now with more on the plan, mike johnson from louisiana. he's a member of the house judiciary committee and the subcommittee on immigration and border security. good to have you here, congressman. >> thanks, arthel. >> arthel: have you spoken with the president about his strategy and logistics for the troops at the border and also congressman as part of the subcommittee on immigration and border security, how would you advise the president to proceed? >> great questions. we've been urging the president since he took the oath of office to be serious about border security and he has been. it's been a major priority of his. he's said it all along, even on the campaign trail and following through with that. we applaud it. the devil will be in the details. we think this is the right step. congress has failed to act because -- go ahead. >> arthel: i was going to ask you, can you give us insight on the details? >> he's discussing with governors and the border states and elsewhere around the country right now, the department of defense is working w

i hereby appoint the honorable mike johnson to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. speake washington, d.c. signed, paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: thank you. the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. chaplain conroy: let us pray. god of the universe, we give you thanks for giving us another day. as the members of this people's house deliberate these days, give them the wisdom and magnimity to lay aside what might divide us as a people to our a secure future for country. we pray for all people who have special needs. may your presence be known to those who are sick that they might feel our country. the power of your ealing spirit. inspire the men and women who serve in this house to be their bestselves that they may, in turn, be an inspiration to the nation and to the world. may all that is done this day be for your greater honor and glory, amen. the speaker pro tempore: the chair has examined the journal of the last day's proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. pursuant to clause 1

. >> mike: abc johnson is here is my lifeline, he'll be following up in a second. before i do so, when was last time you talk to andrew mccabe? >> james: probably a month ago. >> mike: what he think about what happened? >> james: am conflicted. i think he's a great person, i feel pain for him and his family. i think the inspector general's report shows people this is one organization committed to the truth and accountability looks like. weather causes you pain or something you like that's what an organization looks like that cares deeply about telling the truth. the waiting that the way the president behaved was shameful. he managed to staying, not just harm and he and his spouse whose another human being and staying them stained the department of justice and the fbi in the process. the tragedy on many levels. that's when conflicted. >> mike: was the biggest mistake you made that did not in fall the clinton or a trump? >> james: in my conceding that i made stakes? i made it, mistakes, bunch of personal mistakes, i carelessly created a problem with the government of

very conservative judge, mike brennan, who failed to earn the recommendation of the bipartisan commission. respected in wisconsin, set up by both senators, baldwin and johnson, one a democrat, one a republican to recommend nominees, but this administration has no real concern about the qualifications of the judges as long as they meet the long right checklist. despite the fact that senator baldwin did not return a blue ship, chairman grassley moved him out of committee anyway. the blue slip tradition was faithfully honored by the chairman. it was used to an extent that would certainly be, quote, historic obstruction -- six years a seat was vacant on the circuit court and not the only one that had long-term vacancies. and now all of a sudden because democrats want to discuss this, mull this for few days, senator lankford wants to change the rules. i know he only came to the senate in 204, but he ought to look a bit at the history before he does something like this. the issue of nominations has been fraught and it's true there have been escalations on both sides. i'd be the first to say that. democrats, despite the rhetoric from the majority party, have worke

johnson, his pick to head the va. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel has more from capitol hill. >> ronnie jackson was personalsician to the last 3 pres.s, now he's donald trump's nominee for the pump to veterans affairs but that nomination would be in jeopardy, senate veterans affairs committee postponing the confirmation hearing following allegations jackson created a hostile work environment and allow the overprescribing of medication. >> the allegations that have come out against adm. jackson are very disturbing. >> the men and women in the va, the best, highly qualified candidate who can pass the scrutiny of the country. >> there are growing questions from lawmakers about jackson's qualifications and whether he is capable of leading a massive department serving 9 million veterans. democrats slamming the trump administration. >> this administration is not taking the task of getting seriously. >> reporter: the white house is standing behind dr. jackson calling him a qualified candidate who served his country honorably and bring firsthand experience from the front lines, strong leadership to the cabinet. >>

senator ron johnson of was constant will be our guest to talk about cia director mike pompeo's secret with kim jong-un. this is bloomberg. ♪ david: this is "bloomberg markets: balance of power". shery: the dow fluctuating between gains and losses. while the s&p 500 is higher by pretense of 1%. tech is rolling back losses after ibm announced weaker than expected results, and financials lower despite the fact morgan stanley lifted bankshares earlier, and the nasdaq is up at 4/10 of 1%. representatives to the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons slammed russia for what it called moscow's false narrative about the poisoning on british spy anda former russian his daughter. >> russia continues to provide huge this information to others, including the russian government official actually accusing united kingdom of poisoning the former spy, and inducing him to a, so the they can go and investigate. that is the outrageous accusation. mark: president trump says a secret meeting between cia director mike pompeo and north korea's kim jong-un went smoothly. pompeo traveled to north

