mr. warner? >> i'm dave warner. it's an honor to speak to you, guys. thank you for supporting our discussions regarding the socioeconomic studies. we've learned a lot in the meetings and our concerns come down to transparency and probability. if the studies had been better understood, they would have been used in a useful manner. the reader is left to draw his own conclusions. if you are an environmentist, you con exclusived th-- you conclude that the economic harm will never happen. if you are a water manager, you assume that the harm will happen and start spreading the work. it's a mistake to leave this to the reader to draw his or her own conclusions. the answer is in the middle, as demonstrated as follows. one of the discussions was

mr. warner: mr. president, are we in a quorum call? the presiding officer: we are. mr. warner: i ask the proceedings of the quorum quorue eviscerated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. warner: thank you, mr. president. i rise today to offer an amendment to the legislation that we're working on that would make, that would make sure that security clearances are revoked on a going-forward basis only for valid national security reasons, not to change the subject on a bad news day, not to threaten career government employees, and especially not to carry out political retribution. mr. president, virginia is home to tens of thousands of dedicated men and women who serve in our intelligence and defense communities. over the years, as senator and vice chairman of the intelligence committee, i've met literally thousands of f.b.i. agents, c.i.a. officers, military service members, contractors, and other public servants who hold security clearances. these men and women work day in and day out, often thanklessly, to keep america safe. you know what? i have no idea amongst

mr. warner? >> i'm dave warner. it's an honor to speak to you, guys. thank you for supporting our discussions regarding the socioeconomic studies. we've learned a lot in the meetings and our concerns come down to transparency and probability. if the studies had been better understood, they would have been used in a useful manner. the reader is left to draw his own conclusions. if you are an environmentist, you con exclusived th-- you conclude that the economic harm will never happen. if you are a water manager, you assume that the harm will happen and start spreading the work. it's a mistake to leave this to the reader to draw his or her own conclusions. the answer is in the middle, as demonstrated as follows. one of the discussions was around the lack of inclusion or discussion of mitigation items, such as investments in i.p.r. or desalination. mitigation actions can reduce the economic impact of the state water board's actions. the studies can be one-sided and leave the leader to his or her own conjecture. apologize if i misrepresent comments. ms. le

i want to add, mr warner said the commission's meeting is for the public, and the things that are on the agenda. i think that we have all heard various positions. we all care about increased fluid to fish and biodiversity preservation and the demands of the water customers. but any comments before we move forward? >> i have a comment. it may be appropriate for me to start, simply because i'm not prepared, nor am i qualified to drill down as far as someone like staff who occupies professional positions with this or someone like francesca who i learn from every time i talk to her. i can't say from 30,000 plus perspective that if we will arrive at the best possible outcome, we will do that without being influenced by political considerations or special interests or anything else. what i mean by that is the decision that we make here shouldn't be connected to anybody's next election. it should not be connected to our, you know, tax or the chamber of commerce where the bay area council or any of those things. full disclosure, i represent the construction industry. we would love nothing mo

warner. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and i appreciate the witness' testimony. i think the indication from microsoft today of the ongoing russian targeting of our elections and our systems is showing that this is not something that's in the rear-view mirror. the truth is, manipnipulateing -- the manipulating social media is truthful and effective. and putin and his cronies know that. and if there's one message to be taken out of this hearing is that we all need to stay focused. and that focus ought to extend, and i have some sympathy for you, mr. krebs, in terms of trying to make sure the state and local election partners take this message seriously and recognize this is not all in the rear-view mirror. not all the activities stopped in 2016. they are ongoing and this is an ongoing threat. and i'm particularly concerned about the last mile issued of even if we notify will we then take action? as i indicated to you beforehand, and one of the things that our intel committee investigation is looking back into in terms of russian activities, we need your assistance.

