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i can tell you that watching chuck grassley and ted cruz -- i've been traumatized by chuck grassley twice, once with the hearings of anita hill and another with the hearing of brett kavanaugh. watching a committee talk about how they are going to do something when there have been critical accusers before, and there's been no sort of recourse . we know for fact that many other people wanted to come forward for both anita hill and dr. christine ford and i would really love for them to walk a mile in some of these women's shoes to know what it is like to sit in those rooms and have people doubt what you have gone through. i appreciate it. host: mary, thanks for sharing your story. brandy, pennsylvania, republican. caller: thanks for taking my call. a question here in regards to masking mandates in schools -- i'm trying to find out, maybe you can better guide me -- our governor implemented a masking mandate. we are having school meetings -- school board meetings and choices not to mask our children where there is no data proving the transmission is higher amongst the school-aged children, and

more news from washington, republican senator chuck grassley, who is 88-years-old, announced that he'sng for another six-year term in 2022. later, when he saw the news coverage, he said, "wow, good for chuck grassley." [ laughter ] when a reporter asked if he's too old, he said "oh, please, you sound like my great-great-great-great-grandso" [ laughter ] 88, at that age, you don't run for senate, you run for president. [ laughter and applause good for chuck grassley. [ light laughter ] this is fun. i saw that prince harry and meghan markle are here in new york - [ cheers ] they started off their trip by meeting with governor kathy hochul at the meeting, prince harry told new york governor, "i won't ask about your andrew if you don't ask about mine." [ laughter ] cid news. the m.t.a. said that they will start issuing $50 fines to riders not wearing masks yep, it's $50 for not wearing a mask, and $100 for not muting your phone's keyboard when you type [ laughter ] those bitches. [ laughter and applause never heard of that. that's unbelieveable well guys, the f.d.a. has officially authoriz

host: chuck grassley, his exchange with christopher wray yesterday. taking your phone calls this morning on the washington journal -- on "washington journal." teresa, you are next. caller: good morning. i am so upset to find out that those young ladies did not get their just due. i feel like those people that did that and covered it up should be charged with human rights -- civil rights. that is a crime against women and they let it go on. that is crime against children. women and children are not valued. we need our human rights stood up for. there is no reason for that. we need to be qualified immunity of these people that take the law into their own hands and junk that. they do not need to be sitting on their retirement. they do not need to be sitting in the backyard wishing they had not done it, they need to be sitting in a cell. it is a crime against women, it is a crime against humanity. the people in the trump administration were the ones who did this. they swept it under the rug just like they keep pushing everything under the rug. they pushed

we have to hold folks accountable, including senator chuck grassley who, by the way, should have known better when it came to that day. when it came to the lies he was hearing. and should have pushed back. should have been like mitt romney. should have been like liz cheney. and actually told the truth. and in fact, he didn't just not tell the truth. he pushed the conspiracies about the election, himself, months later. it's part of why we are running. it's part of why we must win and we need everybody with us. please, go to our site. join us. we have to hold these folks accountable and we need everybody with us as we do it. >> why do you think chuck grassley is so all in on -- on trump and the big lie? how do you explain that? >> you know, it's sad to see. you know, he is somebody i remember growing up watching here in iowa. we had a republican that was grassley. we had democrat, harken, for years. and, you know, you wouldn't always agree with everybody but you could at least believe that they were going there and they had iowa's back. he has changed. he has taken marching orders from h

>> following the hearing, senators richard blumenthal and chuck grassley held a press conference with the gymnasts. this is about 30 minutes. sen. grassley: [indiscernible] sen. blumenthal: all set? i'm richard blumenthal, u.s. senator from connecticut. welcome, everyone. welcome particularly to the athletes who testified earlier today, and who were so extraordinarily impactful and impressive in the testimony that they gave. i want to thank my colleague, senator grassley, for joining us, the ranking member on the judiciary committee, and my colleague, senator moran, who could not be with us. today marks another step in a continuing quest for accountability and justice. director wray testified just moments ago that he has run out of adjectives. i suggested to him, we have all run out of adjectives to describe the monstrous, horrific, predatory, criminal conduct of larry nassar. we've run out of adjectives, but we haven't run out of action. that's what the gymnasts deserve. the criminal conduct by larry nassar, unfortunately, was not unique to him, and it was not unique to gymnastics. i

