that we haven't heard or seen much of, including senator john cornyn. have you heard much about his whereabouts, his commitment and where he is? >> i haven't been in touch with senator cornyn, either. i've been in touch with other members. we've had calls with texas management every morning, and i've heard colleagues on those calls as i am, so i know that our delegation is very engaged in responding to our communities. there are so many things the federal government can do in moments like this, and one of the critical pieces is distributing aid, and i led my colleagues on thursday in urging president biden to sign the major disaster declaration as quickly as possible, which he now has done. >> and he's visiting texas this weekend. do you think it's particularly important for the president to see firsthand where the need is and to show his invoicing.

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cornyn: thank you for that clarification. i think the attorney general has to be the toughest job in the united states government, because you serve at the pleasure of the president but you also have, as you appropriately pointed out, an obligation to equal justice and impartial enforcement of the law. if you are asked to do something that you considered to be in violation of the law or unethical, would you resign? judge garland: the first thing i would do is to tell the president or whoever else i was being -- whoever else was asking me to do that that it was unlawful. i do not expect this to happen with this president, who has made it clear publicly and in private that he will not do that. , of course, if i am asked to do something and an alternative is not accepted, i would resign, yes. sen. cornyn: i think one of the biggest problems that the administration of justices had in the united states, particularly for the last couple of presidencies, has been the perception that there is a double standard. one that applies to ma

cornyn: thank you for that clarification. i think the attorney general has to be the toughest job in the united states government, because you serve at the pleasure of the president but you also have, as you appropriately pointed out, an obligation to equal justice and impartial enforcement of the law. if you are asked to do something that you considered to be in violation of the law or unethical, would you resign? judge garland: the first thing i would do is to tell the president or whoever else i was being -- whoever else was asking me to do that that it was unlawful. i do not expect this to happen with this president, who has made it clear publicly and in private that he will not do that. , of course, if i am asked to do something and an alternative is not accepted, i would resign, yes. sen. cornyn: i think one of the biggest problems that the administration of justices had in the united states, particularly for the last couple of presidencies, has been the perception that there is a double standard. one that applies to ma

let's bring in republican senator john cornyn of texas. great to see you.so you have about $4.5 trillion that has been designated for covid relief. another $1.9 in the pipe line. $2,000 checks and another $3,000 plus for each child and every family. what do you think of this package and what do you think the impact will be on the u.s. economy? >> martha, we're in favor of targeted relief that deals with the covid-19 pandemic. the number that the president has given us is an absurdly high number. it's not targeted on the people that need it most. there's a bipartisan counter proposal for about $600 billion more targeted to people that need it with the goal of getting kids safely back to school and work. but president biden contrary to this public statement wants to do this alone and he will run into obstacles like you just discussed with the reconciliation process. so we're happy to help where needed. spend more money for the sake of spending more money project that they seem to be on is a bridge too far. >> martha: even larry summers a clinton administratio

and representative senator cornyn, i think he had to go back. i think he is getting on a plane. he came to see me at the last event printed and representatives, al green, sylvia garcia, and others. excuse me. what am i doing here. i'm losing track here printed and another, thank you all for welcoming w us. jill and i wanted to visit texas today for a couple of reasons. first and foremost, to let you know our prayers are with you in the after math of this winter storm. and secondly, to let you know what he told the governor and the mayor and judge in the delegations that we will be true partners to help youou recover d rebuild and through the storms and is pandemic in the economic crisis. we are in for the long haul. [applause] earlier today, we received an update on the storm relief efforts from harris county and the emergency operations center. the folks there are doing gods work as my mother would say. an important date and how the federal government and the states are working together through the major disaster declaration an emergency declarations that made after the is when

