bipartisan criticism from congress was immediate the republican senator rob portman slammed the decision, saying that it's contrary to our national interests and helps russia while hurting ukraine and our european union allies democratic senator bob menendez, the foreign relations chairman, says he doesn't see how it will advance u.s. efforts to counter russian aggression in europe michael o'hanlan now senior fellow of the brookings institution. michael, what do you make of this decision? >> i'm with the critics partly because i didn't hear much of an explanation with what the biden team thought they were doing with this waiver i believe they're trying to improve relations with germany, not so much russia germany has been a proponent of this project and i believe they're deferring to chancellor merkel to figure out a strategy that she thinks may work and maybe get russia to behave better over ukraine and other places at the same time offering a carrot but if that's the strategy, i'd like to hear it explained and defended, not swept under the rug.

>> well brian, i think you describe rob portman well.ember him i did to debate with him in jackson wyoming, when dick cheney had his debates. i did it with him. he was here as you're, right a principle conservative, conservative country club mainstream conservative. what rob portman it is, i think, is a full recognition of what the republican party has become. if you think about what happened in 2016, i think donald trump recognized where the republican party had become, long before all of the other republican politicians. which is why i thought early on, he would be the republican nominee, because he knew the republican party, and who they were, and what drove them, and what motivated them more than any other of the other candidates. that's why i think you will see, the candidates that run in 2016 and people like rob portman, have become more of what donald trump. as you see it from chris christie, you see it from marco rubio, you see it from nikki haley, you see it from rob portman. so, i think, it is not because donald trump caused th

rob portman. now democrats have to decide what to do next if they want to pursue this investigation in what happened to january 6th in the months ahead. >> please stay with us, with me in studio is rachel baittes, an katherine lucy. rachel, starting with you, to manu's point, this bipartisan commission, to investigation, an attack on the capitol building, an investigation that should not become partisan but somehow has even though they cut a bipartisan deal. senator bill cassidy, one of the republican senators who voted yes, not enough republican senators voting yes but one of them said the investigation will happen without republicans to ensure the investigations are fair and partial and focused on the facts republicans need to be involved. that was what he hoped to convince his colleagues, but the leader, mitch mcconnell, has made the decision, donald trump doesn't want this, we need a happy trump to win in 2022. let's make this go away. >> i mean, like that's a logical argument but then there's

i think what rob portman is, is a full recognition of what the republican party has become. at 2016, i think donald trump recognized what the republican party had become long before any other politician. which is why i thought early on he would be the republican nominee. he knew the republican party and what drove them more than any other candidate. that is why you will see the candidates that ran in 2016 and people like rob portman have become more of what donald trump is. you see it from chris christie. you see it from rob port mand. i think it's not because donald trump caused the party to change. donald trump was a result of what the republican party has become. it is now a wholesale cultural grievance of white supremacist party. yeah, they don'tn't the truth to come out. i think they think republicans will be accountable. but it's more than that. it is a fuel reflection of who the republican base is. the republican base believes this election was stolen, and i think they justify what happened on january 6th. >> and this current republican party, matthew, before i get ov

if he votes for the commission, we will have a straight-up rob portman night here on the broadcast. if not portman, his ilk in the senate. the republicans from the traditional fiscal conservative socially conservative custodial and protect her class. >> that's a shrinking cost brian and i don't think i'll be invited back for a rob portman fan girl night unfortunately. i don't think he's been happy with my coverage of him as of late but, look, here's the thing. he is retiring. this is frustrating, you think there be an easy way to get ten thumbs here. i think that's why my colleague is pushing for this being a filibuster item because there's seven people who voted for impeachment and you've got for retiring republicans who are in this custodial closs, as you called it. rival, and rob portman, richard shelby out of alabama.ortman, rr shelby out what would be the reason for any of them to go against us? obviously, the lobbying is happening behind the scenes. you saw grounds of south dakota taken to a complete one 80 in two days. john cornyn of texas says he agreed with pelosi two month

thank you. >> thank you, chuck. >>> joining me now is republican senator rob portman of ohio. senator portman, welcome back to "meet the press." earlier this week -- >> thank you, chuck. >> good to see you. earlier this week you seemed to lament and be a little, i would say, skeptical of the outreach you're now receiving from the white house. you said you were hopeful, and then after covid relief, you felt it wasn't sincere. senator capito says she feels as though her exchanges with the white house are much different this time than they were over covid relief. would you concur with that? >> yes. i think it's going to be a better opportunity. frankly, if the white house is going to work with us, this is a deal we can do. infrastructure has always been bipartisan. it's a different sort of a proposition than some of the spending that secretary yellen talked about, the $6 trillion in new spending. only about 20% of the jobs bill that the president has proposed goes to real infrastructure. that part of it can be paid for. it can be paid for with user fees, paid for with some of the

