grassley: it better be. senators in washington making a quorum, this is the only way to get it done, and done quickly. it should have been done 10 days ago but democrat opposition kept it from passing at that particular time. just for your public who to know how we can do something with one senator on the floor, senator schumer called all 47 democrats, senator mcconnell calls all 53 republicans, and it is called the whip line. if nobody objects, a bill can go through by unanimous consent. we have had telephone conversations with my condo. -- mcconnell. i am sure schumer has done the same thing. the $350 billion for small business is very important. money to agree to more for hospitals, which would eventually be needed, but [indiscernible] in addition, another $25 billion for testing. andt is those three things not anything else [indiscernible] 4:00 this afternoon. thed: give us some sense of first money disbursed. will this under $350 billion take care of the problem? first of all, let me explain, when we pu

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romaine: you were just listening to republican senator chuck grassley of iowa.breaking news crossing the wire. this is on epic games, the maker of fortnite. the company is seeking another funding round that would evaluate above its last valuation of $15 billion. they have also been in the news lately for that house party video chat app that has been all the rage with everyone shut in. we were just listening to chuck grassley. we do want to go down to washington. right now on the senate floor, they are debating another stimulus bill, another relief measureother stopgap with loans, getting the hospital supplies and other things. josh wingrove covers washington for us. what do we know about this particular piece of legislation that appears to be making its way through the senate right now and appears to be ready to be signed by president trump once it gets to his desk. they have been sort of on the 1-yard line for a couple of days. $484 billion package. a lot of that is on top of the small business aid programs, known as the paycheck protection programs. republican

to senator grassley, i think they got the law wrong too.ere's why. they cited a prior firing by the obama administration of an inspector general and said that stood for the proposition that the president needs to give more information about why he fires or dismisses an inspector general but the d.c. court of appeals in that exact same case said that as long as you use the magic words "lost confidence in" which is exactly what trump did, somebody who is clearly in trump's sphere, that alone will satisfy the statute. while the senator grassley letter may have gotten the sentiment correct that the norm over the years that the presidents don't dismiss inspectors general, but senator grassley in the law didn't quite get right. >> danny, thank you as always, my friend. >>> coming up, everybody, we have a lot more ahead. the latest news from the uk as brish prime minister boris johnson gets moved out intensive care. y me? absolutely. they are both very much hand in hand. so you should really be focusing on both and definitely at the same time. the

senator grassley's statement. at this time, we will have a video from congresswoman taurus small from new mexico. i guess it is grassley. >> thank you for joining the bipartisan policy for this first so -- a virtual event. the task force report and policy recommendation. communities across the country are facing unprecedented time. we are having this fight to keep families safe and their lives together. all of america is hurting right now. many rural communities are hurting. the start of the public health emergency, i have fought for emergency funding for rural health care facilities, expanding telehealth in our rural areas, and protecting the rural health care world. i've also join my colleagues on both sides of the aisle and demand federal accountability to our rural community and calls for the administration to establish a rural covid-19 task force. this public health crisis only heightens the need for bipartisan collaboration with a solution. as we continue to fight the spread of covid-19, partisan politics as

senator grassley has not been able to join us this morning, but has given me a statement to read. that will be followed by a video from congresswoman small, and one from senator cassidy. before i turn it over to the director of the health project for discussion with members of the task force, senator grassley's statement. as a solutions-oriented organization, the bipartisan policy center has the leadership bench from which to help shape the rural health care debate. i welcome and encourage the bpc advocacy efforts that bring a range of policy options to the table. as chairman of the senate finance committee, i have in working over the past year to develop a targeted set of common sense policies that help isolate rural communities provide reasonable access and needed medical care as close to home as possible. i will continue leveraging my leadership positions to champion innovative, cost-effective, and high-quality rural health care policy solutions. i will review the policy options released today carefully. it is my hope that these recommendations will spur more candid dialogue am

