is lindsey graham reading the president correct on that? >> i think that lindsey graham knows that president trump is one of the best negotiators and certainly i think that he has great confidence in his ability and is glad that he's the one at the table for the united states. i think senator graham has been on the other side of that and knows the capabilities and the determination of president trump. jeff? >> why did the president accept this invitation without any preconditions? for example, without demanding that the north koreans release the three americans being held there? >> that's something that we'll continue advocating for and pushing for. let's not forget that the north koreans did promise something. they promised to denuclearizing, they stopped to missile test and they realize we're continuing with our missile exercises. the united states haas made zero concessions. north korea has made some promises. again, this meeting won't take place without concrete actions that match the promises that have been made by north korea. >> i wa

one campaign rival south carolina republican lindsey graham is now a trump ally. what does he think of the upheaval? we'll ask him. west virginia democrat joe manchin is a moderate from a red state and he's trying to work with the president on new gun control laws. he'll be with us. white house trade policy advisor peter navarro will explain how the president's surprise deal and tariffs will impact our economy and trade with foreign countries. plus andrew pollack the father of one of the 14 students killed in the marjorie stoneman douglas high school shooting made an emotional plea at the white house last month. >> i'm pissed. my daughter i'm not going to see again. she's not here merry christmas are the politicians listening we'll see what he thinks. cbs news seth doane will take us inside syria for a closer look at the assad regime brutal attacks on rebel held area outside damascus. also plenty of analysis on all the news ahead on "face the nation." captioning sponsored by cbs good morning and welcome to "face the nation" i'm margaret brennan. the trump administ

what's your response to what lindsey graham said? >> as white house council, ty cobb said earlier this week the white house yet again confirms that the president is not considering or discussing the firing of special counsel robert mueller. bless you. >> do you feel like you're losing republicans in some way, that these two prominent republicans from south carolina both spoke in this manner over the weekend? >> i certainly don't think we're losing republicans at all. i think we're voicing frustration over this process that we're hoping will end soon. >> the president told a room full of reporters that he would love to sit down and do an interview with robert mueller under oath in a couple of weeks at the time is what he said. obviously that timeframe has passed. does he still want to sit down and do an interview with robert mueller? >> we've been fully transparent and cooperative. >> can you provide more clarity on the president's tweets, robert mueller, calling him out by name. what was behind that? >> clearly, we have not been shy

here's abc's lindsey davis. >> reporter: tonight, president trump boarding marine one alone. the first lady was scheduled to be at his side, but melania trump was absent. earlier, she was all smiles at the state department, presenting women of courage awards. >> courage is the quality most needed in this world, yet it is often the hardest to find. >> reporter: it comes less than 24 hours after that tell-all interview with a woman claiming to be the president's former mistress. >> there were real feelings between the two of us. not just myself. not just him. there was a real relationship there. >> reporter: still, former playboy model karen mcdougal tells cnn the first time she had sex with donald trump, he tried to pay her. >> did he actually try to hand you money? >> he did. i looked at him and said, "that's not me. i'm not that kind of girl." and he looked at me and said, "oh." and he said, "you're really special." >> reporter: she says the moment blossomed into a ten-month romance in 2006. the same year barron trump was born. >> did donald trump ever say to you that he lov

went tonted this and he lindsey graham and gave him a pistol. thought about what i would get and he gave me a couple of daggers. >> nice. no discrimination. >> john mccain has been through everything, but still sees the importance of not just going with party, but reaching out and thinking about country. what we have to think about we talk about this relationship. >> thank you. i imagine him to be a great traveling buddy. as you know, the administration has maintained full funding to israel, but looks for cuts in international affairs spending. how do you think congress deals , howa request for security do you -- thatthoroughly believe congress is going to stand up and fully fund the commitment to aid to israel. is the foreigng aid in general and i appreciated the jewish community standing up at some of the bleakest time in israel and part of it is that no jewisht are in the community can make the case for refugees, since israel is a haven for refugees. second, as we look at how and we have many people who would like , first as foreign aid natio

that's sean's girl, lindsey, and she hops in the car. >> scared?t worry, it's a ride. >> yeah well that's the problem. it's not just a ride. >> where do you want me to go? >> ugh, you just stand in there as in while i drive around you? >> he's good at this. he's a professional. he got this. let her rip. ♪ >> oh yeah, chicks dig burnouts. >> not when you're in the middle of them. >> that's when it works better. >> everybody at the track was on board and helped him pull it off. cameras were in place. lucky for him, she's better than you at this, because she stands there, she's like already, woo. >> gives her a big kiss and gets down on one knee and he asks her to be his bride. >> it's like the fifth or sixth ring, because he did like four or five around her. >> as i mentioned, sean is a dirt track racer and occasionally participates in drifting competitions and always wanted to propose in a way that showcases love for racing and when he met lindsey and knew she was the one he knew this was the way he had to do it. >> oh my gosh. >>> that's our show.

