senator james lankford. thank you. >> thanks wolf. >>> does his well-received speech mark a pivot in president trump's. and the fbi and british dossier. you do all this research on a perfect car, then smash it into a tree. your insurance company raises your rates. maybe you should've done more research on them. for drivers with accident forgiveness, liberty mutual won't raise your rates due to your first accident. and if you do have an accident, our claims centers are available to assist you 24/7. call for a free quote today. liberty stands with you™. liberty mutual insurance. >>> cnn has learned that the fbi reimbursed some expenses of the former british spy behind the dossier containing allegations of ties between president trump and russia. you're learning new information, update us. >> that's right, wolf. the british spy who produced a dossier detailing these allegations between president trump and russia got paid by the fbi for some of his expenses. the bureau had a short-lived arrangement with christop

democrats on the senate intelligence committee, and tonight, we turn to a republican: senator james lankford of oklahoma. senator lankford, thank you very much for being with us. the house committee has announced when its hearing beginnings. what about the senate, will it go first? >> we've done hearings for several months now, behind closed doors. these are dealing with highly classified documents, procedures, people that remain classified, and should remain classified. so a lot of work will be held behind closed doors, quite frankly, and we'll actually bring things out, when it's appropriate and when we have things to be able to contribute to the national conversation. >> woodruff: are you subpoenaing witnesses? >> we are working through the process of getting witnesses. i'm not going to say whether we have to subpoena any of them at this point. but i will say the witnesses we've asked for we will be able to get access to without having to do a subpoena. but we will work through that process. this is very similar. i know you remember in december, president obama in his press conference was

not only the chair but people like susan collins and roy blunt and james lankford, marco rubio, all said we're going to follow the intelligence wherever it leads. this committee -- my committee is committed to making sure that we're either going to show what type of activity there was or if there's no activity, i'll be the first to state it. but if there is no activity, no collusion, no inappropriate contacts, you would think the trump administration would then welcome this inquiry. >> senator mark warner of the senate intelligence committee, democrat of the commonwealth of virginia. thank you very much for being with us tonight. >> thank you, brian. >>> and coming up here after our next break, how the british feel having been drawn into this. one man who is speaking out on the topic joins us here tonight. this is "the 11th hour." >>> our british allies have called the president's suggestion that they wiretapped him for obama nonsense and utterly ridiculous. would you agree? >> yes. >> does it do damage for a president to make a baseless claim that the british participated in a conspirac

bring in from capitol hill, members of the senate intelligence committee, angus king of maine and james lankfordour assessment of what's going on, on the house side, your counterparts of the house intelligence committee? >> obviously not cooperating together. i've not had any conversations with devin nunes or any house members to know the palace intrigue that's going on over there. we're staying focused on doing our task. we have a task to do. we're going to do it. >> let me ask you, senator king, you're a sophisticated consumer of news. you watch television, read the newspaper. you see what's been unfolding over there. is it your sense -- i've heard this from tons of republicans on the senate side that the house committee is now essentially discredited itself to the point where it really is just down to the senate and you fellows there, and ladies on your committee, to get this done. >> well, i think we feel that responsibility. and that's why we're really working at making this a nonpartisan investigation. we have our first major hearing on this in a few hours. and we're going to try to do it

james lankford's communications director is black. -- they said the democrats won't give us promotions in the senate, not the republicans. and i said oh! and they said if you go on t.v. and talk about this all things will change.anyway, when you blow it you just move on. speaking about television, i should realize too many democrats are in the room. as you know, hollywood has not been the biggest fan of president trump. actually they have been in revolt. people say hollywood, washington is the hollywood for nerds. well, i just wonder -- besides washington and hollywood are actually very different. one is a place that produces fantasy and fiction with jealousy over who gets the best roles, enormous egos and a lot of backstabbing. and the other is where they make movies. [laughter] thinking about big news, has anyone seen the controversy around kellyanne conway and the sofa in the oval office? come on people! remember the 90s. that count has had a whole lot worse things come on now. [laughter] then, then - then there is vice president m

