quorum call: mr. reid: mr. president? i would ask unanimous consent the call of the quorum be terminated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i would ask the time of the republicans and the democrats be preserved. no one is here. we should preserve that time. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: and i think the order already is the time would be equally divided. if that's not the case, i ask that be the case. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call:

mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. reid: i come to the floor today not to talk about a political issue in the real sense of the word, not democrat versus republican, but a very difficult, sensitive issue. it's hard to talk about, but we as a nation can't keep ignoring this important topic. it's been more than 20 years since i learned about something called female genital mutilation known as f.g.m. since then i've spoken often against this awful procedure and the devastating effect it has on women and girls around the world. a number of people warned me 20 years ago this isn't a subject that i should talk about, was taboo. they thought it would be untoward for me to do so, but i told them i had to because no one else was talking about it. so i'm going to continue to do everything that i can to bring attention to this issue and fight to end this horrible, awful, brutal practice that is perpetrated against women and girls. mr. president, it was 1994 cable news program that introduced me to this practice. one of my friends

mr. reid: they were up in canada. when you begin to look at the operations -- when the british would attack a militia post, it is sort of famous and local legend, the attack on st. michael's. there were 60 brits and 20 americans. they shot and missed. tripped andualty sprained an ankle. at the battle of bladensburg, you had a high casualty rate because it was its standoff, straight-line napoleonic style battle. it was the bloodiest battle of the chesapeake campaign. it was mostly the size of forces involved. the british had orders to avoid large combat. they would avoid massive american militia. they would go somewhere else to burn, rape, and pillage. yes, sir? >> how do british naval historians characterize what was done in the chesapeake? eyes would be critical of that. it sounds like the first world war, the germans going into bellevue and so forth. mr. reid: the british view it as justified. absolutely positively justified. the americans were committing "atrocities" in canada, burning, pillaging, looting. the amer

mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. reid: reserving the right to object, mr. president, i need not say every time i come to the floor -- and my friend is on the floor speaking -- to tell everyone within the sound of my voice how much i admire him and the service he has rendered to our country, both as a naval pilot and as a senator and a member of the house of representatives. however, he has a job to do, and i have a job to do. i, like most people in the senate, have not served in the military. i acknowledge that. but i didn't go to canada. did i my best. i had civil obligations during all the time my friend was in vietnam. mr. president, i -- mr. mccain: if my colleague would yield, i believe you have served the state of nevada and this nation with honor. mr. reid: so, mr. president, i do believe that we have a job to $. he does his job the best he can and everyone knows how hard he works. this is a very big, important bill. i have had the good fortune for all of these years to work on it. it's been difficult sometimes

mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. reid: it's real unfortunate that the republican leader comes here often and continues to harp, complain about obamacare. even though it's continuing to work. more than nine out of ten americans now have health care. this is the best it's ever been. never been this way before. they say they want to repeal obamacare. they have tried scores of times. it hasn't worked. so what they are saying, i guess, is that they just want to get rid of this and have people go back to the way it used to be, the way it used to be. i remember, people out in america remember canceling insurance. when you're sick, if you got a really serious illness, they would cancel it because your bills were too high. if you had a preexisting disability, forget about it. you couldn't get insurance. if you were a college student, you would get cut off quickly. you couldn't stay on your parents' insurance policy. that's not the way it is now. millions of men and women can stay on the insurance of their parents. so we would

mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. reid: mr. president, i've had a long, press sanity relationship with the senior senator from florida. we served in the house together. we served in the senate together. i have great admiration for him and his lovely wife, grace. i'm happy to are here on the floor with him today. the people of florida are so fortunate to have this good manage representing them. mr. president, look at this map behind me. there are two types of mosquitoes that carry this disease. this condition this virus. and you will see this map here covers 39 states. it goes without saying, they're not subtropical states. they're not florida. they're not louisiana or southern texas. there are places like boulder, colorado. there are places like las vegas, nevada. subtropical? no, i don't think so. four inches of rain a year. up into maine. so, mr. president, this is a serious, serious issue. 39 states. as the weather warms, the mosquitoes will multiply, and

