dick durbin joins us. plus, a a big democratic upset in pennsylvania's trump country. we'll ask our sunday panel what it means for november and about hillary clinton's latest take on why she lost. all right now on q' fox news sunday. >> chris: hello from fox news in washington. we begin with a call from president trump's personal lawyer to end robert mueller's russia investigation. that just after former fbi deputy director, andrew mccabe, was fired. that decision by attorney general jeff sessions will likely prevent mccabe from retiring today with his full pension. mccabe says this is all part of the trump administration's war on the fbi and an effort to undermine the special counsel investigation of the president. we'll get reaction this hour from republican congressman trey gowdy and democratic senator dick durbin. but first, peter duesy with the latest from the white house. >> reporter: we know the fired deputy fbi director, andrew mccabe, wrote he memos that have been given to the special counsel about his private conversations with president trump who he blames f

in fact dick durbin out saying it is not helpful. in fact my friend hillary clinton is wrong. 30% of the people who voted for donald trump, voted for president obama -- we do have the sot. go ahead play that for us. >> that is not helpful at all. in fact my friend hillary clinton is wrong. 30% of the people who voted for donald trump had voted for president obama. why? the same people who looked for change with president obama thought there wasn't enough as far as their personal lives were concerned. they supported donald trump. melissa: people vote based on money he is saying. has to be sort of sensitive and mindful of that, when they feel like they're falling behind -- seems pretty obvious. >> if you're in hillary clinton's camp of the democratic party you think people vote on all sorts of other non-financial things. one of the other things she said in india was, she said that white, married women by and large are voting the way their husbands tell them to. this is another one of hillary's strange tammy wynette moments. you remembe

joining me from's chicago, dick durbin.ou as i did with congressman gaudi, what's your reaction to the president's lawyer urging rod rosenstein to shut down the mueller investigation? >> congressman gaudi is right. we should allow bob mueller to complete the investigation. any effort by the president of the council to stop the investigation should be resisted on a bipartisan basis. >> chris: when i asked the congressman gaudi he said the house can't do much about it. what can you do? we go from tweets to a move to stop the investigation? >> if the president reaches out and stops investigation, that's a constitutional crisis. that has been said by democrats and republicans. it means it would be incumbent on congress on a bipartisan basis to use the tools at its disposal. >> chris: and to those tools, are you talking about passing a law to protect the special counsel impeachment? >> when i think about the obvious there's two bills before the senate judiciary committee which is been absent without leave, two bills before the c

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durbin: mr. president, i thank the senator from north carolina, and i believe he does have a genuine interest in this issue. i attended several our meetings to discuss a bipartisan compromise and i -- compromise and i hope we can continue to do that. in the meantime what he's offered is the grassley approach, which was president trump's immigration approach, which limited legal migration to the united states so members of families that wanted to be reunified, some of whom have waited 10 or 20 years to rejoin their families in the united states, unfortunately it also included the $25 billion wall, which may be the price that has to be paid to spare these young daca dreamers. but i object. the presiding officer: objection is heard. is there objection to the original request? mr. tillis: i or, mr. president. i object. the presiding officer: objection is heard. ms. collins: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from maine. ms. collins: mr. president, i ask consent that when the senate pro

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katie, i thought dick durbin's comments over the weekend very interesting.t. is she explaining how this came off well? >> the old saying if you are explaining you are losing. here we are again with hillary clinton saying something about herself and dwelling on the 2016 presidential election in a public setting during an interview, year seas on foreign soil. where she insulted half of the country, if not more. and she doesn't just come out and say i am sorry for what i said. she has to include all these words to say i may have been misinterpreted. i didn't mean to do. this you know, but, by the way, it is true that white women are being bull idea by their husbands and sons within their households and there is still gender inequality within our families. that's her problem. for democrats who want to move on from her, it's not that hillary is being helpful to them. it would be different if she could move on from her loss in 2016 and actually go to the congressional districts that she won that are up for re-election with republican congressman retiring, but, ins

