mr. vance, aye. mr. hoeven, aye. mr. boozman, aye. mr. van hollen, no. the clerk: ms.i, aye. the clerk: mr.pnl the clerk: mr. kaine, no.■# the clerk: mr. mo moran, aye. the clerk: mrs. britt, aye. mr. bo,■ the clerk: mr. warnock, no. the clerk: mr. sanders, no. mr. warner, no. mr. barrasso, aye. the clerk: mr. menendez, no.■■1 the clerk: mr. kennedy, aye. the clerk: mr. young, aye.mi!■ the clerk: mr. fetterman, no.■(■ the clerk: mr. hawley, aye. mr. cruz, aye. the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 45. the nays are 51. the motion is not agreed to. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from ke ask unanimous consent that the next four amendments be considered simultaneously and individually, that eac individual andment be listed at the table by number, and that over the next 15 minutes, we'll vote on all four. each person who is for t amendmt can speak a minute for it and each person against it can speak a minute against it as we've been doing it but four amendments will be considered over the next 15in desk, each senator will come forwar

mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden.r. un the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 47. the nays are 51. the motion is not agreed to. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from tennessee. a senator: thank you. in order to consider my simple and reasonable amendment,t'stal democrats blocking amendment out of the way in order to move forward with my amendment. mr. hagerty: let me caught through the procedural languagea very simple question. do you support american taxpaye illegal immigrants from countries like venezuela and haiti into america to be settled in cities and towns near you? if so, then vote against me. vote no preserve this practice of using taxpayer dollars to charter planes that move and import thousands of illegal aliens into your states. make no mistake here, president biden has been secretly flying hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens from foreign countries into blue city airports. just last year alone in 2023 it was reported that some 320,000 illegal aliens had been flown

mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. senators voting in the affirmative -- blackburn, braun, cotton cramer crapo, cruz daines ernst, grassley hagerty, hoeven johnson, lankford lee, lummis paul ricketts risch, schmitt, scott of florida, scott of south carolina tester tubervil vance, young. senators voting in the negative -- baldwin, bennet blumenthal booker boozman, brown, butler cantwell capito cardin casey, cassidy, cocollintez masto, duckworth, durbin fetterman, gillibrand graham hassan heinrich hier hirono hyde-smith kelly, kennedy, king klobuchar, lujan, markey mcconnell, menendez moran, mullin murkowski, merkley, murray ossoff padilla, peters reed rosen, round, sanders, schatz schumer, shaheen, sinema smith, stabenow van hollen warner warnock, rren welch, whitehouse wicker, wyden. mr. sullivan, no.. mr. thune, aye. mrs. fischer, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. carper, no. mr. tillis, aye. mr. kaine, no. the clerk: mr. budd, aye. the clerk: mr. marshall, aye. the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 32, the nays are

mr. vance, no« the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: ms. murkowski, no. mr. brown, aye.the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: mr. moran, no. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of florida no. mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mr. manchin, no. the presiding officer: have all senators voted? does any senator wish to change his or vote? if not the yeas are 50 the nays are 49. the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table and the president will be immediately notified of the senate's action. the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on thenation of executive calendar number 463 eumi k. lee of california to be united states district judge for the northern district of california signed by 17 senators. the presiding officer: by una

the clerk: mr. vance, no.■ the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye.. ye. the clerk: peters, aye. the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. mr. schmitt, no. mr. scott of the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye.1 the clerk: mr. crapo, no. mr. cassidy, no. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye.. the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. ms. warren, aye. mr. lee, no. mr. lee, no. the clerk: mr. wish, no. -- mr. risch, no. 6 the clerk: mr. risch, no.■ the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. #% the clerk: mr. ricketts, no. mrs. blackburn, no. mr. kelly, aye. ■k the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. the clerk: mr. schumer, no. mr. schumer, aye.■/ the clerk: mr. scott of south the clerk: mr. scott of south creating more jobs than in any n less than two years ago, and inflation was out of crushing 9% today it has cooled to the lowest level since the start of the pandemic. that means over the past year the prices of things like milk, eggs, appliances, car rentals and airfare have all come down. across the country, manufacturing and all -- job creation is surging. surgeries long overlooked

