mcconnell: now, mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 2:00 p.m. monday, september 21. following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the journal of proceedings be approved to date, the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day. finally, following leader remarks, the senate resume consideration of the motion to proceed positive -- motion to proceed to h.r. 36. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: if there's no further business to come before the senate, i ask it stand adjourned under the previous order. the presiding officer: the senate stands adjourned until 2:00 p.m. on monday, sep mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the iding officer >> >> mr. president, let the democrats have given a final vote on the president's deal with iran. they made their choice but that doesn't mean the discussion is over. today we will have another opportunity to discuss the listing and congression

mcconnell: mr. president, those of us who believe in protecting innocent and precious life may have lost a vote today, but we're steadily winning a larger argument, a critical argument that goes to the heart of who we want to be as a society. we can feel momentum for life on the rise, just as we see extremism on the other side increasing. by placing their allegiance with the far left instead of women, democrats are making a losing bet they will come to regret over the long term. today, however, we must grapple with the challenges of the present. democrats insistence on blocking the strategy pursued today means we have to consider the options now before us. the relate city that the government will -- the realt rey is that the government will shut down if we do not act. here is what the president of the right to life had to say. "there are two different roads that we can take. one is to insist that no more money go to planned parenthood and cause a government shutdown, which won't result in actually d

mcconnell: so, mr.president, if there's no further business to come before the senate, i ask that it stand in adjournment under the previous order. the presiding officer: the senate stands adjourned until 10:00 a.m. tomorrowr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: today we will begin consideration of the resolution toapovehe >> >> china, france, with a federation of united kingdom the islamic public -- people's public of iran and the united states. the revolution seeks to constrain a iran's nuclear weapons program. i will last call centers one dash senators to be present in the chamber tamara afternoon to commence debate on this important issue. let me extend my appreciation for the time rand research many colleagues have given to understanding the details and the strengths and the weaknesses and for many this has been a difficult decision. for some, it was made even more difficult by assertions from the administration that the only choice was between this agreement anwr.

after pope francis addresses both houses of congress that morning, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is again going to file another government funding bill that will be a so call called clean funding bill that will fund planned parenthood and the last until mid-december. and this is a way to try to prevent a government shutdown next thursday. and it looks like the majority leader, you have a retweeted your comment saying wow, kelly ayotte, mcconnell shouldn't waste time. and it sounds like some republican members would like to bring in other issues and the democrats of course, most who have supported obama is nuclear deal, they have said that it should not be attached to any government spending bill and it will largely depend on what ultimately happens in the senate >> what is the dollar figure and how long what it last? >> i think the overall sequestration level for the next fiscal year, which begins next week, it is $1.017 trillion and it's trying to adhere to these so-called spending caps. and so the idea of having this expire and it has about a two and a half month window to try

mcconnell: now, mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 9:30 a.m., thursday, october 1. following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the journal of proceedings be approved to date and the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day. following leader remarks, the senate be in a period of morning business for one hour with senators permitted to speak therein. further, that the time be equally divided with the majority controlling the first half, the democrats controlling the final half. further, that following morning business, the senate then resume consideration of the motion to proceed to h.r. 2029 with the time until 1:45 equally divided between the two leaders or their designees. finally, that notwithstanding the provisions of rule 22, the senate vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to h.r. 2029 at 1:45. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: if

mcconnell: i ask consent the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask consent that on thursday, september 10, at 3:00 p.m. the substitute amendment to h.j. res. 61 be greagd to, the joint resolution as amended be read a third time and the senate vote on passage of the resolution as amended. the presiding officer: is there objection? objection is heard. mr. reid: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the cloture motions with respect to the mcconnell substitute amendment on h.j. res. 61 be withdrawn and the pending amendments on the motion to commit with the exception of the mcconnell stiewlt amendment be withdrawn that no motions be in order to the resolution with the mcconnell prior to the vote with the mcconnell substitute, that at 3:45 p.m. today the senate proceed to vote on the mcconnell substitute amendment, that the amendment be subject to a 60 vote affirmative threshold, further if the mcconnell amendment is agreed to, h.j. res. 61 as amended, be read a third time and passed. th

mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: mr. president, the democrats have chosen to deny the senate a final vote on the president's deal with iran. they made their choice, but that doesn't mean the discussion is over. today we'll have another opportunity to address the lifting of congressionally mandated sanctions as called for in the joint comprehensive plan of action. today we'll have an opportunity to vote on a question of policy policy -- should iran be left with a threshold nuclear program, one now recognized by the p-5 plus 1 and receive billions of dollars in sanctions relief without any linkage whatsoever to other aspects of this foreign policy adventurism. that's the question before us. i'll discuss that vote in greater detail in just a moment, but first a reminder of how we got to this point. here's what we know about the nuclear deal with iran. it's president obama's deal with iran, not america's deal with iran, because the president did everything possible to cut the american people out and to block their elected re

mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: ask a family to show you the first picture of their child these days, and you're likely to get a black and white image with delicate fingers and tiny toes. maybe it's their precious christine, maybe it's their little guy brett. but one thing's for sure: that baby is their child. scientific advances like the sonogram are helping pull back the curtain on the mystery of life. they're helping foster a new spirit of compassionate protection for the most defenseless. and they are providing new opportunities to bridge old political divides. we in this chamber are never going to agree completely on the abortion question, but we should at least be able to agree that if an unborn child has reached the point where he or she can feel pain, that child's life deserves protection. science is telling us that a child can reach this stage around 20 weeks. in other words, five months. this is when unborn children can react, even recoi

mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: mr. president, i'm going to proceed under my leader time. i want to -- the presiding officer: is there objection? mr. mcconnell: i want to congratulate the chairman of the foreign relations committee for an incredible job in giving the senate an opportunity to actually express itself on what the president had described as an executive agreement. i think it is important for everybody to ngd the next president of the united states is is going to take a new look at this, bu because it doesn't e the force of law of a treaty. but the president didn't want us to have anything to do with it at all. and the chainders o -- and the f the foreign relations committee, senator corker, skillfully negotiated with the other side to give us an opportunity to actually express our views on his unilateral action with the range government. -- we've proceeded, as the senator from tennessee pointed out, in a manner that respected the process and gave the senate an opportunity to vote on that deal only, even tho

lou: that's an awful, awful nice thought on the part of mcconnell, but it's pure bull and mcconnell knowst. there will be no changing of minds, president obama has his win, it is over. after the republican victory in last year's midterm election senate majority leader mcconnell promised to get things done. and the newly re-elected speaker john boehner was all bravado when he said if president obama were to try to go around congress, he will get burned, as he put it. >> when you play with matches, you take the risk of burning yourself, and he's going to burn himself if he continues to go down this path. lou: that warning something that one might administer to say a five-year-old, not a president of the united states, one twice elected. the republicans are the ones who actually got burned, of course, not obama. even after his midterm shellacking as the president acknowledged, obama vowed to press on with his agenda with or without congress and he has done precisely. that and the republicans have had absolutely no answer to obama's fiats. mr. obama ignored rules, tradition and the constituti

speaker boehner and mitch mcconnell said, especially mcconnell, said there would not be a government shutdown. portrecognized it as a strategy because they did not have the votes to get a bill to the president's desk. they wanted to avoid that. certainly this has minimized the chances of a shutdown in september. you can also make the argument that congress is doing what it punting., it will be a very difficult decision for the next speaker, and arguably, increase the chances for a shutdown around christmas time. guest: remember, one of the legacies of speaker boehner is this is the lots of majority since 1930. he has built up a very impressive republican congress. interestingly, he still cannot get the vote on big fiscal controversial issues. in the house, you have to move bills through your party. you cannot rely on the minority in many cases to increase your power and leverage. he was unable to do that. host: a bit of irony there that the people who he helped to get elected are now in a conference, or caucus, opposing his contingencies as bigger. -- as speaker. guest: that is right

