did a conference call with me, senator murkowski, congressman young. and i do also want to thank my senate colleagues. you know, a lot of the press likes to report, hey, we're always battling, we're always fighting. i don't think that's true,ay by thes way. it's actually not true. yeah, on serb things we have principled -- on certain things we have t principled difference. but a lot of action here it's bipartisan, and the relationships matter. i had within just a few hour, few hours several of my colleagues, democrats, republicans, calling, texting, e-mailing. hey, dan, we heard about alaska. we're seeing these images on tv. we got your back. we're praying forwe you. and that means a lot. you know, i was talking to senator pat leahy, senator from vermont, democrat from vermont, this morning about this very issue. and he's seen a lot here in the senate. he's been in the senate for a long time. over four decades. and you knowad what he said to ? it's important to remember on these kind of, when these kind of things happen, it reminds everybody in this bo

murkowski is still i think fairly independent. we will see. but mitch mcconnell has a bigger majority this year, this next congress. 53 republicans. and so he has a bit more of a cushion. and won't -- we might not see there those swing roles as important anymore. >> okay. any thoughts, kate? >> no. i think that makes sense. earlier i said mark meadows on the oversight question. it is going to be jim jordan who ient ma. it is going to be an interesting dynamic. you could see them making deals and things coming out that everybody seems to be talking about. you know, climate change and global warming. and i had a little quick chat with amy klobuchar in the senate before the election. and she was saying that one of the things that she noticed was that it wasn't an area where democrats were getting hammered, that republicans prospect attacking democrats on the campaign trail over climate change issues. and i thought, well, you know, i mean, i'm sure there were certain races where that was an issue, but it wasn't like a big talking point. so i think

senator murkowski and senator collins, and their pushback on the white house? >> at the senate energy committee, it looks like it is going to be lisa murkowski as the chair and joe manchin as the ranking member on the which is interesting in its own right. [laughter] >> and there was some noise in the last couple weeks on the left, not trying to deny the ranking member spot. if you recall, years back, in one of his campaign ads, he took a rifle and shot through the cap and trade bill. so not so green, new deal friendly, it seems. but you know, he recently voted trump energy commission nominee, was some thought mike and olive branch to the left and the green folks. >> after he had voted for the committee. talked to some senate democrats who are more liberal and they said we think we will be ok with joe. it will be interesting to see. he has just been reelected. maybe he will run again for reelection. maybe he won't. he might you little more free to maneuver, but i think he will he might be a little bit more free to maneuver, but i think -- on the murkowski and c

murkowski: mr. chairman? the presiding officer: the senator from alaska. ms. murkowski: excuse me. mr. president, i think it is important to recognize that while the text, in fairness to my friend from utah, was just laid down this morning, these are bills, these are measures, these are matters that have not only been before our committee but before the subcommittee upon which the senator is the chairman and has an opportunity to have heard many of those public lands bills. this was a very highly negotiated process by the four corners, not only senator cantwell and myself on this side but our colleagues on the house side, to see what could be put together by way of a package in terms of the contours of that package. colleagues will remember that around this body, unfortunately, when it comes to public lands matters, many of these are very, very parochial in nature. whether it is a conveyance that allows for a water utility to be able to proceed or a conveyance that will allow for a school to have a facility there, it's pretty parochial. these don't warm to the floor for debate and

murkowski is fairly independent.itch mcconnell has a bigger majority this year, this next congress. republicans, and he has a bit more of a cushion. those swing see roles as important anymore. ben: i've -- kate: i think that makes sense. i was talking about mark meadows being on the oversight community. to be jim going jordan, i do not mean to get the freedom caucusers confused. you could see them making deals and things coming out. everyone seems to be talking about's climate -- about climate change and global warming. inad a quick chat with amy the senate before the election. she was saying that one of the things she noticed was that it was not an area where democrats were getting hammered. republicans were not attacking democrats over climate change issues. thought, i am sure that there were certain reasons where that was in it -- was an talking poi. theink it shows a shift in public so maybe there will be some room for even minor compromises. >> i think we have time for one more question. the young lady right the