chuck grassley has senior leadership positions. respectively in their own caucuses.urns 88 tomorrow and suggested he's going to make a decision sooner than he anticipated in november. some of the other ones, murkowski facing a trump-inspired challenger back home. has not made a decision whether to run for reelection. and ron johnson, that seat could flip next year in wisconsin. leaders in the republican party want him to make a decision. he told me this is on the back burner for him. he said he made a decision in his first race in 2010 to run in may of that midterm year. perhaps he can wait longer but republicans want him to make a decision. >> it's a fascinating dynamic. it's a huge player on top of what is -- look at the map. there are 34 senate seats. a third of the senate is up every two years. you look at that, you see the red and think the burden is on the republicans. a lot of those republican seats are in pretty safe republican areas. but you did mention wisconsin is a potential flip. if that would go. iowa democrats would say if it's not chuck grassley, we w

visit indeed.com/hire >>> republican chuck grassley wants six more years.s running for re-election next year. the announcement came in a twit err video. a 4 ak-alarm to wake up for a morning jog, something senator grassley says he does six days a week. >> hey there. i'm running for re-election. it's the right thing to do for iowa. >> i hope he doesn't jog in that suit. this would be his eighth term. he's been here since jimmy carter was president. >> ultimately up to the voters of iowa, right. they are the ones who keep sending him back. there's a lot of power in incumbency. that is clear, but if you're a republican keeping your fingers crossed. you've got -- you're going to be waiting for a little bit. >> i mean, i'm looking at what senator leahy now does of verge. vermont has never sent a woman to congress. it just makes it really hard for the next generation when these guys hold on forever. >> but it makes it easy for the parties, right? >> look, he's trying to improve, maximize republican chances to take back control of the senate. it's what this is abo

elizabeth: senators chuck grassley and ron johnson are worried about this.o reportedly these emails, his connections to the treasury department, his relationship with then-secretary of state john kerry's stepson, his ties to the highest level of government in china. hunter biden was moving to work at burisma at this time in 2015. his father was considering running for president. so this is clearly -- reportedly, if you believe this story, it's about access. go ahead. and selling it. >> if you're trying to get low-level clearance in the u.s. government, a lot of your friends will be interrogated do you have money problems, do you have infidelity problems, do you have drug addiction, do you have alcohol addiction. what kind of secrets would make you want the flip for a foreign power, make you a dangerous security asset. hunter biden had every single one of those, and despite that had complete and total access, of course he did to his father, but he had access to his father while on official trips and in an official capacity. to say this is a national security

i can tell you that watching chuck grassley and ted cruz -- i've been traumatized by chuck grassley twicearings of anita hill and another with the hearing of brett kavanaugh. watching a committee talk about how they are going to do something when there have been critical accusers before, and there's been no sort of recourse . we know for fact that many other people wanted to come forward for both anita hill and dr. christine ford and i would really love for them to walk a mile in some of these women's shoes to know what it is like to sit in those rooms and have people doubt what you have gone through. i appreciate it. host: mary, thanks for sharing your story. brandy, pennsylvania, republican. caller: thanks for taking my call. a question here in regards to masking mandates in schools -- i'm trying to find out, maybe you can better guide me -- our governor implemented a masking mandate. we are having school meetings -- school board meetings and choices not to mask our children where there is no data proving the transmission is higher amongst the school-aged children, and that masking down

chuck grassley will have a decision to make.ope he runs for re-election because he's a great role model and does a great job for the state. i'm here to help them the way people have come to help me. ashley hinson won that election. that's an important seat for the future of our party. i'm here to be supportive. ultimately, i don't know what the future will hold, what my life would look like two years from now, much less four years ago. you wouldn't believe half the things that happened in the last five years. one thing i've learned, i think a lesson i've learned is kind of be where you are right now, do the best you can at that moment, and the future will come and you'll make decisions on the basis of that. frankly, i'm running for re-election for the senate in florida. >> senator rubio, at this point who dow you think poses more of a national security threat, china, russia or afghanistan? >> well, they're different threats. the chinese threat is bigger and long term. it's geopolitical. russia is a country that doesn't have the

liz: senator chuck grassley sent a letter facing basically asking to dispose the number of afghans entering list and terror watch list. the pentagon spokesman said he does not know the answer. by the way, after they fly and catch somebody come up and watch? what happens to that person? what is that person quote? today go back to afghanistan? what happens to them? can we deport them? >> it hard to deport someone when they have nory country to o back to the afghan people are no longer in charge oflo the government but if a third country is willing to accept them. however if there is empathize of a terrorist organization, one countryti accept them? we may be stuck with them. important to fully affect them before they step foot in american soil. liz: the fbi warned the are recently seen people with security concerns and they are flying people into the u.s. before they complete their visa processing. your final word on this? >> the american people, there's noco proof of the sarah southwet border, that's a lie. at least 100 in the last five years either in the panama region were arrested on the s

