some democrats are still going ahead with meetings including dick durbin, and cory cooper. durbin, a short time ago after his meeting with kavanaugh stepping up his demand for documents and reiterating that democrats' concern about where kavanaugh stands on presidential authority. watch. >> most of us believe as a matter of principle in america that no one is above the law. no one. including politicians that served in congress and the president of the united states. if you stick to that fundamental principle than there has to be accountability. >> harris: but senate judiciary chairman chuck grassley vowed to move ahead with figuring next month and the white house is also pushing back. watch. >> this is a desperate and pathetic attempt by democrats to obstruct very highly qualified nominee. at the hearing date has been set for september 4th and judge kavanaugh will be there. >> harris: lawrence, what do you think? >> lawrence: this is where i don't get democrats. i understand that they don't like -- this isn't the issue to rally your base on because in return you're going to

senator durbin was there and senator leahy we were briefed and i thought the number was 1 15%-20% at the highest of the children. >> that is approximately the recent numbers. it's been 15-20%. prior to her recent reunification. it's a smaller portion now. >> thank you. continue. so, the majority of children aren't in that category? >> correct. even the point where we launched relocation effort, 80% of the minors in care are traditional unaccompanied alien children. that is to say, those who entered the united states without a parent or legal guardian and apprehended without a parent or legal guardian separate from those apprehended with a parent or legal guardian. >> so -- how do you identify them and how do you connect them with the. seems to me the system is

durbin: mr. president, let me say at the outset the issue of abortion is a divisive issue in america. many people have different strongly held, different held beliefs on this particular issue. we have a law on the books now and have for decades that no federal funds may be spent for the performance of abortion procedures, including at planned parenthood. but planned parenthood does much more than that. planned parenthood provides health care for millions of women across the united states and planned parenthood provides family planning so that these women could avoid unplanned pregnancies which sadly in many cases lead to abortion. so regardless of your position on abortion, the position of the planned parenthood and counseling families so they can control the number of children is to avoid unplanned pregnancy and the likelihood of an abortion procedure following. it is for that reason that i have consistently voted against senator paul when he stands here to defund planned parenthood and will tod

durbin: thank you, madam president. have you heard of a drug pricing proposal that is supported by both democratic and republican senators? the american association of retired persons, the american medical association, the federation of american hospitals, america's health insurance plans, 76% of the american people, president trump, and the department of health and human services? what kind of kind of idea can this be that that is has that kind of bipartisan support in congress as well as in the white house? well, senator grassley and i have a simple amendment to the spending bill that is before us which provides $1 million for the health and human services department to issue rules regarding price tags on direct-to-consumer ads for prescription drugs. while this underlying bill includes many important provisions that i support, it doesn't do anything to tackle prescription drug costs, and we know -- american families know across the board that it's time for us to act. if i ask you whether you've seen any commercials f

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wasn't involved in the rules governing detention must be read in the context of the senator dick durbin's questioning at his nomination hearing. senator durbin's questions related to the administration's policies on torture and abuse of ive treatment of detainees. judge kavanaugh responded that he was not involved in those policies. multiple newspaper articles have reported that interrogation policies were highly compartmentalized in the white house, and that judge kavanaugh was never authorized to know about them. in any event, the allegations are based on judge kavanaugh's time in the white house counsel's office, and the committee has already requested documents from that time. i do not see anybody asking to speak -- >> mr. chairman, following our normal procedure, you did say what percentage you got, but the fact is, senator sessions and i requested the records from the clinton library on now justice kagan, and we did get 99% of them. that is a fact. we can talk about how much we got or didn't get. the fact is jeff sessions and i requested it. i joined with him -- he wanted them, and

after the briefing, senators bob corker and dick durbin spoke to reporters. >> we meant telling us about the briefing on camera for a moment? i will be very brief. >> nothing new. i mean i think all of you are reporting on the kinds of things that agencies are doing. our ability to protect ourselves and it was really nothing that i mean i'm going to get a cup of coffee as a matter of fact. >> you believe they are doing enough because if there has been criticism they have not been taking this as seriously as they should. >> i think there are working together. in the best way that they can to make sure they are working interagency wise here, federally but also with officials throughout the country. there has been a large uptake throughout our country people wanting to work with our agencies and i really do think they are doing everything they can. i think they feel pretty good about where they are but every county, needs to be participating. some of the smaller counties i am sure, need to come on board. but look, it was a pro forma presentation. the kind of things all of you would have exp

