. >> senator dick durbin talks about the fda's role in removing certain e-cigarette from the market. >> september 9, 2021, over a year ago, was supposed to be a historic day and american efforts to stop the purveyors of candy and fruit flavored you cigarettes from praying on america's kids but september 9, 2021, was the deadline and it was set by a federal judge for the us food and drug administration to finally finally clear its enormous backlog of applications for e-cigarette companies seeking to sell the product in america, companies that can improve their products were appropriate for protection of public health, they can sell their products legally but e-cigarette products can't meet that standard, can't demonstrate a benefit to public health, vape -- vaping is dangerous and addictive, these companies are praying on our children. fda had a legal mandate to ban these from us markets on september 9, 2021, but the food and drug administration failed to meet the deadline not by one day, not by one week, not even by one month. last friday marked the 1-year anniversary of the failure

in a letter sent to attorney general merrick garland tonight, dick durbin of illinois said, quote, these claims indicate astonishing and unacceptable deviations from the department's mission to pursue impartial justice which requires that its prosecutorial decisions be free from political influence. senate judiciary committee has announced it's launching this investigation. senator durbin has told the justice department to hand over to the judiciary committee all documents and communications between doj and the southern district of new york related to the michael cohen case, the john kerry case, and the gregory craig case as detailed in geoffrey berman's brand-new book. joining us now is geoffrey berman, former u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york from 2018 to 2020 when he was forced out by former attorney general bill barr, and he refused to resign. his new book is "holding the line, inside the nation's preeminent u.s. attorney's office and its battle with the trump justice department." mr. berman, the book comes out tomorrow. i really appreciate you being here tonight to

senator dick durbin is chairing the hearing. we will speak with a lot of folks, including him, about this at 8:00 >> if they approve the deal, october 17th is the trial? these things are moving on straight tracks. >> they happen anyway. if they didn't approve the deal, you need to have a trial sure the trial will happen. >> october 17th is the delaware trial. >> we should move the show down there for a week >> i think the same thing. >> it will be riveting i don't want to say that i'm not actually sure it will be riveting anything that is riveting is probably filed in the pre-motion papers i will bet money the judge already has a clerk working on the decision in advance. there is an element to theater, probably, to some of it. >> because they know so much already. how long do you think it takes >> a week. >> for the decision after. >> i think there are two ways she could do it. there are times when the judge will rule from the bench literally the trial could end and she could say this is my decision then she could effectively fi

just take a note of the fact that yesterday senator dick durbin told our colleague on capitol hill, he said, "i don't think it's likely that we will intervene." what he basically said is he thinks it's up to the different parties to get to the negotiating table and figure out a deal on their own. and also house speaker nancy pelosi just today telling reporters, "i'd rather see the negotiations prevail so that congress doesn't have to act." so all indications right now at least for the time being is that there's little appetite on capitol hill for them to actually have to intervene. again, these events are so fluid, these talks are still ongoing. we don't know exactly what's going to happen. but just important to emphasize again there's little appetite on capitol hill right now for lawmakers to get involved and intervene. >> all right. thank you so much. the u.s. rail strike could cost the country tens of millions of dollars every day. what is that going to mean for the u.s. economy? we have more from rahel solomon. what did he have to say? >> mark zandy from moody's told me in the hour

also tonight, the chairman of the senate judiciary committee, dick durbin is here. so we have a lot going on in this hour. we begin though with the nukes. yes. specifically the risk danger and the scandal of a former president hoarding these stolen and top secret documents that are, we're learning now, more and more involving nuclear weapons. there's reporting that the fed seized documents about the nuclear capabilities of foreign nations which they say trump was holding illegally, as well as intelligence about a foreign country's nuclear readiness. there is also material that u.s. operations are so secret, top security officials don't even have it. according to the "washington post" reporting. it's not good. now, it took a legal process to recover the allegedly stolen materials. the search warrant, affidavit which we've now seen. this is the problem where people can obsess over the law and in a way, lose sight of why there are such strict intelligence laws about this. and why veteran intelligence figures from former cia chief and general david petraeus to clinton n