i spoke with one of those conservatives, james lankford of oklahoma and he has this concern. >> i would do whatever we do in this area. we can't do it with howl the structure is done. >> could you support something that has those tax credits? >> i haven't seen how it works because that doesn't make a difference in how it works. >> noncommital from senator lake ford but others have come out and said it. others, two conservative wing of the conference, they have to make decisions very quickly u. they want to have the photos in march. there's no consensus yet. there's no yes whether they have the votes to pass it out of the chambers. white house will have to do a conservative sales pitch. >> can i ask? yesterday we heard coming out of the white house from a senior official. there was a comprehensive immigration plan that donald trump was going to get behind. it sounds like there's some skepticism because there's been talk of it. you know some republicans loathe that idea. >> that's right and trump did not mention that, whether he would be open to that legal status, something he did quote i

james lankford's communications director is black. tom tillis' legislative director is black.hey said no, no, no, not the republicans. the democrats won't give us promotions in the senate. and i said oh, chuck schumer. if you would go on tv and talk about this, all things would change. that was funnier in my head. when you blow it, you keep moving on. speaking about that television, i just realized too many democrats in the room. as you know, hollywood has not been the biggest fan of president trump. actually they have been in revolt. people say hollywood, washington is the hollywood for nerds. well, i just wonder what the rivers of that is -- reverse of that is. besides washington and hollywood are actually very different. one is a place that produces fantasy and fiction with jealousy over who gets the best roles, enormous egos and a lot of backstabbing, and the other is where they make movies. [laughter] tim scott: thinking about big news, has anyone seen the controversy around kellyanne conway and a couch in the oval office? come on, people. you remember the 1990's. that co

. >> shepard: james lankford from oklahoma.ur time and a appreciate it. >> thank you. >> shepard: want to live in outer space? jeff bezos says he wants to give you the chance. there's word he has a huge announcement coming up this week. we'll talk space race with kennedy. that's next. >> this week, we'll parentally get a look at upcoming plans in the new space race from jeff bezos, the amazon chairman and owner of the space company blue origin. that's according to the "wall street journal." last week elon musk, his competitor, announced his space company, space x, plans to send two paying customers around the moon in an automated space ship by the end of next year. kennedy will be hosting "kennedy" at 8:00 eastern. what do you think of this. >> it's fantastic. a private space race is something that you couldn't have anticipated in the 60s. it's governments competing against each other. now you have these billionaires, self-proclaimed space geeks want to be the first to have the most powerful rockets to shoot it as far as possib

no.an but there are 20 who are unclear. , jeff flake,ruz lindsey graham, nevada's dean , lisa, james lankfordurkowski of alaska. pennsylvania as well. all are uncertain or unclear how they would vote on the republican plan to replace the affordable care act. back to your calls on the news of the president's 2005 tax returns being leaked. the first two pages being leaked. he wrote off about $100 million. a tax rate of about 25%. anna, sugar thoughts with us. go ahead. -- share your thoughts with us. go ahead. caller: the tax returns released were from 11 years ago, correct? ago, yes.o 12 years 2005. caller: i had to show my tax returns -- i refinanced it twice. i had to show my tax returns. think he needs to show the most up-to-date tax returns. we are not talking about bill and hillary clinton now. we are talking about the president of the united states that showed -- i do not know if terms or if his own someone just found out, but i do think it is ridiculous. he needs to show them. host: charles in lawton, oklahoma. in independent. go ahead. caller: good morning. i love c-span. there is a ve

democrats, i give chairman burr a lot of credit, suess collins, marco rubio, roy blunt with, james lankford. we're going to follow the intel no matter where it leads. the only challenge with an independent commission is you would have to pass a law that would take months, you would have to have the president sign it. then my fear would be, both sides would try to put their most partisan members on that independent commission. partisan outsiders. and that would push off this investigation for maybe close to a year. i think the american people deserve answers a lot sooner. we've go the a number of -- we're going to be announcing this week, we have our first publiceang and announcing the fact we've got number of interviews scheduled. we want to do this methodically and do it in a bipartisan way. >> there is reporting that one of those interviews is with jared kushner, the president's son-in-law. can you explain when that will happen? >> he has volunteered to come in and be interviewed. we want to have that at the appropriate time. we've still got a lot of law intelligence we have to collect. w

