senator lankford, just one question here to you. do you support additional hearings and good faith bipartisan negotiations to develop a reform proposal that can gain the necessary bipartisan support to actually pass the senate in and i would be happy to hear any additional thoughts you have in response. >> sure. i would have -- with the chairman's indulgence, i would have no issue, obviously, with additional hearings and conversations. when the senate's actually meeting in a setting like this, when we're really talking about how do we solve things, we're at our best. we're at our worst when we say we're going to go talk on the floor, and no one's listening other than the c-span audience, and we're not talking to each other. if there's opportunities to sit down and work it out, we should certainly do that. this was no trick play on my part. i'm a new guy that's been here three years. i can see, obviously, what everyone else can see. it's not working, and it hasn't been. so what can with done to actually get us back to where we can ha

now, senator lankford and i have spent a lot of time on this. in august of last year we introduced through september the succeed act, which was an honest effort to get into the discussion on how we could come up with a long-term solution for the daca population. and we got with senator durbin, we got with senator graham, a number of other members, to try to negotiate out our concerns -- differences. we made some progress. now i'll bring you forward to a couple of weeks ago. we met with the president two weeks ago on a thursday, republican members that included myself, senator lankford, and other mergers and we told the president that we thought we were making progress. senator graham was in the meeting as well -- that we were making progress, but we thought to really get the deal done, we needed a bicameral, bipartisan meeting. the president thought it was a good idea, and he hosted the first meet that following tuesday. the majority of the meeting was televised. people could see the discussion going on, people saw a little of good interchange.

just one question here to you, senator lankford. do you support additional hearings and good-faith bipartisan negotiations to develop a reform proposal that can gain the necessary bipartisan support to actually pass the senate? i would be happy to hear any additional thoughts you have in response. >> sure. with the chairman's indulgence on this, i would have no issue with additional hearings and conversations. when the senate is meeting in a setting like this when we're talking about how do we solve things we're at a our best. we're at the worst when we say we're going to go talk on the floor and no one is listening, other than the c-span audience. so if there's an opportunity to sit down and talk it out, we should do that. i'm a new guy, been here three year, my focus was i can see what everyone else can see, it's not working, and hasn't been. so what can be done to get us back to have debate again. if all our dialogue on the floor is having debate, then that's not really accomplishing the task we need to do. i remind this body we

now, senator lankford and i have spent a lot of time on this. in august of last year we introduced through september the succeed act, which was an honest effort to get into the discussion on how we could come up with a long-term solution for the daca population. and we got with senator durbin, we got with senator graham, a number of other members, to try to negotiate out our concerns -- differences. we made some progress. now i'll bring you forward to a couple of weeks ago. we met with the president two weeks ago on a thursday, republican members that included myself, senator lankford, and other mergers and we told the president that we thought we were making progress. senator graham was in the meeting as well -- that we were making progress, but we thought to really get the deal done, we needed a bicameral, bipartisan meeting. the president thought it was a good idea, and he hosted the first meet that following tuesday. the majority of the meeting was televised. people could see the discussion going on, people saw a little of good interchange.

lankford: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from oklahoma. mr. lankford: i ask unanimous consent to viscerate the quorum. the presiding officer: the senate not in a quorum call. mr. lankford: mr. president, i want to get a chance to address an ongoing conversation that's going on in washington, d.c., right now and will be over the next 36 hours. as unusual as this may sound with all the drama that's happening here, just outside this building there are tens of thousands ofeople, most of them students, that are gathering in washington, d.c., preparing for something called the march for life. this has happened for decades now. for students and adults that come from all over the country to be able to come to washington, d.c., to quietly speak for those who cannot speak for themselves -- children still in the womb, to be able to speak out for the protection of life. it is an interesting conversation that has a tremendous amount of science and a tremendous amount of faith and a tremendous

senator amy klobuchar, senator james lankford, thank you very much for joining us.irst want to make sure my eyes don't deceive me, there is actually a republican and democrat sitting next to each other for an interview. >> that actually happens more often than is captured by camera. >> it does and even from oklahoma and minnesota, so. >> woodruff: there you go. we appreciate you talking to us. let's begin by talking about the legislation that the two of you are backing having to do with election security. normally, senator lankford, people think about ballots and how they're counted. it's mechanical. why is that a priority right now? >> it's a priority because, in 2016, the russians tried to interfere in our election. we watched them try to be able to probe through different election systems, to be able to try to reach out to different secretaries of state offices in different states and to be able to determine how they're doing voter registration, what voting machines are they using. we should take that as a good fair warning that we should be aware that there are

