loretto lynch can finally step out of the republican -- loretta lynch can finally step out of the nominationaiting room. lynch has waited five months for a vote. that is longer than any nominee for a cabinet position in the past three administrations. after all of this back-and-forth and many days and weeks, what, if anything, did republicans gain from holding up the vote? john: as far as i can see, not a whole lot. they did not really get much ground here, and i think they sort of came down to the pressure, finally, of being bludgeoned or having waited since november -- what was the date? november 8. that's ridiculous that she had to wait that long. i think they were starting to look obstructionist and foolish, and eventually, they decided to take their ball and go home. mark: i'm surprised they did not pay a bigger price for holding up a female attorney general nominee, given the press' predilections. if it had gone on longer, i think the 16 candidates would have had trouble. over the weekend jeb bush suggested he thought she should be confirmed. this is, i think, public is feeling their w

loretto lynch is just as qualified now that she was 166 days ago. why did they keep her waiting almost six months? what will happen to the other nominations that are waiting for a vote? what will happen to sally bates waiting to be confirmed as our next deputy attorney general? second highest ranking official at the department of justice reporting to the attorney general. she is eminently qualified to serve. we hope that she will be confirmed immediately. she was the first female to serve as the u.s. attorney in atlanta. she has two decades of experience as a prosecutor. she was nominated by president obama of january of this year and just got out of committee a couple of hours ago. i remember as a norm ember of the senate -- as a newer member of the senate when john ashcroft came to the senate for his confirmation vote, it is hard to find more controversial nominee than at that time since i have been here. republicans came to the floor over and over again saying elections have consequences. the president deserves his nominee to have a vote. in fact

the senate plans to vote today on whether loretto lynch will become the next attorney general.is family -- on whether loretto lynch will become the next attorney general. republicans insisted that other bill first be completed. if confirmed, she would be the first black female to become attorney general. stephanie: if our producers are going to send me an extraordinary story, i am going to need to read it and share this with you. before the break we were talking about deutsche bank's 2.5 million dollar fine they will have to pay associated with the libor rigging. look what happened to bob diamond at barclays. i need to share a quote. this just came out, written from gavin finch. here is a direct quote from a deutsche bank derivatives trader in london. there were more than dozens pulled and given to regulars both in london and new york. i need to share it. ready? "could we please have a low six-month fix today?" one trader asked to employee. his u.s. counterparts were more blunt. "strap on a pair and jack up the $3 million peter:." let's take a minute. i love to say the financia

. >> loretto lynch to be his successor as of monday, what do you make of her and you have hopes thatl be more in to your liking and reach your expectations a matter. >> this is a wonderful country that we live in than a black woman is for the first time attorney general of the united states, i hope what she will do is go do what obama or eric holder dan go tell people what a wonderful nation that we have that anyone can make it if you're willing to work hard and apply yourself and then give people strategies and approaches for accomplishing the kinds of things that she has accomplished rather than telling people how unjust the country isn't telling them that there's no hope and forget about it. lou: bit bishop e.w. jackson it is so wonderful to have you. thank you for being with us. would you describe a chernobyl organization giving 50% of its money to charity as corrupt? we would like to hear from you vote online. a popular los angeles gentleman's club out over $6 million after losing a class-action loss utile by some of the employees. a court judge ruling in favor of 249 exotic dan

let me speak about loretto lynch. we have actually seen some outbreaks of common sense and bipartisanship in congress over the last few weeks. yesterday, i signed the sdr six, which not only fixed some real reforms around how our health-care system works, but expands health care for our children. we just talked about what i think was a constructive process to resolve congressional involvement in iran. but we still have a crazy situation where a woman who everybody agrees is qualified, who has gone after terrorist who has worked with police officers to get gangs off the streets, who is trusted by the civil rights community and by police unions as being somebody who is fair and effective, and a good manager, nobody suggests otherwise, who has been confirmed twice before but the united states senate for one of the biggest law enforcement jobs in the country, has been now sitting there longer than the previous set in attorney general nominees combined the previous seven attorney general nominees combined. and there is no

