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i'll talk to senator joe manchin who was at that hearing. in veryk twice. with 1% when you buy and 1% as you pay. with two ways to earn on purchases, it makes a lot of other cards seem one sided. bis committed to truth on the label. when we say real meat is the first ingredient, it is always number one. we leave out poultry by-product meal, corn, wheat and soy. and, we own where our dry food is made - 100%. can other brands say all that? for grain-free nutrition you can trust, does your food go...
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more ahead with west virginia senator joe manchin, our special guest. >>> first, russia takes military action in syria. moscow says it's to beat back isis. the u.s. says it's trying to prop up syrian president bashar al assad. we will talk to syria's ambassador to the united nations. so what's your news? i got a job! i'll be programming at ge. oh i got a job too, at zazzies. (friends gasp) the app where you put fruit hats on animals? i love that! guys, i'll be writing code that helps machines communicate. (interrupting) i just zazzied you. (phone vibrates) look at it! (friends giggle) i can do dogs, hamsters, guinea pigs... you name it. i'm going to transform the way the world works. (proudly) i programmed that hat. and i can do casaba melons. i'll be helping turbines power cities. i put a turbine on a cat. (friends ooh and ahh) i can make hospitals run more efficiently... this isn't a competition! at safelite, we know how busy life can be. these kids were headed to their first dance recital... ...when their windshield got cracked... ...but they couldn't miss the show. so dad went to t
more ahead with west virginia senator joe manchin, our special guest. >>> first, russia takes military action in syria. moscow says it's to beat back isis. the u.s. says it's trying to prop up syrian president bashar al assad. we will talk to syria's ambassador to the united nations. so what's your news? i got a job! i'll be programming at ge. oh i got a job too, at zazzies. (friends gasp) the app where you put fruit hats on animals? i love that! guys, i'll be writing code that helps...
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i suspect that you'll see some liberal members of the democratic caucus, as well as people like joe manchint's been a rich man's war and a poor man's fight, really push back, that a res iddual force of 5,000 troops would be needed in afghanistan after the original withdrawal date, which is the end of 2016. campbell, the general today, in his testimony said that withdrawal needs to be reexamined. why? we had the fall of the town in the north to the taliban, the first fall of a territory to the taliban since 2001, but also new information that general campbell said today of iran arming the taliban to fight against isis. and pushing forward this point that if the u.s. were to completely disengage, you could have similarities to what happened in iraq. so expect this battle to be off and on in congress, between the liberals and those like senator joe manchin in the administration, if they decide to go this route. and a lot of republicans will say the u.s. needs to stay in afghanistan to not have a repeat of what's happened in the other parts of the middle east. >> richard engel is in istanbul. l
i suspect that you'll see some liberal members of the democratic caucus, as well as people like joe manchint's been a rich man's war and a poor man's fight, really push back, that a res iddual force of 5,000 troops would be needed in afghanistan after the original withdrawal date, which is the end of 2016. campbell, the general today, in his testimony said that withdrawal needs to be reexamined. why? we had the fall of the town in the north to the taliban, the first fall of a territory to the...
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senators joe donnelly and joe manchin, all democrats, joined us to change these regulations. commonsense changes to this rulemaking are being blocked by the president and liberal democrat leaders in congress. even the courts have dealt the obama administration serious setbacks to its regulatory rampage. but by the time's the courts act, the damage is done. those jobs are gone and , communities suffer. the head of the epa bragged that it didn't matter if the obama administration lost in court. the rules had already been in effect for three years. that's outrageous. meanwhile the fines against andy , johnson continued to pile up and could exceed $16 million. his family can't afford to fight anymore, and just like the johnsons in wyoming, the american people can't afford the overreach and onslaught of new regulations. this fall, republicans will put legislation on the president's desk to rein in runaway regulations. he will have to choose between big government and hard-working americans. we have already made our choice. thanks for listening. ♪ >> the supreme court is scheduled
senators joe donnelly and joe manchin, all democrats, joined us to change these regulations. commonsense changes to this rulemaking are being blocked by the president and liberal democrat leaders in congress. even the courts have dealt the obama administration serious setbacks to its regulatory rampage. but by the time's the courts act, the damage is done. those jobs are gone and , communities suffer. the head of the epa bragged that it didn't matter if the obama administration lost in court....
