thank you. >> the honorable orrin g.atch. >> senator orrin hatch is one of the longest serving senators in american history, having represented utah for more than 41 years. currently, the senate's president pro temp and chairman of the finance committee, senator hatch has sponsored more and bills that have become law than any other living member of congress. he has led the way in confirming qualified judges throughout the federal judiciary in order to protect our constitutional order and has champ beyond religious and -- championed religious liberty, fought against communism, and stood on the side of freedom around the world. senator hatch's dedication to the senate, the country and the rule of law has helped make our country what it is today and for that we honor him. [applause] and the honorable antonin scalia. antonin scalia was one of the greatest supreme court justices in american history. confirmed unanimously in 1986, justice scalia authored nearly 900 supreme court opinions. he was a champion of the constitution,

senator orrin hatch getting an awa award. we have mark whitaker, the acting attorney general of the united states. orrin hatch, your thoughts on him getting the medal of honor. >> what a career, right? we will miss a great deal, that generation moving on. we will miss it in this congress. orrin hatch certainly republicans can say as the president mentioned, no one has -- no living member of congress, no member of congress has sponsored more legislation that became law than orrin hatch. republicans can be pleased on his record of accomplishment but we can be pleased that orrin hatch valued comedy, valued working with other people, he valued being humane in his work and for all of that, he set a great example that new senators that democrats and republicans can pay attention to. >> two of the things he did accomplish we see on the screen there. justice kavanaugh is there with justice gorsuch, the two nomineeing that president trump were put forward and confirmed to the supreme court. a great ceremony all around. earlier today,

the honorable orrin g. hatch. [applause]

thank you. >> the honorable orrin g. hatch na .ne of the longest term serving senators. senator hatch has sponsored more bills that's become law than any other living member of congress. he's led the way in confirming qualified judges throughout the federal judicial area in order to protect our constitutional order and championed religious liberty and stood on the side of freedom around the world. his dedication to the senate, country and the rule of law has helped make our country what is it today and for that we honor him. [ applause ]

thank you. >> the honoring orrin g. hatch.one of the longest serving senators in american history having represented utah for 41 years. currently the chairman of the finance committee, senator hatch has sponsored more bills that have become law than any other living member of congress. he has led the way in confirming qualified judges throughout the federal judiciary to protect our constitutional order and has stood on the side of freedom around the world. his dedication to the senate and rule of law has helped to make what our country is today. for that we honor him. [applause]

but i can tell you i thought i would have to serve a lot longer than orrin hatch and still would never hear the president of the united states refer to our free press as the enemy of the eople. of course as those in this room know well, the president has it completely backwards. [applause] senator flake: despotism is the enemy. the free press is the despot enemy which makes the free press the guardian of democracy. [applause] senator flake: the careless use of the term fake news is not just injurious to on body politic but puts journalists in real danger. those of us who travel overseas to war zones and other troubled areas frequently encounter members of the u.s.-based media who risk their lives and some loose their lives reporting on the truth. to say it is fake news is an affront to their commitment and their sacrifice. [applause] senator flake: but it is more than that, it lends language to dictators, language used to stifle legitimate dissent and to crack down on journalists in their own countries. the values of a free expression and reference for the free press have been our glob

and that's orrin hatch. back in 1976, this kid from pennsylvania, blue-collar kid from pennsylvania, who had been then a union member, card-carrying union member, of which he is proud, and later went to law school and back in salt lake city a successful litigation attorney, decided to run for the united states senate. now he was running against a three-term incumbent. normally that's not a recipe for success, but he had a rare and impressive victory for a first-time candidate, and he hasn't looked back since. when he got elected, i think he probably was a little surprised, but he also realized that he owed something to the people of utah, and that's to put his nose to the grindstone and make a difference for them, and that's what he's done. they say he has sponsored more bills that have become law than any other living member of congress. he might even have that record for any member of congress, but certainly for any of those of us who are still around. he's the former chairman of the senate health, educati

