. >> elite democrat senator patty murray spoke about a4 recipients arguing they should be given legal status in the path to citizenship. she is followed by john cornyn and jack reed. >> this people around the nation listen to this floor debater and sure they can hear the divisions about immigration. i know i can. immigration policies heart, it's emotional and it has fax this congress for decades. while the current debate were having can be trying and we have to keep our i am the ball. has tough as it seems the stakes are higher for millions of people who live in this country trapped in a broken immigration system who face the constant fear of deportation and suffer the threat of being ripped apart by their families, friends and communities they love. just like the deep divisions we've seen finding a path forward is not going to be easy tackling the tough issues is will you why we are here, finding a bipartisan path forward to secure borders and secure and protect our future of hard-working families is why were here. we need to agree to some basic truths. dreamers, are teachers, firefi

patty murray saying that the president's comments reflect on that. unclear what the president's direct intention was, was he speaking broadly about the "me too" movement or was he referring to the staffers from his own administration who are now gone? we don't know. but we can say that the president has not taken the opportunity to condemn domestic violence, which vice president mike pence did quite quickly when asked about this during his time at the olympics by our own lester holt. he called it abhorrent and said there is no tolerance in this white house for domestic violence. but the president has not matched those comments, alex. >> kelly o'donnell at a rainy white house, thank you so much, we'll see you again. maya harris and ali stuckey, ladies, welcome to you both. ali, we know that the president spoke out go rob porter on friday. here is a bit of what he had to say. >> he says he's innocent. and i think you have to remember that. we absolutely wish him well. >> so he's essentially defending porter to a degree. he's defending the accused. in n

. >> delay democratic on the house labor and pensions committee senator patty murray spoke about daca recipient no as dreamers are doing that they should be given legal status and a a pato citizenship your cheese followed by majority whip john cornyn and rhode island senator jack reed. >> the senator fromhi washingto. >> thank you, mr. president. mr. president, as people around the nation listen to this floor debate i unsure they can or the division about immigration without an clear. i know i can can. immigration policy is hard. it is emotional and it has vexed this congress from decades. while the floor debate where can be tryingow and can actually be thrown offkilter by one more real-time tweets from the president, we have to keep our eye on the ball. because as tough it may seem right here, the stakes are so much higher for millions of people who live every day in this country. they're trapped inn a a broken immigration system. they face the constant fear of deportation and they suffer the threat of being ripped apart fromie their families, their friends, and the communities that

. >> reporter: today democratic senator patty murray drew her own line to the metoo movement saying she would back women trusting them even if the president won't. handling of the west wing crisis put john kelly's management under scrutiny. administration sources tell nbc news the president has been critical of kelly's leadership. former chief of staff said the president did not undercut kelly when he spoke to him. >> no. the president's never complained to me about general kelly. on top of it, i would never, number one, he didn't do that. number two, i would never bring up such a subject. >> reporter: president trump sparked more fire from democrats. he decided not to declassify their russia investigation memo sending it back to the intelligence committee. last week the president declassify a republican momentemo over fbi objections. it showed partisan bias when they asked the fisa court to authorize surveillance on a trump campaign aide. democrats say that's not true. >> we welcome any changes to the democrat memo that are free from political edits. right now we know this president wi

facebook page, is calling on airlines for change, and told her story to her us senator, washington's patty murray >> i was just like, "you gotta kidding me. this isn't happening." >> rert: murray introduced a bill with senator bob casey of pennsylvania that will require airlines to train for flight attendantsn how to handle sexual assault and harassment, edllect data on the incidents and establish pres for reporting harassment and assault to the authorities. >> the problem is that people believe that, or lt that you're up in the air, you're kind of on your own. if you're up in the air, youe in our country. you have a right to be protected. you have a right to have a process. you have a right to be treated with d. the laws apply to you. mp>> reporter: both katie and allison dvaladze must travel for work, and both say flying now makes them nervous. dvaladze has had panic attacks on planes and says she always puts a book or computer in her lap when she sleeps. t, she has no plans to stop flying, or stop speaking out until she sees things change. >> if i can change the way that this is being addresse

senator patty murray responded to the presidentn twitter saying, "women's lives are upended every day by sexual violen and harassment. i'm going to keep standing with them, and trusting them, even if the presiden't." last year u.s. intelligenc operatives paid $100,000 to russians claiming to have stolen n.s.a. hacking tools. this according to the "new york times." the united states opened a secret communications back chnel with a russian, and after delivering that $100,000 as the first installment of a $1-million bounty, were given possibly fabricated formation about president trump. the u.s. later cut off the deal over concerns it was actually part of russian intelligence effo to create discord within the american government. find out what has changed in northern syria in the past six months. visit pbs.org/newshour. >> sreenivasan: the waters off the coast of somalia famously be ecame st lawless in the world between 2010 and 2012 as pirates hijacked and ransomed commercial vessels at record rates. since then, stepped-up international naval patrols and better security measures on ship