. >> in a letter announcing the investigation, senate judiciary chairman dick durbin called the claims astonishing and unacceptable former president trump has not responded to these allegations >> all right drew joining us from d.c. this morning. drew, thank you. >>> ukrainian forces are continuing their stunning advance, retaking territory in towns previously occupied by russia but while this might boost morale, russia still controls big parts of the country here's mellen fits gerald. >> reporter: in a fast and furgs reaction, russia launching missiles in ukraine's east, striking infrastructure, plunging millions into the dark. the strike seen as retaliation as ukraine gets a shocking advance. ukraine now claims in the last 12 days, they've taken back 2,300 square miles of russian territory in the kharkiv region. the flag is raised in a village east of kharkiv. as many residence dens overcome we motion thanking the ukrainian soldiers ukraine releasing images showing tanks left behind as they say russian soldiers were forced to withdraw ukraine's president thanking his troops, saying t

. >>> senator dick durbin says the surge in threats against federal law enforcement is stunning since donald trump's house for classified documents. today the fbi and homeland security briefed a bipartisan group of senators on the pr problem. durbin said the threat was second only to the threat from international drug gangs. >> also in the mar-a-lago case, the justice department set a deadline today for a federal judge to make a decision or the doj will file an appeal. the doj wants their investigators to be able to continue reviewing the doc documents, some of them top secret, that were seized from trump's florida estate. cnn justice correspondent jessica schneider is here to explain this. jessica, will judge allene cannon announce her decision today? >> it's possible. really prosecutors, they're asking her to essentially reverse her own ruling by today. that could be anytime before midnight if she sort of complies with them. if she doesn't, doj is saying they will appeal to the 11th circuit court of appeals. that in and of itself carries its own risk because 6 of the 11 active judge

territories temporarily occupied by russia, american senators republican marco rubio and democrat dick durbin registered a bill that is at the legislative level prohibiting the united states from recognizing any annexations by russia of ukrainian territories voting for joining russia on the occupied territories of luhansk, donetsk, kherson , zaporozhye, zaporizhzhia regions of ukraine began on friday and will continue until tuesday, experts told voice of america that these fake referendums will not have legal weight for the event, but may help putin achieve some of his goals, these are not free and fair elections. the results will be determined before their this is being done to give putin at least some kind of victory after the russian army suffered a lot of losses from the ukrainians. vladimir putin obviously believes that if he can announce these territories are part of the russian federation, this deters some in the west from helping ukraine with those weapons that can help ukrainians to return those territories, in other words, as soon as they say that it is part of the russian federatio

dick durbin my senior senator who is in the book i talked about how he encourage me to run and i sent copies to read. and that being sand know sherrod brown also his wife is new york times best-selling author so i sent them a chapter here and there. a lot of people were helping me along the way. >> i love that senator brown helping out. that's a great detail. so what was the hardest part to write? maybe the crash but there may be another part. >> it was not a crash it was issued down. it was not an accident it was intentional and he actually landed the bird. it's not on me but the pilot in command of the aircraft did a remarkable piece of flying and actually landed the bird which is why we are all alive so i will honor his expertise he received the distinguished flying cross so it's not a crash it is a landing with an amazing effort. >> we will be sure to say shoot down. but early childhood was the hardest to write and so with the struggle living in poverty we knew was like i started talking in recent years as the nation has been more very prescient and a recession. i was very ashamed

. >> dick durbin tells cnn he might call on bill barr and berman to testify.ime in this country when a clandestine of bill clinton and loretta lynch on a tarmac was a scandal. this blows this out of the water. it is the way that trump conducted the presidency. he viewed himself more as a king, as a sovereign than in the role of the president. i'm not surprised that these bombshells are coming to light. the devil will be in the details to what specific conversations went on and how norm defying they were. >> there's another new trump administration memoir coming out by peter navorro. the foreword is an excerpt of how top white house staff picked a saturday to carry out a coup against jared kushner because he is jewish and wouldn't be at the white house that day and wanted to replace him with steve bannon and blamed him for the failing 2020 campaign. what do you think of this? >> peter navarro is probably one of the most dangerous people in the trump administration. i worked with him and exhibited erratic behavior numerous times. this is kind of how the people m

