leahy: thank you. secretary, you were quoted in a press referring to nicolas maduro as a tyrant after blocking the entry of humanitarian aid. you will find i think every single senator would agree with you. but i think we have to be consistent if we will be taken seriously. that alsoagree that applies to north korea's leader? sec. pompeo: yes. i'm sure i've said that. sen. leahy: what about egypt's president sisi? sec. pompeo: i would not use that characterization. sen. leahy: ok. even though he locked up political opponents and claimed victory after a sham election? sec. pompeo: senator, there's no doubt that it's a mean, nasty world. but not every one of these leaders is the same. some are trying to wipe nations off the earth and summer trying to give americans safe. you may call them authoritarian and a tyrant but there is a difference in the way the united states should respond. sen. leahy: nicolas maduro is a tyrant,kim jong-un is a the egyptian president is changing the constitution, locking up t

poison we most often think of the danger to american consumers we think of foreign grown food senator leahy was the first elected official after president carter order to try to stop the second poison by introducing three bills in one thousand nine hundred. twelve when i first suggested we have a lot of pushback. i lobbied us in the senate. we had people in the senate who realized that it was important to stop to circle poison and we passed. a once it got to the house representatives walked his frame to work a lot harder. and they were able to stop it from being in the final we tried mightily we work on saturdays weekends everything else. in the bill but could not get that part through. there are very powerful interests and make a lot of money i saw the things they know are contaminated and the fact that we might be able to make money and create a few jobs here and poison people in other countries where there's a bet as best us or lead paint or something we shouldn't do that. it's rumor you it's senate. you're the lead op that allows all your members to be able to say i fully agree with you

leahy: i applaud you for it. >> thank you. sen. leahy: mr. honberg, do you feel it's important that extreme risk protection orders focus on -- let me read this. specific dangerous behavior rather than a mental health diagnosis? >> yes. that is correct, senator leahy. and i know i'm sounding a little bit like a broken record here. sen. leahy: well, go ahead. >> but we know that 4% of violence in this country is attributable to mental illness. that means that 96% of violence is not. so if somehow, miraculously, we were able to cure mental illness, which we're far from being able to do at this point, we would not be appreciably reducing violence. so -- and i think it's really important not to paint serious mental illness with an overly broad brush. are there a subset of people who may pose risks of violence? yes. most people don't. and there's also, you know -- we know that young males pose an increased risk of violence. but we don't want to -- we know that most young males are not violent. so i think it's very important that we talk carefully a

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senator leahy? >> thank you, mr. chairman. attorney general, thank you for being here.e've had a chance to talk at these hearings many times. i -- let me go back to the discussion of your march 24th letter. you said the president did not commit obstruction of justice. you said that before any reference to congress. of course, you have the position that no matter the evidence, you don't believe a president can be indicted while in office. you said the mechanism is through congress not a criminal court. did you have any conversation with the special counsel about why he did not reach a conclusion one way or the other on obstruction? >> yes, i did. and he also has a fuller explanation of that in the report that i'll be making available, hopefully next week gl did he express any expectation, interest in leaving the obstruction decision to congress? >> not that -- he didn't say that to me, no. >> so you said the obstruction decision should be up to you? >> he didn't say that either. but that's generally how the department of justice works. generally, grand juries are to inve

so last week, senator leahy and i presented a solution that solves all the problems. $16.7 billion in relief for all americans affected by natural disaster, including $2.5 billion in new funding, new funding that could help communities with the new disasters in the midwest. it had the support for puerto rico and the people in the territories, so it's about time we stop this standoff, pass disaster relief, and help our fellow americans before the next storms make their unwelcome arrival. and finally, on judges, mr. president. today the republican leader will follow through on his plan to remake the judiciary in the image of president trump. irony of ironies. the first nominee supported will be a gentleman who supported the republican leader's decision to not consider even a committee hearing or a vote on merrick garland. that is galling. mr. domenico and the other nominees that we will consider today are outside the mainstream, way outside the mainstream, and should not be pushed through this body. two hours of debate on a lifetime appointment, shame on our republican friends who went

