host: chairman grassley is not with us anymore. caller: mr. grassley is not? ok.t seems like loretta lynch, how she answered that immigration policy -- the way it has been with the immigration is they have been drawn in like a magnet . the senate passed a bill, and the republicans could nullify that bill if they would pass their own immigration reform law, and they are not trying to do that. i do not understand why there is so much controversy. it just seemed like what loretta would be commenting on in the past -- in the past, reagan did almost exactly the same thing with immigration policy, and it was constitutional then. i do not understand why it is not now. i guess i cannot get a question in two grassley, so i will let you go. host: "the financial times" calls it a policy cliff that u.s. faces as a deadline. "republicans have decided to use their control over funding the department which oversees immigration to try to block barack obama's move to shield up to 5 million unauthorized immigrants from deportation. but there are significant divisions within the par

iowa grassley.is a man who job to six miles and did he asked if i wanted to jog with him. i said i can't jog 500 feet. he jogged six miles and was waiting for me when i got to the capital. i saw him go in and face national media over and over and over again that day. he never took a note card with him. he even talks to media with his heart the same way he talks to us with his heart and the country with his heart. i would say there is not another state in this union that has a senator with the integrity, with the intelligence, and with the iowa values. that is the reason why we are proud, every single one of us are proud, that there is a farmer on the judiciary committee, and that's our farmer. [applause] i will not belabor the point anymore. i want to introduce to you the embodiment of iowa, the embodiment of republicanism, the embodiment of this great state i wanted to bring out a farmer from butler county who is the chair of the judiciary committee, senator grassley, on out. -- senator grassley co

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barlow. >> thank you chairman grassley am a ranking member leahy. it is my privilege to appear before you in support of the nomination of my former colleague, loretta lynch. i would be remiss if i did not first think this committee for the strong support i received in 2011, when my own nomination to service u.s. attorney was before you. it was a tremendous honor to serve as u.s. attorney in the department of justice. i always will be grateful for the trust put in meet when supporting my nomination. it is now my privilege to recommend miss lynch to you. you have party heard and read much about her 30 year legal career. instead of collaborating -- instead of elaborating on her credentials, i want to share personal observations about my former colleague. i first met loretta at 800 of united states attorneys several months after i was warning. --at a conference of united states attorneys. she handled a portion of the programs where u.s. attorneys were asking questions of the executive office of u.s. attorneys. loretta monitored the session. some discuss

he has 21 years of experience and he's currently working for senator chuck grassley. the health policy director in the senate finance committee and he's previously worked on a variety of staff, including representative charlie norwood. and he also is a part-time teacher at george washington university for health policy. so we welcome rodney. second we will have adrianne burrman who is associate professor in the department of family medicine in georgetown university medical center. she's the director of farmed out which promotes rational prescribing and is the lead author of several articles on physician industry relationship. next we'll have allen koch will who is a clinical pharmacist and senior director for health trust programs. allen was very involved at the state level and the federal level. i had him on speed dial for this legislation and pew continues to be very involved in the implementation of the legislation. finally we'll have dr. william jordan president-elect of the national physician's alliance and co-director of the medical student education in the depa

grassley, the people that cut your grass and work on your forms are illegal. you don't want those guys to come in -- you don't want those guys to be known, because they are working for you guys. don't tell me that none of you politicians don't have illegals working for -- for them. host: let's get a response. guest: first of all, can i look at you incident the camera? host: absolutely. guest: he said i hire people to cut my grass. i hope you will read the march edition of "virginia farming," that shows me on my john deere. i'm oh -- i mow 100 inches at a time. i don't hire anyone to mow my lawn. he could be right in this sense that i say there are two groups of interest groups in this country that don't mind having porous borders. undocumented workers coming in. people that want another generation to vote democratic so that is a political reason. and then people that want cheap labor, and that is a lot of business interests in this country that do not mind a porous border because of cheap labor. that i am not one of them and most members of congress probably a

