. >> thank you, chuck grassley. it's an honor to be here today and to recount the struggle that brought us to the historic vote last night in the united states senate. as a result we thought it would scare america straight in terms of the danger of this drug and it backfired. it turned out we had more drugs on the street. we had a lower price for the drugs out there because of the supply and we started filling up our jails with people who were arrested for drug offenses. a 700% increase in our jail population because of this new level of our war on drugs. i voted for it. ten years ago i tried to change it. to bring it from 1-1. we still had existing in the law this mandatory man mum sentencing. and some of the sentencing guidelines that created just incredibly impossible to explanning situations where people were put away for years if not for they're lives. we came together and put in a bill and looked pretty good. we had one serious problem. we didn't have the spob support of chuck grassley. and chuck grassley is g

there was a problem there was a republican senator who didn't like the bill at all, chuck grassley, iowa, conservative republican, coincidentally, chairman of the senate judiciary committee. we're going nowhere without grassley. it took a year, a few minutes in senate time, but a year of negotiating for us to finally reach an agreement that chuck grassley, mike lee and i signed onto for sentencing reform. we were joined by senator cory booker in the last year or two, democrat new jersey, and more than a year of negotiations we introduced the sentencing reform and corrections act, legislatures approved by a vote of 16-5 earlier this year. around the same time, the house of representatives passed to reform the prison system. this bill was supported by alsoen to this, by president donald trump, senator collins, bob goodlatte of virginia. i didn't like the version because i thought we could do better, add criminal sentencing to reform. we did something that was rare. we sat down democrats and republicans and worked it out. we believed we could come up with a bipartisan common bill by combini

host: chairman chuck grassley, thank you. sen. grassley: thank you. host: next up, senator james inhofe, who chairs the armed services committee. there has been a committee overseeing the military since 1816. in addition to those duties, the committee also has control over the petroleum reserves and some security aspects of nuclear energy. previous chairs of the committee, andrew jackson and jefferson davis. >> senator james inhofe, republican of oklahoma, will begin his first full term as senate armed services committee chairman in the 116th congress. you spent most of 2018 as acting chairman and then chairman following the death of senator john mccain. so what is the difference about the job now that you're going to be starting it on day one of a new congress? sen. inhofe: well, when john mccain was having problems, had to go back to arizona, we still had voices from another director there. we never knew whether it was going to be from staff or actually john mccain, and he was failing at that time. so after he died, became the chairman, that was dif

senator chuck grassley, you have been the chair of the judiciary committee and now for the 116th, you will be chairing the finance committee. why did you decide to make the switch? sen. grassley: crazy rules of the republican caucus that you can only be chairman of a committee for six years. i have chaired the finance committee four years. i got two years left to chair that. if i can predict in 2021 and 2022 we would still be in the majority, i could have finished my six years with judiciary and gone over there. just suppose republicans are in the minority in 2021 and 2022, then i would not have been able to continue being ranking member of judiciary under those rules. and i've used my six years being ranking member of finance. it was a way of reserving leadership either as ranking member or chairman under the crazy rules of the republican congress. host: you have served on the finance committee for 34 some years of your career in washington. why is it that you want to, as you say use this time, two years as chair of the finance committee? sen. grassley: probably for economic reasons

it begins with judiciary committee chair chuck grassley. this is 35 minutes. >> i am going to open, and probably one person will be appear, but he is just returning to washington, senator graham. i want to say that none of us , but we and 87-12 vote , so thect 75 to 80 overwhelming passage of this legislation, i think, speaks to a lot of things, but most importantly, the combination that we have appear, ,ipartisanship -- have up here bipartisanship, and i have to point out that senator durbin and senator lee were two or three years ahead of me, because they introduced legislation that i do not -- did not think ought to pass, but they caused me to look very definitely at problems we have in sentencing and the value of prison reform. in 2015, i went to these two gentlemen and said, could we sit down and talk about maybe putting together a bill that we could all support? it took a long time, but eventually it got put together. the lastt go through congress, but we did not really think at the beginning of this congress maybe there was much of a

