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congress that will then make this issue moot. but i think that there are two other things to think about. first of all, i think that if congress beganormal impeachment hearings the grounds for which they are requesting the subpoenas could change and increase their power significantly in a court battle. but beyond that, i think that we need to look at the cons queens for the office of the presidency. there's a reason that these things don't go to court often, as the previous guest just mentioned and it's because both congress and the president have an interest in negotiating this and not having the boundaries of executive power set in stone by a court because members of either party might occupy that office in the future and then they are bound by that as well. >> matthew rosenberg, you know the doj is signaling to the white house that it's essentially okay to refuse subpoenas with the doj saying that it won't comply with, you know, over the census thing. i mean, this follows the barr letter and his press conference. is he getting this president a major assist from the doj and barr? >> it certainly looks like it. trump saw that initi

call, i will cut down the government. >> we disagree. >> i am proud to shut down the government for border security, chuck. >> the 116th congress begane president and the country's democratic leadership. >> alexandria ocasio-cortez gets shut down during the shut down. >> the president said he would only open the government -- >> they highlighted the energy and belief and promise of government that someone like alexandria represents. >> it's mitch mcconnell who refuses to call a vote on it. >> the stalemate created and opportunity for amc. she scoured the capital with cameras in tow trying to find republican senate majority leader, mitch mcconnell. >> he's not in the cloak room and not here, where's mitch? >> later she made her point during a more formal setting during her first speech on the house. >> it is not normal to shut down the government when we don't get what we want. it is not normal for public servants to run away and hide from the public they serve. >> reporter: c-span's view of the speech quickly became the most viewed twitter house speech ever. and then she conducted a twitter lesson. don't post an meme if you don't kno

began. my concern is power corrupts absolutely. i don't think my republican colleagues in congress appreciate that. they've worked hand in glove as special counsel to the president, protecting him politically and legally. president has surrounded himself with people who don't understand the importance of the independence of the justice department or for that matter the independence of the integrity of the intelligence community. the far ranging damage this president has done to the reputation and independence of both of those entities is extraordinary and extraordinarily damaging. >> listen, it was a really unexpected answer he gave when asked why he didn't include any of the sumries already prepared. basically he didn't want to give too much or too little information. does that seem like a credible answer to you? >> no. he should rethrelease the full report to congress. my committee of intelligence gets the most sensitive, classified information on ang ongoing basis. information and frankly we need do it to complete our part of the investigation. so look, mr. barr's out to the protect the presiden

i will shut down the government. and i'm proud. i'll tell you what. i'm proud to shut down the government nor border security. >> the 116th congress began with a stalemate. >> she gets sworn in during the shut down. >> the president said the government would reopen only after she received funding for his proposed wall. >> being sworn in when the federal government is sdhount is a dramatic metaphor. it highlighted the energy and the belief in the promise of government that someone like alexandria represents. >> it's mitch mcconnell. who refuses to vote on it. >> stalemate created an opportunity. she scoured the capitol. trying to find republican senator majority leader. and urge him to reopen the government. >> he's not in the cloak room. he's not in the floor of the senate. 800,000 people don't have paychecks. >> later that day, she made her point in a more formal setting. during her first speech on the floor of the house. >> it's not normal to shut down the government when when he don't get what we want. public servants run away and hide from the public say serve. >> the feed of the speech became the most viewed of a house speech ever. the nec morning.

