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joining me now is senator richard blumenthal. >> thanks. >> this brings back painful memories of sandyk and failure to pass legislation afterwards. why this inaction in congress still? >> the inaction in congress is the result of number one, the rules and need for 60 votes. we had 55. number two, the staunch and unremitting opposition of the national rifle association, the nra and similar opponents have been absolutely sted fast in opposing any common sense measures. what i'm trying to do with the mental health initiative is seek some common ground. everybody agrees guns should not be in the hands of people who are dangerous to themselves or others. if we can provide resources, a kind of mental health first aid initiative so those sheriff deputies who went to visit this obviously deeply troubled young man would have been equipped with training or trained professionals themselves, other kinds of resources for the family like the parents who were obviously distraught. we can make inroads and bring together common ground and consensus. >> with gun control itself being such a divisive issu

. >> let's bring in senator richard blumenthal, a democrat from connecticut and a member of the house armed services committee. good morning. >> good morning, chris. >> i want to start with the senate briefing on bowe bergdahl, because you just came out of it and what did you hear and what did you tell us? >> it is a classified briefing, and it is on going and all of us want more facts so that we can really rethink and consider the thoughtful judgment about this issue. >> and well, do you understand the republican concerns and, you just heard frit from the house side after they had their own briefing last night that 80 or 90 members of the administration from the people who worked at the state department to people who worked on the president's staff knew about this when congress was not notified. >> i shared those concerns from the very outset and in fact, expressed those concerns about the failure to consult congress. there is a law to require it when any of the detainees are to be released. my feeling is that the administration should have shared wit memberit with many m congress as

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senator richard blumenthal. >> this report is the best that money can by.endent and emphasizes now how crucial a truly independent objective report and investigation is by the department of justice, by congress, and further action by federal watchdogs. >> reporter: there will be more congressional hearings later this month. a criminal probe continues. and ken feinberg, the man gm has hired to determine a compensation plan for victims and families, says his report will be out on august 1st. jeff glor, cbs news, detroit. >>> well, still to come, revelations from hillary clinton's new book. and in sports, lebron james limps off as the spurs ice down the miami heat in game one of the nba finals. limps off as the spurs ice down the miami heat in game one of the nba finals. or the delicious bacon ranch. served with fries and your choice of soup or salad. chili's lunch combos starting at 6 bucks. they weren't looking at me. ♪ i can't believe i still have acne at my age. i feel like it's my acne they see...not me. [ female announcer ] acne is a medical condition th

but connecticut senator richard blumenthal is calling the report a whitewash that denies any deliberate wrongdoing. >>> the high-profile war of words playing out behind the scenes of your tvs and computers. verizon threatening legal action if netflix doesn't stop telling its customers that verizon's fios network is to blame for poor streaming quality of its programming. netflix says verizon customers just aren't getting what they paid for. >>> disney's smash hit "frozen" is apparently good news for norway. the wildly popular movie from our parent company is boosting the number of u.s. tourists heading to the landscape there that inspired the movie setting. a tourism official says hotel stays there are up 37% from last year. >>> and taco bell is adding what it calls the qeusarito to its menu. it's a beef burrito, with rice, chipotle sauce and reduced fat sour cream in a grilled cheese quesadilla. you can have it made with steak or chicken. the company says it was the best-seller in a test market. you can try it starting on monday. >> i want one of those. bring it on. >>> since we're talk

senator richard blumenthal: >> this report is the best that money can buy. it is far from independent. and emphasizes now how crucial a truly independent, an objective report, and investigation is by the department of justice, by congress, and further action by federal watchdogs. >> reporter: there will be a new round of congressional hearings later this month. a criminal probe continues. ken feinberg says his compensation plan for victims' families will be out by august 1. maurice. >> dubois: jeff glor in detroit tonight. in brussels today, president obama had to answer more questions about the controversy that's followed him to europe-- his decision to release five high-level members of the taliban in exchange for u.s. army sergeant bowe bergdahl. we have reports tonight from bill plante in paris, david martin at the pentagon, and holly williams in qatar. first, bill plante with the president. bill. >> reporter: maurice, earlier today in brussels, the president doubled down in defense of his decision to swap taliban prisoners for sergeant bowe bergdahl wit

lawmakers,ertainly led by richard blumenthal of connecticut, who are still critical of gm, critical of the report as well. he calls it underwhelming and described it as the best report money could buy. he went on to say in a statement excepting -- he is calling for a vigorous investigation here by the justice department, but the senate majority leader, harry reid, a more measured tone. he was asked about it today. >> they were fired. you want me to put them in jail? let's have some hearings and then determine if anything illegal was done. those 15referring to people fired as a result of the investigation. meanwhile, in the house of representatives, the republican leading the investigation, fred upton, said he had unanswered questions after learning of the report today. he said in his own statement it will take time to scrutinize the report. arethe initial findings deeply disturbing, suggesting communications and management failures ran deep and wide. he calls the failure to report the safety flaw on acceptable and is calling on -- on acceptable and is calling on mary barra to speak aga