mr. vance. mr. warner. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young.he clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- baldwin, bennet, blumenthal, cantwell, carper, casey, cortez masto, durbin, gillibrand, hassan, heinrich, hickenlooper, kelly, king, klobuchar,, murray, ossoff, padilla, rosen, schatz, schumer, shaheen, smith and wyden. senators voting in the negative -- barrasso, blackburn, braun, capito, cassidy, collins, cornyn, cotton, cramer, daines, ns hyde-smith, johnson, kennedy, lankford, lee, mcconnell, murkowski, rubio, scott of florida, sinema, thune, tillis, tuberville, and young. mr. sullivan, no. lankford vote: the clerk: mr. crapo, no."4 the clerk: mr. marshall, no. mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: mr. tester, aye. the clerk: paul, no. the clerk: mr. rounds, no.,p1■ the clerk: mr. romney, no. mr. grassley, no. mr. hoeven, no. ■ç the clerk:duckworth, aye. mr. merkley, aye. u ■■7■$r the clerk: mrs. fischer, no. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. ■q the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. mr. reed, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: mr. wicker, no. mr

mr. vance, no.%; the clerk: mr. heinrich aye. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. ms. ernst, no. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye.zÑk'f the clerk: mr. menendez, aye. the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. lankford, no. the erk: mr. murphy aye. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. vote: vote: the clerk: mr. sullivan, no.ó the clerk: mr. no. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 50 the nays are 48. the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motion to r upon the table, and the president will be immediately noteified of the senate's action. under the previous order, the senate will resume legislative session for the consideration of s.j. res. 62, which the clerk will report. the calendar number 340, s.j. res. 62, providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 o5, united states code, of the rules submitted by the animal and plant health inspection service relating to importation of fresh beef from paraguay. the presiding officer: under the previous order the motion to

mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- butler cantwell hassan heinrich hickenlooper menendez padilla, rosen, schatz stabenow whitehouse and wyden. mr. graham aye. senators voting in the negative -- blackburn, boozman, cramer paul ricketts tillis tuberville, and vance. mr. johnson, no. mr. durbin, aye. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. mr. marshall no. mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mrs. fischer, no. the clerk: mr. peters aye. mr. mcconnell, no. ms. murkowski, aye. mr. barrasso no. mr. lujan, aye. mr. budd no. mr. scott of south carolina no. ms. lummis no. ms. smith, aye. the clerk: mr. rubio, no. the clerk: risch, no. mr. cardin aye. mr. carper the clerk: mr. rounds no. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. mr. lankford no. mr. scott of florida, no. the clerk: mr. mr. casey, aye. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. mr. lee, no. mr. warner aye. mr. kaine, aye. the clerk: mr. combraun, aye. -- mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand aye. the clerk: ms. corte

the clerk: mr. vance, no. thnson, no. the clerk: mr. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: ms.hirono, i do not. -- ms. hirono, aye. mr. reed, aye. mr. grassley, no. the clerk: mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. paul, no. mr. cor the clerk: mr. scott of florida no. mr. budd, no. mr. rounds, no. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. the clerk: mr. aye. mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. mr. peters, aye. mrs. hyde-smith, no. mr. brown, aye. mr. kelly, aye. mr. murphy, aye. vote: the clerk: mrs. capito no. mr. carper aye. the clerk: mr. . hickenlooper aye. ms. hassan aye. mr. lankford no. the clerk: mr. rubio, no. mr. graham no. the clerk: mr. thune, no. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. wicker no.6 the clerk: ms. collins, no. mr. scott of south carolina no. mr. blumenthal, aye.7m the clerk: mr. coons, aye. ms. warren aye. the clerk: mr. risch, no. mr. boozman, no. mr. van hollen aye. the clerk: mr. cotton no. mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet aye. ms. murkowski, no. mr. cramer no. mr. markey aye. mr. warner aye. the clerk: mr. cardin, aye. mr. moran,

