. >> senate judiciary committee chair dick durbin spoke on the senate floor about the bipartisan talks on gun legislation in his hearing tomorrow on domestic terrorism. he was followed later by texas senator john cornyn the lead republican in the gun bill negotiations with democrats. >> madam president, 23 years ago after the massacre at columbine high school left 12l students ad a teacher dead, the gun lobby and its allies insisted that quote now is not the time to talk about gun laws. in shooting after shooting sense america has been stunned and grieving and burying its children the gun lobby has demanded we not politicize the they say we should wait until passions have cooled before taking any action to reduce gun violence in america. well, madam president the current reality is this. it is no longer possible to wait months or weeks or even days after a mass shooting for passions to cool. the shootings just keep happening. so far this year we have seen 246 mass shootings and a 157 days. more than one mass shooting every day. just this past weekend a string of 11 mass shootings left

next week, the senate judiciary committee will hold a hearing from experts about the lasting trauma that gun violence leaves on children and next month, the judiciary committee will hold a hearing of the growing nature of gun violence, growing danger of gun violence to police who increasingly find themselves outgunned on streets. there was a retired police officer in that grocery store in buffalo and he served the community and police force and he was there to bring security there to that grocery store when the shooter came in with his military style weapon, this policeman did his duty, he pulled his handgun, he was outgunned by this killer and lost his life. let's consider a few basic truths, number one, this crisis is not simply with school safety. it wouldn't be solved by turning every school into an armed fortress. it is much bigger than schools alone. last friday, i went to a grade school in chicago. i won't name the name. but i have a granddaughter who is in the fourth grade there. there were 100 kids in the fourth grade in this school and they all came to the assembly hall and i g

we have ave senate judiciary committee evenly divided 50-50 if we have a chamber evenly divided 50-50. so it is difficult to say that any one party or one person would get exactly what they want in this political atmosphere. it's equally important to note that we've all gone home and gotten the message. over and over again, whether a reference to a supermarket killing in buffalo, a school, fourth grade school class in uvalde, texas, or a doctor and other bystanders been killed in tulsa, oklahoma, hospital. all that has occurred in the last few days. and the american people have reacted with one voice and they have said to us, two words -- do something. two members of congress don't just tell us you're going to give us your thoughts and prayers. doug something. well, i think this decision to move forward could help. every provision in this agreement could save a life. for that reason if for no other i will be supporting it. this agreement would support red flag laws. that's one way of characterizing crisis prevention orders is nothing. 19 states already have them. it will also close da

he's a member of the senate judiciary committee. u are today in the hearing on gun safety and rhode island's experience overnight. passing these new laws. what is this going to mean for rhode island? >> well, the issue of guns is just as passionate as rhode island and everywhere. else i thought it was a terrific moment when our general assembly is full public in a very lively debate came down and made three, i think, very sensible important decisions. that you've already described, so i'm proud of my home state legislature right now. >> and i want to get to your concerns about what was going on in the justice department in late december, when there was an attempt of coup there would jeffrey clark trying to take over the justice department. with this letter, that he was willing to sign, with his signature on it, but you suspected it didn't originate with. and what is it that you are six effecting about the origin of this order? >> for starters, jeffrey clark was described by his own trump appointee colleagues as not competent. the bod

conversation with senator chris murphy who is been one of the leaders on the democratic side aboutnt exactly what that meant and i hope that we might be able to offer from the judiciary committee. they made an effort to negotiate the package reforms and senator murphy and senator cornyn of texas. is it the package i would have written, no, nor yours. you've included things and i would have included others. but it is within our reach we have a divided nation. weve have a senate judiciary committee evenly divided 50/50 and a chamber evenly divided. so it is difficult to say that anyone party but we've gotten the message over and over again with reference to the supermarkt killing in buffalo, a school, fourth grade school class in uvalde texas or a doctor and others being held in a tulsa oklahoma hospital. all that's occurred in the last few days and the american people have reacted and said to us two words. do something. the members of congress don't just tell us give your thoughts and prayers. do something. i think this decision to move forward could help. every provision in this agreement could save a life. for that reason i will be supporting it. this agreement with the suppo

he is a member of the senate judiciary committee. begin where you were today in the hearing, on gun safety. and rhode island's experience overnight in passing these new laws. what is this going to mean for rhode island? >> well, the issue of guns is just as passionate and emotional and rhode island as everywhere else. i thought it was a terrific moment when our general assembly, in full public, and in a very lively debate, came down and made, i think, three sensible, very important decisions you've already described. so, i'm proud of my home state legislature right now. >> and i want to get to your concerns about what was going on in the justice department in late december,when tre was an attempted up there, with jeffrey clark trying to take over the justice department, with this letter that he was willing to send with his signature on it. but you suspect it didn't originate with him. what is it that you are suspecting about the origin of this letter? >> well for starters, jeffrey clark was described by his own trump appointed colleag

