senator risch. >> thank you, mr. chairman. let me start there.i was just astounded the other day when covax said they were buying the chinese vaccine. i assume you saw that. have you discussed that with other people. >> yes. yes, senator. >> do they appreciate the irony of this where china started this and refused to participate in covax and won't contribute money, won't contribute vaccines, but then covax turned it around and is paying them for their vaccines. this is odd, strange to say the least. >> if i may just say, make a couple of points here. first of all, it is appalling that beijing chose to make profit on those vaccines rather than to contribute financially to covax or to donate its state owned doses to covax to reach people in their hour of desperate need. there's no other way around it. it is appalling. from the standpoint of covax and why that transaction went forward, it is the case as you know, senator, that the supply for the third quarter of this year is not available fundamentally, and the delta variant is raging because as i i

with that, let me recognize senator risch for his opening remarks. thank you mr. chairman. one of the takeaways from the imhearing is going to be there s bipartisan agreement on the issues that we have with turkey. turkey is the center of a complex geopolitical crosswords where europe, asia and the middle east meet at the borders and it borders the increasingly mediterranean black seas. firstt and foremost we must discuss the direct bilateral relationship between the united states and turkey which of course i'm going to add to and at a deeper level, the rule the relationship plays in the mediterranean across the region. turkey is deeply interconnected and of course we must deal with them. before we delve into the problems, i have to say how painful this is. turkey has been a long-term ally in the united states and our european partners. obviously they are a nato ally though they are not acting like an ally at this time. nonetheless, they are in the nato alliance and it is painful. the country deteriorating as it has deteriorated and left the commitments that we all of the n

risch and for being advocates for the disability community -- and the biden administration for beingdvocates for the disability community. ok. [applause] and this will directly, positively impact my mother, she is my aide. moving forward, my goal is to be able to access affordable accessible housing to live on my own more independently. i have been on the waiting list for three years, but i hope to moved to my own place soon. i am now home with my family and working as a freelance visual artist. i received my associates degree at the corcoran college, across the street from here. i exhibited my work at the corcoran's next exhibition and a raw showcase exhibition. i attend a church where i volunteer in the reading of the bible for my pastor, pastor hughes. i am also a new volunteer with the disability partnerships, a nonprofit organization that aims to support individuals with his abilities, like myself. i am also a newly born member of a nonprofit organization. because of the ada, i was provided with numerous services, like the money follows the person program. the ada pushed for a m

. >> jim risch a are evacuated when the government told him to. >> you see people looting and walkingwith guns, i got kind of scared and wanted to come back and get my gun collection. >> the police were, they moved toward me and they met up probably just about right here. they asked me if i had any guns on board, and i said yes. >> it can't happen. but it did happen. >> tucker: it's of things fall apart, your life is in mortal danger, the police won't protect you and the government protectss you from protecting myself. and that's a documentary worth watching. it's on foxnation.com as of today. some of our elected leaders, they might remind you that the country isn't worth anything and it's an awful place. not worth defending and not worth keeping. missouri congressman cori bush for example, and it's really a form off slavery. cori bush is free to say things on twitter as much as she wants and draw federal paycheck and have lifetime benefits for a job wrecking country that sheec hat. maxine waters meanwhile, a member of congress from california living in a very expensive house gouda tw

and pelosi is the one who can get all of those house progressives to go along and there's steve risch etty, who has been doing this work for decades for democratic white houses. the experience level is as good, better than we've ever seen, and the contrast with the previous administration is just a joke. norm ornstein, john heilemann, thank you. really appreciate it. >>> coming up, the deeply disturbed republican congressman mo brooks now says he was wearing body armor when he was cheering insurrectionists at the trump rally on january 6th before the attack on the capitol. and the justice department says it will not defend mo brooks in congressman eric swalwell's lawsuit against him for what he did that day. harvard law professor laurence tribe joins us next. follow me. ♪ (realtor) so, any questions? (wife) we'll take it! (realtor) great. (vo) it will haunt your senses. the heart-pounding audi suv family. get exceptional offers at your local audi dealer. millions of vulnerable americans struggle to get reliable transportation to their medical appointments. that's why i started medhaul