mr. reid: mr. president, reserving the right to object -- the presiding officer: the minority leader. mr. reid: mr. president, as i have stated on the record many times, i have great admiration for the senator from arizona. we came together to the house, came together to the senate. but i have to say, it's obvious my friend has a short memory, these bills take a long time. that's traditionally how it's worked around here. weeks we work on these bills. now, i understand the bill as reported complies with the budget agreement, and i appreciate that. but the senator from arizona, i have been told, wants to offer his amendment to expand military spending without doing anything to address america's middle class. a fight against terrorism, the fight for securing our country is more than bombs and bullets. it's the f.b.i., department of homeland security, it's what we're doing to fight the scourge of drugs -- all these things are important for the purpose the security of this nation. and there's nothing b

mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent that brad hatcher, who's been a legislative fellow for me for the past year, be granted privileges on the senate floor. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: mr. president, he's done a terrific job. wooer so fortunate to have the military we do and he exemplifies that. mr. president, it's interesting to hear my friend fictionalize what's going on in the world economy, in our american economy especially. we all know that when president obama took office, the year -- the month after he was elect, in november -- the month after he was elected, in november eight years ago, the economy lost 100,000 jobs. and when president obama took over the economy, we had a surplus of $10 trillion over ten years, a surplus. my friend, the presiding officer, he frankly and his good father have talked about money that is being spent by this country that shouldn't be. however, when bush took office, we had a surplus. we had a balanced budget under bilbill clinton,

mr. reid: madam president? the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. reid: i join the republican leader in recognizing the contribution of the law enforcement officers all around this country. i'm sorry that the -- they have such a tough job, and i don't think we appreciate them enough. so i appreciate what the republican leader said. we too in nevada have had our share of these awful instances where these men and women are killed needlessly. madam president, what we know today as the zika virus was first discovered in 1947 in uganda. it was first detected in monkeys but in 1947 they also learned that the mosquito was now carrying the same virus the monkeys have. initially we did not know or hear much about zika, but we've heard plenty and we're going to hear a lot more. they named the service zika because that's where the virus was discovered, in a forest in uganda, and it is a ugandan term that means overgrown. so these mosquitoes, this virus was discovered in this overgrown forest in uganda. now seven decades later zika is an international emergency.

mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. reid: this is a new tact here. the republican leader appears to say -- it appears it is what he said -- that a rule that would require investment advisors to act in the best interests of their investors, is there something wrong with that? i don't see it. imagine, republicans want investment advisors to act in someone else's interests, namely their own. the reason this came to be, mr. president, is because investment advisors are more interested in how much they could make rather than the people who are trying to acquire some assets in their retirement age. so this is widely accepted as being important. the only people that oppose it are the investment advisors who are putting money in their own pocket instead of those, the people they represented. they have a fish -- fiduciary rule which is unwritten, of course, now it should be written that you should take your clients' interests first, and that's the way doctors have to operate, lawyers and accountants, and there's no reason that in

mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. reid: today is international day against homophobe i can't and transphobia. this day of recognition is especially significant for america since civil rights for transgender americans is at the forefront of debate. but the core comes down to the simple question: with whom do we stand? do we stand with the bullies or do we stand against the bull list? do we stand up for the bullies or against the bullies? do we defend the persecutors or do we come to the defense of the persecuted? these are the questions posed by us, and it should be. these are the questions posed to us by what's happened in north carolina, a law there that undermines the civil rights of transgender americans. during a one-day special session in march, the north carolina legislature rammed through a controversial law that strikes down local antidiscrimination ordinances. actions taken by north carolina's legislature and governor are nothing short of state sponsored legislation and transgender individuals. the law is comp

mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the minority leader. mr. reid: just a few days ago, actually last wednesday, the senate lost one of its members. our friend and colleague bob bennett. he passed away at his home here in arlington, virginia. there's a whole lot i can say about bob bennett. he was my friend. i was close to him and his lovely wife, joyce. as senator mcconnell said, he was a three-term senator. he was a scholar, an author. a celebrated businessman. those little books that were so popular a number of years ago, he took over this company and four employees. when he left that company -- i'm sorry, not when he left. within seven years that company had a thousand employees and its income was a hundred million dollars a year. they had the franklin day planner, someone will remember, we all had because of senator bennett. when i think of senator bennett, courage comes to mind. he was one of the most courageous senators with whom i served. he was a conservative republican from a conservative state, utah. the majority of the time he voted

host: i want to give a shout out to mr. reid has ap government class. isquestion is, what congressional reapportionment and how does it benefit the states? guest: we love reapportionment. not so much on gerrymandering. reapportionment happens every 10 years. the delegation in the house of delegates -- in the house of representatives is fixed at -- based on population growth or population decline, different states get different representatives. you are guaranteed a minimum of one representative in california has the most but every 10 years we reapportion and states will redistrict. they will redraw the boundaries of the district's and if the state uses a political protect a to help political party or incumbents, we call that type of redistricting gerrymandering. host: our next caller is bethany from florida. i want to give a shout out to my ap government teacher ms. carbone because she makes the subjects of much fun. differentiate between the different committees in college congress and senate. guest: too often we think is about the legislative process.

mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. reid: our friend, the republican leader, continues to complain about obamacare. and this has been the mantra of the republicans since it passed. but the true facts are these: obamacare has reduced the uninsured to the lowest rates since we've been keeping records in america. the uninsureds are going down, not up. people are healthier now as a result of being able to go to the doctor or the hospital when they're hurt or sick. now we talk about this obamacare in a vacuum. what was going on before obamacare? insurance companies ravaged the american people. the people were fortunate enough to have health care had to be aware that on any given time they could have their insurance canceled. if you were disabled, no insurance. but that isn't all. if you'd had a prior malady of some kind, if you'd had cancer, if you had diabetes, you couldn't get insurance. but not anymore. under obamacare, you cannot be denied insurance for any condition. they used to charge women more than men. no reason exc

mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. id: it's not necessary to go into great detail about the past but it's important to talk about the past. so we understand what's going on now and what the future holds. the biggest change coming from the republican minority is the -- i'm sorry, the biggest change coming from the republican majority is what the democratic minority has done. we've cooperated. we are not in the business of filibustering everything. during the first six years of the obama administration, the republicans initiated more than 600 filibusters. they filibustered everything, everything. the energy bill, as an example. we tried to do that for five years. each time we tried, we were brought -- it was brought to a standstill by the republicans. now, we have a republican bill that we worked on. it's the same bill that we did with senator shaheen in the past with some additions to it. but what's happened to that now? it's gone to the dark hole in the house. they stripped everything out of it that we've done. it's gon

. >> mr. reid, you are recognized for five minutes. >> ranking member velasquez and distinguished members, my name is morgan reid. thank you for holding this important hearing. association represents 5000 staff makers and connected device companies across the united states. our members have enabled the rise of the sharing economy leveraging the connectivity of smart devices. sharing economy companies have grown rapidly over the past decade because they allow instantaneous communication secure transactions, and personalize relevance to consumers. moreover, these same factors allow small businesses and tens of millions of americans to earn more for their families with a disability and autonomy that flexibility and autonomy. these opportunities will cease to exist if that federal regulations continue to hinder growth. i want to highlight free actions that affect our members. first, congress and the internal revenue service should take great care to ensure that the federal tax code enables, rather than

[applause] mr. reid: thank you everybody. it is a pleasure to be back here again. it's a real honor to be here as part of the marine corps. i am both an army and marine corps veteran. i saw the light in 1982 and decided to become a man. [laughter] "lion and the bay" is a joint work. they approached me two years ago about taking on the manuscript which was incomplete. he had passed away prior to getting to what i call the meat of the 1814 campaign, the british landing at benedict, maryland, the battle for fort mchenry and so on. it had incomplete accounts of joshua barney's flotilla. we will talk about that in a little bit. most of all, what he did have, which folks in england have suddenly recognized is one of the most detailed accounts of royal marine operations on the north american continent. stan's research, ships logs, he got somebody in england to go to the national maritime museum and photocopy -- this is back in the 1980's. they were doing photocopies of every ship's log in the bay. in those logs a detailed when they had landing parties, how many marines we

in addition to testifying last her, mr. reid has also testified before the u.s.enate and written several white papers on active element. counsel for the mobile health management -- management system. and i would like to yield to ms. velasquez to introduce our fourth and final witness. thank you.ez: our last witness is joe kennedy, senior fellow in the information technology and innovation foundation. mr. kennedy previously served as the chief economist for the joint economic committee. he has a phd in economics from george washington university. welcome to the committee. thank you. rep. chabot: thank you very much. ms. bruckner, you are recognized for five minutes. ms. bruckner: thank you for me to join you. my name is caroline bruckner. kosgode director of the school, focused on the implications for small business owners who are providing services and selling goods in business transactions coordinated online and through companies such as airbnb, at sea, uber, lift, task rabbit, instagram, and others. we released a paper entitled " to shed light on these issues.