bobby jindal calling for mcconnell to step down.congressional leaders are not popular at the same time, congress is never a cut popular base. but it is especially unpopular now. that is really hampering put mitch mcconnell and john boehner have been trying to do, because they are taking so much friendly fire from the white house hopefuls. host: independent line. caller: good morning. it is very evident to me for the last half a century that the republican party and the democratic party have been ruining this nation. as far as i know, their problem is they listen to the lobbyist more than the people who put them in office. case in point is down here in the phoenix area we had a representative who had real good credentials. he was a cpa or something like that. we voted for him and in every district put him in office to go to washington dc and represent their views on how the government should be run and budgeting. and people like boehner and the rest of the right knows took him out of his well-deserved committee and put him off as a s

mcconnell: we'll have to deal with all of these issues. we have a number of different things that need to be addressed. the deadline is december 11. thanks, everybody. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] >> we now know that leader mcconnell has set a vote time for tomorrow morning of 10:00 a.m. eastern. news conference from earlier today also during the party lunches, we heard from democratic leaders, harry reid, talking about government funding and attempts to defund planned parenthood. mr. reid: we're one day from a government shutdown. i'm glad we have a path to avoid it on a temporary basis. but this government by crisis s no way to run a country. we've been calling for responsible bipartisan budget negotiations for months. these negotiations could have avoided this necessary crisis altogether. once we fund the government for a short period of time i hope the republicans will fina

yesterdayhed a story from an interview that mitch mcconnell conducted with nyt -- myt tv. [video clip] >> we have some big differences about what we are going to spend. the senate democrats have a big enough number to prevent us from doing things. they have prevented us from doing any of the bills we want to do, thereby forcing the negotiation when we go back in after labor day, which i will be engaged in with the administration and others to try to sort out how much we are going to spend and where we are going to spend it. ,ost: and niels lesniewski based on this, he goes on to say that to prevent any government shutdown there will be a debate over planned parenthood. what can we expect? guest: what it looks like we're headed toward -- and senator mcconnell was fairly straightforward in that conversation with the television station in eastern kentucky -- is that there is going to be some kind of high-level negotiation over what the top line funding level means -- needs to be from october 1 onward, and those negotiations are probably going to start fairly quickly once cong

speaker boehner and mitch mcconnell said, especially mcconnell, said there would not be a governmenthutdown. portrecognized it as a strategy because they did not have the votes to get a bill to the president's desk. they wanted to avoid that. certainly this has minimized the chances of a shutdown in september. you can also make the argument that congress is doing what it punting., it will be a very difficult decision for the next speaker, and arguably, increase the chances for a shutdown around christmas time. guest: remember, one of the legacies of speaker boehner is this is the lots of majority since 1930. he has built up a very impressive republican congress. interestingly, he still cannot get the vote on big fiscal controversial issues. in the house, you have to move bills through your party. you cannot rely on the minority in many cases to increase your power and leverage. he was unable to do that. host: a bit of irony there that the people who he helped to get elected are now in a conference, or caucus, opposing his contingencies as bigger. -- as speaker. guest: that is right.

yesterdayhed a story from an interview that mitch mcconnell conducted with nyt -- myt tv. [video clip] >> we have some big differences about what we are going to spend. the senate democrats have a big enough number to prevent us from doing things. they have prevented us from doing any of the bills we want to do, thereby forcing the negotiation when we go back in after labor day, which i will be engaged in with the administration and others to try to sort out how much we are going to spend and where we are going to spend it. ,ost: and niels lesniewski based on this, he goes on to say that to prevent any government shutdown there will be a debate over planned parenthood. what can we expect? guest: what it looks like we're headed toward -- and senator mcconnell was fairly straightforward in that conversation with the television station in eastern kentucky -- is that there is going to be some kind of high-level negotiation over what the top line funding level means -- needs to be from october 1 onward, and those negotiations are probably going to start fairly quickly once cong

