u.s. senator. i think senator leahy from vermont said it best, we talked about thad cochran's integrity, a man who will always keep his word. as alaska's senator, i also just want to mention what a great friend he was to our state, to our senators. senator cochran was very close to senator ted stevens, the late senator ted stevens and frank murkowski. he really supported our state, my state. i just want to thank him for that. he has this great nickname that i think was given to him in 2006 when "time" magazine said he was one of the best u.s. senators and called him the quiet persuader. you heard that term a lot just a few minutes ago. they said in that article he has gained the trust of the administration and capitol hill for his quiet, courtly manner, using his experience and mastery of the issues to persuade his colleagues privately rather than making demands of them in public. a great example we can all learn from. i was proud to have been able to serve and learn from thad cochran for the last t

in january, she announced her bid for the u.s. senate in maryland, challenging democratic senator ben cardin who is seeking a third term. and today she joins us here on democracy now! for her first live television interview. chelsea manning, welcome to democracy now! >> thank you for having me. amy: it has been 10 months, but how does it feel to be free? >> it is overwhelming. i wake up some days and i'm not sure that this is actually happening. sometimes i wake up in the morning and i have to figure out where i am because now i am traveling all of the time and i am not staying in one spot. -- initially it was and wonderful, but now as i'm seeing more and more of the world and how it has become the world i feared, a decade ago, now it is overwhelming. juan: can you go back to when you heard the news that president obama had granted you clemency? did you having at citations of the possibility of that? >> it was very hard for me to it knowledge this was happening. a lotriting a book, so more the details will be in the book. it.i could not

and the u.s. senate has killed a resolution that would have prevented continued american involvement in the saudi led war in yemen the vote was fifty five to forty four now the vote took place after the saudi crown prince mohammed bin samantha visited the white house on monday. facebook will brief the u.s. congress on wednesday over a scandal involving the data breach of millions of its users cambridge analytical political consultancy based in london is accused of gaining an authorized access to the details of fifty million facebook users the firm worked on doldrums presidential campaign and bricks it in the u.k. its chief executive alexander nix has been suspended he's been secretly recorded boasting about the company's ability to sway elections the scandal has hurt facebook share price with stocks falling nine percent over the past two days wiping sixty billion dollars on. the company's value. reports. a virtual world with a very real money making data trail uses of social media platforms unaware how p

u.s. senator? guest: i believe it is time for a new generation of leadership. we are long overdue, 25 years overdue, to have a debate on the values, the issues, and the priorities that we as californians care about. i believe it is time to have a voice not on the sidelines, but on the front lines. i know politicians can be prone to hyperbole, whether on the left or the right or in between. i would say these are historic times, dangerous times in our nation. i believe we need a strong voice to move an agenda that promotes human conditions for all individuals, regardless of where you come from. peter: if you want to participate in our conversation this morning, we have one number four california residents and another for all others. on is senator kevin de le our guest for the next 20 minutes or so. senator, has dianne feinstein not represented california well in your view? let me say this. i respect senator feinstein's as ourent to service representative in washington. this is not personal. the values of a state that has changed dramatically and a court or centur

. >> the trade issue as all of you know -- >> the u.s. senate gaveling back in. we will show you the briefing later on. we take you live to th the senate floor here on c-span2. chieve

. >> and kevin day leon is the candidate for the u.s. senate, and he has been our guest for the last 25 minutes or so on the c-span bus which is on a u tour of all 50 state capitols, and it is parked in front of the state capitol in sacramento right now. we want to introduce you to eric baughman who is the chair of the california party. i think that you heard the call, and lynn is not one of your constituents, but how would you respond to her? >> well, i start out by saying

gary bowman, who are you -- eric bauman, who are you supporting for u.s. senate? the california democratic party did not take a position in the race for the united states senate. we have an excellent senator in senator dianne feinstein. we have an excellent up and comer in state senator kevin de leon. it is a gift and a luxury for us to have two find people like that, offering tremendous things to the table, since our party has not taken a position, i do not take it personal position, but i will work to make sure california continues to be represented by a strong democrat in the united states senate. host: is there discord in the state party from the progressive or moderate wing? the media'sems favorite topic is to talk about the discord in the california democratic party. in our convention, nearly 5000 people were there, and it was an incredible place to be. the amount of energy, the amount of positivity that was there -- all the lead in stories about how much discord there was going to be -- and there was not any discord. people battled over which candidate they

