cassidy: thank you, senator menendez. we've worked through a lot of issues to the find a bill that can pass on a bipartisan basis and in both chambers. so i thank senator menendez for working with me on that. madam president, the title of this bill is the smart act, but in retrospect, i wish we had named it the thin blue line act because this is about helping cities and states preserve essential services such as police, fire, education for the reopening of our economy. let's just kind of review. the federal government asks that states and local governments shuttle down their economy in order to control the coronavirus and just like those small businesses closed at the behest of the government authority, so state and local governments closed, if you will, at the behest of the federal authority. what that did is it devastated tax bases. moody's, the independent agency which looks at the finances of cities and states, has said that if your state is dependent upon income tax, upon sales tax, upon tourism, upon proceeds from e

with senator bob menendez. out with us as judy find whether we have too much to cover on monday with testing and contact tracing. we continue to assess actively other steps that we can take to responsibly reopen. that is a big reason why we've got these councils and commission to give us advice on that front. most importantly, remember the person to my right hand her team will be -- and her team will be the primary inputs. personal health creates economic health. data will determine dates. folks, i can't thank you enough for social distancing and staying at home. we know it is not fun. hang in there. slowly but surely we are winning this. we will get back on our feet and will be stronger than ever before. thank you. announcer: sunday night on q&a, a look at american presidents through the lens of the books they have written with an historian. >> you saw it in the quote, that kennedy's father was pulling the strings behind the scenes. that is not true. jack kennedy wanted the pulitzer prize. he told another hist

senator menendez. sen. menendez: state and local governments are facing .nprecedented budget challenges we are looking at an enormous wave of budget shortfalls which will lead to a devils cocktail of devastating layoffs, dangerous cuts to public safety and essential services, and massive local tax increases. anyone of those ingredients alone threatens to make this economic crisis even worse, and the culmination of all three is almost unthinkable. statisticsof labor just reported that state and local governments laid off nearly one million workers in the month of april. that is almost one million firefighters, police officers, teachers, emergency health personnel that should be on the frontlines of the public health crisis, but are sidelined instead. chairman powell, let me start by asking, do you agree that our economy will get worse if state and local governments are forced to lay off even more firefighters, police officers, teachers, and emergency health personnel? let me say what we are doing, senator. w

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and new jersey democratic senator bob menendez joins me now.or menendez, i get the feeling there is going to be momentum here for aid to states. i guess the question i have is what is that aid going to look like? how many parameters on it are acceptable to you? and is there a parameter to state aid that republicans might tack on that you would find is a non-starter? >> well, chuck, i think we've got a good beginning in the smart legislation that senator bill cassidy of louisiana, republican, senator hyde-smith of mississippi, sturn susan collins of maine, joe manchin of west virginia. it's an ideological and diversified geographic reach that i think speaks to the challenge ahead. and we have made some concessions. for example, there's language in our legislation that says that smart money can't be used for pensions. we've lowered the threshold as to making sure smaller communities get access. we've made a series of concessions in the spirit of bipartisanship. and i would think that that's ultimately what we need to see. and at the end of the da

senator menendez is joining us right now. senator, thanks very much for joining us.s you know, this is the fourth inspector general in the u.s. government to be removed since the start of last month. what do you think motivated the president to take this extraordinary step? >> well, wolf, it's another friday night massacre. another inspector general gone. this time the state department's inspector general, who has conducted since 2013 when i was chairman, which is when he was confirmed, both tough investigations during the obama and the trump administration. and there are reports that in fact he had opened up an investigation as it relates to secretary pompeo and the improper use of personnel for personal purposes. and one can only conclude from that that in fact there was a purpose to try to ultimately obstruct such an investigation. and this is outrageous. the inspector general's supposed to be independent. they are there for the purposes of making sure that agencies act appropriately. and once again we have another friday night massacre of another inspector genera

