barbara lee sits on the house appropriations committee. some fks in washington this week with atenny generalte william baarifying before the senate. you are among a growinghorus of democrats calling on him to resign. i called on him to resign a couple weeks ago. this attorney general is the atenny general for the people of the united states, for the damt of justice. for so he should resign. es for the difference is he's are protecting the president. es for he is promoting and putting forth lies. he is not telling the truth. under oath ox yeah. also in many ways he's not reesenting the peoplel of united states by representing the department of justice, w ach is what i supposed to be and he's are taken this as a personal representation of the man in the white house. >> and calls for him to be impeached. the houses ofeesentatives is looking at possibly holding him in contempt for refusing to tetify. are the democrats spinning their wheels because obviously nothing likepe ichment -- he's are not going to resign. impeachment would never make it

there was the house appropriations committee released a draft of its funding priority os for the next fiscal year. and a big meeting with nancy pelosi and chuck schumerer. they seemed to come to a deal around the infrastructure bill. what would your priorities be for the bay area? >> i have be optimistic it e ll happen. i think the cou in the details. good in terms of a number to start with. in bay area we have hiej infrastructure needs not to mention ourer road bridges. but we have broadbound that's necessary. that's an infrastructure issue. and we're trying to make sure we include affordable housing. we have a tremendous housing crisis. we're trying to get housing as part of the bill. so i do this new infrastructure initiative in the broader sense. es forrer itan not only be seen as brick and morts but really enhancing ow growth and creating jobs and making sure there's housing and other kindsofnfrastructure needs met for everyone. es for. >> i wa askia about some of these town hall meetings you arer holding. what is the goal of these town hall meetings? >> and this the anniversary

illegal immigrants surrendering to border patrol in yuma, arizona is democrats on the house appropriations committeest donald trump's request for $4.5 billion in emergency spending for the border crisis. there is also push back against the pope for sending $500,000 to help migrants at our southern border. trace gallagher has more. >> pope francis has been very direct and opposing donald trump's while on the us-mexico border. >> translator: a person who thinks only about building walls wherever they may be and not building bridges is not a christian. >> some are accusing the pope of taking an indirect did at the us at the trump administration by donating half $1 million to assist 75,000 central american migrants who are stuck in mexico. the money raised for the pope's charity is aimed at providing food and shelter. the president of a conservative catholic organization that has criticized pope francis before is skeptical about the basis for the donation pointing out the $500,000 divided among 75,000 people is about $6.60 each, enough to buy a whopper meal at burger king, quote, this is all the appeara

jillian and jason were just describing, and the appropriate democratic chairmen of the house appropriations committeeate things like food and diapers, but nothing for more detention beds because these people aren't a danger. in other words, just release them into the country. the asylum decisions that jason was just describing are being made by liberal judges. and effect live i -- effectively, the democratic party is beginning to look like the party of anarchy, just let it rip. and there is, indeed, a manifest crisis down at the border as none who goes down and looks at it can see. >> and when you combine this with their calls for sanctuary cities and states, it even strengthens your argument. paul: jillian, briefly, are we going to get any movement from congress to help solve at least the incentive issues? >> well, one interesting thing about this $4.5 billion request is the vast majority is for humanitarian purposes and, oddly for the trump administration, this makes no mention of a wall. so i think it's tougher for democrats to defend not doing it. then again, they might want this as an issue. pau

illegal immigrants surrendering to border patrol in arizona, as key democrats on the house appropriations committeeesident trump's request for $4.5 billion in emergency spending for the border crisis. there is also pushback tonight against the pope for sending $500,000 to help migrants at our southern border. correspondent trace gallagher has more pure and good evening, trace. >> good evening, shannon paired pope francis has been very direct opposing president trump's wall on the u.s.-mexico border. watch this. >> a person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be, and not building bridges is not a christian. >> some are accusing the pope was taking an indirect dig at the u.s. and the trump administration by donating a half million dollars to assist about 75,000 central american migrants who are stuck in mexico. the money, raised for the peters pens collection, the pope's charity, is aimed at providing food and shelter, but the president of the lip onto into stewed, a conservative catholic organization that has criticizee he skeptical about the basis for the donation, pointing out