chip reid has mr. on the vice presidential sweepstakes. told "the new york times" he will announce his choice for vice presidential candidate some times in early july before the republican convention. not clear who was on his list but he is giving some hints. >> i am considering a number of people. i think we'll have a great choice. >> reporter: when it comes to picking a vice presidential candidate. donald trump is a washington outsider looking for an insider. >> think i will probably go the political route. somebody that can help me with legislation and somebody that can help me get things passed somebody that has been friends with the senators and the congressmen. >> reporter: wednesday the real estate tycoon laid out qualifications for perhaps his biggest job opening yet. while still early he said he would be open to considering former rivals, marco rubio and john kasich. >> i would be interested in vetting john. i like john. had a good relationship with john. gotten along well. >> reporter: the feeling might not be mutual. >> would yo

mr. trump. joy reid is standing by to talk to us about that.mmy kimmel" last night and donald trump was the guest and what we took to be a some what serious of a debate. trump in the context of a late night comedy show accepts and says, how much is that going to pay me and his point was a lot of people would watch and a lot of commercial dollars could be raised, lets give it to a good chair charity. >> viewpoint last night turned off their tv and thinking wow, that could be something. a trump/sanders debate. >> when i saw last night, i thought to myself, for bernie sanders, what about a great idea. he's down to $5 million carbon hands and looking for a june 7th primary in california and not a lot of money left. hillary clinton saying no to a debate which bernie sanders which would help him a lot substituting for a lot of money. she's saying no thank you. if donald trump were to do it, it would be a huge gift to the sanders campaign, it would be putting 10 or $15 million in the bank free advertising and everyone would be talking about it. there

mr. ribble: you're welcome. thank you. >> senate minority leader harry reid was critical of the meeting. he spoke on the senate floor for just under 10 minutes. donald trump met privately today with speaker ryan. and republican leader mcconnell. it is just the latest sign that republican leaders in both houses are marching in step with donald trump. mcconnell has fully embraced donald trump. he said last week when he secured the nomination "i have committed to supporting the nominee chosen by the republican voters." speaking with reporters earlier this week, he sounded enthusiastic about his chances in the general election. i guess he should be giddy. donald trump is everything that the republican leader could want in a nomination. trumps policy positions are identical to the republican party platform. and today, senator mcconnell discussed consensus with trump. let us talk about the supreme court. donald trump and the senator from kentucky can talk about obstruction, for the first time in the history of the country, to a presidential supreme court nomination. that has never happened bef

harry reid said that mr. trump was trying to distract from his own record by attacking the clintons this way. take a listen. >> if any one of us were donald trump, wouldn't you try to divert attention from all he's done to show how desperate he is he brought up yesterday the suicide of foster. here's a man who committed suicide, there's no question about that, but that's not enough for donald trump. even though suicide is a tragedy, it's not a tragedy for donald trump. >> context there, senator reid's father committed suicide. so this might hit home a little closer than normal perhaps. but in any case, how do you respond to what senator reid had to say? >> look, i think when you're donald trump and you've been hit really hard by a lot of false allegations on the front page of "the new york times," you have a right to fight back and defend yourself and there's a completely double standard in this process and in this campaign between donald trump and the clintons. donald trump has false allegations against him

senate majority leader mitch mcconnell in his new memoir says his rival reid, quote, has a dr. jekyll and mry. he can be thoughtful, friendly, and funny, but as soon as the cameras turn on or he's offered a microphone, he becomes bombastic and unreasonable, spouting things that are both nasty and often untrue. this lack of restraint goes against what's expected as a party leader. these two have so much history and bad blood between them, taylor swift could write a breakup anthe about it. >> my friend the majority leader is going to be remembered as the worst leader of the senate ever. >> senate republicans almost came within hours of shutting down the department of homeland security. >> despite many reports to the contrary, the the two senate leaders swear that they're friends, or at least frenemies. >> there's a tendency to think you can't have political arguments without personal animosity. i don't have any toward my friend. >> uh be at least they've managed to avoid actual physical contact, which is more than we can say for our normally peace-loving neighbors to the north, specifically ca

