chairman corker: senator markey. senator markey: thank you mr. chairman, very much. it's a very important hearing. absolutely crisis that has many in the rohingya community who have arrived in bangladesh following these clearance operations that soldiers entered their villages and killed civilians, raped women and girls, then burned down the entire village, international meddal teams treating the rohingya in these camps report that some people bear gunshot wounds consistent with being shot from behind. some women and girls have injuries consistent with sexual assault. it is clear the military bears the spot for these crimes, even the perpetrators are lower levels or unknown. burma's commander in chief senior general minn is responsible for the systematic crimes. why has the administration been reluctant to add general minn to the specially designated nationals and block persons ist? >> thank you, senator. there is no reason to discount the credible reporting that such abuses have taken place. it's for that reason we have announced mesh sure at the state department on

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>> well, you know, i agree with senator markey. you've got to have the funding at isn't point. but, chris, i got to be blunt. that's the best presentation, comprehensive overview of this issue i've heard in over a decade. simply magnificent. hopefully there will be a follow-through and i understore one name mentioned, dr. norah goldcow, national drug abuse, one of the nih institutes that get over $1 billion a year in research money. we actually understand this issue quite well. >> this was, indeed, a finely crafted statement. how do you think it will be received by the people who may well be affected significantly by this and that tis the medica community? >> i think it's actually going to be viewed very well. again, the speech is very comprehensive, it's a good starting point. the details will be important over the next coming days and weeks. what's going to be included in there? how much money for prevention and how much money to try to get the education out there both for physicians, dentists that write prescriptions and patients who come in demanding that's the only things

thank you for coming, and i want to thank senator coons, hoe row know and markey, my colleagues, for being here. hirono. as we say, mass el talf. mazel tov. i understand many reporters have faced greater scrutiny when moving around the capitol today and, obviously, reporters are some of the last people who should face unwarranted restrictions. my office and the rules committee are looking into a remedy as soon as possible. okay? now tax reform. well, when the house republicans unveiled their bill tomorrow -- unveil their bill tomorrow, they'll essentially be initiating open warfare on the middle class. under their plans taxes would go up on nearly one in three middle class households even though they promised no middle class person would get a tax increase. republicans like to say they're against double taxation, but apparently not when it comes to the middle class. every time republicans have found themselves in a pinch, they look to the middle class, not the ultra-wealthy, to carry the burden. so let's look a little bit at how this debate has evolved. first, republicans propose eli

markey: mr. president, the presiding officer: the senator from massachusetts. mr. markey: p mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum be rescinded. mr. markey: thank you, mr. president very much. mr. president, i ask consent to grant floor privileges for tesla revels for the remainder of the session. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. markey: thank you, mr. president, very much. this summer chip turned 20 years old. i served on the house committee that created this bill and was proud to support providing the affordable comprehensive health insurance to low-income children and pregnant women. it is a bipartisan program and it's an effective program. last year alone chip covered nearly nine million children throughout the country. in massachusetts, chip has been instrumental in achieving near universal insurance coverage for our children in the bay state. yet, instead of celebrating chip's successes over the last two decades, congressional republicans have placed chip in programmatic purgatory. that's because they allowed chip to expire at the

senator ed markey, a member of the foreign relations committee, he's standing by live. he'll take our questions. and our correspondents, analysts and specialings. >>> let's begin at the white house over president trump's tough talks over north korea, nuclear weapons and the freedom of the press. sara murray is on the scene for us. sara, the president certainly had a lot to say today. >> reporter: that's right, wolf. he took the opportunity to tout america's newark arsenal but insists he does not want to build it up farther. if there was -- a split in the trump administration, the president made very clear who gets the last word. as president trump grapples with north korea's nuclear threats, he's leaving little doubt as to whose strategic opinion matters most. >> i think i have a little bit different attitude on north korea than other people might have. and i listen to everybody, but ultimately my attitude is the one that matters, isn't it? that's the way it works. >> reporter: north korea's aggressive nuclear posture remains one of trump's top foreign policy conundrums

