heller: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from nevada. mr. heller: mr. president, i rise today to reiterate my strong opposition to the house of representatives' effort to restart licensing activities at yucca mountain and in particular the nuclear waste policy amendment act, which passed the house just a few hours ago. this bill, which is a complete and total waste of taxpayers' dollars, is dead on arrival in the united states senate. not only will i place a hold on the bill now that has passed the house, i will also object to the motion to proceed to the bill. and this vote today proves my point -- that i am the only person in washington, d.c., standing between a pristine, beautiful nevada or a nevada dripping with nuclear waste. just as i've said? the past, i'll continue -- just as i've said in the past, i'll continue to serve sasse a roadblock to make -- serve as a roadblock to make nevada a dump. despite the house's repeated attempts to revive the failed project, i have been able to ensure that not a single dollar has been appropriated to restart li

that's because he didn't get his ruled in thecourt heller case. justice stevens said the right to keep and bear arms has an individual right to bear arms in the militia. ok, say that again? of course it does not say that. do you have a right to be in the militia? do you have a right to do what you want to do in any kind of military force? no. so that was more or less contrived. it did not win the day, but obviously it was close, 5-4. justice breyer had a balancing test he wanted to hold in the case, where whatever the legislature did, you uphold anything they do. they are more able to understand what is constitutional and what is not. really? legislatures? do you say that on other issues of other types? no. the day after that decision came down, the district of columbia is a federal jurisdiction. therefore the second amendment applies. the next question was, does the second amendment applied to the states? way, i've done some other litigation. these travelers from other places, they don't understand. they come in, they are making a connecting flig

is dead," but this is an election year for senator heller.: right. this is bipartisan. the delegation opposing this is both republican and democrat. dean heller said that on the senate floor, but yesterday, senators chuck schumer, the minority leader in the senate, and senator catherine cortez masto came out with a joint declaring the same thing, and i think that is pretty telling that the minority leader is saying that. host: he says he will put a hold on it or one senator can stop that from going forward. anyway they can get around that? it is everyone holding a hand grenade at the same time. floor, youll to the need 100 senators saying yes, we are going to consider this. everyone is holding hand grenades. the one person with it and lets it go, it basically blows up. dean heller can put that hold on the bill and prevent it from going to the floor. host: we have calls waiting for jeremy dillon on yucca mountain. a reminder to nevada viewers and listeners, (202) 748-8003 is your specific line. one quick note on a related topic, a tweet from t

if we turn the clock up this case lands on the supreme court docket, district of columbia versus heller. the supreme court never ruled definitively on the meaning of the second amendment. you have quite a case that drew much attention nationwide. a member of the corridor. a briefe honor to file on the behalf of majority members and the house of representatives. it wasn't a republican brief, it was a bipartisan brief. it argued the second amendment does protect individual rights and handgun ban violates the second amendment. in any case, the supreme court took that case and nobody knew what they were going to do. it was one of those cases everybody worries about on both sides of the issue. most of the cases are pretty boring. they have a special lawyer section i got to sit in. the cases being argued and nobody knew where justice kennedy was going to be on this. he's the swing vote. halfway through the argument, just as his mouth starts to open and everybody is hanging on the and he asked seats the government lawyer from the district of columbia, where the colonists and settlers and found

yesterday april ryan was taunting the white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders accusing heller of playing street politics. listen to this and we will get your reaction. >> you said yourself you were blind sided. >> i actually didn't use that term. >> i said it but you were blind sided what you said. >> with all due respect you don't know much about me in terms of what i feel and what i don't. >> what it shows me is that she was feeling that she was in a vice of sorts. she'll went straight to me to say something like, you know, you don't know me. in certain sectors of this nation, people understand what you don't know me means. it is very street. and it leads to a fight. a physical fight. so i'm not there to fight. i'm there to ask questions. ainsley: in a vice of sorts. and if it says you don't knee me that means you are going to get in a street fight? >> april approached me at a post white house correspondents dinner event i won't disclose that conversation because i think she meant it to be private. i will tell you that we try to engage with each other as, you know, women to

