mike lee do we have that sound? >> i want to see what it is my but my answer would be yes. get a bill passed whatever they think the answer is pass it. and then let's negotiate the best possible answer out that. and that's the system that is how bills become a law. we want to see the senate get

what i was thinking of was mike lee i'll read it to you.says asked if trump is putting the blame in the right place. he says look we're ray easy target. institution has a approval rating around 11%. only slightly more popular nan flunza. having fun with it but saying donald trump this is the boast you can do this is this is you're in the beginning of the presidency and you want to attack republicans. >> donald trump has never taken responsibility for anything that has happened in his administration. it's always somebody else's fault. so the failure to pass the repeal and replacement of obamacare, it's the republicans in congress's fault. and he is always whining about something and never been his responsibility. we would actually be better as a caucus -- what -- the clip you played of paul ryan shows how divided republicans are look at the health care deeblt. different factions talking about different things when you have such a division you need strong leadership from the white house. the president hasn't done that. views president as ceo

.>> the final thing here, they are saying mandatory minimums, conservatives like rand paul and mike lee, who have been pushing for criminal justice reform say that the results of this is going to end up feeling the prisons with nonviolent low-level offenders instead of going after serious criminals. violent criminals. your response to that? >> percival the priority is to prosecute high-level drug dealers. not to fill the prisons with low-level drug dealers or drug users. in the policy just returns the department to the traditional policy we've been following since the carter administration. that the presumption is case is to charge the most serious criminal offense but in the event that the prosecutors believe it is not justified, they can make an exception. they just need to document it. >> thank you mr. rosenstein.

>> corey: there was was a time period where mike lee from utah wasn't on the bill and ted cruz wasn'tbill. the white house brought them in. increase the hsa premiums and likely so that's reasonable. what do we care how much money people put in their hsa. you come along because people had concerns about the bill and the white house worked to alleviate the concerns so that when the bill came up for a final vote, everyone thought it was going to move forward. >> eric: it's not like mccain didn't know what the offers were prior to voting to push the vote, he was going to vote against it. if that was the case, don't push to move the debate forward. spend more time. >> kat: he was doing his job. >> joe: it was a very james comey move. come back, vote, and he knew he was going to vote against it in the end. >> eboni: i feel like if you would have -- would've been political consequences in blocking the debate. >> eric: if you are mccain and you have the versions you know they are going to be voted upon, what's the rush to cast the vote. >> eboni: when the president calls on you -- >> eric: le

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more on all of this mike lee, a member of the senate judiciary committee. he joins us now. senator, thanks for being here. >> thank you. >> sandra: you can hear that from john roberts. the latest from "the washington post" and these leaked transcripts of the president's private phone conversations with foreign leaders. obviously, we can sit here and talk about the content of those conversations, but the leaks themselves, a huge problem for this white house. >> the mere fact that these leaks occurred is very troubling. in order for these communications to be handled effectively the president and who ever he is talking to, whatever foreign head of state or other official might be on the other end of the line, need to have a degree of confidence that they're having a conversation and not a press conference. there is a big difference between these. who ever leaked these needs to be found out and reprimanded, fired. this is unacceptable. it should never happen. >> sandra: according to "the washington post" they were produced by white house staff is all they say. based on records

right now in calling capitol hill and we should be pleased about the likes of tulsa gabbert and mike lee and rand paul who are fighting a neo cons ok you know michael one of the you know everyone knows on this program my favorite mantra to go after is the media here and i think that's the single biggest difference because when we knew we had scoop jackson around in congress here we had a media that was a lot more even handed here now we don't how bad it all is matter but i sometimes wonder if the democrats are taking their talking points from the media and not the other way around go ahead well of course they are they in fact they're feeding off of each other you meant you mentioned scoop jackson. rich. perl used to work for him and then richard hired me to go to the pentagon so it was because of my investigative reporting background so i have some some touch with that reality over there but there are they will play both sides and you're seeing today the kagan's the who who is married to victoria nuland she's a real hawkish on the ukraine all of the and along with along with wolfowitz ag

