durbin: yes. mr. inhofe: i would observe just walking in that we're all talk about the actiontalking about the actions that have not been taken formally but several members of the house have talked about, we're going to bail out of here. my feeling is this -- and i'm asking a question through the chair, if you would agree with my observation. one of the reasons that statements have been midover there is that they -- have been made over there is that they never believed that we're going to get passed a six-year highway reauthorization bill over here. now, once that realization is there -- and i'm going to make an appeal for whoever is trying to string this thing out to shorten the time so we can have the vote that is pending right mao to take place and get -- right now to take place and get on with the final vote so we would actually is that ready while the house is still in session. they could very well take it up at that time. now, whether the individuals have placed themselves in the corner where th

senator feinstein: senator durbin is not here -- excuse me, senator schumer is not here, senator durbin is here. i call on him. senator durbin: thank you very much, madam chair. first, i was not able to stay at the hearing for brian mccann's testimony. brian mccann is from chicago. i agreed to speak at a alzheimer's association research meeting. came back, got him on the phone. we are working with him through the f.b.i. to try to help bring this fugitive to justice who is responsible for this terrible tragedy in his family. i want to put that on the record. let me see if i could put some perspective on this for a minute. there seem to be two or three basic elements here that we ought to keep in mind. first is the belief of local law enforcement that if they are called on to enforce status crimes, that is persons who are here undocumented, that it could infringe on their ability to maintain order in a community. every time a police car drove by folks in a certain neighborhood thought they are working for undocumented people, those folks are less likely to step up and cooperate with polic

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

senator durbin, thank you for coming. big round for senator durbin. thank you so much. susan, come join me here. [ applause ] great to see you dick. remember our deal about the rights on your living alone. i think there's a story there. we were just talking about him moving from "animal house" into his own place. and there had to be something in there about his sort of daily routine. we were talking about steve kornacki doing an interview with chuck schumer and he talked schumer talked a little bit about his going to the gym with dick and they would target republicans at the gym to sort of seduce over to whatever sort of legislative game they have. do you work that way yourself? >> i have a far more direct approach. i just bring people facts and then badger them until they agree with me. >> i spent much of last night actually reading about the volume of things that you have done not only alzheimer's research but in aging aging in place. you know, i was just reading tweets of yours on diabetes and the whole broad arena of how to think about designing homes differently fo

>> i think durbin amendment, you can debate whether the durbin amendment is good idea or bad idea. nothing to do with system stability. this is the problem with dodd-frank. senator dodd and president had to go to floor to cobble votes together as he could. retailers saw that as opportunity to force the durbin amendment. i didn't like the durbin amendment. i still don't like it. i doesn't think savings are packed on to walmart customers. i think they are costing bank customers more money. i don't like that provision of dodd-frank but really did nothing for system stability and to taint the whole law because of that i think is not quite right. there are many good provisions of dodd-frank too. melissa: you're new book, bullies of wall street. financial crisis. aimed at younger audience. i will pick it up. i have a younger audience at home. thank you so much. >> you bet. melissa: ashley? ashley: ibm under our belt but only just getting started. huge week for earnings, getting underway with apple, microsoft, yahoo! and chipolte on tap. that is just tomorrow. melissa: wow. from bone dry

dick durbin talks about it being an area of strategic necessity. what's the problem in bringing more colleagues on more quickly? what's the barrier? what are they distracted by? >> well there are a lot of serious diseases in this country and it took awhile to get a focus on cancer research which we spent $5.4 billion on a year and it's paid dividends. i think we need to look at the successful investments in cancer research, in hiv aids in cardiovascular disease. there's not an awareness of the prevalence. that's partially because people used to die earlier and also remember when people would say she's just gotten see kneel. do you remember that term and people didn't realize that alzheimer's was the disease. they thought it was something that happened as people got older. so that's why i commend all the ed a vo ka advocacy groups, the alzheimer's association and the many alzheimer's u.s. against alzheimer's cures and all these groups because raising public awareness is absolutely critical to getting the kind of support that we need and that has bee

