mr. pence: the 241 names, 220 of which are my fellow marines, will be forever etched in our hearts and on the walls of the beirut memorial in jacksonville, north carolina. although you may not recognize these names, they are names of sons, brothers, fathers, and friends. although they are the names of true american patriots who came in peace and were stolen from us by an act of evil. they are the heroes who gave their lives to we could keep ours. semper fidelis means always faithful. it is the motto of the united states marine corps. today we remember the 241 fallen heroes of beirut. today we remain faithful. at this time, i ask that all members and distinguished guests in the gallery rise for a moment of silence. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition? mr. hoyer: i ask unanimous consent that when the house adjourn today it adjourn to meet at 9:00 a.m. tomorrow and further when the house adjourns on that day it adjourn to meet on monday, octo

mr pence and pompei oh and he offered to me to send them as authentic as the legation to turkey so we said of course they're welcome. presidents of pence and his delegation they have. said to us they offered us a different version of our suggestion they said let's do this in 5 nights so we have had deliberations with them and we decided on 120 our agreement. to the public opinion that this we have expressed this as 13 main points within 120 hours which is 5 days. united states is going to secure that terrorists are going to be removed from the areas that we have determined pre-determined. starting from last night. we have seized. the operational 420 hours up until the end of 120 hours all the arms will be corrected from the terrorists all the fronts they have built will be destroyed and they are going to be removed outside from that 35 kilometer area and but turkish army is not going to move out is not going to be withdrawn because the security of the place of this region requires that after this happens turkish. after this the region will be left to turkish security and the operation

we heard him speaking to foreign media saying that he will not be meeting with us vice president mr pence and the foreign minister mr pompeo and he said they will be meeting with their own counterparts probably added on wants to see you what the internet legation meetings are going to how they will unfold what. exactly i was going to resonate with mr trump let me just jump in there because as you say there's a lot of diplomacy going on a high level american delegation expected to try and end this offensive in northeast syria the russians also getting involved diplomatically what would it take basically what does turkey want in exchange for a change in position perhaps what could the americans all the russians offer tikki for it to change its position. fully it seems president sounds on as more poised to robot his contacts with moscow because he. mentioned there is no problem. during his wisit to moscow which is going to happen by the end of october but as i said he said while we are coming to turkey to talk about to stop this operation shouldn't all for this he says my contact this the u.

the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from indiana, mr. pence, for five minutes. mr. speaker, i rise to celebrate legislation the house passed this week to name the post office in indianapolis after the late senator richard lugar. he was a true statesman who served his country in the state of indiana with pride. he will be remembered as one of america's greatest senators, leaving his mark on domestic and global affairs throughout his six terms. senator lugar was an essential part of america diplomacy and strived for peace throughout the globe. in 2013, his lasting contributions and decades of service to this great country earned him the presidential medal of freedom. our nation is stronger and safer because of senator lugar and i thank my colleagues for supporting legislation to honor his legacy. i rise to highlight the positive impact the new u.s.-japan trade deal will have on our nation and the hoosier state. japan is an important ally of the united states and a critical trading partner that benefits the hoosier economy. japan is heavily inves

trump and mr. pence have laid for the country. that would mean undoing the ban on transgender military people. it would mean undoing the ban on visa for same sex partners of foreign diplomats and mean appointing people from the lgbtq community to high important parts of the administration as an example of what we are. some of this is definitely about law. i know that there are still 28 states in this country where you can be fired for being part of the lgbtq community. i know that there are places you can be thrown of housing. the same 28 states. for being part of the lgbtq community. laws really matter. the president also has an amazing amount of soft power in how he or she behaves who he or she apoipts. and fighting for the things that we all care about. to me the question is how do you show the world that your heart is 100% behind the idea of full acceptance of this community. not 99%. but 100% and when you see statistics. one of the statistics that absolutely went to my heart was when i heard that half of the transgender young

