mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent to use leader time. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: well, mr. president, first on health care, my two good friends, senators alexander and murray, have constructed a good, fair, bipartisan agreement that gives us a way forward on health care. it will offer stability to the markets. it will help lower premiums. and we've seen president trump's near constant equivocation on the agreement. we shouldn't let it impede the progress of this very important bipartisan compromise. he's for the bill one day, against it the next. that's not uncommon. the president sometimes is for and against something in the same sentence. we can only hope he comes around and grasps what's in the bill. the alexander-murray bill is not a bailout to the insurance companies at all. it's the opposite. we've taken pains to ensure that insurance companies do not reap any benefits from this program. that's what alexander and murray have done. they have had explicit provisions in the bill to ensure that the cost-sharing program does what it's intended to do: lowe

mr. schumer: madam president. the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the quorum be dispepsed with. the presiding officer: the senate is not in a quorum call. mr. schumer: thank you, madam president. now, madam president, last week, first on the issue of health care, last week, president trump committed two acts of pointless sabotage to our nation's health care system. he signed an executive order that would give insurers more latitude to sell temporary junk plans that are not only incredibly risky to the consumer but undermine the rest of the health care market by drawing healthy americans out of the pool. even worse, president trump decided to stop the cost-sharing program that reduces premiums, deductibles, and co-pays for seven million americans a year. there is literally no upside to the president's decision to end the cost-sharing program. because of the president's actions, premiums will go up between 20% and 25%, according to c.b.o. just today, in pennsylvania, we saw premiums rise by 30% as a direct result of the

mr. schumer: good morning, mr. president. now, yesterday, we all learned that our colleague, senator flake, would be retiring at the end of his term. after senator corker's announcement a few weeks ago, this was a blow, another blow to this body. senators flake and corker are both men of principle, decency, conscience. in his address here on the floor shortly after this announcement, senator flake alluded to the great figures of history who toiled at these desks to remind us that our time here is only temporary. he is certainly right. it should comfort him, however, that history will judge senator flake and senator corker as two men of the greatest conscience to have graced this chamber on either side of the aisle in a long time. this senate will be much poorer for their departures. now, on taxes, mr. president, last week, the senate passed one of the worst budgets in our nation's history. it excuses one of the most massive expansions of the national debt ever, $1.5 trillion. it directs the committees to take a sledgehammer t

mr. schumer: thank you, mr. president. i want to first thank my colleagues, particularly sherrod brown, our ranking member of the committee, and senators whitehouse, blumenthal, and franken and so many others who have spoken so eloquently on this issue. i don't think it's coincidence that many members on our side have spoken and very few on the other side. it is one of those instances where the powerful will get more powerful. everyone knows it and people are not out there beating their chests about this if they are trying to support it. it may be a little bit of being ashamed. now, this is what's happened here. we finally have an agency to protect the consumers against large institutions, most of which are good institutions, but some of which typically take advantage of the average person. they do it in a whole variety of ways. we saw with equifax, the idea that they didn't have to protect people's information and were almost nonchalant about it. we su it with wells fargo -- we saw it with wells fargo where people came up

mr. schumer: thank you, mr. president. yesterday morning we learned that for members of the trump campaign, mr. manafort, his one-time campaign chairman and mr. gates, a close associate of manafort's, were indicted on a dozen charges as part of special counsel mueller's investigation, including money laundering, a conspiracy to commit fraud, and a conspiracy against the united states. the fact that the activity in question took place partially before the trump campaign offered mr. coman fort the role -- manafort the role of chairman in no way diminishes the gravity of the situation. if anything, it suggests that the trump campaign was negligent in hiring as its chairman a man who is an unregistered foreign agent working for a pro-russian proxy party in ukraine. that man is now alleged to have been laundering large sums of money and concealing his identity as a foreign agent to the f.b.i. and department of justice, including during his time during the trump campaign. imagine, imagine having such poor vetting and poor judgme

