joni works i.t. and has been coming here for nine seasons. but it's coming, right? they're going to put a satellite up there and everyone down here is going -- >> joni: maybe. i mean, we're a long way away from having cell service down here and everybody having internet like at home. >> anthony: it's really the last place on earth for cell service. kristy is a heavy equipment operator, coming for 19 seasons. >> kristy: i actually started off two seasons in the galley, and then i ended up getting trained on the equipment. >> anthony: so you learned an entirely new profession so that you could stay here? >> kristy: yeah. >> anthony: and jules, another heavy equipment operator, who could most likely kick your ass, eat your lunch, then kick your ass again, has been coming for an astonishing 38 seasons. so what were you doing before? >> jules: see, my mom worked for the company and she wanted me to come, because i didn't want to come. >> joni: she tried to get rid of you or what? >> jules: yeah, she wanted to come. >> joni: when you first started coming, how many women w

[cheers and applause] and working with senator joni ernst, senator chuck grassley, all the members of congress, i know we will. the obamacare nightmare is about to end. [applause] and it's high time. you and i all remember the broken promises that they made to get obamacare passed, remember all of it? they said if you like your doctor, you can keep them. not true. they said if you like your health insurance, you can keep it. not true. you were told that health insurance costs would go down after obamacare passed, remember? not true. well, now we know the facts. just last week our administration released a new study showing just how bad obamacare has failed the american people. here in iowa obamacare has more than doubled premiums on the individual market in just the past two years. the average premium costs $3300 more today than it did in the year 2013. and while costs are skyrocketing, choices are plummeting. you know, when i landed in des moines just a few hours ago, i met a great family from manning, iowa, who were bearing the burden of the failed policies of obamacare. two years a

joni ern. for all of the political fanfare, it's real for all of these voters.e one voter who voted for trump. >> i'm here at the birthplace of john wayne. >> what do you want to hear from mike pence today? >> how he's going to push the agenda forward, how he's going to get the tax reform done and how he's going to create more jobs for middle america. >> reporter: at this point, are you satisfied with what congress has done and are you concerned about the russia investigations? >> well, i'm not satisfied with what congress has done. i don't think they have done anything yet. and the russia investigation i really feel is the only strategy that they have at this point. they have no message. they have no candidates. enough is enough. we need to get on with our business. >> reporter: this is the sentiment that i was hearing from voters. die-hard republicans here to hear the likes of mike pence. a concern as to what extent the trump administration has been held up by things like the russia investigation and it's dually noted, a lot of voters here want an actual healt

>> reporter: yeah, sheinelle, joni ernst has done a 50-mile bike ride with 50 other bikers.re coming in from des moines. the vice president will show up as well. this is quite the cast of characters, sheinelle. you've got to look at iowa. they have a new lieutenant governor who is now the new governor, kim reynolds. she'll be up for election in 2018. they have congressman david young, the moderate. he's going to have a stuff race. you've got steve king, the p provocative conservative, but you've also got joni ernst and chuck grassly, the two senators who have been critical of donald trump. joni ernst hosting this event for her super pac says donald trump should release his tax returns. she said she wants to hear what james comey has to say when he testifies in front of the senate. a lot of these are republicans that have traveled over here to hear from mike pence, which is specifically what you're asking about. and i'll tell you that when it comes to mike pence, he hasn't actually done a major interview in a month outside of fox news and conservative radio. the last time was

you see senator joni ernst as well along with the vice president. the vice president stating the divided times, perhaps it's time for americans to do more praying for this country. the vice president saying president trump has brought america's business back again. unemployment, he says, is the lowest it's been in 18 years. the president -- the vice president adding that there is a staunch support, adding that the president is a staunch supporter of law enforcement and those who serve in the u.s. military, provide the largest increase in military spending in ten years. senator joni ernst, by the way, herself a 23-year veteran of the u.s. military. ♪ ♪ julie: and welcome to a new hour of america's news headquarters, and we begin with former fbi director james comey who is preparing to testify next week before the senate intelligence committee. and it seems president trump will not stand in his way. is and thank you for joining us now 45 minutes left in the show, not a full hour, but you -- kelly: because of the vice president. julie: very exciting st

