he unleashed on senator mccain and mitch mcconnell. >> exactly. stand by gentlemen, because i want to play for our viewers that sound. if you missed it in this press conference the president was asked just as much about iran and the nuclear negotiations with iran as he was about cuba which is why, you know, a big part of why he was down there directly following this meeting with cuban president raul castro. take a listen to what the president said really directly to john mccain and senator mitch mcconnell in terms of iran and where the negotiations stand. >> we have mitch mcconnell trying to tell the world, oh, don't have confidence in the u.s. government's abilities to fulfill any climate change pledge that we might make. and now we have a senator suggesting that our secretary of state is purposely misinterpreting the deal and giving the supreme leader of iran the benefit of the doubt in the interpretations. >> jim acosta joins me on the phone. you were in the room. your reaction to that. >> well, you know certainly i think it was not really any

mitch mcconnell and john boehner at heart are still washington deal makers -- >> right. >> but, yeah. they -- they learned to be more intransigent and to talk a good game and so on. but it's also that -- so the tea party won in a sense by swinging the party to the right. >> right. >> but then when the party having swung to the right lost with romney and then lost with the shutdown, there was room to sort of almost swing not to the left, but to the center, in the sense that you could take some of that tea party energy and say, okay, guys, you want to change washington, you want to throw out the incumbents. >> yep. >> you want to clean up corruption, that's great, but you also have to have an actual policy agenda. and that's -- that's sort of the best-case scenario for the party right now, that you have, basically, figures who can find this sort of sweet spot that partakes of the tea party's contempt with an exhaustion with washington, d.c., but also a little more, sort of, seriousness about how politics and policy actually works. >> but, of course, for every thad cochran who survives o

orrin hatch, ron johnson, mark kirk, mitch mcconnell and rob portman. just one senator did not vote -- ted cruz of texas. he was on the floor today in opposition to the nomination, but he did not take part in the confirmation vote. ashley parker of "the new york times" wrote "after railing against loretta lynch, ted cruz escapes confirmation vote." "where in the world was senator ted cruz? " he voted against a procedural motion to move ahead. mr. cruz missed her final vote on thursday afternoon. the reason? he had to catch a flight to texas for previous commitments in dallas. he was the only senator to fit the vote. his team on social media and e-mail quickly pushed back against the idea that the senator was shirking his congressional responsibility. he voted against cloture. that is from ashley parker in "the new york times." we will show you a number of highlights from the debate on the senate floor leading up to the confirmation vote for loretta lynch. first, we want to show you president obama's reaction after hearing that the confirmation vote went

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>> the holdup is mitch mcconnell.last time he said we are going to do things differently in the senate. he criticized harry reid over and over again for quote unquote sitting on over 300 400 bills on his desk and not even allowing them to a vote. now you have a competent, capable woman who is nominated to serve as attorney general. you have five members of his own party, you have jeb bush presidential hopeful from the ying it is now time to have the vote. so you have the blockage really is in one man mitch mcconnell. he has chosen to obstruct rather than govern. >> but guy, lynch's nomination obviously linked to president obama is controversial in the fact that the executive amnesty stance remains and that is a huge problem for republicans and for many people in this country, including by the way, legal immigrants. now during her confirmation hearings loretta lynch said illegal immigrants have a right to live and work in america. is that what is holding up her nomination and not the democrats' spin on republicans hold

how does mitch mcconnell continue to deny a vote on this? >> he doesn't.day, lawrence, with several u.s. senators, republicans, and they privately acknowledged in our conversations that this has gone on long enough, and they believe that much of the opposition to ms. lynch has not been about her biography or her record, it's been about having a protest of their anger about the immigration policies coming out of the white house, and their frustration with current attorney general eric holder. i think the votes are there, especially with mark curt jumping in. >> robert, when you say you were talking to republican senators that have the attitude it's gone on too long, does that include republican senators who intend to vote against her? >> there is -- i would call it a charge group of republican senators right now who will vote against ms. lynch, but would like to see this standoff end. but because of pressure from the rural red states, from their constituents who are angry about immigration policy, they will vote no. but they know lynch is qualified, so they

