senator kelly ayotte chaired this two hour hearing. >> good afternoon and welcome. thank you all for being here. today's hearing is one in a series we're holding in preparation for this year's federal aviation administration's reauthorization effort and last week we heard from experts and stakeholders on the certification process and airport infrastructure financing. today we have the opportunity to discuss the single-most important underlying issue for any reauthorization effort and that's safety. the safety of our national airspace system and the safety of the flying public. with that i want to take a moment to recognize the family members of the victims of colgan flight 3407, which crashed near buffalo in 2009 who i understand are here in the audience today. your sustained efforts to improve safety of our skies are admirable and we appreciate you coming to this hearing today.

one of those senators was new hampshire's very own senator kelly ayotte. and i'm amused the far left seems to think it's a campaign issue against kelly. kelly stood against iran getting nukes. i'd encourage them to run with that idea. that's terrific campaign issue. shortly thereafter, i went on msnbc. morning show. and they were kind of slightly upset, much like the white house. why did you sign this letter? do you regret signing this letter? this is a letter that explains that under our constitution there are two ways and two ways only something becomes a law in the united states of america. either you have a treaty signed by the president that is ratified by two thirds of the senate or you have a law that passes both houses of congress and signed into law by the president. if you do neither of those it ain't a law. now iran's foreign minister responded and said, no no, you do not understand. under international law, a head of state has the authority to bind his nation forever and in perpetuity on any issue he wishes. you know what in the nation of iran t

[applause] senator cruz: one of those senators was new hampshire's very own senator kelly ayotte. governor walker: -- [applause] senator cruz: i am amused the far left thinks it's a campaign issue to use against kelly. good gosh, kelly stood against iran getting nukes. i would encourage them, run with that idea. that is going to be a terrific campaign issue. shortly thereafter i want on msnbc. morning joe. they were kind of slightly upset , apoplectic, much like the white house, why did you sign this letter? do you regret signing this letter? this is a letter that explained that under our constitution there are two ways that something becomes a law in the united states of america. either you have a treaty signed by the president ratified by two thirds of the senate, or you have a law that passes both houses of congress and is signed into law by the president. if you do neither of those, it ain't a law. [applause] senator cruz: now iran's foreign minister responded and said, you do not understand. under international law, a head of state has the authority to find his nation forever

i have probably spent more time with kristin gillibrand's husband and kelly ayotte's husband. why? kelley: we always end up to be at the same table. a lot of my favorite senate spouses are male spouses. john: i will give you a prediction about the lives of the republican senators running for president, when you're at debates together, you will all be great friends. kelley: i bet we will. mark: last one -- what do you think of sarah palin? you've met her. kelley: i have a couple of different times. she campaigned for rand. i met her at the kentucky derby a couple of years ago. i admire her energy and how she got involved in the grassroots up. she ran for mayor and i admire her. john: when you were at the derby, did you put money on a horse? kelley: i always lose money at the derby. i bet like two dollars or five dollars. i pretty much steadily lose. two years ago, rand was ecstatic when everybody in the group won. he saw me cheering and asked how much i had on it and i'm like two dollars. mark: we have a big field of republican candidates this year. so far, one female -- carly

kelly ayotte, thad cochran, susan collins, jeff flake lindsey graham. orrin hatch, ron johnson, mark kirk, mitch mcconnell and rob portman. just one senator did not vote -- ted cruz of texas. he was on the floor today in opposition to the nomination, but he did not take part in the confirmation vote. ashley parker of "the new york times" wrote "after railing against loretta lynch, ted cruz escapes confirmation vote." "where in the world was senator ted cruz? " he voted against a procedural motion to move ahead. mr. cruz missed her final vote on thursday afternoon. the reason? he had to catch a flight to texas for previous commitments in dallas. he was the only senator to fit the vote. his team on social media and e-mail quickly pushed back against the idea that the senator was shirking his congressional responsibility. he voted against cloture. that is from ashley parker in "the new york times." we will show you a number of highlights from the debate on the senate floor leading up to the confirmation vote for loretta lynch. first, we want to show you pr

the senator kelly ayotte accepted his resignation says she is shocked and saddened. >>> governor brownhis week," he says the agriculture industry as already suffered pulling up crops and laying off workers. brown says california grows most of the country's fruit and vegetables. >>> here's a look at your monday weather. >>> showers to the east and west of the great lakes. also in new england, thunderstorms in the deep south and up to kentucky. as if they haven't had enough to deal with lately rain. rain later today in northern california to the northwest. high temperatures of 63 in new york, chicago, detroit. mid-70s, washington, atlanta, memphis them gulf host coast will hit the 80s and slightly low normal in the west. > turn to a wild scene playing t at a car wash of all places the suburbs of atlanta. police say a group of alleged car jackers are in the red minivan. one of the suspects jumps out in to that white honda trying to drive off. the car's owner hanging on to the hood of the car. a local city worker pulled his gun, opened fire, wounding the suspect in the shoulder and ending