johnson, robert s kerr, the back of kennedy's head. they are all looking at alan shepard, who is an astronaut. they are all paying attention to alan shepard. the next collection is the mike steinhauer collection. he's pretty liberal. he's elected first in 1978. he's only 28 years old. he was a fighter. he took on big tobacco. he fights with the nra. he's not afraid to take on the big issues. he eventually gets hurt politically. he ends up losing in the democratic primary in 1994. his opponent up funding from the nra and big tobacco. his big fights came back against him politically. he wanted to do the right thing. he always said he would go to congress to take the heart to congress, not to shy away from the problem. the other collections are a little sanitized. his collection came to us as is. the documents here show who mike steinhauer is. they show who his staff are. we gotten to know his staff over the years as well. one thing steinhauer was known -- under thease reagan administration, congress that ceded power from the comptroller general to cut the budget if congress wasn't able to meet certain goals they wanted to make. congress isn't good about cutting spending. t

as mike told us, england's katarina johnson—thompson is leading the hepthlon with just one event to goay. we were looking at the tally, have they lived up to expectations? australia has in of england 92, scotland 39, we're not doing badly.” has in of england 92, scotland 39, we're not doing badly. i think there has been a mix. someone like our hammer thrower having a bronze, we have seen some great performances from people in that sense. and so a bit of a mix. some of the names we thought would do well probably haven't done quite as well as we thought they would, unfortunately. let's look at the name katarina johnson—thompson. can she do it? yes, she is by far the best placed in the event, so i don't see it in a problem. you have bitten your lip nervously while saying that.” problem. you have bitten your lip nervously while saying that. i will tell you why, because i have backed two or three people to win medals, and unfortunately they did not. some of those that i thought would have won medals here... i am always a bit... it is not that bad, because one i suggested would win did so. y

it wasn't just lyndon johnson as a movement that should get the credit. also seaver --dash mikeesar chavez. among the working poor. during this whole. campaigns like the one in birmingham to break down public segregation. it also had a dimension demanding jobs for workers and other places. we always have an economic dimension to our movement. a letter from birmingham jail telling us basically in the willingness to go to jail and do civil disobedience. if necessary. it is a little-known story about king in the city of later after he received the nobel peace prize he came back and helped to lead a strike of 800 black women at the script out it was a big long strike. it was very difficult. and it's kind of a precursor to the memphis sanitation strike. king played a very important role in finally settling that. in fact when they held dinner for him in atlanta this almost threw the whole thing off. some of the business people were so upset that he was supporting a strike among black workers. this is a cell my campaign which followed shortly thereafter. and we know about that from a l

johnson and frank wolf, maybe. two republicans offered - colin powell, bob gates who had written a scathing anti-obama book and mike leven who was a former hhs sec. and was running mitt romney's transition during the 2012 campaign. thanks but no thanks to those names and they ended up -- closer to the fold. domestic politics was the thing that got people's attention, the call for quarantines and a travel ban and in new jersey, a young nurse named casey hickox spent an exhausting day flying back from west africa, she had sat and watched a child die in this treatment board she was in, absolutely horrifying, and counting the number of people who did die in this treatment board. and she showed up in border patrol. in west africa, and screened by officials. the things she maintains is she was pissed, her face was flushed and that gave her the elevated temperature. and in the newark airport, not in the hospital but intends, governor chris christie in new jersey did not respond to ebola terribly well and governor andrew cuomo ordered anybody coming back from west africa because teen for 21 days despite the fact that trave

johnson of politico, welcome to you boh. >> nawaz: let's talk about the drama because mike pompeo is not the only one who will be facing somed of battle, some opposition to his confirmation hearing there's a couple more coming up, ronny jackson, amy, edlk to me about what he is likely to faceesday when he goes before the veterans affairs commity. >> wn we look at what happened with mike pompeo and looking at somebody le ronny jackson with the v.a., two different stories. pompeo, dividing on political lines. rand paul, this is a big deal he decided to give his vote to pompeo. he was very critical of him when he was up for c.i.a. director, very critical of him when he was up for secretary of state. at the last minute, changes his mind. so because the president said i trust -- hfrs my iend, he's going to do the right thing, clearly, this is much more political and much less about policy, and people know who pompeo is. when we get to to ronny jackson, nobody knows anything about hill. they know him a the house physician but don't know anything about what he would be like as an administrator, what he knows about thv.a. it's a ve