durbin: thank you, mr. president. on september 5 of last year president trump announced the repeal of the deferred action for childhood arrival program known as daca. as a result of that decision by president trump, hundreds of thousands of immigrants who came to the united states as children, known as dreamers, face losing their work permits and their right to stay in america without deportation. they are threatened with being returned to countries which many of them barely remember, if at all. you see, these dreamers were brought here as children, infants, toddlers, young kids, brought here by parents to america, and they grew up here. they went to school in america, to our public schools and other schools that were available to them. they stood up in their classrooms every morning and pledged allegiance to that flag. they grew up here believing this was their home. at some point in their lives their parents pulled them aside and told them the bitter truth that they were not legally in america. they were undocumente

chairman grassely: senator durbin. sen. durbin: thank you. i wasn't here when you major statement, but i read it and its entirety. it is touching and i know came from your heart. our hearts are with you and with your family at this time of loss. you talk about reaching out to these young people before. they reach best before they reach the point they are dangerous. thank you. that is a noble statement from somebody who has suffered as much as your family has suffered. focusing on trauma and the ,mpact of trauma on children when i find gun violence is chicago and go into the jails and ask about these teenagers, most all of them have been victims of violent trauma or have witnessed trauma and they are changed by it. and they need help. i'm glad you made that point. i want to ask you something you may not be able to answer. i reflect on it a lot. why? why did this incident on february 14 have such an impact on america? it's not the first mass shooting by any means. it is not the first shooting in a school by any means. but this seems to have bee

durbin: mr. president, today is the day. march 5, the deadline imposed by president trump on those who are being protected and allowed to stay in the united states under the daca program. it was last september 5 when president trump held a press conference. the attorney general backed him up and said that's it. the protection that is currently given to 780,000 young people in america allowing them to stay in this country and pursue their dreams will end on march 5 of 2018. today. 780,000 who were brought to the united states as infant, toddlers, children, and teenagers who've lived their lives in this country, gone to school, never had a serious run-in with the law, went through criminal background checks, came up with a $500 filing fee, and were given permission under an executive order of president obama to legally stay in this country for two years at a time. during that period they would not be deported and they would be allowed to work. who are these young people? well, they are known as the dreamers, although president

dick durbin said we cannot arrest our way out of the opioid adamic.tried that and ended up with a bigger addiction problem in the world's largest prison population. one focus of the plan addressing sanctuary cities, the president holding a roundtable with law enforcement on that topic. rob: thank you so much. robert mueller has memos from deputy director andrew mccabe. a source confirming he documented conversations with donald trump. we learned he was under investigation by the office of responsibility as early as last summer. fbi veterans face direct rules could be holding the agency back from releasing evidence to the public but as special counsel moves forward with their probe, editor at the washington times questioning the direction of the investigation and whether this has become a partisan attack on the president. >> it goes to show how politicized this has been from the beginning, nothing to do with justice or finding out about russia's involvement in the election. we could have done that in a nonpartisan way. what it has to do with is people

durbin: mr. president? the presiding officer: the democratic whip. mr. durbin: mr. president, i rise today on this side of the aisle to start thanking my friend, senator cochran. yesterday i made a longer speech in the "congressional record," but i didn't want this moment to go by without tributes from both sides of the aisle while you're personally present on the floor. my relationship with senator cochran was fortuitous. there used to be two giants of the senate here, ted stevens and danny inouye. they were the two people in charge of the department of defense aopenings pros bill and we bowed to their knowledge and wisdom. then the day came from their both gone and the new people stepping in with thad cochran and dick durbin. i felt totally undeserving to be give than kind of responsibility and would never follow dan chin know way, as great as he was serving our country both in the military and the united states senate, and thad had the responsibility following ted stevens as the defense committee chair. well, we both knew that we were being held to high standards

durbin pretty much set up pretty much said it.d though cobbled through the additional spending they want to satisfy democrats to disenfranchise in the way a fiscal conservative republicans and find all the votes they need to pass the bill. it is frustrating, but that's what's going to happen. >> they've given them a six-month window for the dreamers and congress failed to act. the other thing that could happen, especially in the senate, there is opportunity for some of the senators, like rand paul for instance who are very against the high spending levels with the budget, deficit spending, whatever you want to call it, to delay proceedings to purchase up to the deadline. did you see that happen? >> there may be. this is car sharing on both sides understand this happened three times since january, but they come out to the very last minute and have to push something through that as a stopgap rather than genuinely looking forward saying what extents of the spending bill. also congressman massey as well from kentucky says that the gov

