mr. warner: i ask -- the presiding officer: there are now ten hours of debate equally divided. mr. warner: madam president, i ask unanimous consent that craig radcliffe, counsel on mesa, be permitted floor privileges for the remainder of the day. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. warner: madam president, i yield the floor and note the absence of a quorum. madam president, i withdraw the quorum call. mr. inhofe: madam president, we -- the presiding officer: the senator from oklahoma. mr. inhofe: i have four requests for committee to meet today during the session of the senate and they have the approval of the majority and the minority leaders. the presiding officer: duly noted. mr. inhofe: madam president, for 58 years, the congress has passed the national defense authorization act with large bipartisan margins, and i believe we're going to do so again this year. in fact, we must. if it were up to me, it would have already been done by now. people have to realize how this is the most important bill of the year. it's one that we have to do. we have to do it by the end of t

mr. warner: mr. president, is the senate in a quorum call? the presiding officer: it is. mr. warner: i ask the proceedings of the quorum be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. warner: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, it's been just over two years since the senate voted down legislation that would have repealed the affordable care act. and if we'd voted down the affordable care act, that would have also erased the protections for americans with preexisting medical conditions. in the time since then, two things have happened. one, my colleagues from across the aisle have read the writing on the wall. they recognize that the american people support the protections for preexisting conditions on an overwhelmingly bipartisan basis. and, two, the trump administration released the rule that we're discussing today, a rule that would actually allow taxpayer dollars to subsidize these short-term junk plans that actively undermine the insurance market and jeopardize the one very popular part of the a.c.a., protecting folks with preexisting conditions. the

mr. warner: i ask that the proceedings of the quorum be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. warner: i am here because protections for americans with preexisting medical conditions are under attack from the -- this administration. over the last three years, this president has used every tool at his disposal to try to undermine the a.c.a. he tried to repeal it twice through congress. when that failed, the administration joined a lawsuit that would strike down the a.c.a. with no plan to replace it. the truth is, this administration is, unfortunately, actively working to destabilize the insurance market. one way the administration is attempting to undermine the a.c.a. is with the so-called short-term plans, which i would prefer to -- and frankly i think most americans if they saw the criterion of these plans would not call them short-term plans; i would call them junk plans. and thanks to this administration, these junk plans allow insurance companies to once again discriminate against americans with preexisting conditions. make no m

mr. warner: thank you, mr. president. i've come to the floor to speak on a different subject, but i do want to acknowledge this is an issue that i follow as well. i actually cosponsored senator lee's bill. i do hope that what my friend, the senator from illinois, proposed in terms of a process, that that process will take place and that we can get this legislation or vacationer -- or variation thereof passed through the senate, that we can deal with this issue. this is something i hear a lot from my constituents in virginia, particularly northern virginia. and again, while no piece of legislation is perfect, i think the direction that senator lee put forward is one that i carefully considered before i cosponsored the legislation. the only way this is going to get resolved is if we go through this process. there is nobody in the senate that works harder on immigration issues with more passion and willingness to get to yes on issue after issue than the senator from illinois. i thank him for his work as well. mr. president,

mr. warner: mr. president, i'm here today because unfortunately our elections still remain vulnerable to foreign election interference. earlier this month the senate intelligence committee, which i'm proud to serve on with the presiding officer, released its report on russia's use of social media to undermine our democracy. the committee's bipartisan conclusion was clear. russia attacked our democracy in 2016, and their efforts on social media are ongoing and they will be back in 2020. frankly, they never left. the echos -- this echos all the evidence we've seen from the intelligence community, from companies like facebook where its c.e.o. was testifying on the other side of the capitol today, mr. zuckerberg, on some of the efforts and we've seen this from special counsel mueller and many others. the alarm bells are going off and what are we doing? we're running out of time to do something about it. now, twice in recent weeks i've come to the floor to make a unanimous consent request on bipartisan le

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warner media's john stankey. good interview, david. >> thanks, carl. it was interesting to sit down with mr. key in addition to being the ceo of warner media he's the president and coo to at&t. we certainly spent a lot of time talking about the rollout of hbo max. it began yesterday here at 3:00 p.m. pacific time with a presentation to the press and to the analysts that were in attendance $14.99 is the price tag for what is certainly a greatly expanded content offering beyond just what hbo gives you but it is still a question mark out there as to whether given that price, it will resonate in the marketplace beyond those 34 million people who already pay $14.99 or roughly in that area to get hbo and whether or not given the comparison with disney plus or netflix, it really is going to gain significant ground. here's what stankey had to say >> first of all, they're not the same product, okay the disney product in terms of to kn tonnage, the coverage of the type of content that it provides, it's not the same product. so we have a product option here where we can go in with a much broader demo an

audio published by popular tech news site the verge and is mr zucker briggs response to proposals from presidential candidate and senator warner elizabeth warren to break up big tech like it was before because of the right answer to break up with somebody you know i mean she is a lobbyist for the other ways so we will have a legal challenge in our that we will waive the legal so. basically. i mean i. have a mediator was in our own government i'm not sure you want to know when you're. we care about what work with our government. but look at it in the day some of them try some of the really good bye and here to give us his expert perspective on this and so many other big regulatory issues affecting the global economy we're glad to welcome back international regulatory attorney miles edwards now miles mr zucker berg frames the idea of breaking up big companies here in this section of the recording as sort of the push to regulate as a force opposite to what he calls the rule of law i.e. facebook continuing to do whatever it wants to do what's your take on his basic framing of the regulatory and public interest issues here. well i

