>> well, let me just comment.you did talk about repatriation and that is something that we are looking at as part of tax reform because there are literally trillions of dollars sitting offshore. it's not a surprise with the highest corporate tax rate worldwide taxation and this concept to deferral, why would u.s. companies bring money back? so as part of tax reform we do hope that there are literally trillions of dollars that come back. and as it relates to the other economic issues, we look forward to continuing to talk to you about them. >> but the corporate tax rate also puts u.s. companies at risk for foreign companies who have a lot of liquidity who can come in and make an acquisition of a u.s. company and basically use the tax arbitrage to basically pay for that acquisition, is that not correct? >> they can indeed and i hear that almost every day as i meet with business leaders. reminding me of that, particularly u.s. companies who feel like they're at risk of getting taken over and at risk of having the job

love you ♪let me give my life to you ♪let me drown in your laughter♪ ♪let me die in your arms ♪letalways be with you ♪come let me love you ♪come love me again >> lou: the trump administration imposed a tariff on canadian lumber and president trump vowed to take care of the nation's dairy farmer and warning canada that a tariff on our product system is a problem. here's the report. >> reporter: u.s. commerce secretary called it a bad week for u.s./canada relations. he outlined a new tariff on the lumber. it is 24 percent. and costing canada $1 billion. and president trump did not hide that the latest shot was in response to protective pricing by canadian dairy farmers. we'll not stand for this. watch. >> >> canada what they did to our dairy farmer are system a disgrace. >> it was was ultrafiltered milk. and canadian farmers drove the price down and 75 dairieses in wisconsin and new york were notified they would not have a buyer for the milk in may. this family was look being at the potential of shutting down. >> we would have to have an auction and sell the cows. at the end of the m

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let me finish. [shouting] >> folks, you can -- well, yes, have read it, and if you give me a few moments -- let me ask you this. have you read it or responding to advertising? >> yes. >> okay. so let me answer the mayor's question. that is my commitment. right now, there are a lot of different ways people get insurance. many of you get it throughorren and if you work for a company with more than 50 people, that's a nonissue. many of you 2010 it from medicare. nonissue. medicaid. nonissue. va care -- [shouting] >> tri-care -- >> well, we'll come back to medicaid. we'll come back to medicaid. but we're talking about pre-existing conditions, and in all of those plan is just described, this bill does not touch that issue at all. at all. number two it simply doesn't. it doesn't. if you are in -- if you let me answer the question i promise we'll get to all of the issues. let me try answer the question. if you are in any of those insurance program i just described, pre-existing conditions is not touched by

love you ♪let me give my life to you ♪let me drown in your laughter♪ ♪let me die in your arms ♪letou ♪come let me love you ♪come love me again >> lou: a few thoughts on democratic hypocrisy. lining up to pose as grief stricken at the firing of james comey is worth examination. president trump took aim at the small minded left that depth and feign concern for director comey. dems have been complaining for month and months about director comey and now he's fired they pretend to be aggrieved. phonohypocrites. well said, mr. president, well said. the man president trump downed head clown and now crying chuck called the firing a cover up. but back in december schumer didn't have confidence in comey any longer and calling his letter to congress appalling. nancy pelosi joined schumer in calling the firing of comey a cover up. maybe he's not in the right job what she said in november. hillary clinton blamed comey for the loss of the election. and now her campaign manager said the four suggest terrifying. and bernie sanders said it raises concerns about what the trump administration is quot

let me show our last slide of the day and it's a very famous icon. it's evidently the oldest mary icon in the world. dating, perhaps, from as early as the second century but from before the 5th and this is called the advokata, somewhere in rome, old painting on wood. let me read to you what the author says this about, michael hessman. he says even a first glance tells you that she is more than a cracked partially worm eaten portrait. once you have looked into the almond shaped eyes of this woman's face, you will never forget them for they penetrate into your heart and know the thoughts, fears, and hopes. thank you for joining us on the program about the blessed virgin mary. >> thank you, thank you. . [ music ]. . [ music ]. . >>> welcome to bay sunday. i'm kenny choi. mother's day is seven days away and if you still haven't fird out what to get help is here. ambassador katherine haul and jennifer hall is here, they are mother and daughter and brought some mother's day inspired wine pargs that will make great gifts. welcome to bay sunday, ladies. >> t