mr. schumer: propose -- mr. president, yesterday the chairman and ranking member of the help committee came together on a package for a health care law. it was the product of months of difficult negotiations. like all good negotiations, both sides gave some, both sides got some. the product is something neither side is completely happy with, but both sides can move forward with. that's what a good, fair compromise looks like. when bipartisanship is desperately sought after, this is not even a flicker, but a nice flame of bipartisanship burning brightly, and then a few minutes ago, president trump tweeted, quote, i am supportive of lamar as a person, and also of the process, but i can never support bailing out insurance companies who have made a fortune with obamacare. there are many reasons to feel vehemently upset, strongly upset about this tweet, how wrong it is. first, frankly, the president doesn't know what he's talking about in the compromise. it doesn't bail out insurance companies. it helps people who ar

mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the quorum be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: now, first, about las vegas, mr. president, the nation continues to reel from the awful, awful events of sunday night in las vegas. the deadly mass shooting -- the most deadly mass shooting in modern american history. it's gooden even deadlier in the last 24 hours. 59 dead, 527 injured. some wounded by gunfire, some injured because they were trampled in the chaos. 22,000 concertgoers fleeing for their lives from the scene. the police found 23 guns in the hotel room of the monster who committed this atrocity, and 19 more at his home. some of them modified to cause even more carnage. of course, as always, the just beauty of the american people pulled through. the first responders. i saw on tv today a man who had been shot. two young women came, risking their lives while those shots were going, took off his belt and tied a tourniquet around his upper thigh because he was b

mr. schumer: thank you, objection. . >> as we continue to grieve the people of las vegas and the families of the injured or were deceased i see those beautiful young people that have their life ahead of them and you a call for them. but our thoughts must turn to action so it c doesn't happen again. what can we do as a nation to change? when there are more mass shootings began days when we average more than one per day something has to change so this might not happen again the overwhelming majority would say yes. if we could talk to those souls that were killed they would say do something. they would not say leave things alone. the fact there were so many injured not to prevent somebody else from dying the way they did. >> but the families of the loved ones would agree with me that it is appropriate and necessary. and then politics is to be a more prosperous place to live with no more appropriate time than now to talk of the issue. yesterday president trump visited las vegas. i'm h glad he reminded everybody they have the full support of the nation but he did not talk about guns. to lead i

mr. schumer: thank you, mr. president. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. morning business is closed. under the previous order, the senate will resume consideration of the house message to accompany h.r. 2266, which the clerk will report. the clerk: house message to accompany h.r. 2266, an act to amend title 28 of the united states code to authorize the appointment of additional pickups judges, and for other purposes. the presiding officer: the senator from california. ms. harris: mr. president, i thank the minority leader, senator schumer, for his words of emphasis on the need to ensure that not only do our fellow americans in florida and texas receive the relief that they so dearly and sorely need, but also that our fellow americans in puerto rico and the united states virgin islands as well receive the relief that they need and receive the priority that they deserve. california has been devastated, frankly, by the wildfires that we have just experienced. ten days ago, i was

mr. schumer. >> mr. schumer certainly he has interacted with people like ms.askill and invites them sometimes to go on trips. mr. donnelly from indiana went on a trip out to his home state. he doesn't hesitate to call. he has learned -- i don't think he will ever accept that politics sometimes trumps what's good for america. we're doing the tax cut debate not debate but the house and the senate are developing their plans. >> laura: doesn't he have to get engaged though he? didn't get engaged on okay anobamacareand that went down t. >> is he very engaged. what we are about to see is the agents of the swamp are going to start. there is already amassing to stop some of the things that the house, senate bills have in them what the president wants. he is going to take them on and he is going to take this thing down to the wire. but he wants to work and is working with the congress, both sides of the hill. and i think there is going to be a great tax cut come out of this. if there isn't, it won't be because. >> >> laura: is there an if? >> no. i don't think there is