mr cornyn? miss cortez? let's just move away _ mr kearns? mr cornyn? miss cortez?es or so, as there is some debate about whether or not a witness can be called by the lead impeachment manager? yes. the lead impeachment manager? yes, this is a huge — the lead impeachment manager? yes, this is a huge turnout _ the lead impeachment manager? is: this is a huge turnout to look the lead impeachment manager? j23 this is a huge turnout to look at our events. we didn't expect this to happen. it is the events of the last 24 hours that has created the turn in the trial. what the democrat members of the management team, prosecuting the case are saying is, look, there has been new evidence around a phone call between donald trump and the republican leader in the house of representatives, kevin mccarthy, around the time the attack was happening. they want to call a republican house member, who has reported that conversation. they want to call her and subpoena her for a deposition, for evidence and for a deposition, for evidence and for documents. that is provided for under the t

senator cornyn talked about the significant back log we have currently in asylum cases. will you continue to keep in the current guidelines on asylum eligibility, or do you anticipate changing them? judge garland: again, given my current professional occupation, i've had no experience whatsoever with the guidelines, so i can't give you a direct answer to that question. asylum is part of american law and the justice department and the state department have an obligation to apply that law. i don't know what the guidelines are that you are talking about or revisions to the guidelines you are talking about. >> if confirmed i am sure you will be reviewing this in considering these questions. will you pledge to keep us fully posted as you do so? judge garland: if there's a change in government policy, of course there will be a public angel -- change because you cannot apply those guidelines. >> let me turn to the subject of antitrust. i heard your answer about the ongoing google antitrust prosecution. believe your answer was you did not anticipate any changes in that ongoing p

like john cornyn's quote about neera tanden, he has decided to move on to hypocrisy. he knows the voters don't care, and it really is all about fighting the democrats and fighting reality and putting up a big stink. that is what gets you credit and gets you small donor flicks and gets you, eventually, i believe, the trump endorsement in wisconsin next year. so he is -- shame and hypocrisy and all those feelings left a long time ago. the idea he was trying to paint this as some sort of church picnic where everyone was having a wonderful time, the day we learned a retired new york police officer was involved in the beating with a u.s. marine flag flying on a flagpole of a d.c. metro cop in the insurrection is almost beyond belief. you would laugh if it wasn't so horrible. but ron johnson will -- we can expect more of this. he has cut a path. he doesn't believe there was enough weaponry there that day. he thinks everyone was having a wonderful time and that trump supporters are so pro-cop there is just no way they would have violated any laws and beaten other cops in pur

people on both sides of the aisle that she happens to agree with -- disagree with. >> so, senator cornyn thinks anybody who bashes people they disagree with or promotes wild conspiracy theories should be out of a job. there is at least one person who fits that description who is out of a job. the ex-president. donald trump. so, what about senator ron johnson who just yesterday spread a bogus conspiracy theory trying to blame the capitol insurrection on fake trump protesters and leftists like antifa? and he doubled down on the conspiracy theory today. >> are you putting that article in? >> absolutely not. >> why not? >> it's an eyewitness account from pretty knowledgeable observers. have you read it? have you read it? >> i read your comment. >> read, read the article and then ask me questions. >> i mean, you'd do it again? >> absolutely. i mean, we need the full perspective. >> and what about, you know, the mean tweets and all that conspiracy -- what about qanon congresswoman marjorie taylor greene who not only promoted dangerous and vile conspiracies, one of her allies was one of the mob

semiconductor industries, this is a bipartisan effort that senators call in and cornyn joined senator warner and i and replace the authorizing legislation in the defense bill. right now, seven in the manufacturing is a dangerous weak spot in our economy and national security. auto industry faces significant shortages, this is the technology, the u.s. created, feeding the world and. same for building out 5g, the next generation telecommunications network. bipartisan interest on both these issues. overall, new legislation must achieve three goals. one, boost american competitiveness by investing in our economy and workers. two, leverage alliances abroad three, stop once and for all,d china's predatory practices. a number of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle have strong bipartisan ideas, including ideas on these issues, including senators menendez, brown and toomey, cantwell and quicker. i hope we can all work together to craft a bill we've t spent. it's my intention toon put this legislation on this topic on the senate floor spring. i urge the committee's to continue their work i

