i especially want to welcome senators john cornyn, who has been working so hard lately, and especially at the border, doing things nobody else but we could do, very bad legislation. we are going to get that changed. tom cotton, mike crapo, marco rubio, and jeff hensley. i want to thank you all. this is been a tremendous thing that we are sort of announcing today, but people found out about it. interview was instrumental in passing the foreign investment risk review modernization act, so important, which was included in the national defense organization act that i signed into law earlier this month. this will enhance our ability to protect cutting-edge american technology and intellectual property vital to our national security. we have all been reading that intellectual property and all sorts of different things of that nature are being stolen from us by other countries, and it is going to be very hard for them to do that. we have put a lot of safeguards in and we are doing a lot of things against foreign acquisition of property, and especially when they are near sensitive military ins

john? senator cornyn: mr. president, under your administration we are finally taking a big step to address the national security threat imposed by china, which has grown dramatically, as others have said. i believe china represents the foremost national security and economic challenge to our country of any other country in the world, in the long-term. president trump: not russia? senator cornyn: in the long term. in addition, it's military transformation and its belligerency in places like the south sea, south china sea, that rubio haveapo and pointed out, they have engaged in outright theft of our intellectual property. this addresses the problem of foreign investment made strategically to exploit gaps in the committee on foreign investment. so that requires a know-how on the intellectual property they need to gain a foothold in this country. i just want to express my appreciation to secretary mnuchin and secretary mattis, the attorney general secretary , ross, and your entire administration for your partners

people like john cornyn and orrin hatch defended him. senator lindsey graham says well, wait a minute -- listen to this, wolf. >> there comes a time sooner or later of a new face, clearly attorney sessions does not have the competence of presence. after the elections, i think there will be some serious discussion of a new attorney general. >> the timing is matter. if sessions is ousted while mueller is working the way, then rod rosenstein would not still be in control of the investigation. the only reason he's seeing mueller is because sessions is recused. so if the president is finding a way to put a new attorney general in there, that person could work to undermine mueller. >> yes, that could take a long time in acting as the attorney general in the interim. thank you very much. >> joining us right now, who serve serve fed in the committee and foreign affair. congressman, let me get your response to the current attack. how do you interpret that? >> well, i think it was a welcome statement from the attorney general, although i disagree

senator john cornyn tells the ap, traditionally this has been a role played by the air force, and i havenyn says he has not yet heard from the trump administration and officials about the idea, adding, i'd like to hear their rationale for creating a separate force. meanwhile, richard shelby, chairman of the appropriations committee that over sees government spending, my view on it this time, and it's early, is i think we ought to be careful. he added, we'll see what happens. let's see what they're proposing. however, the president is finding some support in the house. kevin mccartney says the proposal is a smart way to approach the investment by china and others in space. republican whip steve scalise also says he backs the pan. >> let's get a check on the weather with bill karins. bill, you're not inspiring a lot of confidence for the weekend forecast here. >> yeah, it is not going to pour the entire weekend in any area, but, you know, it is just so humid, just the summertime showers and thunderstorms will plague a lot of the east coast. west coast is still very dry and smoky in some ca

let me play for you lindsey graham and then i want to read you john cornyn's statement. here is lindsay graham. >> the president is entitled to an attorney general that he has faith in, somebody that's qualified for the job. clearly attorney general sessions doesn't have the confidence of the president, and all i can say is that i have a lot of respect for the attorney general, but that's an important office in the country and there -- after the election i think there will be some serious discussions about a new attorney general. >> let me put up john cornyn's statement. number two in the republican leadership, i know this is a difficult position for him, referring to sessions, to be in but i think it would be bad for the country, it would be bad for the president, it would be bad for the department of justice for him to be forced out under these circumstances. what do you guys make of this, matthew? >> cornyn's statement is open to a soft exit of sessions conforming to lindsey graham's schedule of after the election. >> chuck grassley said, hey, i could do it now. you'r