did you hear kelly ayotte? she's right about iran.l for ult i wouldn't let kell -- john kerry buy me a car the barack obama has never even run an -- a lemonade stand and his world view is inconsistent with america's role in the world. september 10, 2001, the day before 9/11, we didn't have one soldier in afghanistan, we didn't have one pun -- penny of foreign aid going to afghanistan, we didn't even have an embassy in afghanistan. they attacked us anyway. to the people taking this stage and telling you, just leave them alone, stay away from those people, don't get involved well, that won't work because they're not going to leave you alone. how many of you believe this is a religious war? you could close gitmo tomorrow and it wouldn't matter. you could throw israel under the bus even more than israel is doing and it wouldn't matter. they don't want one thing. they want your way of life. the nazis wanted a master race. these people want a master religion and they're trying to purify your own -- their own religion and destroy yours. any

you have a great senator and kelly ayotte, someone i have worked with and she is phenomenal.t send her back. [applause] sen. rubio: so -- running for president is a decision at that one makes after a lot of thought, prayer, and consideration. i spend the time inc. about it. what i conclude is one important thing and i want to share with you tonight. i believe with all of my heart where on the verge of another american century. i believe america's greatest days are around the corner. and more than anything else factories compelled me to run. if we do certain thing, our children will be the most prosperous. that is important. it is important to remember where we are. about 200 years ago, the turn of the century, america was still largely undeveloped. the rest of the world was industrializing. amerco was still trying to find its bearings. a generation of america leadership decided in that transition they would embrace they were going to embrace the industrial revolution. it was disrupted. it moved millions of people form rural areas and were placed in jobs with the new ones. eme

i talked to senator kelly ayotte one of the most popular republicans in the state, she said it's the most wide open field she's ever seen. i've talked to ted cruz supporters there's a draft ben carson committee here people around here interested in jeb, some people said they were impressed with chris christie yesterday when he talked about reform in the state, so you really are seeing republicans of every stripe here. this is definitely a representative mix of the gop in the state. >> thank you, benjy. we should note mike huckabee tweeted out the former governor will make an announcement about his 2016 decision today. we'll see what happens there. >>> developing now, an ohio man is under arrest, accused of traveling overseas to train with terror groups and returning home to carry out acts on americans in uniform. we'll have the latest on that case. >>> plus -- >> i'm in the news sweetheart. i'm going to [ bleep ] sue this place. >> an espn reporter suspended for a week after caught on camera going on a hateful rant against a tow company employee. she's now apologizing on twitter and

you can see senator al franken, senator kelly ayotte. but watch this part.is senator harry reid, with the arrow there. and you remember now that harry reid has to wear sunglasses, even indoors, because of the eye injury he got while he was working out on new year's day, he had to wear the sunglasses even talking to me last week. he's in the senate today, harry reid is there, he is wearing his sunglasses, has he has to do everywhere. he's wearing his sunglasses on the senate floor. and rand paul comes swaggering up to the front of the senate and pops on his shades and sticks his hand out at harry reid, and harry reid leaves him hanging there for a second, but then, boom bipartisan fist bump. look. puts on the shades and sticks his hand out and harry reid looks at him, oh, fist bump. there's this moment where you're not sure what's going to happen like, if that's going to be a fight or what. the way we know it was a bit of a tense moment because of senator elizabeth warren. that's her in the purple/blue thing here. look how she reacts. she's talking to debbie

the boston marathon bombing, a whole clutch of republican senators, john mccain, lindsey graham, kelly ayottehey came out and said even though dzhokhar tsarnaev was a u.s. citizen committed this crime in the u.s., should be designated an enemy combatant. those republican senators demanded he be denied a defense attorney and be held indefinitely in detention to gather intelligence. they demanded that he be shipped off to some detainee prison somewhere, or guantanamo bay. they said, quote, the least of our worries is a criminal trial, which will likely be held years from now. the obama administration are rejected their demands, the obama administration decided that would not be an option. he is a u.s. citizen. our u.s. justice system can handle a case like this. today after 11 hours of deliberations over two days, the federal jury convened to hear this case in massachusetts. found dzhokhar tsarnaev guilty of all 30 of the charges against him, including 17 of those 30 charges which would make him eligible for the death penalty. had dzhokhar tsarnaev been brought to guantanamo, who knows if he wo

