. >> thank you, senator kaine. whether you call it that or not, i call it an excellent introduction. dr. esper, you are recognized for any comments you want to make. your entire statement will be made part of the record. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i wish senator kaine can stay here for a couple of hours. reidman, ranking member and distinguished member of the , committee, it is an honor and privilege to appear before u.s. the president's nominee for secretary of defense. i would like to especially thank the senator kaine for that very kind, gracias, humbling introduction. sir i will not let you down. , you have been a leader in the senate, a leader because you are the father of a marine. you have taken care of our servicemen and women. as you mentioned, i really enjoyed working closely with you these past couple of years. our experience assured me there is bipartisanship in this building on capitol hill, and there are leaders who will do the right thing. i know you will continue to demonstrate that leadership for

kaine: thank you, mr. .hair dr. esper, are you familiar with the steven coffey phrase, the main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing? sec. esper: i've not heard that before, but that's clever. sen. kaine: it's something that i like to remind myself to not focus on smaller order problems and leave bigger ones to get worse. that's one of the reasons why i was very happy to hear you testify earlier with respect to iran that diplomacy should be our preferred position. i am deeply worried about the escalating tensions with iran for a number of reasons, including, i believe an objective view would place the beginning of these escalations with the u.s. backing out of a diplomatic deal. i don't want to be in a position where we'd ever have to look our troops in the face and say we had a diplomatic deal, tore it up and now we'll have to send you into a war. i think that would be very difficult. reasons i the other am worried about escalating tensions in the middle east is i think the main thing right now, and gener

of us had opposed him from the very beginning as this being one of the reasons, as you know senator kaine asked him about this at the hearing. but i think there has been many new developments since that hearing. the first thing was a federal district court came out and said that that agreement that he had made with epstein's lawyer violated the law. i know as a former prosecutor that you consult with victims, sometimes you have plea agreements, but the law both state and federal say that you need to consult with victims and that didn't happen in this case so that was a violation. the other thing that has happened was just the gruesome details in the gory details that we all learned yesterday, they still found photos according to news reports of young women. and when we step back and look at this, wolf, we have to remember through all of the political discussions about this, these were young girls. these were 14-year-olds. these aren't prostitutes, these are actually victims. they're victims of a sex trafficking ring, he was trying to get them -- epstein was to get others. and that is why

during the confirmation hearing democrats and republicans could ask as many as they wanted and only tim kaine of virginia asked any question at all about jeffrey epstein in the case that acosta handled more than a decade ago. >> every senator -- >> where was the vetting on the part of the u.s. senate? >> obviously it wasn't good enough. obviously there are senators who will have to answer that question. as a member of the house of representatives it is not for me to answer it, it is for those senators to answer, democrat and republican alike. >> bdush by i want to be precis, if the president doesn't fire him or he didn't resign you want impeachment proceedings against acosta? >> i think there is grounds for that. so yes. >> so the answer is yes. we'll move on and talk about another growing rift between the president and the united kingdom over the leaked diplomatic cables sent by the british ambassador to the united states. the president says in those cables that the ambassador says the trump administration was clumsy and inept and the president this morning responding that the ambassador is

chair, ranking member. >> thank you, senator kaine. whether you call it that or not, i call it an excellent introduction. dr. esper, you are recognized for comments you might want to make and your entire statement will be made a part of the record. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i just which senator kaine could stay here for the next couple hours next to me. chairman inhofe, ranking member reed and distinguished members of the committee, it is an honor and a privilege to appear before you as the president's nominee for secretary of defense. i'd like to especially thank senator kaine for that very kind, gracious, humbling introduction. sir, i will not let you down. you have been a leader here in the senate, you've been a leader because you are a father of a marine, you have always taken care of our servicemen and women and as you mentioned, i've really enjoyed working closely with you these past couple years and our experience at ft. belvoir, again, assured me that there is bipartisanship in this -- in this building, on capitol hill, and t