>> reporter: at the actually asked joni ernst that question.e certainly will not be a part of the bigd ri ride here. but he's expected to come right here to the venue. whether or not he ends up on a motorcycle at least for a photo-op is definitely possible. >> it would make a heck of an entrance. thanks so much. >>> we're also keeping a close eye on protests across the country. activists calling for the truth about russian meddling in the u.s. alexandria and possible ties between that country and president trump and his soirkts. s between that country and president trump and his soirkts. between that country and president trump and his soirkts. between that country and president trump and his soirkts. between that country and president trump and his soirkts. n that country and president trump and his soirkts. and possible t that country and president trump and his soirkts. and possible ti that country and president trump and his soirkts. >> do you think our president respects the ruled of law? >> do you share the appraisal of the russia investi

[applause] already this year working with this 23-year military veteran turned senator, joni ernst -- [cheers and applause] president donald trump has been rebuilding our military, restoring the arsenal of democracy. and congress, in fact, under the president's leadership and with your senator's support just passed the largest increase in military spend anything nearly ten years -- spending in nearly ten years. [applause] and, you know, working with that iowa farmer, chairman chuck grassley -- [laughter] president trump's been also keeping his word to appoint principled conservatives to the courts in this land like the newest justice to the supreme court of the united states, justice neil gorsuch. [cheers and applause] and i promise you, president trump will continue to appoint men and women to the courts of this land who will uphold the god-given liberties enshrined in our constitution including the second amendment right to keep and bear arms. [cheers and applause] and, you know, working with my old friend, congressman steve king -- [applause] president trump's been busy securing ou

vice president mike pence is in iowa to highlight the rose and ride fund-raiser with senator joni ernst but the turmoil in washington surrounding russia, climate change and james comey's senate testimony scheduled for next week are putting some iowa conservatives on edge. pence's appearance aims to sew fidsfy the base and ease concerns. it was president trump who was supposed to hold a rally in iowa this past week, but then postponed the event citing an unforeseen change in the schedule following his trip overseas. cnn correspondent ryan nobles is in iowa following this event. ryan, good what's taking place? >> you know, fred, you mentioned that there is a lot of controversy surrounding president donald trump in washington but when you get out here to a state like iowa you don't hear all that much about it especially when you talk to republicans, evidenced by the fact that there is a long line of cars waiting to get into this event for joni ernst roast and ride where the headliner is vice president mike pence demonstrates republicans are still backing the president. i talked to the host

but you have the likes of joni ernst, senator from iowa along with chuck grassley. chuck grassley stood up here and said congress has notd done enough to produce results on behalf of donald trump's agenda, i was talking to a lot of these voters here, i think you heard from a couple of them these last couple hours saying they're frustrated, there's no health care passed, a lot of the issues they voted and still believe donald trump can push through ultimately hasn't actually resonated. and the interesting part though the way mike pence is still framing it though is there's been a lot of success. he said right off the top he said, quote, donald trump has brought america back and the world knows it. i'll leave it up to others to analyze and pick that apart, but mike pence is making the pitch that six months into this administration that they've done what they can. yes, there's still a lot on the table and said specifically goes iowans are hurting from obamacare and said they need to repeal obamacare and replace it with something that they need congress to act. which is

they had both republican senators, joni ernst, chuck grassley, congressman steve king here. where it was a swing state, a place that obama won eight and four years ago. but this year donald trump won. mike pence was delivering the message that congress needs to do more and congress needs to produce results to fulfill the trump agenda, setting up what could be 2018 tough midterms if the voters here, many of whom i talked to, over issues of health reform and tax reform. i want to play a sound bite of mike pence setting up for the crowd where the trump administration is at. take a listen. >> president donald trump has brought america back and the world knows it. president donald trump withdrew the united states of america from the paris climate accord. and put america first. as the president explained, the paris accord punished theed united states. no doubt about it. how great is it to have a president who is more concerned with des moines than denmark? >> reporter: richard, as you heard, he took his own spin on the president's pittsburgh to paris comparison. >> so this is inte

