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. >> dick durbin said when he talked with hhs he asked the question, do you know how many kids and parentse been separated. they couldn't answer the question. the answer is we just don't know. i also want to ask you about the interview you have, we have the van jones show airing this weekend, sunday night at 7:00. you talked with senator tim scott about how to work with president trump. let's listen to a clip. >> you've had this conversation in some countries like this with president trump. >> yes. >> how do you judge whether you're making progress there, people want you to be the racial trump whisperer in some way. how do those conversations go? i just want to understand, you know, how you see a donald trump. >> they're hard, they're painful, they're uncomfortable, sit in the oval office and have the conversation with the president about things you strongly disagree about. he didn't change his perspective, i certainly can't change my perspective. educated by my experience. so that helps me. the way it closed i thought gave me reasons to be hopeful. it closed with tim, i don't see what you

supreme court and neil gorsuch if moment ago, two top senators, senator john cornyn and senator dick durbin. this is their reaction. >> this is not a muslim ban. it's not anything that president obama didn't do when he was president. so i'm not surprised the supreme court ruled the way they did. i think he's trying to keep the country safe. >> i don't agree with the ruling, to categorically brand people because of their religion or background, what country they're from, is not the way we should do things in america. >> reporter: so the question is, where do we go from here in senator blumenthal told me he wants a bill to overturn this ruling, but after dick durbin told me after he said that, they realize there's no chance of that happening, so the argument will be made in the midterm elections as the democrats try to make the case to take back control of the senate by saying if there's another vacancy-looking how much significant any one seat has, and what it means for the country and the world. the republicans say it's so important what neil gorsuch did, and no the party is breaking down o

dick durbin said, you know what, you may not listen today but you will hear the message come november. but is that really what's at issue here? it's really an issue of compassion. how can you not put yourself in the position of any number of these parents or kids and not see how difficult it could be? >> that's what we're hearing, is let's see some compassion. look, i'm an american and i sympathize with you. while it may not appear our government does. i think dick durbin hit a good point, but the key, as he says, the real sea change will come november, but the key is marches are one thing, protests are one thing, but as ana said, registering to vote and actually voting, that will make the sea change. if all this doesn't turn into votes, then this will, there's not really a point with that. but in terms of this compassion, when we've seen melania trump make a second visit to the border, that goes a long way to show we care -- >> but does it? >> no, it doesn't, alice -- >> the very first question she asked when she was there is how often do the parents talk to their kids? she was unins

. >> senator dick durbin of illinois. thank you for joining us. >> thank you, wolf. >> will you vote against any nominee put forward by president trump no matter how qualified that person might be for the job, if all of this is played out before the midterm election? >> of course not. i'm going to judge that person on the merits and i hope it is a good moderate person to replace justice kennedy. i'm hopeful but not confident that will be the case at all. >> if mitch mcconnell was wrong to deny president trump's nominee a fair hearing before the presidential election, why should the democratic party repeat that mistake now and try to prevent nomination from going forward before the midterm -- congressional elections. >> i think mitch mcconnell ought to stick with his story. he said he couldn't fill the vacancy under obama because the american people had an election coming up and they should make the decision. we're four months away from another election and the decision of who will be in charge in the senate. using mcconne

i want your response to something your democratic counterpart in the senate dick durbin said yesterdayconcerns about any reunification plans for this administration. >> when it comes to reunification, there wasn't a word about it in the president's executive order. as we listen to them today, it doesn't sound like they have any plan whatsoever. >> do you share his concern? do you believe that the federal judge handed down this mandate that these kids be reunited with their parents within 30 days, some a shorter time frame, that there is a plan from the administration on exactly how to do that? >> i completely agree with senator durbin. i think there is no evidence that there is a plan. we have introduced legislation, we have written letters to the administration demanding this. we have tried in every way we can to press the administration to tell us where are these children, what is your plan for reunification. i have seen no evidence they have a coordinated well thought out plan ready to execute. i think this whole thing was done sort of shooting from the hip in a way that sort of cau