mr pence said beijing had violated the rights of the people of hong kong and had tried to export censorshipid try to sweeten the pill — he said america wants to avoid twitter shares have slumped by more than 20%. that's as quarterly profits came in at less than a quarter of what analysts had predicted. the social media company said product bugs and unusually low the final report into the deadly lion air crash that killed 189 people last october is due out shortly in indonesia. families briefed on wednesday by indonesian investigators were told mechanical and design issues with the aircraft — a boeing 737 max jet — were amongst the factors involved. let's go to our asia business hub where karishma vaswani is following the story... desperately sad for the families, who obviously want answers. will a nswe rs who obviously want answers. will answers be forthcoming for them? they will, but not for some time yet, as we understand. the lion air press briefing was meant to start half an hour ago injakarta. we have been told that that has now been delayed and will not start for another 30 minutes. b

mr. pence's faith in relation to his political ambitions. this correlation dismisses the genuine importance of one's personal faith, and instead, insists that personal gain is the main reason for holding religious views at all. this creates a cultural conversation in the united states that undermines religious ofedom to sumter ability religious people to feel comfortable expressing their religious beliefs. guest: yeah, i guess i would disagree with how she put it. i hope she gets a chance to look at the book, and i would love to talk with her because here she is, religious student at this incredible divinity school. she knows her father. she wrote a book about lessons from her father that came out about a year ago. obviously, she has incredible insight here. what she wrote was not misleading based on what i can tell. i found that it is not one or the other, it is not politics or faith, it is both. he is a human. and i tried to keep the book very focused on him. the book is about the cut and folds between the faith and ambition. , and i talke

caller: i support mr. pence. 93% of the media is liberal. john solomon has been investigating the ukraine and prosecutors that prosecuted people who were involved with the dnc and working with the campaign to help against trump. the democratic party is the party of slavery. and abortion. and against civil rights of the 1960's. auburn, new york, jeff on our democrat line. caller: good morning. i would like to ask you about anti-catholic prejudice among -- among evangelicals. my mother was a methodist, my dad, catholic, so my stepdad had us convert to catholicism. later in life, i explored other religions, so technically, i am no longer a practicing catholic, but i was baptized and confirmed. i found a lot prejudice against catholics among the evangelicals, especially the southern baptists. i would like to tie that to the law in immigration debate. the wall it is to keep catholics out of the south. anti-catholic is migration, and this migration is due to climate change and violence south of the border. have't know why christians chism today ev

effort to extort some sort of investigation out of the ukrainians is impeachable to the extent that mr. pence were aware of the fact it was being done to benefit the private political interests of the president, potentially yes. one other point that there's emphasis, what is clear from what we know so far about the interaction between mr. trump and ukraine is he doesn't seem to have wanted an investigation per se, but what he wanted was, at least there is an indication, what he wanted was there to be an announcement there would be an investigation. a statement from ukraine that there would be an investigation into mr. biden and his son. and the conspiracy theory that hillary clinton's email server was being hidden in ukraine. to me that is revealing. he did not want information. what he wanted was the ability to go out in public and say, you see, the ukrainians are looking into joe biden and hillary clinton's email server. that must mean there is something bad. that, i think, is terribly telling. we know there were negotiations back and forth between lower ranking u.s. officials and the ukrai

caller: yes, i support mr. pence because people made fun of him because of his faith. 90% of the media is liberal and john sol man -- solomon has been investigated the ukraine and prosecuting two people that were involved with the d.n.c. going and working with the campaign against trump and the democratic party is the party of slavery and abortions and against civil rights of the 1960's. host: jeff on our democrats line. caller: good morning, gentlemen and c-span listeners. i'd like to ask you about anti-catholic prejudice among evangelicals and i'll give you a short background. my mother was a methodist and my dad catholic. so my step dad, his family had -- nvert to cathoth catholicism. later in life i explored other religious so i'm no longer a practicing catholic but i was baptized and confirmed and so on. i found a lot of prejudice amongst catholics among evangelicals, especially the southern baptists and i'd like to tai that to the wall and immigration detective. the wall is to keep catholics out of the south. h

