but we did media and this line illinois democratic political consultant richard goodstein why the issue of russian meddling is proving to be so divisive liberal politicians frequently blame russia for various things as well if you believe that's the real cause of the problems in the u.s. still there are other divisions what do you think. look i don't think people are blaming russia for anything that happens in the united states other than what our intelligence community concluded unanimously which with which is the russians attacked the united states to mock recy in the way that they. meddled frankly makes it look kind of pity. kind of really kind of piddly. it's meddling in the way that osama bin laden meddled with the world trade center that was an attack dick cheney . fan of generally ira had said that what our actions did was an act leak was of war against united states so so again but i think we should segment that out i think i think what happened i'd say it's whether it's racial bias or you know in inequality in terms of incomes that's not because of anybody from russia doing tha

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illinois democrat richard durbin called for homeland security secretary kirsten nielsen to resign. >>ation policy is more than a bureaucratic lapse in judgment. ,t is and was a cruel policy inconsistent with the bedrock values of this nation. administration has to accept responsibility. and executive associate director for immigrations and customs enforcement told senator durbin the ice has records documenting decisions by hundreds of migrant parents to leave the u.s. without their children. senators have expressed doubt that many parents willingly left the kids behind. president trump has given chief of staff john kelly a vote of confidence. bloomberg west the president has asked kelly to stay through the 2020 election. the retired marine corps general just celebrated his first full year as chief of staff. for months, there has been speculation he might leave. california authorities say 10 states have sent personnel to help battle the 17 wildfires burning across the state and that another six states will send resources this week. the out-of-state fire crews will relieve california fi

coming up thursday morning pennsylvania republican congressman glenn thompson and illinois democratic congressman raja krishnamorthy will discuss legislation that will advance career and technical education. be sure to watch c-span washington journal 7 eastern thursday morning. join the discussion. on thursday u.s. trade representative robert leit deputy sheriff huyser will speak about the trump -- leithaaser will speak about the trump administration's remarks and in the afternoon remarks from president trump in iowa speaking to voters and supporters in granite city. you can watch the president's comments live thursday at 3:40 p.m. eastern on c-span. sunday night on q and a constitutional lawyer david stewart on his book impeached, the trial of president andrew johnson and the fight for lincoln's legacy. >> it's a scandal. the chapter on johnson, i won't speak beyond that. the chapter on johnson should be expunged from every library in the country. it focuses on a fellow named edmond ross who was credited with capturing the vote that saved johnson's tail and it calls ross' vote the mo

illinois democrat dick durbin says someone needs to take responsibility for the controversial policy minor children at the border. durbin's demand came during a senate judiciary committee hearing where both republicans and democrats criticized the policy. >> it's not an exaggeration to say that the policies of president trump and attorney general jeff sessions may sshlly orphan hundreds of immigrant children. >> if families and children are going to be kept in federal custody, they must be kept in facilities where they will be treated humanely. unfortunately, recent media reporting, i've seen, suggests the federal government is faili failing h failing miserably in the task i just described. >> they defended their handling of the policy, likening the facilities where the children were kept to summer camps. >>> the mysterious disappearance of an iowa woman who grew up in oakland remains just that this afternoon, a mystery. authorities told reporters today that they still do not know what happened to 20-year-old mollie tibbetts who vanished two weeks ago tomorrow. they have a good timeli

connie is in illinois, democrats line. caller: thank you for taking my call. am continually amazed at the consistency in trump's lies. at this news conference this morning, it was just appalling that he stood there once again and stayed true to form with his transparent lies. it was really increasingly clear that he blurred the lines and thethe nato budget united states contributions for military spending. and then he said something to the effect that he just read ago,on a report a few days when it is clear to everybody in america, the man does not read. to stand up and say that we are contributing 90% to nato and everybody else is just riding on our coattails is a blatant lie. we contribute 22% toward nato 66% on theabout military spending. he doesn't get that. all he did today was highlight his continued ignorance. host: the associated press raking off on their twitter feed, saying the french president is denying the president's claim, saying that nato powers agreed to increase defense spending beyond previous targets. hickory hills, illinois, independent li

