i think we ought to change the player. >> joining me is dick durbin. senator durbin, welcome back to "met tee the press". >> that last voice in there was therm tennessee governor who is running for the senate seat in tennessee calling fo a, quote, change of players when it comes to the democratic leadership. you're a member of this democriceadership. when you hear that, is there going to be a change of players, yourself saerptenschumer, nancy pelosi or make your case for wht sn't necessary. >> that's tomorrow's newspaper. today is about an election on november 6. we're focusing on the issues that make a difference. i know you probably had thep pre-existing phrase in there a dozen times and that's because the american people put that as the highest priority. tharp they want protection for their families. they know the republicans have voted to take away that protect and filed lawsuits to end it. that's why it's such an important issue over and ov again. >> you heard kirsten -- are there voters that you eed to win over who don't like the democratic party

. >> it really would have been, i think, far better for him, if he had done that to dick durbin or done that to pat leahy or done that to a man. no. wasn't a good look, especially since amy klobuchar had shown, i think, about as much deference as any senator showed on either side to brett kavanaugh and dr. ford. so bob costa, where do we stand after all of this, the fbi investigation runs its course, if everybody stays in their box and if mark judge comes back and repeats the same things, if dr. ford's long time friend says i believe her but i wasn't there, do we -- murkowski and collins and flake, do they say well i checked that box, the fbi investigation, now i can support kavanaugh and go back to my voters and tell them that i represented them. >> there are two challenges now facing judge kavanaugh as he deals with those sort of questions about can some of the senators come from no to yes. it's not only about the fbi investigation and the process about that. now you have to pay attention this, democrats raising the question of possible perjury and asking the question did judge kavana

i agree with everything that dick durbin just said. we've got to get to the bottom of it. and saudi arabia, you do not do something of this magnitude without having clearance from the top. we need to find out who that is and hold them accountable. >> are you as convinced as senators corker and durbin are that the crowned prince himself ordered this killing? >> well, it looks like it based on the people that were involved in the actual act. i think that's why we need the help from the turkish officials to get as much information as we can, draw a conclusion, and then there has to be a consequence for it. >> what does a consequence look like? and what is the goal of the consequence? is it to get the saudis, the king, to name a new crowned prince? what would be the goal of the punishment? >> well, i think it is to hold the people accountable who committed this horrible act. and if it is the crowned prince, then i think that that is something that has to be explored. i don't believe that you can have someone who would authorize this sort of an act be in a position of power wit

joining us now to talk about this and so much more, senator dick durbin, democratic whip.d morning, senator. >> good morning. how are you? >> i'm doing well. what do you think elizabeth warren is up to? why has she released the dna findings? >> the president ridicules her every chance he gets and perhaps that's a reason to get back in his face. >> i'm curious of the timing. to fill you in, and for our viewers who haven't heard it, she has done a dna test, which she says has proven she is at least 1/32 native american. it could be 1/500 but she does have native american ancestry. okay. obviously she's rebutting the president's insults. we understand that. why 22 days before the midterms? >> i don't know why she picked today. elizabeth is a busy woman. i work with her every week, almost every day of every week. i'm sure this isn't the highest priority for her. after all the ridicule she's taken from this president to establish she does have native american heritage is a priority in her life. >> is she running for president? >> she is considering it seriously. she should. she

according to democratic whip dick durbin from each party will take turns receiving the document and in one-hour blocks of time. senator durbin was among those speaking at the nomination on the floor earlier in the day. here's the debate beginning with the majority leader mitch mcconnell created among the confirmation process as a fever pitch and in 17 days against the confidential correspondence was leaked to the press 17 days of a frenzy on judge kavanaugh and his family unlike anything we have seen in recent memory. since then, a literal mudslide of uncorroborated accusations have literally poured out each more outlandish than the last. and this mudslide has been actively embrace, urged on and licapitalized upon by democratsn spite of this chamber and organized for left special-interest outside. it wasn't about getting to the truth or giving anyone a fair hearing. it had only been about one thi thing, the hunger to bring down the judge's nomination by any means necessary. if the facts and evidence couldn't get the job done, then intimidation tactics and bullying would have to do. som

