sharyl: grassley wants to know why those workers weren't put on unpaid leave.or all federal employees, the government accountability office estimates paid leave cost taxpayers $3.1 billion over three years. sen. grassley: i can't give you definitive answers, but it seems to me to be a crutch for administrators not making a decision. it is an example that is difficult to fire federal workers, so it's easier to put them on administrative leave out of sight, out of mind, even though it's wasting the taxpayers dollars. sharyl: we reached out to dhs for comment. spokesman sy lee says the department is reviewing long administrative leave cases and "is considering whether to continue administrative leave or appropriate status." we'll keep you posted. in "follow the money" this week, both democrats and republicans are asking tough questions about $86 million of your tax dollars wasted on a plane that was supposed to intercept illegal drugs in afghanistan, but was never used for that purpose. the justice department inspector general recently found that the drug enforcem

it's a pointless brunch with chuck grassley and merrick garland. please enjoy.cheers and applause) >> you know, senator grassley, these eggs benedict are pretty good. >> bet they, are merrick. that they are. >> not as good as if you would allow me to have a confirmation hearing you obstructionist piece of (bleep). >> i'm sorry, what? what? i didn't say anything. more mimosa? >> oh, no, i have plenty right here. thank you. >> that's right you get drunk on those just like you're drunk on power you turd-eating denying monster. >> what? no, nothing. i can only hear people who are actually only going to be supreme court justices. >> what's that? oh, nothin'. yes! please. delicious. >> trevor: i'm proud to say that play is up against "hamilton" at the tony's. since they're democrats, they're actually making things worse. >> senate democrats practicing theater. holding a mock hearing for a man who can't get a real one. >> a top republican calls these mock hearings a desperate act. >> trevor: i thought republicans were bad for shutting down garland but democrats stringi

grassley: i ask that the calling of the quorum be suspended. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. grassley: madam president, today we'll vote on the adam walsh reauthorization act. >> >> somebody makes a difference in the community. marla: the search continues for the people who killed a community activist in a drive-by shooting one month ago. but then do a his legacy will live on to help others. he could not pass up getting this all on video. straight ahead.bd >> the coach has the plans for the future and the team. straight ahead. marla: thanks for joining us tonight on news 13.rs a sunny start to the workweek our chief meteorologist is live in the weather center. will the sun stick around? >> we're expecting a dry weekend with a lot of to sunshine and is only 20% chance. without side some cumulus clubs working their way across orange county into osceola county. 82 daytona beach. week-old just cite - - slightly across the eastern part of the peninsula. overnight mild temperatures expecting the of did end up for sixties and your mornin

grassley: absolutely not.f they aren't gonna do background investigations, and we don't have any indication they are, they aren't doing their job. sharyl: paul beeson is a top customs and border protection official in arizona. he says agents are prepared for the latest onslaught. mr. beeson: i think we're better positioned to handle the phenomenon now to where we're not going to be overwhelmed by it. but it is something that continues to occur. rep. cuellar: once they come in, i think we have an obligation as a country to make sure that those juveniles don't go from a very difficult situation into the hands of somebody that can take advantage of them. and i think we need to do a better job at making sure that we ensure the safety of those kids. sharyl: to help make that happen, cuellar says he plans to push for legislation in the coming months. the hhs agency responsible for the kids, the office of refugee resettlement, spent $948 million tax dollars in 2015. it will spend another $948 million this year servin

senator grassley was right the first time. letting donald trump pick a supreme court justice is indeed a gamble. it's a risk that the american people can't afford and shouldn't afford. instead of waiting for donald trump, republicans should just do their job and let the court have a full complement of nine justices. mr. president, i see no one here on the floor, so i would ask the chair to announce what we're going to do today. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. under the previous order, the senate will resume consideration of h.r. 2028, which the clerk will report. the clerk: calendar number 96, h.r. 2028, an act making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2016, and for other purposes. mr. reid: i suggest the absence of a quorum but i ask consent that the time be charged equally between both sides. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call:

now the judiciary chair, senator grassley, should proceed with committee hearings. the american people deserve a full and transparent accounting of merrick garland's record and qualifications. after a hearing, of course we should move his nomination for a vote here on the senate floor. every day that passes without confirmation a of a ninth justice to the supreme court is another lost day for the federal judiciary and american justice. republicans claim their obstruction of president obama's supreme court nominee is to give the people a voice. but their actions are doing just the opposite. republicans are denying the american people the justice they deserve. take, for example, the cases they referred back to lower courts. they have already done it. and the litigants have waited years to get before the supreme court. now in effect they have to start over. republicans are denying the american people the justice they deserve, the justice that we thought was guaranteed by the constitution. so instead of silencing the supreme court and gridlocking our entire judicial sys

grassley: i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from new jersey. a senator: thank you very much. mr. president, i rise today to join my colleagues in supporting the conflict of interest rule that was recently finalized by the department of labor. mr. booker: this is a fair and balanced rule that protects our nation's retirees and savers. it is a rule, in fact, that makes sure that amidst a retirement crisis in this country where people are having a harder and harder time making sure that after working a lifetime, they have the money they need to retire. it is bringing common sense back to that process. i officially -- firmly believe the conflict of interest rule should not be a partisan issue. that's because this rule really comes down to those fundamental ideas that really know no party bounds. again, the ideas for me are about honor and common sense. by honor i mean the idea that we are a country that believes every american deserves a fair opportunity to succeed. fairness is at the core of our

thank you chairman grassley. members of the committee, it is an honor to be with you today to support the reauthorization of the fisa memo asked and discuss issues it raises with my distinguished palace. since the attack of september 11 2001, we have been engaged in a methodical effort to enhance her intelligent capabilities, in particular to build a legal and operational framework that affords us the ability to intercept our adversaries communications. the centerpiece of that has been congress's decision to modernize our national security surveillance effort by passing the fisa amendments effort by passing the fisa amendments act, the faa in 2008 and reauthorizing it in 2012. it's important at the outset to remind yourself why it was necessary to modernize the surveillance act in the first place. as you know, the the fisa was passed in 1978 after the committee hearings and the abuses they disclose persuaded congress that it should be subject to judicial review. congress passed fisa and to find those of surveilla

now the judiciary chair senator grassley should proceed withou committee hearings. the american people deserve a. full and transparent counting of merrick garland qualifications. after hearing of course he should move his nomination for a vote on the senate floor. every day that passes by lost dy confirmation it's another lost a in the judiciary and american justice. to give the people a voice but their actions are doing just the opposite. republicans are the nine v. american people the justice they deserve to take for example the case as they referred back to the lower courts. t the litigants have waited years to get it for the supreme court. now in effect they have to start over. republicans are denying the. american people but just a statc deserve, the justice that we thought was guaranteed by the constitution so instead of gridlock and art didn't hire judicial system we should giveve the court the ninth justice that desperately needs. the focus has been on theri supreme court and it should be but republicans are doing the same thing with trial court judges. the

thank you chairman grassley. members of the committee, it is an honor to be with you today to support the reauthorization of the fisa memo asked and discuss issues it raises with my distinguished palace. since the attack of september 11 2001, we have been engaged in a methodical effort to enhance her intelligent capabilities, in particular to build a legal and operational framework that affords us the ability to intercept our adversaries communications. the centerpiece of that has been congress's decision to modernize our national security surveillance effort by passing the fisa amendments effort by passing the fisa amendments act, the faa in 2008 and reauthorizing it in 2012. it's important at the outset to remind yourself why it was necessary to modernize the surveillance act in the first place. as you know, the the fisa was passed in 1978 after the committee hearings and the abuses they disclose persuaded congress that it should be subject to judicial review. congress passed fisa and to find those of surveilla