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if you think back to after sandy hook, when a bipartisan policy measure from senator joe manchin, as well as senator pat toomey, a democrat from west virginia and a republican from pennsylvania respectively, put forward a plan that would essentially not only enforce the laws that we already have on the book, but also take a hard look at enforcing mental health issues and concerns regarding gun control, that failed. and so i think that there is a bipartisan policy area for republicans and democrats to come together on, particularly on the area of mental health. but you look at what they're fighting about, and it's a debt limit or it's keeping the government open, and it's both sides. >> right. >> so it's unfortunately nothing gets done here in washington. >> and i think a lot of people want to hear from these candidates, especially those running for president more than just, they're in our prayers. they want to hear some kind of difference. all right, thank you kevin. we appreciate it. >> thank you. >> and our week in review is next. it takes a lot of work... to run this business. but
if you think back to after sandy hook, when a bipartisan policy measure from senator joe manchin, as well as senator pat toomey, a democrat from west virginia and a republican from pennsylvania respectively, put forward a plan that would essentially not only enforce the laws that we already have on the book, but also take a hard look at enforcing mental health issues and concerns regarding gun control, that failed. and so i think that there is a bipartisan policy area for republicans and...
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joe manchin radicals and if this incident, as charles says, we don't know all the details.ut if this incident led to the passage of something like that that would be a saving grace. >> we don't know the defense of that the most important point you made after the president punished. like charles, i don't doubt that the fact that the president's passionate about that we saw that tonight. we have seen that before from this president. but, to say this now before we know anything about this, i mean, we don't know anything about the circumstances of the shooting, we don't know anything about the -- how the shooter obtained the weapon in question. we don't know any of, this and, yet, the president is using this occasion to urge us to change our gun laws there were 50 shootings in chicago over the weekend for the second straight weekend in a row. why didn't the president go out and make a statement then? i'm sorry it's a cynical thing to say but he has had an avalanche of bad news over the past 36 hours. he is using the shooting to get out from under it. >> he has not said anything
joe manchin radicals and if this incident, as charles says, we don't know all the details.ut if this incident led to the passage of something like that that would be a saving grace. >> we don't know the defense of that the most important point you made after the president punished. like charles, i don't doubt that the fact that the president's passionate about that we saw that tonight. we have seen that before from this president. but, to say this now before we know anything about this, i...
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you had bipartisan legislation, joe manchin west virginia, democrat but no liberal on guns.from pennsylvania, no liberal on guns, tried to get universal background checks. couldn't even get that done. this is such a toxic issue. >> it is. >> nothing will get done. i'm sorry to say we'll be back on couch -- >> toxic issue with a lot of money for everybody on all sides. you asked a question why the president doesn't focus on chicago. we have black president. black on black crime in chicago. it is out of control. what would help? maybe jobs. that president then would have to say you know what, this is one of the ways we can alleviate it. i don't hear that coming. >> good point, harris. >> ugly jobs report out today. >> great point, harris. house majority leader kevin mccarthy walking back comments about benghazi. what the controversy means for his chance to succeed john boehner. the investigating committee investigating 2012 attacks and hillary clinton's presidential campaign. we'll debate. ♪ >> house majority leader kevin mccarthy, the leading candidate to succeed john boehner
you had bipartisan legislation, joe manchin west virginia, democrat but no liberal on guns.from pennsylvania, no liberal on guns, tried to get universal background checks. couldn't even get that done. this is such a toxic issue. >> it is. >> nothing will get done. i'm sorry to say we'll be back on couch -- >> toxic issue with a lot of money for everybody on all sides. you asked a question why the president doesn't focus on chicago. we have black president. black on black crime...
