durbin: ms. wiggum told me when the approached social media and the algorithms to get to the root cause, the social media platforms pleaded section 230 and refused. what do we do? >> we have to force them to provide information to search their own platforms for sales of illegal drugs. sen. durbin: i don't want to put words in your mouth what i think section 230 has become a suicide pact. we tell these companies were absolved of this and make money, and they are added at overtime. deaths result from it. we have a responsibility. the committee spoke to it. on a bipartisan basis. i have spoken to senator graham, i want to make sure when we agree it is publicized. we both feel strongly that this committee needs to be a venue to take on the issue. i hope we have your support. >> you certainly have our support, with respect to finding a better way to get the social media companies whether it is civil or criminal, to take these things off there platforms, to search for them, to not use algorithms that r

durbin: is that true? mr. berchtold: i believe what the new york times was another -- indicated was that another venue opened in the marketplace. yet two venues vying for the show's going to madison square garden and the number of shows from barclays from the promoters went down as a result of the competition. i have not heard of any allegations that we changed our booking of concerts for that venue. i understand every decision about every show, where it was placed, and why. we have determining there was no retaliation. sen. durbin: your last word on barclays? mr. groetzinger: i don't have more to add on retaliation. the doj report found numerous instances of live nation threatening and retaliating against venues once they had moved away from ticketmaster. in one case, the live nation president told the venue they would "go nuclear" if they left. the threat has been documented. sen. durbin: mr. berchtold defended his position saying it was a battle of the bots. have you run into the phenomenon? mr. groetzinger

so next up, is greatest >> thank you, chairman durbin. ranking member, graham senator klobuchar lee. and members of the committee. it is an honor to be here today to lend the american antitrust institute's perspective to the issue of competition in the live entertainment. aai applauds senate lawmakers for turning their attention to a serious competition issue that hurts concert goers, artists, more competitors across the live entertainment industry. there are a few major points and policy recommendations that i would like to highlight today. first, live nation is a example of a traditional democracies do monopoly. like other online platforms, dominating an ever widening spot of its industry. it's dominance in markets up down the ladder tape it's lightweight, creates the and so do air ability to protect its market position. on the concert side, this includes excluding smaller or independent artist concert promoters avenues in digital ticketing, this includes excluding ticket resellers and brokers who provide important competition via the s

durbin: i am the chairman of the committee, senator. sen. cruz: you said that he could respond to the question i asked, -- you just said you will allow him to respond to the question, so i am repeating the question. sen. durbin: i am going to let him respond. please stop interrupting. a.g. garland: decisions about how to do tactical arrests are made by fbi agent in the field. the fbi has publicly stated it disagrees with the description you gave of what happened in that example. that is the best i can answer. sen. durbin: at this point we will go to senator ossoff. sen. ossoff: thank you, mr. chairman. attorney general, good morning. last year with senator grassley, i passed into law bipartisan legislation that requires the doj and the bureau of prisons to upgrade security systems at dop facilities across the country. this includes the close circuit camera systems, intercoms systems. through extensive investigation of failures at the dop, we have identified the inadequacies of these security systems as posing a threat not just to inmates and

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that's something that senator durbin was pointing out to me.ct that this code would have done on guns, which have been so out of control? >> i do think that had something to do with the changes the mayor wanted to make, because of the rise in gun violence across the district of columbia. but that's happening across the united states. i think she should have been allowed to make changes. i'm sure she could have gotten the council to agree. that and carjacking, other crimes of the kind, should have -- she should have been allowed to work with the congress instead of having disapproval resolution overturned. >> 16 weeks working on this. >> what did you say? >> i was going to say, they spent 16 weeks working on the crime code. now they have to start over. how do you see this going in terms of actually coming up with a code that might have support? >> starting over is very difficult because this code, it was revised for the first time in 100 years, since 1901. there are not a great deal of revisions that have to be made. i hope council will continue

chair durbin: senator lee. senator lee: thank you, mr. chair. thank you, secretary mayorkas, for being here. i'm troubled by a number of things including an exchange you had a few minutes ago with a couple of my colleagues. one in particular dealing with your definition of operational control. it wouldn't trouble me except this isn't a casual term that people throw around. nor is it a term that made its first appearance with your service at the department of homeland security. this is a statutorily defined term of art. and congress has defined it now for the last 17 years as involving the prevention of all unlawful entries into the united states. so it appears to me that you -- your definition, which has to do with maximizing resources, disports this. it appears to me to be something that's perhaps an intentional effort to obfuscate the real problem. to hide the absolute humanitarian and legal disaster that we have unfolding on our southern border. one with massive national security implications and human health implications. as we've seen 110,0