sandy, senator ted cruz on the ground in houston bringing us up to date as he joins us live, senator mike leeg the gop together. david bossi inside the trump white house, how the president scored yesterday going down to corpus christi and austin. ari fleischer on communication in times like this. don't miss a minute of "fox and friends" and i urge you to get to us. you're just bloated from gas. i can see it and i know you feel it. take gas-x®, the #1 gas relief brand. it relieves pressure and bloating fast! so you can wear whatever you want. throughout history, the one meal when we come together, break bread, share our day and connect as a family. [ bloop, clicking ] and connect, as a family. just, uh one second voice guy. [ bloop ] huh? hey? i paused it. bam, family time. so how is everyone? find your awesome with xfinity xfi and change the way you wifi. >> joel osteen speaking out after he is accused of refusing to help flood victims, critics accusing him of lying about water inside his mega-church but are seen posting these photos of the flagman denying turning people away. >> staff told m

you had mike lee, ted cruz, even rand paul who was so critical of that senate bill support the skinnyd then you have these other republicans who decided not voting. >> gianno: he blamed only john mccain. >> dagen: one quick thing, president trump and mitch mcconnell need to work together because if nancy pelosi and those democrats take over the house, it's going to be an impeachment hearing. >> sandra: president trump saying he'll do whatever it takes to get funding for that border wall including shutting down the government. a good tactic to help deliver on one of his biggest campaign promises or could it backfire? plus espn facing backlash for pulling a broadcaster because he happens to have the same name as confederate general robert e le lee. is this something else? we're certainly going to debate that. ♪ my bladder leakage was making me feel like i couldn't spend time with my grandson. now depend fit-flex has their fastest absorbing material inside, so it keeps me dry and protected. go to depend.com - get a coupon and try them for yourself. ♪ >> harris: we saw the president open

mike lee on the new york stock exchange are under scrutiny.hey aimed to bypass the traditional share sale. the securities and exchange commission have asked for further details on their plan. intel's latest processor. will it be enough to fend off competition? "bloomberg technology" is live streaming. check us out. this is bloomberg. ♪ intel is boosting its new personal computer chip will deliver a once in a decade performance boost. the biggest maker of semiconductors says it will provide as much as a 40% jump on its predecessor. new laptops with the chip come out next month. joining us are michael wolf as well as anand srinivasan. would you agree with this characterization by intel this is the biggest up in a decade? >> the performance improvement is substantial. it is particularly notable given this is an aberration rather than a substantial revolution in chip improvement over time. one of the things intel has moved away from is the notion of s.ce a year improvement improvements are becoming -- they are coming faster for sure but they are r

we had senator mike lee talking about this just yesterday saying justice needs to be brought on.ch. >> whoever leaked these needs to be found out and needs to be reprimanded, it needs to be fired, and that is why, in many cases, doing something like this could not only and should not only result in termination but also criminal prosecution. someone is publicly disclosing that, that is a very serious federal felony offense. this should never happen. the president has every right to be discouraged, to be furious about this. we've got to get to the bottom of it. >> sandra: obviously a republican. democrats are also speaking out. just heard mark warner. are we seeing this being made a priority on the other side of the aisle with the democrats? >> this is president trump's problem. it obviously came from somewhere within his administration, right? logical thing, his communications, his team there. so it is primarily his problem. but i think some responsible democrats realize, the president of united states cannot do his job if people are going to be leaking his private conversations.

blow was delivered last night, when utah senator and man failing to get anyone to raise the roof, mike leeenator and grey alien who found a can of bronzer, jerry moran, released statements opposing the bill at the exact same time. it was the rare case of simultaneous no-gasm. ( laughter ) it is hard to overstate the level of failure here. the g.o.p. crushed their car at 90 miles an hour into a cliff with a grin on their face. ( laughter ) it's like if batman vs. superman took a pontiac aztek to blockbuster video to rent "the lone ranger" and watch it on laser disc. that's how badly they failed. ( laughter ) republicans said one thing for the last four elections: >> we need to repeal and replace obamacare. >> repeal and immediately replace the failures of obamacare. >> repeal and replace obamacare. >> repeal obamacare and replace it. >> we will repeal and we will replace. >> repeal obamacare and replace it. >> repeal and replace. >> repeal and replace. >> repeal and replace it. >> stephen: it was your one job. ( laughter ) it's your tagline, it's your motto, it's

