manchin. the presiding officer: mr. president. the other senator from west virginia. mr. manchin: i want to thank my colleague, senator capito. we are very proud west virginians. born and raised in west virginia. you can tell by our presentations. it is a special day that we can say happy birthday to wheeling. wheeling is an unbelievable historical city, when you think about it. when you think about the state of west virginia, we're the only state before the civil war. abraham lincoln's hand print is all over our state. basically, he was involved for us to become a state in 1863. but the significant formation of our state, and wheeling being a major whik stronghold because of the river, because of the gateway, can you believe in 1949 when the suspension bridge was built, it was called the gateway to the west? the gateway to the west. not that far from here, maybe four hours' drive. so you can see how our country has expanded and how quickly it expanded. the lessons during the construction of the bridge was later used to build the brooklyn bridge. i want to tell senator sch

mr. manchin have long urged legislation for background checks.re bill failed to pass the senate in 2013. bob barr, do you remember that legislation? that something you would support? guest: if what they are talking about his universal background checks, i would not support that? is is item here, also, appropriate for the person to have to go to the government to get the government's permission to transfer a firearm? who wishes to receive or acquire a firearm have to get the government's permission in order to do so? that is the fundamental question here? if you look at these so-called universal background check laws, which go far beyond legislation that was passed back in 1993, that set up the background check system, which i fully support, you see transfers between private parties, whether they are related or unrelated, would have to go through a background check, unless certain conditions are present that would prohibit them from doing so. here again the standards, for example, if a person in a family transfers a firearm and does not go through

. >> reporter: his comments coming after a last-minute bid by senators joe manchin and pat toomey to get mr. trump to support their bill el paso and dayton, the president has wavered, at times, questioning their effectiveness. >> going back five or six or seven years, for the most part, as strong as you make your background check, they would not have stopped any of us. >> reporter: as the president deliberates, some republicans are warning him against aggravating his political base. >> if republicans abandon the second amendment and demoralize millions of americans who care deeply about second amendment rights, that could go a long way to electing a president elizabeth warren. >> reporter: at their debates thursday night, democrats demanded action. >> hell, yes, we're going to take your ar-15, your ak-47. rhetoric that could bypass gun control legislation. this is an awful idea, tweeted senator toomey. o'rourke is facing death threats for his call to confiscate semiautomatic weapons. my ar is ready for you, tweeted brisco cane. >> no one should have a weapon designed for war. >> reporter: t

when west virginia senator joe manchin confirmed the honor -- i'm sure he had a big part in the selection. i swear my name is going to look like a misprint on this list. mr. president, thank you for including me among this incredible group of people. [applause] >> congratulations to jerry. john, congratulations on your marriage to a great golfer. is a great honor. a great man, a great pleasure. you are going to be around a long time. thank you. [applause] >> [inaudible] >> thank you very much, everybody. >> c-span's "washington journal" live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up friday morning, former republican congressman and current and narrate -- nra bar -- nra board member bob barr discusses efforts to reduce gun violence. then the discussion of women in the republican party. be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern. join the discussion. and live friday, a discussion about updating the 1996 communications decency act, which gives websites in immunity from liability for what their users post. we will be live from the american enterprise institute at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span and at noon eastern

national rifle association not to give anything away but manchin has been counseling the president tell him there's things he can do. >> i said mr. president , there are strong gun groups who oppose you doing anything on bump stocks but you did it and it didn't harm you at all. it didn't hurt you at all with your base and this will not either. if anything, i think it would increase his base. it's a presidential moments and i'm hoping he takes advantage of it. >> this is a presidential moment and i hope he takes advantage of it. the president's supporters say they do believe that he will throw his weight behind something that can garner bipartisan support. south carolina senator lindsey graham earlier today. >> i think the president understands the nature of the problem and with his leadership, i think we can get a compromise. our democratic colleagues have been pretty reasonable and if the white house doesn't sound off, it's not going to go anywhere. >> like the ceos, democrats in congress are pointing fingers at senate majority leader mitch mcconnell urging him to bring background check legislation already passed by the house t