rob portman said he would be open to supporting it. probably will.sidy of louisiana, another senator who voted to convict donald trump has not ruled out voting in favor of this. senator ben sass has not said one way or another. so there could potentially be six senators, maybe seven senators, pat toomey another one to watch here. he has not said one way or the other. he's been saying for days he's undecided. getting to the ten votes is the big question, the big hurdle and makes it very unlikely. i've been surveying republicans up and down the conference for the last several days. and it's been very clear where they are. that is no. they don't want to begin debate. they want to cut it off now. the they're with mitch mcconnell who contends this commission, even though structured in a bipartisan way, it would be skewed for the democrats and could eventually hurt their message in the midterm elections. >> we don't have time. we never have enough time. gut check that. we do not know that to be true. it is bipartisan by nature. democrats conceded to you wi

indeed, if he votes for the commission we will have a straight up rob portman night here on the broadcastlk about if not portman his ilk in the senate the republicans from the kind of traditional fiscal conservative, socially conservative, custodial and protector class. >> yeah, that's a shrinking class, brian. i don't think i'll be invited back for rob portman fan girl night, unfortunately. i don't think he's been very happy with my coverage of him as of late. but, look, here's the thing. he's retiring. this is the frustrating part. you'd think there'd be an easy way to get to ten folks here. that's why my colleague is pushing for this being a filibuster item. because seven people vote for impeachment then you've got four retiring republicans in this custodial class as you call it, roy blunt, richard burr, richard portman out of shelby, alabama. that's 11 right the. what would be the reason for any of them to go against this? but obviously the lobbying is happening hard behind the scenes. you saw mike brown of south dakota do a complete 180 in two day. john cordon of texas agreed to pelo

i want you to find common ground with retiring senator from ohio, rob portman.place for a diverse future republican party or is it going to be the party of trump? sen. daines: there is absolutely a diverse party. rob portman is a good friend of mine. i was a procter & gamble guy for 13 years. rob used to working ranches during the summer in montana. rob and i go back a long ways. there is room for a big tent. at the end of the day, politics is about addition, not subtraction. we are stronger when we have those diverse views. tom: i think this is critical. what would you like to see from the former president to bring a more diverse republican party together versus his 909 page statement to attorneys in new york yesterday? what does president trump need to do now? sen. daines: if you think about what happened over the course of the last several years, the president brought so many blue-collar workers into the republican party that were not necessarily political. they do not care if there is an r or d behind the name. bringing jobs back to the united states. expand

senator rob portman says he does believe there is a path forward.he republican plan, though, is just a fraction of what democrats are asking for for now in washington. raquel martin, back to you. >> all right. let's switch things up tonight to talk weather. a live look outside at the golden gate bridge as you head north and south. if you're coming into the city, it was warm day across the area and we are tracking some fire danger headed our way tonight. and as we move into the week. warm and windy is the name of the game and our meteorologist mabrisa rodriguez joins us now with a look at what we can expect yet temperatures today. already 5 to 10 degrees above average with even warmer temperatures. >> heading our way to start your work week. monday. a grey nowhere in sight thanks to those northerly winds and that warmer air mass with conquered and santa rosa warming up into the mid 80's low 70's. for those of you in oakland and mid 60's for downtown san francisco. but tomorrow we're going to see widespread 70's and 80's across the board. let's take a

senator rob portman says he does believe there is a path forward. republican plan, though, is just a fraction of what democrats are asking for for now in washington. raquel martin, back to you. >> much more to come tonight here on kron. 4 news at 9 attorney general rob bonta in san francisco today to kick off asian pacific american heritage month. why he believes it's important to support and promote asian-american culture. >> happening tomorrow. the livermore city council work and will consider expelling john stein from the city's planning commission over his comment about a low income housing project at the commission's meeting last week. the former council member refer to the project is quote, ghetto. he then said to some extent he was misinterpreted. the city council voted unanimously to consider stein's removal at its meeting happening tomorrow. >> in the north bay drink speech at point reyes national seashore will be closed for about 4 months starting tomorrow. the popular destination is set to undergo wetland western rest ration along with ro