lindsey knows what to do. >> i would need some guidance from you, commissioner. i -- these stairs to me are separate from the -- >> commissioner moore: it would mean that the unit itself cannot be accessed from the mud room but can only take the external access and the one from the garden. >> well, there's a door. you can either access a mud room. >> president hillis: or the exterior. >> commissioner moore: three entrances right now to the unit. one from the mud room, one from the exterior, and one from the -- from the rear yard, from the terrace now? >> vice president richards: you could eliminate the mud room entrance. >> you could eliminate the entrance into the mud room. >> president hillis: why are we doing that? >> commissioner moore: in order to create the proper separation that units need to be counted as separate units because if you don't do that, you can always connect the building and make it one home without it being -- two independent units. >> but you could always do that by just putting a door in there, also. >> they've got a renter who's been ren

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lindsey graham, glad to have you. >>> and we have one more overlooked thing for you right after the break. so that's the idea. what do you think? i don't like it. oh. nuh uh. yeah. ahhhhh. mm-mm. oh. yeah. ah. agh. d-d-d... no. hmmm. uh... huh. yeah. uh... huh. in business, there are a lot of ways to say no. thank you so much. thank you. so we're doing it. yes. start saying yes to your company's best ideas. we help all types of businesses with money, tools and know-how to get business done. american express open. >>> before we go on this international women as day. today "the new york times" published obituaries for women that died over a hundred years ago. they are often the last testament to a person's life but as the "times" pointed out they have highlighted more men than women so today they profiled women that who left marks on our world but overlooked, like ida b. wilds who took on powerful reporting on lynchings. there is marsha p. johns, a transgender pie on here who modelled for andy warhol and a figure in the

grassley, senators lindsey graham, john cornyn and thom tillis. joining us is a congressional report eliza collins. do you think this demand will get any traction? >> i think the demand is the highest level in congress that has come so far. up until now, we have seen a lot of house members calling for this. these tend to be sort of the more pro trump, further right house members, with this group of four senators, you are getting john cornyn as the number two republican, chuck grassley is chairman of judiciary, you are getting some of the top republicans, that being said, there is already an investigation going on over how they handled the investigation. so we're not quite sure if they will appoint a special counsel to do another investigation. not quite clear right now what is going to happen, but it is noteworthy because these four are the highest so far in the republican party. eric: should they wait do you think for the horowitz ig report to potentially come out, let's say? we are told we are going to see that. >> that sounds like that is

david lindsey, department staff. before i begin, i'm going to mention that this discretionary review request was withdrawn around 1:15 this afternoon. i have the letter here. but because the -- at the last hearing, the commission gave direction on other aspects of the project that weren't related to the d.r., i thought i should give a brief presentation. the plans that you have in your packets reflect the revisions that were made to reflect the commission's direction. so -- and they also satisfied the d.r. requester enough to withdraw her d.r. >> president hillis: they've addressed the concerns you heard at commission the last time, also. >> right. the commission had some concerns regarding the layout of the units and the design of the units, and the sponsor has addressed that. >> president hillis: let's see. is there any questions on there or does anybody want more detail on the changes being proposed? the d.r. was withdrawn. i don't know if anybody wants to comment publicly on this item. no, so everybody's left. >>

