knowledge that mr. trump knew of the russian e-mail hacking and potentially was coordinating some of that release. i don't know what to believe.

so lindsey graham and then there is chuck grassley, who are saying maybe it's time to get somebody new in there. when you hear this, charlie sykes, i don't see republicans running for cover with the president and all of the convicted felons that now surround him. trying to find a way to it seems help the president push back on all of this. >> and the timing is awfully interesting. you have donald trump's own swamp turning against him at the same time he is giving interviews where he sounds like a mob boss and he is clearly at cross purposes with his own attorney general. this would be the moment i would think for republicans congress to say, okay, mr. president, we will stand with the rule of law. there are limits, but again as we have so many times, you know, in the past seen, they are not doing that. they are apparently very, very comfortable with donald trump's swamp. i'm afraid that lindsey graham appears to be giving the president a green light here. >> the deputies are going to make this at least in part an election about corruption. s sam, saying the republican party is tied to

my mens rea reform act with senate judiciary chairman chuck grassley supports that solution. it is supported by a broad range of groups from across the ideological speck truck from the conservative -- to criminal defense lawyers and to be honest, mr. president, i'm troubled that the bill is not part of the current negotiations. i'm likewise troubled that we have not heard any discussion of the legislative fix of the armed career criminal act to ensure that dangerous repeat offenders receive appropriately long prison sentences. real criminal justice reform should be about getting the policy right. that means we cannot look just to ratchet back prison sentences but we must also look to close loopholes that prematurely let armed dangerous criminals back on the street. this is long overdue and i'm pleased to hear that negotiations are continuing. i look forward to working with my colleagues to address those concerns, and i apologize to the leader for taking so long on these remarks and yield the floor. mr. mcconnell: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr.

>> all 10 democrats on the judiciary committee sent a letter in complaint to chairman chuck grassley unfortunately the judiciary committee is currently engaged in a process to evaluate a supreme court nominee that has never been used before and is woefully inadequate and senate democratic leader chuck schumer has made similar complaints on the senate floor. >> unfortunately chairman grassley has so far frustrated our effort to get full access to the judge's records. first, he requested only 10 to 15% of the kavanaugh's white house record declaring the bulk of his time in the white house irrelevant. >> chairman grassly suggests democrats are playing games trying to stall kavanaugh's confirmation. >> sandra: let's go to senator john barrasso of wyoming. thank you for being here this morning. >> great to be with you. >> sandra: great to have you on the program. tuesday is going to be a big day. what do you expect from these hearings? >> a couple of things. first let me say the senate canceled the august recess and i think it's been one of the most productive work periods you could ever

senator chuck grassley, representative steve king and examine this to information. gao has done this report a few times. about every five to seven years we will of take the review. part of what we were doing this time is to examine the change over time. when i talk about the federal population in our study we were looking at from 2011 to 2016. when i talk about the state population we are looking at 2010 to 2015. those pickup from the last report. report we issued was in 2011. host: what happens to criminal aliens after they serve their time in u.s. prisons? are they deported? guest: some of them can be. not all. that's the fourth objective in whateport where we look at the experiences are for the criminal alien after incarceration. some may be removable. some may be in immigration proceedings. the likelihood that you would be removed right away we couldn't get a full sense for that because of the way the immigration process works. host: do any go on to become citizens? guest: yes. 16 of the people in our population ended up being naturalized. host: out of how many?

jeff sessions' friends, like lindsey grahamnd chuck grassley, are the ones saying, you can do this, but do it lasir, mr. pnt. i think the sessions situation for trump is one that he's been unwilling to deal with because he knows what the consequences are. he knows that he probably can't tolerate those cons againsts -- consequences. and to paula's point he has to continue to talk to the base, every night there's a drum beat, fire jeff sessions, fire rod rosenstein, fire all the people that trump appointed to those jobs within the department of justice and the president has to respond to that in some w and this is how he does it. robert: do you see a break in the g.o.p. as e president continues to chip away at sessions, dan? dan: not yet. i think the republicans have -- are tick sticking with the bargain they have made,hich is they'll try to get as much from trump being president ashey can of their own agenda, whether it's judges, b the taxl they got earlier, all those things, and they will stick with him i until the something more significant than we've seen that could be the mid-term el