saw the democrat in new york losing to alexandria, it feels like there is all this commentary now that the party is moving so far to the left. listen to tammy duckworth, the senator of illinois. >> is this the future of the democratic party? >> i think it is the future of the party in the bronx where she is. i think that we, as legislators, need to listen to our constituency. >> are you concerned at your party is going to part to the left to win in midterms? >> i think that you cannot win in the white house without the midwest. i do not think you can go too far to the left and still win the midwest. >> the democrats love a youth movement. did have cause for concern? >> i think at this one house primary has been over interpreted to fairly well. no offense to him, but he has had this coming for a long time. you can't get on the ballot unless you get up a jillion signatures. this was incumbent protectionism. one of the reasons why he lost is that he knew that this was long overdue. he got hit and now, they will have a congresswoman that represents that district. you have worked on the hill. there are weird members of congress. and i mean that both as people, but ideologically d

with very illinois democratic treasureer talking about major changes as facebook, nothing to do withse things per se. treasurer, good to have you. >> neil, good to be with you. neil: this is not your cause. this is all happened since you wanted to take a look how facebook seems to keep screwing up. you argue it is an issue of governance, right? you're looking for outside directors to come in. maybe a new executive chairman, explain what you want to see. >> we believe facebook has good fundamentals but we believe it can perform better. one of the ways they could do that with new corporate governance strategy. separate ceo, chairman of the board, having truly independent board of directors with an independent chairman, we think they might have been able to avoid some of the scandals and some of the bad news they received over last year-and-a-half. we believe they should democratize shareholder voting. like democracy, one person, one vote. we think facebook should adopt one share, one vote policy. right now power is concentrated in one person. neil: are you concerned whatever your al tr

] elizabeth: you know, ben, the president is talking about trade in the heartland of the democrat party, illinoisur take. >> it's not the heartland of the democratic party anymore. the hart leand of the -- heartland of the democratic party is maybe cambridge, massachusetts, or oakland, california, or portland, oregon, seattle, washington. the industrial heartland of america is solidly republican at this point. that's been documented over and over again. there are a lot of reasons, but one is the president is committed to them. if you want to have a friend, be a friend, and he's being a friend in a way that the democrat presidents haven't been for a very long time. elizabeth: let's return to how the president is resetting the table on trade deals. german chancellor angela merkel said she is open to cutting e.u. tariffs on u.s. car imports. they're now talking about zero tariffs and zero trade barriers. germany's stock market hitting the skids, showing serious problems. looks like the u.s. came out a winner in that regard. president trump also got a trade deal with south korea a few months ago, and

defluff election security, meanwhile the house rejected an effort by democrats to make in order, a plan offered by mike quigley of illinois $380 million additional for election security. but republicans rejected the effort. then rising to chant "usa, usa, usa." it is getting raucous up in there. what do you make of that? >> ari: i don't know what that was, have yet to see it as congress does these things, was it an order or something they should have been doing at the time? but what bothers me about all of this is when people are posturing instead of solving. and that's what you get the feeling. >> harris: preach it! >> ari: who knows if that is a right or a wrong number, the senate is trying to have hearings that will be bipartisan with committees that actually have power to try to take actio action. >> melissa: now we are seeing that today are blocking the resolution on russia, this have a moment to go. trish, i will go to you on that one. the fight continues, seemingly over the non-core issue. how do we battle back over resolution and what we are going to see you stand up? >> trish: lindsey graham set a very well, they

coming up thursday morning pennsylvania republican congressman glenn thompson and illinois democratic congressman krishnamorthy will discuss technical education. be sure to watch live at 7 eastern thursday morning. join the discussion. on thursday u.s. trade representative robert leithaaser will speak about the trump administration's trade policy and budget request testifying before a senate appropriations subcommittee, live coverage at 9:45 eastern on c-span 3. in the afternoon remarks from president trump in iowa. he'll be speaking to voters and supporters in granite city. you can watch the president's comments live thursday at 3:40 p.m. eastern on c-span. saturday at 10 a.m. eastern on american history tv live all day coverage of the confederate icons conference from james madison university in harrisonburg, virginia. speakers include christy coleman, ceo of the american civil war museum and the museum's historian john koske, john walker, ceo of the battlefield foundation and james robertson, author of the book after the civil war, the heroes, villains, soldiers and civilians who c