senator leahy. >> thank you, mr. chairman, attorney general, thank you for being here. over the decades we've had a chance to talk at these hearings many times. let me go back to the discussion of your march 24th letter. you said the president did not commit obstruction of justice. you said that before any reference to congress. of course, you have the position that no matter the evidence, you don't believe a president can be indicted while in office. you said the mechanism is through the ballot or congress, not a criminal court. did you have any conversation with the special counsel about why he did not reach a conclusion one way or the other on obstruction? >> yes, i did. he also has a fuller explanation of that in the report that i'll be making available hopefully next week. >> did he express any expectation and interest in leaving the obstruction decision to congress? >> not that -- he didn't say that to me, no. >> so he said the obstruction decision should be up to you? >> he didn't say that either. but that's generally how the department of justice works. generall

senator leahy. >> thank you. mr. secretary, you were quoted in the press referring to him as a tyrant after blocking the entry of humanitarian aid. i think you will find every senator here, republican, democrat, would agree with you. but i think we also have to be consistent if we're going to be taken seriously. would you agree the description of maduro also applies to north korea's leader, kim jong-un? >> sure. i'm sure i've said that. >> what about egypt's president sisi? >> you know -- >> uh -- >> i would not use that characterization. >> okay. even though he locked up political opponents and claimed victory after a sham election? >> senator, there's no doubt that it's a mean, nasty world out there. but not every one of these leaders is the same. some of them are trying to wipe entire nations off the face of the earth. and others are actually partnering with us to help keep americans safe. there's a difference among -- of leaders. you might call them tyrant. you might call them authoritarian. but there is a fundam

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there's a back and forth between senator leahy and bill barr about the redactions and the process thats ongoing, he says, as they speak. let me play what they -- what went on be and then we can talk about it. >> have you overruled mr. mueller or his team on any redaction question? >> no. >> one way or the other? >> no. >> have you discussed any specific redactions with the white house? >> no. >> i think that's an important clarification of what's going on behind the scenes. look, i think the question of who is making the redactions, one of the things that bill barr has tried to do is to lock arms with robert mueller, to sort of present a united front, saying look, this is my letter and this is going to be my version of the report, essentially, my redacted report. but bob mueller is fully on board with this. >> and i'm going to cut you off, only to head back into the hearing. chris van hollen asking questions now. >> in making that assessment. >> that's not a question i really can answer until i think -- >> you did. but you have made -- you looked at the report, right? and you looked at

mean that members of congress don't stop trying in fact we have one senior democratic senator patrick leahy who is trying to discourage and stop one billion in sales of have patchy helicopters because there is a concern about an incident in twenty fifteen where a u.s. citizen was severely injured as a result of u.s. made helicopters used by the egyptian military and also there are concerns about the age of the deepening relationship with russia so all of these are continuing to be raised we hear this being raised not just from members of congress but also concerns from the activist community but again it is this balancing act and as we've seen in front of the cameras today the red carpet rolled out for the egyptian leader even as these concerns are being raised by members of congress thank you very much for that kimberly our white house correspondents live there from washington and the u.s. state department is wrong king sixteen saudi arabian citizens from entering the country over the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi they include qahtani who's accused of masterminding showed his killin

regime leahy is pushing to stop the sale of one billion dollars worth of apache helicopters to egypt the us provides egypt one point three billion dollars of military aid annually despite concerns about egypt's human rights record the trumpet ministration has continued to push for increased military cooperation. i want to give credit to president trump in strengthening the relationship on all fronts militarily economically and culturally. but members of congress question egypt's loyalties and deepening relationship with russia after moscow granted a loan to build egypt's first nuclear power plant and there are concerns about these attempt to lengthen his stay in office with changes to egypt's constitution that could keep him in power until twenty thirty four the egyptian parliament is set to vote on those constitutional amendments next week further raising. suspicions about the timing of the egyptian leaders visit to the white house the meeting is nothing more than an elaborate photo opportunity designed to help the egyptian leader maintain his hold on power can really help at al-jaz