john cornyn says more documents are being produced than for any other supreme court nominee. >> the best way to get a sense how judge will perform on the future is how he or she has performed on the bench in the past. >> reporter: the confirmation hearing will last three or four days. top senate republicans want him confirmed by the supreme court at next term which begins october 1st. in washington ray logan, fox news. >> elliott sadler is hanging up his helmet to spend more time with his kids. rob: i want to be there to hug them when they do well and dust them off and send them back out when they fall. time for me to be a full-time dad that i went to be. he won three races and finished in the top ten 69 times over a 60 year period and will retire at the end of this season. 9 minutes after the hour, the us and mexico working together to crack down on drug cartels. will that actually work? our next guest was the man in charge of keeping drugs out of the us for years. >> insane video the moment a teenager is struck by lightning and lives to tell about it. >> i was dead for 15 minutes. i fe

both the journal and nbc news report that five republican senators, john cornyn, senator john kennedy, tom tillis, ben sath had breakfast with sessions to urge him not to quit. that day sessions released a statement saying, quote, the actions of the department of justice will not be improperly influenced by political consideration. meanwhile, other senate republicans who once warned trump against firing sessions are now openly signalling that there may no longer be opposition to such a move. >> we need an attorney general that can work with the president, that can lead the department of justice. this relationship is beyond repair, i think. it's a pretty deep breach, and here's what i'm suggesting, that he's not the only man in the country that can be attorney general. the president has lost confidence in jeff sessions. >> senator graham also added this caution. >> we won't have a real attorney general unless they're highly qualified and will do their job. that's the deal. >> mueller's team is now getting ready for the second trial of paul manafort who was convicted of tax fraud last w

he had a breakfast last week, and senator john cornyn, th thom tillis.hey all urged him to stay on the job. >> they didn't even need to tell him that. this is the dream job. jeff sessions wanted to be an attorney general forever. the damages that sessions has been pushing quite effectively. it didn't work out the way they wanted, but he has been a very effective policy person. i think donald trump may be hesitating to fire him. even beyond the russia situation, it would be really tough to get anyone confirmed into attorney general. the democrats are going to use -- they would use that confirmation process to litigate all sorts of other policy things. so the travel ban, the family separation, what is going on at the border, and not to mention other hot button legal and flash point issues. it is wrapped up in a lot of stuff that goes beyond. >> thank you for being with us. >>> he pulled off a giant upset in florida that could lead to a democratic governor of the sunshine state. and get low prices on school supplies all summer long. like this case of paper

when you ask republicans on the hill, you have opposing views, say with lindsey graham and john cornyn. let's hear. >> i think it would be a mistake and i don't think it would be good for the country. >> i think there will come a time sooner rather than later where it will be time to have a few face and fresh voice at the department of justice. clearly attorney general jeff sessions doesn't have the confidence of the president. >> margaret, ultimately where will the majority of republicans in congress fall on this? >> i think you have to wait until after the midterm elections. if the majority are the majority you may get a difference response. but to some extent what's happening now with the supreme court is is par mound in their minds. yes the president has the ability to have the people he wants in top positions but 23 it becomes a loyalty test and becomes political support of the president or investigations of the other side, the president will either have a hard time finding a new attorney general or getting the new attorney general confirmed and you can imagine if that played out

i don't think with what john cornyn said today there is any chance the senate would confirm a new attorney general. >> i agree right now. the man in charge of the senate judiciary committee said we don't have time on the dockett to deal with this. he opened the door to having time later in the year. that's a big question. i covered the obama administration scandals and nobody was fired. the idea that peter strzok and andrew mccabe got fired. it may have taken a little longer, but there is a process to go through. i think it says a lot about getting those guys fired. i think christopher wray should get credit. >> and in the commercial break pam will tell us the conversation the president and it better be good. hear nancy pelosi's delusional comments up next. surance that won't replace the full value of your new car? you'd be better off throwing your money right into the harbor. i'm gonna regret that. with liberty mutual new car replacement we'll replace the full value of your car. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty ♪ it's the ford summer sales event and now is the best time to buy. you re