senator warren: let me get this straight the let me get this straight. you said you are in favor of glass-steagall, which breaks apart the two arms of banking. mr. mnuchin: no. senator warren: regular banking and commercial banking, except you don't want to break apart the two parts of bank of americaing. this is something straight out of george orwell. you are saying smumently you are in favor of breaking -- simultaneously you are in favor of breaking up the banks. mr. mnuchin: i wouldn't say -- senator warren: we are going to run out of time here. what does it mean to be in favor of 21st century glass-steagall if it does not mean breaking apart these two functions in banking? mr. mnuchin: you know what, i had eab more than happy to come -- i'd be more than happy to come see you and follow-up. senator warren: just tell me what it means. mr. mnuchin: we never came out and -- senator warren: just tell me what it means. mr. mnuchin: to separate. senator warren: tell me what 21st century glass-steagall means if it doesn't mean breaking up the two functions?

let me finish. [shouting] >> folks, you can -- well, yes, have read it, and if you give me a few moments -- let me ask you this. have you read it or responding to advertising? >> yes. >> okay. so let me answer the mayor's question. that is my commitment. right now, there are a lot of different ways people get insurance. many of you get it throughorren and if you work for a company with more than 50 people, that's a nonissue. many of you 2010 it from medicare. nonissue. medicaid. nonissue. va care -- [shouting] >> tri-care -- >> well, we'll come back to medicaid. we'll come back to medicaid. but we're talking about pre-existing conditions, and in all of those plan is just described, this bill does not touch that issue at all. at all. number two it simply doesn't. it doesn't. if you are in -- if you let me answer the question i promise we'll get to all of the issues. let me try answer the question. if you are in any of those insurance program i just described, pre-existing conditions is not touched by

>> again, let me just state that we are looking at everything. so i don't have all the details and i'm not prepared to go through on a line item. >> you answered some questions before. let's try it again. so you're not going to answer on student loan interest. how about higher education expenses? >> again, i don't expect those, but let me be clear. we are going through base broadening so i'm just not prepared. i'm more than happy to come back when we release a plan and go through on a line item basis with you and have it marked up so i'm more than happy to do that. and i'm also more than happy to seek input from you and your staff on what the priorities are so that if we can try to do this on a bipartisan basis, we have your input. >> that would be wonderful. let me conclude with this. we have two letters that we're waiting on answers from. these are from january. the first is a letter i sent you regarding -- based upon your statement in your testimony that you allege you sent a letter to hud on reverse mortgages so i'd ask you to find that letter

let me say this. i hope i'm wrong. i hope that you prove me wrong and you're out there advocating and the people around you will be advocating for the very constituency that i just talked about, because i will tell you what. right now i have not heard net specifics with middle class tax breaks, no specifics on how you will address the very people i just talked about. talking in absolutes and without bringing specifics into the conversation concerns me. so i'm looking for very specific information. i hope that you have that. and will the ability to work together. mr. mnuchin: i will contact your office and i look forward to getting together with you and your staff. we'll come over and talk about, we appreciate the issues in nevada in the housing issues. and i will follow up in the next couple of weeks to come and see you. senator cortez masso: thank you. >> senator shots. thank you, mr. chairman. mr. secretary, thank you for being here. i have some questions about your tax proposals. and the first is a process question.

dana, let me go to you. the news that you have -- and mark we'll get your reaction -- they did not think there would be a political explosion. they are shocked tonight that this is happening. >> that's right. my understanding according to a source fam with white house discussions is that when this was initially going down and made public, that the -- some senior people in the white house did not think that this was going to be the political explosion that it obviously is. it's hard for us to believe but i was told. republicans argue, well, wait a minute. this is what democrats have been calling for. the argument that rod rosenstein made in his long letter is that they fired jim comey for everything he did -- >> for hillary clinton. >> the clinton investigation, without one important fact at their disposal, which is why now? this is why there's a little bit of a shock i'm told inside the white house that this is as monumental as it would have been and the reaction is the way i think anybody would have underst