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bill: dick durbin democrat from illinois.g, when you think about all of the arguments that have been made about brett kavanaugh's testimony and the -- well, the assertive way that he addressed the senators, how do you address temperament, how do you judge a judge's temperament? >> well, i worked on the confirmation process of dozens and dozens of judges, i know lots of judges personally, zoom are moody and some are trickily and some get angry in traffic, that's all okay, that has nothing to do with judicial temperament. judge kavanaugh has a tremendous reputation for an exceedingly professional judicial temperament in this town. in that hearing room last week he wasn't functioning as a judge, he was functioning effectively as a defendant in a show trial, i think it was entirely just and appropriate for him to get angry and push back a little bit, in fact, at the end of the day him being real and not being scripted and working off talking points, i think that turned his confirmation around. bill: greg, thank you, greg from was

senator dick durbin said the tweet is not accurate. committee republicans must correct it. he sent a letter. we only don't notice that two democrats didn't sign it. nothing in the tweet is inaccurate or misleading. the committee stands by it statement which is completely truthful, more baseless innuendo and false mirrors, what are they referring to, the democrats? >> i can tell you the facts. kavanaugh has been nominated in 2006, he's been on the court for 12 years. six background checks because he worked for president bush as his secretary, personal secretary, not doing dictation button managing the oval office, everything around the president. he had a background check to get that job. i derek dick durbin to go through it. me to go through, see how well we would do. so he's wrong. he's just making up another story that's not true. there's nothing in his background checks that suggest anything consistent with the allegations against him and if they had been they would have said something about it. so democrats have been despicable in the way they have treated him and it is

there is dick durbin, democrat from illinois.of the judiciary committee against this nomination. he is taking the floor now. we are getting down to the final speeches. we'll continue to keep an eye on that. we'll dip in here and there. let's bring in reporter katie benner for "the new york times," mary ellen o'toole, and elliot williams. thanks to all of you. katie, the issue of the fbi investigation. i don't know, do you call it an investigation? was it a series of background checks? how do -- because this is the criticism republicans were saying before it was kicked over to the fbi last week. saying there's no point going to the fbi with this. they're just going to interview people, not do a real investigation. they're just going to spit back a couple of reports. is that what happened? >> it is what happened, but let's be fair to the fbi. their job is to do a background check. this was a job interview for brett kavanaugh. they're not doing a criminal investigation of him. they interview people related to some of the claims we h

that is a big, big deal. >>> joining us now, senator dick durbin. will have a chance to look at the fbi report in 29 minutes. senator, you have not seen the report yet, but you said of this report the future and the representation of the agency, the fbi, is at stake. based on what you know what into it, interviews with nine witnesses, not professor ford, has the fbi compromised in your mind its reputation? >> of course i owe it to the fbi to read the report before i make a generalized comment. but i find it unacceptable because of the number of witnesses interviewed. this issue, because of its gravity and because of its publicity, deserves the professional attention of the fbi. so i'm going to wait and see. i will tell you, i'm troubled, too, by the notion there is one copy of this report to be handed from one senator to the next. if it is a long report, hundreds of pages, i'm not saying 100 copies need to be made, but let's make it easy enough to members have an opportunity to personally review it and make their own evaluations. >> the limitations,