ohio republican rob portman, another-yes vote, alluded to it today. here's what he told cnn. i have said all along i think it's important that we get the facts out and i think you will find our report from the rules committee and homeland security committee would be very helpful in that regard. then, he added, but our scope did not include the motivation. in other words, a defeated president's big lie about the election, which drew that mob to washington. which encouraged them to come. and senators, who fueled the mob's delusion that the election could be overturned. is shining a light on that and their complicity, what republicans are afraid of? or is it fear of angering the former president? or was there fear of mitch mcconnell? well, leave aside the misguided belief held, most notably, by senator ron johnson, that the insurrection just wasn't that big a deal. truth is, until someone writes profiles in cowardice, we won't fully know what motivated republicans to vote no. nor, do we know, tonight, what motivated nine republicans and two democrats not to vote, at all. cnn rea

that was good enough for rob portman.ollins amendment i will vote to proceed with this. so that problem is really off the table. if you have a problem with how the commission is going to be made up, democrats basically acceded to every republican demand. so you can't with a straight face say well we thought the commission was going to be unfair. it doesn't make any sense. >> well, we heard from john thune that the concern was that this was going to spill over into 2022, electoral consequences for them. the do you think they're right, that this is -- there will be far fewer consequences for not endorsing the commission than there would be from getting the answers from this commission? >> well, first of all, i mean there is a way to have the commission make its conclusions known either before the end of this year or to hold the recommendations until after the november 2022 election f2 that's important. that's not really a principle. you can't say well we're afraid of the truth and what the bipartisan commission is going to

rob portman said a commission is unnecessary. he said a pair of senate committees have already looked into the attack. but then when pressed by m mm manu raju said it will be the attack but not the events leading up to it. susan collins has objected to wording they say sets it apart from the bill establishing the 9/11 commission. cnn has polled the language of both bills and found both were structured the same way. senator collins raised concerns that the commissions work could spill over into an election year, yet she fully supported the 9/11 commission which held half a dozen televised hearings in the middle of 2004 presidential campaign. it's almost as if she and other republicans are straining for something to justify the outcome they want, which kind of sounds familiar. remember their arguments against the second impeachment hearings? >> i'm a juror, i'm going to keep an open mind as we go through this. i think this constitutionality issue has to be addressed. >> we're going to be spending six, seven, eight nine days, doing

ohio senator rob portman told nbc's meet the press.he biden administration needs to work with republicans wrote the plan will fail. i think we can come up with a a good bill that's bipartisan and one that actually will sir survive over time because of the more sustainable with republican and democrat support. however, treasury secretary janet yellen said the president is focused on his plans. he is made clear that he believes that permanent increases in spending should be paid for. and great yellen push back against republicans criticism. >> and says this is all for long-term benefits. there will be a big return. i expect productivity to rise. the president proposes to spend about 4.5 trillion dollars on infrastructure and social programs combined reporting in washington. and these will john. happening tomorrow. the u.s. will begin restricting travel from india. this as the country experiences a devastating rise in covid cases. >> the new travel policy will not apply to us citizens permanent residents and close family members of us cit

. >>> plus, senator rob portman and why people need to get back to work.awk box" begins right now >>> good morning and welcome back to "squawk box" right here on cnbc. i'm andrew ross sorkin along with becky quick and joe kernen. take a look at u.s. futures at this hour. the dow looks like it will open up 74 points higher. nasdaq up 82.5 points. s&p 500 looking to open 10.5 points higher. becky? >> we do have some earnings numbers just out from dow component walmart. let's get over to courtney ragan. she joins us with more hi, court. >> reporter: good morning, becky. big beats here on the top and bottom line for walmart. the retailer putting up earnings of $1.69 adjusted. that's estimates on revenues of $138.31 billion versus $131.97 billion. walmart updating the forecast. not actual numbers, ranges there. walmart's u.s. comparable sales up 6%. that's about 6 times as strong as analysts had forecast it's also pretty impressive if you note that the prior year's first quarter comp, that was that big pandemic stockup quarter saw comps grow 10% that's 16% on t

where using some of those good people, people like rob portman and pat toomey.ke tester and danes are still there. between him and people like tim scott, i think there are still an awful lot of people in the congress, particularly the senate, that are looking to try to figure out exactly how to deal with what we will call the problems of the middle, and improve things. i remain optimistic about that in the long-term. jonathan: terry haines, pangea policy founder with latest ndc and the divide in this country, politically and the lonely center ground you just touched on. tom: is a lonely and retiring center ground as you hear about ohio and pennsylvania leadership deciding to exit. we always get that. you wonder what the retirement path will be in the opportunities from retirement as we get to 2022 and particularly on the 2024. in the markets right now i am looking at a 10 year yield, the yield is crushed. jonathan: down one basis point. is that how boring the price action has been relatively speaking? lisa: yes. tom: in a tight range we come down to a higher pri

