the judge wanted to make it very clear to mr collins and eve ryo ne make it very clear to mr collinsollow, but he also made it there that mr collins did not —— made it clear that mr collins will not be a threat to the public in future. he will be sentenced next month. thanks forjoining us. scientists at a united nations climate conference in germany say global emissions of carbon dioxide are projected to rise in 2017 for the first time in four years. they say the main cause for the expected 2% increase is the greater use of coal in china, as its economy expands. our environment correspondent matt mcgrath is at the conference in bonn. according to scientists, 2017 will be one of the three warmest years on record, with the impacts of increasing heat felt right across the world. the key task for the 20,000 delegates and negotiators in bonn is tackling the root causes of these rising temperatures — emissions of carbon dioxide. for decades, these rose strongly on the back of china's rapid economic expansion, but in 2014, and for the next two years, these emissions stalled. scientists wond

mr collins, it was told in court, that mr collins has an existing conviction for actual bodily harm inharge, as you heard, he will sentence collins on december the 19th for the crimes he committed in the nightclub on the 17th of april this year. thank you. bob geldof has returned his freedom of the city of dublin in protest against the burmese leader aung san suu kyi , who has been given the same honour. the musician described the treatment by myanmar‘s military of the rohingya muslim minority community as "mass ethnic cleansing". the live aid organiser said his home city had honoured aung san suu kyi — but that now she had shamed dublin. you know, i don't want to give this up. i don't want to. i'm really proud of it, you know. i get handed things by states and cities around the world, but i'm a dub, and this meant very much to me. as i say, it doesn't mean much to anybody else, but to me, i don't want to do it. but it's the most i can do, and the least. we can speak to the sinn fein lord mayor of dublin, micheal mac donncha. what you think of what bob geldof has done? i think he is ma

mr. collins from buffalo has said repeatedly, or at least it has been retweeted repeatedly, his initial tweet that this is about their donors. this is about their political base. this is about ensuring that the special interest corporations needs are met. it's about ensuring for them that the wealthy in this country get the tax cut that they are begging for. and so we will -- we're united as a democratic caucus in opposition not overwhelm to the house bill that passed but certainly to the bill that is before the senate this week. will not waste time discussing the issues as to whether or not this bill has merit. it has none. this is not a good bill for the american people. this is a political stunt. it is a scam. and if it becomes law, we believe it will be devastating on our nation's economy. we also believe that if the president is really true to his word about negotiating, he will stop tweeting, he will stop using modern technology in many respects to express his win inner thoughts as it relates to the leadership of the house and senate democrats. nancy pelosi and chuck schumer and both th

mr. collins. the bill names the united states post office at 430 main street in claremont, georgia, after s. marine lance corporal zachary addington. i yield to the gentleman from georgia to further describe the bill and lance corporal addington's service to our country. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia is recognized. mr. collins: i thank the gentleman from from kentucky and the gentlelady from new jersey. i rise in support of legislation o name the post office after lance corporal zach addington. he gave his life in service to our nation during the vietnam war. e was born on november 1, 1948 in gainesville, georgia. they lived in claremont, georgia and attended claremont high school. he graduated in 1967. zach enlisted in the united states marine corps as a private and became a rifleman in the third marine division. he was promoted to private first class in 1967 and deployed to vietnam on december 19 of the same year. corporal 968, lance addington was promoted to lance corporal

mr. collins: i send to the desk a pri ledge red port for filing under the rule and i thank the gentleman. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title. the clerk: report to accompany house resolution 616 to provide for consideration of h.r. 2874 to achieve reforms to improve the financial stability of the national flood insurance program to enhance the development of more accurate dwofments flood risk through new technology and better maps to increase the role of private markets in the management of flood insurance risks and to provide for alternative methods to ensure against flood peril and for providing for consideration of the conference report to accompany h.r. 2810, authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2018 for military activities of the department of defense for military construction and for defense activities of the department of energy to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fits call year and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: referred to the house calendar anded ored printed. -- and ordered printed. the chair recognizes the gentleman from te