dick durbin has said, we reviewed these fis confidentially, and this is inaccurate.t he's saying is, pas f.b.i. background checks have come up with something related to inappropriatbehavior either sexual or alcoholic, but judy, this is a classic tit for, t and everyone using any kind of weapon they can at this moment as we wait for f.b.i. report. >> woodruff: so state of play right now, lisa. if the f.b.i. continues, doesn't talk to kavanaugh, doesn't talk to dr. ford, what does it lk like? >> well, i spoke a short while ago from a senate republican judiciary source who said they have put no limiton the f.b.i., that the f.b.i. is free to talk to both dr. ford and judge kavanaugh, but it's the f.b.i.'s choice, it is possible that the f.b.i. will just use the committee testimony as the basis of its report. they're saying it's not any limits that they've put on this, but i think what yamiche said is very important. do not think lisa lisa murkowski and susan collins, they are not going to vote based onhat the president says. so he's not taking a risk. i think there are b

shortly thereafter, dick durbin responded with a tweet of his own saying that's not exactly true, but you know i can't talk about it. referencing the fact that these background nfrgs investigations are considered confidential. these previous fbi reports are not the kind of things senators can talk about in public. this created this odd back and forth where you had republicans ku accusing durbin of creating innuen innuendo. durbin tried to continue this defense a little bit on television. here's what he had to say then. >> nope, no sound. okay, well, you get the idea here, craig. durbin, again coming out and making this argument saying, look, this is part of the process fouls that democrats have called on this whole thing saying there are things we know about that we can't talk about. there are documents we can't read. there are things we can't release, and republicans are saying, look, this is one last attempt to try to smear the judge, and there's no there, there. unfortunately for our viewers' sake we might not ever get to the bottom of this unless somebody decides to break those ru

again, we are watching history unfold in washington, d.c., and again, right now, senator dick durbinhe floor and he has been there for almost i believe 25 minutes or so, and making the case against judge kavanaugh. we know that roughly three hours from now, senator susan collins of maine is going to be letting us know how she is going to be voting, and senator murkowski of alaska voted for the cloture vote, but senators collins, manchin and flake voting yes, and if those votes stay the way they are right now, and the senator collins decides that she is going to not continue to suppo support, but going to confirm then judge brett kavanaugh will become a supreme court justice a and we should know more in three hours or so. "andrea mitchell reports." >> thank you. craig melvin, what a historic day. i am across from the capitol as we continue the breaking historical day here. the nomination of brett kavanaugh resting in the hands of three senators unless the others switch positions in the next 28 hours. the drama today, the west virginia democrat joe manchin, and retiring republican jeff

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joining me now is democratic whip, senator dick durbin of illinois.ber of the senate judiciary committee. senator, good to see you, as always. thanks so much. >> good to be with you. >> so president trump just coined a new rallying cry, saying that republicans create jobs and democrats create mobs. obviously, he's trying to play into the feelings that republicans had during the brett kavanaugh hearings. are you worried that kavanaugh's bitter confirmation battle might help motivate republican turnout? >> i listened to the president's plea at these rallies, and rallies are kind of standard fare as we get close to an election. i can't believe this mob rule charge. i have three words for the president. lock her up. rally after rally, his supporters are out there screaming lock her up, every time he mentions a democrat, particularly if it's a democratic woman. and here we have a situation where the president goes to montana and praises, again, a republican congressman for body-slamming a reporter and we're supposed to be the mob? give me a break. >> let m

dick durbin, the number two democrat who is from illinois, portersling a group of re yesterday that, really, there's too much work to be done in the coming weeks and probably after k e election. he wants to get bto work on appropriation bills and things that can be done inbi partisan manner. and the other thing yo viewers should know quickly is that impeachment and removal is really not something that's going to be on the table. it takes 67 votes, really, in sena to convict in an impeachment trial. >> sreenivasan: all right, as le, senior writer at roll d all c"q,"anks for joining us. i'm joined here in the studio with jami floyd, local host of wnyc's "all things considered. and emily bazleon, staff writer for the magazine ana lecturer at yale law school. thank you both for being here. let's start with something that happened last night. princeton university, supreme court justices sonia sotomayor and elena kagan, remarked on their experiences in theupreme court in what they acknowledge time.politically divid let's take a listen. >> it's an incredibly important thing for the court ya