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

. >> german durbin, ranking member graham and distinguish senators. last june the supreme court affirmed ordinary law-abiding americans have a right to bear guns in public for self-defense. instruct out new york's restrictive public carry framework which required applicants to prove they had a proper cause to exercise the constitutional rights outside the home. i'm burdened that was usually insurmountable. additionally bruin rejected lower court's use of a heightened scrutiny approach and approach and they, not heller. that in practice led many courts to never make a gun line they could not find perfectly constitutional. instead under bruin judges must assess where the challenge restriction is consistent with the nation's historical tradition of firearms regulation. some pundits and politicians immediately responded with hysterical fear mongering about potentially devastating consequences. even today the title of this hearing presupposes albeit with fewer theatrics bruin is a thing from which the public must be protected. this is simply not true. brui

durbin: madam president. the president pro tempore: the senator from illinois is recognized. mr. durbin: madam president, i have a few statements i would like to make this morning but i would like to respond to the republican leader's statement that he just completed. i'm not naive when it comes to iran. i know what's happening there from press reports. their treatment of women is abominable. there's no excuse for it and the protests in the streets of tehran and all across this country really is an expression of human dignity which the united states -- at least as i as a senator in the united states supports publicly. secondly, there are no excuses for the assistance iran is giving to vladimir putin and his ruthless attack on the people of ukraine. i won't make excuses for that or any other terrorist conduct by iran, but for the record, for the record, it was president obama who moved forward with the notion that we ought to stop iran from developing nuclear weapons. they're guilty of bad conduct in many quarters but we didn't want them to have a nuclear weapon. we didn't think i

i and i've spentsp 11 yearsvery s on judiciary with durbin. he's very smart.ma very he's very partisan.pa he loves to fight with me. and v he and i have gone 15 rounds more times than i can count.ng years it's the only time in 11 yearsdn i've seen durbin decline an invitation. he just sat back and kind ofhe h ot bacshrugged. too and i got to say, i took that. shawn, as senate democrats realizing, oh, we're at a badspt spot on this. thisn th disaster at the southen border and we're leaving. and basically, hing, basic he wd america, you're on your own. read and i think they are getting ready to throw him overboard,y o fire him and then try to blame everything on him.e ev erything onow, they don't intend anything to change anything. well, but they want hit they wmn the one who takes the blame inrr order to insulate biden and kamala harris and all the senate democrats. >> that giggling vicet been t president borders has not been too effective and they haven't been down there e and they don't know what you know.t and i know and sara carterpeople kn

sammy chairman durbin ranking member graham and distinguished members of the committee thank you for the opportunity to testify. my name is lee liindley i've semi- at safety. it's been my honor to serve them law enforcement working my way up to detective sergeant and a special agent. it's been a decade as a chief. today i work at combating the crime initiative. served as a senior technical adviser on california gun laws. california is a different place in 1990s. the police department responds to to shootings every time anyone on the streets has again in the 1993 california had a rate that was 46% higher than the national average. our streets were awash with guns and victims in everyday my colleagues and i put our badges and her best son and did our best. gun violence really hits home. for me it was in 1992 when i held a 6-year-old boy and watch the life drained from his eyes. he got into a fight over a girl. the fight that happens every day in our country. sometimes hundreds of times except during this fight where the kids have again. it can should have ended with a bruised ego or ey

. >> thank you chairman durbin, ranking member. >> microphone. next chairman durbin, ranking member graham, and distinguished members of this committee. on sunday i traveled to rolling four, mississippi to assure the residents there and others in mississippi devastated by the tornadoes that had just struck, that our department will support the recovery in the days, weeks, and months ahead. more than 20 people lost their lives and many more lost their homes and all they possess. yesterday, i spoke with sanders blackburn and hegarty and with governor lee and mayor cooper and offered our department support in response to the tragic -- to tragic and senseless murders of children and adults in st. paul christian school in nashville, tennessee. under blackburn, i note this is very personal to you and your connection to the school and of course the community. our thoughts, prayers, and support her with all who are suffering today. the threat landscape has evolved significantly since our department was created 20 years ago. homeland security, as we thoug