and yesterday erntd one joni er yesterday, when i asked whether the president should invoke executive privilege, this is what she toold ld me. there is some thought that the president miami attemght attemp executive privilege. >> i think he should testify in front of congress that wait public is aware. i think that is smart. >> reporter: we don't know exactly what the white house plans are, but they have signaled that that option is still on the table. but when the pr hit and you also have prominent republican senators who say that they want to hear comey's testimony, you'd think it would make it difficult for the white house to make that move in the next week. >> and it will be really interesting to see what happens. what else are you hearing from the folks on the ground there, are they talking about the president and his decision to withdraw from the paris climate deal at all? >> reporte >> reporter: iowa is an interesting place thp. this state leads to the country when it comes to the production of renewable energy. everywhere you drive, you see gigantic wind turbines. ethanoldrive

. >> in a few hours away, vice president mike pence will join joni ernst in the roast to ride in iowa. plus, a live look at the white house. trump supporters are getting ready to rally while steps away, protesters are gathering for a march for truth. they will be joined by protesters in new york. live pictures there. several other cities will lead the marches calling for a full investigation into the possible ties to russia. we're covering all this and a lot more with cnn producer dan merica and washington correspondent ryan nobles. dan at the white house. dan, the question if the president will assert executive privilege to prevent the former fbi director from testifying. what is the executive privilege and how can the president use it to stop the testimony? >> reporter: executive privilege is almost a nixon era rule that came about during the nixon watergate investigation to allow the president to keep his conversations private in the executive branch. there are some who say he waived executive privilege rights because he talked about conversations with james comey on twitter and in

he'll join a number of congressional lawmakers at senator joni ernst's annual roast and ride fund-raiser. >>> let's go right now to the white house and nbc's kelly o'donnell standing by with us. kelly, with a good saturday to you. we have the fired fbi director, james comey, set to testify before the senate intel committee on thursday and white house press secretary sean spicer left open the question of whether the president might use executive privilege to try to block that testimony. are you hearing anything on that? do you think they would really try to stop him from testifying? >> well, i've checked with white house advisers today and there's still no update on their position. an executive authority, the privilege that comes with that is intended to allow a president to get unfiltered advice or counsel within the executive branch and to not have to have one of those officials testify before congress, a separate branch of government. it's been used by other presidents. what's really different here is that president trump has talked about his conversations with james comey. he's tweete

joni goldberg and charles krauthammer are saying enough with the excuses. >> short of 5:00 shadow and wink keeps on the beach, the transition to bitterness is complete. the idea that literally every single possible variable is to blame except for her and her actions is remarkable, she launched a humiliating election that was almost unusable and because she never knew why she was running. the thought of sending emails to her staff in the middle of a campaign after essentially being on the road for eight years and begging them to come up with the theme. if you don't know why you're running for president you shouldn't be running for president. >> shocking new video, swaying, slurring his words and struggling to stand. >> abcd efg. >> office is finding the golf great at sleep at the wheel, live with the more of that. just released. >> reporter: the video showing a lethargic tiger woods, tying his own shoes and the police cruiser before telling officers he had no idea where he was. >> do you know where you are going? >> no. >> just driving around? >> drive. heather: he failed field sobriet

in joni want to bring miller, senior manager of analysis at the cyber security firm -- at a cyber security firm. tell us as farou as what you've learned in the last 24 hours? john: the key thing about this malware is that it has been able to proliferate as quickly as it has using a very clever combination of known tactics and tools. essentially, the attackers used a ransomware capability that was known and a couple spreading methods that were previously known, bundled them together in a creative way, that, as we've seen over the last couple of days, a lot of organizations were not prepared to handle. emily: how similar and different is this to what happened with wannacry? john: this is similar in that the attackers are relying on the malware proliferating itself to new areas of compromised networks. the way it is different is, first of all, the malware uses a combination of methods for sprinting -- spreading itself, rather than just one, which is what we saw with wannacry. the malware both encrypts victims' files as well as prevents them from booting their machines, which is a bit more ser

