mr. murphy, mrs. murray. [inaudible conversations] mr. ossoff, mr. padilla, mr. paul, mr.. peters. [inaudible conversations] mr. portman, mr. reid, mr. risch, mr. romney. ms. rosen, mr. rounds, mr. rubio, mr. sanders. [inaudible conversations] mr. sasse, mr. schatz, mr. schumer, mr. scott of florida. [inaudible conversations] mr. scott of south carolina, mrs. shaheen, mr. shelby, ms. anna mom -- sinema. >> ms. smith, ms. stabenow, mr. sullivan, mr. tester. [inaudible conversations] mr. thune, mr. tillis, mr. toomey, mr. tuberville. [inaudible conversations] mr. van hollen, mr. warner, mr. warnock, ms. warren. [inaudible conversations] mr. whitehouse, mr. wicker, mr. biden, mr. young. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible] [inaudible conversations] >> the senate will be in order. the senate will be in order. the sergeant-at-arms will make the proclamation. >> hear ye, hear ye, hear ye all persons are commanded to keep silent while the house of representatives is exhibiting to the senate of the united states and article of impeachment against donald john trump former president of the

mr. murphy. mrs. murray. , mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. portman mr. reed. mr. risch. mr. romney. ms.es rosen. mr. round. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. sasse. mr. schatz. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. mr. shelby. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow now. mr. sullivan. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. toomey. mr. tauber bill. mr. van hollen. mr. warner. miss warren. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. >> [inaudible] a quorum is present. majorityr. leader. >> very briefly i simply want to welcome all senators on this first day of the one 117th congress. today, 60 members are joining our ranks for the first time. senators hagerty of tennessee, hicken looper of colorado, lujan of new mexico, of wyoming, marshal of kansas, tuberville of alabama, have been elected to serve the people of their home states. and of course senator kelly of arizona was sworn in a few weeks ago. we congratulate all of our new colleagues as well as their families and look forward to the ways in which they were unique experiences their ideas and their priorities

mr. murphy: are we in a quorum call? the presiding officer: yes. mr. murphy: i ask that we dispense with the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. murphy: madam president, i have one request for a committee to meet during today's session of the senate. it has the approval of the majority and minority leaders. the presiding officer: duly noted. mr. murphy: thank you, madam president. madam president, this is a screenshot from a video taken during a school field trip on august 9, 2018. these are yemenies schoolchildren, go to school in a northern governorate inside the country. and they are on their way either to or back from a picnic that they were having with their classmates. as you can see, they're schoolchildren, elementary age, around 8, 9, 10 years old, and they don't look any different than what schoolchildren here in the united states would look like on their way to a fun-filled school field trip. a boy catching a little nap somehow amidst all of the din of the rest of his classmates, so excited -- excited because there isn't

mr. murphy: thank you, madam president. madam president, this is a screenshot from a video taken during a school field trip on august 9, 2018. these a schoolchildrenre who go to schol in a northern government inside the country and they are on their way either to or back from the picnic that they were having with their classmates, as you can see there there schoolchildren elementary age around eight, 910 years old and they don't look any different then what schoolchildren here in the united states would look like on their way to a fun filled school field trip and a little boy catching a little nap somehow amidst all the din of the rest of his classmates so excited and excited because there isn't or there wasn't a lot of fun to be had for school children in yemen, today or in 2018 a civil war still plagues that countryil and plagues that yemenis children who are often facing starvation and disease but on this day there was fun to be had and this is that school bus hours later 40 children died when a us-made bomb when a us-ma

mr. murphy? >> no. >> mr. murphy, no. mrs. murray? mrs. murray, no. mr. paul? >> no. >> mr. paul, no. mr. peters? >> no. >> mr. peters, no. mr. portman? mr. reid? >> no. >> mr. reid, no. mr. risch? mr. risch, no. mr. romney? >> no. >> mr. romney, no. ms. rosen? >> no. >> ms. rosen, no. mr. rounds? no. mr. rubio? >> no. >> mr. rubio, no. mr. sanders? mr. sasse? >> no. >> mr. sasse, no. mr. shots? no. mr. schumer? mr. schumer, no. mr. scott of florida? mr. scott of florida, yea. mr. scott of south carolina? mr. scott of south carolina, no. mrs. shaheen? mrs. shaheen, no. mr. shelby? mr. shelby, no. ms. sinema. ms. sinema, no. ms. smith? ms. smith, no. ms. stabenow? ms. stabenow, no. mr. sullivan? >> no. >> mr. sullivan, no. mr. tester? >> no. >> mr. tester, no. mr. thune? mr. thune, no. mr. thillis? mr. thillis, no. mr. toomey? mr. toomey, no. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen, no. mr. warner? mr. warner, no. ms. warren? >> no. >> ms. warren, no. mr. whitehouse? mr. whitehouse, no. mr. wicker? >> no. >> mr. wicker, no. mr. wyden? mr. wyden, no. mr. young? >> no. >> mr. young, no. ms. harri

