like to thank chairman pat roberts, ranking member debbie stabenow and all the other members of the senate ag committee and their staff who worked tirelessly to get this market-oriented bill to the floor for consideration by the full senate body. this bipartisan bill will provide much-needed certainty to our ag community at a very pivotal time when the ag economy is facing significant challenges. the ag economy is down more than 50% over the past five years and the numbers don't look much better for 2018. according to the department of ag's own economic research service, net farm income is projected to fall an additional 7% this year. to $58 billion. a five-year farm bill is necessary to give south dakota producers the certainty they need to help weather times of economic downturn such as the one that we are experiencing right now in ag country. additionally, the uncertainty surrounding trade and tariffs has created instability in the market which is having a significant be effect on our commodity prices. for example, in my home state of south dakota, soybeans are one of the top commodities a

. >>> the senate special aging committee held a hearing on the state of human and economic toll of the disease. witnesses included officials from federal and state agencies and family care givers including marcia gay-harden who shared personal experiences of her mother who was diagnosed with the disease. the entire hearing is an hour and 45 minutes. >>> the committee will come to order. good afternoon, everybody, and welcome to all the applicants and families from all across america. we're absolutely delighted to have you here. i want to explain a little bit why i'm the only one starting the hearing right now. as luck would have it, unfortunately, two roll-call votes have just been scheduled, and one has just started. so in all of my time in the senate in 21 years, i have never missed a roll-call vote. and most of my colleagues are over voting right now, but i'm going to start the hearing, give my opening statement, then we'll do a recess so that i can go vote. and then when we come back, senator casey, the ranking member, will give his statement. but i apologize for this interrupted a

>>> the senate special aging committee held a hearing on the state of human and economic toll of the disease. witnesses included officials from federal and state agencies and family care givers including marcia gay-harden who shared personal experiences of her mother who was diagnosed with the disease. the entire hearing is an hour and 45 minutes. >>> the committee will come to order. good afternoon, everybody, and welcome to all the applicants and families from all across america. we're absolutely delighted to have you here. i want to explain a little bit why i'm the only one starting the hearing right now. as luck would have it, unfortunately, two roll-call votes have just been scheduled, and one has just started. so in all of my time in the senate in 21 years, i have never missed a roll-call vote. and most of my colleagues are over voting right now, but i'm going to start the hearing, give my opening statement, then we'll do a recess so that i can go vote. and then when we come back, senator casey, the ranking member, will give his statement. but i apologize for this interrupted a

hoeven: i rise in support of the senate farm belt as a member of the senate ag committee, i was brought to work with senator roberts and our ranking member, senator stabenow of michigan%, to pass a strong farm bill out of the committee. times are challenging in ag country. commodity prices are low and our farmers and ranchers face numerous challenges. net farm income is down 52% from where it stood five years ago and bankruptcies are up more than 39% from 2014. moving this farm bill through the senate will help reduce uncertainty for our ag producers and will benefit the broader economy. i'd like to say a few -- i'd like to say and i do often say that good farm policy benefits every single american every single day. good farm policy benefits every single american every single day. think about that. our farmers and ranchers produce the highest-quality, lowest-cost food supply in the history of the world. so every single day every american benefits just in that respect and in other respects in terms of the employment that's created, the positive balance of trade, the innovation, so many o

the legislation that came out of the senate ag committee has a robust farm bill safety net including a strong crop insurance program. our farmers face a challenging agricultural economy. they need the certainty of knowing what programs are available as they make their plans for the coming years. critically important. everybody that's in agriculture knows you have to plan multiple years out before you can get to a point where you can harvest that crop and bring it to the bin and get it to market. so having that kind of certainty of a farm bill, a long-term farm bill and getting one done long before september 30 is critically important. another fellow by the name of frank from lewistown, montana, wrote me, about the important role of the -- that the farm bill plays in feeding this country, the united states. and here's what frank said, and i quote. the farm bill can help put the united states on track to ending food and security and hunger in our country. i urge you to work on a bipartisan farm bill that protects and strengthens domestic nutrition programs, especially snap. we have a de

. >>> the senate special aging committee held a hearing on the state of human and economic toll of the disease. witnesses included officials from federal and state agencies and family care givers including marcia gay-harden who shared personal experiences of her mother who was diagnosed with the disease. the entire hearing is an hour and 45 minutes.