johnson has more now from washington. >> reporter: president trump keepi ining up the pressure on h korea. former cia director mike pompeo, now secretary of state, had his own secret meeting with kim last month. >> the objective is complete. irreversible denuclearization. that's been the goal. >> reporter: south korea's presidential office says kim agreed to shut down his country's nuclear test site in may and allow the u.s. and south korea to verify that. there's widespread skepticism the north will not fully sur rend asu surrender its nuclear weapons. >> i think the president sees the potential here for an historic agreement. >> reporter: president trump takes credit for friday's meeting. kim's willingness to negotiate with the u.s. president. >> i think it's more than fair to say the combination of president's unpredictability had something to do with the north koreans deciding to come to the table. >> reporter: the president wants kim jong-un to release three americans held captive. the president said this weekend the summit could take place within three to four weeks. an exact date and location have not been

>>> we're continuing our special coverage of mike pompeo, the president's nominee to become the next secretary of state. he's answering senator ron johnson's questions. >> where it comes into conflict with security issues as opposed to highly factual and contextual, we have seen this with the issues with china today, we thought through the risks, we identified relative priorities and attempted to level set them and then engaged in diplomatic act sift suivity t the challenges through china through the acts taken by the administration over the past weeks didn't upset the apple cart with the good work that the chinese have done helping us on the north korea challenge. >> do you agree with me that our top priority is the cooperation? >> today that's the number one priority for the administration. >> would you agree in terms of the best way to bring china into full compliance with all the trade agreements, that working with the other -- our other trading partners, having a good relationship with them and having us as an alliance, working with china and making sure they actually follow the rules, would that also be the best way of achieving that

go to our c-span.org page, you can see mike pompeo, who heads c.i.a., he was asked ron change with senator johnsonrepublican of wisconsin, about the united states and relation with russia. here is what part of that conversation was. mike pompeo: i think if is historic strategy putin has path, can you describe in your word, what path has he taken? aim?are russia's mike pompeo: i'll take vladamir word, dissolution of the soviet union, i think he in his heart at and attempt to regain power power and maintain opularity through activity taki only -- maintain his not capability shlgs nuclear also each action to undermine democracy in the west, model, now e soviet russian model is the one painted to he world that will lead greatness, that is not true and we can't let that happen. hearing at ull c-span.org, the president sending out a tweet regarding ike pompeo saying, hard to believe obstructionists may vote against mike pompeo for secretary of state. emocrats will not approve hundreds of good people, including the ambassador to maxing out y are time on approval process for all, never happened before. we

johnson. vonnie: we need to blame somebody for the semifinal battle of the charts. it is time to see who will take the spot facing her. charts on our bloomberg. semifinals. mike>> a nasty correction in the u.s. stock market and the question from everyone, how long will it take to get back to the record highs in the stock market? history is no god but some of the reporters here crushing the data to show that the short answer is, you need a little patience. the average recovery from a correction in a bull market has been 200 days. my colleague on marcus live produced this chart which compares the direction recovery to the shortest correction recovery of the bull market, 2012. even that one, at that pace, would take -- history is no guarantee of what would happen, but we can say, if we recover before july, the quickest recovery we have seen in the bull market. outie: i love it, holding little carrots. telling us that by july we will make more money. mike regan -- we go to ed ludlow. >> this chart shows the tug-of-war in the chinese economy but we the old traditional heavy industry we talked about before and knew industry like e-commerce and health care. it raise

mike mic on. >> my name is tim columbus i'm a law step ton and johnson. i appear on behalf of our client. these associations represent over 80% of retail fuel sales in the united states. as a result of -- my favorite term, the big stupid price signs, that market is the most transparent and price competitive commodities market on the face of the earth. retailers want to sale products in a legal way to people who want to buy them. they don't buy them because we sell them, we sell them because they want them. because they do not manufacturer the products they sell they favor, as do all buyers, deep diverse markets behind them from which they can obtain supplies, in that context i should argue that the byers have diversified the market. as i stated at the round table on this issue, retailers seek peace in the valley. i believe the concept being proposed today offers perhaps a path to achieve that objective. implementing a program which all new cars will be required to run on high octane fuel would have the following effects in our opinion. number one, consumers would benefit from number, a, h