lose the house, do you send your investigative materials over to the judiciary commit year and dick durbin? >> we're going to make sure our materials are made public and available for the future, and we're going to preserve them. we're not going to allow them to be destroyed. >> if i understand, my investigation -- i'm told you have so much evidence, you can't finish this up by the calendar year, you do need more time. the president could create a committee by executive order to finish this job, and liz cheney won't be in congress, maybe she could be a cochair, do you do that to preserve in investigation? >> it would have gotten better had trump not gotten the republicans to vetoage independent style commission, but we're going to make sure all of the evidence is concerned, but the main thing at 1:00 p.m. this wednesday, we want america to understand there was a premedicated hit on american democracy, an attempt to override the will of the people. the forces that supported that are still out there. they would gladly do it again. a lot of them are running for high offices like mastriano in

that's what chuck schumer said and dick durbin. they don't want to say that.ecause what you say. ahead of the midterms. i do want to ask you what would come next if biden decided not to run. it would be a mess. you were in new hampshire. pete buttigieg was there. >> he came in second in the new hampshire primary in '20 but the poll showed he would come in first over joe biden and kamala harris and other potential candidate. if biden is not running i don't know if it's a field as lanlg as the democrats that ran in 2020 but big names. could have multiple people within the biden administration. buttigieg, harris, maybe more than that. >> brings up the questions of not just the administration but kamala harris, too, and the vice president who when she was brought in was the heir. >> she would not be a prohibitive front-runner. >> keep her in the weeds. will new hampshire even be an early state? >> there we go! >> that will be revealing to biden and the choice is. if they change the calendar to benefit joe biden we'll know it. >> new hampshire not okay for him. >>

senator dick durbin of illinois, thank you very much. f the questions of our time that you just asked senator durbin about this new idea about democracy, if you lose, you just protest the results. what are your fears about this fall even as you look at candidates, some of whom have said openly if i lose, it's because the election was rigged. >> there's a dozen of them. the "washington post" and "new york times" did surveys this week about those who won't say what they'll do. i think we got a good education recently in how the british system does their business. every week the prime minister, liz truss, will go to see king charles iii and tell him what his government policy is, because she sets the policy with the cabinet. she tells him. he accepts it, that shows deference to the crowd that she serves in the face of. and in our system, you tell the american people what happened in their election because they're the ones who make the decisions about who serves. you tell them who won, who lost. it's been a wonderful system. it's not written

i know dick durbin and john cornyn is doing it. we need to address this.can't just keep one offing the situation and saying, oh, if we only did this, we only did this. we need to do it in a expensive way and there's a bill that got 67 votes in the senate which is unheard of. let's just bring the bill back up. >> has been busing the migrants been effective in terms of drawing more attention to the migrant issue but could it backfire? >> i think there's this effort to paint republicans as inhumane on this issue of immigration and the security of the border but the fact is what this -- what this tactic, what this thing that governor desantis did has done is bring to light this ongoing crisis that many democrat leaders have frankly been ignoring for the past couple of years and the biden administration does bear responsibility for lack of security on the border and while democrats are outraged over 50 -- 50 migrants on martha's vineyard the fact is there are tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of migrants who have illegally crossed the border for the past

the "new york times" was first to report dick durbin of illinois sent a letter to attorney general merrick garland requesting documents related to accusations made by geoffrey berman in his new book. he was the u.s. attorney in the southern district of new york for more than half of trump's presidency. the trump appointee claims he was fired by then attorney general bill barr because his work threatened trump's re-election campaign. earlier on "morning joe," berman told us of one example of how the trump justice department pressured prosecutors to go after the then-president's political opponents. >> so, was it ever verbal to you from bill barr or a deputy attorney general under him saying let's look at john kerry? >> oh, let me tell you what happened with john kerry. you know, president trump attacks john kerry in two tweets saying that kerry engaged in possible illegal conversations with iranian officials regarding the iran nuclear deal. the very next day, the trump justice department refers to the southern district of new york, the john kerry criminal case. two tweets from the president