so would senator durbin. but here's what's at stake -- i'll show you the bridge again -- this is what's at stake. this is the face of what we are doing. it is bigger than our egos. it is bigger than our taking a five and a half week break. i served as a count supervisor and we knew the building we were in was earthquake deficient. it is still and it is beautiful, frank lloyd wright's last built-out government building. and i served in that gorgeous building. when i found out it could collapse in an earthquake and the five county supervisors found that out we were told those many, many many years ago that it was possible we could be held liable because we knew absolutely that this could crumble around us, now i'm not saying for one second that any colleague is liable if something like this happens again, but i will tell you that i think it is, in fact, a moral question for us. how long can we put this off? i guarantee you a three move patch is not going to get the states the confidence to enter into any long-t

durbin cares.ushing kate's law because you want to make president obama look bad. >>> paul taylor. simply playing to his base hispanic voters. durbin doesn't want enforcement of immigration law. he doesn't. thomas washington. if kate's law had been in effect would the killer have been in prison? for a long time. murder has seven felony convictions been deported five times. with mandatory five years that doubles each time an alien comes back he would have been gone almost for good. dr. kwinton smith, austin texas. your segment about midgets as high school nickname was marvelous. when will the insanity stop? >>> i am irish and am offended that the notre dame logo is a fighting leprechaun. i am outraged too. i hope that doesn't bring down the property values. julie, california. i am sitting here with my father watching the factor. he says he can't stand you, but watches every night. i call that the howard cosell factor. sometimes you like to watch people you don't like. we'll take it. >>> finally the

that's why i think senator durbin's letter and bill foster's letter are appropriate. >> and mrs.ur united states senator, dick durbin interceding in your behalf, you have the attorney general of the united states looking at this case on behalf of your daughter. does it feel as if it's getting the kind of attention you would hope it would get from the officials you want to be focusing on this? >> at this point, i feel like it's getting some attention. i just, i don't know how to describe what i'm feeling right now. i can't get too excited about anything, because every piece that comes out, i still don't have any answers. so, as many people that get involved, it shows that there is something wrong, something did go wrong there. but i've not gotten anything that's making me say oh, okay, that's on the money. that's on the ball. no, i don't feel that yet. >> and sharon cooper, the mystery seems to have deepened today when the attorney's office released a toxicology report indicating that marijuana in your sister's system. and the houston chronicle consulted a toxicology expert, and t

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

senator feinstein: senator durbin is not here -- excuse me senator schumer is not here, senator durbinhere. i call on him. senator durbin: thank you very much madam chair. first, i was not able to stay at the hearing for brian mccann's testimony. brian mccann is from chicago. i agreed to speak at a alzheimer's association research meeting. came back, got him on the phone. we are working with him through the f.b.i. to try to help bring this fugitive to justice who is responsible for this terrible tragedy in his family. i want to put that on the record. let me see if i could put some perspective on this for a minute. there seem to be two or three basic elements here that we ought to keep in mind. first is the belief of local law enforcement that if they are called on to enforce status crimes, that is persons who are here undocumented, that it could infringe on their ability to maintain order in a community. every time a police car drove by folks in a certain neighborhood thought they are working for undoimented people, those folks are less likely to step up and cooperate with police to f

i sat down with senator durbin. i talked to senator reid and schumer, of course, and my leadership over here, did my best and i think everyone has to understand it's either this way or we just will have to do a short-term patch and if we -- i will predict right now seven states have shut down their program completely. if we don't find this solution, we're going to be looking at each other in a month two months and we're going to see programs shut down, and i often use this analogy so if you've heard it before, i apologize in advance, but if you go to the bank you want to buy a house they say great news, you qualify, and they only give you a five-month mortgage. are you going to buy the house? of course you're not. are our states going to build a highway if all they have is five months funding? no. that's why the private sector that gets this money from the states that's why they are laying people off. now, i want to say working with senator inhofe, we were able to create a new national freight program and a new prog