host: chairman chuck grassley, thank you. next up, james and hoffer chairs the armed services committee. there is many committee overseeing the military since 1816. theddition to those duties committee also has control over the petroleum reserves and social security acts of nuclear energy. previous chairs, andrew jackson and jefferson davis. and hoff, james republican of oklahoma will begin the first full serve as senate armed services chairman. he spent most of 2018 is acting chairman and chairman following the death of senator john mccain. what is the difference about the job now that you are starting it on day one of the new congress? when john: either mccain was having problems had to go back to arizona, we still had voices from another director there. you never knew if it was going to be staffed or from john mccain. he was failing at that time. after he died, we became -- i became the chairman. that was different because he put together our people. and before that we did not have our people. he's the staff director and h

when i heard grassley likes it then we started to get into it. chuck. senator grassley: thank you for your support. this is an example of bipartisanship. people at the grassroots don't see often enough. that's a victory right there. we learn from the states you named. rehabilitation pays off. reduction in crime, reduction in recidivism. [inaudible] secondly, those of us that voted for these cuts, mandatory minute mums 30 years ago, realizes there's some unfairness. i believe this will bring . irness to the system thank you. [applause] >> mr. speaker, i want to commend your leadership on this issue. this is a coalition you don't see very often in washington or anyplace else and it's an example of bipartisan cooperation, coming forward in the interest of justice, in the interest of moving our country in a more just direction. senator cruz: there are a lot of people who worked incredibly hard. [inaudible] [applause] senator cruz: he worked incredibly hard. in the senate chuck grassley, mike lee. [applause] senator cruz: on the democratic side in the senate,

senator ke lee, and we realized we couldn't get to first base withouthe chairman of the committee, chuck grassley worked on changes so the bil could be supped by senator grassley along the way. cory booker joined us. we've had an amazing group democrats and republicans. yes, the bill changed. it is not my original bill.n i learned a time ago if you're determined to get the original bill without changesve you will see it happen. we had to find compromises that didn't comprose the basic values we were fighting for. >> reporter: as senator durbin was saying, senator grassley, there were changes made and a shift in the language in the substance of the bill, but ther ill opposition among yourll gues. senator tom cotton of arkansas says, yes, he likes some of these changes, but it still would allow for early release of criminals whcommitted violent offenses, bank robberies where they wer using dangerous weapons, sexual assaults. how do you answer a criticisms? like th >> well, e's wrong, first of all. thert anybody going to get out of prison as a result of our sentencing reform part of it. everybody re

senator chuck grassley, you have been the chair for the 115th congress and for the 116th you will be chairing the finance committee. why did you decide to make the switch? sen. grassley: it's crazy rules of the republican caucus that you can only be chairman of a committee for six years. i've chaired the finance committee four years so i got two years left. to chair that. now, if i could predict in 2122, we'd still be in the majority, then i could have finished my

eck guest: so is chuck grassley. the chairman of the judiciary that hee is not happy thought he had a promise. the votes and now they come to the floor and he is not a happy man. chuck grassley often gets what he wants. the incoming senate finance chairman is go to be a popular guy. when the president of united states want something and ted cruz want something, these kinds of things don't want -- don't happen very often. it would be a rare bipartisan capstone in the job administration. host: >> here is a look at our live coverage on tuesday. on 10:00 a.m., the house returns for general speeches. members will consider several including one that condemns russian actions toward ukraine. debatee senate continues on picking the new deputy treasury secretary. is a house judiciary hearing with the ceo of google testifying on data collection policy. a woman's leadership summit , with white house secretary sarah sanders among the speakers. joins us now as we take a deep dive into the looming federal funding shutdown showdown.