mr. trump sending vice president pence on an urgent diplomatic mission to the region. >> we'll be leaving as quickly as possible to travel into the region to pursue a cease-fire and a negotiated settlement. >> reporter: at the same time, treasury secretary steven mnuchin announcing new sanctions on turkey. >> the president hasn these sanctions are very, very strong. he is prepared to remove these sanctions if there is the necessary actions on turkey's point. >> reporter: but those moves came just hours after president trump seemed utterly dismissive of the kurds, long u.s. allies who feel betrayed he

political opponent of president trump, in return for favors, like a summit with president trump, mr. pence coming to zelensky's inauguration, all of that being held in advance while ukraine was being asked to open these investigations. so there's a lot of data gathering going on. i think a lot more information will come out. jon: in the meantime pelosi gets to sort of have her cake and eat it too because she gets to talk about impeachment. she gets to have house committees filing requests for documents and so forth, but there's been no impeachment vote. >> that's technically true. i think we have to remember also that pelosi is thinking about this politically just as the president and the white house is. not something she necessarily wanted to do. jon: there is no better vote counter and arm twister in washington than nancy pelosi. if she had 218 votes she would call for a vote would she not? >> she might have the 218. a lot of these in congress are in zones that have supported president trump. she may not want to put them up against that possibility. jon: she doesn't want them going on re

now the vice president, mr. pence, seems to be walking the same line.t what point does defying congress wind up putting them in the same jeopardy as they were in before, which is a potential article of impeachment? two great investigative and legal minds, andrew mccabe and jim baker are here. mccabe, i gave you credit for both of those. you owe me on that. the idea of what we've seen in history, at what point does a decision to not comply wind up getting added to the wrongs you have done to the articles of impeachment, brother baker? >> very good. it was one of the articles of impeachment with respect to president nixon, and it is something that congress can say is unacceptable because it's obstruction of congress, right, not obstruction of justice per se. it not a violation of a statute. that's one of the important things to remember here. we're in the realm of violations of the constitution directly. so that's where people need to focus on and think about, whether the president, through his actions, through his words and through the actions and words

mr. pence saying the u.s. is watching what happens with hong kong.aying china should show restraint or it may affect the trade talks. >> hong kong is a living example of what can happen. when china embraces liberty. and yet, for the last few years, beijing has increased its interventions in hong kong, engaged in actions to curtail rights and liberties of its people. rights and liberties that were guaranteed through a binding international agreement. >> when it comes to the future on the chinese economy the vice president says the u.s. wants to be a part of it. he adds as many of those challenges that he mentions, china will not prevent practical cooperation between the two countries. >> we seek a level playing field, open markets, fair trade, and a respect for our values. we are not seeking to contain china's development. we want to constructive relationship with china's leaders. like we have enjoyed for generations with china's people. reporter: this speech comes as china announces new regulations protecting intellectual property and preventing forc

vice president pence, mr. president, thank you for this honor. [applause] a roger as penske has led life worthy of example as an accomplished is this been an humanitarian -- accomplished businessman and humanitarian. he built team penske into the most successful motorsports group in history. off the track, mr. penske built his first car dealership into the penske companies, great american businesses also make their products available to people in need. roger's unrelenting drive has established him as an icon in sports and business. america is proud to honor him. [applause] [applause] pres. trump: thank you very much. really appreciate it. [applause] pres. trump: thank you very much, everybody. >> are you going to the world series, mr. president? are you going to throw first pitch? pres. trump: i don't know. [indiscernible] >> thanks, guys. announcer: c-span's "washington journal," live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. friday morning, black lives mckessontivist deray and the former governor of maryland discuss criminal justic