durbin: madam president, this is a sad time for the senate and our nation. with the passing of john mccain, our country lost a legend and the senate has lost a towering figure. i've lost a friend. america owes john mccain, his family our gratitude and respect for his courage and sacrifice and for the trials he endured to serve the nation that he loved. john came into this world with big shoes to fill. his father and grandfather were four-star admirals in the united states navy. john mccain met and exceeded his family legacy. i first met him 35 years ago. in 1982, we were brand-new freshmen congressmen elected to the u.s. house. i spotted him on the other side of the floor in the senate and of course knew instantly who he was and worked up the courage to go over and introduce myself. and then i asked him a favor. i said john, would you consider doing a cable tv show that i could send back to my central illinois district? he said sure, i would be glad to. i thought that's amazing. a democratic congressman asking a new republican congressman to help him back in

i'm going to meet -- go ahead. >> senator durbin it's katty kay here.ment, do you feel that the events of the two day raysed the calculation of raising the issue of impeachment is it something you would advise candidates to talk about head on. >> absolutely not. we should not be testing the waters one way or the other at this point. let's let the facts unfold in light of the mueller investigation. what both parties can do to serve the cause of justice is to make sure that bob mueller completes his investigation. if at the end of the investigation he says there's no culpability on the part of the president, sob it. however, if he reaches an opposite conclusion, we have to take it to the next step. >> senator, it's sam stein here. on this show a little while ago i asked you if the senate should delay the brett kavanaugh consideration until after mueller produces his report. at the time you did not say yes or no. you just didn't answer. i'm wonder if the past week has changed your calculation. do you feel now that kavanaugh's confirmation, consideration sh

he was campaigning on behalf of a state representative in illinois named jim durkin, not durbin fbut durkin , then johnson supporter, john n returned the favor by campaigning for jim durkin against me. you might owonder how real react to a person who is trying to take your job away which john was doing. i understand and i expect . jim durkin was loyal to john mccain and that mccain was loyal to him , came in and campaigned for him. the people of illinois cc decided i should be senator , it didn't deter john mccain one bit from working with me from that point forward. there's nan empty space in this chamber without john mccain . there's an empty space in america without his spirit. he will be missed but he certainly will never before gotten and endorse the proposal to rename the senate office abuilding in honor of lieutenant commander and senator john mccain. like senator schumer i hope decades from now over and who are visitors to the capitol grounds will ask who was this mccain they named the building after?

we will hear from jeff flake and klobuchar and susan collins and richard durbin and hillary clinton. >> we set out on a deck and watched the creek and talked about arizona and curse of the -- and personalities he admired and particularly those and those that put politics to the side and he had a huge funds in this for a democrat from arizona -- fondness from a democrat from iz

durbin: madam president, this is a sad time for the senate and our nation. with the passing of john mccain, our country lost a legend and the senate has lost a towering figure. i've lost a friend. america owes john mccain, his family our gratitude and respect for his courage and sacrifice and for the trials he endured to serve the nation that he loved. john came into this world with big shoes to fill. his father and grandfather were four-star admirals in the united states navy. john mccain met and exceeded his family legacy. i first met him 35 years ago. in 1982, we were brand-new freshmen congressmen elected to the u.s. house. i spotted him on the other side of the floor in the senate and of course knew instantly who he was and worked up the courage to go over and introduce myself. and then i asked him a favor. i said john, would you consider doing a cable tv show that i could send back to my central illinois district? he said sure, i would be glad to. i thought that's amazing. a democratic congressman asking a new republican congressman to help him back in