got a serious challenge in ohio would want to take this issue away from the democrats or that kelly ayotte in new hampshire would want to do the same thing. you know just as the republican presidential candidates need this to whip up the base there are others there who are actually looking at the broader electorate and not just looking at the primary electorate, and they're realizing that voting against the first african-american woman to be the attorney general after a half a year delay would probably be a good idea to just let it go through at that point. >> you know congresswoman, when president obama nominated loretta lynch, she made a promise to the american people. listen to this. >> sure. >> if i have the honor of being confirmed by the senate i will wake up every morning with the protection of the american people my first thought. and i will work every day to safeguard our citizens our liberties, our rights and this great nation which has given so much to me and my family. >> congresswoman, what do you think a lor retrot lynch justice department will look like? >> i think a loretta

senator cardin myself so many others on the committee, people like lindsey graham john mccain, kelly ayotte people have been pushing for for some time is our ability on behalf of the american to make sure that this is transparent, that we see it that iran is accountable, and that we have the ability to enforce this. >> senator corker i want to turn to domestic politics. the president on friday was his most forthright you might even say angry, when discussing the continuing delays in approving the nomination of loretta lynch, nomination for attorney general. i just want to play a brief clip of the president's sound on friday. have a listen. >> it's gone too far. enough. enough. call loretta lynch for a vote and get her confirmed and put her in place. let her do her job. this is embarrassing. >> we have seen its senate at its most bipartisan this week with regards to the iran bill. in your view is the president right? is this embarrassing? >> and i'm having difficulty hearing you. you're talking about loretta lynch? >> talking about loretta lynch. we were quoting the president, who called tem

center kelly ayotte. also other potentials for 2016, carly fiorina, bobby jindal, donald trump, lindsey graham, john kasich, my cut, and ted cruz. day to coverage continues at the new hampshire leadership summit. joe scarborough speaking in just a few moments. a reminder, you can join in on the conversation on facebook or twitter and answer the question who do you like for 2016 and why? "boston globe" reporting on this event, republican hopefuls jockey and for voters. gathered here for a state fundraiser and cattle call cattle call. speakers used a similar theme weakness, to describe obama and hillary clinton. our live coverage continues here in new hampshire. a road to the white house coverage on c-span. >> ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats. >> we are going to begin. >> all right. everybody ready to get started again? everybody come inside. why don't we take 30 seconds to get you to move the lobby people into the room. everybody gets their pa ins? let's move everybody from the lobby back in th

politics and, later part of a summit of new hampshire republicans, including remarks by senator kelly ayotte and donald trump. the state department general testified at a senate hearing about the department's efficiency and effectiveness. his office has begun an inquiry into former secretary of state hillary clinton's use of a personal e-mail server. georgia senator david perdue chairs on the summit. this is an hour. >>> both of us are in order so we'll proceed. this hearing of the subcommittee on state department and usaid management international operations and bilateral international development. i'd like to begin by welcoming our witness inspector general of the state department and broadcasting board of governor steve lenick. i understand you changed your schedule to be here today and we look forward to your testimony. the oig is dedicated to assessing the state department's programs and making recommendations to strengthen its integrity and accountability. as such, the oig is dedicated to detecting and preventing waste, fraud, abuse and mismanagement. today's hearing will be an importa

[applause] senator cruz: one of those senators was new hampshire's very own senator kelly ayotte. governor walker: -- [applause] senator cruz: i am amused the far left thinks it's a campaign issue to use against kelly. good gosh, kelly stood against iran getting nukes. i would encourage them, run with that idea. that is going to be a terrific campaign issue. shortly thereafter i want on msnbc. morning joe. they were kind of slightly upset , apoplectic, much like the white house, why did you sign this letter? do you regret signing this letter? this is a letter that explained that under our constitution there are two ways that something becomes a law in the united states of america. either you have a treaty signed by the president ratified by two thirds of the senate, or you have a law that passes both houses of congress and is signed into law by the president. if you do neither of those, it ain't a law. [applause] senator cruz: now iran's foreign minister responded and said, you do not understand. under international law, a head of state has the authority to find his nation forever

[applause] one of those senators was new hampshire's very own senator kelly ayotte. i am amused the far left thinks it's a campaign issue to use against kelly. kelly stood against iran getting nukes. i would encourage them, run with that idea. this is going to be a terrific campaign issue. shortly thereafter, i went on msnbc. morning show. they were kind of slightly upset , apoplectic, like the white house, why did you sign this letter? do you regret signing this letter? mind you, this is a letter that explained that under our constitution there are two ways that something becomes a law in the united states of america. you have a treaty signed by the president ratified by two thirds of the senate, or you have a law that passes both houses of congress and is signed into law by the president. if you do neither of those, it ain't a law. [applause] iran's foreign minister responded and said, you do not understand. under international law, a head of state has the authority to bind his nation in perpetuity on any issue he wishes. if someone in iran disagrees with the edicts

