senator hatch: senator heller. senator heller: i do have a statement for the record with your approval. senator hatch: we'll put it in the record. we'll keep the record open for anybody who has any statements. anybody else. >> mr. chairman. >> the member who introduced dr. price to the committee and sat beside him the entire time of the hearing, i want to thank you for the time to thoroughly vet the nominees. i think we thoroughly vetted them and i appreciate the action the committee has taken and appreciate your leadership. senator hatch: thank you. we appreciate your leadership and introduction here today. it means a lot. anybody else? with that we'll recess until further notice. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> now he it. it's just another way of roughing up the president and his choice of nominees. we had a full hearing here. i stayed until the last

heller: heller made a similar request. it seemed mr. mnuchin answered to satisfy senator heller. that raises a question as to why a republican senator could get his inquiry answered but a pair of democrats cannot. getting other basic fax from mr. getting other wasc facts from mr. mnuchin like a painful time at the dentist pulling teeth. when mr. mnuchin filed his , herwork with the committee signed a testing that the document was true, accurate, and complete. became apparent to committee staff that key information was missing, in , sec filings that indicated that mr. mnuchin was the director of an entity located in the cayman islands. it was nowhere to be found in mr. mnuchin's paperwork. he also failed to disclose his of the chairman and ceo one west foundation, an entity that is said to have made in support ofions a controversial group. also failed to mention the holding company he used to purchase indymac, the bank he used to purchase one west. all also failed to mention the holding company he told, after e raised by the finance committee disclosed mnuchin that he held positio

dean heller, school children writing them, this is a vote that is going to stick for a while. >> it's a vote that is going to sting for a while and as we watch it play out, a very important point about betsy devos, these new nominees are going through. she has more of a history with the members of the trump team going in. we're waiting for her to come in but what does it also tell us, one of the objections to her is she's a big proponent of school choice, giving federal money to the states and saying run about your own programs being don't let washington tell you what to do here. she can do some of that administratively but it's federal money. congress appropriates the money. if they can't stop her nomination, what kind of fight are we getting into when she wants to implement the agenda and the democrats only have 48 votes but that's enough sometimes to slow the train? >> one of the interesting elements of this is that the reason that senator collins from maine and lisa murkowski of alaska are opposing her is because her policies would affect rural schools. if this is the first window

then senator heller made a similar request. it seems mr. mnuchin answered sufficiently to satisfy senator heller whose state had a large number of onewest foreclosures. in my mind that raises a question about why a republican senator could get his inquiry answered but a pair of democrats could not. getting other basic facts from mr. miewsh was -- mr. mnuchin was pretty much like painful time at the dentist pulling teeth. here's an example. the finance committee requested all nominees list all positions held as an officer, director, trustee, partner, proprietor, act, representative or consultant of any corporation, company, firm, part nearship, other business -- partnership, other business enterprise, educational or other institution. when mr. mnuchin filed his paperwork with the committee, he signed them attesting that the document was true, accurate, and complete. however, it became apparent to committee staff that key information was missing. in particular, s.e.c. filings indicated that mr. mnuchin was director of dune capital. that's an

and i know. >> he did agree with heller which said that you could use it to protect yourself. >> . >> he also made a point of justice scalia of saying that he thought the judicial branch in too many cases treat the second amendment as if it's a second class right it doesn't give it equal we dense with the constitution. guy? >> yeah. the a.r.-15 is not a weapon of war that is a fallacious argument by the fourth circuit, which by the way, barack obama stacked after harry reid blew up the filibuster. if you look at the ar 15, it is a semiautomatic rifle. weapons of war are fully automatic. these are not the same thing. it looks like a weapon of war. that does not make it a weapon of war. and i think this was really shoddy legal reasoning from the fourth circuit and, again, this shines a spotlight on the gorsuch confirmation. >> martha: yeah. >> because i wouldn't be surprised if this goes to scot tuesday anscotus another st decision 5 to 4. >> martha: had you some that didn't like candidate donald trump but they because of scotus. they felt they he wanted a conservative on the court. wha