regime leahy's.pushing to stop the sale of one billion dollars worth of apache helicopters to egypt the u.s. provides egypt one point three billion dollars of military aid annually despite concerns about egypt's human rights record the trumpet ministration has continued to push for increased military cooperation and the father got to come to the east with novel i want to give credit to president trump in strengthening the relationship on all fronts militarily economically and culturally. but members of congress question egypt's loyalties and deepening relationship with russia after moscow granted a loan to build egypt's first nuclear power plant and there are concerns about l.c.c. is attempt to lengthen his stay in office with changes to egypt's constitution that could keep him in power until twenty thirty four the egyptian parliament is set to vote on those constitutional amendments next week further raising suspicions about the timing of the egyptian leaders visit to the white house the meeting is

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heather: father leahy, brothers and sisters are under attack as much as religion is under attack, brothers sisters and here in the united states are experiencing hate at a unacceptable level, ridiculous level because of who they are. heather: rabbi cooper. >> well, targeting houses of worship especially in democracies, something that terrorists like isis, al-qaeda have done and unfortunately we are now seeing here in the united states lone-wolf white supremacists neo nazis and others who are taking page from islamist terrorists and targeting houses of worship, as you know, freedom of religion is one of the key and core values of the americas, they know who they are hitting, they know why they are hitting and obviously for jewish community to have this happen on last day of passover, we say memorial and victims of holocaust is really devastating. heather: yeah. >> tomorrow we have another funeral to go to of our wonderful, brave, amazing woman who took the bullet for her rabbi. >> it was seen at the very least you could go to place of worship and be safe but clearly that's not the case thes

here's senator patrick leahy. >> attempts to hide swaths of the report from public scrutiny along the way will only fuel suspicions raised by many, that the justice department which represents the united states is playing the role of president trump's defense team. >> the attorney general also testified that really we're looking at a two-phased process. the public phase of the mueller report and then he said he would reengage with congress to see what additional information can be provided for their investigation, shep. >> shepard: catherine herridge reporting live. team fox coverage continues. rich edson live from the white house. rich? >> shep, the president is in texas right now doing a couple of fund raisers and also signing an executive order making it more difficult for states to reject pipeline projects. before leaving the white house, he addressed reporters and say the origins of robert mueller's investigation in the 2016 election interference, those origins were treasonous. >> this was an attempted coup. this was an attempted take-down of a president. we beat them. so the mue

have been joined by my colleague in iowa and also senator kennedy of louisiana as well as patrick leahy. the complete report, all the facts, all the evidence should be disclosed to congress. number two, subpoenas, they will take awhile to endorse but they should result in full disclosure. my hope is that the american people will begin to express their outrage and they should be angry about an administration concealing a report. the american people paid for it. they deserve to see it. >> same path on the taxes? he says he's following the rules when it comes to how this is withdrawn. we see it's about interpretation. she said no, go right to the people. she wanted transparency. you can google it and see what all of that is about but the law is very plain. the argument now is we don't know that it was a legitimate oversight request. isn't that something for the president's council to go fight in court? where does it say that the treasury secretary gets to litigate the righteousness of your request? >> the letter is to the head of the irs. >> right. >> the head of the irs is the one that sh