the republicans, and very predictable who the six were, mitt romney, susan collins, bill cassidy, rob portman, susan murkowski, and ben sasse, and those who have bucked the party in the past, and they have made it known public and privately, and senate leader john mcconnell, and john thune saying this would cost them potentially in the mid-term elections in 2022, because they would not be able to make this deadline by tend of the year, and it would spill over, and that is the focal point, and damaging for their opportunity, and the chances to take over the senate and the house, and the other thing that happened, jim, quite noticeable is the senators who missed this vote, and so fraught with risk that you had nine democrats, and two republicans, and trump said that the republicans who voted for it, and he called them weak and ineffective baby voters, and that is why some of the lawmakers didn't show up for the vote. as you can imagine the democratic leadership is very disappointed in the outcome. take a listen. >> this vote has made it official. donald trump's big lie has now fully enveloped t

president's infrastucture plan on this day when he met with congressional leaders, republican senator rob portman. prior to serving in the senate, he was director of the office of management and budget during the bush/cheney administration. portman was also a member of the republican leadership team when he served in the house. welcome back. very good to have you with us. let me start with the move by house leadership to remove liz cheney as the number three leader. you have said she is a friend of yours. she has done a good job representing the party. was this a mistake? sen. portman: it is up to them. i am on the senate side. i would have voted a different way. they want to change the topic back to policy issues. i noted in your reporting earlier that someone said republicans do not question us legitimacy. i think that is true area i know infrastructure is something you want to talk about today. i don't think that is an issue. they want to move on and talk about policy issues. i think liz cheney is a valuable member of our team. she will continue to be an able spokesman for these issues. judy:

republicans who is have voted for it include susan collins, lisa murkowski, cassidy of louisiana, rob portman of ohio, ben sasse of nebraska and of course utah. the vote is not expected to pass and that is because before this bill passed the house of representative, mitch mcconnell came out publicly and said he was not going to support it. that was a big sign to his republican colleagues on where to stand on this issue. there has been a lot of discussion both behind the scenes and publicly about the formation of this commission among republicans. the majority of republicans are just following the lead of their leader mcconnell and choosing not to support it. >> just to highlight this. this is a significant moment. all americans saw what happened on january 6. this commission would be bipartisan and independent. we have heard from four former dhs homeland secretaries saying that politics should be put aside, saying we need to get to the bottom of this. yesterday we heard from the mother of an officer who died a day after the attack on the capitol calling on the lawmakers to follow the constitu

. >> okay, last question for real this time, rob portman who you have served with for a long time is retiring, what do you make of that race and the echo in your state in advance to that? you talk about medical wage, the overtime rule, cutting poverty. i think there are five republicans and i think it all reminds me of them sticking their tongue out saying donald trump loves me more than you. it is something to watch. these candidates are pretty far right already. getting in line for trump, and i watch it up close in it breaks my heart. we can win here and i think our chances in 2022 are pretty good. >> senator sherrod brown. thank you. i appreciate having you on nap is "all in" on this thursday night. good evening, rachael. >> good evening, chris. we have been having some studio technic call difficulties it's on me, not on you. we're go going to try to fix it on thefully. some people call it thursday, but it is friday eve. we have a big show tonight, lots of news to get to. we have the power house lawyer that won more than 60 different cases. he will be here to talk about his latest

like wise rob portman, but it appears almost certain that republicans will marshall the votes necessaryit. why? they say they want the mid-term elections to be about joe biden, not about donald trump. he sees the commission about being expressly political and something that forces negative trump related headlines into the news. that's why he is opposing it and it appears that senate republicans are falling in like on that. >> you also have congress focused infrastructure and police reform. >> two completely different issues but both fraught. let's start with police reform. it's interesting ta senator tim scott the republican remains more optimistic than i have seen him. meanwhile senator corey booker is less so. he thinks a deal will come together, but he says they're not as close together as he would like them to be. senator lindsey graham said yesterday that they are still trying to find the sweet spot in as far as qualified immunity is concerned. so negotiations continue, senator kothd told the george floyd family they're going to name the legislation after him. the name of the legis