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

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

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

senator durbin. sen. durbin: 33 times the republicans have asked us for short-term extensions on the highway trust fund. as senator boxer said in a press conference last week, would you take out a mortgage on a home if it were only a six-month mortgage? that is all they are offering. six months of highway trust fund. you cannot build america or our highways or the thousands of jobs that come with a good highway trust fund package that is multiyear. yet, they failed time and again to even offer alternatives. it is like the minority leader said, they hint they have something in the works, but we have heard that song before. let me add as well the xm bank is officially closed down. the authorization was not extended. that needs to be addressed. if we come back here in september after the august recess -- you know what september is like. we only have a few days of session during that month and then we face the end of the fiscal year. the possibility that we are into a cr because of the failure of republican l

durbin: i would be happy to. who have butmr.fe: but would the senator join me in trying send -- in send out to try to get unanimous consent on going forward? if they don't like the bill, that's one thing but to bring it forward so this can be done, i am inclined to hope that we can encourage any of those who are just killing time right now to join us in doing this. so it is my intention to go ahead and make that request. the and i would ask if the senator from illinois would join me in that effort? mr. durbin: i'd just ask my colleague through the chair let's sit down and put this u.c. together and then you take it, as we do by custom, to your cloakroom, i'll take it to mine, and let's see if we can get this moving forward. i want to protect the rights of members, but i think many of them would like to join us in accelerating this process so there is activity on the floor which is productive. i would be happy to work with you. mr. inhofe: thank you. mr. c-span3. "washington journal" continues. host: we are back with ray lahood f

with the exception of durbin and pelosi, few democrats are willing to commit.you talk to a lot of these congressional democrats, they feel exposed. why? because for a long time the president and secretary of state told them we would never do a deal that didn't have these things, so many of these members , when they are back in their districts and states have been , saying it has to be this, it has to be this, it has to be this, but now these things are not in there, and they are boxed in. mark: i heard of someone the other day involved in fundraising efforts for paid television ads that there is a number of a hundred million dollars on your side. have you heard that? dan senor: i think it could. $60 plus is what i have been hearing. if it looks like it is winnable, i think money will start coming out of the woodwork. john: dan senor, knower of all things. thank you. when we come back, new orleans mayor mitch landrieu. ♪ mark: as the 10 year anniversary of new orleans -- hurricane katrina approaches, new orleans mayor mitch landrieu came by to talk with us about

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

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

it depends on this afternoon as senator durbin said they are working on the unanimous consent agreement basically to cut short some of the procedural time that has been put in place because of the actions yesterday. the senate has a complicated procedural situation with many potential hang ups and stalls that could occur on certain moves related to the bill. but the leaders are saying they will try to push to get the members to agree to get a vote later this evening. to speed up the clock to revisit again tomorrow and it could be too late. >>host: what is the impact of no deal is done? water communities and cities and towns doing? >> you could see those construction intones all over the community that is the messaging from a lot of advocacy groups. the reality is if if they don't do something to stop the shortfall to reauthorize the transportation program, states cannot engage in the summer construction work they have been doing without the faith the federal government will have their backs so it is disruptive and financially costly consequence but i don't think any leaders in the house

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

durbin: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. durbin: i ask consent the quorum call be suspended. and consent to speak in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. durbin: madam president the number-one preventable cause of death in america today tobacco. people who use tobacco smoking and chewing develop a myriad of health problems and many die prematurely. tobacco companies are a big business in america. they have been for a long time. and they have really tried their best to recruit new customers when they go into junior high and high schools. now they're in the e-cigarette business too but i want to stick with tobacco for a moment. the notion, of course, is that if you can addict a child to nicotine they'll continue to smoke and eventually become a lifelong user of tobacco products. it's been a long time since i engaged this industry in political contest. it was a little over 25 years ago when i was a member of the house of representatives that i ordered an airplane in phoenix arizona, at the last minute

