collins clips thank you, madam speaker -- mr. collins: thank you, madam speaker. i rise in support of h.r. 35, the emmett till anti-lynching act. this recalls a horrible period in our nation's history. many could claim this bill is a century too late. after all, the first anti-lynching bill was introduced -- introduced over 100 years ago but never became law. back then lynchings were a popular atrocity committed by the ku klux klan against the black community. catholics and jews, among others. lynching, which is used to intimidate a person people, is a practice of murder by a group of people by extra judicial action. today, while not eliminated and we're all striving for, that groups on all sides need to understand that this kind of intimidation of groups is not tolerated. that is why today these influences have been deminute -- diminished but they're not resolved and we want to continue to fight against this. i would have liked to have made it more clear and more to the point. i believe this will ensure that those who engage in mob violence that results in death

thank you, chairman collins. sen. collins: thank you. i want to welcome senator martha csally and senator hawley in our hearing today. they have been very active members in our committee, and we appreciate them taking the time during this very busy time for all of us. i now want to turn to our witnesses, and i am very pleased to welcome our first panel. we have the commissioner of the social security administration, andrew saul. commissioner saul was sworn in as commissioner in 2019. he immediately began taking a leadership role in the federal response to the social security impersonation scam. he has a long-standing commitment to protecting and improving financial security for older americans, having previously served for nine years on the investment board which investmentirement board, which oversees the federal employee retirement system. our second witness will be gail ennis, the inspector general of the social security administration. inspector general ennis was sworn in as i.g. in january of 2019 after practicing law for more than

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collins: reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia reserves. the gentleman from new york is recognized. nadler: again, the deadline amendment.rt of the there was a resolution by congress. if congress can set a deadline, can remove a deadline. i recognize the distinguished ajority leader of the house, representative hoyer, for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. hoyer: i ask unanimous extend. to revise and the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. hoyer: madam speaker, irst, let me thank representative speier, representative maloney, and all hose who have been such warriors on this issue for such a long period of time. the faith.eping constitutional amendment was proposed in -- and passed in 1972. to be specifically, in the early part of 1972. member of the maryland state senate in 1972. honor of shortly after 1972, juste spring of months after the e.r.a. had been ratify of voting to that. now, the previous speaker said, states --

it's about getting susan collins out of the senate.s not going to get donald trump out of the white house and he won't get susan collins out of the senate. the democrats in washington have wasted five months of their time instead of focusing on the people's business. judge jeanine: susan collins why? >> chuck schumer said this is a win-win situation for him. either president trump is removed from office, or he thinks it's bad for republican senators who are in tough races like susan collins or cory gardner tore martha mcsally. this is for chuck about winning back the senate majority. judge jeanine: it's very disappointing. that's the most exclusive club many would say in the world, but certainly in the country. you willv all have 10 minutes -- you will have 10 minutes to make your final statements. >> these last two weeks have been unusual in more than one way. one way in particular is that all 100 senators have had to sit silently at their disk. for a lot of these senators, it's a form of shock therapy. so they are itching to get 10 m

. >> senator collins, thank you very much. thank you for holding this hearing tonight to discuss impersonating scams. as everyone here knows we are in a very important proceeding for the senate. at the same time for americans who are worried about their loved ones being scammed out of their hard earned savings. our efforts here in the efforts of others to stop con artists and fraudster's must be taken just a seriously. and it is for this reason that i am pleased this committee, this agent committee is taking on this topic as the first one that we examine in the year 2020. the social security impersonation scam is an impostor scam, plain and simple. in this case however the impostor diabolically is exploiting a public good. the benefit paid for and earned by hardworking americans. so we must not only be concerned for the sake of the individuals targeted, we also have to be concerned for the integrity of federal departments and agencies that are tasked with serving all of us. just last week, as we were preparing for this hearing