discussing the wisdom castle or referendum on independence in the context of present challenges mr schumer the e.u. has also other issues right now the title refugees and migrants into europe has been put under some control for now but what is happening to those who are already in how is their integration going. the the refugee can rise is if you want if you want to call it that way. has two major perspectives one is the control of the outer borders of the european union which has to be enforced. if do you must be possible for for it control the out borders. it is clear that few to the geographical situation. mainly greece and italy are involved in the refugee wave from the middle east and from africa and on the other hand the more wealthy countries from sweden the other lands germany austria i involved because people when moving to europe understandable it wants to go to a place where they are better living conditions. but the rights to asylum in the right if used to speak about real refugees because they are refugees of coming from conflict areas and they are economic migrants who wants

mr. schumer was suggesting the year had been -- year-end omnibus. is that going to be the next opportunity? what do you say to people who say this could be playing with fire as far as a government shutdown? ms. pelosi: let me just -- maybe we should stay on iran and then come to that. does anybody have a question on iran? no question on iran agreement? i refer you to a statement put forth by our ranking member on the intelligence committee, adam schiff. i think it spells out the sentiments of many in our caucus very well. and when we see what the president is referencing about leadership in the congress coming up with something, i'll be happy to comment on it. but we have very difficult and ough, stringent sanctions on iran for their activities outside of the agreement. whether it's ballistic missiles, bolstering the syrian regime, whether it's support for -- as i said earlier, support for terrorist organizations -- groups we view as terrorist organizations in the region, the list goes on and we are there with very tough sanctions. but when it comes

mr. schumer which i rare liam, but there is an argument for him being the new york state senator >> neil: you don't have a sign for the principal argument. >> amy: that the tax plan would get rid of the state tax deduction. which chuck schumer is. >> it's against every republican s constituency but listen even when you take that out of the equation, for him to play ball on the supply side. >> neil: i don't think charles payne i could be very wrong i rarely disagree with my good friend charlie. >> it's going to happen. >> neil: it's going to happen and happen by the end of the year. >> i think it's going to happen but it will be a shell of what we saw this week. it won't it will be tax cuts it won't be tax reform and we will breathe. >> neil: will taxes be lower than they are now? >> we'll breathe a sigh of relief and they finally got a w on the board. >> neil: but how much lower? >> not much lower. >> neil: the corporate rate will go up beyond 20%. i think it will be 22.5% ultimate mattly. >> neil: but i think we got into this talking about how democrats are making the debt a lot worse, d

mr schumer thank you for being with us today were talking to walter schwimmer former secretary general of the council of europe and co-founder of dialogue of civilizations research institute about their recent independence referendum in catalonia and the impact it will have spain on the rest of europe for this edition of sophie and co i'll see you next time. there will come. in the u.s. a child can choose a course in school. with physicist teachers we don't. recruit will says to you if the president is interested in going in the military but we don't recruit ourselves. the pentagon is funding a program to boost interest in the military among teenagers your chance to step up to an apollo so that comfortable with yourself and things you are yourself you can't go wrong. it's a great stepping stone for whatever you want to do but some veterans are willing to tell enthusiastic children a little more they ask me call of duty is very popular first year video game. it's play and that's because like call of duty to turn off call of duty oh yeah well you can turn up for these kids just don't hea

mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the quorum be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: thank you, mr. president. now, yesterday afternoon, the nonpartisan congressional budget office came out with a score for the bipartisan alexander-murray bill. the c.b.o. report confirms that the murray-alexander bill is a great deal for the american people. it does precisely what it was intended to do -- stabilize the marketplaces, help prevent premiums from skyrocketing, and reduce the deficit. by c.b.o.'s estimate, by nearly $4 billion. as senators alexander and murray noted, the report shows that their bill will, quote, benefit taxpayers and low-income americans, not insurance companies, unquote. even "the wall street journal" editorial board, no liberal kabal, that's for sure, said today, quote, the bipartisan compromise proposed by senators alexander and murray now officially falls into the category of so obvious it should pass immediately. that's not chuck schume