. >> reporter: democratic senator patty murray drew her own line to the me too movement saying she would be behind women, even if the president won't. john kelly's management is under scrutiny. the administration sources tell nbc news the president has been critical of kelly's leadership, but former chief of staff reince priebus said the president did not undercut kelly when he spoke to him. >> no. the president's never complained to me about general kelly. on top of it, i would never, number one, he didn't do that, but number two, i would never bring up such a subject. >> reporter: president trump sparked more fire from democrats when he decided not to declassify their russia investigation memo. sending it back to the house intelligence committee. but last week the president did declassify a republican memo over fbi objections. now, republicans claim that high-level justice department officials showed partisan bias when they asked the fisa court to authorize surveillance on a trump campaign aide back in 2016. democrats say that's just not true. dara? >> thank you. we'll bring in ali vit

i said patty murray and lamar alexander. we can think of other examples. the senate broke down entirely in 2016 over the garland thing. and there is alexander and murray grinding away producing a major education bill, producing a major health care bill. it can still be done. none of us can change the overall environment. what we can have is people who function like senators and function like senate leaders are supposed to function. and there is no excuse for the way they are functioning now. so i take those examples and i'd say collins now, i say carl levin who recently retired. there is any number of them. and my sense to the extent i have any relative optimism it's that some of them, many of them actually want to function differently although certainly everything molly says about the change in incentives is absolutely true. >> i'm going to take one more question from the front here and then i'm going to move back again. >> excellent presentations. i'm ralph nase former director of the leadership conference on civil rights and a great friend and colleague

childcare act asked by lamar alexander and my good friends in the senate, a tennessee republican and patty murray, democrat of washington. that's what we have to focus like a laser on. it's very important for the country as well as four seats in the house. >> thank you senator. thank you for your time this morning. this person would like to know, you feel there's a lack of leadership in politics today and would you define what you think a servant leader is? i don't know what a servant leader is, i guess that's in a book somewhere. who wrote the question? what is a servant leader? [ [inaudible] >> well, yes. i think that all too often in our politics today, talk is replaced, it replaces action. that's not a good thing. and to have people who, the people i think, the senate is an interesting place. it's only 100 people and i like to tell my colleagues to look into the souls of people, to see who they are. it's very hard in a body that works so closely with so few members to hide who you are. and i think the senators that have toss done, not the people who make the most flamboyant or even fine speec

senator patty murray shout back women's lives are up ended every day by sexual violence and harassment. i'm going to keep standing with them and trusting them even if the president won't. senator kirsten gillibrand went further reminding her constituents that more than a dozen women have accused trump of sexual misconduct. if he wants due process let's have congressional hearings tomorrow. i would support that and my colleagues should too. when it comes to allegations of sexual misconduct, the president has tended to give allies like senator candidate roy moore the benefit of the doubt while calling out opponents like former senator al frank even. >> women are special. i think it's a special time. a lot of things are coming out. i think it's good for our society. i think it's very, very good for women. >> reporter: the president does stand by hope hicks, the white house communication director. she's been on his team since trump tower. hicks was known to be dating porter at the white house. trump said to be less than pleased with her handling of the porter situation. saturday he issued

with the bipartisan charter act that was parsed by lamar alexander and one of my good friends by patty murray that is what we have to focus on like a laser on. for the country as well as the back the seats in the house and senate. >> thank you, senator. thank you for your time this morning. this person like to know do you feel there is a lack of servant leadership in politics today and would you please define what you think a servant leader is? >> i don't know what a servant leader is and i guess that's in a book somewhere, right? the question what is a servant leader? >> [inaudible] >> well, yes, i think that all too often in our politics today talk is replaced and talk replaces action. that's not a good thing. people who just the people i think the senate is an interesting place. it's only a hundred people and i like to tell my colleagues you look into the souls of people and you get to see who they are in very hard in the body that works so closely with so few members to hide who you are and i think the senators that have the most respect are the people who get things done not the people w

senator patty murray shot back.upended every day by sexual violence and harassment. i am going to keep standing with them and trusting them even if pthe president won't. senator kearse continue gillibrand reminded her constituents that women have accused him of sexual misconduct. when it comes to allegations of sexual misconduct, the president has tended to give allies like roy moore the benefit of the doubt while calling out opponents like former senator al franken. >> women are very special. i think it's a very special time because a lot of things are coming out. that's good for our society and i think it's very, very good for women. >> one woman the president does stand by is hope hicks. the white house communications director who has been on his team since trump tower. hicks was known to be dating rob porter during their time at the white house. trump said to be less than pleased with her handling of the porter situation, but saturday he issued a formal statement saying hope is absolutely fantastic, calling her