. >>> senate agriculture member tweeted the bipartisan farm bill makes vital investments in rural economic growth. tomorrow we'll work in the senate ag committee to improve the bill and provide certainty to the communities nationwide. the committee meets to review the amendment line by line tomorrow morning starting live on c-span3 tomorrow. and looking ahead to thursday, democratic and republican members of congress face off in the 57th annual congressional baseball game for charity. live coverage starts at 7 p.m. eastern on c-span3. >>> and an important issue to me in the state of utah is our use of water being desert ste, we need to really focus on how we use our water and with some of the drier winte we've had, it's been really important to me to focus on conserving water and passing legislation that helps conserve water. >> i live in salt lake city, utah, and one of the most important issues for us is air quality. we live in a basin and what we need to do is more public transportation so that we can reduce emissions. >>> an important issue to me is wage inequality. there's lots of jobs out there, but some are part time, and i've

the senate. fortunately it passed the ag committee yesterday, the senate agriculture committee by a vote of 20-1. thanks to chairman roberts and ranking member stabenow, this bipartisan compromise is a fair and equitable bill that does not favor one region of the country over another. i found in my time in the senate, agriculture issues in the farm bill doesn't pit democrats against republicans so much as it pits one region of the country against another, which makes it even more challenging. kind of a rubik's cube to figure out. but the near unanimous vote is a testament to the collaboration and bipartisanship of the leaders of the committee, and they deserve the respect and appreciation of us all, especially those of us who hail from states where agriculture has such a dominant presence, like my state, like the presiding officer's state. the farm bill is always a significant piece of legislation because it helps ensure that americans and many other people who depend upon our food supply enjoy the access to the safest, most affordable and most reliable food supply in the world. we have to rememb

the ag staying in his job. do you continue to have confidence in the ag and deputy ag? sen. grassley: yes. with senator sessions, now attorney general sessions, deliberate differences i have and i resent his stand as much as i worked on sentencing reform that he does not support my efforts because i told him a year ago in march -- i said you can be tough on crime, i'm tough on crime, but there is also some unfairness and it. we have to have compassion when there is unfairness. all we are doing in sentencing reform, we are not opening the prison gates. we're just allowing people who have another bite at the apple with the judge. attorney, the prosecutor, and see -- let the judge look at this. maybe these mandatory minimums are unfair to this specific person. maybe his sentence of 20 years ought to be reduced to 15 or 10. nobody is getting out of prison the next day as a result. unlike what everybody is bragging about in the house of representatives. in that passes the senate and signed by the president, 6000 people are going to walk the .ext day, i am led to believe so when law enforcement people partic

senator joe mccarthy, from wisconsin had died and was being buried. it was in a town in wisconsin. for anyone who's not old enough to remember, this was the red saw ag senator who communist behind every pillar in the state department. he shows up in the airport in green bay, wisconsin. off the plane steps 19 u.s. senators, mostly republicans, mostly conservative. and a bunch ofan dignitaries. they do what they do, they get into their limousines and are whisked away. in this case, whisked off to the funeral. the airport is quiet. when there's an especially clear notion that no one else is going to get off the plane, somebody does. it is a thin, young robertsional lead named kennedy. he bums a right from -- bums a ride from a reporter covering the funeral for a madison, wisconsin, newspaper. at the funeral in the church, bobby kennedy watches from the choirloft. at the graveside service all the dignitaries are over here and bobby kennedy is over here. what he managed to do after the service, in a way that you could never get away with today, he got all the reporters to leave out of their story that there was this young guy, bobby kennedy, there. becau

