doug durbin. it's not a station. it's a network, grandpa. first off, none of this is about the vaccine. this is all about suppressing speech ahead of next year's midterm. this windbag has been in washington for almost 40 years. he was first elected to congress when i was a college freshman. that's a long time ago. what does he have to show for it? all those years? does he have a state that is better run, better off than his red state counterpart? no, and no. durbin, like the rest of the anti-democrats desires total control over the information flow to you, the voters. no reviews allowed, especially when those views are backed out by actual facts and data. i don't have to remind you, i don't think, that they show has been at the forefront of all things covid since the early days of the pandemic. and our medical asks mike experts actually are experts. they deserve to be called experts. they have been insanely accurate on everything from the opposition to the need for school closures to the discussing of the most effective covid therapies. of c

why does dick durbin not want these stories to be told? i thought he believed in bodily autonomy after all. the anti-democracy fighters raging on the state level too. when republicans advance legislation to safeguard future elections the part of the supposedly dedicated to preserving democracy decided to cut and run to mommy and daddy in dc. >> planning to leave the state into the session ends. it can last 30 days or a few days in and they are going to washington dc for three weeks where they hope to put a skylight on this legislation and lobby for federal voting legislation because of the end game. laura: state officials who believe federal intervention is the end game, forget texas voters who elected state representatives to do this thing calls pass laws. let them all eat cake or fly commercial because when texas's supposed to champion the democracy ran away from home they showed their true working-class by flying private. only in washington dc would fleeing a responsibility in a private plane be described as brave. >> if you want to sta

durbin: but if you listen to dr. moody, and she's pretty convincing, i think it's we have made in patent law cannot serve the purpose of research innovation or the benefits to the consumers. it is all about monopoly control of some of these drug so you can have profits for a longer time. isn't that right? geoffrey: i guess i would take issue with a couple of comments made by my learned colleague, dr. moody. first of all, it is not that easy to get a patent. to get a patent, you have to show the invention is penta double. it has to have novelty, utility, and other features that entitle it to get a patent. i would also point out that innovation does not stop upon approval of a product. there are many very important innovations in product of element postapproval that benefit patients tremendously. things like even changing the dosage form of a product from an injectable, to an oral. even reducing dosage frequency or allowing for a fixed drug combination instead of having patients take multi-drugs for hiv or other condit

>> thank you, chairman durbin. thank you, senator cornyn, for those relaive and direct comments about the importance of our finding a bipartisan way forward. and thank you, chairman, for your continued leadership of a bipartisan group of senators who meet week after week and trying to find a pathway forward. and thank you, secretary vilsack, for presenting so concisely to us the opportunity we have in front of us with this piece of legislation. legislation hammered out by groups that do not often come to the same table. those representing farm workers and farmers, represent aring very different points of interest. as you pointed out, we owe the food on our tables to the farm workers who have labored during this pandemic in remarkably difficult circumstances. living through, working through extreme weather, working through the challenges of this pandemic and to the farmers who employ them and we have a badly broken immigration system. around farm labor and processing in our country, i can think of no better way to h

durbin: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority whip. mr. durbin: mr. president, when the pandemic began last year, americans across the country were faced with more than one public health crisis. while we all feared contracting covid-19 outside of our homes, the most vulnerable members of our communities feared a danger lurking within the home or certainly in the neighborhood. violent crime. during the past -- pardon me. during the first several weeks of the pandemic, police departments across america reported a significant increase in arrests or calls related to domestic violence. and reports of hate incidents and crimes increased as well. particularly those targeting asian american, pacific islander, or what is known as the aapi community. nearly 4,000 of these hate incidents were reported during the first year of the covid-19 pandemic. and aapi women comprised the majority of the victims. in my home state of illinois, some of these victims of violent crime have an indispensable resource they can turn to. it is known as can win, a nonprofit that supp

a senator durbin said, a high bar.if data for product do not clearly support that standard, which includes evaluation of the impact on youth initiation and use, we will not issue a marketing order for that product. at the end of the day, we are going to do everything we can to end the epidemic of youth use and prevent another generation of kids from becoming addicted to tobacco products. importantly, we are going beyond pre-market review, while in 2020 national youth tobacco service showed an encouraging and -- decline and e-cigarette use last year. there is still 3.6 million middle and high school students who use these products. the epidemic of youth vaping threatens to undermine decades of progress and reducing the impact of tobacco on public health. so we are focusing our efforts on against any team -- fails to take adequate measures to prevent access and any product that is targeted to the youth, and we have been doing that. for example, we have issued warning letters to companies for illegally marketing unauthori

