there was kind of a funny moment at one point, patrick leahy, top democrat on the appropriations committee from the senate stuck his head in the hall and said

i spoke with democratic senator patrick leahy of vermont. he played a key role in brokering the compromise. but are mocrats happy with the outcome? >> well, the compromise, nobody gets everything they want.is as something republicans and democrats worked extraordinarily hard oho, both the and the senate. we did the last couple weeks almost every evening, through the weekend, and finally it came to afinal agreement in my office in the capitol last evening. we all had tvo gie something, but we've got a good deal for america. and it might no be a eat deal for one person or another politicall but we want to get the best deal for america. >> woodruff: so, senator, we understand the report is there $1.37 billion in funding for a border barier, something like 55 miles of barrier. president trump is saying that's not enough, that plans to use other methods to come up with money, maybe they're saying as much as $1.8 bilonn addition to this from other sources. ocrats aremething dem going to go along with? >> well, the president also gave his solemn wo

vermont senator patrick leahy says he wants taxpayers dollars spent on measures, like technology and other resources to better secure the border. lets vote for things that work we've got to have a comprehensive approach to this. i believe that we've got a chance this week to move things. president trump thinks differently -- he's suggested declaring a national emergency to fund the border wall. in washington, morgan wright. (ken) a border patrol agent from texas was struck and killed by a moving vehicle last night. the abilene police officer's association says the female agent was assisting the department of public safety when she was hit. the driver of the vehicle was taken into custody. no word yet on if that person will be charged. among those paying tribute to the fallen officer was the callahan county sheriff's office which said "you will always be missed by everyone that got the pleasure to work alongside you. rest easy sister, we have the watch from here." <"we skidded once when we got off the freeway when we were coming back in and we skidded.. almost hit the side wall."the s

vermont senator patrick leahy says he wants taxpayers dollars spent on measures, like technology and resources to better secure the border. lets vote for things that work we've got to have a comprehensive approach to this. i believe that we've got a chance this week to move things. president trump thinks differently -- he's suggested declaring a national emergency to fund the border wall. in washington, morgan wright.

patrick leahy/d- vermont"there's not a single one of us who is going to get every single thing we want but nobody does and we're going to get what is best for the united states."president trump was given the update shortly before taking the stage at a rally monday night in texas.president trump/no font needed"they said that progress is being made with this committee....just so you know we're building the wall anyway....."a source says the deal includes nearly one- point-four billion dollars for physical barriers covering about 55 miles.a white house official says aides are digesting the details.....with nothing set in stone.but some people see this as a step in the right direction.david gergen/former presidential adviser"it is very encouraging news for the appear to be in agreement in principle."others don't.castro/democratic presidential candidate, former hud secretary"his call for a concrete wall or anything that resembles that should never happen because it's a waste of money, it will be ( james ) still ahead on the kron 4 morning news... a man killed in a police shooting at a taco

areas to focus on and no one wants a government shutdown so top negotiators found common ground, patrick leahy say. >> none of us will get everything we want but we are going to get what is best for the united states. >> reporter: 155 miles of border barrier. democrats not wanting to call it a wall. they are using any currently deployed design including steel slats, democrats claiming a decrease in ice detention beds, there are 40,000 ice beds and curb the funding to 40,000 but there is wiggle room because there is additional funding elsewhere to find additional beds should they respond in a surgeon apprehension. democrats tracked one proposal, scuttled an effort to cast those away from the border in the interior us at 16,500, that moved things forward. the question is whether donald trump will sign it considering it is less than the original $5.7 billion originally requested. >> progress is being made in this committee. we are building the wall anyway. we probably have some good news but who knows? >> reporter: we will know when the language is released wednesday when it starts to move and th

patrick leahy had this to say. >> not a single one of us is going to get every single thing we want bute are going to get what is best. >> what is in this? let's take a look. $1.375 billion, for 55 miles of border wall. any the poor design they want including steel slats. it will all be in the rio grande valley sector, the heaviest trafficked area of the entire southern border. then there is this, democrats claiming 70% decrease in ice detention beds. currently there is funding for 40,000 ice beds. this would curb that funding down much closer to 40,000 but there is wiggle room with additional funding elsewhere for dhs funding to use should they respond to a third surge in illegal immigration and democrats dropped one proposal that may have moved the talks and that is a proposal to the total number of detainees caught in areas away from the border, 16,500. the other question is whether donald trump will sign this. news reached him quickly in el paso. >> progress is being made with this committee. just so you know. we are building the wall anyway so we probably have some good news but wh

