mr. sullivan: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator alaska. mr. sullivan: i ask that the quorum call be dispensed with. officer sphe without objection. mr. sullivan: i ask unanimous consent that the senate be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. sol i ask unanimous consent that the -- mr. sullivan: i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of calendar number 114, h.r. 23. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: calendar number 114, h.r. 23, an act to reauthorize the national windstorm impact reduction program and for other purposes. the presiding officer: without objection, the senate will proceed to the measure. mr. sullivan: i ask consent that the committee-reported substitute be agreed to, the bill as amended be read a third time and passed, and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. sullivan: i ask unanimo

mrs. sullivan the outpouring to you and your family and mr. steinle has been unbelievable. tell us about that. >> just the food the cards, the offers for help. you know the people that have come from very far to come and give us condolences. her second grade teacher came from auburn. do you know it's been just absolutely unbelievable how many lives she touched. the cards, the flowers, the service, the memorial was -- i mean i was just taken away with the amount of people and everything. it was overwhelming. just nothing you -- you know you can't prepare for anything like this but it was astonishing. it is astonishing. we are hoping to carry this forward. we're hoping for some good to come out of all of this. >> that's where we come in. in our next segment, we're going to tell everyone what we're trying to do. mr. ll this outpouring for your daughter was it of any comfort to you? >> oh my yes. more than comfort. we're a family strong in faith. that in itself kept us strong. kate was faithful and believed. she had a great spirit. the thing willliz says that the amount of peop

mr. sullivan: i ask unanimous consent to vitiate the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. sullivan: i rise to speak about the iran nuclear agreement, and i wanted to begin by saying, there seems to be, as we debate this as we as we hold hearings a growing sense of frustration as we do what is really our sacred duty here in the united states senate to review this agreement to debate this agreement and ultimately to vote on this agreement whether it is something that's going it keep our country secure our undermine the national security of the united states and our allies. and this frustration stems from a number of sources but let me just name a few. first, as i think many democrats and republicans feel that there's been a dismissive attitude from the administration with regard to this agreement a dismissive attitude actually toward the american people on whether the united states congress should weigh in on this agreement, should represent their constituents on something that's this important to the national security of the uni

sean sullivan: thank you, mr. chairman. matt schlapp: matt. sean sullivan: if you like. want to move to a candidate who is making a lot of news this week, donald trump. he said some pretty controversial things about mexican immigrants. he said they bring drugs, crime, and rapists. he has actuallly got himself in some problems with his business dealings because of it. do you agree or disagree with his comments? do you think they were harmful to the republican race and the republican field? matt schlapp: i think the comments are slightly different from what you just said. i heard him on the radio saying today that what he was talking about is illegal immigrants. that is an incredibly important distinction to draw. i think his tone and words were different than what i would choose. the fact is when you have a broken immigration system, it is hard to characterize the nature of the illegal immigrants that come into our country. that being said, i for one believe that immigration is a wonderful part of our history. it is a part of our history that i embrace. i think it is part

senator sullivan: thank you, mr. chairman. i just do want to mention that. if we're looking at b.c.t.'s going to the area where congress said we need to increase forces, having those -- having our only asia pacific arctic capability which as you know, general, you can't develop overnight and our own airborne capability in the entire air asia pacific, to me that would be a strategic blunder and i think congress sometimes comes in has broader strategic insights that the military has on occasion, not always, but sometimes and this is one of them. >> on behalf of chairman mccain, thank you for your testimony. senator reed: i want to thank you for your service to the nation and you, general demptiony as you conclude your uniform service. at chairman mccain's direction, i'll adjourn the hearing. thank you. cable satellite corp. 2015] national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy.] visit ncicap.org][br] visit ncicap.org][br] visit ncicap.org][br] visit ncicap.org][br] visit ncicap.org][br] visit ncicap.org][br] visit ncica

mr. steinle. ms. sullivan, that's exactly what i was trying to do. american family that does not have to go through ms. sullivan what you are going through right now, then kate's law is worth it. it should be done. it's only fair. and our laws are supposed to protect us not only foreign felons from domestic felons. i think it will happen. that is one of the reasons we wanted you to come on tonight. do you have any thoughts about it merchandise sullivan? i just want it to be a good, solid law that won't have holes in it and i'm sure there will be a lot of posturing back and forth have no idea how many people have been killed by illegal ill a yens. we had quite a few people reach out to us and we had no idea it was an issue. >> the number is in the thousands. >> sure, mr. steinle, go ahead. >> if i may add. the family wants to be involved in the language of the law so we have a sense and we will report every step of the way. i think you are absolutely right th come over quite occasionally and visit with us. >> and the>> we are doing it for her. we are

