congressional races are very expensive.ional seat over ten years, five election cycles, you could spend over $10 million. we felt like that a fraction of the cost we could impact up to 25 of the most volatile congressional seats. >> they spent about $30 million or so trying to win legislative races. republicans are on record saying that was a really good investment. >> they use techniques that ordinarily would be used in huge national races. >> you know the tax twins in washington. now meet the tax twins of western north carolina. >> hundreds of thousands of dollars in negative ads, in fancy mailers, dumped into the small state legislative campaigns. >> nice guy, too bad he is voting with the liberals. >> they swamped democratic incumbents who never saw this coming. your budget in some of the state legislative races might only be 100 or $150,000. suddenly, all of this outside money comes barrelling in. these incumbents were done. >> we picked up about 700 state legislative seats. to put that in perspective, the democrats pi

[applause] coming up next, a congressional hearing on sec oversight. later, a discussion about the files of osama bin laden. live later today president trump will be in west virginia for a salute to service dinner honoring members of the military. you can watch that live at 6:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. online at the.org or listen live on the free c-span white radio app. this week, but tv is in prime time. starting tonight at eight in eastern, newt gingrich with his book trumps america, the truth about our nations come back. then in-depth fiction addition with brad the work. thursday night michelle obama on her upcoming memoir the coming and on friday at 8:00 p.m. "after words" with barbara ehrenreich and her book natural causes, and epidemic of wellness, the certainty of dying and killing ourselves to live longer. watch book tv in prime time on c-span2. >> as part of our 50s capital to her and with the help of gci cable, the c-span bus visited alaska with anchorage as the final stop on the tour. >> c-span plays a critical role to make sure america's de

that is why i am very happy that this, the congressional black caucus, -- congressional black caucus tonight, under the leadership of the gentleman from pennsylvania, is talking about the stacking of the supreme court and it's important to all americans. i can speak firsthand how important the court system was to the civil rights and voting rights movements of america. you know, as a daughter of selma, alabama, and as the first black congresswoman from the state of alabama, i can tell you unequivocally that it was because of the protections of the equal protection amendment. it was because of the constitution and those brave judges, judges like frank johnson of the middle district of alabama who stood against pressure to do what was right for all americans. interpreting the constitution as it was meant to be, that all men and women are created equal. and that the equal protection of the law extends to all americans. irrespective of race and gender. so i think it's really important that we remember from wence we all come. this is a proud tradition that is important that we uphold. wha

so did some congressional democrats. it was the perfect conspiracy theory. catnip for their far-left base. the only problem was it wasn't true. people who actually looked at these articles note that judge kavanaugh, quote, does not reach legal conclusion on issues of presidential accountability. if anything, he seems to arrive at the opposite conclusion of what's been alleged. professor noah feldman of harvard law school observed that from a legal and constitutionallal perspective judge kavanaugh wasn't saying that the court should find that the president shouldn't be investigated or held accountable, quote, to the contrary. to the contrary, madam president. professor feldman observes that judge kavanaugh's logic would seem to imply that any president is open to being investigated and held accountable under the law. here's how professor feldman finished up his debunking of this unfair attack. this is what he said. trying to oppose him on logically-backward grounds doesn't serve anyone's interests. "the washington post" fact checker jumped on the democrats' m

>> guest: thank you, bob here i have no earthly idea whether maxine waters lives in her congressionaldistrict or not. but for the u.s. house of representatives, there's no legalfo requirement anywhere to live in your district. you need to live in your state but there is no legal requirement. there are very few things that we are sure of any life that taxes -- two of them, democrats don't lose districts that are as overwhelming as hers is and she has no raise. but living in a district that's not a legal requirement in any way. it could be a political hit. we've seen members in competitive districts lose because they had anus apartment that they rarely wentre to backn the district, but that was political not legal and not in a district as overwhelmingly democratic as this one. >> host:ic from norwich new york carroll on the democrat's line. >> caller: good morning. i have two questions. the first one is about new york 22, the race between claudia and anthony. i wondered how you would handicap it, and any other thing you'd like to say about that district. my second question is about a re