you will see next week representative jacky rosen, who is currently running against senator dean heller in the nevada race, she will come out just as hard because this is an issue that unites nevadans. you can see that all the way up to the governor, who is a republican who is against it. it is not just party lines. it'll passed the house, but it will run into opposition in the senate. senators are there waiting and willing to put a filibuster up there. the senate is looking at doing some of their own nuclear waste management. senator lamar alexander and senator feinstein have been talking recently with the appropriation cycle getting up the energy water bill which touches on these issues. it has been a priority for them to get something going. that may take the turn of something interim storage space than storage at yucca mountain. there is some hope that the senate could do something. this current bill is likely going to have to go uphill to get past the senate. >> we have been speaking with jeremy dillon, who is energy and environmental reporter with cq roll call. you can follow them

martin heller, the union president, has stepped down after holding that title since 2013. he's being replaced by union vice president tony montoya. a former union president told the chronicle he left because dealing with city hall and police commission politics wore him down. earlier this week, the san francisco board of supervisors rejected two of mayor mark farrell's nominations to the police commission. the nominees received as being too close to the police union. coming up today at 7:30 this morning, san francisco supervisor malia cohen will join us here in the mornings on 2 studio to talk about the changes in the police department and the police commission. >>> right now, we want to check in with sal for the early morning traffic report. sal, how does it look out there? >> it's looking good. when the traffic is looking good, i prime myself watching the news, and all the son it's my turn. not a lot going on. one thing that i will tell you about in just a moment. we will start with the gilroy commute. the traffic is moving along pretty well. you can see traffic continue

heller: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from nevada. mr. heller: mr. president, i rise today to reiterate my strong opposition to the house of representatives' effort to restart licensing activities at yucca mountain and in particular the nuclear waste policy amendment act, which passed the house just a few hours ago. this bill, which is a complete and total waste of taxpayers' dollars, is dead on arrival in the united states senate. not only will i place a hold on the bill now that has passed the house, i will also object to the motion to proceed to the bill. and this vote today proves my point -- that i am

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. >> i would like to welcome former fed governor robert heller.ay of a two-day fed meeting. >> good morning. >> let's get the formalities out of the way. what are your thoughts about the meeting tomorrow that started today with regard to any possible policy changes? >> no changes at the present time but i think they will have a lot of issues to discuss as far as the future is concerned reducing balance sheet and further increases in the rates. >> now, let's get to the heart of this. no matter what anybody thinks of this president, i am just appalled at how few of his nominees in so many areas the senate is confirming. granted that as a manager of his team he likes to fire people or people like to leave. that's his prerogative. when it comes to the federal reserve in particular, we have a real vacancy issue. why don't you explain? >> there is supposed to be seven governors on the federal reserve board. at the present time we have only three, chairman powell and hold over from the obama administration. and his term has already expired, his governor'

. >> that's what we've seen republicans float with chuck grassley as well as dean heller running in nevadawe're not going to get a clear idea until september about the mid-terms. >> i'm waiting to see the nancy pelosi adds, corporations putting the schmooz on. >> more "outnumbered" in just a moment. .. alright, i brought in new max protein ...to give you the protein you need with less of the sugar you don't. i'll take that. [cheers] 30 grams of protein and 1 gram of sugar. new ensure max protein. in two great flavors. new ensure max protein. so if you have heart failure, your heart doesn't only belong to you. ask your doctor about entresto. it helped keep people alive and out of the hospital. don't take entresto if pregnant. it can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. don't take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren, or if you've had angioedema with an ace or arb. the most serious side effects are angioedema, low blood pressure, kidney problems, or high blood potassium. entresto, for heart failure. when this guy got a flat tire in the middle of the night. hold on dad... liberty did

individual right to defend ourselves which the supreme court has interpreted as you interpreted in hellerthe individual has the right to own a gun and keep it at home. >> part of what he had to say is they've been too nice when it comes to the second amendment and time for him and other democrats to control guns more, to stop being so nice about the second amendment. we will watch to see what the president has to say. thanks for the preview. this is one twitter feud you have to see to believe, for a white house intern monica lewinsky battling it out on social media. the real news roundup next. >> fox news alert, hawaii absolutely a volcano is releasing radloff into a residential subdivision prompting the county to order mandatory evacuations, the european concept today's earthquakes rocked the big island. the greater floor of the event collapsed causing magma to push more than 10 miles down slope toward the populated southeast coastline of the island. time for your real news roundup lose the united nations stand accused of censorship on world press freedom day. at the same time the un sec