mr. murphy? mrs. murray? mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. port man. mr. reid? mr. rich? mr. romney. miss rosens. mr. brown. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. [inaudible]. mr. shots. mr. schumer? mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. sheheen. mr. shelby? miss smith? [inaudible]. mr. sullivan? mr. [inaudible]. mr. thune? mr. tillis? mr. tubberville? mr. warner? miss warren? mr. whitehouse? mr. whicker? mr. widen? mr. young? >> [silence]. >> [silence continues]. >> [silence]. >> [no audible conversations]. >> laura: the senate is voting on the objection to the arizona election results. chad pergram has breaking news. tell us what you just learned about why congress might be here late into the night? >> it's going to take a while because hawley the republican from missouri who announced first he would object to the electoral votes indicated he would continue his objection to the state of pennsylvania. that's next in the mix. this is the vote whether or not to certify arizona. the house of representatives across the building is still debating arizona. they will take a vote as wel

mr. murphy. >> no. >> mrs. murray. >> no. >> mr. paul. >> no. >> mr. peters. >> no. >> mr. portman. >> no. >> mr. reed. >> no. >> mr. risch. >> no. >> mr. romney. >> no. >> ms. rosen. >> no. >> mr. rounds. >> no. >> mr. rubio. >> no. >> mr. sanders. >> no. >> mr. sasse. >> no. >> mr. shotz. >> no. >> mr. schumer. >> no. >> mr. scott of florida. >> no. >> mr. scott of south carolina. >> no. >> mrs. shaheen. >> no. >> mr. shelby. >> [ inaudible ]. >> miss sinema. >> no. >> miss smith. >> no. >> miss stabenow. >> no. >> mr. sullivan. >> no. >> mr. tester. >> no. >> mr. thune. >> no. >> mr. tillis. >> no. >> mr. toomey. >> no. >> mr. tuberville. >> aye. >> mr. van hollen. >> no. >> mr. warner. >> no. >> ms. warren. >> no. >> mr. whitehouse. >> no. >> mr. ricker. >> no. >> mr. wyden. >> no. >> mr. young. >> no. >> what's happening is they are just tallying the votes that were just voted by the u.s. senators. you saw all of the senators, we believe are in the chamber. they voted orally. it's being tabulated by the clerks there. they are discussing with parliamentary staff there a

mr. murphy? >> no. >> mrs. murray? >> no. >> mr. paul? >> no. >> mr. peters? >> no. >> mr. portman? >> no. >> mr. reid? >> no. >> mr. ricsh? >> no. >> mr. romney? >> no. >> ms. rosen? >> no. >> mr. rounds? >> no. >> mr. rubio? >> no. >> mr. sanders? >> no. >> mr. sasse? >> no. >> mr. shots? >> no. >> mr. schumer? >> no. >> mr. scott of florida? >> no. >> mr. scott of south carolina? >> no. >> mrs. shaheen? >> no. >> mr. shelby? >> no. >> ms. sinema? >> no. >> ms. smith? >> no. >> ms. stabenow? >> no. >> mr. sullivan? >> no. >> mr. tester? >> no. >> mr. thune? >> no. >> mr. tillis? >> no. >> mr. toomey? >> no. >> mr. tubberville? >> aye. >> mr. van holland? >> no. >> mr. warner? >> no. >> ms. warren? >> no. >> mr. white house? >> no. >> mr. wicker? >> no. >> mr. wyden? >> no. >> mr. young? >> no. . >> what we just saw was senators vote down the first objection to joe biden's electoral vote tally in arizona. then they're going to proceed to the house to continue on with this process. by the way, a process that was interrupted by domestic terrorists, insurrectionists who stormed the ca

mr. murphy: thank you, madam president.madam president, this is a screenshot from a video taken during a school field trip on august 9, 2018. these a schoolchildrenre who go to schol