mr. sullivan: mr.president, i want to begin my remarks this afternoon by commending my colleague from north dakota for her weekly tributes to our vietnam veterans. i've watched her do that week after week. it's very moving, it speaks volumes to her character as well as the character of the veterans from north dakota. i just thought that was something i wanted to comment on. but, mr. president, i wanted to speak this afternoon about one of the most important issues facing the united states senate today, for weeks maybe months maybe even years. and that's the debate we're having over the iran nuclear agreement. many of my colleagues have already spoken very ill subsequently very passionately about agreement. i want to give one example my colleague from maine senator king was on the floor the other day when i was presiding and imploring us to fully debate the issue. he stated, "the truth a merges from the fire of an argument on an issue of this importance." and i couldn't agree morement weeshtd debate thi

mr. trump? sean sullivan: i think his answer reflects what donald trump makes things difficult on the republican field. on the one hand, he defended him overall, but he wanted to distance himself a little bit on the rhetoric that he used on immigration. people do not want to go out there and trash donald trump but he says a lot of controversial things. they do not want to embrace his views. the 12-13, 14 candidates will get the same questions that we just asked him and he will have to figure out how to answer it it is not easy. susan swain: when you look at what is happening in the dynamics of the race so far, what do you think about bernie sanders is resonating, and also donald trump polling in second place? what does that say about the public wanting to hear from the candidates? pete schroeder: we are all early on, but there's already a sort of fatigue component going on, people rolling their eyes at the idea of a bush-clinton race. when you look at bernie sanders or donald trump, they are candidates on paper who have a view that is not so broadly based, but then they get out there and deliver

mr. sullivan's family? >> no. no, just through social media.p up with him and the issue of policy, not having been armed, is certainly front and center this morning. as we have been discussing it on the set. this obviously would have been very different had there been armed security officers at the front gate and, the marines armed as well. i'm still scratching my head over this policy, dagen mcdowell. >> brenden, can i ask you, what do you, what do you want the american people to know about tom, or remember about tom? >> we lost a defender today. we lost someone that would have died, for any of us you know? maria: brenden, thank you. we know this has been a tough interview for you. we appreciate your time this morning. brenden, thank you. thank you, gary b. smith, dagen mcdowell. appreciate it. see you on monday. have a good day, everybody. "varney & company" is next. thanks for joining us. stuart, over to you. stuart: maria, thank you very much indeed. picking up to where you were a moment ago, we're waking up to new terror reality. terror ar

senator sullivan: now, mr. secretary, i agree with you 100% on that. to me it was a little bit -- maybe you just can't answer the question directly. i wish you would. but the fact that the president -- it just goes to some of the process here. the president for years essentially has been saying, we don't have a strategy because the guys over at the d.o.d. has given me one. a, it's not how we develop strategy as you mentioned. this needs to be all instruments of american power. the military is clearly one but we need economic, energy diplomatic. the whole list. that has to be developed by the white house, not by the department of defense. so i don't think it took a year for the pentagon to come up with a strategy. and despite the fact that the president eave time he said we don't have a strategy said it was essentially your fault. i don't think it was your fault. i think it was the white house's fault. i just want to be on record saying i think it's unfair criticism to be put of the chairman or the secretary to say we don't have a strategy yet and it's

senator sullivan: now, mr. secretary, i agree with you 100% on that. to me it was a little bit -- maybe you just can't answer the question directly. i wish you would. but the fact that the president -- it just goes to some of the process here. the president for years essentially has been saying, we don't have a strategy because the guys over at the d.o.d. has given me one. a, it's not how we develop strategy as you mentioned. this needs to be all instruments of american power. the military is clearly one but we need economic, energy diplomatic. the whole list. that has to be developed by the white house, not by the department of defense. so i don't think it took a year for the pentagon to come up with a strategy. and despite the fact that the president eave time he said we don't have a strategy said it was essentially your fault. i don't think it was your fault. i think it was the white house's fault. i just want to be on record saying i think it's unfair criticism to be put of the chairman or the secretary to say we don't have a strategy yet and it's

senator sullivan: thank you, mr. chairman. i just do want to mention that. if we're looking at b.c.t.'s going to the area where congress said we need to increase forces, having those -- having our only asia pacific arctic capability which as you know, general, you can't develop overnight and our own airborne capability in the entire air asia pacific, to me that would be a strategic blunder and i think congress sometimes comes in has broader strategic insights that the military has on occasion, not always, but sometimes and this is one of them. >> on behalf of chairman mccain, thank you for your testimony. senator reed: i want to thank you for your service to the nation and you, general demptiony as you conclude your uniform service. at chairman mccain's direction, i'll adjourn the hearing. thank you. cable satellite corp. 2015] national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy.] visit ncicap.org][br] visit ncicap.org][br] visit ncicap.org][br] visit ncicap.org][br] visit ncicap.org][br] visit ncicap.org][br] visit ncica