thank you, chairman collins. >> thank you. i wantwant to welcome senator mcsally and senator hawley to our hearing today.senator they've been very active members of our committee.ing this and we appreciate them taking the time during this very busy . time for all of us. i now want to turn to our witnesses, and i'm very pleased to welcome our first panel. we have the commissioner of the social security administration, andrew saul. he was sworn in as commissioner in june of 2019 and he 20 immediately began taking a leadership role in the federal p response to theon social securi impersonation scam. he has a longstanding commitment to protecting and improving security for older americans, having previously served for nine years as chairman of the federal retirement thrift investment board which overseasl the federal employee retirement system. our second witness is dr. gayle ennis, inspector general ennis was sworn in as ig in january of 2019 after practicing law for pr more than two decades in securities litigation and banking e

senator collins joins me this evening. thanks for being here. >> glad to join you. >> martha: great to have you. when you saw mitt romney make that decision, the two of you were the last of the holdouts on this. i want to play this from chris wallace's interview and we can watch that and get your reaction. >> it is a high crime and misdemeanor within the meaning of the constitution. the personal consequences, the political consequences that fall on me will be extraordinary. but i swore an oath before god and i'm a religious person. that i would apply impartial justice and applying impartial justice said what the president did was grievously wrong. >> martha: what goes through your mind when you listen to your colleague there? >> i respect mitt but i reached a different conclusion. to me when you study what the framers said and the high bar that they set for removing a duly-elected president, immediately from office and banning him or her from ever running again, it shows you that this was not to be undertaken lightly. only

as a permanent successor but collins says he's not interested is not a job that does it interests me here time is not one that i would say that because i'm running a senate race down here in georgia floating collins for the job was widely seen as a way for the president to avoid choosing sides in a heated georgia republican senate primary with collins out of the running trump now says he has 4 great candidates under consideration. but he declined to name them. that was kaitlan collins reporting some republicans have been pushing back by the way on that intelligence briefing that indicates russia is working to get trump reelected coming up and international rescue flight from the middle east to the bay area peninsula group save the lives of dozens of animals last summer. earning on that eclair. don't touch it! don't touch it yet! let me get the big one. this one? no! this one? yes! no... the big one! they're all the same size! with freedom unlimited, you're always earning. let me get them all. i'm gonna get them all. i can't decide. economically powerfully influenced my values. bernie

this could be one of the largest companies in the whole world >> joining us now is collin rush and our phil lebeau. gentlemen, welcome i'm going to start with you, collin that was a pretty bold suggestion from ron that this company in which he has a large stake of more than a billion dollars, so he's a fan he thinks this company can go to a trillion in revenue in a decade do you see that? >> it's pretty aggressive and early to tell, but what we know is that they've been able to

collins: reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia reserves. the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. nadler: madam speaker, i now minute to the distinguished gentleman from colorado, mr. neguse. the speaker pro tempore: the is leman from colorado recognized for one minute. mr. neguse: thank you, madam speaker. today in strong support of the equal rights amendment and the resolution before us. together s body comes unabashed in our conviction for a future that expands the vision founders.by our together, we strive for a nation that advances the notion of that takes up the mantle of the unfinished works that's the american dream and the practice of government by the people, for all the people. my daughter, natalie, is just and a half old, and i look forward to telling her one day about today, how the house, led by the chamber's first female speaker, oted tone sure that the women of her generation will be the first to grow up knowing that he constitution truly guarantees equal ri

collins? >> yes. >> again, i'm trying to be flippant. so i also -- many of us accept the premise that climate change is occurring and it's -- and i think as some of the people out west, it's extending the season a little bit longer. and then you have dryer stuff and -- and then you can count this buildup. so i want to go to -- for people on this committee, this is -- will be no surprise. but i want to talk to mr. johnson a little bit. before i do that, nuclear power plant. how much co2 does it emit, mr. admit, mr. johnson? >> zero, i believe. >> you all know, zero. nuclear power plants emit zero. my friends from california know i focus a lot on california because of just the challenges that are there. it's still operating but it's planned for closure, is that correct? >> it's operating with a planned closure day. one unit in 2023 and the other in 2025. so how much megawatts of leck trissy is leck tristry is it generating? with the larger megawatt outage you predict, if we're doing it on homes,