heller who state had a large number of onewest foreclosures. so in my mind that raises the question about why a republican senator could get his inquiry answered, but a pair of democrats could not. getting of the basic facts from mr. mnuchin was pretty much a an painful time like the dentist pulling teeth. here's an example the finance committee request all nominees list all positions held as an officer, director trustee, partner provider agent rep or consult with any corporation, company, firm partnership, other business enterprise or educational or otherwhen institution. when mr. mnuchin filed his paperwork with the committee, he signed them attesting that the document was true, accurate and complete. however, it became apparent to many staff that information was missing, in particular sec filings indicated that mr. mnuchin was director of dune capital international. that's an entity located in the cayman islands. it was nowhere to be found in mr. mnuchin's paperwork..e he also failed to disclose his role as chairman and ceo of the onewest fo

they might come from more moderate states, they might have states that are rural, for example, dean heller is the main person to watch in the next 24 hours. he's a republican senator from nevada where unions are very strong and also, that's the state that's largely rural, as you know, las vegas, the one major population center and also reno, but the rest of the state really very spread out. so for the most part, people have to send their children to the local usually public school. so again, i think those are the concerns that are playing out now, the senate is also trying to accelerate the timetable on this nomination because they actually would need jeff sessions to still be a senator if they want to have 50 republican senators to push this through. they were going to try to do sessions nomination next in line, but he's going to have to stick around a little while longer in they think they want to push betsy devos to the front of this line. and of course, the clerk of the senate, even if they manage to hold the line beyond collins and murkowski, they will need vice president mike pence t

basically tear the guts out of the second amendment and reject the heller decision in the supreme court. so the gorsch appointment is important. sen. cruz: you are right. you look at judicial activism, and those are two great examples. the ninth circuit and fourth circuit decision in recent weeks. if you look at the night is based in california, it's long been the most liberal court of appeals in the country. if you look at the decision of the ninth circuit and decision of the california district court that, actually the washington district court that struck down, that enjoyed the president's order, both decisions are utterly lawless. the reason the constitution gives judges life tenure is so they can be independent of political pressures and follow the law. i've read the district court decision, i read the court of appeals decision. they don't even cite the controlling federal law. by statute, congress has given the president the authority to suspend immigration , any class of immigration if he deems it in the national interest. now, any judge who is actually being a judge would begin

as we look at this we realize it is what the supreme court eventually said it was in the heller case. >> can you talk about that. at the original founding but also after the civil war and reconstruction can you talk a little bit about why this value was deemed so fundamental. and so worthy of protection. it started in the american dna. this is a nation that was founded because the citizens are on. it came about because the british decided to confiscate the empty mission. they can essentially disarm the american people. that's what resulted in the around the world. so that in the settling of the west all the things that went on and viewed americans. this is an important part not just an important part of our history far more than the right of self-defense. he came to symbolize a certain view of the responsibility of the people to defend themselves. the nra which i headed for two years was founded after the civil war interestingly because it was founded by several union officers in new york. there was a view. union soldiers were very good with firearms. the union was pretty and later dr

one of our friends out and about near heller town berks county said it is slow as the snow falls in that area. matt and tam. >> let's go to the one place it's more difficult to get around, that's in manayunk, and anne is standing there live, good morning, annie. >> reporter: good morning, matt, if you're waking up and you live in manayunk now is the time to get out. it's raining at this point. it's a heavy rain. it's tough to manuver around the hilly streets especially when there's snow and ice. the city of philadelphia is under a snow emergency that went into effect around midnight. because of that they are getting prepared at the penndot yard tioga nicetown, city crews were preception yesterday loading up salt. they have 50,000 tons of salt. abc men help people in need, they were getting prepared and stocking up on shovels. septa is storing market frankford lines underground and running pilot trains on trolley lines in case of icing on wires that's why they are doing that to be pro active, as well. because of the snow emergency, residents around the city who live on snow routes have to