. >> matt: mike lee had a lot of criticisms for donald trump.e came out and said at the young americans foundation conference, if this is what donald trump is going to do, bring it on. he's loving the conservative aspect of the agenda. if you look at the policy, it's hard to make a conservative case against him. >> eric: why is there such pushback by this establishment establishment -- >> eboni: it's not policy. it's the mannerisms. >> dom: objection to aspects of trump. i care more about the policy and what america needs. >> eric: is arizona still come as it still a red state? >> dom: i think it is. >> matt: red to purple. a lot of new folks moving down there. >> kat: conservative and trump supporter are not the same thing anymore. >> eric: i think you risk losing the republican seat on the senates. >> matt: dean heller i don't think will come back and i think jeff flake is putting himself in a risky position. >> eric: justice department reportedly redirecting resources to sue universities over affirmative action admissions policies. you don't

senator mike lee was about lesser-known funding father's in his book "written out of history".and it "the least among us" the work in defending antipoverty programs. book tv in prime time, here in c-span2. >> sending on q&a. >> the social and legal response to the issues that black men have is to lock us up, to poke at us in cages, to stop and frisk us, to treat us as citizens whose rates other people don't respect. we are not full citizens of the united states. >> paul butler takes a critical look at the criminal justice system and its impact on african-american men in his book "chokehold". >> there's never been a time for community relations has been anywhere near good. so, for a long time if you're a black person and you call the police to report a crime, if you're the victim, the place to not pay that much attention to it. now, the senses that the police are overwhelmingly in african-american communities, but not to protect but rather to lock folks up. >> cognitive scientist is co-author of the book, the knowledge illusion about how communal intelligence and group think she

. >> and center mike lee said if we don't get tax reform done we're dead. that's true.h care and tax reform. they did not deliver on health care. they have to deliver on tax reform. it's going to be complicated. the reason why this hasn't happened in over 30 years is because it's incredibly complex. i think republicans are better off with tax reform than health care because health care was very complicated to try to message to the american people because you're not really actually substantially reforming health care through the reconciliation process. i think there's more they can do with health care. it's smart to go to missouri, a state he won, i think by 19 points, putting pressure on a red state democrat. i'd like to see more of that and going to the ten states he won where democrats are seeking tough re-election. >> grassroots. >> i'm very disappointed in the president's tax proposal. when i interviewed him he said it was going to be a historic tax cut and reaganesque and now i hear they're only dropping the top bracket from 39% to 36%. that's nothing. now i'm hear

mike lee was on fox business this morning and said we were elected to repeal obamacare and reform taxes have not revealed obamacare and if we don't do this "we are dead." >> bret: ann coulter, known conservative and a big supporter of president trump on twitter. "it's so obvious trump is only getting polite applause for tax cuts. want to get the crowd hollering. talk about the wall." it is like the night of the living dead. this is the worst, most tone-deaf speech. job had better ideas. strong letter to follow. >> i'm sure ann coulter would be excited about a speech on the wall but most people are concerned about the economy. and a lot of people in the media care about this tweet or this thing donald trump is saying that actual people want to have economic growth. we really didn't cover how sluggish the economy was for eight years. president obama never had a single year with 3% growth. last year was 1.6%. we have a quarter, the most recent quarter upgraded. projections are the rest of the year will go well but we need to see sustained growth. that's something everybody cares about. whe

joining us now is buoyed not descend former chief of staff under mike lee and president of the southerland two appeared good morning. >> happy monday. the service sanctions first and foremost enacted by the u.n. security council over the weekend. an expert of different things. coal, iron, lead, seafood product. if enforced, strong enough tool against north koreans. >> is a really good start and we should applaud the u.n. security council for a 15 to zero vote on that. in politics and diplomacy, you know that after all is said and done, a lot markets have been done and it will be the enforcement of sanctions. a billion is a big deal. almost a third of their exports. that is a big deal will come down to china and russia to see if they are enforced. cheryl: there is a report from chinese media and this was the government talking. they basically were air again for pushing this through. then they said these are going to have limits. if they don't enforce the sanctions, it no game, correct? >> that's absolutely right. the rather in china has got to do this. it's interesting how china continually

