senator dick durbin joins us now from capitol hill. senator, thanks so much for being with us.et to the vote count and your expertise in a moment but first i want to ask you about former arkansas governor mike huckabee, his comments about this agreement. he says the president is marching israel to the door of the oven. your reaction? >> obviously that was a hyperbolic overstatement and totally untrue. those of us who are aware of the suffering of the jewish people, what happened in the holocaust have to take care not to use that analogy in such a casual way way. in this circumstance, this president, this administration have done everything in their power to reach an agreement. this president organized an international coalition to put sanctions on iran to force them to the negotiating table. a coalition which included our usual adversaries china and russia and they came to the table together. the goal is simple, stop iran from developing a nuclear weapon. the path to that goal is really two choices, diplomacy or military action and war. i believe we should exhaust the diplomati

this forum and also say that there's no better ed a voadvocate in the united states senate than dick durbin for biomedical research and it's been a great pleasure to work with you, dick, on this issue that both of us care so much about. just a week ago senator baldwin and i introduced a national caregivers act and the reason that we did so is exactly to answer some of the concerns that you've just raised. we are spending $225 billion on caring for people with alzheimer's. the majority of that is uncompensated care a that exhausted family members are given. and we don't have a strategy for trying to ensure that caregivers have the support that they need. whether it's respite care home health care, whether it's support groups and that's what our bill is aimed at. it's modelled on the national alzheimer's plan act which i authored with former senator evan, and that has z produced a national strategy for alzheimer's that's brought together all the federal agencies and its most important recommendation has to do with the appropriate level of funding for biomedical research. >> >> senator, i comm

hosting this forum and also say that there's no better advocate in the united states senate than dick durbin for biomedical research and it's been a great pleasure to work with you, dick, on this issue that both of us care so much about. just a week ago senator baldwin and i introduced a national caregivers act, and the reason that we did so is exactly to answer some of the concerns that you've just raised. we are spending $225 billion on caring for people with alzheimer's. the majority of that is uncompensated care that exhausted family members are giving. frequently an eld early spouse. and we don't have a strategy for trying to ensure that caregivers have the support that they need. whether it's respite care, home health care, whether it's support groups and that's what our bill is aimed at. it is modeled on the national alzheimer's plan act, which i authored with former senator evan bayh. and that's produced a national strategy for alzheimer's that's brought together all the federal agencies. and its most important recommendation has to do with the appropriate level of funding for biomed

illinois senator dick durbin wrote a letter to loretta lynch asking the justice department to open anorney general discussed the case with msnbc's andrea mitchell. >> many people see this situation escalating, and i think it shows the frustration that many minority communities feel when they feel that, you know, maybe it wouldn't have escalated in a different community. and i hope that that can bring this situation to light as well. so that people understand the frustration that many minority members feel when they're stopped by the police. >> joining us now, sandra bland's mother, geneva reid veal and sandra bland's sister sharon cooper and kevin lambert, the attorney representing this family. first of all, to mother and sister, i'm very, very sorry for your loss. i'm sorry to be having to talk to you in circumstances like this. but mrs. reid veal, tell us what it's like now that the funeral is over and you're hoping to move forward with getting more answers to what happened to your daughter. what is it that you hope to happen next? >> what i hope to happen next is that i really get

i didn't hear anything that upset me. >> you heard dick durbin basically misdefine kate's law.did it on purpose. he knows what it is. he did it to object secure the real issue hoping that, you know, kate's law will not be passed. that bothers me. and as the father of kate herself, i think it -- i would like to get your opinion on mr. durbin. >> well, you will have to excuse me, bill, we left the chamber after we had testified. >> oh, okay. did you didn't hear him. >> did i not hear him. >> well, you heard him here. brad i will throw it over to you, there is an element in this country who is not sympathetic to the murder of your sister. i mean, they say they are but they won't take any steps to prevent another kate from being murdered. how do you see those people? >> well, the clip i just saw from the senator that spoke i think it's very plain and clear to see that a kate's law that deals with felons that have committed crimes, anything from rape to murder committed any type of assault if they are felons we should definitely make sure that they are either detained or sent out of