durbin cracks down on youth vaping also testified. >> good morning. title of today's hearing -- none want i want to welcome our witnesses and distinguished senator from illinois, durbin and acting commissioner woodcock. thank you for joining us this morning. we are starting on time so thank you, mr. cloud and ranking member for making that happen as well. i now recognize myself for an opening statement. for the last year end a half from the deadly coronavirus pandemic ripped all aspects of american life. as we seek progress against the virus, we emerge with a new insight about other threats to public health. it is time to reevaluate the cap threats that are entirely within our ability to control. there was a youth vaping epidemic in this country for the coronavirus. before this subcommittee was even created and before acting commissioner woodcock at the fda. youth vaping epidemic reportedly continues today. more than 20% of high schoolers vaping and 5% of middle schoolers vaping. those are the same levels that compel first declare a youth vaping epide

senator durbin? >> thanks, chairman, and ranking member cloud for allowing me to testify today on the youth vaping epidemic and the role of the food and drug administration. the campaign to reduce tobacco use and prevent our kids from lifetime addiction to personal to me. my father died from lung cancer, he was 53 years old. he smoked two packs of camels a day. as a young high school student i will never forget how he struggled to breathe during my visits to the hospital in his last days. cigarettes are responsible for 480,000 deaths every year in the united states. my family is certainly not the only one who can tell this story. so ever since i came to congress starting in the house i've dedicated my career in public service to this fight. holding the tobacco industry accountable for its lies and deception, empowering families, schools and health care providers to prevent kids from this addiction and working to build and strengthen a regulatory framework that really does focus on public health. when

this meaning comes to order durbin and acting commissioner what crops, thank you for joining us thisning. we are starting on time some thank you and ranking member for making that happen as well. i recognize myself for an opening statement. for the last year end a half, the depo-provera's pandemic has stripped all aspects of the american life. as we see progress against the virus, we emerge with insight about other threats to public health. it's time to reevaluate public health trust that are entirely within our ability to control. there was a used baby epidemic before the congress. before the subcommittee even committed. before flip-flops took it at the fbi. youth vaping epidemic unfortunately continues today. more than 20% of high schoolers vape and 5% of middle schoolers do. those of st. thomas that compels the first declare of a used vaping epidemic three years ago in 2018. for as long as this subcommittee has existed, we've been investigating this epidemic. this is our fourth hearing on the matter and i sincerely hope it is our last because problems are solvable. our first in 20

not adam kinzinger or dick durbin. no one disputes the numbers, so what's the answer?s no answer. this is being used, it's very clear, the government's purging the military, spying on its own citizens because of a virus that isn't killing very many people anymore. keep in mind, vaccination isn't like voting. they don't trust you to do it yourself at home and mail the results, their keeping track. just how east german is this country becoming? the fbi just announced in a tweet that it's good encouraging americans to switch some accidents. of the federal government, the by demonstration, is encouraging their families to snitch on each other. does extremism apply to people who have questions about the vaccine? of course it does! in march, the fbi put out an official bulletin announcing they would be cracking down on fake vaccine cards. since then, undercover agents have been arrested for -- bearing an official government logo. a sting operation that [indiscernible] in the small town of clemens california for example. what's interesting is the fbi hasn't put out any bullet

senators durbin and baldwin and grassley and murkowski.resentatives nadler and fitzpatrick and jackson lee and wagner and scanlon. and everyone who has helped make possible this moment, including so many of you who are here today that i haven't mentioned. when someone commits a crime, it's not enough to bring the predator to justice. we also need to support the victims. and it's something that, way back 150 years ago when i was chairman of the judiciary committee, we spent a lot of time working on, setting up victims' funds. that's what this crime victims fund does. in many years of working on the issue, i visited an awful lot of domestic violence shelters. every time i'd go into a city , i would quietly, before i went to where i was supposed to be, quietly slip in and spend time in a domestic violence shelter to speak to the people giving the services, and people getting the services. and, you know, many times the body language that you'd see when you walked in was one of the victims of crime find , themselves almost curled up in a ball.