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illinois senator dick durbin says republicans are trying to push kavanaugh through. >> the timetable was seven days. and i know that senate mcconnell's in a hurry, in a big hurry. he wants to get this done right away. >> reporter: senate majority leader mitch mcconnell scheduled a confirmation vote for friday. the same day the fbi is expected to turn in the results of the investigation. >> if you listen carefully, mr. president, you can practically hear the sounds of the democrats moving the goalpost. >> reporter: republican jeff flake is one of only a few senators still undecided. >> there's a lot of doubt still. that's why it was important to have the fbi do more investigating and have more information, not less. >> reporter: because the fbi is not conducting a criminal investigation, none of the witnesses are being forced to cooperate. cbs news has confirmed the fbi has already interviewed three of the people christine blasey ford says were at the high school party when kavanaugh allegedly attacked her. his friends, mark judge and patrick p.j. smith, and a woman named leland kaise

you want to be a justice and dick durbin asked you a question would it basically be just for the fbitwo sides just to find more truth and this man wants to define the future women's bodies, the future of health care can't see that as just. i saw him as obnoxious, belligere belligerent. a lot of men would not behave that way. is that a man in temperament, in attitude that he had the audacity that a witness would not behave the way he did when he went back to klobuchar, had the audacity not understand justice would be an fbi investigation. i do not feel -- that man was entitled and he was angry not one bit of audacity he was angry he was in that position and how you put me rich, white, entitled male in that position. >> do you think he was angry in this hearing, as angry as you are just now >> i'm not somebody sitting on the supreme court thank god for this country. >> thank god for that. kasie hunt, you walked right into it donny. i'm wondering, kasie as you talk to democrats and republicans on the hill, what are you hearing? especially from republicans behind-the-scenes, what are you

including dick durbin and adam schiff. we now have julian zelizer with us.e first time. they say the saudis should be punished. will they? >> it is not clear to me. the three republicans you showed all have kicked and screamed before, but they don't do anything to push back against the president. you have to remember this outrage is pushing against a long relationship that has outlasted the contentious moments. i'm not convinced there will be serious sanctions at this point. >> considering the one thing to focus on is the global magnisky act. lindsey graham talked about it, but will they hold on until the midterms? >> and the midterms. two weeks now. the president and former president and former vice president campaigning. this is after the "wall street journal" poll found the president's approval rating is 47%. >> it is a good number. even if it is exaggerated, certainly support is not falling. in the last month or few weeks. it has stabilized. >> what is working for him? mobs and jobs? he found a tag line that works? >> it is partisanship. he understands i

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for dick durbin to sit in the middle of the hearing when people were jumping up and screaming and republicansining about it. he said this is democrats. democracy. no it's not. most americans don't think it's democracy. many people don't want to say out loud they support but make excuses. >> tucker: yes, democracy is listening to citizens and acting. this is shutting them down. a spirited debate last night about john mayer who came out against toxic masculinity. attacking men for their gender, while washington distracts from bigger issues. in a few book called "ship of fools." the president still speaking in iowa. we will monitor it for news. >> so, germany is paying 1%. we are playing 12.3% to protect europe. explain that to me. and the wolf huffed and puffed... like you do sometimes, grandpa? well, when you have copd, it can be hard to breathe. so my doctor said... symbicort can help you breathe better. starting within 5 minutes. it doesn't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden symptoms. doctor: symbicort helps provide significant improvement of your lung function. symbicort is for copd, inclu

how about dick durbin? we're watching a vicious democratic establishment that is fully radicalized and radicalizing their party. tom fitton, always great to have you here, thank you so much. >> you're welcome. lou: tom fitton. up next, former top fbi official raising serious questions about the fbi's motives in redacting documents in the trump-russia collusion probe. you know, collusion. what the democrats and the russians may have done. is there an investigation? we'll take that up with the hill's john solomon. he's here next. stay with us, we'll be right back . lou: breaking news tonight -- president trump taking the stage in council bluffs, iowa. this is the president's fourth stop in the state since winning iowa in 2016. president trump expected to announce tonight a long-expected initiative. to lift the seasonal ban against high-ethanol gasoline blends. that by the way, would be very important to a lot of people in that audience who are farmers or depend upon agriculture in the state of iowa. might ann