a funny moment when the top democrat patrick leahy from the senate side stuck his head into the hall and so there's no white smoke yet but it 8:30 there was. something they agreed to is $1.375 billion for 55 miles of wall along the texas border with mexico, the rio grande valley. richard shelby, came up and talked about the tentative accord. >> worked it out in principle. >> do you have signoff from the white house? >> we talked from time to time as you well know from white house representatives. >> this is one of the key problems on capitol hill they think they have a deal with the president and he doesn't sign something or backs away, that was the case in december. they had a problem with that in march with the deal the president signs but will donald trump sign? he was on fox earlier tonight. >> a lot of things have changed and we will see what happens. i can't going to the exact deal, i heard it very quickly, between the deal and you, i had to choose you and i'm happy i did. we will see what happens. >> reporter: one of the biggest issues is the number of ice beds. there is no li

if you have you know quote grown ups in the room, you want richard shelby and anita lowy, and patrick leahy, if there is a deal to be had they are the ones who would get there, with ego, appropriators don't deal in egos. david: there is another point, which dealing in facts, we hope that our legislators will at some point biel i deal in fax, christina pointed to fact did not seem that the shut downs really affected the economy. we had a terrific january jobs report during the heart of the shut down that just blew, a expectations. but, now have you the president, go out it el paso, he will be at the border, don't those visuals of the president at border and realty of economy doing well mean anything in the negotiations? >> well, you know, that -- let's see if it refs up his base, let's see when phone calls are to jim jordan, and mark meadows. some leaders of freedom caucus, they got very engaged in december. we thought that president would sign that interim deal to keep the government open until february. they engaged on house floor, they conducted what they call special orders, the lengthy

forward, those negotiators, richard shelby of alabama, republican, kay granger, the democrats patrick leahy and nita low which. going into that meeting, kay granger said prospects of a deal, i'm always optimistic but also realistic. to sort of step back for a second here. going into the weekend it seemed like a deal was potentially on the horizon but this issue of detention beds cropped up. the president holding unannounced meeting with sheriffs here at the white house, a need for more border wall and need for detention beds. the president is set to leave the white house to head down to to el paso, texas, for a rally tonight to continue to tout border funding as we get closer to a deadline of friday at midnight to avert a second government shutdown this year. connell, melissa. melissa: connell, thank -- break you. what do you think of the pivot with the democrats talking about number of detention beds and wanting to cut it so dramatically? is that, president said introducing something new in the negotiation in an effort to derail it. what is your take? is that accurate? >> i think it is acc

including richard shelby, patrick leahy swaels house members, including house appropriations chairmanhey just told reporters they've come to an agreement to avoid a shutdown over key sticking points, including detaining people at the border. sticking point over the weekend was to limit the number of people detained on u.s. soil, undocumented immigrants. what's unclear is how that was resolved. me and other reporters tried to ask what was exactly agreed to. they are not saying at this point. they're saying though they have reached this agreement, they believe they'll have the support within their respective teams. president trump signed this into law. we'll have to see when it comes but lots of optimism. big shift from just yesterday. a sign that they could avert another government shutdown after the longest one in history of 35 days of these very issues. perhaps he can avoid it this time. >> just to be clear here, manu raju, no details on what's in that deal, that's more than a little important here. any sense of whether this has any level of presidential sign-off? >> it's really uncl

not allow the white house to use executive privilege to cover up wrongdoing but today senator patrick leahyot enough. >> long-held abuse of executive power koss essentially be weaponized by president trump, a man who derives any limit on his authority. >> weaponized, what do you make of that? >> he has more expansive powers than i'm. and then the guy in charge has to follow those laws. that's the neat feature of our democracy. what was the question again? >> about weaponizing his power. >> i think his greatest strength is that he is basically a conventional political actor. he served doj under hnc.w. bush has openly expressed his affection for mueller and has made concrete promises about not cutting this off or standing in the way. his philosophy is not terribly dangerous on this front. >> i want you to listen to bill barr's answer to releasing a public report of mueller's report. >> i think it's important that the public beaware of the special counsel's work. my job is to provide as much transparency as i can in consistency with the law. >> barr did not say yes, i promise to release the fu