. ♪ >>> in tonight's hank take senior gay couple who lives in the woods south of heller ton say they'reng harassed by their neighbors. they claim this has been going on for years and even though they have gone to police it continues. hank reports from lower saucon. >> we end up kind of altering our behavior because we don't want to them off. we don't want to bring attention to them -- to ourselves, and -- because we know, i don't want them to know that's how we've lived. we kind of lived like prisoners here. >> reporter: scott and jerry don't talk loud they don't want to let the neighbors they're out getting the male doing anything. >> is there reason you always speak in this sort of tone. >> it's kind of sad but it's survival mechanism. we don't want to bring attention to ourselves when we're outside. >> reporter: the guys are a little freaked out. they're gay and they say the neighbors near the private road they live on in lauer saucon have been harassing them for years. >> bleep. >> how you doing yes. >> in videos they've shot over the years it's neighbors calling names. >> bleep. >>

we talked to usf donald heller who specializes in financial aid, president trump could not make any of these changes with an executive order. it would literally take an act of congress. they have to write a new law that would explicitly tie federal funds to free speech. >> new video is giving a closer look at what protesters did in berkeley last night. the man who shot this was right in the middle of the crowd when rioters smashed a window wells fargo bank. the tell grave business district said it was worried this might happen. >> it was really nerve-racking and concerning. we had warned the merchants the day before that something could be happening and it was a really tough situation to be seeing it on the media unable to come here and feeling pretty helpless. >> reporter: the most damage by our protesters, banks and atms. so could the university have done more to prevent the violence? some students caught in the violence saying police present was virtually nonexistent. it is standing by its insistent is to use police restraint you saw the violence first hand? >> reporter: absolutely.

and some of the senators that we're watching, people like dean heller, the senator from nevada, a lot of teachers unions. that's where so much of this pressure is coming from. you were just talking to rehema a little bit about why this is playing out the way it is. it really does come down to that concern about public schools. you heard senator murkowski talk about that on the floor. you heard senator collins talk about it as well. they've both come under quite a bit of pressure from teachers unions. regardless, this is still the way most children in a lot of these states are educated. and it's still a constituency. they might be republicans but they're still listening to these people. the question is going to become, does the white house really want to go to the mat on this nomination? do they want to send mike pence up here to break the tie? is that how they want to get their education secretary confirmed? again, who else might be amenable to actually coming out and saying no? i think there's a combination of things that have led us to this point. certainly the ideology that she has

now i first he just cannot get the data.fy then senator heller made a similar request. it seems he answers sufficiently who stayed had a large number of one west foreclosures. in my mind that raises a question about why a republican senator could get his inquiry answered, but a pair of democrats could not other bae 60 facts from him was pretty much like paying for time at the dentist and pulling teeth. here's an example of the finance committee it's a representative or consultant at any corporation when they filed the paperwork with the committee, he signede them for testing the document true, accurate and complete. however, however in particular fcc that mr. minasian was director -- an entity located in the cayman islands. it was nowhere to be found in mr. mnuchin paperwork. he also failed to -- with generous donations that publicly endorse their controversy purchases even failed to report that he had been chairman of the imb hold hold company, a holding company that he used to purchase a bank he turned into one west. all told, after questions were raised by finance co

how long ago was the heller case finding the individual rights to own guns.ry to get a gun in los angeles or washington or new york or chicago. the day after the gay marriage decision some poor kentucky clerk in kentucky is being harassed. i would add for any cops following jeanine's excellent advice, don't do it in the 9th circuit. judge jeanine: it's time for them to figure out a way to alert law enforcement. their fellow brothers and sisters are in jeopardy. white house correspondents dinner. the president, president trump indicated he's not going. what do you think and why do you think he said that? >> i'm so relieved he's not going. i want him working and not hanging around with the enemy. but seriously, he has everyone against him. i want number the white house working, this is a frivolous event. judge jeanine: he's always work. the guy works 23 hours a day. he does sleep, he's a force of nature. who does this hurt? is it all the lobbyists? the media? who does it hurt ultimately? >> i think it's a good statement he's making. i don't know, it probably hu