grassley says he and urban have not heard back from the deal j. >>but are working to schedule a call with the attorney general bill barr soon in washington raquel martin. >>we know that the shelter-in-place order has been extended in marin and sonoma counties, but it's also been relaxed a little bit i'll we're all doing our part by staying at home. that could mean an increase in energy bills. you can save by setting your heat to 68 or lower... unplugging and turning off devices when not in use... or just letting the sun light your home. stay well and keep it golden. >>welcome back to the kron 4 morning news it's 5.29 and several bay area counties are expected to announce changes to their shelter in place is today, including marin and sonoma county napa kron 4 sarah stinson standing by live in marin county with more on that good morning sara. >>yeah good morning, i'm live in marin county as you said in right here they are planning to extend to shelter in place order but they could be relaxing a little bit we'll hear more about that until later toda

is mr.oining us grassley. let's begin with the fourth economic aid bill being debated. senator chuck schumer said the senate will vote today. when will that happen as well as what is in this legislation? atst: i think it will happen 4:00 today, and i think it will include $351 billion for small business, $75 billion for hospitals, and $25 billion for testing. that is as of late yesterday afternoon, and i doubt if it has been changed in the meantime, and i think it will go a long ways in helping the small businesses get the money that they need to start their business up again after the government shut it down. if there is any fiscal conservatives who wondered about spending all abyss money, the rationale for it is for the first time in the 240 year history of the country of our severalthe government, state and local, made decisions because of public health that we and just shut in, the economy down basically, and when the government does that, the government has a responsibility to get the economy going again. so, i think this $351 billion previous $350he billion that w

senatorining us is chuck grassley, chair of the finance committee. let's begin with the fourth economic aid bill that's being debated by chuck schumer on cnn this morning, saying he think the senate will vote. what can you tell us about when that would happen and what's in this legislation. happen athink it will 4:00 today and it will include 300 $51 million for small businesses -- three hunter 51 billion for351 small businesses and money for hospitals and testing. i doubt if it has been changed a lot from now to the afternoon, and it will go a long ways to helping small businesses get the money they need to start their business up again after the government shut it down. and if there are any fiscal conservatives, as i am a fiscal conservative, wondering about spending this money, the rationale is for the first time in the 240 year history of the nation, theur government, state and local, made decisions because of public inlth that we had to shelter and shut the economy down. and when the government does that, the government has the responsibility to

you had chairman grassley on. agree with him 100%, the package they passed $2.2 trillion, let's see if that gets into the market, to our customers, to our medium and small carriers and bridge that gap between the crisis and recovery. if that happens, great. if not, we can inject more, we can expand it, tweak it. let's not let the perfect be the enemy of the good. congress is moving quickly as they can to respond to the crisis as the president's task force, governors, mayors. it is trucking the glue that hold all that together. locking arms, make certain we fix problems as they come up. let drivers get from point a to b. restock the shelves. get the medical supplies and test kits to emts, nurses, doctors on the front line. the quicker we do that, the quicker we move into the recovery phase. neil: one thing i saw that interested me about the flight ever truckers, trying to do their job, when they get to a lot of these truck stops, they can't go through drive-throughs. the restaurants are closed. so it is compounding

what did ron johnson and senator grassley say, yeah, we did have russian disinformation and the election interference on behalf of hillary clinton because the russians fed it to christopher steele and nobody checked it? >> right. what was absolutely so stunning, sean, is that what grassley and senator johnson did, both these senators was give that up to the american public. information the american public must have. what it reveals is that senior level of officials in the fbi and in the intelligence community, former director of the fbi director comey, john brennan of the cia, james clapper, they knew this when they briefed president trump back in 2017 on that dossier. remember that briefing they gave him, that private briefing? they already knew that a number of the information that was in christopher steele's dossier was disinformation. they did sell so that they could get a news hook, so they could then link it to cnn and others. >> sean: from the legal side, sean hannity, premeditated fraud, lie on my tax return, which i never do, that would be dumb, i think i would go to jail. they