, about antonin scalia in front of his widow, or finally about elvis presley. >> senator orrin hatch,riend of mine, he liked me right from the beginning and therefore i like him. that helps. that's the way life works. the second recipient we honor today is one of the greatest, truly was one of the greatest jurists ever to serve our country, supreme court justice antonin scalia, joining us for this ceremony is his wife maureen and their nine children. and gene, john, katherine, mary, clare, paul, matthew, christopher and megan, you were very busy, wow, i always knew i liked him. our final medal of freedom, the king of rock 'n' roll, the true king, you have to say that, elvis aaron presley. ♪ ♪ oh lord my god -- >> that was elvis. i said give me a little -- a little song. i'd like to hear the rest of the song. i don't know why they cut it off so short. they have no promotional ability, that's why. >> our promotional president of the united states to end our week and that is our broadcast on a friday evening. thank you so very much for being here with us. have a good weekend and good nig

retiree members of congress, orrin hatch of utah and democratic congressman sander levin of michigan talk about their tenure in congress, the trump administration, and what is next after retiring from politics. join us tonight at 8 p.m. for retiring members of congress on c-span and c-span.org. and listen with a free c-span radio app. new congress, new leaders. watch the process unfold on c-span. democrats have reclaimed control of the house. republicans retained majority control of the senate. as the parties organize the new congress, watch it unfold on c-span. >> c-span, where history unfold daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies and today we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events in washington, d.c., and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider.

orrin, what you're saying, basically, is you have this larger, very big stakes issue.e judge is more likely to say that donald trump acted as president, as, let's call it what it is, as a racist, you allege. if you can prove that he was privately like that on tape. >> that's correct. we have ample evidence from tweets, from public statements, from other documents that there is racial bias in the trump administration, coming from the president himself. but we're in the phase of our case where we're looking for all the evidence we can possibly get. so we want to seek these tapes to see if there's anymore bias that we can uncover. >> i think it's fascinating, because viewers will remember, this was the big issue in the travel ban case. presidents have a ton of authority to decide who comes into the country. and that's not really widely debated. the question was, was it an anti-religious act, because he publicly said he wanted to ban muslims, and people felt -- non-lawyers felt like that seemed like overwhelming evidence. it wasn't good enough in the eyes of the supreme co

my 18 years in this town has not been that long, especially compared to politicians like orrin hatchhose retirement party i left early to be here tonight. i can tell you that i thought i'd have to serve a lot longer than orrin hatch and still never hear the president of the united states revert to our free press a as the enemy of the peopl. le. a phrase that has such an ignoble pedigree. well, thehere know president has it completely backwards. [applause] despotism is the enemy of the people. the free press is the desperate's enemy which makes the free press the guardian of democracy. [applause] sen. flake: the careless use of the term fake news is not just injurious in body politics, and puts journalists in real danger. those of us who travel overseas, especially to war zones and other troubled areas around the globe frequently encounter members of the u.s. based media who risk their lives, some lose their lives reporting on the truth. to dismiss their work as fake news is an affront to their commitment and their sacrifice. [applause] but it is more than that. it also lends language

, about antonin scalia in front of his widow or finally about elvis presley. >> senator orrin hatch, a friend of mine, great friend of mine. he liked me right from the beginning and therefore, i like him. that helps. that's the way life works, right? the second recipient we honor today is one of the greatest truly was one of the greatest jurists ever to be our country, supreme court justice antonin scalia. joining us for this ceremony is his wife maureen and their nine children. anne, jeanne, john, catherine, "marie claire," paul, matthew. christopher and meg. you were very busy. wow. i use knew i liked him. our final med of freedom the king of rock 'n' roll, the true king and you have to say that, elvis aaron pressley. ♪ ♪ o, lord, my god >> that was elvis. that was my idea. i said give me a little song. i'd like to hear the rest of the song. i don't know why they cut it off. they have no promotional ability. that's why. >>> tonight on "all in". >> i write the answers, my lawyers don't write answers, i write answers. >> all eyes on the mueller probe as the president claims to have a

but the president's renewed attack on mueller is coming as republican senator orrin hatch is joining the majority leader, mitch mcconnell, in rejecting calls to vote on a bill to protect the special counsel. >> we don't need that. and frankly, even if you did need that bill, all you'd do is get into a big hassle. >> big hassle? is that a reason to not do something if it's the right thing? because tonight, president donald j. trump has unprecedented power to disrupt mueller's investigation. he's not just boiling over with anger. he is taking action. he fired jeff sessions, replacing him with a man who has waxed sycophantic to trump about mueller's investigation. >> they're trying to suggest that essentially the trump campaign had these deep ties into russia, which is not true. why don't these folks hurry up? i mean, there is -- it is not helping this administration. >> so, why won't orrin hatch and mitch mcconnell protect robert mueller? it doesn't make sense. when the president of the united states tonight is clearly making bob mueller a top target. jeff zeleny is "outfront" at the w