senators like susan collins in maine, who you just saw. corey cory gardner in colorado, martha mcsally. tom itollis. even joni ernst. the president should not have done what he did. senator collins was the lone imperilled senator in that group, one who spoke out calling the president's conduct wrong, and then turned around and voted to acquit after voting against witnesses. now the question is what do democrats do to mobilize actual voters and votes against these folks? keir going to talk about that something with that with one who is working on it full-time next. >>> just a few short years ago as susan collins touted on her own website, a morning counsel poll found she was the second most popular senator in her home state. they recently found she's the least popular, putting her just ahead of second place finish mitch mcconnell. collins started on that trajectory with her vote for big corporate tax cuts. then very famously supreme court justice kavanaugh. now she's wrestled mightily to have it both ways on impeachment but voted exactly al

but this is familiar territory for collins.ot just the tough race, but a tough vote in an impeachment trial. in 1999, she voted to acquit president trump in another decision that invited political backlash from within her own party. more recently though, collins has stuck with president trump on other high stakes votes, notably in support of brett kavanaugh's nomination to the supreme court. this time however collins is taking a different tact than other republicans including those running in competitive races this year like senator cory gardner of colorado. gardner said that he would oppose any witnesses telling colleagues that prolongings impeachment trial could be problematic for his and other senators' campaigns. most republicans agreed with gardner and now the trial is set to wrap up in the coming days without witnesses. rebecca bove, cnn, washington. >>> and before the l.a. lakers game last night, lebron james stood there at center court, alone, and he paid tribute to his friend, kobe bryant. >> laker nation, man, i'd be

cnn is learning senator susan collins insisted lawmakers be able to speak publicly after voting witha failed attempt to have witnesses. but it is not the first time the maine republican has broken ranks with the gop during an impeachment trial. here now, cnn's rebecca buck. >> reporter: susan collins of maine is walking a political tight rope after she became one of two republican senators to support witnesses in the senate impeachment trial. >> miss collins. >> aye. >> as she faces the toughest re-election fight this year. in a statement, collins said i believe hearing from certain witnesses would give each side the opportunity to more fully and fairly make their case, resolve any ambiguities, and provide additional clarity. therefore i will vote in support of the motion to allow witnesses and documents to be subpoenaed. the decision comes as collins is facing a challenging re-election fight in a state where hillary clinton beat president trump in 2016, picking up three of maine's four electoral votes. this is familiar territory for collins, not just the tough race, but tough vote i

>> just briefly chairman collins. i want to thank you for this important hearing, want to thank our witnesses. we have heard today how ruthless, and i'm think that's an understatement, of how the scam artist can be. will have elected officials just sacred duty to continue our work to protect her seniors against these criminals. to use a word that senator connellan's use, it's important word to use in these contents. especially when these criminals represent themselves as the united states government.d i'm glad we are releasing our 2020 fraud book. that gives seniors important information about the scams. we know that this kind of information alone won't solve the problem, we have a lot more work to do.so as i mentioned my senior scams bill that will help better prepare and train retailers, banks, and wire transfer companies are involved in the fight. but chairman i want to thank you for and our witnesses for possible to get a word out today. thank you. : : : word out today, thank you. >> thank you in addition i want t

senator susan collins voted to call witnesses and seek documents in the impeachment trial. vote along party lines despite saying the president's actions in asking ukraine to investigate his political rival demonstrated very poor judgment. collins explained her decision in an interview on cbs. >> i believe that the president has learned from this case. >> what do you believe the president has learned? >> the president has been impeached. that's a pretty big lesson. >> that seems hard to believe considering the president's repeat repeated stand on his call with the ukrainian president. >> that call was a great call. it was a perfect call, a perfect call. that call was perfect. it couldn't have been nicer. >> impeachment for that? when you have a wonderful meeting or you have a wonderful phone conversation? >> absolutely perfect phone call. the conversation was perfect. it couldn't have been nicer. >> if you look at that call, it's a perfect call. it's congenial. there was no pressure. >> let's talk about this now. i'm joined by cnn political commentator matt louis. okay, he l