but he would -- [ laughter ] let me rephrase that. p and help me change my tire. >> okay. >> but his job is hate speech. that's what he does for a living. they have severabusiness that they run out of their compound, i guess, their -- >> compounds never sound like good times. i can tell you right now, most big cities white people aren't having this conversation. no. a group of mostly white people having a productive conversation about racism, this is like a unicorn. ♪ (avo) did you know two areas of your brain can make it hard to lose weight? contrave is an fda-approved weight-loss medicine that may help adults who are overweight or struggle with obesity lose weight and keep it off. contrave is believed to work on two areas of the brain: your hunger center... (woman) i'm so hungry. (avo) to reduce hunger. and your reward system... (woman) ice cream. french fries. (avo) to help control cravings. across three long-term studies, contrave patients lost approximately 2-4x more weight than with diet and exercise alone. contrave is not for ev

well, let me just tell you this. while you're working to undo those financial protections, i am still hearing from constituents in my state who are suffering. and let me just quote you some of what i'm hearing from them based on your actions and what we're seeing from this administration. ruby from reno said, this bill needs to stay in effect. the regulations are needed now more than ever as you cannot depend on the big banks to just be honest. we have susan, please don't weaken the financial regulations that were meant to prevent a repeat of the financial collapse that led to the great recession. it will only hurt the middle class. kathrine from spark said, appalling that the regulations monitoring banks would be lowered. stand against the executive order in rolling back wall street reform. why doesn't president trump's executive order that rolls back the wall street reform mention consumer or investor protection even once? why doesn't it direct you to consider the financial needs of borrowers, students, service mem

so let me start with just a big thank you. you know, writing this book was a tough process. get me wrong, it's a lot of fun and will get that but it was a little cathartic and so i've been out there and i've been doing the national media but this is home. and you're my neighbors, your family. >> and the first thing i really actually feel obligated to say is i'm sorry if i let anybody down. my life has a lot of ups and downs. you've got to keep side of what's important. i went through a lot, to be clear, i had and have my health. >> my family, and you, here today so thank you so much for coming here, i really appreciate you coming by night for this, it's really cool for me. all right, so it's a little heavy. if anybody's read any of the book at all or if you've listened on radio, you know i've always taken what i do seriously but i don't take myself . sleep and so we can have some fun, we can do q&a, i'm happy to talk about anything if you have any questions at all, i will tell you if you listen to the station, maybe you have certain political stripes. i have been, i've done e

let me start with you so you can explain. you're going to share as much as you can but not enough to put lives at risk if that is what you're trying to do. you're not going to say the city from where this intelligence op ty was able to penetrate top level os f isis to try to protect lives. how top specific and specific was this information? >> as your other reporter summarized, this was really sensitive information about an ongoing and unfolding islamic state terror plot that's caused a great deal of concern among counterterrorism officials. and in a conversation with the russian foreign minister and ambassador, trump is going into details of what the united states knows about this unfolding plot, how the islamic state is pursuing it, trying to put it together, trying to pull it off. and at the same time trying to talk about some of the measures that the united states is taking to try to deal with it. and this is problematic mainly because this is information that the united states has mainly if not exclusively because of a f

>> let me be very clear. the president's decision to accept the recommendation of the deputy attorney general and the attorney general to remove director comey as the head of the fbi was based solely and exclusively on his commitment to the best interest of the american people and to ensuring the fbi has the trust and confidence of the people of this nation. the president's leadership year -- leadership here represents the kind of strong leadership the american people expect. the american people expect the president to act on recommendations of those within the administration charged with oversight. in this case the deputy attorney general provides the oversight to the federal bureau of investigation. while the deputy attorney general was confirmed a few weeks ago by the united states senate, when he brought the recommendation to the president of the director of the fbi should be removed president trump provided strong and decidedly leadership the american people have come to be accustomed from him and took t

let me can, if i can take my time back. let me ask a different question you might be willing to answer. so the last expansion in wisconsin of this program 75% of the kids, the parents who got this money, their kids already attended the school. 2/3 of the money that went in the tax vouchers to the folks who received this were making more than $100,000. largely, this is tax policy. this isn't education policy. this is making sure that people who are already attending schools -- it's not to encourage outlets in education, simply to give money to people who already attend schools? >> i applaud milwaukee for empowering parents to make the decisions they think are right for their students and children. we need to is shift -- >> i'm sorry if i wasn't clear. under what you're doing, there's 20 programs zeroed out from arts to foreign language, mental health, special olympics. they are zeroed out but you've got new dollars for this failed experiment. after 14 years in the legislature, we've had these dismal results. my question is,

