where does john thune stand on this. >> john thune was there along with mike rounds and christy and theeadership of the republican party. the fact they didn't stand up and say they were opposed to it -- they didn't utter one peep against it. you have to hold them responsible and it's a real stain on the people of south dakota. this kind of politics, is a real threat to our democracy and because it substitutes hate for reason. it substitutes impeachment motives for rational discussion. in fact, it even substitutes impeachment for the casting of ballots and it's got to stop. it's not good for our country. >> well, john thune needs to stand up and tell the people of america because there are some that suggested that he would be a presidential candidate and of course he says he's not running but he is a senator from a state that has passed a resolution to impeach the president. does john thune stand by that resolution and with the party platform in the state? i think he should answer to that. rick weiland -- >> so do i. >> we'll have you back for sure. answer tonight's question and share yo

"newsmakers with senator john thune." after that, speeches from last week'sn mississippi and new york primary races. congressman john dingell of michigan talking about his career and the state today'stisanship in politics. author danielth schulman. >> this week on "newsmakers" hill,g us from capitol south dakota senator john thune, chair of the republican conference, number three in leadership. in studio here, burgess everett the politico and neil with c.q. go ahead. >> senator, you're a member of finance committee and there's been a lot of talk with going toay trust fund reach a critical stage here in weeks.ing senator chuck schumer who is, of course, a democratic senator from new york a member of the leadership, and on the finance committee, has just said that recently it's iffy that there will be a deal done to avert a shortfall of the theway trust fund to find revenue to patch that hole. what's your view on the prospects that there's going to agreement before the middle of july when this really gets to a head? >> i thi

it is sparking major outrage and senator john thune is here to talk about it. here to talk about it. i spent my entire childhood seeing the world in reverse, and i loved every minute of it. but then you grow up and there's no going back. but it's okay, it's just a new kind of adventure. and really, who wants to look backwards when you can look forward? >>> hillary clinton raising eyebrows about bergdahl. >> these five guys are not a threat to the united states. they are a threat to the safety and security of afghanistan and pakistan. it's up to those two countries to make the decision once and for all that these are threats to them. so i think we may be kind of, you though, missing the bigger picture here. we want to get an american home, whether they fell off the ship because they were drunk or they were pushed or they jump, we try to rescue everybody. >> and senator john thune joins us now. okay, senator, if these guys are just, nothing. why were they in gitmo in the first place and why were we holding them? >> really good question, andrea. i think what secre

coming up today, "newsmakers" with john thune. the first meeting between negotiators over legislation dealing with the then jeh johnson with what the federal government is a with the recent influx about immigrant children along the u.s. mexico border. on "newsmakers", senator john thune, the chair of the republican conference. in studio, or just everett with cq roll call. the first question. you are a member of the finance committee. there has been talk with the highway trust fund going to reach a critical stage or in the coming weeks. center chuck schumer is a democratic senator from new york. and on the finance committee. he said recently that it is iffy that there will be a deal done to divert the highway trust fund to find the revenue to patch that hole. what is your view on the prospect that there will be an agreement before the middle of july when this really get to a head? >> i think they are better than but it is tough. there are not a lot of ways to find offsets for highway trust fund spending. indeal with this sometime j

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ways so chummy our conversation with john thune, the chair of the republican conference and one of theuspects that he announced this past week, "john boehner" plans to sue the president on executive overreach -- john boehner fans to sue the president on executive overreach. [video clip] >> they recognize that this unlawful behavior needs to be challenged. an speakers lawsuit is attempt to hold this administration to account and we support those efforts. sure,stion is -- i am not could something like that happen in the senate? votesuld need to get the and i suspect that in a democratic-controlled senate that is unlikely, but i certainly support what the house is doing. for ourpe you tune in conversation with john thune, 10:00 eastern time, 7:00 for those of you on the west coast. when we come back we will look at the week in politics and are sunday roundtable with paul waldon and michael warren. later, chris eggleton will be here to talk about the issue of presidential power and executive overreach. you are watching and listening to "washington journal," we are back in two moment. -- in