>> so that last one from republican senator john cornyn, this is cornyn now when it's a democratic presidentushing a democratic nominee. >> my friendly advice to president biden is to withdraw neera tanden's nomination and select someone who, at the very least, has not promoted wild conspiracy theories and openly bashed people on both sides of the aisle that she happens to agree with -- disagree with. >> i mean, it's like the last five years didn't even happen. cornyn, as you saw on video, often didn't like to weigh in on donald trump's rhetoric or the conspiracy theories he was touting. but now he's apparently a champion of morally rebuking them. and if promoting wild conspiracy theories is something he is passionate about eliminating, perhaps he might talk to one of his colleagues. >> he describes four different types of people, plain-clothes militants, agents provocateurs, fake trump protesters, and then disciplined uniformed attackers. i think these are the people that probably planned this. >> total nonsense. at least one republican is willing to call it out. this is congressman adam ki

this is senator john cornyn outside the white house just today. >> respond to the criticism it is unfair to criticize -- a lot of lawmakers are -- >> well, i think i can stipulate that there's been a lot of incivility when it comes to washington, d.c. and how we communicate and talk to each other. i will just say that we could all learn a little lesson here, i think, about increasing the civility in the way we treat each other in a very polarized country. >> what? where were those guys a couple of months ago, last administration, the guy before? where were they with this civility and let's bring down the temperature and the tweets? where were they? who has been trying to restore civility? who has been trying to? who has been calling gop senators to the white house like today? who campaigned on civility and reaching out across the aisle while the other person was campaigning on the exact opposite and was criticized for being naive to think republicans would work with him? you guys are just beyond. you know who has been doing that? the guy who lives in the building right behind them. that'

trump the you can't go ahead and impeach a private citizen just on the floor in the last hour john cornyn who's a republican senator from texas is it exactly the same thing look he's a private citizen you can't go doing this no the democrats' argument to that is hold on a 2nd you can't be the president do something that would be considered impeachable walk the door and then face no consequences john cornyn says they don't reach high crimes and misdemeanors at the democrats say look what he did was the. was grievous thing that any president could do which was jeopardize the democracy here in the united states so you see how both sides are lining up and how that is going to happen over the next week or so don't expect this to be a long trial you remember a year ago we had what $22.00 days of an impeachment trial it's not going to last that long this time around here's why 1st of all the democrats want to make sure that they can get this done quickly so that the partisan bickering doesn't last for a very long time because of course they run 2 branches of government as well as have the white

representative -- senator cornyn, i think he had to go back on a plane. and representatives -- shirley jackson lee, al green, sylvia garcia -- excuse me. what am i doing here? i'm starting to lose track here. mayor turner -- thank you all for welcoming us. jill and i wanted to visit texas today for a couple reasons. first and foremost to let the people of texas know our prayers are with you in the aftermath of this winter storm and secondly to let you know, we will be helping to rebuild from the storms and this economic crisis. we are in it for the long haul. earlier today we received an update on storm relief efforts. folks there are doing gods work, as my mother would say. it's an important update on how the federal government is operating with the emergency declarations that i made when the governor contacted me. fema has supplied millions of gallons of water, direct assistance for homeowners to repair damage, damage caused to millions of homes across the state. the public assistance that comes with a disaster declaration ensures mayors and county offi

>> i haven't been in touch with senator cornyn, either. i've been in touch with other members. we've had calls with texas management every morning, and i've heard colleagues on those calls as i am, so i know that our delegation is very engaged in responding to our communities. there are so many things the federal government can do in moments like this, and one of the critical pieces is distributing aid, and i led my colleagues on thursday in urging president biden to sign the major disaster declaration as quickly as possible, which he now has done. >> and he's visiting texas this weekend. do you think it's particularly important for the president to see firsthand where the need is and to show his invoicing. >> i did. e he wants to come at a time when he is not disrupting our recovery. it's important people are seeing that, that the president of the united states understands the devastation here and is doing everything he can to help. i'm glad to see the response from president biden. he has been on top of this since before the weather hit, signing that initial disaster declarat