. >> snosh kaine, i want to play some sound from a boy named abner, 1 years old interviewed by our ownley. this was an nbc news exclusive interview talking about the conditions that he faced inside the facility. let's take a listen to that. >> so senator kaine, he's talking about the fact that he wasn't even given a cup to drink water with which we know is incredibly essential. especially in climates like where he was being detained. he was given nothing to wash with like so. we have heard of instances of not even a toothbrush for young children. what needs to change? what needs to happen to improve conditions in these detention facilities? >> well, yasmine, we have to have minimum standards for them. the house passed a bill this week for health and safety standards for any of these facilities and the senate needs to act on those. second, we have to fight against the kind of overcrowding we saw because we talk to families who had similar experiences but as senators hirono said, we were in a different posture because the attention that was put on these facilities has caused the governme

through tim kaine's office i got contacts. they are very helpful until they are not. they give you lipservice and lenny - - imagine this. google wants their - - their policy is, to this day. you have to flag content you find objectionable and you to tell them why. they want me to watch allison's murder and tell them why it should come down. and i couldn't do it but lenny said i will help you. he's removed hundreds. >> lenny found himself in the crosshairs of alex jones things disandy hook did happen. 20 children were murdered. he was the father of one of those kids. >> he's had to move. because he's gone after them. they've come after him. again, with the exception of the peoples of this video is fake and look at the angle. people saw her get killed. the thing about it is, it's still on youtube today. after going through this, i engaged the georgetown university civil rights clinic and i said guys, let's go after the great white whale. let's go after google. and they said yeah, we will do this. it's taken about eight months. we had a videoconference with you to the he

. >> senator tim kaine joins me on that. >>> then -- >> does provide a pathway for getting the question on the census. >> how the administration plans to ram a citizenship question back on to the census. >> we're working on a lot of things, including an executive order. >>> plus, new lies about the state of the migrant camps on the border. >> i've seen some of those places and they are run beautifully. >>> and how a tremendous victory for team usa became a rallying cry against the president. >> now we need to win in 2020. democrats! >> "all in" starts right now. >>> good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes. a notorious convicted sex offender and friend of donald trump, a man who has escaped serious accountability for years, seemingly thanks to his enormous wealth and social connections, is now behind bars. in the news is sending shock waves through the corridors of power as his many prominent associates are left to wonder what 66-year-old financier jeffrey epstein knows. and what he might tell prosecutors. epstein is connected to some of the most powerful people in america and the wo

tim kaine is a member of the foreign relations and armed services committees as well.eal that jeffrey epstein got, i mean, what more do we need to learn about it and what needs to happen moving forward in terms of process? is there any way to hold alex acosta accountable? >> mika, i think we need to hold him accountable. when we had the hearing for alex acosta before our committee, the health committee in march of 2017, i asked him about this sweetheart deal of a lifetime, and he sort of alternatively defended the deal but claimed he wasn't that involved in the details. three things that happened since then, his answers were completely unconvincing, and that's why i opposed him. since that time, the miami herald has done an amazing job of digging into how the deal was put together, very very sleazy, second, a federal judge in miami ruled that the deal was illegal because the u.s. attorney's office under acosta's direction didn't notify the victims, in fact, affirmatively hid the deal from the victims so they wouldn't know about it, and finally you got the new epstein i

we're going to cover that with senator kaine on "morning joe." >>> alex acosta is weighing in on the latest charges citing in a series of tweets, quote, the crimes committed by epstein are horrific, and i'm pleased that the new york prosecutors are moving forward. with the evidence available more than a decade ago, federal prosecutors insisted that epstein go to jail, register as a sex offender. and put the world on notice that he was a sexual predator. the new york prosecution offers an opportunity to more fully bring him to justice but miami herald investigative journalist julie k. brown who spent more than two years interviewing more than 60 women and girls who said they were sexually abused by epstein, she hit that on twitter saying except the records show that you had evidence in 2007. remember the 53 page indictment, the witnesses who worked for epstein. >> allegations for protests are among the latest claims of poor treatment conditions migrant children are facing at the u.s. border. according to the information conducted by government case managers and obtained by nbc news, d

senator tim kaine did ask about this plea deal. that was basically it. should this have all come out before? >> obviously in hindsight, it should have. i think, you know, senator kaine did raise it. this story has been around for a long time. i don't think we know all of the details. remember, the justice department that moved this story forward, it was investigative journalism, the miami herald did amazing work on this by finding women, talking to them, and reporting it. and i think that gave the nudge to doj and sdny to actually do this work, but yes, this should have been fully vetted by the senate when he was nominated. >> listen to what then secretary nominee, acosta said about this when pressed by tim kaine. >> based on the evidence, professionals within a prosecutor's office decide that a plea that guarantees that someone goes to jail, that guarantees that someone register generally and that guarantees other outcomes is a good thing. >> again, he was in a palm beach county lock up. >> he had work release for six days a week to go to his office, an