president biden was senator biden for 36 years including eight is chair of the senate judiciary committee. senator biden questioned a parade of supreme court nominees including retiring justice stephen breyer ruth bader ginsburg clarence thomas, john roberts, samuel alito antonin, scalia and robert bork in his questioning of the nominees senator biden returned again and again to two ideas one the rights of the individual versus that of the majority and two his insistence that nominees should be candid about their judicial views. well to better understand what mr. biden would look for in a nominee here on american history tv. we're going to look back over the years at a series of his statements and exchanges during confirmation hearings first. we're going to look at the nomination hearing from july 1994 for then judge. stephen breyer. his january 27th resignation opened up a seat on the court after 28 years of service. the topics that senator biden brought up to the nominee included the role of government regulation in environmental health and safety policies and the law as a reflection of

what we know about this came out of a probe by the senate judiciary committee.our special guest in 60 seconds. st in 60 seconds. we have to be able to repair the enamel on a daily basis. with pronamel repair toothpaste, we can help actively repair enamel in its weakened state. it's innovative. my go to toothpaste is going to be pronamel repair. >>> we are back with senate judiciary committee committee chairman dick durbin. thanks for being here, sir. >> good to be with you, ari. >> we mentioned your investigation there. what else can you tell us about what you found, why that's important, and how it links with the other news people are learning about? >> this was a bipartisan effort in the senate judiciary committee, no question about it, so that was the premise, both the republicans and democrats through staff had an opportunity to ask questions of jeffrey rosen and o'donahue and others and did so over the course of several days. members of the committee, myself include, witnessed their testimony. i thought the staff did an exhaustive job of establishing the pr

the facts that the senate judiciary committee uncovered are damning. the january 6 committee will unveil those. many of their own discovering and reporting and some that we sent to them from our testimony that we gathered in the senate judiciary committee. mr. president, we came close to losing this democracy in america on january 6. i believe that by laying out the truth for us and for future generations, the members of the committee are performing a public service of heroic proportions. it is sad that i have goin' the opportunity of a bipartisan commission, just as we had with 9/11, that at senate republicans stopped it. why? it is a question they're going to have to answer. on another topic, mr. president, we speak often in the senate about threats to peace and freedom around the world. russia's unprovoked invasion of ukraine, china's brutal repression of the uighurs, the dismantling of democracy in hong kong, nicaragua's repressive dictatorship and more. in each of these struggles, there are some brave men and women who are prepared to risk their li

the son of 86-year-old ruth whitfield spoke to the senate judiciary committee. >> she was the oldest victim killed in that racist attack at the supermarket in buffalo that killed ten black people. >> that there is nothing, then, respectfully, senators, you should yield your positions of authority and influence to others that are willing to lead on this issue. the urgency of the moment demands no less. my mother's life mattered. my mother's life mattered. and your actions here today will tell us how much it matters to you. >> cnn's jessica dean is on capitol hill. where, jessica, are the bipartisan talks on potential gun reform now? what's in, what's out? >> reporter: they are going very quickly right now, victor, they are working as fast as they can on an issue that they know is really turbo charged from both side, and so this group of bipartisan senators is trying to find what can get 60 votes. we have been saying this in the last several days, it comes down to what republicans are willing to agree to because in this 50/50 divided senate, they've got to get those ten republicans to j

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as chairman and ranking member of the senate judiciary committee, as vice president, now as president of the united states, i've studied this case carefully. i've overseen more supreme court confirmations than anyone today. this case was always discussed. i believe roe v. wade was the correct decision as a matter of constitutional law and application of the fundamental right to privacy and liberty in matters of family and personal autonomy. with the decision on a complex matter. it drew a careful balance between a woman's right to choose early in her pregnancy and the state's ability to regulate later in her pregnancy. a decision with broad national consensus that most americans of faith and backgrounds found acceptable. it had been the law of the land for most of the lifetime of americans today. and it was a constitutional principle july held by justices appointed by democrat and republican presidents alike. roe v. wade was a 7-2 decision written by a justice appointed by a republican president, richard nixon. in the five decades that followed roe v. wade, justices appointed by repub