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with of any issue at all related in any way to inappropriate sexual behavior or alcohol abuse but dick durbin's is this is not accurate, he sent a letter, the democrats on the committee didn't sign it. the senate judiciary committee tweets back nothing is inaccurate or misleading, the committee standbys statement which is truthful. more baseless innuendo. what are they referring to? >> no idea what durbin is referring to but i can tell you the facts. brett cavanagh was nominated in 2006, has been on the court for 12 years. there have been 6 background checks because he works for president bush as his secretary, not doing dictation but managing the oval office. everything around the president. he had a background check to get that job. let's see how well we would do. durbin is wrong. another story that is not true. there is nothing in his background check that would suggest anything consistent with the allegations against him. if there had been they would have said something about it. democrats are despicable how they treated him. there is nothing there. >> doctor ford's legal team, because sena

for dick durbin to have said in the middle of the hearing when people were jumping up andmi screamingepublicans were complaining about it.. he said this is democracy. no, it's not. most americans don't think it's democracy. people like the guests you've had before don't really want to say out loud that they support w this kind of thing. they make excuses for it. >> tucker: yes, democracy is listening to what citizens thinc and enacting. this is shutting them down. we had a spirited debate last night about john mayer who came out against toxic masculinity. tammy bruce joins us next. attacking men for their gender, one of the many ways washington distracts from bigger issues. it's detailed in a new book called "ship of fools." the president still speaking in iowa. we will monitor it for news. >> so, germany is paying 1%. we are playing 12.3% to protectn europe. explain that one to me.o ♪ at last, ♪ my love has come along, applebee's new neighborhood pastas. now that's eatin' good in the neighborhood. we distributeus, i'm the owner environmentally-friendly applebee's new neighborhood pas

furious at saudi arabia's explanation for the death of journalist jamal khashoggi and some like dick durbin believe their evolving narrative is a sure sign the crown prince mohammed bin solomon was involved in the plot. watch. >> i believe five of his top personal bodyguards are among those currently accused. his personal bodyguards and one of them said publicly a year ago i don't move without an order from the executive to the crown prince has his fingerprints all over this and the setting up the investigation makes it totally credible. keep. kennedy: democrats are the only ones pointing fingers. senator kentucky rand paul wasn't buying it either. >> insulting to anyone with any intelligence that round that led to dismember with the home side. kennedy: the president said he is quote not satisfied with the regime's explanation and accept their request for a full month to investigate themselves. particular after one of the killers may have dressed up in khashoggi clothing to leave the consulate and that completed the roost. it's so weird. this is reportedly video of just that. will we ever g

senator dick durbin said this tweet is not accurate, committee republicans must correct it.ten democrats have sent a letter saying you've got to fix this. in the senate judiciary tweets back nothing in the tweet is inaccurate or misleading, the committee stands by its statement, more baseless innuendo and more false smears by senate democrats. >> it's very tempting for republicans and it's useful to focus on the democrats but they really need to get this whole thing across the finishing line with senators flake, murkowski, and collins who are republicans. they would love to get the votes of senators joe manchin and heidi heitkamp but those three senators are republican -- as much as they want to focus on the hocus-pocus of the democrats and all of this stuff, it's about the republicans who are on the fence. whether or not they can go home, flake is retiring but particularly collins and murkowski to a national campaign against and for his confirmation to their voters and defend the process. defend the fbi investigation. if it was just a routine background check and they didn'