let me ask you a separate question.n tracking through the worldwide threats, that was put out that director coats put out, there's a section on it on narcotics and the movement of illegal drugs, and there's a section on it about tens of thousands of illegal pharmacies online at this point distributing narcotics. and 18 of 20 of those go online a day still. can you help me understand more what the fbi is doing to be able to interdict, to be able to engage, how many of those are american, how many of those are international and what we can do -- >> you are watching cnn's special coverage of this senate intelligence hearing on capitol hill following the firing of the fbi director by president trump. we'll be right back in a moment. your insurance company won't replace the full value of your totaled new car. the guy says you picked the wrong insurance plan. no, i picked the wrong insurance company. with liberty mutual new car replacement™, you won't have to worry about replacing your car because you'll get the full value ba

>> let me give you a number. when the reagan program was adopted, the disability rolls under social security plummeted. you know, i hate to sound like a name dropper, but i used to could always get a smile from president reagan by saying when those numbers came out, i would show them to him. i'd say mr. president, people got up out of wheelchairs today and went to work. and that's not that far fetched. our labor force participation is very low. it can go up. and will go up if there are really good jobs out there and if we quit paying people not to work. if we -- another thing we need to do desperately is president obama waived the work requirements in virtually every welfare program in every state of the union. we need to put those requirements back. so i'm not worried about americans being willing to work if we're willing to provide the incentive for them to go to work. >> i appreciate you mentioning the regulatory burden. what it's doing to our community banks and the fact that we are moving into this european

let me ask you this.ing that you are hearing now on michael flynn, this clearly was a vetting issue on the trump end of things. are you watching all of this and feel as if the justice department should have acted sooner on flynn? >> the white house should have acted more quickly once it knew about this potential risk of black mail. it wasn't only because of those conversations between flynn and the russians, it was also apparently that flynn may well have lied to the fbi which is a crime. also failed to disclose payments from the russia. receive those payments in violation. flynn faced a ton of legal trouble. >> that's my question. should that have been on alert sooner. in the fall of 16? >> we don't know all yet about what was disclose and when it was disclosed. the national security staff of the department of justice felt at that point, they are responsible for national security issue that is it had to be brought to the white house because at that time flynn was serving in that capacity. what it would r

let me give you an example. i had been elected as a united states' senator, i still live in the central ward of newark. we're not the wealthiest community there in my neighborhood, the median income is about $14,000 per household but my community is rich with spirit, rich with energy, rich with compassion. but one day as i was driving home, i felt a little bit like odysseus, because as i passed this fast food restaurant, i began to hear the siren call. now look, i'm a vegan, and listen to these people because how do you know if someone is a vegan? don't worry they'll tell you. and so i'm a vegan and i knew that in my neighborhood, folk know me but i couldn't resist the call to this fast food restaurant. it was a call in a language that i don't even speak any of them, it was french and it was french fries that were calling to me and i don't speak any french but i could swear i heard that song, "voulez-vous coucher avec french fry" now. and as i told my driver, an incredible officer named kevin batts, retired from

give me a try, girl, you never know, let me help you. e. any time. [ applause ] >> you can help me. you know, you referenced your mom. >> yeah. >> it's well known that your mom had a drug problem. how much did that, though, help make you who you are? >> um, you know, i think having to be strong for her in the earlier years of my life really being side by side watch herring goethe this battle really strengthened my mind, strengthened my spirit. you know, and also, grow up really fast and learn a lot of things on my own because i didn't have a father figure or a mom in the industry with me. so i think that it in my earlier years those challenges made me strong enough to be able to handle the challenges of today and also, you know, when i go to schools and talk to other kids who are going through the same thing or people, many people out there have very similar situations i didn't learn about until i started speaking about it. i think that it's, you know, challenges make us stronger and great references to use to move forward in life. >> the