cornyn: i appreciate that. thank you very much, madam president. madam president, we've had some bizarre weather in my state in the last week or so. we're still reeling from a deadly winter storm that hit all 254 counties in the state of texas last week. the storm brought snow, ice, and prolonged sub freezing temperatures. we don't have temperatures below zero in texas -- or at least we haven't for a long, long time, but we did last week. as a result, it paralyzed much of our critical infrastructure, leaving millions without electricity, leaving them without heat, and leaving them without running water for days on end. the good news is that power has now been restored for the vast majority of texans and cities are slowly lifting water boil notices as water filtration systems come back online, but a number of families are still facing outages, and as we have seen during previous disasters, low-income and minority communities are the hardest hit. our top priority is to restore power and clean water to every single texan. throughout this episode, trag

it's too long we've allowed this to divide a spirit i met today with governor abbott, senator cornyn, conservative republicans but i'm a democratic president theorists we disagree on a number things is nothing wrong with that. but there are plenty of things we can work together. one is represented right here today. the effort to speed up fox nation. you're not giving shots of democrats or republicans i say again were giving shots to americans. all across the country with members of the armed forces, fema, volunteers, retirees, fellow americans working around the shop clock to get the shots. they are building on the work of scientists, researchers, doctors and nurses. my team at the white house which is coordinating all this is first rates. none of this has a partisan tinge or partisan element to it. this can be a great american achievement. being the only country in the world to reach 100 million shots in 100 days. this could unite us as a country. to vaccinate america. to protect america. to heal america. i know we can do this, why? because i know it can do great things we do it toge

one republican senator i talked to john cornyn said it would be a disservice, quote, disservice for the team to make that case on the senate floor. will they listen to john cornyn or president trump as they make the arguments today. >> manu raj gu from capitol hill. >>> there was a reason trump's impeach. lawyer quit earlier this week. trump balked at the $3 million price tag for trying the case. trump has been long accused of failing to pay his bills. it seems butch bowers was not willing to take the risk. trump's entire legal team bailed on him. they did not want to use the voter fraud defense that trump has been insisting on. >>> still ahead, a personal revelation all too familiar. from congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez. we'll tell you what she said and why she's opening up now. nder b? woooooow. it's crispy. it's creamy. it's not your average chocolate bar. smooth milk chocolate, crispy wafer and creamy hazelnut filling. it's kinder bueno. for skin that never holds you back don't settle for silver #1 for diabetic dry skin* #1 for psoriasis symptom relief* and #1 for eczema symp

he's going to meet with republican senator john cornyn. and there's talk about oh, he's not getting the bipartisanship or unity on votes. and that may be too hard to come by. but i do think it's significant that every step of the way, he is meeting with and working with or willing to, with republicans in different ways. >> that's right. this is the kind of event that's tailor made for joe biden's personal qualities. he's been through a lot of pain and suffering himself. he projects empathy. he quite obviously is sincere in his religious faith and by meeting with john cornyn, he can say, yes, this is a red state. i didn't carry this red state but i'm here to get on the ground. try to help texans get past this. he's already, of course, approved that major disaster declaration and his administration with fema and other agencies have been working to get supplies and other bits of support to texans. but, no, this is the comforting role of a president. the soothing role of a president. that's something that joe biden has the characteristics to p

you have many republicans, including john cornyn, including ted cruz, kevin kramer, all people who still voted with the president's defense team on this question of constitutionality. but they all argued that it was not a strong start. and i think that that is something that you can expect over the next couple of days. they may have to retool where they are moving on this. you had some like cornyn arguing that they basically just rambled on and on for several minutes and really into two hours. and i think that is a deep concern for not just the former president, who is on trial here, but also republicans who feel like their party is also on trial. so that gives you a sense of where we're moving in the next couple of days. this is going to take some time. we expect that this could wrap as soon as saturday or sunday, if there are no witnesses, but we still don't know for sure whether or not house impeachment managers will want to hear from additional people. alisyn? >> lauren, thank you very much for all of that reporting. joining us now, political analyst david gregory and cnn senior lega