at senate majority whip john cornyn says of the summit than a democrats, "i think they are feeling under a lot of pressure. i get it, they know they can't stop the conversation but they put on a good show and that's what i think is going on here. i make this comment sometimes, but i also mean it. so you want all of this documentation -- hold on, let's reference the screen, because the president is in the center of the screen right now about to get into his motorcade. westhampton, new york, great place for summer and a great place for the president to jet off to, which he has done, and talk about accomplishments. he's talked about a little bit outside of the white house as he was boarding marine one to go to the westhampton area. but he really wants to focus on the economy and some other accomplishments today as he takes a victory lap of sorts as it's being called. as he does that and we get to see public moments like this, because much of it is off-camera. but we will show you what we can as the president is there greeted by people along the reception line. david, what i was going to say

i especially want to welcome senators john cornyn, who has been working so hard lately, and especiallyt the border. we are doing things that own else thought we could do was very bad legislation. we got to get that legislation changed. i think we can get it done. tom cotton, marco rubio, and jen hensley, i want to thank you. this has been a tremendous thing that we are announcing today. each of you was instrumental in passing the foreign investment risk review modernization act, so important, which was included in the initial defense authorization act signed into law earlier this month. this new authority will enhance our ability to protect cutting-edge american technology and intellectual property vital and allational security different sorts of things of that nature being stolen from us by other countries. it's going to be very hard for them to do that. we are putting a lot of safeguards in. we are doing a lot of things against foreign acquisition of property, and especially where there are sensitive military installations. this was a very big deal, a very important deal. and the peo

senator burr, heads the intelligence committee and additionally senator john cornyn, second in command in the senate. second most powerful republican. they are doing the opposite of breaking ranks when it comes to the brennan situation. the president's base will be entirely unperturbed. the question becomes are these matters which are a little complex, a little technical. most americans aren't up or security clearance law. are these matters something that sways independent voters? voters who may haven't decided which way they're going to go? the politic there is an open question. we don't know. >> i want to play more of brennan's interview last night with rachel maddow. it was controversial. described the president's performance in helsinki as treasonous. take a listen to this. >> i didn't mean that he committed treason, but it was a term that i used nothing short of treasonous. >> you didn't mean that he committed treason, though? >> i said it's nothing short of treasonous. the term i used. >> if we diagrammed the sentence, it means it's treason. i mean, the reason i'm bringing this o

the same time, there have been several key senators like john cornyn who said they don't believe anyone can be confirmed by the senate in the current climate. this is a question that will have to be put on hold until after the midterms. fred? >> uh-huh. jeremy herd, we'll see if the president cares to consult the members of congress on what would work or not. thank you so much, jeremy. >> thank you be. >>> let's talk about all this here with me now, a cnn legal political commentator, ken kuchanelli. something sessions -- we all know, has recused himself from. but if sessions was fired by the president, would that give mueller ammunition to bring obstruction of justice charges? >> no, i mean, sessions recusal has gone, this is not widely known, his recusal has been much broader than anything suggested by the regulation in which the special counsel is operating under. so there's -- there's no real claim that he's involved in this. frankly, the president's frustration is that he's not involved in it. and i also agree with the earlier comment that no one, and this just speaks to the politic

john cornyn said i know this is a difficult position for him, a reference to sessions, to be in, butcountry, bad for the president and bad for the department of justice to be forced out under these circumstances. i hope he stays the course and i hope cooler heads prevail. also, a senior senate democrat said firing the doj leadership would have a ripple effect on the presidency. >> if the president were to take some abrupt action and try to force out or replace rod rosenstein or attorney general sessions or, of course, special counsel mueller, that would have grave consequences for the president's standing in this institution. >> republican senator chuck grassley is an important voice in this conversation as chair of the senate judiciary committee. he would handle any potential confirmation hearing and he has indicated that he has space on his calendar if that is required. >> shepard: it seems this is a matter of great thought as he went late into the night and began early this morning and attacked sessions more than once. >> right. so among the tweets, the president hit hard on what

john cornyn, the number two republican senator, said do not do now, we couldn't get a replacement confirmeddsey graham says not until after the election, if you do it before, it's a bad idea. we'll see if that has sway, what the president's thinking on this. it's amazing to watch him trapped in by himself on this because he, of course, has the full right to fire sessions at any time that he wants. >> the president's comments about sessions leading to the response from sessions is just one of many comments that have caught attention from that interview trump gave to fox news. we know republicans are grappling with how to handle the fallout of michael cohen's guilty plea. the president has a warning for lawmakers. listen. >> you know, i guess it's something like high crimes and all, i don't know how you can impeach somebody who's done a great job. i tell you what, if i ever got impeached, i think the market would crash. i think everybody would be very poor because without this thinking, you would see -- you would see numbers that you wouldn't believe. in reverse. >> this is where we are right