host: let's go to rich, in hickory hills, illinois. democratbecause one of the things that are has always been that the democrats were for the working people -- it is one of the things that democrats have always been for the working people. distinction, and division that keeps us from pulling together for americans, and these things that we have, these problems are because they are in direct confrontation to whether our dem -- whether you're a democrat, republican. are you for business, medical care, who pays for it? that should be the issue, do we want medicare people to be healthy and taking care of? andis going to pay for it these divisions keep us apart. host: we showed you a little bit from steny hoyer, making that economic messaging speech yesterday, you can see that on our website. in a write up this morning, the washington post makes this point saying that the bigger issue that pointer --hoyer and other democrats have to contend with is the perception of a strong u.s. economy which stands to be the cornerstone of the republican midterm

also in the crowd democratic lawmakers including tammy duckworth, democrat of illinois who brought herrn baby this as more leerds embrace calls from the far left to speak o out and call for the abolition of i.c.e. >> we need to rebuild our immigration system from top to bottom, starting by replacing i.c.e. with something that reflects our morality. >> joining me now democratic senator tammy duckworth of illinois and an iraq war veteran. i want to recognize your service, i know it's not specifically a veteran's day but i think of people who fight for freedoms. thanks you so much. >> thanks. >> let's start with the fact that your fellow democratic senators joined the call to abolish and replace i.c.e., do you agree? >> i think if you abolish i.c.e. as an executive agency it reflects the policies of the white house, of the prtd. you abolish i.c.e. now and still have the president with the same failed policies whatever you replace it with will replace what the wants to do. >> so, no you don't support abolishing this? >> i think there are other things to do before we get to that point, firs

call from chicago, illinois, democratic line. good morning, bill. caller: good morning. did drug counseling for work. you lock people up. they get out but cannot get a job, but they can start selling dope. it is in every community. i know more people who [indiscernible] it seems to be harder to quit selling it than to be able to quit using it. continue toll it know people who got it and continue to know people who want it. it is not going to go away soon. it is a cottage industry. thank you. is the trump administration doing anything special on this epidemic or are they waiting for congress to move? guest: the trump administration has been making some moves. the surgeon general has put out kind of a call to tell people to carry naloxone, the opioid overdose reversal drug. suffers from addiction, so it is a personal thing for him. they put up an educational campaign last month that they are putting across the board to kind of educate people on the dangers of opioids and what can be done. host: what about the health and human services department, are we seeing anything spe

joining us now in the reaction is democratic congressman from illinois, former pennsylvania congressmanrat, and democratic strategist. let's first go to the congressman. i feel like the democrats are in a way where republicans were kind of 2009, before that he party really got going. they are looking for traction somewhere. now it is abolish i.c.e., of course, i.c.e. was working to deport people and in large numbers when obama was president, but i didn't hear any of these fancy pants politicians talk about abolishing i.c.e. back then. so how does it actually get traction now, congressman? >> thanks for having me on, laura. i think the way we get traction is basically connecting to the real economic problems of working families and presenting our agenda for making sure everyone gets on the up escalator of the economy. if you are working forward, how do we get you into the middle class? if you are in the middle class, how do we allow you to to succeed? if you want to start and grow a small business, how do we allow you to do that as well? i think that is how you take the majority. >> laur

democrat from illinois. senator, thanks for coming on and sharing your views. much appreciated. >> thanks. >> by the way, nbc news will provide live coverage of president trump's supreme court announcement tomorrow evening at 9:00 eastern, 6:00 p.m. on the west coast. later on the broadcast, we'll talk to president trump's lawyer, rudy guiliani. next, the fight over the supreme court and a reality check on north korea. the panel is next, so stick around. i was able to turn the aircraft around, and the mission around, and was able to save two men's lives that night. my first job helped me to grow up pretty quickly. that'll happen when you're asked to respond to a coup. in 2001, i signed up for the air force. two days later, 9/11 happened. if you have moderate to thsevere rheumatoid arthritis, month after month, the clock is ticking on irreversible joint damage. ongoing pain and stiffness are signs of joint erosion. humira can help stop the clock. prescribed for 15 years, humira targets and blocks a source of inflammation that contributes to joint pain and irreve