you pointed to the reason, we hear by all accounts, and we're here, we aren't with mr. pence mr. pompeo, but we hear by all accounts the u.s. delegation is still locked in meetings with the turkish delegation. the vice president's meeting with president erdogan was supposed to last perhaps ten minutes, it lasted 80 minutes. i think it would be a mistake to try to understand or read into that exactly how it went when the two men met, and they were meeting for the first time. certainly vice president pence looked stoney faced, and said to president erdogan, thank you for meeting us. it has to be a good thing, i guess, in the sense that on the one hand turkey's and america's relationship is at rock bottom now, so to spend that much time talking must be a positive thing. the two men walked out of the room away from each other. we'll wait to hear what they were talking about. as you were saying, the odds of turkey walking out of these meetings and saying, okay, cease-fire, seem extremely low, given what president erdogan has been saying about president trump's call for a cease-fir

vice president mike pence to in essence pressure the ukrainian leader and well it's not clear if mr pence had any knowledge that u.s. president donald trump was trying to get some negative information on his rival joe biden certainly there is a lot of interest about why in fact the u.s. president requested that mike pence not attend the inauguration of the ukrainian leader we should also point out the speaker of the house nancy pelosi who is the one that called for this impeachment inquiry she has also been speaking here in the united states on national television in the last couple of hours she says that it's important to get the facts that's why this inquiry will continue that's why they're continuing to depose us. officials in the trumpet ministration including kurt volker that heidi jocasta was talking about she says that this is important because right now she believes that donald trump's requests for investigations are undermining not just the u.s. constitution and national security but also the integrity of u.s. elections ok kimberly holker at large for the white house thank you ve

vice president pence, mr. president, thank you for this honor. [applause] >> roger s. penske has led a life worthy of example as an accomplished businessman and humanitarian. guided by his father's favorite phrase, "effort equals results," he created and built team penske into the most successful motorsports group in history. off the track, mr. penske built his first car dealership into the penske companies - great american businesses that also make their vehicles available to bring crucial supplies to people in need. roger penske's passion and unrelenting drive have established him as an icon of sports and business. america is roud to honor him. [applause] president trump: thank you very much, everyone. very much appreciate it. thank you. [applause] thank you very much, everybody. >> are you going to the world series, mr. president? resident trump: yes. >> are you going to throw out the first pitch? i don't know. president trump: i don't know. they're going to have to dress me up in a lot of heavy armor. i'll look too heavy. [laughter] i don't like that. >> book tv ha

mr pence said he had been in contact with the kurdish militia ypg and had assured that they would participateeports that the head of the political wing of this outfit is saying "we don't know all the details of the agreement, we will wait until we know all the details before we respond." that is of course going to be crucial and it would be seen as quite a defeat for the kurdish militias. this is an area they have been fighting for for many years. they have been using it asa many years. they have been using it as a sort of heartland of their autonomous region, one they have been able to set up in the recent yea rs been able to set up in the recent years and invested a lot in it. it would be a big thing for them to pull back. but having said that, they are being squeezed on several different fronts. we will have to see how they take this agreement. and a recently aligned with the syrian military. so what is the syrian military. so what is the syrian government's view of this kind of plan? i think the syrian government would want to know who is going to be in control of this safe zone. thejoint

and then, of course, mr. pence, who was around for much of this. when you think about the trail of dirty work and the people on the screen, many known, some unknown, these people hold the keys to where the impeachment probe goes. and if there is the impeaching of the president. these witnesses and potential witnesses, there's a lot of them. now, we know some have already issued damning testimony. but i want you to think about this as we track this and track the facts and the evidence. the people on the screen who haven't yet spoken, who haven't proven whether or not they'll tell the truth, let alone under oath, they have to think hard about whether they will tell the truth. because there's pressure here. including criminal pressure. so to paraphrase aubrey graham, assessing criminal pressure, you may not want to do it and you may have every reason, but if you've seen what you do for fame, what would you do for freedom? it's a very big question. i'm going to get right into it with watergate special prosecutor nick ackerman and "the washington post's

