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congressman ken buck, republican of colorado, thank you. >> thank you, jon.are are scrambling to contain crude oil leaking out of a pipeline off the coast of southern california, threatening nearby wildlife and wetlands and forcing officials to cancel the final day of the pacific air show. christina coleman live in los angeles with more on that. >> reporter: hi, jon. a big clean-up recovery effort is underway to keep this oil from further polluting the water. more than 3,000 barrels of oil leaked into the ocean just off of huntington beach south of l.a., and we just learned more than 2,000 feet of protective boom has been deployed at seven nearby wetland locations to protect the wildlife. the oil still runs from huntington beach pier down to newport beach. it was discovered yesterday. city officials say this has forced them to stop activity in the ocean and along the shoreline in that area, and as you mentioned, they also canceled the last day for the iconic annual pacific air show that normally draws thousands of people to the beach. the mayor says they're f

so let's bring in republican congressman ken buck of colorado.gressman, start with president biden, went to howell township, michigan, population of 7200. he went there to build back better plan. you went you were born in ossony, new york, that is why president biden went to small town, why should small towns be worried about this? >> i represent a lot the of small towns on eastern plains of colorado. go talk to the mom going to the grocery store and with two kids, buying milk, meat, eggs and prices are going up and goes to the gas station and prices are going up. the idea we pump $2 trillion already seeing inflation is scaring a people in small towns than supposed benefits coming out of these bills. >> i did some research on the township. it was interesting to me from 2010 to 2015 their household income went down 13%. that was another era of big spending, big government spending. people got to be very, very careful to your point. i want to shift back to d.c. because i got to tell you, i watched a little bit of these hearings today, there is grea

let's bring in colorado congressman ken buck just questioned -- the judiciary committee and as you know the house is set to vote on the ban and contempt of congress. we do expect hearing will reconvene in the next few moments but, you just had the chance to question him, and specifically you asked about a special counsel for hunter biden. he was the exchange, listen. >> will you appoint a special counsel to investigate hunter biden? >> for the same reason i'm not able to respond to investigations of the former president or of anywhere else, i'm not able to discuss any investigations pending or otherwise with respect to any citizens of the united states. >> you asked about that congressman because there have been some including jonathan turley who was just on with us a few moments ago who said it's time for an independent special counsel of the president's son. why did you choose to use your time to ask and not? >> i want to have sent a letter in the past to department of justice and now i have asked the attorney general in person and also sent another letter. i think it's important that

trey: joining me now colorado congressman ken buck. have been on this issue for as long as anyone, you can first help us understand the difference between first amendment approach or a competition approach. >> i think that first amendment is implicated with second 230, lists things that give a company immunity if it takes a off of its platform. part of that those -- that list of items is objectable. for a platform to run a truck through they have done that. they have taken it off their platform. that needs to be reformed. really we need to all of the above approach to deal with the very draws social media platform -- dangerous social media platforms, my primary focus has been to work on anti-trump issue and -- anti-trust issue and the competition issues. that parents have a choice their kids can choose more safe platforms. trey: i want to ask you about that in a second. i think you met with former facebook employees identified as a whistleblower, what did you learn in that meeting. reporter: i had a zoom meeting with her. i have on tel

one final thing if i may, ken buck has been a terrific parter in as a ranking member of the antitrusttee and i salute him as well. >> i love having you guys on together, right, to discuss. here's a shared priority here. the fact is on the budget, as you know, congressman buck, not shared in terms of passing this republican opposition as unified. as you know, there are elements of this that have broad bipartisan support, among them expanded medicare benefits, going to dental, hearing, et cetera, even universal pre-k. i wonder are there elements of that broader bill that you as a republican, if it was sort of taken out, support? >> well, the problem i've always had with the budget bill is under republican administrations and democratic administrations is spending. we've had approximately $30 trillion of debt that the point and we can't keep going forward. so i absolutely am in favor of some of the proposals. but we've got to find areas to cut in order to pay for those proposals. we can't just keep adding debt onto our national debt. >> okay. we'll see if you find a way. congressmen, tha

