senator manchin: i understand. first of all, it's very reassuring to hear the system you put in place as far as special prosecutor and mr. mueller and the confidence you have in him to do his job is quite assuring and comforting to all of us. did you talk with robert mueller about his investigation and the resources he might need to do his job the proper way, and do you feel he's sufficiently be supported in that effort? mr. rosenstein: i have not. under the regulation, it actually tasks the assistant attorney general for justice management division to consult with mr. mueller about resources and budget. that gentleman happens to be sitting behind me and he has talked with mr. mueller about it. i have not but i can assure you he's going to get the resources he needs to conduct that investigation. senator manchin: there is no -- he will be able to do the job the way he intends? mr. rosenstein: yes, sir. mr. manchin: can you be terminated without cause? mr. rosenstein: yes. senator manchin: who would appoint your rep

chairman burr: senator manchin. senator manchin: thank you. west virginia is very interested in this hearing that we're having today. i have had over 600 requests for questions to ask you. from my fellow west virginians, most have been asked. there are dwight a few that were quite detailed we'll ask in our classified hearing. i want to thank you first of all for coming and agreeing to be here. volunteering. but also volunteering to stay into the classified hearing. i don't know if you had a chance to walkthrough our hearing yesterday. director comey: part of it, yes. senator manchin twon it was quite troubling. my colleagues here had some very pointed questions. very weren't classified. they could have answered in open setting. they renewed to do so. that makes us much more appreciative of your cooperation. sir, the seriousness of the russian aggressions in our past elections, and knowing it will be ongoing as senator king alluded to, what's your concerns there? what should the american public understand? people said this is -- why are we worr

senator manchin. senator manchin: secretary, thank you for very much for being here. secretary acosta, i'm sure you know about the miners pension. my colleague, senator capito and i introduced a bill to protect the miners pension protection act. i guess what i would ask you, the department of labor activity working on solutions for this problem because that's going to be a tremendous problem about 2022. secretary acosta: senator, it is going to be a tremendous problem, and we are actively working on developing a solution for this and for the broader issues that this touches upon. senator manchin: do you have recommendations for the to ruptcy laws that needs be changed? secretary acosta: senator, i don't have recommendations at this time. we are -- we are looking at options and we are discussing them. senator manchin: the mine safety health administration funding request underlying premise -- mission is to prevent miner fay tailts and accidents. eight miners succumbed to fatal injuries on the job. to date in 2017, nine miners have perished in coal mines, including five

manchin: i'll never forget. that you had a quarter of a million people come to your state for refuge and you took them all in. mr. perry: i know this is a little bit off subject. i think it's important. about working together. this is the democratic governor of west virginia and republican governor of texas. i got a call from the governor of louisiana then and she said, can you handle 25,000 people? i said, send them. about 125,000 later i'm on the , ne to him saying, hey, joe can you send some aircraft to help us move some people because we had another hurricane that came in and moved all those people. rita. anyway. been for joe manchin and the people of west virginia and the national guard of west virginia, we'd have had some people in some real sling. i will never forget that. thank you. mr. manchin: i think that's the way we're supposed to work here. it's the way it should work in congress, the senate and congress. we're trying. the chairman and i work very much along those lines. anyway, we sent six c-130's

senator manchin. senator manchin: you announced you'd be scrapping the electronic record system and using the same one that the d.o.d. system uses. whime isle -- while i'm in favor of making it easier to transfer from d.o.d. to v.a., my concern is that it will have effects that could be detrimental. here's where they are, and my question is, are you concerned there will be increased risk in having one company manage these records? what if cerner becomes the healthnet of electronic health records? secretary shulkin: i think in making a decision of this magnitude, there are risks involved with it. i have to tell you, i thought the risks were greater to do nothing. that considering the maintenance required on vista, the expense that will be required, and the lack of ability to maintain qualified software developers within v.a., the risk of doing nothing was worse. i think that d.o.d. went through to a strong due diligence process. i think they selected a stable platform. we have benefited a lot from thei