. >> chuck grassley, stay young. going for an eighth term, the senator from iowa. ♪ ♪ >> i'm jesse watters along with dagen mcdowell, -- 5:00 in new york city, this is "the five." ♪ ♪ president biden's agenda is on the break of a catastrophic failure, and could nuke his entire presidency. the uniter in chief struggling to unite his own party in order to pass a massive report $5 trillion tax and grab scheme that will fundamentally transform the entire country for decades. bernie sanders trying to pass this massive spending plan, but moderates are saying "let's pump the brakes. close quotes white house press secretary jen saki is doing her best to save her thing is fine. >> secretary psaki: our objective is to work towards an agreement. that's in progress. we are not there, but we are working on it. i think there's a fair number of people who might consider themselves quite progressive in this administration. the role the president's plane is working to get 50 votes in the senate. looks like they are happy to have that

i mean, chuck grassley must be shocked by all the changes to the earth he's seen since his childhoodughter ) in fact, our senior leaders' senior moments could be behind our slow reaction to climate change. the average age of u.s. senators is 64.3 years, the oldest in u.s. history. and a recent study found among americans over 65, only about half are very or somewhat concerned about climate change. they're much more concerned about getting to dinner. it's already 4:15! what are we waiting for. ( laughter ) so if we're going to get anything done on climate, we're going to have to convince older americans to care about it. and what better place to do that than cbs? so, cbs viewers, join me at "ye olden cam." hello. ( cheers and applause ) welcome to ye olden cam, brought to you by landlines. landlines: would it kill you to call them? now, i know what you're thinking: "why should i worry about the earth getting hotter? it's so drafty in here." but trust me, it's about to get hotter than angie dickinson in "police woman," and we're not prepared. so roll up your sleeves, and then roll them

senator chuck grassley said of this tweet of his alarm going off.8-year-old, who is currently serving his seventh term, has been in office since 1980, and he wants an eighth term. he is running for reelection, the longest-serving senator. joan in cleveland, ohio, a republican. hi, joan. caller: good morning. host: good morning. caller: i try you guys every day, and i am finally through. first of all, let me say to everyone, i miss my president trump. i think he is the best president we have ever had. and amazon pays no taxes. i do not understand your to all of this voting, let's do it the old-fashioned way, go to your precinct and vote. then we will not have all this trouble and recount and by mail. i think this is so ridiculous already that we go through this every time there is someone up for election. and miss kamala, the vice president, is going to be on "view" today, but she does not have time to go to the border? she does not have time to be on her job, but she is going to be on "the view"? the president, the vice president, and all of these p

speaking of the senate, its oldest republican, chuck grassley of iowa, announced today that he will runnext year. the 88-year-old has held his seat for four decades. his announcement gives senate republicans more hope that they'll be able to hold onto his seat in next year's midterm elections. prosecutors in northern california charged pacific gas and electric with manslaughter and other felonies today, alleging its equipment sparked a wildfire that killed four people and destoyed hundreds of homes last year. investigators determined the zogg fire was started when a tree came into contact with electrical lines owned and operated by the utility company. still to come on the "newshour" -- a controversial republican-led election audit in arizona confirms biden won the state in 2020. german voters chart a new future as the angela merkel era draws to a close. the jury begins deliberations in the trial of embattled singer r kelly. and much more. ♪ >> this is the pbs newshou from weta studios in washington, and in the west from the lter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university

. >>> breaking news this morning, iowa senator chuck grassley announcing he will run.in iowa, so i'm running. i do that six days a week. i decided i'm running for reelection to do a lot more. >> 88 years old. >> 88 years old. running for another term. he was a congressman in iowa. i'm from iowa. when i was a little kid, so that just shows you how long he has been in washington. >> everyone is from iowa. >>> surprise booster covid vaccines overnight. what it means for your third dose. and it turns out that sham audit in arizona was a sham indeed. >>> "new day" picks it up from us and laura jarrett. i'm christine romans. >> have a great weekend, everybody. ed too exclusive. because we only serve those who honorably served. all ranks, all branches, and their families. are we still exclusive? absolutely. and that's exactly why you should join. i brought in ensure max protein, with thirty grams of protein. those who tried me felt more energy in just two weeks! [sighs wearily] here, i'll take that! woo-hoo! ensure max protein. with thirty grams of protein, one gram of sugar,