attorney and a former fbi special agent before the senate judiciary committee. tch live coverage at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span3, c-span now, or online at c-span.org. >> after months of closed-door investigations, the house january 6 committee is said to go public starting thursday, committee members question key witnesses about what transpired and why during the assault on the u.s. capitol. our live coverage begins thursday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. our free mobile video app, c-span now, or online at c-span.org. >> c-span brings you an unfiltered view of government. our newsletter word for word recaps the day for view from the halls of congress to daily press briefings to remarks on the president. scan the qr code at the right bottom to sign up for the email and stay up-to-date on everything happening in washington each day. subscribe using the qr code or visit c-span.org/connect to subscribe any time. >> there are a lot of places to get political information, but only at c-span do you get it straight from the source. no matter where you are from or where

senator biden served for eight years as chair of the senate judiciary committee, 30 years in the senate, altogether and several years at the top democrat on the committee. so far, we have seen his exchanges with stephen breyer in 1994, clarence thomas in 1991, and now chief justice john roberts nomination hearing in 2005. next up, he will see the exchange between then senator biden and ruth bader ginsburg, who replaced retiring justice byron white. it was in july, 1993 when president clinton went to capitol hill. senator biden wants to know how she would interpret the constitution. as a side note, sitting behind senator biden you will see elaine kagan, she worked with the senate judiciary committee during this nomination hearing. later of course joined the court herself. here is senator biden and ruth bader ginsburg. >> judge ginsburg, welcome! >> thank you. >> and believe me, you are welcome here this morning. as i said to you, a few moments ago, riding down the train this morning i have my usual stack of newspapers. i will not name them all for fear of getting in trouble. one that i h

attorney, and a former fbi special agent, the senate judiciary committee, watch live coverage, 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span free, our free mobile video app, cspan now or online at cspan.org. c-span is a weekly podcast brings you in over 40 years of audio recordings were video library, comparing it the events of the past two today on this episode,. >> why are we here, if not to try to make sure that you are schooled in the fewer communities go through with sandy hook has gone through and what uvalde, texas is going through in our heart is breaking for these families, every ounce of love and thoughts and prayers that we can send, we are setting. >> there was democratic senator chris murphy and the senate floor may tweak work on the 2022, and shortly after the shooting robb elementary school and uvalde, texas in the next day center murphy was quoted in the new york times, to the reporters at the capitol, our job is not to 10000 prayers it is to pass laws but there are people in congress whose job it is to send prayers, these people are the congress chaplains in this episode of c-span we

officers about the rise in white supremacy, the role of social media, and gun legislation the senate judiciary committee hearing is two and half hours. : : :

jon: that is utah senator mike lee of the senate judiciary committee sounding off on how the white houses of supreme court justices in the weeks since the leaked draft opinion that could overturn roe v. wade. let's begin the clerk for the supreme court justice neil gorsuch's and nomination counsel at the senate judiciary committee he is currently the president of the article three project. mike, thank you for being with us his evening. is there a double standard on capitol hill when it comes to protecting our supreme court justices? >> there is clearly a double standard with the attorney general merrick garland in the biden justice department this is the same attorney general who sent the fbi after every grandma under grandma goofball who trespassed onto the capital grounds of genuine sixth. he sent the fbi after parents who are legally protesting in loudoun county public school bird meetings yet he has turned a blind eye to these people who were showing up as supreme court justices homes and obstructing justice by intimidating these justices and their families like senator mike lee said

live on c-span3 the senate judiciary committee explores the continued threats posed by whites premises and violent extremists. u.s. treasury secretary janet yellen meets with the house ways and means committee. we will hear from parents of victims of the recent mass shootings and uvalde, texas, and buffalo, new york including a fourth-grader from rob limitary school. they testify -- robb elementary school. the january 6 committee returns to present previously unseen material, take new testimony and provide a summary of its findings on the attack on the u.s. capitol. watch live on the c-span networks for our free mobile video app. head over to c-span.org for scheduling information or to stream video live anytime. c-span, your unfiltered view of government. ♪ announcer: cspanshop.org is c-span's online store. browse our products, apparel, books, home decor, and accessories. there is something for every c-span fan and a repurchase help support our nonprofit operation. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. vis

he's been on the judiciary committee of the senate. he'll say, this is a wrong thing to be threatening supreme court justices and especially going to their houses and he'll speak out in a way he hasn't yet done so against what happened to kavanaugh. >> just one note on the vote, some of those democrats who vote the against it said it didn't go far enough. they wanted to protect other federal judges. >> i like that. >> because of the tragedy in new jersey. >> we're not accusing abortion rights activists of making threats or doing anything threatening. we don't think going to the homes of supreme court justices is a good look. just not the place to do it. doesn't feel right at all. >> and, you know, the bigger point is also, i mean, it just doesn't help the cause. >> nope. >> it makes you feel good about what you're doing, i guess, but at the end of the day, most americans, walter, are like what you're saying. >> what are you doing? >> doesn't help the cause but worse yet, fuels what's happening in our society today, which is increasingl