susan collins of maine. she had met romney voted out of four of the witnesses. she and mitt romney redeemed those that would possibly vote to convict the president of the united states. she has decided to acquit on both the articles of impeachment against president trump. it remains to be seen what mitt romney does. your thoughts. >> we think the vote count and terms of republicans that will vote to acquit will be at minimum, 52. there are 53 republicans in the senate. the only wild card is mitt romney. they thought that there would be unanimity on the republican side of the aisle voting to acquit the president tomorrow afternoon around this time on both articles of impeachment. i should note that collins' colleague split his votes on impeachment back in december when they voted. i was also told that what resonated with some of the swing republican senators -- you look at the murkowski's and maybe the romney's and susan collins, were some of the presentations given by patrick philbin. i was told by a source that those arguments were directed at those swing repub

susan collins said the president would learn a lesson for impeachment.aying the president should not have gotten involved. lisa murkowski, one of the maverick republicans, i would lowercase the m, because they don't fight that often. i don't like the chain of events. the president says, change the deal, most people would look at that and say, it doesn't look right. two senators saying i don't like this. they have a majority in the senate. would they call a hearing or try to call the president to task? >> no. keep saying it. susan collins' statement was aspirational. if you talk to any republican senator who believes that. i don't thin aspirational is th proper way to caveat this, this is the reality what they've i had one senior aid text me, and i asked him how he was doing with the president, he said every day is a nightmare to some degree and the aide's boss will still support the president. the party is president trump and gop is president trump as well. whether it was impeachment or wall or national emergency. for the most part they will stick with h

trump is considering naming congressman doug collins as a permanent successor, but collins is not interested this is not a job that interests me. it's not one that i would accept. i'm running a senate race in georgia. >> floating collins for the job is -- in a heated georgia republican primary. with collins out of the running, he has four great candidates under consideration but he declined to name them. >>> our thanks to kaitlan collins for that report. >>> now we have a guest from the chicago sun-times. >> before we talk about the people forced out, i want to talk about the people choosing to leave. kylie atwood is reporting that top officials at the office of the director of national intelligence are looking to leave in this upheaval now that richard grenell is the acting director. what has been the impact of this pick, even if it's just for a few weeks or a month or two, putting richard grenell in that position? >> well, it sends the signal once again that president trump is not a respecter of the united states intelligence services with the bigger issue that a permanent director has not

collins was a staunch defender of the president during impeachment. he could face some of the same criticism that has been raised about richard grenell, very limited intel experience. also cnn has confirmed former aide to congressman devin nunes will be an advisor to grenell at the dni office. >>> with the nevada caucus set for tomorrow bernie sanders is surging in the polls after emerging unscathed from a scorched earth debate in las vegas. there are lingering questions about whether his rivals will unite around him if he is in fact the nominee, but the vermont senator is confident he will have the backing of at least one critical democrat, barack obama. >> i'm not going to tell you he and i are best friends, but we're friends. and i have talked to him on and off for the last many years. if i win i'm sure he'll be on my side. if somebody else wins he'll be on there side. >> sanders says the former president's support is necessary for any democrat to beat donald trump. the president is holding a rally in las vegas today. it will be the third time he h

collins: reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia reserves. the gentleman from new york is recognized. nadler: again, the deadline amendment.rt of the there was a resolution by congress. if congress can set a deadline, can remove a deadline. i recognize the distinguished ajority leader of the house, representative hoyer, for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. hoyer: i ask unanimous extend. to revise and the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. hoyer: madam speaker, irst, let me thank representative speier, representative maloney, and all hose who have been such warriors on this issue for such a long period of time. the faith.eping constitutional amendment was proposed in -- and passed in 1972. to be specifically, in the early part of 1972. member of the maryland state senate in 1972. honor of shortly after 1972, juste spring of months after the e.r.a. had been ratify of voting to that. now, the previous speaker said, states --

