. >> senator richard blumenthal of connecticut joins me now.ote. let me get you to respond. he said it's a political vote and there was not enough debate and as you know, his press secretary called it the single most embarrassing thing the senate has done possibly since 1983. what say you to this criticism? >> i respectfully disagree. what we have done is provide justice or the opportunity for justice. the day in court to the victims of terrorism and we closed a loophole that was open by the courts, not by congress in a decision made by the second circuit court of appeals that said in effect that foreign state sponsors of terrorism can aid and a bet killing americans in this country as long as they do it outside our borders. i think that kind of loophole should be closed. i read the decisions and the bill and i am satisfied it is the right thing to do. >> the concern is unintended consequences. they had john brennan on his view as to why he wanted to see this veto sustained. here he is. >> the saudis provide information that feed into the syste

has classified epipen as a noninnovat drug, and senator's klobuchar and chuck grassley and richard blumenthaluggest mylan may have knowingly mifs classified the divertin millions of dollars from u.s. taxpayers. mylan says the epipen meets the definiti of noninnovator drug and it's been classified that way since before it acquired the product in 2007. but e centers for medicare and medicaid services says it has, quote, expressly advised mylan their classif was incorrect. the senators in their letter today said the company's defense doesn't hold. in part because mylan has made changes to the epipen and received additiona patent protecti since they acquired it. mylan has bee investigated before, paying a settlement in 2009. they asked the justice department to respond to their letter by october 12th. for "nightly businessreport,"m . >>> still ahead, why some federal offic are concerned about more election-related cyber at ♪ >>> two federal officials in two days have warned of cyber security threats ahead of the presidenti today fbi director james comey told lawmakers that over the past month, vo

who could imagine that senator richard blumenthal, liberal democrat from connecticut who represents many 9/11 families would vote against the president in this case. that's what he did today. >> i deeply respect the president, and the reasons he has given for vetoing the justice against sponsors of terrorism act. but i urge my colleagues to move swiftly and soundly to reverse the veto so that these families can have their day in court. >> opponents think that jasta sets a bad principle, retaliatory measures against u.s. soldiers stationed abroad. the saudi royal family who is very, very quiet because they think this is a domestic issue is undoubtedly very hurt by this, very angered by this. they have considered themselves a loyal ally in the fight against terror along with the united states, oftentimes sharing data and intelligence with the united states, and opponents of the bill say that u.s. citizens already have recourse to sue foreign governments if the state department has designated those foreign governments. a state sponsor of terrorism such as iran. in this case, saudi arabia do

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that doesn't mean we want to take money out of richard blumenth blumenthal's pocket as a veteran or mine as a veteran or anybody. but we have to reform eligibility in the future to pay for eligibility in the present. it is very difficult for us to move forward if out of right field we get an objection that doesn't give us fair warning and a chance to explain ourselves, which is what happened on veterans first and that particular situation. i just want to memorialize for the record, we're ready any time, anyplace, anywhere any time anybody thinks we're taking something away to hurt a veteran. we want to take a holistic approach and look at where we are putting money away from the future. is that fair to say? >> mr. chairman, i think as long as we're memorializing, i should state for the record my own view that it really should be no requirement as to a pay for when we're talking about benefits for veterans. that is simply a matter of principle for me. i recognize that the majority has somewhat different position. but there is no requirement in law or policy so far as i know that we could

that does not mean we want to take money out of richard blumenthal's pocket or out of my pocket as aveteran or anybody. but it may mean, from time to time, just as we have to do with social security and other things , we have to reform eligibility in the future to pay for eligibility in the present. it is very difficult for us to rightorward if, out of field, we get an objection that does not give us fair warning and a chance to explain ourselves, which is what happened on veterans first in that situation. i just want to memorialize for the public, i sit here is the chairman and we are ready anytime, anyplace, anywhere, someone things we are taking away something. we are never going to intentionally do that. we also want to take a holistic approach and want to look at where we are putting the money for the future. is that fair to say? ares long as we memorializing, i feel that there should be no requirement as to pay for when we are talking about the -- benefits for veterans. that is simply a matter of principle. majority has a somewhat different position, but there is no requirement

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richard. the former head of the news service saying her top guy, sid blumenthal came to him and said he wasn't born here. go investigate it. >> to use your words breaking tonight. we've learned something new that we've known for seven years. president barack obama is an american. it's astonishing. it's eye popping. it's shocking. >> we know that. donald trump has come to terms with that, which we'll talk about in a second. but i'm starting with you as to whether hillary is as squeaky clean on this as she would have us believe. >> politico released a -- >> they didn't cover sid blumenthal. >> what we found in the report was that there was some folks -- the name of the group is called p puma. they were democrats. they were not going to get in line and they posted a picture of the president in muslim garb. >> sid blumenthal is connected to hillary clinton. that's her top aid. her guy. her right-hand man. >> but this former reporter who i don't know, this has not been fact checked. nobody knows who this guy is. clearly they're former, that says something about it him, right? >> no it doesn't. >> i

richard blumen that will. they have elved -- blumenthal. they have developed the veterans first act which will be a critical step to achieving true accountability that the v.a. so desperately needs to be an efficient agency for the men and women who serve this nation. it has more than 44 co-sponsors, including senator boozman, senator blunt, senator rounds, senator daines, all those that supported language that we merely requested to be in the bill to improve accountability at the v.a. that is sorely needed while also protecting -- and we've heard this a lot from our colleagues on the other side, due process. the due process of the whistleblower, the due process of people who are employed in the federal government. we have a bipartisan supported bill in the senate that will take a much-needed step for comprehensive due process and accountability within the v.a.. this is what the american people despies. here we are in total agreement on what -- this is what the american people despies. here we are in total agreement on this. we shouldn't ma