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mr. manchin: the thing i'd like to say, one thing that unites us here is our military, our veterans and those who serve and continue to serve to defend our country. that's extremely important to all of us, whether democrat or republican, it brings us together in a common dialogue of how do we protect them and give them what they need to keep us safe. that played heavily on us. the chip program, the pension programs, i have my miners pension people that by 202 -- will be lost. ns these are so, so seriously important for all of us. i think that will take the lead today. with that, we'll answer a few questions if you want. senator collins: let me make one comment on the chip program. i'm particularly happy that the children's health insurance program which every member -- which i remember sponsoring as a freshman senator when orrin hatch and ted kennedy approached me about their bill, it's a six-year re-authorization that expired at midnight on friday night. it was absolutely urgent that it be extended in order not to disrupt or jeopardize health insurance for low -- for nine million low-income

mr. manchin's comments, finally a dem who knows the will of the people. with the wall money wasted on this ridiculous research the country does, #running shrimp. ainsley: that is from ellen. steve: shrimp on a treadmill. brian: with the wall, stats show people want it. what will be interesting if people wheel and deal, people from el salvador and stayed. people from haiti and stayed. so for now on, you know -- steve: no am mess citi. brian: if you say okay, you guys can say under the previous administration, but from here on in after catastrophic situation, 18 months, nine months. steve: what they did during the reagan administration. look how it turned out. brian: they never provided border security. ainsley: we need to stop talking so we can go eat. steve: i'm ready. ainsley: you see him all the time on "fox & friends. did you know brian brenburg can also cook? the entire family is "cooking with friends." brian: lech ate check with sandra smith she is part of the fox family. >> a great family cooking with you guys. president trump is on the ground in da

mr. manchin: last year there was a vote on short term continuing resolution. i voted for the continuing resolution because i refuse to support a government shut down in any way, shape, or form. it doesn't mean i believe this is the way the congress should work. my good friend from alaska, and i consider everyone in this body my friend, and the blame game -- i was here -- i got here in november of 2010. the democrats were the majority at that time. and i wandered why we weren't voting. and i didn't understand the process. i started learning the process and i kept wondering, why aren't we voting? then the filibuster and cloture and couldn't get things done. so i am not here to say who's at fault. i know when you are in the majority, you are expected to lead. leadership has to make sacrifices sometimes to find a path forward. both sides are guilty of not doing that as well as it should be done. we're in a government shutdown that should never happen. 300 million people should not be penalized because of the dysfunction of this body. i would hope it would be ameri

mr. manchin i don't want to misquote you. if i understood you correctly that inherently, coal at a coal generating station is less exposed to the threats of physical or cyber threat to the grid than say oil and gas pipelines and the reason i bring that up is because from my perspective, once you use that coal to generate, you have to give it to the customer. you have to do that over transmission lines and distribution lines, and it seems to me all of these infrastructures are equally exposed. you have the same systems at the substations and relating to the transmission and distribution that you would use in the pipelines. you have the same physical threats to those distribution networks. so i don't see the difference in terms of exposure and critical infrastructure. am i missing something? >> what you heard me say in a byword reiterate is hard to believe and from the perspective that we are taking we are focused on protecting critical national infrastructure and as ferc focuses on the marketplace and we provide the safety and

mr. chairman. >> thank you, senator bozeman. before i go to senator manchin, let me just take the liberty, if i can't, to ask gretchen blum stand up behind me. gretchen? gretchen has been with the committee since i came to the committee three years ago. she is going to greener pastures in oregon. she has been a tremendous help to our veterans and this committee. we want to acknowledge and thank you for your service. >> thank you. [ applause ] >> senator manchin? >> thank you, mr. chairman. i appreciate it. thank you, dr. shulkin, for being here. i need to bring something of local interest to your attention. on december 20th, a high-risk veteran contacted my office after his bypass surgery was cancelled while he was laying on the operating table in the clarksburg, v.a. it's a great hospital. but the reason being that the spots were found on the tools processed by the autoclave. that's the reason. now let me tell you the time lapse. we've been told they've estimated at least ten weeks just before a temporary sterilization unit will be operational, but it will a

mr. walker first. you satisfied something to senator manchin and i want to -- i don't want to misquote you. i want to understand if i understood you correctly. that inherently, coal at a coal generating station is less exposed to the threats of physical or cyber threat to the grid than say oil and gas pipelines. and the reason why i bring that up, because from my perspective, once you use that coal to generate, you have to get it to the customer. you have to do that over transmission lines and then distribution lines and it seems to me that all of these infrastructures are equally exposed to those threats. you have the same systems at sub stations and relating to transmission and distribution on the electric grid that you would use in pipelines, you have the same physical threats to both of those distribution networks. so i don't -- i don't see the difference in terms of exposure in terms of critical infrastructure, am i missing something. >> it's a fair question. what you heard me say and what you reiterated is that what i do believe. and from -- and the perspective that we're taking and i