in mitch mcconnell's close race for reelection.ow mitch mcconnell is the leader of the republicans in the senate. when we start asking him whether he's turned establishment, let's see what his answers are to those questions. when we start asking him what his position is on religious freedom, we still don't really know about that. and that encompasses all the issues that you were just talking to kevin madden about. so there's a long way to go in this process. >> maria, i want you to weigh in on something. that is the iran question because he was noticeably fairly silent on the issues of this deal with iran and obviously we are all waiting to see how it's going to be received on capitol hill when it gets back here. in the meantime, speaking of those on capitol hill, i'll do a little housekeeping of the picture you're seeing to the right of me, that's inside the gult house hotel in louisville, kentucky. more than likely, within those ranks are a lot of the capitol hill contingent. the congressmen and senators from kentucky who are pro

it was mitch mcconnell here earlier this week. mcconnell met with netanyahu. mcconnell said regardless whether there's a deal that republicans will side with netanyahu. mcconnell said if there is a deal they'll push for required congressional approval of that deal which could make this deal very difficult for president obama. mcconnell said if there isn't a deal then he sides with netanyahu. he agrees that the senate and house should push for tougher sanctions on iran. mcconnell very much showing support for netanyahu. and we very much expect boehner so say something similar, something that is pro-netanyahu and pro what netanyahu has said. what we've heard from the prime minister's office over the last few days which are the dangers of a deal not only to the security of israel but to the stability of the larger middle east. that has been -- those havebeen netanyahu's talking points in the last few days. we are just waiting for them to come out and to make those statements. >> still an empty podium. let me ask you, netanyahu has been clear about what he feels a

if you're mitch mcconnell and only a few months into your tenure as senate majority leader, you can'tlow democrats to lead the senate from the minority. >> jeb bush says the president should put his foot down. he spoke on this in new hampshire on thursday. listen. >> presidents have the right to pick their team in general. if someone is supportive of the president's policies whether you agree with them or not, there should be some deference of the executive. this should not always be partisan. the longer it takes to confirm her, the longer erik holder stays attorney general. >> will this stain the process -- will it taint the gop political race. >> the process is already stained. >> let me finish the question. will this be a problem for those who are running for president on the gop side? >> no. i don't think it will. i don't think most of the americans are paying attention to this fight. >> then why are they doing it? if it's not about the american people what is it about? >> it's about asserting control at the majority senate leader. they moved to kill the trafficking bill based on

and it's not on the floor for a vote because mitch mcconnell doesn't want to. what he thinks he can do, because loretta lynch did clear the committee, he thinks because of that he can break protocol and himself call for a vote on her nomination. it's not the way they do things. democrats are not in control of the senate. but technically, he is not breaking the rules and he could need 50% of the senators to put her up far vote. there are 50 senators that confirm. it's a democrats and a small number of republicans. this scheme, it's not how the senate runs but it is what he says he is now willing to do. and when he told me that in the interview today, and we released the clip, it went off like a shot heard around the world. we don't know that harry reid could do that. and it got covered nationwide. and word came back. this is politico today, he can't force a vote on her. harry reid thinks he can. he responded to the republicans today with this tweet, quote, i want everybody to know that loretta lynch's nomination will not remain in purgatory forever. he seems to

51 senators have publicly said they will support her nomination but majority leader mitch mcconnell isn'tschedule the vote until democrats pass a stalled sex trafficking bill containing controversial abortion language. today mcconnell's office telling "talking points memo" there's, "nothing new on that front." it's been 149 days since loretta lynch was nominated to be attorney general. margie can mitch mcconnell keep her waiting forever? >> i mean i don't know. it seems like he's trying to find more ways to alienate women voters. one is by holding up loretta lynch lynch's nomination, two is by having the vehicle for this be a sex trafficking bill where you have victims who really need help, and third, because what we're debating here is whether or not the fines levied against the traffickers, themselves can be used for abortion not taxpayer funds because that's not allowed. that's not what this is about. this is about fines levied against the actual traffickers and how do those get used? and it's really unconscionable. >> john? >> well look loretta lynch still wants to keep on locking up