. >> reporter: women democrats are now slamming trump, senator patty murray shot back women's lives are up ended every day by sexual violence and harassment, i will keep standing with them, and trust ing them, even if the president won't. senator christie gillbrandt went further reminding her constituents that american a dozen women accused trum of sexual misconduct. if he wants due process let's have congressional hearings, tomorrow. i would support that, and my collogues should too. when it comes to allegations of sexual misconduct the president has tend todd give alleys like senate candidate roy moore the benefit of the doubt while calling auto pope events like senator al franken >> women are very special, i think it is a very special time because a lot of things are coming out and i think that is good for our society and i think it is very, very good for women. >> reporter: one woman the president does stand bias hope hicks, the white house communications director, who has been on his team since trump tower, and hicks was men to be dating rob porter, during their time at the white h

the republican and patty murray fixing the healthcare bill. and mitch mcconnell held that up. we haven't been able to vote on it. help us there, mr. vice president. fix something. he talks about joe mansion didn't vote for the tax cut. i worked with 21 different meetings with the his administration. with mr. vice president. and the republican administration. i work with them. through this entire process. i met with them i gave them four proposals. and i spoke to my friends the night before. and i said before we throw caution to the wind we have never in history of the united states ever started out thinking we would have an extra $1 and a half trillion of debt. you put the importance for the wealthiest americans and wealthy corporations. you left the working west virginia with a temporary tax. to add insult to injury you went ahead and repealed the mandate which was unravelled the whole health care. yoir determined to throw all the west virginiaens, hundreds of thousands off of healthcare. you're right, mr. vice president. i didn't vote for that. it's not good for west virgini

democratic senator patty murray of washington state asked the omb director if he would have voted for the president's budget he presented monday if he were still in congress. watch this. >> as a member of congress representing the fifth district of south carolina i probably would have found enough shortcomings in this to vote against it. but my job is to try and fund the president's priorities which is exactly what we did. >> so after the hearing senator murray said it was nice to hear an honest answer in the budget hearing today. i asked if he would vote for president trump's budget if he were in congress and he said that he wouldn't. that's one thing we agree on. however, seeking to clarify his response, the following statement, just to be clear, director mulvaney was referring to the recent caps dill when answering senator murray's question this morning. naturally he would vote for the president's fiscal 29 budget that he released yesterday. >> and two more suspicious packages being sent to vips. the secret service is investigating who sent a package that turned out to be baby powd

i said to patty murray and the model down entirely in 2016 over the garland thing producing a major educationill and it can still be done the overall environment. what we can have his people function like senators and function like senate leaders excuse for the work they are functioning now. and i to carl levin who recently retired any number of them in my sense to the extent i have actually want to function differently although certainly everything molly says is true. the front here and i will move back again. >> excellent presentation. ralph, chief counsel to republican senators edward brooke director of the leadership conference on civil rights. and also league of ira and bill. i loved the first book but i haven't read the second, the 1981 to 1993 was an error whether a security act or strengthening all the nature so i hear what you are sick and get back to the senators of the 60s and 80s. ninety-point of demarcation. how can we do that far electoral pod people not afraid of being primary left? does either book get into how do we get senators gratz who want to engage provide incentives in

clear up one other item came up to receive a fair amount of attention when democratic senator patty murray asked the director whether he would vote for the budget if he was still a member of congress, he said he is not. his office clarified to say he essentially misspoke. what he meant to say they are now saying, what he said this weekend if he were a member of congress would not have voted for last week's budget deal, which as you know never gets voted on anyway. back to you. melissa: totally straightened it out, connell. thanks. congressman mo brooks said this is the worst piece of legislation he voted on. speaker ryan is responding. >> discretionary budget, military has been deteriorating hollowed out. we are focused on military with a budget they can plan more. melissa: congressman mo brooks, alabama, member of the house freedom caucus. did that clear it up for you? you feel all better or not so much? >> it is always fun to spend money. much more difficult to the pay the bills and this budget bill that we passed last week quite frankly is smoke and mirrors. it is borrowing money we don

summarizing what many are thinking when they see the president's tweet t comes from democratic senator patty murray of washington state, who reacted to the president tweet by saying women's lives have been upended for a very long time because of sexual violence and harassment and she wants to make the point that she will stand with them. she will trust them. very critically portant, beeving eir stories and she'll do that even if the president will not. so, there's a l in that, saying that the president has missed opportunities to support women who have made legitimate allegations, who have suffered greatly in these relationships where there is violence in an intimate personal relationship or harassment in the workplace. he just hasn't done that, siding with the rights of the accused again and again, pointing out that people have an opportunity to defend themselves. no one is disputing that. but it's the absence of saying anything in support of the women who have brought these claims that keeps the president open to criticism. of course, the president himself has been accused by more than a couple d