mr. mueller dos he thing. you free. >> senator manchin, thank much. >> thank you. john and norah, thank you so much. >>> also on capitol hill this ed o'keefe. he's a congressional the "washi" good morning. >> good morning, guys. >> i want to speak where the senator left off. it raised some eyebrows. what did you make of that? >> there was bipartisan support for making those kinds of changes. i think more than anything, that was designed to appeal to the base. a lot of people on the republican side, a lot of his supporters loved that he talked about this during the campaign and appreciate that they were able to make good on that promise last year. i think what he's suggesting here is if there is some industry that does, that perhaps they should have the ability to do that. >> what you're talking about there is theub text underneath the speech, the way it was identified which might no be recognizable to respond? >> to put it bluntly, they didn't llot o things they said register with them at all. they were espe the way they characterized immigration, the fact that equ

mr. mulvan mueller. >> we will just continue this investigation to see where it goes. >> i don't think there is a need for electilegislation. >> joe manchinake tapper is he not ready to back that legislation yet. >> i believe in the rule of law. it per tachb tains to all of us. you know, people from new york have a different way of talking and speaking and i take that, you know, literally. okay. he blew off about some things. >> manchin very supportive of president trump. the latest justice department official in the cross-hairs is rod rosenstein. that's according to four sources. two of whom tell cnn trump vented about removing rosenstein after the russia probe. his advisers stating that is a bad idea. firing rosenstein is the only way to get rid of the special counsel. >> "new york times" reporting that rosenstein approved an application to extend surve surveillance on carter page. the justice department had reason to think page was acting as a russian agent during the campaign. >> rosenstein's reported appearance in the memo suggests that republicans may focus on him and effort to undermine the russia probe. democrats who read the nune

mr. van welie. appreciate it. appreciate the testimony of each of you this morning. senator manchin indicated he's got a pressing thing somewhere else and asked very politely, so i'm going to yield my time. you may take the first question. >> i begged. i begged. i want to thank chairman murkowski, thank you so much. my dear friend, ranking member cantwell for allowing me to have this opportunity, but also for this hearing. full disclaimer, west virginia, as you know, has been a heavy lifting state for a long time. we're very blessed and very pleased to provide the energy the country's needed. starting way back when for building, making the steel to build the ships that defends our country. so we're very proud of the energy -- the energy part that we play in this great nation. with that, i think you all know that i'm an all-in energy portfolio, the state of west virginia is, too, even though coal has been a dominant factor. now that the shale has come on so strong and utica and rogersville. we've been blessed and are going to be able to help the country for many years to come. i've b

manchin. senator tillis? >> thank you, mr. chair. thank you, secretary sulkin. one thing mentioned in your opening comments that i want to get more information on, i knew and was glad that the department is showing some latitude and providing services to veterans with other than honorable discharge. can you tell me about the scope of that and maybe the numbers of people that have been served to this point? >> yep. yep. as you know, we're trying to decrease veteran suicide, doing the right thing for our veterans. take a look at where our highest risk veteran suicide is, it's in several categories. homelessness and homeless veterans that don't have access to care, clearly. that's why we're targeting an end to that. other than honorable discharge veterans, very higher risk. what we provided them with is an emergency mental health that provides -- all they have to do is show up, we'll give them 90 days of emergency mental health care, stabilize a crisis and get them into longer term treatment if that's what's required. so far, we've treated and have come to us for h

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mr. trump also called for reducing legal immigration, including an end to family-based immigration beyond spouses and minor children, as well as eliminating the visa lottery. democratic senator joe manchin of west virginia called the proposal "a good starting point." manchin is part of a bipartisan group dubbed the common sense coalition that helped end the government shutdown and plans to meet again this week. >> we have people with expertise, thom tillis, a lot of good people, james lankford. a lot of people with knowledge are in this group. so i think we can find a pathway forward. i really do. >> sreenivasan: republican senator lindsey graham defended the proposed $25 billion trust fund for border security. >> you don't need $25 billion for a wall. you need wall systems. you need roads, you need redundancy. you need to fix old fencing. we're not going to build a 1,900-mile wall, but $25 billion can be spent wisely. >> sreenivasan: senator graham also weighed in on another hot topic on capitol hill: last week's "new york times" report that president trump tried to fire special counsel robert mueller last june. graham said he doesn't know whether the story is true or not, but would pa

mr. mueller do his thing, and the facts, you know, the facts and the tooth wiruth willu free. >> senator manchinthank you. >> norah, thank you, john and gayle, thank you so much. >>> cbs news contributor ed o'keefe is a contributing editor for "the washington post." >> good morning, guys. >> he raised some eyebrows when he talked about the possibility of firing federal workers. what did you make of that? >> look, that has a lot to do with what went on at the department of veterans affairs. there was bipartisan support for making those changes. more than anything, gayle, that was designed to appeal to the base. a lot of people on the republican side, a lot of his supporters, loved that he talked about this during the campaign, and appreciate that they were able to make good on that promise last year. i think what he's suggesting here is that if there is some other agency that does this, perhaps they should have the ability to do that. you're right, it will bring pause to some democrats and others concerned he may be trying to meddle at the fbi and justice department. >> what you're talking about