in the past few minutes we have a release from senator chuck grassley. talking about the footnotes, the classified footnotes in the inspector general report about pfizer abuses. and and that's part of the russian conspiracy to spread disinformation. the fbi's blind pursuit of the disinformation despite exculpatory information only legitimized of the narrative. they should have stopped the investigation early in the tracks and instead it took several years and millions of taxpayer dollars to conclude that allegations are baseless. grassley goes on to say he expects the declassification to come in coming days. up next, should there be more male in voting in light of the coronavirus pandemic? we will look at that. but first, beyond our borders we will look at some of what our fox affiliates are covering. q13 fox in seattle as a washington state supreme court says people are not entitled to make minimum wage for jury duty. the court says jury duty is not traditional employment subject to the minimum wage act because of the civic applications involved. box 40

you have very powerful senator in senator grassley who is pointing out, did the mueller team have this they do with him, why did they turn over these docume? i think you will have between lindsey graham and senator grassley in the senate to look at this seriously. i think the house judiciary committee should look at this. they won't, because it's chairman nadler. they have no interest of doing anything unless it's all trump all the time. but that's what they should be doing. the inspector general -- remember, inspector general horowitz documented thousands of pages now of malfeasance at the upper echelon of the fbi. i am worried that -- we've got to clean up that mess and fix it. years later, i don't have any evidence from director wray that the fundamental problem has actually been fixed. >> harris: okay, let's move to this. i'm curious to get your take on it. republicans are going after speaker nancy pelosi after she named seven democratic members to a new house panel. this is to police the covid-19 response efforts. leader mccarthy wrote this. "speaker pelosi has chosen to pursue im

there's a quote from grassley bipartisan letter of senators to the president, congressional intent is clear that an expression of lost confidence without further explanation is not sufficient to fulfill the requirements of the statute. it's our responsibility to determine there are clear, substantial reasons for the removal, the removal of atkinson. ashley? >> well, the president is absolutely resisting oversight. it's not necessarily new. he's perhaps more brazen now in the middle with the cover of the coronavirus in a certain way than he has before. that's why you're seeing the rare bipartisan alarm on capitol hill. i would point out it's especially stark during this pandemic. it's not just the oversight of the inspectors general. he resents governors who he doesn't believe are sufficiently appreciative. as kristen experienced in the briefing room and a number of other reporters, he also resents tough questions by the media. i'm not saying just tough questions or criticism, no president like that, but he's publicly said the media should be congratulating him. they should be covering

senator grassley reacting today, said if the fbi is going to seek secret authority -- they at least needow the work that a single application from the past five years viewed by the inspector general was up to snuff. that's alarming and unacceptable. your reaction to the report? >> if you look at the ig report -- let's be thankful that we have horowitz in a place to come for the files and bring the issue to the surface. b, the recommendations to director ray, very important, i would say without any question chairman grassley's focus is absolutely spot on. we need to make sure that we restore the confidence that has been lost over the last few years from the fbi. that is our nation's premier law enforcement agency. there are a lot of questions base map marks now and frankly put yourself on the side of someone having a warrant or the ability to track the movements as an american citizen. that is something you just would not imagine, but that's where we find ourselves too often with this fbi -- i'm confident that the director will get it right. >> shannon: he has pledged to do so and it is t

to grassley the group being involved in the same go right that was fired you know that person arrested and short. 5 years already producing that god 1st you off i didn't know you were bashing. her and zap you were horribly injured you did it in this case group that was right after you got arrested but i gather she threw out a lot of that or. i was actually a part of the 2 other texas folks were surprised to know that the interview with iraq took 6 in. order. what a surprise in another interview did not ask you that jess is all over the health. information. was there. no there right yes so the report it got only you missed to say. that was used to kill jazz was big air pollution would pass one brewer has never asked him about it saying he thought. for her it was right. i don't hate the. duke. the kids i was into i was that. i was that that my family members a told their kids don't hide with a lexus. don't hang with a lexus. let's is bad. i'm no different than these guys. it. is just that i had to write people. i had to re support my parole officer mr williams. i violated at least twice.