heller and taylor nandan the top stories are now jazeera so trump has admitted he knew about hush money that was paid to a porn star who claims she had an affair with a u.s. president more than a decade ago but he says that the one hundred thirty thousand dollars given to stormy daniels did not come from his presidential campaign funds trump says the payment was made through his attorney michael cohen after previously denying any knowledge the president insists he did not have an affair and the payoff was part of a deal to keep daniel squat about quote false and extortionist accusations kimberly how could a small what this appears is that there's an attempt by the white house legal team to get ahead of a story in essence knowing that that recent raid on the president's attorney michael collins office is that likely there is something in there that would contradict what the president had said and instead of having that revelation come out in an unexpected time send out a member of the president's legal team to say yes that's the case that it doesn't matter but certainly there are many th

dean heller is doing andan incredible job.his past week where he was able to make a clear difference in the battle. he can stop the Ãin the senate and his opponent in the house can't do that. that something that people in nevada very much came about. >>paul: let's look at arizona because you have a primary there. - - running. joe arpelar. can they win if they come out of that primary? >> i think what will happen is mark mc sally leading in the primary right now goes on to win the general election. i think she's the one that wins the primary. joe arpaio i don't think has viability in the election. they don't care what washington things and that's why you see the polls the way you do. >>paul: my view of your best pick up chances would be north dakota, indiana and probably west virginia. do you agree with that? >> i think you throw misery into that mix. >>paul: on a couple points ahead. >> it is but missouri is a state that donald trump county. it has significant support today for the president.every young candidate there was an

. > that yucca mountain bill passed the house, and senator heller came to the senate floor to talk about the bill. he said, this bill which is a complete and total waste of taxpayer dollars is dead on arrival in the taxpayer senate. a hold on ll i place the bill, i will object toyota. and majority leader kevin mccarthy and minority whip steny hoyer came out to talk about next yeek' ageneral dafment revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. -- mcyart mr. mccarthy: no votes are expected in the house on monday. votes will be postponed until 6:30 p.m. on tuesday. on wednesday and thursday the house will meet at 10:00 a.m. for morning hour and noon for legislative business. mr. speaker, on -- mr. friday, the house will meet at 9:00 a.m. for legislative business. last votes of the week are expected no later than 3:00 p.m. mr. speaker, the house will consider a number of suspensions next week, a complete list of which will be announced by cless of business -- close of business tomorrow. next week is national police week. so several built will focus on supporting

he encouraged a candidate in nevada not to challenge dean heller at the senate level, and instead runor house. you've seen him attack john tester, senator from montana. >> thank you, simone. >>> let's check the weather with nbc meteorologist bill karins. no matter what the weather is, happy it is warm. >> yeah. the weather is perfect on the east coast. won't stay that way through the weekend. more on that later. first, track bad weather. wisconsin got a soaking this morning. some woken up in the southern portion of wisconsin with lightning and thunder. this buzz saw complex with heavy rain through peoria. later today, this storm regenerates. 9 million at risk for severe weather. storms form over illinois and head to indiana this evening, weaken by the time they get to detroit and toledo and columbus. 10:00 a.m. this morning, watching a little rain, no big deal. storms begin to pop up near champagne through the afternoon, then through indiana, northern half and southern portions of michigan by 8:00 p.m. damaging wind possible with large hail, not concerned with tornadoes. doesn't look

we also had senator dean heller and then come out and say if we had another supreme court nomination hanging in the balance, this could be a motivating factor for midterm elected and are based. how do you think that would be for politics? >> kennedy: it is impactful for a politics that i think most of those justices don't care about petty politics. i think ruth bader ginsburg just got herself a blood boy. and if you watch silicon valley, that is a transfusion associate with, someone with young nubile blood who can donate some of theirs to the aging in order to help them live longer and longer and longer. so she may live beyond eternity if it means putting a roadblock in the way for chuck grassley and congressional republicans who are telling her what to do and when to retire. >> harris: i heard of that. i was a hair girl. >> lisa: not just senator chuck grassley, he does not mince words. new york city and san francisco are two of the best-known sanctuary cities. he may be surprised at how much of the entire country now has sanctuary like policies on immigration. those details as well