dick durbin was part of the gang of eight that god and immigration bill through almost five years ago to the day. we've had gangs all the time, one on tax reform, one underwriting the nuclear option, a long time ago and the senator. the senate is always rife with gangs and we'll see if this gang is able to work things out to the next couple of weeks. they want to specifically work on trying to deal with the child separation on the border. >> shannon: they are getting the word from the senate side, if you can get it across the finish line there, it may be here. chad, you always have an endless supply of information. thank you so much. democrats respond to the democrats executive order with new demands, drawing accusations of a are more interested in using their children as a political weapon. interestingly enough, both sides are saying that. fox news politics editor at chris stirewalt joins me tonight. good evening, chris. i know you talk about the fact that there are extremes and other end of the debate, other ends of the political spectrum, it makes no sense to solve the problem. it'

diaz-balart, the framework of this bill was negotiated by vin mccarthy, dick durbin, steny hoyer and other members of both parties. listen, you are not going to get disagreement. we prefer to work in a bipartisan manner. we always believe that is the best way to work on immigration and many of us have been doing that for years. mario diaz-balart has a years' long dialogue ol immigration reform. there was a gang here that he was a part of that was working. i sat with the problem solvers' caucus for works. john katko knows negotiating a solution. at the end of the day, it has to be about the policy. and there were major democratic priorities in this legislation. why? because we because we happen to agree with our democratic colleagues on his issue. we didn't have a solution and path to 700,000 young immigrants brought to our country. not for 1. million, almost two million, that is the number that our democratic colleagues have been asking for and that is what we negotiated and won. so, it's an easy excuse, we weren't a part of it and get to vote no. i think if the policy is good, wheth

. >> dick durbin, the democratic whip, dianne feinstein, ted cruz, tom tillis on the republican side of the aisle. durban got an immigration bill through almost 5 years ago to the day but gang's all the time, one on tax reform, one on avoiding the nuclear option a long time ago in the senate. we will see if this gang is able to work something out in the next couple weeks, they want to deal with the child separation issue. >> and getting word from the senate side, if you can get it across the finish line, an endless supply of information. >> democrats responded to the executive order ending family separation with new demands of accusations that republicans would like to use children as a political weapon, both sides are saying that. the editor of the halftime report joins me now, good evening. you talk about the fact there are extremes on either end of the political spectrum and for them it makes no sense to solve the problem. it is advantageous for them to keep it going. >> the worse the better and more frightened the better and the angrier the better and it is in a lot of cases but

dick durbin and his reaction to, to ruling today. >> we need to keep out every dangerous person who tries to come into the country but to ban people because of their religion or background is not the way we should do things in america. >> shannon: the majority didn't find it that way. they said there was no religion in the text. they think his motive was clear. >> the list include venezuela and north korea. it doesn't have to do with religion. picked, many came from those that congress and the obama administration said those countries posed serious national security threats. we saw the department of homeland security and the director of national intelligence they evaluated over 200 countries to say you need the accurate information to determine which citizens can come into and out of our country. that's a safety standard that we need not only does it help our country, but it helps those countries to better improve their vetting system. >> shannon: yes. the california case. justice thomas said these pro-live pregnancy centers in california that are forced to tell people where to get aborti

senator dick durbin trying to salvage the mueller probe. so i think the name of the game is bias. and i think the mayor a can people just don't trust the fbi anymore. charles: christopher, where do we go from here. >> i think copy is the one who should be careful. senator grassley opened fire on him saying this is the second invitation he has declined. the inspector general is looking into his handling of classified information. and also christopher wray potentially investigating him. why can't you talk about it. he had to step back and say listen i can't tell you what they are talking about. there is an investigation and it pertains to the director of the fbi. charles: christopher wray gave a press conference, but he's under pressure to be more forth coming. i want you to look at one of the comments he made today. >> although the report did not find any evidence of political bias or improper considerations ultimately impacting the investigation under review, the report did identify errors much judgment, violations of or disregard for policy, and decisions that at least in the ben

here's illinois senator dick durbin. >> we need to keep out every dangerous person who tries to come to this country. but to categorially ban people because of the country they're in is not the way we should do things in america. kennedy: he wouldn't be saying that if this were president obama's edict. what does the ruling mean and is the battle over or just begun. joining me now, the host of fox news at night, it is shannon bream, the resident supreme court mistressf all. shannon, i'm really curious to see how this version differs from the first version that the white house put out which was, the rollout was kind of botched. and what it says about the narrowin the confines of this ban. >> yeah. so you know, kennedy, this is the third version, travel ban 3.0. and in this version within one of the things they did is they actually did a worldwide study involving home lapd security, the state department. what they did is go to the countries and say we need every country who is going to send people here, give us this information so you can vet them on your end so we can vet them on our e