when i heard grassley likes it, then i really started to get interested. chuck, you want to say a few words? senator grassley: well, thank you for your support. and this is an example of bipartisanship that people at the grassroots don't see often enough. and so that's a victory right there. we learned from the states that you named that rehabilitation pays off, reduction in crime, productive citizens, and spending less on prisons. secondly, those of us that voted for these tough mandatory minimums, 30 years ago, realized that there is some unfairness in it, and i think this legislation will bring fairness to this system of sentencing. so it's a big victory. [applause] pres. trump: thank you, chuck. thank you, chuck. well said. would you like to say something? ted cruz. senator cruz: mr. president, i want to commend your leadership on this issue. i mean, this is a coalition you don't see very often in washington or anyplace else. and it's an example of bipartisan cooperation coming forward in the interest of justice, in the interest of moving our country in a mo

his name, chuck grassley, coincidentally chairma chairmane senate judiciary committee. we've got to get him on board if we are going to change the law. it took a year. it took a year of negotiating for us to finally reach an agreement that we likely all signed on to for the sentencing ireform. we were joined by senator cory booker in the last year or two democrats in new jersey and after more than a year of negotiationnegotiations we intra sentencing reform collections act which is nation approved by the committee by the vote of 16-5 earlier this year and around the same time they passed bipartisan legislation to reform the federal prison system. this bill was supported by president donald trump, cosponsored by the republicanan congressman, democratic congressman jeffries of new york and the republican house judiciary committee chairman bob goodlatte of virginia. i didn't like the original version of the bill because i thought we could do better and we should add criminal sentencing to prison reform than we did something that's rare. we sat down, democrats and republica

so legislation had democrat cory booker working with republican chuck grassley and grassley thankingliberal groups for its support. >> i don't know whether the aclu considers themselves very liberal but at least they're on that end of the spectrum. over here you've got people like the american conservative union and everything in between. >> this would not have happened if it wasn't for the willingness of chuck grassley to listen, to learn and to work with us. he is the chairman of the judiciary committee, and he's the person that in my opinion that made this possible, taking it from being impossible to being possible. i'm deeply grateful to you, sir. >> cnn white house reporter jeremy diamond is with us with some incredible insight on how this whole thing game together. let's start with the fact that they actually refer to this as the zombie bill because it refused to die. >> that's right, brook. there were so many moments where both supporters and opponents of this legislation thought that this bill was going to die. even before it got to the floor of the house of representatives i

i'm just used to chuck grassley's iowa accent from yesterday.i'm feeling good about our state, and a lot of racist anti-immigrant ads one in our state and we had a theme called one minnesota. a little difference than stronger together, one minnesota. and the little parts, little punctuation point on that theme was plaid shirts and plaid jackets and i think even in like september when it was warm and i think part of that message was we mean everyone, we're not leaving rural voters behind, we're leaving no one behind and when we say one minnesota we mean it. >> as we say goodbye. if you run, what president trump's nickname for you be? >> i don't know. i think we're going in a more positive way, i don't like calling people names. >> thank you for this year of fascinating conversation and thanks to c-span and cnn for their coverage. thank my axios colleagues and our 146 colleagues, it's been beyond our wildest dreams. >> why is it beyond your wildest dreams? >> because we have an unbelievable axios audience and colleagues who made this an amazing ye

chuck grassley the sent that criminal referral n i think in these cases you can't say we're going too this and expect nobody is going to ask any follow-up questions >>> if you don't care, all you care about is getting kavanaugh to the supreme court. >> laura: we care. no, we're pointing out to you that we do care about the process otherwise we would celebrate all the time >>> we both care. it's the leadership on the judiciary committee and gop and house and senate to pursue this. they haven't. so that confirms they never really cared about the referral or the criminal investigation of the democrats >> i disagree with that. i disagree with that. chairman grassley took a strong stand in making the referral, he didn't have to do that and it's right >> if he referred it, shouldn't then the ones to do it? the senate isn't the ones to do it. >> laura: no. the fbi, christopher wray. >> thank you all. we're going to highlight this because i think all americans need to have the answers. stay there. ♪ ♪ . >> laura: it's time for the seen and unseen segment where we expose the big cultural stor

chuck grassley knows better, orrin hatch knows better, this is not about michael cohen.w york sees all of the electronic records of michael cohen. text messages, what's on his phone, on his computer. they quite clearly have evidence that goes beyond michael cohen saying oh, yeah, donald trump told me this. let's not pretend that this is just about michael cohen. it's about a lot more than that. >> forget about what michael cohen said. let's think about what orrin hatch said himself in the past. back in '99 in the clinton impeachment, he said, there it is, this great nation can tolerate a president who makes mistakes. but he cannot tolerate one who makes a mistake and then breaks the law to cover it up. what do you do with that now? >> there is no way they are going to impeach donald trump over $280,000. i mean, look, the prosecutor's theory here in this indictment, this is flam flam. they're basically saying if only the american people had known donald trump had had sex with two women who weren't his wife, the outcome of the election could have been different. this is fl