. >> reporter: democratic senator patty murray drew her own line to thetsgt me too movement3c9q shewomen, trusting them even if the president won't. handling of the west wing crisis put chief of staff jon kelley's management under scrutiny. administration sources tell nbc news the presidenta,!mba been critical of kelly's leadership, but former chief of staff reince priebus said the president did not undercut kelly when he spoke to him. >> the president has never complained to me about general kelly and on top of it i would never -- number one, he didn't do that, but number two, i would never bring up such a subject. >> that was kelly o'donnell reports. >>> from early morning tweets to early morning hikes. yesterday canadian prime minister justin trudeau joined eric garcetti for a little exercise on his last stop in a three-day visit to california the two walked around griffith observatory taking selfies along the way. trudeau got a rock star welcome here, he met with jerry brown and gavin newsom to discuss economic, healthcare and environmental issues. on thursday trudeau met with

people have suggested patty murray, washington, martin luther king. s most effective use would be a blank space, which is kind of speaking to our potential. enthusiast of sort of willy-nilly trying to compete with the confederate landscape by putting monuments up to black people. i think we have to think about what monuments are designed to do, what kind of nationstate message they enact. the confederate monuments, as david pointed out, they were not just monuments to the confederacy, but they were also monuments to a particular conception of the u.s. as a nationstate. so there or monuments that i would have no trouble saying oh, yes, take it down. statuesthose are like that look alike and overall they and ugly, and then are landscaped, and they make it beautiful, and even if they were , but iript purchases think it is important that we are having this conversation about whether they go or stay. of them will come down, and some of them will remain. -- [sighs]rt for me -- even if we committed to taking every confederate name statue down, even if we too

senator patty murray's child care for working families act would ensure that every family has access to affordable child care. and my act would mean the parents in schools reauthorization act would increase access to on-campus care for student parents who make up one-quarter of all college students in america. these bills are a great place to start and we should take them up in the senate as soon as possible. after all the fmla passed in 1993. while it was an important step forward for our country, it is not comprehensive and it is nowhere near enough. many workers across the country are ineligible for it and don't qualify to receive unpaid time off and can't afford it. the fmla does little to help americans who can't afford those who can't take time off. we need to do what we can to change that. to offer paid parental leave like the rest of the world has. there's no reason we can't get this done today, and we should get to work on it today. thank you. the presiding officer: the senator from north dakota. ms. heitkamp: mr. president, i rise today to talk about paid family leave. i wa

republicans, senators alexander and blunt and my wonderful friend and colleague in leadership, senator patty murray. i said that we need to do something. dr. collins at the national institutes national institutes of health said that the problem with medical research is that if it's not certain you will get a grant for medical research, you get discouraged and look for another job. we can't let that happen. we can't lose the best and brightest researching diseases that haunted plague many families across america. dr. collins suggested 5% real growth in the budget of the national institutes of health. i want to congratulate, senator blunt, a republican, senator murray, a democrat, they worked together. this will be the third straight year we've had more than a 5% in medical research. if there is ever around issue that is bipartisan, it should be this one. the good news this budget agreement will go beyond 5%. we're talking an area of 7% or 8% real increases for spending in medical research. dr. collins told me years ago when he talked about this goal that if we could provide this kind of reliable inc

patty murray and lamarr alexander.t when we can fix it before you destroy it? i have 200,000 people in west virginia i can't put in jeopardy. that was a bridge too far and they knew that and they threw that in from the senate side, not the house. there were a lot of things. >> bill: i want to give you an opportunity to respond. a piece in politico this morning. a couple of quotes that are stingers against you. manchin talks a good game. another is manchin is a moderate in name only. i want to give you a chance to respond to that. >> look at the record, bill. who has voted more times in a centrist way than me. i'm 54 or 58% of the time voting with my colleagues on the republican side. no one controls my vote. no one tells me how to vote. if i can go home and explain it and make sense i vote for it. harry reid tried that in 2011. i looked at the bill i said i couldn't sell this crap in west virginia. they knew right then joe manchin would stay independent for west virginia. i've been trying to do that. you know what? mik

. >> delay democratic on the house labor and pensions committee senator patty murray spoke about daca recipient no as dreamers are doing that they should be given legal status and a a pato citizenship your cheese followed by majority whip john cornyn and rhode island senator jack reed. >> the senator fromhi washingto. >> thank you, mr. president. mr. president, as people around the nation listen to this floor debate i unsure they can or the division about immigration without an clear. i know i can can. immigration policy is hard. it is