and this is not an argument for hiring more congressional employees. we have to work very hard to crack smart legislation and even harder to reach consensus. meanwhile, unelected bureaucrats can make decisions that contradict and ignore the clear and hard-won intent of the congress. that can happen through the regulatory process, or just because some agency lawyer said so. for example, the government accountability office found that president obama's epa engaged in , andful, covert propaganda those words come from the report, through its aggressive use of social media to drum up support for the waters of u.s. rule. violatedepa actions clear prohibitions that congress had put in place. in 2015, the office of legal counsel single-handedly overturned a critical provision in the inspector general's act. it said that congress did not mean what it said in that act, that inspectors general should have access to all the records they need to do their job. the call us to pass another law to say what we meant when we passed that law in the first place. the law i

i will work with congressional republicans, president trump, and congressional democrats. folks will sit down and be serious about committing to rebuild this country. we have a chance to send a message, not about partisanship but about pragmatism. that is what is at stake. host: that goes to your point of compromise. guest: absolutely. tiberi a seat where pat resigned from congress who was very much an effective member and a consensus builder. c-span watchers will hear a lot about ohio 12 between now and the august special election. this one, i am not sure why it is not getting as much attention as the pennsylvania 18 special won,ion that conor lamb but republicans are watching very nervously. close one, andry i think democrats are not trying to overly raise expectations. this will be a big-time special that in the dog days of august, a lot of political junkies will be paying a lot of attention to ohio 12. it is basically the suburbs, northern suburbs and part of columbus, ohio. host: only one network will give you the debates to these key house and senate governor races a

senators to go to russia for congressional delegation.n barrasso of wyoming and ron johnson of wisconsin, two republican senators, they were scheduled to go, as was a democratic senator, jeanne shaheen from new hampshire. but then the russians said no to the democrat. senator jeanne shaheen has been a sharp critic of russia in terms of them messing with our election. she was outspoken in support of sanctions on russia in response to that meddling. the rt funded by the russian government, they should have to register as a foreign agent in this country. she was pushy as well about kaspersky software which intelligence believes is being used as a spying tool on u.s. government computers for the russians. with that kind of critical record, the russian government decided to deny a visa for senator shaheen to make that congressional visit along with her republican colleagues. and so her republican colleagues decided that they wouldn't go either. they canceled the visit rather than go without her. nice, right? bipartisan. nonpartisan solidarity

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guest: i have no earthly idea whether maxine waters lives in her congressional district or not. for the u.s. house of representatives, there is no legal requirement anywhere to live in your district. ,ou need to live in your state but there is no legal requirement. things thatry few we are sure of in life -- death and taxes are two. democrats do not lose districts that are as overwhelming as hers, and she has no race. living in a district that is not a legal requirement. it can be a political hit. we have seen members and competitive districts lose because they had an apartment that they rarely went to back in the state or the district. that was political, not legal, and not in a district as overwhelmingly democratic as this one. host: from norwich, new york, carol on the democrats line. caller: i have two questions. one is about the race between claudia tenney and anthony brindisi. i wonder how he would handicap it. and in the other thing you would like to say about that district. my second question is about a relatively new book by alan abramowitz called "the great realignment

the lincoln forum and fox 32 hresents the illinois 6t congressional for him. welcome to a very special evening. we have more than 200 guests joining us here in the audience in the historic abraham lincoln ballroom at the union elite club. club.on league here of those candidates. the republican incumbent roskam and hister challenger, democrat sean caste n. joining me in scott. the course of the next hour we will be inviting some of our guests other to the stage where they can face the candidates and asked them questions directly. been asking our viewers to submit their questions via facebook and we will cure from them as well. -- let's's explain explain where it is. around 75th street is where it starts and it runs north from there into parts of cain, mchenry lake and northwest crook. this is not a forum. the candidates will not be on the clock, but i will be moderating to make sure each side is treated fairly. totlemen, as they prepared vote, republicans and democrats, tell pollsters that president trump is top of mind even though he will not be on the ballot.