but he would -- [ laughter ] let me rephrase that. elp me change my tire. >> okay. >> but his job is hate speech. that's what he does for a living. they have several businesses that they run out of their compound, i guess, their -- >> compounds never sound like good times. i can tell you right now, most big cities white people aren't having this conversation. no. a group of mostly white people having a productive conversation about racism, this is like a unicorn. with roundup precision gel®, you can finally banish garden weeds without harming precious plants nearby. so draw the line. just give the stick one click, touch the leaves and the gel stays put killing garden weeds to the root with pinpoint precision. draw the line with roundup precision gel®. and be sure to check out roundup® with sure shot wand. another good-for-the-garden product from roundup. ltry align probiotic.n your digestive system? for a non-stop, sweet treat goodness, hold on to your tiara kind of day. get 24/7 digestive support, with align. the #1 doctor recommended

let me ask you. do you believe it's a good idea to cut medicaid to provide tax cuts for the wealthy? mr. mnuchin: again, we have no intention of cutting medicaid. senator menendez: as an idea, do you believe it is a good idea to cut medicaid to i give tax cuts for the wealthy? mr. mnuchin: that's not the intent. senator menendez: is your answer yes, no? mr. mnuchin: my comment is -- senator menendez: whether or not it's your intent, do you believe -- the administration also sets policy views so your deferral is amazing but the administration sets policy views. does the administration believe that it is a good idea to cut medicaid to pay tax cuts for the wealthy? mr. mnuchin: are you referring to the -- what are you referring to in the tax cuts for the wealthy? senator menendez: well, certainly let's take the mnuchin rule. mr. mnuchin: so are you referring to the taxes as part of obamacare? we heard earlier many of those taxes -- senator menendez: i'm referring what the house republican health care bi

let me read it to our viewers.e does not confirm or deny unsubstantiated claims based on illegal leaks from anonymous individuals. the president will continue to focus on his agenda that he was elected to pursue by the american people. ron brownstein, your reaction to this latest report in "the washington post"? >> as gloria said, it is very much a piece of what we have seen before and i think it kind of underscores what has been a consistent pattern of this presidency where president trump does not recognize the boundaries by law or custom on the arbitrary extent of presidential power. what he has asked, if this report is correct and as she said, we have no reason to believe it isn't. if in fact, he had asked them to p prejudge the results of the investigation beforehand which is exactly what he was pressuring former director comey to do, it kind of underscores his unwillingness to accept the limits on a president's ability to interfere with or shade in any way an ongoing investigation, and it is these boundaries,

let me give you another. >> steve: please do. >> jimmy: let me give you another possible example.uke wilson. >> steve: sure. know him, love him. >> jimmy: plus a tight rope artist. >> steve: uh-huh. >> jimmy: it equals luke skywalker. do you hear what i'm saying? [ laughter and applause ] do you get it? >> steve: no. one more. give me one more. >> jimmy: let me give you another example. >> steve: give me a "xampie." >> jimmy: here's another one. steve martin. >> steve: steve martin, i love him. >> jimmy: plus a hearty sneeze. >> steve: sure. >> jimmy: equals steve mnuchin. [ laughter and applause ] >> steve: mnuchin! >> jimmy: mnuchin! >> steve: gesundheit! >> jimmy: danke! >> steve: ya. still not getting it. one, two, three. [ counting in german ] [ smacks ] oh! [ laughter ] >> jimmy: guys, if you take alfred e. neuman. >> steve: got it. >> jimmy: plus face app's "old" filter, you get jeff sessions. >> steve: wow. [ applause ] >> jimmy: yeah, you see, it's popular math -- >> steve: it's popmatics for the kids. >> jimmy: if you take overnight delivery. >> steve: yes. >> jimmy: you

let me come onto brexit.hen your hand in the brexit talks. you are not in the brexit talks. you know what, we should be. but you're not. and so should wales and so should northern ireland. but you're not. but again, the prime minister has brought about this election. that gives the people of scotland the opportunity, and i'm saying to people in scotland, whether you voted leave or remain, whether you voted yes or no in 2014, this is an opportunity to strengthen scotland's voice in these brexit talks and strengthen the influence we have in terms of the positions the uk government takes. but mrs may doesn't want you in the talks, and mr barnier, the lead eu negotiator, doesn't want you in the talks. i think in terms of the prime minister's position, and ruth davidson, the scottish tory leader, said not that long ago that she thought scotland and the scottish government and me as first minister should be involved in deciding and shaping the uk position. so if the snp wins this election, it strengthens our hand.