the clerk: mr. vance, no. peddling. vote: zoo the clerk: mr. tester, aye. mr. manchin, aye. ms. ■■n( the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 50, the nays are 48, and the motion is agree senate stands in recess until >> the fast -- senate is now in recess. republicans are scheduled to minister benjamin netanyahu today. the lawmakers will be back at 2:i 15 eastern for more votes on u.s. district court nominations for new jersey and northern california. 'qf >> celebrating the 02th anniversary of our annual student cam documentaryn. highle milestone of the anniversary, each participant was given the option to the look 20■q years into the future or into the past. in response, we received inspiring and thought-provoke isingocore than if 3,200 students across 42 states through conducting in-depth interview ises with experts, students criticalling doings. >> for one, it has already started replacing human -- [inaudible] work. >> challenges in climate -- >> our tap i have can no longer sustain the richness and diversity it once held. >>isbout criminal justice -- >> race, bias an

mr. vance: thank you, madam president. i'm mindful here that we have 30 hours of debate, if we want it, on a problem and on question that has completely devastated our countries. i think it's worth actually starting out to observe some of the procedural background that actually led us here. so, if you go back a few months ago there was pretty broad con kens us that -- consensus that this country has a serious problem at the southern border. even some of my democratic friends admit this, and worked, i think, in good faith an effort to help try to solve that problem. now, the legislation that.com out of that -- that came out of that bipartisan legislation had a couple of problems. first, the negotiation was completely shrouded in secrecy from some of my colleagues on my side of the aisle. that naturally breeds mistrust of the process. when you see a process unfolding where you don't know what's in the legislation, what you're voting on, i think you're understandably worriedhat you're voting on is not going to be that good fo

mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young.tors voting in the affirmative -- brown, butler, cantwell, carper, casey, durbin, hassan, king, klobuchar, menendez, murphy, padilla, peters, sinema, smith, stabenow, warnock. senators voting in the negative -- britt, budd, cassidy, collins, cornyn, crapo, fischer, grassley, hagerty, hoeven, johnson, kennedy, lankford, lee, manchin, marshall, mcconnell, moran, ul, ricketts, risch, schmitt, scott of florida, thune, tillis, vance,■á ms. lummis, no. ms. duckworth, aye. mrs. murray, aye. ms. warren, aye. ■8■■ the clerk:blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith, no.: mr. welch, aye. mr. heinrich, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mr. reed, aye. the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. mr. warner, aye. mr. schatz, aye. wy the presiding officer: ms. cortez-masto, aye. ■■l the clerk: mr. coast guard the clerk: mr. cardin, aye. the clerk: mr. graham, no. san the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: mrs. capito, no. the clerk: mr. be

mr. vance, aye./i■ the clerk: mr. saendz, aye. -- mr. sanders, aye.■v ÷a mr. wyden aye. mr. clerk: mrs. britt, aye. mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye.zb the clerk: mr. kennedy, no. mr. menendez, aye.l# the clerk: mr. ricketts, aye. the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. mr. tuberville, aye. can. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. the clerk: mr. warner, aye. the clerk: mr. moran, aye. mr. reed, aye. the clerk: mr. risch, aye. the clerk: mrs. ehyde-smith, ay. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: mrs. fischer, aye. ms. smith, aye. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, aye. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. mr. peters, aye. mr. young, aye.■#÷< the clerk: mr. grassley, aye. the clerk: mr. marshall, aye.■4 the clerk: mr. tester, aye. the clerk: mr. paul, aye. the clerk: mr. tillis, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye.■)39 the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye.■. mr. cornyn, aye. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: mr. heinrich, aye. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. johnson, aye. vote: the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mr. romney, aye. ■x the cls. duckwor

mr. vance, mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: mr. cramer, aye. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye.e clerk: mr. brown, aye. the clerk: ms. butler, aye. mr. mullin, aye. mr. lujan, aye. ms. warren, aye. mr. mr. lee, aye. mr. tester, aye. mr. lankford, aye. mr. schmitt, no. mr. carper, aye. ms. the clerk: mr. wicker, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. mr. paul, no. mr. sullivan, no. mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, aye. schumer, aye. th marshall, no. mr. cardin, aye. ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: mr. durbin, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. ms. ernst, aye. kennedy, aye. erk: mr. moran, aye. mrs. britt, no. mr. risch, aye. mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr.cotton, aye. the clerk: mrs. fischer, aye. mr. welch, aye. ms. cantwell, aye. the clerk: mr. romney, aye. the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: ms. abenow, aye. mrs. blackburn, aye. mrs. hyde-smith, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. mcconnell, aye. the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye.n>ó!n

mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden.mr. young. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- brown, cardin duckworth, gillibrand king lujan, markey merkley, rosen, shaheen, smith, van hollen warner whitehouse. senators voting in the negative -- blackburn, britt, cotton crapo, grassley hagerty, hyde-smith marshall moran, murkowski, paul romney rubio, tubervillewicker. ms. collins, no. the clerk: mr. tester, aye. mr. scott of south carolina, no. fischer no. mr. daines, no. mr. welch, aye. mr. kennedy, no. mrs. capito, no. ms. ernst, no. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. mr. carper, aye. tillis, no.cornyn, no. mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. johnson, no. mr. thune, no. mr. the clerk: mr. barrasso, no. mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. manchin, no. ms. cortez masto, aye. mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: mr. cramer, no. mr. heinrich, aye. mr. mendendez, aye. the clerk: mr. wyden, aye. mr. lee, no. the clerk: mrs. murray, aye. durbin, aye. the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. mr. hickenlooper, aye. mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. m

mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. -- cardin, coons, cotton, duckworth, kaine, manchin, markey, menendez, reed, ricketts, shaheen, sinema, tester, warner, welch. senators voting in the negative -- crapo, grassley, kennedy, mullin, rubio, scott of florida, vance. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. mr. heinrich, aye. mr. casey, aye. mr. cantwell, aye.n ms. cantwell. aye. the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: mr. tillis, no. mr. schatz, aye. mr. graham, aye. the clerk: mr. cornyn, aye.fisc. ms. butler, aye. the clerk: mr. daines, no. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. thune, no. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. mr. durbin, aye. mrs. murray, aye. mr. no. mr. johnson, no. mr. lee, no. ms. baldwin, aye. ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: ms. ■dwarren, aye. mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mrs. capito, aye. mr. scott of south carolina, nob the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. mr. hagerty, no. mr. blumenthal, aye. ms. ernst, aye. mr. hickenloop

mr. vance. mr. warner. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. the clerk: mr. wyden. mr. , no. ms. ernst, no. mrs. capito no. mrs. fischer, no. mr. barrasso, no.1i the clerk:r. daines, no. mr. mrs.britt, no. the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mr. tillis, aye. ■3 9 the clerk: mr. peters, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. mr. johnson, no. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. wyden, aye.■ú>7■< the clerk: mr. carper, aye.■k the clerk: mr. budd, no. mr. markey, aye.■0■" the clerk: mr. cardin, aye.■ the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye.k the clerk: mr. graham, aye. mr. kaine, aye. mr. mcconnell, aye. the clerk: mr. marshall, no. the clerk: ms. collins, aye. mr. tuberville, no.mr. heinrich. mr. ricketts, no.■3 the clerk: mrs. murray, aye.cor. mr. schatz, aye. mr. coons, aye. ms. baldwin, aye.■d the clerk: mr. booker, aye.■+m? the clerk: mr. mullin, no. mr. casey, aye.erk: mr. sanders. mr. schmitts, no o durbin, aye.■ the clerk: ms. lummis, no. ms. warren, aye. ms. aye. mr. brown, aye.2z the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. vote: the c

mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden.illibrand, hassan heinrich, king, manchin, merkley, padilla, smith, welch, and whitehouse. senators voting in the negative -- braun, marshall, scott ofvance, and wicker. mrs.cg capito, no. mr. durbin, aye. ms. warren, aye. hickenlooper, aye. mr. warnock, aye. mr. peters, aye. the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no. mr. cassidy, no. mr. warner, aye. vote:bi the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. mr. barrasso, no. mr. cotton, no. the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. mr. wyden, aye. mr. reed, aye. the clerk: mr. the clerk: m. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. mr. graham, no. the clerk: mr. mendendez, aye. mr. carper, aye. ■n the clerk: mr. lee, no. the clerk: mr. rubio, no. mr. rounds, no. the clerk: ms. ernst, no. mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: ms. collins, aye. mr. van hollen, aye. mr. tester, aye. mr. hawley, no. mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. the clerk: mr. moran, no. the clerk: mr. cornyn, no. mr. hagerty, no.7 the cler

