senator dick durbin told me he believes the votes are there to reject it. that. if it happens, it would be the first time in more than three decades that d.c. lawmakers are being overruled by a congress in which they have no voting representation in either the house or the senate. the president tweeting that he supports d.c.'s statehood but does not support lowering penalties for carjackings, which critics say is misstating the d.c. measure. this amid republican attacks that democrats are soft on crime as the president is preparing to announce his re-election bid. joining us now, congresswoman eleanor holmes norton, democratic delegate representing d.c. in the house. it's always great to see you. as a d.c. resident, putting that out there, i have long believed that taxation without representation going back to our founding fathers and should not exist. there i am in favor of statehood. i'm going to put it out there. what does this mean for statehood when for the first time since 1991 congress is overruling something the d.c. council decided on? >> i'm hopin

let's start with what senators will want to ask about the hill team, ask committee chair dick durbin what he wanted to hear, his answer was so much. so what are we expecting? >> reporter: perhaps an understatement here. there are just so many topics that these senators are going to want to ask him about as he comes before them for the first time since fall of 2021. so much has happened between that time. you touched on this, lindsey, in your introduction. it is, of course, the fist time that they're going to see attorney general garland since those probes into classified documents found not just at former president donald trump's mar-a-lago home but also in lesser amounts at former vice president mike pence and current president's joe biden's from his time as vice president, all of that of chief importance to these senators. there's also the reality they may want to ask about everything from covid's origins, which the fbi director has been out about recently saying that he believes that those may have come from a lab leak in wuhan, but then also going forward on things like abortion

[applause] by the way, dick durbin of illinois deserves tremendous credit in getting that done.er senate republicans blocked the inflation act last year, i signed a historic executive order requiring key elements of that bill in federal law enforcement. i band chokeholds, restricted no-knock warrants, and lightened the use of force policies at the sites of de-escalation and so the way that police officers worked. to improve the recruitment and training of law enforcement, all tied with responsible community policing. as i made clear in the state of the union, with the parents of tyre nichols as our guests, we need congress to come together to pass police reform legislation. [applause] with your help, i signed the first major gun legislation reform in 30 years. like i said, we will ban assault weapons. ban them. and i am keeping my promise, no one should be in prison for possession of marijuana. too many minorities suffer from that. we should pardon them, expunge their records as if they never happened, so they have a chance to get into society. [applause] folks, i signed legisla

we need to so i just caught up with dick durbin after he gave that speech, and i asked him whether orot his committee would act on expanding background checks on commercial sales and private transfer something known as universal background checks, he said. i'm a realist, and he has not made a decision yet about whether to do that, just because of the math here in order to get legislation through the united states senate, you need to have 60 votes to overcome likely filibuster attempt. there are 51 members of the senate democratic caucus, meaning nine republicans would need to break ranks something that is very unlikely they couldn't do that last congress they did pass gun related legislation. they left out the expansion of universal background checks and the reinstating the assault weapons ban, but nevertheless still calls to do that, even though the political realities here say it's probably not gonna happen. guys. raju another mass shooting another shooting at a school in america. another tragic day in america. our coverage of the school shooting in nashville will continue the lead

weapons and will be able to start training only after an agreed decision of nato countries, senator dick durbina democrat, expressed this opinion in an exclusive interview for america's vote on why the recognition of russia as a state sponsor of terrorism is being delayed. as well as the prosecution of russian war criminals in the united states, the senator told my colleague kateryna lisova that your legislative initiative allows you to prosecute war crimes crimes everyone in the united states regardless of where these crimes were committed this initiative has already passed congress and been signed by the president can you describe how this law will work have the following if you are a war criminal do not hope that you can hide in the united states we will hold you accountable for your war crimes even if they did not take place in the united states or did not involve american citizens this is a clear message not only to russians who are involved in war crimes crimes in ukraine but also in the whole world and unfortunately, we have a number of examples when war criminals sought asylum in the us

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dick durbin asked if cartels should be terrorist organizations, he said, it is complicated, do i think that is terrorism? i do, ask the question, what does it mean if we make that declaration in terms much our relationship with mexico. weak language. based upon your time at the border on this trip, you toured it yesterday, what have you seen? does it lead you to believe yes, we should designate cartels as terror agents? >> they are enemies of the united states and in my estimation, it is almost as if they were income combatants, they are killing us. they are killing young people from the age of 18 to a34, highest rate of death. 100,000 of us. on 9/11, 3000 died. in afghanistan, we fought a war. we know who is doing it, we are doing nothing about it. yes, it is a terrorist organization. when i had christopher wray in front of me, i said, don't you consider them terrorists? he hemmed and hawed about it. the mexican president said you have to control this. you have out of control situation at your border that is killing americans and you are doing nothing about it. if you don't do anythin