that's created by mitch mcconnell. or i'll create one. i can still do that. know parliamentary procedure around here. we're going to put up with this for a little while longer but not much. >> you have a way you think you can force a vote even if mcconnell -- >> absolutely i'm going to force a vote. if we don't get something done soon i will force a vote. >> what will be the trigger nartfor that happening? more time passing? >> i had a conversation today with a number of republicans and told them really to get her done or i'll make sure they have an opportunity to vote against her. >> okay. that was a surprise.:u>bñ senator harry reid telling me today, i know parliamentary procedure around her, we're going to put up with this for little while longer but not much. we will have a vote very soon. this was new. what senator reid is proposing doing to get the loretta lynch nomination finally voted on to have a new attorney general in this country, what he's proposing is something that i think if he's proposing what i think he's proposing it would be a huge breach

i don't know mitch mcconnell's mind. i might share a river with them, if you will. if you consider that we have not done a major trade issue like this in a dozen years, at least 50% of world gdp is included in the transpacific partnership and the next agreement governmed by the fasttrack provisions called ttip. reporter: talk about trade politics. ohio your other senator from ohio is a republican and used to be a u.s. trade representative. you think a person from that position would be very gung ho on trade, but he supported this currency manipulation amendment and yet he voted on the final bill and you voted against it. you have different positions on trade. will ohio voters support both positions? why do we see the division? sen. brown: i guess you should interview him. reporter: he is effort reelection next year and you are not. sen. brown: one of the differences, i talk about trade all the sign. i know what it does for my state. when rock runs for election he rarely mentions trade. i don't know if that makes my position more in line with the public, i think it i

most interesting senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. gwen: of the things i found interesting about all of these confirmation hearings but this one in particular she was being peoplized for agreeing with the president who nominated her. what was expected? juana: if you listened to what republicans said, what they wanted in a new head of justice department is someone who would lead the justice department independently of the president. which may be far flung from a nominee from a democratic president. what they want is their own ed and with president obama in the white house, they were not going to get it. jeff: and all of that elections have consequences. the person who talked the most was ted cruz. he surged senators to purt a hold on her nomination. where was he this week? juana: that's a funny one. ted cruz spoke to the floor and spoke forcefully about loretta lynch and said she was -- she would consider the wallaceness of the eric holder's justice department. then he got out of town. his staff said it was a scheduling conflict. and p

mitch mcconnell was two seats -- was decided five years ago. mitch mcconnell was two seats to my left. he was the happiest i have ever seen him that day. i said that night that if we do nothing you can kiss this country goodbye. well, pucker up, because the millionaires and billionaires, and the multinational corporations are calling the shots of whatever they want in tpp, whatever they want in fasttrack -- generally whatever they want. the bailouts, the tax breaks the deregulation. they get what they want here because they get what they paid for. juan: that was congressman alan grayson talking about campaign reform. doug use is -- doug hughes, i wanted to ask, were you surprised that you are able to get as far as you were able to get onto the capital lawn? doug: my thought was it was less dangerous to let me land since i had been vetted. that did not work. it turned out i was able to land safely anyway. juan: you did everything possible to warn folks ahead of time that you were doing this protest. doug: yeah. i sent an e-mail, which some peopl

and last week, mcconnell, mitch mcconnell, the majority leader set up another vote that was then pulled on thursday. that was the first sign of progress. now that there weren't going to anymore tough votes intended to make democrats try to shift positions. they said they weren't. said the vote was going to fail. mcconnell pulled it. that is when talks really picked up. it was kind of a quickened to a very long impasse. >> where are we at now? where is republican support for this? where is democratic support? >> my sense both parties are broadly supporting this. planned parenthood put out a statement in favor of the compromise praising senators harry reid and patty murray working on the hyde amendment language if there which had become so controversial. so the next step is to figure out how many amendment votes will be on this. republicans want to vote on immigration amendments. so they still have procedural hurdles to get over. but the main thing is behind them now which is getting this base abortion language fixed so that each party could support it. >> and they were working on this qu