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director of strategic communications for hillary clinton and the former chief of staff to senator mike leend the president of the sutherlin institute, thank you for joining us. i'm going to start with you, we talk about these polls again and for a lot of folks, they remember back to the election and poll has become almost a dirty word, what do you make of this poll? doesn't matter to you? >> i think polling is such an interesting space right now, with the technology and the millennials coming up, and many of the special election so far this year, the polling hasn't been that accurate. i think the bigger thing to keep in mind is that this present doesn't view polls the way most politicians do, most politicians look at polls as political capital that he meant they can expand and take some risk or go to a small ball kinds of things. president trump doesn't function that way. he's going to take action on what he thinks it should be the next thing regardless of what the polls say. i think it's important to keep in mind that he is not looking at it like a typical politician would. >> heather: wh

here's mike lee, who has strong grassroot support saying, hey, trumps taking these cheap shots at congresseasy. >> is he placing blame in the right place? >> i have no idea. we're an easy target. we're an institution that has an approval rating of between 11 and 14%, making us slightly more popular than the influenza virus. >> he's saying you want to attack republicans at the beginning of your presidency? >> donald trump has never taken responsibility for anything that has happened in his administration. so the failure to replace the repeal and replace of obamacare, it's the republicans in congr s congress' fault. and look at the health care debate, how we have different factions talking about different things to cobble it all together and the president hasn't done that. he views being president as a ceo and congress as middle managers and lower levels vps who do all of the work. >> what does make jared? >> one lucky intern. >> jonathan? >> that's an excellent description. let's just take the health care situation, for example. the house passes a bill. it's step one in, say, 20 steps to ma

conservatives like senators rand paul and mike lee, who have been pushing for criminal justice reform, say the result of this, going to end up filling the prisons with nonviolent, low-level drug offenders instead of going after serious criminals, violent criminals, your response that? >> rod: our priority and the department of justice is to prosecute high-level drug dealers, not to fill a presence with low-level dealers or users. the policy returns us to a traditional policy since we've been following since the carter administration, the presumption in each case is talks the most serious. in the event the prosecutor believes that not justified they can make an exception, they just need to document it. >> chris: thank you for your time, good to talk with you. i got to say, it was a challenging interview but i really enjoyed it, it was really quite interesting, thank you. >> rod: thank you very much, good to be with you. >> chris: up the next republican senator thom tillis o special counsel from being fired for improper reason reasons. >> chris: a look outside the beltway at the queen c

senator mike lee and chris coons in the senate and represented just in the mosh and zoe lofgren in these, a wonderful group united by their love in our commission is also cochaired by two remarkable women that i'm about to introduce you to when we will have a conversation and they are odious, the president of the federalist society and the president of the american constitution society and libertarian lawyers organizations of america who have supported this amazing project. it's important, exciting and will have an incredible series of conversations. before beginning, and i also want finally to think bill belanger who is here. he has generously provided seed money to start off this commission into promote reason deliberation, so committed to preserving madisonian values of compromise. thank you very much to go unread. and now, let's begin, fasten your seatbelts and please join me in welcoming the cochaired the madisonian constitution draw commission, lee liberman otis. [applause] >> lee and caroline, it is such a thrill to have you both here in person. i need to tell you that the colla

this would go from the moth moderates to the house freedom caucus to mike lee, these guys with these clear differences with trump. and they didn't want to pick a fight with him. flake was always different. but now that flake has sat down, maybe guys like scott feel a little bit liberated to do it. and lindsey graham has always been interesting, he, rubio, mccain had this little caucus that was very reticent about trump. but their votes would always line up with him. now we get this russia sanctions bill passed. the question for me going forward, will they vote against trump? >> and that's what is interesting. i think folks don't recognize just what's coming down, barreling down on capitol hill. they've got to do a bunch of stuff when august recess is over. and all that rubber is going to hit the road at that point, right? >> we got to keep the government funded. they've got to raise the debt limit. and the plan is to take up -- to take up tax reform. >> right. and that's sort of a heavy lift. and the truth is, though, on the details of that, trump doesn't have sort of a strong point.