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this is a congressional caucus academy panel on the way fair decision that come out a few short weeks ago from justice kennedy's final decision. so thanks to the congressional internet caucus hosting this event conjunction with the academy, the cochairs of the internet caucus and on the senate side senator soon and that underlay he disses the second in our series of the oldest court deals with the evolving technology. other events on july 23 generally have the supreme court is engaging with technology or how to engage with the policy issues in the future. and then to introduce our panel we have amanda keller from the international municipal lawyers association and george isaacson that argued the case in front of the supreme court and also counsel. we have jennifer platt is from the international council and finally mike and thank you all for being here and we are open for discussion. before we start i like to give the background and it comes from us south dakota statute that allows the state to compel online retailers on sales made to south dakota resident that the only companies on m

our job is not to put congressional on war, the vast and important job of congress is to decide when and where we go to war. the debate that should ensue must ask are we to authorize scats quo, are we to authorize war in all of the seaters that various presidents have taken us or should congress limit scope of war that we find ourselves involved in. here corker came authorization fails us, the corker-kane authorization merely codifies and actually expands the current theaters of war. corker-kane authorize in over 20 countries. hardly sounds like we will have any less war. equally concerning is that corker came or transfers enumerated power from congress to the president. article 1 section a gives congress the sole pow the other declare war. corker came initially authorizes war against 8 groups but says to the president, hey, you, get back to us, give us an initial list in case we missed anyone that we are currently at war with and if you want to add any associated forces to the list, please send us a report. so this transfers power to name the enemy and it's location from congress to

it want to know more about the cost of congressional and action . i'm heartened by the bipartisan engagement today and hopeful we can find solutions together. i yield back. >> thank you. several senators not on the subcommittee have requested to attend. i would like to ask unanimous consent to allow the senators, should they come, to fully participate in the hearing. first witness will be judged napolitano, the senior judicial analyst. he is the youngest tenured superior court judge in the state of new jersey. following his service, he began teaching constitutional law. he was chosen by the student body is the most outstanding professor. judge napolitano has authored seven books, lectures nationally on civil liberties in wartime and he is recognized for his opening statement. >> when i asked my bosses at fox if i could participate, he asked if senator sanders would be here and i said yes he is. they said, we are dying to see bernie sanders cross examine you. we agree on if everything? they said, will let you go anyway. you know me from television, i

congressional candidate who reached out to gusto for 2.2.'t know how you go about doing that, but because are only a certain number of candidates whose opponent come information had come out, my name is brought up because of the timing of all but i was very clear. on twitter like i said, that was not me. nothing to do with it. i wouldn't, it wasn't me, did they find that who asked for the information? >> guest: i would imagine, i would bet dollars to donuts whomever that candidate was the mueller investigation does about. but i said i'd hope they would just identify who that was to sort of take the cloud over us although i don't think it would thinks it was me. >> host: did the mulching reach out to you and discuss this? >> guest: no. not been contacted. had to say it's very weird for me to be even asked a a questin like that. that's a legitimate question but it so far ayana foia and what it do on a day-to-day basis to think that somenk of my knee wod be even a part of that. >> host: from new jersey, republican line, j go ahead, i s just won

now 20 years later after that 1990 congressional action, so now 2010, congress finally got fed up and passed a new law requiring the pentagon to be ready for audit by december 2017. the department was given seven long years to get its act together and to meet the same requirements as every other federal agency entrusted with the public money. well, obviously that deadline has come and gone like other deadlines have come and gone. according to the controller and the chief financial officer mr. david norquist, a clean audit is still at least ten years away. so ten years of not being able to follow the money, and if you can't follow the money, you don't know whether it's spent legally. there is a longstanding underlying problem preventing the pentagon from reaching the goal of a clean audit. this is the so-called feeder system. i won't describe a feeder system. but feeder systems are supposed to capture transaction data, but those feeder systems are broken. auditors cannot connect the dots between contracts and payments. you can't follow the money. that's because there is no reliable tra