>> look mitch mcconnell is well within his rights and job description to do this. type of thing that happens all the time. the democrats and harry reid did this sort of thing all the time to republicans. in fact when he was majority leader they actually instituted rules that made it harder for the minority to block and filibuster some lower level nominees. so this is him, you know yelling and screaming. >> does can mean should? he can do it should he? >> i think it's fine. i think it's going to have to be resolved at some point. the democrats screaming about the abortion language in this bill is basically the hyde amendment and been public since january. and they're acting like this was snuck in and we just found it. so there's some politics on both sides. much adieu about nothing. in terms of this nominee, yes, she's a strong nominee. when she reached the threshold of 51 it looked like this could be a done deal. however, very important position it's now come out just as of yesterday senator viter sent her a letter asking her what would you be willing to or would y

when mitch mcconnell became majority leader he made a huge big deal. how well the senate would function. listen to this. >> i heard a lot of discussion about dysfunction in washington. i think there are a lot of people who believe that just because you have divided government that doesn't mean you don't accomplish anything. the senate in the last few years doesn't do anything. we don't even vote. we're going back to work and actually pass legislation. >> he made this big deal about progress and votes and passing legislation. if he can't hold a vote on the attorney general, i mean, what does he do? >> and he can hold a vote. he just won't hold the vote. that is incredibly disingenuous. the prize goes to senator chuck grassley. he is now blaming harry reid for not bringing this up when the democrats had the majority in december. you and i talked about this at the time. both of us had some questions that. the reason senator reid and the white house didn't push it they wanted to start fresh. it was an olive branch. a show of good faith and it was said at t

. >>> when we come back, scott walker is now trying some tough new talk on immigration and mitch mcconnell agreed to bring loretta lynch's nomination for attorney general to a vote. can you believe that, joy?9uww >> there's going to be a vote. and we see no reason to stop. so cvs health is creating industry-leading programs and tools that help people stay on medicines as their doctors prescribed. it could help save tens of thousands of lives every year. and that w ould be something worth shouting about. cvs health, because health is everything. >>> after failing to make any sense in a congressional hearing about dea agents having sex parties with prostitutes paid for by drug cartels, the head of the dea has not, surprisingly, announced her resignation. michelle has led the agency since 2007. after she testified before members of the house government oversight reform committee, members released a statement saying they had, quote, no confidence in her. >>> up next, loretta lynch will finally get a vote on her nomination for u.s. attorney general. anyone have occasional constipation diarrhea,

mitch mcconnell doesn't get that, he wants to extend the controversial section of the patriot act foroposed the idea last night and reining in the nsa. hopefully the rational keepers of freedom, though they are few and far between will prevail on capitol hill. >> wake up before it's too late because pretty soon there will not be any freedom left you protect. they do so much for watching. you can follow me on twitter at kennedy nation. you can use facebook and e-mail as well. kennedy at fbn at fox business.com. i wish you a pleasant and wonderful and luxurious good night. lou dobbs is next. but. >> good evening for i.m. lou dobbs. the administration is sending mixed messages on the theodore roosevelt and escort ships are shuttering the iranian convoy of the coast of yemen just hours after the state department said the reason they are there is to ensure the shipping lanes remained open but then the president said it would be a problem if i ran would deliver weapons we take up this matter of complicated efforts with the senator of the armed services committee.

. >>> when we come back scott walker is now trying some tough new talk on immigration and mitch mcconnell has finally agreed to bring loretta lynch's nomination for attorney general to a vote. can you believe that, joy? >> type. >> there's going to be a vote. taxi. vo: after years of being treated like she was invisible it occurred to mindy she might actually be invisible. ♪♪ but mindy was actually not invisible. ooh, what are you doing? can you see me? she had just always been treated that way. yeah. you don't have to look at me like that. there are worst things than an attractive woman touching your body. i'll go. join the nation that sees you as a priority. ♪ nationwide is on your side ♪ >>> after failing to make any sense in a congressional hearing about dea agents having sex parties with prostitutes paid for by drug cartels, the head of the dea has not, surprisingly announced her resignation. michelle has led the agency since 2007. after she testified before members of the house government oversight reform committee, members released a statement saying they had, quote, no confidence

>> mitch mcconnell will -- >> could that be me? >> no it's not you. i'm afraid it is unfortunately. the alarm goes off and there you are. yes, i will remember to bring home the milk right away. don't worry about it. >> not seeking an exception for law enforcement. give me the phone. all right? this is -- come here let me see -- come here. i'll be right back. >> well today we got another one. and it may be the most surprising one yet. that's ahead. anncr: sometimes our pets... aren't the only ones... that make bad choices. woman: honey, i'm home! anncr: now there's petarmor plus. so you can protect your pets without the shame of overpaying. petarmor plus. available at your local supercenter. do you have something for pain? i have bayer aspirin. i'm not having a heart attack, it's my back. i mean bayer back & body. it works great for pain. bayer back & body provides effective relief for your tough pain. better? yeah...thanks for the tip! if you have moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis like me and you're talking to your rheumatologist about a biologi