we turn now to democratic senator joe manchin who sits on the intelligence committee. he joins us from charleston, west virginia. senator, you read the "washington post." you heard this discussion. give the obama administration your grade on how they handled this. >> well, hindsight being 20/20, i guess we can grade any way. first of all, you have to have confidence in the intelligence community that we have, that you trust them and they're accurate and they do their job. i feel very confident that our intelligence community is the best in the world. you have to spend some time with them to understand their job and how well they're doing it. if you don't have confidence in the intelligence community. if the gang of eight is a higher level than what we are in intelligence are getting briefed on, then there's a concern. there's a concern there. i don't have that concern. when they come and tell me something, the c.i.a., f.b.i., the n.s.a., i take it as gospel truth because they're doing their job, and they have cross checked it before they give it to us. i have never det

senator manchin, thank you for joining us this morning.or all three hours. you questioned james comey. was he a credible witness? >> yes, sir. yes, sir, he did a good job and i think everyone there, democrats and republicans alike, thought he did a good job and he was forthcoming. he offered to come to the committee not only in an open session, he came to a closed session also, george, and that was pretty special because when you heard him say i'm sorry i can't answer that and speak about that in this setting, that was of a higher classified and we went into a classified hearing afterwards, he answered everybody's questions so we're very appreciative of that. >> do you agree there was no evidence of collusion that the president reached? >> you know, we haven't seen any of that whatsoever, george. we've been looking and showing everything that they possibly have. that has not led to that. we have ultimate -- all of us have the utmost respect for bob mueller, both on the democrat and republican side. i believe he's going to do his job thorou

i think it's encouraging that as we vo we vofl through this process, you see someone like senator manchin say i agree the system's broken and we need to fix it. i think it's encouraging that someone like him wants to step forward and engage in a discussion about if there's a potential of getting his vote and obviously, that's a discussion that, whether it's him or someone else, you know, i noted the other day, i think, to hallie that a couple times already, senator schumer's been very clear that there would be no engagement from democrats so to see this progress, i think, is -- i don't want to get too far from froin front of it but d too see at least one senator publicly say they're willing to have that discussion. >> two policy questions. totally separate subject and i wanted to follow up on what john had asked about the -- >> that's a first. >> follow-up on what john had said about the president's speech on tuesday night and the welfare requirement for immigrants. what specifically would the proposal that the president was talking about do that's different than what is already a part of

activity of the groups out there have been terrific and i'm so gratified that my caucus from joe manchin to bernie sanders was active in their state and throughout the country in showing how bad this proposal plus and i think it made a difference. [inaudible] >> it just says the republicans on this issue from day one democrats have been united and republicans have been divided and on defense. that's because again the core of their bill is so, so out of touch with what the average american even the average american with republican wants and don't forget one thing the idea of negotiations, democrats negotiate with us. what was the first thing that the senate it? on january for the day after we were sworn in the past reconciliation and said we don't need democrats, take a hike. the first day back before anything even started. that was their game plan. it's not working. thank you everybody.

senator manchin took it back to the substance. what trump would call satellite associates. they couldn't answer any of the questions. john mccain was getting at something penitentiary. two to three contacts with the russians. did you talk about sishia? no. did you talk about any security issues? no. what were you talking to the russians about? the other thing becoming clear, comey testified that the president in contacts never once asked him about russians's role in medaling in our democracy. he said he never has been briefed on russian hacking in the 2016 campaign. >> a veteran of the department of justice and now at georgetown law. you can live your life not hear someone use the expression i don't recall except in hearings. is there any recourse for all the thing that is the attorney general tried to lay on to this rule regarding confidentiality in conversations with the president. >> the recourse is for the senate to do with sessions to do what the house did to eric holder which was to hold him in contempt when they thought holder was citing the privilege that didn't exi

i'm talking to joe manchin. this is something the democrats can be proud about. i'm excited about it. >> congressman schumer. thanks for your time this morning.