dean heller in nevada is doing an outstanding job. he understands the mechanics of nevada.e i representing no have dam you look at the past -- nevada. you look atas the past week, he was able to make a clear difference this week. this is something the people of nevada care about. >> paul: let's look at arizona. you have a primary there that's a late primary in august. you have march that mcsally, kelly ward who has run in the past running as well and joe arrest paarpaio. could he win the senate seat? >> martha mcsally who is leading in the primary, i think she's the one who wins the primary. joe arpaio i don't think he has viability to win in the general election. kelly ward is questionable. i think what it comes down to is who the people of arizona pick. they could care less about what washington thinks. that's why you see the poll as you do in arizona with martha mcsally leading. >> paul: my view of your best pick-up chances would be north dakota, indiana and probably west virginia. do you agree with that? >> i think you show missouri into the mix. >> paul: very close int

of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable dean heller, a senator from the state of nevada, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: orrin g. hatch, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. morning business is closed. under the previous order, the senate will proceed to executive session to consider the following nominations. the clerk will report. the clerk: nominations, federal deposit insurance corporation, elaine -- jelena mcwilliams to be chairperson of the board of directors. jelena mcwilliams to be a member of the board of directors. mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: majority leader. mr. mcconnell: we're in the mid midst of quite a productive week. yesterday this body did its part in fulfilling an important promise to our nation's veterans. we passed the v.a. mission act by a wide bipartisan margin. having already passed the house, this truly landmark bill will now head to the white house where the president will soon sign it into law. it will bri

we could see democrat jackie rosen take dean heller's seat in tennessee where trump was last night.ice there. there are a number of women running for senate in maryland and massachusetts, next tuesday, the california primaries, there are 20 or more women running for the u.s. house of representatives, those are big races to watch for women moving forward. >> i know that axios is looking at focus for ads for both republican and democratic candidates running for house. what seems to be the mag focus for both parties in hess ads? >> there's a fascinating divide in the stheems we're seeing. republicans are focusing on hard-line views to immigration which speaks to their base, it's an issue they're hoping turns voters to the polls. when they see how enthused democrats have been. democrats are focusing on health care, the specifically the idea of idea of expanding medicare that speaks to the polls we've seen and that democrats have been given that show that health care is a top issue across the country for voters. especially since republicans tried to repeal the affordable care act. >> the

dean heller. and there are nine or ten democrats that have to.f he keeps them off the campaign trail. our source versus story out. >> seems like a frchkly smart political tactic. >> and protesting judges, his biggest legacy. >> before we get tied up on the generic right typically you need a ten point spread for the democrats democrats to pick it up. in 2006 at the exact same time we didn't have a ten point spread either in the no. polling. but you look at the number of open seats. we have more open seats now than we had in 2006. and if the you look we have 23 seats that republicans hole that hillary won. and if you look at the pattern now we are at a 15 point swing in these districts. that's problematic for republicans. >> give me a second to try the put this stat up. i believe david wasserman has a fantastic stat that he discovered. open house seats for the majority party when the president's opponent carried that district -- the majority party is 0-fer in those races. it's 0 for 23 is twhat the voic just told me. it has never happened. then aga

which the supreme court has interpreted, as you know better than i do, the supreme court decision in heller i saw tonight in dallas. the individual has the right to own a gun and keep it at home. >> shannon: part of what he had to say is that they have been too nice when it comes to the second amendment. he believes it's time to control guns more. we know that's not what's happening where you are in dallas at the nra convention. thank you for the preview. this is one twitter feed you've got to see to believe. senator marco rubio and former white house intern, the most famous one, monica lewinsky, battling it out on social media. that's why there's otezla. otezla is not an injection or a cream. it's a pill that treats differently. for psoriasis, 75% clearer skin is achievable with reduced redness, thickness, and scaliness of plaques. and for psoriatic arthritis, otezla is proven to reduce joint swelling, tenderness, and pain. and the otezla prescribing information has no requirement for routine lab monitoring. don't use if you're allergic to otezla. otezla may cause severe diarrhea, nausea,