mr. chairman. i urge arizonans or anyone else interested to check it out. thank you. >> thank you, senator kelly. it will be accepted for the record, not just submitted but we will turn next to senator vance. >> thank you, mr. chairman. welcome to our witnesses and thank you for being here and all of our guests. i want to direct my a question to you, ms. simpkins. i am particularly concerned by some of the estimates i have seen about labor shortages that are long-term care facilities, not just now. sort of an immediate problem of not enough people at some of our elderly care facilities. i saw an estimate by 2030, we will need, given people will retire and drop out of the workforce. we also have changing demographics in this country. we are older as a country. i read we will need an additional 7 million long-term care givers at these eldercare facilities. that seems like a shocking estimate to me. it is hard to imagine how we can hire effectively 1 million additional people per year at these facilities given the arty existing labor shortages. i'm curious if you think that estimate is within the reasonable range and if it is not, highly more workers do we need over the next 5 to 10 years? >

mr. chairman. chair blumenthal: thank you senator johnson. senator hassan. sen. vancehere today and for your efforts to document putin's invasion of ukraine and help the united states and our allies hold russia accountable for a brutal and unjustified, unprovoked invasion. as the chair just■p■)elegation o ukraine just at the end of last week. we met with president his top md with american experts on the ground in ukraine. and through all of that we discussed thcritical importance of continued u.s. military and financial support. it is clear that with our help ukraine will win the war and i want to be very clear about that. without it they will lose. the ukrainian people are extraordinarily innovative and they are. they have fought off the russian behemoth for two years. remember when putin inved and everybody said they have two weeks? they have not only been holding him off, they have retaken some of the territory that he initially took. and no amount of russian misinformation can change that. e ukrainian people are clear ride about the challenges -- clear eyed about t

vance: and when do you expect to issue a final proposal? mr. take some time. i think it's more important to do it right than it is to do it fast. my guess is we'll get through this and be done over the course of the year but it could be faster than that, it could be slower than that. sen. vance: i'm wondering, being mindful of time, i have 30 seconds left, would you be willing to commit to say that in the process of amending, the fed will remove the regional bank drawdown and limit basel to the g-sibs or $700 billion or above? mr. powell: i can't get that specific to this point. we're clearly looking at the whole tailoring issue. sen. vance: i appreciate that. i just repeat, given what actually happened with the banking sector -- [indiscernible] -- first republic, i encourage you guys not to apply a regulation to that because it doesn't solve ■zthe underlying problem. my fear is if you apply it to banks of $100 million and above, you're doing just that. with that in mind, i'll yield. thanks, mr. chair. chair brown: senator tester of montana, is

. >> senator vance from ohio is organize. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and secretary yellen, thank you for being here. i have a question that's pretty far field and you probably stop thinking about that we haven't had a chance to stop talking about and that's the collapse and run up to the acquisition of svb by j.p. morgan. i just want to start with kind of a basic question. so to recap, this does stomach -- systemic risk for the svb situation, which is clearly pretty dire, pretty significant, because of this systemic risk that was triggered, the fdic effectively engaged in what i would call a bailout of the other depositors. whatever term you want to apply to it. the uninsured depositors, the shareholders were not, but the argument, of course, is that somehow prevented a broader panic or bank run in the market. i'm curious, secretary yellen, if you could take me back to that decision coming up on a year ago. why did you think, given that svb was so focused on obviously the technology sector, the venture capital sector, why did you think it posed a sick

vance. what do you think prosecutors will be most interested in using from him now that we hear from mr.ler. >> when prosecutors build a case, they don't rely on any one witness. they layer witnesses and evidence on top of each other to make a case. this is a fact witness to obstruction of justice. butler testifies both to his personal involvement, his movement of boxes, but ari the most important thing i heard you illicit from him is this testimony that he's asked to vouch for one of the other employees, one of trump's co-defendants, carlos de oliveira. after he vouches this witness, this defendant, mr. de oliveira receives a phone call from president trump. this is mob level loyalty behavior and i think it will be telling in front of a jury. >> that idea of, oh, hey, we know we messed up, now we're trying to cover it up, is that more important from jack smith's perspective because you can get obstruction charges or that it goes to the original criminal intent that for a president who says, hey, i used to be able to handle this stuff, right? i used to be able to drop nukes. i don't have