watch this exchange between ag barr and senator leahy. this was april 10. attorney general had the report for two and a half weeks by the time he answered this question. watch. >> any expectation or interest in leaving the obstruction decision to congress? >> not that -- he didn't say that to me. no. >> how does that qualify as a truthful answer? >> that was a long pause as he parsed through words there. i think if i were his lawyer, i would say, barr was, quote, saying quote, not that he said to me, meaning not in the private conversation we had. we clearly said that in the report. that's part of the pause. barr is trying to make sure he doesn't commit perjury. he didn't say that to me. i think that's very misleading. it's very, very troubling in this pattern of barr misleading the public. i mean, he took an oath to serve the people, to serve the constitution. the president appoints him to serve the constitution. he serves at the pleasure of the president not to pleasure the president. >> so, let me ask you about the subpoena that's been issued now. jerry

senator patrick leahy made his displeasure very clear at this morning's hearing. >> attempts to hide the report from public scrutiny along the way will only fuel suspicion that's been raised by many, that the justice department, which represents the united states, is playing the role of president trump's defense team. >> reporter: so the remaining question now is really a question of timing and everyone is reading the tea leaves as to the language the attorney general used. on a couple different occasions he said next week. so that would take us obviously into next week, as opposed to thursday or friday of this week. remember, yesterday he testified within the next seven days, dana. >> dana: hoping he would have mercy on us on the weekend. but whenever he wants to get the report out, we'll take it. catherine herridge, thank you. for more on this let's bring in john thune. great to have you here. i wanted to read a tweet from senator warner, ranking on the intel committee. he said mr. barr knows how counter intelligence investigations works. he knows there was ample evidence of russia

the big challenge evidently, the true achilles leahy for this president is whether he can get past hishis flaws and find ways to do better. most administrations obsess on this. his seems completely blind, deaf and dumb to it. can he keep middling below 50%? if so, this line may wind up as flat as his event ll plektle heartbeat. because in pliks numbers don't lie, no not for me. not for him. while he can very easily tell other people what is wrong with them it's so obvious to him, he has thus shone an inability to do it for himself, even worse, he consistently doubles down on dumb moves that divide and act to his own detriment, again and again. remember the graph. with all the good fortune he has had, middling. can't win that way. thank you for watching. cnn tonight with don lemon starts right now pup. >> i could have used the other night at dinner when i tried convince people that wasn't about the economy or economic disenfranchisement because if it was then his approval rating would be higher. this is about something elks. that's a whole another story on show. >> he is his own worst e

. >> well, you know that bob mueller is going to have those questions put to him by senator leahy at some point. here is what he said leave the obstruction decision up to congress. in the articles of impeachment against president nixon and in the articles of impeachment against president clinton, obstruction of justice was deemed by the house judiciary committee to be an impeachable offense. that's where he is going. is he a lawyer and he knows what door he is knocking on. i don't know how this is going to end, obviously there must have been some evidence or the belief on the part of some of bob mueller's team of evidence of obstruction. the attorney general said either not enough to prove yard or not the type of obstruction that is criminal. >> martha: right. it's my understanding that he may have just been referring to what he saw as doj procedure there. that because there was no finding in the mueller report on obstruction it falls on the department of justice based on the evidence they have before them whether or not there was and that may be why he says well, know didn't tell wh

senator leahy asked him something like did mueller intend to send this to congress and you saw him goe didn't say anything to me. he wrote it very clearly. a partisan could have just as easily written barr's four page letter and could have said mueller refers obstruction over to congress. think how different the world would have looked in that scenario. >> thank you, gentleman. i appreciate it. we'll be right back. at fidelity, we make sure you have a clear plan to cover the essentials in retirement, as well as all the things you want to do. because when you're ready for what comes next, the only direction is forward. ♪ when you have nausea, ♪ heartburn, ♪ indigestion, ♪ upset stomach, ♪ diarrhea... girl, pepto ultra coating will treat your stomach right. ♪nausea, heartburn, ♪ indigestion, upset stomach, ♪ diarrhea... try pepto with ultra coating. or psoriatic arthritis, little things can be a big deal. that's why there's otezla. otezla is not an injection or a cream. it's a pill that treats differently. for psoriasis, 75% clearer skin is achievable, with reduced redness, thickness, a