guest: it is not lindsey graham, ryan.tter than speaker he didn't quite say i'm drawing line in the sand, he did recommend to the president the investigation go forward. host: democrat's line -- out, i should point think there is already more than nough evidence to impeach the president now based on his obstruction of justice last year. looking at eller is collusion, but we learn from crime, te, it is not the it's the cover-up o. two or three very well documented ccasions, trump has obstructed justice, tried to get comey not to investigate flynn and threatened his job. when he fired flynn and said he did so to derail the russian that is tion, obstruction of justice. unsuccessful s obstruction of justice is illegally irrelevant. ou can be convicted of obstructing justice when you act to stop a criminal investigation he's done that. so we can and i think will wait the mueller investigation, particularly with regard to there was collusion. even if there is -- if there is to prove our ability it is going to be difficult unless they are very sloppy. been, we don't know. but what is absolutely

if you are a skater like someone i used to love like lindsey graham of lindsey vonn, a skater, she lost. why take a political position and ticking off the half of the country? >> they are choosing to do so and that's admirable. they are showing we are intelligence and not the characters we play. we are intelligent women. we can be directors. to have the women stand up and they explained each role that women played behind the cameras. most americans are not aware of that. >> laura: cathy, do you think most americans care about the gender or the race of the cinematographer? don't they care about whoever is great at it? aren't we supposed to not care about gender? i am confused. i thought we were supposed to get away from gender and race. everyone is the same and now everybody is not the same. we have to be bean count in every profession. heaven forbid if you are a white male. you must have screwed someone over to get your job. sorry to be harsh. a white male in hollywood you have a target on your back. given the atmosphere which doesn't give due process to people. poor ryan seacrest. he w

lindsey graham then at other moments expresses confidences that the president won't do this.ut it seems like lindsey graham is saying that on television because he knows that's the way for the president to hear it. >> of course. that's the number one way to get to the president these days if not through the oval office door, it's going to be on fox news. these guys are trying to send a warning. the question is is he going to hear it? they warned him not to raise the debt he did it with the tax bill. so it's hard to imagine these warnings from graham and flake, who aren't part of his posse, are going to sink in that much. >> barbara, there's a report that says donald trump is not listening to anybody. he's not consulting with advisers including chief of staff james comey and chief white house lawyer, don mcgahn, on his russia legal choices or his comments about the probe, according to one person with knowledge of the information, he's instead watching television and calling friends. and despite this nondisclosure agreement this person signed to be employed in the white house,

i would say, though, i think lindsey graham unintentionally gave us a very interesting argument.intent would be demonstrated by firing bob mueller, why isn't corrupt intent shown by firing james comey, by coming up with a false cover story to explain the trump tower meeting, by all the whole litany of things that he has done? in essence, lindsey graham is acknowledging that these actions in the course of his presidency if made for his own self-preservation are impeachable acts, it doesn't have to be just the firing of bob mueller. so someone should get ahold of lindsey graham and say but what about all these other things that he has been up to? so i think the republicans are chasing their own tails here. they're trying to simultaneously avoid the issue at the same time trying not to look like utter hypocrites. and i don't think they're doing a very good job, nor are they fooling the american people into believing they're actually doing their job. >> ezra, speak to jennifer's point. essentially, if you're talking about firing law enforcement officials for the criminal probe, it's

you heard marco rubio raising concerns and senator lindsey graham and it was really a sense that i think the republicans know that this would be something that would send a wrong message. democrats have been saying this for a long time and trying to get legislation to protect the special counsel and you heard senator mark warner of virginia, he's the top democrat on the intelligence committee that is also running a parallel investigation of the russian interference of the election. senator warner had some strong words about that and also had an op-ed saying now is the time for congress to really step up and make sure that special prosecutor is protected. that said, i don't know that we will see any real legislation passed, but you are hearing this and that is a warning shot to the president, don't go down that road. host: that op-ed you are referring to, today's usa today, no one is above the law, not even the president. there were some piece of legislation that got momentum behind it, what would it be? there are several different proposals to try to protect the molar probe. is there one

lindsey wilson college won its conference title and is heading to the division one tournament for the first time since jansing -- advancing to the fabb four in 2013. union college, the men's team clinched their fifth consecutive conference title and the kentucky christian lady knights took down the mideast region title as well. i would like to congratulate all these conference-winning kentucky teams, their coaches, and of course their dedicated fans. on another matter, today we'll vote on the nominations of three mortal lented individuals whom the president has -- more talented individuals whom the president has asked to serve as federal district judges. karen scholer, tilman self for the middle district of georgia and terry doughty for the western district of louisiana. these are three excellent nominees and i would encourage all of our colleagues to vote in support of each of them. and one final matter, mr. president, it's been 73 days since president trump signed historic tax reform into law. it feels like it's been longer than that because practically every day another major natio