mr. collins. >> thank you, supervisor kim. we track that and looking forward to policy january 1. every buyout has to go by a board except buyouts that were rescinded. buyouts done as part of a lawful detainer so part of an law it you detainer lawsuit that doesn't need to be filed with the office. some may have responses to lsis. some may be buyouts for other reasons. if a buyout is not controlled about the rent board those in the buyout legislation are if they're not filed where they should have been that could be action to sue the landlord for that failure. >> the underlying question -- and maybe it's a question to planning is it's housing imbalance or thought to be? >> it is not. i don't think the buy-out legislation was -- it became effective march 7, 2015. so these things have developed before that date. we didn't have an idea about the buyouts. i hasn't added numbers. >> have enforcements been made since the passage of the legislation? >> it's a city attorney or nonprofit. >> how would the city attorney's be aware a buyout wasn't recorded? >> i believe that's a private perso

mr. collins, made it clear the other day when he said, my daughters are basically saying, get it done or don't ever call me again. it could not be more clear as to what the motivation is in terms of getting this bill rammed through the house of representatives before christmas. it is all based on the d word, donors. that is what some of the backroom deals, that is what you are putting together, a backroom deal for your donors. it is not the way legislation should be done. you have chosen this path, and i guess we will see it through. chairman brady: gentlemen yields. mr. carvalho is recognized to speak on the amendment. chairman.ou, mr. i want to thank the gentleman for raising this issue because we have done a lot of work to support renewables in our legislation. a lot of colleagues on both sides are very supportive of leveling the playing field and treating all of the different sectors fairly. critical.ind issue is i think we can work together to do more to strengthen the provisions as they relate to wind. i am open to working with colleagues on both sides of the aisle here and with yo

mr. collins of the community fishing association.here is an agreed upon price and the california can public health department said that the commercial crab season can begin and it is expected to begin today and it will be here for the san francisco fishing fleet and the region south of the mendocino county line. as we know in recent years, there's been concern because of the dominic acid that has been occurring and we did see some of that near fort brag this year. -- fort bragg this year. but the good winds prevailed and commercial crab season will begin. also our own fish sales have begun in fisherman's wharf so here in san francisco, there should be a steady supply of good seafood this year. i would like to turn it over now to peter daly or mike nerny. they attended with our own president willie adams, the west cruise -- cruise in the west conference in seattle november 7 and 8. mike, can you tell us about the conference? thank you. >> good afternoon, commissioners. my name is michael nerny, marketing manager in the maritime divisi

mr. collins, made it clear just the other day when he said and i quote, my donors are basically saying, get it done or don't ever call me again. it couldn't be more clear as to what the motivation is in terms of getting this bill rammed through the house of representatives before christmas. it's all based on the d-word. donors. and that's what -- in terms of a backroom deal, that's what you're putting together a boomroom deal for your donors. it's wrong, it's not the way legislation should be done. but you've chosen this path and i guess we'll see it through. i yield back. mr. brady: the gentleman yields back. mr. cur bell he, you're recognized to speak on the amendment. mr. curbelo: i want to thank the gentleman for raising this issue. we've done a lot of work to support renewables in our legislation, a lot of colleagues, i think, on both sides are very supportive of leveling the playing field really -- playing field. really treating all the different sectors fairly. and this wind issue is critical. and i think we can work together to do more to strengthen the provisions as they relate to

mr collins, thank you for being with us. there seems to be a pattern emerging, doesn't bear? russians are trying to prove that they have a sense of humour because theyjust sent out this tweet from the ministry of foreign affairs. i think that is called geopolitical trawling of the first order, since crimea under international law does not belong to russia. that wine was made by the ukrainians before russia took over the crimea. the timing is interesting because borisjohnson goes to russia before the end of the year and the rhetoric has been stepped up. downing street is saying they are not reacting in relation to any specific piece of news, there has been a revelation, but there is a growing body of evidence and perhaps she putting down a marker. in downing street they are saying look, when it always —— as we have a lwa ys look, when it always —— as we have always said when it comes to russia, be aware but engage. downing street today said that they had no evidence that they have successfully interfered, but that doesn't mean that they did not. for some reason, the us attorne