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senator kaine, you are recognized to introduce our guest.

let's let alexa costa speak in his own words because he was asked by one senator -- >> tim kaine. >> >> about his ties to epstein and that sweetheart deal of essentially soliciting childhood prostitution. that's what he was convicted of. listen. >> based on the evidence, the professionals within a prosecutor's office decide that a plea that guarantees that someone goes to jail, that guarantees that someone register generally and that guarantees other outcomes is a good thing. >> the federal prosecutors have noted that epstein has downplayed and himself said it's a sweetheart deal. i'm not a sexual predator, i'm an offender. >> sex with children is like stealing a bagel. >> the white house will be the arbiter of whether acosta stays or goes. a few months ago when the scrutiny of this deal started coming to light because of that fantastic investigation by the miami herald, white house press secretary at the time, sarah sanders, said the white house was reviewing the case. the white house could have ignored it, issued a blanket statement for secretary acosta. instead they said they were

>nia senator tim kaine has reached out to the fbi director asking that the bureau investate the death of saudi arabian journalist khashoggi. the "the washington post" resident and journalist was murdere last october in the nsulate in turkey. >>> still ahe, restoring glory. we are taking e ining you insid notre dame cathedral to sh you how they are repairing it after a fire. >>> >> . president accounted for, sir. >> for the first time in more than 100 years, girls are being given the chance to spend their summers at boy scout camp. at camp frsafin in maryland, camp is under way and the boys and girls have different camp ut sites bhey come together for dailyprograms. she camp plans to raise money to update facilitie for future programs to come. >>> it's been nearly three months since theon icic notre dame cathedral went up in flames in france. >> this morning, we are getting a look at the extent of the damage there in paris. camera were let inside dung a tour of the site yesterday. french official say the ceiling of the cathedral is still torn apart and the site is still covered in burn

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was he properly vetted, only senator tim kaine of virginia asked questions about the epstein case. >> i was about to say yes. that information was available and people could see it and tim kaine was able to ask information of him personally and so the white house had looked at it and democrats and republicans in the senate looked at it and the questions that were asked and everybody thought they had sufficient answers through the process and now we have additional information, additional witnesses that are coming forward. now that allows for a renewed prosecution in that case which is a good thing for the victims to be able to go through. >> let's talk about the robert mueller upcoming testimony next week. one of mueller's definitive conclusions at the beginning of the 450 page report was that the russians directly interfered in our 2016 presidential election. but in a briefing today up on capitol hill, top administration officials wouldn't even say whether president trump has even received a comprehensive briefing on election security looking forward to 2020. i know you were at a sen

they were joined by eight democrats including kaine's virginia colleague mark warner along with angus king. joining us now jill wine-banks. >> jill, acosta said this was the best deal possible. we have talked to a number of lawyers since this news broke that say that this doesn't seem like the best deal possible, but let's talk about what would happen, why a u.s. attorney would make a deal with a defendant, not consult the victims about the deal. >> it's a terrible deal and everything about it stinks. the fact that he kept this secret from the victims, did not give them the notice that's required by the law, that he met with the defense attorneys in palm beach in a hotel instead of having an on the record meeting in his office, only indicates how terrible this deal was. there were multiple victims, there was plenty of evidence, there is never a decision made where you have a prosecution memo that doesn't consider the underlying evidence. that is just wrong. any prosecutor learns right away that you talk about the strengths and the weaknesses and you point out exactly how strong your c