senator lankford returns along with dr.ussell moore and religious liberty advocate kristen waggoner to talk about that and a new government religious freedom agency to shield the faithful. the left does not like it. stick >> shannon: tomorrow president trump planning to become the first president to stream in life for the march for life. where does the pro-life movement go? james lankford and russell moore and kristen waggoner. thank you for your time. senator, we are having the march tomorrow but this is ahead of monday, big vote on this bill, a 20-week ban. doctors use anastasia to operate on those cases. the left says this is not based on science. it's based on religious bigotry that you shouldn't be getting involved. >> you know what is art is 191 countries around the world have resolved this. the united states is 1 of 7 countries in the world that still allows elective late-term abortions. canada, singapore, the netherlands have 24 weeks. we are with vietnam, north korea and china allowing late-term elective abortions.

cotton, lankford and grassley and senator tillis of north carolina and a separate meeting with joe manchin, a senator from west virginia and doug jones from alabama. the first time the president has met with senator jones. they are taken to be moderates on the democratic side. people the president believes he can work with. the white house says there has been progress in negotiations over daca. there has been a realization on the part of the democrats that they need to provide more money for construction of the wall and that at the same time the white house is willing to give a little bit on the number of actual daca recipients there might be out there. melissa, the current number that folks are working with is 690,000. the democrats contend there could be as many as two million because a lot of daca -- potential daca recipients haven't come out of the shadows. the white house indicating that two million number may be a little on the high side but willing to go up from the number of 690,000. >> melissa: the truth is nobody really knows and we won't know until we do something about it.

senator lankford returns along with dr.ll moore and religious liberty advocate kristen waggoner to talk about that and a new government religious freedom agency to shield the faithful. the left does not like it. stick around. has pro-skin technology designed to quickly wick away moisture to help maintain your skin's natural balance. for a free sample call 1-877-get-tena. for a free sample to treat her frequent before diheartburn...xium 24hr lucy could only imagine enjoying a slice of pizza. now, it's as easy as pie. nexium 24hr stops acid before it starts for all-day, all-night protection. can you imagine 24 hours without heartburn? >> shannon: tomorrow president trump planning to become the first president to stream in life for the march for life. where does the pro-life movement go? james lankford and russell moore and kristen waggoner. thank you for your time. senator, we are having the march tomorrow but this is ahead of monday, big vote on this bill, a 20-week ban. doctors use anastasia to operate on those cases. the l

and that's why pastor lankford's story is so inspiring.e see over and over that overdoses are preventable, addiction is treatable, and we can do better. >> and we can go on your foundation site and learn more information. >> absolutely. we have a lot of resources, and i would love to see people visit and learn what we're doing. >> thank you so much, and thank you for the work you're doing, too. >> thank you. >> all right, and we have so much more to talk about, but for now, we have a lot of information about our guests and the resources they shared for you on today's program. just go to our website, abc7news.com/community. we're also on facebook @abc7communityaffairs, as well as @cheryljenningsabc7. and please follow me on twitter @cherylabc7. thanks so much for joining us. have a great week. we'll see you next time. >> now from abc7, "beyond the headlines" with cheryl jennings. >> welcome to "beyond the headlines." our show today focuses on our local asian-pacific-american community, or apa for short. the library of congress defines the a

i want to thank chairman grassley along with senator cornyn,nd lankford, cotton. these are great people and they are friends of mine and they love this country. , want to thank senator purdue has become a great friend of mine. he will brief us as to what is happening. our current immigration system fails americans. chain migration is a total disaster which threatens our security and our economy and provides a gateway for terrorism. likewise, the visa lottery is bad for our economy and bad for security. you saw that recently in new york along the west side highway. we need a physical border wall. we are going to have a wall. remember that. wall tooing to have a keep deadly drug dealers and criminal cartels. mexico is having a tremendous problem with crime, and we want to keep it out of our country. we need to make sure our immigration offices have the tools and authorities they desperately deserve and need to save and protect american lives. even the border patrol agents, as you saw recently, a couple of them killed. one very badly hurt. these are incredible people