mr. collins is a general counsel on facebook and the acting general of google. we had an open session the hearing would be addressed unclassified matters to the guests in the audience. proceedings will not be tolerated and we ask the witnesses to stand and raise their hands. do you solemnly swear or affirm the testimony to the committee will be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you god? thank you for being here today to discuss a very important topic and that is russia's use of the social media platforms during the 2016 election. the committee has been investigating since the beginning of this year and as a part of that we are examining the role played in the disseminating the line content paid for by russian actors including the russian government propaganda arm after the election cycle to communicate the message is to the public they sought racial animus to the citizens of such tactics by foreign adversaries are not new or novel but the minute they employ using social media. as some of the advertisement identified anadvertisementside

mr. collins, for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i think this has been an issue in discussion putting nine people on a panel and all going out at it, it's like throwing a ball and having a scrum and seeing who wins at the end of the day. it is good to discuss this. one thing anti-semitism and other forms of discrimination are abhorrent everywhere, doesn't matter where they are located. this is an issue particularly troubling when bigoted harassment prevent students from basically accessing education. looks like i'm the last one here. going back to one of the arguments i've heard about against this in many ways is a first amendment issue. this is a first amendment issue. i wanted for there clement, you've been in front of the supreme court more than any of us here. also, by the way, my legislative director who took constitutional law for undergrads she says hello but she's also glad she's not here. she didn't want to be tested on this. we appreciate that. mr. clement, you've argued these cases and i think you might need to discuss th

mr. collins put it, my donors are basically saying, get it done or don't ever call me again. speaking of new york, my colleagues in new york and new jersey, because we're donor states and because we make itemized deductions, find ourselves in a situation where we're paying double taxation. don't take our word for it. just ask a member of your own caucus. ask peter king who describes this as the most massive redistribution of wealth at the expense of teachers and machinists and people who are of the professional class who you have found that you want to tax their success. but what adds insult to injury, above all else, aside from being a donor state and double taxation is the cruelest cut. you know, we take a pledge of allegiance, we pledge -- pledge allegiance and some pledge allegiance to grover norquist to shrink social security and medicare so small you can drown it in the bathtub. and that's what this does. a $25 billion -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. members are advised to direct their comments to the chair. the gentleman from texas. mr. br

mr. collins is the general counsel for facebook. thank you very much for coming. acting general counsel for twitter. and the director of law enforcement and information security at google. i'm sure you got these jobs because you're very good at what you do. mr. stretch: chairman graham, ranking member whitehouse, and distinguished members of the subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today. my name is collin stretch and since july, 2013, i have served as the general counsel of facebook. we appreciate your hard work as you continue to seek more effective ways to combat crime, terrorism and all other threats to our national security. we are deeply concerned about all of these threats. at facebook we create innovative technology that gives people the power to build community and bring the world closer together. we're proud that over two billion people around the world come to facebook every month to share with friends and family, to learn about new products and services, to volunteer or donate to organizations they care about, and to help ou

mr. collins for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i think this has been an issue in discussion listening to putting nine people on a panel and all going at it, this is like throwing the ball and see who gets it. this is one of the things anti-semitism and every form of discrimination is hard, it doesn't matter where they're located. and this is particularly troubling when harassment prevents students from basically accessing education. going back to one of the arguments that i have heard against this in many ways is this is a first amendment issue. so i wanted, mr. clement, you have been before the supreme court more than any of us. and my legislative director, sally rose larsen who took congressional law for undergrads, she says hello, but she's glad she's not here because she didn't want to be tested on this. but mr. clement, you've argued these cases and you feel the need to discuss this. title 4 of the civil rights act prohibits discriminatory conduct, not speech, correct? >> it's directed at harassment as we were discussing. >>