neil: all right, senator grassley we'll watch very very closely thank you for taking the time, sir, so we are following that back and forth battle not only in the stimulus front which we'll get into a little bit later, but also, our offer to italy to help them out in any way we can, exactly what's being from the white house on that front and also listening to florida governor ron desantis, the number of cases that stabilized there, deaths have stabilized there, and that might might be a clue to telegraphing reopening certainly some schools, whether that applies to businesses, may be too premature but it occurs at the same time new york mayor bill deblasio has said kids in my city are not going back-to-school. it's finished as of now. our retirement plan with voya gives us confidence... ...so we can spend a bit today, knowing we're prepared for tomorrow. wow, do you think you overdid it maybe? overdid what? well planned, well invested, well protected. voya. be confident to and through retirement. neil: it's worth pointing out while things have stabilized, we should still point out that

signed: chuck grassley, president pro tempore. mr. mcconnell: mr. president.he presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: i ask consent to be recognized notwithstandi

signed: chuck grassley, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate stands adjourned until 8:00 a.m. on monday, 8:00 a.m. on monday, the senate is currently scheduled to meet for legislative work on monday may 4 at 3:00 p.m. with debate expected on the nomination of the next inspector general of the nuclear regulatory commission ready to watch the senate life on c-span2. the house today working on more economic aid with nearly $500 billion for small businesses, hospitals and further testing. you can watch the house live over on c-span. we now return to our booktv program already in progress. >> you aren't going to have the same kind of revved up industry that you would have and there's a special reason to think about that with cigarettes because of course the armed services were such important purveyors of cigarettes. after the first world war farmers were not organized. they had not been corralled by the new deal and they experienced a really severe depression and all farmers didn't agricult

signed:chuck grassley, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate stands adjourned until 3:00 p.m., on monday, may 4, 2020.

signed chuck grassley, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: i ask to be recognized, notwithstanding the previous order, for a session today. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: our nation continues to battle the coronavirus pandemic. more than 400,000 americans have tested positive. nearly 15,000 have lost their lives. nurses, doctors, and e.m.t.'s are fighting this disease literally day and night. an important public -- and important public health measures are creating an economic catastrophe. this morning, we learned that 6.6 million more americans filed for unemployment in just the last week. that means, mr. president, more than 16 million americans have lost their jobs in only the last three weeks. a tragedy that is hard to even comprehend. as one journalist put it, we're facing a health care crisis with an economic crisis strapped to its back. that is why two weeks ago, the senate passed the largest rescue package in american history. the bipartisan cares act funnele

chuck grassley says the findings are, quote, alarming and unacceptable and contradict democrats who claim the rules were strictly observed. jillian: mike pence is thinking walmart for keeping up with the supply chain during the pandemic and visiting a virginia distributional center today. tweeting in part from hiring thousands of new employees to working around the clock to keep the grocery and pharmaceutical i'll stocked we are grateful to walmart for helping meet the needs of the american people. the retailer is putting safety measures in place offering masks and gloves. anyone with a fever above 100 degrees will be sent home with pay. rob: celebrating a milestone with a world war ii hero. neighbors, police officers and veterans gathering outside the new jersey home of frank to wish him a happy one hundredth birthday. jillian: frank watched from a safe distance with a cold drink in his hand. more inspiring stories like this of people going the extra mile you can visit foxnews.com/americans together. rob: i hope i get to 100. impressive. very impressive. jillian: alarming research sugges

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>> this is a case in a story that's been out there for so long, i think senator chuck grassley tonight asked the judge to unseal the case, and it's time for everybody to just get some clarity out for what all was going on. i believe we asked the u.s. attorney in missouri to take a look at this case and it's all starting to unravel for the fbi, it would look like. so you have questionable judgment. i'm not going to say you should treat any citizen differently but if you are going to go after someone who many people consider a war hero, and someone who is working for the president of the united states, then you don't do it like -- and a half fast manner. that is something where you would want to make sure that everything is absolutely by the book. it is locked down and it does not look like that happened here at all. i am thinking that the judge of looking at this is going to say i'm not going to withdraw the plea because michael flynn did. and i'd they did think that the judge might vacate the case, and ask them and said, do you want to read try the case? i've been in d.c. most of my li