and senate minority leader harry reid talked on the senate floor about mr.rump's visit to washington. then journalists talk about the recent panama papers data breach. and later, former secretary of state james baker and former national security advertiser tom done land testify on u.s. leadership in the world. >> c-span's "washington journal" live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up friday morning, iowa congressman steve king discusses his experience as cochair of ted cruz is campaign. and overreach. and ohio democratic irishman tim ryan -- congressman tim ryan talk about the defense spending bill. his recent trip to the middle east and his desire to see more special operations forces sent to iraq to train iraqis. washington journal's live at 7 a.m. eastern friday morning. join the discussion. >> house speaker paul

reid? >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. want to welcome the nominees and thank both of them for their scared servi extraordinary service to the nation. i have known you for many years. thank you, cindy. and general robinson, your father george was a career air force pilot, thank you, sir. and your husband was born in rhode island. so you got already got some momentum behind your nomination. thank you. >> the nominees before us today, as i've indicated, he's currently commander of the united nations command, commanding the united states forces career. previously served as director of the joint staff, manneder of the international service, on and on including manneder of the 82nd airborne division. so thank you, sir, for your distinguished service. now the air component for the u.s. pacific command, she has been air combat command and a list of other important assignments. thank you. general, if confirmed, you'll be the commander of u.s. european command and the supreme allied commander. you'll be asked to consider challenges

alarmed by the unrest in nevada, harry reid said he spoke with mr.anders on tuesday, saying that he faced a test of leadership over supporters's actions. you can see some of the video there. sanders versus the democrats. sanders supporters publicized partyone number of the lange.man, roberta sanders released a statement tuesday saying he condemned any of the violence. you can find the statement online. within the last few days, there have been a number of purchases made by campaign organizations. that is the latest in the back and forth, more to come as we toward the-- head general election. mountainsreports that of mud are set to fly in the presidential race. back to our phone calls and conversation with all of you. police relations in your community. roger, you are next. arizona. good morning. go ahead. -- you know,listen i'm really tired of listening to all of this police condemnation. navajo county, arizona, we have an elected sheriff who , cocaine rehabab five times. fbi, the dea have been notified of this elected sheriff of navajo county being

mr. trump's refusal to release his returns, there is a bombshell in them. donald trump told the press he doesn't exprc -- joe: in 2012, harry reidcusations about mitt romney with tax issues. mitt romney is dishing back out what he got a few years ago. alix: coming up, greece could be closer to resolving its credit crisis. access to refinancing lines for greek banks next month. we are going to dive deep. ♪ alix: the new york times reported that the husband of chelsea clinton has closed his greece hedge fund after losing 90% investor money in 2 years. just more evidence of the insurance of the ongoing precrisis, which has been a surprise to investors. joe: to get an update on greece, nick joins us from athens. thanks from joining us. there seems to be some optimism that the deal won't go to the last second, that the ecb will loosen the screws and little bit from greece. what is the latest? nick: there are two reasons for this latest bout of positivity. one, on sunday, the greek parliament voted 2% of gdp in new fiscal measures, 1% coming from pensions, the other 1% from income tax. that happened a few hours before a eurogroup meet

mr. trump, next. and is seen it -- and senate minority leader harry reid weighed in on the presidential race. then, a discussion about donald trump's relationship to the bush family, and later, presidential -- former president bill clinton campaigning in kentucky for his wife, hillary clinton. president obama will host a summit for the president of finland and the prime minister's of norway, sweden, denmark, and iceland tomorrow. afterwards, the white house will host a state dinner for the nordic leaders. we will have coverage of the dinners live at 7:00 p.m. eastern. house speaker paul ryan said his meeting with republican presidential candidate donald trump was productive, but would not say if he will be endorsing mr. trump. speaker ryan spoke to reporters at his weekly news briefing at the capital. speaker ryan: good afternoon -- excuse me, good morning. right now, more americans die every year from drug overdoses than they do in car accidents. let me say that again. we have got more of our fellow citizens dying every year from drug overdoses than they do of car accidents. today, the house