the senate judiciary committee chuck grassley sent that criminal referral in. i think in these cases, you can't just say were going to do this and expect no one's going to ask any follow-up questions. >> if you don't care, all you care about is getting kavanaugh to the supreme court, getting him confirms. >> laura: we are pointing out to you that we do care about the process. >> we both care. it's the leadership on the judiciary committee and the g.o.p. house and senate to pursue this. they haven't pursued it. so that confirms that they never really cared about the referral or the criminal investigation. why would they do that? the height of the moment. >> chairman grassi took a strong stand and making the referral. he doesn't need to do that i think it's right he did it. >> why hasn't he -- >> if you refer to it, shouldn't they be the ones -- the senate. >> laura: fbi. all right, thank you all. we are going to highlight this. that's why we've made it easy with a selection of gift cards for everyone on your holiday list. >> laura: it's time for the "seen and un

what's weird to me is watching chuck grassley and other people go along with it. are they lying? what is your mental model of their behavior in this situation? >> well, what we've seen is the total trump takeover of the republican party, and including a brain meld which is why you saw the house of representatives totally outsource their independent powers, a separate branch of government to donald trump. it's like, oh, well, we won't move until we hear from donald trump. and to see republican house members sort of scurrying down to the white house to get their orders is just so kind of gross when you think of our political system. >> you wanted to say pathetic. >> it's pathetic. these are people who are sworn to uphold their own constitutional responsibilities. and yet they've essentially outsourced their vote to the president of the united states. >> yeah. >> in fact, just tonight when we've been working to try and get an agreement with our house colleagues they say don't talk to us, just talk to the white house. >> talk to the president. you guys, of course, the funny thing is

i am not the whip, but neither is chuck grassley and the supporters. but the -- so there is a coalition that can get the bill done next year. i think the concern has been that people like grassley and durbin, who are the main republican and democratic sponsors of this criminal justice legislation is that -- again, we're talking about the newly empowered democratic house, that they'll be emboldened to go further in the sentencing reform changes. we have a compromise that democrats did give a lot on. cory booker, who supports the bill and has worked on the issue for a long time and one of the potential 2020 contenders has acknowledged this -- the bill is not perfect and this is not the bill he would have written. a lot of these new house democrats were elected on this generational issue, this issue of racial justice. if they do want to pursue this again next year, you're not technically starting from scratch because you have a bill you can work with. in a big sense you are because you have this new dynamic of lawmakers you have to -- you're going to have

intellectual property is a major threat to our nation's standing as the world's top superpower.senator chuck grassleylaying fair. in simple terms its called cheating and its only getting worse. the inteligence community confirmed grassley's concerns saying the chinese government wants to take the global lead in technology and economics. john demers with doj's national security division says china's strategy is simple. rob the american company of its intellectual property, replicate that technology and replace the american company in the chinese market and one day in the global market.in response, demers says doj is working to raise awareness about chinese espionage and dedicate more resources to confronting threats.to reach non- traditional collectors researchers in labs, universities and industries who may have undisclosed ties to china.lawmakers are trying to figure out what legislative solutions will help the u.s. counter cyberattacks from foreign adversaries including china."we need a cyber doctrine in this country" senator mark warner the top democrat on the intelligence committee is calling for

if trump said there were no contacts, i would believe him. [ laughter ] also, when i look at chuck grassleyexactly think social media strategist. [ laughter ] i think he was one of those dudes eating lunch on that steel beam. [ laughter ] in fact, grassley has his own weird tweets about the russia investigation. after the don jr meeting surfaced, grassley himself tweeted,"dems: don't go berserk abt trump assoc talking w a russian lawyer abt russia adoption policy, i & a dem sen did same advocacy w russ foreign min." jesus. [ laughter ] did you type that during a fistfight on top of a moving train? you think trump should show his tweets to his wife? you need to show yours to a first grader. [ laughter ] "yeah, i'm not a great speller, man, but i think this is all wrong." so their story went from there were no contacts with russian, to there was no collusion with russians to we tried to collude, but nothing came of it. but then, as one trump associate after another was indicted or plead guilty, the trump's team changed their story again. trump's lawyer rudy giuliani insisted that trump himsel

it begins with judiciary committee chair chuck grassley. this is 35 minutes.