mr. schumer: thank you, mr. president. mr. president. >> thank you mr. speaker is in. yesterday afternoon the nonpartisan congressional budget office came out with a score of the bipartisan alexander murray bill. cbs report confirmed the murray alexander bill is a great deal for the american people. does precisely what it was intended too do, stabilize the marketplace help prevent premiums from skyrocketing reduce the deficit. the cbo's estimate by nearly $4 billion. senators alexander murray noted report shows their bill will benefit taxpayers and low income americansco not insurance companies unquote. even "the wall street journal" editorial ward no liberal kobold that's for sure said today quote bipartisan compromise proposed by senators alexander and murray now officially falls into the category so obvious it should pass. that's not chuck schumer's office. that's not even mitch mcconnell talking for those on the hard right in my doubt mitch mcconnell. it is the beacon of the hard right. the "wall street journal" and they say again alexander murray falls into the ca

mr. schumer: thank you, objection. . >> as we continue to grieve the people of las vegas and the familiesof the injured or were

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mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. schumer: first, let me thank my friend from hawaii for his words. i will have a statement for the record on mr. pai. i'm not going to give it today because of the horrible situation in las vegas which i want to speak about. but i agree with his vote. i'm voting no on mr. pai. well, mr. president, there are precious few words for days like this. last night, as everyone now knows, at a concert in las vegas, nevada, a gunman opened fire on a crowd of 22,000, killing at least 58, sending hundreds, hundreds more to the hospital. it was the deadliest mass shooting in the history of our country. our collective hearts, so hardened now by the absurd frequency of this mass shootings, are broken once again. we mourn the families of the fallen. we pray with the families of the wounded. we have the deepest gratitude for every first responder, cop, and firefighter who rushed to the scene. that hetheir heroism is an insp. today we're filled with shock and horror, sadness, and rage. the horrific massa

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mr. schumer talk about him, continues to garner intense scrutiny. for good measure, we expect this all to be on the table when the white house press briefing gets underway shortly after 2:00, we will see what sarah sanders has to say about all of this. it is clear the white house has a singular focus, this is not about russian collusion between the administration and the russians, this is about a political witch hunt. they've got the business of the american people and that is likely to be the message here today. >> harris: a lot of talk on the economy, a lot of business, you saw the president meeting with corporate and small business leaders just last hour. kevin, did i say corker? >> it happens. i have a nickname for you, i think you know what it is. >> harris: i have a nickname, i want one. >> you are my favorite minnesota northstar. >> harris: because i moved to new york from minnesota, thank you. the president and his defenders quick to point out that the indictments of manafort and his right-hand man do not have anything to do with the trump c

mr. schumer: thank you, mr. president.now, yesterday afternoon, the nonpartisan congressional budget office came out with a score for the bipartisan alexander-murray bill. the c.b.o. report confirms that the murray-alexander bill is a great deal for the american people. it does precisely what it was intended to do -- stabilize the marketplaces, help prevent premiums from skyrocketing, and reduce the deficit. by c.b.o.'s estimate, by nearly $4 billion. as senators alexander and murray noted, the report shows that their bill will, quote, benefit taxpayers and low-income americans, not insurance companies, unquote. even "the wall street journal" editorial board, no liberal kabal, that's for sure, said today, quote, the bipartisan compromise proposed by senators alexander and murray now officially falls into the category of so obvious it should pass immediately. that's not chuck schumer talking. that's not even mitch mcconnell talking, for

mr. schumer said. the democrats want to healthcare bill. obamacare badly broken. big premiums, who knows, well then schumer shoots back the president wanted to make another run at repeal and replace and i told the president that's off the table. if he wants to work together to improve the existing healthcare system, we democrats are open to his suggestions. hey, how about this? a good place to start might be the alexander murray negotiations that would stabilize the system and lower costs. you really see a convergence of interest with alexander murray? >> yes. and i think that we will in the end probably see something here, some agreement that continues to fund obamacare. ultimately, look, that graham cassidy bill that funding for block granting to the states the president and schumer, the president has been talking about probably will come back next year. senator graham said it will after they are done with tax reform. i think the president's hope is that they can do that ultimately though, repeal, re