you see susan collins, lisa murkowski, perhaps rob portman, and several others.on. and, by the way, that's a lot of money. so, i think it's possible just the size and scope has got to come in a bit. >> yeah. and i think biden is acknowledging that. one of the few anti-trump republicans still in power, larry hogan. here's what he had to say today. >> it's sort of a circular firing squad where we're just attacking members of our own party instead of focusing on solving problems or standing up and having an argument that we can debate the democrats on some of the things that the biden administration is pushing through. >> so there you have larry hogan right there, john and margaret, wanting to talk about policy. and he feels sort of powerless to do that at this point. >> yeah. and in a rational political universe he'd have far more power. there's a reason that larry hoguon is one of the most popular governors in the country along with charlie baker. both republican governors of traditionally democratic states. republicans should be looking to them for answers about

there is a senate race coming up in your state, rob portman, your colleague thaw served with for a long time, he is retiring. what do you make of the race that is shaping up and the political context in your state in advance of that? >> well, it's a race we can win. we ran with a sharp dignity and work message. you never compromise of marriage equality or choice or opposition to the nra. you talk about minimal wage and work and the overtime rule and cutting child poverty. there are five republicans in the race, i think, if that count is right. and they all remind me of kids on a playground sticking their tongue out at each other saying trump loves me more than he loves you. it's something to watch in ohio. the extremism and just getting in line for trump in ways that -- still is astounding in this country, and i watch it up close, and it breaks my heart. and it also means it's real opportunity for us to win. trump carried my state by eight points twice. we can win here and i think our chances in 2022 are good, the governor's race and the senate race. >> senator sherrod brown, thank you

the chance of fear of the next election that made then vote no, rob portman and other yes vote eluded to it today. he said i've said all along it's important we get the facts out and you'll find our report from the rules committee and homeland security committee will be helpful in that regard but added our scope did not include the motivation. in other words, a defeated president's big lie about the election which drew that mob to washington, which encouraged them to come and senators who fueled the mob's delusion that the election could be overturned. is shining a light on that and their complicity what republicans are afraid of or fear of angering the former president? or was their vote a favor to mitch healthcamcconnell? leave aside the misguided belief held by ron johnson that the insurrection wasn't that big a deal, until someone writes, profiles, we won't fully know what motivated republicans to vote no. more do we know tonight what motivated nine republicans and two democrats not to vote at all. cnn reached out commitments. mike brown said he was meeting with strategic partners

susan collins of maine, bill cassidy of louisiana, ben sasse of nebraska, mitt romney of utah, and rob portmanf ohio, now there was another senator, pat toomey from pennsylvania, i should say, who was not here today, he was among a collection of republicans that just didn't vote at all. now toomey did release a statement this afternoon saying he would have voted yes had he been in attendance but he had a family commitment. pointing out that had he been here it wouldn't have mattered because this collection of republicans that we are showing you here, that were not here to vote would have -- aside from toomey, all voted no. and it would have required ten republicans to push the bill forward. so, ana, there is a lot of frustration among democrats right now. some suggesting this is another example of why they need to blow up the filibuster because it's so difficult to get anything accomplished. this was something that a couple of weeks ago ana republicans and democrats were calling for. democrats made a number of concessions to republicans to get them on board, it just wasn't enough. >> what do y

the six senators that supported this included mitt romney of utah, susan collins of maine, rob portmanski of alaska and ben sass of nebraska. i want to emphasize how this vote, the vote that failed underscores the deep divide between what happened on january 6th. they see this event differently and it shows the hold that former president donald trump has on the republican party. it's no surprise but senate majority leader chuck schumer was incredibly upset after the vote. he was disappointed with republicans and angry that they did not agree with democrats on investigating this attack. take a listen to what he had to say. >> this vote has made it official. donald trump's big lie has now fully enveloped the republican party. shame on the republican party trying to sweep the horrors of that day under the rug because they're afraid of donald trump. >> reporter: even at the end of the day brian sicknick's mother couldn't rally votes. his mother visited the capitol on thursday to meet with republicans in person and convince them to support this legislation. now looking forward, it's looking

. >> okay, last question for real this time, rob portman who you have served with for a long time ishat do you make of that race and the echo in your state in advance to that?