i yield back. >> thank you, mr. pence. we will now recognize mr. davis. -- miss davis. >> thank you, chairwoman. mr. matthews, in light of the inspector general's finding that gsa's failure to address the constitutional issues raised by the lease in has gsa taken any steps to address other constitutional issues at all? >> so, a couple points on that. we agreed with the single recommendation of the report and, as we understood new,nd we are applying a to feature out leases, we've agreed to remove the interested party's provision and replace it with a reference to the underlying statute. that governs that provision to remove any ambiguities. >> sir, that's not the question i asked. i didn't ask what you were doing moving forward. i asked about the leasing question. >> so, the leasing question, there are a number of lawsuits that are pending, that are specifically denying to address this question, is there or is there not a monument violation? executive branch speaks to the government. and there is no violation of the constitution. and it would not be

pompeo, mr. pence, and mr. trump on this cease-fire. not a cease-fire, they are killing people as we speak. the genocide is going to begin, ethnic cleansing is going to begin, we will see the men and women that stood with us in iraq and syria, and the kurds stood with our young men and women saving our lives and giving died own, 11,000 of them standing next to our young men and women. the second story is listening to this hate -- the gentleman from west virginia, i don't live in the same country he lives in. i don't live in the same area. i listened to donald trump the other night, this rally he gave -- he was so upset -- obscene. liar.an is an obscene he has taken our country to the depths of despair. host: your top story of the week and the other story dominating headlines is the announcement yesterday by mick mulvaney that the g7 would be hosted at a trump property. [video clip] criteria a lot of same used by past administrations. there is a long list of accommodations on site, ballrooms, bilateral rooms, photo ops, support hotels. p

mr p citing against other things —— mr mike pence citing other things. hand over documents relating to that telephone conversation and indeed, the white house stance on this has been one of blanket non—cooperation. the chairman of one of the house committee is investigating this impeachment situation said tonight that that alone could constitute some sort of, if you like, obstruction, which could form the basis of an impeachment article for a vote later on in a few months' time. david, thank you very much for that. the parents of a british teenager who was killed in a crash involving an american diplomat‘s wife say they didn't get the answers they wanted from a meeting with president trump. tim dunn and his wife charlotte met donald trump at the white house to discuss the death of their 19—year—old son harry and demand that the woman allegedly responsible for the collision be returned to britain. but the president told them that anne sacoolas, who left the uk on diplomatic immunity, would not be returning to the uk. she returned to the us soon after the

ladies in german, please welcome joining vice president .ike pence mr. president, secretary secretary pompeo, members of the cabinet, and especially the men and women of the united here., it is honor to be join me as we install the 20th chairman of the joint chief of staff, general mark really -- today as we mark the chair, we dohis well to pay a gratitude to a man who has served with this -- this nation with distinction. he led troops to battle during operation iraqi freedom and over the past five years, i can personally attest during our tenure but is too strong leadership and sound counsel at the highest level of our military and government. today, we pay a debt of dunford. to general thank you for your service and thank you for always being faithful. and to general milli, the new chair of the joint chiefs of staff, i know i speak on the half of your commander-in-chief and a grateful nation when i say to you and your family, thank you for calling the serve -- calling to serve once again. you have served with courage and distinction. ,ou have led troop

pence: mr.sident, secretary esper, secretary pompeo, members of the cabinet, general dunford, distinguished guests, especially the men and women of the armed forces of the united states, it is an honor to be here at america's post, the home of the oldest active-duty infantry unit in the army, the old guard. joint base meyer henderson hall. as we install the 20th chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general mark a. milley. [applause] today as weence: mark the beginning of general , we do well to pay a debt of gratitude to a man who has served this nation with distinction for 42 years. he led troops in battle during operation iraqi freedom, served as commandant of the marine corps, and over the past five years, i can personally attest, during her tenure, i have witnessed his strong leadership and sound counsel at the highest levels of our military and our government. today, we pay a debt of gratitude to general joseph dunford. thank you for your service. thank you for being always faithful. [app