the number 2 senate democrat dick durbin will join us as well as a man who has been talking to republicans hope by the end of the weekend they will be calling him justice kavanaugh. and the hot race for senate in it's about more than just what happens the in the lone star state. only on "cbs this morning," the candidates, republican senator ted cruz and democrat beto o'rourke ll us about their state's changing demographics. we'll see you with all that at 7:00. >> thank you. i'll watch "cbs this morning" or who's in your shot, whatever you name it, i'll be watching again. ha ha! >>> 6:45. in the economy, a new jobs report is out. joining us now is kc finaporos brooks. away from this od morning. reportke is thtabig e unemployment rate fell to its lowest level since the end of 1969 at 3.7%! 134,000 jobs were added to the job rolls that month. wage growth continues to be solid up 2.8% from a year earlier. this report not likely to alter the feds' plans for rate hikes with a fourth one for 2018 probably coming in december. tesla's ceo elon musk got into trouble with the sec because of his tweet

and then senator chris coons and dick durbin coming up. >> he heard the boos and laughter while interviewing some of the biggest names in politics in the last few days, so what did he learn about brett kavanaugh's nomination process. let's do an ad of a man eating free waffles at comfort inn. they taste like victory because he always gets the lowest price on our rooms, guaranteed, when he books direct at choicehotels.com. or just say, badda book. badda boom. book now at choicehotels.com >>> breaking news. the senate judiciary committee has the fbi report on brett kavanaugh. it arrived overnight and is sitting in a vault as we speak, but in just minutes senators will be able to go through it. joining me now is the editor in chief of the atlantic, jeffrey goldberg. he interviewed several senators at the heart of the process this week, including notably -- this got a ton of press, lindsay graham as part of the atlantic festival. thank you so much for being with us right now. that interview with lindsay graham you did, and of course he is a central player here, was fascinating. people are saying

he had a deal with lindsey graham where they thought so and dick durbin for a dock a deal with the democratsead on the issue. i do not think that he wants to come he wants the issue for 2020. >> it is a big issue, and the most important for republican voters in the midterm elections. and i actually think it is an important issue for democrats even though they are focusing on health care. the issue of immigration and national identity is impact the most important issue of our time. i think our picture of illegal immigration is caught up at the beginning of the century. we think of illegal immigrants as single young males from mexico who are coming for work. because of the loopholes that were mentioned, that character of illegal immigration has changed, noticed families from central america, increasingly in these caravans who are seeking asylum and protection from the gangs in their failed states. our laws have not caught up with that reality, and it is up to the president and congress to make sure that they do. >> bret: panel, thank you, little bit shorter because we took the president at the

minion moor and donna brazil, congressmen was keen, and dick durbin. in each of our conversations we pull the curtain back how politics are practiced by the top players in our system. tomorrow night we hope you join us here at 7:00 p.m. in this very room for john rogers, the executive director of the nrcc, and dan seena the executive director of the dccc for our event battle for the house. moderate by nathan gonzalez from inside elections and cnn. at georgetown university we are committed to the core value of free sprech speech. we protect expression that fosters the ideas of ideas and opinions. we know our communities expect the rights of our guest and moderate, to the full extent of their questions and no one would engage in any disruptive actions. at the end of the discussion there will be a question and answer session. to introduce our guests we have a member of the college democrats which is a co sponsor of our program tonight, and she is also a constituent of senator mark warner. ladies and gentlemen i'm pleased to av introduce haley tuloty. >> w

. >> final question, chuck schumer and dick durbin hinted that the background investigation having no hints of inappropriateness in the background of the judge were false. what's the deal with that? what can you tell us about that? >> i can tell you within the a limits of what i can say here that the claim there's no hint of misconduct in that report is untrue. there's plenty there that would support claims of wrongdoing and misconduct. and unfortunately, for now at least, we are barred from talking about the details. but that's why the facts are so important. why seeking those witnesses who can corroborate the survivors should have been done. we presented a list of 25, including dr. blasey ford and judge kavanaugh, and just to give you one small example, carrie bercham from connecticut had information about outreach by judge kavanaugh before the new yorker story appeared about deborah ramirez which reflects r potentially witness tampering and certainly knowledge of it. >> couldn't someone from the senate just make the file public in some way or talk about it? what's stopping you? >>

