kelly kraft, and vice president mike pencep [chatter] ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the presidentthe united states, donald j. trump, and the secretary-general of the united nations, antonia , accompanied by the vice president of the united states, mike pence, united states ambassador to the united nations, kelly kraft, and united states secretary of state, mike pompeo. [applause] >> good morning everyone. across the splendid array of countries and cultures represented here, we come together this morning unit about our belief that flourishing societies are sustained by religious freedom. sadly, this understanding is not universal. today, all over the world, people of faith face a rising tide of persecution. in just the past year, we have witnessed horrific acts of violence committed against worshipers in mosques, churches and synagogues. we have watched the arbitrary detention and mistreatment of religious minorities in countries around the globe. and we have felt the chill of a world that seems increasingly disinterested in defending the rights of all people to exercise a sincerel

they earlier approved kelly kraft, the u.n. ambassador to attend the upskomg assembly, the general assembly at the united nations follow the senate on cspan2. the house is finishing up work on votes. we will see the judiciary committee gavel back in shortly expected to begin consideration of three dpkic proposals on gun violence legislation. massachusetts congressman joe kennedy with this tweet kind of laying out what the three will do, banning assault weapons and high capacity magazines will save lives. useful background checks will save lives. denying gun to people with domestic violence records will save lives he tweets. abolishing the civil liberties of people with mental illness will only excite the gun lobby. so our coverage will resume here shortly. well take you back live to the hearing, hearing room here on cspan3 and also to lotte you know as the house goes out this afternoon our coverage later will mrpgt over to cspan. beal have all of it live for you on the cspan >>> the committee will come to order. before we begin

senate is in session today and earlier today lawmakers voted to allow kelly kraft to represent the us at the upcoming un assembly next week. earlier minority leader chuck schumer announced democrats would seek to take another vote to repeal the president national emergency declaration for the southern border. a lot allows for remote every six months. in march, the senate voted to repeal the declaration of the house was unable to override the president's veto. editors are now off on their weekly party caucus lunches, you back 2:15 easter half an hour from now. senators will consider the termination of executive nominations. more senate coverage on cspan2 when they return . >> stephen moore joins us at the heritage foundation, co-author of the book

ambassador to the united nations -- kelly kraft to be u.s. ambassador to the united nations. at 10:00 a.m. on c-span3, treasury secretary steven secretary beng, carson and others testify on housing finance reform before the senate banking committee. at 2:00 p.m., the house judiciary committee meets to consider a number of gun violence convention bills. senate minority leader chuck schumer and house speaker nancy pelosi held a briefing on gun violence. they urged senate majority leader mitch mcconnell to bring up a house-past background check bill. this briefing is just over half an [indiscernible conversation] hour. >> here we go. senator schumer: welcome. hi. great. ok, let's get started. i'm very proud to be joined by, of course, my friend and colleague, speaker pelosi, mayor nan whaley from dayton. good to have you here. and i want to thank my colleagues senators brown and stabenow and representative escobar from el paso, texas and representative thompson. too many americans are losing their lives to gun violence. too many families are just weeping because they have lost l

kelly kraft has presented her credentials as the new u.s. ambassador to the united nations. she says she is coming to the organization "as a voice of america's unwavering commitment to democracy, freedom, human rights, and whenever possible, peaceful resolution of conflicts." institution that is fundamentally committed to the realization of human rights and human freedom around the world, and i'm so very pleased to be in new york working to advance that noble mission. a longtimes republican activist who previously served as u.s. ambassador to canada. she expressed again "extraordinary gratitude for the bold leadership of president trump." the president has no plans to meet with his iranian counterpart while in new york for the yuan general assembly later this month. treasury secretary steven mnuchin said today that the departure of john bolton as national security advisor will not dramatically change the administration's position on iran. president trump says he would meet with president rouhani with no conditions to discuss iran's nuclear program. global news 24 hours a day

ambassador to the united nations, kelly kraft, to upset the u.s. at the upcoming un general assembly print senators will vote at 5:30 p.m. to advance her nomination. watch live coverage of the u.s. senate right here on c-span2. later today president trump will hold a campaign rally fayetteville, north carolina on the eve of a special election for the ninth congressional district in that state. watch like garbage day at 7:00 p.m. eastern here on these been to, online honesty spent at work or listen live with a brief c-span radio app. be with us tomorrow in the house judiciary reconvenes to consider violence prevention bills. watch it live at 2:00 p.m. eastern on our complainant network, c-span3. >> every monday at this time we go ahead and do our your money segment. today looking at the topic of consumer credit card debt with matt scholz, compare cars .com serves as the chief industry analyst with good morning. >> thank you for having me. >> tell us about theis organization and how you are funded? >> we are owned by lending tree and a credit card ma