you,president pence: thank mr. president and it really is my great honor to serve alongside this president and to be able to share this moment with you attorney general meese and your wonderful family. it is extraordinary to think about the life of consequence you have lived coming alongside one american president but also being there every step of the way as this president brought forward a vision to rebuild our military, revive our economy, and re-ground the courts of this constitutional principles of limited government. and on behalf of the president and on behalf of a grateful nation, it is my honor to add my congratulations to you on the presidential medal of freedom. congratulations. [applause] pres. trump: thank you very much, everybody. [applause] reporter: mr. president, [indiscernible] monday night at 10:00 p.m. on c-span, boston university law professor gary lawson argues that robert mueller's appointment as special counsel was the legal and thus the office of special counsel had no legal authority to ta

caller: i support mr. pence. 93% of the media is liberal.n solomon has been investigating the ukraine and prosecutors that prosecuted people who were involved with the dnc and working with the campaign to help against trump. the democratic party is the party of slavery. and abortion. and against civil rights of the 1960's. auburn, new york, jeff on our democrat line. caller: good morning. i would like to ask you about anti-catholic prejudice among -- among evangelicals. my mother was a methodist, my dad, catholic, so my stepdad had us convert to catholicism. later in life, i explored other religions, so technically, i am no longer a practicing catholic, but i was baptized and confirmed. i found a lot prejudice against catholics among the evangelicals, especially the southern baptists. i would like to tie that to the law in immigration debate. the wall it is to keep catholics out of the south. anti-catholic is migration, and this migration is due to climate change and violence south of the border. have't know why christians chism today even t

that president trump repeatedly involved vice president pence to pressure ukraine's leader to investigate joe biden and his son. the post reports that mrmp had pence tell the leader hundreds of millions of dollars in aid was going to be withheld. joining us now is joe lockhart. he was clinton's press secretary and he ran the war room for clinton's impeachment. vice president pence can't be pleased about being in this position of having to deliver news like that. and, you know, vice president pence is perceived as being more of a boy scout that president trump. so what now? >> well, i think the -- there's a split between the president's aides and the vice president's aides. and that is always a sign of impending disaster. that he had nothing to do with this. he didn't know anything about it. he wasn't aware of anything. then the president's aides put out not only was his guy on the call, he had the transcript within 24 hours and he was given the briefing when he did go over to poland as part of the mission to meet with ukraine's president. so it's a bit of a circular firing squad right now at the white house as people try to position th

effort to extort some sort of investigation out of the ukrainians is impeachable to the were aware mr. pencethe fact it was being done to benefit the private political interests of the president, potentially yes. one other point that there's emphasis, what is clear from what we know so far about the interaction between mr. trump seemkraine is he doesn't to have wanted an investigation ,er se, but what he wanted was at least there is an indication, what he wanted was there to be an announcement there would be an investigation. a statement from ukraine that there would be an investigation into mr. biden and his son. and the conspiracy theory that hillary clinton's email server was being hidden in ukraine. to me that is revealing. he did not want information. what he wanted was the ability to go out in public and say, you see, the ukrainians are looking into joe biden and hillary clinton's email server. that must mean there is something bad. that, i think, is terribly telling. we know there were negotiations back and forth between lower ranking u.s. officials and the ukrainians about a delivera

vice president pence: right. thank you, mr. vice president. while you were here negotiating -- several hours >> do you think the sanctions k,ail?ack m mail. didn'tesident pence: he not agree with that and he did post -- pose -- impose sanctions. president trump made it clear that would be additional sanctions to bring an end to the violence and loss of innocent lives in this border conflict. that being said, i really 's cease-fire is a credit to president trump enter president erdogan and a credit to the strong relationship between the united states and turkey. it is also a credit to the strong relationship between our two leaders. where there are differences between friends, it is important that friends let their feelings be known. president trump did that in this case. it facilitated us being able to reach an agreement that has now weulted in a cease-fire and believe will set the stage for creating a peaceful and stable safe zone and the united states is committed to achieve that for all of the people in this region. >> can i finish the quest