guidance from a man that was criminally prosecuted. >> reporter: bribery and fraud charges against menendez were dismissed after the trial ended with a deadlocked jury. he is calling pompeo's attack predictable and shameful this is the fourth inspector general ousted in six weeks. nbc news is reporting pompeo has gone beyond the practice of secretaries throwinglash dinner political supporters all at taxpayer expense. lester >> andrea mitchell tonight, thank you. >>> up next, how so many are showing support for the senior class. >>> finally the big show of appreciation for high school seniors. joe fryer for a trend catching on for the class of 2020. >> reporter: in savannah, georgia. >> what's up >> so proud of you. >> reporter: grads have been showered with gifts. >> that is awesome. >> reporter: from strangers that decided to adopt a senior. >> i went on the facebook group i saw her and i knew she was the one we wanted to adopt. >> reporter: tory delivered this giant basket of goodies. >> we're here for you. >> i want to make my family proud i felt special. >> reporter: such programs are p

. >> this is all coming through the officef senator menendez. >> i don't get my etcs guidance from a who was criminally proscated. case 15-155, new jersey federal district court. >> reporter: for the record, it is not only menendez investigatg the firing, it is also house foreign affrs committee chairman elliott angle and other democrats. but democrats sid respond to pompeo in a statement accusing him of firing lentic as lentic was investigating pompeo and said the secretary was "use dig version tactics by attempting to smear me." >> woodruff: so nick, as senator menendez mentions,es lentic ingating pompeo, what do we know he was investigating? what do we know abet that? >>porter: so congressional officials tell me that lentic matters related to secretary of state mike pompeo and his wif susan, whether they had improperly used either political appointees or even diplomatic security officials to basically run errands for them. there's been an undercurrent of those accusations the last few years and i should say, juy, i've spoke ton former c.i.a. direct of c.i.a. and they said they hea

cassidy: thank you, senator menendez. we've worked through a lot of issues to the find a bill that can pass on a bipartisan basis and in both chambers. so i thank senator menendez for working with me on that. madam president, the title of this bill is the smart act, but in retrospect, i wish we had named it the thin blue line act because this is about helping cities and states preserve essential services such as police, fire, education for the reopening of our economy. let's just kind of review. the federal government asks that states and local governments shuttle down their economy in order to control the coronavirus and just like those small businesses closed at the behest of the government authority, so state and local governments closed, if you will, at the behest of the federal authority. what that did is it devastated tax bases. moody's, the independent agency which looks at the finances of cities and states, has said that if your state is dependent upon income tax, upon sales tax, upon tourism, upon proceeds from e

my bipartisan bill which senator menendez and i have introduced, would offer incentives to american pharmaceutical companies to bring those operations back home. let's make that in america. this would create thousands of jobs, and it would help secure our pharmaceutical supply chain. we're focusing on these things because recovery is going to require more than a blank check. if we want to be successful, we have to learn to recognize the practical damage this disease has inflicted on our economy. and then do something to address the many root causes of it, every day we witness local, state and federal government officials struggling to balance the provision of community health, with the need of a struggling economy. often regulatory constraints prevents them from implementing the more agile policies so desperately needed by local businesses and service providers. last week i, and a number of my colleagues, asked majority leader mcconnell and minority leader schumer to include statutory changes in the next round of relief legislation, that would reduce the red tape, the paper work. and the other req

this is the menendez bill in the house that was done by bipartisan support.o many state and local governments, the let them go bankrupt answer is not working for us. here in morris county, there are only services for three counties. we had over 10,000 911 calls. they had another county come into their test center and have not received any county support yet. it's important we support our counteries and municipalities. with revenues down and hard-hit areas like new jersey, really taking up the slack, we've got to have some support. >> one of your colleagues and others in the house and senate bipartisan are talking also about getting money directly to americans themselves, proposing having the federal government pay the salaries of workers. there does seem to be some support for that but i'm not sure exactly how you would get that through the senate or a presidential veto. >> so i'm actually co-sponsoring that piece of legislation. and republicans in the senate have a similar piece of legislation. i think that's gaining support as well. because in too many area