. >> german durbin, ranking member graham, and members ofhe committee.hank you for inviting me too testify. myame is eric ren i am professor of law at smu school of law. today i'm testifyg in my rsonal capacity. this committee is considering how to protect publicafety after the supreme court's decision in bruin it's important to understand what that decision did and the challenges it presentsor the lower courts you just heard one view on bruen and its aftermath. i read the opinions ongoing to provide a different view. will make four points. first, bruen may abandon a mode of reasoning eased by almost every other right inserted a new test for value in the constitutionality of modn laws addressing modern guns in modern problems. in particular bruen hd in cases where the second amendment text applies, courts must assess whether or not aoderate restriction is consistent with this country'sistory and tradition but did you that the bruen majority said the government has to point t regulations from the lat 1700s or perhaps the 1800s. courts how and why modern h

in a steely time in the living years that seen durbin declined an invitation. he just shot back and shrugged in a panacea took that shone senate democrats realizing that we are at at that spot on this disaster on the southern border. and we're leaving, basic he was saying to me or kiss you on your own, and i think you are getting ready to throw them overboard and fire him and then try to blame everything on him. now they don't intend to change anything, but they want him to be the one that she takes the blame in order to insulate biden, heroine of the senate democrats. >> sean hannity: that gave them a vice president has not been too effective, they have not been down there, and they don't know what we know in what sara carter knows and the people in texas and arizona in other states and what they know. in very poor for they think you we appreciate you being with us. [applause] >> sean hannity: many on the left are outraged that is blocked children from surgically changing the gender attending grad shows. believe it or not this is not a top issue for the democr

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

granddaughters as the equal rights amendment to return to the senate for debate tuesday, illinois democrat durbin said the supreme court's decision to end the federal right to abortion gives the effort extra importance for the first time in history to take away our constitutional right from every woman in america. democrats argue the would enshrine the rights of women, lgbtq individuals in the u.s. constitution, thereby protecting reproductive rights as a whole. but mississippi republican cindy hyde-smith said the e r a would remove protections for the unborn and instead empower unelected judges to impose a radical abortion policy. hyde smith warned her colleagues the e r a would also have broader impacts on safety, locker prison's hospital rooms. >> domestic violence shelters in restrooms would allow men into areas where women should feel safe and protected. but not all republicans oppose the effort. women should have equal treatment. 2 man under the law. alaska senator lisa murkowski said even though women make up half the u.s. population, only 25% of the senate is female and women still earn l

[singing in cherokee] joie: the $20 million durbin feeling language center opened last fall, home to-8 immersion school and more than a dozen other programs aimed at reviving the language, including the two-year-long master apprentice program, a full- time, five-day-a-week commitment for adults to learn cherokee and be paid to do it. among the current learners, dehaluyi "kayli" gonzales and her friend wahnema holcomb, whose family also lives on campus in its multi-generational cherokee-speaking housing. the language hub came together faster than even its strongest proponents had dreamed. wahde galisgewi was an early advocate. joie: why do you need this? wahde: i believe we aren't cherokee without our language. when i speak in cherokee i'm actually using the language of my ancestors and speaking their thoughts, so -- joie: so without the cherokee language -- wahde: i believe that anything we would do culturally would just be an echo of who we are. joie: you wouldn't really be cherokee. wahde: wouldn't be cherokee. joie: it's a lesson and a legacy eda mae passed on to her granddaughter

thankon you, senator durbin. would notee through the work that senator grassley and i did and senator lee last year, the emergency bill that passed 88, with 88 senators along with the venue bill of senator lee's an amendment is going to amount to a billion dollars to these agencies. as professor francis, he and i agree on this, on the courses concern resources. and what you're referring to the, ms. lewis, that is a significant increase. while we'd like to see more, it's a significant increase not on the backs of taxpayers to help these agencies to do their work with. okay, next up, senator grassley. >> thank you, madam chairman. my first question is to professor moron the, mr. lewis and ms. lewis. in your testimony you expressed support for the american online innovation choice act, how it keels with the digital market -- deals with the digital market abuses. you've just heard testimony by professor francis expressing a number of concerns with the bill, so i'd like to have the three of you briefly explain why you

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

democratic senator durbin on the senate floor monday pleaded for republicans to come to the table. i cannot imagine the founding fathers. >> what even envision we're allowing today following last year's deadly massacre at a texas elementary school. >> congress passed the first gun reform bill in nearly 3 decades. and earlier this month, the president signed an executive order to try and limit gun sales without a background check. the president has done and was as much as he can from the federal level. we have to do more. >> i to pass a more aggressive gun reform package like tackling assault weapons is battle on capitol hill. republicans. they're pervasive message at this point has been they did not want to pass any legislation that would infringe on the second amendment rights of law abiding citizens. for now in washington, raquel martin, back to you right now. all right, raquel things that update there. we're following the developments on this story on air and online. you can go ahead. scanning qr code and it's going to take you over to our website where you'll be able to find up