cornyn: mr. president, as we all know, over the last year, coronavirus relief has dominated our work here in the congress. to the surprise of some, republicans and democrats have worked closely together to bolster our response on both the public health and economic fronts so we can bring an end to this crisis as quickly as possible. not surprisingly, there were some disagreements along the way. there always are. but both sides understood the importance of action in reaching a bipartisan deal. part of the reason was pure function. with a divided government, every piece of legislation involves compromise. you are forced to work with folks on the other side of the aisle to reach an agreement. that's a good thing. because that's what it requires to reach the president's desk and earn the president's signature. but the reasons for working together on covid-19 relief are more than just the practical or functional requirements. over the last year, i have spoken with countless texans who have faced incre

senator john cornyn's staff said he was stranded in washington, d.c.of airport closures and canceled flights, but he was working to help his constituents back home. joining me now, alison barber. good to have you with us. there were two hearings in the texas statehouse and senate today about those blackouts. what did we learn, if anything? >> reporter: yeah, texas, kind of the trend has been there's a lot more questions than answers, but today we have seen legislatures in the house and the senate here in austin to try to get more clarity on what went wrong and how to prevent it in the future. the senate hearing, which has lasted for hour focused on questioning and term from the president and ceo of ercot, the people in charge of overseeing the grid. one of the questions the legislature had had to do with preparation and some of the things we saw happen as the cold weather rolled in with equipment freezing. senators, like many people in texas, wanted to know why the equipment wasn't winterized, and ercot essentially claims they don't have that authority

legalizing recreational marijuana and heating senator cornyn's call to make government reform a priority by implementing a wide ranging ethics plan that would make our state government more accountable, more responsible to the people we serve. there is no reason why we can't work together. democrats and republicans to pass these initiatives. if you are skeptical about the prospects for bipartisanship in the wake of what we've seen, our politics become recently, well, i can say that i blame you. so, i want to close by saying this, i think it's incumbent on every public official, no matter what party you belong to our how much responsibility uber for the events of last month to look for ways to fix our broken politics. after all, as my conversation with my conservative colleague demonstrated, we all come here with the same goal in mind. helping the people we represent build the lives they want for their families. but while a lot of the anger and division in our politics comes from overheated rhetoric and selfish partisanship, i think there's something else going on here too. the people who

even his fellow republican senator john cornyn isn't that bad. cornyn isn't usually at the top of the list of officials deserving praise, but he worked with the energy department to allow rules to be set aside during emergency conditions, giving texans more leeway to recover. our first guest is leading where others won't, democratic congresswoman lizzie fletcher. the is facing an all hands on deck situation. today congresswoman fletcher along with four other house democrats wrote a letter to governor abbott demanding answers for why the state didn't take steps to prevent crises like this from happening after a report in 2011, ten years ago, raised alarms about the ability of texas' infrastructure to handle winter weather. the letter says, quote, the events of this week demonstrate that there are significant shortcomings in preparations and more must be done to protect communities disproportionately impacted by winter power outages. we're concerned that the underlying issues that contributed to the 2011 massive power failure have not been fully ad

having dependable supply chains texas republican senator john cornyn so the need to address the issue is something both parties agree on we all understand this is important not only to our economy but also to the to our national security white house press secretary jen psaki says the executive action will protect the country against shortages of critical supplies. grow the economy and maintain america's competitive edge in the world ensuring that can withstand crises and create good paying jobs in the process senate majority leader chuck schumer says semiconductor manufacturing is a weak spot for the u.s. economy. >>this is a technology. the united states created we ought to be leading the world and schumer applauds the executive order legislation on the issue to protect american industries from unfair competition from countries like china for decades china has effectively ceased cheated and stolen its way to economic growth engaging in brazen theft of american intellectual property. >>now the biden administration says it will stay in close contact with congress to receive recommendat