there was kind of a funny moment at one point, patrick leahy, top democrat on the appropriations committee from the senate stuck his head in the hall and said there's no white smoke yet. come 8:30, there was. what they have agreed to is $1.375 billion for 55 miles of wall along the texas border with mexico, the rio grande valley. i was there in richard shelby, the chairman of the senate appropriations committee came out and talked about the tentative record. >> we worked it out in principl principle. >> you have signoff from the white house? >> we talked from time to time, as you well know, from the white house representatives. >> this is always one of the key problems they have you on capitol hill that they think they have a deal with the president and then he doesn't sign something. or he backs away. that was truly the case in december. they had a little bit of a problem with that in march and a bill the president ultimately signed. the question is will president trump sign? he was on fox earlier tonight. listen. >> president trump: i can tell you a lot of things have changed and we will

sanders also picked up the endorsement of vermont senator patrick leahy, who enforced hillary clintonuring the 2016 primary. >> it was a slight humble brag. >> i won't say, everybody else is. >> the associate editor on the hill, great to have you with us this morning. does sanders running complicate the field for democrats? others positions themselves as progressives like kamela harris or elizabeth warren or does he hold the mantle as the one true progress 95 this race? >> well, he does hold that mantle. >> that adds to the complexity he brings to this race. first and foremost, bernie sanders could win this thing. i think it has become fashionable in certain journalistic circles to play down his chances. i don't think it's a sure thing by any stretch. there is a progressive pace that adores bern benefit and in a big field that can be very potent. now, to your point, there are candidates like senator harris who have been trying to thread a needle to a clearly progressive platform and an appeal house, a mar magnetism to centrists that is complicated by his entry into the race. >> also,

vermont senator patrick leahy says he wants taxpayer dollars spent on measures like technology and otherresources to better secure the border... saying "let's vote for things that work." president trump still has declaring a national emergency in his back pocket... he's teased it since the 35 day government shutdown... and he seems to be keeping it on the table. trump aid kellyanne conway spoke kellyanne conway spoke to the media this morning about whether or not the president would declare a national security. (grant)border."> (grant) tomorrow (grant) tomorrow during t

for republicans, that's senator richard shelby, congresswoman kate granger to be joined by patrick leahy and nita lowey for the democrats. talks stalled over the weekend when democrats insisted on lowering the number of beds congress would fund for illegal detained immigrants. democrats want to cap the number at 16,500 to be used for interior enforcement with a focus on violent criminals. >> those that are committing violent crimes absolutely, round them up. we should not limit any facility that may be needed to detain them, whether that is an i.c.e. facility or county jail or state prison. we shouldn't limit at all. reporter: on the conference call just a little while ago with reporters, the deputy director of i.c.e. said that the request is not for 16,500 beds but more than triple that, 52,000. he says that a cap that the democrats want would be quote, extremely damaging. he also says it would lead to quote, disastrous results. the president reacting today, taking to twitter. this is his read on everything. he wrote quote, the democrats do not want us to detain or send back criminal al

at least two members of the committee, patrick leahy under public and senator richard shelby, say theystic. however, president trump has hinted that declaring a national emergency if congress doesn't give him funding for a border wall. senate majority whip john cornyn says that could start a very lengthy court battle. watch. >> we know that if he were to do that they would likely end up in litigation. we dragged on for years, and there would be a question whether there be resolution of disapproval that miss pelosi might generate from the house. which i think would be an unnecessary fight for us to hav have. >> kennedy: me meantime, he says we need to stick with the issue on the portable. >> to every republican, if you don't stand behind this president, weg to stand behind you. when it comes to the wall. this is the defining moment of his presidency. >> kennedy: yesterday, senate democrats getting out of a potential national emergency declaration introducing legislation that would prevent using military and disaster relief to fund a border wall. my goodness. this has gone to a place whe

