when he testified to the senate judiciary committee on the thirty eighth of march of two thousand and eleven it's on the web where he said he got together with the with the d.o.d. and created this database well that told me that he was interrogating all the e-mail collection that they were making also had access to the phone network he said he talked about phone data to not at that it but in another one so they were using this data for police operations and so it was reuters published an article on it in august of last year talking about the d.n.a. in the saud the special operations division in d a which was specifically to look at the data that n.s.a. collected to find criminal activity and then they would use that to go arrest people and after the arrest you know if they'd say part way here in this park in what way for a truck to pull in go arrest the guy bring the drug dog in and go step out the drugs and then you can't the policy was you could not use any of this information documented in any court records and you couldn't tell the judge who were the prosecuting of defending attor

senate willing to vote against their own interests for once as encouraging chairman of the senate judiciary committee patrick leahy even went as far as saying quote i've always believe that amending our constitution must be subject to the highest measure of scrutiny and is something that should only be done as a last resort when the voices of hardworking americans continue to be drowned out by the money and few more serious action must be. again now i'm hardly suggesting that we should rely on the very people who benefit from this pay to play system to change it instead we should be looking at grassroots movements from outside the beltway movements like made a pac a super pac started by harvard professor lawrence lessig but ironically is raising money to elect candidates promising to repeal citizens united and other measures but of institutionalized money in politics unless they came on the show a couple months ago to talk about why the current system is so what poisonous any human who spends thirty to seventy percent of your time raising money from a tiny tiny fraction of the one percent you can't h

campaign finance seen a ten to eight vote the senate judiciary committee voted to approve a constitutional amendment that would overturn a notorious two thousand and ten supreme court's citizens united decision of course this ruling solidified the notion of corporate personhood and equated money with free speech by allowing companies to give unlimited amounts of cash to political action committees or super pacs which then lobby on behalf of individual candidates now realistically this move is purely symbolic considering that a constitutional amendment requires a two thirds majority vote in both the house and the senate but the fact that ten of the most powerful members of the senate will be willing to vote against their own interests for once as encouraging chairman of the senate judiciary committee patrick leahy even went as far as saying quote i've always believe that amending our constitution must be subject to the highest measure of scrutiny it is something that should only be done as a last resort.

panel of judges -- and we can call them judges now in the forum of senators who are on the senate judiciary committee -- who were not informed about the issue of sexual harassment. they didn't rely on the expert witnesses who were available to inform them about sexual harassment. i think they relied in short on some old myths about women's experiences in the workplace and exactly what the problem was, a workplace problem. i think in turn it led them to sort of inject a lot of biases against women and women's experiences into the process as they asked questions and as they presented to the public the issue. >> do you think sexual harassment is in a different place today? do you think women experience it at the same level? >> i think women still experience it. it's hard to measure the level. but it is in a very different place. in the film you will see arlen specter -- not arlen specter, i'm sorry -- alan simpson calling sexual harassment sexual harassment crap. i don't think you would have a person in authority who could get away with simply dismissing women's experiences in that way. so yes, we are d

now, i'm also a member of the senate judiciary committee and the senate appropriations committee and from those seats i know how important it is that we make sure resources are available to our badly overstretched immigration enforcement system. and this provides additional resources for immigration judg judges, for the legal orientation program, and for counsel for minors. as has been mentioned earlier today on this floor, we have an international obligation when children fleeing violence present legitimate claims for refugee status, to make sure they have their day in court before either repatriating them to their country of origin or allowing them refugee status here. this emergency supplemental would increase the funding so that there wouldn't be such an enormous backlog of cases, so that there would be a legal orientation program which has a proven record of success. while it doesn't provide personal counsel to everyone awaiting trial, it gives out basic information so that legitimate claims can be made and illegitimate claims don't waste the time of our immigration courts. last

representative system is so toxic and corrupt campaign finance seen a ten to eight vote the senate judiciary committee voted to approve a constitutional amendment that would overturn a notorious two thousand and ten supreme court's citizens united decision of course this ruling solidified the notion of corporate personhood and equated money with free speech by allowing companies to give unlimited amounts of cash to political action committees or super pacs which then lobby on behalf of individual candidates now realistically this move is purely symbolic considering that a constitutional amendment requires a two thirds majority vote in both the house and the senate but the fact that ten of the most powerful members of the senate will be willing to vote against their own interests for once as encouraging chairman of the senate judiciary committee patrick leahy even went as far as saying quote i've always believe that amending our constitution must be subject to the highest measure of scrutiny it is something that should only be done as a last resort when the voices of hardworking americans continue to b