. >> and it was really interesting, betsy and pete, john cornyn, a former judge and a friend of jeffe senators are, he came out strongly against this idea that the president would move against jeff sessions. but lindsey graham, who just played golf with the president this past weekend, said, yeah, after the midterms, it's probably -- time is running out for jeff sessions or something to that effect. betsy, is that a signal that jeff sessions' time as attorney general after the midterms, assuming they don't lose control of the senate, is pretty much over? >> it's certainly an indicator that members of the senate are beginning to think that way. another strong or interesting indicator we've seen in the last 24 hours or so is that senator chuck grassley who chairs the powerful judiciary committee previously had said that if the president were to fire the attorney general, that he wouldn't have time on sort of the calendar of his committee to move through the confirmation of a new attorney general. but in the last 24 to 48 hours, grassley has said that actually now he would be able to fi

then again, senators like ben sasse, john cornyn have said, no, you can't do this.till unclear if the president would have enough votes to confirm a new attorney general if he decided to fire jeff sessions. let's also be clear about jeff sessions. he is also a witness in the mueller investigation. jeff sessions had to recreuse himself because of the role that he played in the campaign and when he was caught lying about or misleading at the very least about having a meeting with the russian ambassador. and he would be a witness to obstruction. is anyone concerned about that in the white house, hans? >> look, that's a lot you laid out there. i think on the first part of it, especially with don mcgahn, he has done his 30 hours. the way you enumerated it, they could need more than 30 hours to get all the information from the special counsel's office from don mcgahn. on this sort of sessions replacement thing, i think the lindsey graham comment where he said whoever comes before the senate will have to pledge to continue to go through with the russia investigation, the m

scra john cornyn said while this was serious, this had nothing to do with russia.lso orrin hatch saying there are issues here, but we're not really sure what else we can do. take a listen. >> they can't be ignored. >> high crimes and misdemeanors? >> i wouldn't go that far. >> do you think this opens up the president to being indicted while sitting in office? >> no, i don't because i don't think he can be indicted while sitting in office. we'll just have to see where this all works out. >> wolf, it's somewhat of a familiar refrain up here where something happens at the white house. some republicans have concerns. others don't want to weigh in on it at all. behind the scenes, aides make clear how serious this is. they just aren't sure what their bosses should do about it. on the democratic side, you've seen democrats led by chuck schumer coalesce around a single strategy. take a listen. >> the president identified as an unindicted co-conspirator of a federal crime, an accusation made not by a political enemy but by the closest of his own confidantes is on the verge

john cornyn says it had nothing to do with russia or the president and house speaker wall ryan says hewe should point out as we try to track down lawmakers and get some response from them, either on capitol hill or even on their vacations -- because it is kinds of important -- we did just get some sound from senator orren hatch weighing in. >> well, these are serious charges and they can't be ignored. >> do you tink this opehink thp the president to tk indicted while sitting in office? >> no, because i don't think he can be indicted while sitting in office. we'll have to see where this all works out. >> rachel, can republican leadership really continue to ignore this? >> they can't continue to ignore it, no. they're going to have to answer for it of course when they are on capitol hill and reporters are pressing them. they're going to be dodgy on this. republicans agree, when president donald trump was elected in 2016 that they were going to plug their noses and basically ignore anything he might say that they find unsavory or sings that things t that they do not like. there is no reas