to all of our vietnam veterans, let me say, welcome home. [ applause ] also, many of you stepped ashore in korea where you fought to protect the freedoms of that ancient land and establish a foundation of peace and prosperity that exists today, my father was one of you. you heard the secretary mention it. my dad wore the uniform, served in combat in korea. i have to tell you it was humbling for me to stand along the dmz and look out over the landscape. and have the general tell me that right over those few hills was mount baldy and porkchop hill where my dad had fought. let me tell you what, i can attest having season it first hand our korean war veterans in the room, won the freedom of millions of people of korea and it prospers to this day in south korea. [ applause ] thank you for your service. today as we celebrate the 72nd anniversary of v.e. day, victory in europe day. it's an honor and privilege more than i can say to be here with so many who fought in the greatest conflict of the 20th century and who won freedom in world war ii. you served your country in a way and at a time tha

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pay troit profits. >> let me move on. capital is one that is part of our future in terms of getting the economy moving again. looks to me that the cbo said 1% of gdp is $3 trillion over a decade in terms of federal impact on the federal budget. yet we tend to talk in the senate about spending cuts or tax increases. it is a bilateral conversation. yet growth really is rarely talked about because it is an esoteric term here in the senate. i know that's job one for you guys. can you talk about how to balance those, and relative to the 800 pound gorilla in the room relative to our deficit responding and that is mandatory expenses and how the president and the administration sees fiscal policy now marrying up with the monetary policy of our future? >> well, let me just comment. you did talk about repay treeation. that is something we are looking at as part of tax reform. because there are literally trillions of dollars sitting offshort. it's not a surprise what the highest corporate tax rate worldwide taxation and this concept

and let me start with the 1986 tax reform.this is not only the standard in america, this is a standard in the world when you talk to economists anywhere in the world they talk about tax reform, they talk about 1986. when we adopted the 1986 tax reform, the congressional budget office said it would have no effect on federal revenues. that was their official projection. but they actually almost immediately lowered their projection of economic growth to 2.9%. they did that in january of 1987. by the time the tax reform was fully enforced over that ensuing five years are the economy grew by 3.8% and revenues grew by a commensurate amount. the most dramatic underestimate by cbo occurred when it scored the 1997 balance budget act. you will remember the congress and the president under president clinton reached an agreement to commit to a balanced budget and adopt budget numbers to achieve the result. they also agreed to cut the capital gains tax. the congressional budget office projected that that action would produce $33 billion of

do they plan to repeal that. >> let me just state that we are looking at everything so i don't have all of the details i'm not prepared to go through that. let's try again. your neck and answer on student loan interest. how about higher interest. -- higher education i'm just not prepared. i'm more than happy to come back when we really supplant and then i would have it marked up. i'm more than happy to do that. with what the priorities are. if you try to do on the bipartisan basis. the first is a letter i sent you. based on your statement. that you allege and you sent a letter to hud on reverse mortgages. i ask you to find that letter and respond to it. the letter that senator brown and i sent. for closure data in one west bank. most -- both nationally and state-by-state. >> mr. secretary, nice to see you again. i don't expect you to respond since you don't have the budget here. first of all, director mulvaney, i was just up at budget, said the administration's policy is to make tax reform revenue neutral, and that is the president's -- the administering's proposal. >> i said it would b

let me read to you the statement that's in the "new york times."hile the president has repeatedly expressed his view that michael flynn is a decent man he's never asked mr. comey or anyone else to end any investigation, including any investigation involving general flynn. the president has the utmost respect for our law enforcement agencies and all investigations. this is not a truthful or accurate portrayal of the conversation between the president and mr. comey. jeffrey toobin, you're our senior legal analyst, the third sentence in this article of the "new york times" says this, the existence of mr. trump's request is the clearest evidence that the president has tried to directly influence the justice department and phebe marr investigations into links between mr. trump's associates and russia. you're reaction to this bombshell report and the white house denial. >> three words. obstruction of justice. developing the fbi director to close down an investigation of your senior campaign adviser for his activities during your campaign for president, i