he likes chicken because he and some as a boy at the age of six see composers chickens senator. and a host as they were my pet stick in the earth and it's a great blessing to be able to compose at such a young age. thank you because it's six you can't really use language to describe what's important to you or what you feel with and invest it isn't but music can do that. at once. i begin with a qantas theory hearses with the ensemble resonance in hamburg's morning. because i understand there's this point in the first movement where it's switches from a major to d. major we wanted to freshen up the a major. kid's trailer musicians agree that he's really a nice guy whose interests are by no means limited to music. getting we talk a lot about food that's a subject we have in common with the well before you before you got here he spent a few days concentrating intensively on learning how to make the very in dumplings this have to go along yes it brings us together and it's very important actually we've agreed it's the most important thing in life like this and that seems to be just on

arguments on how the 49 senate democrats could not stop the 50 voting republicans from picking a supreme court for much of this century. >> senate democrats fighting the fight for the ages but all donald trump needs to get his second sibling court breakthrough is a simple majority and he has that provided he can secure the support of blue state republicans like sen. susan collins and lisa murkowski or convince red state democrats like joe mansion, joe donnelly and heidi heitkamp to jump on board. they met with donald trump last night to discuss the supreme court vacancy. on donald trump's short list are two female candidates come two highly qualified individuals but also no doubt that a female nominee could go a long way to swear senators that may be on the fence. >> thank you very much. the president said he will announce the pick to replace justice kennedy july 9th. the battle lines have already been drawn, they will try to derail the confirmation process until after the november midterm elections. one washington post columnist tell democrats they know they should be blaming thing democrats nuclear action gambles are coming up snake eyes. the cohost of the 5, juan wil

never going to have 61 votes in the senate, the house and the presidency ag gin. you're ning to be able to get things done unless we try to work together. and the more that we have this hateful stuff, the more difficult it becomes for us to do anything. if weon't start doing things >>gether, we're going down the tubes. rangham: gentlemen, i'm sorry, we have to end it there. ed rendell, quentin james, chris buskirk, thank you all very muu.. >> thank y >> thank you. >> thanks. >> woodruff: finally tonight: what humans build, what humans destroy. jeffrey brown takes us to a magical spot in the south pacific for his series, "cture at risk." >> brown: it's one of the most spectacular sights in the world: the 15 giant statues, some as tall as 40 fee at tongariki on easter island. the island, called "rapa nui" in the polynesian language, is considered one of the most remote inhabited spots on earth, some 2200 miles from the coast c le. the statues, called "moai," are said to portray the rapa nui ors, and evoke history a mystery. u.c.l.a. archeologist joanne va tilbs work

the population ages. back in 2015 several senators and myself asked the government accountability office to look at hostatend federal governments oversee the care provided to patients at assisted living facilities. this year they got back to us with bad news. according to the gao, half of the states do not adequately track the number of health and safety problems in assisted living facilities. more than a dozen states don't make this health and safety information available to the public. if i could, let me ask you, i understand you recently lost your father to alzheimer's. i'm very sorry for your loss. you spoke about how you worked with your sister to manage your father's care and how you chose to place him in an assisted living facility. in considering assisted living facility options for your father, was it important that the services that he received was high quality and safe? >> we visited probably six different facilities and are looking for things, like we want to make sure the facility was clean and well staffed. at that time we did not understand what that means-- and what that is, including the d

i think the senate is going to stay in republican hands so this will definitely move the court to the right. this is kind of the golden agef conservatism when you think about it. the court on the presidency, congress, senate, state houses. state legislatures. all in the right's hands for now until they screwed up and hand it to the left. there are so many issues at stake. marijuana, technology, immigration. this is a big pick. he better not mess this up. we have seen other presidents method up big big time. like kimberly said, this list is strong. these are some of the best people out there. women, guys with the best credentials you'll ever see. mike lee even was speculated to be a great choice by his colleague, senator ted cruz. i think he would be a solid pick. >> dana: juan, i understand why the democrats are trying to say they should wait and delete this not after the midterms but doesn't that run the risk of ensuring that republicans will turn out in droves and maybe flip some of those seats in thee fence right now to red. democrats in red states like heidi heitkamp, joe manchin, claire mccaskill. wouldn't it ensure