. >> speaking of relationships to watch, the president and the senate's top democrat, chuck schumer, mrcalling schumer this weekend to try to explore the democrat's interest in a health care deal after republicans repeated failures to repeal and replace obamacare. >> if we could do a one-year deal or two-year deal as a temporary measure, you'll have block granting ultimately to the states, which is what the republicans want. >> reporter: of course, repeal and replace is a non-starter for democrats. they have accused the president of trying to sabotage obamacare. they said they're open that repairs obamacare but not one that replaces it. hallie, full plate of politics this sunday. back to you. >> no kidding. busy week ahead. peter, thank you very much. let's bring in chuck todd, nbc's political commentator and director of "meet the press." good morning. >> good morning. >> chuck schumer and the democrats say there's no chaps we're going to negotiate on repeal and replace. when president trump calls schumer, is that a message aimed at republicans? >> reporter: it's interesting. i thought

. >> and then schumer said mr. president repeal and replacing obama care is officially dead.ath a couple of weeks ago. if we take him at his word, the president has two paths forward, one is reforming obama care through executive action which is the option i refer to is going to be incredibly painful for everybody involved. he can also try and cut a deal with dems. i think the president is showing this week, this past week that he's trying to pursue both those options at once. i mean, maybe he will forge a certain degree of success with congressional democrats on this? but he's not going to get a deal that's going to repeal and replace obama care. whatever way we look at this going forward, because of the republicans failure to get this done, it's going to be painful for him. >> i want to pick up on this, because i'm curious about the politics of it. one the one hand, look the president promised this on the campaign trail. he's keeping a promise that helped get him e elected. if you look at the polls most people support the idea of the provision of contraception. so, you know

senator schumer said listen, mr. nt, we're willing to improve obamacare but the dems don't want to repeal and replace, there is a treadmill that is going nowhere? >> absolutely. i think the place to watch is the house. senator schumer has a bipartisan negotiation already ongoing with senators lamar alexander and patty murray. that may yield a deal that enough moderate republicans in the senate can back but the house is an open question. conservatives are very influential. arthel: and listen, obamacare needs fixing. most people would agree, president obama says obamacare can be improved upon, but president trump he campaigned in a big way on doing away with obamacare and coming up with a new health care plan. so if that doesn't happen, getting back to what you pointed out earlier, does president trump stand to lose the financial backing of republican donors, many of which he met with last night for dinner? >> well, he does stand to lose them but keep in mind, tax reform is on the table, and tax reform has always been t

then have you those comments and earlier today, the senate minority leader chuck schumer said that struck the wrong tone. >> mr. president, enough. stop blaming puerto rico for the storm that devastated their shores and roll up your sleeves and get the recovery on track. that's your job as president. i don't remember the president telling texas that they threw our budget out of whack. reporter: couple focuses for the president, not just puerto rico where he'll be there for another couple hours. about five hours in total. that the hour, the president is expected to meet with the governor of the u.s. virgin islands. of course, that area was hammered as well by the storm's earlier this summer, liz. liz: we can't forget the virgin islands, just terrible. thank you so much for that. >>> dow jones industrials up nearly 80 points right now. another bull run today once again. dow, s&p and nasdaq all on track for new record closes. >>> they were sitting ducks. victims of the las vegas shooting had nowhere to run as a killer fired on them from a high hotel perch, but how was stephen paddock able to get a full arsenal in