senator to join senator john thune and firing harry reid and rescuing america. all right so lastly i want to ask you you know the party obviously brought this to a vote but it can't really trigger any kind of action has to be done by congress and so was this purely symbolic what was the hope. a lot of people have in this understanding on what exactly happened this past week and the party has two separate tools in which they can. bring bring something to a vote one is to the platform process and offering the platform plank which is our statements of belief it's the direction in which we believe the party should head over the course the next two years and the next is the resolution process and these are more ceremonial these are more pozen circumstance in total delegates passed fifteen different resolutions this past weekend including honoring the life and memory of a long time state legislators and as well for the first time in the history of the state party honoring and acknowledging the leadership of a sitting chairman of the state party chairman craig lawrence

other republican senators besides jeff sessions, including john thune, who is the third highest rankingfor you, there's this from a congressman who talked about impeachment in a recent raid yes interview. >> what do you do for those that say impeach him for breaking the laws? could that pass in the house? it probably could. is the majority of the american people in favor of impeaching the president? i'm not sure. >> he's not sure. now we're joined by jonathan from "the washington post" and good evening, guys. jonathan, let's stipulate at the beginning here that we're not talking about some widespread rush to this. >> right. >> and yet we're kind of in a weird time, post eric cantor where this kind of discussion seems to correlate with the idea that eric cantor, who is mr. obstruction, wasn't anti-obama enough. >> yeah. it's a very strange thing, although the talk of impeachment has been going on since at least 2009, and sort of ramped back up again last year when republicans went out to town hall meetings and reports started coming out of congressman actively talking about the option of

joining me now, south dakota senator john thune. he's chair of the senate republican conference and my guest today. great to see you. >> great to see you, gretchen. >> i know you were not at this particular meeting. but bipartisan reaction now is not that great as to what they saw. what have you heard? >> i downloaded with a number of my colleagues and obviously i think the concern that the administration raised about this soldier's life being in jeopardy, those have been dispelled. i don't think that's an argument they can use anymore. it sounds like the video pretty much confirmed that. so they're shifting arguments, trying a different track to justify their action. but i think what's pretty clear about all this is the american people and both democrats and republicans in congress are increasingly concerned about what precedent this sets and what it means for the future of national security interests of the united states and the american people. >> so, senator, what about the precedent it sets with regard to not notifying congress

john thune joins us. good evening, sir. >> good evening, greta. >> you have sent up a number oflets. the fec. to secretary treasury. the attorney general of the united states and also to the chairman of the finance committee. what do you want? >> well, first, the hard drive allegedly crashed at the irs conveniently 2009 to 2011 just when all the conservative targetingas going on. but there isinformation there wl correspondence with these other agencies of government. justice department, federal election commission, treasury department, an email that they have correspondence with lois lerner, that be turned over to the committee. nip not pursuing. i realize you are in the minority in the senate. are organizations not willing to do this search from top to bottom to see whether lois lerner is doing anything inappropriate vis-a-vis emails. sharing confidential information. >> we're going to find that out o. i hope. we will see how responsive they are. the irs has not been responsive. we have had an investigat

states, and that is the night that the senate majority leader loses his seat at home, to republican john thune, when took tom dashel's seat in the senate. tom dashel was an incumbent, he was very, very important, not only was he senate majority leader, he was widely considered to be a very viable democratic presidential contender. mr. dashel was not defeated by his own party, it was a general election, and it was not a blowout. it was a very close race. was it a surprise? absolutely, it was a surprise. did the beltway lose its mind? absolutely the beltway lost its mind. was there crying? not that we know of. that was 2004, the tom dashel race. 2010, there was a whole bunch of these shocks. starting in utah with bob bennett. >> the political atmosphere obviously has been toxic and it's very clear that some of the votes that i have cast have added to the toxic environment. i offer my congratulations, as i say, to whoever wins, but i assure him, he will not have anymore loyal, dedicated, or efficient staff than i've had. >> bob bennett was an incumbent republican senator. he'd been there for 18 y