how long ago was the heller case finding the individual right to own guns. try to get a gun in chicago or los angeles or new york. where the day after the gay marriage decision, some poor kentucky clerk in kentucky is being required to turn over marriage licenses. would i add for any cops following jeanine's excellent advice. judge jeanine: my point is it's time to figure out a way for them to alert law enforcement. american citizens are in jeopardy. their fellow american citizens are in jeopardy. but i want to move on. the white house correspondents dinner. president trump irnd kaitd he's not -- indicated he's not going. >> i'm so relieved he's not going. i want him work and not hanging around with the enemy. he could be in danger at the white house correspondents dinner. i want him in the white house working. this is a frivolous event. judge jeanine: we both know the president. he works 23 hours a day. he's a force of nature. so who does this hurt? is it all the lobbyists who go to this thing? who does it hurt ultimately? >> i think it's a good statement h

in recent years what is happening is these courts are moving to do it can set which is to got the heller this thing called military use. it's one of the things that they do. this makes a very important for us to understand why they approve that. one of the things that they said at the c pack conference was present in trump's goal was to be deconstructing the administrative state. was a builder of the administered estate. they will help to deconstruct the admin street of state. and joe this is what would've been happening at the supreme court if hillary clinton would have one they would have a little bit more majority. this is where they would've gone on the second amendment. there is no question that they want to overturn it. they want to overturn that. you can do sort of go down the list and there is a whole bunch of precedents that that 2016 election vindicated. election vindicated. they become ever more important because of what dan said they are now much more aggressive in finding rights and ignoring precedent if they don't like it. they think they can get away with it which is been

g the heller decision that has a right to gun ownership alsoniona makes explicit in justice scalia's opinion but there are limitations on the right and that the decision itself lists both as mentally ill. so the law is clear that federal agencies are required to upload information on those individuall that cannot manage their own financial affairs because of is mental illness. the supreme court is clear that this is entirely constitutional. so why are we doing this, why are we having a debate about ba rolling back the criminal background check system when 90% of americans support it?ti no matter what state you live in, you tell them you voted to allow people that are mentally ill to be able to buy guns and wilyouwill not get a lot of tak. it's not because people don't have compassion for people withl mental illness. i am the last two years past the most substantial mental health reform act that this body has seen in a decade. i spend as much time as anybody advocating for the rights of people with a mental illness and treatment but i also understand that when people are so mentally i

completely constitutional, this nonsense that this is a restriction of a constitutional right, the heller decision which does hold that an individual has the right to gun ownership also makes it explicit in justice scalia's opinion that there are limitations on that right, and that the scalia decision itself lists as one of those conditions the restriction of gun ownership by people who are seriously mentally ill. so the law is clear that federal agencies are required to upload information on to nics of those individuals who cannot manage their own financial affairs because of mental illness. the supreme court is clear that this is entirely constitutional. so why are we doing this? why are we having a debate about rolling back the criminal background check system when 90% of americans support it? i'm just going to tell you no matter what state you live in, you go sit down with your constituents and you tell them that you voted to allow people who are seriously mentally ill to be able to buy guns, you're not going to get a lot of takers. it's not because people don't have compassion for pe

. >> reporter: after fran heller developed a breast tumor genetic tests showed an inherited predisposition to cancer and other people in our family had the mutation. >> my sister made the decision right away to have a mastectomy and to have her ovaries removed. dr. david sears says that if one or more close family members has a disease with a genetic link tests for the gene may make sense. >> in some cases it gives us the ability to detect the illness. >> and with breast or colon cancer or some types of heart disease, there are good strategies for early detection and preventive measures, like diet. but the same is not true for alzheimer's d.c. >> we don't recommend that people get testing for alzheimer's disease there is no way to proven it just because you have the gene and not everyone that has the gene will develop the disease, so you may cause yourself unnecessary worry or cost. >> it's good to consult with your doctor. and in some cases it may be covered by insurance. >> and most experts agree that any genetic tests done for medical reasons even ones markets to consumers be done way d