illinois 6th district. an outcome that could determine who controls the house. >> the democrats will plan to put your picture on the side of the screen and president trumps on that side. that work? >> idol think so. >> tonight, for the first time, the two face-off. district forumh starts now. >> good evening from the historic union elite club in downtown chicago. the lincoln forum and fox 32 hresents the illinois 6t congressional for him. welcome to a very special evening. we have more than 200 guests joining us here in the audience in the historic abraham lincoln ballroom at the union elite club. club.on league here of those candidates. the republican incumbent roskam and hister challenger, democrat sean caste n. joining me in scott. the course of the next hour we will be inviting some of our guests other to the stage where they can face the candidates and asked them questions directly. been asking our viewers to submit their questions via facebook and we will cure from them as well. -- let's's explain explain where it is. around 75th street is where it starts and it runs north from there into parts of cain

. >> chris: joining me now fro springfield, illinois, the number two democrat in the senate,in dick .lcome. let's start with the democrats basic positions since justice kennedy announced his retirement this week.re hes your leader in the husenate, senator chuck scr. >> americans should make it clear that they will not tolerate a nominee choprn from esident trump's preordained list. >> chris: senatord donald trumpthe voters that he was going to pick his nominees from that list. there was igaue campaign. donald trump won. isn't he entitled, just like barack obama wasle entitto have a legitimately qualified nominee proved by the senate? >> senator durbin: of coue he is. every president would be. but you just had a man on your show, mr. leo, wh has an extraordinaryn pos. he is involves not only in the selection process, he is keyo it. when the white house chose neil gorsuch, they didn't call mr. or such ttell them, they called mr. leo and they said would you like to call the judge and tell him theood news, h going to be the president's nominee? ie's what's going on here. the federalistty

." >>> joining us now with reaction is democratic congressman from illinois, raja, former pennsylvaniagressman and democrat, jason altmeyer, and democratic strategist ladawn jones. let's first go to the congressman. i feel like the democrats are in a way where the republicans were kind of 2009 before the tea partyy really got going and they're looking for fraction somewhere. now, it's -- traction somewhere. now it's abolish ice whereas ice was looking to deport people in large numbers whenhe obama was president. i didn'tea hear any of the fancy pants politicians talk about abolishing ice back then. how does it actually get traction now, congressman? >> thank you for having me on, laura. the way we get traction is connecting to the real economic problems of working families and presenting our agenda for making sure everyone gets on the up escalator of the economy. if you're working poor, how do we get you into the middle-class. if you're in the middle-class, how do we get to you succeed. if you want to start and grow a small business our do we allow for -- how do we allow for to you do

tariff policies are helping steel factories while visiting a reopened steel plant in illinois thursday. but democrats disagree, and now a nail factory in missouri found itself at the center of the debate. leland vittert explains. reporter: the silence of this nail assembly line represents 140 wash jobs, tariffs increased the cost of steel by 25% forcing the company to raise prices. >> bad, we're in crisis mode. within two weeks, 50% of the orders we had on the books were gone. reporter: and keeps getting worse? >> keeps getting worse. reporter: mexican owned mid continent is america's largest nail manufacturer and will close completely without a tariff waiver leaving 500 out of a job in missouri. as we walked around the factory floor, philip bennett's toolbox caught our eye. his fiancee works her too, this is his daughter, he has a congenital heart defect. he's looking to save his livelihood and daughter's insurance. claire mccaskill spoke about the company and is in a tight race for a third term for a state president trump won by 18 points. >> claire came here and is fighting for us, i haven't seen

meanwhile, democrat from illinois was on cnn with jake tapper in taking for his stance on the idea ofolishing i.c.e. take a listen. >> i think if you abolish an executive agency, if the policies of the white house. you still have the same president with the same failed policies. it is still going to reflect what the president wants to do. >> there's a lot of other things we can do before we get to that point. tree into the democrats likely to follow the lead? >> if they split in the party and really a moment of reckoning for the democratic dirty. you've got people like senator gillibrand in new york who saw what happened to her colleague, someone all across new york or the governor considered sort of a moderate democrat facing a challenge for cynthia nixon. you've got democrats like that really feeling vulnerable from challenges to the left. other parts of this country are not new york city who are facing much more conservative, much more moderate democratic voters who have not the same views and has been to these when it comes to a they've chosen to tackle illegal immigration. what y