lynch. senator cruz: my vote on loretto a lynch is going to be unambiguously no. [applause] let me tell you why very briefly. i sit on the senate judiciary committee. i took a very active part in ms. lynch's confirmation. when she was nominated, to be honest i very much wanted to support the nomination. eric holder has been the most partisan attorney general in the history of our country. and yet as ms. lynch sat through her confirmation hearings, i asked over and over again, number one, if she would support the president's illegal and unconstitutional executive amnesty. she said absolutely yes. i asked if there were any limits to this executive amnesty, could the president of united states grant amnesty not just to the people he has granted amnesty to, but to all 12 million people living illegally in this country. she refused to answer this question. she refused to acknowledge any limits on the president's authority. i pushed a little harder. i said, could the president -- your theory facing all of this is prosecutorial discretion, the president could decline to

loretto lynch. she confiscated, this is the main reason i oppose her.scated over 100 million dollars worth of peoples stuff with no conviction. she went one step further. we passed a reform leading persecutors know they had to file paperwork so the person who stuff had been taken could get a lawyer. she took their stuff and never filed the paperwork on purpose so the clock would never stop -- start. one company, a snack food company, she took a half $1 million and kept it for two years. this should not happen in america. in our country you should be presumed innocent until found guilty. realize that the people you are often talking to and that we would be talking to if we defended the fifth amendment the sixth amendment, may not already be republicans, but they may want someone to champion their cause. the new yorker did a story a couple months ago. on a 16-year-old black kid in the bronx. so poor that when we -- he was arrested, parents cannot make $3000. he spent three years in rikers. a 16-year-old kid. i do not know if he was guilty or not. the sixt

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senator grassley: i do not think i will see enough difference in the politicizing with loretto lynchi saw with eric holder. it might be a little different. she has not shown me how she will change the department. erik: senator grassley you are from iowa. it's an especially important state when it comes to the future of the republican party and who is going to leave the gop in twin -- lead the gop in 2016. have any of the candidates -- rand paul, ted cruz, marco rubio -- come to see you about building support in iowa, and have you made a decision about any of those individuals you could get behind in 2016? senator grassley: i have had those three, plus several other candidates, mostly governors at this point, who have said -- you have come to talk to me about it. i've said, come to iowa. work hard. i am not going to back anybody. that is my status. that is my advice. i will give them advice, but the gist of my advice is, don't ignore iowa. come and work hard. it's the only place in all of these campaigns for the president where you can run a campaign on just a few dollars and maybe ge

congress lines up loretto lynch. baseball debates the semantics of the lineup.nton line up their events. they each spoken about the same time this morning. the president at georgetown university and the would-be president at concord, new

lynch. senator cruz: my vote on loretto a lynch is going to be unambiguously no. [applause] let me tell you why very briefly. i sit on the senate judiciary committee. i took a very active part in ms. lynch's confirmation. when she was nominated, to be honest, i very much wanted to support the nomination. eric holder has been the most partisan, abusive attorney general in the history of our country. and yet as ms. lynch sat through her confirmation hearings, i asked over and over again, number one, if she would support the president's illegal and unconstitutional executive amnesty. she said absolutely yes. i asked if there were any limits to this executive amnesty, could the president of united states grant amnesty not just to the people he has granted amnesty to, but to all 12 million people living illegally in this country. she refused to answer this question. she refused to acknowledge any limits on the president's authority. i said, could the president -- your theory basing all of this is prosecutorial discretion, the president could decline to prosecute laws.