i want to play you something that we heard from democrat tim kaine on "morning joe" earlier today as pressure mounts on capitol hill for acosta to go. take a listen. >> the secretary of labor oversees human trafficking enforcement. human trafficking claims. what victim of trafficking is going to think under secretary acosta that they are going to be protected by a department of labor when this guy sided with the trafficker against the victims in such an egregious case. >> that is the crux of what so many democrats are saying. republicans not joining in. and we are now expecting acosta to go to capitol hill, right? >> well, he has been invited to come to capitol hill. >> important distinction. >> to testify. whether -- to my knowledge, certainly our reporting here on the hill does not yet suggest that he has accepted the invitation from obviously he has appeared periodically before hearings that address the budget of the department of labor, that is a traditional thing. this is something separate. this is a hear management oversight committee that would look directly at that nonprosec

virginia senator tim kaine had this to say a short time ago. >> i'm glad that it took like the -- looksthere is going to be some real justice for epstein. i voted against epstein facosta secretary. he needs to go. the "miami herald" and others have laid bare this was such an egregious deal. he needs to go. >> another hat tip to the "miami herald," cynthia, whose reporting did a lot of the work that people say prosecutors should have done. but how does this not -- the next 72 hours being crucial for acosta, the outrage about this has got to be bubbling up. >> yes, it ought to be bubbling up within the department of justice. it ought to be bubbling up never acosta touches. people ought to be talking about it and pressuring him. does the man have no shame? why doesn't he resign? and why don't the republicans in the senate and the house begin to also call for his resignation? what he's done here is terrible. >> we were talking about how acosta -- how epstein, i'm sorry, had relations with a lot of famous people. former president bill clinton's press secretary issued a statement reading in p

tim kaine says he could think of 15 grounds more intimidating than edgbaston but england when you'retic support from the fans here, and they said when they played here before, they get typed in but the aussies give it a bit back. and i think people will have better time than those who can't deal with it. archer has thrown himself into training but english eyes will linger on the site of his bowler and full flow. james anderson at 37 is, there is his captain, even better. joe wilson, e bbc news, edgbaston. so what is the view down under? earlier i spoke to australian journalist and podcast host andrew menczel and began by asking him if the aussie's were feeling confident. i think that is where england is most vulnerable at the top of their order, the opening batsman did not look great against the irish and he says he has been a bit vulnerable and if he doesn't move up to three i think that gives england a little bit more strength in the top of the order and certainly australia will wa nt to order and certainly australia will want to make it daily and roads and get into the strong midd

kaine: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from virginia. mr. kaine: mr. president, i rise today in support of the affordable care act and to discuss the devastating impact its potential elimination would have on rural families and rural communities. my state, virginia, has so many rural communities, and in that, i am with every other member of this body, and i want to talk specifically about them. the trump administration has sought for years to end the affordable care act using every tool available. they've worked on their front -- on that task here in congress to repeal it, sabotage it and even dismantle it in the court system, and today marks another milestone in that deeply troubling effort. the fifth u.s. circuit court of appeals will hear oral arguments in a case that could strike down the affordable care act in its entirety. if the a.c.a. were struck down, families in communities around the country would bear life-altering consequences and the health care system would be thrown into chaos. tens of millions of americans would lose health care covera

democrat tim kaine raised the question of why there was such haste to push this arms sales through saying is that the relationship between donald trump his son in law and senior advisor and the saudis should be investigated chris murphy he's a democrat from connecticut he was suggesting that there was a problem that in the past the united states was able to talk about arms sales and where they were going and make sure that they were used for human rights abuses or for targeting civilians and he said no that seems to have been lost simply because donald trump the state department a very keen on pushing through weapons sales and that comes at a cost he said to the united states. it looks to us these days as if the united states is the junior partner in this relationship do you know or do you not know whether civilian casualties have increased due to coalition air strikes i would say in a general sense here that there is a delta in information on what is attributed to a coalition ascribed casualty and what may be ascribed to either hooty or one of the adversarial car i'll be happy to give yo

have many members who serve in our military who have family members that are undocumented senator tim kaine says he's concerned about reports that the trump administration is ending protections for families of deployed soldiers. >>he and other democrats wrote this letter urging the administration to reverse course. >>under the rule the department of homeland security can grant parole on a case by case basis giving those fighting overseas confidence that their family members back home won't be deported on thursday senator tammy duckworth question army officials about how terminating the program. >>what affect military readiness, how would you advise the president the potential impacts of taking this action i would need to dig into exactly what the justice and what the point of doing. >>our soldiers are defending our country and their families deserve the protection of this country. >>when i pressed president trump about whether his administration would continue to protect military families. he was noncommittal. >>so nobody is traded the military better the president dropped. 44 years we are