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and a senator menendez and i have both been mayors in our communities. when there's no crisis we know intimately the challenges that so many of our public servants face in times will we do not see pandemics are firefighters put their lives on the line, our police officers put their lives on the line, our teachers do extraordinary above and beyond of duty and deed. our communities are strong because of these dedicated public workers. at the time of the crisis we see that our teachers are rising to the challenge, working to keep their students engaged even though they are now miles apart. i hear stories of teachers writing around going out to even visit students, keeping their distance but ensuring that the students get the support that they need. are firefighters are out there now putting their lives even more of a risk. putting their souls online to help their communities. police officers answering calls without hesitation despite the great risk it puts o on themsels and their families when they go home, and so many of our other public servants who are w

menendez. recently spoke with doctor faith of international agency, the impacts of covid-19 on the energy sector and what we need to do to get it back on track. he urged the consideration of an aid package to invest in innovative technologies that will help our energy system becoming cleaning and more reliable like renewables, storage, energy efficiency, advanced nuclear and carbon capture. the act which are committee spent the last year end a half putting together would invest billions of dollars in those sectors and innovation has historically been calloused for economic growth and job creation and i believe our bill steers the much needed investment in the strong and globally competitive economy. my question would be in the business of innovation, do you agree that energy innovation should be a critical part of any stimulus plans? >> thank you for that question. yes, absolutely. it's innovation that will drive the breakthrough technologies that we all need to be able to meet our goals is a g

i'm alicia menendez.siness, but the covid-19 crisis is far from over. the death toll in the u.s. continues to rise, passing 65,000. doctors have tested more than 6.5 million americans that they warn in a country of 330 million people, that is not enough. health officials say returning to public life will require much more testing, much better tracing and we are not there yet. at the same time, pressure is mounting on leaders across the country to reopen businesses. in california a large crowd ignored social distancing regulations and called for state officials to reopen the beaches. similar protests are scheduled across the country today. by monday, about two dozen states with a population of 145 million people will have lifted

el senador menÉndez nos cuenta que tenÍa dos investigaciones contra pompeo. >> no tengo dudas que fueÉn acciones que toman referencia a venta de armas .reportera: el 3 de abril despidio a quienes encadenÓ la denuncia el juicio polÍtico al presidente. 7 de abril sacÓ de su cargo al inspector general del departamento de defensa. el 1 de mayo despidiÓ a la inspectora general adjunta del departamento de salud que advirtiera de una escasez grave y generalizada de suministros en hospitales. 15 dÍas despuÉs lÍquido a steve. trump molesto ha minimizado el rol de los inspectores de investigar al gobierno. >> revisar a ver si divido estÁn envueltos en algo que sea fuera de la ley. y por eso tenemos inspectores generales. reportera. dicen que el presidente tiene derecho a despedir a quien quiera pero no por represalia, que eso es ilegal. patricia: y ahÍ cierto optimismo por el hecho de que casi todos los estados del paÍs iniciaron con menos restricciones por la pandemia. pero expertos de salud opinan que serÁ difÍcil eliminar mÁs restricciones mientras no haya una vacuna o medicamentos efectivos

for the record menendez's prosecution actually led to a mistrial in 2017. is for the senate himself he responded to pompeo saying the secretary should focus on answering questions and getting his story straight as to why he wanted to target ig whenoc. the controversy in the war of words tonight. >> probably tomorrow as well. thank you. the supreme court denying house democrats efforts for now to gain access to grand jury material from robert mueller's russia investigation. the justices said the doj must file a petition for the court to hear the actual case on the merits by june 1st or those documents will be subject to release. democrats on capitol hill signing for now, some democrats that used to work in the white house may be feeling some heat tonight. k team a file and told us last night susan rice may be one of them. >> why would you write a memorandum to the record for yourself unless you assumed somebody was going to look for those clues, that somebody was potentially going to come after the fact and see they did something wrong so she was trying to m