senator dick durbin sent a letter to the department of justice saying you need to get involved here. there are too many inconsistencies to make the family feel we are getting a full and fair and thorough investigation. >> be she thinks bland would have been streeted differently if she weren't an african american. >>> the use of the internet revenge porn. >> i started suffering from night terrors. >> images on, hoping to get even but first. >> a seattle scout troop practicing their howl. they were kicked out because their scout master was gay. what's ahead for them? >> major changes expected today for the boy scouts of america. the group's executive board is said to lift the long standing ban on openly gay scout leaders. as allen shawx reports it is shaifl shawx reports. allen schauffler reports. >> basic outdoor skills, the importance of citizenship and sports mawfnshipman ship and much more from scouting. their charter was revoked because their scout leader is openly gay. jeffrey mcgrath said, he wasn't sure if his troop would ever be welcomed back into the national organization. >>

i am very appreciative of folks like dick durbin and cory booker and alongside mike lee and rand paul and other folks in the house of representatives who are working together to see if we can both reduce some of these mandatory minimums around nonviolent drug offenses. again i tend not to have a lot of sympathy when it comes to violent crime. en with it comes to nonviolent drug offenses the work we can do to reduce mandatory minimums create more diversion programs like drug courts then can we do a better job on the rehabilitation side inside of prisons so we are preparing these folks who are going to be released to re-enter the workforce. on the back end are we doing more to limp them up with re-entry programs that are more effective? this could be an area where we could have some significant bipartisan legislation that doesn't eliminate all of the other challenges we have. the most important goal is keeping folks from getting into the criminal justice system in the first place which means early childhood education and good jobs and making sure we are not segregating folks in impoveri

dick durbin has sent a letter to doj saying you have to get involved with this. to put the families at ease that we're getting a full and fair investigation. >> a fine for chrysler for mishandling recalls. it will be fined $5 million for violating safety laws. $20million will go towards repairing vehicles. the company must offer to buy back jeeps with the potential for gas leaks and submit to hire an independent monitor. >>> preparing for change, the boy scouts of america is set to end it's blanket ban on gay scout leaders but it may not stop all troops. >>> and the state department reveal which countries have not doing enough to stop smuggling. >> major changes expected for the boy scouts of america. they're expected to lift the long-standing ban against openly gay scout leaders. it's an issue that has divided the scouting world for some time time. >> the boy scouts of america is an organization with a long history incorporateed in 1910. since that time generations of young americans have learned outdoor skills, citizenship and much more from scouting. but these

. >> reporter: illinois senator dick durbin is now asking the justice department to join the texas rangers and fbi who are already looking into bland's arrest, incarceration and death. he says, the disturbing series of events in this case deserve answers. bland was found dead in her jail cell three days after a traffic stop that quickly escalated on both sides. bland's sister shared the last voice mail from her just hours before her arrest. >> good news! i did get the job i came down here for. so call me when you get some time. bye. >> we just miss her. she was a really great person. >> many people across the country have taken up the banner of sandra bland's death for many reasons. but here today, the focus is simple. a family saying good-bye to a beloved daughter, sister, and aunt. >> this is the most impassioned i have felt about something and the most inspired i felt about something. and that came from somebody that i had the pleasure of knowing for 28 years. >> reporter: laying her sister to rest as she struggles with questions about her death. john yang, nbc news, lyle, illinois. >>>