. >> this is senator joe manchin on twitter he says, i hope that mr.oses to do the right thing and disappear from public -- from the public eye. what do you make of that >> doesn't sound very moderate or centrist to me. the senator declared me guilty before i ever went to trial and so didn't president obama effectively and of course i was tried in front of obama appointed judges and i think people see through what happened there. and, of course, the investigation reports, they show the government issues were under obama's control, mansions control and false. i think it will play well for me as the campaign develops. >> and do you think or would you try to score an endorsement from president trump? >> not during the primary, i wouldn't expect that he would endorse anyone during the primary, but i think he probably will endorse anyone against senator joe manchin in the general. in the primary it will be primarily evan jenkins and patrick morsi and myself like i said, jenkins has been in public office for 20 years and not done anything for west virginia m

manchin and republican senator marco rubio. >>> the president is pushing a $1.5 trillion plan to rebuild highways, bridges, and other infrastructure. but where will the money come from? why mr's solution may not be enough. >>> facebook faces rising pressure to delete a new messaging app designed just for kids. more than

manchin and republican senator marco rubio. >>> the president is pushing a $1.5 trillion plan to build highways, bridges, and other infrastructure, but where will the money come from. why mrump's solution may not be enough. >>> facebook's rising pressure to delete an app designed just for kids.

mr. mueller. >> the president and his staff cooperated. we will continue this investigation to see where it goes. >> i don't think there is a need for legislation to protect mueller. >> joe manchin of west virginia tells jake tapper he is not ready to back legislation yet. he believes the president was blowing off steam. >> i believe in the rule of law as it pertains to all of us. we are all treated the same. people from new york have a different way of talking and speaking. i that i, you know, literally. i say okay. he blew off about some things. >> the latest justice department official to find himself in president trump's cross-hairs is rod rosenstein. according to four sources. trump has vented at times about removing rosenstein from overseeing the russia probe. the president's advisers convincing him that is a disaster. >> let's bring in phil wegmann. do we need legislation to protect bob mueller's job? >> let's be clear. the biggest gift president trump could give chuck schumer is if he fired bob mueller. obviously because tantamount to the admission of guilt and like lindsey graham said it would be political suicide for the white house. the president has done the exact op

manchin, for example. joe stood up and applauded a number of times, which i appreciated. stuart: okay. mr.ator, thank you for joining us this morning. big day. we appreciate you being here. >> thank you, stuart? stuart: yes, sir. hillary clinton in the news releasing a lengthy statement explaining why she didn't fire a staffer on her campaign who was accused of sexually harassing a coworker. her statement was released 15 minutes before president trump addressed the nation. more varney after this . stuart: right before the state of the union address, hillary clinton released a statement about why a campaign adviser who joined her campaign and was not fired for sexual harassment. here's her statement. i very much understand the question i'm being asked as to why i let an employee of my 2008 campaign keep his job despite inappropriate workplace behavior. the short answer is this. if i had it to do it again, i wouldn't. okay. i'm trying to get some sense here. foxnews.com economist and the hill contributor liz peak is with us. can i sum it like this? hillary clinton is finished? >> i think tha

democrats, as ari talked about, senator manchin was on sunday, right, talking about -- sounded pretty republican to me. donna: he sounded like that last year too. [laughter] mr. swalwell: to support this innovation economy we have to move people around and have a 21st century roads, bridges, tunnels, green energy solutions. when the president came to congress last year and said i will invest $1 trillion in infrastructure, you know who stood up? the democrats. you know who stayed seated? republicans. here's the problem in his own base they don't support that. the second problem it's a lesson my parents taught me. don't burn a hole in your pocket with your first paycheck. the republicans spent nearly $2 trillion on this tax cut now we are almost unable to fund any infrastructure spending. that's going to be a problem. libby: i want to hear from you about accountability. when the president goes out tomorrow night and talks about accomplishments but also looks forward, here are my goals. here is what i aspire to do. how important is it that there is follow-through? last year we talked about building a wall. hasn't happened yet. repealing obamacare. hasn't happen

manchin has got to do something. he stood a lot. he is going to be joining us a lot. steve: that's one. that's not 60. looks like the party of no. sorry, mrent. can't help you out. brian: going to need about 10. steve: what did you think of last night's festivities here at the capitol? email us at friends friends@foxnews.com. not what the media heard. >> one thing is clear, john, did he not unify that chamber tonight. >> george, i have never seen anything like it. >> very tough saying immigrants are basically killers. >> david brody is here with the real headline of the state of the union next. jason chaffetz, lee carter, lee carter and dan bongino coming up. (whispering) with the capital one venture card, you'll earn unlimited double miles on every purchase, every day. not just airline purchases. think about all the double miles you could be earning. (yelling) holy moly, that's a lot of miles! shh-h-h-h! ( ♪ ) shh! what's in your wallet? man: shh-h-h! but prevagen helps your brain with an ingredient shh! originally discovered... in jellyfish. in clinical trials, prevagen has been shown to improve short-term memory. prevagen. the name to