audio published by popular tech news site the verge it is mr zucker briggs response to proposals from presidential candidate and senator warner elizabeth warren to break up big tech like it was the war in iraq for the right answer some is of no use allotted for this and i wish it will have a legal challenge and i would that we will we'll. do it. so basically. this is a. made up. of a major city. or a government official. you know i would if they care about that want to work with our government and you could say that. but it is the death. of a guy. and here to give us his expert perspective on this and so many other big regulatory issues affecting the global economy we're glad to welcome back international regulatory attorney miles outwards now miles mr zuckerberg frames the idea of breaking up big tech companies here in this section of the recording as sort of the push to regulate as a force opposite to what he calls the rule of law i.e. facebook continuing to do whatever it wants to do what's your take on his basic framing of the regulatory and public interest issues here. well i think in some ways he's absolutely correct be

warner, vice chairman the senate intelligence committee. he said senate intel is wrapping investigation that found nothing remotely justifying this. he said mr pae attorney general investigation, jize key international intelligence partnerships. he needs to come before congress and explain himself. how much ds this matter that this has become a criminalbe p . mark: it does matter, starting with the mark warner point. an ocean ofoiling, rancid partisanship, the senate intelligence committee has been an island of collegiality and cooperation. so i don't know if he is speakinglfust for hims ranking democrat of the committee, or with the quiescence of senator burr, the chairman, i don't kn. but it is certainly serious. you have toome t the conclusion that in bill barr, donald trump finally got the attorney general he wanted. jeff sessions didn't deliver for hire jeff sessionsed himself. bill baris at taxpayer expense, hurtling around thefr glob australia to italy in pursuit of information to somehow rationalize, justify, that donald trump didn't le in 2016, andha the obama campaign, obama administration was somehow behind some spying on him. mar

>> dana: senator mark warner tweeted this, he basically said senate and how it is wrapping up a three-year bipartisan investigation and we found nothing remotely justifying this. mr. barr's investigation has already jeopardize key international intelligence partnerships. he needs to come before congress and explain himself. is he obligated to do that? if the senate calls him to talk about it, does he have to do it? >> they have oversight ability. they can call them in. he doesn't have to talk about an existing investigation. the senate is may be the least efficient and effective way to get to the bottom of a matter. the department of justice exists for a reason. subpoena power and a grand jury, they are important and they provide authority. >> dana: let me ask you one last question. durham is not someone who should necessarily be rushed into doing anything, but we are coming up pretty quickly where only about a year away from the 2020 elect. still looking back on what may or may not have happened in the 2015-2016 cycle. do you think durham is under some pressure to get it done as quickly as possible and before 2020? >> the only pressure that he has is the same pr

mr. president, do you now know who the whistle-blower is, sir? >> well, we're trying to find out about the whistle-blower. >> well, the whistle-blower understandably seeking protection as senator mark warner, the vice chairman of the intel committee tells cnn this. >> any rational person would be concerned about the whistle-blower's safety after the president's comments, which led from some press outlets on the right who were actually offering a bounty on trying to reveal the whistle-blower's identity. >> and in an outrageous example of pouring gasoline on a fire, then tossing a bomb right into the middle of it, the president prompting the, quote -- promoting the quote, i should say, from a fox news contributor and evangelical pastor who predicts, his words by the way, a civil war if this president were to be removed from office. by the way, hat tip to former fbi special agent asha rangappa who points that one of the talking points pushed by russian trolls was that there would be a civil war if democrats tried to impeach president trump. asha will be here tonight. that as we're learning more about what's going on behind closed doors at the white house. multiple sources telling cnn the pre

warner calling on william babb to testify. >> we found nothing row moetly justifying this. mr.r's investigation has already jeopardized key international intelligence partnerships and he needs to come before congress and explain himself. jamy jaffer is the director of the national law and policy program. we are sort of wrapping our minds around the news this is going to be now a criminal prosecution. senator warner not too happy about it. what does that say to you, the criminal investigation? >> well look, john durham has been appointed to look into this entire matter of how this investigation began. one of the things that this "new york times" report suggests is that they are investigating leaks. were there leaks to the media of information, classified orion going investigation? the claim on the table that's what durham may begin a criminal inquiry. there are laws against leaking. laws against disclosing information that's classified. the justice department under president obama and now president trump has been fairly aggressive in pursuing those leaks. it wouldn't be surprisi

warner, a bipartisan effort in congress. my -- ms. nakashima: the chairman and vice chairman of the senate intelligence committee. mr. evanina: right.ed in my office, the fbi and dhs, and we met personally with over 150 university college presidents to talk about the threat, what it's like. we gave them a one-day classified reading so they could understand the intention of these foreign leaders, as well as, "here's the threat and here's how it's manifested. and here's the amount of investigations that are being done by the fbi. and let's work together to find a solution that is not only effective and efficient for you as universities and colleges, but also doesn't, i would say, perform the effort of any type of racism." because the argument has been this is a racist issue and the chinese intelligence services have been pushing that envelope very, very effectively here in the u.s., but it's not. when you look at the amount of investigations the fbi has, which is over 900, 95 percent of them are from the people's republic of china. ms. nakashima: over 900 espionage or counter-espionage investigations? mr. evanina: yeah, with respect t

mr. warner: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator for virginia. mr. warner: mr. president, it's been two and a half weeks since the president -- the presiding officer: the senator will suspend. the senate is in a quorum call. mr. warner: mr. president, i ask that the proceedings of the quorum be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. warner: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, it's been two and a half weeks since the president announced he was abruptly withdrawing u.s. forces from syria, betraying our kurdish allies and derailing the international fight against isis in syria. in the course of one tweet, this president blind p sided our allies in the region -- blindsided our allies in the region -- yes, the kurds, but the israelies as well. frankly, the only one who seemed to know that this was coming was the turkish president, mr. erdogan. as a result, brave men and women who fought alongside the united states are now at the risk of being slaughtered by turkish forces. already, kurdish fighters and unarmed civilians have been killed by