murkowski: mr. president, are we in a quorum call in. the presiding officer: we are. ms. murkowski: i request the proceedings under the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. murkowski: senator sullivan and i just returned to washington after a almost surreal 24-hour period up in the state. we went up on sunday night, monday morning. we hadn't anticipated being up there but the state of alaska, more specifically south central alaska experienced a powerful earthquake on friday. it was a, an unsettling event certainly, a frightening event to many, and it caused significant damage in the most populated part of our state. so it was last friday morning at 8:29 in the morning when we had a magnitude 7.0 on the rick ter scale, an earthquake that struck the community of anchorage. the epicenter was about seven miles north of anchorage. it was deep, about 25 miles deep. that shock hit. it lasted anywhere, folks were saying from about 40 seconds to a minute was the initia

murk murkowski is fairly independent. we'll see. mitch mcconnell has a bigger majority this next congress. 53 republicans. he has a bit more of a cushion and i think won't -- we might not see those swing roles as important anymore. >> okay. any thoughts? >> no, i think that makes sense. i will say that i said earlier, i was talking about mark meadows being on the oversight committee. i think it's going to be jim jordan. i didn't mean to get the freedom caucusers confused in my miend. you can see them making deals and things coming out that -- everybody seems to be talking about, you know, climate change and global warming. i had a little quick chat in the senate before the election. it wasn't an area where democrats were getting hammered, that republicans weren't attacking democrats on the campaign trail over climate change issues. and i thought, well, you know, i mean i'm sure there were certain races where that was an issue. but it wasn't like, a big talking point. so i think it shows a shift in the public. maybe there will be som

i led a successful effort, again with my colleague from alaska, lisa murkowski, a ban on exporter oil and with renewables that we did with my other colleagues on this side of the aisle when we looked at enhancing renewable energy. a flaming success on both sides. we are exporting literally millions of barrels of oil resulting in energy independence and helping our allies, but we also are growing our renewable energy industry because of that effort. it couldn't happen without colleagues working together. i secured an events center in grand forks and might be small to this body, but huge to the veterans it serves. i got needed funds for flood protection across north dakota in projects that we need working with senator holden. i passed my bill to secure the northern border working with kelly ayotte no longer here, but a great friend. and legislation i helped write to provide relieve community banks. senator crapo, senator donnelly, senator tester, instant warner. no one thought we could get that done, but we did because we believed we could. think about that. i worked with republicans an

i led a successful effort again with my colleague from alaska, lisa murkowski to lift the age old ban on exporting oil and pairing it with renewables we did with my other colleagues on this side of the aisle when we looked at enhancing renewable energy. a flaming success on both sides. we are exporting literally millions of barrels of oil resulting in energy independence and helping our allies but also renewing our growable energy industry because of those efforts. it didn't happen without colleagues working together. i secured a vet center in grand forks and it might be small to this body but thuge the veterans it serves. i got needed funds for flood protection across north dakota in prodgetheakts we need working with senator hovan. i passed my bill to secure the northern border working with kelly ayotte who is no longer here but a great friend. legislation i helped write to provide relief to community banks. senator donnelly, senator tester, senator warner recognizing the challenges of small lenders and how we needed to address those challenges. no one thought we could get that done

murkowski: are we in a quorum call? the presiding officer: we are not. ms. murkowski: mr. president, i would ask unanimous consent on behalf of chairman hatch that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of the lands package bill. i further ask consent that the bill be considered read a third time and passed, that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. the presiding officer: is there objection? mr. lee: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from utah. mr. lee: mr. president, reserving the right to object, we've got a bill here that we received at 10:00 this morning, 680 pages long. i've spent many hours reviewing it. this is a bill that came out of a committee on which i serve. i've been trying for weeks, many weeks through the chairman of that committee and her staff to get language or at least get an outline of this. we weren't able to do that until today at 10:00 a.m.. even after we got that we asked at least for an outline -- the presiding officer: the senate will be in order. mr. lee: at least for an outline of this

gop senator lisa murkowski of alaska told the president the shutdown was a bad direction to take.s before the shutdown, murkowski said americans are expecting that a republican president, along with his republican house and senate, will have an end game. south carolina senator lindsey graham is also now calling for congressional hearings over syria. graham called the move to withdraw u.s. forces a stain on the honor of the united states. and senator bob corker of tennessee said conservative media is influencing the president, telling reporters, do we succumb to the tyranny of radio talk show hosts? according to a recent "washington post" report, the president's decisions and conduct have led to a fracturing of trump's coalition. hawks condemned his sudden decision to withdraw u.s. troops from syria, conservatives called him a gutless president and questioned whether he would ever build a wall. political friends began privately questioning whether trump needed to be reined in. political correspondent for "the washington examiner" and political analyst david drucker joins me now to