>> well, i don't agree with orrin., i don't agree with what orrin said, and, look, chris, for me, you just got to let this whole investigation, you know, be completed. it shouldn't be interrupted. and i was thinking about what i wanted to say tonight, and knowing i was going to come on the show, and there are people who are watching this who think, oh, well, you know, kasich's happy. maybe he'll run for president. chris, this makes me sick to my stomach. all of these things that are happening. because i believe like you we love our country, we worry about our country, we worry about, you know, what kind of message this sends to the world. and, but, you know, we're in tribal politics. we see it all the time. and i know, you know, the question is, why does he have 90% republican support? look at the party. it's shrinking. you know, it's dramatically lost membership, and it is, i say, those house elections, i think the republicans lost 39 seats. there was a blue wave. something that i thought would happen. however, that w

senator orrin hatch. and some people who aren't around. elvis, babe ruth and justice scalia.t notably, when the president ad libbed, whether it was about orrin hatch, about antonin scalia in front of his widow, or finally about elvis presley. >> senator orrin hatch, a friend of mine, a great friend of mine. he liked me right from the beginning and therefore, i like him. that helps. that's the way life works, right? the second recipient we honor today is one of the greatest, truly was one of the greatest jurists ever to serve our country, supreme court justice antonin scalia. joining us for this ceremony is his wife maureen and their nine children and jean, john, katherine, mary claire, paul, matthew, christopher and megan. you were very busy, wow. i always knew i liked him. our final medal of freedom, the king of rock and roll, the true king, and you have to say that, elvis aaron presley. ♪ ♪ >> that was mine. i said, give me a little song. i'd like to hear the rest of the song, but i don't know why they cut it off so short. they have no promotional ability, that's why. >> ou

senator orrin hatch, a friend of mine. great friend of mine.ight from the beginning and therefore i like him. that helps. that's the way it is. i'm not supposed to say it, but that's the way lifeworks. for the last 42 years, senator hatch proudly represented the people of utah, sponsoring more bills that became law than any living legislator. from rewriting our tax code to helping just hardworking americans get through life to reshaping our courts to uphold the vision of our counters to protecting the religious freedom of all americans. his achievements are too numerous to count. senator hatch is a true american statesman. today senator hatch is joined by his incredible family, the love of his life, elaine. they have been married for 61 years along with their six children. brent, marcia, scott, kimberly, elisa and jess. congratulations. please stand up. congratulations to you all. the second recipient is one of the greatest jurists to ever serve our country. supreme court justice antonin scalia universally admired for towering intellect, brilli

also, miriam adelson, wife of billionaire republican donor sheldon adelson; senator orrin hatch; thepreme court justice antonin scalia; babe ruth; and elvis. that's a crazy list of people ( laughter ) the only thing they all have in common is none of them know what orrin hatch did to get the presidential medal of freedom. these presidential medals of freedom are kind of like the roses on "the bachelor" in that it's not normal to give them to this many dead people. and, yet, elvis is being honored for defining american culture to billions of adoring fans around the world. or maybe the president has secret files that elvis is still alive, and he's just doing this to flush him out. that would explain why he left the medal under a box propped up by a stick. ( laughter ) you've been squatched! so, what were the criteria for putting together such a random grouping of people? well, it's completely at the president's discretion and-- wait, i'm being told trump's just added more recipients, including kid rock, tan mom, guy fieri, ronald mcdonald, those fat motorcycle twins, a porn star who di

the honorable orrin g hatch. [applause]