. >>> in the next hour we'll talk with senator james lankford. he was in the room with the president. that's ahead on "cbs this morning." >>> president trump said he she runs against him in 2020. he responded to growing speculations that the "60 minutes" special presenter would run for a campaign. >> i did one of her last she had donald trump. this is before politics. she had donald trump and my family. it was very nice. i like oprah. i don't think she's going to run. >> hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. >> she said she does not want to run for political office. >>> republicans are furious with a democratic senator for revealing closed door testimony from the russian investigation. senator dianne feinstein released more than 300 pages of comments from glenn simpson, the co-founder of fusion gps to the senate judiciary committee back in august. simpson confirmed the now admitted dossier that contains unsubstantiated evidence with his ties to russia. paula reid has the testimony that tries to tie it in with support. good morning. >> good morning. the democr

senator lankford, good morning. >> good morning. >> many times when we talk to senators, we say take room. we got to see it all. my question to you is how likely do you think a bipartisan deal with daca is? >> it's been very likely. the president in september said i want to have a legislative solution for daca, do border security, chain migration and he added later the visa lottery when that becomes such a big issue. those four issues what he's hammered on over and over again, there's been meetings for about three months to work through the process to figure out what that is. i think it's very likely. >> but it sounds like the president got to sign off on a clean bill. >> you'd have to be there for the whole context of the meeting. the whole meeting was there for two hours. the press was there for the first 50 minutes. the president laid it out from the beginning. it always includes border security and chain migration. he wants to limit it to just that, not everything in the comprehensive bill. i think senator feinstein misunderstood that and she said let's just do daca and he said,

reason that the senate act on election security legislation before we left for the holidays senators lankford, klobuchar, harris, and collins introduced the secure elections act. it's a good piece of legislation that would help shore up election security. mid term elections are just around the corner. and as senator cardin's report tells us, rawr will no doubt endeavor to sow confusion and chaos into our dments once again. -- democracy once again. that's what they do. that's what putin likes to do. we have to stop it and making information public about it is very important. this should be a unifying nonpartisan issue. so why would the republican majority on the foreign relations committee refuse to join that report? it's because in my judgment at least, for partisan reasons, republicans in congress and some in some parts of the media, the conservative parts of the media, have sought to undermine the russian investigation in countless ways. they have been hidden behind secrecy and innuendo. they have hidden behind secrecy and innuendo to cast aspersions on the investigation and erect roadblock

. >> james lankford has been a tremendous help not only of what we just passed but will be a tremendous help in this. james, i want to thank you for your support. i can say that for all of the men and the people in this room, they have been fantastic. and john, you have really been, we can't even call you do with but you been more than a whip picu been fantastic on the taxes and the tax cuts and reform and the success of that. certainly it wasn't easy. it went right to the last minute and you right there and we all want to thank you. senator cornyn, do you want to say a few words? >> mr. president, thank you for having us here. america's most generous country in the world when it comes to illegal immigration. but that generosity has been abused by people who are exploiting the full of those we the border with lack of enforcement. and we saw the previous administration that try to usurp the authority that only congress and the white house have, and passing immigration laws. they try to do it by executive action and the courts struck that now. so i do think this is an important opportunit

james lankford has been a german us help, not only on what we just passed, but a tremendous help on this agenda. i can say for all of the men and the people in this room. they have been fast asset -- fantastic. ahn, you have been more than whip up in be have been fantastic on the taxes and the tax cuts and the reform and the success of that. certainly, it wasn't easy. it went right to the last minute and you are right there. we want to thank you for the job you did. it's fantastic. senator gordon? >> thank you for having us here. generouss the most country in the world when it comes to illegal immigration. that generosity has been abused by people who are exploiting the vulnerabilities we have along the border with a lack of enforcement. we saw the previous administration that tried to usurp the authority that only congress and the white house have in passing immigration laws . they tried to do it by executive action and the courts have struck that down. i do think this is an important opportunity for those of us who care, not only about the people and about our legal immigration system,