ambassador to the united nations has taken her post kelli kraft was previously u.s. ambassador to canada takes over after a 7 month vacancy in the position is perhaps a pledge to push for you went reform as the fight and fight israel action at the un . vaccinations has been one of the greatest successes of public health around the world it's saved an estimated $2500000.00 lives every year but vaccination rates are declining leading to outbreaks of preventable diseases around the world it's a problem that will be addressed today by the global vaccination summit that's taking place in brussels. not too long ago laughter filled this fisherman's family home in madagascar. but now the family's trying to cope with their grief they lost 3 children in january due to a nice those infection they couldn't afford to vaccinate them. they have gone and it was all goes we'll but we didn't expect that they might die if they didn't get vaccinated that the fact that they were not vaccinated would kill them. madagascar is struggling to contain its worst outbreak of measles in decades a

ambassador to the united nations has started her job with a promise to defend american interests kelly kraft was previously the u.s. ambassador to canada where she was involved in trade negotiations with mexico and canada she and her husband are high profile donors to president trump and to the republican party. this is an institution that is committed to the realization of human rights and human freedom around the world and i am very pleased to be in new york working to advance that noble mission. on the. plane crashed into a car on a busy highway off to the pilots misjudged 2 people on board and 2 others in the car were lucky to escape with only minor injuries. coming up. the rugby's biggest international. and. andy is here to talk sports thank you so much tomorrow one of the all time greats of women's tennis is coming out of retirement for the 2nd time came clijsters has announced a short comeback at the age of $36.00 but i'd be in love. and you know i could possibly. let's do this let's come back one want to. see you in 2020 well the belgian who won 41 singles titles plans to return to a

ambassador to the united nations, kelly kraft, to upset the u.s. at the upcoming un general assembly print senators will vote at 5:30 p.m. to advance her nomination. watch live coverage of the u.s. senate right here on c-span2. later today president trump will hold a campaign rally fayetteville, north carolina on the eve of a special election for the ninth congressional district in that state. watch like garbage day at 7:00 p.m. eastern here on these been to, online honesty spent at work or listen live with a brief c-span radio app. be with us tomorrow in the house judiciary reconvenes to consider violence prevention bills. watch it live at 2:00 p.m. eastern on our complainant network, c-span3. >> every monday at this time we go ahead and do our your money segment. today looking at the topic of consumer credit card debt with matt scholz, compare cars .com serves as the chief industry analyst with good morning

ambassador to the united nations -- kelly kraft to be u.s. ambassador to the united nations. at 10:00 a.m. on c-span3, treasury secretary steven secretary beng, carson and others testify on housing finance reform before the senate banking committee. at 2:00 p.m., the house judiciary committee meets to consider a number of gun violence convention bills. senate minority leader chuck schumer

senate is in session today and earlier today lawmakers voted to allow kelly kraft to represent the us at the upcoming un assembly next week. earlier minority leader chuck schumer announced democrats would seek to take another vote to repeal the president national emergency declaration for the southern border. a lot allows for remote every six months. in march, the senate voted to repeal the declaration of the house was unable to override the president's veto. editors are now off on their weekly party caucus lunches, you back 2:15 easter half an hour from now. senators will consider the termination of executive nominations. more senate coverage on cspan2 when they return . >> stephen moore joins us at the heritage foundation, co-author of the book trumponomics. people talk about recession, what's your take to mark. >> i don't see a recession, i never say never because you never know what's going happen in six months or nine months but the economy is pretty healthy right now. if you're an american worker looking for a job this is probably the best labor market in your or my lifetime. we

to continue work on the president executive nominations, including allowing katie -- kelly kraft to represent the u.s. at the upcoming general assembly. experts analyze the shifting demographics and what they mean for america's future. that is hosted by the america enterprise institute. trump holds a campaign rally in north carolina on the eve of a special election for the ninth congressional district in the state. watch live monday at 7:00 p.m. ortern on c-span2, online, visit life on our radio app. on our radio app. watch live coverage of the 9/11 the 9/11n c-span3 from memorial plaza in new york city. the reading of names, ringing a bell, and moment of silence. from the pentagon, a wreath-laying ceremony. the 18thrage of anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on c-span, c-span3, and online at c-span.org or listen on our radio app. >> on wednesday, the british house of commons debated a bill that would block the u.k. from leaving the european union without an agreement on future relations between the countries. this is called a new deal brexit. the vote passed.