democrat dick durbin of illinois not impressed with what he's hearing. >> when it comes to reuniive kagss wasn't a worried about it in the president's executive order. and as we listen to them today, it doesn't sound like they have any plan whatsoever. >> oning me migrant mom now sepd with her son. a judge granting a preliminary injunction to get the 9-year-old diego released. the family will need to go through the process of seeking asylum. >>> a tale of two companies in wisconsin. president trump praising foxconn while taking another swap at harley-davidson. president trump helped foxconn break ground on another plant. they're promising 13,000 jobs. wisconsin wooed foxconn with $4 billion in tax breaks and incentives. so foxconn getting $4 billion to put that plan there. that's going to cost taxpayers about $200,000 per job. at the event, president trump had words for a nearby company, harley-davidson. >> harley-davidson, please build those beautiful motorcycles in the usa please, okay? don't get cute with us. don't get cute. >> trump has threatened higher taxes on harley if it moves so

i want you to listen to what dick durbin said after he had a meeting with dhs, hhs and the doj who are all involved as far as the governmental agencies in trying to execute the reunification. listen. >> we asked a very basic question. how many children have we separated from their parents and have in our custody. they said we don't know. how many are under the age of 5? because the court order that was issued out of san diego two days ago said within 14 days they have to be reunited with their parents. we don't know. well, how many parents can you identify that have given up their children into our government? they said ten. ten. under i.c.e. in custody. where are the rest of them? those are for parents under the age of five. we don't know. there is no way that they are working to comply with that court order. >> congressman, how confident are you that these families will be reunited? >> it is something that just has to get done. i'm actually visiting one of the facilities close to my area in california where a number of these kids, these minors have been moved to. part of the challeng

lindsay graham, dick durbin brought the bill to him.bout immigrants and we have never been able to get back to that point. this will require a bipartisan solution. if democrats are cut out of negotiating, then this is going to continue to be a crisis and children will sleep tonight away from their parents. >> thank you very much for your perspective. john. >> what is happening at the border for these children who have been separated from their parents? the answer is who knows? certainly the administration does not know this morning. one branch of government can't agree with the other. and right now the lives and future of more than 1,000 kids hangs in the balance. we'll be right back. [music playing] (vo) from day one, we always came through for our customers. it's how we earned your trust. until... we lost it. today, we're renewing our commitment to you. fixing what went wrong. and ending product sales goals for branch bankers. so we can focus on your satisfaction. it's a new day at wells fargo. but it's a lot like our first day. wells

i think it was dick durbin today that said, president trump beats up on our allies and gravels for our adversaries. >> dana: thing you see him with trudeau, kimberly, and he's not groveling. so it's not one with the other, it's just his way and i think people are starting to get used to it. >> kimberly: i don't see anyone getting beat up or anyone not doing a good job or any unfairness, it looks like they are already for their close-ups. so this is how he does business. he goes in, his personable company is able to sit down with you and change the dialogue and change the rules of the game. people are not used to it. but guess what, it's producing different results that are fantastic for the united states, and he's able to work well with it. >> we don't have the results ye yet. >> kimberly: in his presidency though, so he has to do something different as it relates to china and our other european and economic partners, and say, we have to do something different. we are not going to play by the same rules. >> what you get is a situation where even conservatives are concerned about the po

this crowd stretching for more than a mile in attendance, dick durbin, who spoke to ryan young about. going into the midterm elections. >> i'm asking people across the united states voters participate. be part of this election. don't stay home an curse the television. sorry. but come on out. use your citizen's right to vote. that's the most important thing. i think the american people are going to speak loudly. they're sick and tired of what's happening in terms of this immigration policy. look at i.c.e. what a group of incompetence. at this point, they're focused more on toddlers than terrorists. instead of deporting felon, they want to deport families being persecuted by gangs. we're in the middle of the worst drug epidemic in history and instead of stop dirty drug money, they're focused on separating kids from their families. >> more protests played out across the nay. in the midwest in cities like milwaukee, in new york, also on the west coast in san san francisco. crowds filled the streets in portland, oregon, too. some making their way to the immigrations enforcement building.