mr. blum: i join senator sullivan in hoping this issue is clarified because i think it is important to our national security and i would like to work with him in seeking additional answers and i recognize those answers will involve more than your input and contributions. thank you for the great work that you have done throughout your career to assure that our submarine force is unmatched in the world. and i want to thank you and your family for your service and ask you, first of all, whether you can commit to coming back to connecticut to visit our subbase there as one of your first official visits after you are confirmede, as i expect you will be. admiral richardson: yes. mr. blum: -- mr. blum: you probably know about it than anyone else in the navy and in our department of defense and i believe you are committed to it personally and professionally is that correct? admiral richardson: it's our number one modernization priority. >> in that regard as the number one priority of modernization in the united states navy, the price tag is likely to be in the range of $100 billion, which seems st

senator sullivan: now, mr. secretary, i agree with you 100% on that. to me it was a little bit -- maybe you just can't answer the question directly. i wish you would. but the fact that the president -- it just goes to some of the process here. the president for years essentially has been saying we don't have a strategy because the guys over at the d.o.d. has given me one. a, it's not how we develop strategy as you mentioned. this needs to be all instruments of american power. the military is clearly one but we need economic, energy, diplomatic. the whole list. that has to be developed by the white house, not by the department of defense. so i don't think it took a year for the pentagon to come up with a strategy. and despite the fact that the president eave time he said we don't have a strategy said it was essentially your fault. i don't think it was your fault. i think it was the white house's fault. i just want to be on record saying i think it's unfair criticism to be put of the chairman or the secretary to say we don't have a strategy yet and it's

mr. chairman. i join senator sullivan and hoping this issue is clarified because it is so important to our national security and i biked to work within and seeking additional answers and i recognize the answers will involve more than just your input and contribution. but on your contribution thank you for the great work you've done throughout your career to assure the sub rain forest is unmatched in the world and its power, style and strength and i want to thank you and your family for your service and ask you first of all whether you can commit to coming back to our subbase there is one of your first official visits after your confirmed as i expect he will be. >> the ohio replacement program come you probably know more about it than most anyone else in the navy and our department of defense and i believe you are committed to it personally and professionally. is that correct? >> absolutely, senator. >> in that regard, as the number one priority in the united states navy the price tag is likely the range of $100 billion which seems staggering and obviously has to be met even though the navy has othe

mr. chairman. i join senator sullivan in hoping that this issue is clarified, because i think it is so important to our national security and i'd like to work with him in seeking additional answers, and i recognize that those answers will involve more than just your input and contribution, but on your contribution, thank you so much for the great work that you've done throughout your career to assure that our submarine force is unmatched in the world in its power, stealth and strength and i want to thank you and your family for your service and ask you first of all whether you can commit to coming back to connecticut to visit our sub base there as one of your first official visits after you're confirmed, as i expect you will be? >> yes, sir. >> thank you. on the subject of our submarine force, the ohio replacement program you probably know more about it than most anyone else in the navy and in our department of defense, and i believe that you are committed to it personally and professionally, is that correct? >> absolutely, senator it's our number one modernization priority. >> and in that regard a

jamie sullivan will join us with an update when we return. >> mr. president, how are you? president obama: not as good as you but i'm pretty good. scott: that is president obama calling the team to congratulate them on the 5-2 world cup win over japan. the president joked saying he had a bone to pick with the players because it took the suspense out of the game. they were up 3-0 in the first 13 minutes. the world cup champs will be honored with a parade on new york city on friday. kimberly: your guest knows that feeling being world champion. joining us is brian, the former goalkeeper for the u.s. women's national soccer team. two-time gold medalist and also world cup champion, we mentioned that and silver medalist and the list goes on and on. greet have you. >> great to be here. what is your take-away? >> fantastic. i was in the stands. but before the game i did the march to the stadium with the outlaw fans and it was amazing in the red right, blue taking over vancouver and going in the stadium watching the team have a phenomenal start. they were absolutely amazing. everyb

sullivan. they did not dispute holmes was the gunman but reminded jurors their client was insane at the time andy not know right from wrong. >> the fact of the matter is when mr. holmes stepped into that theater on july 20th 2012 he had lost touch with reality. >> reporter: holmes never took the stand but jurors watched nearly 22 hour of videotaped interviews with him. jurors will have to consider more than 11 weeks of at times graphic and emotional testimony as they deliberate. don champion cbs news centennial, colorado. >>> newly released video shows the deadly police shooting of an unarmed man near los angeles. a gardena police cruiser's dash cam captured the confrontation two years ago. the suspects hold up hands. at one point one of the suspects takes off his hat and appears to hold out his hands. that's when he shot and killed. the city paid $4.7 million to settle a lawsuit. >>> and now to politics and for the first time since he announced his candidacy for president, donald trump leads in a national poll of candidates. in a usa suffolk university cool, 17% say they support trump, 14% jeb bush and 8% scott walker but 38% say they're undecided. >>> comin