investigation but that would be one way to stop the questions from taking over the briefing. >> bill: ken bucke exchange between buck and garland now. >> will you appoint a special counsel to investigate hunter biden? >> i'm not able to respond to questions about investigations of the former president or of anyone else. i'm not able to discuss any investigations pending. >> i worked for the department of justice for 15 years. you are allowed to tell us if you appoint the special counsel. you may not tell us if you are investigating or not investigating but you are allowed to tell us whether you will appoint a special counsel. that's my question. >> we'll take it under advisement. >> bill: to your point, if you appoint a special counsel the question comes up again you can sidestep is. >> dana: i know the white house doesn't necessarily want that. the person answering the questions might want that. >> bill: reminds you of a.g. sessions and russia. >> dana: 101 ways to say no comment. >> america is watching virginia because america needs us to vote for them. this statement we're about to make in

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congressman ken buck from colorado.e with classical art props and we will talk about it from the other side. >> mr. attorney general, i would like to direct your attention to the easel behind me. the first painting is a claude monet. speak out i can't read any of the words. speak out you don't need to. you need to look at the great painting. >> very beautiful painting. >> and listed added gallery for $700,000. this is another painting. another world-renowned artist and this painting sold for $500,000. the third painting you may recognize this name is a hunter biden. >> i don't recognize the painting. >> the hunter biden painting sold for profit and a thousand dollars. you may think that such an exclusive -- such exclusive company that he would have a background, artistic training, for example. but you would be wrong if you thought that. >> shannon: i took some basic art classes in college. i am no expert, rich. your thoughts. >> if you can snag a claude monet for only 200 grand or more where that for the same price it s

senator klobuchar, i just did a big interview with ken buck who is a republican. and others.re very up to speed on this. they regulate everything else and they can regulate this. one of the things is they have to act and pass legislation instead of spending a lot of time scoring points. it's really important. other countries are moving. you have australia just introduced something around children where it is going to require consent from social media companies and we should be setting the tone here because these companies are american companies, global companies. that is what is important. our legislators need to act and we have been woefully slow to do so when the rest of the world has asked us to and has been doing things themselves. >> thank you both so much. >>> coming up first shots. the unsung heroes many of them women behind the fastest vaccine ever created. this is "andrea mitchell reports" on msnbc. ♪ feel stuck and need a loan? move to sofi and feel what it's like to get your money right. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ move to a sofi personal loan. earn $10 just for viewing your rate — an

ken buck from colorado. >> attorney general garland should know better than to try to use the f.b.i.ce should not be used to attack a group of people expressing their opinions at school board meetings. the federal government should stay out of those disputes. >> harris: let's get the details and facts on this. a huge issue for the american people. alexandria is live in washington this matters so much to parents. >> it does. the criminal justice system has already had this in effect. parents' right to speak out, for that they called in the feds. in a letter sent to president biden the national school board association likeened some parents to domestic terrorists and requested assistance from the f.b.i., department of homeland security and secret service to protect our students, school board members and educators affecting interstate commerce because of threats to their districts, families and personal safety. it was a request that the department of justice obliged leaving critics to wonder if the government agrees with classifying outspoken parents as terrorists. will there be a watch

. >> congressman ken buck of colorado spotlighting hunter biden's art work as part of his push to get the sale for the pieces of art for as much as $500,000 and into hunter biden's placement of a board of a ukrainian energy company for $50,000 a month. >> i am asking you now will you appoint a special counsel to investigate hunter biden? >> for the same reason i am not able to respond to questions about investigations of the former president or anyone else, i am not able to discuss any investigations pending or otherwise with respect to any citizen of the united states. >> the justice department is coming under fire from both the left and the right and sometimes on the same issue. in fact, the prosecution of january 6th defendants has been a flash point with the last asking questions about whether rioters are being punished enough republicans though asking, jake, if prosecutors are being fair. >> thanks so much. appreciate it. a look at how republicans are being forced to embrace the same voting rules. they spent the past year attacking in a critical governor's race. stay with us. new

and former doj prosecutor, ken buck, republican.o much for being with us tonight. >> thanks for having us. >> shannon: this is part of what the attorney general set about this. while spirited debate about policy matters is protected under our constitution, that protection does not extend to threats of violence were efforts to intimidate individuals based on their views. congressman. >> he's absolutely right. we shouldn't allow threats and we shouldn't allow violence in public debate, but we also shouldn't try to chill public debates. and just so, so happens that the biden administration has been in favor of critical race theory, ben remote and race theory, and if the issue the attorney general takes exception with, and that is really scary. we should have a country that wants to foster parental involvement in schools and foster parental involvement in this debate over what their children learn. >> shannon: i saw some postings on twitter today that there are people objecting that somebody showed up at another school board members hom