mr. collin stretch, general counsel of facebook, acting general counsel of twitter and kent walker, senior vice president and senior counsel of google. we are in open session. this will only unclassified matters. we appreciate the public and media interest in this committee's work. we expect proper decorum at all times. we ask the witnesses to stand and raise their right hand. do you solemnly swear or affirm the testimony you give to this committee will be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you god. thank you. you may be seated. i'll recognize myself for five minutes. thank you for being here today to discuss a very important topic and that's russia's use of your social media platforms during the 2016 election. as you know, this committee has been investigating russia's involvement in the 2016 election since the beginning of this year. as part of that investigation, we're examining the role that social media companies played in the disseminating maligned content produced and paid for by russian actors including the russian propaganda arm, the internet research ag

collins: thank you, mr. president. and i urge my colleagues to support this critical and bipartisan legislation. madam president, i'm now very pleased to yield to the co-author of this important bill, senator catherine cortez masto has been an extraordinary member of the senate special committee on aging. she attends every single hearing, which is amazing, given our schedules, and she contributes so much to the debate and questioning in those hearings, and i am delighted to join in this effort with her. thank you, madam president. ms. cortez masto: thank you, madam president. i ask to be recognized. the presiding officer: the senator from nevada. ms. cortez masto: madam president, i rise to thank my colleague from maine whose amazing work as chair of the aging committee continues to inspire me, and i also rise today to share a story that is very personal to me. it's a for about one of the smartest people that i have known, my grandmother catherine who i was named after. she was the daughter of an italian immigrant and

mr. collins, made it very clear, mr. reed, the other day when he said, quote, my donors are basically saying get it done or don't ever call me again. it couldn't be more clear as to what the motivation is in terms of getting this bill rammed through the house of representatives before christmas. it's all based on the "d" word. donors. and that's what, in terms of a back-room deal, that's what you all are putting together, a back-room deal for your donors. i think it's wrong. it's not the way in which legislation should be done. but you've chosen this path and i guess we'll see it through. i yield back. >> gentleman yields back. mr. curbello, you are recognized to speak on the amendment. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to thank the gentleman for raising this issue because we have done a lot of work to support renewables in our legislation, a lot of colleagues, i think, on both sides are very supportive of leveling the playing field, really treating all the different sectors fairly. and this wind issue is critical. and

sitting withe republicans on the fence, collins, mccain, flake, mr. corker of tennessee.d you advise them about the longer-term picture versus ?he medium clinical needs >> patriots should oppose this because our budget deficit is already huge and rising. this is pure populism. populism by the super rich. in.s pierpont bill is the idea that they have gotten in recent weeks. 1.5 trillion, that we can give away. it is not seriously government right now. governance is flaky in this country. make a gift of 1.5 trillion to the superrich for is reallyof it shocking. tax reform will get the rates down and in exchange for eliminating the and exemptions. presidentess and this isn't inclined to step on very many toes. that's obvious in the failure to take on the real drivers of the deficit which are medicare, medicaid, and social security. how accurately does the budget deficit represented the fiscal situation here in the u.s.? >> the budget deficit is a serious problem and it will get worse. we have passed the rubicon where there is a generally accepted belief that it is very hard

collins, mccain, flake, mr. corker of tennessee.uld you advise them about the longer-term picture versus the medium clinical needs? >> patriots should oppose this because our budget deficit is already huge and rising. this is pure populism. an unusual kind of populism populism by the super rich. but it is pure populism. we cannot afford tax cuts. the idea has somehow gotten into our heads in recent weeks that oh, $1.5 trillion, that we can give away -- it is unbelievable in any serious country. on fortunately -- unfortunately, we are not seriously governs right now. governance is flaky in this country. how you start out with the idea that we can make a gift of $1.5 trillion to the super rich for the heck of it is really shocking. >> effective tax reform means you get the rates down in exchange for illuminating deductions and exemptions. this congress and this president isn't inclined to step on very many toes. that is pretty obvious. the failure to take on the real drivers of the deficit, which are medicare, medicaid, and social sec