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. >> and speaking of that policy, this is a bipartisan group of senators that went from joe manchin with democrats to a mike lee in the republican side of the aisle who want to introduce legislation to stop the training of moderate rebels. basically, that this policy isn't working, there's evidence it's not working well. where are you on this, ambassador? >> i think it would be not prudent right now to stop what we're doing. syria. putin's argument, just to be clear about putin, he says everybody's a terrorist, there's nobody to work with but assad, and my own sense of that is just trying to shore up assad without an alternative, without a discussion about a political transition means that the civil war with continue. so i agree with steve, we need to be engaged but we need to be engaged on trying to put together a political transition in syria, because otherwise it will remain a civil war for a long time. >> who's at that table? political transition. reality check. iran has to be at that table whether we like it or not. russia has to be at that table whether we like it or not. >> i thin
. >> and speaking of that policy, this is a bipartisan group of senators that went from joe manchin with democrats to a mike lee in the republican side of the aisle who want to introduce legislation to stop the training of moderate rebels. basically, that this policy isn't working, there's evidence it's not working well. where are you on this, ambassador? >> i think it would be not prudent right now to stop what we're doing. syria. putin's argument, just to be clear about putin, he...
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he's talking about katy glick, chris, democratic strategist and former chief of staff for senator joe manchin from west virginia, certainly the way he's talking about it and he's not backing away from his perspective on immigration and we'll start with that and move onto of course some of the other issues around what trump has been discussing as of late including what happened there in roseburg, oregon. but let's start with that, katie. and his approach to talking about immigration not stepping back from the way that he's approached it. >> well, absolutely. what we were just looking at is, you know, another example of trump doubling down on some of the hard line rhetoric he's used with regard to immigrants, i think here specifically he was probably talking about refugees coming in from syria and elsewhere. but of course in talking about undocumented immigrants coming over from mexico, from latin america he's taken similar approaches in terms of saying we've got to be really careful about who comes in. and certainly that's language and policy positions that play very well with certain elements
he's talking about katy glick, chris, democratic strategist and former chief of staff for senator joe manchin from west virginia, certainly the way he's talking about it and he's not backing away from his perspective on immigration and we'll start with that and move onto of course some of the other issues around what trump has been discussing as of late including what happened there in roseburg, oregon. but let's start with that, katie. and his approach to talking about immigration not stepping...
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in 2013, toumi and democratic senator joe manchin sponsored legislation that would have required background checks on all gun buyers, introduced months after the deadly sandy hook school shoot, the bill failed by four votes. we've learned mansion wants to reintroduce the to philadelphia flyers i mansion bill but only with the republicans to support. toumi would only say he isn't opposed to introduce august the bill. >> mark: state's largest technology term is in talks with dell computer about a possible merger, according to the "wall street journal," the merger would help struggling emc, a data storage company based in hopkinton. the company's future has been uncertain with shifts to cloud storage. emc employs nearly 10,000 people. >> kevin: pretty nice looking october out there. sunshine, you can see that out the windows on fox 25 and it's nice and mild, if you don't mind it slipping through the 50's, like it was last night in the 70's. quite a difference from one day to the oh but mild enough that you can take this certainly here in new england in october, but off to the west, there are s
in 2013, toumi and democratic senator joe manchin sponsored legislation that would have required background checks on all gun buyers, introduced months after the deadly sandy hook school shoot, the bill failed by four votes. we've learned mansion wants to reintroduce the to philadelphia flyers i mansion bill but only with the republicans to support. toumi would only say he isn't opposed to introduce august the bill. >> mark: state's largest technology term is in talks with dell computer...
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in the event that claire mccaskill in missouri or joe manchin in west virginia or jodi highcamp decided to step down or run for some other office, the democrats were very worried about those seats. now that they've all decided to stay on and run to stay in the senate, run as incumbents for re-election, that is as big a coup for the democratic party as their other successful recruitment in the other states. so it may or may not work out well for the democrats in all of these states. but the democrats have gotten everything they want to set up next year's election in all of these states. and this never happens in terms of the democratic party's strategic best guess and them getting everything they wanted. the headline about this in the beltway newspaper "roll call" this week pretty much summed it up. the headline you see there on the left, senate democrats nearly run the table in recruitment. and when democrats run the table, when they get everything they want, when they set themselves up, at least in their own minds to have the best possible shot at the most possible senate seats in a ye
in the event that claire mccaskill in missouri or joe manchin in west virginia or jodi highcamp decided to step down or run for some other office, the democrats were very worried about those seats. now that they've all decided to stay on and run to stay in the senate, run as incumbents for re-election, that is as big a coup for the democratic party as their other successful recruitment in the other states. so it may or may not work out well for the democrats in all of these states. but the...