>> currently, the sentencing reform and corrections act proposed by dick durbin and grassley, that is bviewre by congress right now. that would provide some relief to some federal prisoners serving life without parole for nonviolent drug convictions. anothell, the first step act, would not pvide asist t -- would never have gotten a reduction of sentence through that. we need copper is of senate ththing reduction that will help thousands of people currently behind bars. amy: and racial disparitities -- around people sentences and who is behind bars and who isn't. >> in terms of live without role for nonviolent offenses, about 65% of this people serving sentences are black. g lico sente overall, almost half are black. -- when you consider life sentences overall, almost half are bl amy:nifeen turner, we want to thank you very much, part of the legal team representing alice marie johnson in her application for clemency. jennifera human rights researcher with the american civil liberties union. of the aclu report titled "a authof theclu report titled "a living death: life without parole fo

together to put forward plans that the president actually invited to sign like lindsey graham and dick durbin together on a dreamer fix. this is a president who needs to come around not to where democrats are but come around to where senate republicans are find the compromise spaces so we can move forward. cause whether it is the in universities today where g on people are getting degrees in things that half of congress can't spell and as soon as they finish their degree we kick them out of this country when they are future business starters and innovators. or whether it's people coming into the southern border how are actually contributing to our economy, who are actually adding value, helping to create jobs. we have to have an immigration system that works to our economic been fit, works to our safety and affords our values. there is a wide lane to get that done. we saw it in 2013, recently with graham and durbin. we have to do it and stop doing this moral vandalism on our values that you see going on that's just unacceptable. >> i really wanted to ask you how you would go about doing thing

. >> and senator dick durbin said, you know, look at i.c.e., you know. it's more focused on toddlers than terrorists. >> right. i think this is a situation where democrats are expressing outrage of people who see a cruel policy of separation of families. on the other hand, though, this is not a position that's been endorsed and i think we're seeing some tension about that trend, representing people who want change and not get too far ahead on the issue. >> while the president is not at the white house right now, he's not in new jersey, he can see what's taking place across the country. he can hear from these kids who had their letters. you know, with a lot of compassion. really challenging the white house, you know, to be more compassionate. how can he ignore what is taking place today? >> well, we know he's watching. he watches tv. >> he watches tv all the time. >> look. i think right now donald trump is thinking democrats are playing into his hands and i think they are. if the conversation is about family separation and finding some way to fix that, th

dick durbin the number two democrat issuing a statement saying that mcconnell set a new standard by giving the american people their say in an upcoming election before court vacancies are filled, so they should wait until january to consider a nomination. but already republicans are rejecting that notion. they are saying it is much tiftd, thtift different, this a midterm election, not a presidential election. that is not a similar standard. and mitch mcconnell made it clear that they will vote this fall band th fall. and they can do it on their own after mcconnell changed filibuster rules allowing gorsuch to be confirmed by a party line vote. and that is the same standard here as well. 51 senators, so if they all stick together, they can ultimately confirm whoever president trump nominates to the bench. so that is the big question going forward. whether or not any of the red state democrats in some difficult racing trying to appeal to moderate voters, whether they vote with the republicans on this because they too will be feeling a lot of pressure from their base, and they will wait to fig

in their nirvana and the country they are from, which we know is a magnificent sulture because dick durbin told us. they are coming from magnificent cultures. so let's secure the border and then we don't have to have the japanese internment camps. the families can stay together and the families can live together. >> sean: you know it really can be simple. you know what, mark? if they cared about the separation issue, if they cared about the daca kids, they could fix it in a day. you know, god forbid they do their job. great one, thank you. don't forget, don't miss it. mark's show. by the way i'll be a guest very soon on it. we will give you the date. "life, liberty and levin." number one show on cable, sunday night on fox. coming up, sara carter and dr. sebastian gorka. later, also, sad day for the fox news channel family. charles krauthammer died at the age of 68. stay with us. coppertone sport. proven to protect street skaters and freestylers. stops up to 97% uv. lasts through heat. through sweat. coppertone. proven to protect. >>> what we are continuing to find is this. additional infor