trump: james lankford has been a tremendous help not only on what we does past, but -- thank you for your support, fantastic. i can say that for all the men and people in this room, they have been fantastic. john, you have, we can't even call you the whip, you have been more than a whip, you have been so fantastic on the taxes and the tax cuts and the reform and the success of that. it wasn't easy, it went right to the last minute, and you are right there, and we all want to thank you. senator cornyn, want to say a few words? senator cornyn: mr. president, thank you for having us here. america is the most generous country in the world when it comes to legal immigration, but that generosity has been abused by people exploiting the vulnerabilities we have along the border. and we saw the previous administration that tried to usurp the authority that only congress and the white house have, in passing immigration laws, trying to do it by executive action, and the courts have struck that down. i do think that this is an important opportunity for those of us who care, not only about the pe

lankford: i ask unanimous consent for the quorum call to be eviscerated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. lankford: i ask unanimous consent that notwithstanding rule 22 all postcloture time on the house message to accompany s. 139 to expire at 1:59 p.m. on january 13. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. senator from rhode island. mr. whitehouse: i ask unanimous consent to speak for approximately 15 minutes as if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: i rise now for the 193rd time to wake up speech, and as i do so we are coming up on president trump's anniversary in office. unfortunately, this occasion does not offer the american people much to celebrate. behind the persistent tweets and the dog whistles, the trump presidency has been a spectacle of special interest self dealing. billionaire donors have endless access installing their operatives and pursuing their special interest goals throughout the executive branch. they are literally writing the rules in an unambiguous effort

senator lankford, i believe, stated that hundreds of thousands of people are backlogged for hearings before immigration judges. we need more immigration judges. but in the process, they're told to show back up for a court hearing years in the future and only about 10% show up. 10% show up. i used to say this was sort of an intelligence test. tongue in cheek. if you showed up, you flunked the intelligence test because what most people do is they exploit that vulnerability to simply melt into the great american landscape and become a danger, frankly, to the communities where they -- that they ultimately settle in. so this is serious business. my constituents in texas, all 28 million of them, they want a compassionate solution for these daca recipients. i mentioned there are 124,000 of them that signed up and there are others that were eligible who did not sign up because they're afraid of the government. they come from places where the government is their oppressor frequently so they have a hard time trusting government even when the government is trying to help them in the united stat

after that, senator lankford. in the meantime, i'm going to yield the floor to my colleagues because i have another meeting i have to go to. mr. cotton: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from arkansas. mr. cotton: thank you, chairman grassley, for your leadership on this issue. thank you for offering the secure act which i and some of the other senators have supported. i want to continue this debate where senator tillis left off. we have heard a lot today about the so-called daca program, the deferred action for childhood arrivals, and the kind of negotiations in which we're currently engaged. hopefully those negotiations will reach a solution that will satisfy all the parties and give some legal protection to the daca population. we've heard a lot today about border security and the wall. i want to focus on one other element of a needed, negotiated solution, and that's chain migrations. putting an end once and for all to chain migrations. when you give legal status to an immigrant, that is a cha

also hannah lankford's a student here. her dad, senator james lankford -- >> oh, yeah. >> -- was in the ministry. he ran in oklahoma, and my guess is he probably will go back to what he was doing before. i just realized we're completely out of time, and i promised them we'd get them out early. i was having too much fun, sorry. but both of the books, steve's and dave's and corey's, we're winning to give a special deal for students, or $5 apiece -- or, no, no, $6 apiece or two for $10, okay? i came up with that idea before convo to. [laughter] anyhow, it's just -- the books are great -- >> we're going to be here to sign them, i hope, if you like. >> we'll be here to sign them. >> they'll be on both sides, right? maybe all over there. anyhow, god bless. you're dismissed. thank you. >> thank you,? >> thank you. [applause] >> here's a look at some of the best nonfiction books of 2017 according to bloomberg. former reddit ceo ellen pao details her fight against the tech industry's discrimination of women in recess. historian dav