collins: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from maine. ms. collins: madam president, for more than 200 years after our constitution was adopted, only one president faced an impeachment trial before the united states senate. that was andrew johnson in 1868. but now we are concluding our second impeachment trial in just 21 years. while each case must stand on its own facts, this trend reflects the increasingly acrimonious partisanship facing our nation. the founders warned against excessive partisanship, fearing that it would lead to instability, injustice, and confusion, ultimately posing a mortal threat to our free government. to protect against this, the founders constructed an elaborate system of checks and balances to prevent factions from sacrificing both the public good and the rights of other citizens. impeachment is part of that elaborate system. the founders set a very high bar for its use, requiring that the president may only be removed by a two-thirds vote of the senate. the framers recognized that in removing a sitting president,

the president told reporters that he is considering doug collins or the dni job.t's another staunch loyalist, who we got to know during the impeachment hearings. what's your reaction? >> well, sclielightly better th grin nell. grinnell has said he's not taking the position, keeping his ambassadorship in germany. doug collins, he's a former pastor and a lawyer, he ascended to the top of judiciary with a barking dog attitude and support of trump. he has been out there, he has a recurring role on fox where he just berates democrats. not someone that you would feel confident would view or interpret intelligence in a way that would be fair or objective for the president. i'm not surprised by that. i think we're at the stage now where we know what's going on with the intelligence community, donald trump wants his puppets in and he's going to try to get them in. i think doug collins is likely to get confirmed because he was the head of house judiciary, some intelligence background. and on the politics side, not a pro at, but it does take him out of the running for the se

collins. ms. collins, not guilty. mr. coons. mr. coons, guilty. mr. cornyn. mr. cornyn, not guilty. ms. cortez masto. ms. cortez masmasto, guilty. mr. cotton. mr. cotton, not guilty. mr. kramer. mr. kramer not guilty. mr. crapcrapo. mr. crapo, not guilty. mr. cruz. mr. cruz, not guilty. mr. daines. mr. daines, not guilty. ms. duckworth. ms. duckworth, guilty. mr. durbin. mr. durbin, guilty. mr. enzi. mr. enzi not guilty. ms. ernst. ms. ernst, not guilty. ms. feinstein. mrs. feinstein, guilty. mrs. fisher. mrs. fisher, not guilty. mr. gardener. mr. gardener, not guilty. ms. gillibrand. mrs. gillibrand, guilty. mr. graham. mr. graham, not guilty. mr. grassley. mr. grassley, not guilty. ms. harris. ms. harris, guilty. ms. hassan. ms. hassan, guilty. mr. hawley. mr. hawley, not guilty. mr. hinrich, guilty. ms. hirono, guilty. mr. hoeven, guilty. ms. hide smith, not guilty. mr. inhofe, not guilty. mr. johnson, not guilty. mr. jones. mr. jones guilty. mr. kaine. mr. kaine, guilty. mr. kennedy. mr. kennedy, not guilty. mr. king. mr. king, guilty. mrs. klobuchar. ms. klobuchar, guilty. mr.