they include utah republican orrin hatch, who is retiring after 41 years in the senate. the late supreme court justice antonin scalia, elvis presley, and babe ruth. well, money can't buy r-e-s-p-e-c-t, but it can land you a treasured item once owned by the queen of soul. the first auction of aretha franklin's items sunshine her death this past summer is under way this weekend in new york. items including a gown she wore to a ceremony with president clinton, and the suit she wore to oprah's 40th birthday party. well, still ahead, the itself government's crackdown on teen vaping. >> morgan: e-cigarette companies have until this weekend to convince the f.d.a. that they can keep flavored e-cigs out of the hands of kids. with the deadline approaching, federal officials are preparing to announce a nationwide crackdown. here's anna werner. >> reporter: in september, the f.d.a. set a six-day deadline for several major e-cigarette companies to prove they can keep e-cigarettes away from kids. the one called juul holds more than 70% of the e-cigarette market share overall and has b

especially compared to politicians like orrin hatch whose party -left-curly-bracket here tonight.referred to the free press as the enemy of the people. the phrase that has such a noble pedigree and of course as those in the room know how, the president has it completely backwards. [applause] despotism is the enemy of the people. the free press which makes the free press the guardian of democracy. [applause] the use of the term isn't just injurious to the body politic. it puts journalists in danger. those of us who travel overseas especially to war zones and other areas frequently encounter members of the us-based media who risk their lives reporting on the truths it is an affront to their commitment and sacrifice. [applause] it's also a language to the dictators to stifle dissent and crackdown on journalists in their own countries. the expression and reverence for the free press has been our global hallmark. it is our ability to air the truth that keeps our government honest and keeps the people free between the mighty and the modest truth is the great leveler. that's why respect

. >> saturday, to retiring members of congress, orrin hatch of utah michigan, levin of talk about their tenure in congress, the state of the political process study the trump administration, and was after retiring from politics? join us saturday for retiring members of congress and listen free withace -- for the c-span radio app. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. and today, we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events in washington dc and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. at the national pet -- press club, robert wilkie talked about efforts to reform the v.a.. converting to electronic medical records. and the department support for medical research. this is one hour.

host: senator orrin hatch, thank you for the conversation. sen. hatch: i hope it has been interesting. >> now, c-span's interview with u.s. representative who is -- sander levin in michigan who is retiring after serving 36 years in office. this is about 35 minutes. host: congressman levin, you arrived in washington in 1983 as a freshman member of the house of representatives. what do you remember about those first two months? rep. levin: actually, i came to washington to become part of the agency for international development. our family was here then. i had been in michigan all my life before that. so then i went back and ran for a seat that opened up after i had run for governor. i mention that because i came here with all of the background and all of those feelings. i had not expected to run for congress. the seat opened up and my brother said to me, my brother carl had been through some big battles for the governorship when i lost by a small amount. someone with whom i became a good friend. bill and i had worked together in the state senate. w

other honorees included utah senator orrin hatch, babe ruth, and the late supreme court justice antoninlia. justice ruth bader ginsburg, still nursing broken ribs, was in the audience. multiple reports tonight that the c.i.a. has concluded saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin salman ordered the assassination of jamal khashoggi, killed inside their consulate in turkey but said the iince was not involved. the poultry company jennie-o is recalling raw ground turkey, 90,000 pounds, potentially contaminated with salmonella. the packages have "use by" dates buom early october, but could be in people's freezers. a salmonella outbreak this year has caused at least one death and 164 illnesses in 35 states. "on the road" is next here. steve hartman "on the power of a few simple words in a christmas card. you do, too, but not in time. hey, no big deal. you've got a good record and liberty mutual won't hold a grudge by raising your rates over one mistake. you hear that, karen? liberty mutual doesn't hold grudges. how mature of them! for drivers with accident forgiveness, liberty mutual won't ra

withc-span's interview orrin hatch. he is retiring after 42 years in office. he talks about his childhood, his love of music and his friendship with the late senator ted kennedy. this is about 30 minutes. sen. hatch: a longest-serving republican senator in u.s. history. 42 years. what has kept you hear all of these years? sen. hatch: i am one of the people who has chaired many committees. the work that i do is really important. for instance, when i chaired the labor and human resource committee, there was hundreds of bills that covered everything from health care, the government to you name it. i felt like i was doing the lords work and everything i possibly could. process, helped to bridge the gap between democrats and republicans. the most notable was ted kennedy who came over to work for me party.ey became the and then the relationship blossomed into all kinds of important legislation. i worked with so many other democrats to do good work. to get it done they would have to come across and do it the right way. >> why do you call it the lords work? sen. hatch