values and interests kelly kraft attending her first security council meeting outlining her mission asdor >> i come to the united nations not only as the president's emissary but also as a voice of america's unwavering commitment to democracy, freedom, human rig rights and whenever possible the peaceful resolution of conflicts. >> hong kong police denying planks for another anti-government protest planned for sunday they're objecting to the application for a demonstration out of concerns for public safety, order and the rights of others >>> and here at home, mike "the situation" sorrentino a free man. he was seen leaving federal correction facilities this morning. the "jersey shore" star serving it for tax evasion melissa, back to you. >> now he can get back to gtl. gym, tan, laundry. >> you can't make it up. >> sue, thank you. let's get a check of the markets. off the session highs. all three major averages up. s&p up half a percent or 15 points and the nasdaq is higher by 46 or 0.6%. oil markets closing and we go to the commodity desk. >> the big thing putting pressure on oil prices

ambassador kelly kraft was also in the room for this, at least one of these people was taking notes. how we know what the president said. listen to this quote specifically. the president saying, "i want to know who's the person who gave the whistle-blower the information, because that's close to a spy. you know what we used to do in the old days when we were smart about spies and treason. right? we used to handle it a little differently than we do now." jake, the president making an apparent suggestion that these people should potentially face the death penalty. very noteworthy considering the issues circling this president regarding obstruction of justice in the past and the fact that these officials could potentially become witnesses in the very near future. also because the acting head of the dni was testifying at the time that this whistle-blower acted lawfully and did the right thing, jake. >> yeah. certainly going to be questions about witness intimidation based on those remarks. boris, we are also just learning that corey loewandowski is potentially heading up the impeachment

ambassador to the un, kelly kraft, should offer a resolution putting sanctions back on iran.rthel. arthel: molly, thank you for eric. eric: with the i ran back houthis the attack is a time to bomb the iranian oil fields senator lindsey graham suggests. should they stand out senator paul calls working at jim wells joins us on international security. jim, this is a brazen attack on our world oil supplies. what should the ministration do? >> the first thing to do is to confirm who carried it out and where it was carried out but we don't know that in all we have is a tweet from pompeo but this is something you hear from the centcom commander from the director of national intelligence or something like that and i don't think pompeo really knows he's very quick to blame iran all the time and i would like to see the evidence he has. i guess is this. iran has been helping the houthis with drones for years and in some ways it's a natural part of the cycle of escalation but houthis use to shoot ballistic missiles and the saudi's got help with missile defense systems to start to shoot t

ambassador, kelly kraft, who's a terrific new u.n.assador, ought to offer resolutions for snapback sanctions. >> reporter: south carolina republican senator lindsey graham tweeted yesterday that it's time for the u.s. to consider, quote, an attack on iranian oil refineries if they continue this provocation. leland? leland: now we wait and see if kinetic action happens. molly henneberg here in d.c., thanks so much. kristin's got more. kristin: let's bring in democratic california congresswoman and member of the house armed services committee and vice chair of the house oversight and reform committee, congresswoman katie hill. congresswoman, let's start with saudi arabia. here you have the secretary of state, mike pompeo, kellyanne conway all over the last 24 hours coming out and saying that they believe iran is directly responsible for these attacks. do you? >> listen, i want more information, so i'm very eager for the -- [inaudible] i hope we have at the beginning of next week. we don't know, right? [inaudible] and yet iran is aligned

. >> and kelly kraft was just appointed to the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. today.tuation where you have all of these moving chess pieces and to me, this is unusual. it's not always the case that you don't have a u.s. ambassador to the u.n., that you're moving around different people. >> you're pointing that we do have -- >> we just literally confirmed her. >> she was being greeted at the white house today. she got confirmed a few weeks ago. >> if you know longer feel if you can serve the president's interests, you should resign. >> or if he tells you, which is what the president said he did. >> we've seen secretary mattis step down over a disagreement on afghanistan and syria as well. that what you should do. >> breaking news on "outnumbered" today as the president has let go of his national security adviser john bolton. there's been some go-back. i guess it was a group text to john roberts and brian kilmeade, our guest in the middle, from john bolton between him and the president today. you're watching it unfold as it happens. stay close. >> melissa: we are back w