this is from senator chuck grassley today.s the new flynn documents are stamped sco, as in special counsel's office. did mueller have these documents? why did he sit on them? the people deserve answers to restore faith in federal law enforcement agencies. why didn't we see any of this? i would imagine that some of the knowledge of what we might see here is what prompted attorney general bill barr to consider reopening an investigation of what went on. >> yeah. more brightly why didn't crystal were, could christopher wray tell us? why didn't -- he's been here two and a half years and was brought into clean up this mess. he stepped back and view all of this in context, remember what happened. in summer of 2016 they opened an investigation into this trump investigation. they spy on two american citizens associated with the trump campaign, to spy on one of those they go to the secret court and left and paid for, and it was desperate to stop trump. they convey that to the justice department and didn't tell the court that they alrea

power"up on "balance of today, we will hear from senate chairman chuck grassley.loomberg. ♪ london, from i'm guy johnson, was vonnie from new york. this is "bloomberg markets." it's time for our stock of the hour. here's dave wilson. dave: here to talk about ibm. they were out late yesterday with first quarter results. ibm is going for transition at this point, focusing on cloud computing, more specifically what is called the hybrid cloud, where companies store data on their own servers, outside on other company's servers. not just ibm, but also amazon, microsoft. to buildent last year up this business. not just that, artificial intelligence. using about watson, which they have been advertising for services related to that product. they have a real challenge in terms of revenue as this transition has been going on. you look at the first quarter sales, down 3.4%. that was after a relatively stable fourth-quarter and five quarters of declines in revenue before that. the issues they have faced in the past are right back front and center. it is really a revenue story.

to the surface, the recommendations to director ray, very important, without question chairman grassley'socus is spot on. we need to restore the confidence from the fbi. that is our nation's premier law enforcement agency. there are a lot of questions. put yourself on the side of someone having a warrant to track their movement as an american citizen, something we could not imagine, where we find ourselves too often. i'm confident director ray will get it right. daymac should be concerned regardless of your ideology or party as an american, civil liberties and constitutional rights in place. thank you, for being here. the president and his task force, what do medical experts think about projections, they are live next to answer your questions. 's new headquarters, new fears the coronavirus continues its deadly rampage around the world, health officials warning the number of deaths in our country could climb as high as 240,000 even if we all practice social distancing. in new york city the american epicenter of the pandemic refrigerated trucks are a common site outside hospitals. those tru

he will be speaking with senate finance committee chairman chuck grassley at 12:30 eastern. check of the markets. we've been seeing a deterioration of last few minutes. apiece.dices down 3% we have the nasdaq down 3.5%, the s&p down 3%, and the dow down 2.6%. this is bloomberg. ♪ david: from new york to our tv and radio audiences worldwide, welcome to "balance of power" where the world of politics meets the world of business. we will start with the markets because the stock market is headed for the worst result since april 1. we welcome abigail doolittle for a market check. abigail: we are looking at a bit of a selloff or stocks having to do with the crude oil volatility and a historic move lower. crude oil finally bleeding into other asset classes. the disco weeks into this week, crude oil had been down both of those weeks, both of those weeks down 20%. 15%.&p 500 at that time up today we are seeing declines for stocks again caused by the move which had to do with the virus prices and demand destruction. some people are talking about the idea that for the may contract, ther

the fisa applications were originally given to senator grassley and senator feinstein early 17 but that was the condition to get him confirmed. why did he relent going forward with this granular information of informants? >> i cannot put myself in his shoes or what he was thinking. i can tell you we were all under enormous amount of pressure from the hill and pressure that was politically motivated and intended for political results. we found ourselves handing over information that we don't normally share and that caused many of us great concern. but it continued and increased during that period of time that i have identified for you. >> so you send out a very public fight like are we going to protect the actual identity of an informant or a source in the ongoing matter. adam schiff, the chairman of the house intelligence committee has weighed in on this issue. for two years i sounded the alarm about doj deviation from just that principle turning over hundreds of thousands of pages to ongoing investigations i warned they would need to live by the president and they will. this is an the