johnson junior was shot several times. it is not clear if he had been in some kind of dispute. >>> those are just some of your morning headlines. hey, mikel, gasia, i'll send it back to you. >> thank you, dave. >>> coming up next right here on mornings on 2 the 9, it was a very big night for san jose shark fan as they begin that playoff run to get the stanley cup. we will have the highlights in game one against the ducks. >>> excitement is building for the playoff game between the warriors and the spurs. making sure that fans are decked out in blue and gold. , - (phone ringing) - big button, and volume-enhanced phones. get details on this state program. call or visit and accessories for your mobile phone. like this device to increase volume on your cell phone. - ( phone ringing ) - get details on this state program call or visit ♪ ♪ get high speed internet from at&t. $30 per month. no extra monthly fees. more for your thing. that's our thing. visit att.com/internet. >> happen 'friday. welcome back to mornings on 2 the 9. rosemary and i have been talking about the weather all morning long. people are headed to the beaches today. they need

mike bushell. more medals to tell you about earlier this morning in the commonwealth games as last came first, annie last took gold in the mountain biking. evie richards as well taking silver. katarina johnsonhjump, outright lead already with five fence still to come. christian —— cristiano ronaldo with a penalty. the game heading towards extra time. but a foul gave you know who the opportunity to put madrid through with a penalty in the 97th minute, heartbreak for juventus. with a penalty in the 97th minute, heartbreak forjuventus. last night's goals, this one will take some topping, have a look at this strike. what an effort for wolves against derby. on the cusp of promotion to the premier league. that is why he is widely regarded as the best player playing outside the premier league. i will have more sport for you a little later. good morning. an inquiry looking into historical sexual abuse at a wide range of institutions publishes its findings today into allegations about a boys' hostel and a residential school in greater manchester linked to the late politician cyril smith. the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse has investigated claims about cambridge house boys‘ hostel and kn

vit cal of the raid on mike cal cohen's office and very positive for trumpet was named as -- for trump. he was named as a third client of michael cohen. >> it's not like a johnson day. >> no, there's not 100 clients. i think it's a question of why that came out in public first and then private later. did he tell his s bos i'm a third client of michael cohen but i'm going on the air tonight? because if he did not and he protd dotd coverage that he's been doing for months honestly and what he -- you know, it appears he intends to continue doing, he's lying to his viewers. bold face lying to his viewers to not disclose that he's a third client of michael cohen. but yet to do these incredible hit jobs on the raid on michael cohen's office of which his stuff is being raided and taken away. this is crazy. this is crazy town in the news business. if you do not take him into the office and figure out how to go forward with this host on fox news, then i don't -- i don't know what you're doing over there. i don't know what has happened over there. >> and the problem -- the problem's exacerbated because there's been a lot of friction between sean and a couple of other lat

mike. turning to other headlines we are following. president trump says is he considering a posthumously pardon for black heavyweight all thanks to sylvester stallone. called me with boxy weight johnsonons great. his life complex and controversial. others have looked at this over the years, most thought it would be done but, yes, i am considering a full pardon. many think johnson was wrongfully convicted 1913 for consensual ri relationship with a white woman. calling out black lives matter protesters after they tried to shut down her appearance at ucla. watch this. >> victim mentality is not real. i don't know why people like being oppressed. weirdest thing i have ever heard. we are oppressed. 400 years of slavery, jim crow which by the way none of you guys lived through. your grandparents. it's embarrassing that you utilized their history. you are not living through anything right now. abby: that got the attention of rapper kanye west. i love the way candace owens thinks. kanye is getting a lot of back lark for that tweet. candace owens has proven to be antiblack, annual at this lbgt and fact hating. there are so many more distributedders for kanye to align himself with her is messy

katerina johnson thompson recovered from a lacklustre first day to live up to her billing as favourite and grab the gold. mikeourite and grab the gold. mike bushell has the details. in the action has finished for the day. the music is entertaining the crowds as they pour out of the venues into this area just off broad beach. the home fans are reflecting on a day when england's big names rose to the fore and delivered. a historic day fore and delivered. a historic day for scotland and wales. katerina johnson thompson has long been touted as the area tojessica ennis hill. in the 800 metres, the final event, she had a healthy lead and gold in her sights. their £5553 $35,155; 5£ 55— 5355525 f 5 £55553 $35,155; 55£5 55— 5355552: f 5 £55555 $35,155; 5555 5:5— 5-355555 5 5 55:5 to claim fourth