>>> hello, i'm alicia menendez. we're following breaking news this hour. there's new leaked audio of former president barack obama criticizing the trump administration over their handling of the coronavirus pandemic. the criticism came on a conference call held with former obama administration staffers. also expressed concern over doj's decision not to prosecute michael flynn for lying to the fbi. take a listen. >> the news over the last 24 hours i think has been somewhat downplayed about the justice department dropping charges against michael flynn. and the fact there is no precedent that anybody can find for someone who has been charged with perjury just getting off scott free. that's the kind of stuff where you begin to get worried that basic -- not just institutional norms but our basic understanding of rule of law is -- is at risk. >> the leak comes after a week that saw the white house try to pivot towards the reopening of the economy but revealed that two white house staffers tested positive for the virus. and comes after the labor department announ

individuals with who i spoke included leader chuck schumer, speaker nancy pelosi, senators menendez and booker, governors larry hogan who chairs the national governors association, roy cooper north carolina, andy beshear in kentucky, janet mills in maine i also spoke with chairman frank pallone about this and over the weekend with randi weingarten, who is the president of aft. i will be on a town hall with her members tonight. the budget that we announced friday, through september 30, the need, the overwhelming need for direct federal cash assistance. it0 is not just a new jersey reality or a blue state reality, is not about legacy issues, it's an american reality. red and blue states alike and frankly, it's in my opinion, the best lever we could pull as a country to get our economy back up on its feet and at the same time, keep our first responders, or firefighters, police, ems, health care workers, educators, let's keep them employed, let's keep them at the point of attack, let's keep them servicing our residents at our greatest hour of need, literally in our states and countries hist

el grupo estÁ liderado por el senador bob menÉndez, de new jersey los cables malintencionados en el reglamentoersonas con dominio limitado del inglÉs y a personas con discapacidades. indica la carta dirigida al departamento de salud. uno de los canes considerados debilita la obligaciÓn de proveer traducciÓn a los pacientes que no hablan inglÉs. los exfuncionarios de la administraciÓn obama afirma que esto costarÁ vidas. >> el presidente estÁ demostrando que prefiere la muerte y poner la vida en riesgo de las minorÍas, en vez de proteger al paÍs en medio de una pandemia. pablo: el presidente trump ha intentado cancelar el obamacare sin Éxito. unas 20 millones de personas se benefician actualmente de ese programa. 5 millones son hispanas. trump dice querer un sistema mejor. dice que protegerÁ especialmente a los mÁs vulnerables durante la pandemia. steffi tiene obamacare, dice que si se debilita o pierde, le afectarÍa enormemente, igualmente a su familia. ?2> muchÍsimo, porque los billes del hospital salen como 1000 cada vez. si baja la sala de emergencia, vienen muy caros dos billes. pablo: el

this is all coming through the office of senator menendez. do not get my ethics guidance from a man who is criminally 155.ecuted, case number 15- a man whose senate colleagues said that he was taking bribes. that is not someone who i look to for ethics guidance. so i will continue to do the right thing. i will continue to make sure the state department is served by every employee and that it continues to deliver on behalf of the american people. >> what about the house foreign affairs committee? sec. pompeo: thank you. >> trump's nominee to serve as the energy department's deputy secretary testifies today before the senate energy and natural resources committee. watch live on c-span, online at c-span.org, or listen live on the free c-span radio app. government federal at work in d.c. and throughout the country, use the congressional directory for contact information for members of congress, governors, and federal agencies. order your copy today at c-span store.org. ♪ from publicdents affairs. available now in paperback and biographiesenting o

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this is all coming through the office of senator menendez. i do not get my ethics guidance from a man who is criminally prosecuted, case number 15-155. a man whose senate colleagues said that he was taking bribes. that is not someone who i look to for ethics guidance. so i will continue to do the right thing. i will continue to make sure the state department is served by every employee and that it continues to deliver on behalf of the american people. >> what about the house foreign affairs committee? sec. pompeo: thank you. everybody have a great day and a wonderful memorial day weekend to you. >> [indiscernible] tonight, testimony from epa administrator andrew wheeler on his agency's role during the coronavirus and future priorities. see it at 9 p.m. eastern on c-span. ♪ >> the presidents, from public affairs. available now in paperback and e-book. presenting biographies from every president with rankings from historians from best to worst and featuring perspectives into the lives of our nations chief executives and leadership styles. go on