. >> senator edward markey of massachusetts, joins me now.enator, do you feel we have become numb? >> i think the american people are ready for action. i think that they are angry. i think that they want the united states congress to finally take on the nra. it is the republican party which is in the vice-like grip of the nra which refuses to take up legislation on background checks, on assault weapons, on each and every one of these issues that the american people overwhelmingly know that we should do something about it in order to prevent these kinds of incidents occurring in our country. but thus far, the republicans only want to loosen gun safety laws, not tighten them. >> what do you say to people who say i've had this conversation now in oh, god, i don't know how many mass shootings i've covered now, but it's been quite a few. whatever your particular prescription policy, it will not match the solution here. in this case you already see people saying it appears as this individual actually passed background checks. the guns were acquired

thank you for coming, and i want to thank senator coons, hoe row know and markey, my colleagues, for being here. hirono. as we

markey gave birth to baby wyatt, 9 pounds 11 ounces.es, 9/11, just two days after so many lost their lives. abc news, las vegas. >>> the body of stacy etrobar was flown here wednesday. the couple got separated during the shooting when vinnie went to help victims and told stacy to get to safety. stacy, who is 50, lives d in nevada and wleft her husband an two children. >>> the vigil for the massacre will begin at 6:00 tonight at the corner of castro valley boulevard and red road in castro valley. >>> we're learning more about a south bay teenager arrested on charges of sexually assaulting a child. this morning police worry there could be more victims. lonnie rivera has the story from san jose. >> and they're all upset. and they have a competition next weekend, so this throws a monkey wrench into everything they've been trying to rehearse for. >> reporter: larry uehle has two children that attends branham high school in san jose. one of them is on the flag team. he said members of the high school band is shocked after learning the assista

senator markey. senator markey: thank you for your service. during the last congress and this past january, i introduced the restricting first use of nuclear weapons act with representative ted lieu. this bill would ensure that no president can launch a first use nuclear attack against any anywhere without a declaration of war from congress. ther existing laws, president possesses unilateral authority to use a first use nuclear strike on anyone, anywhere, around the world. even in the absence of a nuclear attack against us or our allies. there is no question that since the dawn of the nuclear age, it has been essential for the president to have clear authority to respond to nuclear attacks on the united states, our forces, or our allies. in my view, no one person should have the power to launch a first withoutear strike congressional approval. under article two of the constitution, the president has authority to repel sudden attacks as soon as our military and intelligence agencies inform him of such an attack. nothing in our bill changes the

i'm going close out the meeting as soon as senator markey finishes but i'm going to close it out now for my participation. >> i want to thank the three witnesses for being here. it's been outstanding. the record will remain open until the close of business monday. i assume senator markey won't launch a nuclear war or do anything of that short while we're going to vote, but please enjoy your time, sir, and i'm going to announce the meeting adjourned as soon as you finish. thank you for being here. >> i appreciate that. thank you so much. i think you can trust me with my finger on the button, but i'm not sure. i think we need a hearing on all the people have their finger on the button. so just one question, mr. okeefe. catholic charities, how account u.s. food aid programs better compliment other umantarian response efforts so that u.s. assistance also address dollars the root cause of food and security, political conflict, violence, other issues? how can we do that? >> thank you so much, senator. catholic relief service disease think a lot about this very important question, particula

between markey on republic you know we have her more on t.v. good for him. and now we've got them to the side of the ring is the fairest but if they don't take the old people would you accept that if you allow catalonia to have its independence and break away that maybe other regions for example the basque region maybe the bilirakis islands turnaround for example they all might want to go dane the same route and you'd end up with a fragmented spain. yeah but. you know united spain only helps them to do you know there are soldiers for their corruption to oppress people yes thanks to the kind of government and if they were in that people want to separate this thing yes it's the right. but. now it's only helpful for them to have. to a part of the people and to repeat i'm all the people what do you think this stand by catalonia will do for the rest of spain and for other organizations like yours that believes the has to be change in spain yet now what you're doing is a happy thing for all the people because this. will reduce the riemann some seventy eight remain