as much as heller is -- i think we are kor reening toward crisis with the firing the sally yaete and -- the courts are ever more necessary to protect our individual rights and liberty as you saw over the weekend with four courts stepping forward to stay the orders. i think the stakes are never been higher than we see in this nominee. >> the power of the courts and how important they are as an independent government. >> senator blumenthal representing connecticut. let's go to supreme court, pete williams standing by with more on president president trump decision. they wear robes and we have this miz universe. he going to bring in the first runner-up. he's going to show them up, i don't know, is there a independence implied or is there a sense these are the people he choosing to have control over. >> i don't know how it's going to unfold. tom hardman and neil gosh sursu were coming to the white house. they would answer the summons because if either is nominated today, they would like to be considered for the next possibly vacancy on the supreme court. so they would natural come. but w

touring with cornan are other members, including dean heller of nevada.big hispanic voting population and his vote will be critical as well. all of it points to the challenges ahead of trump to get a border funding package through congress. >> separate from this tour, there is another tour later this week, house speaker paul ryan will also be touring the border, but he's keeping it quiet on the details. what will he be doing and why is that? >> that's right. it's a question i asked directly to the speaker's office why has it been so secretive, i didn't really get a response to that. ryan has had a lot more moderate views on immigration. spins the election, ryan has alined himself with trump's border wall. he says that ryan wants to push the package through congress, but there is significant concerns from conservatives who want to cut spending to pay for the wall, and the trump team and ryan have both signaled that this would be labeled emergency spending and would essentially add to the deficit. and ryan has said little about the price tag because he's wa

. >> reporter: in carson city, nevada, senator dean heller planned to have a friendly meeting with ammerce, the meeting used press to have a town hall. the senator who is up for re-election said he'd have a town hall on this condition, no booing from the audience. >> i'll do a town hall meeting if you promise one thing, that you won't applaud. no applauding, all right? i'll tell you what? no booing. >> reporter: some republicans like florida congressman carlos crebello don't want something to go viral and be used by their opponents. he said he will not be part of any planned chaos events. on capitol hill, republicans are hoping to move a bill to repeal obamacare as soon as march. but they are stuck on some major issues including how to deal with the expansion of medicaid, providing coverage to 11 million low income americans. they're not expecting democratic support. >> given how partisan the environment is as illustrated by my friends outside, we're not expecting any democratic help on either of these major issues. >> reporter: as work takes shape behind closed doors, voters are gro

forward are dan sullivan, who is a republican from alaska, senator murkowski's colleague, maybe dean hellerit's a big issue in those states. now a couple republicans have broken, more might follow. >> joe manchin, the democrat from west virginia, often votes with republicans. on this matter he says he's a nay. the concerns about betsy devos seem less political than some of the other concerns. sometimes you can go that's just politics. these concerns seem to be more of reality. in other words, senators seem to have genuine concerns that she doesn't know what she's talking about. >> yeah, she really botched some questions in her confirmation hearing. i mentioned the federal disabilities act that she botched. she made that grizzlies comment that didn't go over well. school choice has been a long issue for both parties. >> shepard: she seemed not to understand that in some cases really charter schools aren't working. like there's areas in this country -- people forget this -- there's areas where the public schools are absolutely fantastic. people want to make money, whose desire is only to make

this prohibitiol stabbed that the late justice antonin scalia cited it in the supreme court heller decision in a decision presumptively lawful with the second amendment. there have been tragic cases where people with serious mental illnesses used guns to cause great harm. the newtown connecticut shooter showed signs of severe mental health problems that went untreated before he killed 20 students and 6 educators at sandy hook elementary school. the tucson arizona shooter who shot congresswoman gabby giffords and six others was diagnosed afterwards with schizophrenia. mr. president, it was nine years ago today when a gunman who had been diagnosed and treated for mental illness killed five people and injured 17 in a classroom building at northern illinois university in dekalb. about two-thirds of shooting deaths each year are suicides. last year there were more than 21,000 suicides by gun. the national lives on mental illness reports that -- quote -- "about 90% of individuals who die by suicide experience mental illness." mental illness is in fact a challenging issue for our society. i worked