hi, joni!ing backstage, as is my dad greg, he's at home, but very supportive. >> stephen: are you from fancy boston or southie? what are you? >> i'm from welly. >> stephen: i don't know what that is. >> the thing i think is hilarious about massachusetts is it's the only state where everyone tries to class themselves down. everyone is always trying to prove they grew up with no money. you're, like, are you from fancy boston or not boston? >> stephen: yeah. everyone is like, yeah, i'm from poor part of wellsley. so i grew up there, but it was considered a fancy part. >> stephen: you went to prom with a kennedy? >> i did. >> stephen: was that fun? it was likely fun, especially because, the way it happened, i managed boys sports teams to get out of my gym requirement. >> stephen: you were equipment manager? >> no, for hockey, i was equipment manager, but for la crosse, i scored every game. i went to all the games. >> stephen: okay. and i got a prom date out of it. >> stephen: okay. and my prom date

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>> reporter: republican senator joni ernst town hall in iowa. >> shame on you! at republican congressman paul labrador's town hall in idaho, the more he said the more fired up the crowd became. >> you are demanding people on medicaid accept dying. you are making a mandate -- >> nobody wants anybody to die. that line is so indefensible. nobody dies because they don't have access -- >> reporter: in some cases, members of congress lost complete control. unable to even make their presentation. >> if i'm allowed to complete the nine slides. >> reporter: representative tom reed in new york was drowned out by angry nay sayers. >> how can you say you're representing your constituency when only 70% of the u.s. population is supporting you? >> reporter: it was all too much for this man in the crowd to take. >> don't shout each other down! if you're americans, act like americans! >> reporter: perhaps the general hostility about voters angry about changes to obamacare can be summed up in a single tweet like this one. rep tom reed, you're done, i don't usually vote in the mi

. >> you're right when mike pence was in iowa for a fund-raiser for joni ernst they were looking forthe audience and there was happy applause and enthusiastic applause when mike pence said we've withdrawn from the paris deal. we are all about putting des moines first ahead of the people of denmark and that got big applause. they were looking to that reaction but they realize the business community there is a growing rift with the business community and they're aware of that. >> they're aware of that yet this president if he has to choose between what he views even though he's a manhattan rich guy lives in a penthouse, between wall street or corporate board rooms or what he views as the little guy that's his choice. >> thinks for a year and a half he's not going to win and he won despite the skeptics. for people now who are second-guessing him he's saying it served me well during the campaign. why wouldn't i keep doing it, and that is, as you put it going back to your base, reinforcing what they want to hear. it's in marked contrast to every president in recent american history that t

i just talked briefly with senator joni ernst, the senator from iowa, and she called the president's tweeting this morning inappropriate. so she didn't want to talk about the healthcare bill but she was pretty ready with that comment about president trump's tweets this morning. so i think that that is something clearly that is on the mind of republicans up here today. so i asked leader mcconnell earlier during a photo spray about this healthcare bill. he just laughed a little bit, wouldn't answer my question about where the votes are, but i think there would be a growing sense of surprise if they did get something before they head home for the break. >> thanks so much. >>> coming up, between the lines. how read in is the president on the details of his healthcare bill? you're watching "andrea mitchell reports." ♪ ♪ (vo) you can pass down a subaru forester. (dad) she's all yours. (vo) but you get to keep the memories. love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. pain is sometimes in my hands, be a distraction. right before a performance especially. only aleve has the strength to stop min