mr. trump. very happy i was wrong. one of the greatest presidents. i build the relationship with him. the last cycle it was clear endorsing vance.hought that it was more important for the good of the party for my political aspirations because it did not make sense for me to go into a fight where it was clear jd would win. i am very happy that he has one. president trump knows the three of us. he follows this race very carefully. he knows i will be the one that has his back. when push comes to shove and you are in washington, d.c., what president trump needs to know is he is somebody in the senate that actually believes he will advocate for the america first agenda. making one very clear one. at the end of the day chose me for that reason. the endorsement was decisive. trump told him he would not endorsing this race. >> i did not lie. not going to endorse. >> so now it's president trump lying. >> he knows who you are. he knows who i am and he knows i'm the one that will have us back. we are going to change his country over the next four years in a deeply conservative way. >> thank you. >> it means a lot. i have never lied about t

mr. trump's legal strategy is to delay, delay and delay as long as possible. we're seeing that in full display in manhattan today. back with us now, howard lippman and joyce vanceto bring in msnbc contributor jonathan alter who is also in the courtroom today. jonathan, talk to us about what you two saw in the courtroom today, the dynamic between the lawyers, the prosecutor and the judge, judge merchan. >> well, first of all, this was an historic day, even though it was just a pretrial hearing. the judge decided for the first time in american history a president of the united states will face a criminal trial starting april 15th. so that shouldn't be minimized here. that's a pretty dramatic development. the expression on donald trump's face was consistent with that very bad news for him. i happened to be seated in the courtroom on the aisle, so he walked within a couple of feet from me as he was walking in and out of court. particularly when we went to break and he knew that the judge was going to rule against him, he had a very grim expression on his face. you can tell that this was sinking in for him, his delaying tactics had run their course and he was going

mr. shaw said non is going to make it right, and put in east palestine and do right come his words, by the committee. senator vance and are going to make sure that east palestine is not forgotten. we both make regular visits there, not next week, not next month, not next year, not ever. do right by this committee must include making sure more accidents do happen. as a reason for our legislative efforts that will only occur if we take clear commonsense steps to make our railways safer. norfolkol southern followed the wall street business model, boost profits and its stock price by limiting over the last decade 38% of its workforce. these profits were sent on stock buybacks that benefit executives instead of investing to workers in investing in safety. instead they compromise safety, cut cost to boost profits incudes along the route began. for decades the railroads have lobbied to undermine safety rules, , distall and even now ar what they've done to do so how tempting even with the eyes of the country on them, madam chair. pretty ugly arguments from norfolk southern and the real industries lobbying arm that they su

mr. vance, no. vote: the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: mr. risch, no. mr. tillis, no. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, no. the clerk: mr. romney, no. mr. warner, aye. mr. mullin, no. the clerk: mr. johnson, no. mr. moran, no. mr. sullivan, no. mr. kelly, aye. mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mr. mendendez, aye. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. is. vote: the clerk: braun, no. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith, no. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. the presiding officer: the nomination is confirmed. the yeas are 53, the nays are 46. under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table and the president will be of the senate's action. the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: cloture motion the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby bring to a close debate on the nomination of executive cal

mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. firm is budd crapo, grassley hagerty, johnson, lee, thune. senators voting in the negative -- carper collins, durbin hassan heinrich klobuchar, markey merkley, murkowski, murray padilla, schatz sinema stabenow and van ms. duckworth, no. mr. schmitt, aye. the clerk: mr. lankford, aye. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, aye. mr. king, no. the clerk: mr. kaine, no. ms. hirono, no. the clerk: mr. romney, no. the clerk: mr. cortez masto, no. mr. reed, no. the clerk: mr. rounds, aye. ms. warren, no. mr. ricketts, aye. the clerk: mr. risch, aye. mr. wyden, no. the clerk: ms. ernst, aye. ms. baldwin, no. the clerk: mr. welch, n mrs. capito, aye. mr. wicker, aye. mr. boozman, aye. the clerk: mr. kelly, no. the clerk: mrs. fischer, aye. the clerk: mr. warnock, no. mr. mullin, aye. the clerk: ms. smith, no. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, no. mrs. hyde-smith, no. mr. hickenlooper, no. the clerk: mr. peters, no. mr. graham, aye. mr. schumer, no. mr. whi