and yet my colleagues cannot produce a -- was instructed in a bill that makes itself in senator lankfordis a way to provide certainty for the daca population. needs to be paired up so we get broad support and policy. there some people talking about with trying from negotiations and get something slammed into your aunt deal. but if you care about the long-term certainty we want to provide these people, the last thing you should do is play politics and get something halfway into that will speed the target of next are spending bill. why don't we check our numbers on both sides of extreme use and solve the problem. i've taken a lot of criticism because many that i was soft on immigration. i respectfully disagree with my colleagues as i don't think they have it right. i think the young men and women who qualify for brought to the country through the actions of their parents through no fault of their own deserve a respectful and sustainable solution and certainty. i've even had a congressional district it in north carolina censor me sane shame on you for coming up with something that made sens

to committee member mike quigley about that and also senate intelligence committee member james lankfordbout the steele dossier. >>> we start with the uncertain future for hundreds of thousands of people living in america. it was an open-door meeting on daca that started off this past week. a rare look behind the curtain as president trump presided over the debate from top members of the house and senate. just two days later behind closed doors, it's what he said about immigrants and that one word in particular that, yes, is causing outrage but also up ending the policy debate. the president now tweeting, quote, daca is probably dead because the democrats don't really want it. they just want to talk and take desperately needed money away from our military. joining me now, reporter for "the new york times," jeremy peters. white house reporter for "the washington post," ashley parker. columnist at "the washington post" and msnbc contributor eugene robinson. and former chief of staff for the cia and department of defense and msnbc national security analyst jeremy bash. thanks to all of you

something very similar or something between a bill that me and senator lankford and senator hatch proposedbridge the differences. we were making progress. but we knew we had to deal with things like the diversity lottery and border security and what some of our colleagues call family unification, which has been abused. and it needs to be fixed. others call it chain migration. at the end of that meeting, we agreed that what we needed to do waos have -- was have the leade, the whips of the house and senate, the democrats and republicans, agree to a timeline and a schedule, and then get together and work out our differences. i for one think most of those meetings should have been open to the public because then i think the public would raoeldz raoeldz -- realize we're not that far apart. unfortunately we're a week and a half later and the parties have not even reached an agreement on a schedule to begin the negotiation. now we have another group of people that say we've got something that's pretty close and we may file a bill, or you need to get on to the bill. let me tell you the problem i h

. >> we have people with expertise, thom tillis, a lot of good people, james lankford. a lot of people with knowledge are in this group. so i think we can find a pathway forward. i really do. >> sreenivasan: republican senator lindsey graham defended the proposed $25 billion trust fund for border security. >> you don't need $25 billion for a wall. you need wall systems. you need roads, you need redundancy. you need to fix old fencing. we're not going to build a 1,900-mile wall, but $25 billion can be spent wisely. >> sreenivasan: senator graham also weighed in on another hot topic on capitol hill: last week's "new york times" report that president trump tried to fire special counsel robert mueller last june. graham said he doesn't know whether the story is true or not, but would pass legislation that would protect mr. mueller from being fired. fellow republican senator susan collins of maine, also expressed confidence in mueller to complete the russia investigation and also supported bills that would protect him from being fired. >> there are some constitutional issues

lankford: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from oklahoma. mr. lankford: mr. president, a few days ago our nation stopped and remembered dr.dr. martin lur king jr. it's entirely appropriate for us to do. it is a holiday set aside to be able no not only remember but to reflect and to try to figure out where are we now? this year is especially significant. 50 years ago this year dr. king was assassinated, in april of 1968. a lot of things have changed in that time period. quite frankly, as a nation we've learned a lot about race. we no longer as a nation talk about three-fifths of a man anymore, rightfully so, and we're appalled by our history. we no longer have separate water fan trains set up in restaurants or tell people because of their background, their family, their skin color, they can take food to go but they can't come in and sit down. we've come a long way in hiring. we've come to a long by that just our communities and our schools. work is not done. we still have a long way to go, quite frankly. martin luther king jr. was bold enough to be able to cha

donald trump, a physical, real wall, then james lankford, a 30 foot wall on the whole 2200 mile bordersing with the president wants. one thing is clear, the result of these negotiations, this will impress on their minds -- >> how will that work? people on both sides in both parties not willing to budge, republicans would not be happy if donald trump makes a deal in terms of daca. >> you can't underestimate the insurance pressure they are under because they have leverage going into this government shutdown debate. republicans need 60 votes to get any agreements across the finish line's, the difference is what democratic senator can work with republicans and survive backlash. heather: there is the same question in terms of democrats, extreme on their side. an agreement that works into this in terms of chain migration, they won't be happy. >> whether they will be happy with dreamers and government not shutting down and in terms of pressure on them they feel pressure. and if the government should shut down. trump hasn't exactly, what are the parameters, are not going to fall on the sword a

the bill's sponsor is oklahoma republican senator james lankford. he testified on why he thinks changes are needed. the senate rules and administration committee hosted this hearing. it's an hour and 20 minutes. >> [inaudible] the hearing will come to order. today the committee on rules and