she has the votes, so senator mitch mcconnell, what's the holdup today?we've been reaching out to our friends to work with them to end the democratic filibuster of this human rights legislation. the senate can pass this bipartisan bill right away and as soon as that happens we'll turn to the loretta lynch nomination. >> oh, maybe then you'll turn to the lynch nomination. he's refusing to bring lynch's nomination to a vote until democrats pass an anti-trafficking bill with controversial anti-abortion language. today senator curran will offer an alternative that will change some language, but none of this matters. forget tieing or changing anything to the bill. it's time to put lynch up for a clean vote. she's waited 157 days and it's not hard. just last night the senate unanimously confirmed its first judge. look at that, schedule a vote and take a vote it's not a hard concept. but as republicans play politics in fantasy world, in reality is having a real effect. the justice department is in partial limbo after loretta lynch awaits confirmation. major deci

mitch mcconnell from paul's state of kentucky.national journal" reports a group of house members, mainly tea partyers in paul's corner. justin amish of michigan, paul labrador of ohio, he's pretty conservative. mark sanford of south carolina who's an interesting fellow in all kinds of ways. let me go back to nick on this. this is a small cadre of people behind him. i'm amazed there's anybody behind him he's such an individualist. >> he's not been a party guy. i suspect the alliance with mitch mcconnell is more, you know, alliance of convenience as an alliance of love. but look, those general election match-ups, it's funny to see, you know, him and walker and bush are the guys who do the best against hillary in the general election. there's a reason for that. there's going to be a group of people in the party, the hawks as you describe them, who are going to fight tooth and nail against him who are going to pour money into the race to make sure he does not become a contender. >> let's talk about that. you know, couple years ago, co

the two talked about iran and senator mitch mcconnell was here. cconnell said he would push for congressional approval of the deal if there was a deal. we are seeing that happen. netanyahu's government said it will keep pushing against the deal. they know they have three months until the end of june to keep pushing. that is where we see netanyahu's actions over the next few months. suzanne, worth noting the minister has not ruled out the military option. >> oren, thank you. a tentative deal in iran could have implications for oil. i want to bring in alison kosik. >> good morning. you are right. it could have huge implications. that is the word here. the tentative deal. we saw oil prices did not crash yesterday after all of the expectations were to see oil drop $5. the reality is iran is very dependent on oil. we saw sanctions in the global market. iran exports 1.3 million barrels a day. you compare that with 2.5 million in 2012. the thing is the world has too much oil. prices have crashed from more than $100 a barrel last summer to less than $50 be

when mitch mcconnell is now saying in this statement that has been released from him, state sponsors of terrorism, all you have to do is think about yemen right now. the iranians are very much involved in sponsoring the rebels, the militants who have caused total mayhem in yemen at this hour. how important is that versus focusing on mothballing nuclear weapons in iran? >> well, since congress and mcconnell are right on target, you have to look at the behavior of people. you have to look at the full context. we're not talking about fine details of an agreement. what we're talking about is a nation that has been the biggest world sponsor of terrorism. i mean, isis is a big problem. but iran is an equal problem. if not a greater problem. they're sponsoring the hezbollah. they're sponsoring the hamas. they're sponsoring multiple terrorist organizations around the world. they've been doing it for years. and they have continued, right up until this very moment, and the thousands of terrorist attacks that we in israel have experienced, and as you've pointed out, i myself was wounded along w

. >> reporter: mitch mcconnell said a break in the log jam could come next week with a compromise on the human trafficking bill and get to a vote on lynch. as for grassly's office they fired back. >>> jim at the white house. thank you. nuclear talk was iran resume in vienna next week. iran's president says a deal can be reached by the end of june but getting one will be difficult. >>> new concerns about the government's ability to protect vital landmarks after a florida postal worker flew the gyro copter through air space on the capitol lawn. homeland security is looking into the gap. 61-year-old doug hughes is facing federal charges for violating the federal air space. he has been released on home confinement and said he did this stunt to call attention to the need for campaign finance reform. >>> breaking congressional leaders hammered out a bipartisan deal granting trade authority. under the legislation, congress gets an up or down vote. that is a concern for interest groups. house majority leader john boehner said the burden of the success rests on obama's shoulders. >>> wiki lea