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senator james lankford joins us, thank you for being with us. i want to talk about the work your committee is doing. just on sally rates. her attorneys send a letter friday saying she's going to be testifying, speaking about subjects related to michael flynn. doesn't think executive privilege applies because of the conversations have been talked about publically. then the hearing is canceled. do you think that is a coincidence? >> that i don't know. owns what's happening on the house side of it, they've cleared a bunch of their schedule this week. obviously all the controversy swirling around chairman nunes right now is a distraction. >> it seems like they're not -- we had congressman heinz, who's on the committee, who said they're not even having regular meetings now. >> that's too bad. when you deal with intelligence information, that's current, that's active. the intelligence committee meets multiple times a week. we have a lot of issues that we have to -- >> right, more than just the russian investigation. >> that's correct. more than just t

here now republican snreart james lankford a member of the senate intelligence committee.ator, great to very you here tonight. welcome to you. >> great to be with you. >> martha: as you start to take this whole thing on, there are so many layers to this where is your top priority what the committee's top priority here. >> getting the facts remains the top priority. facts come out and facts lead us wherever we need to go. this is not knew to us. we have worked on us for the last five months. the senate intelligence committee as you know many people may not works every single week multiple times a week we deal with a lot of complicated difficult i. this one of those. have you russian interference in our elections. how do we prepare for the next elections. how do they find ways to be able to engage with us. was there any collusion or connection there. how did that look like? how were the russians trying to reach out to individuals here. all those questions have to be there. whether leaks and how did those leaks get out? because that is also a crime that's out there. all these

senate intelligence committee member james lankford of oklahoma joining us now., they're already saying resign, attorney he yep. what did you make of that? >> before he was ever active doing anything, it was recuse himself. before he was put in place he is a racist, should never be there. there this is long string of arguments against jeff sessions. they accuse him being partial to the president, which every attorney general is selected by president. of course is partial to the president. so this is all smoke and mirrors in the process of this. we're just trying to figure out what actually happened. let's get facts out, deal with facts rather than random accusations. neil: what we do know is that jeff sessions met with the russian ambassador on at least two occasions in july, and in september. i believe in the september meeting, sir, it was a one-on-one meeting in his office. now, when he was asked about this he seemed to, no, didn't meet with them at all. >> right. neil: now that is always in the eyes of the beholder. i seen and heard this tape back number of ti

provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable james lankforda senator from the state of oklahoma, to perform the duties of the chair. signed orrin g. hatch, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order the senate stands adjourned until 10:00 a.m. on adjourned until 10:00 a.m. on there is a waiting list for medicaid. the story is the same across the country, and my neighboring state of texas, a hundred and 15000, florida, 21000, illinois, 16,000 and on and on nationwide. hundreds of thousands of people with disabilities and the elderly are being penalized and punished through no fault of their own because on march 201, 2010 this house led by many of those across this date today, made a conscious decision to increase enrollment for young able-bodied adults into a program that was intended to help the truly needy, the elderly and disabled. a gentle lady talks about my home state of arkansas. my state took the medicaid expansion. one of the many families affected by the neglect and traditional medicaid program in my state

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provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable james lankford, a senator from the state of oklahoma, to perform the duties of the chair. signed orrin g. hatch, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order the senate stands adjourned until 10:00 a.m. on adjourned until 10:00 a.m. on there is a waiting list for medicaid. the story is the same across the country, and my neighboring state of texas, a hundred and 15000, florida, 21000, illinois, 16,000 and on and on nationwide. hundreds of thousands of people with disabilities and the elderly are being penalized and punished through no fault of their own because on march 201, 2010 this house led by many of those across this date today, made a conscious decision to increase enrollment for young able-bodied adults into a program that was intended to help the truly needy, the elderly and disabled. a gentle lady talks about my home state of arkansas. my state took the medicaid expansion. one of the many families affected by the neglect and traditional medicaid program in my stat