mr. chairman. >> senator collins. >> thank you, mr. chairman. it is very clear that russian activities on your social media platforms go far beyond the paid political ads that appeared last year. the primary purpose of russian active measures is to exploit and aggravate the divisions in american society and to undermine public confidence in our democratic institutions. and those efforts have not stopped. they continue to this very day. as senator rich has pointed out, no area of the country is immune. let me give you an example. we've passed it out to you. by describing three unpaid posts from facebook pages created by the russians that referred to the governor of maine. there are two negative posts related to the governor. on one russian facebook page called williams and calvin that appeared in the august of 2016. there's a video of comments made by maine's governor from that same month. and the post in part says the following. he called up white people to kill blacks. we can clearly see what kind of people serve in american government. white r

i think we have tweets today from susan collins, from orrin hatch, both saying susan collins, i read mr. moore's statement and listened to what he said and i did not find his denials to be convincing and i believe he should withdraw from the senate race in alabama. i will say, that is a sentiment, especially from the women members of congress even if they're not all quite as public as senator susan collins, you're definitely hearing that. >> she waited for mitch mcconnell in a way i'm sure they talked about this. i'm sure he gave people a heads up over what he would say in the last few hours and we'll have basically most of the republicans in the senate on one side and see if they were all. but i come back to donald trump. what does he say? he'll be asked about this in the next 24 hours, right? >> so far he's been able to kind of -- i don't want to say hide behind his asia trip but he has been out of the country. i guess we'll see what he has to say when he comes back. it seems the flood gates are oeppoe open. thank you for being here, really appreciate it. >>> next we turn to president

mr. senator collins and a vote. i appreciate that. just briefly. this is -- i have great deal of respect for you and for senator sullivan. i met with your governor, your commissioner of natural resources. i've tried to hard to understand this issue. i'm going to have to vote no. going back to something senator heinrich mentioned, the words wildlife refugee mean something it seems to me, and as i look back, the 1980 law does not designate 10,002 for drilling. it does say exploration is allowed by 1003 expressly says congress has to act in order to enact drilling. the development is not limited to 2,000 acres and my consideration of this has been influenced by that number which i find inappropriate. i did a little calculation. these chairs only covered under the definition in this law two square feet of the area of this room because it's only a square inch for each leg of the chair that's on the ground but most of us would say that's a pretty good coverage of the room by the chairs. we're talking about a lot of coverage of this -- of this area in mul

mr. president, i would yield the floor. the presiding officer: the senator from maine. ms. collins: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i rise to discuss four amendments that i have introduced to the tax cuts and jobs act that would strengthen this legislation in ways that are important to our middle-income families. i want to express my thanks to the majority leader, my colleagues and the administration for working with me on these proposals. mr. president, the first amendment would allow taxpayers to deduct up to $10,000 in state and local property taxes. in recent years, more than 95% of all those who itemize on their tax forms and 28% of all federal income tax filers deducted state and local taxes, including property taxes. yet, the senate bill would eliminate this deduction altogether. mr. president, the deduction for state and local taxes has been part of our tax code since 1913 when the income tax became law. it was intended to prevent a federal tax from being imposed on a state tax. in other words, it prevents double taxation. this deduction is especially important to the people of maine. in my stat