now, i'm also a member of the senate judiciary committee and the senate appropriations committee and from those seats i know how important it is that we make sure resources are

in this dcountry now. >> let me ask you about the debate going on in capitol hill on the senate judiciary committee>> certainly the senate, and i think senators murray and udall, for pushing this basically saying that no one should have the ability to deter or stop a woman from having that kind of access. in the senate, it probably will but not so sure in the house. jose, this is about the fundamental pursuit of life, liberty, happiness for our mothers, sisters, daughters. they rights, too. they have religious liberties, too. that's being missed in the whole case. you may recall that justice ginsburg talked about it and alluded to in her dissent that the hobby lobby decision is going down a dangerous path that will open the doors to more discrimination in many forms. >> ohio state senator turner, thank you for being with us. >> thank you, jose. >>> to help us frame the debate from the other side. i'm joined by kristin hawkins. students for life president. let's get your reaction to the bill. >> look, the bill is just the freedom of choice act 2.0. it was interesting. this bill is supposed to -- it'

the senate judiciary committee, we have been debating an amendment some 47 democrats have supported that would repeal the free speech protections of the first amendment. sadly, every senate democrat in the judiciary committee supported it. today this body is considering another provision that would effectively cross out the free exercise rights. where have we entered when the bill of rights has become a partisan matter? what kind of world is it used to be the case that you would find bipartisan agreement that the first amendment is part of our civil compact, that we will stand together with one voice in support of the free speech rights of individual citizens, in support of the religious liberty rights of individual citizens. the proposal that we are going to vote on in just a few minutes would go directly after the religious liberty rights of americans. let me tell you a little bit about one group of people who will be affected by this bill if this bill were to pass. let me tell you about the little sisters of the poor, a group of catholic nuns, the little sisters of the poor are an int

it's in the house, it's also in the senate, assed the judiciary committee -- passed the judiciary committee of the u.s. senate, a piece of legislation to protect the right of privacy, get a warrant if the e-mails are over six months of age. i would hope, i'm on the judiciary committee, i would hope we can get this through committee and on the floor this year. this is actually something that i think will pass. it will pass the house, it'll pass the senate in a bipartisan way. the president indicated some months ago now that he thought that there should be some ecpa reform as well. so i think that's something that ought to happen, something that ought to continue, we should continue to work on with other members of congress and move out of the judiciary committee in the house and then get a floor vote on the house bill and get a floor vote now on the senate bill as well. now, i will stop at this point and take a couple of questions, see what's on your mind or comments if you wish. yes. >> [inaudible] >> treating what i would call the disease rather than the symptoms. so you use the fourth ame

he served as chairman or ranking member at the senate judiciary committee for 17 years and chairman or ranking committee member on the senate foreign relations committee. and the 47th vice president of the united states, joe biden has continued his leadership on important issues facing the nation. the vice president was tasked with a mini the american recovery and reinvestment act at a time to which i know i personally called each and every governor to talk about the national economy and our state's economy. he also penny to draw on his foreign policy expertise, advising the president on a multitude of international issues. so ladies and gentlemen, it is our great pleasure at the national governors association to welcome the vice president of the united states, joe biden. [applause] >> thank you all. please, please, please sit down. mary, thank you for the great introduction. as you stood, as you mentioned that i had the responsibility to implement the recovery act, and i got to meet with, speak with, multiple times as all of you, hey, how are you doing? [laughter] a lot of old friends

representative system is so toxic and corrupt campaign finance seen a ten to eight vote the senate judiciary committee voted to approve a constitutional amendment that would overturn a notorious two thousand and ten supreme court citizens united decision of course this rolling solidify the notion of corporate.

january 29, 2014, the attorney general testified before the senate judiciary committee that the matter, is presently being investigated, interviews are being done, and analysis is being conducted. several months later on april 8, 2014, the attorney general further testified before the house judiciary committee and confirmed the department investigation was still an ongoing matter that the justice department is actually pursuing. deputy attorney general cole, can you please confirm that the department is still actively investigating irs practices surrounding tax-exempt obligations? >> this is still an ongoing investigation, that is correct. >> so accusations that the department as prematurely closed the investigation is false, is that correct? >> that is correct. >> thank you. some have lamented the length of time this investigation has banned. in your experience is it uncommon for complex investigations such as this to take a substantial amount of time to complete? >> both as a prosecutor and defense attorney, this is not an unusual amount of time poor and investigation like this. >> t