the house appropriations committee says they will pass it as soon as possible. trace? >> hillary vaughn live. thank you. let's bring in a.b. stoddard, columnist at real clear politics. always good to see you, a.b. i want to start with this farm aid off the top. $16 billion, you know, the farmers, even the ones that supported president trump, some are saying, you know, we'll take the aid but we don't really want the aid. we want trade at this point in time. >> yes, this is a problem is that they need the bail-out money because they're facing staggering losses. senator moran of kansas said his ranchers and formers are facing long-term financial ruin. the industry will face long-term damage as a result of what's going on still with china even though some tariffs have been lifted on canada and mexico. this is really the problem here. you get a bail-out, you wonder when is the next bail-out come something will the government provide for that or can i plan for that? they want to plan on planting for next season. they can't. there's too much uncertainty. they want markets. th

there was a decision in the house appropriations committee just last week to scale the investment that has to be reversed with just the senate current mark strikes me to be putting into this new tool. i recognize over and he has a way of treating investments with great caution, but i think we are in a contest here and we ought to bring our best tools to connect and american private capital and the ability to put together the well structured deals particularly in infrastructure ought to be one of the things we put at the very forefront. as a relevant aside, the ambassador and i co-authored an editorial in the japanese newspaper about the importance of partnering virtually every one of our major allies has a development financing institutions of the idea that we would be financing development is something i try to push back on. this is a federal guarantee of new private capital investment and is syndicated and done in partnership with the japanese and australians were south koreans or the norwegians and germans we could end up doing a lot of good in a lot of countries and to demonstrate

there was a guy named tom goodwin who is the house appropriations committee chairman. she was the majority, the first woman elected majority leader anywhere ever that is how smart she was. she had a deal with him all the time. he was a jerk. a drunk by 10:00 a.m. drunk. she called him on his drinking and she he said if you were a man i'd punch you on the no's and he said if you were a man you could ouch. [laughter] and she did that very rarely. that's only story like that. but she picked her shot. she knew when he had to stand up but also when to retreat to fight again another day and avoid controversy. all the while able to make deals, pragmatic, practical, skills that she brought to the supreme court. >> the description you have of the arizona senate is a bit of a mess. in one person he spoke to said that she was promoted in arizona ultimately because they're looking for intelligence and that narrowed the field. >> the majority leader told me that. [laughter] >> how much was she shining because she was the first woman in these cases and how much was it if we could pe

he didn't give a direct answer t reminded me of the dodge when he was in front of the house appropriations committee and he was talking about the process up until someone asked him, well, have you briefed the white house on the substance of the report? he said i'm not going to talk about it. it showed he was clearly uncomfortable and it was obvious there was something there. when the report was released we found out what that thing was. they had been briefing the report and had given a copy of the report to the white house. this is another sign that there is clearly something there that doesn't want to share with congress. >> there's something else going on here. as a former staffer, and i don't know if you pick up on this, there is a way you broef a politician. politicians can't and don't read everything. for our viewers who are watching the sasse questioning carefully, ben sasse tried to pursue, i thought, a friendly line of questioning. everyone is against russia, right? he went to dirty russian oligarches. barr liked he didn't know who oripasko was, and that really can't be true but he made it a

what he told the house appropriations committee is he had no idea whether members of the mueller teamustrated or dissatisfied. he had in hand they were clearly dissatisfied. perjury depends on intent as much as the substance and a response. he ought to be given further opportunity to explain. it comes very close to the line if it doesn't cross it. remember, also that barr was dismissive, like his boss of the continuing threat of russian attacks on this country. i would want to know from both mueller and barr whether they are committed to additional measures to stop continuing russian interference in our election >> that's a question we should be asking every public official going forward, full stop, no matter the party. senator, thank you very much for being with us >> thank you. >> alisyn? >> as you know, 20 democrats are running for president hoping to deny donald trump a second term. if voters had to choose right now, who would they pick? >> do they have to choose now? >> well, for our purposes, yes. it's really interesting. ♪ book now and enjoy free unlimited open bar and more. no

he said in testimony on capitol hill before the senate house appropriations committee and on "fox newshas no evidence but he thinks that something bad happened. it seems like the most dangerous demagoguery. at least donald trump makes it all up. no one thinks he has any evidence. >> it is really dangerous. the attorney general knows that the inspector general, and inspector generals are neutral, apolitical parties, not appointed for any particular administration. they are run off and exceeds and it cuts across multiple administrations. these are the neutrals in the world of the executive branch. the inspector general is looking at all of these questions. there's no need for barr to pick it up independently and toss around these sort of baseless accusations. but, as you say, he is always very careful to not cross over the line into perjury territory, which i think in many ways tells us just how dangerous the conduct he's engaging this is for the persamerican people. >> i think barr is the most dangerous person that works for donald trump. he has donald trump's world view, sean hannity's