i'm going close out the meeting as soon as senator markey finishes but i'm going to close it out now for my participation. >> i want to thank the three witnesses for being here. it's been outstanding. the record will remain open until the close of business monday. i assume senator markey won't launch a nuclear war or do anything of that short while we're going to vote, but please enjoy your time, sir, and i'm going to announce the meeting adjourned as soon as you finish. thank you for being here. >> i appreciate that. thank you so much. i think you can trust me with my finger on the button, but i'm not sure. i think we need a hearing on all the people have their finger on the button. so just one question, mr. okeefe. catholic charities, how account u.s. food aid programs better compliment other umantarian response efforts so that u.s. assistance also address dollars the root cause of food and security, political conflict, violence, other issues? how can we do that? >> thank you so much, senator. catholic relief service disease think a lot about this very important question, particula

. >>> we're back with senator ed markey, the breaking news on the first criminal charges in the special's russia investigation and the possible implications for the president with one of his former campaign advisors now cooperating with the fbi. in the motion to seal the filings involving george papadopoulos, senator, it said this, and let me read it specifically because it could be very significant. defendant has indicated that he is willing to cooperate with the government in its ongoing investigation into russian efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election. public disclosure of the defendant's initial appearance would undermine his ability to serve as a proactive cooperator. clear words, senator. what sort of information could papadopoulos help provide to the fbi in this investigation? >> well, clearly what is of most interest is any collusion that did exist in actuality between the trump campaign and the russian government. that's all to be determined in the days, weeks, months ahead. but this is the beginning of it. and mr. papadopoulos is someone who clearly has relevan

democratic senator ed markey calling this a heartless republican budgetary scam.pposition does it face? jennifer: significant. folks have been trying to open anwr for decades and they haven't been able to succeed. one of the biggest attempt was a decade ago also using a budget bill as a vehicle for doing it. the environmental opposition is significant. there's a significant group of democrats that are fighting desperately on this. but the real test vote, inc. is a concern among many of them but the real test vote is this week and want to gets past the senate vote, there's a limited opportunity to stop this. tryingthe ways they are to fight this is not on environmental grounds, but my making the case of this money isn't going to pay out in the way it has been estimated. it's not going to be huge windfall. if you are a fiscal conservative and your concern on offsetting these tax cuts, this is not enough money to do that. , based innifer dlouhy washington, d.c. " balance ofe power" inbox. coming up on "bloomberg willts," claudio descalzi discuss oil and shale product

and we have for you a series of tweets from massachusetts senator ed markey, he says enough is enough. americans are tired of living in fear that their community will be the next victim of mass shooting. the epidemic of gun violence in our country is not preordained. it is preventable. it's time the g.o.p. stops blocking gun control legislation. let's once again ban assault weapons. these are weapons of war and should be used in combat not in our communities. coming up in about a half-hour a e on c-span, bring you news conference with congressman mike thompson of california on gun violence. he'll be joined by former congresswoman gabby a giffords ence who was shot in the head in 2011. she said she's headed to capitol hill for that news conference. we do plan bring that to you live on c-span starting at is:00 p.m. eastern. right now more reaction to the mass shooting in las vegas from this morning's "washington journal." giffords who was shot moment. but this was breaking overnight, i want to read a little bit from the "las vegas sun." they've been updating this constantly. more than 5

. >> massachusetts senator ed markey gets tonight's last word. "the 11th hour" with brian williams is next. >>> tonight the president in the disaster zone. president trump visiting puerto rico, displaying a unique style of distributing relief supply and telling puerto ricans they threw the budge out of whack and fared better than others. "the 11th hour" on a tuesday night begins now. >>> well, good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. day 257 of the trump administration and in a matter of hours shortly after sunrise the president will leave the white house for las vegas. on that front, new information on the man behind the deadliest mass shooting in modern american history, including his last several hours alive. multi- senior law enforcement officials are telling nbc news stephen paddock made some big bets just in the past couple weeks and told he wired $100,000 to an account in the philippines. that's where his live-in girl friend is from. police are unable to confirm that money transfer, however. much more on the