chair durbin: senator coons? sen. coons: thank you, chairman durbin. director wray, welcome.our service and testimony today. and let me join with my colleagues in conveying our condolences on the line of duty deaths of special agents damage alfin and laura swartzenberger. it's been a long time since there's been a special agent line of duty death but every loss of life by those who are serving us and protecting is too many, and we join in grieving their loss and hope you'll convey that to their families. but our purpose here today is to focus principally on what happened in this complex, in this building, in the capitol on january 6. charleston, charlottesville, pittsburgh, el paso, kenosha, and right here in the u.s. capitol. these are just some of the recent examples where far-right extremists and white supremacists have terrorized this country, their fellow citizens, and murdered individuals. we all condemn violence by anyone of any political persuasion, but we have to be honest about the significant threats we face, and that's the only way we can work together to take ste

, i think he's here, i thought i saw him senator durbin and grassley and graham and murkowski.hur and fitzpatrick jackson wegner everyone who's helped make possible at this moment including so many of you who are here today that i have not mentioned. when someone commits a crime, it's not enough to bring the predator to justice. we also need to support the victims and it's something way back 150 years ago when i was chairman of the judiciary committee we spent a lot of time working on and setting up victims funds. that's what this crimes victims does. many years of working on the issue, i visited an awful lot of domestic violence shelters. every guy time appointer city, quietly before i went to where i was supposed to be, i quietly slipped in spent time in a domestic violenceol shelter to e people giving the services and people getting the services and many times the body language you see when you walk in was one of the victims of crime find themselves almost crawled up into a ball, still suffering from a serious, not only physical abuse they received but quite frankly, the emo

newman's disputing not adding kinsey gura dick durbin or no one disputes the numbers.n was?s no answer. this is being used very clear. the government is purging the military spying on its own citizens because of a virus is in killing many people anymore. keep in mind vaccination is a like voting. theyac don't trust you do it themselves at homes and other results. the keeping track. those east german is the fbi announced in the tweet that's encouraging marrieds tot a snow chopper from members who signs of extremism. the federal government is encouraging family to snitch on each other. as extremism reply to people wh have questions about the vaccine , exquisite has. the fbi put artificial bullion to crack donna vaccine cards. since an undercover agents all over the country of interesting people for disturbing group tha vaccine documents fishing the logo. they conducted a sting operatio who the cortisone than the smal town of clements, california. what's interesting is the fbi hasn't put out any bulletins on ill legal emigrants using fake drivers license or fix social security

i know senator durbin pledges himself to this mission. i -- i do, as well. the great thing is we have a bipartisan coalition that's growing and so my colleagues today have demonstrated their openness, at least to potentially working with us on that. i want to put into the record letters of support for the equal act from the major city chiefs association, from the due process institute, from the national district attorney's association, from the americans for tax reform, from our street and from the american conservative union. i want to say one more time to the witnesses, thank you for being here. all four of you as i tried to indicate and i hope people understand are living your lives in the hope that we can make our nation safer, stronger and better for all. i do, unfortunately, want to burden you a little bit more because questions for the record will be open until tuesday as my friend senator blackburn said she's going to have some questions for you all for the record and i imagine my team will, as well and so the record will be open until june 29, 2021

thanks to senators grassley and durbin i was spared another decade behind bars. i left prison for good on january 3rd, 2019, just two weeks after president trump signed the bill into law. i spent the last 2 1/2 years add advocating for those left behind. i know there are a lot of people like me who committed to making changes and find a new path and who do not need to spend decades in prison to learn their lesson. i deserved to go to federal prison for my crimes but i didn't need a sentence of 35 years especially when 20 of those years are due to the fact i sold one type of cocaine rather than another. the fair sentencing act might have been the best political compromise congress could have reached 11 years ago. the u.s. sentencing commission recently found that black people made up 77% of all federal crack convictions in 2020. in other words, we used to see a tremendous amount of racial discrimination. now we see a little less. but even a little less discrimination is too much. the difference in crack and powder drug rates was just in 1986, it wasn't just in 201

durbin: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority whip. mr. durbin: are we in a quorum call? the presiding officer: no. mr. durbin: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the senate stand in recess until 1:55 p.m. today. i further ask that all postcloture time on the wilcox nomination expire at 2:45 p.m. today. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. durbin: i have 12 requests for committees to meet during today's session of the senate with the approval of the north and majority leaders. the presiding officer: duly noted. mr. durbin: mr. president, yesterday congressman ben any thompson called to order the first hearing of a special committee that most of our republican colleagues tried to block. the select committee to investigate the january 6 attack on the united states capitol. it continues to amaze me that an independent bipartisan committee to investigate the worst assault on our democracy since the war of 1812, an assault that left one police officer