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be some who don't care that justice cavanaugh lied under oath or that others misled the senate judiciary committee and senators because what they've gotten out of this is exactly what they sought, which was a supreme court that would overturn roe v wade and also other precedents along the way. so to the extent that there are senators who otherwise could entertain impeachment, but who are satisfied by what it is that they got out of this vote from justice, can i? i think they do very little. yeah, unfortunately, i think a lot of people are going to have to agree with you, but that is the, that is the state of play in the us politics at the moment. michelle goodwin at the university of california, irvine. it's great to have you on the show, please come back and talk again with us. we appreciate your time and your insights . thank you. i look forward to it. thank you for the day it is always done, but the conversation continues on line. your fingers find this on twitter either at the w news you can follow me on twitter at brent gov. tv. every member. whatever happens between now and then tomorrow is

try boost® today. >>> let's go to the senate judiciary committee holding a hearing.king moments ago. let's listen in. >> she was literally and figuratively the heartbeat of our family and my father's soulmate for 68 years. she was the person who held us together, probably just like your mothers did for your families. what i loved most about her was the way she loved her family unconditionally. sacrificing everything for us, she visited my father at the nursing home where he lived for the past eight years almost every day, including on the day she was murdered, to ensure that he got the care that he needed from the nursing home and to supplement that care with their own personal and loving touch. our lives are forever changed. forever damaged by a profound hate and evil and nothing will ever take away the hurt, the pain, or hole in our hearts. for her to be murdered, taken away from us by someone so full of hate is impossible to understand and even harder to live with. but we're more than hurt. we're angry. we're mad as hell because this should have never happened. we

we know the senate judiciary committee is planning to meet next month when lawmakers return to discuss what they call is the grim reality in their view according to the democratic chairman in this world. >> yes, but just because this is where the fight goes next doesn't mean that the fight is really going anywhere. democrats tried to codify protection in may. the housemanaged to pass that bill, but the senate didn't. they didn't have the votes, not even all democrats were lined on that. that's why what's happened today is so striking. julia mentioned the point people knew this was coming. it doesn't lessen the rage that i have seen and heard from lawmakers who are texting me, who i'm seeing here in the halls and congresswoman cortez exhibits that nicely. i'll show you what she said. >> what the supreme court did is they chose to endanger the lives of all women and all people in this country. they've chosen to strip rights from men, too. because frankly, the right to our own bodies an right to form our families, this is something that belongs to all of us and it does not belong to lawma

. >> the measure passed 9 to one of the state senate judiciary committee with one republican rejecting and another not voting. then it cleared the senate committee on elections and constitutional amendments 3 to one for life groups, including the california catholic conference spoke out in c 10 is on necessary. >> it is a california already has some of most accommodating abortion laws and services in the nation. the bill is now set for a hearing in the senate appropriations committee thursday at the state capitol. ashley zavala kron. 4 news >> an archivist in new york and cover some pretty notable pieces of history. he discovered court documents filed nearly 200 years ago by abolitionist and women's rights advocates. sojourner truth. she filed the case under the name is avello. what van wagenen in the 1800's when she was trying to get custody of her son. peter, who have been sold into slavery, her deposition and the rest of the court documents were boxed up stored and nearly completely forgotten since truth could not read or write. she signed those court papers with an x. >> one of the

senate. i'm not chairman of the judiciary committee. senator durbin is. can say is that the republican minority in the senate needs to push back and make sure those in charge of the law protecting our judges are actually enforcing the law and they are not. somebody is going to get killed here. >> jesse: yeah. >> if we don't change this. >> jesse: i think that's where it's heading. you are right about that. this is a really dangerous time right now. but when you do become chair of the judiciary committee because i think has he happening. >> stay tuned. >> jesse: i would like a full investigation into what is going on with these justices. thank you again for joining us and hopefully things are calm tonight outside of kavanaugh's house. >> i hope so, thank you. >> jesse: find out what kamala harris did or didn't say about the attempted hit on brett kavanaugh. ugh-stipated... feeling weighed down by a backedup gut" miralax is different. it works naturally with the water in your body to unblock your gut. ...free your gut. and your mood will follow. ♪ ♪ make wa