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

mr durbin, miss ernst mrs. feinstein senator feinstein's recovery has caused her to miss about a dozen votes and several committee meetings. if this had happened a year ago, it would have been pretty significant because we have to split. senate and every vote counts. christine troughs, executive director of uc berkeley's institute of governmental studies, says this session. however democrats have a little more leeway, having picked up an extra seat, giving them a 51 to 49 majority plus vice president kamala harris has been able to act as a tiebreaker during some of this week's close votes. the a's are 48. the nays are 48, the senate being equally divided. the vice president votes in the affirmative, and the nomination is confirmed, trow says. if senator feinstein's recovery drags on, it could lead to some tight votes on contentious issues. the looming debt ceiling prices coming up that's going to be a very important vote. true says in the short term, while senator feinstein recovers, she does have a seasoned st

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

durbin , let's start with the introduction, containment of inflation along with the growth of production at the beginning for the introduction of the section regarding inflation itself and the damage it causes in the economic field, please let the viewers know, and now, how can this inflation be curbed, so that we can have mutual longitudinal growth in that country . except that it is aligned in economics and classical economics in the traditional way, except that you curb inflation and create recession, the economy as an economic concept is an example of the question of conventional economics that inflation is due to the intensity of demand. there is a coordinate position between inflation control and production growth now, the iran deal is a situation in which we can't push inflation to the demand side, that is, there is inflation, and the center of the two -year average is 15 to 20 percent. in the last few years, we have experienced these inflations many times in the past year. these issues , ironically, disrupt the production. it is not that i am saying that because of the intensity

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. >> thank you chairman durbin, and members of the committee. my name is kristin bride. i am survivor parent and social media reform advocate, member of the bipartisan for responsible social media. i am testifying to bring a face to the harms occurring every day resulting from the unchecked power of the social media industry. this is my sermon -- this is my son carson with you to for blue eyes, amazing smile and great since of humor who will be ever -- who will forever be 16 years old. parents raising our sons, we thought we were doing everything right. we waited until carson was in eighth grade to give him his first cell phone, an old phone with no apps. we talked to our boys about online safety and the importance of never sending anything online that you would not want your name and face next to on a billboard. carson follow these guidelines yet tragedy still struck our family. it was june 2000 20, carson had just gotten his first summer job making pizzas. after successful first bite of training, he wrote his upcoming work schedule on our kitchen calendar. we expressed

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

>> thank you, chairman durbin. thank you attorney general garland. for your leadership in the department, for testifying here today, i appreciate all you are doing to restore to order, to restore to your office, a credible role in our constitution. violent crime is a concern, and many members of both parties have raised that today on this oversight hearing. i want to share with you that that my hometown of wilmington, delaware, we had a long-standing challenge a violent crime and particularly murders, saw significant decreases over the last few years. murders were down 58%. in the past year. to a 15-year low. shootings were down 30%. robberies were down 20%. and a meeting with the mayor and chief of police, recently when i spoke with them they credited federal and local law enforcement partnerships including in particular group violence intervention strategies, as being central to their successful efforts. congress and the biden ministration of together given 240 billion dollars to fund these programs for the first time. why do you think investments

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

and michael hardaway, former staff with a democratic senator, nic durbin, and hakeem jeffries.il case for republican presidential hopefuls. let's start off with trump's presidential campaign. which was announced in mid november. and has been off to a rocky start as the former president has dealt with self inflicted scandals, legal investigations trump has been doing a bit of a reset in recent. weeks last week, he visited ohio after the train derailment there and he has proposed some unusual policies including a national contest to design futuristic freedom cities with massive skyscrapers and flying cars. this question is for both of you is the third trump campaign looking for serious than it did when he kicked off -- mara, you first that michael. >> it's more serious i would say, no. i think this is about eco, with east palestine trained or ailment showing there. it was a political move, it was self survey, and unfortunately i think that's what we're gonna keep getting, is an ego driven campaign by donald trump. >> michael? >> i agree. he's not a serious candidate and this is a