senator dick durbin sent a letter to the d.o.j. saying you have to get involved in this because there are too many inconsistencies here to make the family assured we are fate ago full and thorough investigation. >> the two victims of the theater shooting in louisiana will be laid to rest today. 21-year-old macy was studying to be a technology technician, the other victim ran a store with her husband. both were killed during a showing of the movie train wreck last week when a gunman opened fire. we are learning about john russell how elser. he was able to buy a handgun despite a long history of mental illness and threats against his family. two women who met him at a restaurant days before the shooting said he spoke about killing animals. >> the boy scouts of america to end its blanket ban on gay scout leaders, but change may not happen for all troops. >>le relative of a local politician was assassinated in afghanistan. >> whitey bulger gets another day in court today the federal appeals panel set to hear arguments over his convicti

the honorable dick durbin. >> good afternoon. think back for a moment.you on september 11 2001? we all have that memory. something you will never forget. 60 years before, there was another day just like that in american history. december 7, 1941. a message which electrified america, we had been attacked pearl harbor. brave men and women had died. war was declared just hours after in the hall of the u.s. house of representatives when president franklin delano roosevelt came and describes that day that would live in infamy. it was his job as commander-in-chief to rally the american people and our forces to win that war. he summoned winston churchill to come across the ocean in need in the white house. two weeks after pearl harbor franklin roosevelt sent the order to the military, attack japan. he knew he had to make the point that they were not invulnerable and he had to prove to the american people that we had the will to stand up and fight back against the odds. lucky for him, and lucky for america, 80 brave americans stepped forward to volunteer for thi

are thinking deeply about challenges the country's facing and it's a real honor here to be with dick durbin. dick, i just wanted to start out, we were just talking about "animal house." how many of you have seen "animal house," this is the guy. so now you're graduated beyond it, you're living alone. has anyone bought the rights to you living alone? >> not yet. >> how is it going? >> no sex and violence. well, let me just say it's a different experience to be in an apartment. >> i think it could be fun. a story there. an atlantic cover story. another thing in this broad subject of investment and health science, investment in making the nation a healthier place, is you more than anyone sort of took an interesting angle that i haven't heard many others take which is that the lack the deficit of investment in spending actually has strategic consequences for the united states. and i'd like you to take us down that path. >> it goes back to early experience in the house when i was serving in the appropriations committee, a fellow named john porter congressman from a suburban district in illinois j

dick durbin says, you have to get involved here that the family is interested in getting a full and fair and thorough investigation. >> let me ask you have you received an apology at all from the sheriff's department concerning the action he of that particular officer? >> no, sir and i have to be honest with you it's a shame that we haven't received one any sooner. >> sharon cooper and cannon lambert, our condolences for your loss and thank you for being with us. >> thank you sir. >> las vegas hotel fire,. >> unbelievable, being cosmopolitan hotel. once again open to the public, the blaze sending plumes of smoke high into the air tbof the strip. two people were treated for smoke inhalation, most of the guests were unhurt. hillary clinton and donald trump, does it mean anything this early in the game, a look at what's in store on the campaign trail np our week ahead segment. plus methamphetamines, a fight against what is known as yabba. . >> investigating a dark side of the law >> they don't have the money to puchace their freedom... >> for some...crime does pay... >> the bail bond indust

dick durbin of illinois. in this photograph was not released until about 1909 for the lincoln centennial -- and this photograph was not released until about 1909 for the lincoln centennial. i submit it is one of the greatest photographs of abraham lincoln. >> moving on. joan chose and as your figure. -- an obscure figure. joan waugh: i disagree with harold and agree with matt, this was a fun project conceived in wine. like so many things conceived and wine the next morning i was not feeling regretful at all. [laughter] joan waugh: i kept asking matt again and again are you sure we can have fun with this? we can write from our heart at 41 sonata footnote everything? and he said yes and i decided to trust him and i am glad that i did. this picture was one that fascinated me of grant leaving against as you can see -- leaning against as you can see a tree. it was taken on june 11 or 12th mirror the harbor. -- near the harbor. when i started my project on ulysses s. grant, i was fascinated simply because i hadn't