s we have senator ed markey in massachusetts saying the first thing trump should do on tuesday since since hurricane maria destroyed the island. how plausible is it, julian, that president trump will apologize? that is moment he meets with cruz that a lot of people are going to be watching very closely. >> well, it's not likely. this is not an apologizing president and we haven't seen many moments where he takes back what he says. i think this was yet another divisive weekend. we are here in this humanitarian crisis. he has decided to go after a mayor and make accusations about her partisanship and why things are going and words that are seen by many characterizing puerto ricans in a particular way. he should walk it back, but i don't think he will. this is just not what we have seen so there is no reason to think that we will see it again. certainly the comments were damaging. >> errol, we know what we learned yesterday that melania will be the first lady, will be accompanying him on this trip as well. what do the it would hatwo of t do to make things right is in there. >> the quest

. >> massachusetts senator ed markey gets tonight's last word. hour" with brian williams is next. >>> tonight the president in the disaster zone. president trump visiting puerto rico, displaying a unique style of distributing relief supply and telling puerto ricans they threw the budge out of whack and fared better than others. "the 11th hour" on a tuesday night begins now. >>> well, goo

markey: medicare and medicaid, this is shameful. madam president, i yield back the balance of my time. the presiding officer: the senator from flew mexico. -- from new mexico. mr. udall: madam president, i would ask unanimous consent that melanie authorityon, a congressional -- thorton be granted floor privileges for the remainder of the 115th congress. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. udall: thank you, madam president. madam president, i wanted to rise today to talk a little bit about something very obscure that's buried in this budget bill but something that's very, very important to me. i -- first, before i talk about the specific policy issues, i just wanted to talk about a personal exploration i had, and this is with regard to the arctic wildlife refuge and this area called the 1002 area. i had the opportunity in the 1980's to take a raft trip down across this arctic coastal plain and down to the sea. and part of the reason was that many of the alaska senators at the time said if you're going to make policy in alas

. >> massachusetts senator ed markey gets tonight's last word.n williams is next. "the 11th hour" with brian williams is next. >>> tonight the president in the disaster zone. president trump visiting puerto rico, displaying a unique style. >>> tonight the president in the disaster zone. donald trump visiting puerto rico displaying a unique style of distributing relief supplies and leaves behind a day of puzzling comments. while saying they faired better than the real catastrophe like katrina. and just hours from now trump makes his way to las vegas. tonight the latest reporting on the investigation and the gunman and the technology and firepower he used. "the 11th hour" on a tuesday night begins now. well, good evening once again from our nbc headquarters here in new york. day 257 of the trump administration. and in a matter of hours shortly

reluctantly and anger angerly, i think you were in the oval office with your colleagues, glen tlush and markeyhad that angry expressi expression. >> it was. it's hard to believe that was three months ago and longer. some things that happened this week i can't believe happened this week. but you're right, he's still new in this job. he's never been in politics, never been at a high level in the military, so this is all new to him. he thought, as all people thought, that he's a businessman and can determine the way things work. it's not so simple. whether it be on health care, the iran deal, on a lot of these different issues, he discovered that washington is a system, not a place, and if the system resists presidents who want to change it. that frustrated president obama, too. to see now president trump saying i'm kind of down on this whole congress thing, so i'm going to try to use my own power to affect change as best i can. something we heard from the last president. >> and rick stengel, you've been around this town, a journalist, before that an author. we're seeing not only an explosion of

>> congressman markey, those response plans incorporate a number of broad-based studies, marine mammal studies. >> these are regional -- >> i understand. >> -- oil spill response plans. how can walruses be in a response plan for the gulf of mexico? this is a regional response plan that each of you had to put together. >> i understand the question. and it's unfortunate that walruses were included. and it's an embarrassment that they were included. >> before rex tillerson was donald trump's secretary of state, he was an exxon ceo embarrassed about his walruses. part of that terrible disaster in the gulf was the fact that the industry was completely unprepared to deal with the harm that they could cause. when the company's plans for dealing with that type of disaster were dug up, it showed how much they did not care. and how much they actually weren't ready for that kind of disaster. because that stupid plan, even if they had followed it, might have saved the walruses, had there been any there, but it was not a real plan for dealing with this kind of catastrophe. that was 2010. well, righ

