mr. manchin: i'll never forget. that you had a quarter of a million people come to your state for refuge and you took them all in. mr. perry: i know this is a little bit off subject. i think it's important. about working together. this is the democratic governor of west virginia and republican governor of texas. i got a call from the governor of louisiana then and she said, can you handle 25,000 people? i said, send them. about 125,000 later i'm on the , ne to him saying, hey, joe can you send some aircraft to help us move some people because we had another hurricane that came in and moved all those people. rita. anyway. been for joe manchin and the people of west virginia and the national guard of west virginia, we'd have had some people in some real sling. i will never forget that. thank you. mr. manchin: i think that's the way we're supposed to work here. it's the way it should work in congress, the senate and congress. we're trying. the chairman and i work very much along those lines. anyway, we sent six c-130's

mr. manchin: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from west virginia. mr. manchin: i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection, so ordered. all time is expired. the clerk will call the roll. oh, all time is expired. the question is on the nomination. the yeas and nays are requested. is there a sufficient second? mr. manchin: i second. officer the there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. the presiding officer: there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: vote:

mr. manchin: can you be terminated without cause? mr. rosenstein: yes. senator manchin: who would appoint your replacement? mr. rosenstein: the president. senator manchin: so that's a possibility. mr. rosenstein: anything is possible, senator. senator manchin: i understand. that's what we know. there's great concern in all of this, as you can tell. i'm going to get another opportunity to talk to attorney general sessions in an intel meeting so i know a lot of my colleagues here don't have the same opportunities so they were a little bit concerned about him not being here but i want to thank you for being here. in west virginia we have a devastating opioid epidemic. we are a state that got hit harder. we lost more people per capita than any other state. we are doing everything humanly possible but we can't do it without the attorney general's office and everyone involved. i guess i would ask, what is your main approach to fighting the war on opioid addiction? mr. rosenstein: well, thank you, senator. this is an extremely high priority for me and i'm very f

mr. manchin asked to restoring health and the proposal works that into a darpa program. i'm sure you know the darpa satellite servicing activity occurs in geosynchronous orbit which of course is a very different orbit funded by operational permits below earth orbit which is currently what restore health services. by transitioning this away, by defunding restored al are you saying you are going to abandon the lower earth orbit and not provide refueling capability in orbit? >> i think what we are saying is the international space station where we have demonstrated technique and godard overtime to refueling as we are doing in orbit today i believe they can stop the technology and let the public or the partnerships build systems to do that. we at nasa don't need to do that. we just need to do the --. >> if you could get this committee a cost analysis about how that will be more cost-effective given the investment we have already made in restore al. can you provide that to the committee? >> i would be glad to. >> let me ask you about the peace mission because this is a missio

mr. muler as your point person as to whether it's appropriate. senator manchin: let's say the questions directed to mr. mccabe, it was asked pretty personally directly, could you answer differently in a classified setting, sir? director mccabe: i would reiterate the comment. with the special counsel involved, it would be appropriate for the committee to have an understanding the special counsel's office where these questions would go. i would point out -- >> this hearing expected to continue till about 1:00 eastern. follow live coverage over on c-span3 or online at c-span.org. a reminder of the hearing with james comey tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span3. and at c-span.org. taking you live next to the u.s. house. they're gaveling in for work this afternoon on a bill dealing with border patrol job applicants and also a measure that would begin to repeal and

mr. chairman. >> senator manchin. >> mr. rosenstein, it's good to have you here. of the most pressing question i have right now is did the couple falling apart together get anything? >> there wasn't anything left after each of the four songwriters got $110 for the year. >> i understand. first of all, it is reassuring, sir, to hear that the system that you have put in place as far as the special prosecutor and mr. mueller, the confidence you have in him, to do his job is quite assuring. and comforting to all of us. did you talk with robert mueller about his investigation and the resources that he might need to do his job the proper way and do you feel he's sufficiently been supported in that effort? >> i have not. under the regulation, it tasks the assistant attorney general to consult about resources and management. to consult with mr. mueller on resource and budget. that gentleman is sitting behind me and. >> there is not a concern there that he would be able to do the job the way it is intended to do it. >> yes he will. >> mr. rosenstein, could you be terminated