congress. i worked a lot of times to get bills passed. and it's something i want to do again and smig really believe the american people will welcome in the next president. >> you began your campaign with a town hall in florida near the site of the parkland shooting talking about ending gun violence. and given the hold that guns have on america and gun supporters have such an influence in america, do you -- how do you expect to get traction on this issue that has been very difficult for democrats to get traction on? >> it's not difficult for me because i went to 26 states in the last 18 months to help us win the house. i was born in iowa. my wife is from indiana. i talk to republicans all the time. the overwhelming majority of nra supporters and members want background checks. but we're held back by the noise. the tweets, the shouting, the bullying by a vocal, vocal minority. i am not afraid of that minority. what i'm going to do is work with the moms and students and parents of the survivors and we're going to build a coalition of republicans and democrats to protect our kids in their schools, to protect people at their churches, protect shoppers at the mall. this i

i think the issue is the debate over morality. this totally makes it impossible to move things through congress. that's really not the point. this is the issue that donald trump literally began his campaign with when he descended that golden escalator and says mexico is sending crime, drugs, rapists and some i assume are good people. it was part of a campaign that i think for the people who supported him reflected a vision of an america that they think they long for, that they miss, that feels more like a country that reflects them back and so the policy debate is almost secondary to this idea of, this is a president -- >> you say almost as if -- >> i think it is. >> to the idea that this is a president who is articulating a vision of an america that feels like i belong in it more than they do. now, whether you agree with that or not, that also can help justify why there's been so much chaos at dhs, why it's so difficult to move policy forward because that may not have been the point. the point may really be continuing to previa this vision that works for the president's supporter, the question is whether the democrats can portray a vision of the country that replace it's wi

i began it. feel safe about the election? we'll continue to talk about it. >>> while democrats in congress are continuing to debate whether or not they'll move toward impeachment of president trump, trump is drawing a line in the sand on twitter, of course. i did nothing wrong. if the dems ever tried to impeach i would head to the supreme court. yes, the president believes he can sue over impeachment. as the president states pretty unequivocally, he does not want anyone in his administration, past or present, complying with congressional investigations, saying in an interview he is blocking former white house aides from cooperating. manu raju is on capitol hill. where do things stand right now? >> reporter: all-out resistance from the white house over a range of requests that democrats have made as a part of their wide-ranging investigations into all aspects of the trump administration. chairman have sent letters about everything from russian interference to immigration to get a lot of those requests ignored. subpoenas have been issued. now subpoenas are being fought or simply ignored. we saw subpoena issued earlier this wee

began. the problem i have with redactions is they are overinclusive to suggest that, number one, there's information that congress actually could see. remember, congress also has a security clearance. congress also is aware of rule 60 and making the information publ public. if they're saying congress is incapable of deciphering what is what, that's a problem. also whether there's information to a third party, that's problematic. it's essentially telling congress we're going to usurp your other rule, ana, they have a legislative function and a parallel investigation that should have gone on even without mueller's actual probe. i think barr is going to have hurdles there, most of which are self-imposed. >> as we look at the waiting game, jeff, "the new york times" says president trump's sanctuary cities's plan to dump mike grants sanctuary cities is designed to distract from the mueller report. do you think that's going on, and will it work? >> over the past two years people look at strategy from the white house and strategy from the president to distract from various problems. i'm not entirely sure there's ever a

i think is the take away. >> that's a great point. he suggests that congress do it. we're back full circle to where our debate began.emen, michael smerconish, jeffrey toobin thank. >> smerconish at 9:00 a.m. eastern tomorrow. >>> what action will congress take now that they've read the mueller report? senator angus king, his cooler head always prevails. we'll ask him. thunder rumbles ] omar, check this out. uh, yeah, i was calling to see if you do laser hair removal. for men. notice that my hips are off the ground. [ engine revving ] and then, i'm gonna pike my hips back into downward dog. [ rhythmic tapping ] hey, the rain stopped. -a bad day on the road still beats a good one off it. -tell me about that dental procedure again! -i can still taste it in my mouth! -progressive helps keep you out there. -i can still taste it in my mouth! yesss, i'm doing it all. the water. the exercise. the fiber. month after month, and i still have belly pain and recurring constipation. so i asked my doctor what else i could do, and i said yesss to linzess. linzess treats adults with ibs with constipation or chronic constipation. lin