. >> virginia senator tim kaine is one of the lawmakers calling for labor secretarial xandos acc to resign for cutting that 2007 plea deal with epstein. he was u.s. attorney at the time. >>> only on news 4, two brothers finding strength in each other. >> they were shot months apart near their d.c. home. the attack left one of them nd paralyzed reliant on his younger brother just to get up these steps. >> tonight, how they are dealing withy adversitnd what t >>> two local brothers wounded in separate shootings this year are not giving up hope. >> one of the boys has been left paralyzed. >> both a now trying to comprehend what happened as their mother helps them lift their spirits. >> the boys are now speaking for the first time only with news 4's meagan fitzgerald. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: there's nothing average about ranal and his brother any more. he was once a teenager like his iends, with big dreams. >> i smile through the day. >>> famous as a writer or rapper, a famous rapper. >> reporter: but on may 4th,is life changed forever. >> i was standing on the fence and i heard someshots,

democrat tim kaine is still o the ittes of someery important that we've lost, civility. >> reporter:ew senator gets a crash course from bertie. >> oh, i tell them when you walk out the door you look left or right and say hello, how you this morn. >> reporter: a lot of staffers would be intimidated to tell a senator something like that. >> i can't be intimidated about the way i was out the to treat people. i treat them too good. >> reporter: one of them was young messenger, who sent us this video. >> he was exactly the kind of person you'd want to take you under his wing if you're a 20-year-old student just working in your first job in washington. >> we want you to have this. >> reporter: now washington is returning the favor. >> we're just honored to name this new building after you, the bertie h. bowman building. >> reporter: putting bertie's name atop the new headquarters. >> i didn't believe it at first. i was really shocked and honored. isn't that great? honored.er: that's amazing. i'm the happiest guy in the world. >> reporter: at 88, bertie bowman has no plans to retire. he say

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. >>> virginia senator tim kaine wants the death investigatedma khashoggi. blasting how the trump administration handled the death. a washington post journalist d virginia resident was murdered in turkey last october. several weeks ago the united nations released the report. it found quote, credible evidence linki his murder to saudi crown prince. khashoggi was crical of his native country. >>> new this rning, out of prince william scounty,hool resource officer started an investigation that put one man in jail o child abuse charges. jean corrielus was arrested this week. a student told a guidance counselor about them. allegedly burning them with an iron. abuse later arrested on andr cuelty charges and is being held without bond. >>> a local gas station owner says thieves are costing them thousands of dollars. some customers say he's going too far. dennis owns the gas station on 13th anda pennsylvaavenue. he posted surveillance video of people who he claims ha stolen from him but it's a special kind of commentary that drives the controversy. >> he could put p

. >>> virginia senator tim kaine has reached out to the fbi director asking thathe bureau vestigate the death of saudi arabian journalist jamal khashoggi. the "the washington post" resident and journalist was thrdered last october in consulate in turkey. several weeks ago the united nations released their own evidence on the murder. >>> this morning, news4 is y working f with a new warning from the centers for disease control from ticks is on the rise. is joining us ji with more. when people think of ticks we d think of lymeease and one of the most known disease out there but one of many people are contracted from this insect. dog tick can be found all across the d.c. region. it can be found all across our pr region. we know the precautions to take and wear long sleeves and pants and use tick repellant and check your skin regularly. it's also suggested if you plan to go hiking this summer, keep in the middle of the trail and raaway from trees and ges where the ticks like to hide. also important to know the signs of tick-borne illness. aches, pains, fevers along with any sort of fatigue