senator manchin: mr. comey, do you believe you would have been fired if hillary clinton became president? director comey: i don't know. great question. senator manchin: i might have been. i don't know. i said before, that was an extraordinarily difficult and painful time. i think i did what hi to do. i knew it was going very bad for me personally. the consequences of that might have been, hillary clinton -- i might have been terminated. i don't know. senator manchin: after february 14 meeting in the oval office, you mentioned you asked attorney general sessions in short you never left alone with the president. did you ever consider why attorney general sessions was not asked to stay in the room? director comey: sure. >> james comey testimony to the senate intelligence committee continues live on c-span3. and the c-span radio app, as well as c-span.org. house is coming in momentarily. we're going to leave that hearing now on c-span. the house today is finishing up work on a bill that would replace the 2010

manchin. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and thank you, mr. glawe, for being here. first, let me thank your family for the service they have given to our country, each one of them, and for you to continue in their footsteps. let me ask first of all if you can tell me about your experience as a police officer in houston and how that has shaped your service and your dedication to service and be able to lead the dhs with a different perspective than most who have worked through the ranks. >> senator, thank you for the question. and thank you for meeting with me yesterday afternoon. it was a real pleasure and honor to meet you. i spent a lot of time in west virginia and it's a wonderful state and a wonderful facility. thank you for that opportunity to talk about that. as a houston police officer, i was 22 years old when i got out of the academy, and i was -- i just turned 22. i was the youngest police officer in the department when i hit the streets. i responded to people's homes on the worst day of their lives in an effort and hopefully to make it a little better. when

mr. secretary. >> thank you, senator manchin. senator daines. >> thank you, madam chair. mr. secretary. good to see you. >> yes, sir, thank you, sir. >> as you know, montana is a incredible state phone for fly fishing and elk hunting and the yellowstone national park and we are an energy state and we have more recoverable coal than any state in the united states and in montana we trike a pretty good balance. one that believes in the importance of developing our natural resources because without doing that we don't have jobs, low cost and affordable and reliable energy sources. tax revenues for a school and our teachers. at the same time, we work to protect our environment. as montanans, may we always be a state where that mom or dad could go down to walmart and buy their elk tag and that we don't become a state where only the rich and famous could afford to live there. and one of the ways to do that is to ensure that we keep developing our natural resources responsibly. coal, oil, gas, they are important to the economy and we also balance out a large amount of hydroelectric power and so

mr. chairman. >> thank you, senator. senator manchin? >> thank you, mr. chairman, thank you, secretary, for being here. first of all, west virginia is different than being out west, but we're still wild and wonderful. >> i can see you out west, sir. >> first of all, you've covered the payment in lieu of taxes and that's very important for our state, some of our rural counties, they really depend on a reduction. hits them very, very hard. so, first of all, on the coal. you know, you all have been very supportive of the coal industry and the people that do this tremendous work for the people of this country. i'm confused a little bit why the president's budget of 2018 proposed $134 million in payments to the united mine workers of america from the health benefit plans from the treasury. those are coming from -- money distributed from reclamation and enforcement. that's a $45 million reduction from the 2016, and i don't know if -- we just passed a piece of legislation, put 22,000 miners in the 1993 fund. we're going to be in serious problems here because tha

. >> senator manchin. >> mr. chairman, thank you. thankthank you, mr. attorney gel for being here. to see you again. >> thank you, senator manchin. >> sir i will follow up a little bit what senator king asked concerning, you and i are about the same vintage. we remember back in our lifetime we've never known the russians to be, russian government or the russian military to ever be our friend, wanting same things we wanted out of life. with that being said the seriousness of this russian hacking is very serious to me and concerning and, you're saying that you had not been briefed on that. october, i think it was october 9th, the one that was known the odni at the time, mr. clapper and mr. jeh johnson, homeland security, made that public what was going on. then on the december 29thth, president obama at that time expelled 35 russian diplomats, denied access to a russian-owned compound and broadened existing sanctions. did you have any discussions at all, have you had any discussions or on any type of meetings or recommendations were made to remove those sanctions? >> i don't recall an