we have ffe firstial responses from patrick leahy, democrat, he was one to have the ones that requesteds. he goes so far to say if the president ignores basically the mandate of holding someone responsible for the murder, white house will share the blame for attempting to cover up the crime. we will hear frore republicans who requested this report or this letter. we heard from he new senat foreign relations chairman of idaho, he said he ac knowledges the letter and expects a more detailed briefing, and legislation has been introduced on this issue, i expect more to come. speak of staff, they're not aware what that legislation would mean. but the entire senate voted unanimously that the crown prince of saudi arab was personally responsible for this murder. >> reporter: do we know what is moree?to c >> i think we know something next week. the house is expected to vote on a resolution on the related issue yemen,nd we exp the house to pass a resolution requiring the withdrawal of u.s. forces from yemen, this is something the senate passed last year, so this is something that would be action

she worked with ncampions of reiation, including senator patrick leahy. and she became a fulbright fellow, introducing hillary clinton.da to the fulbright program extends to government leership. foreign minister pm binh minh is a fulbright alumn s and met withecretary of state mike pompeo today. >> some added punch for uncle sam for south vietnam. >> schifrin: and relations between the militaries has dramatically expanded. a coast guard ship the u.s. once used against vietnam was transferred in 2017 to the n vietnamey. and last year an aircraft carrier docked off the coast for the first time since the war. >> such a comprehensive engagement that the u.s. is having in vietnam. not only defense to defense, but also diplomatic, economic, education, cultural, people-to- people. it's really a comprehensive relationship we have. >> schifrin: and that relationship has helped produce an economic boom. garco 10 is northern vietnam's largest garment company. textiles have helped make vietnam asia's third fastest growing economy, behind indiaa. and ch and since a tr

just the republicans, democrats sounded potentially more hopeful about getting a deal including patrick leahy who's the top democrat appropriator. he said that he's hopeful that they can try to finish tonight and, of course, time is of the essence. if they do cut a deal, they got to move it still through both chambers of congress, get enough votes. of course, get the presidential signature. a lot of hoops they need to jump through. at least according to both sides, they're talking about seeing if they can get a deal. we'll see if they're able to do that tonight. we expect more talks to happen this hour, wolf. we'll see if any more developments happen. at the moment, a little bit more optimism that yesterday, wolf. >> that's good to hear that, but if there's not a deal reached by friday, manu, is there a backup plan to avoid a government shutdown and prevent 800,000 federal workers and their families from suffering as we all remember what happened during the 35 days of the first shutdown? >> reporter: it's unclear at this point. i asked that question directly to richard shelby if there will be

vermont senator patrick leahy introduced the senate version of the bill. the legislation aims to revive a key tenant of the voting rights act that was gutted by the supreme court in 2013, and removed the requirement that state and local election officials get federal approval before making changes to the voting process. the house has overwhwhelminglyly voted to pass the natural resources management act. the sweeping public lands bill adds over a million acres of protected wilderness, add four new national monuments, and expands eight existing national parks. a provision in the bill prevents mining in over 370,000 acres of land around two national parks, including montana's yellowstone. the legislation would also permanently reauthorize the federal land and water conservation fund, which lapsed last year. the bill, which was approved by the senate earlier this month, now heads to the desk of president trump. in more environmental news, lake erie has earnened some of the se legal rights as humans, thanks to voters in toledo, ohio. on tuesday, toledo resident

. >>> coming up here, one of the lead negotiators on the deal, democratic senator patrick leahy of vermont. >>> and women rule. five women now running to take on president trump. but is it a fair fight? a new look at sexism on the campaign trail. >> i might have a little more happy demeanor than some of my colleagues. it doesn't mean i'm not steely and tough and can deal with this. >>> good day, everyone, i'm andrea mitchell in washington with some big breaking news for president trump. we have nbc news exclusive reporting that two years of bipartisan work from the senate intelligence committee has found so far no direct evidence of a conspiracy between the trump campaign and russia. this after intense focus by the committee and their staff including 200 interviews. and it comes days after republican committee chair rich burr told cbs news there was also nothing to suggest collusion between the campaign and russia. joining us now, ken dilanian, chuck rosenberg, and matt miller. ken, you yourself have put in a lot of caveats in your reporting. tell me your bottom line here, because it's cle