. >> alaska senator lisa murkowski spoke about the 7.0 earthquake that hit near anchorage, alaska on friday causing damage to roads and bridges, from the senate floor, this is 25 minutes. >> thank you, mr. president. mr. president, senator sullivan and i have just returned to washington after an almost surreal 24-hour period up in the state. we went up on sunday night, monday morning. we hadn't anticipated being up there, but the state of alaska and more specifically south central alaska experienced a powerful earthquake on friday. it was an unsettling event, certainly, a frightening event to many and it caused significant damage in the most populated part of our state. so it was last friday morning at 8:29 in the morning when we had a magnitude 7.0 on the richter scale, an earthquake that struck the community of anchorage, located the epicenter was about seven miles north of anchorage. it was deep, about 25 miles deep. that shock hit, it lasted anywhere, folks were saying, for about 40 seconds to a minute was the initial hard jolt, and then movement after that, depended on where you

republicans and the senate were not able to repeal that fertile characters susan collins and lisa murkowskiagainst repeal but then ultimately voted for the tax bill that included pulling off this tax penalty because they did not expect it to be a repeal of the affordable care act. and so now the judge's being a judicial activist trying to do it congress was not able to do. kennedy: that is -- i don't want, someone said this today. i don't want congress acting like judges in a don't want judges acting like legislators. it seems everyone has forgotten their role. but i don't disagree with what the judge is saying. is it because, is this based on, the attorneys general who filed this suit, did they base their brief on the legislation? that was in the tax bill. the language. >> they base the brief actually on the prior legislation from 2010. looking at a severability clause and not looking to the updated facts from congress was actually as i explained makes it clear that congress did not intend to repeal the entire affordable care act. and so, it's actually really interesting to see how they ar

but assured that we will be working here andrk at home, senator more murkowski and i, bt with our colleagues to make our recoveryer from this massive earthquake as speedy as possible. god bless, i yield the floor. >> senator from oklahoma. >> entire nation paused just for a little while this week to remember the 41st president of the united states. they've honored his legacy and his life. i think it's important that we also pause here in this senate chamber and, quite frankly, i bring that same sense of respect from my state of oklahoma. it is widely known, president bush was, of being our president. quite frankly,pr one of the legacies i think he'll leave the longest tail on is his commitment toes faith, his famiy and his compassion for people. it ran throughout his lifetime. the conversation during the funeral yesterday here in washington, d.c -- and it's happening right now in houston -- centered significantly around his relationship with his beautiful wife barbara. .73 years of marriage is quite a legacy, and it is rare in america. it was a gift to america to be able to see that kind of

asa murkowski has been friend on oil and gas issues and native american challenges. a lot of the result of that has been in achieving the commission on the status of native american kids. opening up oil exports. we were able to forge an interesting political alliance on a carbon capture bill. if we had talked about it as a energy bill, it would have never happened. we talked about it as the technology bill. you have got to do it. you have got to approach people respectfully. one of the reasons why i was successful, i just checked ideology at the door and set a goal that was about getting something done and not about winning. winning in this town is about politics. governing should be about setting goals and getting things done. we do too much winning, too much politics. on big things like, obviously, supreme court nominees, they don't realize behind that our everyday things that happen. my perspective is we need to have more successes at that level to build enough confidence and trust to have success at a higher level. i think we could have gotten a bipartisan tax bi

because they work together every day with every senator, friends like utsan, susan collins and lisa murkowski. we became like the regular group that we had ended when it would shut down we would open it back up again and learn from other men is like roger wicker to end military suicide. though we haven't been able to end it yet but we work on it every day. and learning from other members in hearing about the difficulties. working to address common challenges. you can be from idaho, you can be from north dakota and from new hampshire, indiana. but we all have the same challenges. .. >> that sets the example we want our children and grandchildren to follow. getting to know one another. it with other experiences. what amazes me the most i was out campaigning and never was failed to be astounded by those who said you didn't do this one thing that i wanted. i'm really mad at you i willi never support you again. but i did 19 other things. you're not from a family of five children like i have. [laughter] so when there were seven pork chops so if you need 100 percent all of the time this is not the p