kelly ayotte thad cochran, susan collins -- the only senator who did not pass the vote, texas and ted cruz. we will take a look at some of the remarks from earlier today on the lynch nomination and then will open the phones for your calls come get your opinion before the final confirmation vote these remarks were before the final confirmation vote and we begin with senator cruz. >> mr. president, today i rise to talk about what has come to define the obama administration, which is a consistent pattern of lawlessness the disrespect the constitution, the disrespect of the congress, the disrespect of the people of the united states. in any administration under any president, a person charged with being the chief law enforcement officer is the attorney general. i've been blessed to work in the is department of justice, and there is a long tradition, a bipartisan tradition of attorneys general remaining faithful to the law and to the constitution, and setting aside partisan considerations of politics. unfortunately that tradition has not been honored during the obama presidency. attorney g

leadership at the national level and in cooperation with our members in the house and the senate like kelly ayotte, who does such a good job for you here. we can do this. [ applause ] maybe it's not the answer you wanted but it's the answer you got. >> this is the last question we have about two minutes left. >> i'll do it without the microphone. sir, how do you feel -- >> no! you have two minutes. >> thank you, it's on. sir, how do you feel -- well, congress has the power to levy taxes, we all agree on that but how do you feel about unelected, unnamed epa bureaucrats having the power to levy taxes on the american public and businesses via fossil fuel regulatory taxes? >> yes well that's a softball question obviously. in this we all concur. the epa is out of control. they have no concept of what they're doing to the extremeness of their ideas and they should not have the power to levy regulations on people that cause businesses to have to spend that kind of money, because the message that we have to give, ladies and gentlemen, from now on, is that we are determined to grow the economy back again.

here is some of that summit, beginning with new hampshire senator kelly ayotte. we will also hear from real estate mowingal donald trump and george pataki and jim gilmore. this is an hour and a half. [ applause ] >> thank you all. thank you. i want to thank dan ennis for that more than kind introduction. i have to say it is wonderful to see all of you here today. i see so many friends in this room and to those of you that aren't from new hampshire, welcome to the live free or die state. we take our politics very very seriously and it is just a great day to see such a turnout for the first ever first in the nation national republican leadership summit. and it is an honor see my colleague, congressman begin tee here, thanks for your work and for being a great partner. i also want to thank all of you who made this possible. but the leader of our party, jennifer horn, for her steady, faithful leadership, for the hard work she has done to bring this summit together today, and i am so glad to have her leadership for the republican party. yes, thank you to jennifer. i a

kelly ayotte, that'd cochran susan collins, yef lake and lindsey graham. also supporting the lynch nomination orrin hatch, ron johnson, mark kirk, mitch mcconnell and bob portman. senator tight endfloor speeches and more coverage on the confirmation tonight at 9:30 p.m. on cspan. next, wisconsin governor scott walker. he was part of last weekend's leadership conference hosted by the republican party of new hampshire. the gathering also included several declares presidential candidate candidates for 2016. you can watch their speeches at cspan.org. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> thanks. >> thank you, governor, not only for that great pep rally i feel like we should start charging the hill right now. you made a great case there, but most of all thank you for your leadership in the party. in the state and this country. we appreciate two first ladies in the back there. i want to begin by adding my thanks to jennifer horn. you've done a great job again, so thank you for this great couple of days here. i want to begin off the bat because i'm going to talk a lot t

that's where senator kelly ayotte is addressing the crowd right now. any minute now former hewlett-packard ceo carley fiorina will be taking the stage, one of the 21 declared and potential candidates at the inaugural event. earlier republican candidate rand rand paul spoke to the crowd and had this to say about the gop. >> i actually got tired of looking up and seeing people in my party get in charge and not doing what they promised to do. some in our party say, well let's just dilute the message, become democrat light and we'll get more votes. i couldn't disagree more. i think what we need to do is be boldly for what we are for. the other republicans will criticize a president and hillary clinton for their foreign policy but they would have just done the same thing just ten times over. >> joining me now is casey hunt msnbc political correspondent, and casey, with a big welcome to you, what kind of reception did senator paul get from the crowd this morning? >> good afternoon, alex. well the crowd was very excited to hear from rand paul today and he was

attorney for the eastern district of new york. 10 republicans voted yes today, kelly ayotte, thad cochran, susan collins, sneff flake, lindsey graham, majority leader mitch mcconnel, mark kirk ron johnson, orrin hatch, and rob portman. ted cruz did not vote. this morning there was a discussion of thousand move forward on a future trade deal in the talks. this is just over an hour. >> good morning, everyone, if you take your seats we're about to get started. can you hear me? is that all right? do we need a little more volume? we're all right? all right. so good morning everyone, i'm fred camp, president and c.e.o. of the atlantic council. you're all joining us for what ini hope will be a historic moment. secretary of state john kerry will be joining us at 10:00 a.m. this morning to proceed keynote remarks for the launch of our new trade and national security initiative. we're also building a business coalition for trade and security to help highlight the geopolitical implications of the obama administration's ambitious global trade agenda to draw attention not just to the benefits of actio