mr. chairman, i will yield back time, thank you sir. that's great news. >> good. >> thank you, senator. senator manchin? >> thank you, mr. chairman. secretary shulkin, recently you announced you would be scrapping the current electronic healthcare system and adopting the same system that d.o.d. uses. i'm in favor of making it easier on veterans transitioning from d.o.d. to va. my concern is the speed of the decision will have second and third effects that could be detrimental. here's where they are. my question to you is, are you concerned there will be increased ruisk in having one company manage all of these records? >> wow. well, first of all, i think in making a decision of this magnitude there are absolutely risks involved with it. i have to tell you, i thought the risks were greater to do nothing. that considering the maintenance required on vista, the expense that will be required and our lack of ability to maintain qualified software developers within the va, the risk of doing nothing was worse. i think that d.o.d. went through a strong due diligence process. i think that they selected a stable platform. we have benefitted

mr. trump nonsense. >>> ahead on "cbs this morning" we'll talk with democratic senator joe manchin, a member of the intelligence committee about, about what he wants to ask former fbi director comey. >>> portland, oregon, police arrested people as a demonstration converged downtown. it was meant by counterdemonstrators. chris martinez has that report. >> reporter: police set off numerous smoke and percussion grenades as protesters held a rally in downtown port lond, sunday. pro trump called for free speech. >> very peaceful. we're freedom-love iing. >> critics want more transparency between the trump administration and russia. >> the biggest message would bewe know that this is wrong. >> reporter: authorities bolstered their presence with fbi agents and homeland security, anticipating large crowds and potential violence. police made several arrests and confiscated a number of illegal weapons. >> reporter: police shut down this park after they say a number of protesters started throwing bottles at officers, but they say most of the day's rallies remained peaceful. >> reporter: the rallies took place aboard a tra

hearing, days after the hearing sometimes, like this question that senator joe manchin asked of rod rosenstein on tuesday. >> mr. rosenstein, could you be terminated without cause? >> yes. >> and who would appoint your replacement as your position now, deputy attorney general? >> the president. >> so that's a possibility. >> anything is possible, senator. >> i understand. >> anything is possible. it looks like rod rosenstein really knows that anything is possible in the job he has now. rod rosenstein might terminate himself from supervising the trump investigation. it was ari melber, let's all remember this now that it has become the subject of the day. but it was ari melber two nights ago, two whole nights ago with rachel maddow who first raised the issue that could force rod rosenstein to recuse himself from the investigation. >> rod rosenstein is according to the evidence we have very likely a witness to what we can confirm tonight, what we're being seen reported tonight in the firing. he may have to recuse. >> so -- i'm sorry to interrupt you there with my exclamation of surprise. but you're saying if muell

mr. muler as your point person as to whether it's appropriate. senator manchin: let's say the questions directed to mr. mccabe, it was asked pretty personally directly, could you answer differently in a classified setting, sir? director mccabe: i would reiterate the comment. with the special counsel involved, it would be appropriate for the committee to have an understanding the special counsel's office where these questions would go. i would point out -- >> this hearing expected to continue till about 1:00 eastern. follow live coverage over on c-span3 or online at c-span.org. a reminder of the hearing with james comey tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span3. and at c-span.org. taking you live next to the u.s. house. they're gaveling in for work this afternoon on a bill dealing with border patrol job applicants and also a measure that would begin to repeal and replace a large bit of the 2010 dodd-frank financial regulations law that was passed back in 2010. the house will vote on the rule for that later this afternoon. live coverage of the house now here on c-