mr. trump for his encouragement to me and senator murray to try to succeed on this. i think senator schumer, all democratic leader, for creating an environment in which we could get to this point. thank you, adjoining leader, senator mcconnell, for his focus on tax reform, -- four, despite his focus on tax reform, allowing us to get work on this. and i also think senator murray. better partner to work on. the one thing we probably most agree on or found most difficult in 2018 commode we want to make sure that the cost-sharing payments go to the thefit of consumers, not consumers. i want that the senator wants that, the senator wants that, the president wants that. i believe we have language, but i wanted to be the strongest possible language. i look forward to working with senator murray over the next few days to see if we can find a consensus among republicans and democrats to present to the senate leadership. i hope we can then pass it, the house will pass it, and the president will sign it. i think the president. i field forward. -- i yield. mr. chairman, i want to thank the senator for

mr. chairman you heard chuck schumer he said that it is a terribly budget, worst budget he has seen blowsdo you say to senator schumer saying this is again what we expected, and a cut for the rich blows up the deficit? . >> at the end of the day i think democrats have been saying those lines for so many years, they don't knowe pro-growth than the one we have today about tax reform is all about. >> markup begins caulk wake us through that making the sausage when does markup begin in house and senate when will a bill be introduced for president's desk for signage. >> permissivots off budget when signed sealed delivered we announce dates, of reform plan to table to begin markup in ways and means as well,ed se. >> are you willing to go forward with this tax bill without eliminating the deduction for state and local income taxes a lot of people on house side will not sign this if you eliminateyeah, so a day lawmakers ask will our taxpayers be better off after tax reform than before the answer yes when you are in low tax state or high tax state we are working with lawmakers to find a good way t

it seems like bob corker's frustration spilled out and i asked chuck schumer about what bob corker said. take a listen to this. >> mr. leader, mr. corker said that the president is debasing the country. do you agree with that? >> look, i wish the president, instead of finding countless enemies to pick fights with rolls up his sleeves and starts solving the problems. i said what i believe. this presidency thus far has been total flop. >> congressman, do you think that president trump is debasing the party and did schumer not go far enough in saying so? >> sure, i think president trump is debasing the country but the problem is not just him. we've got to talk about the philosophy that he's promoting. and doesn't think that people who are muslims ought to be in office. >> he called you out by name. he should you should not have been able to take your oath of office. >> well, i did, though. congress shall make no law establishing a religion or a bridge to free thereof and congress says there's no religious test. look, americans believe in our constitution. i swear an oath to uphold it. you have a right to participate in

schumer telling the president that's off the table, instead promoting a bipartisan deal already in the works that would stabilize the existing system. many democrats remain skeptical of mr. trump's intentions, arguing his administration's sabotaging obamacare. just yesterday rolling back a key requirement that employers provide free birth control coverage. still, it's not the president's first dance with democrats. >> chuck and nancy would like to see something happen, and so do i. >> reporter: last month in the oval office siding with schumer and pelosi to keep the government running. republican steve scalise with chuck todd explaining why. >> the president looked and said if the senate republicans aren't going to be able to move an agenda maybe i'll look around. >> peter alexander reporting. >>> online retailer amazon is considering selling prescription drugs. that's the word from cnbc. amazon is in the final stages of deciding whether to enter the multibillion-dollar online drug market. sources tell cnbc the company's going to make a decision before thanksgiving. so it's coming up. amazon already sells medical supplies. >>> turns out an al dater on the loose in pet l