meantime senators dick durbin and lisa murkowski sent a letter to the fda urging the agency to immediately ban kid-friendly e-cigarette flavorings and restrict online sales of nicotine products. juul is one of five they are looking into they are made by british american tobacco, altria and imperial brands. they did see shares rise upon the news back to you. >> aditty, thank you very much for that i'm glad we started the hour with chips because amd is now 10% for the week we'll keep our eye on that along with the bond market thank you. always good seeing you let's get over to the judge and "the half. >>> i'm scott wapner the index now closing in on 27,000 stocks surging today as one of the best trades for your money appears to be ending it is noon and this is "the halftime report. >>> blue chip boom boeing, apple, microsoft all hit new highs. did the winning trade war trade just die and holding our traders' feet to the fire in the quarterly report "the halftime report" starts right now. >>> it is very good to have you with us on this wednesday. here to debate joe terranova, steve weiss, jon

how about dick durbin?we're watching a vicious democratic establishment that is fully radicalized and radicalizing their party. tom fitton, always great to have you here, thank you so much. >> you're welcome. lou: tom fitton. up next, former top fbi official raising serious questions about the fbi's motives in redacting documents in the trump-russia collusion probe. you know, collusion. what the democrats and the russians may have done. is there an investigation? we'll take that up with the hill's john solomon. he's here next. stay with us, we'll be right back all money managers might seem the same, but some give their clients cookie cutter portfolios. fisher investments tailors portfolios to your goals and needs. some only call when they have something to sell. fisher calls regularly so you stay informed. and while some advisors are happy to earn commissions whether you do well or not. fisher investments fees are structured so we do better when you do better. maybe that's why most of our clients come from

how about dick durbin?re watching a vicious democratic establishment that is fully radicalized and radicalizing their party. tom fitton, always great to have you here, thank you so much. >> you're welcome. lou: tom fitton. up next, former top fbi official raising serious questions about the fbi's motives in redacting documents in the trump-russia collusion probe. you know, collusion. what the democrats and the russians may have done. is there an investigation? we'll take that up with the hill's john solomon. he's here next. stay with us, we'll be right back six in the morning. she thought it was a fire. it was worse. a sinkhole opened up under our museum. eight priceless corvettes had plunged into it. chubb was there within hours. they helped make sure it was safe. we had everyone we needed to get our museum back up and running, and we opened the next day. most kids today will have jobs that don't exist yet. the engine management systems coordinate with autonomous vehicles. financial data, so now we can pre

. >> reporter: dick durbin feels the u.s. response should be about more than just the crown prince. >> there needs to be a completion of a third party investigation into the kidnap, murder and god knows what followed that occurred in istanbul. >> reporter: president trump says so far he hasn't seen any evidence the crown prince was directly involved but he's also telling the washington post, quote, objec obviously there's n deception and there's been lies. garrett tenney, fox news. lauren: turkey's president spoke with president trump and says he will release details of the khashoggi investigation tomorrow. u.s. treasury secretary p steven mnuchin is traveling to saudi raisawsaudisaudiarabia today. cheryl: russia firing back this morning. the kremlin warning there would be chaos if the u.s. withdraws from the treaty. the u.s. claims russia violated the agreement which forbids the use of intermediate and short range rockets. lauren: senator rand paul says with drawing from the treaty is a bad idea. >> i spent an hour with gor