kennedy: if that would be true, dick durbin and a bunch of her former friends wouldn't have to come outnd say stop talking. chris: it's not championing women, it's championing her. kennedy: you never know what life is going to throw your way. hopefully a bunch of money. >> mr. dickey said with it was set up it had to sit on a platform at least 75 feet long by 14 feet wide. kennedy: that's about as long as a tennis court. the ground includes 15 tents. highlighted by a big top with 10,000 feet. >> it's he intricate piece of an entire circus. kennedy: that's one of many weird and amazing objects found on "strange inheritance." it airs after this very show. joining me, jamie colby, the host of "strange inheritance." what an incredible story. it fills up a tennis court. jamie: ringling brothers isn't in business any more. this man william dicky was obsessed with the circus. for the first time we were able on "strange inheritance" to show his daughter-in-law who inherited it, her children and grandchildren what this display looks like. it took several days to put it together. it was an emotio

. >> we've heard this drumbeat before, we've heard it from dick durbin and others, some of the press also ran the alarm now and again, saying the president might call for an end to the probe which despite what you may or may not have heard he can do but that's not the plan. ty cobb -- i want a mustache like this, by the way. "in response to media speculation, the white house yet again confirms, president not considering discussing the firing of the special counsel robert mueller. clearly the president's attorneys don't want him out there on twitter fanning the flames, if you will, but as you know he marches to the beat of his own drummer and in this circumstance he is certainly doing that. i am listening to the choppers, we are told there's going to be a delay in the departure. when he takes off if he steps before the camera, i promise to bring it to you as soon as he does. >> sandra: we will be on that as well. kevin corke, thank you. take your pick, where do you want to begin. what a weekend it was. >> it was interesting st. patrick's day which was very inconsiderate of the news to

and i got together with dick durbin. dick durbin is a liberal democrat from illinois. i've never been described as a liberal democrat or as democrat for that matter. he and i see eye to eye on this issue and the need for reform. and so we put together something called the smarter sentencing act. and that got a little support. and we decided we wanted to expand it. we got together with chairman grassley. and ironed out a series of compromises and put together the sentencing reform and corrections act. that passed out of the judiciary committee by a bipartisan super majority vote of 16-5 just two weeks ago. and so we're making progress on this. and this could be a big bipartisan win if we would just bring to it the senate floor. >> yes. and there is one key -- there are a few key actors in addition to some of the holdouts in the senate committee. it passed with flying colors and passed the committee and has many proponents in the broader senate. but the white house has had an uncertain posture on this bill. and i'm curious if you could take us for a moment into a room th

durbin: mr. president? the presiding officer: the democratic whip. mr. durbin: mr. president, i rise today on this side of the aisle to start thanking my friend, senator cochran. yesterday i made a longer speech in the "congressional record," but i didn't want this moment to go by without tributes from both sides of the aisle while you're personally present on the floor. my relationship with senator cochran was fortuitous. there used to be two giants of the senate here, ted stevens and danny inouye. they were the two people in charge of the department of defense aopenings pros bill and we bowed to their knowledge and wisdom. then the day came from their both gone and the new people stepping in with thad cochran and dick durbin. i felt totally undeserving to be give than kind of responsibility and would never follow dan chin know way, as great as he was serving our country both in the military and the united states senate, and thad had the responsibility following ted stevens as the defense committee chair. well, we both knew that we were being held to high standards

but senate minorty whip dick durbin a long time supporter of the dream act is still concernedsen.k durbin / illinois (d)i'm very concerned because i've been told that it could take up to six months for them to process any applications, what's going to happen to these daca recipients in the meantime. rich moralez / pico national networkwe don't want people to fall out of status or not have work authorization so it's important that they apply as soon as possible.information posted on the us citizenship and immigration services website says if your permit expired on or after sept 5th 2017 you can apply for a renewalif it expired or was terminited before sept 5th you cannotthose who never had a permit - can't get new ones. alexandra limon / @alexlimonnewsthe ruling out of the 9th circuit court is only temporary, because the case is headed to the 9th cirucuit court of appeals and could still end up in the supreme court, despite the high court's decision not to hear the case at this point. while an immigration compromise hasn't been reached republcians, democrats and immigration advocac