lawmakers will continue work on the president's executive nominations, including for kelly kraft to be.s. ambassador to the u.n. senators will vote at 5:30 eastern time on advancing her nomination. you can watch live coverage of the summit on c-span2. and this evening president trump will hold a campaign rally in fayette, north carolina. ahead of tomorrow's special election for the ninth congressional district. live coverage of the president's rally at 7:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2. and tomorrow the house judiciary committee will take up a number of gun violence prevention bills. starting at 2:00 eastern on c-span3. a reminder you can follow all of our programs online at c-span.org or listen live with the free c-span radio app. >> wednesday, it's the 18th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. watch our live coverage at 8:30 a.m. eastern on c-span3 from the 9/11 memorial plaza in new york city. the moment of silence, the reading of the names, and the ringing of the bell. at 9:00 a.m. eastern on c-span from the pentagon, a wreath laying ceremony at the 9/11 memorial. live coverage of

they'll go to executive branch nominations, including confirmation of kelly kraft to be ambassador to the united nations. we'll show you two hearings at c-span 3. at 10 a.m. hud treasure ben carson, treasury certainty steve mnuchin testifying on housing finance reform before the senate banking committee. then at 2 p.m., the house judiciary committee meets to consider a number of gun violence prevention bills. >> wednesday is the 18th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. watch our live coverage at 8:30 a.m. eastern on c-span 3 from the 9/11 memorial plaza in new york city. the moment of silence, the reading of the names and ringing of the bell at 9 a.m. eastern on c-span from the pentagon, a wreath laying ceremony at the 9/11 memorial. live coverage. anniversary of the 9/11 attacks or listen live on the free c-span radio app. >> senator came to the floor to talk about gun violence and potential legislation. we start with remarks from senate leader from new york chuck schumer. >> gun safety, in the month of august, more than 50 americans were killed ins

ambassador kelly kraft as he prepares to meet with russian foreign minister sergey lavrov he declinedanswer reporters' questions about rudy giuliani's efforts with the state department on ukraine. >>> hillary clinton criticizing president trump for putting his own personal and political interests ahead of the american people she made her comments while attending an awards ceremony at georgetown university honoring working women. >> he has turned american diplomacy into a cheap extortion racket he has denigrated, and let's be honest, stabbed in the back the career foreign service officers who serve bravely and selflessly no matter the politics of the administration that they are working under. >>> and keeping a positive attitude could help you stay healthy and even live longer that is according to a new study from mt. sinai hospital in new york it tracked 230,000 people for about 14 years and found that optimism was associated with a lower risk of heart attack, stroke and early death another reason to keep a smile on your face. >> sounds great to me, sue. >> i know, it does you're alwa

ambassador to the united nations it started with a promise to defend american interests kelly kraft previously served as the u.s. ambassador to canada where she was involved in the trade negotiations with canada and mexico she and her husband are high profile donors to prison trump and the republican party this is an institution that is spending mentally committed to the realization of human rights and human freedom around the world and i am so very pleased to be in new york working to advance that noble mission. and finally in the u.s. state of maryland a light plane has crashed into a car on a busy highway after its pilot misjudged the landing clearly 2 people on board and 2 others in the car were lucky to escape. with only minor injuries. this is al jazeera and these are the top stories belfast's the high court has dismissed claims that a no deal briggs it could damage the northern ireland peace process a judge ruled that the imposition of a hard border was a political issue not a legal one but a day earlier scotland's highest civil court ruled the suspension of parliament was unlawful also

ambassador, kelly kraft, who's a terrific new u.n.assador ought to offer a resolution for snap-back sanctions to say, listen, it's very clear the iranians because of a number of things we've seen recently, including the secret warehouse that the israelis found and revealed, where it's clear that they have now begun and continue their enrichment activities, expanded their enrichment 48[ they're operating in total violation of the iranian nuclear deal and we ought to have those sanctions snap back. when you have entities like the iranians, like the taliban who continue to attack american interests as the iranians are doing, who continue to kill americans as we've seen in the case of both the irgc as well as the taliban and their ally, al qaeda, it's very important for us to send a message you have to choose. you can either do diplomacy or you can attack america and attack our interests. but we know you're not serious about diplomacy if you continue to have the kinds of attacks we've seen over the last few days. >> all right. the fact th

kelly kraft, and vice president mike pencep [chatter]

ambassador to united nations kelly kraft to represent the u.s. at the upcoming general assembly. on c-span3 at 5:30 p.m., policy experts analyze the u.s. population and shifting demographic numbers and what they mean for america's future. that's hosted by the american enterprise institute. >>> president trump holds a campaign rally in fayetteville, north carolina, on the eve of a special election for the ninth congressional district in the state. watch live coverage today at 7:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2, online or listen live on the free c h-span radio app. >>> what is your vision in 2020? student cam 2020 is asking students what issue do you most want to see the presidential candidates address during the campaign? student cam is c-span's nationwide video documentary competition for middle and high school students. with $100,000 in total cash prizes at stake, including a $5,000 grand prize. students are asked to produce a short video documentary, include c-span video and reflect differing points of view. information to help you get started is on our website, studentcam.org. >>> t