so which way are you going to have it, mr. pence? ice president pence who walked out on a football game as players took the knee expressing their own freedom of speech. so the whole thing is hypocritical. >> he flew there to talk out. >>> still to come on "morning joe," how the three republican contenders hoping to oust president trump are planning to win the millennial vote in the 2020 election. "morning joe" coming right back. e 2020 election. "morning joe" coming right back. this fall, book two, separate qualifying stays at choicehotels.com... ...and earn a free night. because when your business is rewarding yourself, our business is you. book direct at choicehotels.com >>> welcome back to "morning joe". the three republicans challenging donald trump for the nomination for president will take the stage in detroit this sunday as the forbes under-30 summit in an effort to reach millennial voters. joining us one of the moderators of the conversation, chief content of forbes and founder of 30 under 30, randall lane. good to see you. >>

here is mr. pence, vice president pence. now, he's going to approach the podium.here you have it. we will let you hear what he's got to say momentarily. i should tell you right now, he's going to take a hard line on some aspects of china and a softer line on china trade. the dow is down 28. the vice president. >> well, thank you all for that warm welcome. to your new chairman, governor scott walker, former congresswoman jane harmon, and to all the members of the board at this historic center, all the fine scholars, it is an honor to be here at the wilson center. named after a president that was a great champion for american leadership and for freedom on the world stage. and in that same spirit, allow me to begin this morning by bringing greetings from another president, who is a champion for freedom here at home and across the wider world. i bring greetings from the 45th president of the united states of america, president donald trump. i come before you today at the end of a momentous week. in the wake of turkish forces invading syria, thanks to the strong econom

. >> i would now recognize mr. pence. >> tank you, chairman, ranking member and the witnesses before us today. ranking member meadows, i know you want to save tax billion payers billions of dollars in the public building space but it seems like we saved $9 million a year here at the trump hotel. i sincerely would like to thank you for your leadership on this issue. i would like to take this opportunity to discuss real issues that impact hoosiers and all americans by transforming how we approach federal real estate and saving taxpayer dollars instead of putting on a partisan show. billions of taxpayer dollars could be saved if we continue to one, consolidate and reduce our space bar print and to negotiate good lease deals, three sell or redevelop properties that are underutilized and high value for people in more efficient buildings. commissioner matthews when we met back in april you told me i had were i told you i had two priorities. public-private partnerships and updating omb score rules to bring our approach to feder

mr. trump sending vice president pence on an urgent diplomatic mission to the region. >> we'll be leaving as quickly as possible to travel into the region to pursue a ceasefire and a negotiated settlement. >> reporter: at the same time, treasury secretary steve mnuchin announcing new sanctions on turkey. >> the president has been very clear. these sanctions are very, very strong. he is prepared to remove these sanctions if there is the necessary actions on turkey's part. >> reporter: so what sparked the administration's new push for peace in it appears at least three major developments all of them predicted by u.s. military officials, all against u.s. interests. these turkish-backed arab former i atrocities that u.s. intelligence has been niis prisoners less protected as their kurdish guards need to fight that have been escaping and perhaps most critical of all, the kurds struck a deal with syrian president bashar al assad to join them. but is it too late to change events on the ground here in northern syria? after all it was president trump who gave turkey strong indications that the u.s

reports that president trump repeatedly involved vice president pence in his plan to exert pressure on the new president of ukraine. it was mr. trump who ordered pence not to attend the inauguration of president zelensky. and months later trump used the vice president to inform the ukranian leader that hundreds of millions of dollars in u.s. aid was still being withheld. >> the "post" also reports that one of pence's top advisers was on the july 25th call between president trump and zelgs. officials close to the vice president insist that he was unaware of president's efforts to pressure zelensky. there was a deep level of anxiety in pence's office and his advisers are frustrated about how the white house has handled the fallout. >> and president trump's fury reaches a boiling point. kaitlan collins reports that the president has been lashing out privately for days and now the snarling is very public first in this tweet complaining democrats are, quote, wasting everyone's time and energy on this bs. and he also spent the day again targeting house intel chairman adam schiff both before and after it emerged the whistleblower c