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. >> reporter: republican senator joni ernst's town hall in iowa. [ crowd chanting "shame on you" ] atrepublican congressman paul labrador's town hall in idaho, the more he said, the more fired up the crowd became. >> you are mandating people on medicaid except dying. you're making -- >> that line is so indefensible. nobody dies because they don't have access to health care. >> reporter: in some cases, members of congress lose complete control, unable to even make their presentation. >> if i'm allowed to complete the nine slides -- >> reporter: representative tom reid in new york was drowned out by angry naysayers. >> how can you say you're representing your constituency when only 70% of the u.s. population is supporting you? >> reporter: it was all just too much for this man in the crowd to take. . >> don't shout each other down. if you're americans, then act like americans. >> reporter: perhaps, the general feeling of hostility among voters angry about changes to obamacare can be summed up in a single tweet. like this one. "rep tom reid, you're done. i don't usually vote in the midte

disappointed and republicans, but i see republicans in congress, including our own senators from iowa joni ernst and chuck --ssley, the three islands republicans who represent iowa in the house, i've been disappointed to see them either say nothing or continue covering for the president when so many of these outrageous scandals keep coming out. and the conflict of interest, gottent that he hasn't rid of some of the businesses she is still profiting off the presidency. his sons are profiting off of his presidency. i've been disappointed to see senator chuck grassley, who likes to style himself as of a watchdog and yet i don't see him doing a lot of watchdog and on the trump administration. and when the president fired the fbi director, are senator, the chair of the senate judiciary peopleee just said should suck it up and move on. that's the president's power and now we find out that trump was concerned about the russian investigation and what was happening at the fbi and he told russian officials that he was going to be a little breathe easier because he dumped the fbi director. it would b

provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable joni ernst, a senator from the state of iowa, who will perform the dutis of the chair. signed: orrin g. hatch, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: the majority leader. moo in many years since obamacare -- mr. mcconnell: since obamacare was imposed on the american people, it has been higher costs for the middle class. we watched obamacare unravel before our very eyes with each passing year and now it teeters on the edge of collapse and we face a choice -- allow the unsustainable obamacare status quo to continue, hurting more americans, or take action to finally move forward. early on democrats made it clear they did not want to work with us toward the goal in a serious or bipartisan way. i regret that, but we have a responsibility to move forward, and we are. as i've said, our entire conference has been active and engaged on moving beyond obamacare for quite some time now. we have focused on stabilizing insurance markets which are collapsing under obamacare, improving the affordab

and that's with -- that's with joni ernst from iowa, republican from iowa.om maine and i have introduced the jessica kinski and patrick downs bill to give domestic victims of terrorism access to military hospitals and to the help that they need. you know, we're continuing -- >> that's the kind of things that appeal to both republicans and democrats isn't it? >> but is that a bad thing, charlie? >> no. >> no one said it was bad. but the point is -- who could be against that? >> but there was a time in america when the idea that someone working 40 hours a week ought to be able to support a family also appealed to republicans and democrats and that's what's changed in washington. >> in fairness -- go ahead. >> you mentioned hospitals. what's happening with the health care bill? you mentioned -- not a lot of people are talking about that, the senate health care bill right now. >> it's absolutely the right question to ask when we're talking about bipartisanship. right now, the senate republican leadership has 13 men locked behind doors negotiating what they're go

. >> set the tone, joni, for the meeting. mr.bonderman said his statement was taken out of context. >> this was about the most imagine. as reported the former attorney general has just investigated the company. they're saying they're going to remake this company from top to bottom. the ceo is about to take a leave of absence. the whistle blower who revealed the sexual harassment is getting a round of applause at this meeting and then a board member takes this remark which is widely construed as sexist which seems to re-enact the problem. >> in fact, arianna huffington says that ire going to add a lot. she said if there's one more woman on the board there's likely to be a second. he said, well, it actually shows there's going to be more talking. >> he was trying to say talking is a good thing, is he not? >> we can't know. >> what does the statement say? >> he has released a statement. i think anybody who released that statement would say their comm h >> it leads to question wls this company can really change or not. >> they're cer