i don't know if this is congress or red lobster. these guys are screaming from the tax returns. we heard from the mueller report there is no collusion. donald trump began career with kgb back in the private sector. this is absurd and ridiculous. what they can focus irs to do to be more humane to taxpayers. political targeting with conservatives that took police under. maybe the new irs commissioner get to the bottom what happened there. some of the people should spend time in federal pen 10 airy? susan: do you think they're wasting political capital? they will never see the tax returns as mick mulvaney said. >> i written an article for foxnews.com on this i do think democrats would be better served for focusing on policy, health care, anything else rather than digging, focusing on investigations. i do think the american public, american voters are exacerbated by this constant sort of focus on investigations rather than doing the work of the people. that being said, i don't think it should be a surprise that that members of congress trying to seek president trump's tax returns. i don't think it is necessarily about collusion but more about the issue of

i know you began with eight, but there might be more. what can you tell us, and how soon? >> devin: simply put five straightforward, five on leaking to congressfic names. there are three, one is a global leak referral. so remember, there has been -- everybody knows about general plan and the russian ambassador but we don't know that's been investigated but there's a dozen others. so referring all of those to make sure they get the proper sunlight put on them and transparency so they can be followed up on. the other two i think more difficult that involve conspiracy. i think there are a bunch of people that wanted to be the next watergate with fbi and doj and they were leaking and proud to do it. they were all conspiring together and that is what we are asking for. >> sean: if we don't hold them accountable for this abuse to power, this corruption at the highest levels to first influence and help one candidate over another and then, literally, the election of the american people, it will happen again and again. we will use republic holding them accountable. thank you, congressman. when we come back and update in the jussie smollett case. then

want to end where i began by thanking all of you for giving me the opportunity to share my approach to the mission of the bureau. my interest in effectively using all the tools congress gave the bureau to prevent consumer harm. as benjamin franklin said, "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." it is my hope this focus on prevention will drive us to that outcome. and to protect american consumers, we will use all the tools congress gave us, all of this agency's expertise and energy, and oliver measured judgment, applied with humility and without fear or favor. thank you. [applause] >> as the director takes her chair. we want to apologize to those folks who are in the hallway, it is a clear indication of the interest in the bureau and your leadership. i want to remind everyone that we are eager for folks to write down questions on these cards. we have both fleet footed and highly attuned staff looking for any nods of interest. and just like the good musician with the guitar case, i will feed the discussions. with the first question i hope pete did not get to, write your names on the cards if you like, however you want to submit your thoughts. i will turn it

and where i began by thinking all of you for giving me the opportunity to share my approach to the mission of the bureau, my interest and effectively and efficiently using all the tools congress gave the bureau to prevent consumer harm. as benjamin pringle said, an ounce of revenge and is worth a pound of cure. if we can keep arm from happening to consumers we will be doing our job. it is my hope the focus on prevention will drive us to that outcome. and to protect american consumers we will use all the tools congress gave us, all this agencies expertise and energy, and all our measured judgment applied with humility and without your or favor. thank you. [applause] >> so as the director takes her chair and i want to apologize for the folks that jammed into the hallway. it's a clear indication of the interest in the bureau and your leadership. i also undermine everyone we are eager for folks to write down questions on these cards. we have both fleet footed and highly attuned staff looking for any not of interest and just take the good musician with the qatar case i will feed the discussion. i hope he does not get to the first question and i encourage you to write your names on

congress. but lobbyists cannot anticipate katie porter representing the 45th congressional district in california with irvine as her biggest city. she began her questioning of jamie dimon this way. >> imonster.com and i found a job in my hometown of irvine at jpmorgan chase that pace $16.50 an hour. >> the lobbyists never saw that one coming. katie porter then did the math on what that income would be on an annual basis. and for a the hypothetical job applicant who is a single mother with one child. that job would leave her with $29,000100 a year after taxes. jamie dimon is no doubt good at math but not used to working with such tiny numbers. so katie porter laid out what the financial life looks like of someone getting a entry level job in the company where jamie dimon makes $31 million. >> should $2,425 a month, she rents a one-bedroom apartment, she and her daughter sleep soth in the same room in irvine. that average apartment will be $1600. she's spends $100 on utilities. take away the $1700 and she is net $725. she's like me, she drives a 2008 minivan and has gas. $400 for a car expenses and gatt gas. net $325. the department of agriculture says a low cost food budget ramen nood