the senate's number two democrat dick durbin has requested that. let's bring in evan perez.deral investigation? >> wolf, they're not this yet. we know the fbi in houston has been monitoring the local investigation and they say that if it produces anything that implicates a federal crime, perhaps a civil rights violation of any kind then they will formally open an inquiry. but what the attorney general just said it's a little surprising she went there, but it is -- it does not really go to the federal issue which has to do with civil rights. it's not necessarily a federal crime if someone is treated without courtesy during a police stop. so that's the issue here. the federal law is much more limited and it's not even clear whether there will be a state law violation, depending on wa exactly happened behind -- in that jail cell. >> tough decisions ahead. thanks very much evan for that. let's talk more about the sandra bland case with our cnn anchor don lemon. our senior legal analyst jeffrey toobin. legal analyst sunny hostin. law enforcement analyst tom fuentes. sunny, you he

now talks do continue but expectations will much lower according to democrat dick durbin.w saying chances are less than 50-50. why? >> well it's certainly more pessimistic than the president and white house officials have been in the past. they've previously throughout this whole process and negotiations kinds of pegged it at 50-50 chances. pretty striking that we heard the pthsresident saying the chances are less than 50% now. thursday he huddled the senate democrats trying to reassure them that he would not accept a bad deal. as the negotiations reach one daeds line they've already blown through two previous deadlines. there certainly a flurry of tense negotiations. tense meetings in vienna. here's what the state department spokesperson said about this final stretch. >> when you get such a complicated technical agreement, every sickle piece has to come together at the end. and we always knew at the end of these talks, these would be the toughest issues. that's sort of how these negotiations work. the toughest issues often come down to the very end. >> and the president i

so i am very appreciative of folks like dick durbin and cory booker alongside mike lee and rand paul and other folks in the house who are working gether to see if we can both reduce some of these mandatory minimums around nonviolent drug offenders, again, i tend to not have a lot of sympathy when it comes to violent crime. when it comes to nonviolent drug offenses, is there work that we can do to reduce mandatory minimums, create more diversion problems like drug courts. then can we do a better job on the rehabilitation side inside of prisons so that we are preparing these folks who are eventually going to be released to re-enter the workforce. on the back end, are we doing more to link them up with re-entry programs that are effective. this may be an area where we could have some really legs icant bipartisan that doesn't -- legislation that doesn't eliminate the challenges that we got. getting them in the court system in the first place, early childhood education, good jobs, making sure that we're not segregating folks in impoverished communities that have no contact with opportunit

some democrats like dick durbin saying we don't need this law.id that to be fair. but she hasn't come out with a clear position. >> she obviously knows because i said it four times here we asked her and bernie sanders, they were disrespectful and didn't answer our question, very simple question. all right, stay on her. sooner or later, somebody is going to confront her with it so there you go. dana perino on deck. her two most important stories of the week, iranian nuke deal and sanctuary "ride away" (by roy orbison begins to play) ♪ i ride the highway... ♪ i'm going my way... ♪i leave a story untold... he just keeps sending more pictures... if you're a free-range chicken, you roam free. it's what you do. if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. it's what you do. ♪ two wheels a turnin'... female announcer: sleep train's ends sunday.e for 3 event! it's your last chance to get three years interest-free financing on beautyrest black, stearns & foster, serta icomfort, even tempur-pedic. plus, get free deliver

shocking but people like senator dick durbin are likely to oppose the law.king points believes human life is no longer a priority for many on the left. they often live in a world of theory and avoid the key issues. the calculated harvesting of infant body parts is an atrocity. and so is allowing criminal alien felons to walk free in america. and that's the memo. now, for the top story tonight, reaction, with us juan williams fox news analyst and andrea tantaros. you are up first go. >> i think you are hitting on something that's happened to the democratic party. this isn't the party anymore of even bill clinton or kennedy. the liberals have taken control and moved it in such a way that is so far out of the mainstream, i mean, now they are the party of bill crunchy abortions and crime and the silence from so many in the party tells you everything you need to know. it's deafening it speaks volumes. because they are not coming out and they are not denouncing this kind of action. >> they're defending it. the "new york times" defended it today. >> defending it. w