i want to thank a moment to thank chairman grassley for his handling of yesterday's hearing. it was no easy feat, especially with 18 votes, i believe it was, yesterday afternoon and kept it going he made sure that every senator who had a question on either side of the aisle, they were given the time to ask the question and be heard. i commend him for that. i appreciate the tone of this hearing. >> thank you. >> and today, i was not surprised -- i was not surprised, we have been friends for decades and i know you well. but we're going to hear from law enforcement officials who have worked with ms. lynch. these are the people who have the best knowledge of her. they strongly support her nomination. the president today will -- those present today will speak in support of ms. lynch, similar to a letter one of the finest f.b.i. directors we have ever had submitted on her behalf, louis freeh. barack obama is not the nominee. that may come as a surprise to some who heard some of the questions. eric holder is not the nominee. loretta lynch, daughter of a marine and reverend lorenzo l

grassley: mr. president before i speak i ask unanimous consent that mary future and carter burrell detailees from the department of justice be given the privileges of the floor during the 114th congress. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. grassley: now i ask to address the senate as if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. grassley: mr. president we americans are so fortunate to enjoy the blessings of liberty. we protect our rights as individuals and we have a legal system that demands that government officials respect those rights and respect the law. historically some nations have lost their freedoms in revolutions. in others, a leader gradually undermines the rule of law. once the rule of law is dismantled the road to dictator dictatorship is easily trampled. in a country under the rule of law, government officials are bound by that law. when the framers wrote our constitution they feared that the federal government might grow too strong. they divided and

i will leave it there because you see the chairman of the committee there, senator chuck grassley sitting down and about to revel in. live coverage, day two of the confirmation hearings for loretta lynch for next attorney general. >> for the members who are present, except for the ones that are here already, it will be on seniority, then other people that come in, you'll be called on according to how our respective staff keep track of you in the order of your appearance. before chairman leahy and i give our opening statements, i'd like to go over some things i said yesterday. first of all, we welcome everybody back to this second day of hearing on ms. lynch's nomination to be attorney general. as i said yesterday and everybody abided by this, and i want to thank everybody that was here yesterday for their courtesy i want everyone to be able to watch the hearing without obstruction and if people stand up and block the view of those behind them or speak out of turn it's not fair considerable to the others. so officers would remove those individuals. that's what i want to thank because we di

grassley, senator grassley, we are better off with more information than less. my next>> >> my next question if i am sitting at home as a consumer and want to no these relationships, how do i go about getting that information? what is the best resource that you think is out there for consumers to understand this new disclosure database? >> i think right now there is some context information on the open payments website that is very general descriptions of what is meant by the different payment types. beyond that, i think that you need to look to a variety of resources, and different people we will make different decisions about how they interpret and value payments. but you can look to organizations, consumer reports, consumer union as well as to industry websites and continued medical education companies and so on. right now, people need to read broadly so that they can make up their minds. >> patients shouldn't see physicians to see drug reps. it's not often easy to tell whether somebody sees drug reps or not, and they should be looking at their doctors to see

barlow. >> thank you chairman grassley ranking member leahy members of the judiciary committee. it is my privilege to appear before you here today in support of the nomination of my former colleague, loretta lynch, to serve as attorney general of the united states. i would be remiss if i did not first thank this committee for the strong support i received in 2011 when my own nomination to serve as united states attorney was before you. it was a tremendous honor to serve as u.s. attorney in the department of justice. i always will be grateful for the trust you had in me when you supported my nomination. it's now my privilege to recommend ms. lynch to you. you already heard and read much about her storied 30-year legal career. so instead of elaborating on her many credentials i want to take just a few minutes to share a couple of personal observations about my former colleague. i first met loretta at a conference of united states attorneys several months after i was sworn in. what i remember most vividly about her was the way she handled a portion of the gram where u.s. attorneys

senator coons. >> thank you, chairman grassley. ms. lynch congratulations on your historic nomination and your very fine conduct in the hearing today. the attorney general of the united states, one of the most important offices for which this committee has oversight responsibility and consent responsibility. the current attorney general eric holder has served with distinction under trying circumstances. for better or worse the attorney general often serves as a lightning rod for those in this body with complaints about the administration and i think it takes special mettle to deal with that incoming fire while remaining composed and focused on a forward-looking agenda. i'm interested in hearing how you plan on carrying forward on issues related to rivity -- privacy, i.t. protection, and voting rights, racial profiling. as successful as attorney general holder has been, there remains important progress to make in just two years in this -- and just two years in this administration to make it. first if i could about state and local law en