. >> dick durbin sent a letter to the administration signed by 18 democrats opposing a return to theamily detentions under the obama and trump administrations. this is ahead of that expected lifting of title 42. mayorkas said no decision has been made yet. thank you. >> neil: thank you. wait till you hear what senator john kennedy had to say at the same hearing. he's next. >> did you just parachute in from another planet, mr. secretary? i would have hired actually talented people from all over the world. instead of talentless people from all over my house. known as a loving parent. known for lessons that matter. known for lessons that matter. known for being a free spirit. no one wants to be known for cancer, but a treatment can be. keytruda is known to treat cancer, fda-approved for 16 types of cancer. one of those cancers is advanced nonsquamous, non-small cell lung cancer, where keytruda is approved to be used with certain chemotherapies as your first treatment if you do not have an abnormal "egfr" or "alk" gene. keytruda can cause your immune system to attack healthy parts of you

middle of the hearing, women workers is getting lit up he turned to the chairman judiciary committee dick durbin the very partisan democrat from illinois, and he said will you help me? and i spent 11 years on a judiciary which urban, and he's very smart and very partisan and he loves to fight with me. he and i have gone 15 rounds and more times in an account. in a steely time in the living years that seen durbin declined an invitation. he just shot back and shrugged in a panacea took that shone senate democrats realizing that we are at at that spot on this disaster on the southern border. and we're leaving, basic he was saying to me or kiss you on your own, and i think you are getting ready to throw them overboard and fire him and then try to blame everything on him. now they don't intend to change anything, but they want him to be the one that she takes the blame in order to insulate biden, heroine of the senate democrats. >> sean hannity: that gave them a vice president has not been too effective, they have not been down there, and they don't know what we know in what sara carter knows and the

it's a rare moment in the senate to have a vote on the floor we asked dick durbin what he thought wased it yet. that tells you this was really uncertain going into today. we'll see what happens. >> it's sort of unbelievable he's still the nominee that the white house did not pull him at the end of last year. that's what many people suspected. the campaign behind the scenes that the former mayor of los angeles has waged has been just incredible in terms of money. he's really fought back aggressively on these all allegations that he knew about the sexual allegations, but the reality of this is, it raises the point why. this is an important position. we're beyond halftime of the biden administration here. the senate is controlled by democrats. if it doesn't happen today, there's some in the white house who are eager to move on. but they don't want to be embarrassed, so they must feel somewhat confident. with so many absence, i don't know. which is why the vice president is on capitol hill, we are told, sort of standing by in case there happens to be a tie. >> if it fails, maybe they have

we won't give offenders -- >> bill: dick durbin says half of the democratic caucus will vote with republicans, d.c. in 2023. >> dana: -- >> i'm surprised everybody is not. >> bill: on the house side 31 democrats voted with republicans before the president said he would veto it. nancy pelosi was not happy about that and made it known friday afternoon. had he made it known before maybe you get half of house democrats to vote with republicans. do you see this as a moment of sea change when crime in america is off the hook in major american cities? >> i think people expect common sense. make a decision based on common sense. crime is horrible in every area of this country. the border is in horrible shape. we have to control the border. you just talked about what happened in mexico, continues to. why doesn't mexico put a wall on their southern border which is much narrower and they can control it much better and let's build that relationship with mexico what we can control. fentanyl and the things that move through. with he have to get better control and really mexico should be a favored nation wi

senator majority dick durbin called it, quote, awkward.iden's emotional, combative language worked. just a few months later, democrats held the senate and to be back forecasted red wave in the house. now, i'm not asking democrats to engage in the kind of disgraceful demagoguery exhibited by trump this weekend. but ahead of 2024, what could be one of the most consequential elections of our lifetime, i'm asking democrats to not only appeal to people's heads, but to their hearts as well. but don't just want to hear your policy. they want to see your passion. now i want talking points. they want truths. here's what trump gets that a lot of democrats still don't get. voters want someone who's going to fight for them. now, one democrat who appears to understand both the power of an emotional appeal and of picking a fight is democratic congressman eric swalwell of california. low rent up to the midterm elections -- he released this ad, hitting republicans on the dangers of their draconian abortion bans. >> mary anderson? >> yes. >> i have a warra

and if you caught me one bit, you should -- always fact check -- go online, put in dick durbin, joaquintro, demographic destiny, and listen to the way they talk about these migrants to this country as if they are tools for their political power. it's disgusting. rachel: thanks for telling the truth, dan. i just think radical truth telling is the only way out of the mess we're in. >> and don't be cowed. they do this all the time. and people get -- oh, my gosh, you know, these goofballs and media, whatever, they said don't talk about it. you know what? i flip these people a double-barreled middle finger every time. i'm not talking about, i'm talking about you talking about it, and i just backed it up. just go look at "the new york times" and read it. it's called we can replace them. what else do to you need me to say? rachel: meanwhile, they're -- will: it's cbs 2. it's conspiracy. rachel: they're treating the children coming across as assembly line. >> it's disgusting, rachel. and these people, these are human beings, and they deserve far better than that. they don't deserve to be treate