everyday an issue comes to the u.s. senate to consider, to discuss, and i am honored to have these remarks for the remainder of those we prepared for

the georgia house, georgia senate, the u.s. house, u.s. senate. in each one of them i got advice my first year in the georgia house 41 years ago that was real good advice. a friend of mine said johnny, the first year you're down here don't say a word. just watch everybody talk. watch what everybody else does. look at people you'd like to be like. for the remainder of your career be like that person. because in the end this business is about relationships and effectiveness, not about bluster and bragging. i did pick out a guy. his name was carl harrison. carl passed away but became one of the best friends i had in life. i watched him in the georgia legislature and patterned my way after carl harrison. the success i had was in large measure because i followed a great leader like carl. when i got to the united states senate i knew i needed leadership. i needed to find a book or something to tell me how to be a good senator. i remembered carl and i said i'm going to sit in this body. i've got six years in this term. surely i can take a few months of t

u.s. senator by what i consider to be abuse of the justice system. this article from npr says, starts with this. a blistering report released thursday found that the government team concealed documents that would have helped the late stevens, a longtime republican senator from alaska, defend himself against false tatements, charges, in 2008. stevens lost his senate seat as the scandal played out and died in a plane crash two years later. the 500-page report by nvestigator henry schulke iii, shook the legal community as law professor december scribed it as a milestone in the history of prosecutorial misconduct. investigators weren't talking thursday but sullivan, who defended the senator, had plenty to say. quote, the extent of the corruption is shocking. unquote. quote, it's the worst misconduct we've seen in a generation by prosecutors at the department of justice. but it is important to note, mr. speaker, that this was an f.b.i. case. and it is doiflt believe that the director of the f.b.i. would have not been personally monitoring if not personall

in 1992, he was the republican nominee for the u.s. senate in california. bruce has traveled to more than 90 countries and taught school at some of the most -- educational institutions in the u.s. including the claremont institute and he continues to teach as a fellow in peppered and -- in pepperdine university in malibu. he is the author of several works -- of several books. president next and thanked bruce in his 1990 bestseller "in the arena." as one of a handful of friends who was always there and who lent frequent support and who never let him down. bruce is a tried and true friend of the nixon foundation and the nixon family. we are so pleased to welcome him back. ladies and gentlemen, the honorable roos herschensohn. -- roos herschensohn -- bruce herschensohn. [applause] mr. herschensohn thank you. thank you. thanks so much, bill. i thought what you said about lowey was particularly excellent and i hope someone passes on to her that you said the words that you did. absolutely marvelous. she is a magnificent woman. i believe that president nixon was th

u.s. senators from the state of florida, a republican and a democrat are also sponsoring the bill. >>> in decision 2018, the three republicans running for pennsylvania governor will debate in philadelphia this morning. this will be the fifth time those candidates will meet. laura elsworth is a pittsburgh attorney. paul mango retired from pittsburgh. and tom wolf is running for re-election as well. he has no challenger. the pennsylvania primary is may 15th. >>> temple university administrators will talk about the next steps for the stadium proposal. since the proposal of the stadium opponents of the project have rallied. they say it will likely need to more trash, more traffic and force low income residents out of their homes. the project is set for the intersection of broad street and norris. >>> 5:06, 36 degrees outside. back to weather and storm cleanup in and around philadelphia. nbc10 is around lincoln drive where crews are clearing away limbs from fallen trees so traffic can fall safely and smoothly. >>> in lehigh valley, the weekend storm is one of the most damaging it's ever dealt