senator cornyn and i were strong advocates of this. they have asked for information from the fbi in connection with that lawsuit. they have been denied that information under the state secrets privilege. in my view there is no justification for failing to provide that information. i hope that you will consider taking prompt action to release it. i know that you cannot necessarily address it now, but i wrote to the department of justice last week and i hope you will take that letter as a matter of priority area -- as a matter of priority. judge garland: if i am confirmed i will get the letter and give it my intention, yes i will. sen. blumenthal: similarly, the department of justice inspector general reportedly opened an investigation in september 2018 of the fbi's essential mishandling of the investigation into larry nassar's sexual abuse , i'm sure you recall his prosecution. there was an inspector general for that visit to the fbi's possible delay malfeasance. i hope that will be published promptly in the interest of the transparency

several members of congress join the president in houston, including texas republican senator john cornyn and democratic members of congress sylvia garcia sheila jackson lee al green and lizzie fletcher. >>noticeably absent texas's other senator ted cruz whose spoke at the conservative political action conference in orlando, making light of his controversial trip to sunny mexico while millions of texans froze without power or water, i got to say. is awesome. it's not as nice as cancun back in texas, the white house says the president's trip has a dual mission as the president checks in on the mass coronavirus vaccination center at nrg stadium run by the federal government in washington, i'm anna wiernicki. the u.s. government has declared that saudi crown prince mohammad bin salman is responsible for the murder of washington post columnist jamal khashoggi. >>us intelligence officials determined that bin salman approved the operation to kill khashoggi in october of 2018 it happened at the saudi consulate in istanbul democratic lawmakers are expected to introduce a resolution to hold saudi

whether it is senator graham or senator cornyn. and it is in large part because of what we heard from judge garland up front. the promise to stay away from politics, the promise for transparency, the promise for communication and his love of the department of justice. and, so he knows how to speak their language, he is careful to not answer questions that he can't answer because he's a sitting judge. but goes right up to the line to kind of nod to whom ever is asking the question that he gets it and he's with them. now that to change and will likely change when he gets tougher questions as they move down the republican dais in particular. i have to note, one thing that i was -- if i did roll my eyes but you heard one republican ask that the sole criteria is to promise to take politics out of the justice department. i'm just wondering where those republicans were for the past four years. >> yeah. the line of questioning on the republican side, exactly on the nose, dana. on the nose. laura, how do you think garland is doing so far? l

several members of congress join the president in houston, including texas republican senator john cornyn and democratic members of congress sylvia garcia sheila jackson lee al green and lizzie fletcher. >>noticeably absent texas's other senator ted cruz whose spoke at the conservative political action conference in orlando, making light of his controversial trip to sunny mexico. well millions of texans froze without power or water i got to say. >>orlando is awesome. it's not as nice as cancun back in texas, the white house says the president's trip has a dual mission as the president checks in on the mass coronavirus vaccination center at nrg stadium run by the federal government in washington, i'm anna wiernicki. >>well, here's are really beautiful site to share with you look at this this is the super bloom of mustard flowers, creating just a sea of yellow, this is an half moon bay very great for photos people from all over the bay area are getting out to take a look at this the mustard flowers, some every year around the middle of february and they're not only pretty they do serve a pu

senator john cornyn of texas joins us from capitol hill. a great operation there that we just watched. >> i agree. >> bill: we want to play a sound bite from michael bloomberg talking about schools. here is what he said. >> it's time for joe biden to stand up and say the kids are the most important things, and important players here and the teachers are just going to have to suck it up and stand up and provide an education. >> bill: his message directed toward the white house. what do you think he will get from that, if anything? >> well, i think he is right. we want to make sure that our kids can safely return to the classroom but according to the center for disease control and dr. fauci and all the experts, they can. this refusal on the part of some of the teachers unions to return is not about the kids, it is about them and it is really stoking fear where the science we should follow the science. >> dana: earlier today after the cdc director said that the white house said that's not official guidance coming from them. which i thought was