senate seat for utah romney takes over from retiring republican utah senator orrin hatch who held that position for more than forty years romney has repeatedly criticized the president in the past as a fraud and a phony but it's unclear what relationship be currently has with the u.s. presidency could become a focus of opposition to the president from within the republican party. now i will be only one of a hundred united states senators but i believe that one person doing the right thing at the right time can have a lasting impact i'll work with good men and good women on both sides of the aisle to serve the cause of america's enduring greatness and i will endeavor to conduct myself in a matter that is consistent with the values of our great state in a with our national character and so during the next six years i commit to devote my heart my mind and my energy to be worthy of the trust that you as the voters of utah have given me thank you so much. well voters turned out in record numbers for these midterms and that led to some severe access problems and a number of voting stations a

saturday, to retiring members of congress, orrin hatch of utah and sander levin of michigan talk about their tenure in the trump administration, and what is next after retiring from politics. and us on c-span www.c-span.org. susan: on this veterans day weekend, c-span is pleased to welcome the secretary of the army, mark esper. joining us from the pentagon. marking his one-year anniversary soon in that role. he brings to it a wealth of experience, including service as a combat veteran himself. service as a senior aide on capital hill working on national security policy. a previous stint at the pentagon. and also working for defense contractor raytheon. mr. secretary, thanks very much for being our guest this week. sec. esper: thank you, susan. thank you for inviting me. susan: let me introduce the two reporters who cover defense issues who will be asking questions. missy ryan works for the washington post as a national security reporter. and pat tucker is at defense one as a national security reporter for that publication. missy ryan, you are up first in just a minute. but we wanted to

so, i stood up to the m microphe and i gave a keynote address ayat would have done professor orrin proudsay when we confront the reality of modern civilization can only understand through the full range of its pluralism and yet we are driven back to realize that any is the composite of the countless individualism that make it up. [applause] i went on like that for 35 minutes. [laughter] they said thank you that was healing and the single best thing any organizer does, they slipped the envelope. never been paid for a lecture before. i waited and i opened it up, $500. all the money in the world. i come back home, take my clothes off, get back in bed about 9:30 by now. i go to sleep, martha finally wakes up and i say you will not believe what happened while you were asleep. [laughter] i had $500 remember the whole dream of coming to new york is that we would live in this flamboyant and frivolous way and now we have $500 so we decided to go and have one great dinner so we did, we went out and had champagne and we went.com. it was like one of those 1930s cartoons where the mice are playingli

senate seat for the state of utah romney takes over from retiring republican you told senator orrin hatch had held the position for more than forty years for decades romney has repeatedly denounced trump in the past as a fraud and a phony but it's unclear what relationship he currently has with the u.s. president that will be interesting to watch also interesting to watch are the demographic groups in the united states how they're changing and what that means for. the vote tells some key demographics vote or if they vote at all that can make or break a party or an election for a party so william know a good prospect here at the big table they've got what millions of voters from all walks of life in the u.s. and we love to put them in nice little categories don't like to we like to have more narratives we like to try to figure out what all this data all this polling means that you know political parties the pollsters we in the media we're all looking for answers we're all trying to find our stories but of course these are not model this monoliths you know people of color women youth etc th

floor and now is because of the ivy league on behalf of wendell wilkie thinks to the grandnephew of orrin root, the secretary of defense and state for both roosevelt and mckinley. that grandnephew wrote an interesting manifesto in which he summoned all the graduates of harvard, yale, princeton and the rest. so you have this remarkable response that hundreds of thousands of people influenced by that culture and the tickets in the balcony were distributed in something like nine to one ratio in favor of what were called or invites boys in the deaths of the campaign manager, something mysteriously had been in fine how, but when he dropped dead, a wendell wilkie advocated must have prior who would not to be vice president of pan-american became the manager of the convention and the keys of the convention were not man's pocket. so wilkie sees that on the fifth ballot. >> we are now down to five minutes. so he loses the election. >> he does lose the election and am losing the election he makes a speech that was extraordinary on armistice day in which he says that the loyal opposition is a concep