. >> john maynard kaine said in the long run we're all dead so we can't wait for the long run. >> we're not the only country to face this if you take a look at europe over the last five or six years with the refugee crisis that the syrian civil war has generated and making it every country to the south can transit. europe cannot give refuge to every single person who lives in africa and asia that doesn't have the standard of living that europe does. simply not possible. it's not particularly, in my opinion to do what angela merkel said if you survive the journey you can come. >> encouraging people to make the very dangerous journey to make the very dangerous journey or in our case from central america and mexico. if she of theed wanted to she w plane after plane and she's trying to ameliorate the problem that she has on her boards and that's what a lot of democrats want to do and they want the people of individual cases without thinking about the lo long-term policy implication, specially last week if we'll decriminalize cross the border and we're not going to deport anyone unless they

i would like to see back to what senator kaine was saying, i would like a root cause analysis of the project from start to finish and to the extent that our actions in some way effected the movement to the right, it is important to understand that. with funding uncertainty, other changes in policy, i have dpgoto believe, some of it was mistakes by people running the project. wouldn't surprise me if some of the risk and delay was a result of congressional action or inaction. i think that would be helpful to us so it is instructive for future actions. not necessary to respond now, it would be helpful for that and i personally would like to see it. general burger talked about a new fleet design, talking about smaller more lethal platforms. what does that fleet look like, particularly i think he was motivated by his view of what we need to match up against china. what does the new fleet look like, how do you balance that with a target of a 355 ship navy? >> i don't mean to be evasive in this answer. we have an ongoing force structure assessment that will give better insights into that. i

have many members who serve in our military who have family members that are undocumented senator tim kaine's concerned about reports that the trump administration is ending protections for families of deployed soldiers. >>he and other democrats wrote this letter urging the administration to reverse course. >>under the rule the department of homeland security can grant p role on a case by case basis giving those fighting overseas confidence that their family members back home won't be deported on thursday senator tammy duckworth question army officials about how terminating the program. >>what affect military readiness how would you advise the president the potential impacts of taking this action i would need to dig into exactly what the justice and what they plan on doing our soldiers are defending our country and their families deserve the protection of this country when i pressed president trump about whether his administration would continue to protect military families. he was noncommittal. >>so nobody is traded the military better the president dropped. 44 years we are looking at that

have many members who serve in our military who have family members that are undocumented senator tim kaine says he's concerned about reports that the trump administration is ending protections for families of deployed soldiers. >>he and other democrats wrote this letter urging the administration to reverse course. >>under the rule the department of homeland security can grant parole on a case by case basis giving those fighting overseas confidence that their family members back home won't be deported on thursday senator tammy duckworth question army officials about how terminating the program. >>what affect military readiness. how would you advise the president the potential impacts of taking this action i would need to dig into exactly what the justice and what they plan on doing. >>our soldiers are defending our country and their families deserve the protection of this country. >>when i pressed president trump about whether his administration would continue to protect military families. he was noncommittal. >>so nobody is traded the military better the president dropped. 44 years we are

as we discussed last hour, senator tim kaine of virginia asked him about the deal. it makes it look like a horrible deal for someone rich and powerful who could get off. it's sickening. and that will have it be looked at. it'll be curious now how secretary acosta addresses that and whether he stands firm on it. he'll get the president's support for doing just that because we've seen the president back people who take a strong stand. >> with this number of victims, their age, with just the scope of what the allegations against epstein were, the charges against him, a plea deal like this? >> the simple answer is no. lets be clear what this is. this is just frs the rich and powerful and then there's justice for the people who don't have the power to get justice. we think in the interest of justice there are conditions you can meet and satisfy and we can hold it in the debate. but in the context of how all that happens it does not, does not happen when you have 36 people who where there are allegations there as heinous as these are and carry as much time as they do. so

. >> senator tim kaine joins me on that.