israel is the only country in the world that would actually fight. >> you brought up mcconnell. people hate all politicians, because you can't trust them. they're not looking out for the american people. the american people don't want this deal. republicans and democrats they want -- >> what does carl -- what was mcconnell as rationale for allowing this thing? >> it makes no sense other than they's -- >> here's the thoughts, special interests and party lines. schumer come out, for one it was clear that this was vetoproof, and then people like cardin coming out that this -- >> and palpable rage on the parts of the left and the right that explains not only donald trump, but all these outside candidates. resonating. proof of that was in chicago this week, and doesn't that town's mayo know it firsthand? >> you're going to see a mass exodus of people getting the hell out of this [ bleep ] city. >>> kate steenhe's family planning to sue san francisco's sheriff over policies that protect alien criminals. >>> also a judge overturning tom brady's suspension, some are calling for nfl.ú.úñ

mitch mcconnell worked very hard to get it done. we should not assume though that because the authority was done that we automatically are going to be getting tpp done. the politics around trade are tough. i said this even in the run-up to getting tpa authority, a lot of americans, when they think of trade, they think of plants in their hometown or nearby shutting down and moving to mexico or china, and american manufacturing and good paying jobs being lost. the argument that i have made consistently to democrats has been that there may have been some mistakes made in past trade agreements, and not, for example, having enforceable labor and environmental provisions that put american companies that are doing the right thing at a disadvantage. that there were not enough safeguards for intellectual property, and the abuses of state-owned enterprises and subsidies that companies may have been involved with. that is the status quo now. if you want to correct those things, we have to raise the bar. i did not fully persuade all of my democ

mcconnell and mr. reid need to follow. we had a failure of our executive branch, of our government and i think that these people are seeing the light. we're having a lot of problems going on with china right now. i think they're feeling the pressure from nonpoliticians, the nonpoliticians are not beholdened to anybody except the american people. and they're feeling this pressure among other things, and i think mcconnell and reid need to follow. thank you. host: we're waiting here on c-span, as you can see the reporters are gathered. the usual area for briefings from the democratic leader and often from speaker boehner as well. he will -- he's expected to be out shortly. we will continue our calls from you, comments to on twitter @c-span. next up we go to oak hill, virginia, and our democrats' line. martin. caller: yes. i'm a moderate democrat that does lien liberal. -- lean liberal. mr. boehner and the job he's undertaken has been very strenuous on him. i'm also an atheist but i do love this pope. this pope is the man. i w

why would mcconnell go to 60 votes? that is our problem. the problem has been boehner and mcconnell is even worse. host: as far as future leadership, who should replace him? host: louis is good. i do not like kevin mccarthy. they say the republicans are too extreme. you have a democratic party that is liberal. a republicane party that is extremely conservative. host: dave, pennsylvania. hi.er: glad he is gone. he did nothing except -- somebody called a long time ago. i think he was mentally unstable. it is not normal to do that. they say he is so emotional. of the menf all crying. i am sick of the feminization of our society. , this wasthing creepy. and less. 24/7 catholic channel. back to who leads the republican party. who is currently in charge? caller: i do not know. i am done. i kind of like tromp, but i think he will implode, like ross perot. caller: i think the people that leave the republican party are the lobbyists. you will get the story that i almost never hear about. it seems like it is a secret. he handed out checks to big toba

and so the position of mcconnell and boehner is they will not fight.t is the difference between them and harry reid? if he sets the priorities. one of the illustrations today there's a big wall street journal editorial slamming me because i'm urging republicans to follow through on our commitments and defund planned parenthood. i talk about that in my book. how the wall street journal is the most powerful tool republican leadership -- >> i don't understand how you become a pariah on following through on the very same promises your fellow senators have made. i'm running out of time. i want to make sure i ask you. now, i applaud you. you went to see this county clerk in kentucky, kim davis there. there was a moment i guess you were supposed to go out on stage and mike huckabee's people said you can't go out on stage. we have the video. what happened here. >> i salute mike huckabee i'm glad he's spoken out. i was in kentucky. i met with kim davis before she was released to support here. as you know, religious liberty has been a deep and personal fight of