hearing, days after the hearing sometimes, like this question that senator joe manchin asked of rod rosenstein on tuesday. >> mr. rosenstein, could you be terminated without cause? >> yes. >> and who would appoint you replacement as your position now, deputy attorney general? >> the president. >> so that's a possibility. >> anything is possible, senator. >> i understand. >> anything is possible. it looks like rod rosenstein really knows that anything is possible in the job he has now. rod rosenstein might terminate himself from supervising the trump investigation. it was ari melber, let's all remember this now that it has become the subject of the day, but it was ari melber two nights ago, two whole nights ago with rachel maddow who first raised the issue that could force rod rosenstein to recuse himself from the investigation. >> rod rosenstein is according to the evidence we have very likely a witness to what we can confirm tonight, what we're being seen reported tonight in the firing. he may have to recuse. >> so -- i'm sorry to interrupt you there with my exclamation of surprise. but you're saying if muelle

manchin? >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to thank all four of you for your service, and you all are held at the highest, i think, the highest regards by your colleagues and your peers, and i think that speaks volumes of the character of all four of you, and i appreciate that very much. we have a committee here, which i'm so proud to be servicing on, i'm brand new, this is my first time at this, and i don't think there's a person up here that doesn't want to find out the facts and the truth and be able to go back home and explain to the democrat and republican colleagues, no matter what political persuasion, that we have gotten the facts. we got it from our intel, which we truly appreciate and respect the quality of job you do. this is our findings. we're having a hard time getting there, as you can tell. i have respect where you're all coming from. and i hope you could understand that sooner or later we're going to have to. there has to be one element of this government that the public can look at and say this is not

manchin. >> thank you, mr. attorney general for being here. >> thank you. >> i'm going to follow up on what senator king had. you and i have about the same vintage. we know during our lifetime we've never known the russian government or russian military to ever be our friend, and wanting the same things we wanted out of life. with that being said, the seriousness of this russian hacking is very serious to me and concerning. you're saying you had not been briefed on that. i think it was october 9th, the one that it was known that the o.d. and i at that time, i think mr. clapper and mr. jay johnson, homeland security, made that public what was going on. then on december 29th, president obama at that time expelled 35 russian diplomats, denied access to two russian-owned compounds and broadened the existing sanctions. sir, have you had any discussions or sat in on any type of meetings where recommendations were made to remove those sanctions? >> i don't recall any such meeting. >> during the time, not from the pres

senator manchin: thank you, mr. chairman, and secretary devos for testifying today. one thing that keeps us bipartisan here in the senate is veterans and children. we seem to really cross over and really want to help. and i think we all very much care about that, but one size doesn't fit all. i would like to welcome a couple of west virginians we have with us. they were very concerned about the planned cuts from the 20th century -- 21st century learning centers. i have someone from the playmate preschool and child development center in cerita, west virginia. learning century sites. she has her children, brendan and aiden with her. thank you for being here, and i hope you get a chance to meet with them. they are really quite something. rural schools, we have talked about rural schools, the cuts and all this that are coming. i know you still feel strongly about the school of choice. in states such as west virginia, over setting in west virginia makes it hard. we don't have that luxury of having that choice because we have a lot of schools consolidated already, closing

mr. general, for being here. >> thank you senator manchin. >> i want to follow up i little bit on what senatork in our lifetime we never knew the russian government or military to be our friend and wanting the same things we wanted. we wanted out of life. with that being said, the seriousness of this russian hacking is very serious to me and concerning. and you're saying that you had not been briefed on that. october, i think it was october 9th, the one that was known that the odni at that time, i think mr. clapper and also mr. jay johnson, homeland security, made that cub u public what was going on. then on december 29th president obama at that time expelled 35 diplomats, denied access to the compound and i broad end the existing sanction sanctions. sir, did you have any discussions at all, have you had any discussions or sat in on any type of meetings or recommendations were made to remove those sanctions? >> i don't recall any such meets. >> and during the time not from the president being inaugurated on january 20th, prior to that in the campaign up until through the transition was there e