i lead that bill with senator murkowski on the cops program to get more law enforcement resources to our police. i think that is very important. i worked hand in hand with our local police in minnesota for eight years. they have very hard jobs. as a former prosecutor, i have also supported important policies that make it better for the community and the police to work together. that includes better training for our law enforcement, that includes videotaped interrogations, that includes reforms to the eyewitness process. we were one of the first states that made some changes there. that includes body cameras, diversity in hiring and meaningful work between law enforcement and our citizens, fair jury selection processes. there are a number of things that we have done but must continue to do to increase that trust between the community and our law enforcement. as a member of the senate judiciary committee, i supported the bipartisan sentencing reform and correction act for years. my colleagues and i worked across party lines to pass that bill out of committee earlier in february and las

i asked lisa murkowski if she has confidence in the president's leadership. she paused and raised a number of concerns and said the way the shutdown was handled and the mattis resignation and the syria withdrawal, i have a lot of concerns right now. and you're hearing that from senator after senator, wolf. so perhaps they can avoid the shutdown and ease a lot of the tension that the president is feeling from his own party right now. but just in a matter of moments, we do expect some sort of announcement to happen on the floor. mike pence waiting for that announcement to happen as well as mitch mcconnell and chuck schumer we expect to be on the floor momentarily, wolf. whether this gets out of a shutdown, we'll see. because time and again, the senators think they have a deal with this white house and ultimately they don't because the president changes his mind. will they sign on the dotted line at the end of the day, the big question here in this late hour, wolf. >> and mike pence, as vice president, he is the president of the u.s. senate. that's why he's on t

declaration - and president trump tweeted the federal government will quote 'spare no expense'.sen lisa murkowskia: the impact is very real, the impact is very hard and it will require apparently a great deal of recovery and efforts.aftershocks were felt immediately following the quake... including one registering a 5.7 magnitude. dr. lucy jones/ seismologist: "people in anchorage should expect to be feeling aftershocks for most of today, and potentially for a lot longer time... people should be expecting to feel some level of aftershocks for a few years." officials are now working to assess the damage - repair roads and make sure everyone is accounted for. anchorage schools are closed through tuesday.i'm karin caifa, reporting.> ( terisa ) the big game is expected to happen today...a look at what's at stake between cal and stanford is next in sports. (ácommercialá) big australia is back, and your favorites are even bigger. with the big, juicy 18oz center-cut sirloin. the ultimate great barrier combo. and the new three-cheese steak dip. hurry in! food this big is only here for a limited time. and

resources to keep communities strong and safe and i led an effort with my colleague from alaska lisa murkowski to lift the ban that we did with my other colleagues on this side of the aisle when we looked up enhancing renewable energy. a success on both sides we have millions of barrels of oil but we also are growing the renewable energy industry because of that effort. it might be small to this body that huge to those that served. i got funds for flood protection across africa and the projects need working with senator holdenrt and i passed the billo secure the northern border working with tellier offers no longer here but a great friend. legislation i helped write to provide relief to the community banks and senator donnelly, senator tester, senator warner recognizing the challenges and how we need to tse address them. no one thought we could get that done but we did because we believed we could. i worked with republicans and democrats. probably the crowning achievement in terms of bipartisanship to deal with carbon capture. the firstaj major piece of legislation has been passed. it happened

the very beginning, with senator murkowski, the first bill introduced, it was symbolic for me because we have to do better. withnd great partnership lisa, not just on this, but on other issues. i know her heart. i know that she cares. when you find people care the way you care, you can do amazing things. my legislation to create an amber alert with our colleague john mccain, in indian country became law. we are on our way to passing savanna now. we are going to recognize for the first time the challenge and tragedy of missing in indigenous women. all of this, so, so important. bipartisan legislation to help crack down on human trafficking online. cage and we bath shut down people who were in fact selling children for sex. think about that. that is a noble act to keep our communities strong and safe. i led a successful effort again with my colleague from alaska that lifts the a inch-old ban on exporting oil. when we looked at enhancing renewable energy. success on both sides. we are exporting literally millions of barrels of oil resulting in energy independence and helping our allies a

possible because i worked together every day with every senator, friends like susan collins and lisa murkowski who when the government would shut down, we worked to end it. we became like a regular group that we had. every time it shut down, we'd work to open it back up again. and you learn from other members like roger wicker who i worked together with to end military suicide. we've not been able to end it yet but we sure work on it every day. and learning from other members and hearing about the difficulties people in their states are facing and working together to address common challenges, you can be from idaho, you can be from north dakota, you can be from new hampshire, indiana, but we all have the same challenges. and all of us worked hard to get here and our jobs should be not worrying about politics but worrying about making lives better. partisanship gets us nothing. division gets us nothing. you know, i was thinking the best way to explain this. and it's this. when a fire department goes to a house, they don't ask if the person living there is democrat or republican. they're just th