durbin: mr. president, i want to thank my colleague from tennessee for the kind words and thank him for his leadership on so many issues. he's chairman of the health and education authorizing committee and we also served together on an appropriations committee. it has been a real pleasure to work with him over the years. so many issues but particularly on the issue of medical research. it would surprise a lot of people, may even disappoint them to know how bipartisan we are when it comes to this issue. and i can say on behalf of senator murray on our side of the aisle and senator blunt on your side of the aisle that you and i have created a little team, a little cabal that watches the authorization of appropriation bills. this will be the fourth consecutive year that we've had 5% real growth at the national institutes of health. as dr. collins, one of great living americans has told us this is going to reap dividends that you described earlier in your speech in terms of breakthroughs when it come

durbin tweeted this "i'm heartbroken for jacksonville. have to suffer from in such senseless gun violence. when will congress have the courage to stand up to the nra and pass meaningful reforms to help prevent the shootings in america? meanwhile, pelosi released a statement reading in part, our thoughts and prayers are not enough as we continue to learn more details about today's horrific shooting, congress must stop stalling and help protect americans from the gun violence epidemic. do you on this, that issue is that particularly on the left they started weighing in on the shooting when they don't have any of the facts and they are proposing what, when they don't even have small details about what happened. >> this is the same charge that was made against republicans just a few days ago. the president started talking about border security. democrats legitimately and in good faith believe -- i shouldn't say look legitimately, they are wrongheaded about it, but they believe that we need more common sense gun control legislation and they be

jeff flake and dick durbin. mccape set a record op our broadcast with 11 appearance on "face the nation." >> i'm sorry, thank you. >> i have more to say. >> our bob schieffer hand john dickerson reflects on a political giant. john kerry who once considered john mccape to be a candidate. stories from some of the journalists who knew him next on "face the nation." color clear good morning, welcome to "face the nation." there has been an outpouring of emotion following the death of john mccain. cbs news chief congressional correspondent is in sedona near the homhe plans to honor the senator's live? >> good morning. as you can see, constituents and neighbors have already come by with nows and flags as farewell gesture. the state will have chance to say god bye when he lies in state at the he'll be eulogized by joe boyd enand other close friends service in phoenix then taken to washington where he will lie in state u.s. capital where he served for 36 years. also be service at the national cathedral. he never got tire

someone, someone in this administration has to accept responsibility. >> dick durbin calling for the resignation of the boss at homeland security. coming up, the trump administration moves on to the cars we drive and the air we breathe and an argument some folks found hard to believe when we continue. >>> last thing before we go is about your car and our air. documents obtained by the "associated press" show that the trump administration was at least planning to argue with a straight face, stay with me here, that freezing emission standards for cars choosing not to get tougher on the pollution that cars produce over years, is actually for your own good. because the argument goes, people would drive more and be exposed to increased risk if their cars get better gas mileage. the draft document says people will drive less if their vehicles get fewer miles per gallon lowering the risk of crashes. the ap in typical solid a.p. style plainly begins its second paragraph this way, "transportation experts dispute the arguments." this is in general part of the trump administration goal to reduc

. >> senate minority whip dick durbin spoke to reporters after his meeting with supreme court nominee judge brett kavanaugh. his remarks are about 15 minutes. >> i just than an hour with supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh and there are several observations about the conversation and how it relates to his ultimate fitness to serve on the supreme court. is withant to start this chart. what you are looking at is a chart that reflects years that brett kavanaugh served in the white house. this. is the time the administration agreed to provide us with documentation which indicates what happened when he was in that capacity. i believe we are up to some 260,000 pages. inever, what you see here the black is what i call the black hole and brett kavanaugh's record, some 35 months of service as they have secretary of the president of the united states which is the republicans refuse to share with the american people and allow this committee to review. the specifically with judge kavanaugh and he said he did not establish the standards of disclosure of these documents. but i asked him during th