presummit town hall meeting, jeb bush was asked about controversial attorney general nominee loretto -- loretta lynch. >> there should be some deference to the executive whether you agree with that or not. reporter: bush headlined the breakfast today and said that he is the most conservative in the packed i would match my record with anyone is thinking about running and has thought about running in the last 20 years. it's one of result. >> at the summit late this afternoon, he again confronted suspicions. >> a lot of us are not looking for a republican in name only. >> i don't see any coronation coming my way i have to earn it and no one's going to give it to me. that is more than apparent. reporter: bush proposed an increase in the social security eligibility age bringing him in line with chris christie who spent several days in new hampshire distancing himself from the rest of the pack. ashley: thank you very much, karl cameron. martin o'malley still is not a declared candidate but he keeps taking shots at the front runner knocking hillary clinton's views on same-sex marriage, saying that i'm glad

they still need to confirm loretto lynch at some point. they are still looking at the iran nuclear deal. mitch mcconnell said they think they're making good progress on the human trafficking bill, and once i get stuck, that will be the beginning of a series of dominoes, it will allow lynch to get done, the iran deal get done . host: the house is looking at some security legislation that they will vote on. off the floor, 27 negotiators are meeting today to try and iron out differences of the budget. what are they looking at? how long is this process likely to take? guest: that is a good question. at this point, they have already missed the april 15 deadline. the budget document, as you know, is nonbinding, it is more of a series of recommendations and a chance for chambers to layout what parties think the country should be doing. i think because of that, they do have a little bit more time. there is not a serious deadline anymore. that said, the house budget document at the senate budget document are not that different this point. i think o

loretto lynch.retta fred alledge confiscated -- loretta lynch confiscated stuff without conviction. we passed a reform letting prosecutors and know that they had to file paperwork so the person whose a stuff was taken could get a lawyer and a trial. she took that stuff and never filed the paperwork so the clock wouldn't stop. one company, a snack food company, she kept a half million dollars from them for two years. this shouldn't happen in america. i am part of a movement that says we will reverse of this and turn it just is the way it should be. you should be presumed innocent until found guilty. [applause] rand paul: realize that the people you are talking to if we defend the fifth amendment, the sixth amendment, they may not be the people who have been listening they may not be republicans, but they want someone to champion the cause. the new yorker did a story on clee brouder, a kid in the bronx , so poor that his parents could not make a bill for him. he spent three years in rikers 16 years ol

the story as it was a second time in six months that the state called out the national guard -- loretto lynch out a statement -- loretta lynch put out a statement saying the civil rights division and fbi have been ongoing and independent criminal rights investigation into the tragic death of mr. gray. attorney general lynch adding -- that is the attorney general on the activities in baltimore. back to your thoughts on same-sex marriage. springfield, missouri on our oppose line. caller: i'm calling because it seems like everybody is missing the point. i understand -- i sympathize with people who struggle with their natural biological assignments. i even concede -- i can see them as courageous for going against their biological grain. there are challenges that go with that. challenges from within and social challenges. neither religion nor love are going to change the facts of life. it's a simple -- it's nature. religion or love is not going to change the natural function of sex. in regard to acceptance, people who practice same-sex -- practice that way, they are not accepting who they are natu

i am proud of who loretto inches popout she will be attorney general of this country, said it will be a close vote. thank you, mr. president. >> mr. president, loretta lynch is an historic nominee i worry about this body making history for the wrong reasons. the senate republicans she becomes the 1st out of 82 attorneys general in our nation's history to face a filibuster has had to wait longer than any other. she is an historic nominee. on one hand on one hand and historic nominee for the right reasons, 1st african-american woman highly qualified. but what a shame that we have the 2nd time in history to have her be the 1st out of 82 filibuster to be held to this very disturbing double standard this woman has had to face this almost all her life. i we will vote for her. mr. president, i yield back my time. >> and some of the debate from earlier today on the loretta lynch nomination now confirmed as the 1st african-american female attorney general of the united states. a look at how that vote broke down this afternoon. ten republican senators voting with democrats on this. here is the list. the phone numbers are up on your screen. also, we can take a look