. >> after passing a short-term government funding bill wednesday, i'll ask a senator lisa murkowskiasked for a public landfill package to be passed by unanimous consent. senator mike lee of utah objected to the motion and asked two words to be measured for his approval prompting other senators to weigh in on the issue.

possible because i worked together every day with every senator, friends like susan collins and lisa murkowski who when the government would shut down, we worked to end it. we became like a regular group that we had. every time it shut down, we'd work to open it back up again. and you learn from other members like roger wicker who i worked together with to end military suicide. we've not been able to end it yet but we sure work on it every day. and learning from other members and hearing about the difficulties people in their states are facing and working together to address common challenges, you can be from idaho, you can be from north dakota, you can be from new hampshire, indiana, but we all have the same challenges. and all of us worked hard to get here and our jobs should be not worrying about politics but worrying about making lives better. partisanship gets us nothing. division gets us nothing. you know, i was thinking the best way to explain this. and it's this. when a fire department goes to a house, they don't ask if the person living there is democrat or republican. they're just th

declaration - and president trump tweeted the federal government will quote 'spare no expense'.sen lisa murkowski.-r- alaska: the impact is very real, the impact is very hard and it will require apparently a great deal of recovery and efforts.aftershocks were felt immediately following the quake... including one registering a 5.7 magnitude. dr. lucy jones/ seismologist: "people in anchorage should expect to be feeling aftershocks for most of today, and potentially for a lot longer time... people should be expecting to feel some level of aftershocks for a few years." officials are now working to assess the damage - repair roads and make sure everyone is accounted for. anchorage schools are closed through tuesday.i'm karin caifa, reporting. with the earthquake damaging a number of buildings and roads in alaska... tonight we are learning more about what could happen here in the bay area with a quake of that size... and how the san francisco department of emergency management prepares.. kron4's dan thorn is live in the city tonight with more from emergency officials...dan? emergency management offici

i led a successful effort again with my colleague from alaska, lisa murkowski, to lift the age-old ban on exporting oil and pairing it with renewables that we did with my other colleagues on this side of the aisle when we looked at enhancing renewable energy. a flaming success on both sides. we are exporting literally millions of barrels of oil resulting in energy independence and helping our allies, but we also are growing our renewable energy industry because of that effort. it didn't happen without colleagues working together. i secured a vet center in grand forks and a cbach. huge to the veteran it is serves. i got needed funds for flood appreciation a-- protection across north dakota working with senator hoeven. i passed my bill to secure the northern border working with kelly ayotte who is no longer here but a great friend. legislation i helped to provide relief to community banks. senator crapo, senator donnelly, senator tester, senator warner recognizing the challenges of small lenders and how we needed to address those challenges. no one thought we could get that done but we d

wall and government funding, in addition to senate majority leader mcconnell, chuck grassley, lisa murkowskisan collins, mike lee. that's a diverse mix of senators, moderates and conservatives. gives you an idea of how wide ranging that discussion is likely to be now, president trump has been putting pressure on mcconnell to invoke the nuclear option. this would allow them to pass legislation with only 50 votes and that means they would not need democratic help in order to get the spending bill done but this is not a road mcconnell wants to go down, and there's also not support within the republican caucus to make this move already this morning we have seen at least three senators come out against it, jeff flake and orrin hatch tweeted their opposition, senator lamar alexander put out this statement. i want to put a stop to this practice of the senate breaking its rules to change its rules. i will not vote to turn the senate into a rule breaking institution. the senate is expected to convene for official business starting at noon one of the big questions is how many senators will actually sh

look at susan collins, lindsey , lisa, even john cornyn murkowski. are going to see republican senators who are already baffled and bewildered about how the president in lightning speed decided to pull out 2000 special ,perations forces from syria and is looking to do the same thing in afghanistan with no real input or process. they are already concerned about that. youwith this resignation have that kind of momentum. it will be interesting to see whether the institutionalist wing of the republican party is going to be as tolerant of trump as they have been. david: the story may not be over. some of those individuals have warned over what will happen to the kurds, who have been our allies fighting the islamic state, and we are pulling the rug out from under them, they are in harms way from president heard a who has no love for the kurds. >> we staved off disaster, it broke this morning that for now, the turks have caused off their offensive. but in the medium-term, in the coming weeks and months with the u.s. pulling out and the sale of those patriot