acting dhs secretary kevin the gallon and testified during a budget hearing before the house appropriations committee, he was asked about family separations at the border and responded saying detaining children for long periods of time is not the way to enforce immigration laws. >>nobody wants to tame children whether they're a company and are not for a long period of time. the notion that they want to know we want to detain them indefinitely or for a 180 days. it couldn't be further from the truth. what what does happen is that 21 days is not an adequate time period for a full proceeding was due process with access to counsel was getting documents from central america to be completed we're going to look at redoubling our efforts to make sure that that can be as expeditious as possible. indeed even taking a fresh look at at what can be done in 21 dals with council. >>acting secretary says that they are looking back through information from 2014 2015 when the average time a family was detained was about 45 days. >>world news now gunshots protests in chaos as the leader of venezuela's opposition log de

. >> you know, a couple of which popped last week, the hack-dees mark, the house appropriations committee, the committee for defense, had some interesting things to say, particularly in the artificial intelligence space, we keep coming back, i think it is fascinating, you know, they increased investment in the program i mentioned earlier, you know, low cost atribtsable aircraft, they reduced funding substantially for the adjacent artificial intelligence center and i was wondering what you make of that, what that kind of change would do to the department's ability to pursue some of those technologies. >> they took i think 42 million out of artificial intelligence and put about 50 into the attributable aircraft. i think two things that i take away from this. one is the hill has been generally supportive of the types of directions we're heading and what you see is a different emphasis on this technology or this issue or others and they might see one that is particularly promising and put additional resources against it and another place they might dial it back, not because we're headed to a

it passed in the house appropriations committee, and will now go to the house floor. caregivers such as julie riduta hope the bill will forcepe unscrupuloustors to face tougher consequences. >> when they abuse animals, you can end up being in a jail. and we're human beings, so i fean like worse than als! >> reporter: meanwhileca, givers around the country will connue to push to be paid fairly and treated wh dignity, for the crucial services they provide. for pbs newshour, i'm jennif gollan, in san francisco, california. >> woodruff: and you can find the full investigation by the center for investigative reporting at www.revealnews.org. >> woodruff: the remains of the last slave ship that came to america have been found. the schooner, "clotilda," brought 110 africans to u.s. shores in 1860, decades after it was illegal to import slaves e to the country. those slaves were st of an estimated 389,000 africans delivered into bondage in mainland america from the early 1600s to 1860. the wreckage of the boat was found in alabama's mobile river. megan thompson has been report

on aproril 9 the ay general testified before the house appropriations committee and had this exchangeh congressman charlie cri>>st. eports have emerged recently, general, thahet membes ofpecial counsel's team are frustrated at some level with the limited informationcl ed in your march 24t march 24th letter, that it does not adequately or accurately, neessarily, portray the reports' findings. do you know what they'rewi referencin that? >> no, i don't. i think -- i suspect that they probably wanted, you know, more put out. >> nawaz: speaker pelosi accused barr of lying to congress, breaking the law eenforcement could there consequences to the attorney general as a result of the statements? >>here will be consequences, definitely. first of all, i disagree with my friend david entirely.h the idea that mueller letter was something th happens all the time, not. i served in two administrations high in the justice department. i never saw anything even close e, this. mueller didn't hike, some minor disagreement, he went to paper. he outlined hioncerns and even quoted the end of the special n u

i think there was an unfortunate decision in the house appropriations committee just last week to really shrink the scale of equity investment that i think has to be reversed. $150 million, which is the senate current mark strikes me as a paltry amount for us to be putting into this new tool. i recognize o.m.b. has a way of treating investments with great caution, but i think, you know, we're in a contest here and we ought to bring our best tools to the mix. and american private capital, and our ability to put together well structured and transparent deals, particularly in infrastructure, in the developing world ought to be one of the things that we're putting at the very forefront. just as a, i hope, relevant aside. ambassador haggerty and i co-authored an editorial in a japanese newspaper about the importance of partnering. virtually every one of our major allies has a development finance institution, so the idea that we alone would be financing development is something i really try and push back on to the skeptical middle americans who say, well, hang on a minute. $60 billion, that's