. >> senator menendez, josh lederman and i are reporting details tonight that some of the specifics he was looking into are a call that came to the ig's hotline from other state department employees in a there was requests or orders to walk the dog, the pompeos' dog, to pick up dry cleaning torque make dinner reservations for the secretary and his wife. would that be inappropriate? >> well, we have to see the totality of everything that person was asked to to for personal purposes. and what position they had that they were in the mid-st of. but it must have been inappropriate enough to the secretary of state felt compelled to ask the president to invoke his power to get rid of the inspector general. because if in fact there was nothing there and if it was not inappropriate then it would have been unnecessary to ask the president to have the secretary of state ask the president to get rid of the inspector general. so i have got presume the mere fact that you used the extraordinary effort of reaching out to the president to get rid the inspector general who was investigating you must say

this is all coming through the office of senator menendez. i do not get my ethics guidance from a man who is criminally prosecuted, case number 15-155. in new jersey's federal district court. a man whose senate colleagues said that he was taking bribes. that is not someone who i look to for ethics guidance. and so, i will continue to do the right thing. i will make sure the state department continues to deliver on behalf of the american people. >> what about the house foreign affairs committee? sec. pompeo: thank you all. everybody have a great day and a wonderful memorial day weekend, too. >> c-span's "washington journal," live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. thursday morning, the project on government oversight director will join us to discuss the role of inspectors general in government and president trump's firing of multiple ig's. and how americans should modify their behavior as covid-19 restrictions are lifted. he sure to watch c-span's "washington journal," live at 7:00 a.m. eastern thursday morning. join the di

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i'm alicia menendez. we're following breaking news this hour. there's new leaked audio of president obama criticizing the trump administration over their handling of the coronavirus pandemic. the criticism came on a conference call held with former obama administration staffers. joining me now is msnbc's mike mem lee. you have been working on this story all afternoon. what can you tell us? >> former president obama has been fairly conservative about whether and when he chooses to speak out publicly about issues that democrats especially have been concerned about in terms of as they follow the actions of the trump administration. but we got significantly greater insight into the president's thinking as he held a conference call on friday night with more than 3,000 alumni of his administration. during that call, he hit on a number of topics, including the coronavirus pandemic, calling the trump administration's response an absolute chaotic disaster. he also talked about the justice department's decision to instruct prosecutors to drop their prosec

i especially want to thank senators rubio and menendez and epresentatives mcgovern, suozzi, mcgovern and others who have worked more than well 2 two detention cus on the of muslims and work towards an appropriate response. this is as a result of tireless work from so many individuals who focus on human rights. we have seen the reporting, the interviews, the pictures, the documentaries. the evidence is overwhelming. the chinese government has brutally detained and quote reeducated or sought to re-educate over one million uyghurs and muslim minorities in the northwest of china. the goal of this campaign is clear to force these minorities to assimilate, to erase all evidence of their language, culture, history and language. beijing has relied on technology to carry out this abuse transforming the uyghur region on into a surveillance state. even as the world has learned more and more about these atrocities, there has been no where near enough action. beijing has leveraged its economic clout to silence criticism and its horrific human rights abuses. so many countries, particularly muslim

i'm alicia menendez, happy memorial day weekend. here's what we're following this saturday -- as americans hit beaches and back yards this weekend attempting to recapture some semblance of normal life, the coronavirus continues to lurk in the background. >>> less than six months out from a national election, it's becoming increasingly clear that voters are facing a fundamental choice in november. be bold and reopen the economy as president trump is pushing for, or urge caution and prioritize human laws as joe biden exemplifies. with nearly a quarter of american workers out of a job, the president made it clear in the even of a second wave it is full speed ahead. >> people say that's a distinct possibility. it's standard. we're going to put out the fires. we're not going to close the country. we're going to put out the fires. whether it's an ember or a flame, we're going to put it out. we're not closing our country. >> on friday the president said that he would urge governors to reopen churches despite evidence showing them to be vir

i'm alicia menendez, happy memorial day weekend.ns hit beaches and back yards this weekend attempting to recapture some semblance of normal life, the coronavirus continues to lurk in the background. >>> less than six months out from a national election, it's becoming increasingly clear that voters are facing a fundamental choice in november. be bold and reopen the economy as president trump is pushing for, or urge caution and prioritize human laws as joe biden exemplifies. with nearly a quarter of american workers out of a job, the president