get ready to pee in a cup. [ laughter in fact yesterday, gop's senator chuck grassley was asked why thnets get him in trouble so often. and he offered a solution that i ordon't really think would >> listen, the president could solve all of his problems if he would just ss wife the tweet before he punches the send button.t [ liughter ] >> seth: oh, come on. you think he talks to his wife? [ laughter ] she's the only person who if trump said there were no contacts, i would believe him. [ laughter ] also, when i look at chuck grassley, i don't exactly think social media strategist. [ laughter ] i think he was one of those dudes eating lunch on that steel beam. [ laughter ]ra in fact,ley has his own weird tweets about the russia investigation. after the don jr meeting surfaced, grassley himself tweeted,"dems: don't go berserk abt trump assoc talking w a russian lawyer abt russia adopti policy, i & a dem sen did same advocacy w russ foreign min." jesus. [ laughter ] did you type that during a fistfight on top of a moving train? you think trump should show hisi tweets twife? you need to show

senator chuck grassley. .e heard subsidies for farmers i think priorities in negotiating new trade deals will be ag focused with this chairman or at least some emphasis by the congress cannot put farmers at a disadvantage. host: is that something the white house seems receptive to? guest: you think so. there was a second round last week of farm subsidies because of the trade wars. it seems that the white house is aware of the fact that farmers are being put at a disadvantage. 2019 is also not going to stop other countries from cutting trade deals. this big trade deal, the transpacific partnership, is moving ahead without the u.s. so it's now 11 countries. it has japan in it. a lot of u.s. farmers will be put at a disadvantage because for the other 10 countries those products can go into japan tariff free or at a reduced rate whereas the u.s. is on the outside. host: remind viewers where that money comes from as congress -- does congress has to prove that money? guest: it is basically coming usda and giveso it out and programs to specific farms a complicated program. it does not at all co

that, we start counting noses and figuring out to do to get this line.s the finish jeff: senator chuck grassley to , take the resident authority out of the executive discretion? r. bradley: the authority to impose tariffs does reside with congress. to hink that tariffs ought save a few extraordinary circumstances be implemented by ongress and the congress ought to have some fairly strict guidelines for how they approach taxes. which really are as to whether that can be added usmca, i expect there is some procedural difficulties have there -- jeff: a panel over -- mr. bradley: no, we have a deal. deal.a good we need to get it approve. e need to take the steps to getting it approved and that starts with removing the tariffs. with the do you work democrats in the house, what are you expecting they can actually changes to the tax law which, there are a lot of alk about that, how do you persuade democrats to go along with that? mr. bradley: step back for a second. a lot lly think there is we can work with democrats on. here are a lot of areas of agreement. infrastructure is a key opportunity. immigr

so senator chuck grassley, for instance, from iowa, he was trying to rein in the number of managers, for instance, that pharms can have. there are limits on non-family farms, how many managers they can have qualifying for subsidies, and there's a $900,000 adjusted gross income tax. if you're making above that, you can't receive subsidies. the senate bill would have limited the number of managers that family farms can have that qualify for subsidies and also reduce from $900,000 to $700,000 agi, adjusted gross income. >> the eastern and central time zones, for the mountain and pacific zones, 202-748-8001. if you work in the agriculture industry, 202-748-8002. is it fair to say that many go to family farms or industrial farms? >> 97% of farms in this country are family farms. owned by families. there's no question farms are getting bigger. so bigger farms receive more subsidies. they have more land. so that's just the nature of the industry. but i should be clear, yeah, most of the farms in this country are run by families. >> let's start with a call. bill in washington, d.c., works in