. >> robert costa, join us in watching and listening to senator durbin, democrat of illinois. we'll talk about this on the other side. >> i can't predict how all of my 49 or 48 colleagues in the senate on the democratic side will vote. i will tell you simple math tells if you john mccain is absent, it's a 50-49 senate, one republican senator can decide the fate of any supreme court nominee. >> so importantly, that's from meet the press yesterday morning before we had the name in hand of judge kavanaugh as the president's nominee. robert, talk about where you see the math that building behind you right now tonight. >> it's complicated for the democrats especially those running in states won by president trump, if you're joe donnelly or bill nelson, democrat in florida, tough choices ahead. you realize you're running in states with a rough path to reelection. this nominee is not someone who's going to immediately revive the culture wars in the same way judge amy coney barrett may have done if she was nominated. so you're going to see leader schumer in the senate really try to get

the democrat from illinois dick durbin said something that was probably true but something you don't anence of a supreme court justice and the temporary nature of a mid-term election. >> he is saying you senators out there up for reelection in the trump states, you have to consider giving up your career or risking reelection in order to block or help democrats try to block the president's nominee. which is the kind of thing you don't normally hear a party floor leader saying to his or her troops. it gives you an idea of how strong the sentiment will be against whoever this nominee is. >> bill: let's talk about rudy giuliani has made a series of interviews. some things he has said are new. some things he has been saying for months now. but this was a challenge to bob mueller's team to say show us evidence of a crime before we talk about an interview. here is what he said on that. >> if they have narrow questions about collusion where they're confused about did he find out something, did he know something, did he talk to anyone we'd be happy to give them answers to that so long as we kn

midterm elections, republican representative is term -- seeking a seventh in illinois six congressional district. he faces democraticllenger onn in a debate that focuses the economy, abortion, gun rights on the russia investigation among other topics. this is just under one hour.

my colleague, the senior senator from illinois, the assistant democratic leader in the senate right now explained this well when he was fighting attempt to renew the statute. here's what he said in 1999 about the independent counsel. unchecked, unbiedled, unre -- unbridled, unrestrained and unaccountable. my friend from illinois punctuated his enthusiasm about the demise of this by saying to judge starr and all other independent counsel, your days are numbered. i agreed with him about the independent statute counsel. a number of members in both parties saw it the same way so we happily allowed the law to expire. this has nothing to do with special counsels. that's different from the independent counsel. the day the independent counsel statute expired -- the day we actually finished with the impeachment trial of president clinton here in the senate, senator chris dodd from connecticut and i went upstairs and had a press conference and said we agree the independent counsel statute ought to be allowed to expire, and it did. that has nothing, madam president, to do with special counsels or

>> there was a proposal -- proposal on the floor, from mike quigley, a democrat from illinois, whatevermillion and the questioning for support. >> we have sworn an oath to defend the constitution. >> time has expired. >> all enemies and foreign affairs. >> the gentleman's time has expired. >> you have the opportunity to do so. vote yes on this amendment for your country! >> it failed quite a lot are turning into weapons for the 2019 midterm elections. >> melissa: sounds like british parliament right there. mike emanuel, thank you. fox news alert president trump an issue with rising interest rates breaking with the tradition of presidents not criticizing the fed. >> he has a different kind of president. pulling from the interview that he was with a another network, saying that i am saying the same thing that i would've cited as a private citizen, people will say that you should not have said that, but he roughly said, i am doing my thing. and making reference to the biggest tax cut that we have ever seen in u.s. history, which was passed last year in december. and the fact that take back

