will vote to confirm justice kennedy successor this fall i have every confidence in onairmangras grassly's cct of upcoming process and judiciary committee it's imperative the nominee be considered fairly and not subjected to personal attacks. >> so depend howo youhink maret c land. >> chuck shumer sd they should not consider it because ctit'sion year. yes, it is. midterman election senate. third seats of senate in house and entire house up in november. when chuck shumer said today nobody reminded him when into high that wasated amaa election and democra lost badly in novemb. i was -- that's politics. meanwhile whoever he chooses will be on the court. >> we have aick a great one that will be there who years y ears. we need intellect. we need so many things. there's so much that goes into making of supreme court justice. you have to hit everyone one. >> he hit them all. today's retirement of kennedy d this happened in housecrats.an district in queens and. bronx democratic sociallist alexandria cortez in first run for office ousted the congressman he's further left and should coast to vicry i

will the grassly committee protect the corrupt. >> we need to get to the bottom of what happened in the f.b.i. in the comey years apparently there was misconduct going on and impugned the reputation of the finest law enforcement agency and we need to clear the air and giving mr. mccabe cover through immunity would be respect. >> clear the air and corruption. >> lou: president trump called out the vile left wing media for the vicious attacks on the first lady. "fake news" news and the nasty little crittents who make it up. our top store tore tonight. paul ryan sold out a long time ago and made it clear who owns him throughout the leadership. the lame duck is a rinno and serving the globalist and establishment. ryan undercutting the president and changing the subject from the republican party primary performance to his own disloyalty in less than six months in the house leadership. he defended gowdy and denied all of spy gate and attempt to subvert president trump and chart a legislative course through disaster and amnesty for illegal immigrants that could destroy the gop in the midterms.

senator grassly and i want to get this bill signed into law. there is a lot of interest in both parties here. we'd like to get it into law, particularly as the administration considers investment restrictions against china. will you work with us to get this bill to the president's desk? >> well, we are happy to have -- to help you with anything that will make it easier to restrict the chinese investments here. as you know, we have been placed right now some 446 trade actions against various countries for various infractions. of those, about half are against china. and about 40% of that half are on steel. so that means there is 60% in products other than steel already. to the degree that we could have the ability to pass on anything that the chinese were trying to acquire, it would be very useful power because it would right now, it is somewhat constricted as to what can be done. firma will be helping in that regard. >> this is just to make clear for anybody listening. this is about chinese investment in the u.s. or other country's investment in

and according to the senator grassly's office. the doj is refusing to make documents and one witness available for the general flynn investigation and add to this. the constant slow walking those documents to the house intelligence and oversight committee. sarah carter will tell you about a huge fight that took place and how the doj reneged on a previous commitment to supply documents and the big battle and the department of justice adding new restrictions on how it plans to brief members of congress. what we need is you the american people to see it for yourself. and yesterday, we reported on how rod rosenstein arrogantly rebutched lindsay graham. he demanded to know why he didn't recuse himself and that decision being a witness in the fires of james comey and he signed off on the third subsequent fisa warrant on a trump associate. senator graham is responding. >> what do you say about whether rod rosenstein will recuse. >> you talk about a counter intelligence investigation i get that but the question is obstruction of justice.

republicans chuck grassly, lisa murkowski, susan collins, joe manchin, joe donnelly and heidi heitkampical correspondent dana bash is joining us now. july 9th, that's a week from monday. have you ever seen a president move this fast to fill a vacant seat on the supreme court? what is the rush? >> the rush is november, the election in november, and the fact that the republicans in the senate who lead the senate currently want to make sure that they can get this vote before them in case they don't lead the senate after november's election. obviously we have been talking several days about the fact this is controversial, given the fact on the presidential side, mitch mcconnell now the senate majority leader dragged his feet for ten months on president obama's nominee. you know, mcconnell argues those are apples and oranges, and it might be, but put that aside for a second. the real answer to your question is people look at washington and see all of this gridlock. but when there's a will, there really is a way. we have seen that so many times in so many different areas of policy and policy

is i have every confidence in chairman grassly's conduct of the upcoming confirmation process in the judiciary committee. it's imperative the president's nominee be considered fairly and not subjected to personal attacks. thus far, president trump's judicial nominations have reflect add keen understanding the vital role that judges play in our constitutional order. judges must interpret the law fairly and apply it even handedly. judicial decisions must not flow from personal philosophies or preferences but from an honest assessment of the words and actual meaning of the law. this bedrock principle is clearly defined the president's excellent choices to date. so we'll look forward to another outstanding selection, but today the senate and the nation thank justice kennedy for his years of service on the bench and for his many years of service to our nation. >> dana: all right. that was senator mcconnell talking about the supreme court justice, anthony kennedy who announced his retirement today. there's a confirmation process underway. i do want to ask judge andrew napolitano here befor