you had dick durbin on before. they know they have to fight. they have to fight for their base.ve to fight for what they believe in and they a couple of things, one, that the person the president chooses is something that would be offensive to pro-choice republicans like susan collins or lisa murkowski. the other thing they have to worry about is that they've got these ten red state democrats, some of whom may decide that it's no sweat out of their back to go vote for this republican nominee. three democrats did it last time for gorsuch in these red states. so that could occur again. but they've lost the filibuster. this can pass with 51 votes. so they will fight if they have to, but they really know they don't have the leverage they wish they had mplts. >> some of them will fight because they actually believe it's important. it's not just a political posture. >> but they go into it knowing that the odds are that they're not going to win. >> they're going to need 50 votes because if it's a tie, then the vice president breaks the tie in favor of the republican nominee. this could

on the senate side, where a new gang of four plans to meet next week on immigration, democrats dick durbin and diane feinstein and tillis and ted cruz. >> i hope it is a choice for senate democrats. do they want to fix this problem, come together and fix this problem? if they do, we have do it. if on the other hand, democrats want an issue to run on in november, then we may el paso police department up with separate bills. >> here on the house side, there are 42 more republican members than democrats, so if the party comes together, they don't need any help from the other side, but after in-person meetings and plea from the president, they haven't been able to do it. kennedy. >> peter, thank you for that report, we'll be watching all day long to see if they can whip those votes. so what does steve scalice have to do to get his cabbingus on board? >> juan: the difficulty, is mark meadows freedom caucus people don't want anything interpreted as amnesty or going back on pledges made by president trump. >> could nuance the language. >> juan: that is right, want to figure out how to do it, they

>> laura: francisco, i want to read something that dick durbin said, this just came in. he said, make no mistake, the presidt is doubling down on the zero-tolerance policy. his new executive order criminalizes asylum-seekers and seeks to indefinitely detain their children, locking up old families with no solution at all." back to the point i made in "the angle," francisco, it was never really about family reunification, it was about having no detaining at all. let's be clear about what people are upset about. they are upset about walking people across the border, correct? >> both parties have blood on their hands, okay? this is a problem -- >> laura: blood on their hands? francisco -- you can call me laura. you bet on the show for 20 years. >> we are in texas and we have manners. >> laura: francisco, when you save a lot on your hands, that does not help. we want to find -- we have the rule of law. what the democrats are doing is they are revealing themselves here. they don't want anyone detained. they want anyone who crosses the border illegally, with a child or frankly

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lindsey graham and dick durbin brought him a bill two days later, he didn't like it, he said those awful things about immigrants, and we've never made progress since then. >> president trump last night also claimed that he says democrats care more about illegal immigrants than they do about american citizens. here he is. >> democrats put illegal immigrants before they put american citizens. what the hell is going on? >> and of course, congressman, there are so many children in america who are suffering. nearly 20% of kids under 18 in this country, citizens living in poverty, according to the census bureau. does the president have a point? that more of the focus should be there? >> no, erin. we spend a lot of time in congress trying to advocate for children in america. and the president is cutting and privatizing education programs. but we can have big hearts at the border, allow people to come in if they have a lawful asylum case, have a secure bored fer they are not lawfully seeking asylum. we can do that but he seeks to divide our country with his really, really vitriolic language and

in a statement, senator dick durbin saying history will not be kind to this president's policies or the supreme court justices who lent their names to this troubling rolling. the supreme sent the case back to the lower courts for further proceedings, president trump considers the matter settled. >> you got the final words are? >> i think it's pretty much a final word. the supreme court. we win it, we lose it, we just waited for the supreme court. that's the final word. >> the decision puts some much-needed wind in the president's sales. he has been battered by a public outcry over the separation of families at the border. his aides hounded at restaurants and their homes. today he doubled down in his calls for congress to give him what he wants to secure the southern border. >> we have to change it, it's so simple. it's called i'm sorry, you can't come in. you have to go in through a legal process. a judge where the judge is going to take three years before you can come back. in the meantime you never come back because you are already in the country. >> as he keeps up the pressure on ill