chairman durbin. >> thank you mr. chairman. and senator lee. this is an important hearing and the american people have given a choice on topics we might discuss in congress to put this at the top of the list. it's interesting to me and we wonder how in the world did that happen, could it be that the pharmaceutical industry is spending $6 billion a year? is it possible that the fact that we see the ads nine times a day on average is educating the americans on these drugs? senator grassley and i decided to ask the office for some information on this and did a study. they found they advertised drugs on television and other places and the 58% of the medicare budget for medications. coincidence? these ads ballooned the spending to the tune of 320 billion over three years. when i asked blue cross and blue shield of chicago why are the premiums going up, the prescription drugs. they advertised them so consumers will ask for them at the doctor's office. the doctor then has a choice, explained to them why they may not need it, maybe even lose the patien

talked about inflation and democratic legislation on voting rights per he was followed by senator dick durbin who responded to the remarks and also discussed immigration. >> runaway costs and surging inflation arey huge worry for middle-class families. every survey confirms it. every conversation confirms it. over the last 12 months, during this economic recovery, the average american worker earned a 3.6% raise. but, inflation has risen that it has turned that into a nearly 2% pay cut. remember at the beginning of the year, divided administration inherited a historically strong economic trajectory. the smart targeted bipartisan policies we passed last year, our economy was primed to get millions of americans back to work with competitive pay while consumers unleashed pent-up demand. but alas that was before decided to pour $2 trillion into a long list of projects and insist on making it less appealing for workers to actually go back to work. today, essentials like gas and groceries have gotten more and more expensive.rs bigger purchases, consumers have put off during the pandemic are getting

joining us now to continue the conversation on this is illinois senator dick durbin.p and chair of the judiciary committee. senator, thank you so much for coming back on the program. i want to begin by getting your reaction to his reporting and what it tells you about donald trump's efforts to use the justice department to pursue his false claims of election fraud. >> well, it confirms many suspicions. it also provides us with good news. it confirms our suspicions that former president donald trump was virtually unhinged after this election, flailing way in every trection, every court suit he could file to try to push his big lie, they election had been stolen from him. it confirms that. and secondly though, it confirms the fact that jeffrey rosen as has been reported was being harassed and still stood his ground. so some of us were skeptical. bill barr left after saying largely honest and unaccurate election results. he was canned by donald trump and then along came jeffrey rosen. he turned out to have the backbone to stand up to this president. that's good informati

defend their homes and businesses. bernard smith, now ports and they just looted, looted and do the durbin has been quieter these last couple of days, but it's a come sometimes and forced at gunpoint, read one jets. i'm managed to protect his business, but so many others looted and burned. it was the, the mob themselves that called all the destruction and cause harm to themselves because we, we attacked and we had people put open fire on us. and which we basically have to see have got ourselves by hiding behind walls and buildings. the writing was fox by the jailing, a form of precedent jacob's duma and expanded to include wider grievances. it unleashed racial tensions, but always simmer beneath the surface here about about one of them. i thought the minister of police tor durbin, townships on saturday, promising to investigate crimes committed by all communities. kaylee's as a team of detectives is investigating the deaths of 20 black people after confrontations with a neighboring indian majority township. but it's clear, there is anger here that is hard to contain them. i know it looks d

what's the situation like found durbin while there has been some paradis leaching, but it's not been as bad as it was. a few days ago. the police say that most people who died for fall came from the durban area, which was a tall province. they say that they died when they were trying to have into the shopping malls, or the white house, the factories to loot. it will to many people, some fell, they got trifled on. the posse died when the buildings caught fire. so that could explain why there's a lot more detail in those particular areas. it's concern, of course, by land people who was also being formed, for example, in parts of durbin, some communities are now arming themselves to protect themselves because looters come and try to take the property. it's raised concerns about racial tensions between south african of indian descent and black south africans. basically what's going on is been alleged that some of these have africa, the indian descent are preventing blood because of answering the area because they are afraid that they think will be stolen on the drive right now. they were