some democrats like dick durbin saying we don't need this law. to be fair. but she hasn't come out with a clear position. >> she obviously knows because i said it four times here we asked her and bernie sanders they were disrespectful and didn't answer our question, very simple question. all right, stay on her. sooner or later, somebody is going to confront her with it so there you go. dana perino on deck. her two most important stories of the week, iranian nuke deal and sanctuary the 110 cities and counties in this country that don't oppose immigration law. how did that go? >> trying to hold the administration's feet to the fire, they were able to vote on a lot. they passed a lot of things that go to the senate and they would be held. you might actually see movement because there is the frustration about the sanctuary city. >> right. >> as well as kate's law. that could pass the house and unlike in years past, when the white house would try do a veto threat, harry reid would just block it. >> yeah. but just two separate tracks so you have to be

and so i am very appreciative of folks like dick durbin and cory booker along side mike lee and rand paul other folks in the house who are working together to see if we can both reduce some of these mandatory minimums around non-violent drug offenses. again, i tend not to have a lot of sympathy when it comes to violent crimes, but when it comes to non-violent drug offenses, is there work we can do to reduce mandatory minimums, create more diversion programs like drug courts, then can we do a better job on the rehabilitation side inside of prisons so that we're preparing these folks who are eventually going to be released to reenter the workforce. on the back end are we diagnose doing more to help them be more effective. this is an area where we could have significant bipartisan legislation. the most important goal is to keep people from being involved in the criminal justice in its first place which means early childhood education good jobs, making sure that we're not segregateing folks in impoverish impoverished communities that have no contact with opportunity. what was remarkable

. >> senator dick durbin. thank you. appreciate it. >> thank you, chris. >> given the way domestic news coverage has gone down you would thing it was a deal nesh -- deal negotiated by the u.s.ened israel. it is not. there has been shockingly little coverage of how the almost 282 million people of iran view it. according to a report published, many iranian dissident whose oppose the regime and risk imprisonment and worse in doing so support the deal for its potential to open iranian society to the rest of the world. these are people often celebrated by many of the same hawks now condemning the deal. the guardian published a piece by an iranian american woman about conservative pro regime relatives in iran. was told by one cousin people believe the economy has to be built. they have seen they're just a country in a larger world. but if we're not paying enough attention to the iranians they're paying attention to us. both hearings on the deal have been broadcast on iranian state tv. joining us now, authors of "the ayatollah

and so i am very appreciative of folks like dick durbin and corey booker alongside mike lee and rand paul and, you know other folks in the house who are working together to see if we can both reduce some of these mandatory minimums around non-violent drug offenses. again, i tend not to have a lot of sympathy when it comes to violent crime. when it comes to non-violent drug offenses is there work that we can do to reduce mandatory minimums create more diversion programs like drug courts then can we do a better job on the rehabilitation side inside of prisons so that we are preparing these folks who are eventually going to be released to reenter the work force. on the back end, are we doing more to link them up with reentry programs that are effective. and this may be an area where we could have some really significant bipartisan legislation that doesn't eliminate all the other challenges we've got, because the most important goal is keeping folks from getting into the criminal justice system in the first place, which means early childhood education, good jobs and making sure that we'r

some democrats like dick durbin saying we don't need this law.fair. but she hasn't come out with a clear position. >> she obviously knows because i said it four times here we asked her and bernie sanders they were disrespectful and didn't answer our question, very simple question. all right, stay on her. sooner or later, somebody is going to confront her with it so there you go. dana perino on deck. her two most important stories of the week, iranian nuke deal and sanctuary cities. dana is next. get huge savings on great gear at bass pro shops. like bass pro original logo tees for under $10. save 20% on select redhead men's shorts. and save $15 on this xps stalker tackle backpack. ♪ if you can't stand the heat, get off the test track. get the mercedes-benz you've been burning for at the summer event, going on now at your authorized mercedes-benz dealer. hurry, before this opportunity cools off. share your summer moments in your mercedes-benz with us. the 110 cities and counties in this country that don't oppose immigration law. how did that go? >