would note for everyone who says now they are focused on border security that when the senate judiciary committee was considering immigration reform i introduce an amendment which the senior citizen from texas supported that would have tripled our border patrol and increased fourfold the fixed-wing assets, the technology that would have provided the tools to finally solve this problem and every single senate democrat on the judiciary committee voted against it. we shouldn't be surprised that the president's proposal that is labeled border security doesn't actually secure the border, doesn't do anything about the lawlessness or the amnesty which means that the obama administration is effectively admitting that they expect these children to continue coming, hundreds of thousands of them in years to come. hundreds of thousands of little boys and little girls being subjected to her thick physical abuse, sexual abuse and they intend to do nothing to fix the problem and to stop it to secure the border to uphold the law. that's heartbreaking and not the responsibility of a commander-in-chief. >> i asked

senate judiciary committee chairman pat leahy put it more bluntly, i can't think of any reason that it should. if we follow the current law, he said, they'll get due process. to make matters worse for the president, the "wall street journal" using government statistics to conclude that over the past five years, an average of only 7% of the unoccupied miners who have been apprehended have been deported. but to hear homeland security secretary jeh johnson spin it, you would think the obama administration already has a problem well in hand. >> we are rapidly building additional detention capability for family units, for adults, bringing their children into the rio grande valley sector illegally with the goal of turning people around as quickly as possible, and from this facility, whoa intend to begin that process of repatriating people, sending them back to home countries, beginning next week. lou: tonight, we'll be talking with former arkansas governor mike huckabee, and lebanon joining the assault on israel. strongholds hitting northern israel today as the israeli air force intensifies

be willing to vote against their own interests for once as encouraging chairman of the senate judiciary committee patrick leahy even went as far as saying quote i've always believe that amending our constitution must be subject to the highest measure of scrutiny and is something that should only be done as a last resort when the voices of hardworking americans continue to be drowned out by the money and few more serious action must be taken and i'm hardly suggesting that we should rely on the very people who benefit from this pay to play system to change it instead we should be looking at grassroots movements from outside the beltway movements like made a pac a super pac started by harvard professor lawrence lessig but ironically is raising money to elect candidates promising to repeal citizens united and other measures but of institutionalized money in politics unless they came on the show a couple months ago to talk about why the current system is so poisonous any human who spends thirty to seventy percent of your time raising money from a tiny tiny fraction of the one percent you can't help an

we know this because on october 2, 2013, the chairman of the senate judiciary committee, senator leahy, asked n.s.a. director keith alexander the following question -- and i quote -- "at our last hearing, the deputy director, mr. englis, stated that there's only really one example of a case where for the use of section 215, both phone and records collection, terrorist activity was stopped. was mr. englis right?" to which director alexander responded -- "he is right. i believe he said two, chairman." mr. president, congress has authorized the collection of millions of law-abiding citizens' telephone and data for years and has only saw two ongoing f.b.i. investigations. of those two investigations, the n.s.a. has publicly identified one. and, in fact, that case could have easily been handled by obtaining a warrant and going to that telephone company. it mr. heller: it is the case of an individual convicted in san diego convicted of sending 8,500 to somalia supporting the terrorist organization claiming responsibility for the kenya mall attack. it alois the n.s.a. to determine that a u.s.

representative system is so toxic and corrupt campaign finance seen a ten to eight vote the senate judiciary committee voted to approve a constitutional amendment that would overturn a notorious two thousand and ten supreme court's citizens united decision of course this rolling solidified the notion of corporate personhood and equated money with free speech by allowing companies to give unlimited amounts of cash to political action committees or super pacs which then lobby on behalf of individual candidates .

might have a farmer from iowa who never went to law school serving as the next chair of the senate judiciary committee. >> in arizona a republican congressional candidate is now eating crow after a protest he led yesterday against migrant children. he faces a republican primary next month was speaking against migrants being moved into his district when he got word that a bus was heading down the road. he got a first-hand look and then tweeted at the scene, pus coming in. this is not compassion. this is abrogation of law. he included a photo of the yellow school bus. >> i was able to actually see some of the children in the buses in the fear in their faces. this is not compassion. >> yes, the problem is those weren't migrant children on the school bus. they were ymca campers from the local school district. after being corrected he said, those kids were sad, too. later he apologized. >>> corruption laws are getting attention in kentucky. >> listening to my constituents, legislating, these are things that i don't do. what i do is spend about 70% of my time raising funds for re-election. i do anything to