u.s. senators in our area are making a bipartisan pitch for new gun safety legislation following the florida high school massacre. >> republican pat toomey of pennsylvania and chris coons of delaware are sponsoring the bill. it would require authorities to alert stay law enforcement when someone who isn't allowed to buy a gun tries to purchase one. >> senator coons and i are working to demonstrate to break this logjam to find common ground. >> our simple bipartisan bill would make sure that state and local law enforcement gets notification. >> both u.s. senators from florida, a republican and a democrat are sponsoring the bill. >>> tonight, the wind symphony band from stoneman douglas high school seen here will perform in new york. the massacre unfolded in the building right next door to where the band was rehearsing. the group auditioned to be one of six in the country to perform at the world famous concert hall. >> temple university administrators will talk face-to-face with members of the surrounding community today about the next step for the stadium project. since announcement of the st

facebook will brief u.s. senate and house aides on wednesday of a computer hacking scandal involving the data breach of millions of its users cambridge and a lesser political consultancy based in london is accused of gaining an authorized access to the details of fifty million facebook users the firm worked for donald trump's presidential bid and the brakes campaign in the u.k. its chief executive has been suspended he's been secretly recorded boasting about the firm's ability to sway elections while news of the scandal hit facebook shares the company's stock fell two and a half percent on tuesday and that followed an almost seven percent drop on monday wife in more than forty billion dollars off the firm's value sagna guy a go reports. a virtual world with a very real money making data trail uses of social media platforms unaware how profitable the information they have is for those willing to access it the scandal involving facebook may make many of us reconsider that. cambridge analytical is accused of misusing t

bigger world for herself and she found that in jack kennedy. >> jack finally resolves to run for a u.s. senate seat in massachusetts. >> he's up against a man whose grandfather has defeated his grandfather a half a century before. >> now meet your candidate for the united states senate. >> how can this young whipper snapper of a congressman without much of a record run against henry, jr., who has an ancestry that is much more distinguished? >> it was a brazen move, a move that looked totally toxic and nobody gave him much of a shot. >> jack needs all the help he can get. and his mother, rose, is one of his most important assets. >> rose was the expert at campaigning, because she had been campaigning with her father from the time she was a teenager. when he had run for mayor of boston. >> rose kennedy was fantastic in front of an audience. she knew exactly what to say and she knew exactly how to say it. she was extremely smart about politics but she was also very smart about human nature. >> there was an idea to have formal tea parties where rose kennedy and her daughters and jack kennedy would

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after which i will formally retire from the u.s. senate. lected to the house back in 1973. then to the senate five years later. cochran is the tenth longest serving senator in u.s. history now in his 11th term. in 2014, politico referred to him as the last southern gentleman. there will noe now be two open seats in mississippi this year. mcdaniel released a statement saying he is currently focused on his campaign against wicker but adds, quote, all options remain the on the table as we determine the best way to ensure that mississippi elects conservatives to the u.s. senate. it will be up to mississippi governor phil bryant to appoint a successor to fill cochran's seat until the spec election. steve, good to talk to you once again. let's stick with cochran's retirement here. you who disruptive is his retirement for the gop and does this give democrats any sort of opening in this state? >> it shouldn't be disruptive for the republicans, but we really don't know what's going to happen in states where there's one party control like mississippi

they are not necessarily reflective of the voters. >> what about the u.s. senate race?in seeking her sixth term. >> she's been a stap until cle. another upset of sorts. despite a two to run lead in polls over kevin deleon. feinstein came in a distant second at the convention. check the numbers. 54% for kevin. 37% for feinstein who has been in the u.s. senate for 25 years. he failed to capture the necessary 60%. he performed much better than most expected. once again, it shows you that there's not necessarily a core la correlation and people. >> 60% is the magic number. we are seeing big names. polls that have mentioned public spoe supports them. and yet that's not happening. what does this say about the endorsement process? does it lend credence to the idea that they are not in touch with what the people want? >> clearly, the party activists are much more liberal than the democratic elected. not to mention the electorate at large. the convention results suggest that there's plenty of opportunity for an upset in the june primary. where the energy goes, that remains to be