john boehner and mitch mcconnell had no comment on that comment.ne thing bruce did not divulge during the interview is what his new female name would be. it is traditional to take a new name. he said he didn't want to reveal it because the media will go crazy and he will never get rid of it. i happen to know the real reason he didn't share it with diane sawyer is because his new female name is diane sawyer. he wanted to let her know privately they would be sharing a name, which is the right thing to do. it's considerate. one thing about a new name, he can get stuff monogrammed. it is tough to do that when your initials are b.j. i'm happy for bruce jenner. i'm sure this is a great relief after hiding out all of this time. turns out all of these years instead of the kardashians we should have been keeping up with him. >>> justin bieber is still a dude for the most part. he crashed a high school prom over the weekend. high school prom was going on and justin showed up. is that crashing or creepy? i'm not sure. justin was supposedly on his way to a rec

he does not seem to like mitch mcconnell all that much.assumed they came into the senate at the same time. very close, two years apart and i assumed that all of the fighting they do it is very professional and cordial and it may be at some level. but he was much moron effusive of other people john boehner, the former republican leader than mitch mcconnell when i asked him about pittsburgh connell, he said you know he comes from a coal state and he is a lump of coal. >> before we move on to hillary clinton, josh has a great piece on that. you also asked him about john boehner. >> i did. >> that was kind of had lots of a filter as well. take a look. >> you said boehner was acting like a dictator and cussed you out at the white house. >> if i had known it i wouldn't have said it. john boehner is a person i like a lot. we had done a lot. congress has serious problems. do you go and see all the crisis we had go away. we've had our fingerprints on that. >> mitch mcconnell sent out letters to states saying don't follow through on obamas a plan. >

>> that footage from mitch mcconnell we heard from a 3am vata rama. the senate was going through a lot of things. they decided to wait and do this by the light of bay. the center was off. the centers for medicare and medicaid says there's a bit of wiggle room to get the issue resolved or doctors can see a drop. it takes about two weeks for the bill to in or longer if you do it by paper. there was a grace period. the senate doesn't intend to take it up. the crunch will be on. it sounds like they'll get it done. it's never over until it's over. there are a couple of areas. some do want to see this pat for. some democrats are concerned about an aind apportion in this. nancy is a pro choice legislator said this is not a change in existing law, and a lot of caucus they support this in the mouse. house. we are not likely to see as many democratic defections. if everyone focuses on the idea of give a little take a little they should be able to pass it. you never know if the conservatives and the liberals will find a way to band together to stop something. >>

and now the republicans own the whole thing and mitch mcconnell has to preserve the fragile majority and they are putting up points on the board. john boehner said put points on the board. they are not tax reform or immigration reform. but legislation and that helps the gop. >> do the republicans deserve the credit or have democrats changed the way to help the compromise take place? >> first of all, it got off to a rocky start. the republicans had the department of homeland security debacle. but they have rallied since then. democrats come to washington and get things done and they are frustrated by the fact nothing is done over the last couple of years and there is a change of attitude on the democratic side and also the motivation in the republican side much stronger because now, they have to go into 2016. and this sets the table for the 2016 presidential race. and the congressional leaders don't want hillary clinton running against the congress. >> you think it is all simply political? you think there is really a feeling that we have to do a better job than we have done over the l

it would require mitch mcconnell to back down.rafficking bill is passed. i don't see him backing down on this. i think the way this happens you put the top negotiators and find a way to slice this. in a way that satisfies everyone concerns. you know, that way the democrats can save face and say these funds are the government's. that would be one way to do t. they've been trading offers and the sparks have been flying for maungt month now. >> let me bring the panel in. let me ask you, jeb bush, coming out and saying to republicans, a president should be able to pick his or her own team and say, if you want an incentive, the sooner your confirm her the sooner eric holder gets out. what do you think they should be doing? >> i think jeb saw dysfunction happening when his brother was president. the democrats weren't calling for change when there was a republican in the white house. i think president obama is frustrated by this dysfunction on capitol hill. he should look nor further than harry reid. >> we setting a -- what should republ