cornyn himself indicated it was -- they set a high standard for the trump legal team to meet when theyue tomorrow. and that is much different than the message from republicans after the 2020 impeachment trial in which they sharply criticized the democratic performance for the most part. here they are praising what the impeachment team has laid out. but they are signalling because of their process concerns, they are going to acquit, and one reason, of course, also could be the backlash they could get from the base if they were to break ranks. also, erin, it's clear that some republicans are simply not comfortable with donald trump at this moment. one senator tommy it upperville who is an alabama republican, a freshman who won his race thanks to donald trump's role in his race, told me he would not say one way or the other if he would back donald trump running for reelection again. he called it a hypothetical. he said in the middle of a trial i don't want to get into that question right now, but i did ask him if he regrets personally voting to throw out the electoral results in two state

texas republican senator john cornyn says that's not the right way to go about passing more relief the correct ruling would be to say the budget process cannot be used. >>to pass substantive legislation. >>now despite the opposition democrats believe this is the direction they should go psaki says that they have not received any ideas from republicans so they will continue with the way they're going with the planned. reporting live in washington, i'm basil john it just seems like it's not even realistic to think that this will be a bipartisan effort. >>well it's hard to say if a bipartisan effort will come to part of the reason why does minimu

texas republican senator john cornyn says that's not the right way to go about passing more relief the correct ruling would be to say the budget process cannot be used. >>to pass substantive legislation. >>now despite the opposition democrats believe this is the direction they should go psaki says that they have not received any ideas from republicans so they will continue with the way they're going with the planned. reporting live in washington, i'm basil john it just seems like it's not even realistic to think that this will be a bipartisan effort. >>well it's hard to say if a bipartisan effort will come to part of the reason why does minimum wage hike minimum wage hike will not go through is because republicans have been very outspoken. >>about not having this included in the covid relief bill now it just because is coming up that it is recommended that it will not be in does not necessarily mean that it will be need from the bill the parliamentarian has announced that it is it that they will possibly not added in, but democrats could still go ahead put this in the covid relief bill

and representative senator cornyn. i think he had to go back. i think he's getting on a plane.entatives shirley jackson lee, and al green, lizzy pinnely, excuse me pinnel, and what am i doing here? i'm going to lose track here. and mayor turner, judge hidalgo, thank you all for welcoming us. and jill and i wanted to visit today for a couple of reasons. first and foremost, let the people of texas know our prayers are with you and this aftermath of this winter storm. and secondly to let you know what i told governor abbott and mayor turner and judge hidalgo and the congressional delegation, that we will be true partners to help you recover and rebuild from the storms and this pandemic and the economic crisis. we're in for the long haul. earlier today we received an update on the storm relief efforts from harris county emergency operations center. folks there are doing god's work as my mother would say. it is an important update on how the federal government and states are working together through the major disaster declaration and emergency declarations that i made when the gover

feel for the people suffering through this weather but god doesn't seem to like ted cruz well john cornyn these 2 also never recognized the jewel war and if this isn't payback i don't know what is hey texas keep voting for officials who don't believe in climate change and supported privatization of the power grid maybe in 4 years you can vote for trump again he believes in the latter but not the former perfect. isn't it great how the red states are the 1st to denounce the federal government and also the 1st one to start whining and crying for help from the fat's when things go back to lead them freeze i say let them freeze with wanting to split away with us now they're begging for help their red states warm them up so here we have americans saying that americans deserve to freeze because they are trump's supporters and some find the whole thing up warry asli funny this is especially tough for texans because they're not equipped for snow they don't have snow shovels out there the best bet is to grab the air 15 to shoot each snowflake before it lands while this seems to be a shocking revela

texas republican senator john cornyn says that's not the right way to go about passing more relief the correct ruling would be to say the budget process cannot be used. >>to pass substantive legislation. >>now despite the opposition democrats believe that this is the direction to go psaki says republicans have been brought anything to the table so they will continue with this round. reporting live in washington, i'm basil john basal thank you for that vice president kamala harris stopped by a washington dc pharmacy this morning. she showed up to see how the distribution of the covid vaccine is going while promoting the administration's federal retail pharmacy program for vaccinations that program is designed to make it easier for those in hard-hit communities to get access to the medications. >>a developing story. we are following tonight the united states has launched air strikes against syria targeting facilities near the iraqi border used by iranian backed militia group senate on says the strikes were retaliation for a rocket attack in iraq earlier this month that killed a civilian

