human rights asked me about nato but asked me about it and how the united states foreign relations committee of the united states senate feels about it and then they are going to and you and i are going to get along really well but you see why these comments well yeah but that's the gates here in europe and i could use doubts about weeks direction the u.s. is going and i'm really sorry that we didn't have a good clear understanding we started this i always do what i do this in d.c. i really want to do a good interview with you i want to tell you where i stand where the united states senate stands where our committee stands but you're asking me to defend all kinds of statements by other people and look at i'm just not there you need somebody else to to debate on this issue i'm not going to debate with an issue but i really want to give you an interview on all the issues you've got on your paper about where i am where the united states senate is and where my committee is there's talk then about the attitude to saudi arabia of to the murder of jamal khashoggi. the clear reluctance of the trumpet ministration to hold the s

warren: and thank you to the best partner ever in the united states senate, he has been fighting for e change and now he is fighting for a green new deal, ed markey. [cheers and applause] sen. warren: let's elect him to the senate next year. and thank you to a woman who is now making her own way in the halls of congress, lori trahan. thank you, to counselor michelle wu and to mayor danny rivera, brave leaders and friend. and thank you karen skelton the colleagues in the statehouse and others all of those with us today. thank you. [cheers and applause] most of all, thank you to everyone. >> i love you, elizabeth. sen. warren: i love you, too. thank you to everyone who has traveled here to lawrence. i am deeply grateful that you came here on this cold and blustery day to be part of this announcement. thank you. [cheers and applause] sen. warren: i want to tell you a story. a little over 100 years ago, textile mills, like the one behind us today employed tens of , thousands of people. immigrants came from more than 50 countries for a chance to work in these looms. [cheers and applause] s

[cheers and applause] senator warren: oh, and make justices of the united states supreme court follow code of ethics. [cheers and applause] senator warren: ban members of ongress from trading stocks. that is already illegal. and oh, just one more. make every single candidate for federal office put their taxes online. i've done it. cheers and applause] senator warren: so last one, root out corruption in washington. now, two, change the rules to put more economic power in the hands of the american people. workers and small businesses. [cheers and applause] senator warren: middle-class families and people of color who have been shut out of their chance to build wealth for generations. d again, that requires real, structural change. right now, giant corporations in america have too much power. and they just roll right over everyone else. we need to put power back in the hands of workers. eran senator warren: make it quick and easy to join a union. unions built america's middle class and unions will rebuild america's middle class. and make american companies accountable for their action. r

it's a whole new ball game in the united states senate because of that procedure. mitch mcconnell decided he no longer needs donald trump's support to bring a bill to a vote, and that alone is a devastating blow to trumpism in the united states senate. on days like this, we need experienced political observers who can see the big picture in all the individual maneuvers of the day. joining is john holland, national affairs analyst for nbc and msnbc. also with us, rick wilson a republican strategist and contributor to the daily beast, author of the book "everything trump touches dies." john, this is the end of the line for donald trump's wall, and tomorrow in the rose garden he tries to turn the corner apparently on the emergency idea. >> yes, he will -- he often claims victory when he loses. he often changes the subject when he loses. he will try to do both tomorrow. but i do think it's super important in the long arc of his presidency, you think of the past two years and two months, we have not seen any instance, until now we have not seen the congress assert itself

today, i am a united states senator. heering] senator warren: in part because my aunt rescued me on a thursday about a zillion years ago. [applause] senator warren: i tell you that story because i want you to know the story that is part of my heart forever. it tells a basic truth, nobody makes it on their own, nobody. and without childcare, millions and millions of american families simply will not make it. if every mom in the country had bea, we would all be cool. but think about that. i stand here today as someone who eventually wrote a 11 books, got tenure at harvard, built a consumer agency and beat a republican in congress to take this seat in the united states senate. woohoo! [applause] senator warren: and yet, childcare nearly knocked me out. childcare, or the lack of childcare, nearly sent me packing twice. could i have gotten back in the game later? after amelia and alex were old enough to go to school, or maybe once they hit high school? maybe. but maybe not. and today, parents are getting crushed. right now, in