ask john thune, if he is in favor of impeaching president obama?an he doesn't stand with his party? i think it's a real political opportunity. how it's going to work out for them? i think it's well documented, the obstruction. stick around, rapid response panel is next. >>> i'm bertha coombs with your market wrap. stocks closed lower across the board on worries about iraq. dow tumbling 100 points and s&p 500 off 12 and nasdaq falling 18. consumer confidence to the highest level since the start of 2008. meantime new home sales jumped 18% to a six-year high. it seems home prices are up two. year over year they are up 10.8% according to s&p case shiller. that's it for cnbc. she keeps you on your toes. you wouldn't have it any other way. but your erectile dysfunction - it could be a question of blood flow. cialis tadalafil for daily use helps you be ready anytime the moment's right. you can be more confident in your ability to be ready. and the same cialis is the only daily ed tablet approved to treat ed and symptoms of bph, like needing to go frequent

"newsmakers with senator john thune." after that, speeches from last week'sn mississippi and new york primary races. congressman john dingell of michigan talking about his career and the state today'stisanship in politics. author danielth schulman. >> this week on "newsmakers" hill,g us from capitol south dakota s

. >> you can see more of that interview with senator john thune when newsmakers airs sunday at 10:00:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2. >> we believe that all men are created equal. yet many are denied equal treatment. we believe that all men have certain unalienable rights, yet many americans do not enjoy those rights. we believe that all men are entitled too the blessings of liberty. yet millions are being deprived of those lessons. not because of their own failures, but because of the color of their skin. the reasons are deeply imbedded in history and tradition, and the nature of man. we can understand without rancor or hatred how this happened but it cannot continue. our constitution, the foundation of our republic, forbids it. the principles of our freedom forbid it. morality forbids it. and the law i will sign tonight forbids it. >> this weekend, the 50th 50th anniversary of the 1964 civil rights act, with president johnson's address to the nation and the signing ceremony, and later hear from reporters who covered the debate in congress. roger mudd of cbs and the harold tribune's andy

south dakota senator john thune weighed in on that with greta.isten. >> this should outrage not only republicans, but democrats. and as you just mentioned, this latest example of targeting senator grassley, whose integrity really as a member of the united states senate is unquestioned, is another example of political targeting. it's clear that these guys who have the power literally to ruin and destroy people's lives will stop at nothing. and i think this is, the grassley matter is another example. bill: jay sekulow, how are you? good morning to you. we may have to interrupt our segment. we'll see -- >> we just got a decision, bill, the nole decision case just came out. bill: that's the one that had to do with, what, the senate was in break? an appointment was made -- >> yeah. and the court ruled in favor of saying that the senate was, in fact, controlling its own rules, and the president denied authority. that's what the initial read is. bill: so what happens then? the appointment is null and void? but that -- >> null and void. so we're getting

on this weekend's news makers south dakota john thune is our guest. he talks about the 2014 mid-term elections, the country's transportation needs and the ongoing irs investigation. here is a portion. >> we are all very concerned when we hear the irs in addition to targeting conservative political groups maybe targeting conservative senators who have been critics of the irs. senator grassley's integrity is impeccable so the suggestions of auditing or examining him is another example of an agency with a bunch of people that have an agenda that has run amuck. is there a discussion on it? yes, based on the revelations that came out and it has generated a good amount of discussion. with respect to the finance committee, we were trying to get this concluded and this investigation that bipartisan investigation by the finance committee but we cannot get answers from the irs. like everything else. they are evasive and misleading and not providing answers in a timely way. there is no accountability there. ... you can see more of that interview sunday at 10:00