senator rob portman was on television yesterday. he has had conversations with the white house. a lot of those talks will continue this week. next week we should expect to see the president inviting members into the oval office to sit down and have discussions with him. he has also invited the top four congressional leaders into the oval office for a meeting. i would expect that that meeting would touch on a range of topics, and i am sure the infrastructure proposal the president has would be one of those things he would want to discuss with leadership as well. host: do you have a sense it will produce any tangible results, especially with republicans and democrats working together on these issues? guest: that remains to be seen. you still have a lot of the behind-the-scenes work going on at the staff level. that is where a lot of the nitty-gritty of negotiating is done. you may get the president and some of the leadership getting closer in terms of a dollar figure, or even what they want in the bill. it is a wait and see. host: one final question. we were watching the briefings

that includes mitt romney, susan collins, bill cassidy, rob portman and lisa murkowski and ben sass ofska were the six republican senators that supported this legislation. i want to emphasize how this underscores the deep fallout and divide. it shows the strong hold former president donald trump has over the republican party. it's no surprise. senate majority leader chuck schumer expressed his disappointment saying he was disappointed and angry at republicans for failing to support this which he thought this would be very important to investigate what happened on january 6th. take a listen. >> this vote has made it official. donald trump's big lie has now fully enveloped the republican party. shame on the republican party trying to sweep the horrors of that day under the rug because they're afraid of donald trump. >> reporter: you know, even brian sicknick's mother could not get republicans to support this legislation. brian sicknick, of course, was one of the police officers who died as a result of the january 6th capitol attack. his mother visited to lobby the senators that she perso

mittromney, susan collins, rob portman, lisa murkowski, ben sasse. they are usually the ones that vote different from the collective republican party. so not super surprising there. but what is surprising is nine republican senators did not show up to vote, as well as two democratic senators. and the failure in this vote shows that deep divide between democrats and republicans on the fallout surrounding the capitol attack and how former president trump has a strong hold on the republican party. and it comes as a price to no one that senate majority leader chuck 145schumer after this fai votes was incredibly disappointed and voiced that frustration yesterday. >> this vote has made it official. donald trump's big lie has now fully enrveloped the republican party. shame on the republican party for trying to sweep the more errors of that day under the rug because they are afraid of donald trump. >> reporter: you asked me about what democrats will do now. well, they are looking towards the future and possibly creating a select committee to investigate the

. >> these are the same senators, except for rob portman, who voted to convict donald trump in his secondeachment for inciting the insurrection. ten republican votes were needed to create the bipartisan commission. they didn't get it. cnn's jessica dean is on capitol hill, has been following all of this. so, we showed the republicans who voted for it, but there were 11 senators, mostly republicans, who did not cast a vote at all. are they explaining why? >> reporter: well, the explanations are kind of trickling in this afternoon, victor and alisyn. we have heard from a number of people who said they had family members they committed to. they wouldn't be able to be here. they were traveling, doing work on behalf of their senate committees. it really varies. senator toomey said he would have supported the commission had he been here, but he was attending to a personal family matter. so, we are getting various explanations. again, 11 senators not voting on this. two of those being democrats. senator murray and also senator cinema. senator murray saying she had a private family matter to atte

but that senate report, i'm told by the republican who is helping draft that, rob portman, does not lookf what happened in the run-up to january 6th. simply looks at what happened on january 6th, response by the security forces, lack of preparedness in the capitol. not everything running up to it. that's what the democrats want to focus the commission on. clearly, republicans don't want to shine a light on what donald trump did and what other republican members did as well. >> manu, you have new reporting on the house speaker nancy pelosi. >> she said this would likely be her last term as speaker, meaning the end of next year. there are growing questions about what she will do. will she run for re-election? will she perhaps decide to stay, keep the speaker's gavel or leave congress early? we're hearing from her confidants that talk of her leaving congress early is simply not going to happen. she's in a furious effort to raise money for house democrats. they have a beleaguered majority that could easily fall to the republicans. she's raised $32 million in the first three months of this ye

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senator rob portman asking acting said of cisa questions when they were brought in and exactly what information. >> would it have been helpful if colonia cacced you immediately to respond for effectively >> we received information fairly quickly in concert with the fbi. i think right now we are waiting for additional technical information exactly what happened at colonial to use that information to potentially protect other potential victims down the road. >> so, brandon wales, doesn't have the technical information to respond to the colonial pipeline hack and prevent infrastructure attacks to other major american infrastructure players. seems significant. he downplays a little saying early in the process had a good relationship with colonial in the past not to worry he has expectation they will get this information this attack happened last week and we sit here suss, head of cisa saying he doesn't yet have the technical information to respond to this. interesting look how the information flow is happening behind the scenes, jon. >> is this sort of what makes the case for a cyber coast guard? t