democrats lose the house, do you send your investigative materials over to the judiciary committee and dick durbin? . >> well, we're going to make sure our investigative materials are made public and are available for the future. and we're going to preserve them. we're not going to allow them to be destroyed. >> well, let me put it this way, hugo. if there's a way to keep the work alive, are we at a point where the next couple of weeks are it. whatever the impact is going to have, it's going to happen probably before the new congress? >> i think that's probably right. look, i think what i got from the committee is wednesday will be the last of the investigative hearings. there might be a hearing or two surrounding the reports or the recommendations. they will file a report around the end of the year. that's definitely coming. this all winds down. the committee will be disbanded anyway regardless of who takes control of congress in january. and the justice department's investigations from a criminal perspective are far reaching. there's three investigations that we have counted so far based on the

illinois congressman dick durbin called the move inhumane. >> i want to make two things perfectly clearmigration system is broken in this country. we have set it over and over again, it is the truth. i don't know the circumstances in texas. but to dump them in communities where they have no contacts whatsoever it is cruel and inhumane. >> meanwhile a d.c. council member blame to the border state governors for the crisis in the nation's capital saying they created the crisis. she said d.c. which is another proclaimed a sanctuary city, systems were not set up to serve the migrants that continued to arrive in the city from the southern states. under 10,000 migrants have been bused from texas to the three sanctuary cities. meanwhile the del rio, texas, area dump to ground zero for the crisis has seen more than 49,000 migrant encounters just in july alone which is more than a population of dell rio a hole. app it says his invitation for officials to come visit the border still stands to show them how the failures of the biden administration is overwhelming their states. >> kevin: incredible

we heard dick durbin of the senate judiciary tell chuck todd that they can't support under their rules. even if they keep control of the senate, they need republican buy-in to take over what this committee did. >> reporter: yeah. look. that's why this committee is so determined to get their final report done by the end of the year. each of the questions that i think are still lingering out there for them to answer, what happens, for example, with the five republican congressmen who are going against and ignoring their subpoenas from the committee, what happens around ginni thomas? other depositions they would like to do. decisions around trump and pence. are they going to call them? all of these questions are ones the committee is still actively grappling with. at the end of the day, when it comes to when does the pen get put down, when do you start drawing conclusions, chairman thompson and others continue to tell me that the end of the year is the deadline that they are thinking about. we also know from the perspective of what the committee is sharing with who, that they don't plan t

. >> i have to ask you about this breaking news first, senator dick durbin, he chairs this senate judiciary committee, the number to senator. he has written to the justice department tonight, and announced that the judiciary committee is launching an informal investigation. he's asked the justice department to hand over its investigations around these episodes that you described. do you believe that there will be documentation that these communications will be noted in some way that the department can provide to the judiciary committee so they can investigate these allegations? >> oh, i'm sure there are documents that will be available. rachel, my book, as you know, is all about transparency. you know, i wanted people to understand the full scope of the outrageous and improper political interference by trump's justice department, in the cases of the southern district of new york. it demonstrates what trump is capable of, and what he's likely to do, and it also provides a frontline view of just how vulnerable our justice system is. the book is about transparency, and i welcome this investiga

senator dick durbin is calling for comprehensive immigration reform that would use the influx of migrantsers. >> it can be done. we can make the border safe and have a system of legal entry into the united states to work, put these people on the book, have them pay taxes, make sure we done a background check. all of these things can be done. are they controversial? you bet. some of them are very controversial. we know we need to do it. reporter: neil, what the democratic whip hasn't explained to the reporters and the press exactly how he will get those 10 republican votes that democrats would need to pass anything through the senate but the pressure is on. everyone is watching this including the catholic community which is actually observing national, i believe migration week this week. neil? neil: where is this going, laura ries, heritage foundation border security director. laura, you heard the complaints from a lot of these mayors, these sanctuary cities mayors who don't really take kindly what think say is a political stunt on part of governor abbott, by extension they say governor de