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we just checked in with dick durbin's office now, they say they're still waiting for a response from judge kavanaugh, now 11 years later. the mail is slow. senator leahy referred for prosecution for lying under o h oath. they did not take up that issue but it is still hanging out there. it is kind of amazing that this is the guy now nominated for the u.s. supreme court. with this particular loose end just hanging out there still from the last time he was confirmed for something which caused such controversy. this was never settled. and the fact the senate, the senators get old in the senate. the guys who were there 11 years ago, some of them are still there. that's how it works. so now the aforementioned storm brewing, democrats have requested to receive and review gromts kavanaugh's times including the document that's might settle it once and for all. democrats are now trying out an unprecedented series of actions to try to get these documents from kavanaugh's past. over republican objections. we'll hear about more of that in a moment. but that was all before we learned about these

but also with the minority whip, dick durbin, he wanted to talk about the mueller probe. did you talk with kavanaugh about the mueller probe? >> senator thune: that's not something he needs to worry about or deal with. the issues he will be dealing with in court are some of the things i asked him about, his opinions, and he's written over 300 so we have plenty to evaluate. the democrats are also arguing that there are not enough documents out there but they are processing 430,000 pages and documents in his time in the executive branch alone. so that's not going to be an issue. this nominee gets an opportunity to make his case in these hearings and as the american people begin to tune in they will conclude that this is someone who, as i said, is not only well qualified and well respected in the legal community but in the mainstream in view of his terms in temperament and his view of what the role of a judge is. and that's the thing that most americans will care about, certainly what we appear to care about and i wish the democrats would give him a fair break. it doesn't ap

we will talk to him about the kavanaugh nomination and also dick durbin, a senate judiciary committee. it's labor day, we have trade in talks and economy. we will be talking to the head of the afl-cio, the largest labor group in the united states, about the state of labor as we celebrate this labor day 2018. >> molly: eyes on trade in canada and so many things going on. chris, thanks for joining us today. >> chris: thank you, molly. >> molly: president trump is wrapping up his criticism of the mueller investigation, telling bloomberg news that the entire probe is illegal. the president is also refusing to say whether he will comply with a subpoena from mueller to answer questions. john roberts is live with that. >> if the president left the white house are aboard marine one, and he did not stop to talk to reporters on the way out. so we will have to wait until later today to hear what he has to say. but certainly going off on the mueller investigation. the outside counsel has not heard a peep from mueller since they sent him a response letter back on the 6th of august to his request f

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we should take it as seriously as it is written. >> so you heard senator durbin there, michael, but doou believe republicans or specifically donald trump should be concerned about the possibility of impeachment? >> absolutely. i think the democrats believe right now they have in this allegation against the president made by michael cohen, the means to do so. i think if the president got ticketed for jay walking across pennsylvania avenue, they would use that as well. in fact, we know just from all of the comments before the election season came up that the democrats priority number one is to impeach the president. and i think the republican party would be making a mistake if they don't make this election about impeachment. in fact the reason why republicans need to get to the polls on november 6th is because the democrats first order of business is to impeach the president of the united states, no matter what. >> that is not what they are saying publicly at least michael. but let me leave it there. one of your colleagues, you were on the campaign involved in the campaign during the 201

we collected in with dick durbin's office. they're still waiting for a response from judge kavanaugh now 11 years later. the mail is slow but geez. senator pat leahy was chairman of the judiciary committee at the time. he even referred brett cab anyhow to the public integrity section of the justice department for possible prosecution for lying to senators under oath. the bush justice department did not take up that request and prosecute coo judge kavanaugh but sort of still hanging out there. it's kind of amazing this is the guy who is now nominated for the u.s. supreme court with this particular loosened just hanging out there still from the last time he was confirmed for something which caused such controversy. this really never was settled. and the fact that the senate -- these senators get old in the senate and the guys there 11 years ago and so mad about potentially being lied to, some of those are still there. that's how the senate works. so now the aforementioned new storm brewing because republicans are now blocking de

not durbin, but durkin who had been john's supporter for president in the state of illinois. john returned the favor by campaigning for jim durkin against me. you might wonder in this world of politics how you react to a person who is trying to take your job away, which john was doing. well, i understood it and i expected it. jim durkin was loyal to john mccain, john mccain was loyal to him and came in and campaigned for him. after the election was over, the people of illinois decided i should be the senator. it didn't deter john mccain one bit from working with me from that point forward. there is an empty space in this chamber without john mccain. there is an empty space in america without his spirit. he will be missed, but he certainly will never be forgotten. i endorsed the proposal to rename the russell senate office building in honor of lieutenant commander and senator john mccain. like senator schumer, i hope that decades from now, children who are visitors to the capitol grounds will ask, well, who was this mccain they named the building after? they will discover he w