bill cassidy, susan collins, lisa murkowski, ben sasse, rob portman, and mitt romney, despite so many votes calling for an investigation in the aftermath of january 6, of course before donald trump made it clear he opposed any closer look on what may have caused the attack at the capitol. 11 senators, we should point out, could not even have been bothered at all. nine democrats, two democrats. a reminder that while republicans insist this investigation is unnecessary, at least 450 people have been charged for their roles in the insurrection so far. and capitol police officers are still trying to sound the alarm, warning that parts of the capitol are still vulnerable for attack and security upgrades are needed right now, they say, to keep that from happening. those individual criminal pursuits, however, they're not going to together create a wider look at what went wrong, at the lies and the propaganda that led to the deadly day, and lest we forget, this is not just about an attack on democracy, as if that weren't important enough. there is also the human toll of this tragedy to consid

another senator rob portman that didn't vote to convict donald trump will advance it. getting to 10 teams unlikely, including that was the assessment from the top republican vote counter john thune who told me an hour ago says there is no path to 60 votes at the moment. the argument they've been making privately mitch mcconnell has, as well as other republican leaders, that their concern is this could become a political issue, hurting in the midterm elections coming 2022. they'd rather be done with jan 6th and focused instead on the economic agenda of the biden administration. that argument has taken hold including from shelley moore capito leading the infrastructure talks. they she told me she would vote no because of her concern this is becoming a political issue. there are questions were the officers mother meeting with senators will change any minds. but at the moment it doesn't seem to be the case. senator tim scott who met with sicknick's mother mother came out and said afterwards the commission was not the focus of their discussion. >> interestingly enough, the

republicans who is have voted for it include susan collins, lisa murkowski, cassidy of louisiana, rob portmane utah. the vote is not expected

ohio senator rob portman told nbc's meet the press.en administration needs to work with republicans wrote the plan will fail. i think we can come up with a a good bill that's bipartisan and one that actually will sir survive over time because of the more sustainable with republican and democrat support. however, treasury secretary janet yellen said the president is focused on his plans. he is made clear that he believes that permanent increases in spending should be paid for. and great yellen push back against republicans criticism. >> and says this is all for long-term benefits. there will be a big return. i expect productivity to rise. now the president proposes to spend about 4.5 trillion dollars on infrastructure. >> and social programs combined reporting live in washington and these little john. all right. thank you very much, basil. time now is 5.20. we'll take a quick break. but coming up. >> and just a moment, a robbery at a jewelry store in san francisco's chinatown and now people who live in the area say this is just another

ohio senator rob portman told nbc's meet the press. the biden administration needs to work with republicans wrote the plan will fail. i think we can come up with a a good bill that's bipartisan and one that actually will sir survive over time because of the more sustainable with republican and democrat support. however, treasury secretary janet yellen said the president is focused on his plans. he is made clear that he believes that permanent increases in spending should be paid for. and great yellen push back against republicans criticism. >> and says this is all for long-term benefits. there will be a big return. might expect productivity to rise. the president proposes to spend about 4.5 trillion dollars on infrastructure and social programs combined reporting in washington. and these will jot 7.27 the time. we'll take a break but coming up, 4 people died. dozens others hurt after a boat capsizes off the coast of california. now the boat's captain. >> has been taken into custody. have a live report from san diego with the latest on

. >> senator rob portman just hasn't gotten around to reading the bill. >> are you still undecided about the commission? >> i mean, i want to see what the scope is. i don't know if that's something that's been laid out yet. >> it's a very short bill. you could read it in two minutes. especially you. especially you. you read tax bills. this is easy. >> it's just so easy for them, and they do it with a straight face. they think you're dumb. they think you're stupid. but does it matter? will they face any repercussions? that's really up to you. because you remember when their favorite excuse was they hadn't read the former guys' tweets. now they don't have time to read the bill, which is their job. they're supposed to read the bills. that's the whole point of them. and then there is ron johnson, of course. ron johnson who never tires of lying and denying. still, after everything we saw with our own eyes and heard with our owne ears, still trying to sell the lie that what happened on january 6 was a peaceful protest. >> by and large, it was peaceful protests, except for there were a number o