. >> thank you, chairman grassley. it's an honor to be here with you today to discuss the issues that fisa raises with my distinguished co-panelists. since the attacks of september 11th, 2001. we've been able to build a framework that affords us the ability to intercept our adversary's communications. we have modernized our surveillance efforts by passing the fisa act and reauthorizing it in 2012. it is important at the outset to remind ourselves why it was necessary to modernize the foreign intelligence surveillance act in the first place. as you know, the fisa was passed in 1978. congress was persuaded that the surveillance efforts should be subject to a process of judicial review and approval. to effect wait that, congress passed fisa. and define those types of surveillance that require approval from that court. in defining which surveillances fell in that category congress differentiating by the technology in a way that effect ch wait that. but to carve out from the court approval requirement those communications t

chairman grassley, ranking member leahy, and members of the committee, thank you for this opportunity to testify on behalf of the brennan center for justice. our nation faces real threats from international terrorism. your challenge and your responsibility is to ensure that these threats are addressed, not only effectively but in a way that's consistent with the constitution, the privacy interests of law-abiding individuals and our nation's economic interests. section 702 in its current form does not accomplish those aims. technological advances have revolutionized communications. people are communicating at a scale that was unimaginable just a few years ago. international phone calls which were once difficult and fensive as i remember are now as simple as tapping a screen. and the internet offers countless additional means of international communication. globalization makes these exchanges as necessary as they are easy. as a result the amount of information about americans that the nsa intercepts even when targeting foreigners overseas has exploded. but instead of shoring up safeguar

[inaudible] >> chairman grassley, ranking member leahy and members of the committee thank you for the opportunity to testify today and the reauthorization of section 702 of the fisa amendment act. in 2014 the privacy and civil liberties oversight board which i chair issued an extensive report on section seven oh two and how it operates. in part to foster just the type of democratic debate were having today. in short, section 702 surveillance program collects the contexts of collects the context of communication of nine u.s. persons outside the united states for where there is a foreign intelligence value. as mentioned earlier it is proven to be a valuable intelligence tool for the government thwarting terrorist plots and provided valuable information to decision-makers. section 7027 oh two has two components. prism and upstream. the government collects the context of target emails and other comedic asian's from electronic medication providers. other targets are non-us persons, from time to time they communicate with americans and as result the government is collecting large quantities

that was not a satisfactory answer for senator grassley. written an open letter to the department of homeland security to figure out whether "el chapo's" daughter has been interviewed in relation to this investigation how he was seemingly able to cross into theist not once, but twice st. >> wow. nick valencia, thank you. >>> a former trump executive speaking out about her time with donald trump. this is a cnn exclusive. >> reporter: how was he as a boss? >> he was never a boss. >> how was he -- >> he was never a boss. he was a leader. >> why she says the glass ceiling for women was only 2 feet high when it came to working for the billionaire businessman. hmmmmmm..... [ "dreams" by beck ] hmmmmm... hmmmmm... the turbocharged dream machine. the volkswagen golf gti. part of the award-winning golf family. e*trade is all about seizing opportunity. and i'd like to... cut. thank you, we'll call you. evening, film noir, smoke, atmosphere... bob... you're a young farmhand and e*trade is your cow. milk it. e*trade is all about seizing opportunity. si

christine: grassley supports a lot to make that official, but it is being blocked for a vote democratte lead harry reid, who declined to comment about why he is holding up the legislation. >> this is such an egregious attack on the powers of congress that we cannot let one person executive branch of the government get away with. bullarde: for her part, says the peace corps has become more cooperative since the controversy, but she worries things could change again at any time. >> that is why it is so important for me to get the legislation passed and spelled out very clearly so that there would he no question as to if we have access to the information. future, there will be another volunteer like my kate who wants to fight things. honor kate's sacrifice by doing the right thing now so that christine: the overarching problem of allowing access by inspectors general to pocketit may seem like change to you, but to the transportation security administration, your loss is their game. th coins.ostly in forgotten that's right -- the tsa keeps the nickels and dimes left in the bottom of those