i sent dick durbin my senior senator who is in the book, i talk about how he found me in the hospital and gave me a new mission and encouraged me to write . i sent him copies three and i sent it to different folks that i'm a big fan of sherrod brown and his thought process and his wife is also a new york times, connie is a best-selling author so i sent it to them achapter here and there . so i have lots of people hoping me along the way. >> i love the center of the yacht, that's a great detail. what was the hardest part of the book to write? i'm assuming it's talking about the track but there's be another part of the most difficult. >> my early childhood was the hardest part c. lots of practice work shootdown because the badguys took aim. it was intentional and we landed the bird . >> no, it's fine. it's not on me. it's the fact that dan miller the pilot in command of the aircraft had a remarkable piece of flying and landed that burden one piece and that's why we're all alive i want to honor his expertise and he received the distinguished flying cross for his actions on that day thoug

here's the chairman, dick durbin, earlier today. >> congress is racing to catch up with the technologyd. we've got to be thinking ahead. got to be preparing ourselves and staffing ourselves so that we can stay competitive with this industry. >> that's durbin talking to aly on the hill today. we also got the statement from twitter in which they said the testimony today just sort of reiterated what they've been saying. it only confirms that mr. zatko's allegations are riddled with inaccuracies. all that coming with musk trying to get out of the deal to buy twitter. he thought it was a good idea and now it's not. largely because twitter's stock price has cratered sincere sayi twitter somehow did something inappropriate in this. so far, that's not working for him. musk desperately now wants to get out of that deal and keep his 44 billion. >> eamon javers, good to see you. thank you. also on the hill, new pushback today against senator graham's new proposal to restrict abortion access. we've heard from the top senate republican saying this. after graham introduced a bill that would ban abor

. >> senator dick durbin said, i don't think it's likely we're going to intervene.hoyer says that congress would pass legislation if needed. there's a little bit of a distinction on what might happen, but do you think this -- on the other hand, scott talked about maybe the pessimism around it, but you know what, on the other hand, it's not as if the union members are not themselves, americans, and voters, not themselves, taxpayers, thinking about their own rights. is that discounting them? >> no, and i'm not sure how this gets solved. to scott's point, i think these two unions are still holding out out of the 12 because they have the leverage right now. they know that president biden can't afford a railroad strike. to the congressman's point, i think that a deadline will help a strike or a threat of a strike can be an opportunity for a president. let's think way, way, way back to president reagan breaking the air traffic controller strike. i don't think this is the same situation. it might be the inverse. to me, it seems a little bit like president biden might just

chris coons and mark kelly and john hickenlooper, dick durbin and a few others.itting at this table and talking loudly according to sources several people confirmed it. multiple sources they was overheard by patrons. here is what he was saying a whole list of things. not only is nancy pelosi in trouble because democrats are going to lose the house. he said there is a 60% chance that we hold the senate, meaning democrats and a 40% chance that we hold the house. he said kevin mccarthy suckings up to form everywhere president donald trump. he believed trump would run for re-election in 2024. do you want to take over and read a few? >> steve: you mentioned kevin mccarthy. see what he has to say about this news, keep in mind, nancy pelosi just recently said not only will the democrats keep the house, the democrats will add members. that's what she said. then you got chuck schumer in a restaurant talking loud saying nope, the house is gone. she mentioned -- he mentioned kevin mccarthy. here he is right here on the channel. >> we're going to unite america with a plan. w

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the chair there, dick durbin, is now asking the justice department for information about this period of time and these episodes. >> jen, you worked in the very same office as berman. what's your reaction to this? >> it's outrageous. i have to say it's so upsetting for someone who worked there to see that this pressure was coming on what sdi was trying to do. we know what trump was doing and allowing mike flynn and the roger stone interventions, but we didn't know until geoff berman started speaking publicly about the pressure put on sdny. it goes against everything you're taught doj is supposed to be. i'm so glad the senate is looking into this. i hope they can find a way to try to put some requirements in place maybe so the inspector general is notified, for example, if this kind of pressure is coming from above. we have to make sure that, while it's not an issue with this current administration, the next time someone wants to use doj as their own campaign arm comes along, that we can find a way to learn about it earlier and potentially stop it. >> during the actual action as oppose