let's bring in north carolina congressman and a member of the house appropriations committee david pricethis, thank you for joining us. you had a chance to hear the report and he goes back and forth between comey and the president that is occurring right now. and i feel like it is kind of remarkable, the former fbi director is such a powerful investigator coming out now from a moralistic stance trying to shame the president, what are your thoughts on that, when we think about investigators supposed to be impartial as they are conducting these investigations enough to hear this language from comey so openly questioning. >> the point about the preside president, we use this alternative web of facts and people get caught up in it and there is no way out, that is where one's dignity and integrity remain intact, i do think that is a realistic observation. there are many, many examples. but speaking of alternatives, it exempts reality, these allusions, this wishful thinking about kim jong-un and the situation in north korea, it takes your breath away. and the fact that they are just ratcheting

house and senate. as you can see, the distinguished leader on the appropriations committee, senator patty murray and mr. carper richard neal, the chair , of the ways and means committee, and steny hoyer. where's the chairman? whatever the title is in the senate. >> number two. ms. pelosi: debbie stabenow of michigan, a leader on all of these issues. our assistant speaker, mr. lujan of new mexico, our distinguished whip of the house, mr. clyburn. the chair -- i love saying chair -- the chair of the transportation and infrastructure committee appropriate to this discussion mr. defazio and ron wyden. democrat.op we came with commitment and knowledge and shared vision of this and spirit of president eisenhower, when he instituted the interstate highway system. it was important for jobs and mobility. it was a national security initiative. and it was bipartisan. lyndon johnson and sam rayburn in the house and senate, president of the united states, dwight eisenhower, we thought we could do something comparable. unfortunately, the president isn't ready for that. thank you very much. [indistinct conversations]

rob: congressman sits on house appropriations and budget committees an says the american people knowt policies like this sound good but do come with a massive price tag. >> medicare for all great sounding phrase but the reality it's a real bad idea, 32 trillion-dollar minimum price tag in a decade and it's one-size fits all. so i think it's going to be a topic for discussion and the hearing is helpful that way, the more people understand the price, but the american people are pretty street smart, remember, you pay for a lifetime before you're eligible for it at 65. carley: all of 2020 candidates have support for universal health care but only these candidates say they support some version of medicare for all. >> after a heartbreaking disqualification at the kentucky derby maximum security could be sitting out the next triple crown qualifier, the horse's owner considers appealing the derby's outcome. the owner claims it might not be worth racing in two weeks if they're not running for triple crown. maximum security was disqualified for interfering with other horses at the derby after

house judiciary committee. that moment that nancy pelosi, the speaker of the house is referring to, came april 9 when the attorney general testified before a house appropriationsommittee and here is the exchange. [video clip] >> reports have emerged recently that embers of the special counsel's team are frustrated with the limited information included in your march 24 letter , that it does not adequately or accurately necessarily portray the report's findings. do you know what they are referencing with that? >> no, i don't. wantedct they probably view, i out, but in my was not interested in putting out summaries or trying to summarize because i think any summary regardless of who prepares it not only runs the risk of being underinclusive or overinclusive, but also would trigger a lot of discussion and analysis that really should await everything coming out at once. i was not interested in a summary of the report. in fact, at the time i put out my march 24 letter, there was nothing from the special counsel that was not marked as potentially pertaining -- containing 6e material and i had no material that had been sanitized of 6e material. i felt i should state b

house and senate. as you can see, distinguished leader on the appropriations committee, senator patty murray. mr. carter, the ranking member on the committee of jurisdiction which oversees some of what we're talking about. brittany neal, our chairman in the house, benny hoyer. whatever the title is in the senate --. >> debbie stabenow of michigan a leader on all of these issues, and her committee in the congress. our speaker bill ruane of new mexico. that isn't a moved approximate of the chair of the transportation infrastructure committee appropriate up to this discussion. mr. defazio and the top democrat on the finance committee in the united states senate, ron widen. we came with heft, with commitment, with knowledge, and with a shared vision of creating this great jobs initiative for our country and. it was important for jobs and month fw-- and it was bipartisa. we had hoped that we could do something comparable. unfortunately, the president isn't ready for that. thank you all very much. >>> comments from both congressional democrats and senate today on the mueller report and various investiga