i spoke to john cornyn, senator from texas, a trump allys he se does not believe michael cohen, thinks he's lying but, nonetheless, he sa hid s words these accusations don't d,lp their cause. on the other hemocrats are also concerned that rising calls for impeachment they see from the more progressive members could harm some of the members that have a chance to flip swing districts. i spoke to two new candidates for democrats who hope the unseat republicanto thir campaigns. they said they aren't going tohm bring up impet. they say that doesn't help them. what they might talk about isro corruptionother republican members of congress like duncan hunter who is now indied or chris collins who is indicted. deey don't want to talk about the pre and impeachment in swing districts but will talk at corruption more generally. >> woodruff: so many strands to the story but it's important and important to hear all thees perspect lisa desjardins, larry noble, i amiasm, thank you. >> thank you mo woodruff: now, to the day's other news: the atic national committee says it's uncovered a new attempt to

john cornyn said people who do bad things need to be held accountable. adding that this has nothing to do with russia. kasie hunt, i think, has sneakers on today, chasing people around the hall today. what's going on this morning? >> reporter: hallie, it is clear this story does have something of a different tenor than some of the other conversations that we've had. let me tell you, a lot of these members of congress are really sick of all of us running after them in the hallways, asking about the latest trump tweet. >> this is different, right? >> reporter: this is all together different, exactly. i spoke just briefly to senator toomey of pennsylvania, who said this is very serious. this is not, you know, something to be taken lightly. he wants to see the judicial process play out. you've heard echoes of that from other republicans who have been willing to support president trump in other areas. take a listen to what senator orrin hatch said a few minutes ago. >> these are serious charges, and they can't be ignored. >> is it high crimes and misdemeanors

majority whip john cornyn says senator schumer is trying to delay. watch. >> now we are engaged in what i call the "great paper chase." this leaves me with the inescapable conclusion this is all about foot-dragging and delay. they know that they can't attack him based on qualifications, based on his character. and now it's all about paper and delay and obstruction. >> melissa: interesting stuff. do you think this is the best move for democrats? >> marie: i'm sort of in the middle here. i do think the senate has a right to advise and consent on the supreme court nominees and any paper throughout in the history directly relevant to how he would do his job is something the senate should have. i think it's a fair ask to make. whether the documents are part of when he worked at the white house or not, i don't know. some might not be relevant. i argued, the democrats, sorry to say, we'll lose the fight and he will probably be confirmed. if that is the case i don't think that the democratic party should draw it out closer to the midterms because all it does

the president is talking about this to marco rubio, john cornyn and others in the white house. sign we make progress on this, the inchoo niece will change their ways? >> this is very difficult. intellectual property theft is at the core of the chinese system. it is more than that just that. you have a lot of stealing, cheating, lying baked into chinese society, has been for centuries. we'll try to change this of course, and we actually have to because innovation is at the core of our economy. if we don't commercialize innovation we don't have much of an economy. connell: for years american companies are going in there, let's be honest, they have a billion people, 1.6 billion people in china, that is a lot of business opportunity. they made the tradeoff, because they have to. they have kind of known this is going on, had no other options. i wonder how we do change it. is tariffs the answer in your view? >> if we don't have tariffs, the question is what? connell: exactly. that is the question. >> a lot of people don't like terrorists. they make complaints bit, but the point is yo

. >> yeah, lindsey graham, john cornyn and collins among those who have expressed support in washington. thank you. >>> to the latest in the mollie tibbetts case, the suspect charged in the death of the iowa college student, made his first appearance in court. he was ordered held on $5 million bond as controversy erupts over his legal status. >> reporter: do you have anything to say for yourself? >> 24-year-old immigrant christhian rivera appearing in court. >> you have been charged with murder in the first degree. >> reporter: authorities say he is from mexico and was in the country illegally. he worked for four years at a small family-run dairy farm owned by a prominent republican family. they said they checked his documentation in a government system but learned he gave a false name. >> what we learned in the last 24 hours is our employee was not who he said he was. >> reporter: lang said he noticed no changes in his behavior and he continued to show up after mollie's disappearance. >> this guy stayed around for 35 days and nobody noticed anything different. >> reporter: he said his