mr. murphy that he is equal to him. mr.shirt shoved down her mouth. i wanted the jury to see the level of violence, because one of the things that we needed to prove was torture, so that we needed to prove he intended to inflict pain on these victims. >> alcala would strangle the women into unconsciousness, wait until they wake up, and then strangled them again. he knew exactly what he's doing, and he enjoyed what he was doing. >> so these are the facts of the samsoe case. >> because rodney alcala was representing himself, he got to cross examine the witnesses. and then of course questioned robin samsoe's mom. >> this is what they looked like. >> he was questioning my mother about the earrings, trying to create doubt. alcala tried to argue with my mother. >> all the jury sees is the man who murdered this poor woman's daughter cross-examining her. >> it was so hard watching her that i think the three of us just sat there and sobbed. >> robin samsoe's day in court is today. you make sure that he is held responsible for what h

senator murphy. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you very much, ambassador come for your years of service and your willingness to step up and serve again in this role. i wanted to first talk about the situation today in yemen. secretary blinken last week committed to ending u.s. support for the military campaign led by saudi arabia and yemen, but in 2015 the security council passed a resolution which essentially at the time endorse all of the saudi demands, the onset of of e intervention. it really has constrained our ability to negotiate an end to the war, that resolution seeks the return of -- i think everybody in anything about this conflict understand there will have to be some transition away from president hadi in order to gain a peace deal, demands that houthis withdraw from all of the areas they had seized and really only recognizes two parties to the conflict. in other words, it ignores the role of saudi arabia, uae and iran. these are all pretty outdated and unrealistic demands, and so my question is will you commit

mr. chairman. >> thank you senator murphy.unfortunately, human nature is such that people remember your gaffes no matter how much good you've done. i talked with the doctor and his group at length and they acknowledge things were different in the pandemic and the miraculous things they've done as far as smallpox, polio and aids. and certainly the bill you and i introduced did try to do the reformsli needed. i think what would be helpful in that regard, we will go back to talking about the miraculous work. with that, let's turn to senator barrasso. are you with us virtually? >> apparently not. we will turn to senator portman who i am told is with us. are you there? >> i am, mr. chairman. thank you. ambassador i enjoyed our conversation and appreciate your answers to questions today. we talked quite a bit at the confucius institute and as i told you we have now forwarded to you the report that i hope you will take a look at at least the executive summary on what they've been up to around the country. you talked in that speech ab

mr. chairman? >> i can hear you, senator murphy.i can't see you but your voice is well heard here. >> okay, thank you. it's much appreciated. let me ask this question. aside from rejoining the w.h.o.. which president-elect biden has already committed to doing, what will the biden administration do to ensure that the vaccine is disseminated quickly and fairly so every country has a a chano protect their citizens regardless of their wealth? >> thank you, senator. the president-elect has said we are committed to making sure that to the best of our ability the vaccine is distributed properly and equitably. we intend to join kovacs. we believe strongly that we can do that ensure that every american gets the vaccine, but also help make sure that others around the world who want it have access to it. the w.h.o. is a very imperfect organization in need of reform, but one of the reasons that the president-elect has determined we should get back into w at you is in a much more effective decision to advance that reform of the w.h.o. if weather

senator murphy, you are up. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. good to see you, tony.hank you for sharing that really wonderful story about your stepfather at the outset. we are not a perfect nation. we have been flawed from the beginning. we are always seeking perfection but i imagine at that moment america

murphy? >>> all right, thank you mr. chairman.u, ambassador for your years of service and your willingness to step up and serve in this role. i wanted to first talk about the situation today in yemen. secretary blinken committed to ending u.s. support for the military campaign laud by saudi arabia in yemen. in 2015 the security council passed a resolution that set the time to endorse all of the saudis demands and it has constrained our ability toif i understand resolution. it will demand that they withdrawal from all of the areas that they seized and it only recognizes some of the parties. these are all pretty outdated and unrealistic demands. so my question is will had you commit to seeking a updated resolution to replace this one? what steps are you contemplating? >> thank you, sir. let me start by saying the situation in yemen is horrific. it is one of the worst crisis that we're facing right now. we need to find a negotiates negotiation. and they have contributed to the war and i think it is incumbent that they address this is

mr. chairman. >> thank you, senator coons. next up is senator graham and after that senator murphy, however, between the two, and after senator raham we're going to take a humanitarian break for 10 minutes since we've been at it for a couple of hours so you're holding up well, mr. blinken, but we don't want you to wither, so we'll take a break after senator graham's as usual poignant questions. senator graham. >> i'll make sure i don't violate the geneva convention here. and i think you're an outstanding appointment by president-elect biden. i've known you, and you understand the world. we have different viewpoints on some issues, but nominate qualified people, reach an agreement when you can and disagree when you must. so senators coons and i are going to be working together on the state department appropriations account. you have my complete support, the people at the state department are incredibly patriotic, they live in dangerous places and-- i'm a big fan of they have the ability to change things. you're an outstanding choice and we'll try to go quickly around the world and get a 30,000 foot view of where we start this n