chuck grassley a household name in iowa, talking on the phone and doing tv hits, that suggests thosetates could be in play not anything republicans want. >> if that this is case -- obviously democrats are feeling their oats on this because of the headwinds for republicans, one question is ads like that, to what extent can the personal things that people might find odious about donald trump be text to candidates running for senate -- be connected to candidates running for senate. it seems easier onto a policy or platform, to they all report the budget and this guy is a pig and chuck grassley is running for senate. how much can you pull that off. it makes it's easier when every single one of the republicans we are attempting to knock out in 2016 is willing to support trump and wants him to nominate the next supreme court justice. that seems like a fairly easy link there. it's more important than women's autonomy or the white house and women absolutely understand that. they're stuck with him. there's this compounding factor, all those seats you mentioned democrats are challening republi

grassley: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from iowa. mr. grassley: i thank the senator from new york with working together on this very important issue to get justice for some of our police officers and their families that have been burdened by too much red tape. she and i worked together on so many things, and i appreciate this one as well. in' 62 -- meaning 1926 -- president john f. kennedy signed a proclamation designating this week national police week. tens of thousands of law enforcement officers have gathered in our nation's capital to honor those who have paid the ultimate sacrifice in service to our nation. i rise to thank these officers, the men and women who have dedicated their lives to protecting our communities. we must never take their sacrifice for granted, and we need to appreciate that their surviving families have suffered real loss. in recognition of this truth, congress passed the public safety officers benefit act in 1976. the goal of the law was to provide death benefits to survivors of the officers who die in the lin

chuck grassley applauded the move calling it an impressive list today. it was a measure of how much donald trump is distrusted by republicans that his campaign felt compelled to release this list. something no other presidential campaign has done. it was in effect donald trump genuflecting in front of the senate saying "i know you're in charge, here is my lives." which it turns out wasn't really donald trump's list. it's basically the same list a republican think tank in washington came up with, a think tank that reflects the thinking of republican senators. also today the candidate who is described on this network last night as being an ignoramus on foreign policy had an important foreign policy meeting. >> i think he is a stunning ignoramus on foreign policy issues and national security which are the issues i care most about. nuclear arming south korea, pulling out of nato. the guy has a chimpanzee level understanding of national security policy. >> donald trump met with former republican secretary of state henry kissinger at kissinger's home in new yo

grassley, senator grassley, my senior colleague basically his question was with regard to dodd frank. i think you have covered it. >> yes sir, i i want the record to show that i asked the question, is is a very timely response more especially from his constituent and with that the committee stands adjourned. thank you. [inaudible] ,. [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] >> coming up on c-span2, the administrator charles bolden on the commercial space travel. after that betterment versus montana, the case related to the sixth amendment right to a speedy trial. later, an update later, an update on the role farm credit program. >> friday, scholars and diplomats on the role of diplomacy and regional partnership in strengthening your pink security. you can see the event live from the atlantic council at 11:30 a.m. eastern on c-span.

iowa senator chuck grassley said the report undermine's clinton's claim the e-mail system had been approvednd shows she circumvented laws. but barbara boxer dismissed the report as a nothing burger she said other secretary of states have used personal e-mails for work. >>> new at 11:00, the head of metro's board of directors firing back tonight after threats from virginias governor to keep cash from the troubled transit agency. terry mcauliffe promising to withhold funding from metro if safety protocols don't meet virginia standards. we caught board chair jack evans tonight and he said he is frustrated by the threats to cut funding especially by lawmakers on capitol hill millimeters m of whom have been in office since the system fell apart. >> i'm getting annoyed by people in office who were in place at the time when this place went to wreck and ruined and did nothing. this is my system i belt built in the 90s. i'm not happy with what happened in the last 15 years anyone who had responsibility with that i'm not happy with. >> today, virginia, maryland and d.c. announced plans for a metro ov