majority whip john cornyn? >> i don't know the facts. >> don't know the facts. house speaker paul ryan punting to his spokesperson who said, "we need more information than is currently available at this point." and then there's this from the longest serving living senator, orrin hatch. >> naturally, it makes you very concerned, but, you know, the president shouldn't be held responsible for the actions of people that he's trusted. >> again, the point here is that michael cohen in his allocution said that donald trump directed him to make the illegal payments. we can and should hold the president responsible for that. it may not be much of a surprise, though, that republicans don't want to do that, but the president has got to be wondering tonight what will happen if a blue wave crashes over capitol hill come november? let's discuss. i want to bring in now cnn white house correspondent kaitlan collins who asked that question. she's with us. also jonathan, the "new york" magazine and susan hennessey, cnn national security and legal analyst. good evening to all of y

take a listen to, corker, ben skas, and john cornyn talking about this. >> look, i mean, of course, he wanted him, if he wants to make a change, he can. i think it would be very harmful to in his own situation. >> it would be a very, very, very bad idea to fire the attorney general because he is not executing his job as a political hack. >> i think it would be a mistake, and i don't think it would be good for the country. >> strong words from republicans, carol. would they be backed up with actions in refusing to confirm somebody else? >> so far we haven't really seen any action to back up some of this effort to hold the president back from some of his worst instinct, not in the white house and not in congress. so it will be curious to see. i do think it's a dramatic seismic shift, however, for lindsey graham to go from stop trying to berate the attorney general out of his job to maybe he won't be here in november. >> carol, one more thing. you were reporting about pardons and manafort and what the president would do with that. rudy giuliani has responded to that. he said we discussed

here is senator mitch mcconnell's deputy, majority whip john cornyn of texas speaking to reporters yesterday. >> would you have a problem if the president were to pardon manafort? >> if he was what? >> were to pardon manafort? >> that's above my pay grade. that's the president's choice, but i think -- i think i'd like to see the case run its course and i will let the courts do -- do their job. >> and in the house speaker paul ryan deflected on the guilty plea of the president's lawyer. a spokesperson told nbc news we are aware of mr. cohen's guilty plea to the serious charges. we will need more information than is currently available at this point. >> a lot to dive into. for that we want to bring in danny sivalis. great to have you with us because there's so much to get to on both fronts with this one-two punch. let's start with michael cohen here. what level of surprise was there given that he made this agreement, this plea, without necessarily a cooperation nl agreement that we know of where he didn't need to implicate the president. >> my level of surprise on a ten scale is a one. it was

john cornyn. well, on the cohen plea deal, if it implicated trump. i don't think it implicates him at all, particularly with the russia investigation. there is a little bit of spin that i've noticed in republican circles going. well, where's russia? max slap. i don't see the words russia here. is that something that they should feel good about? >> well, chuck, a source and friend of mine who's very close to the white house -- the white house legal team took pity on me after i attempted to explain why trump's name wasn't mentioned. so he's calling in real time. it is in fact -- >> that's why we have mimi rocca. >> it's generally not done. but he added a political twist here. because he said it's not appropriate for a prosecutor to malign someone who is not before them. this is an effort tonight anti-comey. to not shoot your mouth off and be political but to play this spriktly by the book. that's what the prosecutors were doing there, they were being restrained. >> the president has tweeted. "just landed in virginia. big crowd." you're seeing him walki

here is gop majority wit john cornyn -- majority whip john cornyn talking about the documents.video clip] >> two weeks from today we take up -- another important reason we are here working during the august timeframe. two weeks from today we take up the president's nominee to fill the vacancy left by justice kevin -- justice kennedy. judge kavanaugh continues to meet with members and i am sure senator schumer and other democrats are meeting with the nominee and i trust they will find him what i found him as, a highly qualified person of good character and someone imminently qualified to be a member of the supreme court. unfortunately, this has devolved into a question of how much paper is being produced and i believe you will see the gorsuch,n with judge about 180,000 pages of documents so far the judiciary committee has produced 258,000 pages of documents and we are on our way to somewhere in the million page range before it is over with. talking aboutare the great paper chase is because i believe our democratic colleagues have found all their other attempts to undermine or cr