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pat toomey joined with joe manchin from west virginia for some movement for checking out who gets guns but certainly i wouldn't call it gun kroechlt it's just an effort to keep hgus out of the hands of crazy people. i think it will be hard, besides hillary clinton, trying to find somebody out there, who is willing to say we have to reduce access to guns especially for people who are emotionally and mentally disturbed. >> you will have people who will want to talk about the mental health aspect. >> yes. >> but again you'll have the discussion of, you know, this is a group of voters and conversation in american politics that has a lot of anger toward government where they're not looking to give government more discretion over people's rights and responsibilities. it's volatile. it's emotional. you mentioned earlier if someone was in a rural community and has to defend themselves, that's something that is eye opening when you hear people talk about it. then, of course, there's been tremendous gun violence in chicago. the president's hometown, in a city setting, day in, day out. not mass s
pat toomey joined with joe manchin from west virginia for some movement for checking out who gets guns but certainly i wouldn't call it gun kroechlt it's just an effort to keep hgus out of the hands of crazy people. i think it will be hard, besides hillary clinton, trying to find somebody out there, who is willing to say we have to reduce access to guns especially for people who are emotionally and mentally disturbed. >> you will have people who will want to talk about the mental health...
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and so i stand with my colleague from west virginia and my colleagues -- my coleagues, joe manchin here, on our side of the aisle, saying enough is enough. this is a problem we need to address. maybe that's the difference in us in how we look at this. this is an issue that we can tackle and achieve result over time. but this rule is wrong, it's wrongheaded, it will, in fact, cause huge disruption to the economy of my state and the economy of the middle of this country and we have got to do everything that we can to prevent this rule from becoming a reality. thank you for letting me join you, the great senator from west virginia. we have two great senators from west virginia here. and i yield the floor. mr. mcconnell: mr. president? mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: mr. president, there's a war on coal in america a war on coal in america. and the leader is the president of the united states. a number of us who were in the senate back in 2009 and 2010 and the administration couldn't pass through the senate their cap-and-trade proposal, they had 60 v
and so i stand with my colleague from west virginia and my colleagues -- my coleagues, joe manchin here, on our side of the aisle, saying enough is enough. this is a problem we need to address. maybe that's the difference in us in how we look at this. this is an issue that we can tackle and achieve result over time. but this rule is wrong, it's wrongheaded, it will, in fact, cause huge disruption to the economy of my state and the economy of the middle of this country and we have got to do...
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and so i stand with my colleague from west virginia and my colleagues -- my coleagues, joe manchin here, on our side of the aisle, saying enough is enough. this is a problem we need to address. maybe that's the difference in us in how we look at this. this is an issue that we can tackle and achieve result over time. but this rule is wrong, it's wrongheaded, it will, in fact, cause huge disruption to the economy of my state and the economy of the middle of this country and we have got to do everything that we can to prevent this rule from becoming a reality. thank you for letting me join you, the great senator from west virginia. we have two great senators from west virginia here. and i yield the floor. mr. mcconnell: mr. president? mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: mr. president, there's a war on coal in america a war on coal in america. and the leader is the president of the united states. a number of us who were in the senate back in 2009 and 2010 and the administration couldn't pass through the senate their cap-and-trade proposal, they had 60 v
and so i stand with my colleague from west virginia and my colleagues -- my coleagues, joe manchin here, on our side of the aisle, saying enough is enough. this is a problem we need to address. maybe that's the difference in us in how we look at this. this is an issue that we can tackle and achieve result over time. but this rule is wrong, it's wrongheaded, it will, in fact, cause huge disruption to the economy of my state and the economy of the middle of this country and we have got to do...