i was in congress. he does everything he could to thwart it. there are two different x donations that were given to me by the fbi as to how this investigation began. one explanation was that russia was engaged in this unprecedented level of activity and that it was investigation into what russia was doing and oh, by the way, it might also include some people tangentially related to the trump campaign. that is explanation one. explanation two was a particular interest in man afford, flynn, papadopoulos, and page. then you look at the documents with jerry never has never done. i did it about a year ago. the initiation document drafted by peter strzok, if that name rings a bell. he drafted, approved the investigation in july of 2016 and the words trump campaign are specifically in the initiation document. it is eminently reasonable to ask what was the factual predicate for this investigation in july of 2016? and is that when it really began because there is some evidence he began months sooner. >> shannon: with all of that in the mix, the attorney general brought up an interesting point today about who knew what when and why they didn't go to the tr

congress. so that's a bright, bright siren here that mr. barr's misrepresentation of the mueller report began on that core issue in his letter. that's even before the controversial press conference. i want to echo that with that reporting. i also want to fell you some more of what we're finding in this report. you, brian, were talking about some of the more, shall we say, spicy quotes that mueller unearthed. i want to put a few more up for context. i think this will help people understand what was unearthed here. as we mentioned, donald trump's initial reaction to this, "i'm f'd." mcgahn's view of what trump was trying to do was, "crazy s." rhymes with hit. he was trying to protect people from hearing worse details than swear words. trump saying, "mueller has to go." he wanted to knock out mueller. h this whole thing he had to fight, analyze potential corruption, it could spell, quote, the end of this presidency. brian, the saturday night massacre term a reference to a firing of a different prosecutor that ultimately led to the end of the nixon presidency. the end of the presidency. take that all together, you see what's on your screen are some headlines, story lines that mueller u

congress, that the investigation did not begin with the steele dossier it began with george ph.d. ph.d. they had these e-mails. so, you know, it's playing entice this russian conspiracy theory and i think it's inappropriate and i don't understand why a man of his stature would get involved in this. but he, obviously, has. it is concerning. >> well, something else that he said and i'll throw this to you, nick. just to pick up exactly on that point and lets remind people, this is not somebody, not someone political from inside the white house saying this. this is the attorney general of the united states. he said, i do not view it was a problem that is , there was a failure at the top echelons. >> all part of the white house's cover up. the best evidence of that is that barr refused to answer the question yesterday whether he spoke to the white house or to trump about the report. the mueller report. the reason that you see the white house changing course here is because barr has told them what is in that report. somebody there has relayed to trump what it is. this is all part of one big cover up and what we're going to see is a redacted report with all kinds of colors that is going

congress and the number of women that are there. it is a record number. but we are still at a 23%? >> yes. >> david perry why don't you began? >> i'm a medieval historian. i am the successor author for my mother. i think the challenges that we encounter in this book would remain. i reread the play last night, because it's funny and enjoyable. because in 1937 you can see these women gathering, some of them are scowling in summer smiling. and there is the mayor in the back. they are clear that they are proud of what they've accomplished. but so aware of how far they have to go. i think that's where they would be today. saying great, good progress. but let's talk about senate president, and present united states. always looking towards the places where they have not been. >> i think women in the 1920s and the 1930s would be amazed if they were to fast forward to 2000 and 18. amazed, proud, and hopefully i think they would've taken credit for being part of this. i also have a sense that if they could have been transported up here. and they had one of those gatherings in a women's bathroom or for drinks later, and started talking about what it was like to be a