mitch mcconnell says no. you would expect someone from where a lot of jobs are associated with coal to oppose that. it would be more of his prize if he wanted a cap and trade bill. -- more of a surprise. host: scott in richmond, virginia. caller: thank you for taking my call. i just have a statement. congress is coming back this week. that is nothing to cheer about at all. bbed aave already been du do-nothing congress. you look at the people in congress running to be president , why would we want them? president? in to be that are one of the president's, that is no different. they are being bought by the rich and powerful. democrat, but i am thinking more and more about donald trump. is.ays it like it my friends used to call that tough love instead of the meeting it. it is tough love that he is giving us. you might not like all the things he says, but at least he is not being bought and paid for . we mentioned trumps appealable for it does cross party lines. appeal before. you can find it in congressional app

mitch mcconnell, john boehner, that must not happen.t is my distinct privilege to say as i ask each of you to think about some name, when we are all asked in the years ahead , what did we do to stop this disaster? we were here working against it and across the country millions of us are doing it. we must not rest because this will not be over in the next few days. we need your help. we need your strong support and it's a distinct privilege to introduce some of the team working with us in this fight. some 240 retired general said that ralph has signed a letter to the united states congress, do not do this deal. one of their leaders is retired navy admiral, four-star admiral, it is lyons. he is accompanied by former special operator, retired army and three-star general, jerry blank and. and to others, retired rear admiral mimi drew, united states navy and brigadier general phil drew, united states air force. welcome to dan. god bless you. [cheers and applause] ♪ >> your presence here this afternoon says it all. you are sending a clear mes

you noticed how much energy leader mcconnell devotes to attacking conservatives? you notice how much energy speaker boehner develops to attacking conservatives. just yesterday the speaker of the house went on national television, and on national television, he directed an obscene epithet at me personally he's welcome to insult whomever he likes. i don't intend to reciprocate. but when has leadership ever showed that level of venom, that level of animosity to president obama and the democrats who are bankrupting this country, who are destroying the constitution, who are endangering the future of our children and grandchildren, who are retreating from leadership in the world and have created an environment that has led to the rise of radical islamic terrorism? you know, one of the dynamics, mr. president, we've seen in fight after fight is harry reid and the democrats sit back and laugh. why? because it's republican leadership that leads the onslaught, attacking conservatives saying, no, you can and we won't do anything to stop obamacare. no, you can't and we won't

>> mitch mcconnell thinks it's going to be the defining issue. not just senate races, also the presidential race as well. but he's also willing to concede that this is going to go into effect, the iran nuclear agreement. he said, look, this is going to be something we'll have to debate on the campaign trail. and then the next president can decide what to do. it's going to be a matter of whether public opinion shifts on this and whether republicans can stoke both the president and the democrats handling of foreign policy. >> if you watch the whip count to help the president develop over the last few weeks, folks who were from safe blue states were on board with this. it took someone retiring to get to the point where there was no return. then you had all the eyes up for reelection in 2016 or worse 2018 when this deal will be underway, finely make their final decision. >> it was a pretty low bar for the president to clear. and they twisted arms for months and months to get it through. they accomplished what they wanted to. but it shouldn't have bee

>> mitch mcconnell said, how disappointed he was, he knew that john boehner was a straight shooter even the democratic leaders, nobody seems more disappoint than them. nancy pelosi. can't be overstated how much itch can going to miss john boehner because he had to wrangle this very restless conference of multi-headed boast, if you will. and he never over promised. he said, this is what i can do. >> now hear that extended conference where they talk about hopefully not what leader they want but what they want out of the a leader. because they got two brain cells to rub together, they can spend the next year beating their heads or whether or not they can defund planned parenthood or if want to get something done pick the battle, is that they have do the investigations that they can do put out a message that is going to help them keep the house, and keepment senate and put republican in the white house. that in the end is only way they ever accomplish things that they say they want to accomplish. >> dickerson: how do they do that? presidential context we've been discussing you have candidat