he was before and appropriations committee the next day -- one day, and the next day he was before the senate appropriations committee. he was asked before the houseppropriators, by a republican of florida, about what went into his march 20 fourth memo that he sent to congress -- marched when he fourth memo that he sent to 4th memo -- march 2 that he sent to congress. with the limited information included, it does not adequately portray the report's findings. do you know what they are referencing with that? >> no, i do not. suspect they probably wanted view, i out, but, in my was not interested in putting out summaries or trying to summarize, because i think any summary, regardless of who prepares it, not only runs the risk of being underinclusive or overinclusive, but also it would trigger a lot of discussion and should outweigh everything coming in at once. my marchme i put out 24 letter, there was nothing from the special counsel marked 6epotentially containing material. i felt i should state the bottom line conclusions, and i tried to use special counsel molar's -- mueller's own language in doing that. did you feel there was an obligation upon

. >> a couple weeks ago the house for the appropriations committee had a hearing, and john kerry was invited. one of the issues that came up in a bit of back and forth was a statement that greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere during the course of all of human existence have averaged a very, very high level, like 2000 ppm for something. i something. i don't know the exact number. i think the point they were making is that if you look backward over long time that the concentration of greenhouse gases have been very much higher than the art today and, therefore, not to worry. can you clear this up for us in terms of what that the pictures like? >> sure. i mean, there was a lot of conflation going on in that statement. one thing we know is we've got a very good record of co2. we can say with great clarity. humans will go back 300,000 years so we know we're the only generation of humans ever to live in concentration of co2 that at this high. that's a fact. now, you go further back in geologic time into the hothouse i taught you about, there are times in co2 was higher but our a

. >> are you talking about my testimony before the house committee of appropriations? >> yes. during your career at the department of justice and as attorney general, have you ever authorized to investigate activities as spying? >> i'm not going to adure the use of the word "spying." my first job was in cia. i don't think it has a prejorative con notation at all. whether it's authorized and predicated spying. spying is a good english word that, in fact, doesn't have cinnamons, because it is the broadest word, incorporating all forms of convert intelligence collection. i'm not going to back off the word spying except i will say i'm not suggesting any prejorative and i use it freakily, as do media. >> was it off the cuff in the hearing that day or did you go in that hearing intending -- >> it was off the cuff, to tell you the truth, when the senator -- i mean the -- >> congressman probably. >> from shatz from hawaii. >> whoever it was, go ahead. >> when he challenged me and said you want to change your language i was thinking like what's the issue? i don't consider it a used in

housing prices. the senate appropriations committee chair today made it a two-year deal meaning it won't be eligible for a vote until january. wiener tweeted quote, while i am extremely disappointed, i am 100% committed to moving the bill forward. the fight is far from over. >>> it's been years of discussion and a lot of controversy, but now the first sections of a suicide net for the golden gate bridge are being fabricated in richmond. here is laura anthony. >> it doesn't look like much, but it's expected to save hundreds of lives, people who might otherwise decide to take their lives by jumping off the golden gate bridge. >> the devastation is unimaginable. >> the gamboa family lost 18-year-old kyle to suicide in 2013. >> after all of these years, to see and touch a net, a net that will actually save lives on the golden gate bridge is very emotional and surreal. >> the 300-foot sections are being fabricated at plant in richmond. installation of the steel supports has already begun on the bridge in san francisco. >> you're talking about 1.7 miles on both sides of the bridge. you're talking about a

. >>> a bill to make it easier to build housing near public transit hubs is now postponed. the appropriations committee did not vote on the measure introduced by state senator scott wiener. he said disappointed in the delay adding "we're either serious about solving this crisis or we aren't. at some point we'll need to make the hard political choices necessary for california to have a bright housing future." >>> our other top headline right now. the warriors looking for their second straight win tonight over the portland trail blazers. golden state is playing well so far in the western conference finals. without kevin durant, fans have been counting on the splash brothers. >>> detectives say they've solved a four-decade old murder case. janice taylor was found strangled to death in march 1974. now with the help of dna evidence, they say that john arthur detrue was the culprit all along. he was arrested last year for a separate murder and being held on $10 million bail. >>> a massive gang investigation is wrapping up in the east bay. multiple search warrants being executed spanning three counties and si