>> yes, sir. >> senator durbin. >> thank you, mr. chairman. on june 26, a judge appointed by republican president george w. bush ordered the reunification of separated families. he concluded, and i have a quote - here. the practice of separating these families was implement it without any effective system or procedure for tracking the children after they were separated from their parents. enabling communication between the parents and their children after separation reuniting the parents and children. commander white, your expertise as public health. were you consulted, was your agency consulted before the zero tolerance policy was put into effect? so you could address the issues that the judge raised? >> senator, to be clear, my last day at orr was a few weeks prior to the announcement. as of that date, neither i nor to my knowledge, any of the staff reported to me, were advised of the impending zero-tolerance policy. >> we aware of the fact that the zero-tolerance policy was going to be proposed or implemented?>> i was aware because i had be

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after that susan collins and dick durbin discuss their one-on-one meetings with judge kavanaugh on capitol hill. r, opponents of the nomination hold a rally outside the supreme court. "newsmakers" welcomes neera tanden president and ceo of the center for american progress. c-span viewers are familiar with the progressive think tank based n washington, d.c. let me introduce you to our reporters. darlene superville covers the white house for the associated press. jerry seib, executive editor for the washington post. darlene: i wanted to start with the big news of the week. how should democrats respond to paul manafort, his conviction on financial crimes. also, the guilty pleas by michael cohen, president trump's longtime personal attorney. how should democrats respond to those developments? neera: there are two issues at play. those cases see the idea of a culture of corruption in washington. democrats have been talking about the challenge of corruption. we have these 2 incidents with the news around duncan hunter and chris collins, members of the house of representatives, and died of for se

creating the whole situation with had being in the past resolved also the democrat senator richard durbin who was one of those who actually drew up the nuclear deal back in twenty fifteen arguing very strongly that the u.s. runs the risk of alienating longtime allies such as britain france and germany all of whom are signatories and are still a deering to that nuclear deal with iran so major potential economic and political for back for the united states to mike thank you meanwhile iran is putting on a brave face president hassan rouhani says he can rely on russia and china to help the oil and banking sectors same bus route he has more from tehran. if you were to construct a word cloud of president hassan rouhani these comments then the word china would no doubt appear as one of the most prominent the iranian leader repeated the name of this important strategic economic ally in the region several times no doubt an indication that iran intends on relying on its relationship with china more and more as it continues to face american sanctions and economic pressure in weeks and months to come

. >> senate minority whip dick durbin spoke to reporters after his meeting with supreme court nominee judge brett kavanaugh. his remarks are about 15 minutes.

he will talk with two months of the senate judiciary committee, dick durbin, the number 2 senate democratnd south carolina republican lindsey graham. senator graham was a close friend of senator john mccain and he will be doing a reading at tomorrow's memorial service. "fox news sunday" is on your local stations. check the tv listings nor the time in your area. now let's go to the frank frank funeral and chaka khan's performance. watch. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> trace: you know, they said this would be a service, not a show, but it clearly is kind of a combination of both. you watch chaka khan there, now moving into the fifth hour. this could go six hours. started two hours late. you have a star-studded class of cast, the former president bill clinton also spoke. we're watching a lot of news on this friday. president trump speaking in north carolina. we'll keep monitoring for news there. you can see the aretha franklin funeral. stevie wonder is on deck to pay tribute to the queen of soul. and the former senator and war hero, john mccain getting one of the nation's highest honors, lying in st

senator grassley and senator durbin. >> this is the first step in the right direction. >> the senatesentencing reform and there is real ideological opposition to that. those who oppose it, and not by hillary clinton or barack obama but refused to give him a win outside the traditional republican comfort zones, into something that has been democratic dogma for generation. >> this is what democrats wanted but a lot in your position, i will give this a win for the president because it is something we have been asking for. >> joe is right, it is a step in the right direction and we have to consider the fact that a lot of states and cities have seen this working. i worked at the state attorney's office in baltimore city when we started a program to address recidivism in baltimore and also louisiana, they have seen their prison populations decrease as a result of having these programs, we have got to start somewhere and this is the right direction. an issue of public safety. we want to make sure these men and women, we need to be clear we are talking nonviolent drug offenders, not murderer