you know, to their credit, both mitch mcconnell and boehner i think are on the right program here.he closer we get to political season, the tighter some of these get. i will tell you this, though. that it will meet the compliment that i made that this will be the highest standard, most progressive trade deal in american history. it will be fwood for american business a business. >> thank you for being with us. hi, mr. president. i wanted to ask you about cyber surt. you know, you put an executive order in place earlier this year because of the issues we have with information sharing and with liabilities and. >> i want to get your thoughts and with the upcoming visit of the president of china about cyber security and our relationship with china. >> this is an issue that is not going away. it is going to be more and more important and it is going to be very challenging. it's challenging, in part, because the internet itself, the architecture of it was not intended to carry trillions of dollars of transactions and everybody's personal information. it was designed for a couple of profe

yesterdayhed a story from an interview that mitch mcconnell conducted with nyt -- myt tv. [video clip] >> we have some big differences about what we are going to spend. the senate democrats have a big enough number to prevent us from doing things. they have prevented us from doing any of the bills we want to do, thereby forcing the negotiation when we go back in after labor day, which i will be engaged in with the administration and others to try to sort out how much we are going to spend and where we are going to spend it. ,ost: and niels lesniewski based on this, he goes on to say that to prevent any government shutdown there will be a debate over planned parenthood. what can we expect? guest: what it looks like we're headed toward -- and senator mcconnell was fairly straightforward in that conversation with the television station in eastern kentucky -- is that there is going to be some kind of high-level negotiation over what the top line funding level means -- needs to be from october 1 onward, and those negotiations are probably going to start fairly quickly once cong

mcconnell: mr. mcconnell: mr. president, the issue before us is of immense importance to our nation. the american people are to have this. until recently this was a principle of both parties seemed to endorse rather overwhelmingly. in fact, not a single democrat, not one, mr. president, not a single democrat voted against the iran nuclear agreement review act. we all recall it passed 98-1. they told us this was an issue too important for political games. here's what one democratic colleague said just last week. as a caucus that was opposed to games and filibusters over the last four years, i would think it would be really regrettable if we didn't ultimately go to the floor and cast our votes for or against this deal. that was last week, apparently. democratic senators just voted to filibuster and block the american people from even having a real vote on one of the most consequential foreign policy issues of our time. it's telling, it's telling, that democrats would go to such extreme lengths to prevent president o

but is mitch mcconnell fighting? does he need to go? >> i'm not calling for that right now, but i am saying this. we need to do a better job up front of saying this is what we're doing. and this is what we're not going to do and here's why. and in a sustained way over a consistent period of time make the argument in a court of public opinion. that's not going to change in my opinion until we have a nominee and hopefully a president that will do that. right now that's not happening. it's not happening in either house. it's one of the things that's leading to this incredible amount of discomfort among the base of the party and america at large. >> wasn't the election, give us the senate, we'll stop the illegal unconstitutional executive amnesty. that was the whole campaign was about. >> that's exactly right. that's why people are so angry. that's why people are so angry. we gave you the house, we gave you the senate and obama keeps winning. >> in many ways this presidential campaign is the year i would argue of the nurjt candidate. you do

speaker boehner and leader mcconnell had promised there will be no shut down so, therefore, they will find every single priority of barack obama. we are right now voting on what's called a clean cr. now i will note it is clean all the into parlance of washington because what does it do? if times 100% of obamacare, 100% of executive amnesty. it finds all of transit. if funds the iranian nuclear deal. it is essentially a blank check to barack obama. that's not very clean to me. that sounds like a very dirty funding bill. funding prayers that are doing enormous damage. now, in the senate for votes were always there. for a dirty cr, cr that funded all of barack obama's priorities. the democrats are all for it, heck, of course they would if they've got the other side funding their priorities. of course every democrat will vote for that over and over and over again, and twice on sunday. and the simple reality on the republican side is that when leadership joins with the democrats, about half of the republican caucus is happy to move over to that side of the aisle. so the votes were always p