warner. >> thank you, mr. chairman. appreciate the witnesses testimony. i think the indication from microsoft today, ongoing russian targeting of our elections at our systems is showing that this is not something that's in the rearview mirror. the truth is manipulate social media as both cheap and effective, and putin and his cronies realize that i think it reinforces, if there's one message about be taken out of the street is that we all need to stay focused. that focus ought to extend, and i have some sympathy for you, mr. krebs come in terms of trying to make sure our state and local election partners take this message seriously and recognize this is not all in the rearview mirror, that none of these activity stopped in 2016. they are ongoing and this is an ongoing threat. i'm take the concerned about that last mile issue of even if we notify, whether then take action. ms. mandelker, as indicated to you before hand and one of the things our intel committee investigation is looking back into in terms of russian activities, we need your assistance. so i

warner. >> thank you, mr. chairman for holding the hearing to discuss this important matter and one that directly impacts my state perhaps the most of any in the country. and, of course, all of our concern about separation of families. it is ironic to me that last year alone there were 41,500 unaccompanied children who came across the border. we have not heard an outcry from our democratic colleaguess about that, even though the "new york times" have reported that 1500 of them who had been placed with sponsors are unaccounted for under the current regime, or pre-existing regime i should say. i recently traveled to brownsville to getat an idea of what the facts were on the ground since i think many of our colleagues are relying on what i would characterize as incorrect media reports about circumstances on the ground. at the same time i spoke with a number of federal and local officials who are responsible for implementing government policy including rio grande valley sector chief manny padilla to with my person

richard burr of the intelligence community yesterday and mark warner came out and said they reached out the cohen to reach out. >> i don't know what mr. cohen actually knows and what is in his head but i believe what repowe know that he wanted to tell the prosecutors that he knew that trump had advanced knowledge of that meeting. but in terms of what the facts are as opposed to what his representatives and people purporting to be speaking before and about him with knowledge of what he supposedly knew and was. >>> -- "shopping around," that's as far as the story went. but in terms of what the actual facts are, that's exactly why he needs to be thoroughly interrogated by the prosecutors and by the congress as well. >> carl, we have already heard some republicans begin what i believe will be the talking point today which is you can't trust michael cohen. he's had different stories, he's a known liar, look, he's a convicted felon, that is rich, he's a convicted felon because he just told the truth in a court case and pled guilty to it. but in any event that is what they are beginning to say and what should americans know about that talki

mr. cav pneuand, un-- kavanaugh, and, unfortunately, in rirms of the hs, the jury will set that time tiebl and have shown no willinto relax. >> woodruff: senator mark warner, thank you. >> woodruff: with a republican perspective joined by senator mike rounds of south dakota. senator rounds, thank you for talking with us, again. looking at the events of the last 24, 28 hours, what is your sense of whether the president is any closer tsort of legal jeopardy? >> i don't think he's any closer to legal jeopardy right now. i think this has been an issue that's going to be in the press for an ex the tended period of time -- an extended period of time. the process in place now has to play out completely. mr. mueller needs to continue to finish out the work that he tarted, and, in the meantime, e congressional level, we're going to try to do our work here in d.c . and tryto focus on an approprtions bill. we're focusing on moving forward with the supreme court no, ma'am know and a numb of other items including a number of other nominaons that have to be completed. >> woodruff: there are two elements. i hear you, senator.at he same time, there are two elements that

mr. brennan are now outweighed by the risks posed by his erratic conduct and behavior. to which the folks inside the beltway are saying what, chad? >> i just talked to mark warnerrginia. he is the top democrat on the senate intelligence committee and was asked about that very remark and statement from the president and he said does this white house ever look itself in the mirror? warner raised some questions. he called this nixonian. it sounds like an enemies list. these are the water gate terms. he wondered allowed if the next target to have the security clearance pulled might be robert mueller. he said this is effort to distract from the investigation, manafort trial and omarosa. david: robert mueller for the record has never said anything political as john brennan. cia directors, kind of fade away. they don't come out and play politics the way john brennan has. chad at any rate, thank you very much. good stuff. appreciate it. >> anytime, thank you. melissa: disaster in italy. emergency crews are desperately searching for survivors after that terrifying bridge collapse. we have a live update from italy. that's next. some only call when they have something to

warner, a democrat. they are following closely the michael cohen case. they say what we can say is we recently reengaged with mrd his team following press reports that suggested he had advanced the knowledge of the june 2016 meeting with campaign officials in russian attorneys at empower. they go on -- at trump tower. big want to say he stands by his testimony, michael cohen's original testimony and they hope the developments in the plea agreement will not preclude his appearance before our committee as needed for our ongoing investigation. , andlicans are now democrats from the senate intelligence committee, putting this out saying he could still testify before congress. caroline: we have more breaking details, manafort is found guilty on all five tax four counts it would seem -- tax fraud counts it would seem. we are starting to get the details leaking out and kevin, you are still hearing from other lawmakers as we speak? >> yes. has emergedng that as the top committee and the senate is investigating a bunch of different investigations going on in new york and the federal prosecution as well. and others might