markey: mr. president, i would like to start my remarks with my deepest condolences and prayers for the people of las vegas and to the victims of the worst mass shooting in our nation's history. our innocent concert goers had to experience such violence, may you are -- may you be able to overcome this. and to the medical professionals who are working tirelessly to heal wounds and save lives right now, but enough is enough. americans are tired of living in fear that their community will be the next in newtown or aurora or las vegas. we must not become number to this. -- numb to this. we can begin by banning these military style assault weapons like the ar-15, which are the guns of choice for others who seek to inflict mass casualties on victims. unfortunately the gun lobby prevailed on congress to let the assault weapons ban expire in 2004, but we need it now more than ever. we must also pass legislation to ensure that all purchases, including -- include a background check. 92% of americans suppor

i assume senator markey won't launch a nuclear war or do anything while we are going to vote.nd please to enjoy your time, sir and i will announce the committee adjourned as soon as you finish. thank you for being here. >> appreciate that. thank you so much. you can trust me with my finger on the button. but i think we need a hearing. just one question, mr. o'keefe. catholic charities, how can the u.s. food aid programs better complement other humanitarian response effort so that u.s. assistance also addresses the root causes of food insecurity, political conflict, how can we do that? >> thank you so much, senator. catholic league services does think about this important question, particularly those us in the humanitarian side or work closely together a year ago to prepare for the world humanitarian summit to develop a whole set of recommendations on humanitarian system reform that we look to drive forward. the most important thing for us is to continue to increase resources to go to hungry people to address the emergency needs in the kind of creative ways we've been discussin

massachusetts democratic senator ed ward markey called the dollars band-aid when we need a tourniquete reform after the house voted to accept the budget blueprint. republicans plan to release the tax proposal next week. major garrett is at the house with what to expect on that. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. let's talk about what happen this week and what it portends for next week. what happened was republicans declared two things important. one, deaf septembeficits no lon and speed does. it adds $1.5 trillion in deficits over the next ten years. that's not what the house wanted to do originally but that's what the senate did and they agreed to do that. now deficits are on the table for as far as the eye can see, at a time when we have a national debt of $20 trillion. now, on the speed part. the house and senate republicans want to move this legislation as rapidly as possible, possibly before thanksgiving. so a huge effect on taxes, touching every part of the u.s. economy. it is supposed to be debated, amended and voted on the house floor by thanksgiving, quite also possibly

senator edward markey plans to introduce legislation that would allow qualified gun owners to use smart gun technology that can restrict who can use a weapon. that's just some of the early legislation in the wake of the las vegas shooting. we are talking to just gun owners across america. we want to hear what gun restrictions you would support. phone lines this morning if you own one to four guns (202) 748-8000. five to 15 guns (202) 748-8001. 16 to 30 guns (202) 748-8002. more than 30 guns (202) 748-8003 . teresa is up first on the line for one to four guns. caller: good morning. i do believe in some commonsense regulation. think we need silencers on guns. online and watching investigating this. the guns out of the black and brown neighborhoods. gangs. illegal handguns. 200rapper was busted with illegal guns. why is this not mentioned. i can't help but feel this is an attack on the white man and the hunters of this great nation. people never do anything to anybody. debateou think the gun in this country is a racial attack? caller: absolutely. when is the last time anyone has had a deba

i will flip it now to senator markey and then senator sullivan i think you can wrap it up. gl thank you, chairman thune, very much. there is a dekenzian quality to the internet. it can same enable or degrade and debase. obviously, sex trafficking is at the top of the list of degrading and debasing activity which occurs on the web. and historically what has happened is that there has been an incentive for companies to take voluntary action to deal with these issues. to be empowered to be able to deal with the issues. that is something that clearly is being called into question. the issue is how do we construct a balance that allows us to deal with this issue and to this. can you talk about the power and why it is important to put it on top of the existing powers? >> as has been stated earlier, federal prosecutors have the authority to criminally prosecute those who violate section 230 communication decency act who go above and beyond and engage in criminal activity with regard to sex trafficking of children. the difficulty is federal prosecutors are proven they are not going