committees in the congress. our assistant speaker, the whip of the house, democratic whip, mr. clyburn. chair of the -- i love saying chair. the chair of the transportation infrastructure committee appropriate to this discussion, mr. defazzio and the top democrat on the finance committee in the united states senate, ron widen. so we came with commitment, with knowledge, with hopefully shared vision of creating a great jobs initiative for our country and the spirit of. eisenhower when he instituted the highway -- the interstate highway system. it was important for jobs and mobility. it was a national security initiative. it was bipartisan. lyndon johnson and same rayburn and the house and senate, president of the united states, dwight eisenhower. we hoped we could do something comparable. unfortunately the president isn't ready for that. thank you all very much. >> well, it has been a war of words to say the least so far this morning. it started with speaker pelosi coming to a microphone and saying the president is engaged in a cover-up. the president then coming out to the rose garden and standing at the microphone and letting loose saying that we could have had the problem at the border so

house and senate. as you can see, distinguished leader on the proipgs committ s appropriations committee. jurisdiction that oversees what we're talking about here. ways and means committee of the house, our distinguished democratic leader in the house, steny hoyer. the senate whip, assistant leader, whatever the title is in the senate. >> number two. >> debbie stabenow of michigan, leader on all of these issues in her committees in the congress. our assistant speaker, mr. luhan of new mexico, democratic whip of the house, mr. clyburn, chair of the -- i love saying chair. chair of the transportation infrastructure committee appropriate up to this discussion, mr. defazio and the top democrat on the finance committee in the united states senate, ron weisen. we came with hechlt ft, commitment, knowledge, with hope of a shared vision of creating this great jobs initiative for our country. in the spirit of president eisenhower, when he instituted the highway, the interstate highway system. it was important for jobs and mobility. it was a national security initiative. and it was bipartisan. lyndo

house. he chaired the appropriations committee, and before that the agriculture committee. thad cochran was 81 years old. >>> coming up shortly, acting deputy secretary of defense david norquist will discuss the pentagon's 7$750 billion budget request for next year. live coverage at center for new american security starting in just a few minutes here on c-span3. you can also tune in online at c-span.org or listen online with the free c-span app. >>> saturday with american history tv on c-span3, at 2:00 p.m. eastern, slavery at clone yal w -- colonial williamsburg. >> i went to their room and i said, when you put on 18th century clothing, it makes you feel important. it inspires you. it makes you think that the 18th century was the sin quo nom of what it means to be an american. when i wear the clothes i wear, i feel like a slave. >>> and on sunday we continue our coverage fortunaof the 75th anniversary of d-day. >> they went a little off course and there was uncertainty and conversation about what they should do. son of the president, who was the oldest american participant

right now the appropriation committees in the house and the senate are going through that determiningoney could and should be spent on those border walls and on the various crossings and other issues, including taking care of the people that are here. >> martha: i don't know how you feel about the fact that the border agents are being diverted to help take care of little kids and put up tents. now have you tsa agents who are supposed to be at the airports being diverted there to help them. that's a problem. and i think people look at congress and say you better fix. this you really better fix this, folks. >> it's in the process of being fixed. money is being appropriated. in the process now exactly for all of those things including additional defenses. it's a matter choices here. we do we take money out of critical programs in the department of defense or do we go through the normal process here of appropriating money as the constitution requires. >> martha: we have been down this road before. it's clear congress doesn't want to pay for the wall. >> no. congress actually proposed thre

of people are saying, yeah, yeah, yeah we want more public housing, more low income just not right here. >> if you're the appropriate committeethe answer is yes. but in this case, there's plenty of blame to go around from those committed to high-density housing. the senate president pro tem tony atkins, by the way, a san diego resident refused to pressure portino to move the bill. governor newsom, a proponent of public housing made no effort. a lot of inaction even from those who claim they want action. >> this does sound like it's getting deep in the legislative weeds from frustrates people who say we have jobs, wealth, a strong tax base, we even have a governor who says we need more housing. are we going to rely on googles of the world to come and build housing for us or are legislators going to take this up? >> time will tell. the legislative process is fraught with barriers because there's so many opponents to any issue. in this case it appears southern california interest found this change too hard to accept. with the governor refusing to step in, weiner is going to be forced to find more supporters downstream. we do kno