senator chuck grassley demanding answers about an fbi raid on a was a blower, agent dennis kane's home after he reportedly turned over documents related to the clinton foundation and uranium one deal. as the chair of the senate judiciary committee grassley wants to know why he was not protected as a whistleblower. carley: wall street shut down for a national day of mourning in honor of president george hw bush. it comes one day after the dow jones industrial average sinks by 800 points. investors are nervous about potential economic slowdown and uncertainty over a tariff war with china. the downturn marks the market's were still off. avoiding a shutdown showdown on capitol hill lawmakers are expected to vote on a short-term spending bill to keep the government running for another two weeks. they have until friday to approve the extension. if past it would fund the government until december 21st. the house canceled all votes earlier this week because of the passing of president george hw bush. rob: former chairman haley barbour says it would be a mistake to rule out a republican primary

the right from the american conservative union, and everything in between. >> sandra: that was chuck grassleyw moments ago on this program. what happens here? >> well, chuck, for whom i have great respect, is right. i think you've had a number of republicans join with liberal democrats. this in my opinion is not a criminal justice bill because it doesn't mention the word victims. what it really is is a prisoner release bill. and my experience in life is that there are some people out there -- i don't know why, they're not confused, they're not mixed up, they're not sick. it is not a question of their mama or daddy didn't love them enough, they're just bad and that's why we have prisons. i don't know why that is. if i make it to heaven i'm going to ask. this bill in my opinion will let a lot of dangerous people go. and i don't think it represents justice. and that's why i'm not going to support it. >> bill: will you try to block it? >> yes. >> bill: can you? >> probably not. but they -- i have put a hold on the bill and some of my colleagues -- again i respect them immensely -- are upset with

senator chuck grassley demanding answers about the fbi raid on whistleblower. agents showed up at fbi contractors and came home after reportedly turning over documents related to the clinton foundation and the uranium one deal. that senate judiciary committee, grassley wants to know why kane was not protected as whistleblower. more to come on that story. let's take you to wall street. wall street shuts down for a national day of mourning in honor of president george hw bush. this comes one day after the dow jones industrial average thinks by 800 points. investors are nervous about a potential economic slowdown and according to experts nervous about uncertainty over china. the downturn marks the market's worst selloff since october. avoiding the shutdown showdown on capitol hill. lawmakers are expected to vote on a short-term spending bill to keep the government running another two weeks. they have until friday to approve the extension. if past it would fund the government until december 21st. the house canceled all votes earlier this week because of the passing

senate, chuck grassley who is a champion of this issue, jared kushner in the white house, championingin washington dc talking to members like senator ted cruz, senator tim scott, at marco rubio's office, we need to push this to the floor because this is where we are. we have a number of members, majority of the senate caucus supporting this issue and a lot of democrats in the senate supporting this issue and if it goes to the floor it will pass. the petition on change.org getting people outside mitch mcconnell's office, we want this to move to the floor, one of the most important issues of my lifetime and that is why i am so passionate about it. when you think about what the bill does, it provides credit, good service credits for those individuals, if this were to pass and signed into law you have 4000 people retroactively going home today. judges with discretion, when it comes to sentencing, if you know what happened in the criminal justice system, 94 crime bill pushed by bill clinton was draconian and provided mass incarceration. this gives judges greater discretion where someone li

senator chuck grassley is demanding answers about an fbi raid at the home of the clinton whistleblowerd in the uranium one scandal. joining me to talk about it is an investigative reporter, appreciate you joining us. the fbi agents, 16 of them went to the home of this whistleblower named dennis kane. they spent 6 hours at his home. whistleblowers are supposed to be protected by the government when they hand over information with this person did the government. here are some of the senators questions. he wants to know why kane's house was raided, did the fbi know about this? are document considered protected? did the fbi seize any classified information? what do you make of this? >> this is a quadruple whammy. you have the indication the clintons violated the law in relation to the foundation uranium one. second the fact the fbi knew about that and had strong evidence and did not act on it. you have robert mueller, head of the fbi when this occurred which suggests bias in the role as special counsel and the retaliation against the whistleblower and cover up the cover-up. so the fbi has