let's work together for senator grassley. i know we can. i expect you to be knocking on doors and making phone calls. i am where i am today because of the work you did. i know we can pull together to keep senator grassley where he is. we can maintain a majority. let's go a step forward. what else is important in 2016? we are all aware we have to take back the white house -- [applause] if we expect to get through this gridlock and have signed into law the wonderful legislation we are working on between house and senate. we must have a republican president. that is why i've thrilled that all of you are here today to listen to a number of contenders for this phenomenal opportunity in 2016. i look forward to working with all of you as we go through the caucus season. i hope all of you will be involved in the iowa caucuses. you should be involved in the iowa caucuses, and make your choice of candidate known to the rest of iowa and the rest of the united states of america. very important process, here and i hope you will dissipate. i will leave y

. >> the other big thing is congressman king and other iowa politicians senator grassley, joni ernst, did any of them show their hands about a favorite candidate or will they stay all neutral? >> they will stay neutral to a point. but he thinks the next president should be a governor. that leaves out a lot of the field. >> chris christie has spent a lot of time together. not shuit down and shut up, but will jersey play here? >> i think chris christie does play in iowa. i think people really like it when he gets up into the face of media, when he is aggressive. am i going to advise him to tell a little old lady to sit down and shut up? old ladies might tell him. >> i think it is not will jersey play in iowa, it is will good christie show up? even when he is aggressive, when he is within the bounds of what people except, he is a very strong candidate anywhere. bad christie, he does not play well in jersey when he does that. i think he can play here. it'll be interesting to see. he is the main establishment candidate that is here tomorrow. >> he has to play in a conservative republican p

grassley wouldn't return my calls so i was stuck with a letter in no contact of my producer and i begangetting on line and finding sources of contacts. one thing led to another and we were able to talk to enough people that he believed to be true. we had excellent sources. the first story had nobody on camera by name making allegations that we had plenty of reliable off-camera sources. after the first story which the evening news is that -- lead it and let it go for a long time until five minutes he said write the story needs to be written. the story could never have been done that way. after that story there was incredible reaction in a pushback as we call it from the demonstration saying all these people were liars which we now know. they were all telling the truth at all my reporting wrong which we all know now is correct and the pushback that tells me i may be onto something because i knew my sources were good good. there were internal memos someone had written to me with government officials from atf e-mailing other public relations and government officials inside atf saying that g

[applause] we flew out with chuck grassley -- he was coming out as we were coming in.said that he would like to stay in here you, but he had to go to the farm. i would you think about this. i don't know how you feel, but i think mr. brailey was wrong. i am delighted to have a farmer as chairman of the judiciary committee. [applause] i'm glad to be here at this project which steve king is doing such a great job. he and david are terrific partners. steve and i were talking a while ago. you now have with david young and with steve, we've come a long way. two senate seats, three houses. of course, you have the longest-serving governor in history the united states, which is amazing. [applause] i knew him when he was only the longest serving governor in the history of iowa. he keeps going out and doing stuff and working away at it. he is a remarkable person. i have to get one very wreath commercial, because we will be back this fall. i'm very proud of the fact that she is taking on american history 44-80 roles and teaching them history in the way that they can learn it and h