lindsey graham says we hold a big advantage over the russians. >> the best way to respond is to pushclear capability. >> reporter: vladimir putin naps speech was based on the trump plan to expand its nuclear arsenal. the pentagon plans to have more missile interceptors, without an overwhelming missile attack from russia. rob: the doj planning - the harsh criticism on mccabe leaking information to the media about the hillary clinton private email investigation. part of the inspector general's wide-ranging review how the agency handles that probe. jillian: kroger stores will stop selling guns and ammunition to customers under 21, the third major retailer this week with new age restrictions following walmart and dick at sporting goods, dick's will no longer sell adult style rifles. >> a game changer meant to keep troops safe overseas, the u.s. army's in one tanks getting an invisible shield like upgrade, 60 ° protection. it can destroy incoming missiles and other threats before they reach a combat vehicle, part of donald trump's promised to beef up the military's defense. jillian: the u

senators rand paul and lindsey graham weigh in, ahead. >>> and charging into the storm? president trump's attorney says a porn star might owe them millions of dollars for violating her nondisclosure agreement. but stormy daniels' lawyer says his client is the one who's been violated. >> she was physically threatened. >> might a lawsuit keep stormy silent? >>> hello. i'm jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is waiting to see who might be fired next. it was a week of high-profile firings in washington that ended with ex-fbi deputy director, andrew mccabe, getting pushed out, after fbi disciplinary officials recommended his firing for leaking and for a lack of candor during its internal investigation. mccabe disputes this and says he was a trump target after it became clear he would corroborate the testimony of former fbi director, james comey, in the mueller probe, as to whether the president president obstructed justice. president trump has seized on the firing to attack the special counsel's investigation, tweeting late saturday, quote, the mueller prob

and confusion n controversial policies and embattle one campaign rival south carolina republican lindsey grahams ally. what does he think of the upheaval? we'll ask democrat joe manchin is a moderate from a red state and he's trying psident on control laws. he'll be with us.isor peter navarro will explain the president's surprise deal and tariffs will impact our economy and tra countries. plus andrew pollack the father of one of the 14 students stones high school shooting made anhoe. my i'm pissed. again. she's not here merry st listenig we'll see what he thinks. cbs news seth doane wil inside syria for a closer look at the assad regimeattas on reba outside damascus. also plenty ofthe news ahead one nation." captioning sponsored by cbs good morning and welcome to "face the nation" i'm margaret brennan. dministration has seen turbulent weeks before but this one leftreeling. on the policy front the president endorsed position on appeared to be more in step with democrats, nra. in a free wheeling televised meeting withhent came to potential threat -- through due. >> brennan: that would be b

sanders: i think lindsey graham knows president trip is one of the best negotiators and he has great confidence in his ability and is glad he will be the one at the table for the united states. i think senator graham has been on the other side of that and certainly knows the capabilities and determination of president trump. >> why did the president accept this invitation without any preconditions, for example, without the release of three americans that are being held there? we will continue to advocate for that. they have promised to denuclearize, they have promised to stop missile testing, and they recognize we are going to continue in our military exercises. let's be very clear. the united states has made zero concessions. but north korea has made some promises. this meeting won't take place without concrete action that match the promises made by north korea. >> do you think a two-month time period is enough to make sure they will fulfill those promises? he says he wants to do it by may. ms. sanders: we working on a determination of the time. let's not be lost in the fact that th

. >> we played sound from several republicans, including lindsey graham, warning the president about firing bob mueller. how do you think members of the gop party will react if he goes ahead and fires bob mueller? >> i think there's a great concern. first of all, any sort of agenda regarding the republican party, who, if you remember, is in control of the white house and the congress, it would be a political catastrophe. and i'm sure there are republicans across the spectrum who don't want that to happen. and people have been saying since the beginning, the best way to move forward is to let the investigation go forward. let it conclude. and to keep hands off of it. so far, until yesterday, that's what the president has been doing. but this seems to be the latest example in the trumpification of the white house. the president is taking control of the narrative, over the approach, whether in policy or tack ta tacti tactics, listening to himself rather than his advisors. anybody who has graduated from law school for a day would advise him not to send out the tweets he's doing. he doesn