i'm just looking at the list, patrick leahy, dianne feinstein. there's more than a few who will have real knowledge about how to question the attorney general about the inner workings of the department on something like you know what do you do when you get a special prosecutor's report. >> right, exactly. he was very, very, very he slippery on the subject when he was at his confirmation hearing. kept talking about everything as a hypothetical. now they're asking about a specific matter that is no longer the hypothetical. hopefully skilled questionsers from either house of congress over these next two days of hearings will get some explanation. his behavior has been very freelance. he's been sort of making it up as he goes long. hopefully he'll explain what he's been doing. >> yes, america awaits the mueller report and the attorney general testifies twice this week. this is going to be interesting. >> thanks, lawrence. >> thank you, rachel. well, i thought i knew everything there was to know about the law that makes it absolutely mandatory for the

we used a bill senator leahy had. we improved on that. that is bipartisan issue for drug costs.ssed in the house passed with bigby partisan support. the affordable care act allowed hospitals to create monopolies. we put those antitrust laws back in place. we've got that. health care plans -- melissa: big hurdle in terms of cost you will lower price for people. do you send more control back to the states? did you focus federal money on the risk pools, people with high costs and preexisting conditions? how did you move the money around in order to pay for this without costs going through the roof for consumers? >> yeah. one of the big things that the affordable care act did that increased costs was the way we dealt with making sure everybody could have access to insurance. with the high-risk pools, we allow insurance companies to capture the 10% of their population, put them in the risk pool. the consumer knows no difference. they go buy the insurance. they're not discriminated against based on preexisting conditions but 10% or so of the insured population accounts for about 80 do

senator leahy. >> you were quoted in the preface referring to better out debate coke maduro as a talent. they have to be consistent if we are going to be taken seriously. would you agree? >> i'm sure i've said this. i wouldn't use that characterization. >> there's no doubt it is a mean and nasty world out there but not every one of the theaters are the same. there is a difference and therefore a fundamental difference in the way the united states should respond. >> locking up thousands of political -- >> we haven't been bashful. you need to read the report of calling out the human rights violations everywhere and always the art consistent and we use tools as america's arsenal to push back different tools and rd different places and different challenges. >> he gets to choose his own words how he speaks about people. they've been an important security partner helping uss tae down threats that the greatest risk to the united states of america there is no doubt about that and for that i am deeply appreciative. she's also been remarkably good with respect to religious freedom. i had the chan

one of the most staunch critics of the attorney general today was senator leahy. listen here. >> there's also precedents for assuring grand jury information, as well. especially in high-profile investigations that gain public interest. the attempts to hide swaths of the report from public scrutiny along the way will only fuel suspicions that have been raised by many, that the justice department, which represents the united states, is playing the role of trump's defense team. >> so, we also learned about the timing is that on multiple occasions the attorney general said "next week." that's a little bit of a shift because yesterday he talked about "within a week." but the bottom line is it's expected now within a matter of days. >> melissa: catherine herridge, fantastic as always. thank you. fox news alert, today was the deadline for the irs to hand over president trump's tax returns after the house ways and means committee chairman requested them. as a president says he has no plans to voluntary releases returns. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel is li

you had patrick leahy who was clear to remind the attorney general of the stakes. he said that any effort to hide the report will fuel speculation that he is trying to cover up for the president. you had chris van hollen again seizing on this point about obstruction. take a look at how that unfolded. >> one way or another, the vast majority of the special counsel's report will ultimately become public. i think attempts to hide swaths of the report from public scrutiny along the way will only fuel suspicions that have been raised by many that the justice department, which represents the united states, is playing the role of president trump's defense team. >> people who are making these redactions and implementing these four categories are the department working with the special counsel. i intend to take up with the house and the senate judiciary committees, the chair and the ranking members of each, what other areas, you know, they feel they have a need to have access to the information and see if i can work to accommodate that. >> can you assure us that the key fac