chuck grassley dismissed the allegations saying they based it on what the liar says. that liar was employed as a close fixer for the president for more than a decade, but okay. and here is how house majority leader kevin mccarthy responded to congressman adam schiff's concern that donald trump could face real jail time for making illegal payoffs during the presidential campaign. >> the president hires an attorney to solve a problem, he expects him to do it in a legal manner. i don't see -- and if schiff is taking this beyond to go forward and say there's a impeachable offense because of a campaign finance problem, there's a lot of members in congress who would have to leave for that same place. >> with willie geist, it's incredible. to me, this is despicable. >> also, what they're arguing against is information and findings and allegations coming from prosecutors in the southern district of new york, not from democrats, not from the media. this is a case put together by prosecutors, noah rothman. if you go back through history, you look at comments, for example, from

jared kushner, hakeem jeffries on the house side, chuck grassley, the republican chairman of the justicemmittee, and then a -- allied with jared kushner. it does quite a lot to reform federal sentencing guidelines, it eases up on the three strikes rule, allows inmates to earn more credit for time off. keeps them closer to their family, and the opposition was fairly vocal. tom cotton was dug in, usually has the president's backing, did nots on this, and the result is what you saw last night, an overwhelming bipartisan victory. >> thank you, garrett. >>> loretta lynch is talking to two house committees about the hillary clinton e-mail investigation. thesis there until subpoena, and you have adam schiff calls on michael flynn to testify before his committee. flynn has been ordered to surrender his passport after that blistering criticism from a judge yesterday. so what's next for him? let's bring in ken delaney, and maya wiley, senior vice president for social justice at the news school. thank you to both. what is next for michael flynn? >> they'll reconvene in 90 days. they're -- that's th

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about the border wall and government funding, in addition to senate majority leader mcconnell, chuck grassleysa murkowski, susan collins, mike lee. that's a diverse mix of senators, moderates and conservatives. gives you an idea of how wide ranging that discussion is likely to be now, president trump has been putting pressure on mcconnell to invoke the nuclear option. this would allow them to pass legislation with only 50 votes and that means they would not need democratic help in order to get the spending bill done but this is not a road mcconnell wants to go down, and there's also not support within the republican caucus to make this move already this morning we have seen at least three senators come out against it, jeff flake and orrin hatch tweeted their opposition, senator lamar alexander put out this statement. i want to put a stop to this practice of the senate breaking its rules to change its rules. i will not vote to turn the senate into a rule breaking institution. the senate is expected to convene for official business starting at noon one of the big questions is how many senators

the chair of the senate judiciary committee, chuck grassley. >> 10,000 marshmallows, one at a time. support for a bill? one person at a time and that is pretty much what republican supporters of this bill have been trying to do. >> i don't know why you need 10,000 marshmallows unless you're making the world's biggest rice crispy treat. in this bill there are mandatory minimum changes, and effort to rehabilitate felons, getting the job to go back to the workforce, a lot of latitude provided to approve provisions, 3 strikes and out, you're in for life, especially drug offenses, this limit that to 25 years, the piece of legislation does not match what the house of representatives approved some time ago, they were sentenced in the house of representatives in the next day or two. i'm told that is not going to be a problem and it goes to donald trump. shannon: 10,000 marshmallows. i'm hungry now. senator tom cotton and john kennedy, a lot of discussion with them and even a reference to the church of scientology. how that factoring? >> the church of scientology signed onto the coalition to

senate judiciary committee chair chuck grassley asked doj and fbi to explain why agents rated a whistlewer's home, neither has responded. finally, check this out, cash literally spilling out of security truck on highway in new jersey causing chaos, guys like that guy jumping out of the car to grab bills, this resulted in multiple accidents unfortunately as well as heavy traffic during an already hectic morning commute. happened right outside of metlife stadium yesterday, right outside of new york city as all the suburban folks tried to get richer. cheryl: taxes have been going up in new jersey to be fair, they needed to money. [laughter] >> that's true. taking a look at futures, we were down almost 300, down about 250. we have maybe positive comments from the chinese ministry, that may be helping a little bit but we are still in the red. nasdaq down 82, still ahead, the new york stock exchange pulls a fast one on snapchat ceo evan seagal, the video it wishes it would disappear. talk about pulling a fast one, russia, they beat a robot that can walk, talk like a human because, well, it wa

