senator patrick leahy is the incumbent in the race. he is a democrat. scott mill is to his left.is the republican candidate. next to him is jerry trudell who is running as an independent and chris erickson is also joining us and she is with the united marijuana party. peter diamond stone with the union party is expected to join us during the program. our format tonight will have the candidates answering questions. we will limit them to two minutes. we have asked them to honorary tethers time so so each of them can get the maximum amount. let's begin. let me start with the five of you. i would ask you to discuss the single biggest issue in the senate race. senator leahy let's start with you. >> thank you for having me and i want to thank those of you that have encourage me to run. i think the biggest thing is to make the senate be what it should be. it often has been the conscience of the nation. , watching what has happened in the national races, we have to have somewhere where republicans and democrats can work together as often we have in the past and be the conscience of the n

would argue patrick leahy is more relevant to the mess we are in it myself or anyone on the second table. >> moderator: will go to the fun here. good evening are joining us on u.s. senate candidates debate. >> hello? >> going ahead. >> yes, the question for scott milne the republicans candidate. >> moderator: go ahead. >> yes, i would tend like to know if he's elected to the senate if he will follow the constitution and go ahead and vote for justice of the supreme corporate appellees senator leahy and the other senators in the senate are in violation of the oath of office and dereliction of duty. >> moderator: buckminster with you mr. milne. >> there should be about america garlanded my groove back to the contrast is relevant as we look towards the future and our nation and our planet are in perilous times. i think you can tie a lot of the problems to the disintegration of getting things done in the states send over the last 42 years. the advising consent role of complementary to choosing supreme court justices. if hillary clinton or anybody is present i'm going to give them great differ

we will go from i left outward to my direct left is senator patrick leahy, incumbent in the race.e is a democrat. trundle is to his left, the republican candidate. next to him is jerry who is running as an independent and chris erickson is also join us and she is with the united marijuana party. peter diamondstone who is with the liberty union party is also affected to be join us during the program. our format for tonight will have the candidates answering questions. will limit them to too many. we've asked them to honor each other's time so that each can get the maximum amount. let's begin. let me start with a five of you. i like to ask you and limit it plays to juan, the single biggest issue in the 26th in u.s. senate race is what? senator leahy, let's start with you. >> first of all, i want to thank you and channel 17 having me back again. i want to thank the thousands of vermonters who urged me to run. i think for the senate, the biggest thing is to make the city what it should be. and often has been. i think it can be done as we did with the violence against women act, immigr

we want to dive in and i'm joined by clinton supporter patrick leahy of vermont and the top judiciary and of three senators who received this brief letter. we obtained a copy of it from the justice department. they said we assure you that the department will work closely with the fbi and together dedicate all necessary resources and take appropriate steps as expeditiously as possible. senator, nice to be with you. i want to start with the letter you received. it was in response to a letter that you and other senators had sent this weekend. asking for more details. are you satisfied with this response? >> that's form letter five. that's like when you place a telephone call to a company and you want a question and they say your call is important to us. please stay on the line and listen to this wonderful music and the next available operator will be with you. >> wasn't it premature for them to say? >> there is the point. it's not just democrats who are concerned. it's democrats and republicans. look at the key republican and democratic members in the justice department who raise questio

senators chuck grassley and patrick leahy told this man rob warner to come to the senate subcommittee because they have serious questions about this $84 million merger. to which rob warner replied i'm with time warner cable, you got the wrong guy and the wrong company. you're thinking of the other time waerrnerwarner. so even the senate makes mistakes. >>> soylent which makes a protein shake is pulling the powder off the shelves after some people complained of stomach upset. this is the second time they have had to deal with complaints. to be clear, the food is not dangerous, it just makes a small percentage of people, well, it makes their day very unpleasant. let's say that. back to you. >> a tummy ache or two. thank you very much. >>> nbc bay area responds to your questions and e-mails. >> even in person of course. every e-mail, every question. right now nbc bay area consumer investigator is at the soggy farmers market. chris, we saw people approaching your booth and you're answering questions out there. >> reporter: yeah, we wanted do this face-to-face. we do it by phone, e-mail, b

patrick leahy of vermont, joining with ben carden of maryland, sending this letter to the fbi directort, it says, no later than monday the 31st of october, 2016, we request that you provide us with more detailed information about the investigative steps being taken, the number of e-mails involved and what is being done to determine how many of the e-mails are dupe lilicative of e reviewed by the fbi. joining me to discuss this is one of the writers of the letter, senator ben carden of maryland on the phone with us. thanks so much, senator, for taking the time out. so this letter has been sent? if so, have you received any kind of confirmation of its receipt? any reaction? >> today, we have -- the letter went out yesterday. we have not received any reply. obviously, the timing of the fbi director's announcement is very disappointing. secretary clinton asked for full disclosure. we believe the american people need to know before the elections what this is about. because there's strong belief that this is nothing new. this is a separate investigation they're doing. there is no indication