and last month, while you were testifying before the house appropriations sub committee about hud's withdrawal of these guidance documents, you said that they were not needed and that the equal access rule was in place. is that correct? >> the rules from 2012 and 2016 adequately provide for fairness for all communities. >> so those rules are still in place? >> yes, they have not been removed. >> okay. and you also stated, we have not made any attempt to change them, is that correct? >> we have not changed any of the rules. >> and that was the case when you testified in appropriations, is that still the case today? >> that's still the case today. >> and you can assure this committee that you will not make any, that hud does not have any current or future plans to eliminate the equal access rule in rule making? >> i'm not going to say what we will do in the future about anything. we don't know what we're going to do in the future. >> are you currently anticipating doing that? >> i'm not currently anticipating changing the rule. >> well, what has your agency done to ensure that the equal access r

white house, i wasn't intimidated because i had been to the white house many times as appropriator or as member of the intelligence committee, but when i went into the meeting, the door closed behind me, i realized that this was a meeting that i had never been to before, in fact, a meeting that no woman had ever been before, congressional leadership with the president of the united states, women had a seat at the table with cabinet office appointed by the president, that's wonderful but the power of the table derive from his, my power derives from the democratic caucus of the house of representatives. [cheers and applause] >> as was the republicans from his leadership. so anyway, the president of the t ited states is george w. -- president george w. bush, gracious, welcoming, lovely, gracious, making some nice remarks, welcoming me, first women to be such at such a meeting and all of a sudden i couldn't hear what he was saying because i was squeezed in my chair. i couldn't -- i realized that susan b. anthony u all of them on the chair with me, they were all right there and i could hear them say, at last we have a seat at th

you're a member of the senate appropriations of banking, housing and urban affairs committees.n moore, the president announced earlier in a tweet that he was withdrawing from consideration for federal reserve board of governors. you issued a statement which read "stephen moore has long favored policies that favor corporate billionaires at the expense of main street. his distan for factually accurate economic projections and his comments about women should have disqualified him from the start. what is going on here with the president's appointees? two of which have fall i don't know -- fallen from the wayside because they could not garner enough votes to be approved. >> this reminds me of what is called "the gong show", right? both candidates have been disqualified because they don't have enough support in the united states senate. given the kind of nominees who have gotten through the senate, it's a very low bar these days. so for steve moore to be disqualified because some republican senators won't support him is a sign of just how bad he would be on the federal reserve. this

distinguish leader on the appropriations committee, senator patty murray, the ranking member of the jurisdiction, overseas what we're talking about here. our distinguish leader of the house, steny hoyer. the senate with -- whip, whatever the title is in the senate, the leader on all of these issues and her committees in the congress, our assistant speaker of new mexico, our house,uished whip of the the chair of the -- i love saying chair -- the chair of the transportation infrastructure the top democrat on the finance committee in the united states senate, so we came with heft, with commitment, with with what we hoped was a shared vision of creating this great jobs initiative for our country and spirit of president eisenhower when he instituted the interstate highway system. it was important for jobs and mobility. it was a national security initiative, and it was bipartisan. lyndon johnson and family learned in the house and senate the president of the united states, dwight eisenhower -- we had hoped we could do something comparable. unfortunately, the president is not ready for that. thank you all very much. >> [indiscernible] >> house speaker nancy pelosi made more pub

in the face of this political jockeying by house democrats, i'm proud to say that the appropriations committee did the right thing and continued to fully fund all violence against women act programs through the remainder of this fiscal year. so this means that house democrats, when they tried to kill vawa by refusing to reauthorize it actually failed to accomplish there goal if their goal was to deny women and other victims of violence the critical funding needed for these programs. so despite the efforts they undertook to let vawa expire, critical domestic violence will continue to receive full federal funding until we can reach a bipartisan consensus agreement an update the law. so good for the appropriations committee for making that happen. but my point is, mr. president, that vawa should never be used as a political play thing or pawn. i'm somewhat encouraged by ongoing bipartisan negotiations here in the senate and i commend senator ernst for her commitment to this of for the an look forward to supporting a long-term extension of vawa that has -- is done in the right way, the negotiation

is something i think the committees and the senate intelligence and house intelligence committees really need to exert their appropriate authorities and to stop any reckless and irresponsible release of information that could harm this country for years to come. >> what do you say to folks that say the intelligence community is capable of wielding classification and secrecy like a sword to protect its turf and keep committees of oversight away from them, to fight intramural battles for supremacy within the government and maybe it's good to give someone the power to get in there and override that. >> well, the women and men of the intelligence communities do their utmost to keep their fellow citizens safe and secure, and they do their utmost to keep the capabilities whether they be technical or whether they be human sources safe from harm. so to say that someone else should come in and just release things almost willy-nilly, i think, is a reckless, reckless initiative. i do believe the intelligence committees in the congress are the appropriate ones to make sure the intelligence community is carrying out its responsibil