the reality is i've gotten big things done in this town in this space with lindsey graham, chuck grassley, donald trump, we got big things done. >> do you think mcconnell didn't want him to cut this deal? do you think others above it were like, do the best you can? >> i promised the families we'll get things done. i do think this town has got to learn, all of us, to try to play the single blame game, i accept responsibility. we didn't get it done. i haven't stopped working. we need to lift the frequency of this town, especially on issues like this that all america knows. biggest demonstrations in this country's history for change. that want change -- >> it's quite notable, though, that you're not taking the politics here. senator scott is. just saying. >> again, i've learned a lot over the last eight years, and that's not the way to get things done. we're going to still see videotapes of unarmed african-americans getting killed. we've had tragedies in this country we've all witnessed. we've got to start getting things done. the wonderful thing about it is police leaders understand it as w

fox 17 in des moines as iowa senator chuck grassley says he is running for re-election in 2022.in an eighth term. a move that makes it more likely the g.o.p. can keep control of the senate. his seats, rather in next year's midterm elections. grassley turned 88 this month. fox 9 in minneapolis where a former police officer derek chauvin files a new appeal in his murder conviction for the death of george floyd. chauvin is raising 14 issues with his prosecution, including the court not changing the venue for the case and refusing to sequester the jury. the filing also questions the court allowing prosecutors to add a third degree murder charge. and this is a live look from milwaukee from fox our affiliate out there. one of the stories out there the ryder cup day one is back and so are the fans. check out that first t packed into the stands ahead the first day of play. the american team take on europe. fans belted sweet caroline chanting u.s.a., singing the national anthem. it was awesome. that was 6:30 in the morning. the sunrise over the wisconsin golf course whistling straight. i

vetted and that is a huge issue for national security concern predispute if republican senator chuck grassleyans who entered into the u.s. but work on the governance no fly list and terror watch was in the pentagon spoke to the city they do not know the answer to that read by the way, after they played somebody think of somebody, then what. what happens to that person, where does that person go, do you go back to afghanistan, what happens to them. can we deport them. guest: it is hard, it's hard to deport somebody when they have no country to go back to this no longer the afghan people are no longer in charge of the government there's certain countries but a third country if they are willing to accept them however that they are a terrorist are part of a terrorist organization, but country bullets at them so we may be stuck with him and that is why it is important to be fully that these people before they step a foot on american soil. speech of fbi is warning that were 70 people with security concerns and issues and that their flying people into the u.s. before the complaint their visa process

the reality is i've gotten■ç space with lindsey graham, chuck grassley. >> you think mcdonnell -- otherss we eat get things done. i do think this town has got to learn, all of us, to try to play the singular blame game, i accept responsibility. we didn't get it done. i haven't stopped working. we need to lift the frequency of this town, especially on issues like this that all america knows. biggest demonstrations in■ç thi country's history for change. that want change -- >> it's quite notable, though, that you're not going politics here, senator scott is. just saying. >> again, i've learned a lot over the last eight years, and that's not the way to get things done. we're going to still see vide we've had tragedies in this country we've all witnessed. we've got to start getting things done. the wonderful thing about it is police leaders understand it as well. >> senator booker, thanks for coming in. appreciate it. >> thank you very much. >>> on friday, homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas announced all the haitian migrants under the bridge in del rio had been released. more than

know, in the middle of their blaming, they're not disclosing and continuing to stonewall senator chuck grassleythe country. they want to know that, and they want to know the americans stranded. they're still not giving that detail. now, president obama, former president obama and then-vice president joe biden and susan rice had said it is a sacred duty to leave no american behind. they referred to that when they were doing the swap with former army deserter bowe bergdahl for the five taliban prisoners. so what changed? why doesn't secretary of state blinken just stand up and say, mr. president, your rushed, artificial deadline as the u.k., europe and nato have been warning, you don't need to have this artificial deadline, it's causing chaos, you will strand americans behind. why doesn't he stand up and say stop? >> he certainly should have been, liz, and hopefully he's regretting it and hopefully that makes them stronger moving forward. as you know, we had this ridiculous september 11th date which you couldn't have chosen a worse date. they moved it up into august which was even a worse move fo