bob heller, welcome. bob? bob, are you there? >> guys, i got no sound here. >> well, okay.ave an issue here, hopefully you'll come back when bob's hearing and mike is working. back to carl. >> and that was such a good introduction, david. >> thank you. well, he deserves it, rick, we're going to get that fixed. i have a feeling we'll get that fixed quickly, rick. >> we can tap dance for a little bit here. we cou we should point out markets up 103 on the dow. now up 20 talking a little bit about what's happened over the last hour or so. rick, let's try this again. >> all right, hey, bob, can you hear me? are you there, sir? >> good morning. >> good morning. see, best things in life are worth waiting for. bob, we currently have 50 to 75 basis points the overnight rate, let's call it 62.5, where do you think it should be, and is it going to change as dramatically as you think it should given that's your strategy if you were on the fed? >> well, at the moment, you know, we have about 2% inflation at 1%, 1.5% in real terms that the fed funds should have. and you should be at arou

dean heller of nevada in that category. senator pat toomey of pennsylvania is another one that people have really been focused on as somebody who might be willing to vote against betsy devos at this point. >> thank you, kasie. appreciate that. i want to go right to south dakota republican mike round. good morning. >> good morning. >> i wonder what you think about this no vote by senator collins and murkowski and what you think of the criticism she came under from people thinking she wasn't prepared. >> both senators have looked at it. they made up their minds independently. that's their right. we still have the minimum number of votes necessary to confirm her, including the tiebreaker with the vice president. >> there's no doubt in your mind that it's going to happen or do you have some doubts? do you think there could be someone else it affects? >> until it's done it isn't a finished issue but for right now i think we're moving in the right direction. we haven't heard of anybody else who has expressed their decision not to

senator heller: thank you for your leadership on this committee. do i have a statement for the record with your approval. senator hatch: we'll print it in the record. we'll keep the record open for an hour. anybody who has statements can put it in the record. anybody else? a senator isakson: as a member though ho introduced dr. price, i want to thank you to the time you gave the committee to thoroughliet have the nominees. i think we have fairly vetted them and appreciate the action of the committees taken today. appreciate your leadership. senator hatch: thank you. we appreciate your leadership and introduction here today. it means a lot. anybody else? with that, we'll recess until further notice. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] senator hatch: it's just another way of roughing up the president and his choice as nominee. we had a full hearing here. i stayed until the last question was aske

nevada, dean heller was heckled a a chicken for refusing to do a town hall. he said he'd do a town hall if only there is "no applauding and no booing." in virginia, constituents asked questions to a cardboard cutout of representative bob goodlatte, in california, milk cartons of paul cook with the heading "missing." when corey gardener didn't show up to a town hall meeting, a teacher took it upon herself to characterize his position. >> he believe it's important that fossil fuel production on federal land is essential for holding public office. [ laughter ] that's a direct quote. hey, okay. >> some republicans, including the president, have sought to diminish the legitimacy of the protests by saying those attending the town halls are organized and unrepresentative. despite this scene where citizens held up their i.d.s to prove they're constituents and signs like this outside cotton's event where people proclaimed they weren't paid to be there. >> i think some people are clearly upset but there is a bit of professional protester manufactured base in there. but

we had bob heller on. he thinks feds fund rates ought to be higher, with a three handle.makes my head dizzy thinking about it. adding 100 basis points for 10%, does that mean 4% or does it mean trend will be inverted and 10s will be where they're at? counterfactual. but the fact is adp data today was better than expected. and of course, everybody copies their neighbor's homework because all the expectations for friday's number have moved up. the point, is look at an intraday chart of 2-year note yields, real sensitive to better data, almost more than i would have thought, but given that it didn't really trade above the range -- we've seen this 1.24-1.25. it's the fact that they did it at all that's important. listen, uncertainty. there's many levels of uncertainty. when i look at the dow, and for better or for worse, it is a barometer to some extent, like the t.a.r.p. vote, about feelings, about feelings about this president. real quickly, on november 8th, the dow was at 18,332, okay? now, since then, we've touched 20,000 the end of january. i'm not going to use that. i'm

