. >> mr. cruz, why is america the only country that faces this kind of -- >> you know what -- >> -- mass shooting? >> you can't answer that, can you, sir? you can't answer that. >> why is it that people come from all over the world to america. because it's the freest, most prosperous, safest country on earth. >> it may be the freest. it may be the most -- >> we learned overnight texas governor greg abbott will no longer appear in person at today's nra convention in houston. abbott says he'll return to uvalde to meet with families. and a recorded video of abbott will play at the convention where former president trump and senator cruz are scheduled to attend. andrew. >> all right, ike, thank you. >>> memorial day weekend is upon us marking the unofficial start of summer, and today expect some headaches on the road and in the air. a nation stuck at home during the pandemic is eager to travel. >> we've been cooped up, and i just been working a lot, so, yeah, it feels good to get out. >> reporter: more

mr. cruz will be starring as the headline speaker at the national rifle association on fridayweek. 275 miles away from the school where we shot in texas. senator cornyn was supposed to be a speaker, but he said he has something personal that has just come up and he won't be able to make it. he needs to stay in washington, d.c. -- the american public say something is rational, we should do it. we shouldn't be held hostage by one party of republicans in the senate. host: that's dug in new york. -- saying that governor greg abbott at the time, including the list of senators cornyn and cruz were scheduled to attend the nra convention in houston. that's the story from the nbc affiliate in dallas. let's hear from susan in maryland. go ahead. caller: i just want to say that that last color makes a lot of sense. a majority of gun owners today, they really want to see something like background checks , but they are prevented i the senate. but the house has passed a number of gun check legislations but

>> mr. cruz, why is america the only country that faces this kind of mass shooting?you can't answer that, can you, sir? you can't answer that? >> why is it that people come from all over the world to america. it's the free-est, most prosperous -- >> every country in the world has mental health issues, every single country. the only country that's different is ours. it's because of our access to guns, the amount of guns that we have, the ability to easily walk in to any store and get an a.r.-15 style weapon, a weapon that was intended, built for soldiers on the battlefield instead is being handed to 18-year-olds days after their 18th birthday who are, as ted cruz put it, violent psychopaths. on the morning of the robb elementary school shooting, one teacher's class was watching a disney movie. when shots started to go off, her instinct from years of active shooter drills. isn't it incredible our teachers and students have to go through active shooter drills, that that is the solution, prepare yourself when someone comes in with an ar-15. you're not going to be able to

. >> mr. cruz, why is america the only country that faces this kind of -- >> you know what? >> you can't answer that, can you? why is this -- >> why is it people come from all over the world to america? it's the freest, safest country on earth. >> it may be the freest -- >> why are kids dying in schools? >> morgan chesky is in uvalde. there's so much pain throughout this community. there's also a good deal of frustration over what happened, the time line. >> reporter: yeah. the pain is palpable here. i think you had initial shock. that's going into a seemingly unending wave of sorrow that's coming over this community. just going up behind me, i want to show you, is just clear evidence of what this town now has to face. 21 crosses for the 21 lives lost. 19 second, third, fourth graders. their two teachers. we are learning all of them killed in one classroom inside robb elementary school. so many unanswered questions. this town of 15,000 people has to find a way to somehow take its first steps forward, mourn those lost and find a way to move on. we know that today would have b

. >> mr. cruz, why is many earthquake the only country that face this is kind of mass shooting?> you know what -- >> reporter: you can't answer that? >> why is it that people come from all over america? because it's the freest, most pros republican, country on earth. >> reporter: it may be freest. >> reporter: why are kids dying? >> there is that deflection there. it's advisor similar to what we showed you in the broadcast from another texas republican. the point here is, if you have a great answer, and you're a politician, you just give the great answer. but even in republican primaries in texas, this is a tough week to tell those parents nothing can be done. no safety measures can be used. no questions should be asked. no license should be required when people want military-style guns. that doesn't work right now even in texas. republican senator ron johnson also unable, it would appear, to deal with the facts on background checks. >> reporter: in the wake of the shooting, why not expand background checks, including on firearms? are not expand background checks? >> again, we h