support lynch but it's unlikely the five republicans would public by the go against their leader mitch mcconnellamentary procedure. all that being said according to mcconnell aides, they think lynch will be on the docket in terms of being nominated and ultimately confirmed within weeks. they're figuring out a compromise on the human trafficking bill and chalk this up to reid being the thorn in the side of mitch mcconnell. what i think is fascinating this week jose, is if you follow the senate mcconnell is angry at reid and reid seems to be relishing this role now as the instigator. as somebody who had to deal so much with mcconnell playing parliamentary procedural tricks on him during his time in the majority he wants to return the favor. so if you're a senate nerd this is great mano y mano fights. >> luke thanks good to see you. >> take care. >>> coming up we have a weather alert to tell you about this friday morning one day after tornadoes strike texas. the severe threat is not over yet. dominica davis joins me next with the forecast. the promise of the cloud is that every organization has unl

mitch mcconnell was not her most vocal critics. there are a number of ironies when it comes to how the senate has been working. they have been passing things on a which bipartisan basis. stephanie since you brought it up they'll demonstrate now that the republicans are in charge of congress in the house and senate that they can governor and legislate and that goes into it. the rules of the senate of fill muster require 60 votes to break thatto confirm that. democrats switched that out. they said it would take a majority of 50. republicans screamed bloody murder saying you're making a mockery of the tradition of the senate and they're going along with what the democrats had done. if they hadn't, loretta lynch would not be at that swearing in hearing. >> what does attorney general lynch have to look forward to as far as priorities and issues she has to grapple with. >> we see the continued around largely peaceful protest in baltimore the killing of fedy gray. and eric holder talked about how he wants to lower the legal standard of po

mitch mcconnell expects to announce a compromise bill that would clear the way for a vote to confirm the attorney general nominee. loretta lynch will be the first african-american woman to lead the justice department. >>> new details this morning about a huge ice cream recall. alison kosik here. >> this seems to be more serious. the outbreak of listeria linked to the ice cream has been going on since 2010. that's what the cdc is saying. the company has been gradually recalling certain items for weeks but what happened this week blue bell recalled every product sold in 23 states because of the potential health risks. three people in kansas have died and ten others have gotten sick in the past year likely linked to bacteria from blue bell products. so everybody wants to know how did the listeria get into the ice cream. it actually did not get into the milk. listeria can travel on nuts and live for years in the factory like drains and pipes. that's exactly, john what the cdc thinks happened here. >> and they pulled everything off. >>> a want you to look the a picture of the boston marat

with creative what will life be like for you in january 2017 if you keep the majority connell -- mitch mcconnelll be the majority leader you will be president? speaker boehner: it will be an exciting time to take an agenda and get it enacted. you can't come into a situation like that with 100 ideas that are all going to happen overnight. if i were helping to guide this process, i would focus it on one of five things. a five things that are important for the american people to get accomplished. focus in on how you can get them done and how you can get them done. mark: get rid of the affordable care act? speaker boehner: get rid of the obamacare, fix the broken tax system. the regulatory nightmare that is out there. i would strengthen our national defense. i would find out a way to educate more of america's kids. we educate half of our kids. they get it up they can't read. when you look at -- get eight they can't read. there's a fact that all the remedial education may have to do. we have to do a better job of educating more of america's kids. mark: thank you. i appreciate it. we will be right bac

>> correct what mitch mcconnell said because there are five republicans who said they will vote with the democrats to confirm, if there is a vote as you saw obama calling for, she'll be confirmed. this is about mitch mcconnell saying let's hold up on that until we get the other issue settled and that creates something that democrats will be able to use to beat republicans about the head. >> let me ask you, we have a minute left at a time when republicans want to show they are reaching out to minorityies does it make political sense to hold up this nomination? >> no, it doesn't. from that perspective, here's the other perspective the democrats are using the human trafficking bills language that has been there for 40 years, saying our price for passing this bill, the guideline language in the trafficking bill is you've got to remove it. the democrats -- republicans have got very few leverage to say to the democrats we want to keep in place the language that has been approved on a bipartisan basis for 40 years. >> i get it. i get it. it gets lost but it's an important principle and impo