why did they, the pfizer applications were originally given to senator grassley and feinstein early in 17 that was to get rod rosenstein confirmed. >> how do you think rod going forward in providing congress this friendly information on informants or issues? >> i can't put myself and rod's shoes or what he was thinking, i can tell you all under an enormous amount of pressure on the hill, pressure i was politically motivated and intended for political results. we found ourselves information we don't normally share it was something that caused many of us great concern but it continued and increased that time that i was identifying. >> you end up in a public site over things like, are we going to protect the actual identity of an informant or source an ongoing matter? >> i'm sheriff has weighed in on this issue, i sound of the alarm about the out jay's deviation, hundreds of thousands of pages for the ongoing investigation. i warned that d.o.j. we need to cliff by this president and it will. he's referring to the mueller report. do you think d.o.j. now have a legitimate argument to withho

well, this is a case and a story that has been out there for so long that i think senator chuck grassleyht has asked a judge to unseal the case, that it's time for everybody to at least get some clarity as to what all was going on. attorney general by compelling the release of these documents, plus he did ask -- i believe it was the u.s. attorney in missouri to take a look at this case and this is all starting to unravel for the fbi. it would look like, right? c have questionable judgment. plus, i'm not going to say that you should treat any citizen differently, but if you're going to go after someone who many people consider a war hero and somebody who is working for the president of the united states, then you don't do it like anna -- i was going to say i half assed manner if you're allowed to sit on television. that's where you have to make sure everything is by the book, it is locked down and it does not look like that happened here at all. i am thinking that the judge is looking at this, going to say i'm not going to withdraw the plea, because michaelo flynn did make the plea that h

by the way, senator chuck grassl grassley, a powerful republican wrote a letter earlier to the white house telling the president not to interfere with the work of i.g. john and alalisyn, back to you. >> joe jons, thank you very much. >>> maggie haberman is here. a white house correspondent for "the new york times" who broke the story about dr. rick bright. also with us, former assistant secretary for the health and human services department and dr. bright's former boss. dr. nicole leury. maggie, i want to start with you. to remind people of who he is. he did oversee barta, the office overseeing vaccine research. he was in that office since 2016. he said the transfer was over his skepticism of hydroxychloroqui hydroxychloroquine. you broke the story. what's going on behind the scenes here and what's the white house response? >> sure. so, john, it's interesting. the white house actually said extremely little when i spoke to the -- the white house was saying that they didn't know a lot of what was going on here and we're looking at hhs. at hhs officials have been saying on background, t

you go right to the heart of this, what did ron johnson and senator grassley say, we did have russiandisinformation had election interference was on behalf of hillary clinton because the russians headed to christopher steele and nobody checked it. >> what they did, they said this is information that the american public must have and what it reveals was that senior level officials and the fbi and in the intelligence community that former director fbi director james comey, they knew this. they knew this when they briefed president trump in january 2017 on that dossier. in that briefing they gave him, they already knew that a number of the information that was in christopher steele's dossier was misinformation and they did so, so that they could get a news hook, so they could then leak it to cnn and others. >> sean: so from the legal side, sean hannity premeditated fraud and highlight on my tax return, which i never do, that would be dumb. i would go to jail. they knew it was lives, they continued with the lies and put the signature on the lies. that would be james comey three times and

senator chuck grassley was on our show last night saying you should throw the book at these guys. you should hold them accountable. your reaction? >> i agree. he couldn't be held guilty of violating the logan act, aside no one has been. he was doing his job as member of the presidential transition team. that is all he was doing in his job. the government admitted in the case in front of judge sullivan there was nothing illegal or improper about the phone conferences, a phone call that kept getting dropped with ambassador kislyak. that was hogwash. brady material said there was no logan act violations. that is one of the pretexts trying to interview him. elizabeth: so the newly-released hand written notes from unnamed senior fbi official show fbi beige cents debating quote what is our goal, truth/admission or get him, michael flynn to lie so we can prosecute him or get him fired. legal experts say this should send chills down everyone's spines, that the inside the fbi, the attitude was, there is violations by the trump campaign. the russian probe was underway. there was a push to d

do you think your republican colleagues will push back as much as grassley hinted? >> i hope so.know that the small business money sent initially, number one, isn't enough. number two, has certain requirements that aren't working for a lot of small businesses. certainly, restaurants can't guarantee they can be opened by june and they can't guarantee they can hire all the employees back by june. who knows if people will be going to restaurants by june? who knows where we'll be in the epidemic. that's one example of the first bill not fitting all needs. so if we do more money for small businesses and not for profits, we want to make sure everyone can access this money and so that more people get hired back and the economy can begin to recover. i do think our hospitals are going to need more resources as well as our states. >> so the last bill, there was some talk that democrats would fight harder for more money for vote by mail. and you stood down at the end of the day because the speed was necessary. are you guys going to stick to your guns here on this? if there is not money for