tim, one thing when you hear susan collins, susan collins and mitt romney voted for more witnesses. then in the procedural votes about witnesses and the resolution of how they were going to conduct the end of this trial, they continue to vote for john bolton specifically. susan collins said she didn't care how long it took, she wanted senators to have a chance to make their speeches. mitch mcconnell didn't want any of this. he wanted all this done on friday night. so the reason we're here and the senators have a chance to go to the floor, some of them have already won it, is because of susan collins and mitt romney. >> yes. when this all started, it became clear that mitch mcconnell didn't have an iron grip on his caucus. after all, mitch mcconnell floated a senate resolution that in the end he had to alter. not only did he have to alter it, he did it by hand. so it's clear that he had a couple recalcitrant swing senators, if you will -- i wouldn't say moderate but swing senators that he's been trying to keep together with the rest. and they had an effect. the problem is not much of

collins gives you 130, and 129 today, and then he says this dog has serious teeth. where?as had a bad year in 2020 hasn't reached oversold territory. my theme we are not oversold yet. it has a slowly descending down slope, not a good sign if caterpillar didn't get any bounce then its ten week moving average will be on track to close below the 21 week moving average. when that same crossover happened last summer this stock got pulverized it is going to be worse this time, i think. even worse, if cat closes below 130 on friday it will trigger a bearish head and shoulders pattern one of the wildly negative patterns out there. based on the head and shoulders,et could fall 10%. caterpillar has three days to rebound back above that level or, et cetera in real trouble. the market has been put through the meat frighteneder but intel and caterpillar as evidenced by tim collins' opinion -- we are not oversold in these. we are not let's go to david in new jersey. >> caller: how are you >> i am good david, how are you. >> caller: excellent quick question what do you think about ford m

we think she is by far the best candidate to take on susan collins. it is nothing against anyone else who is running. we are in this to win this. we think gideon is the person who can put together the coalition and the resources and the volunteers, all of the things you need to take on a sitting senator like susan collins. this is going to take every bit of energy, resources, activism we can get. we think sarah gideon is that candidate. we are proud to have supported her early. >> speaking with senate races, some democrats picked up opportunities talking about arizona, north carolina, colorado, the top democratic candidates there are men. why you thinkout that is. stephanie: there are some good democratic men out there. emily's list has a deep spot for mark kelly. the husband he is of our dear friend debbie giffords. when she was in the legislature, when she ran around congress, we consider them family. it is an extra soft spot in the hearts of emily's list. when you get to a place in these u.s. senate races, you are looking at what the pipeline looks

senator collins, thachois. you callhe preside a "wrong, improper, that they showed very poor judgment," in your words. should the president apologize or acknowledge what he defense wrong? >> i think that would be helpful. president clinton did that in 1999. it took him a while, but finally, he did apologize for as actions. >> o'donnell: are you confident that the president won't seek foreign assistance again? >> i believe that the president has learned from this case. >> o'donnell: what do you believe the president has learned? >> the president has been impeached. that's a pretty big lesson. i'm voting to acquit because i do not believe that the behavior alleged reaches the high bar in the constitution for overturning an election and removing a duly elected president. >> o'donnell: but the president says he did nothing wrong. why do you think he learned something? >> he was impeached, and there has been criticism by both republican and democratic senators of his call. i believe that he will be much more cautiou

emily's list endorsed early on in the cycle but did not endorse susan collins' 2014 challenger, also a woman. i wanted to ask why emily's list decided to engage with this race early on, and also what went behind the decision to endorse serengeti over betsy sweet, who is also running for the sweet? stephanie: absolutely. every election cycle we are looking closely at the political dynamics of these races. we do a lot of polling, we look at the analytics, the political environment, we are tying to make the best strategic decision , particularly with our resources, to get the maximum number of pro-choice democratic women elected. , because ofearly on the dynamics of two thousand 20, that senator susan collins was going to be vulnerable. we knew there was a lot of partners out there that were going to be with us in that endeavor, to ensure her history is really moderate history, and she has become a partisan and not somebody we think mainers are looking for right now. we think there is a huge opportunity. them -- atked at democratic candidates, what we found in serengeti is that she is s