mr. chairman, thank you. >> thank you, senator bennet. senator collins. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. azar, i very much enjoyed our discussion in my office on drug pricing, an issue that is very important to all of us, as you can see. i want to follow up on a couple of issues. there was a recent nbc investigation that found that a wide variety of prescription drugs on certain insurance plans were actually less expensive when the consumer paid out-of-pocket that if the consumer used his or her insurance plan. an example of that was a customer who had a co-pay of $43 for it, cholesterol drug where, itl should used her, not used or insurance, she would've paid less than half ofha that, $19. i've been met with a group of pharmacists in the state of maine, and i was outraged to learn that there under gag orders that prohibit them from informing their customers that there is this differential in price and that they be better off not using it insurance and paying out-of-pocket. do you support prohibiting those kinds of agreements that prevent a pharmacist from giving to transparency on the d

susan collins tweeting, i have now read mr.'s statement and listened to his radio interview in which he denies the charges. i did not find his denial to be convincing and believe that he should withdraw from the senate race in alabama. after calling on moore to step aside, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell was asked about next steps. >> are you encouraging a write-in campaign with senator strange? >> that's an option we're looking at. whether or not there is someone who could mount a write-in campaign successfully. >> will it be senator strange? >> we'll see. >> reporter: democrats are clear saying there is aolt choice for alabama voters. they do not have to support the republican candidate. >> i think roy moore is unfit for office. but this is going to be a decision, obviously, for the people of alabama. good news for the people of alabama is they have a clear alternative in doug jones, who grew up in alabama, became a prosecutor. he's focused on jobs, focused on increasing people's wages. >> reporter: dana, some close to

collin. i believe we need to bring back mr. kushner.e still got one additional person in terms of the famous june meeting where the russian lawyer came over and offered information about hillary clinton. we want to talk to all those individuals first before we talk to mr. trump junior. i want this to be done as quickly as possible but the most important thing is we get the truth out and we continue to do so if a bipartisan fashion. >> senator warner appreciate your tame. thank. >> thanks. sms when we come back we see president's approval numbers down. and talk with someone who almost ended up running against him, senator bernie sanders. when i was a navy seal, i trained as hard as i could to stay alive. i have more than 30 pieces of shrapnel still in my leg. but i still push myself to the limit. if it weren't for my tempur-pedic, i wouldn't be able to sleep on my left side at all. ♪ the tempur-pedic veteran's day savings event is here, and now is the time to take advantage of this incredible offer. save up to $500 instantly on select te

mrs merkel. there is a new dynamic. final thought. wearout of time. phil collinsomes back from new york to lead it, it would be attracting new people into politics. could that not too well? i believe it could. i doubt it is just well? i believe it could. i doubt it isjust me. it well? i believe it could. i doubt it is just me. it would well? i believe it could. i doubt it isjust me. it would be well? i believe it could. i doubt it is just me. it would be exciting to find out." so how about it? the real lesson of emmanuel macron is different... never mind the lesson of macron. i want to know if you will listen to phil collins, come back, and because labour doesn't put you any more, think about a third party? i am not spending my time thinking about a third party, for a couple of reasons. the british parliament system is very different from the french presidential system. the two mean british political parties got more votes between them that any election since bettoni five. the third issue is the brexit issue which goes beyond the question of new parties. it is abo

collins. look at empty seats at nfl games yesterday. mr. roger good dell, the commissioner is asking for a new contract. wait until you hear how much money he is demanding on capitol hill. adam, you know, i have said, there are some elements to this, that are very good, very positive. there are other things that are not so good, things they ignored. where do they stand now? reporter: a lot of fighting and debating in the senate finance committee. they pass something the senate will vote for, almost soon as possible right after thanksgiving. that is what we're being told on capitol hill. then the house and senate will fight over reconciling their two bills. get where we stand, especially the president. he did tweet not to long ago where we stand. saying i am proud of the republican house and senate working so hard to cut taxes and reform. we're getting close. now how about ending unfair and highly unpopular individual mandate and o-care and reducing tax even further? cut top rate to 35% with all the rest going to individual income tax cuts?