. >> senators langford and portman also joined other republican senators grassley, collins last week, romney, in criticizing the president for going back, moving igs. of the 75 igs, challenging the independence of the inspectors general who were supposed to be overseeing the trillions of dollars that have gone out. what is your take on that? is there anything congress can do? >> there is. and i was glad to see this initiative by senators langford and portman because, frankly, when we unanimously passed the $2.3 trillion c.a.r.e.s. act roughly two weeks ago, there was a lot of concern expressed, particularly by democrats, about transparency and accountability. every agency has an inspector general. one of the key functions they play is holding administrations accountable over the decades. different administrations of different parties, we have relied upon inspectors general and a bipartisan support for their critical work to make sure we know how the money is being spent, and we can make sure it's being spent in an appropriate way. so, frankly, i was grateful to see some engagement by

senatorining us is chuck grassley, chair of the finance committee. let's begin with the fourth economic aid bill that's being debated by chuck schumer on cnn this morning, saying he think the senate will vote. what can you tell us about when that would happen and what's in this legislation. guest: t

even chuck grassley, longtime republican senator, sending out a tweet, not naming fine directly but seemingsuggest that this was not the right idea for the president. so this is a fast-moving developing story that you'll hear a lot about in the next 24 hours. >> oh, i think so, too. considering this is the second ig he seems to have an issue with just in the last 72 hours considering what happened with the intel committee's ig. kasie hunt covering capitol hill for us. thank you. >>> up next -- the creative ways some nursing homes are trying to bring families back together in this time of quarantining, self-isolation and social distancing. you're watching msnbc. at&t has connected us every day for over 100 years. and we're here for you - especially now, doing everything possible to keep you connected. through the resilience of our network and people... we can keep learning, keep sharing, keep watching, and most of all, keep together. it's the job we've always done... it is the job we will always do. no no no no no, there's no space there! maybe over here? hot! hot! oven mitts! oven mitts! ev

signed: chuck grassley, president pro tempore. mr. mcconnell: mr. president.e presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: i consent to be recognized notwithstanding the order for a pro forma session today. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. mcconnell: it's now been

also, learning that chuck grassley was five years old with a chocolate chip cookie was invented. [laughter] that literally for the first five years of his life chuck would you like a cookie no chocolate in it? i don't know if that is. [laughter] like can you believe that this man is making policy the 21st century? >> host: this is my last question for you and that you guys are can ask her questions. what is the juiciest piece in this book? so i almost don't want to tell you because it's on page 150 theory and you are only going to know it. >> host: if everone promises to buy the book, you'll tell us. >> okay okay okay i need to do this carefully. elise stefanik is a millennial republican congresswoman who, when i was writing this book was kind of doing a little dance around being moderate around trauma and criticizing him but also embracing him and sort of during both and then during impeachment she took a hard right turn and is now very much on the trump train. she and pete buttigieg were at harvard at the same time, they're both in the institute of politics, there is a rumor i

senatorining us is chuck grassley, chair of the finance committee. let's begin with the fourth economic aid bill that's being debated by chuck schumer on cnn this morning, saying he think the senate will vote. what can you tell us about when that would happen and what's in this legislation. happen athink it will 4:00 today and it will include 300 $51 million for small businesses -- three hunter 51 billion for351 small businesses and money for hospitals and testing. i doubt if it has been changed a lot from now to the afternoon, and it will go a long ways to helping small businesses get the money they need to start their business up again after the government shut it down. and if there are any fiscal conservatives, as i am a fiscal conservative, wondering about spending this money, the rationale is for the first time in the 240 year history of the nation, theur government, state and local, made decisions because of public inlth that we had to shelter and shut the economy down. and when the government does that, the government has the responsibility to