reid is not the only senate leader who can throw a punch. mitch mcconnell in new memoir the long game has a dr. jekyll and mr. hyde personality.crophone, he becomes unreasonable spouting things both nasty and often untrue. this lack of restraint goes against what's expected from a party leader. ♪ we've got bad blood they have some history and bad blood, taylor swift could write a break-up anthem about it. >> he'll be remembered as the worst leader ever. >> almost came within hours of shutting down the department of homeland security. >> despite many reports to the contrary, two senate leaders swear they're friends or at least frenemies. >> i think there's a tendency to think you can't have political arguments without personal animosity. i don't have any toward my friend. >> at least they've managed to avoid actual physical contact which is more than we can say for normally peace-loving neighbors to the north. justin true doe who had to apologize after man handling. >> i completely apologize. it's not my intention to hurt anyone. >> i was elbowed in the chest by the prime minister. it was very overwhelming. >> thankfully, it ha

mr. bishop: certainly i want to thank our staff, the minority staff, i'd like to thank matt washington, mike reid and mike cal fwmbings agney from my personal office. on the majority staff, maureen, sara, sean from chairman dent's office. as you all know, this bill has a strong history and before i begin i want to also share the comments and the accolades and salutations for our colleague, sam farr, who is retiring from the committee, and this of course will be his last milcon v.a. bill. he has been a long-standing mber of this committee, very insightful, compassionate, pragmatic. we're certainly going to miss sam with his valuable, valuable contributions. i'd like to point out that this bill has a strong history of finding common ground and bipartisan support across the aisle to provide resources for our men and women in uniform who have chosen to serve and to protect our great nation's way of life and our individual freedoms. with this bill, we fund military construction projects in the department of veterans' affairs for the benefit of our soldiers, sailors, air force, marines both past and pr

mr. vi msnbc here tonight? no, which actually announced that they're missing a significant number of black correspondents. am i wrong? have you guys see like they fired melissa perry, they cancelled joy reidis hayes on probation because they thought he was related to isaac hayes. that is wrong. msnbc got rid of so many black people i thought boko-haram was running that network. don lemon is here tonight. hey, don, how is it going? alleged journalist don lemon, everybody. al sharpton, i think was here tonight. you know, i'm surprised al is a hillary supporter. you don't put a relaxer in your hair for 40 years and not feel the bern. that just doesn't happen. it's impossible. is what i'm saying, right? if you're sitting next to al sharpton, feel free to feel the perm, it's okay, we cleared it. it's all right. lots of big news this year, the treasury promised to put harriet tubman's face on the 10-dollar bill, but now we have to wait until 2030 for the face to be on the bill, man, like women have not been deceived by a bill since bill cosby. oh, like i did it. he praised jackson saying he was a tremendous president. from the grave, andrew replied, what did that jigaboo say? that is what he sa

mr. vice president? lemonade? msnbc. msnbc here tonight. no? which actually now stands for missing a significant number of black correspondents. am i wrong? they like fired melissa harris perry. they canceled joy reidey booted tore touray. i heard they put chris hayes on probation because they thought he was related to isaac hayes. that's wrong. msnbc got rid of so many black people i thought boko haram was running that network. what is going on? i should say some of america's finest black journalists are here tonight. don lemon's here too. hey, don, how's it going? alleged journalist don lemon, everybody. al sharpton i think was here tonight. you know, i'm surprised al's a hillary supporter. you don't put a relaxer in your hair for 40 years and not feel the bern. that just doesn't happen. it's impossible. is what i'm saying. right? if you're sitting next to al sharpton, feel free to feel the perm. it's okay, we've cleared it, it's all right. lots of big news this year. the treasury promised to put harriet tubman's face on the $10 bill. now we have to wait till 2030 for the $20 bill. women haven't been this deceived by a bill since cosby. oh, like i did it. ben carson was also against harry tubman

mr. trump does have the nomination. all this awkwardness and division on the republican side is making democrats gleeful. basically. but are they gleeful to the point of delusion? the great joy reidis here to talk me down. she's got big news of her own. that's coming up. >>> harry reid woke up in a wonderful world today. he's the democratic leader in the senate. he has watched his party first lose control of the house and then the senate during the obama presidency. but today harry reid had a smile on his face and blast furnace bellows for lungs. "democrats will ride trump to the majority," says harry reid. senator reid telling reporters today on a conference call, "i think this race could be a debacle for the republicans. but i'm not taking it for granted, i'm not being overconfident. the trump nation could be a debacle for republicans. sure. the sureness, though, is a little unsettling. compared to everybody else, harry reid did at least qualify it a little bit. he was slightly restrained today. but consider the company that he's in. here's "the washington post." if clinton wins florida and carries the 19 states plus d.c. that have voted for the democratic nominee in each of th