dick durbin was in the gym. he's earlier than me and he helped recruit him, too. >> because the senate gym is where chuck schumer talks with his colleagues because the gym is where he sometimes recruits colleagues to support his position on things. that gym may play a pivotal role in the iran nuclear deal. think about this. chuck schumer is a key vote. probably the key vote when it comes to this deal. close ally of the president and one of israel's fiercest advocates in congress and he's poised to be the next democratic leader in the u.s. senate. now, the fear among the deal supporters obviously that includes the white house is that if schumer decides to go all out against this deal, he could also bring quite a few democrats with him. i asked schumer about the tough position he's in on this. >> i'm not going to comment until i read the document. that's what's going to guide me. look, when i think the president is wrong, i go against him. i just voted against the trade bill and tpa because i thought it hurt middl

there are some senators, a lot of democratic senators, chuck schumer from new york, dick durbin froms and others are sitting on the fence till they read it that seems appropriate, and some are making skeptical noises. it would be a major setback from the democrats but i would be stunned if it happened. possible, but surprising if it happened. >> i think david is more bullish. i think the senate is now very much in doubt as to what would happen, sustaining the presidential veto. i think the best chance the democrats have and the president has is in the house where you've got the most effective democratic vote of the past generation, nancy pelosi on your side and i thin that may very well be the key to this. >> woodruff: i want to turn to the 2016 race for president. before i do that, mark and david, i want to ask about the story lisa desjardins just reported for us this planned parenthood controversy, the videotaped interview out there about selling fetal tissue and whether or not planned parenthood is profiting from that. a lot of republicans david, jumping on this story. is this kin

they include senators dick durbin, chuck shoom schumer. chris coons and tessler. i want to make sure whatever we agree to has verification that it is going to happen. and joe biden was on capitol hill rallying support among congressional democrats today. saudi arabia issued a warning today to iran. the saudis said iran should use the money from sanctions being lifted to improve the lives of iranians rather than using them to cause turmoil in the region, a matter that will meet a decisive reaction from the nations of the region. so you have the israelis and the arabs. the arab world in some cases aligned on this? interesting dichotomy, isn't it? ? recent years the arab world has been fighting proxy wars in yemen and syria. in yemen iran has been supporting the shia houthi rebels. and saudi arabia has been backing the yemeni government. and many fear iran will use its money to fund the war and conflict. meanwhile dick cheney giving his opinion. >> he's in fact sanctioned the nuclearification by iran. it's a matter of monthsing in we're going to see situation where o

compounds problems that these communities already have and so i am very appreciative of folks like dick durbin and cory booker alongside mike lee and rand paul and, you know other folks in the house who are working together to see if we can both reduce some of these mandatory minimums around nonviolent drug offenses. again, i tend not to have a lot of sympathy when it comes to violent crime, but when it comes to nonviolent drug offenses is there work that we can do to reduce mandatory minimums? create more diversion programs like drug courts then can we do a better job on the rehabilitation side inside of prisons so that we are preparing these folks who are eventually going to be released to re-enter the work force on back end, or are we doing more to link them up with re-entry programs that are effective? and this may be an area where we could have some really significant bipartisan legislation that doesn't eliminate all the other challenges we've got because the most important goal is keeping folks from getting into the criminal justice system in the first place which means early childhood e

senator jim inhofe and senator dick durbin have said they're working on a unanimous consent agreement. basically they're going to try to take a move to cut short some of his procedural time that has been put in place. because of some of the actions they've done yesterday. the same as a very complicated procedural situation when it comes to this bill. there's many potential hangups and many potential stalls that could occur on certain is related to the bill. but the leaders are saying that they're going to try this afternoon to push to get the members to agree to take a key vote later this evening. instead of if they didn't do this move, defense will try to get senators to speed up the clock they would have to revisit this again tomorrow and it could be too late. >> host: quickly, what is the impact if no deal is done before the august congressional break? what are cities and towns what are they likely to see? >> caller: they could see those construction cones all around the freeways and local roads stay up but the workers might not be there. of these that's the messaging from a lot of