i thought it would be useful to began by recalling congress' commitment when it created the u.s. department education of 40 years ago. congress vowed, not increase the authority of federal government over education or diminish the responsibility for education which is reserved to the state. and i will add communities and parents. over the past 40 years, federal taxpayers spending on education has increased about 180% amounting to over $1.2 trillion cumulatively. we are 24th in reading and 40th in math when compares to the rest of the world. doing the same thing and more of it won't bring any results. a great education should not be determined where you live or by who you know. it should not be determined by family income and education should not be an old school one size fits all approach. that's why i propose something different. because we recognize each is a unique individual and each should be trusted as such. our bold proposal will offer dollar for dollar federal income tax credits to 501 c 3, nonprofit organizations that provides scholarships for students. these students, f

statement and your gavel down by the chairman once he began speakinyou beginspeaking of ants by a member of congress. we've timed this you will make up 12 seconds. i have 30 seconds left so i'm going to give you the 30 seconds that you were promised. >> i am deeply pained that after the congresswoman from minnesota called israel evil, jews use the money to promote what they want out of congress that this woman was defended by leaders of her party by at least three members running for president with no consequence. she should have been removed from all of her committees for this outburst of hatred towards jewish people. as a member on this very committee that publicly called jews termites and there was no consequence to that outrageous statement comes to this frightening to me especially as a child of holocaust survivors. if there's not a consequence you are only going to embolden people to continue this and ultimately hate speech turns to physical violence that's been true throughout history and that frightens me. >> [inaudible] thank you for being here today. i cannot imagine the pain that you feel every day but it's helpful for the caddie as we

want to end where i began by thanking all of you for giving me the opportunity to share my approach to the mission of the bureau. my interest in effectively using all the tools congress gave the bureau to prevent consumer harm. as benjamin ficklin said, "an -- as benjamin franklin said, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. it is my hope this focus on prevention will drive us to that outcome. and to protect american consumers, we will use all the tools congress gave us, all of this agency's expertise and energy, and oliver measured judgment, applied with humility and without fear or favor. thank you. [applause] >> as the director takes her chair. we want to apologize to those folks who are in the hallway, it is a clear indication of the interest in the bureau and your leadership. i want to remind everyone that we are eager for folks to write down questions on these cards. we have both fleet footed and highly attuned staff looking for any nods of interest. and just like the good musician with the guitar case, i will feed the discussions. hopethe first question i pete did not get to, write your names on the cards if you like, however you want to submit your

it began with tweets friday which slammed trump's disloyal behavior which she said it demands congress do its meeting and initiate impeachment hearings. she said iget a lot of folks say this is politically charged, democrats shouldn't go here, just stay away from it, there's an election coming up but there are some things bigger than politics and this is one of them. while warren believes impeachment is the right course of action, many of her fellow presidential contenders have been more cautious. senator kamala harris told reporters she wants to hear from mueller before passing judgment. >> would you support impeachment proceedings to begin? >> i believe that there is room for that conversation, but right now what i want is i want mueller to come before congress to testify. there is no question that there is good reason to believe that there was an obstruction of justice by this president. there's no question. >> so adrienne elrod, it's hard to come forward with questions about this report without looking political obviously. having said that, there is so much in that report that exposes this president and raises legitimate questions about his

remember being gavel down by the chairman when she began speaking of the anti-semitic remarks by a member of congress? this, you on the have 12 seconds, i have 30 seconds left, so i will give you were promised and were denied. afterm deeply pained that a congressman from minnesota called israel it will, hypnotized the world, israel was an apartheid state, jews used your money to promote what they want from congress, that this woman was defended by leaders of her party, by at least three members of her party who were running for president. with no consequence of you she should have been removed from all of her committees and we steve king was. this unbelievable outburst of hatred toward jewish people, as a member of this very committee who publicly called jews termites, and there was no consequence to that outrageous statement. so this is really frightening to me especially as a child of holocaust survivors. if there was no consequence to this type of hate speech against jews, you're only going to get more of it. we are only going to embolden people. ultimately, hate speech transits of political violence. that has been true throughout hi