host: senator orrin hatch, thank you for the conversation. sen. hatch: i hope it has been interesting. >> now, c-span's interview with u.s. representative who is -- sander levin in michigan who is retiring after serving 36 years in office. this is about 35 minutes. host: congressman levin, you arrived in washington in 1983 as a freshman member of the house of representatives. what do you remember about those first two months? rep. levin: actually, i came to washington to become part of the agency for international development. our family was here then. i had been in michigan all my

visit ncicap.org] >> tonight, to retiring members of congress, orrin hatch of utah and democratic congressman sander levin of michigan talk about their tenure in congress, the state of the put up -- clinical progress today, the trunk administration, and what is next. join us tonight -- trump administration, and what is next. join us tonight. congress returns tuesday for the start of a lame-duck session . the house is backed work on legislation funding the federal government passed the december 7 deadline. the senate returns for votes on coast guard programs and denomination for the federal reserve board. watch the house lights on c-span and the senate live on c-span2. here is more from a capitol hill reporter. the 115 congress returns tuesday for the lame-duck session and the home stretch of legislative work and leadership elections. joining us is scott long, senior staff writer with the hill. let's start with the elections and nancy pelosi'

host: senator orrin hatch, thank you for the conversation. sen. hatch: i hope it has been interesting. >> tonight coming interview by david mccain of nicole a palmer. -- nicola palmer. >> what i mean is they give us -- massive speed, 10 and 1000 times the bandwidth. the way we are deploying it, and clayton no's, we are calling this ultra band. we're using spectrum in the millimeterwave range. is a lot of it when you have a lot of spectrum, that translates to speed. watch "the communicators" tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span two. >> conga is back in session tomorrow for a lame-duck session. remove the gray wolf from the endangered species list. and the house will swear and two new members selected for vacant house seats until the end of the year. the senate returns to consider legislation on coast guard programs and a nomination for the federal reserve board. can watch the house live on c-span and the senate live on c-span two. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable-television comp

northern ireland customs territory only answer in relationship to the guarantees of the people of orrin ireland. we argued, and we resisted, and we made clear we would not accept the position of the european union, and a few weeks ago they agreed with our position. they conceded to the united kingdom so that there will not be a customs border down the irish sea. i think it has become even clearer that the right honorable gentleman doesn't actually know what is in the agreement, what is in the outlying decorations. we talk about the second referendum. never mind a second referendum. e hasn't got a first clue. >> with the shambles this government has got into, it is a good idea that other people are not ruling out all options. r. speaker, there is an entire protocol, an entire protocol in the withdrawl agreement setting out regulations that apply only to northern ireland. she clearly didn't discuss this draft agreement with the d.u.p. because their brexit spokesperson said, and i quote, we are clear. we will not be voted for this humiliation. mr. speaker, this deal is a failure. it fails

. >> recipients of the presidential medal ofom freed include orrin hatch, antonin scalia, elvis presley. >>> people are s choosing toep outside to raise ae reness for owing epidemic ofne homele. >> reporter: for too many young people, thisik or something le it is a bed, cardboard or mattress, may a sleeping bag to keep warm. >> the reality of it is they're tryi to keep warm and they're trying to keep out of the elements. and this is actually a luxury if they do have a sleeping bag. >> reporter: as ceo, it's the story that she knows far too well. ien you think about people having to sleep those conditions night after night, it's got to be heart breaking. >> it is heart brea so you see them creating solutions often, trying to accommodate for the weather. >> reporter: as the cold blo in, covenant houses nationwide and volteers are taking part in sleep out america, experiencing for one night what it's like to live on the street. >> repor >> these funds help to support not only their housing but their job readiness, their educations opportunitiehat we're preparing them to move forward. >> re