ken buck and i, all the members of committee did the work to study and understand this marketplace.hen crafted recommendations that came from that report into legislation. >> i don't question it's awful. i don't question it's awful. >> but, kate -- >> you can walk and chew gum at the same time. >> absolutely. look, we have to get the bipartisan infrastructure bill passed. we have to get the president's build back better agenda passed, but we also have to get reforms pass. it's important to our democracy, the future prosperity of our economy that we rein in these big tech companies. we've proven at every juncture we can work in a bipartisan way. the american people are demanding congress do its job in reining in big tech. they're spending money to stop us, but we've prevailed at every turn, both in the report, in the investigation, in the mark-up. we'll prevail on the floor. so we've proven by the hard work that's been put into this that we've come up with the right solutions to restore competition in the digital marketplace, one of the most urgent priorities of congress. we're going

ken buck displayed a hunter biden painting that sold for a half million dollars.xchange with the a.g. >> the third painting you may recognize is a hunter biden. in 2019 hunter biden couldn't find a gallery to list his art. what happened in 2020 that changed all that? his dad became president of the united states. and i am asking you now will you appoint a special counsel to investigate hunter biden? >> apparently i just received the letter today from you and we'll be taking it under advisement. >> harris: a little theater and laughs there. many people see it as a problem including president obama's former ethics chief. >> hunter biden doesn't have anything to worry about with merrick garland as long as he isn't going to a school board to advocate for children and against some of the actions of school boards across the country. unfortunately for the men and women at the f.b.i. who want to fight high crimes and miss misdemeanors garland is turning them into a security force for school board members which is tragic. >> harris: i want the talk about the conflict of in

congressman ken buck wants a special counsel to hunter biden because of the e-mails that have surfacedfor foreign sources that might have crossed over to joe biden's hands at some point. that is the question. what do you see here and do you think that there should be a special counsel and would we ever see one? >> i would say generally merrick garland struck me as someone that wasn't intellectual liqueur use about the issueses of corruption with the biden administration. whether it's that issue, hunter biden's artwork. each area that he seemed uninterested in actually doing his job and being independent and making sure this administration is free of corruption. there's an opportunity for a special counsel in these areas. >> martha: we'll be watching that. thank you very much. good to see you. >> good to see you. >> martha: so that is "the story" of this friday, october 22, 2021. the story keeps going and going. we'll see you back here monday. have a wonderful weekend, everybody. stay tuned, a lot of breaking news this afternoon as "your world" gets started right now. >> charles: deal o

he probably sells her publican ken buck asked attorney general mayor garden to appoint special counselretty saying it's about his artwork there's conflicts about hunter. now he's selling paintings worth more than a value of the house when he cannot get an art gallery to look at it before 2020, what do you say? >> i say listen to the ethics chief under the obama/biden administration his name is walter. this is somebody in that administration but he says this thing is rancid, it stinks to high heaven. it puts the president at risk of money laundering and everything else you do not want to be dealing in the art world that is a bad place and honestly hunter biden selling off the family name if you account for inflation could not get what he is getting for painting and again this is his first time into it. and then you have these reports, elizabeth about e-mails that linked president biden to hunter biden's bank account. he says he wasn't aware he wasn't involved in the past dealings of his son why hasn't merrick harlan's a justice department pursue a special counsel with possible money lau

standard of justice is staring us right in the face, because also at today's hearing, congressman ken buckut hunter biden's art business and the biden family corrupts syndicate business. take a look. >> in 2019, hunter biden couldn't find a gallery to list his art. and what happened in 2020 that changed all that? his dad became president of the united states. now a single piece of art from hunter biden sells for more than the average american home. will you appoint a special counsel to investigate hunter biden? >> i'm not for the same reason i'm not able to respond to questions about investigations of the former president or of anyone else, i'm not able to discuss any investigations pending or otherwise with respect to any citizen of the united states. >> general garland, you may not get these four hours back but you may get some art history credit for today. >> sean: joining us now, executive director of fight for schools, ian pryor, along with fox news contributor leo 2.0 terrell terrel. leo, let me begin with you come i want to ask you this fundamental question here. i would like parent

