he speak before mr. sasse. and trump said something funny about him and they had a difference of opinion and was a nice guy. i thought that was all right and the kind of frank exchange you would look for. i believe it came out with another positive spin or feeling. the people, this is a series of meetings he's been having and i think it's been working for him. >> he has obviously run on the track record -- >> let me say one thing about his frankness and directness. this is a strong man, not a timid wallflower. the american people are seeing a refinement in his messaging, most substantive messaging and they see the strength they know needs to be shown in washington to break the cycle we're on, turn this economy around and help poor people get better w e wages instead of declining wages which is what we're seeing. that's going to be what this election is about, who can fix this economy and who can put us on the right track. does it help poor african-americans to bring in more labor than we have and help them to h

mr. sass to believe that our country is in a bad place and with these two candidates the election remains a dumpster fire. nothing has changed. he met with 215 members of the house republican conference. a lot better than the senate side. reince priebus was in attendance. by most accounts that meeting was very policy-focused as opposed to the senate meeting which apparently was a little more personality focused. >>> some republicans on the hill remain skittish in large part due to trump's inability to stay on message. at a time when republicans are trying to focus the fire power on clinton''s email woes he went into a rant last night. touched on saddam hussein. star of david. teleprompters. plenty of us in the media. i have a trump style shout out. >> i wake up, turn on the television. donald trump loves saddam hussein. he loves saddam hussein. it's the star of david. you know, they took the star down. i said too bad. you should have left it up. teleprompters. let somebody come up and do what

he speak before mr. sasse.trump said something funny about him and they had a difference of opinion and was a nice guy. i thought that was all right and the kind of frank exchange you would look for. i believe it came out with another positive spin or feeling. the people, this is a series of meetings he's been having and i think it's been working for him. >> he has obviously run on the track record -- >> let me say one thing about his frankness and directness. this is a strong man, not a timid wallflower. the american people are seeing a refinement in his messaging, most substantive messaging and they see the strength they know needs to be shown in washington to break the cycle we're on, turn this economy around and help poor people get better w e wages instead of declining wages which is what we're seeing. that's going to be what this election is about, who can fix this economy and who can put us on the right track. does it help poor african-americans to bring in more labor than we have and help them to have b

mr. sasse: mr. president, yesterday james comey, the f.b.i. director, aaron nounsed that his agency will not recommend that the department of justice bring criminal federal charges against former secretary of state hillary clinton regarding her use of a set of off the books, undisclosed, unsecured e-mail servers not only for her own personal correspondence, but also for her official duties, including highly sensitive material related to foreign intelligence and related to terrorist targeting. director comey's rationale for systematically and devastatingly recounting secretary clinton's many violations of the law and yet recommending against a prosecution is being hotly debated both outside and inside the f.b.i. as it should be. i rise in this body today as a matter of oversight to speak to a slightly different matter than the prosecutorial discretion and decision. the debate about why the crimes are not being prosecuted in this case should not blind us to a broader debasing problem in our civic life today. simply put, lying matters. public tru

in response to that "new york times" report, republican senator ben sasse issued a staimt saying mr.utin's style have leveleds that were unimaginable just a week ago. president obama is weighing in in an interview set to air this morning on the "today" show. >> i think the fbi is still investigating what happened. i know that experts have attribut this to the russians. what the motives were in terms of the leaks, all that, i can't say directly. what i do know is that donald trump has repeatedly expressed admiration for vladimir putin >> donald trump tweeted yesterday, in order to try and deflect the horror and stupidity of the wikileaks disaster, the dems said maybe it is russia dealing with trump. crazy. and for the record, i have zero investments in russia. and here's what he said to a cbs affiliate in miami. >> i have nothing to do with russia. i don't have any jobs in russia. i'm all over the world but we're not involved in russia. but it was just -- i watched actually one of the people from the campaign of hillary clinton, which who i call crooked hillary, and he talked about ru

senator been sasse says, mr.ls that were unimaginable just a week ago. the united states must take serious offensive and defensive actions now. meanwhile, president obama took a stand this morning on the "today" show. >> i think the fbi is still investigating what happened. i know experts have attributed this to the russians. what the motives were in terms of the leaks, all that, i can't say drebtirectly. what i do know is that donald trump has repeatedly expressed admiration for vladimir putin. >> donald trump tweeted yesterday, in order to try and deflect the horror and stupidity of the wikileaks disaster, the dems said maybe it's russia dealing with trump? crazy. and for the record, i have zero investments in russia. here's what he said to the cbs affiliate in miami. >> i have nothing to do with russia. i don't have any jobs in russia. i'm all over the world, but we're not involved in russia. but it was just -- i watched, actually, one of the people from the campaign of hillary clinton, who i call crooked hill

sasse. he said our country continues to believe our country is in a bad place and with these two candidates it remains a dumpster stage. 80% find mrtrump hot headed 83% say obnoxious. how did that meeting go? >> i think it went very well, senators, many of them told me how they thought it went well. that was a little exchange between a couple of the senators, not senator sasse, he spoke to donald trump, they spoke before the meeting and trump said something funny about him, you know, that they had a difference of opinion and he was a nice guy, but i thought that was all right and it was a kind of frank exchange you would look for. i believe what came out of it a policy spin or feeling. this is a series of meetings he has been having and i think it's been working for him. >> okay. he has obviously run on the -- >> let me say one thing about his frankness and directness. this is a strong man. he is not a timid wallflower. the american people are seeing a refinement in his messaging, a more substantive messaging, and they see the strength, though, that they know that needs to be shown in washington to break the cycle that we are on,

quorum call: mr. sasse: mr. president? the presiding officer: the sphror nebraska. mr. sasse: mr. president, i ask -- are we in a quorum call? i ask unanimous consent to suspend the quorum call. the presiding officer: wowcts. mr. sasse: mr. president, i apologize for being a little bit breathless. i printed to the floor when i -- i sprinted to the floor when i saw the gentleman from delaware speaking. i have high regard for the gentleman from delaware. he is a man of integrity who has served his nation well, both in the navy and in this body as well. we've explored the texas-mexico border before. i wanted to come to the floor and just ask if he has any view, in lightest comments he just made, about secretary clinton. if he has any view about what should happen the next time when a career intelligence or military officer leaks classified information. i'm curious as to what should happen next because, as i see it -- and i welcome a conversation with any of the defenders of the secretary of state that want to come to the floor and he gauge in this issue, as i see it, one of two thing