senator joe manchin doesn't.und with the other side of the aisle? we'll talk with each of them straight ahead. first manchin's fellow west virginian shelly moore capito among the hand full of republicans who pushed back on her party's bill. you're watching "morning joe." we'll be right back. depend silhouette briefs feature a comfortable, sleek fit. as a dancer, i've learned you can't have any doubts. because looking good on stage is one thing. but real confidence comes from feeling good out there. get a free sample at depend.com. whimper yap yap yap yip is your dog trying to tell you something? allergic itch in dogs is a medical condition that's more common and treatable than you think. that's why there's prescription apoquel: the revolutionary medicine that's giving millions of dogs the relief they deserve. apoquel goes to the source of the itch to provide relief in as little as 4 hours. woof and apoquel is safe without many of the side effects associated with the use of steroids. apoquel is for the control of

and i imagine senator manchin himself mentioned that he would like to sit down and work and if we can grow that number even larger, we would love to do so. >> other than -- >> he mentioned that he might have some additional folks that have expressed to him a willingness to work together. and i think the president's been clear if anybody has a willingness to move this forward and get it done, he'd love to be -- work across party lines. >> we saw the president's tweet about china's role in the north korea crisis. he just met with mattis and tillerson. can you characterize at this point what he thinks about china's role in north korea and whether he's preparing to impose what are called secondary sanctions on chinese entities that are flouting international sanctions. >> i will not comment on the second part of that for obvious reasons but good try. look, he remains hopeful that we can work with china, both politically and economically to apply the pressure on north korea. he commented personally and i'll reiterate that he continues to be very troubled by what happened to otto warmbier.

and manchin said is that a possibility?s a possibility. >> leaving it pretty open to say the least. republican leaders on the hill say it is not a good idea. stick with it, let mueller do his job. let mueller prove that there was no collusion and trying to talk trump down or rumors to get to the business of working for the american people as they've said many times. >>> melania trump has taken on a temper at tone calming him down after appointment of robert mueller and enraged him, the first lady with several white house aides, including the chief of staff warned president trump he would turn a bad situation into a catastrophe if he fired mueller. according to two sources, melania told the president she believed appointment of mr. mueller would speed resolution of the russian scandal and expressing her view he would be exonerated. times notes that push back shows a willingness to keep trump from making damaging mistakes. >>> back to breaking news out of who london. officials say there are multiple fatalities from the overni

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we are discussing with joe manchin, the senator from west virginia. it is a big drama. jonathan as you know very well, there is a big question of whether it is drama or it really affects the world such as markets. jonathan: thank you very much. let's begin by getting a look at the markets. looking at futures, this morning. we go nowhere. up about a 10th of 1%. the euro a little bit weaker. treasuries on offer at the margin yields, creeping back off those 2017 lows. alix: i am taking a look at dollar-yen, a really interesting morning for that currency pair. exit from a monetary stimulus could be on the agenda at the boj. dollar caught a bid and now dollar-yen up on the day by 2/10 of 1%. definitely an interesting level to watch. the vix goes nowhere. well,s where, -- gold as off by about two dollars. crude up by 5/10 of 1%. let's count down to one of the big events. less than an hour from now, we will hear from the european central bank's latest monetary policy decision. it is believed mario draghi will drop the phrase downside risk in his gross outlook. a word that is n

i ran into senator manchin, a member of the intelligence committee and he updated me a little bit on what was said in that closed session with jim comey. they talked behind closed doors that he said he couldn't talk about in that open session. in this case there were, i would say, two categories of this. there may be some overlamb. but one thing that men's of the intelligence, one thing they never talk about is considered to be classified information, things to do with overseas intelligence. in this case, senator manchin seems to be making a distinction between that kind of material and what he said the former fbi director was willing to tell them. he said that comey was willing to go into more detail about what he knew about the fbi's investigation into russian interference in the election than did he in that open forum. and he said members were particularly interested and focused on whether or not there was any evidence that showed that the president himself was potentially tied into this. we know that this has been an investigation into associates of the president and their intera

do you agree with senator manchin's assessment there might have been self-preservation there?> just as a matter of fact is not a leak because it isn't classified information, it's a memo that he wrote. >> a lot of republicans calling it a leak. it's definitely being politicized in that way. the democrats are care calling it shares of information and republicans are calling it leaks. >> except the two aren't equal opinions. it is a fact that it is not a leak. a leak is when we're talking about classified information. he was completely legally within his right to do what he did. now, what struck me the most was the fact that here you have the fbi director, meeting at that point with the president-elect of the united states and he was so disturbed and shaken by that first meeting that he immediately got into his suv and started writing down everything that happened in that meeting. that was something -- that was a reaction he didn't have when meeting with george w. bush or barack obama. that really spoke to me more than anything about the way the then president-elect and later pr