voters in one alabama district are deciding their nominee for a key congressional seat.rematch of sorts between an incumbent republican and a former democrat. here from prattville alabama. >> republican voters in alabama's conservative second congressional district have a choice to make. elect bobby bright, their former democratic congressman now running as a trump supporting republican. >> it's time now for us, for everybody to show up and vote. >> or reelect for term incumbent congresswoman martha who has been tying for a point to national leaders of his old party. >> very clearly the people of alabama's congressional district have rejected the obama-pelosi agenda and we feel confident that they will this time. >> as he cast his ballot, he appeared optimistic of reclaiming the house he lost back in 2010. >> sending some of these incumbents home and sending a strong message that if you don't represent the people, they have a day and that day is election day. >> and a solid republican district she has spent the last two years having to defend her position speaking out ag

it went to state electoral boards and right into congressional races. tell us about this and tell us how we think -- what the outcome of this was. >> reporter: first it's important to point out that the universe of possible people who this possible candidate could be is enormous. it could be someone who was eliminated in a primary, it could be a democrat or republican. we've been focusing on republicans given obviously it was only democratic e-mails that were ever leaked and it could have been a candidate to the house or the senate. now, mueller and all the great reporters working on this story over the last few months have left us bread crumbs to follow. we know that there were bloggers in places like new hampshire and florida who corresponded with the guccifer 2.0 personality and released some of that information and we know other places the information turned up. one of those was in pennsylvania where there was information released through guccifer 2.0 who was damaging to one democratic candidate. we've seen congressman ryan costello, who is incident

explain where the six congressional district is. nor through dupage county. form.s not a orum.for rum -- a f as they prepare to vote this , the president is top of mine even though he is not on the ballot. voters have to be thinking about a flatter things. -- about a lot of things. working ones time to tax reductions and those types -- hings when it comes to standing up, reflecting the interest of our constituency. many times, we are seeing a miss -- a mischaracterization. voters,i talked to the they are so frustrated by having to watch the news every day. >> how is mr. trump doing? >> think he is the worst president. he is not the problem though. >> let me ask the congressman, spokeday, the president about the european union and calling a truce with your. rep.th your >> yesterday seems like a good day if europe is willing to come to the table. fundamentally misrepresented my position three times as relating to children's health insurance. facts and character matter. >> we will have a segment on health care but let me let him respond. cap -- >> on trade, i th

we head to the congressional internet conference academy discussing a recent supreme court decision on internet sales tax. it started a few minutes ago. some background on the case is being given now. >> what are the immediate implications and consequences of onlinecision on retailers, municipal ,overnments, shopping centers particularly big box stores, what does this look like from each of those perspectives? >> i can jump in here. i think to understand what this looks like for state and local government, it's important to take a step back and understand what the effect of the quill decision was on state and local government. matt touched on this, but one of the most obvious impacts was state and local governments were unable to connect -- collect internet sales tax for many years. there were various estimates of how much was at stake, but even were $8estimates million a year, high estimates up to $30 billion a year. we are talking about a huge states wereney that losing out on and consumers did to bederstand they had paying these use taxes. now that the quill decision is overturned,

we do not try cases on television or in congressional hearings. most anonymous leaks are not from government officials actually conducting these investigations. we follow the rule of law and we follow procedures and we reserve judgment. we complete our investigation and evaluate all relevant evidence before reaching any conclusion that is how the american people expect their department of justice to operate and that is how it will operate. and our justice system everyone is presumed innocent until proven guilty. it should go without saying that people who are not charged with the crime also are presumed innocent. the indictment was returned today because prosecutors determine the evidence was sufficient to present these allegations to a federal grand jury. our analysis is based solely on the facts of law and department of justice policies. i briefed president trump about these allegations earlier this week and the president is fully aware of the department's actions today. with my remarks i have not identified the victims. we confront foreign inte

