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when dianne feinstein and cory booker and sheldon whitehouse are saying good things about your performance, they're notpe not saying, well, i'll vote for him, but to get anything that positive out of the other side is impressive. he was an impressive choice to begin with. it's hard to argue with someone who has already been attorney general. nobody is saying he's not qualified. it comes down to politics for these votes, but yesterday was a lot of substance. and he did really very well. very impressive. >> in matters of substance, how do you think he handled questions about mueller. >> from the perspective of getting through the senate, i'll be tactical for a moment. he hit them out of the park. i do think he may have been overreassuring. >> okay, so i met a few minutes ago with the nominee for the attorney general, william barr. i have known him for a long time. when he was attorney general and then when he was counsel to verizon, which was a new york company. i have always respected his public service. and i have always gotten along with him. i was, when he initially issued his memo, i ca

and if you're just joining us, democratic senator sheldon whitehouse of rhode island will be the questioner after the break, 15 minutes from now. continuing our discussion here at the table, neal katyal, you had something to say. >> i agree with chuck that these pieces of the investigation are separate and the mueller part could wind up. ben wittes, i retweeted him on twitter, i don't just tweet about "hamilton," ben said this shows two strands of the investigation which we thought of as separate things are really the same thing. that is, the obstruction of justice question is essentially, is trump a compromised russian asset, maybe unwitting, maybe witting. that's the same question that has to be asked on the obstruction of justice investigation. so whereas last week i would have answered your question the same way chuck did, look, you can break off obstruction pretty easily, mueller could write an interim report, it's not that easy. >> hearing you put the question, is the president an agent of a foreign power, can you believe we're having this discussion? >> i think it's mind-blowing, qui

when dianne feinstein and cory booker and sheldon whitehouse are saying good things about your performance, they're notpe not saying, well, i'll vote for him, but to get anything that positive out of the other side is impressive. he was an impressive choice to begin with. it's hard to argue with someone who has already been attorney general. nobody is saying he's not qualified. it comes down to politics for these votes, but yesterday was a lot of substance. and he did really very well. very impressive. >> in matters of substance, how do you think he handled questions about mueller. >> from the perspective of getting through the senate, i'll be tactical for a moment. he hit them out of the park. i do think he may have been overreassuring. >> okay, so i met a few minutes ago with the

well i was talking with senator sheldon whitehouse is a democratic senator from the state of rhode island earlier and he said if you take the one point three billion that had already been appropriated the one point six billion that they had already offered together that's roughly about two point nine billion and that's something that vice president michael pence trying to operate in good faith for president was basically looking around and i imagine that you may end up after some pain and some more paralysis and up with something that the democrats call border security that the president calls steel slats around the two and a half to three billion dollar rate and they call it a day but but i may be naive in that but that seems to me what i think republicans that are very fresh you have to realize many americans are not getting paychecks we ran a piece in the atlantic a few years ago that showed that over half of americans if they had just a four hundred dollars shock in their economic situation had an emergency they would be deeply underwater economically so you can imagine people living

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huge democratic outcry, some even resurfacing the idea of impeachment and democratic senator sheldon whitehouse, brianna, saying an indictment shouldn't necessarily be off the table. >> jessica schneider, thank you for walking us through that. the president's attorney, rudy giuliani, sboresponded to the report by attacking michael cohen's credibility. this was a statement that was released just a short time ago also denying it. it says any suggestion from any source that the president counseled michael cohen to lie is categorically false. michael cohen is a convicted criminal and a liar. our abby phillip is at the white house for us. what about the president? how is he responding to this potential bombshell, abby? >> reporter: well, brianna, we heard from president trump about this. it seems based on his twitter feed this morning that he quoted the fox news report, but at the end he tacked on this comment about michael cohen, saying whe was lying to reduce his jail time and also watching cohen's father-in-law, who the president has been watching for a long time, suggesting trump ought to be inv

i love sheldon whitehouse. he is brilliant. he had one problem when he went in which i will not even mention. he fixed that. he has no ego which is wonderful in a politician. i do not know enough about his , being ad but i feel political junkie forever, that he should run. that is who i like. host: paul steinhauser, your thoughts? --st: we have not seen: sure but that is an interesting thought. here is another woman who just recently visited our state. , theawaii congresswoman first hindu in congress, and iraq war veteran. kirsten gillibrand of new york, just before the midterm elections. just some of the visitors we have had. guest: -- has spent time in iowa. gillibrand has not. cold-ish are -- who won , the weekend 2018 before the election was in iowa campaigning with democrats here. she has spent a lot of time attending party events in a ,eighboring state and iowans like their neighbors, bob dole won the caucus here twice. iowans have an affinity for a neighbor. host: a washington post piece this week ran a political piece.