we want to fix this thing. >> there you have joe manchin saying that to john tesser, same thing. i think the sense right now is that this is not something that we are going to wrap up by friday, although they want to get something to the congressional budget office by that point. >> democrat joe manchin and we have a republican senator talking about why he wept against it. this is sound from senator heller a little bit earlier today talking to our own garrett haake. jake, take a listen. >> have you been in conversations with leader mcconnell? >> i've been in a lot of conversations. the bottom line is it's not about me. it's about what's best for state of nevada. we'll continue our conversations, more meetings today so, we'll see how they play out. >> it seems like he's abiding by the first rule of politics, whatever you do, take care of your shoes. >> that is the first rule of politics. listen, the question of bipartisan compromise is if you lose a guy like heller and you lose other senate republicans, do you pick up enough democrats on the other side? and i think the answer gene

senator manchin: thank you, mr. chairman. i want to thank all four of you for your service and you all are held at the highest, i think the highest regard by your colleagues and your peers and i think that speaks volumes, the character of all four of you and i appreciate that very much. we have a committee here which i am so proud to be -- i'm brand new on the committee this is my first time at this. i don't think there's a person up here that doesn't want to find out the facts and the truth and be able to go back home and explain to the democrat and republican colleagues no matter what political persuasion that we have gotten the facts. we got it from our intel which we truly appreciate and respect the quality of job, work that you do. and this is our findings. we are having a hard time getting there as you can tell, and i expect. and i hope you could understand sooner or later we are going to have to. there has to be one element of this government that the public can look at and said this is not politically motivated. this

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so i think there is an argument to be made by the manchins of the world who have to worry about gettinghere was a conservative think tank, they were told ahead of time this would happen and one of the insiders, one of the think tanks said when you're struggling, you have to go back to your base. this is not about what the world thinks about it us, not about the green elites as the wall street journal puts it thinks about it. this is about what those workers in heavy industry think. >> yeah, and you mentioned earlier about all the studies, one of my favorite sayings, there is lies, and statistics. >> mark twain. >> you can prove any case you want with a set of statistics. the fact is that this country, i think, is seeking to disengage from the rest of the world. all the hand wringing this morning that we're going to lose our stature, i think this administration and steve bannon do not want the u.s. to be the policeman, to be the nation builder. i think we're consciously withdrawing. >> despite the ridicule and the deriding from elon musk and jeff immelt and their withdrawal from the coun

whether he thought the president broke the law, as in this exchange with west virginia democrat joe manchin. >> do you believe this will rise to obstruction of justice? >> i don't know. that's bob mueller's job, to sort that out. >> reporter: deferring to the special counsel, comey instead laid out his version of the facts, that the president, after firing national security adviser mike flynn, urged comey to drop his investigation into flynn's post-election the russian ambassador. >> i took it as a direction. >> reporter: but even if comey thought that, it's not necessarily a crime. what's key for obstruction is intent, whether the president thought firing flynn was punishment enough or whether he corruptly endeavored to influence, obstruct, or impede the investigation for an improper purpose. >> i think the one overall takeaway would have to be obstruction of justice. >> reporter: scott fredericksen is a former federal prosecutor. >> the fundamentals might be there potentially, but there is more investigation in the future. >> not a question i can answer in an open setting, mr. chairman. >

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you see a long list of people tonight including joe manchin praising his decision.osition of pulling out of the paris accords was without a constituency. it has a large constituency and they made good arguments to the president. >> joe manchin is from coal country. >> i think it's important in these conversations to disentangle the political conversation from the moral conversation. it's true politically there's a case for doing in that maybe trump is better off. sometimes the politically smarter thing to do can be disastrous for the country into and the world going forward. >> he is siding with the steve bannon wing of the administration rather than his s daughter and son-in-law. >> the level of melodrama ma that goes on in there house of cards with pales in comparison. one day we hear some folks are about to get fired. the next week they're on top. hilary rosen is right" kushner clan has a funny way of disappearing when the votes and issues are controversial. they were skiing during the health care vote and the health care debate. they were celebrating a holiday.