you have governing conservatives, people like boehner and mitch mcconnell and governor bush and kasich say your job is in the government to cut the best you can and get something done and consecutives like trump, cruise. here is a sample from the presidential candidates after boehner says i'm out of here. >> john boehner was speaker of the house. y'all come to town and somehow that changes. my only request is can you come more often? >> here is what i say in response to speaker boehner stepping down. mitch mcconnell, it is now your turn. >> what is so amazing is how it just, it just reflects the d dysfunction in washington where people cannot even honor somebody that's dedicated their life to public service. >> kasich is a friend of boehner. they are both from ohio and served in the house together when the governor was in the house but can he sell that message to republican primary voters now that they are ahead. they knocked off the establishment general. can kasich and jeb bush go out there in this mood and say wait a minute, pay tribute to john boehner, wait a minute, you're suppose

. >> majority leader mitch mcconnell and speaker john boehner. >> also. it took months for hillary clinton to get to this about her e-mail. >> that was a mistake, i'm sorry about. i take responsibility. >> but she continues to lose ground to bernie sanders. could sanders actually win the nomination? snoe senator sanders joins me live. >>> finally the refugee crisis in europe. how much is america's policy in europe to blame for the scenes we are witnessing today. joining me this morning for insight and analysis -- david brooks of "the new york times." maria hinojosa of npr. former bush white house political director sara fagan, and "the national journal's" ron fornier. welcome to sunday, it's "meet the press." >>> good sunday mourning. today is the first full day of the nfl season. you can be sure that somebody somewhere is nervously saying their team already faces a must-win situation. yes, even on week one. with wednesday's republican debate looming, a number of candidates perhaps like scott walker suddenly are facing their own must-win situation. score

he's already said good-bye to mitch mcconnell and others. he's walking to his car. there are hundreds of young house staffers primarily, some waving flags, most all wielding cameras. the small fiat is dwarfed by the size of the u.s. capitol behind him. every member of congress, to a person taking pictures, wishing him well. we're getting a bit of early reaction to the speech. i can tell you one republican member of congress told me he thought it was a soft scolding, but it was fine. it was not nearly as strong or strenuous as they thought it might be. we're going to talk to a few other members of congress here after he leaves. we can see the fiat moving slowly now. it's going to be driving in front of us, in front of the capitol here. the drive to st. patrick's is a short drive. that is a parish in the heart of downtown. i can tell you, if you go to mass there, as i have many times, even on holy days, you see homeless people in the sanctuary. this is a very important symbolic but an important church here, st. patrick's in downtown washington. a very old parish here.

mcconnell: there's no question the israelis need a lot of reinforcement.o question they need to know for sure that we're on their side. because this administration has just entered into an agreement

mcconnell: now mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today it adjourn until 10:00 a.m., thursday september 17. following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour deemed expired the journal of proceedings be approved to date, and the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day. following leader remarks the senate resume consideration of h.j. res.61 with the time until 11:00 a.m. equally divided between the two leaders or their designees. finally, that the filing deadline for all second-degree amendments be at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: so if there is no further business to come before the senate, i ask that it stand adjourned under the previous order following the remarks of senator daines. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. daines: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from montana. mr. daines: mr. president this generation is at the forefront of technological adv

mitch mcconnell says no.ou would expect someone from where a lot of jobs are associated with coal to oppose that. it would be more of his prize if he wanted a cap and trade bill. -- more of a surprise. host: scott in richmond, virginia. caller: thank you for taking my call. i just have a statement. congress is coming back this week. that is nothing to cheer about at all. bbed aave already been du do-nothing congress. you look at the people in congress running to be president , why would we want them? president? in to be that are one of the president's, that is no different. they are being bought by the rich and powerful. democrat, but i am thinking more and more about donald trump. is.ays it like it my friends used to call that tough love instead of the meeting it. it is tough love that he is giving us. you might not like all the things he says, but at least he is not being bought and paid for . we mentioned trumps appealable for it does cross party lines. appeal before. you can find it in congressional appro