manchin, multiple times. two democrats. pat toomey as well, chris coons. three democrats and also mitch mcconnell i will take your lead, mrth your contacts and gut feeling the president will put something forward? >> i don't think there is any question the president will put something forward. brian: i think that is huge question. i don't think he will put something out there. >> have i spoken to him about this recently? no. i'm not in a position to say what he is going to do. what i can tell you is that the issue is more about the individual and background checks. look, i used to sign pistol permits when i was a judge, okay? did i have a background check on anyone? no. i did, there were certain questions. did the guy have a criminal record. the problem is hippa. you want to get down to it. it is hipaa, privacy, medical records. if you're on psychotropic drugs, if you had frequent visits to a mental facility, that is what i want to know. that is where the danger is. brian: your therapist, compelled to come forward, that blows up the confidentiality you might have. >> so they have got to figure out a waiver to hippa. to me

mr. trump directly endangered the source and other current american officials insisted media scrutiny of agency sources alone was the reason for the extraction. lawmakers are weighing in. here is west virginia's joe manchin on the high price of the ex highly traition. >> this can't be done. to pull somebody out you can imagine trying to get somebody back in. it will be almost impossible and in enough time to keep our election safe. >> a story that will continue to unfold throughout the day. we expect to hear from the president as he addressed h b-cu. black colleges and universities and meeting with congressional lawmakers from the gop and welcome to the new u.n. ambassador. back to you. >> sandra: thank you. >> bill: he is live now, democratic west virginia senator joe manchin. good morning. what is the truth behind the c.i.a. story? >> first of all -- that person's identity and their safety is the utmost importance to all of us. we have 17 intelligence agencies. i was on the intel committee and unbelievable in that your dedication to this great country keeping us safe and free. with that we depend on the intel we get and now having the situation to where it could be compromised and not getting the intel

mr. manchin: are we in a quorum call? the presiding officer: we are. mr. manchin: i'd like to vitiate the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. manchin: i would like to recognize the month of september as national cancer childhood month. more than 300,000 children are diagnosed globally. on average, more than 75 children in west virginia alone are diagnosed with cancer every year, which is a steady increase over the last ten years. we've made a lot of progress over the last few decades in research for prevalence and care but there is more work to be done. that is why i am here today, mr. president, to continue the drumbeat and elevate the issue. i'd like to share a story of a young man i met last week. i had the honor of visiting with students and the teachers at george washington high school in charleston, west virginia. one student by the name of nicholas, which is knick expense, came up to me and shared that at age 15 he was diagnosed with cancer. he later the sent me a letter telling me about his story and asking knee to

blackburn, reed, shaheen, blumenthal, hirono, kaine, king, heinrich, warren, peters, manchin, duckworth and jones. mr. lankford: i move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar number 417. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all in favor say aye. opposed, no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: nomination, department of treasury, brian mcguire of new york to be deputy under secretary. mr. lankford: i send a cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the cloture motion. the clerk: cloture motion, we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of brian mcguire of new york to be deputy under secretary of the treasury, signed by 17 senators as follows. mcconnell, cotton -- mr. lankford: i request the reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. lankford: i ask unanimous consent the senate be in a period of

mr. president, i just got off the phone -- a 40-minute conversation with the president of the united states. i was glad that he was willing to take that amount of time with myself and senator manchin and senator toomey to talk about whether we can figure out a way to get republicans and democrats on board with a proposal to expand background checks to more gun sales in this nation. in particular we were talking about expanding background checks to commercial gun sales. that's certainly not as far as i would like to go, but i understand that part of my job here is to argue for my beliefs and my convictions but then try to find a compromise. there's no single legislative initiative that will solve all of these, but what we know is that if you want to take the biggest bite out of gun crime as quickly as possible, increasing the number of background checks done in this country is the way to go because all we're trying to do here is make sure that when you buy a gun, you prove that you aren't someone with a serious criminal history or you're not somebody that has a serious history of mental illness. in 2017, about 170,000 people in this country went into a store, tried to buy a gun, an