and the distinguished senator pointed out exactly right during the ag committee markup, both senator stabenow and i are committed to working with you on this priority. i'm pleased this amendment reflects that bipartisan agreement that has the support of the grower and wildlife organization. i thank my colleague for working with senator stabenow and myself on this amendment. i support it and urge my colleagues to do so as well. thanks, mr. thune: thank you, mr. chairman. i appreciate that endorsement, and that of you and your staff in helping structure this in a way to get the broad support you mentioned from the commodity groups and wildlife groups. i think this is a win-win for conservation and certainly a win-win for the c.r.p. program and for the farmers and ranchers in south dakota who -- not just in south dakota but all across this country who make use of this important and vital resource. mr. president, i yield the floor. mr. portman: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from ohio. mr. portman: mr. president, dal i want to talk about -- today i want to talk about t

the sounds of their cries. today, news that babies are being held in facilities called tender age shelters. veteran republican senator orrin hatch calling tender age shelters "a chilling phrase we will not soon forget." he tweeted, "the child separation policy should be halted now." the administration has struggled to explain its policy. nielsen bristling when asked if the children were being used as pawns. >> are you intending for parents to be separated from their children? are you intending to send a message? >> i find that offensive. >> why? >> no. because why would i ever create a policy that purposely does that? >> perhaps as a deterrent. >> no. >> reporter: hours later, she was contradicted by the attorney general. >> is it a deterrent, sir? are you considering this a deterrent? >> yes. hopefully people will get the message and come through the border at the port of entry and not break across the border unlawfully. >> reporter: the flames fanned by the president's former campaign manager's reaction on fox news to the mexican government's allegation that a girl with down syndrome was separated from her mother.

the senate will proceed to the measure. mr. portman: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that t resolution be ag the preamble be agreed to, and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. portman: mr. president, with that, i yield. the presiding officer: r the prev the sate is adjourned until 10:00 a.m. tomorrow.inhofe: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from oklahoma. mr. inhofe: mr. president, i want to kind of share what just happened here. one of

kennedy has the seat that bork was denied and then there was another one who was found using marijuana and then anthony kennedy. we are living in the age after bork. before then, the senate mesa the nominee can't be confirmed because there's an ethical problem. ever since bork, we have a right to say that a justice is not fit for the court if the person stands opposed to central things that americans believe. >> in this case we don't know who the nominee is and knows the president trump has a litmus test and will only pick one who will over turn row versus wade. is there anything we should look to to try to push and delay the vote until after the midterm elections as pay back on what happened to garland and give democrats a chance to win back the senate and have say over the nominee is. >> absolutely given the importance of this, that's the way the system operates that people feel so strongly. we are about to see one of the most intense political struggles in american history and for my point of view, that means the system is working. >> nbc news presidential historian. great to have you here. big night. lots to get to still. we'll be right back. let someone else do the

the senate. before we go further in discussing the microsoft case, let me take you back 20 years ago to 1998, to the dawn of the digital age and the eve of the dotcom bubble. after all, context is key in explaining my decision to hold microsoft to account. in the late 1990s, silicon valley could do no wrong. it seemed at the time, at least, that all tech companies walked on water. they would make our lives infinitely better. they ushered us into a future we could only dream of. at least, that was the country's general feeling towards silicon valley at the time. and it was this same feeling that fueled the excessive speculation that led to the internet bubble just a couple of years later. in 1998, if tech reigned supreme, then microsoft was its king. but i was among the few skeptics at the time. i was just one among a tiny handful of legislators who appreciated the invaluable contributions of tech, of the tech world, but who were also wary of the monopolistic practices that could bring innovation to a screeching halt. in this environment, i brought bill gates before the senate judiciary committee, a decision that i have to