. >> dick durbin, patrick leahy. members of the senate democrats and republicans paying their respect to this wonderful man, john mccain. it underscores, david axelrod, his unique ability to bring people together. you were talking about campaign finance reform. remember who his partner was on campaign finance reform, russ finegold. john mccain, a very conservative republican, russ finegold, a liberal democrat. they worked together and tried to get something passed. >> there are a number of issues like that, imgramigration refor being another where he worked with ted kennedy. >> his current senate colleagues. >> they are all there, basically. susan collins, you see her there, the republican senator from maine. they are all walking past this casket, paying their respect, honoring this great man, a man that as we heard the speaker of the house paul ryan say, quote, this is one of the bravest souls our nation has ever produced, which is a factually accurate statement. when you think about the five and a half years he spe

. >> for more i'm joined by illinois senator dick durbin. jeff flake said it very well. there seems to be a longing in this country for the kind of politics that senator mccain practiced. what do you take away from what you've watched over the past several days? >> you know, i think there's a strong appetite across the united states of america for us to change the way we see business being done in washington. jeff flake is my friend. he and john mccain and i along with lindsey graham and marco rubio sat down with chuck schumer and bob menendez and michael bennett, the eight of us, four democrats, four republicans, spent a year working together on a bill for comprehensive immigration reform. at the end of the day there were people unhappy on both sides but we did our best and it passed the senate with 68 votes. it's an indication when john mccain is the leader, when he brings us together, things happen. now he's gone. will someone step up? i think they will. someone will step up in his memory and try to bring leadership again to solve the pro

. >> well, this issue has been eating at democratic senators, particularly senator durbin of illinoisbefore kavanaugh was picked. at best, what he said was incomplete. they believe it was outright misleading. so they now have the opportunity to raise this again. there are a couple of problems here. problem one, as you suggested is that they are not being -- they meaning the republicans and the senate are not being forthcoming about making all of judge kavanaugh's white house record under president bush available. the way that kagan was nomina d nominated, the republicans demanded and got about everything about her white house record. the other thing is the republicans are being so partisan about this. there's really only one senator who is not -- seems not fully committed. maybe senator mckosky. it's all up to susan collins. if collins doesn't take this seriously, kavanaugh goes through. that's the kind of partisanship that's hardened over time. >> karine, i think that is what is scary. the partisanship hardening to the point of you're talking about ceding someone to the supreme court

ot i ilnois' dick durbin, who says the state judiciary committee still needs to see nearly 3 years of documents from kavanaugh's work in the bush white house. >> i think it should be postponed at least until this documentation is produced. >> if confirmed, kavanaugh will potentially have a role in determining the legal fate of the president who nominated him. charles schumer says he is concerned about kavanaugh's previous positions that a president cannot be indicted. >>> back here in the bay area, friends of a homeless man killed by oakland police officers are demanding some answers five months after the deadly confrontation. 32-year-old joshua was killed by four officers back in march after they found him sleeping in an alley. someone called 911 because they thought needed medical help. arriving officers saw that he was unconscious, but also had a gun. something happened that convinced officers that he posed an immediate threat so they opened fire killing him. his friend spoke out last night. >> just think about that. that someone called to get help for someone who needed it and it

rather than this usual washington stuff, my friend senator from my good friend, dick durbin.t it. that's the way men talked. lot of the media is taking some pleasure in the fact that they can lionize john mccain. >> martha: it does make you wonder some of these friendships that you see in these pallbearers who thought at one point running for office himself. he and john mccain apparently had some chats about that at one point there was a suggestion that john mccain would be chosen as a vice presidential candidate when joe lieberman was running. warren beatty spoke up and said, there's no one has any doubt about john mccain's long-held conservative beliefs. he likes to be friends with a lot of different kind of folks. >> well, he was certainly a reagan conservative to begin with. later on, maybe not so much. i certainly had disagreements with him on mccain feingold and immigration. >> martha: russ feingold is another pallbearer. >> that's john mccain. that's who he is. notice when john mccain veered to the left he was praised. when joe lieberman veered to the right, not so muc