sullivan carson holmquist, david wyatt. we honor all of them tonight. just before we came to air i had a chance to speak to david wyatt's father allen. mr.sorry for your loss how are you holding up? >> i'm holding up okay. i'm trying to be strong for my daughter in law and her two children. >> your daughter in law and two young grandchildren. how are they doing tonight? >> they're doing okay. they don't understand exactly what has gone on. my daughter in law explained to my young grandson that his father was killed by a real bad man. >> tell me about your son. this was a marine who loved his job, loved his work. and served with enthusiasm. >> yes, he worked really hard at this job. he joined the marine corps to do his part for his country and society. he was an eagle scout and tried to do the right thing. he found his calling in the marine corps working very hard and particularly in taking care of young marines. he served two tours, one in iraq and one in afghanistan. >> you said your son was an eagle scout, and an inspiration. i understand you got him and others to run in the marine corps. >> that is right, he was in afghanistan, and we

sullivan lee and graham. and no one else, i'm sorry. so senator rounds. >> thank you, mr. chairman. gentlemen, thank you for your service. today, you've gone through 15 different interrogators. i get to be number 16. one of the things that happens when you're number 16 is a lot of the questions that you've got have been asked, but it also gives you an opportunity to try to analyze and see just exactly what it's all about and what the real issues are. and i would like to just begin with this. it seems to me that one of the concerns that we have is is we assume that we have a rogue nation who is a threshold state today with regard to nuclear weapons, the goal of this was to eliminate them from having nuclear weapons, or in the second position to delay the implementation or their capabilities with regard to nuclear weapons. i'd like to know from the panel, very simple, are we stopping them from getting nuclear weapons, or are we delaying them for a period of 10 to 15 years from getting nuclear weapons, in your opinion? general? >> well, my opinion, sir our government's policy has been

mr. doom and gloom mark faber's predictions for the bulls and bears. that's tomorrow on "squawk box" on cnbc. >> i'm brian sullivann what is driving our market down in the next hour. plus, we are teeing up up for a flood of tech earnings hitting the street after the bell. we're talking apple, yahoo! and microsoft after the bell. what one analyst is telling his clients and why to pump the brakes on one favorite stock break and with one big energy company slashing its dividends, are others ready to do the same? we'll show you the stocks that are the highest payout and the worst recent returns of the energy patch. that's all coming up at the top of the next hour. first, back to tyler. >> thank you very much bri. as of today facebook has officially passed general electric in terms of market capitalization. facebook, more valuable than ge. so while that may be where we stand today, what is the better investment for the next ten years? which will be better to own for ten years? jim iuorio of tjm institution and jeff kilberg join us. jump ball here. i'm going to let the shorter guy take it. >> thank you very much. okay,

mr. zinke: today i rise in tribute to marine sergeant carson holme quist purple heart recipient thomas sullivan. marine lance corporal skip wells. marine lance corporal sergeant david wyatt. and navy petty officer second class randall smith. i rise to assure their loved ones and american people that congress will act to prevent this tragic loss from occurring again. this week, i am joining congressman and former major marine corps major, duncan hunter, in introducing legislation to enhance security at our armed forces centers while allowing our military members to defend themselves from attacks. congress and i send a clear message that this cowardly attack will not be ignored and our heroes shall not die in vain. i urge all my members to join me in flying the marine corps flag and the anchor flag outside their d.c. office this week. god bless america. and the men and women who defend her. semper fi and anchors away. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? the gentleman is recognized. mr. smith: mr. speake

i think it is a factor >> senator sullivan had a follow-up question and then we will go on. >> thank you, mr general, i want to get back to the issue of the relationship between the role of congress. let me provide a quick example. i believe one of the core comptency the army has is large scale groups that deploy at any time in the world. do you think that is a competency? >> i do. >> it was testified here about putting troops and helicopters on ships for maneuver throughout the pacific. what services core competency would you associate that mission with? >> i would associate that with the united states marine core senator. >> so if i said that was an army general describing the new pacific pathway strategy would that surprise you? >> it would not. i have seen that in the open source. >> do you think it is redundant and a waste of taxpayers money? >> given the shortfall, i am speaking as a service chief, i can the ripriority ought to go to the marine core. >> would it be our responsibility to make the money going to the arctic as opposed to redundant activities? >> i agree the congress has a