mr. trump does have the nomination. all this awkwardness and division on the republican side is making democrats gleeful. basically. but are they gleeful to the point of delusion? the great joy reid is here to talk me down. she's got big news of her own. that's coming up. when you find something you love, you can never get enough of it. change the way you experience tv with xfinity x1. ♪ ♪ you live life your way. we can help you retire your way, too. financial guidance while you're mastering life. from chase. so you can. financial guidance while you're mastering life. poallergies?reather. stuffy nose? can't sleep? take that. a breathe right nasal strip instantly opens your nose up to 38% more than allergy medicine alone. shut your mouth and say goodnight, mouthbreathers. breathe right. >>> harry reid woke up in a wonderful world today. he's the democratic leader in the senate. he has watched his party first lose control of the house and then the senate during the obama presidency. but today harry reid had a smile on his face and blast furnace bellows for lungs. "democrats will ride trump to the majority," says harry reid. senator reid telling reporters today on a conference call,

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harry reid told another one of my colleagues today that donald trump is the number one issue in the general election. the chairman of the nevada democratic party wrote mrtrump a letter, inviting him to come back to nevada as quickly as possible. in the early stages, it is looking like trump is a boon to democrats in down ticket races and causing some consternation, a sticky situation for many republican officeholders who were going to run underneath him. host: you were at trump tower last night in new york. what was the mood? ben: it was jubilant. this is the third tuesday in a row where trump has come to trump tower and celebrated with his family. with supporters. striking moment was when ted cruz's concession speech was playing on a big screen tv that was right up to the side of where the press was sitting. a lot of senior staffers, including the campaign manager, the deputy campaign manager michael glassner and stephen miller, were gathered around standing in a line, watching cruz concede. saider went up when cruz he would be suspending his campaign. and then after that speech ended, those guys all embrace very warmly. for them, it has been a little

harry reid went on the senate floor and forced mitt romney to release those taxes. mitt romney's taxes were not under audit at the time. the information which mraid the taxes won't show anything, but in mitt romney's case, they were inkrcredibly revealing. >> the difference is, mr. trump is proud to pay a lower tax rate. >> then let us know how low it is. i want to pay it too. >> you need to fight for every dollar so you can put your money back into the business and create jobs. >> speaking of mitt romney, mitt romney has said there is, in his judgment, something to hide. >> mitt romney is a failed presidential candidate on two different occasions, as you know. he wanted to get in this race so badly and realized he couldn't win again. he had his opportunity to try and set the country right. he disappeared the last three weeks of that general election campaign. no one knows where the guy went. he decided to build an eight-car garage at his malibu home while he's running for president. he hid from his health. donald trump embraces it. he says this is what america can become. >> take mitt romney out of it. people always say, people who have nothi

mr. vice president? lemonade? oh. msnbc, msnbc here tonight? actually now stands for missing a significant number of black correspondents. am i wrong? have you guys seen, they like fired melissa harris-perry, they canceled joy reidayes on probation because they thought he was related to isaac hayes. that's wrong. msnbc got rid of so many black people i thought boca haram was running that network. what was going on? you know i should say some of america's finest black journalists are here tonight. don lemon is here, too. hey, don. how is it going? alleged journalist don lemon, everybody. al sharpton, i think was here tonight. you know i'm surprised al is a hillary supporter. you don't put a relaxer in your hair for 40 years and not feel the person. -- the bern. that just doesn't happen. it's impossible, is what i'm saying. right? if you're sitting next to al sharpton feel free to feel the perm. it's okay. we've cleared it. lots of big news this year. the treasury promised to hut harriet tubman's face on the $10 bill but now we have to wait for the 2030 for the $20 bill. yeah. man, women haven't been this deceived by a bill since cosby. oh, like i did it. ben carson was also against harriet tubman replacing andrew

mr. president, we are working very hard on both sides of the aisle. senator reid and i have been discussing a package of amendments which we hope ultimately we will be able to approve by unanimous consent. we're making sure that it's a balanced package reflecting both republican and democratic initiatives. these are amendments that are acceptable to both of us as managers of the bill, but we are waiting for the process to work its way through. my hope is that we might be able to do this this evening, but if not this evening, then perhaps we will be able to turn to it first thing in the morning. thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: ms. collins: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from maine. ms. collins: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that proceedings under the call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. collins: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i now ask unanimous consent that the following amendments be c