and not try to get too defensivo too value oriented at this point >> i want to ask you about bitt kaine because bitcoin while we have you. >> i'll say the same thing i said six years ago when it was at $80 a coin, which is it is the single best hedge against the traditional financial infrastructure whether you support fiscal and monetary policy or not, it doesn't matter this is the schmuck insurance you have under your mattress >> but that's kind of a default. >> so where do we go from here, and this whole debate about fed and monetary independence, i mean, does that sort of feed into this rally that we have seen in bitcoin? >> i think he's making a great point that there's a macro argument to own some bitcoin whether if you owned 2% this year, it would have added 400 basis points to your fund's performance. that's caviar for a hedge fund but you know, increasingly, bitcoin is a macro story because we saw it with china and some risks. people buying local bitcoin, chinese bitcoin. it happened in turkey. now people are responding to that idea, if you have a little insurance, it's great, a

do, but the principal sponsor, i support it, the principal sponsor, senator mcconnell and senator kainethey're from tobacco states. they understand as i do that tobacco especially damages the brain of younger people and we don't want people to get in the habit of using tobacco. liz: we expect because we're a business network for a little pushback probably from the tobacco companies, but we did see philip morris had earnings today, they were pretty strong. we watch all of that as it weaves in. we are also watching energy companies. as you know, the green new deal was much attacked by the gop from the left side. what do you think of your plan? >> not just the gop. we voted on the green new deal in the united states senate. it didn't get one vote. didn't even get a democratic vote. liz: do you believe in climate change? >> i do. i believe climate change is real. i believe humans are causing it but i don't believe you get rid of natural gas to solve the problem. natural gas and efficiency are the two principal ways the united states has led the world the last 15 years in reducing greenhouse

senator tim kaine said i didn't have to read it, i lived it.n peterson said i need to spend some more time with it. what does it tell you if people ipcongress haven't read the report? >> they are our representatives. they are the representatives of the people and i think they have a solemn obgagds ligation to ret report. what else are they doing out there that's more important? that's just it. i just see it as a failure of leadership on their part and i think the american people should be out there calling their representatives, calling their offices and asking them whether they've read the report and hold them accountable if they haven't done it. i think it's just a dereliction of duty. and any member of congress that shows up at those hearings next week on those committeess that hasn't read the report i think quite frankly should be ashamed of themselves. >> we're getting new details about the inspector ir general investigation, and also we're now learning asking questions to christopher steele who wrote the dossier and about how he came to c

amount of lawmakers and people in his own administration, he is often just very reluctant to be krit kainhe white house will claim that he's critical in private. we just don't know because we are not there for these moments and sometimes especially with putin, there's not each an interpreter there or a notetaker. so you really are relying on the president's account of these very sensitive meetings. >> yeah, it's a great point. and the visuals here, ashley, were pretty stunning in their contrast. we on the one hand had this g20 class photo that showed the president next to mbs or at least we have video of -- there they are right there in the front. we have one with vladimir putin. then of course we had later on the walk into north korea. what we saw of western leaders came instead not from the president himself but from ivanka trump, his daughter, who was in this video. it was released by the french government. i'm interested to know their motivation behind releasing it to be perfectly honest with you because it's rather awkward. let's take a look at that. >> and the same with the defense

there was only one person, senator kaine who asked him about it. that was when acosta said that went to other prosecutors and it was out of my hands. there really just was not much scrutiny either by congress or the president. they all knew about it. >> he got 60 votes. >> absolutely. one thing we didn't hear the president express is concern for the victims. a lot of people are going to pay attention to that considering this moment we're having where there's quite a bit of attention being paid to victims of abuse, people in positions of power and business. even if allegedly, there's a level of compassion i think people would have liked to have seen the president display. they're not surprised he didn't but it's notable as we head into the election. >> he had robert kraft at dinner last night, who is facing charges for soliciting prostitution in that florida sting operation. had him seated next to christine lagarde, the imf director. >> best party. >> thank you so much on a busy day. >>> coming up, louisville slugger. the kentucky democratic and for

i'm not sure about the timing on this because acosta was, tim kaine spoke about it in his confirmation> the broad outlines of what acosta had done to broker this plea agreement were known. the details came to light a little bit later through the reporting from "miami herald" and others and a lot more detail came out. but you have to recall that the actual vote for acosta. he sails through with 60 to 38. this was not exactly a nailbiter vote and you have a fair amount of democratic support. senator manchin can say that now. that is his defense. we have to know what was revealed in the notes in the congressional hearing because the view from the white house is very much asked and answered. they think this has been litigated and they think he's already been cleared. but as you heard the president say later in the afternoon, there's a suggestion of reviews going on here. i think you're right to point out we haven't heard the hesitancy in the past from the president. >> hans nichols, sorry for outing you for spending time on government statistical websites. it's a small club. >>> officials