i especially want to welcome senators john cornyn who is been working so hard lately especially at the border we are doing things that nobody else that we could do. tom kart. marco rubio. i want to thank you all. it's been a tremendous thing that you are announcing today. each of you was instrumental in passing the foreign investment risk review act. it was included in the national defense authorization. that i signed into law. they will enhance the ability to have cutting-edge technology and intellectual property. they have all been reading the intellectual property in all sorts of different things of that nature are being stolen from us by other countries. it will be very hard for them to do that. we're doing a lot of things against foreign acquisition. this is a very big deal. and the people in this room are the people that were really the most instrumental in getting this past. they seek to steal, copy or control american intellectual property. with very little safeguards up. in many cases no safeguards. and now we have probably the best there is in the world. we will keep adding o

the number two senate republican john cornyn called today's announcement preliminary and both he and the top lawmakers on trade, orrin hatch, say a deal would have to involve canada senior administration officials say ideally canada will be a part of any end deals, one that would be notified to congress by the end of this week, and signed into law by the end of november. we'll see whether they can work out those contentious issues that you heard the president mentioning there >> thank you, kayla. >> stocks are the big carmakers rallying phil is adding to the story. hey phil >> the reason we're going to show you what those two stocks are -- they're up having one of their largest gains. each having their largest gains in several weeks, if not several months it's because they are the two largest importers from plants in mexico into the united states. there's a little bit of a relief rally here that there's not going to be some huge massive 25% tariffs, and also some certainty involved for mexico, the importance of this negotiation is one that kayla has been talking about for some time.

. -- senator john cornyn "we don't have time, nor is there a likely candidate who can get confirmed iny view under the circumstances.:" mainer susan collins of warned that removing mr. sessions because of his refusal from the russian investigation would not be a -- recusal from his russia investigation would not be a wise move. mr. garthwaite -- a comprehensive bipartisan .riminal justice overhaul at thethursday's meeting white house, the president held at the white house, the president held off on backing the proposal until after the midterm elections including that the endorsement now carried too much political risk. this is according to a senior white house official. the presidremain committee committed to working with the senate on their proposed addition. mr. trump's notably -- decision notably aligned him with sessions and grassley in the short term. -- open to confirming a possible replacement for him. i've got time for hearings this fall, he told reporters. senator lindsey graham, republican of south carolina hedged support for mr. sessions and said he did not necessarily objec

i have retired going to try to vote -- devote as much as my personal effort as i can to unseat john cornynnd ted cruz. those two gentlemen have done a great deal of unpatriotic harm to this country. host: thanks. guest: great to hear from you another taxes -- texan. you are preaching to the choir. appreciate your comments about corporations in american politics. one of the things we are seeing energized folks in texas, when candidates refuse to take campaign contributions. that is what a to our work -- o'rourke has done. folks don't want corporations controlling their democracy. energy young the have replicated across texas in the country. the only way we're going to win is if folks like you start devoting energy they have to retake. caller: good morning. i would like to ask about -- have they heard of george soros or tom sires. they talk about money coming in from industrialized giants. i guarantee your panel, i don't know if they paid her way through college or is she a college grad? guest: i am really far out of college. thank you for thinking i am that young. they do have influence on

. >> senior republican leadership in the senate is not on the same page with senator graham, john cornynns, to be. in but i think it would be bad for the country and bad for the president and bad for the department of justice for him to be forced out under these circumstances. so i hope i he stays the course and i hope cooler heads prevail. also on fox senior democrat in the senate said if doj leadership was fired, he believes it will have a ripple affect on the presidency. >> if the president were to take some abrupt action and try and force out or replace rod rosenstein or attorney general sessions or, of course, special counsel mueller that would have grave consequences for the president standing in this institution. >> so this morning this remains a highly fluid situation. one of the voices to watch is the republican senator chuck grat grassley who heads up the judiciary committee that would handle any future confirmation hearings and for now he said he has room on his calendar if that's required, jon. >> jon: catherine herridge in washington. thank you. ♪ >> they are just saying thi

john cornyn great senator from the state of texas he was asked one of the experts who will suffer mostcrats abolish ice because there have been a number of democrats who have called for just that and surprisingly, the authority from ice said minority communities will be victimized the most because the people who are not removed are involved in gangs activity and criminal activity and generally commit crimes against people in the communities where they live. ainsley: there was one democratic senator maizy hirono was confused about the imcongratulations laws. she started asking this ice official mr. matthew albence. she appeared to be losing her patience, he lost his patience because she didn't understand the law. she was -- just watch this. >> would you send your child to frcs? >> again, i think what we're missing the point. these individuals are there because they have broken a law. >> there has to be a process. >> this have broken a law only as deemed so by the president with his -- >> -- no, ma'am. they are there for vital of title 8 of the u.s. nationality act. they are in those frc