let me play for you the exchange. >> has the dismissal of mr. comey in any way impeded, interrupted, stopped, or negatively impacted any of the work, any investigation or any ongoing projects at the federal bureau of investigation? >> the work of the men and women of the fbi continues. there has been no effort to impede our investigation to date. >> so do you believe the acting director of the fbi? because if you take that answer at its face, there would mean there was no o obstruction of justice from this president. >> first, i believe that was said before it was known that the president asked for loyalty from comey and -- which is highly improper to ask for loyalty from the justice department or the fbi. they're supposed to be loyal to the constitution, not loyal to the president. when he's investigatesing allegations of collusion with between trump campaign and the russians, to ask for loyalty from him is to ask that he compromise the investigation. highly improper. and when he did that and subsequently fired comey, according to his own admis

let me tell you where we are. as we from you, do you know? let me tell you where we are. as we were from you, do you know? let me tell you where we are. as we were saying before, this was... so that was the controlled explosion they are just talking about. there is quite a bit of panic here. we are using mobile phone to film this, as well. so to give you some sense of where that is, as you can see, the blue lights of the police cars at the end there, cathedral gardens is just to the left of that. to the right you can see manchester cathedral. it is around 300, 350 metres. and in the last few seconds that seconds, controlled explosion carried out from where ed thomas was talking. give us a sense of how people are and how they are reacting to the events there. disbelief. we have spoken to families with young children with the permission of their parents, and they were just in com plete their parents, and they were just in complete shock. they did want to talk, they did want to tell us what they had seen and witnessed. and what all we can quite understand here, at the end of

>> well, in terms of -- let me answer in a couple of questions. first of all, there are key parts to the railroad infrastructure across the country on the freight side and on the passenger side where if there were significant disruption it would cause a lot of economic damage to this country for -- and could be for quite a period of time. the railroads all of us together were very early movers in the field of security in terms of working with all of the federal agencies, in terms of formulating our own plans on how to protect vital assets, particularly at various stages of alert, and i think that we have done a very good job, an excellent job considering the fact that, you know, we essentially operate a factory outdoors. and you can't watch everything all the time, but there's a lot of training with all of our people in terms of heightened levels of awareness, in terms of reporting anything that is seen that could be out of the ordinary. so, you know, the answer is, yes, there are significant security issues but it's been addressed in a very posit

let me can put the question to you. let's assume that they -- that comey will give over this memo and any other memos. assume that he does that. >> yes. >> assume that what's quoted is actually in that. >> right. >> i think those two things are fair. twhaen? it's a he said-he said. is that in and of yitd enough to cause obstruction of justice? it's one man's story. >> it's not just the memo. is will -- the fact that sessions and pence were asked to leave the room, they will be asked publicly about it. you -- there are lots of cases that involve differing versions of the facts and juries are ultimately designed to make those credibility determinations. i think, you know, if one person has contemporaneous records of what went on in a conversation, that's usually pretty good evidence. this is a political situation. impeachment is more a political event than a criminal event -- >> so there is no beyond a reasonable doubt or anything that would need to be proven at this point? >> absolutely not. they're going to make a seat

let me give you one example.verybody said, why don't we give the money here and there and give it to the people who want to do art and make a nice building? remember the depression. there is a reason why in the mid to late 1930's everybody else in the world was out of the depression except for america. we did not get out until world war ii started. we kept in it because we took all of our money and gave it to unproductive causes. it is good to help people, yes. it is good to have a safety net, but if you take all the productive money that go to productive people and employ everybody, take it away from them and give it to where it can't do any good, you are not getting out of depression. host: harold from florida on the underlying expectations in this budget. jason fairman writes about it today in the wall street journal. he was chairman of the white house council of economic advisers during the obama administration from 2013 to 2017. he writes that president trump has outdone ronald reagan in one respect, unreaso

