in that case, senators john warner and jack reed offered a bipartisan compromise proposal that said the executive branch could only go forward in the development of new nuclear weapons with explicit authorization from congress. that proposal passed unanimously 96 on -- 96-0, including votes from ten of our republican colleagues who still sit in the senate today. the provision in the underlying defense bill would gut that bipartisan agreement, an agreement that has held for more than 15 years. it was offered at the 1 # -- 11th hour behind closed doors and on a party-line vote. in contrast, the amendment offered by senator reed today is

in that case, senators john warner and jack reed offered a bipartisan compromise proposal that said the executive branch could only go forward in the development of new nuclear weapons with explicit authorization from congress. that proposal passed unanimously 96 on -- 96-0, including votes from ten of our republican colleagues who still sit in the senate today. the provision in the underlying defense bill would gut that bipartisan agreement, an agreement that has held for more than 15 years. it was offered at the 1 # -- 11th hour behind closed doors and on a party-line vote. in contrast, the amendment offered by senator reed today is consistent with the compromise, and a vote for the reed-warren amendment is a vote to sustain that bipartisan consensus. regardless of what you think about the development and use of low-yield nuclear weapons, as a member of the united states senate, you should vote to have a voice in that process. that is what the american people sent us here to do, and that is what we owe them. i'd like to thank senator reed for his decades of bipartisan leadership in th

that time warner and at&t will jack up the price of hbo to other cable companies to comcast and what not and consumers will be hurt. the judge said that -- there was no evidence to support that. in fact, the lawyers for time warner said -- and for at&t said we're doing this because we want more competition. because we recognize that it is not just comcast that cable networks are competing against, it is now facebook and it is amazon and it is now google. the market place is a lot bigger. and basically the judge sided with the idea that in the current free for all with all of the different entities competing with each other, this merger allowed both at&t and time warner to give more choice to consumers and ultimately lead to lower prices, not higher prices. >> what would it mean, bri if the government decides to go ahead and appeal this decision? >> that could cause more months of legal drama. but at&t and time warner still plai plan to come together. they are saying this time next week the deal will take effect. and that means cnn and other time warner channels will be owned by at&t

connell: jack, susan, john, thanks to all three of you. we all get used to a new company name, warner media. melissa. melissa: i like it. this course is challenge for many of the top players. here is where things stand on second day of play. jared max joins me later in the hour with more on today's leaders. former trump campaign chairman paul manafort now behind bars. why a federal judge decided to revoke his bail and send him to jail ahead of his trials on money laundering fraud. >>> president trump holding a surprise news conference and interview with fox news this morning where he slammed the conclusions of the ig report, calling acts of james comey criminal and cited more evidence of bias at the fbi. i will ask bret baier, host of "special report," what if any effect these new revelations have on the mueller probe. that's next. >> what they did during the election was a disgrace. it is probably never happened in our country before. and that is just the tip of the iceberg. what is going to happen when we go further? and there was total bias. ♪ and the wolf huffed and puffed... like