municipal elections take place at the same time as congressional elections. in there, it's based on the honor system. which ballot are you here for? the illegal immigrant ballot or the presidential ballot? >> no, sir, sir. let me correct you. in many precincts all across the country, there's people who live in multiple districts in the same precinct and the computer when you go, it tells you what ballot you should get. >> it's based on the honor system. >> no, it's not. >> shannon: i don't think it does. >> you go in there and you show them information. >> i am so-and-so. i'm here to vote. >> they show you a ballot that will be distinct. i can never vote in virginia. but in florida i can vote in the republican primary because i'm not a republican. >> if i wanted to commit felony, i could go in and say high matt, i am richard fowler. >> this is an argument that the right likes to make. you can never point out -- you are always making an argument of voter fraud but you can't show an example. >> shannon: no one is ever going to mistake -- >> no democratic states

we want to thank the congressional internet caucus which is hosting this event in conjunction with the academy. the co-chairs on the house side of the internet caucus are representative bob goodlatte and represent ennis shoe and also john thune and patrick leahy. this briefing is the second in the skoe the tus tech series which explores how nations's oldest and highest court deals with cases involving technologies. we will havet another event on july 3rd discussing generally how the supreme xoucourt is engaging with technology now and how it will continue to engage with the technology policy issues in the future. feel free to use the #skoe the tus tag throughout the discussion and we hope that you will join us throughout the summer. #scotus. so briefly joining us on the panel is am man da kel lar from the international municipal lawyers association. we have george yi sisaacson who from brandon and he argued the case for way fayer in front of the supreme court and counsel for net choice. to his right we have jennifer platt from the international council of shopping centers and finally m

we have brought him to bbc to really run this work and run much of our work on congressional oversight in particular. dan has a background on capitol hill. also in the executive branch. and at the national academy of public administration. dan is going to run through this report, what are the highlights, and then we'll hear from some of the task force members, inspectors general, the members of congress, the department heads, as well as those who have been engaged in congressional oversight. so with that, i'm going to turn to dan blair who will lead us off in the first session. >> thank you, john. those are very kind words. very much appreciate that introduction. and it's been a real pleasure working with you and matt while during this project. you both have brought tremendous leadership to the effort. i'm very excited about today's events. it was about a year ago at this time that i first sat down with john to discuss this project. we discussed the need for better oversight and the role that the inspectors general play. our task was how to enhance oversight with the deep dive into how

up next, congressional dimms taking the abolish ice calls. we're coming right back. my father passed this truck down to me, that's the same thing i want to do with you. retail. under pressure like never before. and it's connected technology that's moving companies forward fast. e-commerce. real time inventory. virtual changing rooms. that's why retailers rely on comcast business to deliver consistent network speed across multiple locations. every corporate office, warehouse and store near or far covered. leaving every competitor, threat and challenge outmaneuvered. comcast business outmaneuver. >> lou: mexico's newly elected leftist president will be meetig with trump administration officials this coming friday to sit down with jared kushner, secretary of state pompano and home land security secretary nielson at his campaign headquarters. perhaps he will take a page from president trump's book and surprise a lot of people. already. already he's said that he will set up on his side of the border the mexican enforcement force go the border. so that's going to be intere

a year ago i was on a congressional trip with the judiciary committee into the balkan region. a number of the countries there living in the shadow of russia and also the aggression of the serbian allies of the russians were very concerned about their security and their future. russia has obviously invaded the crimea, supporting rebels in the ukraine and is deeply involved in syria to support the dictator there. and now in this last week our president went to europe and he went to a meeting of our closest allies and nato, which these countries on the reviousry of mr. rush:a, and he did deliberately so dissent and insult our two longest and strongest allies in nato, germany and england. he seemed to be facilitating the russian agenda there. let's weaken nato. of course he wouldn't be doing that. no, he was just being a businessman and trying to extract bigger payments out of them. he didn't mean to weaken or threaten the future of the alliance. and then yesterday in sort of very bizarre moment, he meets alone with a professional k.b.g. agent, dictator of russia, vladimir putin.