sheldon whitehouse of rhode island and roger wicker, republican of mississippi. we have seen this.nt -- who is the president of the senate, as we know -- is going to wrap up saying a ceremony or traditional process at this point. we may or may not get back in if there is something for us to see and hear. right now they are just kind of doing some housekeeping things. >> melissa: which is fun to watch! >> harris: i love watching it, i'm a geek. i can't force my geek hood on the world here. the producers are saying to wrap it up. >> leslie: they might do a mic check! >> harris: the house leadership vote is next. when we come back, we watch a parade this is democracy. we hired these people, people. >> mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. if you're a veteran homeowner and need money for your family, call newday usa. a newday va home loan lets you refinance your home and take out 54,000 dollars or more to pay credit card debt, or just put money in the bank. it even lowers your payments by over 600 dollars a month. as a veteran, you've earned the powerful va home loan benefit that lets y

is that the more effective questioners are at the bottom of the dais, probably starting with sheldon whitehouse on down. they've been listening to this very closely. a number of them have their own impulses. you know, given what booker and harris' plans might be in the future. so that may color what they're asking questions of. at the end of the day, this process is inherently flawed because it allows nominees to do what barr is doing, which is sort of not really answer questions and duck and dodge and not make the firm commitments that are required of someone who has, number one, a long career of making these statements about executive power and so on that he should really be pushed on or these statements about the mueller probe where he really hasn't been pushed effectively. so yes, like everybody on this panel, i would hope that harris and booker and the folks at the end really do pin him down in a way that he hasn't gotten yet. >> you're a young man, but this surely is not your first rodeo. based on your experience, is there anything in his path standing that's obvious between him and getti

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and if you're just joining us, democratic senator sheldon whitehouse of rhode island will be the questionerafter the break, 15 minutes from now. continuing our discussion here at the table, neal katyal, you had something to say. >> i agree with chuck that these pieces of the investigation are separate and the mueller part could wind up. ben wittes, i retweeted

i love sheldon whitehouse. he is brilliant.e had one problem when he went in which i will not even mention. he fixed that. he has no ego which is wonderful in a politician. i do not know enough about his , being ad but i feel political junkie forever, that he should run. that is who i like. host: paul steinhauser, your thoughts? --st: we have not seen: sure but that is an interesting thought. here is another woman who just recently visited our state. , theawaii congresswoman first hindu in congress, and iraq war veteran. kirsten gillibrand of new york, just before the midterm elections. just some of the visitors we have had. guest: -- has spent time in iowa. gillibrand has not. cold-ish are -- who won , the weekend 2018 before the election was in iowa campaigning with democrats here. she has spent a lot of time attending party events in a ,eighboring state and iowans like their neighbors, bob dole won the caucus here twice. iowans have an affinity for a neighbor. host: a washington post piece this week ran a political piece. th

i know senator whitehouse is passionate about cyber security and other ideas that sheldon has been pushinger of time before we hit hard if somebody doesn't step up with solutions. but a little bit about the nominee. he's been attorney general before, from 1991 to 1993 by voice vote. those were the days. deputy attorney general from 1990 to 1991, unanimous consent without a recorded vote. assistant attorney general, office of legal counsel, voice vote. that's pretty amazing. i think you're going to have an actual vote this time. academically gifted, george washington law school, columbia university undergraduate. outside of doj he was the general counsel legislative counsel for the cia. that's how he met bush 41. he's been a law clerk. he's worked in private practice. i'm not going to bore the committee with all the things he's done. he's been the senior vice president general counsel of gte. he's lived a consequential life. general counsel for verizon. he liveed a life that i think has been honorable and note-worthy and accomplished. i want to thank you for being willing to take this task

i know senator whitehouse is passionate about cyber security and all of these other ideas that sheldon has been pushing, it's just a matter of time before we hit hard of someone doesn't step up to the plate with solutions. but a little bit about the nominee, he's been attorney general before from 91 to 93 by vote. those were the days. deputy attorney general from 90 to 91, unanimous consent without a recorded vote. assistant attorney general, office of legal counsel, voice vote. that's pretty amazing. i think you are going to have an actual vote this time. academically gifted, george washington law school, columbia university undergraduate, outside of gog he was a general counsel legislative counsel for the cia. that's how we met bush 41. he's been a law clerk. he's worked in private practice. i'm not going to bore the committee with all the things he's done. he's been the senior vice president general counsel and lived a consequential life general counsel for verizon. he lived a life that i think has been honorable and noteworthy and accomplished. and i want to thank you for being wil

i think we all have concerns, i know senator whitehouse is passionate about cybersecurity and fort cyber and all these other ideas that sheldon has been pushing. it's just a matter of time before we hit hard if somebody doesn't step up to the plate with some solutions. but a little bit about the nominee. he's been attorney general before, from '91 to '93, by voice vote. those were the days. deputy attorney general from '90 to '91, unanimous consent without a recorded vote. assistant attorney general office of legal counsel, voice vote. that's pretty amazing. i think you're going to have an actual vote this time. academically gifted, george washington law school, columbia university undergraduate, outside of doj he was the general counsel legislative counsel for the cia. that's how he met bush 41. he has been a law clerk, he's worked in private practice, i'm not going to bore the committee with all the things he's done. he's been the senior vice president general counsel of gte. he's lived a consequential life, general counsel for verizon. you've lived a life that i think has been honorable and noteworthy and accomplished and

i know senator whitehouse is passionate about cybersecurity and fort cyberand all of these other ideas that sheldon been pushing. it is just a matter of time before we get hit and hit hard if somebody doesn't step up the plate with some solutions. a little bit about the nominee. he has been attorney general before, from '91 to '93 by voice vote. those were the days. deputy attorney general from '90 to '91, unanimous consent without a recorded vote. assistant attorney general, office of legal counsel, voice vote. that's pretty amazing. i think you are going to have an actual vote this time. academically gifted. george washington law school, columbia university undergraduate. outside the doj, the general counsel for the cia, legislative counsel. that's how he met bush 41. he has been a law clerk and worked in private committee. he was senior vice-president, general counsel of gte. he has lived a consequence life, general counsel for verizon. you lived a life that i think has been honorable and note worthy and accomplished and i want to thank you for being willing to take this task on. we have got a l