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. >> let me go point by point. retail sales, there are so many retailers that are independent retailers selling through amazon that are making money that didn't before. you can't focus on that. in terms of real estate. housing happens to be one of the pillars of the economy. so let me continue to go. in terms of the u.s. in a bubble, i went back and i looked. i'd be hard-pressed to find any emerging market that didn't decline worse than the u.s. when the u.s. stock market hopped and didn't take longer to recover. i don't want to be in other markets if i think the u.s. is going to implode. bonds, i was very surprised. about the emerging markets and the u.s. and some of the risks that steve 34e7gsed to you. if things do unravel, why would you want to be in the emerging markets at this particular time when they've had a nice rally. no one is disputing the facts. it is what it is. emerging markets, they're two different markets. >> i basically agree with you. once the s&p trades down 20%, everything will be down. all t

he's the wrong man for that position. >> let me ask you about your termination letter to mr. comey. you write, "i greatly appreciate you informing me on three separate occasions that i am not under investigation. why did you put that in there? >> he told me -- >> he told you -- >> i've heard that from others -- >> in a phone call. did you meet face-to-face? >> we had a dinner at the white house -- >> he asked -- >> the dinner was arranged. i think he asked for the dinner. and he wanted to stay on as the fbi head. i said, i'll consider, we'll see what happens. we had a very nice dinner and at that time he told me you are not under investigation, which i knew anyway. >> that was one meeting. >> first of all, when you're under investigation, you're given all sorts of documents and everything. i knew i wasn't under and i heard it was stated at the committee level that i wasn't. number one -- >> so that didn't come directly from him? >> so during the phone call he said it and during another phone call he said it. he said it once at dinner and twice during phone calls. >> did you call him?

let me add. there are proposals floating to reconstitute the commission to have two democratic members and two republican members and one super chairman who will be an independent. [ laughter ] and i always say, appoint me and i promise you i'll be independent. i can assure you i'll be independent so long as i'm the person making the decisions and i'm sure everyone here can make that representation. >> isn't bernie sanders an independent? >> some history here is important. for about the last seven or eight years the commission has had a self proclaimed independent on the commission. he's a good man. i like him very much. steven walfor. he was recommended for the commission by harry reid. and on the commission, he has caucused for years with the democratic commissioners and has voted with the democratic commissioners. probably over 90% to 95% of the time. now, he's a good man. i'm not criticizing him or his convictions or his votes. but you need to understand any -- any grand idea drawn up on pape

let me shift to a different topic. director clapper, you also testified that you're not aware of any intercepted communications of any presidential candidates or campaigns other than the trump campaign that's been discussed here. is that correct? >> yes, but that's to my knowledge, but, you know, prior administrations, prior campaigns, it wouldn't have been visible to me. so i can't say -- >> in 2016, you're not aware of any other campaigns or candidates? >> no. >> and miss yates, same question to you. >> i'm not aware of any interceptions of the trump campaign. >> and are you aware of any interseccepted communications o other kcandidates or campaigns? >> no. >> earlier when chairman graham asked you that, you declined to answer. >> i may i have misunderstood. i think the question i declined to answer was a different one th that. i'm glad i got a chance to clear it up. >> no information of terceptis the bnie sanders campaign, hillary clinton campaign or any other candidate? >> no. >> in 2016 or campaigns? >> no. >> oka

let me turn to cyber threats. they continue to represent a critical national security issue for the united states for at least two key reasons. first our adversaries are becoming more bold, more capable, and more adept at using cyberspace to threaten our interest in shape real-world outcomes. the number of adversaries grows as nationstates, terrorist groups, criminal organizations and others continue to develop cyber capabilities. second, the potential impact of these cyber threats is amplified by the ongoing integration of technology into our critical infrastructure and into our daily lives. we see this today in the form of the want to cry iran somewhere attack which victimized companies and individuals in over 100 countries within days of its release. investigation is ongoing. the worldwide threat of terrorism is diverse and multifaceted and opposes a continuing challenge for the united states, for our allies and partners who seek to counter it. isis is experiencing territory losses in iraq and syria, however we

let me change the subject briefly. we have been talking about russia and their involvement in this election. one of the issues of concern to me, and perhaps i can direct this -- i will direct it to anyone in the panel, the allegation of russian involvement in our electoral systems, is that an issue that is of concern, and what do we know about that and is it the and followed up on by this investigation? mr. mccabe, is that part of your investigation? i'm not talking about the presidential election. i'm talking about state level election infrastructure. dir. mccabe: yes, sir, so obviously, not discussing any specific investigation in detail, but the issue of brush and interference in the u.s.-democratic process is one that causes us concern. it is something we spent a lot of time working on over the last months. to reflect comments made in response to an earlier question that director coats handled, i think part of that process is to understand the inclinations of our foreign adversaries to interfere in those areas, so w