. >> that's what lindsey graham is saying.says this would be the beginning of the end of his presidency. >> lindsey graham, note a republican from a strongly republican southern state, south carolina. that will be the message. but part of the answer to whether president trump fires mueller or not will be his judgment of how many people in congress would back it or how many would take the lindsey graham position. >> what about the public response? >> well. >> is that a factor. >> it's a factor. and there has to be somebody telling president trump that the longer you wait the greater the public reaction against it might be. >> yeah. let's talk about stormy daniels. this is the fifth straight day the president is keeping a low profile with no public events on the schedule. the current plan for him is to continue avoiding the topic because it's not hurting the poll numbers. can he continue to stay disciplined. >> if he stays disciplined he can have a great effect. my personal opinion is that this stormy daniels story has legs that

lindsey very quickly is this the beginning of a trade war?> if we see a follow through with a lot of strong rhetoric that has come out from the overseas partners, and if that translates to the allies taking additional steps against us and which prompts the trump administration to take another round of tariffs, this could escalate into a trade war. but in and of itself strictly targeting aluminum and steel that's not enough at this point. >> thank you for your time great to see you. >> thanks very much for having me. >> um-hum. >>> up next "on the money" more companies thinking outside of the box and letting you get inside your own head. how the practice of mindfulness is helping businesses. and how power couple alex rodriguez and jennifer lopez are training the next generation when it comes to investing in real estate. you could generate your own energy, at home. or to save energy, unplug unused appliances. do your thing, with energy upgrade california. weeds. nature's boomerang. at roundup®, we know they keep coming back. you never invited t

lindsey, thanks for being here. >> thanks for having me. >> they will be increasing tariffs 125% on steelnd 10% o aluminum imports but it could make consumer products more expensive as well. what concerns you? >> a tariff is a tax for all intents and purposes, so we expect price increases on aluminum and steel specifically. but as you mentioned, we're also looking for cost increases on all products that heavily are rely on steel and aluminum as a productive input so pop canmakers, soup canmakers, beer manufacturers, we expect an increase in price somewhere around 2 to 6 cents per unit that doesn't seem like a lot on the surface, about out when we talk about this at an annual pace, that's hundreds of millions of dollars. >> it's probably not going to stop somebody from buying a six-pack of beer or soda, but where do you think it could really have an impact? >> i don't think it will stop them from buying that six-pack, but that cost does add up and it may mean they cut back on switching from chicken to beef or other switches in their grocery basket. >> is there a list of winners and losers

lindsey?he study, that it's the p.b.m., the pharmacy benefit managers, that seem to be the problem when it comes to the pricing of these drugs. i know the pharmacy companies really get blamed a lot for it. you have a middleman that stands between the pharmacy companies and the insurers that is really the issue. how do you fix this? are the pbms really a necessary issue for the health care sector? >> so as americans, we like distribution models. we understand manufacturing, we understand distribution, we understand retail and those are very intuitive things. the question is, and this study begs that question, is there a thinkink in this hose essential? is it the distribution side that has become so difficult and couplcumbersome and lacking in transparency that you really -- it's inexplicable and is no longer adding the value that other distribution networks are adding. i think what we're going to find as a result of this city dirks and also this -- study and also this feeling that a lost my con

this is democratic delegate joseph lindsey.since being a part of this body. and i have seen many of my colleagues emotionally shaken and bothered by either a, lack of, of concern for facts, or just simply playing to the media, playing to the cameras. ainsley: nick, what do you say to him? >> delegate lindsey a good and honorable man. i certainly didn't intend any offense toward him, one of the things i get concerned about, this argument and left-right paradigm, more offense is used as weapon to turn away debate. and i'm not going to accept that. if there is a way i can convey my message, to where delegate lindsey won't be offended we can get the point across, i'm happy to do that. but what i'm not going to accept, listening to some of his democrat colleagues refer to me, compare me to nazi, compare me to segregationist. one of democrat colleagues in subcommittee meeting tell me, if i didn't vote for his particular bill i was on the side of terrorists and i wanted weapons to fall in the hand of terrorist. what sort of offense so