. >> thank you, chairman grassley. ms. lynch congratulations on your historic nomination and your very fine conduct in the hearing today. the attorney general of the united states, one of the most important offices for which this committee has oversight responsibility and consent responsibility. the current attorney general eric holder has served with distinction under trying circumstances. for better or worse the attorney general often serves as a lightning rod for those in this body with complaints about the administration and i think it takes special mettle to deal with that incoming fire while remaining composed and focused on a forward-looking agenda. i'm interested in hearing how you plan on carrying forward on issues related to rivity -- privacy, i.t. protection, and voting rights, racial profiling. as successful as attorney general holder has been, there remains important progress to make in just two years in this -- and just two years in this administration to make it. first if i could about state and local law en

as well as some veterans chuck grassley. and of course senator elizabeth warren.ing progressive rock star could potentially challenge hillary clinton in the democratic primary and newly crowned in the democratic leadership circles as well. >> it will be interesting if he does run. how would that upset the balance in the senate? >> if she were to run for president, it would create a larger debate within the party. you know this is interesting because a lot of progressives that i talked to say that they want elizabeth warren to lead the progressive movement of the warren wing of the party. they have concerns with some of the democrat party and their tie to wall street. they need everybody working now to get the economy moving. it's an interesting tension to watch within the democratic party to say the least. >> always a pleasure. >> thank you. have a great day. >> you too. >>> straight ahead, a big announcement from alec baldwin and "back to the future 2" was set in the year 2015. how close were they to what we are now. next. >>> now for some entertainment news. the

the new judiciary chair will be 81-year-old chuck grassley. new armed services chair, 78-year-old john mccain. agriculture chair 78-year-old pat roberts. environment chair, 80-year-old james inhofe. why do i get the idea the clairs motorizedized and slowly descend staircases. no! i'm not going to be ageist. maybe sneeze young whipper snappers have new ideas like the new environment chair inhofe. >> the assertion that global warming is occurring today that it's occurring because of the release of c.o.2. i really believe it's the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the american people. >> jon: we are doomed! now, wait, in his defense, it's hard to unbelievable global warming when you always feel drafty. ( laughter ) now it's too hot. but enough about the crusty old senate, let's take a look at the house of representatives, where two-time house speaker john boehner became three-time house speaker john boehner after fending off a minor challenge from... an idiot. boehner gaveled-- oh, my god! oh, my god, john boehner has become the wood of his own g

senator grassley, the chairman, incomele chairman of the judiciary committee hasn't said anything negative about her. senior republican sources in the senate tell me they may think there may be drama but she's looking forward to nomination. >> one fight avoided or volume turned down. nia? >> we don't talk enough about north dakota so we can talk about it now. looks like there's chatter there about whether or not heidi hicm will run for governor in 2016. she's not up for governor. if she runs she could keep our senate senate. she would be up against the current governor dalrimple. shoo she wins she could appoint a successor on republicans making prospects and noise and putting bills forward to prevent that little technicality, so she wouldn't be able to do that, but that's a little chatter going on inned in north carolina now -- north dakota in some movement. >> keep an eye on it. you're right we never talk about north dakota. >>> a bit of a parallel as we look forward to the 2016 presidential race the question is whether liberals can convince elizabeth warren to challenge hillary clinton f

the chair of the senate judiciary committee, senator chuck grassley, will also be with us on "washington journal" tomorrow. now president obama's pick to be the next attorney general loretta lynch testifies at her confirmation hearing before the senate judiciary committee from earlier today. [indiscernible] >> good morning. i welcome everyone to this very, very important hearing. very important hearing. before we start i'd like to state a few things. these are some ground rules, pretty much the same as what former chairman and my friend senator leahy and others have done stated in the past. i want everyone to be able to watch the hearing without obstruction. if people stand up and block the view of those behind them, or speak out of turn, it's not fair or considerate to others. so officers would then remove those individuals. i know that there's a lot to protest regarding this administration's policies, but this isn't the time or place to do it. before i turn to our opening statements, i wanted to go over a couple of housekeeping items and explain how we're going to proceed. senator leah

chairman grassley, senator leahy, distinguished members of this committee, i'm honored to appear before you in this historic chamber among so many dedicated public servants. i want to thank you for your time this morning and i also want to thank president obama for the trust he has placed in me by nominating me to serve as attorney general of the united states. it's a particular privilege to be joined here today by the members of my family that i've introduced, as well as the other numerous family and friends who have come to support me and whose travel and service i am so appreciative. mr. chairman, one of the privileges, and in fact one of my favorite things in my position as united states attorney for the eastern district of new york is welcoming new attorneys in to my office and administering to them the oath of office. it is a transformative moment in the life of a young prosecutor. and one that i actually remember well. and as they stand before me prepared to pledge their honor, and their integrity i remind them that they are making their oath not to me not to the office, not even