manchin. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, mr. comey, i appreciate very much you being here. west virginia is very interested in this hearing that we're having today. i've had over 600 requests for questions to ask you from my fellow west virginians and most of them have been asked. there's quite a few of them that were quite detailed we'll ask in our classified hearing. i want to thank you, first of all, for coming and agreeing to be here, volunteering, but also volunteering to stay into the classified hearing. i don't know if you had a chance to watch our hearing yesterday. >> i watched part of it, yes, sir. >> and it was quite troubling. my colleagues here had some very pointed questions they had answers to that weren't classified and they weren't answered in this open setting. they refused to do so, so that makes us much more appreciative of your cooperation. sir, the seriousness. russian aggressions in our past elections and knowing that it will be ongoing, as senator king had alluded to, what's your concerns there? i mean what should the american public understand? peop

manchin. >> also, when we had mr. comey here, he could not answer a lot of things in open session. he agreed to go into closed session. would you be able to going to close session, would it change your answers to a three ability to speak more frankly on some things we want to know? atty gen. sessions: i'm not sure the executive privilege is not waived by going in closed session. it may be that one of the concerns is that when you have an investigation ongoing as the special counsel does, it is often very problematic to have in the not cooperating conduct of investigations and it may or not be a factor in going into closed session. >> it would be very helpful, committee has a lot of questions they would like to ask. have you had any other meetings with russian officials that have not been disclosed? atty gen. sessions: i have racked my brain and i do not believe so. i can assure you that none of those meetings discussed manipulating a campaign in the united states in any way, shape, or form or any hacking or any such ideas. >> are there any other meetings between russian government

we have joe manchin will be listening to mr. comey enron osco, former fbi assistant director.avid westin, thank you. this thursday, futures unchanged. a marginal move higher about a 10th of 1%. easing.dropping john a third of 1%. 29 minutes from a news conference. we await the risk assessment around the euro zone economy. 45.51. alix: after that tremendous 5% slide we saw yesterday, we will discuss that. dollar yen up on the day. there were reports of the doj could talk about exiting from stimulus. vix slightly higher, but flat. oil, my favorite, down 1/10 of 1%. david: thank you. testimony is ad recollection of his conversations with the president under siege. the russianescribed investigation of the cloud and his ability to act on behalf of the country. he said he had nothing to do with russian and a not been involved with -- in russia and always assumed he was being recorded. he asked what he could do to lift the cloud. joining me is kevin cirilli joining me from capitol hill. -- joining us from capitol hill. how was the reaction on capitol hill? kevin: it is incredibly bus

might actually have to be lawyerly, as senator joe manchin, the democrat from west virginia was saying this morning. what his constituents want to know if mrng justice, why didn't he say it at the time and why is he saying it now? if he did believe that, he had an obligation at the time to act upon it. james comey has to wiggle around this issue because he's implicated as well. >> jason chaffetz made that argument he doesn't have any proof there was obstruction because nothing materially changed in the investigation. >> the people asking comey questions are really going to be making statements and try to box comey into what ever position they already have. democrats will be leading him on to get him to say things that support their view andee otherso admit to a smoking gun. he is very lawyerly and is going to make a headline. >> the constitutional crisis the described in that hospital room between andy card and alberto gonzales and he and bob mueller trying to get the -- i guess it was nsa spying tools re-upped when john ashcroft had just gotten surgery. alyse, given that, that was his shining moment that propelled him to the national stag

mrs. clinton on the campaign trail. just announced a bid to run for the senate out of west virginia and challenge joe manchin in that states running for senate. with that said, let me ask you about the deal, pulling out of this deal. what do you make of the president's decision? >> obviously, it's huge for west virginia, and the coal industry in general. i mean, it just, to me, it shows he's ready to stand up for the people that he said he was going to stand up for when he was on the campaign trail. connell: you are now in a position where not only are you challenging a politician as you were in the sound bite and the clip we played with hillary clinton, but you're trying to be one of them. you have to take on the issues and speak to the voters about them. your experience, and you spent time in the coal industry know and a lot about it. what is the future of that industry? is coal a big part of our american future or should we be as many suggested transitioning away from it and hping people to move in other directions? what's your view? >> obviously, as the main source of economic growth here in this state, it's vital, ob