senator susan collins tweeted a little while along, i have now ready mr. moore's statement listened to his radio interview in which he denies the charges. i do not find his denials to be convincing and believe he should withdraw from the senate reece in alabama. garrett haake, you have another comment from a senator? >> yes, ali. it also references the denials as part of the things damming about roy moore in the whole episode. the tweet from a few minutes ago from claire mccaskill, democratic senator from missouri and former district attorney in kansas city, a prosecutor who tweets, as an experienced sex crime prosecutors i recognize the shifts in roy moore's "de "denia "denials" they completely undermine his comments. he doesn't belong in the senate, period. most democrat wos not want to see roy moore here at all, but, it goes to the basis of this. the senate is all about relationships. 100 senators. it's a small group. it's very difficult to fathom someone like a claire mccaskill sitting across a committee room from someone like roy moore, who she says x

you were sitting with republican senators today on the fence with what will happen, collins, mccain, flake, the others, mryou advise them about the longer-term picture versus immediate political needs of their republican party? jeffrey: patriots should oppose this. tom: why? jeffrey: because our budget deficit is already huge and populismd this is pure . an unusual kind of populism, populism by the super rich, but it is pure populism. we cannot afford tax cuts. the idea that it has somehow gotten into our heads in recent weeks that $1.5 trillion, that we can give away, is unbelievable in any serious country. unfortunately, we are not seriously governed right now. governance is flaky in this country. how you start out with the idea that we can make a gift of $1.5 trillion to the super rich for the heck of it is really shocking. i've never seen anything like being part of an watching policy in this country for three and a half decades. francine: but professor, isn't this what donald trump campaigned on and is in this part of the reason why he got elected? ?effrey: who the heck knows but what difference does

mr. trump has taken on an african-american athlete. >> that's three shocks. there's marshawn lynch, lavar ball, steph curry and collinaepernick bup not a word after steve kerr. nothing like the words for nfl players that knelt during the national anthem. >> wouldn't you love to see the owners when somebody disrespects our flag to say get that [bleep] off the field right now? he's fired. he's fired. >> joining us now, is an intern tanment journist. good to have you with us. >> thank you. >> recently married, congrats. so the president, i'm going to ask you to spell it out. what do you see as a commonality in terms of when he takes on black sports figures versus letting the criticisms he may have faced from white -- >> white, the coaches were white. okay. >> what's going on here? >> aps difficult to criticize greg pop vich because he's former military and won nba champions. so it would go against everything that trump talks about as he jangles his keys and does smoke and mirrors. he doesn't go after him or steve kerr because they are rich white men. he goes after nba players because they're not as necessarily rich as t

susan collins of may is the latest to say the special frontrunner must step aside. "i have now read mrnterview in which he denied the charges. i did not find them to be convincing and believe he should withdraw from the senate race in alabama." moments ago orrin hatch said this, i stand with the majority leader on this. these are serious accusations and the decision is in the hands of the people of alabama i believe luther strange is an excellent alternative. i want to bring in democratic senator maria cantwell. thank you for joining me this afternoon. what is your opinion of these republicans telling moore to withdraw? >> well, i'm glad that they are taking this serious as they should. so, i hope that my colleagues will join susan collins and continue to focus on the fact that these women have come forward and that they deserve to be heard. >> what happens, though, if moore wins here? do you think republicans will allow him to be seated? >> i don't know. i don't know what they're going to do. >> go ahead. >> the choice is election in alabama and the people of alabama have to speak fir