. >> senator durbin, thank you so much for coming. [cheers] [applause] >> it's great to see you. >> i think there is a story there. we were just talking about him moving from animal house into his own place and there had to be something they're from the daily routine. we've also talking about this, and he talked a little bit about how he was going to the gym with dick and they would target republicans at the gym sort of seduce over whatever legislative game they had. the work that way yourself? >> i have a far more direct approach and i just bring people fax and then badger them until they agree with me. >> i spent much of last night actually reading about the volume of things that you had done. and i was just reading tweets of diabetes and the whole broad arena of how to ink about designing homes differently and you must know more about the subject than any of your colleagues. would you say that's the case? >> you have invested heavily. >> prison while i had the privilege of sharing this committee and he wanted that job and i represe

first, i want to welcome illinois democrat senator dick durbin. he's leading the search at the national institutes of health. he's here to talk about what the federal government can do and joining him is the atlantic's washington editor at large steve clemens. >> thank you. hi, everybody. shake your hands like this wake up. you all look really foolish, but we're going to have some fun here. i know it's been a long intense and dense morning, so great to be with you. we're with one of the great political leaders in this town. we're going to be joined by one of the other great political leaders. not political leaders policy leader, people who are thinking deeply about challenges the country's facing and it's a real honor here to be with dick durbin. dick, i just wanted to start out, we were just talking about "animal house." how many of you have seen "animal house," this is the guy. so now you're graduated beyond it, you're living alone. has anyone bought the rights to you living alone? >> not yet. >> how is it going? >> no sex and violence. well, le

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

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

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

and at that point leader mcconnell and senator durbin stepped in with senator inhofe and myself and all we did was try to get to where we are right now. which is a place where we can pass a fair funding bill. mr. president, i have a list here it's really interesting and i ask unanimous consent to place it into the record. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. boxer: my state counts on the federal government for one half of its transportation funding, highways and transit. rhode island counts on the federal government for 100%. alaska 93%. montana, 87%. south carolina, 79%. hawaii 79%. north dakota, 78%. wyoming, 73%. connecticut, 71%. new mexico, 70%. and it goes down from there but the vast majority of our states count on the federal government for funding. and what we have done as both senators reid and mcconnell have pointed out is we just keep patching up the highway trust fund and if i were to go to a bank and say i want to buy a house and the banker said you've got great credit, that's the good news, the bad news is it's only a five-month mortgage. what would i do, mr. pr

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

durbin: madam president the biness re >> madam president? >> the democratic leader. >> madam president, that business before the senate is the construction of highways and bridges and the operation of mass. >> mr. president? >> across america. how important is that to our economy and i know in my home state it's critically important. i think it's important across the nation. you see our infrastructure, roads and bridges are critical for business to operate profitably in the people the good paying jobs. we all know the tragedies that occur when bridges collapse or close and we know the thousands across this country need repair. when it comes to mass. >> mr. president? >> , come on down to the loop in chicago in the morning and stand with me i watch the folks streaming out of the train stations and off the buses, heading to work every day. is essential to the economy of chicago and illinois the state i represent. the fact is on friday, the authorization to build these highways and bridges and maintained mass. >> mr. president? >> and buses exp

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

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

senator durbin is not here. exhume excuse me, senator durbin is here, senator schumer is not here. >> thank you very much madame chair. first, i was not able to stay at the hearing for brian mccann's testimony. brian mccann is from chicago. i agreed to participate in a meeting, came back got on the phone we're working with him through the fbi to try to help bring this fugitive to justice who is responsible for this terrible tragedy in this family. i want to put that on the record. let me see if i can put some perspective on this for a minute. there seem to be two or three basic elements here we ought to keep in mind. first is the belief of local law enforcement that if they are called onto enforce status crimes, that is persons who are here undocumented, that it could infringe on their ability to maintain order in a community if every time a police car drove by folks in a certain neighborhood thought they're looking for undocumented people, those folks are less likely to step up and cooperate with police to find

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

more impressed had he taken a recommendation from the family taken a recommendation from senator durbinmaybe if he had gotten someone from the university, one of the legal koun counsels from the university. no he goes in and gets one person who used to work for him. i'm not passing any judgment on these guys but i think it's window dressing and it's a bid to soften the blow from the outcry from the public. >> but it does seem as though you were questioning the credibility of these two individuals, as i mentioned, former prosecutor and the defense attorney, when you say these are people at least one of them who worked for him, that sounds as if you have no confidence in either of these individuals as well. >> no i have no confidence in the district attorney. i have no confidence in the district attorney because he could take whatever information they provide and do with it as he will. i have no confidence in the district attorney, and i think he ought to recuse himself. >> what he said here is that the panel -- again, and they pointed out led by two african-americans, that they will have

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