. >> there's a difference between -- a reason why maxine waters received a bomb and not dick durbin, a reason why robert de niro received a bomb and not debra messing. a reason why these people in particular are receiving bombs. he is clearly, by the nature of his very election and the nature of his relationship with his supporters, especially at these rallies, he is fomenting hate. he is riling them up and now we are seeing a very acute result of it. by the way, this is not the only result we've seen. we've seen this in small ways, but hugely impactful in terms of racism, probably in terms of domestic abuse, spousal abuse, child abuse and on and on and on. he is saying this, these things are happening, it is direct. i don't know why we're overcomplicating this. >> i should note that there are just dozens, too many to count at this point of examples of racist taunts being chanted at people, racist intimidation in which people invoke the name of the president as part of the racist intimidation, the racist taunts, the racist assaults, well established and there is dozens of those examp

getting into the home stretch mid term campaigning with dick durbin and tom till lis of north carolina. >>> some other headlines this morning, there was no winner in last night's half a billion dollar powerball drawing. no one won the mega millions on friday night. that jackpot is up to $1.6 billion with a new tuesday night drawing coming. combined, that's more than 2.6 -- more than $2.2 billion up for grabs this week. >>> and we have ourselves an east coast/west coast battle in the world series. it will be l.a. versus boston. puis powered them with a three-run home run in the sixth inning. dodgers won 5-1. game one of the world series nights at fenway park in boston. dylan is very happy about that. >> that's some jet lag back and forth. >> i thought the same thing. >> they'll be tired. i think they'll get through it. >> i think they will. they're a little younger than we are. let's take a look at the very cold temperatures we have out there this morning. we have frost advisories, freeze warnings extending all the way back through nashville down through south carolina. we have the fros

west virginia, if it was a case about aids, something we wanted to do about aids, i worked with dick durbin who had a passion to help people overseas or the united states. we pulled that together. we don't agree on everything. chris dodd and i put together some amazing legislation that provided that when drugs are made by the drug companies, that they are tested so that there is a protocol for what kids can take. i have a long track record of getting things done. i will pull people together, democratic and republican, we will make things happen. colleen: time. [applause] this next question will go first to mr. dewine and will come as a shock to some of the students here at marietta college but people still communicate by letter. we got this letter from guy morrow from newark, ohio. this goes first to you, mr. dewine. he says in view of the devastating business losses, general motors departs dayton and d.h.l. departing wilmington springs to mind and the coda automotive not coming to columbus. i believe candidates should be asked directly. what steps and what we will do if elected to encourag

watching all the shows this morning and i heard tom tillus on "meet the press" say i agree with dick durbin everyone is condemning the saudis except the president. the furthest he's gone is what we heard there in the post. >> it's really disturbing to be quite honest with you. it encapsulates the trump presidency of the last two years which is embracing authoritarian regimes, lying, putting his financial interests ahead of the country's. and it really is unfortunately -- it's taking away from what our nation is supposed to be. really fighting for human rights. and standing up with our allies as well. and it is just really disturbing every time i hear the story. it really just kind of tells you all you need to know about the trump administration. >> phil rucker, you have new reporting on this? >> i talked to a number of foreign policy experts over the weekend who said, look, this is the president abdicating america's historic role as a beacon for morality and foreign policy where we make foreign policy decisions not solely based on a commercial self-interest or short-term sort of benefit for

democrats, like dick durbin of ,linois, who voted no tod pointed to kavanaugh's temperamt at the hearing it's hard timagine how a nominee who has displayed such raw partisanship could then claim to serve as a neutral umpire in the supreme cot. judge kavanaugh through his own testimony has lled his own impartiality into extreme doubt. >> desjardins: in a rare move, kavanaugh himself addressed his emotional testimony in an op-ed for the "wall street journal" last night, writing: "my hearing testimony was forceful and passionate.... i might have been too emotional at times. i know that my tone was sharp, and i said a few things i should not have said." white house press secretary sarah sanders defended the nominee on fox news: >> i thought his tone in lasea week'sng was exactly what you would pect from somebody going through what brett kavanaugh and his tmily have beough over the last several weeks. >>ou'll have to tell your children, your grandkids where you stood today. >> desjardins: around the capitol, anti-kavanaugh protestersathered again. those concerns were dismissed b republicside

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