she only apologized because people like durbin criticized her for it.e wouldn't have said anything if no one had raise the issue on the right. was because of people on the left that she had to say it. i don't think she should have it all. i agree with kimberly, it shows weakness. if she is shooting from the hip and being authentic hillary, let it rip. the book, you said everything you had to say. go to india. make it rain. i don't care. it's what she really thinks. we like authentic hillary, even though it is authentically pathetic. the facebook apology was terrible. it was about 16 paragraphs. that's not how you apologized to me you especially don't do it on facebook. >> greg: speaking of, what a transition, jesse. facebook is under scrutiny with the data of millions used for political purposes. that's next. so i'm not happy unless my hands are dirty. between running a business and four kids, we're busy. auto insurance, homeowner's insurance, life insurance policies. knowing that usaa will always have my back... that's just one less thing you have to w

dick di durbin says that would e going too far. >> if the president reaches out and stops this investigation, that is a constitutional crisis in this country. that's been said by democrats and republicans alike and what it means is, it would be incumbent on congress on a bipartisan basis to use the tools in its disposal. there are two bills before the senate judiciary committee which has been absent without leave on this issue, two bills before the committee, bipartisan bills to protect the special counsel. we ought to pass those bills now. >>> this coming after the firing of former deputy fbi director andrew mccabe, days before he was set to retire with full pension. this comes ahead of an internal report about his role into the agency's investigation into hillary clinton. we have the latest reaction from washington. we begin with allison barber at the white house. >> reporter: hi, rick. a source close to former deputy fbi director andrew mccabe that confirms mccabe kept mel memos detailing his interactions with president trump. president trump pushing back on that today on twitter, claimin

and the bipartisan durbin-graham bill got 54. came closer to the 60. so there's that. and then we have the issue, next week a week from now will be the walkout across the country. demanding gun violence prevention initiatives. kids, young people will be here back again in larger numbers on march 24 to show their support at the -- support, advocacy, knowledge, eloquence, values about protecting people from gun violence. so this march madness we see here, ignoring all of this, putting bills on the floor that only give more opportunity for financial service institutions to take us right back to where we were in september of 2008. so why are we going home at 11:00 on thursday afternoon? not coming back until next tuesday? when we have a deadline of the 23rd of march to pass the omnibus bill and to do so in a way that, again, can be unified. i have a debate that's transparent, that has support that is bipartisan. well, we'll see what the speaker wants to do. any questions? yes, sir. reporter: leader, on two points you mentioned guns and immigration. can you give us a sense

and of course there is dick durbin, the senator from illinois who talked about the potential if mr.er is fired for a constitutional crisis. here is what he said. >> if the president reaches out and stops this investigation, that is a constitutional crisis in this country that has been said by democrats and republicans alike. what it means is, it would be incumbent of congress on bipartisan basis to use the tools at its disposal. reporter: one of the republican who you might call a warning to president trump over the weekend dismissing mr. mueller who issued a warning was chuck grassley, the chairman of the senate judiciary committee. listen to what he said, not only about the investigation of mueller having to continue but also about the potential for an investigation of the fbi's use of the fisa warrant to initiate parts of this investigation. >> particularly in the fbi and the justice department there should be no political interference whatsoever. so if there is political interference, let's say in trump, in regard to russia or trump of anything else, then it is perfectly legitim

i thank senator durbin for joining us on the floor today and i'd yield to him. mr. durbin: mr. president, i want to thank my colleagues, senator sanders, senator murphy, and senator lee for this bipartisan effort. why are we here today? why are we discussing wars so far away? we're here because of this book. this is the constitution of the united states. the constitution very expressly tells us what we're supposed to be doing here. in article one, section eight trks lays out the things we are responsible, for the men and women who serve in congress. and among the things that congress shall have the power to do is to, quote, declare war. declare war. why did the founding fathers make certain that it was clear that congress would be involved in that decision on the declaration of war? because when they created congress, the idea was that the people of this country far and wide would at least have a voice in the decision through the people they elected. and we would be held accountable for our decisions to declare war or not to declare it. because we're up for election. so congres