of course, a lot of those people think this is media. [ laughter ] heller. [ laughter ] "russia todaycused the "new york times" of spreading false news about their country. wow, these two are practically finishing each other's sentences now. "new york times" is spreading a lot of "fake news." [ laughter ] white house press secretary sean spicer said today that president trump will not be watching the academy awards this sunday. but i bet spicer will since he's nominated for most animated short. [ laughter and applause ] vice president mike pence today toured a factory in st. louis. said pence, it's so great to be back here in the place where i was built. [ laughter ] president trump said today that he very much enjoyed his tour of the national museum of african-american history and culture yesterday. said one employee, "sir, that was a basketball game." [ applause ] according to a new report, more americans over 65 are using marijuana to relieve pain. said one such american, "i'm 65? [ laughter ] how long have i been playing call of duty?" [ laughter ] a new study finds that women car

heller, i apologize, but senator slipped in. i have to go to him next. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i hate it when that happens when i'm down there. my apologizes. ms. verma, thank you for being here. welcome. thank you for your willingness to serve. i know this has been touched on already, but i wanted to follow-up because when the macro final rule was released last november i was concerned about the decision to delay implementation of virtual groups. then acting administrator indicated that details were being worked out and cms was soliciting feed lack. the role stated implementtation would not come until 2018. i am concerned with how we roll out new payment systems in rural areas. will you make it a priority of yours to ensure that virtual groups are timely and effectively implement snd. >> i would be happy to do that and happy to work with you on that issue. >> and how do you plan on engaging with those rural and sole practitioners to ensure that this is a viable option they can take advantage of? >> i think the rural providers and frontier providers are very unique situations.

of course, a lot of those people think this is media. [ laughter ] heller.

. ♪ >>> in tonight's hank tank senior gay couple who live out in the woods south of heller ton are beingassed by their neighbors. >> they claim it's been going on for years, and they even have gone to the police. hank has more from lower saucon. >> we end up kind of altering our behavior because we don't want to set them off. we don't want to bring attention to them -- to ourselves, and -- because -- i don't want them to know that. but that's pretty much how we've lived. we kind of lived like prisoners here. >> reporter: scott and jerry don't talk loud. they don't want to let the neighbors know they're out getting the mail, doing anythi anything. >> is there a reason you always speak in that sort of tone? >> it's kind of sad but it's a survival mechanism. we don't want to bring attention to ourselves when we're outside. >> reporter: the guys are a little freaked out. they're gay and they say the neighbors near the private road they live on have been harassing them for years in lower saucon. >> in videos they shot over the years it's neighbors calling names. >> bleep. >> strange chalk mar

senator heller? >> thank you for holding this hearing. dr. yellen, thank you for being here. appreciate your time and coming through, following through on some of these questions. and i haven't been here for the whole hearing. i apologize for that, also. so i'll just ask the question, did you make a comment as to whether or not interest rates are going to rise in march? >> i indicated that in our coming meetings with we will try to evaluate whether or not the economy is progressing, namely labor market conditions and inflation in line with our expectations. and if we find that they are, it probably will be appropriate to raise interest rates further. we've indicated that we think a gradual path of rate increases is likely to be appropriate if the economy continues on its current course. >> is that the same answer for an interest rate increase for june? same answer? because those are the two most. important questions that come out of this hearing right now, is how you answer that particular question. >> so my colleagues and i, in writing down our economic projections, we last