. >> woodruff: after learning about "reveal"'s report, democratic senator dick durbin of illinois sent a letter to the pentagon asking it to investigate recruitment practices by the university of phoenix. the d.o.d. says it takes the allegations seriously and is looking into the matter. stay with us. coming up on the newshour: comedian aziz ansari on dating in the digital age. but now to the analysis of shields and brooks. that's syndicated columnist mark shields and "new york times" columnist david brooks. so let's go back to the lead story. david, a string of shootings just in the last few weeks including this one last night in lafayette louisiana. we talked to mark kelly at the top of the program, gabrielle giffords husband. what, is there anything to be done? >> i'm for doing all the front control you can think of, the event control small weapons you might do some good. i'd be a little modest about how much good you do. this has been studied quite lot by the cdc, ama series of studies all the gun control legislation that's hatched in the past and it's hard to find strong effects. t

dick durbin in chicago is for it. i suspect that boxer will.is a little because it's new york as to how chuck schumer is going to go. i think chuck schumer is enormously prestigious and they won't just say he did this for israel. they'll say he made a calculated judgment, he thought about it. i think he'll stick with the president when it comes to the override, i think. he may not be with him in the beginning. he'll be one of the 34 i think that hang with him. i don't know. >> the partisanship of it changes. >> they've got to stop this language. >> huckabee was wrong. >> if the white house can sustain the veto they might have to thank mike huckabee. >> you say pushback from members of his own party. here was his exchange with democratic members of congress. brad sherman. >> you're not going to be able to persuade them to change just by charm, although you bring a considerable amount of that. you're going to need to threaten them with new sanctions unless they change their behavior. is congress and the united states free under this agreement to

harry reid, chuck schumer, dick durbin. it says something. when you are trying to rely on the republicans to carry the senate, but also put up approximately 200 votes in the house on trade promotion authority, and obama can only produce somewhere between 18 and 25 -- there's something fundamentally amiss as far as relationships on both sides. not just with the republicans. some of that is a result, i think of the first two years of obama being so overwhelmingly democratic in the house and the senate. 60 votes in the senate, a huge majority for nancy pelosi in the house, so the obama administration did not have to work at the way bill clinton did or president reagan did. building those trusting relationships, i think, are fundamental to getting things done. susan: i completely agree with you. i would just give the obama side of this that the republicans were not that interested in building trusting relationships with him. i love your phrase of sensitive ecosystems. what matters more -- your super pac or your national party committee now? we ma

she is a republican senator dick durbin is leading the charge to fund biomedical research at the national institutes of health. >> shake your hand like this. wake up. and you all look really foolish and it's great to be with you. we are going to be joined by one of the other great political leaders, policy leaders, people that are thinking deeply about challenges and i just want to start out and say, we were just talking about animal house you are living alone. what i want to know is that anyone, did they buy the rights to living alone. >> let me just say that it's a different experience. >> i think that it could be fun. i think that there's a story there. in any case let me start out. one of the interesting things in this broad subject of investment in health science and in making the nation a healthier place is that you took an angle that i haven't heard many others take which is that the deficit of investment and spending actually has strategic consequences for the united states and i would like you to take it down that path. i was serving on the committee john porter congressman from