the so-called tent city is located. that facility for young men ages 16 and 17, young migrant men ages 16 to 17, what did the senators sayt their visit there yesterday? >> well actually the tent city is behind me. it's on that compound that you see over my shoulder. but it's been built in a way that it's out of view. of the media. we cannot get any decent shots of it really from where we are. it's not just being kept out of view of the media. it's being kept out of view from elected officials as well. those three senators, udall, hinrich came here to try to pressure authorities to let them see the tents. they came here, spoke to the media. they walked to the gate behind me. they had an interaction with homeland security. then they were allowed onto the compound, but they were taken into a control room, david and shown some cctv footage of the tent city. they didn't get to see it with their own eyes. after is that visit they came back here and were very upset about how things went down. take a listen to what they said. >> what's going on in washington and what's going on on the ground, are very different, and there's a lo

the interns that and i get all these, like, who? i worked for him, as you may know. i was on his senate staff when i was the age of an intern. and you might say, today was as you might expect, a very difficult day, yet very uplifting. you might say, what does that have to do with this? in 1968, his campaign was an 85-day campaign. he gave one speech on social security. in michigan, i believe it was. and he called for a across-the-board increase in social security benefits. at the time, the average monthly benefit was $140. this is in april of 1968. and he wanted to do an across-the-board increase in benefits raising the average from $140 to $165. no one asked him then what we would have skhim today, which would be two questions. what will the impact be on the long-range financing of social security? and more importantly, who's going to pay for it? and i don't know how he would have answered the first question. but i know how he would have answered the second question. we all are gonna pay for it. because as he would say, it's -- social security is all of us for each of us. and i'd like you to just keep that theme in mind, be

the u.s. labor movement and was influenced by both. ashley was a passionate opponent of slavery from an early age, a protege of ohio governor and senator salmon chase. was, as a young boy, he worked on the boats on the ohio river. he was from southern ohio, and -- he saw how the evils of slavery on the boats, that were on the river, so from his early teenage years, he was passionately opposed. he used to practice, he used to --nd on his neighbor's tabor table and practice anti-slavery, getting ready for his future as an anti-slavery politician. ashley was originally a democrat, economic populist and , who hendrew jackson saw as a champion of workers rights. but ashley led the -- left over the issue of slavery and helped to found the republican party. in congress, ashley chair the the houseof -- committee on the territories at a time when slavery was the hottest political issue. from the start of the civil war, ashley was determined the war should bring about the end of slavery. he was the first to propose a reconstruction bill which he 1862.ed in the spring of he was the first to propose a constitutional amendment to abolish slavery, a

b the youngeng kept in what the trump administration calls "tender age" facilities, terminology that democrats have seized upon. senatorchumer: i have seen pictures of tiny girls with forlorn looks on their. it breaks your heart. they are being placed into what is called "tender age" facilities. that is an orwellian term if there ever was one. ni: in the immigration debate on capitol hill, democrats can't agree wiublicans and republicans cannot agree amongst themselves. with congressional elections looming, washington is beset -- is obsessed with the politics of immigration. but for the parents of separated children, it is the practicalities at hand -- how are they going to get the kids back, how are they going to prevent them being lost in the system? in the halls of congress, a process which served as a reminder to warring politiciansw is in the crossfire of this battle, children.t, nick brybc news, washington. rajini: for more on this, i was joined a short time ago by democratic congresswan karen bass from capitol hill. thanks for joining us on the program. you said he would vote no to both rublican bills. what are

senator. and also the chairman of the ag committee. i told him about the hearing today. and he made a request. and i made a request to you earlier and i appreciate your response and that is you give mike a call so you could hear first hand the tough choices small and medium sized businesses are making due to these tariffs. he gets up every morning at 5:30. that would be 6:30 our time. i know your time is extremely valuable. you have indicated you are going to give me a call. i gave you the card, little background sheet. i appreciate your willingness to give him a call because his example is a classic with regards to small businesses up and down main street in rural and small town, america. thank you. secretary ross: thank you, senator. from your description of his situation, it sounds like it's one for which the exclusion process was specifically designed. a unique product, unique form of steel. not available from here. and if there's no objection, which if there is no u.s. manufacturer, it's hard to imagine there would be objection filed, if none of that happens, there'

