coones told him everything, and that mr. coones committed this crime.rupert had lots of details about the murder to share as well. natalie morales: what's more, he suggested to detectives that pete's wife, dee, had been an accomplice. natalie morales: after that, rupert said pete drove to the schroll's in a red jeep. natalie morales: as he listened to rupert's story, pete was in disbelief. not only did he think rupert was lying, but he also thought his details were demonstrably false. yes, pete had owned a red jeep, for example, but he'd sold it well before the crime. a letter carrier named james rumley bought that jeep from me about a year and a month prior to the murders. i no longer had a red jeep. what else did robert rupert say you told him? well, he told the jury that i climbed out a window. and i've got to be truthful with you. at that time, weighing close to 300 pounds, i was so fat i couldn't have got through a window if my life would have depended on it. if the house would have been on fire, i'd have burned to death because i couldn't have got

coons, ' closing remarks submitted to the record. do on behalf of senator coons, want to thank you all for being here. i do agree with him. i think injunctive relief is no longer near the certainty it used to be. i'm just in the category of trying to figure out how we can produce certainty and not have unintended consequences, which i think is part of the concern with the opposition about the only thing i will read in his speech is he wants to especially thank me and my staff for being great partners at the hearing. i don't want to miss that one, but thank you all for being here. the thing i like about this committee, and frankly, one of the only reasons why i continue to be on the judiciary is we try to present ourselves in a professional respectful manner. really just trying to get to a fair outcome. i don't think either one of you want to prevent fewer mr. babcocks and all of you want innovation. it's about trying to figure out how we can tune the dial to get the best of both. if we engage in a constructive way, we'll come out wit

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[laughter] i'm not sure what senator coons is.but the whole thing is sad because, frankly, i think a lot of ug and didn't believe what we saw. and so we also feel on our own a sense of responsibility for not recognizing what was happening. so it's like our collective fault, if that makes sense. and i think senator coons may feel that way too. >> you're chuckle, emily. >> i mean, it's hard to watch you go through the stagings of grief, but i hope that means we get some good policy done this year. >> where do you think the party goes from here? there's discussion about kamala harris potentially running a statewide campaign, a rumor flying she was maybe exploring something in california. is -- who knows if there's any truth to that. who do you see emerging to the front of the pack, al if. >> every time we lose, the losing nominee is named as a fore-runner for four years later, every time that doesn't happen. i'd be astonished if she was a nominee. she'd probably be a great governor of california. she was very popular as an a.g. or se

. >> ladies and honorable chris coons, u.s. senator from delaware. sen. coons: good afternoon.rench caucus honored when you briefly. it is easy to forget how young he was. but when he arrived in delaware marching north from south carolina he celebrated his 20th birthday in delaware. it was just off of today's i-95. of the not very majestic, but regionally significant, iron hill that a young marquita lafayette as a new aid to camp the general washington joined general greene as the three of them went to the top of the hill and with spy glasses tried to determine where was the very large british force that had left to -- left new york and was moving offshore was disembarked. they found they would disembark at elk at the head of the chesapeake bay and they began northward. a quarter-mile from that same hill, the first place where delawarians cell -- fell in battle in the american revolution. lafayette for the first time saw combat in the u.s. just over the pennsylvania line in the battle of brandywine. he was shot through the calf and his boot filled with blood. he led the single

thank you senator chris coons, merry christmas to you, as well. speaking of that, it looks like a tragic situation is unfolding. this is a live shot. this was an area short time ago filled with christmas celebration and festivalgoers at the christmas market here in magdeburg, germany. a car apparently drove into a group of people at this christmas market. we understand, from local authorities, that the driver has reportedly been arrested. let's continue our coverage of this breaking story as we bring in mike baker, former cia covert operations officer. great to have you with us, mike, thank you for joining us. obviously this looks like a tragic situation. we are waiting for reports on injuries, casualties, but your assessment, how you would approach this if you were assigned to figure out what happened here. >> well, they've got the driver in custody, which is obviously going to aid the overall investigation in terms of identifying the perpetrator and identifying a motive, and agenda. it is obviously reminiscent of the berlin christmas market trag

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people have got to serve within the house and the senate but i want to note fellow senator chris coons. his wing man, he is my wing man and i'm his as well. he has always had my back. one of the smartest and brightest people i've ever worked with, he surrounds himself with terrific people as well. a senior member of the foreign relations committee and he has traveled the world and knows the world like none of us ever have. he called delaware home and i know he will continue to represent our state very very well. let me now just mention our senator elective she is here today. lisa rochester. a member of the united states house of representatives where she serves as a highly effective member of the energy and commerce committee but many years ago she joined her my congressional team as an intern and from that humble beginning she went on to become a 2-time cabinet member when i was governor of the state of delaware. she is smart, a caring daughter, sister, mother and now a grandmother too. has a can-do attitude as well as a great dancer. for what it is worth. when my senate colleagues, a

i especially want to note my fellow senator, chris coons. chris is sitting over my right shoulder. how are you doing, bud? we call each other -- we call each other a lot of things. he's my wingman and i'm his as as well. chris is one of the smartest and brightest people i've ever worked with. he surrounds himself with terrific people. he knows the world's leaders like i think none of us ever have. he calls delaware home and will continue to represent our state very, very well. now let me just mention our senator-elect. i don't know if she is here today. hi, lisa. lisa blunt rochester, a beloved member of the united states house of representatives where she serves as a highly respected member of a much-sought-after committee, that is the energy and commerce committee. many years ago she joined my congressional team as an intern, and from that humble beginning, she went on to become a two-therm cabinet member when i was governor of the state of delaware. she is smart. as a caring daughter, sister, mother, and now a grandmother, too. she leaves an excellent staff. she's also a great d