i got to see vice president pence and mrs. pence sitting around a table inside a facility that is helping moms who are addicted to meth, who are working with moms and their children to get better. and they were telling their stories about how they've gotten better through treatment at the rim rock foundation facility there in billings and starting now a much brighter chapter in their lives because of the help that's provided from rim rock. i stand with president trump. i stand with this administration as we work together to secure our borders and protect our communities from illegal drugs and to end this crisis. thank you, mr. president. i yield back. the presiding officer: the senator from kansas. mr. roberts: mr. president, i want to thank all of my colleagues, especially senator daines for pointing out what's happening in rural and smalltown america. as a matter of fact, most of my colleagues, senator hoeven, senator capito, senator daines, senator boozman, senator blunt all represent large states and we represent cities of cours

pence: yes. go ahead. reporter: thank you, mr. vice president. while you're here negotiating with the turks for several hours, can i finish real quick? weight. -- wait. using sanctions as a blackmail, he's a major ally for the sake -- [inaudible] vice president pence: the united states of america did not support turkey's military action in syria. president trump made that very clear to his friend, president erdogan. and the united states imposed sanctions earlier this week. and the president made it clear yesterday, we made it clear again today, that there would be additional sanctions coming to bring an end to the violence, to the loss of innocent lives, in this border conflict. that being said, let me say, i really believe today, today's ceasefire is a credit to president trump and to president erdogan. it's a credit to the strong relationship between the united states and turkey. it's also a credit to the strong relationship between our two leaders. where there are differences between friends, it's important that friends let their feelings be k

post" reports president trump repeatedly involved vice president pence in his plan to exert pressure on the new president of ukraine. it was mrwho ordered pence not to attend the inauguration of president zelensky, then months later, trump used the vice president to inform the ukrainian leader that hundreds of millions of dollars in u.s. aid was still being withheld. >> the "post" also reports one of pence's top advisers was on the july 25th call between presidents trump and zelensky. officials close to the vice president insist he was unaware of president trump's efforts to pressure zelensky. recent conversations with a person close to the matter reveal pence advisers are frustrated with how the white house handled the fallout from the ukraine revelations. all right, more on all this, plus a cnn exclusive. the fbi running ads on facebook. who was the agency targeting and why? ♪ ♪ around here, the only predictable thing about the weather is it's unpredictable. so we make the most of it when the sun does shine. that's why bp is partnering with lightsource, europe's largest solar company. and should the weather change, yet agai

joining us now here in studio, the vice president of the united states, mike pence. mr.ice president, thank you so much for coming in today to talk to us. >> thank you, chris. it's a great day for america. al-baghdadi, the most wanted man in the world, is dead. and it is a tribute to the courage of our armed forces and to the decisiveness of our commander or in chief, the president of the united states. chris: take us in -- i know you said you were in the situation room, the president said that for several hours. take us into the tichtion room. a -- the situation room. a couple of points. first of all, i remember when the u.s. took out bin laden, most accounts was there was only about a 50/50 likelihood that he was in that compound. what were the odds that, in fact, it was baghdadi on the ground, and what kind of, what intelligence did we have, how good was it, and take us through that time? you said it was several hours in the situation room. >> well, you heard the president this morning commend not only our special forces that took down al-baghdadi, but also the extrao

pence at white house earlier today. we spoke before the house democrats announced plans to vote thursday to formalize their impeachment inquiry. mrce pre, thank you for talking with us. vice pres. pence: good to see you. judy: s let mrt with the news this weekend. there has been praise from all cornerof the u.s. luke perry, the-- president military, the president, since he announced a successful raid in sia, killing the leader of isis. my question is this. does this mean the threat from isis and the ideology it represents is now lessened? vice pres. pence: we believe it does. but let meegin by saying, as theorld learned sunday morning, this weekend was a great weekendor america. the most wanted man in the world is dead. it is a tribute to the courage and professionalism ofl our spec forces, the armed forces intelligence services. let me also say it's a tribute to the decisive leadership of our commander-in-chief, president donald trump. judy: so you say it's less of a threat, isis and the ideology. does tha mean the decision to move u.s. troops out of northern syria is more justified vice pres. pence:? vice pres. pence: let me sa