the federal school safety commission. during a senate hearing, she told lawmakers the focus will be on keeping students safe but claimed guns are not part of the cocharge.even though the white d age agenda. the commission was formed after february's florida school shooting that killed 17 people. >>> a memorial this morning at arlington national cemetery to mark the 50th anniversary of robert f. kennedy's assassination. the service will include remarks from former president clinton as well as kennedy family members. questions have been raised recently by rfk's family about whether convicted assassin sirhan sirhan was actually responsible. >>> at least 192 people are at least 192 people are e the missing in guatemala since the fuegocano erupted. tuesday, rescue workers sent scram is belling for cover. eryone in the areaered to evacuate. >>> shock and sadness over the apparent suicide of kate spade. a new york police source said she was found hanged by a scarf tied to her door knob in her bedroom. add her dghter and scene. husband. the context not totally clear. she launched the kate spade new york brand in 1993, one h first shop in the city three years later. many fans and friends,

the fire victims. >>> continuing cough rverage of san francisco mayor's ray. one for the ages. the vote counting continues this weekend. today's batch of ballots put london breed ahead of the former state senator by nearly 1,600 votes. yesterday her lead was about 500. so she's up another 1,000. total of 1,600 vote lead for london breed. still about 25,000 votes to be counted. judging by how close this race has been since tuesday, there's a chance this office will not be decided until late this week at the earliest. >> since i've been here, mayor's contest, we haven't seen something, the votes this close since i've been here at least. i've been here for 16. i've been director for 16. i've been here for 18 years. >> the department of elections updating every day at 4:00. garnered more first place votes in the san francisco mayor's race and did not get more than 50% so the race went off into an instant runoff and ranked choits votes are now being considered. >>> we're following this race. follow us on twitter @nbcbayarea. we're going to post the latest results and of course whenever we get it the final outcome. >>> tonight marks 17 years since a young woman was braily killed in palo alto. palo a

the person in challenge of the mueller witch hunt, the department ag, rob rosenstein responded to growing calls for his recusal. writing a letter to senator lindsey graham. he recommended comey's firing. he signed off on the final fisa warrant based on hillary clinton's bought and paid for dossier that christopher steele said maybe 50-50. given that rosenstein is overseeing an investigation where he is a key witness and signed off on the fisa, i think it's deem inappropriate a long time ago. earlier today. former new york mayor and current trump attorney rudy giuliani had strong words about trying to undo the election of the american people. watch what he said. >> they are a group of 13 highly partisan democrats that makeup the mueller team and trying very hard to frame him and get him in trouble when he hasn't done anything wrong. they may not realize they are doing it. they can't come to the grips to the fact of the whole thing of russian collusion is not happen. they are trying to invent obstruction of justice. the president fired the fbi director and he said have fired him. he was a terrible fbi director. >> tucker: even comey said he

in the senate that's not the case unless you're on a p.s.i. or i think aging. i haven't looked at the rules in a while. so it's very important to be very familiar with the rules of the individual committees and house or the senate. in terms of increased partisanship, in my experience, a lot of the work we do we do in a bipartisan way and that's not necessarily the work that people or going to be reporting on that you're going to read about issues onare many which the first people i call are on the minority side and about inwe disagree some cases -- for example, senator wyden -- whatever we disagree about, senator grassley and senator wyden are toe this when it comes whistleblower protection. so we're frequently working together on those issues and past are ways to get whatever else is going on so we sign on to letters or we suggest that minority members sign on to letters to do things in a time.isan way all the as far as how that relates to the experience of i.g.'s, of becausei don't know, i've never worked at an i.g. before. say that maybe in appears to bet par

the house, and these are ideas that he is a former senator sessions staffer when the attorney general was a senator. ... >> does that leave us today? we have hundreds of children who are under the age, the tender age, 7? 12? right? >> [inaudible] >> right? i mean, some that are babies. they're nonverbal. they're nonverbal. and we don't know who their parent is. the participant doesn't -- the parent doesn't know where they are. that is a policy of child abuse. child abuse. and that is this administration's policy. they didn't think about how they were going to be able to keep track of the parent and the child. they didn't think to take their pictures. they didn't think to put numbers, alien registration numbers in correctly. they didn't think. and the consequence is disastrous. and that's not just because i'm an advocate, it's because i have heard and i have seen people who are pediatricians, social workers, psychologists who are with these children, and the lasting damage is incalculable. so, yeah, they didn't think it through. >> sandra? please. >> if i can just add to that, one side of this which is incredibly important is the humanitarian side, but the other thing they seem to h