another important bill sponsored by representative david cicilline and senator dick durbin would wouldhibit children under 8 to work with tobacco. i urge this committee to pass these bills and urge dol to update the list of hazardous occupations. farm workers -- child farm workers have a right to equal protection under the law. existing laws put child workers atat unacceptable risk. congress should enact swiftly. thank you. .. agriculture remains one of the most dangerous industries in our country despite considerable progress the past 30 years, too many young people suffer of conditions and injuries associated with the work. at the same time we know appropriate work for young people offers valuable experience ass an perspective says they they become interpreters to society. urour team here in wisconsin spearheaded the 1996 national action plan for protecting ctchildren agriculture endured y congress launching a major initiative by the institute for occupational safety health. in 2007 we helped create agricultural safety and health council of america to increase collaboration between a

important, bill the children don't belong on tobacco farms act, sponsored by david cicilline and dick durbin, would prevent children under 18 from working with tobacco. i urge this committee to work to pass both of these important bills, and also to use its discretion and authority to urge d.o.l. to update the list of hazardous agriculture occupations. farmworkers have equal right to protection under the law. existing child labor laws are woefully out of date and put child farmworkers and unacceptable risk. congress should act swiftly to ensure that all working children are protected equally, thank you. >> thank you, thank you very much. doctor lee, you are now recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, chairwoman adams and ranking member taylor for addressing this important issue. my comments are based on the 35 year career dedicated to improving the health and safety of children younger than 18 years, who live and or work on our nations 2 million farms and ranches. agriculture remains one of the most dangerous industries in our country and, despite considerable progress in the last 30 year

listen to senator dick durbin on meet the press. broken every basic standard of decency when it comes to dealing with children and families. these people are at the moment legally in the united states. >> melissa, to the senators, point have they governors broken any laws but the shipping migrants to other states? >> we don't have all the facts yet, jonathan, there's been some reporting about whether or not these individuals were due solely players who opposes of job prospects of the possibility of formalizing their status here in united states. that is the, case there may be some questions about whether or not this was lawful are fraudulently induced. we will have to learn more. i think senator durbin is exactly right. these people in refugees who have come to the united states seeking asylum are being used as political pawns and what is essentially an effort to use them for propaganda. that is not who we are nation. we are a nation of immigrants. and this goes against those ethics that we have. >> anna, another bite from senator d

. >> that was senate judiciary chairman dick durbin. he's been in the news a lot this week.ing by the fbi and the department of homeland security on the surge in threats against law enforcement, senator durbin there undoubtedly referring to statements made by the ex-president who just a few hours ago made this threat to radio host hugh hewitt on what will happen if he's indicted. >> i think if it happened, i think you'd have problems in this country, the likes of which perhaps we've never seen before. i don't think the people of the united states would stand for it. >> what kind of problems, mr. president? >> i think they'd have big problems, big problems. >> you don't say. joining us now, congressman jim himes of connecticut, member of the house intelligence committee. congressman himes, what do you do about an existing domestic violence threat in the u.s. that is the largest terror threat that our country faces right now, and a president who seems intent on stoking the sentiments that undergird that threat? >> well, it's horrifying, nicole. i just finished doing three town

i would take the time before he arrives to echo the terrific remarks of my judiciary chairman, dick durbin. as i think people know, a lot of money has been spent in this effort to control the court by special interests. indeed the last count is that it cost $580 million in dark money to achieve that purpose. i don't know anybody who spends nearly $6 million more than half a billion dollars without having a purpose in mind. and when you see the undog of women's rights to determine their own reproductive choices, when you see new weaponry rolled out against pollution regulations, when you see hundred-year-old gun laws being taken down, when you see the agenda of the big money right wink be -- right wing being implemented by the court, it begins to look like in fact they got their money's worth and they didn't mind spending big. one of the ways they did this was to make sure all of the trump sole legislations of nominees went through the federalist society. never in our history has that happened. with a private organization stepping in deciding who would be on the supreme court. i see that se