plus our exclusive interview with senator susan collins. why she broke with her party on impeachment witnesses and if she'll vote to remove the president from office. should the president apologize? trapped in china: as more americans are air-lifted out tonight, others remain stuck in the coronavirus hot zone. plus anger and fear as some are locked in their homes and attacked for refusing screening. shannon doherty's cancer returns. the hollywood star reveals a stunning diagnosis-- stage four breast cancer after beating the disease a few years ago, a wake- up call for women. dramatic everglades rescue. he was missing for days and near death. floating in the water. how first responders cracked the code to save his life. and no bones about it. in the dog-eat-dog world of politics, this town has found the perfect candidate for mayor. >> this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell reporting from the nation's capital. >> o'donnell: good evening to and thank you so much for joining us. the breaking news as we come on the air tonight, the

susan collins votes to acquit the president. see how that goes on back home. from iowa and martha mcsally. republicans are lining up with the president. and doug jones, ruby red alabama, he went to the floor and said, i will cast votes that may cost me my job. >> his actions were more than inappropriate, an abuse of power. i believe the president deliberately obstructed congress with failing to cooperate in any way. i will vote to convict the preside president. it is not right or wrong or courageous act, simply following your oath. >> you could make the case doug jones will probably lose anyway. however, that's a bold move. saying the people of alabama want to impeach the president or oppose the president? >> he had an issue highly problematic of sexual impropriety with under-age girls but got a lucky break last time around. his strength is built on black voters in that state and particularly black women that came out and organized for him, they want to see the president impeached. he is in a tough spot. alabama is a tough state for a democrat to win. he had t

listen, i just remember doug collins.king so fast during the impeachment hearings, and i was like, wait, what did this guy just say? seriously, a lot of people agree with that. harry, juliette just mentioned this and i want you to elaborate more. does it feel like he's trying to change the president's apparatus from the top town? >> look, not just the intelligence apparatus, the department of justice, the judiciary, the jury system, anyone who testifies. but as juliette indicated, it's especially irresponsible to try to have that same autocratic approach when you're talking about the intelligence community. these guys, they're the coin of the realm is giving it to him straight and collins is someone who has proven that he will give it to him the way trump wants to hear it, which is, you know, could well be the exact opposite of the way the intelligence actually points. so that's one of the last positions you want an arch partisan in, but that's the way we're going. i mean, he seems to since the impeachment be taking a gia

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you caught up with susan collins today. what's she saying now? >> well, she is criticizing the president's involvement or apparent involvement in the barr case. she says the president should not have done that, but she's faced questions for the past week in the aftermath of those comments that you played saying that she believed the president learned a lesson and will be more cautious in the future, and based on the steps that he has taken over the last several days it's clear that he is not changing course in in way, and a lot of folks believe he's been emboldened by his acquittal. when i caught up with susan collins earlier today, i asked her directly whether or not she believes the president has learned his lessons in the aftermath of these recent actions. she side stepped that question. >> in light of the president's actions, do you think there's any lessons he learned from being impeached? >> i don't know which actions you're referring to. i've made very clear that i don't think anyone should be retaliated against. >> did he learn any lesson

i would like to have senators lee, durbin and collins say a few words and then we will take some questions. >> i appreciate what tim kaine just said which is important. this is not about the presidency or wanting a week presidency or a weak commander-in-chief. this is about the proper allocation of power between the three branches of government. if we can point to any one branch that has committed the problem over the last several decades it is this branch, the one in which we work. it is the article one branch, it is congress. over time through atrophy, what about lack of exercise or that muscle? congress has ceased to be the war declaration drivers seat, even though this was an impeachment -- important feature at the time of its drafting. alexander hamilton explained in federalist 69 this was a distressing feature between our prior system of government, the one that was based in london and the one we have now. under the old form of government the king had the power to take us to war without parliament had it was parliament's job to figure out what to do about it, how to funded and so for

and senator collins is up in 50 minutes. we will watch that. chad pergram on the hill, hang out this hour. more in a moment here. because we had a good night last night in iowa. i know you think that is silly, but everything we can feel was good. >> when we had a chance to quiet to those questions of whether we belonged in this effort in the first place. now so much will depend on what the famously independent thinking state of new hampshire new hampshire decides. >> we a bumpy start to the democratic process yesterday. ave new hampshire in just a week, are we ready to do new hampshire? [cheers and applause] >> bill: new hampshire a week from today, bringing in the manager from ronald reagan, and noah lethe, former communications author of the dnc. let's go through it to know, what happened? >> i think everybody is still trying to figure it out, the background here is that after the 2016 election, where you had bernie supporters and the hillary supporters get together and the unity commission, and they proposed new rules to the iowa caucus. one