here is illinois senator dick durbin. >> we need to keep out every dangerous person who tries to come to this country but you can't categorically ban people because of their religion or background or the country there from, is not the ways we should do things. >> melissa: with the latest on this, shannon. >> via a 5-4 decision didn't feel the same way that senator durbin does. the chief justice said the tax of this proclamation said nothing about religion and he said you've got to remember, that it only impacts 8% of the worlds muslim population so if that's the band, it's not very effective. he also writes this about the president's power. "the proclamation is expressly premised on preventative purposes or venting entry of nationals that can't be adequately vetted and inducing other nations to approve their practices." while the conservatives down the president was lawfully within his executive power on both the federal immigration law and the text of the so-called travel ban, there were two separate strong defenses including one by justice sotomayor who said "the majority is wrong t

ted cruz, dianne feinstein perhaps go back to senator lindsey graham and senator dick durbin.re are ways to come together. we just have to be willing to take the political risk in order to make this happen. >> dana: right. well, the law says they have to be separated but the policy is a choice for how to deal with it and the president was trying to explain that today. listen to somebody who is a 2020 hopeful on the democratic side. senator corey booker. >> right now, he should stop it. this is inhumane. it's abusing children. it's moral vandalism on our values as a country. is he attacking the very idea of what it means to be an american and assaulting the dignity of not just those kids but assaulting the dignity of every american and what we stand for. >> dana: yet, donna, as partisan as that might sounds in some ways if you are on the republican side of the aisle if everybody wants to solve, this they have a chance to do it this week. >> of course, there are two bills on the floor that will likely come to the floor. in the house of representatives. mr. goodlatte bill and the

you heard senator dick durbin there saying, no one is defending what he did. he was trying instead to make clear that this didn't ultimately impact the investigation, but how damaging is this revelation to the fbi and their credibility? >> i think it hurts, and it has for basically most of the last year. we've been talking about these text messages back and forth. i think ultimately what we're going to find out is fbi agents aren't going to be sending text messages anymore, and they're definitely aware of the implications that could come from this. but overall i think the process that occurred either between the ig report -- you heard the questions there just a few minutes ago -- what happened after these texts were revealed, special counsel mueller was notified about it and quickly strzok was removed from the investigation. but it also gives this impression that everything that the fbi does is decided by one fbi agent. i think that's deeply misleading. my experience there, and just watching lots of investigations unfold, is that it is very much a large-scale

dick durbin, number two democrat in the senate, makes the same case today. quote, senator mcconnell set the new standard by giving the american people their say in the upcoming election before court vacancies are filled. with so much at stake for the people of our country, the u.s. senate must be consistent and consider the president's nominee once the new congress is seated in january. senator kamala harris, also on the judiciary committee, also seen as a rising star in the democratic party with a growing national profile. she makes the same case. quote, the american people who are set to vote in less than four months deserve to have their voice heard. we should not vote on confirmation until they have voted at the ballot box. all saying the same thing. and then there was this from senator chris murphy of connecticut, one of the brightest lights in the democratic caucus. he was right out of the gate with a statement calling this a, quote, red alert moment for the american people. he then explained what he meant to reporters. >> it's absolutely hypocrisy for

the number two democrat on the senate, dick durbin says it will fail. >> this president has the power to fix the mess he created to stop the crisis at the border. what he did with the executive order i don't believe will be successful. it will at least have a momentary delay in trying to separate kids from the parents. but i don't think the court will walk away from the standards we agreed to 20 years ago. i think it's doomed. the executive order is doomed and the president should realize it, stop it in place. work together to solve this. >> harris: doug mckelway with the news at the white house. doug? >> hi, harris. this controversy is becoming a classic case of why so much of america hate what is goes on in washington. the political posturing in an election year masks the reality that the separation of family has been going on for a long time. going back through several administrations. this masks the reality that any adult in this country who breaks the law and is detained whether you are a citizen or not is separated from their children as a consequence of breaking the law. this m