patrick leahy, thomas carper, dia dianne feinstein sent a joint letter demanding more details from comey decision. they want information, including details on the investigative steps taken and number of e-mails involved. congressman steve cohen called on comey to resign. the congressional black caucus defended clinton on saturday, questioning comey's actions. >> this letter, i read it over and over and over again. provides little new information to the public. all it does is give republicans a new basis of which to attack hillary clinton. why would the fbi director go so far as to send this high ly unusual letter? it does not make any sense to me. now, on top of that, you don't hear the director talking about any other investigation he's involved in. is he investigating the trump foundation? is he looking into the russians hacking into all of our e-mails? is he looking into and deciding what's going on with regards to other allegations by the trump organization? >> all of this has given new confidence to the campaign of donald trump. at stop after stop throughout the weekend he railed ag

senators chuck grassley, patrick leahy told this guy, rob warner, you come to the senate subcommittee, we have serious questions about this $84 billion merger to which rob warner of time warner cable said, u.s. senate, you've got the wrong guy and the wrong company. you're thinking of time warner. >>> new into the newsroom, latest data on the u.s.gdp shows better-than-expected growth. the gdp is a measure of all the work we do as americans, the lattes made and turbines built show 2.9% growth, the best in two years. stocks posted modest losses thursday. investors sifting through earnings, the dow fell 29, nasdaq down 24. alphabet and amazon will move quite a brit today after the two companies reported profits. there were two companies with ipos who had their first day of trading on thursday. both of them got whacked in the markets. chinese company zto, largest ipo in america so far this year, down 15%. myovant sciences out of brisb e brisbane, down 11%. an ipo is when a company sells stock privately to the first investor. first day of trading is when investors turn around and sell you

senators chuck grassley and patrick leahy told this man, rob warner, to come to the senate committee, we have serious questions about this merger to which rob warner of time warner cable said, hey, guys, you've got the wrong guy and the wrong company. you're thinking of time warner. >>> san francisco-based soyy which makes a protein shake is pulling the shake cover off the shelves after some people complained of stomach upset. this is the second time they've dealt with complaints. it's already pulled a protein bar off the market. to be clear, the food is not a dangerous, it just makes a small percentage of people, it makes their day unpleasant. it is breakfast time. i'm going to say it rhymes with north korea. >> can we just say stomach ache. >>> thousands of toy vehicles that children drive around the yard can catch fire and cause burns. peg perego is recalling the items. the circuit board can fail causing the motor to eefr heat. they've received three reports of overheating and one report of a burn. the company is promising to replace the circuit boards for free. >>> more consumer n

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so that really isn't fair so why bring messages from liberty union for example, to declare patrick leahy the appropriation vote to give israel the zionist state in palestine. and as you know, those who aid and abet for those who perpetrate. >> would do to think of the tone of the presidential race greg. >> i am disturbed. but i am supporting hillary clinton both pretty sanders and i are voting and have campaigned for him. to pick and choose which parts of the constitution to violate the freedom of religion to fill all of those naval obligations some of which ones of those he will follow. to be the leader of the of free world to say i will pick and choose and then to publicly mocked somebody to condemn the the mother of the fellow serviceman. and is opposed to people like john mccain even though he served honorably. he applied for five deferments and from the draft. >> election is three weeks from today we have a national audience as we decide who to vote for. one of the contributors of that bad rhetoric fifth was my opponents decision was to disenfranchise the voice that was supporting h

patrick leahy, senator leahy, of vermont has now been in office for 41 years. there are several members of the house who have been there for decades. do you support term limits? blumenthal: we have term limits now, susan. they're called elections. and what i have found is that some of the best republican members in the house or the senate have served a long time, same is true of the democratic senators. the biggest area where we need reform is campaign finance. the existence of the deluge of dark money where there's no accountability, no reporting, anonymously donated through super pacs not only at the presidential level, but in united states senate and congressional races is the greatest threat we have to the integrity of the system. and so i really have not supported term limits because i think the democratic process should work to throw out of office people who have exhausted the patience of the electorate and also who are failing to do their job as well as they should be and as well as their opponent i want to just correct the record on something that my op