mr. chairman, i yield back time. chairman isakson: thank you, senator. senator manchin. senator manchin: you announced you'd be scrapping the electronic record system and using the same one that the d.o.d. system uses. whime isle -- while i'm in favor of making it easier to transfer from d.o.d. to v.a., my concern is that it will have effects that could be detrimental. here's where they are, and my question is, are you concerned there will be increased risk in having one company manage these records? what if cerner becomes the healthnet of electronic health records? secretary shulkin: i think in making a decision of this magnitude, there are risks involved with it. i have to tell you, i thought the risks were greater to do nothing. that considering the maintenance required on vista, the expense that will be required, and the lack of ability to maintain qualified software developers within v.a., the risk of doing nothing was worse. i think that d.o.d. went through to a strong due diligence process. i think they selected a stable platform. we have benefited a lot from thei

manchin. >> i know it's been asked of you, things about your executive privileges and protecting the president. i understand that. but also when we had mr. comey here, you know, he couldn't answer a lot of things in open session. he agreed to go into a closed session. would you be able to go in a closed session? would it change your answers to us or your ability to speak more frankly on some things we would want to know? >> senator manchin, i'm not sure the executive privilege is not waived by going in camera or in closed session. it may be that one of the concerns is that when you have an investigation ongoing as the special counsel does, it's often very problematic to have persons not cooperating with that counsel and the conduct of the investigation which may or may not be a factor in going into closed session. >> it would be very helpful. i think the committee, there's a lot of questions they would like to ask and i know that you would like to answer if possible and maybe we could check into that further. sir, did you have any other meetings with russian government officials that have not been previously disclosed? >> i have racked

mr. president, your staff is not coming to washington it buy their insurance -- those who work for you in utah. i'm pretty sure that senator manchin's staff and senator patty murray's staff and all of our staffs that live all over this great country, they are not coming to washington it buy their insurance. they are getting a good health insurance plan. and i just think it takes incredible nerve to lecture me about people in missouri having no insurance while you're objecting to letting them get the same insurance you've got. really? that's what this has come to -- this partisan exercise? we don't have to fix this permanently this way, but we could do it just temporarily to give people peace of mind until we figure out the right way forward. but how dare members of this chamber tell people in my state they're not entitled to buy what we have when we have no other options at this moment. let's move forward together and fix it, all of it. but to get a lecture that people in my state don't deserve what by staff has or what senator barrasso's staff has, no wonder people are upset with washington. i yield the floor. a senator: mr. presid

manchin. >> i know it's been askied of you, the executive privileges and i understand that. but also when we had mr. comey here, you know, he couldn't answer a lot of things in open session. he agreed to go into a closed session. would you be able to go into a closed session? would it change your answers to us or your ability to speak for frankly on things we want to know? >> senator manchin, i'm not sure. the executive privilege is not waived by going in camera or in closed session. it may be that one of the concerns is that when you have a investigation ongoing as the special council does, it's often very problematic to have persons, you know, not cooperating with that council and the conduct of the investigation. may or may not be a factor in going into closed session. >> it would be very helpful, i think, the committee there's a lot of questions they'd like to ask. i know that you would like to answer if possible and maybe we can check into that a little further. if i could, sir, did you have any other meetings with russian government officials that had not been previously disclosed? >> i have

manchin. >>now it'ee bssk aned you, things about your executive privileges and protecting the president. i understand but also when we had mr. comey here, you know, he couldn't answer a lot of things in open session. session. would you be able to go in a closed session? would it change your answers t e frankly on some things we would want to know? >> senator manchin, i'm not sure the executive privilege is not cyam bederang g or in closed session. it may be that one of the concernsat when you have an investigation ongoing as the specialouel does, it's often very problematic to have not cooperating with that counsel and the conduct of the investigation which may oay m f closed session. >> it would be very helpful. k e committee, there's a loi t of qinuestions they woulde to ask and i know that you would like to answer if possible and maybe weldou that further. sir, did you have any other meetings with russian government officials that have not been previously disclosed? >> i have racked my brain and i do not belie assure you that no those meetings discussed igtnlapu in the united states in any way, shape or form or any hacki

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