democratic senator richard blumenthal of connecticut. >> this report leaves so many questions unanswered fails to identify where responsibility really should be placed. firing a few underlings is no substitute for acknowledging moral and legal responsibility. and this document seems more designed for the defense of the company in court than acknowledgement for responsibility for the more than 13 deaths that the company so far refuses to acknowledge. >> reporter: going forward, g.m. has created a fund to compensate victims, led by lawyer kenneth feinberg. the names have not been officially released. but in april, when barra appeared at a senate hearing, families also traveled to washington, holding up pictures of loved ones killed or injured. >> we are the people left behind when a loved one got into what was supposed to be a safe car. a g.m. car. a car that g.m. knew for years was dangerous and defective. >> reporter: g.m. has already paid a record $35 million dollar fine, and the ignition switch recall, plus others, have cost the company about $1.7 billion dollars so far. at her press c

democratictement, senator richard blumenthal of connecticut called for an independent inquiry into gm'sailures, calling the internal review "the best report money can buy." the scandal over veterans health care is deepening. the acting secretary of veterans affairs says 18 additional veterans who are kept off official waiting list have died while waiting for appointments in arizona. the depths there's another 17 deaths reportedly. a bill would allow veterans facing lengthy waits to see private medical care. the senate has confirmed the obama has picked sylvia mathews to lead the department of health and human services. she takes over for kathleen civilians, who stepped down in april following the rocky rollout of obamacare. in mexico, a journalist has been found murdered with his body bearing signs of torture four days after he was kidnapped i unknown gunmen. he was a spokesperson for the health department in the resort city of acapulco and wrote a political column for a weekly newspaper. one of his final reports described protests against violence and extortion by local and federal aut

richard blumenthal shared this story with me. a woman was driving when a recently called car model, on a mainly highway, she wound up under a freight dump truck and her air bags failed to deploy. her head hit the steering wheel and she was knocked unconscious. nine months and two surgeries later, she still suffers from postconcussion syndrome. and in her own words, she had to move back home, giving up the dream she had been pursuing. mr. speaker, the free market won't protect consumers by itself. we have learned that from over decades. the consumers' safety depends not only on our automakers, but also on our department of transportation having the resources to conduct investigations and enforce our recall system. i'm a mother of three children. all of them young drivers. and i know how important product safety oversight can be to keeping our children safe. in fact, just before coming on the floor this afternoon, i learned that two school buses in my district were involved in a multivehicle accident, sending dozens of students to

on the federal level, connecticut senator richard blumenthal announced that he plans to revive the gun control legislation rejected in the wake of newtown. he believes it could have prevented some of the shootings that have happened since. >> a canadian man accused of going on a a rambo style shooting spree is now under arrest. 24-year-old justin berg killed three members of the police and shot two our officers in new brunswick. he was found wearing military fatigues and carrying high powered weapons. he also had a crossbow, knives attached to his pants and a large quantity of ammunition. >> he just had the most blank look in his face like he was on a mission, ready to do something. my stomach dropped, i had the worst feeling in my gut. >> businesses and schools were shut down during the manhunt. they are reopened now. shootings are very rare in this area of canada. there wasn't a single homicide reported last year. >> ukraine's president elect poroshenko will be sworn in this weekend. several senators will be on hand along with vice president biden. both the u.s. and u.k. are calling

connecticut senator richard blumenthal chairs the subcommittee. >> good morning. welcome, everyone. we were -- we're just waiting for senator blunt. i'm going to begin with an opening statement. when he gets here, he can make his. i welcome senator klobuchar and thank her for her leadership on these issues. we're here at a moment of tremendous promise and peril for our nation's transportation system. literally, the funding for that system expires at the end of september and there's a need to reauthorize the nation's surface transportation law known as the map 21 which expires at the end of september. even before then the highway trust fund will go broke in july, just next month. and, fortunately, the appropriate senate committees are moving ahead with those funding proposals. but the transit funding must include rail and must include safety. and that brings us today to these issues and to hearing from the representatives of some of our most important federal oversight and scrutiny agencies when it comes to safety and reliability. we're here at a moment of enormous peril and promise.

neighbor who championed this issue for several sessions here in the house and our senior senator, richard blumenthal, for their leadership and sponsorship of the senate amendment which is before us here today. my thanks goes out to chairman whitfield as well as chairman upton and ranking members waxman and rush and to their staffs for their bipartisan support to advance this legislation. i also want to thank, first selectman richard bar low, for all he's done -- barlow, for all he's done to spear head this effort. as i mentioned a year and a half ago when the bill first came to the floor, i want to thank art and mark, environmental and community leaders who sadly are no longer with us but who championed this effort for many years, and we could not be here today without their efforts. mr. speaker, roughly 5,000 bills had been introduced in the house of representatives this congress. of those 5,000 pieces of legislation, this bill, h.r. 316, represents just the 167th bill which hopefully will pass both this house and the senate. i'm honored and humbled to be able to work with colleagues across the ais