illinois. good afternoon. the russians attacked our democratic process, and they will be back. the real truth is they never left. we have to ask ourselves if we are prepared. the short answer is we are not. 40 states have election equipment that is over a decade old, ill-fit to do with modern anti-hacking software. 13 states use equipment that doesn't even have a paper trail to it. so when you electrically scan your vote, there is no way to audit after the fact exactly, what, if anything, was done to that equipment. we are extraordinarily honorable. vulnerable. secretary johnson testified before our committee, mentioned the fact that most entities don't know they have been hacked. most entities have to be told by someone else they have been hacked. normally it is a year to two years before they knew. they range from municipalities the sides of mayberry to boards of election. dozens of them were tracked in the past election, including my -- dozens of them were hacked priority the last election, including my own state of illinois in august 2016. in an attempt to address this the

illinois. he was a democrat. he was running against a republican who had a lot of money, and his -- >> so you don't see anything sleazy about the meeting? >> no. no. >> do you think rudy giuliani is doing a good job representing the president in the public sphere? >> yes. >> because it seems to be he's made contradictly statements, confusing statements. do you think that's part of his job to sort of muddy the waters and have people say, look, i don't know what's going on and throw up their hands? >> so to muddy the waters, one, this is going to get -- this is ultimately going to be fought in the public, and it's a political knife fight for the presidency. we're 99 days out from the midterms. it is essentially, as steve bannon has said, donald trump's first re-elect. look, the democrats, they don't want to talk about impeachment. adam schiff told michael isikoff on a podcast of his, we don't want to talk about impeachment. so when we get into is collusion a crime or not, it's what is the bar that they're willing t

joining me to take questions, democratic representative mike quigley of illinois on the house intelligencemmittee. congressman, good morning to you. >> good morning. thanks for having me on. >> good to have you. let's start with a letter from several top senate democrats to the president just this morning in which they say mr. putin is a trained kgb intelligence veteran that will come to the meeting well prepared. as the kremlin said last week, a one on one meeting with you absolutely suits him. there must be other americans in the room. advising the president not to meet with mr. putin alone. what's your take on that? >> i think that makes sense. i think probably the best course of action is to cancel the meeting, given the revelation of all of the information we now know publicly how the russians attacked our democratic process. i would say this. if the president insists on meeting with mr. putin, he has to not ask him about russian interference in the election process, he has to confront him with the detail, the extraordinary detail that we knew january of last year from the intel commu

southern minnesota where republicans are hoping to claim an open house seat long held by democrats, to an illinois district where democrats are angling to pick up a republican incumbent, soybean farmers have watched prices plummet amid an escalating trade war between the u.s. and china. 'the short-term is what scares 'says a fourth-generation soybean farmer in southern minnesota who backed trump two years ago. 'it could be an interesting midterm election'." from alexandria, virginia this is andrew. caller: he deserves partial credit because of consumer optimism and a fake it until you make it attitude with the economy. not had enoughve time to grow into a new catastrophe or a great success as he is trying to climb. case in point would be the stock market was hitting record highs and he couldn't talk enough about that. for several days after there were some hard hitting lows. goingme thing is probably to happen next quarter and a quarter after with these tariffs. the chicken is going to come home to roost. twitter, jacqueline says trump gave the people of billion dollars for life and the 1% of the

illinois six congressional district. earlier this week, he faced his democratic challenger in a debate that focused on the economy, abortion, gun rights, and the russia investigation, among other topics. this is just under an hour. most-watched congressional contests in america. >> he is campaigning ag >> the start of a mental illness is not patriotic. tothey should return me congress. >> the outcome could determine who turns the u.s. house. >> tonight, for the first time, the two face-off. for -- fourtrict starts now. >> good evening from downtown chicago. and foxu to the form 32. i am my flannery. guests more than 200 joining us here in the audience. everyone is waiting to hear what these candidates have to say about the issues. here are the candidates. roskam and shawn of downers grove. mentioned that you want to people in attendance. this is the inviting of our guests up to the stage. they can ask them questions directly. we have been asking our dearest to submit questions through facebook as well. at the south end near intoville, this runs north parts of came, mchenry in the northern like. this is not a form. i will b