texas republican senator john cornyn agrees or lot of questions that i hope are going to be addressed a lot of them have to do with the basic. >>precedent setting nature of trying to ace person is no longer president the trial is clearly constitutional by every frame of analysis. democrats say they have overwhelming evidence that trump is guilty and senate majority leader chuck schumer says senators need to hear the entire case the president cannot simply resign to avoid accountability for an impeachable offense. nor can they escaped judgment by waiting until their final few weeks in office to betray our country. >>and senate leaders agreed to allow for 4 hours of debate today on whether it's constitutional to prosecute a former president and then the senate will take a vote on whether or not to proceed with the trial which is expected to pass live in washington, i'm anna wiernicki back to you all right, thank you very much anna. >>it is my desire to get our schools safely open as quickly as we can. >>that's the other big story this morning kids in california could be one step closer

having dependable supply chains texas republican senator john cornyn so the need to address the issue is something both parties agree on we all understand this is important not only to our economy but also to the to our national security white house press secretary jen psaki says the executive action will protect the country against shortages of critical supplies. grow the economy and maintain america's competitive edge in the world ensuring that can withstand jobs in the process senate ng i- majority leader chuck schumer says semiconductor manufacturing is a weak spot for the u.s. economy. >>this is a technology. the united states created we ought to be leading the world and schumer applauds the executive order legislation on the issue to protect american industries from unfair competition from countries like china for decades china has effectively ceased cheated and stolen its way to economic growth engaging in brazen theft of american intellectual property. >>now the biden administration says it will stay in close contact with congress to take recommendations during the review, rep

the nerve of them to sit there and act like -- cornyn said the only reason he could ever vote against him is if he wouldn't pledge to keep politics out of doj. these guys have some nerve, don't they? unbelievable. >> there's so much. we have two pieces of sound i think to illustrate both of your points. let me first play his response to ted cruz and we'll get a response to this. >> i can assure you that i do not regard myself as anything other than the lawyer for the people of the united states. and i am not the president's lawyer. i am the united states' lawyer. and i will do everything in my power, which i believe is considerable, to fend off any effort by anyone to make prosecutions or investigations partisan or political in any way. my job is to protect the department of justice and its employees in going about their job and doing the right thing according to the facts and the law. >> andrew weissmann, he had to say that because bill barr's motto was do the shuffle wherever his crony wanted him to do. and his legacy was to be an accomplice to a coup. >> absolutely and claire's poi

cornyn: mr. president. are we in a quorum call? the presiding officer: we are. mr. cornyn: i would ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. cornyn: mr. president, as we all have learned, the devastation caused by covid-19 reaches far beyond the impact, the health impact of the virus itself. tens of millions of americans have lost their jobs or other sources of income. countless small businesses no longer exist. and the stress and uncertainty surrounding the pandemic has taken a toll on the mental health of every american. that's especially true for children whose worlds have been flipped upside down. last spring, schools in texas and across the country transitioned from in person to virtual instruction in order to help stop the spread of the virus. in the beginning, we thought this was a short-term measure, a way to keep students, teachers, and their families safe from the virus we knew very little about at the time. i don't think

the next three are senator cornyn and senator menendez. congratulations on your nomination. let me start where senator carper the point he raised about tpp. one thing we have that china does not his friends and allies and i think we and improve our negotiating position on economic and national security measures by allying with our friends and so i would certainly encourage you and the administration to look into entering that. i thought that was a good idea did the trump administration decided under these circumstances that would also suggest we look at india as a potential addition to the tpp. we've grown closer one that believes in the rule of law as we do and a counterweight as well we've entered into the quad and i think it would be appropriate to include in those discussions as well. i guess that isn't a question as a statement. let me also echo some of the concerns raised by senator stabenow when it comes to semi conductors as we have a great visit on supply chain vulnerability and there's probably no greater current example of that vulnerability than the automobile ma