elizabeth: in the middle of their blaming they're not disclosing, continuing to stonewall senator chuck grassleywho is coming into the country. they want to know that. they want to know the americans stranded. they're still not giving that detail. president obama, former president obama and then vice president joe biden and susan rice had said it is a sacred duty to leave no american behind. they referred to that, when they were doing the swap with former army deserter bowe bergdahl for the five taliban prisoners. what changed? why didn't secretary of state blinken stand up and say, mr. president, your rushed artificial deadline the uk, europe, nato have been warning. you don't need to have this artificial deadline, it is chaos. you will leave americans left behind? why didn't the secretary of state stand up at any point and stop? >> he certainly should liz, hopefully it is regretting and makes them stronger moving forward. as you know we coin have the ridiculous september 11th date and moved it up to august which was a worst move likely for political purposes could have that hero moments but ha

the senate's oldest republican, chuck grassley of iowa, announced today that he will run for re-electionyear. the 88-yeaold has held his seat for four decades. his announcement gives senate republicans more hope that they'll beble to hold onto his seat in next year's midterm elections. the chief financial officer of huawei has reached a deal with the u.s. justice department to resolve criminal charges against her and allow her to return to china. meng wanzhou admitted to misleading a bank about the chinese communications giant's business with iran. she's been in canada since her 2018 arrest on a u.s. warrant. and, trading was light on wall street today, after a volatile week. the dow jones industrial average gained 33 points to close at 34,798. the nasdaq fell four points, and the s&p 500 added six. still to come on the newshour: a controversial republican-led election audit in arizona confirms biden won the state in 2020. german voters chart a new future as the angela merkel era draws to a close. the jury begins deliberations in the trial of embattled singer r. kelly. and much more. >>

the trump library was deleted from the internet. [ light laughter ] 88-year-old iowa senator, chuck grassleyannounced on friday that he will run for re-election next year. i mean, you have to appreciate his optimism if i was 88, i think i would buy eggs one at a time [ laughter ] former new york mayoral candidate, andrew yang, will reportedly launch a new political party that he will call the quote, "the forward party. huh, i always thought republicans were the forward party. producers of the netflix series, "tiger king," announced last week that the show will return later this year for a second season "well, that can't be good," said carole baskin's current husband. [ laughter ] according to a new study, using a sauna at least twice a week can have cardiovascular benefits similar to exercise, because nothing will get your heart rate going like the scary things you'll see in there. [ laughter ] oh, very artfully done, graphics department [ laughter ] a rhode island home that was the inspiration for the movie and book, "the conjuring," stole -- sold, recently, for $1.2 million even more terri

yes, chuck grassley is running for reelection in iowa. at 88 he's the oldest republican senator announced his candidacy for an eighth term in a tweet this morning. he won his first elected office in iowa in 1958. perhaps in an effort to prebutt questions about his age, the announcement tweet featured a gif of the senator out for a morning run. this is a seat democrats were hoping to flip but with grassley on the ballot, that gets a lot more difficult. >>> up next, a new development in the investigation into the january 6th insurrection at the capitol as four former trump insiders get subpoenaed. poubena. you'd never want leftover food residue on your surfaces. but that's what you could be doing with a used dishcloth. so, switch to bounty for a more hygienic clean. unlike used dishcloths that can redistribute residue, bounty keeps your surfaces cleaner. bounty, the quicker picker upper. hey, i just got a text from my sister. you remember rick, her neighbor? sure, he's the 76-year-old guy who still runs marathons, right? sadly, not anymore.

i have worked with lindsey graham, chuck grassley, donald trump and jared kushner to get change thatsentencing, getting rid of the ban for reoffenders. i know how to get things done and we're not getting anywhere. this is one of those moments two good people, both african-americans who had awful, awful experiences with police, we couldn't get it done that way. i went to the white house a day or two afterwards, talked to president biden, who was very connected to these negotiations in terms of watching what was happening. we talked about things we could do with executive orders. but this is one of those times where it's not time to cast blame. we want to take responsibility for people like you just showed. i take responsibility for the struggle. i'm going to continue to work. i'm not going to cast stones as republicans or tim scott. that's not constructive. we have to continue to get real transparency on policing in america. we don't even know how many people have been killed at the hands of police in this country because we don't collect it. >> there's no database, right? >> yes. the