schumer. >> he is totally inconsistent. for it one day, consistent the next. you can not govern, mr.not govern a country, you can not keep america great if you don't know what is in the bills and don't have a consistent policy about them. but he keeps zigging and zagging. our only hope maybe tomorrow he will be for this again. reporter: bottom line we expect voter-rama tonight early morning. back to you. melissa: chuck's best friend, nancy, says you have to vote to pass the bill before we know what is in it right? david: chuck's best friend is a camera, microphone. melissa: you're right. david: focus on taxes for a minute. one former lawmaker thinks republicans are too timid selling tax reform writing in "the hill," time to develop bright lines, between tax laws, arcane, excessively complex, job killing on one hand and a tax structure that actually does sim islify the law and makes it fairer and greatly enincident -- incentivizes on the other. white house and republican congress need to stop being so darn tentative about tax reform and lowering rates. we have former judd gregg of new

schumer claims there are the votes to pass the alexander-murray bill to continue subsidies to insurance companies. >> mr. president, come out and support the alexander-marie bill. you called it "a very good solution already." i announce you will support it and it will pass through the senate soon after. >> the president chief counselor suggesting even if it passes the senate and house, the president may veto it. >> the president is not going to sign into law or counted as a bailout for the insurance company's. he's here to help americans. >> president moved quickly to throw cold water on an idea that's bubbling up in washington. a plan to dramatically lower caps on contributions to 401(k) plans to help pay for tax reform. the president tweeting this morning: "there will be no change to your 401(k). this has always been a great and popular middle class tax break that works, and it stays!" that is two exclamation points for one day. >> bret: john roberts on the north lawn. the widow of one of the american soldiers killed in africa earlier this month is talking about her side of the phone conversation with

mr. president, stop complaining. start making situations better. >> james: all right, tough words from a senate minority leader, chuck schumer.rto rico accomplish what he could have wanted to accomplish? >> i think so, and i think also the politics of puerto rico, obviously, democrats trying to get this up a little bit over the last couple of days. it is going to be somewhat subsided based on what has happened in las vegas, but i thought that was an interesting thing for schumer to complain about. i took trump's kind of funny remark about looking around at officials in puerto rico saying you are really throwing our budget out of whack. i took that to mean he was talking about all of these spending crises before the hurricane hit. and it is something we are going to have to talk about. >> james: let's play the sound bite it about which senator schumer was speaking. >> mick mulvaney is here. and now, i hate to tell you, puerto rico, but you have thrown our budget a little out of whack. we have spent a lot of money on puerto rico. that's fine, we have saved a lot of lives. >> james: mara, is it the case that when there is a natu

mr. chairman, a number of years ago, maybe ten years ago, senator schumer, when he was a member of this committee and i raised an accord when these issues were being raised. we raised the burden of proof so a seizure of assets, often cash, those seizures cannot be affected without probable cause that it's either a product of the criminal activity or a facility used to facilitate collectivity, and then, if the person who had the money contests the case, they would have to, the government has to prove on a preponderance of the evidence which is normal civil standard in a civil lawsuit, and the probable cause standard, you can arrest an individual, a grand jury returned indictments on probable cause. it meets the same standard, really that it would take to put somebody inn jail. i think it's a sound policy, 80% of the seizures are not even contested when the dea sets up a procedure for claimants to make their claim, and i believe it's a sound policy. we will continue to monitor it. i will watch it even closer than we have beforeeoi, and i would be pleased to stay in munication with you and hear your

schumer. stuart: do you think the new generation of leaders, mr.z and ryan, are they going to take the party further to the left? ashley: no, i don't think so. she mentioned pelosi, three democratic leaders have been around forever, combine 90 years in congress, nothing wrong with experience. look where the party stands right now. the republicans are in the house, senate and oval office. tim ryan got a lot more votes than people realized. i think it's absolutely necessary for the democratic party to get fresh flood or new ideas. liz: or else they will pull more back to radical left. i don't think they have the wherewithal to push back. they tried but they are being swamped. you need to get fresh blood to take them on toe to toe. that's the way to bring it back to be your parents' democrat party. ashley: i'm quite happy with the current leadership of the democratic party. lever it at that. stuart: tropical storm nate turning deadly moved off to the gulf coast of mÉxico, 22 people killed in central america. could get stronger before it hits our shoe