grassley, senator grassley, my senior colleague basically his question was with regard to dodd frank. i think you have covered it. >> yes sir, i i want the record to show that i asked the question, is is a very timely response more especially from his constituent and with that the committee stands adjourned. thank you. [inaudible] ,. [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible]

dig deep maurice, these are the knots of injustice witnessed judiciary committee chairman chalk grassley democrat kirsten gillibrand kriet reports of inaccuracy and emissions in military records. >> it's a sad day when i can't trust the pentagon as much as i trust a man i barely know to lube me up and rub me down. oh, and you're great too maurice. so why was the pentagon mislead about something as important as sexual assault. >> those records are being used by the pentagon to oppose a bill stripping senior military officers of decision-making power over whether to prosecute sexual assault crimes. >> are you kidding me? that is some bullllll, oh, maurice, are you a god send, unlike those dick nozzles at the pentagon. here's a tip, pentagon, when your decision makers decide to mislead congress on how good they are in making decisions, maybe they shouldn't be the ones making decisions! now i get it. the military wants control over these cases as much as beyonce wanted control over lemonade. except in beyonce's case, the only things that were assaulted were those cars. damn, bey, they couldn

i think the chuck grassley quote is ifunny, leak a thing to the new york times and they would public it, and then did you see "the new york times." clearly, donald trump didn't just like sit in his, like, $100 million man cave penthouse and say like who do i want on this court. will it -- no, like obviously there are people who are connected, the conservative legal establishment helping put this list together. >> you're saying the prior aluminum tube of our era. absolutely, this is that thing. it is what donald trump said it would be. he doesn't claim these are his ideas. he publicly said on may 21st, i'm going to heritage, get names from them. we called them, they said no, we're not working with him. but we do have a public list on our website. five of those names are on that list. >> willett, who a state judge in texas, a very funny on twitter by the way, i would recommend him. diana sykes, a federal judge in the 7th circuit, on the wisconsin supreme court, and pryor a man around. there are a few people it seems to me, paul clement, is the number one missing one i saw there, sollis

[laughter] you know, this morning, seeing my fellow members here this morning, chairman grassley convened a senate judiciary committee confirmation hearing. of course the hearings i wish would confirm some of the people have -- that have been voted out but the glaring omission was judge merrick garland. it's been more than two months since he was selected to fill the vacancy on the supreme court. the blocking is totally unprecedented. what bothers me is, because he does not have a hearing they're not allowing him to have a hearing, his record is being smeared by outside groups, some of these pac's and others. the senate republicans have denied a distinguished jurist a public hearing and a fair opportunity. i can't convene a confirmation hearing. we're in the minority. but just because republicans refuse to do their job on judge garland's nomination doesn't mean that we democrats should stop doing ours. we take our constitutional duties seriously and if there is any doubt about the need to have a fully functioning supreme court, decisions handed down this week are the latest evidence of th

grassley in iowa, having taken the stand he has as chairman of the judiciary committee has seen his support declined significantly and all of a sudden, i was in play. is in play. if you put that together with the seats on the chart where we know which seats are in the tossup category, the open seat florida the marco rubio is giving up, the seat in illinois, rob portman in ohio, pat toomey in pennsylvania, ron johnson in wisconsin, you have a whole lot of seats that could potentially change hands and on the democratic side you only have nevada. which is harry reid's open seat. given what may well be a significant uptick in hispanic turnout, i think the odds are reasonably good that democrats to its majority of the senate. then we just have to point out that the worm turned sharply in 2018 as the chart shows. your 24 democrats up and a lot of them invulnerable places. it's hillary clinton wins the white house, there's likely to be, as there always is, a set of headwinds for democrats to begin with. the democratic tenure is likely to be a relatively short one. in the house of representatives,