weighed in as well several democrats highlighting the need for gun control measures seven said dick durbin says that when will the republicans who control congress have the courage to buck the n.r.a. and act on gun safety bills to stop the next shooting well many on line are asking to support journalism. so you're saying this is not. this is not trying to capitalize on a tragedy this is just. personally i'm saying. i could be. the baker the papers part of the community. and all those are using the hash tag not the enemy posting pictures including our very own santa maria but i have britney has tweeted that this is what journalists do even in the most difficult circumstances sometimes we all praised more often these days we are not well reporters without borders made a statement and they've said that it's deeply disturbed of a what's happened in the capital to set it in the news i'm old enough and this. is the sequence of the charlie hebdo killing all of the last bombing against journalists in kabul and any case this is a new tragedy for journalism which is the victim of increasing violence

taking to social media and they've been encouraging others to get involved one of those is senator dick durbin at and he said that he's delivering handwritten cause to the children have been separated from the parents at the border and he's encouraging others to send those cards and i guess their cards of encouragement for those kids and people have been responding online including if i show you this picture here of several kids the hash tag for that is cards for kids and they've been working on several drawings that they're going to be sending to those children but some people have also been posting pictures of the them spending the night making signs for the march is the happening now and katie said this photo of her sign against the u.s. immigration customs enforcement ice that's the agency they were talking about now we've also been hearing from some of those taking part in those nationwide protests . once again we've seen this administration take and cautioned us that one that was frankly three months ago probably something we would have never even thought they could go as high as this an

people like cory booker and dick durbin.the republican side, people like chuck grassley and other -- many other republicans. we said, why don't you take up this bill? it's a bipartisan bill. he's the reason it's being blocked. >> who is? >> the president. >> why? >> the white house doesn't want it. >> they said? >> jeff sessions doesn't want it. >> jeff merkley is running around down there. >> he did a very good job. >> why aren't all of you . >> diane finestein will be introducing legislation which we'll push very hard for and we'll staff this from happening. our job is legislative. jeff murphy highlighted it, he did a great thing, now we're going to try to get bipartisan and legislation on it. that's our job. the big budget bill, democrats and republicans came together without trump, and we did so many good things. we increased spending against opioid. you know spending -- >> sure. >> -- to fight the opioid crises. we got some infrastructure money restored. when are republican colleagues are not so afraid of the white hous

some of your colleagues on the senate side, the talk about congressional checks and balances, but dick durbin announced he's doubtful it will happen. do you agree with the assessment? >> it's a problem. it's why i think we have got to make the case to the american people that we need to have checks and balances against this president who is undermining our constitution, and our democracy. we need soft democrats in power in the house and senate so we can start to push back on some of these things that are fundamental to who we are as a country. i do worry that right now none of my republican colleagues in the house are standing up even when they tell me privately that they don't agree with what's happening, that they don't think we should be doing some of the things we're doing. >> are you going to name names? >> i'm not. this is the nature of our relationships. what i will tell you is i've said to them please speak out. i did on budget committee the other day speak out very clearly to jodie arrington who said immigrants are great. i said then speak out against invasion and infestation. the pr

. >> senator dick durbin, we appreciate you being here with your perspective. posted on any progress you make on capitol hill. >> thank you. >>> all right. we'll see if they get to that in august. >> i certainly hope so. we've been talking about this all morning. the idea that senator merkley went there and saw 5-year-olds and 6-year-olds in pens away from their parents that is heartbreaking for all parents. i don't care if you're republican, democrat. anybody who would see that would feel sick about it. >>> while you were talking, we did get one piece of breaking news. a programming note. chris cuomo is going to talk to white house sarah huckabee sanders tonight on primetime. that will be very interesting. there's a whole slue of questions that she needs to address. that's at 9:00 tonight only here on cnn. >> oh, no. i'm going to have to stay up late again. >>> cnn "newsroom" with poppy harlow and brianna kielar starts right now. >>> good morning. i'm brianna kielar in washington. >> and i'm poppy harlow in new york. if you listen really hard you can hear demo