durbin and i talked about whether we could go to the white house. we went to the white house out of respect for the presidency. out of a hope that the discussions that we had at the white house would lead to resolution. f a serious issue. threatening hundreds of thousands, indeed, close to two million. individuals who know america as their country. and who 86% of americans think ought to stay here in america. in that meeting, mr. speaker, the president of the united states said, and he said it on television, so you don't have to take my word, there's a video record of what the president said. what he said is, we would take care of the daca issue, consistent, mr. speaker, with at speaker ryan said to that young woman. that the revocation of protection for dreamers brought here as children will not be carried out. there was no paraphernalia at the call addition, if we do x, y, z. a, b, c, d, w. there was no paraphernalia at the call phrase. we will not put you at risk, young woman. nd those similarly situated. and we have a bipartisan coalition on thi

as my colleague, dick durbin said, this is a lesson in democracy. this is what democracy looks like. this is what america looks like. that's what my colleagues are going to have to absorb and understand. something is different here. something is different this time. i've been doing this cause for 30 years and i have never felt near to fundamental national reform because the country is saying enough is enough. >> you know, i can't say more than you just said. being here, you feel that even more. the idea, this is what democracy should look like. it's happy. it's positive. it's hopeful. and people are here. they want to get something done. but the gun lobby has a wonderful way of playing these situations. when they're confronted with public outrage, they fade. they don't talk. they don't go on television. they go back to where they hide. and they wait it out. they come out three, four weeks later when the excitement has subsided and they legislate against gun control, gun safety. how do you smoke them out? how do you get them to come out and face the

durbin: thank you very much. let me close by saying on march 24, students and americans of all ages will march in the streets to honor those who have been lost to senseless gun violence and to call on their elected representatives to step up. i support the marchers, and i will continue to work for meaningful action to help reduce gun violence. i'm going to keep doing everything i can to put the safety of our kids and our neighborhoods ahead of the gun lobby's agenda. i don't have any obligation to the national rifle association whatsoever, but i do have an obligation to a granddaughter living in brooklyn, new york, in the first grade who has been warned about what to do if a shooter comes into her classroom. i hope my colleagues from across the aisle will join me. it's time to take a stand and show leadership. america's waiting. madam president, i yield the floor. mr. lee: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from utah. mr. lee: madam president, i'd like to speak for a few minutes about ryan nelson

here is senator durbin. >> my friend, hillary clinton, is wrong. 30% of the people who voted for donaldrump had voted for president obama. why? the same people who look for change with president obama thought there wasn't enough, as far as their personal lives were concerned. and they supported donald trump. that is a reality. the democrats acknowledge. that's why we are focusing on issues to address this concern they have about the economic and security that many working families face. >> melissa: joining us now our panel richard fowler fox news contributor, talk show host jones and campus reform and radio talk show host. thanks to poet of you for joining us. >> thanks, melissa. >> melissa: richard, it seems like the democrat would like to move on when something like this comes out and remind people why though voted the way they did the in last election. you know, when you look at somebody like hillary clinton, you bring her out. she is already being promoted. coming to new york. huge conference, supposed to be empowering women. she raises a lot of money for people. so they are kind of

for trump nuts, that senators would sell us out on immigration people like tillis , and rubio and durbin would work together. 34 million new foreign workers this is why people do not like the senate. if the senate would align more with the people who directly voted for them, maybe there would be more functionality. people perceive that senators are bought off by special interests, like the chambers of congress. my question is are you suggesting we should repeal the 17th amendment? guest: well, look, we've obviously, over a long period of time, shown how difficult it is to reach agreement on immigration. some people in the country are disgusted with the senate because they think they are wrong on immigration. others are disgusted because they cannot take action to protect the dreamers, for examples. that goes back to the basic division. i would say a lot of people in the country are disgusted with a government that does not solve problems. if you look at the plummeting public confidence in the congress, a lot of it has to do with the fact that they see the congress not accomplishing the n