odafl menendez, father of six detective mary lou who helped survivors of sexual assault the toll haseen compared to casualties of our modern wars, but they took years. this took weeks. and unlike wars there are no stirring touchstones of grief, no arrivals of flag draped coffins, but there are heroes like marilyn howard, a school nurse, an immigrant who helped raise her five siblings after their mom died >> she really was being the glue that cemented us all together i think the world has lost a nurse who would have been in the fight had she not gotten sick so early. i've lost a sister my family members have lost a godmother and an aunt and niece who is irreplaceable >> she was 53. this, of course, is not over, but we choose milestones to take stock, to remember, to share our sorrows until as a country we can confront the depths of our collective pain face-to-face 100,000, but they will never be just numbers. we'll be right back with a big reason to hope tonight >>> it's all systems go for tomorrow's spacex launch, the first american manned mission to space since the shuttle was retir

i want to thank my senior senator from new jersey, bob menendez, for help leading the way to fight for state and local governments. and i want think our government -- think our government and the congressional delegation for all they are doing to fight for the local governments and our state. thank you and i reserve the balance of my time. rep. reed: i support direct local aid and i think we can put together and recognize that covid-19 has impacted our local governments in a way they have never historically experienced. our local governments with populations of 500,000 and below, because they have been addressed in the previous cares act package, have received nothing in regards to assistance in order to overcome the devastating impact their communities have had. i am a strong proponent of making sure that local aid is directly distributed to those local governments and making shore as we do this, that the state governments -- governors, and as a former mayor, i can attest firsthand, do not engage in tactics of budget cuts, reductions in their local commitments to local governments tha

i was encouraged to see that senator menendez, the ranking member of the foreign relations committee,se, are working closely together to demand answers but also that republican senator chuck grassley of iowa has sent a letter to the president demanding more answers. but it's frankly going to take more than that if we're going to protect inspectors general as a key institution that keeps the federal government, its executive branch in particular, accountable to the people. >> let me read you what secretary pompeo told "the washington post." he said, i went to the president and made clear to him that inspector general linick wasn't performing a function in a way that we had tried to get him to. that was additive for the state department, very consistent with what the statute says he's supposed to be doing, he said. the kinds of activities he's supposed to undertake to make us better, to improve us. the paper says secretary pompeo didn't go into any detail about what any of that meant. what is your reaction? >> well, my concern is that every department has some tension with their inspect

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engel along with senator menendez launched an investigation into linick's ouster over the weekend.nto question exactly what he was trying to do. joining our conversation former chief of staff for the cia and department of defense, jeremy bash and john heilemann. the breaking news donald trump is taking hydroxychloroquine, a drug his own fda cautioned against taking outside the hospital but let me start with another friday night massacre and i said earlier in the show, jeremy bash, one used to get impeached. >> nicolle, first of all, when someone makes a personnel move on friday night it's red flag the size the state of kansas they don't want this publicly discussed, so this automatically triggered an investigation by the democratic chairman of the house foreign affairs committee and the democratic senior ra ranking member on the senate foreign relations committee and i would say having served as a chief of staff to cabinet secretary, when you fire an inspector general who's a senate-confirmed professional, these inspector generals are honest and trustworthy and have high integrity,

senator menendez said it all. this is deserving of an investigation led by senator menendez in the senate and chair elliott ingles in the house. this is the fourth inspector jenna abruptly fired by the trump administration, atkinson, fine, grim, and now lennick are four inspectors general. every one of them had something to do either with the impeachment investigation or with providing thorough oversight for the remarkable amount of money that is now being spent by a variety of federal agencies. so inspectors general, and there's one for every federal agency, play a critical role in transparency and accountability. it is an appropriate moment for all of us in congress, democrats and republicans, to be asking what is it that is causing president trump to fire so many inspectors general, and will we stand up on a bipartisan basis to protect them. if not, we're going to have to say good-bye to real transparency and accountability of the presidency. >> i was going to say, i mean, do you think that your republican coll