. >> and susan collins to add another. i think he was commanding himself on a job well done, working with the president, trying to rip up article 1 of the constitution that sets the parameters of the role of congress and he is now going back to doing what he does best. he is going to start passing, go back to nominations. i mean, democracy took a pretty big hit today. i mean, i appreciate your pep talk and i appreciate the senator's rose colored glass. but you know, i for one, for instance, i don't know how we're ever going to set the limits of impeachment again. i certainly don't understand how we will have proper congressional oversight and/or subpoenas, executed under this administration. they simply defile the law and disgrace the senate once again. >> katie, you served in a district that was a front line swing district. so you were serving congress with having to sort of be cross-pressured on a lot of stuff. right? we know all but two democrats voted for impeachment. one subsequently left the party. was it surprising

field to help us get there tonight, republican congress manage jim jordan, mark meadows and doug collins. as well as senator tom cotton and kim letter by strassel from the "wall street journal." and trump campaign manager brad

maine senator susan collins announced she will vote to acquit.aid the house's case did not meet the burden of removing the president from office. >>> and the iowa democratic party released partial results of its presidential caucus after a day long delay with 71% of the precincts reporting pete buttigieg is narrowly leading the pack with more than 26% of the vote. fold by senator bernie sanders with 25%. senator elizabeth warren came in third with more than 18%. >>> actress shannen doherty announced once again she's fighting for her life. her breast cancer has returned and now at stage four april aside from skin cancer breast cancer is the most common cancer iran american women. one in eight will be diagnosed with the disease. meg oliver reports. >> reporter: shannen doherty was the bad girl in the 1990s cult hit beverly hills "90210". and fought evil spirits in the popular series "charmed." the biggest battle yet for this actress the tearful admission she has stage four breast cancer. >> why me? why not me? who else besides me deserve this? none

trump forgot to discuss it with collins. so, 12 hours later the georgia republican went on tv and gave his answer. thanks but no thanks. bloomberg news reports trump had been close to nominating congressman chris stewart. until trump learned of a 2016 video in which he called trump, quote, our mussolini. i think he'd be great. as trump's quest for a loyalist at the post of director of national intelligence bumblees along, his aids are hard at work satisfying trump's demand for a purge. 29-year-old donnie who had previously been fired by john kelly now runs the presidential personnel office. after a meeting yesterday with liaisons, he asked them, quote too, identify political appointees across the government believed to be antitrump. quote, he suggested the most dramatic changes may have to wait until after the november election. trump has empowered macken tee who he considers an absolute loyalist. he told staff those identified as antitrump will no longer get promotions by shifting them around agencies. jake sherman. washing

reporter: only two republican senators defected, mitt romney and susan collins. quote, there was multi party disagreement how the house and senate should proceed that was not held up by the moderate. senator collins believed before senators cast their final votes, they should have the opportunity to stand up and briefly state their reasons for voting. each side gets two hours. at 3:00 p.m., senators will deliver individual remarks from the floor. tuesday they will spend all day speaking from the floor. attendance is optional. at 4:00 p.m. the court of impeachment reconvenes with chief justice roberts. with the senate in recess until this weekend, the four democratic senators running for president have rushed to iowa. mike: president trump leaving washington yesterday and spending the weekend in mar-a-lago after the senate voted for no new witnesses in his impeachment trial. white house sources saying the president will be optimistic in his state of the union address. reporter: the real question is will he or won't he? as we look ahead to tuesday night's state of