just about an hour ago the u.s. senate approved a $1.3 trillion spending bill. it increases funding for the military and domestic programs and keeps the government funded through september. president trump is expected to sign that bill before the saturday deadline. >>> tonight we're hearing from the family of a man killed during a shootout with san francisco police. his family says they actually called police before the shooting. betty yu has the interview you'll see only on kpix5 tonight. betty? >> liz and ken, the suspect's uncle said that a family member called police because he had indicated someone might want to hurt him. tonight the family is searching for answers to what would lead this 21-year-old to allegedly open fire on police. these are photos of 21-year-old jihal yi after a shootout on london street and geneva avenue, he died from his injuries at sf general hospital last night. >> he was a very sweet kid. he might have some issues. most people have issues, but he's really, really a nice kid. he's not violent. >> reporter: his uncle spoke exclusively

u.s. senators have to deal with.f robert penn warren's novel is the best political novel, ury's "advise and consent," about a nomination hearing, is the best novel on congress. i daresay you can learn more about the u.s. senate from that book then you can from 100 political science and history books. brian: you call it the best political novel in american politics, let's look at robert penn warren, see what he looks and sounds like. tell us more about him. [video clip] >> a man comes to power, a hitler, a stalin, any man of power, because he feels some need and preys on some weakness. people in this context need him to get what they deserve and government. it is their weakness or vice that brings the man to his role. brian: did you ever meet him? tom: no, but i admire him. he was a true southerner and a student of vanderbilt, top in his class, a rhodes scholar. he went to university of california berkeley, studied at oxford and was a longtime professor. he taught for 10 years at lsu. around the time huey long was dyi

bid for the u.s. senate calls for homeless people to be given weapons. free. live from our international news center here in moscow this is our team my names you know neil welcome to the program our top story four people have been killed in southern france after a gunman hijacked a car and took hostages of a supermarket in a small town the attacker pledged allegiance to islamic state and also eventually shelter dead by special forces among those killed was a here a police officer who swapped places with a female hostage he managed to leave a mobile phone open for officers to listen in to the supermarket and what was happening there when police heard gunshots they moved to neutralize the attacker the ten and colonel are no both was fighting for his life but passed away this saturday morning. well to break down events on friday the gunmen hijacked a car on the outskirts of the ton of carcass all in the morning shooting dead one passenger seriously injuring the driver he later opened fire in a group of policemen who were jogging wounding wallner in the shoulder t

. >> joe yearns for his son to become president and the next logical step is a seat in the u.s. senatet in jack's first appearance on national television, he seems undecided. >> are you going to run? >> well, i think that we have a good chance to carry massachusetts in 1952. i'm seriously considering running. i'm not sure what i'm going to do. it'll still a year away. >> jack felt the pressure. i think papa really wanted him to go to the top, and that was it. >> in the 1950s it would be unheard of in the united states for anyone with presidential ambitions to think of running as an unmarried man. it was absolutely essential in joe kennedy, sr.'s mind that jack be married. >> jack's pal, charles bartlett, plays matchmaker, inviting jack and a female friend to dinner. >> this young unmarried lady was jackie bouvier, and kennedy followed her out to the car after the party was over. she had enormous appeal. >> an aspiring reporter, 21-year-old jackie has just completed her bachelor's degree at george washington university. >> jackie had the reputation of being what people then called a bra

facebook will brief u.s. senate and house aides on wednesday over a computer hacking scandal involving the data of millions of facebook users cambridge analytical work for donald trump's presidential bid and the bricks it campaign in the u.k. the political consultancy based in london is accused of gaining on authorized access to the data of fifty million facebook users its chief executive has just been suspended has been secretly recorded boasting about the firm's ability to sway elections when news of the scandal hit facebook shares they've fallen another five point seven percent after dropping almost seven percent on monday which wiped nearly forty billion dollars off the firm's value sonia gago has the story. a virtual world with a very real money making data trail users of social media platforms unaware how profitable the information they have is for those who are willing to access it the scandal involving facebook may make many of us reconsider that. cambridge analytical is accused of misusing the data of milli