so cal, you're in pasadena, which is, what, like half an hour away from los angeles where officials risch their own order requiring masks in public places, so what's happening there? >> yeah. look, pasadena is part of l.a. county, but like long beach it has its own health department. they make their own decisions here. 150,000 people live in pasadena and the numbers, this is a numbers game for the health officials. 10 million people live in greater los angeles. 4 million of them have not been vaccinated. 4 million people without vaccinations, and you look at the numbers and this will earn can doctors everywhere. since july 1st here in pasadena a 240% increase in cases and doubling the hospitalizations. while the number of folks in hospitals is still low, that percentage is rising. it's that crunch on the health system that has people worried so that's why pass deepa is announcing this indoor mask mandate like l.a. county. it will be interesting to see if this spreads certainly across the state of california, bay area, five counties are recommending a mask ordinance, not mandating it and t

murphy to respond to something that ranking member risch has talked about at the close of the exchange which is that we are all on the same page in wanting to ensure that our funding goes to the intended beneficiaries, and you know, given the taylor force act and of course, the prohibitions on any funding going to hamas, that is what usaid and the partners on the ground do. we live by american law and the rules that have been put on the books and have been put on the books for very good reason. so, i think, part of what we need to do is unlock some of the funding that is going to be very important for the reconstruction effort and for economic development. with our israeli interlocutors there seems broad support for that. there's a recognition economic deprivation and despair helps create a receptive environment for radicalization and that's not in anybody's security or economic interest to see happen. i hope we'll soon have an ambassador in israel. again, the nomination is up here and i hope, like others, we'll move forward so that we'll have the ability to maintain that dialogue. as

whether you're talking about david can risch and waco or donald trump's lies about covid, people died and people are dying. and they are dying because donald trump and his evil allies on cable news and social media and on capitol hill, seems like a very strong word "evil," until you understand just how many people this cult continues to kill. also making headlines this morning, president biden's bipartisan infrastructure deal faces a major test this week. will lawmakers agree on how to pay for the package before a wednesday vote? plus while republicans down played what happened on january 6th, many gop lawmakers knew the reality of what was unfolding during the capitol riot, phillip bump joining us with that new reporting. >>> it's sentencing day for the first january 6th felony defendant. we'll talk about how today's outcome could set the benchmark for other insurrectionists facing charges. you're watching "morning joe." we'll be right back. u're watchi" we'll be right back. ice cream is like whooping cough, it's not just for kids. whooping cough is highly contagious for people of an

risch what he had to say about fidel castro's policies last year?astro came into office, you know what he did? he had a massive literacy program. is that a bad thing even though fidel castro did it? stuart: kt mcfar lan joins me now. what do you actually think what do you think the administration's response to these protests in cuba should be? >> support them. he is these are pro-democracy protesters. they want an open economy. these people want the democratic process and if you look at the demonstrators, pictures you showed are really stunning. how ol' are most of those people, 20s, 30s, they're not in their 70s. bernie sanders is talking about a revenues that happened 60 years ago. those people weren't even born at that point. cubans have 60 years of incompetent management and their economy is in trouble. their social services are nonexistent, because of covid and lockdowns, nobody is traveling to cuba. they're really worst of all the cubans have so mishandled covid and the pandemic. they turned down everybody's vaccines. we're socialist cuba. we'

risch: madam president, fellow senators, i rise today to join the chorus of my colleagues that is urginghat tracy stone-manning not be confirmed, indeed, not even be charged from the committee that voted to not send her to the floor for confirmation. first of all, it is amazing to me that someone with this background is -- has been appointed to this position. now, i understand she's held some positions in the state of montana for politicians there, and i don't comment on that. that's up to them who they want to hire to do that. in idaho, that has a very, very significant number of acres of b.l.m. ground, we have a different view of how our public resources should be protected and to be administered. and this appointee in no way reflects the values that we have. this woman is an ecoterrorist. she participated in a conspiracy to murder people who work in the timber industry for a living. she's a purger. very recently. and she's someone who's supposed to put out fires. as late as 2020 has made very disqualifying statements regarding her desire to do that and indeed commitment to do that. le