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judiciary committee chairman chuck grassley already warned it will be a long day for loretta lynch.ameras gathered for the big moment. brand new hour of "america's newsroom." i'm martha maccallum. bill: i'm bill hemmer. while lynch is expected to be confirmed in the end she will first have to take tough questions on a number of unresolved controversies. first on that list whether or not the president overstepped authority on immigration. chief congressional correspondent, mike emanuel high above the room now on capitol hill. good morning. what will we or what should we expect today? >> bill if confirmed the loretta lynch would be the first african-american woman attorney general. she met with every member of this judiciary committee and gotten good reviews thus far. chairman chuck grassley is expected to go after her a bit getting reassureses from lynch she will be about faithfully executing the law and not rewriting it, and defending nation's laws even when political appointee disagree with the policies. lynch will tell senators quote, if confirmed as attorney general i pledge to y

the fact that you have this letter from orrin hatch and charles grassley, you will notice administratorner, she just quit. she is leaving soon. >> the latest woman to be sacrificed to the obama altar. >> call it war on women. there was julia pierson with the secret service. nobody else has been fired. i hear you. but with tavenner, what is interesting is, they're also getting this on the record under her watch. and perhaps that's necessary just to show us how badly this was handled from the beginning but my question is there going to be enough time between the time she gets this letter and the time she is leaving for her to address this? maybe there should been a few other people on letter. >> lois lerner she will peace out and government knows everything and they don't care at all. we told you yesterday how some analysts predicted president obama's state of the union would hurt hillary clinton if she decides to run for president but were they right? she rocks camouflage heels. we'll take a look how senator joni ernst did and whether she will be the gop's next star. stay with us. ♪ you

but the first questions from chuck grassley were about president obama's executive action on immigration and whether it would constrain prosecutors around the country. >> as a prosecutor, i always want the ability to still take some sort of action against those who may not be in my initial category as the most serious threat. and i didn't see anything in the opinion that prevented action being taken from individuals who might otherwise qualify for the deferal. >> and there was this exchange a few moments ago with texas senator ted cruz. >> and i believer the department of justice has behaved more like a partisan operation for the president than an impartial law enforcement agency. and so i want to ask you at the outset the simple question of, if confirmed, how would your tenure of an attorney general differ from eric holder. >> you ask how different i am from eric hoerld. i am loretta lynch. i have folked on the people in my district and as u.s. attorney general on the protection of all of the american people. >> kelly o'donnell is in washington and following the hearing closely. kelly,

me, the president, senator grassley, or you? >> user microphone, please. >> absolutely senator leahy. she would demonstrate independence in a most constructive of ways. one of her greatest attributes is her ability to hold forth with the strength of her own convictions, having prepared herself thoroughly, thinking through matters very come principally, having identified the issues in a way where she could indicate her position that would garner nothing but the highest respect. >> young austin being accrued by the young attorney general of the united states, i had asked him whether he would stand up to the president of the united states if need be. he assured me he would. later he did when he prosecuted a man who was essential to the election of the president as president. and i asked later about that, i said attorney general robert kennedy, what was the reaction? >>he said, i stayed away from family gatherings. [laughter] i have seen him many, many times. the house republicans have hired you to suit the administration in another

it's a test for her and a test for chuck grassley the new republican chair of that committee.ikely topics today, police conduct in and much as she was involved in the garner case and the justice department just announced that there will likely be no civil rights charges in the ferguson case of michael brown. that's likely to be a big topic. also executive privilege and power. what president obama can and cannot do without congress particularly when it comes to immigration. hot topic right now. and it will involve the judgment of the next attorney general. >> tracie potts on the hill for us. thank you. >>> a group connected to isis is taking response for an attack at the corinthia hotel. they pledged its allegiance to isis. david berry who worked for a fredericksburg security firm was killed in that attack. the company coo confirmed berry's death. they issued this statement saying our company mourns this extraordinary loss with his family and friends. >>> students at a prince george's county high school returned to class today their first day back after one of their classmates