the senate and receive royal assent by the governor general. that could happen by september and would make canada the first g7 country to allow people over the agelegally. president trump has warned china he's prepared to impose tariffs on another $200 billion worth of imports if beijing goes ahead with duties on american goods. he said china appeared to have no intention of changing what he called its unfair practices in response to us tariffs. england have won their opening game of the world cup. they beat tunisia 2—1 after captain harry kane came to the rescue, scoring both goals. also in group g belgium took on panama, and in group f, south korea took on sweden. paul frostick has the details. a new generation and renewed hope for fans of english football. and just 11 minutes in, their nerves were put at ease. captain kane leading from the front butjust as england started to relax into the game, the mistake came. an elbow from kyle walker giving away a penalty. comfortably slotting it away. but as england toiled, desperate for a penalty of their own and it wasn't until injury time that a breakthrough came. another corner and another kane winn

the senate and receive royal assent by the governor general. that could happen by september, and would make canada the first g7 country to allow people over the agerump has warned china he is prepared to impose tariffs on another $200 billion worth of imports if beijing goes ahead with duties on american goods. he said china appeared to have no intention of changing what he called its unfair practices in response to us tariffs. people in western japan are still clearing up from the powerful earthquake that hit the osaka area on monday. thousands of homes are still without gas or water after the 6.i—magnitude quake. three people are known to have died, including a nine—year old girl. the number of people displaced by conflict has reached the highest level ever recorded, for the fifth year running. a united nations report says that, by the end of 2017, 68.5 million people worldwide were either refugees, asylum seekers, or internally displaced. england have won their opening game of the world cup. they beat tunisia 2—i, captain harry kane to the rescue, scoring both goals. paul frostick reports. a new generation and renewed hope for fans of english

escorted by suburbans out of the facility. 12 hours later, the senators go into the facility, come out and say there are only kids, maels between the ages of 14 to 18. there's no free-flow of information. we don't know who's being moved around and when they're being moved around. it's really chaotic to answer your question. >> cal perry and ron hilliard. protests in mcallen, texas, other parts of the country. we're waiting for the president to speak. we'll continue to cover this throughout the afternoon here on msnbc. >>> president trump continuing to call out congress for the migrant family separation crisis, writing this on twitter. we must maintain a strong southern border. we cannot allow our country to be overrun by illegal immigrants as the democrats tell their phoney stories of sadness and grief, hoping it will help them in the elections. obama and others had the same pictures and did nothing about it. a lot to react to there from representative maxine waters, democrat of california. the ranking member on the house financial services committee. react to the rhetoric, the political rhetoric, if you would. we've been focused on the

you know, every time when i think that the florida democrats can stoop to a new low we see something like this. ag bondi, and it was the just her a state senatorho got heckled i know all three of them , they're great people and for them to come out and do this the only thing i can think of is the word hipocracy because these are the same people who are complaining they didn't like donald trump's tweets, now president trump saying he's bullying people but they're going around now and doing the same exact thing they were condemning. my question is, you know, why do we have maxine waters out there now openly calling for this and where is our senator bill nelson why hasn't he condemned maxine waters and asking for a call to stop this. i think we should ask him those questions. adam: well maxine waters was re duked by nancy pelosi but i want to ask you you just said democrats used to condemn this very kind of thing. isn't there a difference between the in your face whether it's at a restaurant, kirstjen nielsen experienced that last week, protesters at the mexican restaurant confronting her, now pam bondi being confronted. isn't there a difference