manchin: i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection, so ordered. all time is expired. the clerk will call the roll. oh, all time is expired. the question is on the nomination. the yeas and nays are requested. is there a sufficient second? mr. manchin: i second. officer the there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. the presiding officer: there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: vote:

i spoke with senator joe manchin, a moderate, democrat from west virginia about whether or not he thinkshe senate should move on. listen to what he said. and was thought tax reform infrastructure should come first. this is what we are and we have to deal with what we have in front of us. kevin: he is up for reelection in was virginia, a state that could go read. he is the equivalent on the left of dean heller, the senator from nevada on the right. the white house is scratching it had an saying maybe -- head and saying maybe we should not be talking with people like ted cruz. david: what do they face when they go back? what is the reaction going to be like? kevin: this is where it gets interesting. from ted cruz' perspective, it tonot in his best interest negotiate because of being in texas, he is able to continue to needle the senate majority leader which helps them. on the flipside, somebody like senator joe manchin, a democrat, the somebody from a red state where there is a poor constituency of voters who support president trump, it could be the kind of voter he needs to get reelected.

>> joe manchin of west virginia is also on the intelligence committee. big question that you have for the fbi director? >> the question has been asked by west virginians, if you knew or if you thought there was obstruction of justice why didn't you act on it? >> and what should the fbi director -- >> well, we're anxious to hear that. suspicious, he came back after the meeting, he took all the notes and filed everything properly what were his concerns and why wasn't anything done at that time? >> yeah, you're talk about what happened on valentine's day. >> correct. >> inside the oval office there's the attorney general, the president viceat of the united states and the fbi director. the president of the united states asked the attorney general and the vice president to leave and then reportedly says to the fbi director i hope you can let this go. meaning the whole russia investigation. does that raise questions -- >> oh, it does raise questions. we want to think about what comey thought at that time. had it risen to the level of obstruction, and if it did

. >> i think was notable that the president reached out to senator joe manchin iii of west virginia.lear they are concerned about the five and they do not believe that they can change senator rand paul's mind for senator mike lee. that is two. they can only afford to lose two.so they are looking at democrats that they can sway. but senator manchin has said he will not support the bill. >> josh, you have been in the leadership operation over there on republican side. you think there is a hope that any democrat will come over? senator durbin says he can identify one to vote for the bill. >> i think the democratic party is not your grandfather's democratic party. i think they will oppose donald trump at every possible corner no matter what. basically no matter the policy outcome is. but i share michael's optimism. i think they will get there next week. i really do. if you look at the statements of the senators have made, we have had albert trinity's to draw a hard line and say no and they are giving themselves wiggle room. i think we are having conversations this weekend that will hopef

senator manchin: i don't think it well. all right, let's listen in as the chairman of the senate intelligence committee, richard burr, delivers his opening remarks. sen. burr: as i mentioned when director comey appeared before us last week, this committee's role is to be the eyes and ears for the other 85 members of the united states senate and for the american people, ensuring that the intelligence community is operating lawfully and has the necessary tools to keep america safe. the community is large and diverse place. we recognize the gravity of our investigation into russia's interference in the 2016 u.s. elections. but i remind our constituents that while we investigate russia, we are scrutinizing the -- why we are investigating russia, we're still scrutinizing the cia's budget, the nsa's 702 program, our nation's satellite program, and the entire ic effort to recruit and retain the best talent we can find in the world. more often than not, the committee conducts his work behind closed doors, unnecessary step to ensure