mitch mcconnel: -- mitch mcconnell: obviously the president's deal a bad deal with strong opposition. i have asked senators during the day to be at their desk and to treat this issue with the seriousness it deserves. this is the foreign policy debate at least of the last couple of decades and senator republican majority intends to treat it with the seriousness it eserves. the chairman of the senate foreign relations committee, had he not stepped up and got enough democrats to support this, we would have had no voice at all. this is an executive agreement which means a year and a half from now, the next president will be able to start all over if he or she chose to. it is not a treaty. and will be looked at again, i assume if there's a republican president in the white house in january of 2017. host: that's the majority leader. we'll show you dick durbin's comments in a little bit. here's carolyn from missouri. good amp. caller: hi. i'm in favor of the deal. it might not be the best but it's better than the alternative of another war that we can't afford, period. we're sick of wars. i'

that announcement comes as senate majority leader mitch mcconnell has proposed a plan b, to stop thetogether. mcconnell now wants to force a vote to prevent the obama administration from lifting sanctions until iran releases four jailed americans and recognizes the right of israel to exist. that vote is expected to take place tomorrow, the same day the 60-day congressional review period is set to end. >>> joining us now senator john barrasso, member of several key committees including foreign relations, energy and natural resources, environment and public works, also the republican policy committee chairman. senator, great to have you with us. plan b, it will work? >> well, i think it's important to make the democrats take that vote. stand up and be counted, lou. the democrats say they're friends of israel. the democrats say they're for human rights. we have three americans held hostage, one a former marine, one a former past on, one a journalist for the "washington post," and we think they should be released. additionally, when you just take a look at this whole system that's out th

mitch mcconnell introducing two cloture motions. what is expected in the timetable for votes and any possibility of a senate democratic filibuster? >> mcconnell has mentioned five cloture this evening. it would set up the first senate vote on friday. mcconnell indicated he is hopeful they can do it thursday. little unclear if the democrats will filibuster, although there are 42 in support which is more than enough to sustain the filibuster if they wanted. not every democrat has said whether they will unite together. some have reservations about completely blocking the vote entirely. christina marcos commenting on the debate on "the hill" and twitter. theillary clinton spoke at brookings institution about the iran nuclear agreement. yesterday it was john mccain's turn. this is one hour 15 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, welcome to brookings and welcome to our second brookings debate. i'm the director of foreign policy here at brookings and it is my honor to welcome all of you here and online for spending the evening with us. conven

most senate republicans, including mitch mcconnell, have all kind of a knowledge that a deal that would defund planned parenthood would fail in the senate because senate democrats would filibuster the bill. even if it made it to the white house, to president obama's desk, it would certainly veto it. the next step that people are expecting is that on thursday, after pope francis addresses both houses of congress that morning, mitch mcconnell will again file another government be ang bill that would so-called clean funding bill, which would kid did you funding -- would continue funding planned parenthood and last until mid-december. this entire strategy is a way to prevent the government shutdown next thursday. both the house and senate only have about five legislative days left in session until that funding deadline. it looks like the majority leader is getting support within his conference. you retweeted a colleague saying that kelly ayotte says that mcconnell should not waste time with a showboat and moved to a clean cr. you also tweeted that ted cruz said to wrap the iran deal into a

leader mcconnell has filed an amendment that would block sanctions relief until israel both recognizes israel's right to exist and releases american political prisoners. while that amendment will not cure the flaws of the iran agreement, it does represent commonsense policy that should receive overwhelming support. regardless of their views on the substance of the nuclear agreement, i think most americans would agree that before we provide tens of billions of sanctions relief to iran, that the iranian government should have to recognize israel's right to exist and should release our four american political prisoners. just last week, as the senate was debating the nuclear agreement, iran's supreme leader posted on twitter his very -- his very view that israel would not exist in 25 years. that underscores again what a serious threat iran is to our most important u.s. ally and that is israel. even proponents of the nuclear agreement have recognized that israel's likely to use some of the funds that they receive from sanctions relief to strengthen their military and continue to finance ter