likewise, congressional committees should meet with i.g.'s to more regularly discuss open recommendations, investigation requests and simply discuss open important matters that are kindly and have a great address. our recommendation provided discussions on how to grow and enhance the collaboration. the relationship between i.g.'s and their respective agency heads is also the key to oversight function and in our report we outlined several options for navigating and improving this relationship and independence with the need to have all . >> this year we celebrate the 40th anniversary of the i.g. and hope this report and recommendation by congress , agency and executive branches in making oversight work in the future. this anniversary provides an opportunity to lay the groundwork for the i.g.'s to serve the american people. >> so with, you for attending and i like to conclude this morning. thank you for your participation and your attendance. [applause] >>. >>. [inaudible] >> this forum on the role of inspectors general is available a little la

this week the congressional hispanic eadership institute will honor her. oftentimes members of congress get credit for what is really their staff and that's been the case here. maite started working with me in my early days in the florida legislature and rose if her role as district aide to become my congressional chief of staff. along the way she earned her masters and bachelors degrees from n.s.u. in addition to finding time mentor many young men and women who have come through our office. chili vermilion award is well deserved. and my office has been well served having her at the helm in my office. thank you, and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back. the house will be in order. women members please take their conversations off the floor. for what purpose does the gentleman from rhode island seek recognition? for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition? without objection the gentleman s recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, there's been an alarming surge of hate group affiliation over the past yea

the idea was to promote uniformity because there was a threat of congressional action. as soon as congress didn't act, the number states joining dropped away and uniformity dropped away. some kind of control is critical. i think a moratorium is one way to do it. another way to do it is to create a vehicle so if a state moves to impose a tax there is an opportunity for those who are burdened to go to court and challenge it before it takes effect. a critical problem in this area is that for businesses, especially small businesses, there's no way to get their constitutional claim adjudicated so there is no practical limit on the states. mr. goodlatte: the supreme court didn't give guidance or practical approach to this, did they? mr. pincus: sorry. mr. goodlatte: the supreme court didn't give much guidance or a practical approach to -- mr. pincus: no. the supreme court decided one thing, physical presence wasn't required. it then left open five other questions about when a state tax obligation is constitutional and when it's not. mr. goodlatte: i want to ask a quebec, sine

instead, congressional republicans are trying to cut -- this is unbelievable. trying to cut election security grants by hundreds of millions of dollars. why? don't they at least want to protect us going into the future. they have votes to force the president to release his tax returns so we can know his business deals are affecting his decisions in the office of the presidency. why? and most importantly, they have consistently refused to vote to protect special counsel mueller's investigation. why? speaker ryan controls the floor. republicans are the ones who put all of the legislation on the floor. they could do this now, but they refuse to even though they have the power. why won't they? why won't they let us investigate? why won't they let us have a vote? america and the world is watching. they're wondering how long it will take for this republican congress to act. when will it be too much? we've heard some republican heroes like john mccain and others who have said this was the most horrific performance and that we must, must talk about this. and yet we don

president bush and you and the congressional black caucus were very important. share. >> thank you very much, thank you for inviting me to be with you today. the history is so important given the fact that now probably 75% to 80% of the congress were not there when we authorized pep far so we have a lot of education to do but my involvement came as a result of my predecessor congressman ron dellums. great statesman who after he left congress i talked to him about his vision for an aids marshall plan for africa and we put together with congressman jim leach the global aids tube and -- tuberculosis act which president clinton signed. the congressional black caucus was chaired by a texan, congresswoman eddie bernice johnson. we decided and eddie bernice wanted the cbs see dc to meet w president bush in early 2001. we met with president bush and of course he asked what we would all want to talk about and i immediately said i want to talk about a global response to the h hiv/aids pandemic. i knew what was going on in africa. i'd been with jesse helms' staffer, bipart

elections, peter roskam is seeking a seventh term in illinois six congressional district. earlier this week, he faced his democratic challenger in a debate that focused on the economy, abortion, gun rights, and the russia investigation, among other topics. this is just under an hour. most-watched congressional contests in america. >> he is campaigning ag >> the start of a mental illness is not patriotic. tothey should return me congress. >> the outcome could determine who turns the u.s. house. >> tonight, for the first time, the two face-off. for -- fourtrict starts now. >> good evening from downtown chicago. and foxu to the form 32. i am my flannery. guests more than 200 joining us here in the audience. everyone is waiting to hear what these candidates have to say about the issues. here are the candidates. roskam and shawn of downers grove. mentioned that you want to people in attendance. this is the inviting of our guests up to the stage. they can ask them questions directly. we have been asking our dearest to submit questions through facebook as well. at the south end n