you know, megyn, a couple weeks ago we had a hearing in the senate judiciary committee, and a number senators received a confidential report from a whistle blower on the border patrol where they had interviewed over 200 people here illegally and they asked them, many were children, they asked them why are you coming? 95% said we're coming because we believe we'll get amnesty. we believe we'll be allowed to go free. these are the consequences when you have a president that illegally grants amnesty and when you have a president who promises more amnesty. what it produces, this is the face of amnesty. this is what it looks like. tens of thousands of children being victimized. this is why amnesty doesn't work. and the president won't take responsibilix'kyk it's going even longer. trace gallagher has the latest. >> it could go another hour, megyn, because they have one more witness. very unclear who that witness is, but remember, aside from andrew tahmooressi telling his side of the story to the judge for the first time today, we were also supposed to hear from the border agents in mexico

. >> when i worked for senate judiciary committee this was my issue.igrants coming to this country and commit felonies, they're convicted and convictions are upheld the law said they're supposed to serve time, then being deported at that time they were deported at 4% a year. after the hearings it's a decade in the united states. at which point they've married saying but i have an american spouse, an american child well, that is because you've been living here. this is why you're right. obama just wants to get them in, just get them in. it's like 90,000 they're expecting this year. 140,000 illegal immigrants just pouring across the border next year? it's out of control. to help all americans what we need is an immigration moratorium, both legal and illegal. >> do many people recognize -- >> then, no americans will be watching soccer. >> do many people in france recognize you? >> americans do. they agree with me on soccer! >> i agree with you on soccer and immigration. >> coulter, god bless you. thank you, travel safe >> good talking to you sean, >> more

. >>> right now the senate judiciary committee is holding the first senate hearing how to better protect from gun violence by abusive partners. it comets a day after the gun control group founded by former new york city mayor michael bloomberg released new ad. calling on republican senators to support legislation proposed by amy klobuchar to close federal loop holders that allows many domestic abusers to purchase guns. >> open the door! >> he just broke in the door. you need to come now. get away from him. hey. put him down! get out! >> i'm taking him. >> joining me now live a victim of domestic violence who is attending the senate hearing now in progress. former boxing champion kristy martin. she survived being stabbed repeatedly and shot by her then husband who was attempted of second-degree murder. it's an honor to speak with you today. your bravery is immeasurable, to be honest with you. i know, during his trial in 2012, you told the story of how you were stabbed and then he shot you. for people who don't know what happened. tell us more of your story >>well, it's really -- i was unp

the senate and that would mean, heaven forbid, we'd have a farnl farmer from iowa cg the senate judiciary committee. well, i think most americans would love to have chuck raslin chairing the judiciary committee. and we'll let brailey retire with tom harken. i think that would be good, too. this is a historic opportunity for iowans. people who respect other people and choose a senator that shares their values in joanie earnest. we need you to do all you can because joanie is on duty. we need to be -- she's on duty in wisconsin right now as a battalion commander for an iowa national guard unit. we need to be on duty working for her every day that she's gone right here in the state of iowa getting her message across district, we've got another lieutenant colonel, marion miller, she's a doctor, she's a veteran, she was our director of public health before she decided to resign to run for this congressional seat. she's a problem solver. and she might be small, but she's mighty, and she's a go-getter. and we want her -- we want a republican senator and representative from this district. [ applause ] earl

attorney general holder has repeatedly confirmed before both the house and senate judiciary committees that the justice department and fbi are still actively investigating this matter. on january 29, 2014. the attorney general testified before the senate judiciary committee that the matter is presently being investigated. several months later in april, on april 8th of 2014, the attorney general testified before the house judiciary committee. it was an ongoing matter that the justice department is actively pursuing. can you please confirm the department is still investigating irs practices? >> this is still an ongoing investigation, that's correct. >> accusations that the department has prematurely closed its investigations are false, is that correct? >> that's correct. >> some have also lamented the length of time this investigation has spanned. in your experience, is it uncommon for complex investigations such as this one to take a substantial amount of time to complete? >> both as a prosecutor and a defense attorney, this is not an unusual amount of time for an investigation like thi