>and on twitter, il senator dick durbin said the decision is an attack on workers' right to organize. the ruling means 5 million government workers in more than 20 states will now decide for themselves whether to pay the dues. in washington, i'm jessica smith. (ken) back to a big story we are following tonight... justice anthony kennedy is stepping down from the u-s supreme court. he announced his plans to retire from the nation's highest court, effective july 31st. this means president trump will get a second high court pick in office. (vicki) this could mean changes for several high-profile court decisions. joining us now is john trasvina-- the at u-s-f . (vicki

anator dick durbin released build no one has signed on to cosponsor. senator wyden released a bill to do that last year, also without a republican cosponsor. thesummer gaming regulations to keep other portable products off the market. introduced a bill to push for changes without any republican cosponsors. i am curious about what our republican colleagues think about our ideas and whether they are ready to join us on the table. there are tape -- there are some with which democrats agree but they are changes that don't come close to solving this problem. we need an ambitious land, not one so small that it sends pharmaceutical stocks soaring in relief. i have heard from people across desperatelyut has they need is to addresses. many families are in the same boat. two out of five families cannot emergency.00 that means they cannot afford drug prices that keep creeping up. a drug for chest pain has gone percent. asthma medication has gone up 15 percent. insulin injections have gone up 10%. a reals can't wait for plan, which is why democrats will keep fight

prioritize training, support, recovery centers, and conduct research to address the epidemic >>> senator dick durbinhildren and called for them to be quickly reunited with their parents. >> i'm happy that president trump, two days ago, decided that he would issue an executive order, but the executive order of president trump does not solve the problem. we still face the reality of at least 2,300 of these young children who have been separated. >>> russian officials began spraying vanilla concentrate outside the stadium to cut down on the gnat population swarms have descended on the area dto the annoyance of fans and players. the authorities hope the vanilla spray will keep the gnats away the bakers nearby might like it too. hey, what's that smell >> good. >> oh. >> somebody had to do it >>> we got green arrows for the dow skbels sweas well as the s&0 chevron, dow dupont, verizon, leading the dow at this hour carmax and charter communications leading the s&p 500. >> thanks, melissa >>> oil rallying into the close, jackie d. is at the cnbc commodity desk >> now, the headline number a million barrels a

we'll also talk to dick durbin the number two democrat in the house. they're trying to find some way to stop this nomination before they know who it is. doesn't seem likely they'll be able to stop it. >> sandra: it will be quite a battle ahead and there is a serious balancing act that republicans are embarking on here. former governor mike huckabee who was earlier on the program had this to say about the upcoming battle. >> i think the democrats will be unhappy with whoever donald trump puts forward. if he put moses up for the possibility of being supreme court justice, the ultimate law giver of the 10 commandments, they would still be against it. >> sandra: he met with lawmakers at the white house yesterday in what is possibly an optimistic sign how the president is proceeding here. they walked out and some of them saying it was a good conversation. joe manchin called the meeting productive. >> look, you know, there are consequences to elections. barack obama famously said that. there are consequences to the success, the victory in the election of a c

people from any hope that those different parts of the spectrum -- tom tills has been very active, dick durbin has been active. that's less surprising. they have been trying to build bipartisan consensus. and doing it in a way tillis is a conservative republican, durbin is a liberal democrat. it's not they're moderates. they're both well within the mainstream of their party but it's interesting to see ted cruz and dianne feinstein. they have credibility with different parts of the party. i think it's hard to get immigration done in an election year. before the november elections. but if there's a group of people that can push something that others might join on including the president that's an interesting combination. before esn't happen november even having things that begin to be ideas that people can gravitate towards that build a compromise in different sectors of our parties can agree to before november even having things is begin to be ideas positive to get something done after the election. host: we'll be following that story. the senate on c-span 2. the house on c-span both back in se

i'm going to be sitting down next week with dianne feinstein and dick durbin.ere is going to be about 20 members of congress, all democrats right here at this processing center in a few hours. i'm going to ask them if they will come to find some common ground. guys? back to you. >> can't wait to get those answers later in the show and also tomorrow if you talk to them this afternoon. pete: get the facts of what's actually happening. that's what matters the most. we understand the macroissues. illegal to cross the border there are places where can you go to seek asylum. this channel has done a nice job laying out what that process looks like so much hyperbole if you are a horrible person or nats ski or concentration camp around a temporary hey humane lawful approach to try to deter illegal immigration. no one wants to rip kids from their parents but you also have to uphold the law. ed: if the president's policy was so wrong by can d. some on the left have to twist the facts. why did "time" magazine have to come up with a crying girl on the cover who is 2 years o