here's senator orrin hatch explaining why things have changed. >> why not allow the bill to come forwardl you do is get into a big hassle. >> with the president? >> him and a lot of others. that's not the way to do it. >> so jim, why, what's the reticence now? i mean, when it seems with an interim attorney general, all the way reason you would have a protection in place. >> absolutely. this absolulegislation should g through. in all likelihood, it has the 60 votes in the senate. this is the calculation that those in the senate are making. they in their hearts believe the mueller needs to go forward. but voting on this bill really alienates their business. they're hoping donald trump doesn't do nug that impedes the investigation. they're saying to the president, you know, do not do this. but really that shouldn't be enough. they really should pass this legislation. >> ronaldo, you said while the president's attorneys wouldn't likely sign off on responses, it's not him going it alone is there a chance mueller is not satisfied with the questions or doesn't feel they're full bodied enough, c

presidential medal of freedom, babe ruth, elvis presley, justice antonin scalia, outgoing senator orrinne. on the his is miriam adelson. she and her husband donated $100 million this cycle line to superpscts. your thoughts? >> mixed in with the scientists and artists and athletes and people unquestioned excellence that begin on the list of presidential american freedom winners you got a fair number of celebrations. president obama gave the medal to his own vice president joe biden and it was like a personal gift to his closest political ally. in this case, you know, donors get certain things. they get ambassadorships and apparently medals of freedom as well. doesn't take anything away from the other wins and i was glad to see elvis there. i visited graceland for the first time this year. >> an elvis presley fan? >> i appreciate it. if you got stevie wonder and duke ellington there, you probably should put the king of rock 'n' roll as well. >> errol louis, thank you so much. >> thank you. >>> with the recount battle happening in florida, a controversial move at the justice department hav

senator chuck grassley says he will take over the senate and the finance committee, taking over from orrinit will be one of the key figures to move trade deals with canada and mexico through congress. we were talking about that with them to go chief negotiator. thator chuck grassley will at the helm of the senate finance committee's. a couple other issues coming up in the 2020 election round, health care, trade, they will all be in front of the committee. time for our global battle of the charts. you can see them on bloomberg by running g tv . in new york, we have jessica summers. >> crude has fallen fast, we are seeing a relief rally the last two sessions. i want to focus on the technicals. they had been driving us down in momentum. west texas intermediate crude, 50-dayte line, the moving average fell below the 100-day moving average. this is a sell signal. i remaining below its 200-day moving average since late october. also very negative here, acting as overhead resistance in a big way. the btilysts say if does not get up to 60 we will see a continuation of this downward trend. vonn

the honorees are babe ruth, antonin scalia, orrin hatch, former judge and football player alan page andarterback roger sawback, recognized as americans who made a significant contribution or impact to the united states. rob: democrats divided over health care, progressive democrats pushing to force a vote on a single-payer system, while moderates refused to support the motion over cross concerns. is this a sign of things to come for the democratic house agenda for the next two years? here to debate that is democratic strategists and one seeright. where are the democrats on healthcare? >> a mixed bag of ideas in the caucus right now and that is not necessarily a bad thing. at the end of the day what is most important is when we take a vote whether it is on policies that new members want or whether it is on the policies the more seasoned members want, at the end of the day we must be locked up on trying to fix a broken health care system and do the opposite of what republicans want to do. that is why democrats were elected so heavily up and down the ballot. the american people want to dea

includes senator orrin hatch and elvis. aubach and live coverage starts at 1:00 p.m. eastern. ," the legacy of speaker paul ryan. gilbert,s is craig thank you for being here. and in milwaukee, charlie sykes, the contributing editor for the weekly standard. thank you for being here as well. -- what will be, do you think, the legacy of speaker ryan. charlie sykes, why don't you go first. guest 2: i think it will be quite mixed. paul ryan was on track to be the intellectual movement -- leader of the movement as well as the republican party in congress. the contribution he made to pushing real reforms, entitlement reforms, getting a handle on the budget issues and the national debt were significant a compliments and yet, donald trump came along and as a result, what ryan represented in the republican party i think has been largely eclipsed. paul is going to cite the tax cuts and a lot of regulatory reforms, economic growth. the reality is someone whose career was centered around the debt and deficit will be leaving congress with a trillion dollar a year deficit as far as

announcer: retiring senator orrin hatch was among those awarded the medal of freedom in the white house on friday. the honor was also given to nfl hall of famer allen page and navy