democratic senator tim kaine, democrat from virginia, didn't have to read it. i lived it.w, the reporter behind that story. politico's senior white house reporter daniel samuelson. here's the thing about the article i found fascinating. not only did they not read it they seem to be proud of the fact they haven't read it. >> i would say proud maybe is one word for it. i think i caught them by surprise asking them the question. they had largely moved on, many of the members of congress were caught by surprise just that a reporter was asking if you read, point blank, the mueller report as i made my rounds on capitol hill. i guess i was surprised that so many didn't have answers prepared for that question. they were still plugging away. lisa m lisa murkouski said she hadn't gotten to pick it back up again. lawmakers are very busy people with lots of different issues front and center. this is the one that's dominated washington for the last two and a half years. with robert mueller coming up to testify, it was definitely worth going around and seeing if members were prepared, e

you have experience prepping hillary clinton and tim kaine for debates. tell us what you will be watching tonight. >> i will be watching a couple of things. number one are we going to have a fight about capitalism and socialism. warren is ardent that she's a capitalist and bernie a socialist. let's talk about that, and then it looks like the match up between o'rourke and buttigieg will be really interesting because remember they're kind of competing for the same lane, right, of the younger joe biden for the future, and buttigieg's people have said he's going to talk about the future and how he's part of this younger generation. let's see how that stacks up. the other thing i'll tell you that is going to be interesting. gender dynamics are such that, you know, men can't attack women in the same way. you wouldn't see a man attacking the way senator harris was able to go after joe biden. however, the dynamics of two nights mean that sanders, and he already has come out pretty hard against harris's health care plan. he can go pretty hard at it tonight without

senators mazie hirono and tim kaine tomorrow are going to discuss their visit to a very controversialing to do it on "the beat." so stay tuned for that 6:00 p.m. eastern tomorrow. but don't go anywhere right now. "hardball" is up next. >>> the russians are here. let's play "hardball." >> good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. we could not have a more important guest than we have tonight, the chairman of the house judiciary committee is coming here in a few minutes. tonight we're going to ask jerry nadler of new york to tell us what the democratic house will do now in light of the historic revelations highlighted yesterday by special counsel robert mueller of the trump administration's cooperation with a foreign power in the corruption of

[applause] leaders like tim kaine, [applause] kids what decency and devotion look like.ders like hillary clinton, who have the guts and the grace to keep coming back and put cracks in that highest and hardest glass ceiling until she finally breaks through, lifting all of us along with her. [applause] that is the story of this country, the story that has brought me to this stage tonight, the story of generations of people who felt the lash of bondage, the staying of servitude, the sting of segregation, who kept on striving and hoping and doing what needed to be done so that today i wake up every morning in a house that was built by slaves. [applause] and i watch my daughters, two beautiful, intelligent, black young women, playing with their dolls on the white house lawn. [applause] >> and belatedly, thank you, kristen, for that kind introduction. each of these clips is so different, and not just because each person had their own voice and their own vision, but because the bully pulpit has so many different purposes. i would like each of you to talk about why you chose tha

that is a plan that tim kaine and michael bennet have that i'm a cosponsor of and that would allow for buying into medicare. >> when you are talking to voters and they say they like , you call of politics yourself a proven progressive and a pragmatist, they also like president by death vice president biden. like vice president biden. and therom the midwest one thing that really unites our party is that we want to win. in 2016 we had major issues in the midwest. i lead the ticket in my state. every race, won every time. i won every congressional district including michelle bachmann's three times in arroyo, i have -- three times in a row. not done it by selling out. i've done by going -- done by going to where they are. and coming back with solutions. as a result, i've passed over 100 bills where i've been the lead democrat twosome -- through some pretty gridlocked times. the second thing about me is i'm a woman. i like to say may the best woman win. i think we saw in 2018 that women were allowed, when they were running, they were able to win in some really hard districts. i think the po