>> thank you, chairman durbin. thank you attorney general garland.for your leadership in the department, for testifying here today, i appreciate all you are doing to restore to order, to restore to your office, a credible role in our constitution. violent crime is a concern, and many members of both parties have raised that today on this oversight hearing. i want to share with you that that my hometown of wilmington, delaware, we had a long-standing challenge a violent crime and particularly murders, saw significant decreases over the last few years. murders were down 58%. in the past year. to a 15-year low. shootings were down 30%. robberies were down 20%. and a meeting with the mayor and chief of police, recently when i spoke with them they credited federal and local law enforcement partnerships including in particular group violence intervention strategies, as being central to their successful efforts. congress and the biden ministration of together given 240 billion dollars to fund these programs for the first time. why do you think investments a

durbin: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority whip. mr. durbin: i ask consent the quorum call be suspended. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. durbin: mr. president, when i took the chair as gavel of the senate judiciary committee, one of my first goals and objectives was to restore the committee's oversight role. since the beginning of the 117th congress, we've kept close watch on those agencies in the executive branch, which are within our jurisdiction. we've held oversight hearings on the justice department, fbi, and the federal bureau of prisons, to mention a few. this last tuesday we continued that tradition with a second oversight hearing on the department of homeland security. it's worth noting that under the previous administration, the previous president, the homeland security secretary only appeared before our committee one time in four years. so we're glad to welcome secretary mayorkas back to the hearing room and learn about the work he is undertaking to keep a

. >> yes, i talked to senators like richard durbin and asked specifically will he take and consider warren's bill, he said he would be looking at it. but then others like tim kaine who supported the 2018 bill i asked will he take warren's bill seriously? he said he stands by his decision to support the 2018 bill. and this feels like it's too premature. so he wants more verinvestigati to be done on what led to the collapse before going to the table and saying let's start proposing legislation to make changes. i think they say it's too much in the early stages. this just happened over the weekend. they want to see more assessments and investigations done before concluding that taking legislation up is necessary. >> thanks so much. >>> just ahead, new details on what happened inside a texas courtroom. this is the case we've been paying such close attention to. it could change access to medication for abortions to women across the country. >>> and a call, former president trump made in 2020 part of efforts fo overturn the 2020 election. we'll tell you what he said on the recording. >>> and later

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

. >> next up is senator durbin, our chair. thank you for being here. >> thanks madam chairman. senator klobuchar, i want to thank you and ranking member lee for holding this hearing. my observation in general is that the pace of change in the digital markets is lightning fast and evolving every day. my observation based on many decades of working on capitol hill is the response of our government is painfully slow, often understaffed and underinformed, and usually sailing against the wind of vested interest. doesn't make a very easy situation for us to respond to in a thoughtful way. i look back when i surf and house and we passed a communications build aboutbo 30 years ago and some are left out internet. and i would think as we reflect on the state of the digital markets today and wonder how we're going to solve the problem is smarter people or at least more people are thinking about ways to avoid any kind of regulation or restraint aren't going to get the best of the skin. how can we avoid this? open question. >> does someone want to chime in? mr. lieu? lewis? >> i'll take a s

isn't a partisan issue this is an american issue in an america crisis brigade that committee chairman durbin sent in letter to the ministration signed by 1 other democrats imposing every term to a policy of family contingent seen under the obama and from administrations that comes ahead of the anticipated lifting of title 42. he said today no decision has yet been made. >> more on that with the panel peerage stocks were down on tec performances, the dow lost 38, the s&p 500 fell six, the nasda dropped 53. president biden was in north carolina today to kick up what he calls his investing in america tour this comes as republicans continue to criticize the president over hi refusal to talk about the debt ceiling and. jackie has that story tonight. >> the ministration is panning out over 20 states and the next three weeks to highlight the impact of bidens passed spendin after the president unveiled hi new budget proposal which includes $2.6 trillion in new spending. what democrats eat investments, republicans see fiscal risk, an that means an impasse and talks to raise the debt ceiling. >> house

durbin: madam president, yesterday was an interesting day for me personally, but it was an interesting day more importantly in the history of the united states when it comes to the equal rights amendment. the equal rights amendment was first introduced in 1923, 100 years ago -- 100 years ago, and proposed by a leader named dr. alice paul. at the time she had just won an important victory. she and her fellow suffrages led successfully the campaign to give women the right to vote in the united states. despite this monumental achievement, dr. paul recognized that just the right to vote was not enough for gender equality, but it was the right starting point. so she devoted the remaining years of her life to enshrining gender equality in every facet of american life, and particularly in the constitution with the equal rights amendment. sadly dr. paul and her fellow suffrages passed away long before they could see the era become the law of the land. in a new ren ration of activists who are propelling the movement of equality forward. now the personal side of this relates to to the fact when