regime leahy is pushing to stop the sale of one billion dollars worth of apache helicopters to egypt the u.s. provides egypt one point three billion dollars of military aid annually despite concerns about egypt's human rights record the trumpet ministration has continued to push for increased military cooperation and the father got home to the east with novel i want to give credit to president trump in strengthening the relationship on all fronts militarily economically and culturally. but members of congress question egypt's loyalties and deepening relationship with russia after moscow granted a loan to build egypt's first nuclear power. plante and there are concerns about l c c's attempt to lengthen his stay in office with changes to egypt's constitution that could keep him in power until twenty thirty four the egyptian parliament is set to vote on those constitutional amendments next week further raising suspicions about the timing of the egyptian leaders visit to the white house the meeting is nothing more than an elaborate photo opportunity designed to help the egyptian leader m

i'm just looking at the list, patrick leahy, dianne feinstein.a few who will have real knowledge about how to question the attorney general about the inner workings of the department on something like you know what do you do when you get a special prosecutor's report. >> right, exactly. he was very, very, very he slippery on the subject when he was at his confirmation hearing. kept talking about everything as a hypothetical. now they're asking about a specific matter that is no longer the hypothetical. hopefully sk

barr, i want to get your reaction, evan, to what the attorney general said in questions with senator leahy on the idea of obstruction. take a listen. >> did he express any expectation, any interest in leaving the obstruction decision to congress? >> he didn't say that to me, no. >> so he said the obstruction decision should be up to you? >> he didn't say that either. but that's generally how the department of justice works. >> is that true? >> it is. i mean, look. there's been a lot of conjecture about that, the idea that, well, mueller didn't make a decision so why is the attorney general inserting himself? actually, he's the boss. we have a special counsel that reports to the attorney general, and that's the law that congress wrote. and if they want to change it, then they can do that, but for now, that is the law. the other thing that i think barr is alluding to and what the president is seizing on is the idea that because it's a -- this is what prosecutors do, right? they make recommendations to bring charges. and then if they don't, then you can say that that's a declination. that's w

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kristine lucius was a senior aide to democratic senator patrick leahy, and is now at the leadership conference on civil and human rights.pi and, tom j is now at the heritage foundation. he previously serva senior aide to former republican senator orrin hatch. we thank both of youor being here with us. kristine lucius, explain just in brief what this rule change thtt senate majority wants to push through, how would it work? >> wt they want to be able do is they want to break the senate rule to move faster onpr ident trump's district court nominees and some of his executive political appointments. what we're focused on hee today is talking about the effect it would have on the courts, is we're focused on that piece ofti the reso that would make it faster to get trump's presidential judicial appointments confirmed. the problem, though, that we're very worried about is why they're doing this. what has happened recently with several district court nhainees is thee hidden their records and only at the last minute have things come out to show histories of bias and oer controversies, and that is the d

listen to senator patrick leahy, one of our colleagues in response. >> i have heard senate republicans taking to pass the house bill hr268 the house first passed it in january. republican leadership has refused. cannot advance a bill that picks and chooses among americans and says some americans are lesser than others. >> dana: senator, do you think that there's enough money in this bill for puerto rico to rebuild? >> well, they're all steps. this is what's shameful. chuck shumer's bill that would have $600 million in food nutrition and supplement money for puerto rico. first thing i talked about on the senate floor. he killed that yesterday. why don't we do what we know we can get done that the president will sign. then if we need to do more, let's keep doing more. what they're doing, the democrats are doing, they're playing politics. think about this. after hurricane maria did puerto rico go there nine times? no. i did, nine times. did he open up relief centers in new york? no. i opened them up in florida. he just stopped funding $600 million from puerto rico that they need. >> dana:

admiral william leahy who was just appointed as chief of staff of the president was also mentioned as a third potential candidate. so think about this. in mid-1942, there were serious doubts raised as to whether winston churchill and franklin roosevelt were up to running world war ii. now that i have driven you down to the weeping depths of despair, let me see if i can take us more up toward what we would call the broad sum it up since. this brings us to american and japanese strategy in mid-1942. the battle of midway in early june defeated an attempt to annihilate american naval forces and capture the island of midway and permit the invasion of hawaii that would obtain the 450,000+ civilian population as bargaining chips to negotiate an end of the war. tactically, resulted in the loss of four japanese fleet carriers and one american fleet carrier, and then by placing the imperial navy in the fleet far closer to parity, then had been the case since the start of the war. but the fact was, that japan had controlled the strategic initiatives since pearl harbor and midway by convinced tha

and senator patrick leahy tried to appeal to bill barr on the point of legacy. saying that because this issue is of such grave concern and such national interest, that the way this is handled is going to be remembered long after these two men are gone. and he says the mueller report will become public one way or another and this is a direct quote, he easy is attempts to hide vast swathes of it will only fuel speculation that the justice department is playing the role of president trump's defense team. and under questioning from jeanne shaheen, the attorney general went a bit further than he did yesterday in talking about the redactions. she asked him if he would redact information in this report related to behavior are regarding the president. he said no. take a look at a bit more of that exchange. >> does that mean that you will redact information to protect the reputational interests of the president? >> reporter: no, i'm talking about people who are in the private life, not public office holders. >> reporter: and one other highlight here as i refer to my note

think is absolutely unacceptable, and i think it's unacceptable that senators schumer and senator leahy have played the games that they played with disaster assistance and i want to remind everybody, we have one legislative day before we leave and we will not return until april 29th. would it make a difference if you got a disaster bill today versus, say, may? >> absolutely, congressman. we've already stopped projects, stopped funding for projects in order to preserve those funds for readiness needs. we're impacting aircraft and satellite repair and at some point we're going to have to-- we've been stopping or slowing down at tyndale, and by deferring the money, since it's one-year money, if it's supplemental funding that means we have to come back and work twice as face to execute at the end of the year. >> my time is about to expire. i have tremendous respect for you, i apologize for interrupting, but you at the air force is going to cut 18,000 training and flying hours starting in the next couple of months. is that correct? >> that's the intended consequence without supplemental fund

. >> bill: senator leahy. >> thank you, mr. chairman. attorney general, thank you for being here.des we've had a chance to talk at these hearings many times. let me go back to this discussion of your march 24th letter. you said the president did not commit obstruction of justice. you said that before any reference to congress. of course, you have the position that no matter the evidence you don't believe a president can be indicted on an office. you say the mechanism is through the ballot or congress, not a criminal court. did you have any conversation with the special counsel about why he did not reach a conclusion one way or the other on obstruction? >> yes, i did. and he also has a fuller explanation of that in the report that i'll be making available hopefully next week. >> did he express any expectation and interest in leaving the obstruction decision to congress? >> not -- he didn't say that to me, no. >> so he said the obstruction decision should be up to you? >> he didn't say that, either. but that's generally how the department of justice works. generally grand juries are

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. >> thank you very much chairman graham, ranking member leahy. i won't read my entire statement. two years of the administration, i now am one day short of one year of my time as secretary of state. >> the longest serving -- >> reclaiming my time. when the trump administration first took office, the united states of america faced a series of threats. we faced a china that won a model of economic corruption and increased military power. we faced in iran a revolutionary regime that wanted to dominate the middle east and had a guaranteed pathway to nuclear weapons. we faced a russia that had invaded ukraine and captured crim crimea. we faced a terror threat that spanned continents and faced petty dictators. the trump administration has recognized the seriousness of the challenges and we have responded. i would like to take a few minutes to talk about how we have approached this. we think this has benefitted the american people and their security. first, the straigz sees the world as it is. we have levelled about the threats that we face. this honesty has produced growing bipartisan