this afternoon he will meet with senators cotton, blumenthal, and heller. >> that brings a total of ninee out and expressed they will treat judge gorsuch fairly. >>> on the hill we expect attorney general designate on the hill tonight. democrats once again spent hours last night in a counterproductive clearly qualified nominees not to mention one of their appepiers. the president looks forward to senator session's return to the department of justice where he will continue his service of our nation as the chief law enforcement officer. we also look forward to the -- of price and mnuchin. >>> also the mayors of the affected weather areas and in the process of deploying teams and response to activities, at this time there have been no additional question for federal assistance and we will update with you should that change. >>> good afternoon. cincinnati among other cities has recently voted to become a sanctuary city vowing not to enforce federal immigration laws without a specific request. they also say they want to be open in welcoming to refugees. my question today, how will president t

around 1:00 p.m., dean heller tweeted -- this week, two republican lawmakers, susan collins and lisa murkowski, announced plans to vote against betsy devevos, leaving senatete republicans one vote short of confirming her. if the senate vote is 50 happen 50, vice president mike pence would cast the deciding vote. if only one more republican senator decides to vote against betsy devos, her confirmation will be rejected. this means the full senate will not move forward on jeff sessions quest feet attorney general vote, because if he is confirmed, he will no longer be a senator, which would mean one less vote for betsy devos. counselor to the president kellyanne conway is facing widespread criticism after she attempted to justify president trump's executive order banning people from seven majority muslim countries from entering the u.s. she invented a terrorist attack that never -- by inventing iteris attack that never happened. this is conway speaking to msnbc's chris matthews. >> i bet it is brand-new information of people that president obama had a six-month ban on the iraqi refugee p

dean heller of nevada. the state of nevada where unions are very important, hold a lot of sway.ator shelly moore caputo can expect a conversation with joe manchin, her colleague. west virginia does not have charter schools, according to joe manchin, so his concern has been, he says, with public schools. he's arguing that she should be concerned with that as well. so, we're going to be watching very closely to see if there's one more republican senator willing to break ranks here. either way, betsy devos, her nomination teerting right now in the senate. >> let me -- forgive me if you said this. let me make sure i understand one other little part of this, which is jeff sessions, a senator right now but wants to be attorney general and about to be confirmed to be attorney general. they can't do that yet, right? >> reporter: essentially, yes. there are questions about how jeff sessions' seat once vacant wou would be filled. meaning he would remain a senator. at the end of the day, you need a simple majority if you -- if you have 99 people in the senate because you've lost jeff sessi

met this morning with senators flake and heitkamp and will meet this afternoon with mccaskill and heller. we have seenenator jean say he deserves an up or down vote. that brings us to nine total democrats that have come out and expressed a willingness to treat judge gorsuch fairly. we hope more will continue to join the colleagues to offer advice and consent on the president's nominee. also, on the hill, we expect attorney general sessions to receive a full vote on the floor of the senate tonight as unfortunately has become common place, democrats spent hours last night in a counterproductive discussions about one of president trump's clearly qualified nominees not to mention one of their peers. he has a long and distinguished legal career serving as the u.s. district attorney in alabama. the president looks forward to senator sessions return to the department of justice where he will continue his service as our chief law enforcement officer. we anticipate votes on secretary treasury price and manuchin. they have spoken with the governor of louisiana about the severe weather in the gulf

senators flake and others come in this afternoon he will meet with cotton m blumenthal, mccaskill in heller. we are also pleased to see another democrat, a senator from new hampshire come out to say that the eminently quad up due to a qualified judge gorsuch deserves an up and down vote here that brings is not denying total democrats who have expressed their willingness to treat judge gorsuch fairly. we hope more democrats will continue to join their colleagues in fulfilling their constitutional duty to offer advice and consent on the presidential nomination. also on the hill, we expect attorney generally doing my general designate jeff sessions to receive a full vote, as a bushel he has become commonplace in the senate, democrats once again spent hours last night in a counterproductive discussion about what if president trump's clearly qualified nominees, not to mention one of their peers. senator sessions has a long interesting which legal career, serving as both the u.s. attorney of the southern district of alabama and also as alabama's attorney general. the president looks forward to se