. >> dick durbin of illinois and john cornyn from texas gave separate speeches on gun policy and legislation. this is about 30 minutes. most people cannot remember what happened in the first grade. i have vague memories of being a first grader. there are certain things that even at that young stage in your life that will be remembered. but -- my sexual granddaughter who attends first grade in brooklyn, new york, a few weeks ago was told by a teacher what to do with a gunman came into the first right of her classroom. toldttle granddaughter was don't stand by the windows, you could get shot. get down on the floor. is there any sane person in america who believes that's what the founding fathers had in mind when they wrote the second amendment to the bill of rights? that we would have reshaped one in america when the prospects of gun violence in the first grade classrooms all the way through collegehigh school and with account in reality -- a reality in america? in myt imagine anyone wildest dreams would have imagined that possibility. today is march 14, on february the 14th a gunmen went into

i mean, what a slob to think -- i mean, dick durbin was on our commission he's a good egg.e with him always but i enjoyed him as a person. he kept saying where's the tipping point? and we ain't going to do nothing until we get to the tipping point. and the tipping point is when the people who loaned us the bucks private and public say you know you're daaddicted to debt you're hooked, you have a dysfunctional congress and we want more money for our money. and then instead of about $260 billion a year interest, you're going to pay $700 billion which takes it directly out of infrastructure, education, defense. i mean this is nuts. and it's all done by the trustees of the system it's not goofies from the right and left telling us this it's the trustees of the system. go look who they are they're good american people and they're saying here's the math goofy, what do you think of this >> real quickly, when i hear that you mentioned dick durbin from illinois, my question to you is the tipping point inquiry he made, is that because we're going to ultimately see where everybody's go

because we just passed the tax bill and this kind of flies in the face of democratic senator dick durbin compared it to dropping a bomb on a fleet a fellow republican senator jeff flake vowed a bill to reverse the tariffs in canada the foreign minister faced questions about whether the deck was being stacked against her free trade negotiation team her answer was diplomatic we think a win win win outcome for all three countries is absolutely possible and not going to go shooting table we are absolutely defending and standing up for the national interest at the european union talk was much tougher to hang and that's sort of we are now imposing tariffs on motorcycles harley davidson on blue jeans the visor on bourbon we can also do stupid. newly planned easy tariffs on those in other u.s. products are designed to hit swing states in american elections florida ohio pennsylvania that trumps republican party will need to hold congress in midterm elections later this year despite days of opposition trump remained a man of steel tariffs yes of that even if you needed a reminder to sign them well

leadinghis remarkably with senator durbin he said he wanted to help the dreamers. we see this with gun issues. we see it with this off-the-cuff statement about trade enforcement. he is just not reliable. that is the problem we have here. it's a problem for the american people, problem for the american workers. he tells the carrier plant he will save those outs and those jobs are gone. he told dreamers i will pass the clean dream act. common sense gun violence reduction measures and the second commitment cannot coexist. -- second amendment cannot coexist. i just don't have much faith in him. he met with the an that same day. you saw him backtracking within hours. susan: i wonder if you have any concerns as an american about that kind of chaos we saw this week at the white house, including the announcement thursday on tariffs which took even white house staffers by surprise. are you concerned we are seeing something quite serious happening at the white house? mr. perez: i think is the most dangerous president in american history. he's not trustworthy. that is a reall

durbin: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. durbin: i ask consent the quorum call be dus spended. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. durbin: mr. president, we are in the process of considering an omnibus budget bill. it's over 2,000 pages long. in fairness, it includes many provisions of legislation that's been worked on by many of us for months. so it isn't a surprise package by and large. there are elements in it that are new, that have been recently negotiated, but the underlying bill, the appropriation bills included in it have been the subject of committee hearings and negotiations literally for months. i know that because since last year, we've been working on the defense department appropriation which is included in the bill. my reason for coming to the floor, though, is to address an issue that is not included in the omnibus bill, one that i believe should be, one that is timely and compelling and there's no reason why it's not included. it relates to those young people brought to the united states by their p