that's lindsey. no lindsey well.his was the most unnerving trip i've had in a while, he said breathlessly, again. went on to assert. that, quote, when they tell you we won't help to deal with the blowback that might come from attacks on civilian targets where hezbollah hag integrated military capable, that was so striking, that was strike, end of quote. then senator kunes, who up until this time i've had some respect for, fairly sane and soper senator from delware, reported that, quote, the tempo in terms of potential for conflict in syria has gone up. the technologies of iran is projecting into syria and southern lebanon, has again up. iran's willingness to be provocative to push the issues of the envelope to challenge israel, has gone up. end of quit. kunes reported this almost as breathlessly as lindsey. with the highest tech nation on earth in syria, the united states of america, that is all kunes could derive from his visit. that the country that spends less than 1% of what the u.s. spends 0en its national secur

lindsey was well prepared.drifts. completing the eight mile trek to the hospital in just under three hours. her patient feared his surgery for cancer would be postponed. it felt like christmas day. she told me she walked in from home. i could not believe she had walked almost eight miles to do surgery on me. walked almost eight miles to do surgery on me. if there is a real—life superwoman, she is it, for me anyway. the surgeon insists she was just me anyway. the surgeon insists she wasjust doing herjob.|j me anyway. the surgeon insists she wasjust doing herjob. i did not think it was a big deal, i put my winter kit on and walked to work. it is as if the world has gone mad! lindsey has been left bemused by the attention, insisting many others went the extra mile to keep the nhs going through the storm. the winter paralympics are officially under way after an opening ceremony in the korean resort of pyeongchang. paralympics gb are sending their biggest team since 2006 and hoping to win up to a dozen medals. kate

has a huge factory there and lindsey graham says they're the biggest exporters from the states of cars period more than general motors or ford or chrysler for example and he would see china winning if tariffs were were imposed and the united states losing the market here is taking it in its stride today the general market in europe practically wherever you look is going up some by quite a large margin and car shares here in germany for example are also leaping up partly because of their own use of the w. for example elaborating a little bit more on a possible spin off of their truck and bus division at chrysler doing the same with their auto supply division magnets he never really people also liking that so car shares despite all this talk despite all the fear actually doing quite well today solar shares to you has announced it will stop selling diesel cars in europe altogether what's behind this. and this must have something to do with threatening driving restrictions and dozens of german cities but so you know that self puts it down to low customer interest there are only ten percent

we've heard from senator lindsey graham, orrin hatch, jeff flake, and others. bob corker.ouse speaker paul ryan issued a payment statement voicing support. mcconnell has stayed virtually quiet. do you think your fellow republicans, more of them, including leadership needs to say more? >> do i. i've been surprised more people haven't been willing to speak out in a stronger way. i was pleased to see both he john mccain and lindsey graham along with marco rubio and jeff flake all saying they had concerns about what was happening. people need to be very definitive. this is unacceptable. we are, as lindsey graham said, a nation of laws and we believe no one is above the law including the president. if there is wrongdoing found, he should be held accountable. if there is not, great. we should all go forward. we need to get truth out. >> you said if the president fires mueller, would it spur a constitutional crisis. if it does happen, the president gives the order to the justice department and they fire mueller, one way or another. and the investigation is scuttled. what options

here's what senator paul and his fellow republican lindsey graham said today. >> i'll do whatever it to make a point to the american people and maybe the american people will rise up and say you know, we stand in solidarity with those who seek freedom from torture, not the freedom to torture. it's inconsistent with who we are as a people to have someone run our spy agency that has this enormous power who is intimately involved with torture and from everything we're reading was supportive of the policy so no, i can't support that. >> i think's and outlier, senator paul, within the republican party and i will be looking for her to understand that the law has changed, and she cannot engage in these interrogation techniques. i think it undercuts our national security but in terms of our qualifications to me they're second to none. >> back with me analyst david drucker and ana navarro. ana, you first, can senator paul filibuster and stop these nominations or will he just slow down their inevitable confirmations? >> are you asking me? >> yes, ana. >> look, there's a lot he can do. there's

senator lindsey graham will join me next live. but first, here's senator john cornin. >> we know what they did in 20167. we don't know what they might do in 2018 which could, in a close election, affect the outcome and that would be a devastating for our country. ♪ ♪ keep your insights from prying eyes, so they won't be used by anyone but you. the ibm cloud. the cloud for smarter business. >> julie: get this, russia may already be trying to interfere with the midterm elections. that's right. the c.i.a. saying it already is seeing russian activities. the senate intelligence committee suggesting ways to stop it like, for example, using voting machines without wi-fi. but whatever the solution may be, it needs to happen soon. listen. >> the threat of interference remains and we recognize that the 2018 midterm and future elections are clearly potential targets for russian hacking attempts. in 2016, we know that russian actors targeted state election systems. we have no evidence that votes were changed as a result of their efforts. howe

