ms. warren, ms. gillibrand, ms. harris and ms. klobuchar can claim an interesting distinks.hey have never lost an election in their political careers. all of the most prominent male democratic saends, including mr. biden, mr. buttigieg, mr. o'rourke, senator bernie sanders of vermont and senator cory booker of new jersey have lost at least one. >> it's a question of facts versus perception. what we were trying to do in that story is lay out to people that women have won significant amounts of republican votes. they have cleared hurdle after hurdle in their kind of electoral history. but right now and especially coming out of 2016, you're seeing voters -- and i would other agree it's also kind of media driven -- so obsessed with the idea of electability and it's a narrow lens. who can win a certain type of white, working class, white non-college educated in a certain part of the midwest vote er. i just came back from south carolina. you'll have people who don't even -- who are in a different part of the country, who look differently, saying, well, i want joe biden because i t

ms. warren back there our future future president how we are going to do it. you fired up? [cheers and applause] , and virginia are you fired up? presidential candidate senator elizabeth warren. [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ . >> hello virginia. wow. it is great to be here with you. i am so excited. we are here in fairfax in the shadow of the pentagon. also the shadow of the big five military contractors. and it is worth thinking about for a minute i know there are a lot of really good people that work at department of defense and those that work with defense contractors, but here's the problem. these contractors don't just want a seat at the table. they want to own the table. and that's a problem. so right now they have built this great revolving door between the department of defense and the contractors and they want that revolving door to keep spinning why? because it is big profits. patrick shanahan. think about this. here is a guy who has absolutely zero military experience absolutely zero foreign policy experience. abso

ms. warren. >> and the problem is, we can't. >> mr. and the biggs that we are now hopelessly divided on the last thing that used to unite us, which is our judicial system. now there's nothing that pullsr. us toget nothing. >> narrator: kavanaugh, gorsuch, thomas, alito, roberts-- the federalist society and mitch mcconnell now dominatehe supreme court. >> you talk about the warren court or the burger court or the roberts court, we're living in the era of the mcconnell courtca now e he did what he did. and it very well could be the mcconnell court for several decades to come. >> claree thomas doesn't want to serve on the high court anymore. >> clarence thomas comfortableth retiring now, ane's a couple of others... >> surgeons today removed two malignant nodules from supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg's left lu. >> the 85 year old is said to have fractured three ribs...o >> rbg's health has the subject of much attention in recent years... >> go to pbs.org/frontline for frontline's latest transparency project, and explore the dozens

ms. dudley, first, i want to thank you for highlighting my bipartisan bill i have with senator warren to address the so-called orphaned savings accounts. some may wonder, how does a republican from montana and a democrat from massachusetts come together? well, we do. i look forward to continuing to work with my colleague from massachusetts on this important issue. i mentioned my daughter caroline's recent college graduation. for montanans just entering the work force, what actions do you recommend they take for a sufficient retirement income in the future? >> one of the things i think is so important for young people coming out of school is to recognize that the dollar they save now is so much more valuable than the dollar they save when they're my age. >> you're sounding like me. >> well, i have children and grandchildren. but it's so much more important that they start early. oftentimes it's not so much how much are they going to earn on that dollar over the years, they're going to earn a lot as the market goes forward over time. it's the fact that they're putting the money in. it's no

ms. warren: mr. president, i ask that the quorum call be lifted are. the presiding officer: without objection. the question is on the nomination. ms. warren: i ask for the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: vote: vote: the presiding officer: are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote? if not, the yeas are 52, the nays are 45. the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table, and the president be immediately notified of the senate's action. the clerk will report the next nomination. the clerk: department of state, brian j. bulatao of texas to be an under secretary. the presiding officer: question is on the nomination. is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: vote: the presiding officer: are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change his or her vote? if no, the yeas are 92. the nays are 5