>> it is just an american problem, sir >> mr. cruzmerica the only country that faces this kind of -- >> you know what >> mass shooting >> but you can't answer that you can't answer that, can you, sir? you can't answer that? >> why is it that people come from all over the world to america? because it's the freest, most prosperous, safest country on earth. >> it may be the freest, it may be the most p- >> why are kids dying in schools? >> seth: man, look at him, run away i bet he was thankful that place had more than one door [ laughter and applause "they got more --" cruz had no answer because the obvious one, the number and easy availability of military-grade weapons in this country, is one he doesn't want to discuss in his case, he's choosing the ludicrous idea of door control as a distraction but in other cases, pro-gun republicans just admit they don't want to do anything, like when colorado congresswoman lauren boebert tweeted yesterday, "you cannot legislate away evil" or when texas attorney general ken paxton said this >> we can

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. >> mr. cruz, why is america the only country that faces this kind of -- >> you know what?can't answer that, can you, sir? you can't answer that. >> why is it that people come from all over the world from america because it's the freest, most prosperous and safest. >> it may be the freest -- >> why are kids -- >> that's where our coverage today begins and former fbi assistant director of counterintelligence now and msnbc national security analyst and joining us msnbc correspondent ken delaney who has been all over the tiktok of the law enforcement response. my colleague nbc news correspondent kerry sanders who has been all over this news conference today asking the most difficult questions i've heard ask so far, kerry about what happened and what might have happened had the response been different. tell me what happened in that news conference today. >> i have a feeling that this news conference really did not answer questions. it just raised more questions. it's important to note that they were trying to provide a time line of what happened. at 11:28 the stolen pickup truc

mr. cruz will be starring as the headline speaker at the national rifle association on fridayweek. 275 miles away from the school where we shot in texas. senator cornyn was supposed to be a speaker, but he said he has something personal that has just come up and he won't be able to make it. he needs to stay in washington, d.c. -- the american public say something is rational, we should do it. we shouldn't be held hostage by one party of republicans in the senate. host: that's dug in new york. -- saying that governor greg abbott at the time, including the list of senators cornyn and cruz were scheduled to attend the nra convention in houston. that's the story from the nbc affiliate in dallas. let's hear from susan in maryland. go ahead. caller: i just want to say that that last color makes a lot of sense. a majority of gun owners today, they really want to see something like background checks , but they are prevented i the senate. but the house has passed a number of gun check legislations but

cruz. >> thank you mr.> i want to ask about the state department's ongoing efforts to finalize the nuclear deal with iran. last week in the committee i discussed the irg see sanctions with secretary blinken and he said the dismantling would be worth it but it would rollback the nuclear program. since president biden was elected, iran has made unprecedented progress on its nuclear program including enriching uranium to 60%, deploying advanced centrifuges and acquiring significant knowledge. now, the biden administration has a secret assessment that says there is a point after which the progress would make the deal meaningless. secretary blinken has reference to that point in public numerous times since last year but you've never revealed to the committee what that point is publicly. administration officials have told the committee what your assessment is, but again it's been kept from the public. this weekend chairman and dennis said, quote, we are told by the administration if it didn't conclude by the end

cruz post office. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from new york reserves. the gentlewoman from south carolina is recognized. ms. mace: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. mace: tonight i'm honored to speak about private jacob cruz, a marine killed in world war ii pacific campaign. he fought bravely alongside other marines and soldiers also killed in battle. until recently, many of these hero were laid to rest abroad in unknown or lost graves. thanks in part to the virginia nonprofit history flight, private cruz's rebhairns finally identified. later in 2021, his remains were returned to the united states and returned to his family members. private cruz now lies in rest here in the united states, the country he gave his life defending. today we honor this american hero by renaming a u.s. post office in his honor. i support this bill and yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves. the gentlewoman yields back. the gentlewoman from new york is recognized. mrs. maloney: i urge passage of this important bill, h.r. 5900