dick durbin ripped the prime time opinion hosts as, quote, anti-vax quacks. >> this is not about thecine. this is about suppressing speech. durbin like the rest of the anti-democrats desires total control over the information flow to you, the voters. no contrary views allowed, especially when those views are backed up by actual facts and data. >> americans have a right to have basic questions answered before they submit to taking a medicine. that is their right. durbin and hacks like fauci persist in pretending that anyone who has questions is somehow a right wing idealogue and that's a lie. howie: joining us now, molly hemingway and mara liasson. molly, the tone of the media debate over getting more americans to get vaccinated has gotten incredibly personal including the attacks on fox. >> it has gotten personal. i think that it's also just been very negative when i think people could take a step back and look at how much good has been done. the vaccine program in the united states relative to other of countries has gone incredibly well. so many people have gotten vaccinated and the

joining us right now senate majority whip dick durbin of illinois., for joining us. you heard the comments there from john thune, the number two senate republican. why link them? i mean, why not just have the bipartisan infrastructure bill go forward, get voted on, et cetera, and then separately do the reconciliation budget package which won't get any republican support so that you have -- you'll basically have two victories that way. but if you link them, you might not have the victory you want with the bipartisan deal. >> the sequencing of these measures is still to be worked out. we had a good constructive democratic caucus lunch today. i believe there is a lot of strong feeling for both measures. what we need to do now is to work on the details. and sometimes they turn out to be the hardest part. this is a high-wear act without a net, and we're working every single day to keep everybody together on the democratic side. i hope that the republicans are making a good-faith effort. i believe they are. in this part of the infrastructure bill that they

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should we also ignore senators worn, senator durbin, both expressed concerns about the accusations regarding generate six defendants they were in solitary confinement. i am pleased some federal judges have intervene on behalf of some these claims of mistreatment. but there is no substitute for complete transparency in our justice system and the protection of the public trust. let us remember back in march the department of justice had to be reprimanded for discussing matters concerning this investigation and speculating on potential charges with the media prosecutors being threatened with a gag order. i cannot remember that happening previously with the department of justice had to be reprimanded to not speculate on that mediate regarding a high-profile case. it is unfortunate members of congress have received only silence in the department of justice regarding the treatment of these defendants based upon concerns arising from statements made under oath. yet the department of justice has not speculated or has not hesitated to speculate about this investigation to their friends in the media.

>> thank you, chairman durbin, for your comments today. ranking member grassley, and members of the committee. in 2009, i appeared before this committee, as was noted by the chairman and i appearing here on the same subject expressing my support for reducing or eliminating the disparity of sentencing between crack and powder cocaine cases. as a result of the work of its committee, in 2010, the sentencing disparity was reduced down to 18 to one. as noted, the work is not yet finished. i'm honored to be back today to express my continued support for eliminating that disparity and creating greater sense of fairness in our criminal justice system. as noted, i've served this country in a variety of law enforcement positions from a federal prosecutor, two administrator of the dea. now is governor, i continue to be concerned about, first of all, reducing illegal drug use and reducing the supply. but also, very concerned about fairness in our criminal justice system. for my state perspective, let me just take a moment, the presence of crack and po

and david, the president visiting durbin today. what is he aiming to do?orter: he was just here we understand it a few moments ago and i put the question what does he feel about the fact that citizens had to protect their property over the last few days of chaos and that the police and state security was late to help them. he gave a pretty surprising answer saying that he welcomed the fact that people have set up barricades and that they have protected their property and working in conjunction with the police. and the military. the fact that they had to do that speaks to the level of the crisis here in south africa. if you look over here, this is a mall that was looted some days ago. people are now picking up the pieces. president ramaphosa said that the issue of former president zuma played in to this, but that they will investigate the instigators of the violence because he said it clearly was planned on some level. >> all right. david mckenzie on the spot there for us. thanks. >>> quek break for us. when we come back, an unlikely target in a major cyber

health soldiers deployed up to violence, triggered by the jailing of former president jacob's duma durbin has seen some of the worst violence. the afghan taliban says it's taking control of a major border crossing the pakistan. it follows weeks of rapid territorial gains. they spin bo that crossing can x come to ha city with southwest pakistan. beijing has asked pakistan to investigate a blast on a bus that killed 9 chinese national and at least 4 others. it happened near a hydropower dam construction site in northeast pakistan. those were the headlines and he's continues here now to 0 after made in france, station fence watching bye for now. ah ah ah, ah, ah, ah ah, ah ah. in 2018 in garden confrontation between the israeli forces and palestinian youth is ever present. the march of return protests on friday. oh no. a ritual. it's a crew face to face. it's got a feeling that she was you know, not doing documents, human rights violations for the palestinian and you amazon the more than 10 years he's been witnessing the wounded in the dead in the gaza strip under constant violation of the l