. >> also a hannah lankford a student here. senator james langford was in the minister and senator, one in oklahoma. my oklahoma. my guess will probably go back to what he was doing before. that's what we need. more of that. i promise we'll get a moderately. i was having too much fun. sorry. both of the books, steve, dave and corey. we will get a special deal for students. five bucks apiece. now, six bucks a piece or two for 10 bucks. i came up with that idea. anyhow. the books are great. they will be here toe sign the. or maybe i'll over there. anyhow, god bless. you are dismissed. thank you. [inaudible conversations]

. >> james lankford has been a tremendous help, not only on what we just passed, but will be a tremendousagenda. thank you for your support. i can say that for all the men and people in this room. they have been fantastic. even call you the whip but you have been more than a whip. you have been so fantastic on the taxes and tax cuts and reform and the success of that, and it was not easy. it went right to the last minute, and we all want to thank you. senator gordon? >> mr. president, thank you for having us here. america is the most generous country in the world when it comes to legal immigration -- but that has been abused when people exploit the vulnerabilities we have with lack of enforcement. we saw the previous administration trying to usurp

here's what james lankford told me how he views the significance of that dossier. >> i think it's important to find out if it's factual. that's the issue from the very beginning. this dossier come up with these sordid details and wild accusations where everybody immediately asked where did this come from? for the longest no one knew. now we know the sources were russian in the clinton campaign and dnc paid for it so then it becomes a question of who knew who paid for it cane verify it. >> details are verifiable. does it matter. >> details are verifiable. it doesn't matter who paid for it. details not verifiable it certainly matters who paid for it. that's the challenge. if sources are russian sources we don't know who they are and why they were getting the information and what they knew about the product then we don't know. the challenge that we have is that the russians historically for the last several decades have played both sides of the elections, have prepared themselves to attack whoever they want to on whatever side. >> do you think the president is blind to this? do you think the p

from the senate side so grateful to have senator jim lankford, senator steve gaines and from the house side a very full house, steve pierce, representative jim banks, representative todd butler who we just heard from, andy biggs, representative black. representative don bacon, representative ron estey, representative brian fitzpatrick, randy -- representative bob, representative barry watermill, representative roger marshall, representative christie gnome, representative ralph norman, robert pitt injured, representative tom rooney, representative lloyd e, representative claudia tenney, glenn thompson, representative brad, joe wilson, and representative luke messer. do we have a pro-life congress or what? thank you. >> thank you very much. more than ever it is important to hear that our lawmakers hear from pro-life americans especially young people. when you finish marching today stop by their offices and let them know and those who aren't here, maybe they need to know more, let them know you stand for life. this advocacy has long been part of the march for life. turn your attention bac

susan collins (r) maine> "completely inappropriate> james lankford/(r) oklahoma> "disappointed obviously." "very unfortunate, unhelpful."haiti's government condemned the president's comments.africans and even norwegians reacted with sadness, outrage and derision. we expect more of him i think i find him quite offensive statement.it's stupid. coming up at eight.. after a fourth sea lion ... attacks swimmers in san francisco...we hear from one of the victims about the moments when he was bitten plus. pet owners say their dogs became sick after visiting two local parks. the bacterial infection they caught --- can even be transfered to people. and new at 8. we talk to a man who jumped into action to save a woman on train tracks... pulling her to safety moments before her car was destroyed. sorry. i can't make it. it's just my eczema again, but it's fine. yeah, it's fine. you ok? eczema. it's fine. hey! hi! aren't you hot? eczema again? it's fine. i saw something the other day. eczema exposed. your eczema could be something called atopic dermatitis, which can be cau