that's what the bill sponsor chuck grassley is opening. dealmaker can get a big bipartisan deal done this year on criminal justice reform. first step to act is in december. will gop senators and leader mcconnell stand-in president trump's way of achieving major bipartisan victory or join in historic and popular reform. there's the problem. there is one hitch in all this, mitch. mitch mcconnell seems to think his only job in life is confirming judges. of course that is vital, but so is president trump's agenda and it would help if the majority leader could actually help pass it. instead he's blocking it. he won't bring the bill for a vote because it's not exactly clear. >> we don't have a lot of time left, but the first step is to finalize what proponents are actually four. there's been a lot of different versions floating around and then we will see where the vote count is. >> another objective is outgoing tennessee senator bob corker. a lot of people like me are still trying to understand what it does, he said. there had only been a highe

we have chuck grassley -- a lot of republicans would look at chuck grassley and say you know he servedof people would say the same thing about orrin hatch. both of these senators are absolutely humiliating themselves right now and you wonder if there are any family members or staff members that can politely take them to the side and say you got a great legacy, please enough. >> i don't know if there are. it would be helpful to both of them if there were. but, i think, part of the think is kind of a very vivid i illustration signature reflex we've seen during the trump term is that many people who you would have thought would know better have become kind of conditioned to or reflexive, bowing and scraping before donald trump. they never want to say anything that gets them on the wrong side of donald trump, contradicts donald trump in anyway and they are not alone in this. these particular instances are glaring, but we've seen it time and time again for two years which if you're a republican in the united states senate, you are asked a question, the way in which you answer is what's the

judicial nominations were originally expected to get a vote last week, but committee chairman chuck grassleyo postponed that meeting because of flake's stand. last night senator flake tweeted, the senate needs to protect the special counsel. >>> let's bring in capitol hill reporter for the hill molly hooper. good morning to you. thank you so much for joining us today. good to see you. >> good to see you. >> let's talk about the funeral yesterday, george h.w. bush's final day in washington as so many of us were watching there, presidents past and present gathering to mourn him there. we heard louis run through the depiction of president trump's presence at the funeral there. how is it being seen and viewed on capitol hill? >> well, from the people that i've talked to, no major gaffes on president trump's part. you know, there were moments during the funeral perhaps brian mu mulroney's speech you could see him pointing out how nafta is a big deal and how we're partners with nato. aside from that, the president really didn't react. that's good, because yesterday was about -- what a wealth of hi

when you have chuck grassley, cory booker, tammy duckworth and ted cruz on the same bill, how does that>> reporter: this is manager we just do not see especially in president trump's washington. this is such a divisive ad administrati administration. this is the first time we have seen this administration really working across the aisle with democrats, liberal groups. i spoke over the last couple of weeks with activists on both sides of the aisle. people from groups like the civil liberty union. the first time some of these people stepped into the white house under the trump administration was to sit down and discuss this legislation with the person runs the efforts in the white house, the president's son-in-law, jared kushner. he's connected to this issue. his father spent time in prison when he was in school. for him it's been very much a personal push. he worked from the time he got to the white house to try to bring people on both sides of the aisle together and also to convince the president to support this. >> this wasn't really a campaign issue. >> reporter: not at all. kushner d

all put forward by donald trump and maneuvered through the the senate by chuck grassley.y graham has taken up the gavel. next store is whether or not the democrats defend the country. the president is sending a bill for $750 in defense spending that was dachtsed by barack obama during the sequester. democrats have a security issue in 2020 will they step up and fund the military? >> well, you mean deferred the countries are against russia and hacking and interference with our elections too. >> absolutely sfwloot maya, what do you think is the big story that you take out of 2018 and your predictions for 2019? >> well, first, let me thank both joe and hugh because i agree that both of those were hugely important things, both the attacks on black people being black and also the change in the court. i would say and add, hugh, i hope we see protection of women because i don't think that was in evidence when we saw the change in the courts. but one of the stories i want to point attention to it because i think it's phenomenal and fascinating is we saw an army medical team take a