and when you have elizabeth warren and dick durbin, no fans of donald trump, not exactly sympatheticdonald trump's supporters saying that some of these people are being detained excessively and probably should be released. i think you can surmise that there is something to it. no one should be excused for violating the law. whether they voted for donald trump or voted for joe biden. so by the same token, no one should face harsher penalties or harsher terms of pre-trial confinement or pre-trial confinement period based on their political views or who they are. that is equal justice. and unfortunately, it looks like the biden department of justice is applying a lot of double standards here. look at what is happening around the country over the last year to the blm rioters and antifa rioters who have been released from pre-trial confinement and had charges dropped against them. i mean, for goodness sake, vice president harris last year encouraged her supporters to contribute to a bail fund for rioters in minnesota and she was celebrated by the national media and by democrats. there app

durbin: reserving the right to object -- the presiding officer: the majority whip. mr.urbin: i read this bill and i'm not sure the senator from indiana really wants to do what this bill says because the bill makes it a priority at this agency, alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives, a priority if there is a request from a licensed manufacturer exporter or dealer, a request of the agency for information questions on regulatory matters, puts time lines on them, deadlines and says that the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives, the attorney general shall after 90 days make a ruling or determination. well, you think to yourself, if this agency has very little to do with thousands of employees, then perhaps the timeliness of a response from the industry would merit some 90-day deadline, but the senator in introducing this completely overlooks the obvious. this legislation would force a.t.f. to take resources and manpower away from their other activities and put them into answering regulatory inquiries with a 90-day deadline in his bill. so what are the other

help soldiers deployed after bonds triggered by the jailing of the former president, jacob's duma durbin has seen some of the worst violence shops there are being looted, warehouses, set on fire. major roads blocked the afghan. taliban says it's taken control of a major border crossing with pakistan. it follows weeks of rapid territorial gains that's been bo that crossing can ex kandahar with southwest pakistan. the us says it will start evacuating african interpreters and other starts who helped american forces during the war later this month. the relocation flights for special immigrant visa africa there's the headlines. the news continues here now to 0 after miser barbara federal thanks so much and award winning programming from international. so make it one quick. so it's straight on the back of the global discussion. what guarantee everybody the right to take the life giving voice, the voice here in california, almost everybody's a paycheck away from being on house program that open your eyes to view of the world today. this is what the picture looks like. the, the world from a diff

>> senator durbin i would say the research ecosystem is a whole of basic research is an important part but nih does not bring drugs into clinical development and marketing approval is only done by pharmaceutical companies. if we look at the statements of nih itself without the efforts of the pharma industry to develop and bring drugs to market, their basic research would not produce patient accessible innovation. >> if you listen the thickets and patents law of two consumers it's to have profits for a longer period of time. >> i take issue with the comments made by my colleague. is not that easy to get a patent do you have to show it has to have novelty and utility and other features that entitle it to get a patent. and i would also point out the innovation does not stop upon approval of a product. there are many important innovations in product development postapproval that benefit tremendously such as changing the dosage form from an injectable to an oracle on - - oral even allowing for fixed drug combinations instead of taking multi- drugs for hiv there are many innovations includin

and senator durbin took took her place and pat toomey was a clue that the senate it's outs. the leadership, the democratic leadership in the senate was recognizing that she was really not conducting that strong role that we really need. i think one of her what what one of the things we mentioned recently was embrace of lindsey graham. after a senate hearing and telling him that it was one of the best hearing she'd ever attended. we wanted her to be a stealth bomber on hearing you don't see her taking the kind of leadership role you want her to be taking. >> that's exactly right. i want her to lead on the and she was a leader. the whole time. she was in san francisco. she was a leader and he was a leader in the senate when she got there i voted for and we want her to retire. >> with all the glory and all the praise and all the dignity that we can possibly be stored on her. but it's time now and she's diminishing her 4. her exit really 95 and was. >> fully capable and demonstrably capable of doing it. i'm so i'm clapping for more power to you. 45 and could not do. the job. the