congressman ken buck pressed attorney general merrick garland last week on this very issue comparingwants a special counsel to investigate >> in 2019, hunter biden couldn't find a gallery to list his art. and what happened in 2020 that changed all that? his dad became president of the united states. now a single piece of art from hunter biden sells for more than the average american home. >> -- potentially hundreds of thousands of dollars could be funneled to hunter biden through his art sales. the white house has sought to reassure those concerned about undue influence arguing entires will remain anonymous except to the gallery, and hunter himself won't discuss anything related the selling of art. hunter's first show in l.a. drew political figures and celebrities, and we are waiting to see if there are any famous faces stopping by to his latest show. jon? >> jon: i like the monet. molly line, thank you. >>> coming up, it's a case that's baffled detectives in one long island town for years. the beach murders. laura ingle has an exclusive look at new clues that might crack the case. >

. >> so here's the view from a house republican ken buck and jen psaki at the white house. >> to schoolble. they're doing their jobs. obviously they're going to be different law enforcement authorities that will be related to each community where this is happening. >> justice should not be used to attack a group of people expressing their opinions at school board meetings whether they're in favor of critical race theory or opposed to it, whether for or against masks. it's free speech and needs to be detected. >> andy? >> this is none of the justice department's business. merrick garland knew that when he was a high justice department official in the clinton administration. i was prosecuting terrorists back then. it was made very clear to me, not that it needed to be, that we had to be very careful when we were throwing around words like incitement and insurrection and terrorism, that we didn't chill legitimate first amendment free expression and that the federal government had no business getting involved at all unless there was federal interests. that is threats of vial helps that actu

. >> let's bring in ken buck who is the ranking member of the house judiciary trust committee. >> it's you can get the facebook whistleblower made reference to the social media giant actions from the 2020 election. let's play that. >> as soon as the election was off, they turned them off or changed back to what they were before. and that really feels like a betrayal of democracy to me. >> growth over safety. how do you respond to her concerns? >> i think that it's clear that google and others, there is evidence that google did the same thing. these four monopolies have done their very best to skew the political process. in addition, they are creating, especially facebook, creating dangerous for teenage girls by allowing human traffickers to use their platform, drug dealers, it's very serious. any company that knows of this kind of danger would try to ameliorate the danger. not facebook. they have studied and studied and realize how serious it is and it's great that somebody from facebook is willing to come forward and inform the public of how dangerous the platform has. >> i want to pu

yesterday, ken buck, republican from colorado asked the attorney general if he was going to investigateden, and he also showed a couple of impressionist paintings from famous artist monet. one sold for 500000 and the other sold for 700,000. so hunter's looked like chicken scratch and he is over $500,000. my guess is the reason they keeping this secret of the buyers of these paintings is they are probably -- they have probably been sold or sitting in the garbage can in some other country in the money was funneled to the biden family. thanks for listening. have a good day. host: next up is holland, michigan. lee is on the republican line. good morning. caller: hey. wow. this is a three to one democrat -- you take so many more democrat callers than republicans. it is funny. anybody who pays attention, pay attention. c-span is a democrat -- host: lee, we will stop you there. we pretty much take them in the order that comes. there's a democrat that follows you, the woman that was before you was independent and republican and there is a republican after the next call. we get to it in order. w

let's bring in congressman ken buck who joins us now. hey, congressman.st featured two of the examples of these aggressive activists who surrounded joe manchin's house and, you know, were yelling at him and then you had somebody chasing kyrsten sinema cornering her in a bathroom just outside a stall. what do you make of what's going on? it seems like they are trying so much on the progressive left to pressure those two to do something else. you know, it's just a head scratcher. >> well, there is a line in politics. and obviously these protesters crossed the line. you know, going to a bathroom and chasing elected official. it's inappropriate. i am all for people expressing their opinions in public settings. i think we get a lot of feedback in town hall meetings but these protesters are so aggressive. and what they're aggressive about is really scary. this lurch to socialism whering going through this country something americans are concerned about. when the left does something antifa in the riots summertime or other groups often excused as part of our demo