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second point on the issue of the budget and joe manchin's questions, and senator sessions, did a little quick calculation. if interest rates to return historic levels of 5.5%, the differential, the increase of 3.5% between what we're running now would exactly equal the current entire defense budget. it would be over, it would be something like $630 billion just in the increase in interest charges. so i think the national debt is a threat, not to define our defense budget, i'm not arguing that we should reduce it because of that. the real problem with the national debt is increasing demographics and health care costs. that's where the problem is. but i think we have to be cognizant of it as a national security threat. number three, mr. preble, you talked about submarines as a possible, instead of the triad submarines. the question is how vulnerable are submarines to detection? my concern is that we not fall into the magino line trap. mr. preble: this has been a long-standing concern since -- for a long time. and from the beginning the concern about being able to detect them and undermini
second point on the issue of the budget and joe manchin's questions, and senator sessions, did a little quick calculation. if interest rates to return historic levels of 5.5%, the differential, the increase of 3.5% between what we're running now would exactly equal the current entire defense budget. it would be over, it would be something like $630 billion just in the increase in interest charges. so i think the national debt is a threat, not to define our defense budget, i'm not arguing that...
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they'll discuss efforts under way at the state, local and federal levels and looking at joe manchin oft to introduce the president. we'll be right back. it takes a lot of work... to run this business. but i really love it. i'm on the move all day long... and sometimes, i just don't eat the way i should. so i drink boost® to get the nutrition that i'm missing. boost complete nutritional drink has 26 essential vitamins and minerals, including calcium and vitamin d to support strong bones and 10 grams of protein to help maintain muscle. all with a great taste. i don't plan on slowing down any time soon. stay strong. stay active with boost®. (vo) wit runs on optimism.un on? it's what sparks ideas. moves the world forward. invest with those who see the world as unstoppable. who have the curiosity to look beyond the expected and the conviction to be in it for the long term. oppenheimerfunds believes that's the right way to invest... ...in this big, bold, beautiful world. it's the brand more doctorsose recommend for minor arthritis pain. plus, just two aleve can last all day. you'd need 6 tyl
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[applause] your two fine senators -- joe manchin and shelley moore capito.applause] and charleston mayor danny jones. [applause] we've also got some outstanding members of my administration who are here -- first and foremost, our proud daughter of west virginia, hhs secretary sylvia burwell. [applause] we have the director of national drug control policy, michael botticelli. [applause] and we have the head of the drug enforcement administration, chuck rosenberg. [applause] where's chuck? he's around here somewhere. and what i want to do is to have a conversation with the panelists here today, take some questions -- because this is something that is not a top-down solution type of problem alone. this is going to have to be everybody working together. and we've got to understand what families are going through, what law enforcement is going through, what our health systems are going through in order for us to wrap our arms around this problem. so instead of giving a long speech, i just want to offer some initial thoughts to frame our discussion. when i came in
[applause] your two fine senators -- joe manchin and shelley moore capito.applause] and charleston mayor danny jones. [applause] we've also got some outstanding members of my administration who are here -- first and foremost, our proud daughter of west virginia, hhs secretary sylvia burwell. [applause] we have the director of national drug control policy, michael botticelli. [applause] and we have the head of the drug enforcement administration, chuck rosenberg. [applause] where's chuck? he's...
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joining me now the man who conducted that focus group, chr former chief of staff for senator joe manchin why that group says sanders won the night. >> well, it really kind of boils down to message. senator sanders really tapped a chord, you know, with iowans. his message talking about income inequality, the frustration and struggles of middle class, working class families are going through really hit a chord. what was interesting about the focus group was at the same time where senator sanders clearly won, you know, by 22-17 was the margin in terps of, you know, the focus group, but the reality was when you looked at hillary clinton, and i asked him about electability, she actually did better. it was almost like a tale of two different motivations as to how these undecided iowans were looking at this debate. >> secretary clinton did seem to put forth a reoccurring theme for everybody last night. take a look. >> secretary clinton, how would you not be the third-term president obama? >> well, i think that's pretty obvious. i think being the first woman president would be quite a change fro
joining me now the man who conducted that focus group, chr former chief of staff for senator joe manchin why that group says sanders won the night. >> well, it really kind of boils down to message. senator sanders really tapped a chord, you know, with iowans. his message talking about income inequality, the frustration and struggles of middle class, working class families are going through really hit a chord. what was interesting about the focus group was at the same time where senator...