and so i'm very appreciative of folks like dick durbin and cory booker alongside mike lee and rand paul other folks in the house who are working together to see if we can both reduce some of these mandatory minimums around nonviolent drug offenses. again, i tend not to have a lot of sympathy when it comes to violent crime, but when it comes to nonviolent drug offenses is there more we can do to reduce mandatory minimums create more diversion programs like drug courts, then can we do a better job on the rehabilitation side inside of prisons so we are preparing these folks eventually going to be released to re-enter the workforce. on the back end are we doing more to link them up with re-entry programs that are effective. and this may be an area where we could have some really bipartisan legislation that doesn't eliminate all the other challenges we've got. because the most important goal is keeping folks from getting into the criminal justice system in the first place which means early childhood education and good jobs and making sure we're not segregating folks in impoverished communiti

dick durbin in a meeting with the president said the president told him the chances of the deal are now less than 50-50. what do you think? >> i think the zeal for the deal on the part of the secretary of state and the president are such that they will continue to give concessions. i had a letter circulated that i wrote signed by 84% of the members of the house of representatives telling the white house do not give this ground on inspections. don't give this ground on lifting sanctions up front. make this agreement 20-plus years, not 10. allow the inspectors to have these questions answered by the scientists in iran. so far we have lost ground on every one of those points in the negotiations. so i'm not encouraged. bill: your hearing starts in 40 minutes. thank you for yours today. ed royce thank you from the hill. martha: another person cautioning strongly against this deal is presidential candidate marco rubio. he will be here to talk about that 10 minutes after the hour. in the mane time jeb bush goes one-on-one with our own bret baier on hillary clinton's allegations that he's a fli

i have been joined in this by senator dick durbin who is obviously her senator. d we both drafted nearly identical letters urging loretta lynch to open a federal investigation. >> and i assume you have not heard back yet. >> no. our office is in the process of requesting a briefing on the situation and the likely response here. >> representative bill foster, thanks so much for joining me this morning. i appreciate it. >> thank you. >>> and good morning. i'm carol costello. thank you so much for joining me. >>> right now the new york prison worker accused of helping two killers bust out of prison back in june is hoping to cut a deal. she's due in court. that deal that's what her attorney is telling cnn, because joyce mitchell could face up to eight years behind bars if she's convicted of helping two men escape. joining me now with more criminal defense attorney page pate and cnn's randi kaye. welcome to both of you. >> good morning. >> good morning. so page describe this hearing and what it will entail. >> well normally this is a very simple procedure. you go in fr

the honorable dick durbin. >> good afternoon. think back for a moment.u on september 11 2001? we all have that memory. something you will never forget. 60 years before, there was another day just like that in american history. december 7, 1941. a message which electrified america, we had been attacked pearl harbor. brave men and women had died. war was declared just hours after in the hall of the u.s. house of representatives when president franklin delano roosevelt came and describes that day that would live in infamy. it was his job as commander-in-chief to rally the american people and our forces to win that war. he summoned winston churchill to come across the ocean in need in the white house. two weeks after pearl harbor franklin roosevelt sent the order to the military, attack japan. he knew he had to make the point that they were not invulnerable and he had to prove to the american people that we had the will to stand up and fight back against the odds. lucky for him, and lucky for america, 80 brave americans stepped forward to volunteer for this

we began with illinois democrat dick durbin. >> madame president. >> the democratic leader. >> the businessre the senate is the construction of highways and bridges and the aberration of mass transit and buses across america. how important is that to our economy. in my home state and is critically important. our infrastructure, roads and bridges are critical for business to operate profitably and for people to have good, paying jobs. we all no the tragedies that occur when bridges collapse or are closed and the thousands across this country need repair. when it comes to mass transit come on down in the morning and stand with me and watch the folks streaming out of train stations and of the buses headed to work every day. it is essential to the economy of chicago and illinois. on friday the authorization to build these highways and bridges and maintain mass transit and buses expires. the 33rd short-term extension of the highway trust fund the 33rd. there wasthey're was a time when we would pass with regularity and predictability a five or six year highway bill bipartisan basis and were anxio