. >> well, i think young libel chuck grassley. he's very much alive. [laughter] if i had to guess, i would say, no. just based on incentives that republicans have to wait it out. we may have a justice nominated by president donald trump. >> i would guess, i might guess yes in the lame duck session. i think, i've been -- i was predicting judge lawson was going to be elevated, so take my predictions for whatever little they're worth. although in hindsight, the pick of judge garland was just brilliant. it's like at the end of the sixth sense where you're like, ah. yeah, i didn't see that coming. shh. >> spoiler alert. >> i think you could see it in a lame duck session. i know some of the republican senators are saying, no, no, no, but i think it's a little bit like the government shutdown. are there incentives for them to hold their ranks now? sure. but i think once november is done and maybe we have president-elect hillary clinton, i think 63-year-old, moderate judge garland is going to start looking very good for them. you know, if this were, like, the

grassley: i ask that the calling of the quorum be suspended. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. grassley: the state department inspector general has released findings regarding the state department's email practices for the last five secretaries of state. this record made clear that secretary clinton has not told the truth to the american people about her nongovernment server and email arrangements. as i have noted many times, secretary clinton's nongovernment server and those arrangements connected with it prevented the state department from complying with the freedom of information act. and let me explain. freedom of information act is so that the public's business can be made public when any citizen wants to request certain documents. secretary clinton used the private server to avoid the law that requires archiving federal records. it was designed to wall her email off from the normal treatment of a government official's email communication. the inspector general found that secretary clinton failed to surrender all official email

. >> reporter: senator chuck grassley has introduced legislation to stop housing authorities from paying over the federal limit. when we showed him what philadelphia's housing executives were earning, he said it violated the spirit of the cap. >> if it's a good salary here in washington, d.c., it ought to be a good salary in philadelphia. >> reporter: philly hasn't been alone in paying over the limit sala salaries. according to the department of housing and urban development's most recent records, last year 302 public housing authorities paid above the federal limit including trenton and wilmington. but our investigation found trenton and wilmington housing officials now earn under the federal limit. philadelphia housing officials say they have no such plans. if you have a core mission to help low-income families find housing, couldn't you use that extra money to do that? >> i suppose we -- i suppose we can. it would be disingenuous to say if we have an extra $140,000, i cannot put it to any good use. >> and during our investigation, we also learned that some public housing authorities g

. >>> the hope is to put pressure on the committee chairman senator charles grassley.epublican is adamant about waiting until after the election to hold hearings for a nominee to fill the seat held by the late justice antonin scalia. garland will continue meeting privately with senators this week. >>> california lawmakers advanced a bill to make all single stall public restrooms gender neutral. the vote came hours after the show down over north carolina's bathroom law. that state's governor filed a suit with the federal government to defend the state law which requires transgender people to use the restroom matching the sex on their birth certificate. the justice department is suing as well saying the law violates civil rights. >> ♪ make your day supreme with dunkin's new bacon supreme omelet breakfast sandwich, loaded with peppers, onions, and potatoes and topped with two slices of cherrywood-smoked bacon and cheese all on a freshly baked croissant. america runs on dunkin'. i wake up and i just feel like i sleepsticky.ely hot. have the windows open, the ac on- i'd clo

office, the number two official in that office, had a connection, had formally worked for senator grassley, who has been one of secretary clinton's chief an tag nists on this issue. there were calls from various members of congress for that official to at least recuse herself from this matter. that didn't happen. >> you're not suggesting this report is somehow flawed because of that tenuous connection on the number two person? >> i think one can raise questions about whether someone should have recused himself and still assessed the report on its merits, i think many of the findings in this report corroborate what secretary clinton has long said. in terms of the actual recommendations that this report makes in terms of how the state department could improve its record-keeping systems, we've said today if second clinton were still in charge of the state department 'sheed be accepting those recommendations. >> she said numerous times, brian, she's turned everything over. every single thing. the state department said that's not the case. the report itself said there were things that were not

and first under the leadership of senator leahy, then under senator grassley.it has twice passed without objection through the senate judiciary committee, once by the full senate, and so i want to thank both senators leahy and grassley for their help as well. the bill is very near and dear to my heart as a new yorker because it would allow the victims of 9/11 to pursue some small measure of justice by giving them a legal avenue to hold foreign sponsors of terrorism accountable for their actions. the courts in new york have dismissed the 9/11 victims' claims against certain foreign entities alleged to have helped fund the 9/11 attacks. these courts are following what we believe is a nonsensical reading of the foreign sovereign immunities act. so for the sake of the families, i want to make clear beyond the shadow of a doubt that every entity, including foreign states, will be held accountable if they are found to be sponsors of the heinous act of 9/11. my friend, the senior senator from texas and i have worked hard to narrow the bill, to strike the proper balanc

