senator richard shelby joins us now. thanks for joining us.ially an internal fight amongst democrats with one particular member and it was strictly focused on anti-semitic comments and the outrage that not only democrats fell for it but a lot of other americans felt as we. >> i'll tell you what, it's always best to respect people, respect each other and not say something that would be offensive or pejorative. it gets you nowhere. it divides people. it's not a positive thing. >> charles: that's -- no doubt about that. here's the thing. let's go with clyburn, comments from clyburn who says this about ilhan omar. he said my parents are holocaust survivors, my parents did this. it's more important to her, he says, because he has spoken with her and she's lived through pain, so therefore her pain having lived through this now supersedes the pain of survivors of holocaust victims. >> well, i don't know about that. i have tried all my life to get along with people, to respect people, to not be offensive to people because, as i said earlier, it's a de

i believe i also caught a glimpse of republican senator richard shelby as well, keeping a lookout forid not see senator jones, but there you see president trump exchanging pleasantries with officials assembled on the ground as he prepares to board one of those ospreys. we saw homeland security secretary kirstjen nielsen as well. but again, let's go back to this breaking news here, eddie glaude, breaking a few moments ago, white house communications director bill shine has decided to move over full-time to the campaign. no one seems to be -- no one who covers the administration on a daily basis appears to be totally surprised by this. >> it seems like we've become comfortable with the chaos at the white house. there is that, i mean, we look at the list from 2016 to now, of all the people who have cycled through that white house. it would make sense that we become kind of accustomed to the turnover. i think hans hit it right on the head, this is a clear sign that the 2020 election cycle, presidential election cycle is in full swing now, that they are -- that shine will now throw his ene

the border; however, a lot of your fellows in the appropriations committee including the chair richard shelby concerned that wall funding, despite the emergency at the border, is going to be taking away from some of the military projects in their own state. can you reassure them somehow that that won't happen? >> well look, we need to be able to do both things at once. as a member of the appropriations committee we will set aside a new set of appropriations beginning octobe. we need to do both. this shouldn't be an either/or discussion. we can do both. we may have to lay some timing on parts of the funding but we can do and we must do both. as you saw the report that came out of the homeland security department, 7 6,000 illegals were captured in february. this is spinning out of control. what's happening though is as these illegals are flooding across-the-boarder 85% of those apprehensions occur between the ports of entry, not at the ports of entry, but what's happening with all the resources having to focus on these illegals flooding across our southern border it's leaving these mexican cart

richard painter. so i will thank the entire panel, shelby paul and as welleanor. thanks. i appreciate it. >>> the other chairs demanding the white house give up more information on the inards, the secret details of what donald trump has been discussing with putin. including, of course, these translators. sometimes the only other american person in the room. so for the legalities of this i want to bring in the chief ethics lawyer in the george bush white house. >> good evening. >> let's get into this, not the wider 81 people. but something that goes to the way america national security is being conducted. what does it mean that donald trump made the opinion to have so few, sometimes only one person in that room, and is this the right per view of congress or when you were in the white house, would you have argued against it as a lawyer, saying this is presidential prerogative, you don't get that kind of stuff? >> i would have argued against the president having one-on-one conversations with vladimir putin without anyone in the room. that's what i would have argued against.

of course this is far from the only area in which richard shelby has delivered results for his state and for our nation. for years, he's made a personal mission out of restoring and improving our nation's infrastructure. he's brought wise and decisive leadership as our chief appropriator, and the state of alabama bears countless signs of senator shelby's dedicated service. from supporting the missile defense and space exploration programs in huntsville to help establish the national water center in tuscaloosa where researchers forecast floods and work to mitigate water-related hazards. so it's fitting today to praise senator shelby's continued service but it also happens that over the weekend, the senior senator from alabama became the longest serving senator in the history of his state. i couldn't be happier to recognize my friend richard shelby on this occasion and i know each of our colleagues will join me in congratulating him on the years of faithful service to alabamians that have made this recognition possible. now, on entirely different matter, this week the senate is conside