the senate judiciary committee hearing is two and a half hours. this meeting of the senate judiciary committee will come to order. today the judiciary committee will examine one of the most serious threat facing america today, domestic terrorism this hearing comes just three weeks after one of the worst domestic terrorist attacks in recent memory the, mast ridging in buffalo, new york a white supremacist entered robs grocery store and massacred ten black americans in cold blood, wounding three others. i want to read into the hearing record names we should not forget of the victims. roberta a dreary. marcus d. morrison. andrei mcneill. aaron salter. geraldine tally. celeste cheney. hayward patterson. catherine massie. paula young. and ruth whitfield. behind each of those names is a story. a loving grandmother of six, his sister carrying caring for his sick brother. a father who at the time of the shooting was buying snacks for a movie night with his family. every one of these victims left behind loved ones who were grieving that loss and several of

among those positions are chief counsel for the senate judiciary committee under then-chairman joe biden. associate counsel for judicial selection under resident clinton. chief of staff and counselor to the attorney general, janet reno. staff director of the senate democratic leadership committee and chief of staff to vice president al gore. in addition, he also served as assistant the president and chief of staff to vice president biden in the obama administration and returned after serving several years to serve as the white house ebola response coordinator. i think you have the perfect resume for this job. but you know so much about being chief of staff and you know so much about the white house, don't you know that being chief of staff to the president of the united states is a difficult job to do and usually the tenure is 18 months? about 18 months? when you were offered the job, did you say i know i am only going to do this for 18 month or did you say going to make it for all four or 18 years? ron: thank you for that very generous introduction. i appreciate it. i was humbled when p

. >> the measure passed 9 to one of the state senate judiciary committee with one republican rejecting not voting. then it cleared the senate committee on elections and constitutional amendments 3 to one for life groups, including the california catholic conference spoke out in c 10 is on necessary. >> is a california already has some of most accommodating abortion laws and services in the nation. the bill is now set for a hearing in the senate appropriations committee thursday at the state capitol. ashley zavala kron. 4 news. >> coming up, a coalition ap i community members organizing and asian justice rally today whether calling for action. >> plus, a postal worker pistol whipped and robbed on making her rounds in the east bay walnut creek. police are saying about the investigation and about the suspects involved. (music throughout) >> tonight at 5.30, up to $50,000 in reward money is on the table for info that leads to the unrest and convictions of the people who attacked and robbed the u.s. postal service letter carrier. this is in walnut creek calif crown prince felipe call report

. >> the measure passed 9 to one of the state senate judiciary committee with one republican rejecting another not voting. then it cleared the senate committee on elections and constitutional amendments 3 to one for life groups, including the california catholic conference spoke out in c 10 is on necessary. >> it is a california already has some of most accommodating abortion laws and services in the nation. the bill is now set for a hearing in the senate appropriations committee thursday at the state capitol. ashley zavala kron. 4 news. >> here in the bay area, san mateo county supervisors voted to approve 1 million dollars in funding to support planned parenthood. that money will go towards equipment and technology to improve access to reproductive health care in the county. the county's plan also includes creating a buffer zone around planned parenthood clinics in unincorporated sections of the county to protect patients and employees from harassment. san mateo counties racy for more planned parenthood patients. if roe v wade is overturned by the high court. other news now, it has b

with the eyes of america turned to the supreme court rulings we are joined by mike lee, senate judiciary committee. veteran now f4 supreme court confirmations and now the author of the book, saving nine come out this week. the fight against the last cell visions plan to pack the supreme court and destroy american liberty. before we get to savings nine, senator, i did want to get your reactionma to the man arrested outside of brett cavanaugh's house yesterday. he had a knife on him and a gun. your reaction to that incident. >> it's tragic that he was there. there were real problems with showing up at the home of a supreme court justice to protest what you anticipate might be the outcome of a case to try to influence the outcome of a case. in this particular instance, he appears to have been showing up to influence the outcome of the case in a way that is unthinkably bad. curator showing up to protest at the home of a supreme court justice is itself a criminal offense. doing so with a weapon and equipment to break into his home to carry out an execution is just unthinkably bad. so i hope and expect

next week the senate judiciary committee will hold a hearing from experts about the lasting trauma that gun violence leaves on children, and next month the judiciary committee will hold a hearing on the growing nature of gun violence growing -- to police who increasingly found themselves outgunned on the street. there was a retired police officer in that grocery store in buffalo. last name was slaughter. and he had served the community and the police force, and he was there to bring security to that grocery store. when the shooter came in with his military-style weapon, this policeman did his duty. he pulled his handgun. he was outgunned by this killer and lost his life. let's consider a few basics truths. number one, this comprise is not simply about -- this crisis is not simply about school safety. it is much bigger than schools alone. last friday i went to a grade school in chicago. i won't name the name. but i have a granddaughter who is in the fourth grade there. there were 100 skids in the fourth grade in this school. they all came to it the assembly hall where i gave them a littl