>> maya and the standing is he filled out the questionnaire but senator grassley said basically and we were pleased to see them except and post on the web site that is consistent with the way the process is supposed to work in the neck sprat -- steps should be to be considering the contents we're ready to do that. >> and how that change at all and those have said they will not. met me see if i have tallied meeting with 46 and for seeing improvement thunders. liturgy a chief in the mirror if mining to get f-15 republican because you will remember the opening bid was issued by the republican leader who said they. >> so five and 27 years old? [laughter] >> i am not 27. [laughter] and to do this small number of senators. >> those new / - - to five the leadership. >> but the rest has not been defied and the holding strong toward has clearly been their position from the start. >> recognize they will not do their job they held the position they will not do their job. >> do have the lame-duck session. spirit that is the direction we you're headed in what they deserve the way it hasn't ben sinc

. >> senator chuck grassley has introduced a bill. >> if it is a good salary here in washington dc, it ought to be good in philadelphia. >> philly has not been alone in paying over the limit salaries. according to the department of house and urban development, last year 302 housing authorities above the federal limit. our investigation found that trenton and wilmington housing officials were over, but now are under the limit. >> if you have a core mission to help low income families find housing, couldn't you use that? >> yeah, you can say that. >> and some were caught paying excess executive valsalaries wi federal tax money. i'm mitch blocker, nbc 10 news. >> the jersey shore is drawing a lot of people this holiday weekend. right now a live look at ocean city and the beach down there, things are very quiet for right now, but you can be very sure just a few hours from now it will be bustling again. >>> well memorial day is the unofficial start of the summer season. and from philadelphia to the jersey shore, it certainly feels like summer. we'll have a live report coming up from ocean c

[laughter] this morning chairman grassley convened the senate judiciary committee confirmation hearing have confirmed some of those we go to doubt but we had chief judge garland two months since he was nominated to fill the vacancy of the supreme court and in fact, the way it has been blocked has been unprecedented we would be poised to report but what bothers me because he does not have a hearing his record is smeared by outsiders and senate republicans that denied a public hearing i cannot convene a confirmation hearing but just because republicans refuse to do their job on the nomination doesn't mean that we don't we take our duty seriously and if there is any doubt about the need of a fully functioning supreme court the decisions handed down this week shows they have repeatedly failed to have the decision with the courts of appeals below them are in limbo because they don't have a full court and cannot make a decision and now i know the decision of my hearing was done in closed door and this is open with a former prosecutor who worked with judge garland at the justice department an

so i want to just express my gratitude to senator grassley and senator leahy and at this time, mr. president, i'd ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of calendar number 464, s. 2840. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: calendar number 464, s. 2840, a bill to amend the omnibus crime control and safe streets act of 1968 and so forth and for other purposes. mr. cornyn: -- the presiding officer: any objection to proceeding to the measure? without objection. mr. cornyn: i ask consent the bill be read a third time. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. cornyn: mr. president, i know of no further debate on the matter. the presiding officer: the presiding officer: the clerk will read the bill for a third time clerk calendar, a bill to amend the omnibus crime control and safe streets act of 1968 and so forth and for other purposes. mr. cornyn: mr. president, i know of no further debate on the matter. the presiding officer: the presiding officer: if there's no further debate, the question is on passage