senator mike lee writes about lesser-known founding fathers in his book, written out of history.ok the least among us, congresswoman rosa delauro writes about her work in defending antipoverty programs. booktv and prime time at 8:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span2. >> live coverage of the 2017 conference friday and saturday on c-span. at 1:00 p.m. eastern, a discussion on standing up for working families. and embracing progressive values.at 2:30 pm look at how to win back progressive power through organizing.then at 4:00 p.m., developing vision statements for the type of society progressives want to see. saturday at 10:30 a.m. eastern, senator elizabeth warren and naacp -- speak at the conference. at 4:30 p.m. former vice president al gore and pamela - join us for live coverage of the 2017 conference on c-span. >> next on booktv, neuroscientist lisa feldman barret, author of the book "how emotions are made: the secret life of the brain".she recently spoke at a bookstore and newton massachusetts. this is just over one hour. >> lisa feldman barret is here tonight in celebration of her

included people like senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, texas senator ted cruz, and utah senator mike leening admission. >> we've gotten a lot of calls in the last few days from people throughout utah and across america, expressing concerns in one way or another about the healthcare bill. i've had a lot of people ask me specifically when the healthcare bill is going to be released to the public, why it isn't public. the short answer to the question is i haven't seen it yet, either. >> seth: wait. you're supposed to be writing it, and you haven't seen it? that's like your doctor saying, "i think the liver transplant was successful, but i don't know. i was at the movies." [ light laughter ] now several republican senators have at least feigned concern over the secretive process, but they don't seem to be doing much about it, like arizona senator john mccain who was asked this week if he had seen the bill and got super sassy. >> i haven't seen it. >> is that a problem? >> oh, no. never a problem, no, of course not. i always like to move forward with legislation that i haven't seen. that's on

. >> melissa: former chief of staff for senator mike lee and president of sutherland institute, former ohio state minority leader, thank you for joining us on this news of the hour, what do you think of the political applications of this? >> i think it really shows that this policy of appeasement does not work when it comes to the international front, we have seen that in republican and democratic administrations, i think we're going to see that play out in the fall when it comes to funding, how do we make sure we are funded properly with all of these things and i think you rightly pushed back, will china really help enforce a lot of these resolutions? i think china from a political standpoint has enjoyed having the u.s. hyper focused on north korea. it's prevented the u.s. from focusing on china and what is going on there. now everything changes today. nothing like a nuclear warhead to sharpen your focus a little bit. i would look for secretary of state taylor rex tillerson to e and put pressure on china on that front. >> what may happen is a blame game by republicans on capitol hill,

here is mike lee, who has, you know pretty strong libertarian grass roots support be tea party supportng the cheap shots at congress like night and it's easy. >> donald trump has never taken responsibility for anything that has happened in his administration. it's always somebody else's fault. so the failure to pass the repeal and replacement of obamacare, it's the republicans in congress's fault. and he is always whining about something and never been his responsibility. we would actually be better as a caucus -- what -- the clip you played of paul ryan shows how divided republicans are look at the health care deeblt. different factions talking about different things when you have such a division you need strong leadership from the white house. the president hasn't done that. views president as ceo and congress as middle managers and vp he is doing the grunt work. he comes in for grunt work. >> what does it make jared. >> one lucky internal. >> jonathan. >> no naes actually an dpenlt description. president trump has evan says being takes responsibility for nothing. let's take the heal

there are a few, ben sasse from nebraska, lindsey graham, susan collins, maybe mike lee who are prettyh against donald trump, but the rest are just sort of going along, but the going along used to be going along close, and now going along, let's do it without this guy. one, during the health care thing, they saw not only what a loser he was but how destructive his presence was to try to get anything done. second, nothing offends members of the senate republicans more than being attacked by the president of their own party because it does feel like an act of disloyalty. so incompetence andties loyalty, that suggests let's do our own thing, the sky is hopeless, and i think that mentality has begun to sip in to a lot of the senate republicans but it doesn't mean they will counter the cultural and political and institutional rock in the trump administration, they don't standing up to that degree. >> woodruff: we learned yesterday bob mueller, special counsel, apparently was working with one grand jury, already, but a newer one set up in washington which spells, according to the experts, a