house and senate. >>as you can see. distinguished leader on the appropriations committee pat congress senator patty mister karr present the ranking member on the committee of jurisdiction that oversee some of what we're talking she knew all the chairs the ways and means committee in the house. our distinguished a democratic leader in the house steny hoyer the commercial german is he senate with sure stanley whatever the title is in the senate to it. debbie stabenow of a leader on all of these issues and her committees in the congress, ours are opposed assistant most people mr. and then a little high of a new mexico. i just english with of the house democratic whip of the house next to kyron. the chair of island chain share. this chaz but haitian infrastructure mmittee appropriate time to this discussion. mister defazio and and the top democrat on the finance committee and the united states senate 9 wide. so we came with with commitment with knowledge. but bush hope for the shared vision of creating this great jobs initiative for a country and spirit of front of president eisenhower. when he instituted a highway. interstat

he was here on the house side and later on the senate side appearing before those appropriations committees. because the mueller report back then was the news of the day, two lawmakers asked him specific questions. on the house side it was charlie crist. they asked him if the mueller team, members of the mueller team supported his attorney general's conclusions. if he knew of any discontentment among the mueller team with the way he handled the rollout of that report. on both occasions, barr said he did not know. of course, now the revelation of that letter that robert mueller wrote himself to barr where he referred to his own frustration with the way that barr had handled the roll out now calls that into question. you mentioned the fact that the attorney general boycotted the hearing that was scheduled. the members of the house judiciary committee wanted to grill him on his handling of the mueller report. i got to tell you, that empty chair in that hearing room behind me, that empty chair was the physical representation of democrats' frustration. they say the trump administration is not ac

house, thank you. joining us now, democratic senator chris van hollen of maryland. he's a member of the appropriations committee. thanks so much for joining us. democrats in the house and senate say they would like to start pursuing president trump's personal financial and corporate records as part of a lawsuit over his businesses. what do you hope to learn from those records? >> well, wolf, the constitution is very clear. that presidents of the united states should not be benefiting financially from foreign governments when they're in office. and there's a whole lot of evidence that on many decisions, president trump is putting the welfare of foreign governments ahead of our own people. and so, this is a lawsuit, and i'm part of this lawsuit, to get additional information about trump's finances, specifically whether or not and exactly how he's benefitting from these foreign investments. take the trump hotel in washington, d.c. you've got a lot of foreign governments deciding to use that, including saudi arabia, that cozies up to the president. and look what saudi arabia's getting. i mean, the president looks t

i hope that the judiciary committee in the house will take appropriate actions. see because don mcgahn still has some time in order to comply. >> yeah. they're negotiating today, but it sounds like if they don't get what they want, they're moving in that direction. you would support that? >> i think they have to. because there is such a thing as the rule of law. >> senator mazie hirono, thank you very much for being on "new day." >>> he trained the horse that won the kentucky derby. how does it feel when a big chunk of the country, including the president, now say you don't deserve it? the trainer of country house joins us next. the (new) roomba i7+ with clean base automatic dirt disposal empties the roomba bin for you. so dirt is off your hands. if it's not from irobot, it's not a roomba. ♪ ♪ this mother's day, get mom the one gift she's always wanted... ♪ get engaged... ...with our diamond price match guarantee, there is no better time. dare to be devoted. jared. don't just dream book your next vacation.. ♪ be a booker at booking.com still fresh... ♪ unstopable

house many times as an appropriator. or as a member of the intelligence committee. but when i went into the door closed the behind me, i realized this was a meeting had never been to before, it was like a meeting that no woman had been to before. because it was just the congressional leadership with the president of the united states. women have had a seat at the table at cabinet office at the white house appointed by the president, that's wonderful, but the power at the table derived from his. my power derived from the democratic caucus in the house of representatives. [applause] speaker pelosi: as was the that derived from his leadership. george w. bush, ever gracious, welcoming, making nice real warms -- nice remarks, and all could notn, i really hear what he was saying because i was squeezed in in my chair. realized search or nurture is, they were all in the chair with me. they were all right there. -- sojourner truth, they were all at the chair with me. they were all right there. i had a seat at the table. [applause] speaker pelosi: and then, they were gone. my