office, the number two official in that office, had a connection -- had formerlily worked for senator grassleyhief an tig nis on this issue. >> joining us is peter schweitzer, executive producer of "clinton cash." thank you for being on the program. >> thank you for having me. >> we heard throughout the week, after the inspector general report came out this past week, that clinton actually broke the rules. does not preserve government documents clearly. we heard from her team all week, this is politics. what's your reaction? >> this is typical. clintons and others do it as well, when they can't deal with the message, when the inspector general said they broke the rules and they knew they were breaking the rules, if you can't deal with a message, you attack the messenger. i think most people have kind of had enough of that strategy. i don't think, frankly, it's not going to work. it's not going to work on the eames. it has not related as it relates to the clinton scandals and whatnot. they have to be frank and honest with the american people. the problem is that, you know, people don't give a l

grassley, in iowa, having taking the stand he has has seen his support the client significantly, and all of a sudden, iowa is in play. if you put that together with the seats as you can see on the chart, those of you in the room have in front of you, where we know which seats are very much in the tossup category. the open seat in florida that marco rubio is giving up. mark kirk's seat in eleanor. rob portman in ohio, pat toomey of pennsylvania, ron johnson in wisconsin. you've got a whole lot of seats that could potentially change hands. and on the democratic side you nevada, which is harry reid's open seat, and given what may well be a very significant uptick in hispanic turnout there, i think the odds are good that democrats take a majority in the senate. but then we just have to point out that the worm turned very sharply in 2018 as the chart shows. you have 24 democrats of the next time, a lot of them invulnerable places. if hillary clinton wins the white house, then there's likely to be, as they're almost always is, a set of headwind. the democratic tenure as a majority of the s

since chuck grassley didn't send the questionnaire to garland the white house had him fill one out anywaythan: it's primary day in west virginia. senator bernie sanders had been leading in the polls up to today. but we will show for sure who comes out with more delegates when the voting is complete. that is happening later tonight. for the general election,ing there is a new quinnipiac poll that shows clinton and trump neck and neck in three key swing states. florida, pennsylvania, ohio. those are critical. historically, you need to win two of the three in order to win it all. michelle: still ahead on abc7 news -- meet sarah brown. virginia woman on the road to rio but her journey sidetracked by a diagnosis that almost floored her. what doctors found and the detour to rio. jo ferris buehler's day off." that's when we come shopping for an suv? well, this is the time. and your ford dealer is the place to get into a new ford escape. escape leads the way with the convenience of a foot-activated rear liftgate. plus, the power and efficiency of ecoboost technology. you'll find a full lineup of

grassley: mr. president, first of all, we're not talking about convicted felons here, like the first thing the senator from illinois started to say. we're -- what we're trying to do is protect the constitutional rights of veterans, second amendment rights, and we're preventing the government from spending money to violate the constitutional rights. as i just made clear, the main purpose of the v.a. regulation is to appoint a fiduciary not to regulate firearms, but it has the effect of regulating firearms. this standard has been in place since the 1970's. it has nothing to do with regulating firearms. so don't you think that since the supreme court held the second amendment to be a fundamental right in 2010, there ought to be an update of this system? indeed, federal law made clear that the regulations prescribed by the v.a. secretary are limited to -- quote -- the nature and extent of the proof and evidence and the method of taking and furnishing them in order to establish the right to benefit -- b

wainstain: thank you chairman grassley. it is an honor to be here today to support their authorization of fisa and to discuss the issues it raises. since the attacks of september 11, we have been engaged in methodical effort to enhance our intelligence capabilities and build a legal and operational framework that affords us the ability to intercept our adversaries communications. a centerpiece has been congress 's decision to modernize our efforts by passing them fisa amendment act. the faa in 2008 and reauthorizing it in 2012. it is more and remind ourselves why it was necessary to modernize in the first place. as you know, fisa was passed in 1978 after the church committee hearings and the views they disclose persuaded congress that it should be subject to a process of judicial review and approval. congress passed fisa which established the surveillance courts and defined the types of surveillance that requires approval from the court. congress differentiated by the technology of communication that effectuated its intent