president, i think our friend ted stevens would approve of this as well. with that i yield the floor and would suggest the absence of a quorum spat coming up tonight on c-span two, "the communicators" features netflix cofounder marc randolph. done a preview of the new hampshire primary. after that, discussion with supreme court justice alayna kagan. >> for 40 years c-span has been providing america unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, supreme court and public policy events from washington dc and around the country so you can make up your own mind. crated by cable in 1979 c-span is brought to you by your local or cable satellite provider. c-span, your unfiltered view of government. >> marc randolph is the cofounder of netflix and he is the author of this new book, that will never work. mr. randolph where did the idea of ethics come from? >> guest: ideas come from the strangest places. in that will never work i talk about

there is not a robert byrd or edward kennedy or ted stevens left anymore. you are one of the few of a handful of old-timers. do you think the senate is up for it? [laughter] sen. leahy: ageism. your point is valid. i think with this senate it will be more difficult. there has been far less of the work we do with a bob dole or george baker. speaking as a democrat, i have seen chuck schumer try. in my discussions with both senator schumer and senator mcconnell, i think there is a possibility. it is ironic. you hear more frank conversations in the senate gym or just walking through the halls on the way to a vote and you see republicans and democrats talking to each other. a lot of both members of both parties would like to see us go back to that. a lot of members are disturbed by the senators who go out and announce, this is what must need to be done. this is what president trump is guilty of, or president trump is innocent. let's just have facts. i want it to happen. will it? i don't know. but if we don't do something similar to that, i think the senate is go

congressional districts so i set out in my travels to make sure that i did and then when i landed at ted stevens airport in anchorage alaska february 1998 that was my 50th state i kept up with redistricting when they change boundaries i was making sure i was in all districts. >> i want to get your reaction to this editorial this morning from the lead senate republicans who is a supporter of the president but talk about rape pulling out of syria this is what senator mcconnell wrote today. withdrawing forces from syria is a grave strategic mistake leaving the homeland less safe and weaken alliances and the risks are worth repeating the obama reckless withdrawal had the rise of the islamic state in the first place. we need to use sticks and carrots to bring turkey back in line to limit the incursion and the enduring cease-fire we should create conditions for the reproduction of us troops to move turkey away from russia back into the nato fold. finally he says as it clears its head on the right and left weevils expect to hear more talk of endless wars and rhetoric does not change that they do not ju

honest, there are a lot .ore partisan members now there is not a robert byrd or edward kennedy or ted stevensnymore. you are one of the few, a handful of old-timers. do you think the senate is up for it? ism.ge- your point is valid. i think with the senate, it will be more difficult. the work we do with howard baker and trent lott .nd tom daschle, bob dole it has been less than that. speaking as a democrat, i have seen chuck schumer try. with senatorions schumer and senator mcconnell, i urged this. i think there is a possibility, it is ironic. hear more frank conversations walking to the halls on the way to the vote, republicans and democrats talking to each other. a lot of members of both parties would like to see us go back to that. a lot of members are very disturbed by the senators that go out and announce some of this is what must be done. trump, what president president trump is innocent. let's just have the facts. i want it to happen. will it? i don't know. but if they don't do something similar to that, i think the senate is going to be damaged. constitution will be damaged. i think t

they indicted senator ted stevens, and that was the beginning of how the indictment got through because they thought nobody would stop the indictment of a republican senator when all of this was going on. a completely mishandled prosecution edit later got overturned by the obama attorney general lynch he got in office. there is a longer story with all of that. looking at it from a comic point carl looks so evil, and he has we had himself over the years, another nice guy talking head on tv. thatnot know if you saw cheney film, but cheney has been completely vilified. it is funny to see dick cheney and now itevil there is reversed in the pop-culture. americans,sk most the perception was he was this evil genius, dick cheney pulling all the strings and it will be interesting how history evaluates that relationship. the george w. bush library is a great place to visit. to pushed very hard back on this narrative that his decisions were controlled by other people. it will be interesting to see how those public perceptions change as history goes on. recall very personally, one occasion where th

districts, so i set about in my travels to make sure that i did, and eventually when i landed at ted stevens airport in anchorage, alaska, february 1998, that was my 50th state and 435th congressional district. so i've kept up with redistricting, so when they have changed the boundaries, i have made sure i have been in all the districts once again. >> our guest is michael barone. before we get to your calls, i want to get your reaction to this editorial this morning, just in terms of where it leaves senate republicans and from the senate republican leader who is a supporter of the president but said it's been a grave mistake to pull out of syria. this is what senator mcconnell wrote today in the washington post. withdrawing u.s. forces from syria is a grave strategic mistake. it will leave the american people and homeland less safe, embolden enemies weaken important alliances sadly the recently announced pullout risks repeating the obama administration's wreckless withdrawal of iraq which facilitated the rise of the islamic state in first place. he says we need to use sticks and carrots to b

they indicted senator ted stevens. of hows the beginning that indictment got through because they thought nobody justice department was stop the indictment of a republican senator. as we all know, that was a mishandled prosecution and got later overturned by the obama attorney general once he got in office. there is a longer story with all of that. the thing that struck me from a .omic point of view i don't know if you saw that cheney film that came out, cheney has been completely vilified. it is interesting to see cheney looking benign and karl rove looking so evil. nowadays it's sort of her first in pop culture. -- sort of reversed in pop culture. if you ask most americans, at least at the time, karl rove is an evil genius. dick cheney is pulling all the strings. interesting how history of value etc. relationship. if any of you have been to the george w. bush library, it's a wonderful place to visit. andink they tried very hard felt it better than anybody to push back on this narrative that his decisions were control

stevens inc. >>> welcome to "firing lina. preet bhar >> thanks for having me. >> you're now the host of a podcast, stay ted with preet and a professor at nyu law school and author. impeachment. alk to you about >> shocking. >> do you think there is enough evidence at this point that president trump could be impeached for abuse of power? >> i do. >> wt are the offenses ofis abuse of power? >> look, there is a long history of things that he's de that ha documented in the mueller report but put that all aside because the is a newew narrative that started developing a few weeks ago with respect to the crane scandal and even though h peop don't know and not a lkingin point, you need not for impeachment show a violation of a criminal statute. there are other ways in which a president is impeachedt may be the case that a small violation of the law and actual violation of the crimi statute maybe congress would find if it didn't affect the national interest, maybe you wouldn't impeach in that respect.at so with respect to what happened with ukraine, the founders believed there has to be a process by when you remove a president of the united

president, today is -- is the -- is ted stevens' birthday. if -- if he were alive today, he would be 96 years old, and later this evening there's going to be a gathering. it's an annual gathering on november 18, friends of ted gather to just raise a glass to a wonderful man, strong leader, a great alaskan, and truly a friend of mine. i think today ted stevens would be smiling at what -- what senator sullivan, congressman young, and i were able to observe this morning. the three of us, the full alaska delegation were in fort worth, texas, at the lockheed-martin plant, and we were able to participate in the signing as we seek to roll off the line the first f-35 that will be based there in the air force base. it will be the first of two squadrons, a total complement of 54f-35's, but it -- it was a reminder to us all of all we've done in alaska, focusing on the geo strategic position, not owe- prepared and with that preparation able tore protect. -- to protect. today as we think about owe eas we think about that role that senator stevens envision