. >> why don't you get a drink with mitch mcconnell they ask? really?l is to really stick a dagger in an opponent in a way that will be mean spirited if it weren't done with a laugh. one of my favorites when he announced he had uncovered his live birth video and the opening scene from the lion king started playing king" started playing after donald trump decided to send a crack team of investigators to find his birth certificate in hawaii. >> though favreau says the white house priority is in lapse over scoring points. >> it's not which joke will help him push an issue forward, it's which joke is funniest. >> mr. president have a seat. >> and when politics and comedy collide, you never know what will happen. >> i was in the oval office dressed up like clinton. fake nose the whole thing, wearing exactly what he was wearing that night. and he came up to me and i was so scared i thought look he knows i'm scared. i said mr. president, i'm not even going to try to act like i don't feel stupid. and he leans in to me and says, i think you look terrific. >> and

it was senator mitch mcconnell earlier this week meeting and speaking with netanyahu. mcconnell promised netanyahu if there is a deal mcconnell and the republicans in the house and senate would push for required congressional approval of that deal. this could make it difficult for president obama because of the support netanyahu has from republicans. republicans control both houses of congress. netanyahu knows that and he's reaching out to his strongest allies here. this is another indication of that. this meeting is very much a sign of support, a sign of working together against this deal. we've heard netanyahu bobbying against it from the beginning. we expect to hear mch more of that today. boehner's visit makes this another high-profile opportunity for netanyahu. he's very much taking advantage of that opportunity. >> and we expect their public statements together in about an hour from now. we will cover those live when they happen. oren lehrermann in jerusalem, thanks so much. >>> the latest on the deliberate crash of germanwings flight 9525. it turns out lufthansa

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. >> mitch mcconnell is afraid of shutting down the government, remember that old line.mitch mcconnell is saying, telling states to rebel against the epa, not to submit the plans to the epa as best way to stop this effort that the epa is involved in. 50,000 coal mining jobs have been lost within the industry. and if this rule goes through, this is the greenhouse gas rules they're arguing today. it is going to add another $300 billion in costs to the economy. david: john, tom, gentlemen, thank you very much. by the way, don't miss murray energy ceo bob murray to flight exclusively on "cavuto." that is 8:00 p.m. eastern time right here on fox business. gentlemen, appreciate it. liz? liz: david, the man who flew the small helicopter, the gyrocopter, past the u.s. military, the secret service and capitol hill police had his first day in court this afternoon. we'll tell you what happened. >>> plus, how would you like to get healthy meals, designed by google's former executive chef and delivered to your doorstep in 20 minutes flat with just the touch of a button? we're talking

why don't you get a drink with mitch mcconnell?indeed, and, you know the thing you hear from so many of the comedians that have spoken at the correspondents' dinner during his tenure is he is exactly that a realtive act to follow rev. he's got incredible comic timing, a really dry sarcastic way, a willingness to push issues on the edge hillary drunk testing as an example. i think you'd be hard pressed to if you poll that room to say that the president is a high point in that relationship. it's a rough crowd for everybody involved. it's a tense night in a lot of ways. >> reverend you spoke with cecily strong about hosting dinner. how is she feeling about that tomorrow night when you talked about? watch this. >> give me your thoughts on ted cruz very funny president or unfunny president? >> unfunny. >> rand paul? >> that would be funny, yeah maybe that's a funny president. he's got that goofy little silly dad that's so endearing. >> marco rubio? >> funny president. oh no not yet, but he could be surprise me. >> okay. hillary clinton,

he blames mitch mcconnell. mitch mcconnell blames harry reid. >> the majority has the votes.four six years ago we did not require 60 votes for virtually any major measure to pass the senate. clotchur was rarely used. since that time it's been used dozens of times by the minority which were the republicans, to stop the majority from passing a bill. >> all right. well we hope for a break to the weather gridlock out there in california and bring some much-needed relief and much-needed rain to your state. senator dianne feinstein, thanks very much for joining us. >> thank you, jim. >>> congress returns on april 13th. the debate over the iran deal will likely be at the top of the agenda. coming up the ncaa says it's not its job to make sure athletes get their education. >>> coming up four religious leaders speak out about the thin line on religion and discrimination. .. suddenly... you're a mouthbreather. well, put on a breathe right strip and instantly open your nose up to 38% more than cold medicines alone so you can breathe and sleep shut your mouth and sleep right. breathe rig