so in the traverse city area so what do you do well there brian nelson libertarian candidate for u.s. senate in the state of michigan. all right the european council has condemned russia for its alleged role in the poisoning of former double agent sergei screwball and his daughter in the u.k. council which sets policy that go the views of u.k. prime minister theresa may who gave a strongly worded statement during a summit in brussels. the staged a brazen and reckless attatched against the united kingdom when his attempt to change the merger of two people on the streets of seoul spring i'll be raising this issue with my counterparts today because it's clear that the russian stretch does not respect the wishes and indeed the instance insoles brain was part of a pattern of russian aggression against europe and its neighbors from the western balkans to the middle east donald tusk and along with the european commission president john quote younger gave a joint press conference as they struggled to answer questions on what action the e.u. might take against russia blachford also folders just i thi

u.s. senators expressing concern about america's continued support of the saudi led operation in the country u.s. forces have been actively engaged in support of the saudi coalition in this war providing intelligence an aerial refueling of planes whose bombs have killed thousands of people and made this humanitarian crisis far worse crime prince's visit here to the white house marks the start of a three week trip to the united states he'll meet business leaders oil executives academics representatives from silicon valley's high tech companies and the movie industry all in good reshaping his kingdom's image here in the united states but one analyst says there are bigger issues to deal with closer to home for saudi arabia of course saudi arabia has transformed itself as a from a status quo power to it but to an activist party in the region which has put it directly at course with iran and this sets the stage for a very dangerous and unpredictable environment there was no mention of the ongoing gulf crisis in the oval office a saudi led treated bargo against qatar has no been in place for ten m

u.s. senate today confirmed a judge to the south carolina district court and then voted to limit debate on three other judicial nominations. the senate will not be in session tomorrow confirmation both on those nominations will be held monday at 5:30 p.m. there were a number of four speeches today about gun policy. we will show you several of them followed by a brief with democrats. >> senator from florida. >> asu and was concerned that i be allowed to my remarks. >> is there a section. >> without objection. >> thank you mr. president. two weeks ago yesterday a tragic incident in parkland, one of many that has impacted our country over the last decade and beyond and both the community in parkland florida and the residents of the state of florida that i sent and frankly the entire nation the demand not just actions but immediate action andre we know and anyone who knows this process there are the differences on how far and how much we should restrict second amendment right of every american and we

manning is now running for u.s. senate in n maryland. began part two of interview by playing a clip of john bolton, who the president has named to be his next national security adviser. he was asked about manning in the 2012 bbc film "wikileaks: the secret life of a superpower." >> what you think of b bradley mannining? >> i think h hcommitted treason and shou be prosuted to the llllest tent of the w. >> >> > what does that mean? >> well,l, treason is ththe only crcrime defid d by our consnstitution, anand it says treason shall consist t only of levying wawar against ththe unid states or r adhering to o their enemies, giving them aid a comfort. and he gave our enemies a lot of aid d and comfort. >> s so what shoululd happen to? >> w well he shoululd be prosec. anand if he's fofound guilty, ,e shshould be puninished to thee fullest exntnt possible. >> and what is that? >> death. >> you think he should be killed. >> yes. amy: that was john bolton, the next national securityisisis adr for president trump, speaking in 202012. i asked chelsea

the u.s. senate has proved itself to be incapable of doing the core function of the congress to pass the appropriations bill in a trance parent and open way so the american people know how their money is being spent it's like ground hog day, same thing over and over again. we have to call a different play at some point to try and get better results. lou: better results for whom? ryan is serving his master. >> for the taxpayer. lou: ryan's master is not the taxpayer. they just pay the bills it, the business round exaibl, the chamber of commerce and k street. he sold out the republican party and this congress and he would sell out his mother based on his record of 20 years and little accomplishment and absolute favor for his big friends who write big checks. >> here is what i would say about the senate bill. they say we need 60 votes. no, you need 50 votes. it's only 60 if they mount a filibuster. he's going to say i'm shutting down the government, i'm not allowing a vote on military spending or the va