2018 ndaa, i began a review to "identify a organizational and management structure for the national security space components." we're here to respond to that the tion, to address problems congress, multiple bipartisan commissions, gao, and others have all characterized. dods' space efforts are disaggravated, resulting in a slow bureaucratic approach. dod has five senate confirmed officials who are more than 10 r organizations developing a capability, in a very federated fashion. across dod ntegrate and capture the cost energies of standards. approach has served its purpose. point.t an inflection threats are increasing, and the mportance of and the opportunities in space are growing. both china and russia have with the intent to hold american capabilities at risk. committee r of this has access to the classified threat picture but the bottom conflict e next major may be won or lost in space. t the same time, an explosion in commercial space innovation is adding thousands of satellites and a new range of unlocking a trillion dollars in economic opportunity. there is widespread agreement the status quo is not sufficient. to stay required ahead. approached correctly this is an gene

congress thank you. >> you think you can achieve that by april the 15th? >> i think we can get really close, yes, ma'am. >> thank you very much my time is expired. >> mr. lucas. >> madam chair before i began my official question, i like to ask to speak out of order to introduce a member of the committee. >> yes. >> the command of german. jamie butler represents a fifth district of washington state and she has done great work already on advancing stem. conserving important resources and driving progress. welcome to the committee jamie. you will find this is a fun committee, that's not always the circumstances everywhere. thank you, madam chair. >> thank you and welcome. >> well put madam chair. director, the fy 20 request for nasa $21,019,000,000 in change, so to speak. the obama's ministration last request planned to request 19.7 billion in fy 20. how does the extra 1.4 billion request the schedule for this year enable exploration. what's the difference between the two? >> the focus now is getting humans to the moon as soon as possible in 2028 was based on the budget request and the intent of course, is not to just get humans to the moon but prove we can live and work on another world. th

i began a review to, quote, identifying and a recommended organizational and management structure for the national security space components, end quote. we are here to respond to that direction to address the problems congressltiple bipartisan commissions, the gao and others have all characterized. d.o.d.'s space efforts are disaggregated resulting in a slow, bureaucratic approach. today, d.o.d. has five senate confirmed officials who are responsible for more than ten organizations developing the space capabilities in a very federated fashion. failing to integrate across d.o.d. and to capture the cost synergies of standards. the current approach has served its purpose. we are at an inflection point. threats are increasing. and the importance of and the opportunities in space with growing. both china and russia have weaponized space with the intent to hold american capabilities at risk. every member of this committee has access to the classified threat picture, but the bottom line is, the next major conflicts may be won or lost in space. at the same time, an explosion in commercial pace innovation is adding thousands of satellites and new range of capabilities unlocking a trillion dollars in economic opportu

congress has an constitutional responsibility to engage in robust and aggressive oversight of the federal government and its programs. my epipen investigation is a perfect example. several years ago i began to receive letters, phone calls, and e-mails from my constituents about the rapidly increasing and high price of epipen. in 2007, a pack of two epipens costs $100. by 2016, it skyrocketed to over $600. and, of course, anybody paying it or anybody hearing that knows that to be a substantial price increase. so i wanted to find out what was happening and what could be done to fix this problem of dramatically increasing prices and maybe unwarranted prices. my investigative and policy focus soon turned to the medicaid drug rebate program administered by the senator for medicaid -- by the center for medicaid services. it is a contributing factor that has played a part in how much money the government and the taxpayers pay for some drugs, and as you will find out, the waste of some taxpayers' money. now, as a condition for participating in the program, drug companies have to pay a rebate to the federal government and the states for the drugs they offer. now, generally speaking, the rebate do