but in the heller case, it's well accepted that there's a broad category of places persons and types of weapons that are probably acceptable. many of those, i probably would agree with. there are others who disagree with me, but i don't think magazine limit of 60 rounds, i don't think that compromises the right to self-defense. 30, 20, you can figure out where to draw the line. if you go below five or to one, you might compromise the right to self-defense. ask it in the same way as the first amendment. types of guns. guns in common use for self-defense and those that are not. machine guns are not. even when machine guns were legal, most people didn't buy them for the kind of uses that people use guns for. all the issues to figure out. i think the short answer is we still don't know but it's likely a lot of gun regulations and persons regulations pursuant to guns are constitutional but we have to always remember the right to self-defense is what the second amendment protects. >> you know, you make a very telling point. there's absolutely no doubt that the supreme court has anchored it

>> we've seen this tactic with the president before, he literally threatens dean heller in nevada whene thought he was going to vote the wrong way, he sits him down in front of cameras and says, this one still wants to be senator, nice senate seat, shame if something happened to it. so we know he does this. there's nothing to suggest he didn't doing it right now about mueller's russia investigation. >> that's a great piece by frank rich in "new york magazine" about roy cohn. thanks for being with us tonight. >>> the breaking news tonight in "the washington post." robert mueller threatened to subpoena donald trump back in march to appear before a grand jury. robert costa broke this story. he's standing by to talk with us. >>> plus mueller's boss, rod rosenstein, warns the gop today the department of justice will not be extorted. >>> and the doctor who promised trump would be the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency tells nbc news the president dictated that letter. and he tells the story of how trump's guys came in and seized the president's medical records. all of it as

letter addressed to me on april 2nd, 2018, making reaching out today to thank you for banning rick heller from volleyball for predation of young girls started to go out to be the first organization to ban him and were grateful for strong commitment to the insensate of all athletes. we are optimistic efforts will make a difference the next time any sports organization has to make a call to investigate and hold a hearing or a member if necessary. i do not pretend we been perfect to regret the fact there's been a fender spirit encourage anyone listening if you have information of any misconduct within our organization has to present, please contact offices or the u.s. center for say sport. we will listen and we will act. we want to create the most enjoyable atmosphere for volleyball players of all ages and let or two a day with no sexual abuse or misconduct. we will do everything we can to make this a reality and we look forward to working with others to do so. thank you i look for to your questions. >> chairman mao recognized the president and ceo of the u.s. center for say sport. >> thank

so they try to undercut challenges, including the heller case as best they could.t was an independent group associated with the cato institute and other libertarians who brought that suit over the objection of the nra, who actually tried to subvert it. they were afraid of a national rolling that went then be a bad rolling. a they were afraid of national ruling. susan: is race-based affirmative action constitutional? is the university of california's quota base affirmative action constitutional? let's hear archibald cox's arguments. there were two hours of arguments. a little bit longer than the usual. are they now longer? crack sometimes they will expand an argument in major cases. -- >> sometimes they will expand an argument in major cases. this was a particularly important one. >> archibald cox was a famous harvard law professor. after he retired, he joined the faculty as emeritus. his office was next to mine. he was very well-known. he was best-known to the general public for having been the special prosecutor who was appointed to investigate watergate and event

>> we've seen this tactic with the president before, he literally threatens dean heller in nevada whene thought he was going to vote the wrong way, he sits him down in front of cameras and says, this one still wants to be senator, nice senate seat, shame if something happened to it. so we know he does this. there's nothing to suggest he didn't doing it right now about mueller's russia investigation. >> that's a great piece by frank rich in "new york magazine" about roy cohn. thanks for being with us tonight. >>> "the rachel maddow show" starts right now. >> thanks, my friend. we had a whole show planned, guests booked, interviews researched. then news broke before showtime, yes. are you tired of winning yet? ahem. this happens a lot. it's not happened twice in two nights, which might be the kind of record i'm not interested in breaking. last night