and the number two democrat dick durbin is now weighing president biden's plan to allow this to take effect to repeal this d.c. law before he decides his own position. but he told me white house has had mixed messages over the issue and the president being back and forth speaks for itself. >>> joining us now to discuss is denise lewis george. councilwoman george, they are trying to withdrawal your criminal legislation and the senate will take it up and it would go to president biden and he would veto this. what is your reaction to all of this. >> thank you, jake. this issue is fundamentally about preserving our local democracy and self-government. two principles that our nation was founded on. we have 700,000 d.c. residents in the city who deserve the right to make their own laws like americans in every single state in the union. i was born and raised in d.c. so i have been disenfranchised my entire life and instead of having voter representation in congress, i have a congress that tries to impose its will on me and other d.c. residents without our say. and that needs to change. and

neil, we're following infighting within the democratic party as a number 2 democrat in the senate, dick durbinhis own party. that is because more than a dozen senate democrats current senate democrats are taking heat for voting with republicans in 2018 to ease banking regulations essentially scaling down the dodd frank law. critics are blaming that move by congress for the collapse of silicon valley and signature banks. politco said sometimes members choose policy position and wait to see if history serves them. sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't. there's a shot there. several democrats defending their votes though. here's senator tim kaine this afternoon explaining why he voted for this. >> i support for the 2018 bill because i have these virginia banks that viewed dodd frank as making them too small to succeed. they wanted to succeed and do what they do so well. what they continue to do well. >> so that's his take. elizabeth warren, as you know, has introduced a bill to restore the dodd frank regulations on mid size banks. one democrat told me that they voted to deregulate in 2018 but w

senator dick durbin who is the chair of the judiciary committee actually said that he will demand an explanation from walgreens ceo regarding a secession. he put out a statement today and he writes this. it is unacceptable that republican state officials are private businesses into denying critical health care services to their customers. i'm disappointed that walgreens ask a pitcher later to the thuggish intimidation tactics, which the justice department has made clear have no basis in federal law. so joy, talk to us again about the whole legal battle situation here but mini, do you think that this is about states trying to intimidate companies like walgreens? and if so, doesn't it appear that the tactic is working? >> yes, it is absolutely. they are taking a page out of the texas legislative playbook. you know right after row, right after jobs, you know a lot of national companies sign pledges to say, they would protect employees, even if states with abortion bans. they would support employees leaving a state, they would create funds for access putting aside how challenging that is

stuart: mostly leftist, but you're right, dick dick durbin is right there -- >> i think cory booker isas tough on crime -- stuart: he's a senator now. senator eric schmitt, republican from missouri, joins me now. senator, this is a real split among democrats. can you use that split to your advantage, maybe blocking other issues that come up like the border, like taxes? can you use it? >> well, i hope some of the democrats will come to the their senses. this radical agenda they've been pursuing the last few years has wreak whered havoc across -- wreaked havoc across the country. but certainly, violent crime is plaguing our big cities across the country, and washington, d.c.'s no different. i think this sent a powerful message that we're going to reject these kinds of policies. you know, eliminating minimums, reducing maximums for car carjackings and robberies, it's the wrong way to go. i think the vote sent a strong message. stuart stawrt senator, my colleague sitting next to me, david bahnsen, he suggests none of these tax increases that are in the president's budget this afternoon, no

this comes as the chairman of this committee, democrat dick durbin, sent a letter signed by 18 democrats opposing the move to return to the family detention policies that were under the obama and trump administration's. we caught up with the chairman in the hallway, here is what he said to us about a policy change. listen. >> the bottom line is the united states congress has not changed the immigration, broken immigration system in america for 30 years. so we can point blame as much as we wish at the executive branch. fact of the matter is, we have not done our job. >> and john, the fireworks continue to fly. we can hear the hearing continuing below us. we'll bring you any news if indeed it breaks. john. >> griff jenkins in the hearing room, thank you. sandra. >> sandra: back to nashville now, john, we are waiting that presser. we are told we are inside the minute window where they are going to begin on the ground and john, every one of these pressers they are delivering a lot of news. i believe it has begun. let's get in. >> take a moment to clear up. there are those who think that spec

but the number two senate democrat dick durbin, says he's quote not very hopeful about passing gun control in the senate. so where does this leave democrats right now? well it it's very unfortunate that we live. in america, where we have a uniquely, uh american problem of gun violence, and this is something that we have tried to solve. when i was a democrat in congress. i certainly tried to solve this, but because of the filibuster over in the united states senate, we couldn't do things like past and assault weapons ban. which was which is known to have been very effective at reducing mass shootings when it was in effect from the period spanning 1994 to 2004, you know, on the house judiciary committee republicans were going to have a markup. on a resolution that would nullify a regulation of 80 f but postponed that because of the shooting yesterday, so republicans clearly have no appetite to do anything more than what has already been done on gun violence. you know, michael out of the gate, top republicans are clearly rejecting calls to address gun violence right now, listen to this. liste