mr. chair. >> next up is senator graham. after that, senator murphy.ever, between the two, we will take a humanitarian break for about ten minutes as we have been at this for a couple of hours. you are holding up well, but we don't want you to whether so we will take a look after senator graham's usual appointment questions. >> thank you. i will try to make sure that i don't violate the geneva convention here. the one thing i want to say is i think you are an outstanding choice. i've known you for a long time and i think you understand the world with different viewpoints on certain issues but to me the whole point is to nominate qualified people and get them in place as quickly as possible, reach an agreement where you can and disagree where you must. so, we are going to be working together on the state department appropriations account with my complete support people are incredibly patriotic and places doing very dangerous things they don't get the notoriety that they deserve, so i'm just a big fan of the soft power and foreign policy. the military ha

mr. president of those 77 lives that you saved, how many were women? as and the president got this chuckle, and he said well murphyhey were all women, and move goes and says are you sure they were drowning. and that's a move griffin story. the there >> you go. >> so speaking of which, you are very close to your geography, that you stay close to hollywood, so do you have a lot of hollywood actors coming to visit, you know like i see the titanic was an opportunity to engage, in all to the hollywood industry, but on a year to year basis. >> on a regular basis, not as much anymore years ago we had much more, because they were alive and a lot of them are passing on now, but with exhibits like titanic were lincoln, we do attract them obviously the relationship that the president and mrs. reagan had bode well for that. so that is tapering off, and it just depends on what is happening here. because if we do a big event like the debate, you will get all stripes here. so. >> so i have a couple more questions, and we have a little factoid we want to put up on screen to finish up. so did nancy reagan speak at the funeral? >>

mr. chair. >> thank you senator coons. next up is senator graham and after that will be senator murphy.however, between the two, and after senator graham, we are going to take a humanitarian break for about 10 minutes since we've been at it for a couple of hours. so you're holding up well, mr. blinken, but we don't -- we don't want you to wither so we'll take a break after senator graham's usual poignant questions. senator graham. senator graham: thank you, i'll try to make sure that i don't violate the geneva convention here. one thing i want to say i think you're an outstamping choice by president-elect biden. i've known you a long time, you had the president, and we have different viewpoint, but to me nominate qualified people and get them in place as quick as possible, and disagree where you must. and senator coons and i are working together and have my -- on the state department appropriations account. you have my complete support that the people at the state department are incredibly patriotic, they live in dangerous places doing the dangerous things and don't get the notoriety th

the part of my colleague, senator schumer as well as murphy and others up and down the northeast in the gateway project and the hudson tunnel project. mr. buttigieg: i have heard this loud and clear from you and your colleagues and counterparts in the region and look forward to working with you on this. sen. blumenthal: the same applies to the bridge across the connecticut river which is in serious need of repair and replacement, a $550 million project but i hope it will be included in any broader infrastructure program. let me just close, my background as a prosecutor, i believe in enforcing the laws. here, we make a lot of laws. but you know how important law enforcement is. the dot has failed again and again to issue regulations that are necessary to make the law real in people's lives under the 2018 the faa reauthorization act. congress required them to issue a rule establishing minimum seat size and legroom standard for a commercial site -- commercial flight and new cabin evacuation procedures pertaining to seat sizes. many of us on this panel were instrumental in passing that law but the rules still have not been issued. i would

brian murphy, filed a whistle-blower complaint accusing -- orton him to modify intelligence assessments of white supremacy appear lest severe and to include information on left-wing group to ally with mr. trump's messaging. they denied the accusation and released an annual threat assessment in october that acknowledged that violent white supremacy was the most persistent and lethal threat in the homeland. the intelligence first, who spoke anonpit are argued that the warning should have been issued as early as november, when trump was making escalating accusation about the election, saying far right groups continued to be galvanized, a security official confirmed for nbc news today. and that there is no good explanation for why there never was. just a reminder of what the fbi director was publicly testifying to, even before september. here's christopher wray, testifying on the threat to the homeland from radical white supremacists. >> what i can tell you is that, within the domestic terrorism bucket, category as a whole, racially motivated violent extremism is within that bucket, weren't the extremist bucket, people ascribing to some kind of white supremacist type of ideology is certai