. > that yucca mountain bill passed the house, and senator heller came to the senate floor to talk about the bill. he said, this bill which is a complete and total waste of taxpayer dollars is dead on arrival in the taxpayer senate. a hold on ll i place the bill, i will object toyota. and majority leader kevin mccarthy and minority whip steny hoyer came out to talk about next yeek' ageneral dafment revise and extend

so they -- tried to under cut challenges, the court including the heller case, as best they could. it was an independent group of people associated with the institute. it wasn't the institute that did it but people who were associated with the institute. they were afraid of an adverse ruling that would nationalize a bad rule on the second amendment. >> so we are going to listen to some of the oral arguments. first of all, is race base affirmative action constitutional? secondly is the university of california quota base affirmative action? lets hear cox's arguments. these were held on october 12, 1977. there were two hours of arguments which is a little longer than usual. normally now its one. do we know why there was two hours? >> something they will expand an argument. this is a particularly important one. >> arch bald cox was famous harvard law from fess -- professor. his office was next to mine when i was on the faculty. i heard that voice occasionally coming from his office. he was very well known. he is best known to the general public for having been the special prosecutor w

so they try to undercut challenges, including the heller case as best they could.t was actually an independent group of people associated with the cato institute and other libertarians, who brought that suit over the objection of the nra, who actually tried to subvert it. precisely for the same reason. they were afraid of a adverse ruling which would then and nationalize that decision. susan: is race-based affirmative action constitutional? secondly, is the university of -basedrnia's quota affirmative action constitutional? let's hear archibald cox's arguments. on there wered october 12, 1977. two hours of arguments, little bit longer than usual to riyadh normally, it is usually one. do we know why it was longer in this case? >> sometimes they will expand an argument in major cases. this was a particularly important one. there were going to be three litigants, not two. who was archibald cox? >> he was a famous harvard law professor, he actually, after he retired, joined the faculty as emeritus. his office was next to mine when i was on the faculty of the university

and so they tried to undercut challenges to the court, including the heller case, as best they could. an independent group of people associated with institute, and other libertarians who brought that suit, over the objection of the who actually tried to subvert it, precisely for the same reason. of an adverseid ruling that would nationalize a bad rule on the second amendment. listen toe going to some of the oral arguments. twot a reminder of what the major questions were before the court. first of all, is race-based affirmative action constitutional? and secondly, is the university of california's quota based actiontive constitutional? so let's hear archibald cox's arguments. these were held on october 12, 1977. and there were two hours of arguments, which is a little bit longer than usual. normally now it's one. why there were two hours in this particular case? >> sometimes they'll expand argument. that happenly had in major cases in which they want more. here we knew there were gonna be litigants, not two, because of the u.s. solicitor general, who appears in one third of all argume

i'm eric shawn in for bill heller. >> i'm in for sandra smith. she is traveling back now. she was at the royal wedding. nice to have with everybody. a bombshell new investigation into claims of a spy at the f.b.i. >> if they were using somebody to engage the trump campaign was there judicial oversight? they had the thumb on the scale when it claim to the clinton investigation. somebody has to watch those who watch us. >> that was senator lindsey graham as the president calls for a new investigation into the possible infiltration of his 2016 campaign. we take this up next. >> the wrath of kilauea. it is continuing. lava consuming more homes on hawaii's big island and poses a new threat as it reaches the ocean. we're live on the ground in hawaii with the details. >> to texas where a community is coming together in grief mourning the victims of friday's school shooting. all of this as we learn some disturbing new details about the suspect. >> they shouldn't be afraid to go to school. they shouldn't worry about the fact that they might not go home that night because some craze

rationale is almost as hard to believe as president trumps james comeye fired because used to hard on heller clinton. give me a break. the rationale is also difficult to believe because the truck administration's record on voting rights goes in the exactly opposite direction, suppressing legitimate voters, suppressing them. so now they come up with this question that is supposed to help people vote more. president trump falsely accused millions of americans of voting illegally in the last election. the president then set up a sham commission to go out and try to find evidence to back up his false claims. he pointed kansas governor kris .obach to leave the commission last month, mr. cobalt was held in contempt of court for failing to inform his own state voters that they could register to vote . finally, the president dissolve his commission without identifying any evidence to support his claims. what about the justice department? citizened for this new question supposedly to help enforce the voting rights act. however, during the entire tenure of the trump administration, the justice departm

of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable dean heller, a senator from the state of nevada, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: orrin g. hatch, president pro tempore. mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: majority leader. mr. mcconnell: i move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar number 847, gina haspel. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all those in favor say aye. those opposed no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: nomination, central intelligence agency, gina haspel of kentucky to be director. mr. mcconnell: i send a cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the cloture motion. the clerk: cloture motion, we the undersigned senators in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of gina haspel of kentucky to be director of the central intelligence agency signed by 17 se