laundry that senator menendez would likely forget.watching tonight, at 7:00 p.m. eastern. thanks for coming on. >> thanks ada. >> they want to be back on campus and that's what i hear overwhelmingly from our students. online was fine but they want to be back and to achieve that goal they want to work with us and i believe they well. >> sandra: the president of notre dame university reacting after announcing a plan to reopen the campus this fall with extensive testing, social distancing and an early start of the semester. several other colleges and universities plan to do the same. let's bring in bill mcgurn, main street columnist for "the wall street journal." and a fox news contributor. thanks so much for being here. this is welcome news to a lot of folks that are really concerned that things will get back to normal in the fall. not to say they will, but there certainly will be some changes. >> i think, that's going back to what we've done before. my daughter just graduated from there. and, i think they are going to find a good smart

here's another thing to think about, this is all coming through the office of senator menendez.t my ethics guidance from a man who was criminally prosecuted. 15-155 new jersey district federal court. his senate colleague said basically he was taking bribes. is that someone i look to for ethics guidance? i will do the right thing to make sure the state department is served by every employee. i will make sure the state department continues to deliver. host: let's dig into a little bit of what he said about how this investigation was working. he says he does not know the nature of that investigation because he was that she -- he responded to a series of written questions. explain that more. guest: i can't because it makes no sense. you can't say i knew nothing but i answered questions. it is not a credible response. he has nothing to be concerned about, the last thing he should have done was remove the person. host: tim in minnesota. caller: i thought roland was spot on. the way i understand the ig is there is supposed to be a type of internal watchdog. to me, transparency is key t

blackburn: my legislation is joined by senator menendez at the lead democrat cosponsor.t as we look forward ,o other pieces of legislation moving that manufacturing not only of pharmaceuticals but other potential components of our supply chain back to the u.s. this is something that democrats , healthblicans favor ppe, electronics, made only inre china. grants,lion in organizations of higher learning that want to partner with pharmaceutical companies to look for advanced manufacturing concepts and platforms that enable us to quickly respond to form acute -- to pharmaceutical production as necessary. kevin: do you think that any of these policies you described could get past before election day of this year? sen. blackburn: i do. in bringingerest manufacturing back to america. making america manufacturer again is something we hear. a lot of the rust belt states are very interested in this. be aare saying this may of to bring manufacturing pharmaceutical ingredients into their community to bring jobs that have been lost. forn: thank you very much diving into the weeds for

this is all coming through senator menendez. i don't get my ethics guidance from amman who was criminally prosecuted case number 15 -- 155 new jersey federal district court. a man who colleagues said basically he was taking bribes. that is an isn't someone i lookr ethics guidance. i continue to do the right thing to make sure the state department is served by every employee including the inspector general and we will make sure they continue on behalf of the american people. >> host: let's dig into what he said about how this investigation by the fire ig was working. he says he doesn't know the nature of that investigation because he was, he responded to a series of written questions. explain that more. >> guest: i can't because it makes no sense. it says nothing that i answered questions pursuant. it's really not a credible response. tim and minnesota, independent. the way that i understand the ig is they are supposed to be a type of internal watchdog, and to me transparency is key to democracy. i don't think that they have any

senator bob menendez is cosponsoring the $500 billion stimulus bill.wo or bill cassidy said three gop senators would be ready to commit to the proposal by the end of the week. cio forst host is the wealth management. great to have you with me. we can debate negative interest rates. if it is not on the agenda, buying stocks or more explicit forward guidance, what is the priority and more likely to come earlier than we think? >> good morning. the fed buying stocks. i think this would be more important than negative interest rates. you don't just provide funding. money.nt i don't think it will ever happen. i know what happens in japan, switzerland, but i would be very surprised to see the fed doing that. do they need to do negative interest rates? zero and you do this, it is the equivalent of putting rates and negative territory in my opinion. nejra: great to speak to you today, maurice. curve steepening is becoming a consensus trade on wall street based on the bets at the front end, but also in the expectation of the issuance at the longer end. is that a