mr. president. today i'm here with nate cruz our port finance director joining virtually. i'll present a brief overview of the financial state of the port and discussion our economic recovery initiatives, describe how the budget supports those and show how our strategy will be able to be effective with the approval of the two-year budget and end with information about staff position and vacancies and outreach. as you'll recall we faced a truly dire financial outlook in the first two years of covid. we as other agencies were fortunate to receive stimulus dollars allocated by the federal government through the state. this is really the first ever big investment our port has received. i do want to recognize leader pelosi, governor newsom and the entire delegation at state land including the lieutenant government who made this happen and the funds went to port of san francisco and port san diego overwhelmingly passenger moving ports that suffered in pandemic. you'll see in the two-year budget we're stable because of the stimulus dollars and allows for healthy growth in things

mr. abba, the governor of texas. he canceled his personal appearance, he still dropping a pre tape video message to the n r. a tech crew senator ted cruz from texas. ah, is not withdrawing his participation for tonight. he will show up at the convention . president trump, as you mentioned for president trump is gone to come. this all looks so bad, it's bad optics. it's probably also bad politics. it is, it is also a comprehensible because it is, you know, for those parents or for people in india of all the we talked to not just parents, but all citizens. there are, you can go on the street here. i'm in, it's an attorney and ask somebody in there tell you they don't understand it. they don't, they really, really had shock that this is still going down there in another the but it's another thing that shocked me, but it would go about half a minute when i asked you, i know you've talked to lots of politicians, a senator, ted cruz from texas was asked this week about american exceptionalism and the fact that there are so many gun mass shootings in the us. and his response was you'd obviously don't like the u. s. if you're posing the questi

not with senator cruz, not a bunch of politicians in washington, but a decision that should be made between a woman and her doctor. 50 years stripped away of women's rights. and the fall, mr. president, will be swift. over 20 states already have laws in place that could be used to restrict access, including 13 which will automatically go into effect if the supreme court issues the decision. we have also seen states preparing to take even more extreme steps if roe is overturned. last week republican lawmakers in louisiana advanced a bill to immediately classify abortion as homicide and allow the state to prosecute women. prosecute women for receiving care. earlier this year, a bill was introduced by republican legislators in missouri to allow private citizens to sue people who help women leave the state to get care. this comes on top of the 19 states that already have laws in place to ban or restrict access to medication abortion. what this all comes down to is a fundamental question -- who is making these personal decisions, politicians or a woman? and are women equal citizens under the law? if roe is overturned, women in this country will receive different treatment unde

mr. trump: we have endorsed j.d. mandel and he's doing good. john: mandel is backed by texas senator ted cruz. in evangelical churches, met reporters with cruz before an appearance near dayton. >> what did you see in josh mandel that president trump didn't see? >> it's easy for a candidate to say the right things. what i look for is what is the record. when have they stood and fought and bled. john: other candidates also claim a link with the former president. attorney jane timken was handpicked by trump to lead the ohio republican part >> a lot of the candidates in this race, it's all of a sudden they've seen the light and they are fighting forhose america first policies. but i'm the true fighter. john: mike gibbons, a millionaire investment banker, touts a trump-like personal history. >> when i get to washington i , wi not owe anything to anybody. i cannot be bought, i have already achieved my american dream. john: of the leading candidates, only state senator matt dolan did not seek trump's support. >> i'm the one in the race that's talking about executing. everyone else is talking about ma