i'm listening to john cornyn who comes on the show and we like, feigned ignorance about why former officialsat you're seeing in this case is actually an antipathy on john brennan. imagine if the partisan roles were reversed and there's plenty of times in covering congress, you know, supreme court fights a good example, replay the same quotes and put them in the mouths from the other party when that fight comes back around. this is a situation where if president obama was doing this imagine the outrage coming from the reside. similar dynamic here. i do think susan collins is somebody willing to challenge the president. she had that message there. bob corker somebody who is willing to speak out strongly. bob corker won't be in congress in a couple of months. that's the untold story. no matter what happens the democrats and the wave there are going to be far fewer people holding elected office in washington who are willing to oppose the president in his own party. >> an interesting game to play, what if the other president -- two days ago what if obama called a woman, a white woman a dog. imagi

you asked the question, mika, we had indications from lindsey graham and john cornyn that this is somethingdon't like. i think the bigger wall, though, is going to be much more around russia and what the president does around russia. not what the president says and were they really the ones that were doing the meddling that he still seems to be keen to say. but if the president were ready to take action, that is the only wall that the republicans would find really difficult to handle. that is the republican caucus in the senate is being unified on to taking tough action against russia. if we start seeing the president to act on russia to make life easier for the russians, as far as i can see, the only thing that the russians have been saying, okay, a step too far. >> my god, if they finally, finally do step up and say, wow, we're concerned about what is happening, the question is going to be, where have you been, paul ryan? where have you been, mitch mcconnell? where have you been, republicans? where have you been as this whole thing comes tumbling down. jeremy peters will join us with anec

commander that pushed back a couple days ago told the truth about warnings and we actually saw john cornyn and some republicans step out yesterday, susan collins saying, no, he can't do that. so, there was pushback and there will be push back. but, you know, we're talking about the white house and donald trump specifically provoking fights and violence towards reporters a couple days ago and then the white house comes out and says, oh, he never taukdlke about violence. then speaking of fake news, you have sarah huckabee sanders pushing a lie, the fake news about some report on osama bin laden and how the press actually stopped american military men and women from catching -- >> wow. >> she might as well have said neal armstrong never walked on the moon. pure conspiracy. nonsense. >> widely debunked theory that goes back to his rally two nights ago. we talked about this yesterday. the signs up everywhere. conspiracy theories all over the place. not only not squashing them, but they're promoting them. but yesterday the president was as explicit as he's ever been calling on the attorney gener

cornyn: mr. president, we've been hit with some hard news in recent days. toughest of all perhaps was losing our friend and colleague john mccain this past weekend. he was a man who loved his country and was beloved in return. one of the things i appreciate the most about our friend senator mccain is he truly believed in all his heart, in all his being, in all his soul in american exceptionalism and that america had to lead in the world. because in the absence of american leadership, that void would be destabilizing and even dangerous. we know that john cast a long shadow in congress over the last four decades of american politics, and we will continue to honor and remember him this week and into the future. but tears and sentimentality are not what he would want from us. today instead we should try to remain a little more grateful than we otherwise would be. grateful for his example, for his daring skill as a pilot and lieutenant commander in the united states navy, and for his tenacity and resolve as a prisoner of war in vietnam, subject to unbelievable cruelty and torture. for one who endured all these unspeakable tor

provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable john cornyn, a senator from the state of texas, 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 stands adjourned until >> looking at congress for the month of august, the senate is in an abbreviated state work time with more pro forma session schedule. lawmakers return to washington for work on the 15th for debate on judicial nominations and 2019 federal spending. the housemates in a district work. for the month and will return for business on september 4. you can see the house live on c-span and watch the senate here on c-span2. we'll go back now to the national press foundation as it finishes off its first part of the daylong conference on trade issues. >> the next state of affairs was if none of us are in it she we justak