this is mike pence praising in iowa on saturday at the joni ernst annual roast. this is mr.t me say from my heart as the proud father of a united states marine, i couldn't be more grateful to be vice president to a president who cares owe deeply about the men and women of the armed forces of the united states of america. congress, in fact, understand the president's leadership with your senator's support just 35s35s passed the largest increase in military spending in nearly ten years. >> they genuinely loved each other. when he would speak about him he genuinely praised him a lot. you never saw this autocratic country 11 fopraise for effusiv praise. >> mike pence is already married to donald trump by virtue of being on the ticket with him. i think what you're seeing from the trump/pence administration now they're turning towards the base because independents are abandoning them. democrats weren't really there to begin with. the few that were are moving away. they're starting to see cracks in the trump base. that's why he pulled out of the paris accord. they need to have that

joni is here, what do you think? >> you know, overall it's really a weak report.ot seeing movement, really, in the right direction in many of the other numbers. if you look at wages were kind of flat, right in line with where they've been, we're still only up 2 1/2% year over year, but very disappointing to see that we actually lost 1,000 jobs in manufacturing and we also lost 6,000 in the retail sector. dagen: 100 economists, this is below the lowest expectation, the lowest expectation of the economist is 140,000, when you miss like that and plus the revisions to april where we only had 174,000 jobs added instead of 211 as initially reported, this is weak. >> it's a weak, weak report. definitely. the revisions are really concerning. maria: and the revisions for the prior two months. we have two consecutive weak reports back to back and professional business services only up 38,000. maria: we need to see more there. >> health care only had 24,000, even though 24,000 jobs, it's much lower than where it's been over the past few months. usually we see a very strong n

disappointed and republicans, but i see republicans in congress, including our own senators from iowa jonirnst and chuck --ssley, the three islands republicans who represent iowa in the house, i've been disappointed to see them either say nothing or continue covering for the president when so many of these outrageous scandals keep coming out. and the conflict of interest, gottent that he hasn't rid of some of the businesses she is still profiting off the presidency. his sons are profiting off of his presidency. i've been disappointed to see senator chuck grassley, who likes to style himself as of a watchdog and yet i don't see him doing a lot of watchdog and on the trump administration. and when the president fired the fbi director, are senator, the chair of the senate judiciary peopleee just said should suck it up and move on. that's the president's power and now we find out that trump was concerned about the russian investigation and what was happening at the fbi and he told russian officials that he was going to be a little breathe easier because he dumped the fbi director. it would be

joni ernst third annual event motorcycle ride honoring veterans and i understanding with a pork roastst year. pulling out of the paris climate deal causing quite a stir. a march for truth rally in d.c. today. meanwhile, supporters of the move will hold a pittsburgh not paris rally in front of the white house. abby? abby: hillary clinton going out on excuses tour. providing a laundry list why she lost the election go. >> to netflix, "new york times," facebook, 1,000 russian agents. trump's twitter account. the democratic party. very difficult historically to succeed a two term president of your own party. polling, my a subject any, women in the suburbs, comey, wikileaks, voter suppression, fake news, all of that, and that's kind of what happened. abby: that's a long list. all of these excuses. is it time for the democrats to distance themselves from hillary clinton? here to debate campaign director for the center for american progress action fund emily and mercedes schlapp. good morning, ladies, great to have you with us. >> good morning, abby. abby: the list goes on and on. i was surp

disappointed and republicans, but i see republicans in congress, including our own senators from iowa joni ernst and chuck --ssley, the three islands republicans who represent iowa in the house, i've been disappointed to see them either say nothing or continue covering for the president when so many of these outrageous scandals keep coming out. and the conflict of interest, gottent that he hasn't rid of some of the businesses she is still profiting off the presidency. his sons are profiting off of his presidency. i've been disappointed to see senator chuck grassley, who likes to style himself as of a watchdog and yet i don't see him doing a lot of watchdog and on the trump administration. and when the president fired the fbi director, are senator, the chair of the senate judiciary peopleee just said should suck it up and move on. that's the president's power and now we find out that trump was concerned about the russian investigation and what was happening at the fbi and he told russian officials that he was going to be a little breathe easier because he dumped the fbi director. it would b