host: congresswoman cheri bustos, democrat from illinois, looking at the state of the democratic partyon our facebook page, first from cindy -- steve says - - come back to that in a moment. we will go to our twitter page. this is a comment from dave, our friend in new jersey -- -- finally we will come back to the facebook page in a moment. go ahead, john. caller: yes. the problem with the country we have today is nobody is being held accountable for their actions, and nobody is using any common sense. the woman was talking about guns -- what would she do if somebody broke into her house? and who would protect her from rape or murder? the problem with the gun situation here is the guns are not the problem. the problem with the guns are the people who have them in the house, the parents. they are not paying enough attention to what their kids are doing. and they are not protecting themselves against being held accountable for what the kids do with the guns. host: thanks for the call they let me go back to the facebook page for your is from patricia. is centrism dead? she says -- stefanie

meanwhile, i mentioned democratic senator dick durbin of illinois. ger to block anything tied to the president that he actually suggested stopping this nominee is more important than some of his fellow democrats from red states getting reelected. watch. >> of the men and women on the democratic side take this seriously. it's about more than the next election and the united states of america is going to try this in the future of its supreme court. each and every one of them take that seriously and that personally and it goes down the next election. >> how do you think joe manchin took that with his sunday morning coffee when he sitting in a state like west virginia come up for election. he voted for justice gorsuch in 2017 and by the way, donald trump carried west virginia not by 20, not by ten, but 41 points. and they are in the exact same boat as joe manchin although obviously west virginia is probably the most extreme case. he had to have gulped deeply because of course his responsibility is to the people of west virginia, not fellow democrats, not

democratic leader. mr. schumer: first let me thank my friend and colleague from illinois for his -- he is a lamn this horrible moment when children are separated from parents and we don't even know where they are. we don't even know who their parents are, showing both the inhumanity and incompetence of this administration rolled into one. he has been a constant and vigilant voice to reunite the families and bring some justice, some peace, some calm to these poor kids. so i thank him for the work he has done. now, mr. president, president trump's nomination of judge kavanaugh to the supreme court will bring up many issues. the next justice on the supreme court will have an ability to impact labor rights, women's reproductive rights, lgbtq rights, voting rights, civil rights, environmental rights, and so much more for generations to come. we need to know how judge kavanaugh views those issues. on the issue of women's freedom to make her own health decisions, for example, yesterday, while shepherding judge kavanaugh around the capitol, vice president pence said he wants to see roe v. wade overturned. this isn't

. >> joining us now is democratic congressman mike quigley of illinois. so putin is fine. we're all people. is that the right message that president trump should bring to this meeting? >> i guess i wonder what our allies think. the president also left it open to recognize russias annexation of crimea. if i'm ukraine, georgia, the baltics, even poland, i'm wondering if i'm next to be soemd out. particularly when you a couple it with his ongoing attacks on our allies. does anyone in nato trust us? the world order created after the second world war is under attack by its primary architect. >> congressman, you're on the intel committee. i wonder what you think of the fact that this lethal russian nerve agent has now poisoned another two brits who apparently came in contact with it at a public park in a small town of amesbury, england. do you think the president will bring that up, and should he, with putin? >> of course. when i was in london a little over a year ago it's the first thing they raised. they said you know your president is close to a man who kills journalists. whe

democratic leader. mr. schumer: first let me thank my friend and colleague from illinois for his -- he is a lamn this horrible moment when children are separated from parents and we don't even know where they are. we don't even know who their parents are, showing both the inhumanity and incompetence of this administration rolled into one. he has been a constant and vigilant voice to reunite the families and bring some justice, some peace, some calm to these poor kids. so i thank him for the work he has done. now, mr. president, president trump's nomination of judge kavanaugh to the supreme court will bring up many issues. the next justice on the supreme court will have an ability to impact labor rights, women's reproductive rights, lgbtq rights, voting rights, civil rights, environmental rights, and so much more for generations to come. we need to know how judge kavanaugh views those issues. on the issue of women's freedom to make her own health decisions, for example, yesterday, while shepherding judge kavanaugh around the capitol, vice president pence said he wants to see roe v. wade overturned. this isn't