cruz uses rhetoric that got children killed. governor abbott passed laws that got children killed. they must be held accountable and they must do their jobs. >> mrods, though, even daniel hogg on our air, a survivor from parkland, said look, if everyone's just talking over each other a compromise won't be possible. he's optimistic. are you optimistic that that compromise is possible? and what does it look like? is it only on background checks? is it maybe moving the age? what could be possible here? >> well, you know, a lot of times as a black person i'm still thinking about the 87-year-old woman who was murdered in buffalo in a grocery store who lived through jim crow, and she was told she had to wait. she was told she had to wait for incremental change. our children deserve better. these are black and brown kids, aapi kids, and even our white kids, our children in general should not have to wait for incremental change. so yes, compromise is important. as an activist who goes to the texas legislature and works with elected officials to actually author bills and get them passed. from my experience what we need is background checks, yes. we need

mr. trump: we have endorsed jp, right? jd mandel, and he is doing great. [applause] john: he has been endorsed by senator cruz.ns in evangelical churches, met reporters with cruz before an appearance near dayton. what did you see in josh mandel that president trump did not see? >> it is easy for a candidate to say the right things, but what i look for is their record when , have they stood and fought and bled. john: other candidates claim a link with the former president. attorney jane timken was handpicked by trump to lead the ohio republican party. >> a lot of the candidates in the race all of a sudden have seen the light and are fighting for those america first policies, but i am the true fighter. john: mike gibbons a millionaire , investment banker, touts a trump-like personal history. >> when i get to washington, i will not owe anybody anything. i cannot be bought, i have already achieved to american dream. john: of the leading candidates, only state senator matt dolan did not seek trump's support. >> i am the only one talking about executing, everyone else is making noise. i know who i am fighting for. t

the next recognition would be senator cruz and then sinema, and then lee and then mr. warnock. >> is good to have a here, secretary buttigieg. as i think you already know, othere has been a lot of legs f the flights that have been canceled for the reason they have told me is because they don't have enough pilots. not because of demand the planes are full orer nearly full they have cut it back. i'mo going to have delta in my loffice later this week and i'e sure that's they're going to tell me, they cannot get enough pilots. so is the of transportation playing in this realm is far as getting pilots? outev confusion but regional or whatever but if the planeg, aint flying, the plane ain't flying. are you playing in this game is a farce trying to get more pilots available to this airlines? and if so what are you doing and will be to anticipate this problem being solved? >> thank you. we recognize shortage of pilots that in some ways is not completely dissimilar to the shortage of truckers we are seeing. we think it's related to a number of issues from the pipeline to the th

mr. president. today i'm here with nate cruz our port finance director joining virtually.ew of the financial state of the port and discussion our economic recovery initiatives, describe how the budget supports those and show how our strategy will be able to be effective with the approval of the two-year budget and end with information about staff position and vacancies and outreach. as you'll recall we faced a truly dire financial outlook in the first two years of covid. we as other agencies were fortunate to receive stimulus dollars allocated by the federal government through the state. this is really the first ever big investment our port has received. i do want to recognize leader pelosi, governor newsom and the entire delegation at state land including the lieutenant government who made this happen and the funds went to port of san francisco and port san diego overwhelmingly passenger moving ports that suffered in pandemic. you'll see in the two-year budget we're stable because of the stimulus dollars and allows for healthy growth in things like capital investments but

mr. president. for example, just a few days ago the court ruled on a campaign finance case brought by our colleague from texas, senator cruz. the six republican justices sided with the republican, you know, senator. a huge win for the most powerful political donors, who as far as i can tell, are going to be able to funnel more shady payoffs into the bank accounts of wealthy incumbent republicans. colleagues, we do not have to go along with what i think is a pillaging of core democratic policies. there should be less secrets, not more. and for these reasons i object and i want to tell my colleague from indiana, i look forward to getting back to topics where we have broad agreement. i yield the floor. brawn brawn mr. president. the presiding officer: objection is heard. the senator from indiana. mr. braun: health care is one of the biggest issues that besets the country. he is looking to reform it before we get more government involved in it. hot off the press, $19 billion in improper earned income tax credits from the i.r.s. let's fix the place before we give it more money. i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president. the p