. >> alaska senator lisa murkowski giving an update after a magnitude 7.0 earthquake rocked the cityd surrounding areas. dramatic photos show damage to roads and buildings and the anchorage police department said there is major damage. the governor issued a decoloration, of disaster and is in communication with the white house. miguel almaguer has the full report. >> reporter: a powerful 7.0 earthquake rattling the region for nearly a minute. it struck close to 8:30 a.m. children taking cover under desks as schools shook across the city. families from anchorage to fairbanks scrambling to safety, security cameras capturing the wave of terror. as it cascaded across the region. >> the whole apartment was shaking so i just rolled over my daughter and put a blanket over us and just, you know, telling her it's okay, mommy got you. >> reporter: with significant damage reported across alaska's biggest city, tv and radio stations knocked off the air. >> shaking the heck out of the studios and knocking us off -- >> reporter: tonight, this the scene inside one tv station. >> look at this hallwa

i asked lisa murkowski of alaska who was in that meeting if the president dug in and showed any flexibility she said the president is very insistent on border security. a lot of questions about what the president may accept. the senators will continue to discuss that this afternoon. >> manu and jim, thank you so much. stay with us for more on the breaking news coming at us from every direction whether it's the shut down that is going to happen. very good, the president said. also his decision that prompted his defense secretary to really revolt and resign. wait! wait! this is incredible! yeah, it's an incredible deal. last chance to join t-mobile and get the awesome iphone xr, on us. it has an amazing camera. and it comes in all those colors! so when they join t-mobile, give them the iphone xr? it's the holidays, we've gotta go big. it's too much, i can't bear it! tell me you went with the bear head just for the pun. maybe. it's your last chance this holiday season to join t-mobile and get the iphone xr on us. i saw my leg did not look right. i landed. i was just finishing a ride. i felt th

. >> martha: what was that light, you and lisa murkowski fall into that basket of moderate republicanslooks to when these things happen. she decided that she could not be a "yes" ." >> we are very good friends. i had talked to her the morning of the vote, the first vote to invoke closure, and she was still undecided. we sit together on the senate floor, and she came onto the floor and sat down, and she turned to me, and i thought she said "i decided i can vote for him." i misheard her. so i smiled widely, and i said, i'm so relieved that we came to the right conclusion. that we came to the same conclusion. and she said, you misheard me. i said i cannot vote for him. i'm sure my face fell, but it has not in any way affected our deep friendship, and i respect her opinion, even though i reached a different conclusion. >> the politically charged atmosphere surrounding this nomination has reached a fever pitch. >> martha: you put a lot of time and thought into the speech you gave, and it got pretty much everybody stopped in the country to watch, and they didn't know what your final decision

murkowski: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from alaska. ms. murkowski: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the privileges of the floor be granted to my military fellow juan ramirez for the remainder of his fellowship through june of 2019. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. murkowski: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, there's been a lot of discussion this evening by my colleague from new jersey, my colleague from rhode island about the issue of climate change and the impact. i come from a part of the country where climate change is there. it is with us. it is real. and it is -- it is something that we look to as alaskans with a reality of this world view. i spend a lot of my time here in the united states senate focused on not only the united states arctic but the arctic as a whole, the eight arctic nations that we intersect with. i would like to take a few minutes this evening to speak about the happenings in the arctic, our new reality as we are seeing greater opportunities but also greater challenges in an area that i find is an extrao

lisa murkowski said republicans will pass it with 35 billion for border wall, horrible taunl takers.eans. let's bring in our round ball. let me ask you, why aren't the hawkish republicans, and as the hawkish party, going nuts over to yank all the troops overnight out of syria and more than half out of afghanistan again overnight in what seems like a impulse, what happened to the hawkish republicans? >> they're not going to do anything. the axios reports, suddenly republicans will get mad? they are going to defend him. it is most important that they defend the president because he's a republican. so they're not going to break with him. he was treating jeff sessions poorly. they really liked sessions. they like mattis. he's gone. they will stick with him. >> has the regime change in the republican party, it seems like he is trump and there is no more president trump philosophy. >> he destroyed the republican party and became, he's a little in the pathiosis, the head of the rise of the new party the continuation of the tea party. all these guys are afraid of donald trump's base, the fas