, the senate returns monday to continue work on the president's executive nominations including kelly kraft to represent the u.s. at the upcoming general assembly meeting. watch live coverage of the u.s. .enate over on c-span2 watch c-span's campaign 2020 coverage of the democratic presidential candidates at the democratic party convention. saturday.overage is >> what is your vision and 2020 -- in 2020? ondents were asked studentcam. $100,000 in total cash prizes is prize.ncluding a grand students were asked to produce a short documentary and reflect different points of view. information to help you get started is on our website. studentcam.org. >>

lawmakers will continue work on the president's executive nomination, including for kelly kraft to be the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. senators will vote at 5:30 eastern on advancing her nomination. you can watch live coverage of the senate on c-span2. and this evening, president trump will hold a campaign rally in fayetteville, north carolina, ahead of tomorrow's special election for the noint congressional district in north carolina. live coverage of the president's rally at 7:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2. and then tomorrow, the house judiciary committee will take up a number of gun violence prevention bills starting at 2:00 eastern on c-span3. a reminder, you can follow all of our programs online as well at c-span.org or listen with the free c-span radio app. >> wednesday is the 18th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. watch our live coverage at 8:30 a.m. eastern on c-span3. from the 9/11 memorial plaza in new york city. the moment of silence, the reading of the names, and the ringing of the bells. at 9:00 a.m. eastern on c-span, from the pentagon a wreath laying ceremony. live

ambassador to the united nations, kelly kraft and her 4aff as he wound up the -- games of meeting. lot of moving parts, we are trying to keep you on top of all of them. debbie in new york, you are next, independent. caller: how are you? host: doing well. caller: my comment is if this is thever-up where they moved transcript to another server or computer, it seems silly it would be a cover-up because he let the transcript out. i don't think this guy is a whistleblower. i feel more like he is a leaker hiding behind whistleblower protection. host: what is the difference between a leaker and a whistleblower? caller: i think your intention or motivation read i feel like most whistleblowers are tortured people. they have seen bad things and they have been asked to do things they cannot reconcile with their conscience. this person seems more to me like a person who wanted to leak something to the press and did not want to get in trouble for that, so they are hiding behind being a whistleblower, you get a lawyer, you get everything, that is how i feel about it, i don't but -- that is crazy

likewise, secretary mike pompeo, ambassador kelly kraft, secretary ross, secretary mnuchin, ambassadoram brownback, all for joining us today and we have other representatives of our cabinet and the administration in the room. we have done a lot, the johnson amendment doesn't get spoken enough -- about enough, but we have a brute -- obliterated the johnson amendment so now we can listen to the people we want to listen to, religious leaders without recrimination against them. it is a very important thing and i said that at the very beginning and i say it now, it is something i am proud of. host: that was the president yesterday at the meeting on religious freedom he convened. the president is addressing the generalted nations assembly later this morning in the 10:00 hour. you can watch it right here on c-span, we will be headed over to the united nations general assembly meeting when our program ends. you can watch it on c-span.org or listen at the free c-span radio app. one other hearing you might be interested in, the house judiciary and foreign relations committee will be holding a he

lawmakers are expected to continue working on allowing kelly kraft to upset the united states in the upcoming united nations general assembly in new york. they moved to advance her nomination is set for 5:30 p.m. eastern today. now to live coverage of the u.s. senate here on the. the president pro tempore: the senate will come to order. the chaplain, dr. barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. almighty god, sovereign of our nation and lord of our lives, thank you for infusing us with the confidence that you order our steps each day. give our lawmakers courage and a strong resolve to glorify your name as they trust the unfolding of your providence. as they remember what you have already done to bless this nation, inspire them to march confidently toward tomorrow's difficulties with a total dependence on your power. may they recommit themselves each day to faithfully fulfilling the awesome responsibility you have entrusted to them. lord, be their strength and shield this day and always. we pray in your mighty name. amen. the president pro tempore: please