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congressional leadership fund is responsible for the content of this advertisement. host: sean trende, let's go back to what you said earlier. by all accounts, the democratic candidate trying to run a more mainstream campaign, but being tagged by republicans as a socialist liberal. guest: that's right. that is what you see and all of -- in all of these ads. they are all exaggerated. ad doesn't say he will cut medicare and social security, it's as tax breaks could lead to this. likewise, it is speculative about o'connor joining the resistance and signing up with elizabeth warren. in reality, neither of these candidates will be at the extreme of their parties, but you see what the motivating factor is for these parties. they are trying to get their base out. the way you get the base out is convincing them that the other side is horrifying. o'connor is playing to the inner suburbs of columbus within his district, whereas balderson, the ad for balderson, is trying to energize the more rural areas. they also constitute a large portion of the district. host: our phone line

we do not try cases on television or in congressional hearings.ymous leaks are not from the government officials who are actually conducting these investigations. we follow the rule of law, which means that we follow procedures. and we reserve judgment. we complete our investigations and we evaluate all of the relevant evidence before we reach any conclusion. that is how the american people expect their department of justice to operate and that is how our department is going to operate. in our justice system, everyone who is charged with a crime is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty. it should go without saying that people who are not charged with a crime also are presumed innocent. the indictment was returned today because prosecutors determined that the evidence was sufficient to present these allegations to a federal grand jury. our analysis is based solely on the facts, the law, and department of justice policies. i briefed president trump about these allegations earlier this week. the president is fully aware of the department's

there is the 14th congressional district that she won. we are reporting tonight, she won the 15th congressional district also on a write in vote. she beat josie is ranno, the incumbent in that district, but she said she is honored of having won the write in vote, but she will stick with her win in the 14th which means serrano is safe even though he came in second to alexandria on a write in vote. that is tonight's last word. the 11th hour with brian williams starts now. >> tonight there is nervousness about the greatest military alliance since the second world war because of what the american president might do or say. donald trump is hours away from the start of a nato summit after criticizing nato prior to arrival. after the nato summit and a

let's go to our senior congressional correspondent. at times this hearing was more like a partisan brawl. it went on and on and on. >> reporter: and it devolved very quickly into an incredibly contentious atmosphere right at the beginning of this hearing and all through the course of the day initially when peter strozk said he could not answer a number of questions republicans threatened to hold him in contempt and wouldn't allow him to confer with the fbi attorney who was present. at one point discussion had gotten a lot of attention. from august of 2016 when he -- at the time texted trump is not ever going to become president, right? we will stop it. that is what prompted republicans to say it showed peter strozk was trying to stop this president trump from becoming president trump in the 2016 campaign. peter strozk explained why he said that and made the case that this was not bias in the investigation. >> you need to understand that that was written late at night off the cuff and it was in response to a series of events that includ

. >> coming up next, iowa republican senator chuck grassley on the role of congressional oversight. then a congressional hearing on fcc oversight and later a discussion on the files of osama bin laden. live later today president trump will be in white sulfur springs west virginia for a salute to service dinner honoring members of the military. you watch this live at 6:30 on or online or listen on the free c-span radio app. >> this week booktv is in prime time starting tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern newt gingrich with his book, trumps america, the truth about our nation's great comeback. wednesday and ibm in depth action addition with best-selling thriller author brad for. thursday night michelle obama on her upcoming memoir. and barbara ehrenreich on friday at 8:00 p.m. eastern. what book tv on prime time on c-span2. >> sunday night on q&a freelance journalist on his washington post magazine article locked and loaded for the lord on the sons of the late in their church in new zealand, pennsylvania. >> what is going on at century church up in pennsylvania? it is a co- mingling of a lot

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