moved into the senate and he sort of didn't side with ted cruz and mike lee but he -- >> he sided inresident trump, he voted with his party 99% of the time -- >> i think that's a meaningless stat a lot is voting for -- against obamacare and making a conservative vote. what's meaningful, he talks in that politico op-ed, we need to make sure we're not becoming protectioni protectionists, he voted for wilbur ross, voted for robert light houser, the trade representative. he voted to oppose trump but didn't do it. >> do you buy what he's selling? >> i think that everything he's arguing, the stuff he's saying is true, i just think it clashes with a couple of those votes. if i had him here i would ask him the question, why did he vote for wilbur ross if you thought you were standing up for free trade? >> one of the things he does mention is the president's tweets and the president this morning is saying i'm going to keep tweeting, 110 million people want the truth out there basically. his republican colleagues on capitol hill have not always been quite so down with all of the online talk. l

convention and tried to blow it up and it's sad in my heart that he endorsed donald trump and people like mike leeho went to him and said can we please reconsider making donald trump our nominee and the leadership in the party said, nope -- >> everybody wants to get in on this and doug, i know and scott as well. let's listen to ted cruz tonight, your former boss. here's how he responded. >> you know, the president speaks for himself. the clan is evil. they are racist bigots. nazis are the very face of evil. their hatred, anti-semitism is completely unacceptable. and i think we should speak unequivocally condemning their hatred, condemning their racism. >> okay. two things, amanda. he says all of the right things but he's not the president. he wanted to be the president but he didn't mention the president and the person who was supposed to bring the nation together and give us moral clarity didn't do it. he didn't mention the president. what good is that? >> what good is it? i think everyone knew who he was talking about. i would encourage ted cruz to get a contingent republican senator to go down

president trump versus senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, we are joined by boyd matson, mike leemous battle here between the republican party and president trump, your senator mike lee's former chief of staff, whose side are you on? >> i think president trump is right on this one. unfortunately there's been a real lack of leadership in the senate for way too long, we need to get back to regular order and leader mcconnell, he can make excuses or progress on the agenda but he can't do both and that's the real problem, there's been so much shoulder shrugging and not my fault, pointing fingers and placing blame, that's not what the american people want. it's not time for us to expect less, it's time for us to expect more and i think it's great that the president is not only applying a little light in terms of what's not happening in the senate but also a little heat to senator mcconnell to say, come on, it's time to get things done. stuart: senator lee is a conservative, you used to run the shop on the conservative saying, mitch mcconnell has to go? >> i think the important thing is

backwards to me, but so is the position of otherwise staunch state rights advocates like senator mike lee and senator ted cruz, but we will talk bout their oumsal -- occupational licensing bill in a minute. so my personal perspective from the stateside is that i see a lot of value to this wider philosophical discussion about whether to many occupations required licenses. i also basically agree with the supreme court's decision in c versus dental pick but at the end of the day it should be left up to the states to decide how to structure their economies, how to structure their government and how to provide for the health and safety and welfare of their citizens. i applaud the ftc's efforts to educate state legislatures and others about the dangers to the national economy of too much licensing. i support their enforcement efforts. however, i do not support the federal government attempts to preempt states abilities to decide these issues for themselves or to dangle state action immunity as a carrot in rder to coerce states into providing active super vision or a manner it sees fit to adopti

backwards to me, but so is the position of otherwise staunch state's right adds vo cats like senator mike lee and ted cruz and we'll talk about their bill in a minute. my personal perspective from the state side, i see a lot of value to this wider philosophical discussion about whether too many occupations require licenses and i also basically agree with the supreme court's decision, but at the end of the day it should be left up to the states to decide how to structure their economies, how to structure their governments and how to provide for the health, safety and welfare of their citizens. i applaud the ftc's effort to educate state legislators and others about dangers to the national economy of too much licensing, and i support their enforcement efforts, however, i do not support the federal government's attempts to decide them for themselves or dangle state action as a carrot in order to provide active supervision in the manner it sees fit or into adopting its philosophy about the appropriate profession to license. under current case law, principles of federalism allow states to decide w