many older, long-time members like dianne feinstein and patrick leahy who were highly skeptical of that. but they were eventually sold on the democratic argument that mcconnell is not going to -- he'll do what he is going to do regardless of what we do now. we may as well get the vacancies filled. mr. kane: the 2013 vote, the final people to come onboard for harry reid weren't old line conservatives. it was leahy, feinstein, barbara boxer, in particular because at that point they knew on the supreme court they had a pro roe v. wade majority. and they felt like they wanted to protect that, you know, abortion rights. most importantly. what changes mcconnell's mind is always when there is a deliverable, big outcome. he can sit there in 2013 and say this is the worst thing you could ever do to the united states senate. he said that history would remember harry reid as the worst majority leader ever because they were unilaterally changing the senate rules on a party line vote, and, you know, three and a half years later, is he willing to do the same thing? yes. if he gets a big end result ou

patrick leahy is also meeting with democrats probably doing the same thing.oing to give you a vocabulary terry term here called transfer authority and this might be the key for the president. transfer authority is inside an appropriations bill there is a way with notification, where they can move around millions of dollars. i am told hundreds of millions of dollars the president can potentially move around to put towards a border wall whatever project teachings and have to notify congress. that might be the linchpin here. maybe he didn't get more than $1.375 billion for border wall. if you look at the raw dollar figure, transfer authority is not indicated in the legislation once again that late tomorrow night. i was also told of democrats in the house of representatives come and they want to see the i.c.e. that number go down so we can say radical ipaq to get at down around 40,000 bed, but if he is to transfer authority, and they just used a couple months ago. we will see if variable to sell this based on those preferences. neil: so each side needs with its o

house appropriations committee chairwoman as well as kay granger and senator richard shelby and patrick leahyrd shelby, he wants to shake things up. if you are looking at how the volatility might impact the next week look for a major clue over the next 48 to 72 hours. look at the house of representatives. democratic-controlled of course. trying to get some type of a vote on thursday or friday. my view is democrats are supposed to be having a conference in washington, d.c., which can make it a little bit more difficult for them to get a floor vote scheduled. but where there is a will, there is a way in washington. caroline: quite amazing as ever of course. i want to get your take because with kyle about the way forward on u.s.-china trade talks. here is what he said. >> i think it is important for any agreement again to be measurable and also punishable to the extent that one side does not open their agreement. that is the difficult dance that we do with the regimes like china. theline: he waited on shutdown and is weighing in on the difficulty of negotiating with china. it difficult we. kevin

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patrick leahy saying we didn't learn anything in yesterday's meeting we didn't already know.ck mulvaney says if they don't come up with the deal, the president will do this in the legal executive authority way. he could get money. sean hannity, said they will start judge shopping. here the president just arrived at the national prayer breakfast. we'll listen to him in just a minute. brian: he looks all fired up for this. ainsley: probably in a good mood after state of the union address. ratings look good. steve: wonder what he talks about. he will clearly talk about faith and things like that that you would at the national prayer brake fast. undoubtedly will talk about the immigration problem and the problem at the southern bored he. the big question is, whatever the conference committee, he is shaking hands with democrat chris coons, whether or not he will sign it. if it is not close enough for him, he may not. the other major player in this though is nancy pelosi and apparently nancy pelosi said she is willing to support any compromise on border security this committee is a

the democratic address is given by senate appropriations vice chair patrick leahy. he talks about border security the trump administration. senator leahy: this week epublicans and democrats from both the house and the senate together, the distraction coming from the white house and to fund d an agreement our government and make responsible for the american people. it's not the agreement either released byuld have ourselves but it's a good agreement, there are things in here that i support, things i may disagree with, but that's the nature of a negotiation. that's the american way. everyone had to give something bipartisan compromise. e had to deal in reality, not rhetoric. now democrats have always supported border security. negotiations with that in mind, but it has to be security.der we have to target strategies hat address the real problems facing our southwest border. rejectedng together we policies of hate president trump. ur agreement does not force taxpayers to fund president trump's wasteful wall which he promised mexico would pay for. it does not fund presi