on newsmakers, senate republican conference chair john thune of south dakota talks about the 2014 and2016 elections, transportation, funding, the economy and iraq. newsmakers, sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. -- and 6:00 pm eastern on c-span. it -- culminates in a boardroom showdown that charles ends up forwarding. the company shareholders were trying to expand the size of the board. his would have ended up deposing charles is the chairman. they would've taken a greater role in the direction of the company. the end result is that bill is tossed of the company a few years later by his brothers. there is a really dramatic moment in the book where you know the board has to sit down and decide bills fate. >> sons of wichita author dan a. schulman. now, on the first anniversary of the supreme court decision on the defense of marriage act, a discussion on the status of same-sex marriage and whether there will be another challenge in the courts. from washington journal, this is 40 minutes. >> thursday marked one year since supreme court called discrimination against same

. >> on "newsmakes" senate republican chair john thune of south dakota talks about the 2014, 2016 elections. "newsmackers" today at 10:00 and 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> author daniel schulman on the coke brothers, their rise to political power and their two-decade battle. so coke is this massive lawsuit that played out for the coke brothers, charles and david on one side. bill and fredrick and other chair holders of the coke industries. his starts in a board room hold out. this would have ended up deposing charles as the chairman. they would have take an greater roll until the direction of the company. the end rule result is bill is tossed out of the company -- >> by his brothers. >> and there's a really dramatic moment in the book where, you know, the board has to sit down and decide bill's fate. >> sons of wichita author daniel schulman tonight on c pan's q&a. >> on wednesday, denver struck down utah's ban on same marriage. the voter approved ban, they said, was unconstitutional. same sex couples are still not able to marry in utah. the decision is expected to be appealed to the supr

next, we are live with your calls and comments on "washington journal," then "newsmakers" with john thune. after that, a committee discusses veterans health care legislation. >> author daniel shulman on the koch brothers, their rise to political power, and their two decade power over their father's empire. v. koch is between all four koch brothers, and it culminates in a boardroom showdown that charles ends up wording. bill, frederick, and some of the other company shareholders were essentially trying to expand the size of the board, and this would have ended up opposing charles as the chairman, and they would've taken a greater role in the direction of the company. the end result is bill is tossed out of the company -- >> by his brothers. >> by his brothers, and there is a really dramatic moment in the book where, you know, the board has to sit down and decide bill's fate. writes "sons of wichita" author daniel shulman tonight at 8:00 on c-span's "q&a." >> this morning, a reporters roundtable with the news of the week with paul waldman and weekly standard writer michael warren. then a di

senator john thune of south dakota also participates in thec remarks. spial >> influence. it's a word we hear a lot aboutn these days especially from our friends on the other side who suddenly feel the need to convince their constituents thar they are moderate democrats despite the voting records that say just the opposite. the senate democrats can't stop posting about hoboasting about d influence they have over energy issues. but it really a bad claim to the rest of us because it is so hard to point to what they've actually accomplished with take the keystone pipeline. they claim to have so much influence within their party. the evidence leads to the opposite conclusion that they have almost none at all. they have been able to secure the floor vote with the majority leader to approve the keystone pipeline. that should be the bare minimum here. the events that transpired yesterday only underscored the point. yesterday afternoon several of our republican colleagues again tried to pass the keystone pipeline. once again the democratic leadership blocked the bill and the so-ca

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this weekend, south dakota senator john thune talks about the 2014 and 2016 elections. he also discusses the economy, iraq, and transportation issues. "newsmakers" airs sundays at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> author daniel schulman on the koch brothers, their rise to political power, and their battle over their father's empire. >> this battle played out between the koch brothers, charles and david on one side, one side bill and frederick. this culminates in a boardroom showdown that charles ends up --porting -- boarding charles ends up thwarting. bill, frederick, and some others were trying to expand the board, and it would have ended up deposing charles s chairman, and they would have taken a greater role in the direction of the company. the end result is bill is tossed out of the company a few years later by his brothers, and there is a really dramatic moment in the board has to sit down and decide. 8:00 easternht at on c-span's "q&a." it was august of 15, i think, on a sunday, very much one of those moments when richard nixon essentially appeared on