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i'm supported by 26 labor unions, and i also have the endorsement of senator dick durbin and congressman bobby rush to i know you know, well as well as countless other democrats. i was also i also ran for lieutenant governor when governor pat quinn ran for reelection. of course, that's democratic governor pat quinn. also let me point out that i'm getting support in the business community from the same supporters who have who many who supported lori lightfoot. and of course, mayor daley. and of course, robin manual obviously are democrats. but you know, look, my opponent is a paid lobbyist for the chicago teachers union, and he and 80 to 90% of his funding comes directly from the chicago teachers union and his affiliates. as for my the differences between him him and i am public safety is real simple. he does. he does not want to fill the 1100 police vacancies. he doesn't believe we can fill those vacancies, which is absolutely incorrect and his only strategy for addressing the violent crime in chicago is to promote 200 officers from the street into the detective's bureau. what i have bas

judiciary committee dick durbin. you're watching live coverage on c-span three. >>. ,. . ,. ,. attorney general, garland. welcome this is the third time with the people for the committee. we have many pressing responsibilities, as attorney general. you have many pressing responsibilities and i appreciate you taking the time to be here today. there are so many subjects under your jurisdiction where they are close examination. which i will turn to a few in a moment. but we should not take advantage that we're now able to have the department of justice at the renewed dedication. when we went a few days ago the premiere was embroiled in scandal. committed to restoring its independence. i expect that we'll hear accusations today about weaponization of the justice department. -- committed to serving the american people, the personal interests of any one political figure. are you taking the appropriate steps to ensure that the investigations are not overshadowed by politics. you have not interfered with the investigation with the president's son, the u.s. attorney, for the district of

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host: let's look at senator dick durbin who was on the senate floor yesterday talking about the shooting. [video] >> i cannot begin to imagine the families and school community -- what the families and school community is feeling at this moment. we send our condolences and if we are grateful for the first responders who were dispatched to the school within minutes and ran towards the sound of gunfire. but once again thousand prayers are not enough. -- thoughts and prayers are not enough. these shootings targeting little children are happening with sickening regularity in this nation. this could be the 129th mass shooting since 2023 began. 129 mass shootings in america. we are fewer than 90 days into this calendar year. that is more than one mass shooting per day. what is a mass shooting? four victims shot and killed in an incident. last year congress took steps on gun safety reform. the judiciary committee i serve did a lot of work on these measures. i was happy to support both of them. as today's shooting in nashville demonstrates, there is more work to be done. the fact this is a daily

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i'm grateful to senators dick durbin and tammy duckworth for their work on this bill in the senate and look forward to working together to make this vision a reality. ms. budzinski: thank you. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> madam speaker, i rise today to recognize the incredible work of three students from my district. esquean mckinnie -- evan mckinnie, aiden green and david bell in chester, virginia, who were recently selected as winners of c-span's 2023 national student cam competition. this year students addressed the theme of, if you were a newly elected member of congress, which issue would be your first priority and why? a topic i'm particularly interested in. they created a documentary entitled, do the twist, the startling truth about opioid abuse in america. their work took an informative look into some of the root causes of the opioid crisis and its deva

. >> senate majority leader chuck schumer and dick durbin also offered their condolences from the floor of the chamber. during his remarks, senator durbin called on congress to act on gun control legislation. >> madam president, we're just learning of the horrific, truly heartbreaking shooting at a school in nashville earlier today. six people, three children still have the pictures of the kids at sandy hook, the little children who were shot dead in mind. six people including three children were shot and killed in their own school. six people, three children won't be coming home today, to their families, to their friends, to their lives. we're holding in our hearts the families of the loved ones of those a

. >> senate majority leader chuck schumer and dick durbin also offered their condolences from the floor of the chamber. during his remarks, senator durbin called on congress to act on gun control legislation. >> madam president, we're just learning of the horrific, truly heartbreaking shooting at a school in nashville earlier today. six people, three children still have the pictures of the kids at sandy hook, the little children who were shot dead in mind. six people including three children were shot and killed in their own school. six people, three children won't be coming home today, to their families, to their friends, to their lives. we're holding in our hearts the families of the loved ones of those affected by this horrible tragedy and thank the first responders who are on the scene. >> today, yet another american community is in shock and grief after yet another american mass shooting. this morning, a shooter entered the covenant school in nashville, kentucky -- sorry, nashville, tennessee reportedly armed with two assault rifles and a handgun. this is an elementary school for s