. >> well, when i worked for the senate judiciary committee, this was my issue.wasn't just at all for illegal immigrants. it's for immigrants that come to the country that commit felonies. convictions are upheld. if they committed an aggravated felony, the law said they were supposed to serve the time and then be deported. at that time they were being deported at a rate of 4% a year. because they could go into endless hearings. once they finish the immigration hearings, they could have the habeas corpus hearings. that's a decade in the united states at which point they married and then throw themselves on the mercy of the court saying i have an american spouse. i have an american child. well, that's because you've been living here. this issy think you're absolutely right. obama just wants get them in, just get them in. what it is, it's already like 90,000 they're xpekding thexpec year. it's completely out of control. and to help all americans, what we need now is an immigration moratorium. legal and illegal. >> i got to run. do many people recognize you -- >> the

of the things that i have done as the ranking member on the constitution subcommittee, senate judiciary committee is release a series of five reports detailing the lawlessness of this president. when the president refuses to enforce the law, the challenge is there have been very few people who have standing to challenge it. the house as answer substitution is trying to act to fix that it's making a plea to the courts to uphold the law and uphold the president's constitutional authority and responsibility to take care that the laws be faithfully executed. >> too bad. trying to figure out the breath of any president's power. we ought to be able to figure out it's got to be defined some place somehow. if it's not in the court this kay any other con vehicle to figure out the limits of this president or another one. >> sure. for any president the way you figure out the iments of the text of the law, what this president asserts is unprecedented. 28 times with obamacare. he has just unilateral live said i'm changing the law. >> there is no executive discretion. i mean, there is some executive discretion

it's identical to the bill that went through the senate judiciary committee. to respond to one of the questions that was asked of representative powe. the question was your doing e-mail. what about the other ways to communicate, you asked? he covers the other ways to communicate because his bill goes to all content and content is defined as substance, meaning or pu purport of a communication. he's covering all of it. it would be a warrant required for all of it. >> you guys have this word way of saying is it facebook massage and sort of functionally, obviously, like an e-mail does it matter if it's called a facebook message? it doesn't travel like the smtp vertical? >> no. >> since greg did bring up location, one of the ings that i find particularly troubling is the growing pop layer did of a -- police don't necessarily want to go and say we have a suspect and we think he tid the crime and we want to know -- we want to confirm that he either was or wasn't -- his cell phone was or wasn't at the scene but rather we have three rosh ris we think were committed by

another point of view we turn now to republican center jeff flake of arizona, a member of the senate judiciary committee you signed a letter recently, late last month in which you urged the government not to give special treatment to these children coming across the borders. does the president's proposal, his request today, does it satisfy your concerns? >> no, it doesn't. but let me first say i wrote a letter with senator mccain and then senator feinstein and i wrote a letter encouraging the president and the administration to make sure that those -- clear that those who are coming now, these unaccompanied minors would be unlikely to qualify for deferred action or any legislation proposed by congress. and i applaud the president for making that statement and his administration. the problem i see with this proposal before congress is the bulk of the money, 1.8 billion of it, will go to the department of health and human services. that's not money that goes to deport anyone or to provide border enforcement. that's money to actually settle these children with families or a guardian somewhere in the countr

he's worked as a deput a deputyy general for the state of california and the senate judiciary committee anjudiciaryw teaching at georgetown law school and we are thrilled to have him. thank you so much for joining. [applause] i was looking left and should have looked right. the second amendment creates unusual bedfellows. to my left is the author of a superb new book. the second amendment a biography. michael is the president of the brennan center for justice at nyu law school and nonpartisan heart of the institute focuses on preventive systems of democracy in the constitution and he directed speechwriting for president bill clinton and is the author of my fellow americans and three other books publishers weekly has called this book the best narrative of its subject, and i think without violating my duties to be in a moderate and a new journal moderator, i can say that this is a superb book what michael has done so compellingly as to give the narrative account of the amendment with the various drafts banned from the revolutionary state constitutions through the ratification process and

that legislation is now being deliberated by the senate judiciary committee.slation because that's the only way to address the uptick in child trafficking that we are seeing. >> malika, it's such a daunting problem, so unexpected that it runs rampant in the way you explain it does in this country. we appreciate you joining this week's call to action. and for that call to action we'll have everyone at home weigh in on exactly this issue. we're asking you to urge the senate to pass that bipartisan justice for victims of trafficking act. it aims to rescue domestic victims going through the most unimaginable trauma. it ames to track down their employers. to sign our petition, head to our website, ronanfarrowdaily@msnbc.com. do your part to make sure no more of america's children fall through the cracks. >>> up next -- on a lighter note, shark bites man in manhattan beach this weekend. that's not the light part. but a fear of sharks is keeping you out of the ocean, we've got another thing coming to you. yet another disgusting, dangerous all-around creepy thing for