they probably didn't anticipate, the president didn't anticipate, is republican senators, a group of them, led by orenhatch would take the president out of this. tender age shelters is a chilling phrase. we will not soon forgot. the child separation policy should be halted now. that is before the president took his action today. of course, the concept of tender age is apparently an old legal concept that refers to children of very young ages. and in the current use of it by the department of homeland security, they apparently mean children age 4 and under, that's who they are referring to in the report we got last night that was news last night about what they're doing with the children age 4 and under. >> there's this -- the language from orren hatch is interesting. he's someone who said the president has the potential to be the greatest president we have. like every republican, including jeff flake, basically moved lock step with him from a policy perspective. there's been a question all along about what the binding constraints on this presidency are and whether the institutions of american civil society and rule of law will hold in the face of someone

in russia for example they're raising the retirement age and we've had these commissions i remember kevin mr social security claude pepper who was a first a senator from florida and then a congressman and really until he was the died and a great champion of this they came up with all sorts of remedies. obviously raising taxes a pretty simple one what else is out there kevin that that might be politically acceptable as well as a good policy share so i think it's first important to say why there's a shortfall part of that is because wages are shifting above this cap so i think it's one hundred twenty thousand dollars people don't pay the social security tax on their income as any quality has grown more of the wages that social security used to tax are above that cap so that's inequality so how do you fix it equality you know that's a hard question but that would be one way to approach changing the caps yeah essentially lowering the the caps you say no getting rid of the cap can get rid of you or phasing in a higher income so that more income is captured by the tax so if you make two hundred thousand dollars you're only paying the tax on the first h

the president's executive order this week. >> polo sandoval, let's go to diane gallagher now. diane? >> yeah. right now at this point, victor, we're waiting for senator bill nelson. he will be touring the homestead temporary shelter, children ages 13 to 17 in this particular shelter, about ,200 of them. about three days ago, bill nelson was turned away from this facility. he couldn't get in. they told him to go ahead and come back at another time. he scheduled this appointment, to come today and tour this facility. he accused them of trying to hide something at that time. i went inside this facility yesterday. granted, it was a very guided tour. it was extremely controlled. i can tell you it looks like a rundown community college. it has dormitories. boys out number girls here 2-1. they stay in this facility until they can either reunite them with a family member, be it a parent or some other relative in the united states, or permanent sponsor. some of the kids do age out and go into i.c.e. custody. others they end up putting with permanent foster families if they can find them in that manner. most of the kids, victor, it's important to point out, came across the border unaccompanied. fewer than 70, we were told yesterday, were

the senate and receive royal assent by the governor general, to become law. that could happen by september and would make canada the first g7 country to allow people over the agea legally. england have won their opening game of the world cup. they beat tunisia 2—1 — captain harry kane to the rescue, scoring both goals. paul frostick reports. a new generation and renewed hope for fans of english football. and just 11 minutes in, their nerves we re just 11 minutes in, their nerves were put at ease. captain harry kane leading from the front butjust as england started to relax into the game, the mistake came. an elbow from kyle walker giving away a penalty. comfortably slotting it away. but as england toiled, desperate for a penalty of the road and, it wasn't until injury time that a breakthrough came. another corner and another harry kane winner, hope was stored for england and theirfans, winner, hope was stored for england and their fans, just. winner, hope was stored for england and theirfans, just. for winner, hope was stored for england and their fans, just. for the people of panama, it was time to party. a debut to their team on world football's biggest stag

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the appropriate response. >> in this me too age, some including members of his own party, like new york senator, kirsten gillebrand said clinton should have stepped down because of the monica lewinsky affair. >> since we are talking about that period, what did you think six month as go when the senator said he should have resigned? >> well, i just disagree with her. i think, you know, just, you have to, really ignore what the context was then. but, you know -- for frz she is living in a different context. she did it for different reasons. so i, i -- but i just disagree with her. >> as for the investigation led by robert mueller, swirling around the current chander in chief. >> we now call it spygate. >> do you think the press has been fair to president trump? >> i think they have tried by and large to cover this investigation based on the facts. i think if -- the roles were reversed now, just, me just talking based on my experience. if it were a democratic president and these facts, most people i know in washington believe impeachment hearings would have been done already. >> of if there were a democrat in power r