let's get some more reaction to that with jane heller in windsor. thank you, anita.oyal correspondent is following this along with me. the statement coming directly from meghan markle hard sell. which is interesting because it brings to an end what has become a very sorry story over the last three or four days. it is only two days until the wedding. nobody would have wanted to have this level of uncertainty so close to the wedding, but now at least that has brought an end to all that, an end to the sort of gossip column predictions, speculation over what was happening. so we have had this statement released in the last few minutes. as you can see there, sadly, my father will not be attending our wedding. so there we have it. confirmation that thomas markle, meghan's dad, who lives in mexico, will not be travelling across. there has been lots of speculation that he underwent heart surgery yesterday. that hasn't been officially confirmed but we certainly do know now that he will not be walking down the aisle, which we know she wanted him to do. there is no couple of ru

heller of with dean nevada who no longer faces the primary threat but use the only republican up forion in a state hillary clinton won. that's a tricky place to be. the democrats odds of living if you gop seats have increased over the past six months, but this list like the one we did a year out from election day ranks incumbents most likely to lose, not seats most likely the flip. heidi heitkamp in west virginia, and joe manchin have traded places with heidi heitkamp at fourth and mansion at fifth. democrats would have inhabited faced on lincoln ship that they are not getting representative evan jenkins who they spent nearly $2 million against in the primary. the biggest changes in florida, senator bill nelson moving up from eight to six with governor rick scott entering into the race pushing montana senator jon tester and sherrod brown down to seventh and eighth respectively. this list is compiled after a consultation with strategists on both sides of the aisle and inside elections with nathan gonzales. is the only public enough for reelection in a state that hillary carried. danny

eastern, heller clinton, rex tillerson, james mattis and canadian prime minister justin trudeau.rsday at 8:00 p.m. eastern, tim cook, governor john kasich, governor kate brown, and congressman luis gutierrez. on friday at 8:00 p.m. eastern, jimmy carter, betsy devos, mark bot ws and keisha lance -- >> washington journal continues. att: you can post facebook.com/c-span. c-span wj. feed is concernsbout regulators have. giving lenders are corporate buyers lose her terms you and if they operate in an industry under strained through the development is a boon to companies looking to borrow cheaply while the economy is doing well but regulators are raising red flags particularly since rising interest rates may make it harder for businesses to pay off loans. the comptroller of the currency in a report last week identified the easing as top risk in the industry. the regulator said over the past year it has privately issued fidewarnings to the bona fide -- that is the comptroller of the currency warning on thursday. other stories will take a look at. from los angeles california, democrats

i was speaking with senator heller and he said it is dead on arrival and will block any action. the senate has taken an interim storage approach. senators alexander and feinstein are working through the energy appropriations process to work their way through their bill and want to introduce separate legislation with senators mccaskill and cantwell that would authorize this interim storage. this house bill is not going to come up in the senate this year. >> covering the yucca mountain bill and energy and environment reporter. ead more and he is on twitter. thanks so much. and house approved the rule for debate. the debate was 224-181. it will come up tomorrow under a rule that allows for a general debate and three amendments will be considered. the house debated a couple of other bills. they'll come back for votes in just a bit and we will have live coverage pa bag here. we'll show you the initial debate from earlier today on yucca mountain. newhouse: on tu rules committee met and reported a rule, house

weekre going to see next representative rosen, currently running against senator heller representing race, congresswoman titus. this is an issue that unites nevadans. it is not just party lines. this will pass the house, but it will run into the opposition and senate, where senator heller is waiting. but the senate is potentially looking at doing some of their own management. lamar alexander and dianne feinstein have been talking with -- of appropriation cycle with the appropriation cycle, and it is a priority to them to get something going. that may take the turn of something more interim storage base, then interim storage at yucca mountain. do something,ld but this bill will likely have to go uphill to get past the senate. interviewer: we're speaking with lon, the energy and environment reporter with "cq roll call." announcer: congress returns tomorrow after a weeklong recess. talk about the approval process to store nuclear waste ntain, andou overturning a financial role part of the consumer financial protection bureau. the senate continues to debate on u.s. court of appeals nomin