chuck grassley has a decision to make and he is a great role model and does a great job in the state and i am here to help them the way people help me. so, i am here to be supportive and ultimately i don't know what the future will hold and what my life will look like two years from now, but if i described the world five years ago to you, you wouldn't believe the things that have happened in the past five years. the lesson i have learned is seeing where you are right now, do the best you can at the moment in the future will come and you will make it easy on the basis of that but right now i am running for b election for senate in florida and that is where i intend to serve. >> who is more of a national security threat, china, russia, or afghanistan? senator rubio: they are different threats. the chinese that is bigger and geopolitical. russia doesn't have economic standing, but they have the ability to be an irritant in the world in dangerous ways as we have seen in crimea, ukraine, libya and now parts of africa, including by using military companies, and not to mention their cyber c

only have a great conservative champion in joni ernst, we have a great conservative champion in chuck grassley. we have somebody that knows iowans, has listened to us over and over again and he has our back out in washington d.c. tonight i'm really proud to be able to introduce a really good friend of mine, a great conservative senator marco rubio. [ cheers and applause ] sen. ruba problem of inviting this lady >> does anybody have a problem of inviting, oh, this joni ernst lady up to visit with us, too? let's give a round of applause for our fantastic senator, joni ernst! [ applause ] ok copout don't scare him like that. you need to know you're putting a lot of trust in a politician you shouldn't scare him like that. you need to know, you're putting a lot of trust in a politician because i have not communicated with your folks in florida about the kind of questions we're going to ask. we never have talked about interviews. and we've been doing this format now, we've been doing this format -- now can you hear me better? we've been doing this format now for about two years, and it is absolutely

>> following the hearing, senators richard blumenthal and chuck grassley held a press conference with the gymnasts. this is about 30 minutes. sen. grassley: [indiscernible]

following the hearing, senators richard blumenthal and chuck grassley held a press conference with the gymnasts. this is about 30 minutes. sen. blumenthal: all set? i will open it up, and then go to you. is that ok? he had to catch a plane. ok. sen. grassley: then i will follow you. sen. blumenthal: ok. sen. grassley: [indiscernible] sen. blumenthal: all set?

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the record and look forward to hearing after returning first to my colleague and ranking member chuck grassley thank you mr. chair. the chief counsel for the nominations and before that, he worked for chair man graham. mike was an invaluable member of my team. he cares deeply about the role of law and he understands the duties that we have here in the senate and he navigates the fine detail of the senate procedure with ease. he left the committee during the august recess. but this isn't the end of his time in the senate. he's going to be mitch mcconnell's office as chief counsel and i'm sureou that he will continue to benefit from his work in that office. i also want to introduce my chief counsel for the nominations. some of you may know him from previous service. he worked for some of the country's leading law firms and he clerked on the ninth circuit and previously served as the nomination counsel for the judiciary committee. we have four nominees today, to the circuit court, solicitor general and one director of office of national drug control policy. before speaking about the nominees, i w

forward to hearing from you shortly after turning first to my friend and colleague, ranking member chuck grassley before i give my remarks, i want to recognize the leaving of the committee staff, chief counsel for nominations and before that, he worked for chairman graham and invaluable member of my team and cares deeply about the rule of law and understands the duties we have here in the senate and he navigates the details of senate procedure with ease. he left our committee during the august recess but this isn't the end of his time with the senate, he's going to be mitch mcconnell's office as chief counsel and i'm sure he will continue to benefit from his work -- his work in the office. i want to introduce my new chief counsel for nomination, brendan chestnut, some of you may know him from rivas service and work for our countries leading operatives in court on the ninth circuit, previously served as nomination counsel for the judiciary committee so we welcome back glad to have you here. we have four nominees today and one director of office of national drug control policy. before speaking abou

[indiscernible conversation] >> senator chuck grassley on the screen, ranking member of the judiciary committee. this hearing on break, looking at the fbi's handling of the investigation into larry nassar, the convicted sex offender and former u.s. gymnastics physician. testimony a short while ago wrapping up from four of the usa national gymnast. the committee will shortly hear from the fbi director and the fbi inspector general michael horowitz. we will show that to you and later show you the session of the house ways and means committee, marking up the house budget plan underway. again, waiting for the second panel to get underway here on c-span. [indiscernible conversation] sen. durbin: can i ask members to start to return to their positions so we can go to the next panel? the hearing will now resume. we will hear from our second panel, fbi director christopher wray, and department of justice inspector general michael horowitz, if they could come forward. no microphone? there's a live microphone out there and somebody is going to be broadcast if they are not prepared. [no audio] c