that included susan collins, lisa murkowski, bill cassidy, rob portman, ben sasse and mitt romney. we saw a very scathing statement from house speaker nancy pelosi. i'll read you part of what she said. she said, quote, mitch mcconnell asked senate republicans to do him a personal favor and vote against the january 6th commission. in doing so mitch mcconnell asked them to be complicit in his undermining of the truth of january 6th. that sentiment is being echoed by house dems as they look to this select committee. listen to what some of what congressional mike quigley had to say regarding what this commission could do in investigating the events of january 6th. >> we simply can't let this lie. the risk is still out there. without this work, we won't know what took place. what's were the failures that allowed this to happen? how do we hold people accountable? and most importantly, how do we prevent it from happening again? there's too much at stake not to try to go it alone. >> lindsey and kendis, i should note senate majority leader chuck schumer indicated he could bring this indepe

ohio senator rob portman told nbc's meet the press. the biden administration needs to work with republicans wrote the plan will fail. i think we can come up with a a good bill that's bipartisan and one that actually will sir survive over time because of the more sustainable with republican and democrat support. however, treasury secretary janet yellen said the president is focused on his plans. he is made clear that he believes that permanent increases in spending should be paid for. and great yellen push back against republicans criticism. >> and says this is all for long-term benefits. there will be a big return. i expect productivity to rise. the president proposes to spend about 4.5 trillion dollars on infrastructure and social programs combined reporting in washington. and these will john. >> 8.49, baseball. we have a's and giants one swept and they're both sitting atop their own division. so good news all around. let's go to the a's highlights first 8 inning game tied. and this 2 run homer gives the a's the lead when they'll hold

does seem like this, and even republicans said it on the sudden shows yesterday, i think it was rob portman, than the covid relief plan. that they have a feeling that the white house may go smaller here or break this thing up into two on infrastructure, is that right? >> reporter: there's certainly a lot more room for compromise and a lot more time staked out for these negotiations. remember when president biden came into office in january, he made very clear that it was an urgent priority to pass this $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill and there was only so long that he was willing to wait. that period of time was really not very long. democrats along with the white house rushed that through congress through that budget reconciliation process after just brief discussions and negotiations to try to get some republicans onboard. white house officials as well as lawmakers on capitol hill have been very clear to me and my colleagues that this is a very different process. they are talking here about months of negotiations and discussions, not weeks. and already we are seeing those discussion

senator rob portman tweeting this, about the expanded unemployment benefits. decision in eliminating the federal government's expanded unemployment benefits. vaccines are widely available. there are more job openings than at any point in our nation's history. charles, 18 states already opted out of these unemployment benefits and started phasing them out early but this is not something states can opt out. these are direct cash payments that go directly into peoples bank accounts. charles? charles: hillary, thank you very much. i want to bring in the host of "kudlow" on the fox business network, larry kudlow. larry this new program is few months. president biden would like it four years. democrats want it permanent. i'm concerned about the other ideas on the drawing board with this, taking us back to the great welfare society, ironically democrat bill clinton slowed and cushed a little bit. what are your thoughts -- curbed. >> the originator of entitlements was franklin delano roosevelt, fdr, okay? social security was the entitlement. he made it very clear then

but speaking to rob portman, who is the top republican on the homeland security committee, who's been involved in this, yesterday he said that they had not spoken to any top white house officials, former president trump, people who were central to the administration's response that day. that's a pretty big gap that's going to be in that senate report. and like representative katko was saying on the house floor, there's a lot of questions that are unanswered, and democrats had hoped that this commission would be able to look into those. >> you definitely cannot do a commission without asking donald trump what he was doing that day. thank you for being here, please stay safe. for more on the raw politics, democratic congressman adam schiff, who not only prosecuted the first impeachment trial of donald trump, he was also a democratic member of the republican-led select benghazi committee, which i mentioned in the open. congressman, thank you so much for being here tonight. >> good to be with you. >> so what do you make of the fact that seven republican senators voted to convict donald tr

drafted by more than half a dozen lawmakers including republicans mitt romney and susan collins and rob portmanromney said yesterday the group has come to a pretty close consensus. others insist talks are still ongoing. a group of gop lawmakers plans to present its latest counteroffer to the biden administration tomorrow. speaking to reporters yesterday, republican senator roger wicker said the following. joining me now, is anna palmer, a msnbc contributor. thank you for being with us and good morning, anna. normally, when i hear about a competing set of negotiations from one that has been going on for a while, it usually suggests that things are starting to splinter and that it doesn't necessarily look good. but in this case, the fact that joe manchin is in this group with these other republicans is pretty interesting to me. it also sends me the signal that he may want to continue these negotiations for a little while past memorial day which was kind of their previous deadline. what is your read on what is going on here? >> yeah, we got negotiations on negotiations happening. i think it's a co