. >> so as we just mentioned, senator susan collins from maine is also tweeting about this and let me read this for you. she tweeted i have now read mr. moore's statement and listened to his radio interview in which he denies the charges. i did not find his denials to be convincing and believe that he should withdraw from the senate race in alabama. but roy moore is now in day four of flat-out denying any of his allegations and he is threatening to sue the washington post for publishing the bombshell report just a month after this alabama election. plus, the governor of his state just gave her thumbs up. here she was on roy moore for senate. so let's go to the ground, to alabama. cnn's jason carol is live in gadston, alabama. people there have had several days to take this all in -- can you tell, has roy moore lost support over any of this? >> it's tough to tell at this point. >> what i can tell you is after spending all day yesterday with folks at church and throughout the city, whatever people thought about roy moore before this, after these allegations, those people who supported him before, many of them are still strongly standin

mr. chairman. >> it's not just democrats who oppose the tax reform bill. 6 republican senators are either no or on the fence including ron johnson, john mccain, and jeff flake and collins and rand paul. >> we are confident we will get this package passed. we would love to see some democrats support this historic piece of legislation. >> you didn't get in the house. in the senate? >> there is always hope. >> president trump weighed in on the controversy about senator al franken. tweeting, the picture is bad. speaks 1,000 words. the president who faced his own allegations, was criticized for going after franken but cityi i -- staying quiet about moore. >> the roy moore story is 8 days old. the president put out a statement on that. >> the white house is looking ahead to the next vacancy of the supreme court. listing 5 more names. including barrett. and rick grant. cavanaugh. newsome. and wyerick. there are no vacancies on the supreme court. anthony kennedy may retire after thanksgiving and the white house wants to be repaired. >> john, thank you. a democrat senator name as a potential presidential contender in 2010 is taking heat after declaring that bill clinton should

collins about that a lot while ago. take listen. >> i've looked at case law briefly and at the constitutional requirements and it appears if mr. moore were to be elected, we would have no choice but to seat him. what would happen after that, who knows. i think we're getting way ahead of ourselves on this story. he's not even been elected. >> reporter: so, ali, in the spirit of getting way ahead of ourselves if roy moore were to win probably could not be sworn in until january, and if republicans try to get rid of him after being sworn in would go through the ethics committee which has expelled a member since the 1860s. to make it weirder, the ethics committee does basically everything they do behind closed doors. they don't even disclose when they meet. it will just be one more sort of bizarre process going on on capitol hill potentially after the first of the year. >> let's go to gadsden, alabama, outside the courthouse there. this story develops every day. roy moore going out there last night, and sort of underscoring the statement he's been making and that his supporters have been making that it's the washington elite and l

collins of may. here's what she said. >> first of all, i've look ed a the case law very briefly and at institution constitutional requirements, it appears if mrmoore were to be elected, we would have no choice but to seat him. >> so really the only option that they have is if you were to win would be to try to move forward on ethics committee proceedings that could lead to the expulsion of roy moore, something two-thirds of the senator ts would have to vote for, but first, they would have to drop out of the race and need president trump's help for that. >> thank you and now, barbara come stock who is in the midst of a battle to expose sexual harassment on capitol hill. i know this is something you have taken on personally. i want to start obviously with the case in point here, roy moore. many of your fellow republicans i've called on him to get out. he has made it clear he is not going to do so. tonight, he's envolking the commandments, sending a letter to fox news. are republicans stuck with roy moore? >> well, i made my statement last week. after this first came out. i think i was one of the first women in the house and address this. i've w

collin, who i think is in the audience. i don't see him at the oment. no. yeah, he's in the back. you've seen him in the hallway about a million times. why don't -- mr. brady: late at night. >> [inaudible] mr. brady: great question. how do you reconcile the house and senate? again, what's been incredibly helpful is to have that framework we agreed to. i think the senate will take some different paths to hit that target of the framework, which i think is healthy. the goal is to reconcile this at the end and their challenge, of course, is to move to through the senate. and so i believe having slightly different or maybe even substantially different designs to hit that target, that's a part of the process. i also am hopeful as we mark it up in committee next week, as we see where there are areas we can improve, we've thrown a lot of new stuff on the international side, on the small business pass-through side, on interest deductibility. we're going with significantly different concepts here. we expect to be incorporating those improvements and fine-tuning it and we hope they'll be part of the process. jake: there's been some -- one of the things we've he