durbin: are we in quorum call? the presiding officer: we are. mr. durbin: i ask that it be suspended. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. durbin: this afternoon there will be a vote on the senate floor which is of historic importance. it's rare i use those words to describe what is going on in the senate chamber. it's equally rare for us to actually take up an issue and debate it in this chamber. but this afternoon we'll face a critical vote. i can recall as most members can many votes that they've cast in the course of service in the congress, both the house and senate. but the votes that cause lost sleep and worry time and again are votes involving war. you see, part of my responsibility in the senate shared by my colleagues under article 1, section 8, is to actually vote to decide whether the united states of america shall go to war. the founding fathers were explicit. they wanted to give to congress that responsibility so members of congress could represent their constituents, house districts and states that we all represent. and that

durbin: the question we is whether we are petrified by them? i'm not. i don't get their money, i don't get their support, and i don't care to have it. a lot of lawmakers of come to me privately and said we got to do something. members of the nra. host: that was senator dick , democrat from illinois speaking at the senate judiciary committee hearing and we are talking to you about the march for our lives taking place here in washington, d.c. as we watch the crowd gathered for that 12:00 p.m. march. they are taking place in other cities around the country and around the world. mike is calling from rochester, michigan. hi, mike. hi, kimberly. how are you? host: what do you think about these marches? a wastei think they're of time. i have a suggestion for the young people. a young fellow from florida start a program called no one eats alone and i think that thed affect more change if kids in school became more inclusive with the other kids in there's a common denominator. all of these shooters are loners and outcasts. in i just think that would probably do

senator durbin and others appeared to say i want to help the dreamers. we see this now with gun issues. we see it with this off-the-cuff statement about trade enforcement. and he's just not reliable. that's the problem we have here. and it's a problem for the american people. it's a problem for the american workers. he tells the carrier plan, i am going to save your jobs and those jobs are gone. he tells dreamers, i'm going to pass the clean dream act. commonsense gun violence reduction measures and the second amendment can't coexist. we will certainly fight for it. i don't have faith in him. he met with the n.r.a. you saw him backtrack within hours. susan: i wonder if you have concerns, maybe not so much as d.n.c. chairman but as an american, the kind of chaos we saw at the white house including the announcement thursday on terrorists which took white house staffers by surprise. are you concerned we're seeing something quite serious happening at the white house? tom: i think he's the most dangerous president in american history. he's not trustworthy. th

because we just passed the tax bill and this kind of flies in the face of the democratic senator dick durbin compared it to dropping a bomb on a fleet a fellow republican senator jeff flake vowed a bill to reverse the tariffs in canada the foreign minister faced questions about whether the deck was being stacked against her free trade negotiation team her answer was diplomatic we think a win win win outcome for all three countries is absolutely possible and not going to go shooting table we are absolutely defending and standing out for the national interest at the european union talk was much tougher to hang and that's sort of we are now imposing tariffs on motorcycles harley davidson on blue jeans the visor on bourbon we can also do stupid. newly planned easy tariffs on those in other u.s. products are designed to hit swing states in american elections florida ohio pennsylvania that trump's republican party will need to hold congress in midterm elections later this year despite days of opposition trumped remained steel tariffs yes even if you needed a reminder to sign john hendren zero wash

the supporters are more national gun control are saying illinois,turban and -- like dick durbin in illinois, he says the guns don't come from illinois. they can drive two states away were gun laws are easier and go to a gun show or online. they can get guns at any number of other places and say we need to do with other countries have done where it's harder to get that gun. getactually have to maybe real control, is not just an instant background check. there is all kinds of rules that happen in states like illinois or maryland or connecticut that are imposing things like assault weapons bans and limits on capacity for the magazines. if you can just go online and buy it or go to virginia and buy a gun's not really control system for the whole country. there are many loopholes. that is a tough issue. murphy ofthe center connecticut makes is where the only country that has this level of gun violence and a lower level of standard living. there are restrictions for buying guns and other countries where you can still get one but there are hoops to jump through. guest: the political challenge and