in august i was part of a congressional delegation led by senator markey that visited south korea, japan, and the border between china and north korea. t is just a short drive from seoul, a city of about $10 million people, to the d.m.z., which is the border line with north korea. and standing there you understand and see firsthand that even though the united states would prevail, unquestionably, in any armed onflict, the casualtyies suffered by -- casualties suffered by south korea would be horrendous. with i hosted a meeting congresswoman wagner with south korean foreign minister kang here in the congress. and from these two meetings i came back more convinced than ever that we have to leave no stone unturned with to solve th most dangerous problem of our times peacefully through negotiation. i firmly believe that the only way to drive north korea to the negotiation table is to increase the financial pressure on this reckless rogue regime which is what this bill does. it is one of the toughest sanction bills financially we have ever considered and may be the toughest. the fact that the

we've got some members like senator markey, he's concerned about what a president can do with launchingeconds. all of these things will be discussed. i'm not particularly laying out a position right now. but we're going through a series of hearings to do exactly what it is you're requesting. i do hope we'll be able to update the aumf. i do. that takes 60 votes in the senate and takes the house -- there's a lot of division over what powers the commander-in-chief should have. but we're going begin that process monday. i appreciate you highlighting it. i have a feeling it will be highly watched. >> senator bob corker, thank you so much. good to have you on the show. >> thank you. >>> up next, why does vladimir putin want to control ukraine? ask stalin. pulitzer prize winner ann applebaum sugge explains what i means for washington's approach to washington next on "morning joe." ( ♪ ) ♪ one is the only number ♪ that you'll ever need ♪ ♪ because one is the only number ♪ when everything you do is focused on being the best... serenity is a welcome distraction. the one and only cadillac escalade

fitzpatrick for his partnership on this legislation as well as our colleagues in the senate, senators markey, rubio, brown and capito, for their bipartisan work on the senate counterpart legislation. the federal government must do its part to ensure our first responders have the tools they need in this greatest of public health fights. the interdict act provides important and powerful resources in this endeavor and i urge its adoption. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from pennsylvania. mr. fitzpatrick: mr. speaker, i have in other speakers. if the gentlelady from california has no other speakers i am prepared to close once the gentlelady does. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from california. ms. barragan: mr. speaker, i am prepared to close. mr. speaker, h.r. 2142 is an important this has strong support -- strong bipartisan support. passage of this bill will go a long way. as such, i encourage my colleagues to support h.r. 2142 and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. mr. fitzpatrick: i urge my colleagues to su

markey: mr. president, i would like to start my remarks with my deepest condolences and prayers for the people of las vegas and to the victims of the worst mass shooting in our nation's history. our innocent concert goers had to experience such violence, may you are -- may you be able to overcome this. and to the medical professionals who are working tirelessly to heal wounds and save lives right now, but enough is enough. americans are tired of living in fear that their community will be the next in newtown or aurora or las vegas. we must not become number to this. -- numb to this. we can begin by banning these military style assault weapons like the ar-15, which are the guns of choice for others who seek to inflict mass casualties on victims. unfortunately the gun lobby prevailed on congress to let the assault weapons ban expire in 2004, but we need it now more than ever. we must also pass legislation to ensure that all purchases, including -- include a background check. 92% of americans suppor

markey: mr. president, i rise to speak about the arctic wildlife refuge and the obscenity that will be the attempt by the republicans to insert into the budget bill an ability for the big oil companies of our country to be able to drill for oil in this sacred, pristine arctic wildlife refuge. i stand here first thanking senator cantwell from the state of washington, our great democratic leader on the energy committee, for her leadership not just on this issue but so many issues on the environment era that we're having to confront during this era of donald trump. let me just tell you, the republican budget is all about ultimately massive handouts to the 1% richest people in our country and to huge corporations while doing almost nothing for working and middle-class americans in our country. the republicans in this bill will slash medicaid and medicare while at the same time blowing a $1.5 trillion hole in the deficit to finance tax cuts for the super rich. but if that weren't bad enough, tucked in