please join me in welcoming lindsey burke. [applause] lindsey: thank you and thank you to everyone for being here to discuss this important issue. public schools across the when theut on notice obama department of education dear colleague letter notifying schools that differences in suspension rates among different student groups would because for federal investigation. the department enforced school districts to overhaul discipline policies, and that threat alone safety of schools across the country. suspension rates declined dramatically, but evidence suggests that due to school safety. safety data and news stories across the country suggest that schools have become less orderly and a less safe, leading some x hurts to ask whether the policy -- some experts to ask whether the policy tendered more people vulnerable to violence. serious about be the safety of students, you must wrongdoing of troubled students. to discuss this issue in depth today, we have an excellent panel of scholars and practitioners. first we will hear fro

>> you know, i agree with lindsey graham's remarks over the weekend. and feel -- i personally support legislation to make sure that in administration, this president doesn't interfere with an investigation that i earlier mentioned was much larger than just focusing on donald trump. it is about a foreign adversary's interfeerrence with our democracy. i'm encouraged that more of my republican colleagues have taken firmer stances on this. you mentioned senator kennedy of louisiana, we certainly heard from senator flake and senator mccain. but more need to stand up, and it looks like they are. we cannot let this investigation that is really at the core of our democracy protecting it come to an end and so we have to step up. >> senator, let me ask you a question, finally, on the opioid crisis. we heard the president roll out his plan, his strategy for trying to combat the opioid crisis. part of that is, of course, the death penalty, he says, for some, some drug dealers, also treatment and prevention. what do you make of that strategy? >> well, first of all,

and lindsey graham is a good example of that. clearly this is another example of how president trump's republican party is different from the republican party of old. and that is comes down very fundamentally over the issue of free trade. so i think you will continue to see pushback from people like lindsey graham. in addition to the u.s. ale lies that have already been mentio d mentioned, the european union, canada, and other countries around the world. this is not only an area of disagreement, but an area that it wills individual economies be it here in the united states, individual workers, or those of the economies and workers of our allies abroad. >> seema, do you think this has more to do with fulfilling a campaign promise to those specific american manufacturers that will benefit from this because not everybody will. >> this is something that certainly animated president trump on the campaign trail in 2016. he frequently talked about how he thought other countries were basically screwing us over in terms of the trade pract

people like lindsey graham are very active at encouraging his colleagues to go out and see. i think that is why many continueof foreign aid to have this very strong response. it did not stop a budget proposal from having potential cuts. they did not have the commitment to it. >> are you concerned about the america first rhetoric? it's what your whole mission in the world is these days. mr. gates: i don't agree with the american first rhetoric. countryt we provide the , starting with the marshall plan, in supporting the united nations and the bilateral things we do, we have made the world a more stable place. and i think that's a good just from a pure humanitarian point of view. i think foreign-made, because the budget is so small, we pick things that are so effective it benefits americans, and don't want to have to send soldiers off to create stability in africa. and we spend over 600 billion a and 30 billion a year on the foreign aid budget. countries, the ratio is actually pretty close. we are very much a hard power country. thinking he will exercise that power and they ma

and then there was senator lindsey graham. he actually warned of impeachment. >> if the president fired robert mueller, do you think that would be an impeachable offense? >> probably so, if he did it without cause, yeah. to stop the investigation without cause, i think, would be a constitutional crisis. >> have you told him that specifically, senator graham, so that he hears it from republicans? do not fire bob mueller. >> i think i -- i think i just did. >> okay. >> folks, that's a republican warning president trump about impeachment if he ousts mueller. that's no small thing. that's a big deal. as republicans sound the alarm about protecting the russia investigation, the senate intelligence committee is also trying to sound the alarm about russian meddling and the security of our 2018 midterm elections. and again, some of the loudest warnings today came from republicans. >> they will continue their efforts to undermine public confidence in western democracies and in the legitimacy of our elections. >> the last time it was th