i think that folks like senator hatch and senator grassley senator graham and others who are very conservative but also very fair and very sensible are going to vote in support of her. she did a great job. >> how do you think she'll do as attorney general? >> i think she'll be terrific. i was a united states attorney so i have a bias in favor of people who were united states attorneys. i think that field sxerges is very important to bring to the department of justice. it gives you both a familiarity with the department of justice but still that outsider's perspective where main justice is not always your best friend and clearly in the way she conducted herself in the hearing, this is a woman who has immense intelligence, immense grace and immense poise under pressure. >> senator shelleding whitehouse, thank you for your time tonight. >>> of course reverend. >>> still ahead, a murder trial for a former nfl superstar. why his defense team says aaron hernandez was being targeted by police. >>> but first, scott walker lands back in an old familiar place -- tonight's gotcha. vo: introducing the sta

senator grassley who chairs the committee is known for being a tough questioner.bviously going to be in charge of the hearing, we will hear from opening statements and he will lead some of the questioning. orrin hatch, former judiciary chair who is very strong on the legal issues may also come in here. we've seen i should mention in many of the meetings that have already taken place, a lot of positive comments from republican senators and conservatives about miss lynch, about her record as prosecutor. so this will be in the model of tough inquisitions but not automatically necessarily anything that would be too sort of unfair or rough, given what we have seen telegraphed thus far. >> ari melber from the cycle and pete williams, thank you both for being here. the hearings are just getting under way. senators are expected to start the opening there. they're expecting to announce ground rules. we're going to keep a close watch on this for you and come back to this throughout the remainder of this hour. >>> want to go now to the issue of this storm. many schools in ma

then i asked senator grassley, who worked on the bill to the very end, and he didn't even know what theexplain it to him, he said that's ridiculous. we obviously meant that the subsidies would go to the federal or state exchanges. why are you asking me about this? this is a republican who worked on the bill. you could go all over capitol hill and you couldn't find a single staffer on the republican or democratic side. you wouldn't find a single memo a single e-mail, and i looked through all of them, or anybody who says that that was the intent. >> but the problem in front of the court is, the law as written uses a passage where the wording seems can be read, certainly can be read that the subsidies apply only to the state exchanges -- >> except there are half a dozen other passages:÷ that say the opposite. and what the supreme court is supposed to do -- first of all, no one thought they would take this case. it's absurd. what they're supposed to do now that they've taken it if there's any ambiguity they're supposed to show deference to the executive branch. so this should be a no-braine

in the midterm elections, he decided to shake things up and split the difference as we see chuck grassley convene this hearing now. the president decided to pick someone who he could hold up to the democratic base again, it would be the first african american female attorney general, and face a relatively smooth path to confirmation del. >> mike viqueira thank you. let's turn now to our legal contributor here at al jazeera america, and a long-time friend of loretta lynch. jamie, i'm start with you. history is being made in the sense that she will become the first african american female. but it is the big history people thought? >> i think it big history. she also would be the first mom ever to be in that office. i think it's a very big deal. and she would be a significant success assess or to eric holder. he has been highly controversial, i think successful impressive and effective attorney general, but as mike pointed out, she would inherit a lot of very significant, very important work that needs to be continued and finished in the course of this administration. >> and alan you worked

chuck grassley, a senator from iowa was head of the finance committee and spent a lot of time going after some of the abuse in the nonprofit sector. this is not just pastors although that is a real problem. it is also these bigger nonprofits that live the lives of the rich and famous but are trying to say they are helping the poor. there is a huge loophole in our tax system that needs to be looked at. host: moving on to joe in michigan. an independent collar. caller: good morning. website fellow michigan people are getting up early. the more they talk about the do-nothing congress, i am good with that. they said our liberties are at risk while congress is in session. i do know what either party controlling everything that i do not want either party controlling everything. the last two years with obamacare and being lied to about what it was and what was going on -- i am happy with it. i think with the technology we have today, we could have represented our district is set of washington. they don't even live in our districts anymore. they don't even need to be here and we can knock on thei