. >>> joining me chris coons much delaware.r of the foreign relations committee and the judiciary committee. senator, you're close with the biden family. talk to us first about what you tink was persuading the president after the election to pardon his son. we know how he feels about hunter and how important family is. why didn't he say so before the election is one of the questions being asked by some of his democratic allies? >> there's a lot going on in the world. i hope we'll get to today in south korea and angola, but to your question, what the panel was just discussing with you, the nomination of folks like kash patel to be director of the fbi, matt gaetz to be attorney general, weighed heavily on the president and despite repeatedly saying he would not pardon his son, he looked at these two and said, trump's campaign rhetoric that he would use the levers of power of the federal government to go after his political opponents and enemies he concluded that was certain to happen. he wasn't hearing strong opposition from memb

i was here maybe six or seven months of senator chris coons from delaware had been trying to find one republican to engage in the discussion which we know how big of a discussions that been. -- that's been. of course we're always going to disagree on policy. but he probably asked so many others over the past two years, he's going after a rookie senator. he didn't realize that he ran into somebody that had to think on his feet a lot in the real world, made decisions fairly quickly based upon what you really know, and i said i'll do it. i think the rest of the conversation was will it be more than a committee of two of us? give me a month. i've got six other republicans. and it's still an issue of contention in terms of what it's about, where it's going. some are absolutely certain about it. some have put no credence to it. obviously it's somewhere win between. that, to me, was the first moment being here after just six months that said, if you do certain things, think out of the box, you can get a lot done, and that has probably put me in front of more discussions now that energy is th

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coons. mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo. mr. cruz. meditation improving efficiency. what are the tools -- has been focused on safety identify the systems we. need to be separated out. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schiff. mr. schiff. more technology and modernization in this court hearing on aviation in general. >> it is medically important. subcommittee on commerce and it begins with air traffic controllers staffing air traffic controllers are work more consecutive days we do agree it must be addressed its own staffing or lives with for the next three years. the faa taken into consideration every resource will inform its own workforce? >> all true and accurate points. men and women represent are working longer a

coons. mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo. mr. cruz. mr. daines. ms. duckworth. mr. durbin. ms. ernst. mr. fetterman. mrs. fischer. mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. the clerk: mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. helmy. mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. mr. kaine. the clerk: mr. warner, aye. mrs. fischer, no. the clerk: mr. kaine, mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. ms. rosen. the clerk: mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehou

coons. mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo. mr. cruz. mr. daines. ms. duckworth. mr. durbin. ms. ernst. mr. fetterman. mrs. fischer. mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. kim. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. marshall. the economy is strong overall and has made significant progress toward our goals over the past two years. the labor market has cooled from if its formerly overheated state and remains solid. inflation hasmr moved much closr to our 2% longer-run goal. we're committed to the maintaining our economy's strength by supporting maximum employment and returning inflation to our 2% goal. the that end today, the federal open market committee decided to take another step in reducing the degree of policy restraint by lowering our policy interest rate by a quarter percentage point. we also decided to continu

coons. mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo. mr. cruz. mr. daines. >> okay, good evening everybody, thank you for coming. so i'm so proud and glad to be joined by many of my judiciary committee colleagues led by chair durbin . i know a lot is happening in the capital today and tonight. but we want to marka historic moment here in the senate . today we confirm the 235th judge more than any majority has confirmed in decades. this is historic. it will have huge and positive implications for the american people for generations to come. now, with the nation's newest 235th judge we've confirmed more judges under pres. biden and any administration in this century, more judges than any administration going back decades and listen to this, one out of every four active judges on the bench has been appointed by this majority . one out of every four. we have some of the most qualified and historic nominees ever confirmed in a four-year span. one out of every four judges on the bench is amazing. i want to thank all the senators who worked hard in support

senator coons. >> thank you for convening this hearing today. it conveys a technical set of issues that most people don't have visibility into how it impacts them. they just swipe or tap or purchase and move on. and i'm thrilled that we've got representatives here, both from the card networks and from a small business owner and organization of small businesses and a professor who's just commenting as an independent, so that we have a chance to hear from both sides of this. as a senator, i've heard a lot from both sides of this. my dry cleaner, small business owner, every single time i drop off my dry cleaning says, can't you do more about these swipe fees? yet the building next door to him is full of people working for preventing credit card fraud. i have heard a lot from my constituents, from restauranteurs to small business owners to dry cleaners to a bookstore owner concerned about these fees and what the impact is. so i would like to just get into one core assertion that was made. that as mr. sheedy said, there is competition, a significant