the newest being dick durbin's decision for the judiciary committee to look into the barr era justice department. the themes in the probes are certainly all echoes of one another. i wonder if you can take us through where the back and forth is right now over the special master. it seems that doj has given an inch here, acquiesing to one of the names recommended by donald trump's lawyers. i wonder if your reporting suggests that will move this process along. >> certainly i think the justice department is invested in having the process move forward, because the investigation itself was moving quite quickly before it hit this roadblock. judge dearie, the person who the justice department indicated it would accept as a special master is very well respected by people on both sides of the aisle. he has served on the fisa court, so certainly familiar with the handling of classified information and seems to be a well qualified pick. for the department this is somebody who they would not mind being the special master. however the question is whether the department would still be able to go for

thanks to the leadership of dick durbin and chuck grassley, we got some of the parts of that bill into our first step act. the shackling of pregnant women, other practices that i think are abhorrent. but still, when i've gone to talk to incarcerated women, i've heard of sexual harassment and not trauma informed care. 80% to 90% of women who are incarcerated as survivors of sexual trauma. just practices of people watch, again i think one of our upcoming witnesses wrote in her testimony about how male guards were walking in on women when they're in the shower, they've often been survivors. i know this is of great concern for, yet we've already touched on it. but could you say for the record has seriously you take this and perhaps, a year from, now we could have a conversation about some of the things you've done to address these issues of sexual harassment and inappropriate conduct. >> absolutely, senator, i take this very seriously. i'm hoping that the positions we just approved in our office of internal affairs, our partnership with the inspector general and the conversation that the d

"the new york times" was first to report the committee's chairman, democratic senator dick durbin of general garland requesting documents related to accusations made by geoffrey berman in his new book. berman was the u.s. attorney in the southern district of new york for more than half of trump's presidency. the trump appointee claims he was fired by then attorney general bill barr because his work threatened trump's reelection campaign. and former u.s. attorney geoffrey berman joins us live. his new book out today entitled "holding the line inside the nation's preeminent u.s. attorney's office and its battle with the trump justice department." good morning, it's great to have you with us. >> thank you for having me. >> senator durbin saying we're going to launch investigations based on the material in your book. >> i welcome the investigation, you know, the conduct that occurred was so outrageous and unprecedented a light needs to be shined on it. that's the purpose of my book is to allow people to understand the outrageous and improper political interference by trump's justice depa

important, bill the children don't belong on tobacco farms act, sponsored by david cicilline and dick durbind prevent children under 18 from working with tobacco. i urge this committee to work to pass both of these important bills, and also to use its discretion and authority to urge d. o. l. to update the list of hazardous agriculture occupations. farmworkers have equal right to protection under the law. existing child labor laws are woefully out of date and put child farmworkers and unacceptable risk. congress should act swiftly to ensure that all working children are protected equally, thank you. >> thank you, thank you very much. doctor lee, you are now recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, chairwoman adams and ranking member taylor for addressing this important issue. my comments are based on the 35 year career dedicated to improving the health and safety of children younger than 18 years, who live and or work on our nations 2 million farms and ranches. agriculture remains one of the most dangerous industries in our country and, despite considerable progress in the last 30 years, f

. >>> my guests this morning, number two democrat in the senate, dick durbin of illinois, and joe o'deanning to flip a colorado seat. >>> plus the senate will look into charges be a former u.s. attorney that mr. trump tried to use the justice department to punish his enemies and protect his friend. >> pissing off the president is not a federal crime. >>> borders wars. >> some of them have been through really horrific things. >>> florida governor desantis ships four descend unsuspects venezuelans to martha's vineyard. >> every community in america should should be sharing in the burdens. >> it is so cruel, so depraved that someone would do that. >>> joining me for inside analysis, "new york times" chief white house correspondent peter baker. stephanie cutter, republican strategist al kardenas, and leigh ann caldwell of "the washington post." welcome to sum, it's "meet the press." >> announcer: this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >>> good sunday morning. a spate of news from anger over the overturning of roe vkz wade to gas prices has pushed his policy numbers to the highest point i