investigations by the congress including though investigation into the fast and furious episode that senator grassleyeferred to earlier, making bogus claims of executive privilege in order to keep congress and the american people from finding out the facts. we know the attorney general has repeatedly made legal arguments that have been rejected as unconstitutional by the united states supreme court. and he has harassed states like mine and i suspect you'll hear from another colleague about his state on matters like voter id when the itself supreme court has upheld the validity of voter id as a means to protect the integrity of the ballot for people who are qualified to vote. and at the same time the president -- the attorney general has failed to implement laws that congress has passed in order to provide -- to protect the voting rights of our military deployed overseas. he has also politicized the war on terror he has declassified top secret legal memos, exposing those in the intelligence community to threats for performing actions that they were told by the highest legal authorities were legal and

a short time ago chuck grassley tweeted out that the hearing is moving right along. we must finish even if we go into the evening. it sounds like the plan is to finish tonight. if a second day of questioning is called she would return to capitol hill tomorrow along with a number of other witnesses to appear before the committee to talk about the nominee. day two's live coverage will be on c-span tomorrow starting at 10:00 a.m. eastern. >>> here reason c-span 3 tomorrow, the senate banking committee meets to consider legislation to impose further sanctions on iran. if negotiations over their nuclear program fall through our coverage starts at 10:00 a.m. eastern. >>> this sunday on q&a, dr. fran ses jensen on the recent discoveries about the teenage brain. >> they don't have their frontal lobes to reason. the cause and effect, consequences of actions are noot clear to them because their frontal lobes are not at the ready. they are not as readily accessible. it's not the connections can't be made as quickly for split second decision making. also don't forget a lot of th

investigations by the congress, including the investigation into the fast and furious episode that senator grassley referred to earlier making bogus claims of executive privilege in order to keep congress and the american people from find inging out the facts. we know that the attorney general has repeatedly made legal arguments that have been rejected as unconstitutional by the united states supreme court, and he's harassed states like mine, and i suspect you'll hear from another colleague about his state, on matters like voter i.d. when the united states supreme court has upheld the validity of voter i.d. as a means to protect the integrity of the ballot for people who were qualified to vote. and at the same time, the attorney general has fail eded o to implement laws that congress has passed in order to provide -- to protect the voting to rid cruel and threats, legal and otherwise for performing actions they were told by the highest lel authorities that were legal and necessary to save american lives andreopened a criminal investigation into the same members of the intelligence community after a

what she believes is right no matter who she might be getting pressure from, president, me, senator grassley or you? >> or me. [laughter] >> absolutely, senator. >> use your mic, please. >> absolutely, senator leahy. she would demonstrate independence in the most constructive of ways. one of her greatest attributes as already been noted, is her ability to hold forth with the strength of her own convictions, having prepared herself thoroughly, thought through matters very, very comprehensively, having identified the issues in a way that she could communicate her position in a way that would garner nothing but the highest of respect. >> i talked about yesterday about as a young law student being recruited by the then-attorney general of the united states to come to work for him and i'd asked him whether he would stand up to the president of the united states if need me, he assured me he -- if need be, he assured me he would. later he did when he prosecuted a man who was essential to the election of the president as president. and when i asked him later about that, i said, attorney general robe

chairman grassley, senator leahy, distinguished members of this committee, i'm honored to appear before you in this historic chamber among so many dedicated public servants. i want to thank you for your time this morning and i also want to thank president obama for the trust he has placed in me by nominating me to serve as attorney general of the united states. it's a particular privilege to be joined here today by the members of my family that i've introduced, as well as the other numerous family and friends who have come to support me and whose travel and service i am so appreciative. mr. chairman, one of the privileges, and in fact one of my favorite things in my position as united states attorney for the eastern district of new york is welcoming new attorneys in to my office and administering to them the oath of office. it is a transformative moment in the life of a young prosecutor. and one that i actually remember well. and as they stand before me prepared to pledge their honor, and their integrity i remind them that they are making their oath not to me not to the office, not even