. >> after passing a short-term government funding bill wednesday, i'll ask a senator lisa murkowski asked for a public landfill package to be passed by unanimous consent. senator mike lee of utah objected to the motion and asked two words to be measured for his approval prompting other senators to weigh in on the issue. the legislation expected to come up in january as one of the first items of business for the new congress. >> mister president, i ask unanimous consent on behalf of chairman hatch that the senate proceed to the media consideration of the lands package bill. i further asked consent that the bill be considered, read a third time and passed as motion to be considered upon the table. p >> is their objection? mister president? senator from utah. >> are in the right to object. we have a bill we received at 10:00 this morning, 680 pages long, spent many hours reviewing it. this is a bill that came out of committee on which i serve. i have been trying for weeks, many weeks, through the chairman and her staff to get language or at least get an outline of this was we weren't a

you hear a few republicans such madesa murkowski recently a comment that they don't see the need for this fall. i think, privately, republicans, including john gordon, are not necessarily in favor of the wall. with the president kind of throwing down so hard with the $5 billion figure, senators, including mitch mcconnell and house leaders say that they want to help him get the money if they can. $5 billion actually, while bill might have trouble making it through the house. you will have a number of republicans who are retiring who have supported broader immigration reform. recipients.a it might be a little bit difficult to get them to vote for a legislation of that kind. host: we will start with jean or go to jean in kissimmee, florida. know everybody talking about the hundred 50 billion dollars that obama sent over there. overseas. in the middle of the night. and where that money come from and who was paying for that. with the mueller investigation, you know, there is $40 million. they come up with nothing. who is paying for that? is there any timetable on when the investigation wi

frustration in the capital all day long over this very topic, even the one republican senator lisa murkowskiation at the president and failure to get a deal. and what prompted so much concern among republicans is they haven't been clear about what the president would sign beyond the $5 billion number for wall funding that has no chancing of passing the united states senate. he had a meeting with republicans earlier today. he would not be clear about his end game and republicans in a private lunch vented their frustration in the fact that they don't know what the president would sign. now the housed adjourned for th night. john cornyn told me the senate won't have any votes for the night so that means it's essentially assured that the partial government shutdown will occur at midnight, the third of the trump presidency. now, talks are still ongoing, erin. vice president mike pence is in the senate still having discussions with senate minority leader chuck schumer as well as with house minority leader nancy pelosi but the republican leaders, mcconnell is the senate, paul ryan is speaker both h

. >> alaska senator lisa murkowski is already looking toward the recovery. >> the size and extent ofis something that will require resources from outside. >> more than 100 schools canceled classes after the quake sent terrified students diving for cover. products crashed from store shelves and streets were littered with glass. attorneys jumped under their desks at the anchorage courthouse as pictures swung wildly on the walls. aftershocks were felt immediately following the quake including one registering 5.7 in magnitude. >> people in anchorage should expect to be feeling aftershocks most of today and potentially from a lot longer time. people should be expecting that there will be some level of earthquakes for potentially a few years. >> i'm still shaking. i'm still -- you can probably hear it in my voice. i'm just scared it's going toha absolutely terrifying. >> look at our future? you never know. anchorage has been hit hard before. it was the site of the strongest recorded quake in u.s. left, a magnitude 9.2 rattling the city in 1964. about 130 people were killed in that earthqua

collins, cruz, fisher, grassley, langford, mcconnell, murkowski and purdue. i asked the georgia senator about the tone in the oval office. >> we heard a president today that's willing to negotiate. we've also seen that over the last five to seven days. this is all about the democrats backing up from negotiated agreements they've had. what we should be doing is go to the senate floor and vote this bill. >> reporter: but there are no signs the senate democratic leader is willing to budge. >> president trump, you will not get your wall. abandon your shutdown strategy. you're not getting the wall today, next week or on january 3rd when democrats take control of the house. >> reporter: ten hours to go ahead of a partial government shutdown and there are no signs of serious negotiations, dana. >> dana: i wanted to ask you about this. it comes up over and over again. this idea of a so called nuclear option in the senate to try to get this done. what's the latest on that? >> reporter: it's something president trump has urged as recently as today. the problem is, at l

jon kyl, lisa murkowski, marco rubio. these aren't extremely right-wingers.oke to criminal justice people who said "look, they will be some bad apples to get out on the street." the overwhelming majority of people who will benefit from this deserve to benefit from this. but, is it worth getting some bad apples? i think come in the end, the answer is yes. i think if i was the senator voting i probably would have voted along with the majority. you've got to listen to these people, because they have -- they are serious people who have spoken to law enforcement. >> harris: i would say this -- senators tom cotton of arkansas and john kennedy of louisiana, who we were just talking about, came up with some amendments they wanted see past. one was requiring the victims to be notified when they are given early release. they couldn't come to agreement on that. >> david: that's a great point great point. >> harris: maybe some of this fell down, too, because some of those told people to get what they thought was pretty basic. katie? >> katie: if you want to look at a fun