you are going to see representative jacky rosen, currently running against senator dean heller in the nevada race -- she will come out just as strong as the other senator that you mentioned. this is an issue that unites nevadans. it is not just party lines. this will pass the house but it will run into the opposition in the senate where senators dean heller and senator catherine cortez masto are willing to put up a bill investor. the senate is looking at doing some of its own nuclear waste management. senator feinstein and another senator are talking. their energy water bill talks on -- touches on a lot of these issues. it has been a priority for them to get that going. there is some hope that the senate could do something but this current bill is likely to have to go uphill to get past the senate. >> we are speaking to jeremy dylan who is energy and environment reporter for cq roll call. as can follow his reporting well as on twitter. thank you so much for the update. >> thank you for having me. >> we will bring you the debate on yucca mountain nuclear waste storage when the house re

i was speaking with senator heller and he will olympic any action of it going forward. he senate has taken an approach. senators alexander and fine steen are working through the appropriations appropriation process and they want to introduce separate legislation and senators my cull sky likely not to going to come up in the senate. >> read more at rollcol.com and on twitter. thanks so much. the house returns thursday to complete work on the yucca mountain bill with debate and time vote. the chamber is done for the day. the members reconciled federal trade commission and justice standards. the chamber approved a measure that would require state or hole governments. he used those funds for pre-trial. follow the house live on thursday. and i didn't attach a lot of meaning to them. maybe you can define in your view, the deep state, shadoof government and the swamp and how do you difference ate them? >> the terminology of the deep state and others call it and affecting their burialcratic wishes in electing donald trump nd he termed it the swamp that americans understand beca

rosene going to see jacky , who is currently running she is dean heller, going to come out. this is an issue that unites nevadans. all the way up to the governor, a republican against this. it is not just party lines. it is going to run into the opposition. waiting and there willing to put a filibuster up there. the senate is looking at doing some of their own nuclear waste management. senator miller and feinstein have been talking about the appropriations cycle. their energy water bill touches on these issues. that may take the turn of something interim storage space than storage at yucca mountain. there is some hope of the senate could do something. this current bill, it is going to have to go uphill. dillon, you can follow on twitter.g and thank you for the update. >> thanks for having me. >> we bring you the debate when the house returns next week. they will review a consumer protection bill on auto financing. debatinge will be nominees to the court of appeals. watch live coverage of the house on c-span and the senate. the atlantic council hosted a discussion about north

heller: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from nevada. mr. heller: mr. president, i rise today to reiterate my strong opposition to the house of representatives' effort to restart licensing activities at yucca mountain and in particular the nuclear waste policy amendment act, which passed the house just a few hours ago. this bill, which is a complete and total waste of taxpayers' dollars, is dead on arrival in the united states senate. not only will i place a hold on the bill now that has passed the house, i will also object to the motion to proceed to the bill. and this vote today proves my point -- that i am the only person in washington, d.c., standing between a pristine, beautiful nevada or a nevada dripping with nuclear waste. just as i've said? the past, i'll continue -- just as i've said in the past, i'll continue to serve sasse a roadblock to make -- serve as a roadblock to make nevada a dump. despite the house's repeated attempts to revive the failed project, i have been able to ensure that not a single dollar has been appropriated to restart li

senator dean heller. and senator mike leigh. thank you for coming.epresentatives, a delegation led by congressmenjo wilson. congressmen tom rice. congressman steve knight. congressman dennis ross. congressman mario. congressmen jody heise. congressman scott taylor. congressman louise ellman. congas and george holding. and congressmen ron desa ntis. just last year, congress man desantis stood on the podium here injerusalem and made a passionate case that this day would come. and so it has. i would also like to welcome the governor of my home state of florida, who has also been a strong advocate for jerusalem, governor rick scott. in 1995, thejerusalem embassy act became law, voted in favour overwhelmingly by both houses of congress, and led by a former senator who is here today, senator joseph lieberman. that law, which was reaffirmed just last year by a vote of 90—0 in the senate declared jerusalem to be the capital of israel and mandated the move of the embassy. 23 long years have passed since the transfer of the embassy became the law of the land.