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number two, dic durbin said it is not what democrats said they would do. >> is there a hard bake snr?e a person that steps up. inconsistent with the laws and rule of law in the united states. >> senator what do you think of your party? what is your party, should it be doing? what should the republicans be doing about what is emerging is a problem of criminality around the president. >> first thing is make sure the mueller investigation can go forward. >> how can you do that with the majority on the other side. >> continue to put pressure on them to bring the bill up. after yesterday's events, they are going to feel that pressure in a different way. all right bipartisan. mitch hasn't want to bring it un, but i am not sure how long that is going to last. second thing is we have to resume pressure in investigation. i will compliment lindsey graham who has done some good work. but a lot to do. have somebody go out who both sides can trust and give us a quick report on what all of the relations are between russian financial interest and the trump organization. >> isn't that what mueller is

her condolences on twitter today -- >> she came out and said, i offer my condolences but -- >> dick durbint the gun issue but the problem with that is, when you go immediately to that, it sucks all the air out of the room until you get to the common link in almost every shooting, mental illness. but beyond that is the nature of the treatments. are the drugs that are used especially with the young people and how they affect them. especially just before columbine, is when psychotropics were initially approved to be dealt with when it comes to young people. so that's what we have to deal with directly. >> this guy out of his mind saturday showed up in the same outfit sunday and started shooting into the camera. >> the guy that beat him the day before us of the suspect refused to shake his hand after the match. he was staring blankly, acting weird and bring the same flows from the day before. that's not necessarily something you would go to authorities about, but to tammy's point, it is a case where there is a group that will always go straight to, we have too many guns. but i think there is t

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listen to dick durbin. >> we're too early in the process to use these words. we need to gather the information, allow bob mueller to complete his investigation. if there's one thing that this senate and house will do is to protect bob mueller to complete the investigation. i worry what this president would do at any given moment to stop this. >> dana: what they're trying to do is get the progressive left and the activists to tap the brakes for calling for impeachment. >> this is smart. a, it comes then out of the news and their infighting which is what they want. they don't want to provide a foil for republicans to rally against. it's smart politics. it's a responsible approach. you would have the responsible duties of the special counsel on the table so you can make an informed judgment. that is something that is going to cause a schism within the democratic party and the left. not democratic party representatives but the representatives and the grass roots democratic left. prognosticators are beginning to see the prospects of having a very good november but

now, on the question of impeachment, nancy pelosi, dick durbin all saying, impeachment?going on here. i have a sense that that is about as disingenuous -- that's disingenuous even by political standards. >> yeah. that's ranking right up there with some of the things they accuse trump of saying. [laughter] look, paul, there is no way that after having spent two years claiming that this president was elected illegitimately, that he supposedly collude ared with foreign powers to get elected, that he has committed all kinds of crimes, that he is corrupt that they are going to get in office and say, oh, never mind. we're just going to keep letting him do what he's doing can. of course this is all about impeachment. and if the democrats retake the house, it will be one of their top priority the, although potentially bearing in mind that they may wait until special counsel bob mueller files his report so that they have even yet more ed that they can leak to potentially make that that case. >> yeah, i agree with that. i think if donald trump is impeached, what we're going to see

durbin talks about cuts, but we have not seen them yet. -- there have been talks about cuts, but we're not seen them yet. u.s. has this presence. the idea behind it is counterterrorism. they have not been all that successful. there is a proliferation of terror groups across the continent. missions have not been as successful. the u.s. just a couple of years ago was heavily resistance army after close to $1 billion spent, the u.s. was unable to capture or kill him. the u.s. presence -- amy: you have written in your previous work, more u.s. commanders are deployed to africa than any other region in the world except to the middle east. >> that's righght. it is been rapid growth since 9/11. at that time, about 1% of u.s. commandos deployed overseas s or in africa. and now it is running about 16%, more than any place other than the war zones and the greater middle east. amy: from your travels, what do you think needs to be done right now in the drc? >> is humanitarian aid that people are asking for. it wasn't just these u.n. peacekeeping cuts i caused a tremendous amount of suffering. inter