blunt: senator manchin. senator manchin: thank you, secretary devos for testifying today. i will reiterate what my colleague and good friend said about the concerns we have. one thing that keeps us bipartisan here in the senate is veterans and children. we seem to really cross over and really want to help. i think we all very much care about that but one size doesn't fit all. i would like to welcome a couple of west virginians. they were concerned about the planned cuts from the 21st century committee learning center. we have pam shup from the playmates preschool and child development center in cerita, west virginia. she has her children, brendan and aiden with her. i hope you get a chance to meet with them. they are really quite something. rural schools, we have talked about rural schools, the cuts and all this that is coming. i know you still feel strongly about the school of choice. in states such as west virginia, a rural setting makes it hard. we don't have that luxury of having that choice, because we have a lot of schools consolidated already, closing because of lac

think so from my conversations with senator manchin.e to wait and see. in the house perhaps a few, but it's going to be very tough. in the senate, no, i think even joe manchin -- again, i don't want to speak for him, but my impression is because of medicaid, because his state is so dependent on medicaid expansion, that it would be very difficult for him to vote for that. again, obviously, he's a good friend and i can't speak for him, but that's the impression i would have. stuart: now, i characterize it as a fairly moderate proposal bearing in mind that you're sweeping aside the signature legislation of president obama. i still think it's a fairly moderate proposal. what say you? >> yeah. the term i would have, this is probably where herb london and i would disagree, whether or not medicaid expansion worked or was important to have, i would prefer a slower leveling of it off only because in new york it's 800,000 people on it right now, about 25,000 in my district. and the health systems and the local governments have tied themselves int

you can see a scenario where, you know, you have joe manchin, you do have some democrats who are in statesis a problem that needs to get fixed, and they might be willing to join a susan collins and come up with something else. that's perhaps wildly optimistic. >> you know, we were talking off camera about this, about the class warfare aspect, and every hospital i've ever been in, whether the university of maryland in baltimore, have huge wings because these very wealthy people have built these huge wings. bill gates has given a lot of money, an all of lot of generous people and every time the democrats paint all rich people as greedy, i think that's a bad strategy. >> but it is definitely the strategy that democrats have landed on and stuck on, the 99% versus the 1%, that really is one of a very clear message and one that says when you talk to democrats they are also talking about health care as though the tax break for the rich is what's driving health care, so even as they talk about health care, what they are really saying is you're just trying to balance the budget and trying to give a

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chairman burr: senator manchin. senator manchin: thank all of you for being here. sweden has launched a nationwide school problem to teach students to identify russian propaganda. and another links up the distinguished gentleman from tee to spread russian disinformation they call the aily skirmishes, ellives vs. trols. they have disabled ton 10s of thousands of fake accounts used to sway voters close to election time and removes defamiliartory and hate-filled posts. all of this is -- it's amazing. i think you all have been dealing with this and it says undertaken ia has russian meddling since it broke free of the soviet union in 1991. i think it goes back to what mr. sarts, what you said. they have been controlling their people by misinforming them, by basically not giving them the facts, giving them what they already know. when latvia broke in 1991, you were able at that time to set your people free by the truth. have you been able to -- have any insurgencey into russia getting the truth in there using their own weapons against them, their own networks against the

. >> joining me now is joe manchin. a lot of americans are going to be watching him question senator combo thursday. first let me get your take on the president and tweeting. he said he's in the heart of trump country. you represent a state that the president did well in. what do you hear about his tweets. do they want more or less? >> i don't hear much about it to be honest with you, chuck. as far as the people like or dislike, they wish it would calm down a bit and give it a break. people in west virginia, confidence that we can do the job and we were not compromised. this concern is concerning to all the people. >> you talk about confidence. how much confidence do you have in this president handling intelligence information? how much do you have in this president on the foreign policy now that you heard that he took out 27 words in a speech to nato that would reaffirm the u.s.'s commitment to nato? >> that's concerning to me and i hope he gets more comfortable. in the intel committee, things that they can do is unbel

democratic senator joe manchin will be there. he is on the senate intelligence committee.e will get to question james comey. good morning, senator. >> good morning, alisyn. how are you? >> i'm well. you read the prepared statements. >> a couple of times. >> as have i. what questions do you still have for him? >> you know, he was concerned from day one. he said he it is unprecedented. he never done that before with the previous president or any other time. what brought his interest to that level and what caused him to act on it? >> i'm sorry to interrupt. why wasn't he acted on it. what should james comey should have done? >> did the president know the investigation was going on? was he speculating what he heard in the press or did he know for sure? that we need to know. if james comey was convinced the president knew. that will tell you did james comey have uncomfortable feeling because he thought the president breached oreg gone too far? if so, why didn't he move on? >> isn't it his written testimony, comey, that he did brief the president on the investigation and the fac