and perhaps what senator grassly is referring to.on't recommend it that they avail themselves of this power. >> sandra: senat kennedy ehhoedthat. >> i read the constitution cover to cover and i am rathe fond television. and there is not a provision and iaven't rhed but ultimately it would land in the lap of the united states court. >> sandra: lindsay graham say it would be a terrible idea. why did the lawyer go there? >> i don't know. it is difficult to step in someone else's shoes and mind. and explains thoughts or something. what i can say there is nothing in the constitution to prohibit. and it would be a disaster and i don't recommend it. >> sandra: robert mueller & paul manafort. he is saying that manafort tried to tamper with two witnesses and said that manafort's action violate federal law. where do you see it going? >> i don't know. i haven't reviewed the filing. and you are catching me cold on this one. >> sandra: can you speak to the mueller investigation and where we are today, senator? >> sure. the investigation has been

. >> thank you, chairman grassly, senator feinstein and members of the committee for inviting me to testify i'm also a former law clerk to two on wonderful judges. for the past six months, i've been working with a group of law clerks urging the judiciary to take action to address harassment and other abusive behavior within the judiciary. judicial chambers are unlike any other type of working environment. individuals lucky enough to be hired are typically students for whom judges are more demigods than lawyers. a law clerk believes her judge will challenge her to become a better thinker and will be a mentor. instead, she experiences harassment, it can be devastating personally and professionally. it's incredibly difficult to speak up against a demigod who has the real power to affect the rest of your career. harassment and abuse within the judiciary aren't the norm. but they're not uncommon either. my colleagues and i have spoken with dozens of women who have shared their own troubling experiences during their clerkships and earn ternshxtern. some heard their judges or co-clerks speak about

. >> yesterday i wrote a lengthy letter to chairman grassly and copied chairman goodlatte that goes into some detail about the background and explains why it is, sir, that this committee would not want us to turn over every document in fbi files. this committee would want us to exercise appropriate responsibility to make sure that we're not damaging any case, risking the life or safety of any informant, or causing harm to national security. >> okay. >> and that's what we're doing. >> thank you. finally, mr. rosenstein, i'm sure you hear complaints that the special counsel's investigation is taking too long. i don't know what mr. mueller knows, other than what he has put into his charging documents and plea agreements. everything else we hear about the investigation has either been leaked or made up entirely by president trump and his lawyers and then repeated by republicans hoping to undermine the special counsel. i don't know what mr. mueller knows, and most of my colleagues are similarly situated, but you know the case better than anyone else. i have three brief questions. is the speci

flexibility for use of land enrolled in crp and other conservation easements, along with senators brown and grassly, we offered a bill that would more equitable distribute commodity program payments across all regions of the united states and across all commodities by adjusting reference prices that exceed 100% of the market price average for those crops. more than 77% of all based acres in the united states are enrolled in arc, which not only provides price protection, but also provides production loss protection. however, arc did not receive the changes needed to make this program an effective safety net of the next farm bill. our bill also offering the safings to taxpayers by directing assistance with bases on land that is actually being cropped. under current policy there are thousands of acres of land with bases that have not been farmed for years. yet this land is still receiving commodity type payments. i would argue that is not good policy. i spent the last two days in an effort to modify arc. however, we simply ran out of time to make the necessary adjustments and get them scored by the cb

i joined with senators grassly and others on this bill. do you think that could help prevent delays in initiating investigations of abuse. >> absolutely. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. >> the senator from indiana, senator young. >> thank you, chairman. i appreciate you holding this hearing today. the crimes larry nassar committed are sickening. for him to have acted with impunity for as long as he did tells me we still have much more work to do to ensure future athletes and are able to train in a strict environment. while steroids have been made recently with the office of safe sport and new standards for reports of abuse if it occurs we still need to understand how these officials failed to protect the student athletes. miss faehn, i would like to focus on the medical treatment of at lots and in particular on the retention of medical records related to the treatment of athletes. when it couple to larry nassar treating elite gymnasts, did athletes have the options to use their own if i circumstances or were they required to use laye