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we did a piece -- >> sam, you have just moved the leadership in nra by you agreeing with joe manchin >> do you have a question? >> i just want to talk in general about another component of this. we did a piece this week about research into gun policy. but the center for disease control and prevention is completely prevented from doing research on gun policy. scientists were wondering how it got to be and -- the threat would be that they'd advocate for gun control. but we don't spend any money looking at this. we talked to the guy who did this in 1997 and he regrets it. just funding things like funding gun control, are they -- maybe things down the tree a little bit like research. is that something that can be pushed now? >> we're looking at any opening that makes sense. first of all, we shouldn't call it gun control. we're not controlling your right as a law abiding citizen and law abiding gunner to have a gun. we're not doing that. this should be just basically prevention from irresponsible gun ownership, people who shouldn't be able to have easy access to a gun, people that we know
we did a piece -- >> sam, you have just moved the leadership in nra by you agreeing with joe manchin >> do you have a question? >> i just want to talk in general about another component of this. we did a piece this week about research into gun policy. but the center for disease control and prevention is completely prevented from doing research on gun policy. scientists were wondering how it got to be and -- the threat would be that they'd advocate for gun control. but we don't...
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second point on the issue of the budget and joe manchin's questions, and senator sessions, did a little quick calculation. if interest rates to return historic levels of 5.5%, the differential, the increase of 3.5% between what we're running now would exactly equal the current entire defense budget. it would be over, it would be something like $630 billion just in the increase in interest charges. so i think the national debt is a threat, not to define our defense budget, i'm not arguing that we should reduce it because of that. the real problem with the national debt is increasing demographics and health care costs. that's where the problem is. but i think we have to be cognizant of it as a national security threat. number three, mr. preble, you talked about submarines as a possible, instead of the triad submarines. the question is how vulnerable are submarines to detection? my concern is that we not fall magino line trap. mr. preble:: this has been a long-standing concern since -- for a long time. and from the beginning the concern about being able to detect them and undermining their
second point on the issue of the budget and joe manchin's questions, and senator sessions, did a little quick calculation. if interest rates to return historic levels of 5.5%, the differential, the increase of 3.5% between what we're running now would exactly equal the current entire defense budget. it would be over, it would be something like $630 billion just in the increase in interest charges. so i think the national debt is a threat, not to define our defense budget, i'm not arguing that...
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also senator joe manchin, charlie wrangle. let's get to your calls and hear what you have to say. alabama is first up. debra, go ahead. >> caller: yes, hi. i was just wondering how much money we're spending on this charade today. i mean, this is ridiculous. i'm so sick of hearing about the e-mails. i think it's all a waste of time. but i would love to know how much money we're spending just on this escapade. >> well, from the democrats on the benghazi committee, they have a ticker online of how much it's costing the taxpayers. again, this is from the democratic members of the benghazi committee and so far 4.8 million and counting. to sandra next in ithaca, new yo york. >> caller: yes, thank you. i just wanted to say that i think this committee should be disbanded. this is not about seeing what we can do better to protect our embassy personnel. this is just a personal witch-hunt against hillary clinton and i'm not a democrat but i can see what it is. i've watched the whole thing and i'm very disappointed and i want them stop spending our tax dollars on this nonsense. >> to washingt
also senator joe manchin, charlie wrangle. let's get to your calls and hear what you have to say. alabama is first up. debra, go ahead. >> caller: yes, hi. i was just wondering how much money we're spending on this charade today. i mean, this is ridiculous. i'm so sick of hearing about the e-mails. i think it's all a waste of time. but i would love to know how much money we're spending just on this escapade. >> well, from the democrats on the benghazi committee, they have a ticker...