if you recall, there was a question from senator manchin.id the president ever expressed concern about it? did he ask you about what this was all about and what the ramifications were? the answer was except for when he was initially briefed on january 6, essentially no. there were nine conversations. none of which were, what are the russians doing and what can we do about it? that is worrisome to me. charlie: do you believe the president -- and clearly we want to hear -- this is one senator after another including the chair and cochair -- expressed the idea this was an important time to ask basic questions and inform the american people. do you believe -- where do you think that probe is? >> you mean the probe on what the russians did? charlie: yes. >> that is pretty well done. the facts are established on both what the russians tried to do and the release of the emails and the fake news and derogatory material, and all of that. we know that. that has been well established and well documented. the other piece that has not been -- gotten much

senator manchin. >> thank you, mr. chairman. secretary shulkin, recently you announced that you would be scrapping the current electronic health care records system and adopting the same system that dod uses from ther is that corporation based in st. louis. while i'm certainly in favor of making it easier, my concern is that speed of this decision will have second and third and order of effects that could be detrimental, and here's where her. my concern to you is are you concerned that there will be increased risk in one company managing all these assets? be. >> wow. well, first of all, i think in making a decision of this magnitude, there are absolutely risks involved with it. i have to tell you, i thought the risks were greater to do nothing. >> okay. >> that considering the maintenance requires on vista, the expense that will be required and our lack of ability to maintain qualified software adopters within v.a -- developers within v.a., the risk of doing nothing was worse. i think that dod went through a strong due diligence

senator manchin. >> possible to follow up on one question? >> the senator is recognized. >> thank you very much. david, what have we learned since 9/11? you know, i understood that we had a lot of -- we were a lot of the intelligence dmunt was warned, but there wasn't knbt talking at all, but everybody was concerned about that. in your valuation of taking on the role you're going to take on, what do you think that maybe you have learned or we have learned or we should have learned and how can you make sure that doesn't repeat itself? because you're going to share this down to the level you started with. you know what it's like down there. that's where it's got to stop. i read all the reports of 9/11. it really shouldn't have happened. >> i thought about that for many years. and coming up through the entry level ranks and severaling with some very elite intelligence and operational squads and teams, the one thing i have learned is a mission integrated operationally focused approach. and empowering your leaders, empowering your mid and lower le

>> i don't recall it, senator manchin. >> i don't remember any conversations with the president about the russia election interference. >> did he ever ask you any questions concerning this? >> there was an initial briefing of our findings and i think there was conversation there, i don't remember it exactly, where he asked questions about what we found and what our sources were and what our confidence level. after that i don't remember anything. >> now we have two people from -- who were in the administration -- well, former fbi director and the attorney general both saying they've not heard the president expressing concern or much concern about russian interference in the election which the entire u.s. intelligence community is on agreement on. does that concern you? >> well, it does concern me because what our intelligence community has said uniformly and anonymously is that we had russian interference in this election and it's not going to stop. they're going to do it again. i do think that the ball -- that the needle didn't move one direction or another today or democrats or repub

manchin asked to restoring health and the proposal works that into a darpa program. i'm sure you know the darpa satellite servicing activity occurs in geosynchronous orbit which of course is a very different orbit funded by operational permits below earth orbit which is currently what restore health services. by transitioning this away, by defunding restored al are you saying you are going to abandon the lower earth orbit and not provide refueling capability in orbit? >> i think what we are saying is the international space station where we have demonstrated technique and godard overtime to refueling as we are doing in orbit today i believe they can stop the technology and let the public or the partnerships build systems to do that. we at nasa don't need to do that. we just need to do the --. >> if you could get this committee a cost analysis about how that will be more cost-effective given the investment we have already made in restore al. can you provide that to the committee? >> i would be glad to. >> let me ask you about the peace mission because this is a missio