my next guest is a democrat running for re-election in illinois. thank you so much for being with me. how are you feeling going into midterms? just 100 days away. >> i feel good. i think there's a lot of energy out there among democrats. i think that the question is whether that's going to translate into votes. i think it is. i think people are very aware of the kons kwenconsequences of no. i think 2016 is seared in the memory of a lot of democrats. i think people see democrats increasingly connecting to the working families that are so important for victories in all of those toss-up seats and all the other toss-up seats we need. >> i want to talk to you about the president's approach 100 days out. he's tweeted out, says he's willing to shut down the government over funding for his border wall. how do you see that as beneficial strategy for republicans? >> i think that would be a tremendous mistake for the president for two reasons. it's bad policy and bad politics. people are very, very, very upset about our current immigration policies. the separa

illinois. good morning to joseph on the democrats' line. i am 76, going on 77, and i have seen a lot in my lifetime. i retired from a high tech company. 80% on to make about exports, probably still do. we very seldom imported anything. but 20 years ago, the politicians in this country were about not having any money. they didn't have money to run their campaigns. they just didn't have enough money. the worldwe went to trade organization, nobody complains about money anymore. if you are politicians, it's just unbelievable. the point i'm trying to make people keep talking about automation, and that is what eliminated jobs. you can't automate everything, it's ridiculous. 60,000 manufacturing plants in china. astounding, but the point i am trying to make here is that the politicians put us in this position, where they took away our jobs. and they just keep on coming up with excuses. we have a surplus of i don't know how many billions, but now we have a desperate -- a deficit of $20 trillion. host: we had a guest on this ben rhodes, week, presid

joining me now, member of the house intelligence committee democratic congressman mike quigley of illinois. congressman, it's good to see you. let's start with what rudy giuliani has been saying this morning across these sunday shows. he is essentially alleging corruption and bias in the people around robert mueller, although he would not go so far as to tell my colleague chuck todd that mueller himself is corrupt. what is your assessment of what these fbi officials did, peter strzok, who is set to testify this week not in front of one of your committees but up on capitol hill, who has sent these text messages indicating that he was -- had negative feelings towards the president? and that has led to this claim of bias. >> yeah, look, the fbi, the cia, the intel community, the justice department the people who work there don't live in a vacuum. they have their own personal supreme court has ruled on several occasions, two pretty landmark cases involving nixon and clinton that the president is not above the law and they have to respond to, in one case, legally bound subpoenas. so, look, it's

christoph christopher wrey, said the russians are continuing their influence on our democratic system. we know in illinois, in my home state, they hacked into 500,000 records of illinois residents. so much so that the illinois board of elections had to actually inform people that their information is compromised. we have to address all these concerns before we have more summits with the russian leader. >> i want to ask about some of your colleagues, marked ed mem and jim jordan. these are the leaders in the house freedom caucus. they introduced a resolution to impeach rod rosenstein yesterday. know we are learning there will not be a vote on this resolution today. do you support this? >> absolutely not. i'm a member of the tuesday lunch group. we're the moderate republicans. we're not in the freedom caucus. i support the mueller investigation. i was the first republican member of the house here on capitol hill to say that jeff sessions should recuse himself in matters related to russia. therefore, the deputy attorney general became the person in charge. of course, he appointed mr. mueller. i do not favor

i want you to take a look from democratic senator tammy duckworth from illinois.epublicans cannot continue to turn a blind eye to the very real possibility that vladimir putin has compromised and turned him without his knowledge into a russian asset. do you agree with that, congressman? >> i think the problem is we just don't know, jake, and that's what's so embarrassing about this situation. i don't know of a time in american history, when an american commander in chief has gone into a one-on-one meeting with an adversary and refused to tell him about it. refused to tell his own intelligence chief what he discussed, so this raises an awful lot of questions what russia may have on trump and what trump is trying to do with putin. >> so you think it's possible that trump is a russian asset with or without his knowledge? >> i'm just saying i don't know. but the behavior i saw from the president on television, rather than standing up for our allies, rather than hammering putin for the way he's tried to undermine our democracy, russia's been -- the fact that we have to