signed: chuck grassley, president pro tempore. mr. mcconnell: mr. president.he presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: i ask consent to be recognized notwithstanding the order for a pro forma session today. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent that it be in order to receive h.r. 6322 from the house. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: so, mr. president, earlier today, leaders in both chambers and the administration reached a bipartisan agreement to supplement the historic cares act. at the core of our agreement is $320 billion more for the paycheck protection program, which is already saving millions of small business jobs and helping americans get paychecks instead of pink slips. mr. president, this is even more money than we had first requested a while back. in the intervening time and at our request, this new money puts a special focus on community banks and credit unions. separately, thanks to the hard work of senator collins and senator rubio, the bill supp

signed chuck grassley, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate stands

signed chuck grassley, president pro tempore.the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate stands adjourned until 3:00 p.m. on thursday, april 16, 2020.

signed: chuck grassley, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr.er for a pro forma session today. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. mcconnell: one week ago, mr. president, i warned that the paycheck protection program was running out of money. i tried to pass a clean funding bill. senate democrats blocked it. so here is where we are. a week later, with absolutely no progress. this morning, the program ran out of money and shut down, just as i warned a week ago. even now, senate democrats are still blocking funding. every senate republican was ready to act today. today. but democrats would not let us reopen the program. so look, mr. president. it's absolutely surreal to see democratic leaders treat support for workers and small businesses as something they need to be goaded, goaded into supporting. this really should be above politics. five million more americans lost their jobs just last week. that makes 20 million layoffs in just one month. americans need democrats to stop blocking emergency paycheck money and let t

balance, republican senator chuck grassley of iowa. ♪ viviana: you're watching "bloomberg daybreak." bloomberg business flash. we begin with another hurdle for ibm. the company pulling its profit forecast because of the year because of the coronavirus pandemic. ibm also reporting a drop in first-quarter revenue. the company expects in the near term clients will postpone projects. germanup at the top of software giant sap. co-ceo jennifer morgan is leaving abruptly. last october she was appointed to the top executive role along with christian klein. the prana virus epidemic causing problems with the leadership structure. klein will become the sole ceo. virgin australia becoming asia's first airline to fail after the coronavirus outbreak. administration is taking control of the carrier. within months they plan to restructure the business and find new owners. virgin australia is entirely owned by foreign airlines. i am viviana hurtado and that is your bloomberg is this flash. businessloomberg flash. alix: time for bottom line. we look at sectors and companies worth watching. one of them

senator grassley came up with the idea that people who was behind on child support should not get a checkand i want to make them does i want to know what makes them think a person who cannot pay child support does not have a hardship too? people are struggling like everyone else and saying they ain't going to get a check. on the second part of your program, mitch mcconnell, they whole and we go along. they are passing from the very beginning. there andhere and still we are just on the test people. they need to come out and say everybody in america has to be tested so people can be talking about going back to work. no use in talking about opening up the economy unless all america has been tested. -- they arethis is pushing out the old people and pushing out the poor people. again andonomy going start everybody out and go through everything, started all over again. host: more of your calls later. we have to take a brief timeout to take you to the floor of the house of representatives. they will have a pro forma session. we expect no business. from g.at we will hear zachary terwilliger. we w

i think about what comey said to grassley and he said to him i don't think we are we are going to prosecute. i know is he a patriot. he told the president is he a good guy. go easy on flynn. he goes yeah he is a good guy. i want to go back to james comey. this guy is going to be, i believe a psychiatrist just a great future information for future psychotic approaches to his job. when you think about what he said and got caught with chris wallace when he came in sanctimonious as if he thought he did everything right and how he just got caught in that interview. and then think about james comey sitting down with nicolle wallace and confidently, braggadociously saying this. >> you look at this white house now and it's hard to imagine two fbi agents in the state room. how did that happen? >> i sent them. [laughter] something we -- i probably wouldn't have done or maybe gotten away with in a more organized investigation, a more organized administration, in the george w. bush administration for for example or the obama administration. it was process the fbi wanted to send agents into the white ho