. >> and kevin day leon is the candidate for the u.s. senate, and he has been our guest for the last 25 minutes or so on the c-span bus which is on a u tour of all 50 state capitols, and it is parked in front of the state capitol in sacramento right now. we want to introduce you to eric baughman who is the chair of the california party. i think that you heard the call, and lynn is not one of your constituents, but how would you respond to her? >> well, i start out by saying that of course, lynn is one of my constituent, because the democratic party cares about every californian and not just those democrats. california is the most welcoming place in america. we believe it is a place where people have the opportunity to have success, to have a good life and to survive and thrive and do well. individually, i understand people's complaints, but right now, we have the lowest rate of californiians erin the history of the state, 4.4%, and the economy is thriving and we are are the sixth largest economy in the world, and the unemployment rate is going

u.s. senator john g. tower of texas. senator tower was elected to 1961 1961 special election and served the people of texas for 24 years. he led the implementation of president reagan's strategy of larger, competitive, modern navy and it was an honor for me to work for him the final two years of his term in office. president reagan and senator tower's vision of the importance of navy is illustrated by this week's visit of the carl vincent to vietnam. senator tower also a master chief petty officer is looking down from his heavenly perch with great pride and seeing his grandson, tower cook, and the success of the united states navy. thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house a communication. the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives. sir, this is to notify you formally pursuant to rule 8 of the rules of the u.s. house of representatives that i have been served with a civil subpoena for documents and depositions testimony issued by the united states district court

numbers obviously as as a human being but while britain continues to sell arms to saudi arabia the u.s. senate just voted to continue the war bernie sanders the senator said america the usa should stop funding it the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell said u.s. intelligence will result in fewer casualties presumably child casualties as well hopeful that a u.s. intelligence is going to bring fewer casualties to the bombing campaign well only if i may talk from my children's perspective if i may talk on behalf of every single mother and father who have seen their children killed and severely injured i have on the one message heath's not about fewer children to be killed and that should be no single boy and no single girl or killed that britain is proud of its intelligence services and if britain is providing intelligence for the bombs that are being dropped on yemen surely surely that's a reason for hope for unicef to day because of the war because of decades of in the development and that every single ten minutes a child is dying from a preventable disease for the simple fact that we are no

friendship or no friendship if confirmed by the u.s. senate as the country's top diplomats from paya will be working for a boss was shown little regard for diplomacy. to tell us of all naaman in washington cost and then now we know who he is what can we expect from my secretary of state pub pio. well i think my poem play a would be much closer aligned with donald trump than his predecessor so the put it positively we might see a more coherent approach in this administration when it comes to foreign policy because the problem with rex tillerson was for all allowances stretches of his tenure that the people who met him foreign leaders were never quite sure whether what they heard from rex tillerson and what his views were really played along with want on the trump thought and said and so this might change a little bit i think. my compare you and don and trump i'm much more on the same page and also within the state department there is some hope we hear that because my campaign has the ear of the president at the state department and its expertis

u.s. democratic senator, teem duckworth. also, what makes a great musical? composer andrew lloyd webber on his new memoir, "unmasked" and huh he transformed evita, phantom and joseph into a global phenomenon. >>> good evening, everyone, welcome to the program. i am christiane amanpour in london. the united states is willing to go hard either way for negotiations for peace or confrontation over north korean nuclears, u.s. senator tammy duckworth has returned from the assessment, we are closer to war than anybody thinks. duckworth knows all to well the cost of war. her family served the country going back to the american revolution. and she herself fought in iraq, where an insurgent attack caused her to lose both legs, and partial use of one arm. duckworths a woman of many firsts. the first member of congress born in thailand. first asian-american to represent illinois. first female double amputee of the iraq war. and soon, she'll make history again, as the first sitting senator to give birth. and welcome to the program. >> thank you, it's good to be on. >> re

the measure now heads to the u.s. senate. current government funding expires tomorrow at midnight, so the senate must pass and the president must sign this bill by tomorrow night to avoid a government shutdown. . the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. sessions: mr. speaker, last night at a late hour the rules committee met where we had expert testimony that was offered on behalf of the chairman and the ranking member of the committee on appropriations, the gentleman from new jersey and the gentlewoman from