mr. langevin will vote yes on h.r. 5900, to designate the facility of the united states postal service as the marine corps reserve private jacob cruz post office. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 401, the nays are one, with one voting present. 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and, without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the unfinished business is the vote on the motion of the gentlelady from new york, mrs. maloney, to suspend the rules and pass the bill, h.r. 6386 on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 6386. a bill to designate the facility of the united states postal service located at 450 west schaumburg road in schaumburg, illinois, as the veterans of iraq and afghanistan memorial post office building. the speaker pro tempore: the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be a five minute vote. [captioning made possible by the na

mr sal castaneda. it's getting light already, pal. leave absolutely, steve. thank you, sir. for paying for playing along. there's a little bit of fog. where would that be? santa cruz it's forties and fifties on the laws and other cool morning here. we've got a cool may no doubt about it. except for that fog. we're all set for sunshine and warmer temps. although coast will be 60 seventies. bayside will be seventies. inland though, will be eighties to some low nineties. this will be wind driven. if you get a north wind later this afternoon tonight we could pop out with some low nineties. so we went with that for santa rosa and also livermore, speaking of the man himself. here he is. been kind of busy on highway 92. is that any better? no you know, they have that down utility pole that in case you're just joining us came down sometime overnight, and they haven't fixed it. so 92 is closed out of half moon bay. if you're listening, said oh, my goodness. i got to get up over the hill while you have to go up through pacifica or down through woodside. you cannot go this way or the other way most people are going out towards highway to 80. so just keep yourself yeah. in th

mr. cruz: madam president, i call up my motion to instruct conferees which is at the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from texas, mr. cruz, moves that the managers on the part of the senate at the conference on the disagreeing votes of the two houses on the senate amendment to the bill h.r. 4521 be instructed to insist that the final conference report include section 3258 of the senate amendment which requires a report identifying major areas of diplomatic, energy, infrastructure, banking, financial, economic, military, and space cooperation between the peoples republic of china and the islamic republic of iran regarding the policy of the united states to limit such cooperation through terrorism related sanctions imposed on the central bank of iran and the islamic revolutionary guard corps as such sanctions are necessary to limit such cooperation. the presiding officer: under the previous order, there will now be two minutes of debate equally divided p

mr. cruz: will the senator yield for a a question? mr. brown: certainly. mr. cruz: the senator made reference to the alleged putin wing of the republican parliamentary is is it accurate that the senator from ohio and 43 of his colleagues in january of this year voted against sanctioning nord stream 2, sanctioning russia, sanctioning putin despite the fact that ukraine begged the senate to pass those sanctions and putin invaded ukraine just days after 44 democrats sided with russia and putin? mr. brown: i take back my time. i've heard no democrat talk about -- i've heard nobody talk about putin wing of the democrat party. no democrat believes that. i hear just down the hall 100 yards congresswoman cheney talk about the putin wing of the republican party. i am not into interparty fights. we expect to vote soon after:00 and i want to get -- soon after 6:00 and i want to get back to my remarks. we honor during police week the law enforcement officers who made the ultimate sacrifice. this year we'll add the names of ten ohioans who laid down their lives last year. o

not with senator cruz, not a bunch of politicians in washington, but a decision that should be made between a woman and her doctor. 50 years stripped away of women's rights. and the fall, mr. president, will be swift. over 20 states already have laws in place that could be used to restrict access, including 13 which will automatically go into effect if the supreme court issues the decision. we have also seen states preparing to take even more extreme steps if roe is overturned. last week republican lawmakers in louisiana advanced a bill to immediately classify abortion as homicide and allow the state to prosecute women. prosecute women for receiving care. earlier this year, a bill was introduced by republican legislators in missouri to allow private citizens to sue people who help women leave the state to get care. this comes on top of the 19 states that already have laws in place to ban or restrict access to medication abortion. what this all comes down to is a fundamental question -- who is making these personal decisions, politicians or a woman? and are women equal citizens under the law? if roe is overturned, women in this country will receive different treatment unde