murkowski: if there's no further business to come before the senate, i ask that it stand adjourned under the provisions of s. res. 715 and do so as a further mark of respect for the late george herbert walker bush, 41st president of the united states. the presiding officer: under the previous order and pursuant to the provisions of s. res. 715, the senate stands adjourned until 9:30 a.m. and does so as a mark of further respect to the late george herbert walker bush, 41st president of the united 41st president of the united . >> in terms of the people. so that could be a marginal gain for us and iraq. so that momentum is still with iran. that most americans hold saudi arabia responsible. but they had cut off direct support but those in congress are already voting for. but on balance they don't see any real degradation. >> if i am hearing you it sounds like that imposition of sanctions does not affect iran's calculus and with that economic pressure does that change the behavior from iran? so will that result. >> i don't see that dynamic and iranians refused to respond for direct contact t

alaska senator lisa murkowski described the alaska specific challenges we're looking at now in terms and where. >> this was located in the very heart of the population center for alaska. anchorage is the regional hub for most of the goods that come to the state of alaska. 85% of the goods, whether it is your bread, your milk, your lettuce or your building supplies, come up by barge, by container ships, and they come into the part and then they're put on rail or they're put on the road or they're put on aircraft and distributed from there. so if this has, if we've sustained damage here, this could not only be impact to the south central region, but it could reach beyond the area as well. so we're very concerned about that. >> hitting anchorage means hitting a lot of the population of alaska. not just today, but in terms of getting them supplies ahead. there is also the fact that the ground is well frozen now. any repairs that will involve digging will be an issue for months. state of emergency has been declared for the area around anchorage. governor issued a disaster declaration. sta

heitkakamp is exiting te senate after losing g her reelection bid last month, but republican senator lisa murkowski of alaska has vowed to bring the bill back in the new year. the bill is called savanna's act, named after savanna lafontaine-greywind, a member of the spirit lake tribe who was brutally murderered last year wn she was eight months pregnant -- her unborn baby cut out of her womb while she was reportedly still alive. the failure to pass savanna's act comes as funding expired for the violencece against womomen t , which is aimed at h helping women whwho've sururvived domesc assault,and sexual amid the o ongoing g government shutdown.. in mississipippi, the e family a 37-year-old african n american woman whwho died sunday while in jail is demanding answers and say they suspect foul play. lanekia michelle brown was arrested during a traffic stop in november and was awaiting trial on drug trafficking charges in prison. brown reportedly complained of stomach pains shortly before her death. her family says she was in the earlststages of a pregnancy. ananin new yorork city, the famd times squa

few years ago, i introduced a bipartisan disclosure bill with our friend and colleague, senator murkowski. big bipartisan majorities passed campaign finance legislation in the 1970's. that's what senator tester and i believe the congress ought to get back to, throwing out the trump dark money rule seems to us to be a good first step. this is an opportunity today to vote for sunshine in our elections, to say that sunshine is again the best disinfectant. there is none other like it for corruption in our elections. so i'm hopeful that once again this idea of transparency, disclosure, and accountability will be bipartisan in the senate when we vote a little bit after noon today, and i just close by way of saying that i come from a state where citizens have insisted on open government. i have had more than 900 open-to-all town meetings. and the reason why people want them is because they see that as a path to accountability, and they don't want a politics driven by just campaign donations and big money. they certainly don't want it to be dark money. and we're going to know a little bit more ab

president, i ask unanimous consent that rowan kurtz and grant cummings, interns in senator murkowski's office, be granted floor privileges for the remainder of the week. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. collins: mr. president, on ocean avenue in kennebunkport, maine, stands a simple yet powerful monument, a gift from the people of that small community to a friend and neighbor. the monument is a united states navy anchor. the friend and neighbor was president george herbert walker bush. it is, mr. president, a fitting tribute. president bush often called the family home at walker's point his anchor to the windward, a special place of unsurpassed beauty in a caring community. through the years, it has been the place that gave him the strength to face the many challenges he took on in dedicated service to our country. and indeed, mr. president, every summer of his life, george herbert walker bush spent at walker's point except when he was defending our country during world war ii. it is a fitting tribute in another way. as a navy aviator in world war ii, as a member of congre