cory booker was ultimately elected to the united states senate from new jersey in a special election held after the death of incumbent senator frank laughtonberg. he was elected to a full term in 2014, which means he is coming to the end of his first full term as a u.s. senator. he has a national profile. he is a progressive senator by any measure. he also has a notable record of across the aisle friendships and legislative collaborations, which is why we have rare pick torl evidence of charles grassley being hugged by another adult human. of course that colleague is cory booker. of course it is. senator booker was a driving force behind the major criminal justice reform legislation that was brought forth by both democratic and republican senators and signed into law by president trump in december. senator booker has now announced his run for the u.s. presidency. in the interest of full disclosure, i should tell you that i have known him personally since he had hair. i knew senator booker when we were in college. we overlapped both in college and in grad school. we knew each other in

mitch mcconnell turned the ship of the united states senate around and started heading away from donald trump for the first time.

you to the best partner ever in the united states senate, he has been fighting for climate change andg for a green ed deal, and markey -- markey. let's elect him to the senate next year. and thank you to a woman who is now making her own way in the halls of congress, lori turned hand -- try hand. thank you, to counselor michelle danny rivera,r rare -- brave leaders and friend. karen skelton the colleagues in the statehouse and others all of those with us today. thank you. you to all, thank everyone. [cheers and applause] thank you to everyone who has i amled here to lawrence, deeply grateful that you came here on a cold day to be part of this announcement. thank you. [cheers and applause] thank you. i want to tell you a story. a little over 100 years ago chester mills like the one behind us employed tens of thousands of people. -- for as fought chance to work in these looms. lawrence was one of the centers of american industry. this place was booming. moneys made so little that families were forced to crowd together in dangerous onements and many lived beans and scrapped up red. insid

it's probably more of an influence in the united states senate. we have the votes in the house. but it is interesting to see how the vote has -- the president has said to the republicans -- republican leadership in the senate, senator shelby, a senior appropriator, the chairman of the appropriations committee there, a respected leader in the united states senate, i don't have confidence in what you did, even though the president failed to convince the american people and their representatives in congress of his position. but let's just see what the votes are. who knows what the calculus is on the other side. reporter: it doesn't affect your side of the aisle? ms. pelosi: no. reporter: as far as the gun control bill or background check bill is a concern, you said that a national emergency should be eclared -- ms. pelosi: could be declared. if you want to talk about emergencies, that's a national emergency. reporter: that's something you would like to see a president declare -- ms. pelosi: no, i'm saying a president could do that. if you want to go down that path, then let's look a

fight and dialogue to have in the united states senate. hese folks saying that, you know, they're concerned about president trump, doing your job in the united states senate and having that checks and balance is critically important and may be more important than a vanity project running for the president of the united states. arthel: well d -- [inaudible conversations] who didn't get your message, senator cory booker, he's out today in des moines, iowa. he has thrown his hat in that crowded ring for democratic hopefuls in 2020. senator cory booker is also one of those who is supportive of the green new deal, comparing it to going to the moon or defeating the nazis in world war ii. so let's talk about that green new deal, capri, staying with you. break it way down for us. what's the essence of the green new deal, and tell us why it would be good for middle and working class americans. >> well, let's just first say cory booker should not be comparing anything to nazis. [laughter] setting that aside, the green new deal, look, we do need to ha

does not mean something special, it means because you are the governor of a state or you're a united states senator or united states congressman, you automatically get a seat at the table. so-calledare automatic. we do not make presidents. the overwhelming majority of americans who pledged delegates, votesre the ones whose will ultimately decide who is the "democratic party" nominee. i love being an automatic delegate, because i have worked hard, i have earned my seat at the table. that does not mean i am against other people joining me at the table. i want as many people as possible to come through the door. and by the way, i will give you a seat, even if i have to bring in a folding chair. host: you authored a book -- guest: it is on paperback. thing,nd one final passing of someone you know in 1976 made his mark and the jimmy carter campaign. guest: you know, i was involved in the jimmy carter campaign. super we had all of these consultants and posters and what was justese gurus, pat a kid who wanted to do something great for this world and this country. carter's to make jimmy image larger than l

it is important that the legislative branch in the united states senate who has a constitutional role to play in the setting of american foreign policy, they cherry blossom to us to confirm people. they come to us to fund these things. that we play our rightful role in the setting of american foreign policy. and it is important that the united states senate be on the right side of this issue so that we can hope to influence future actions and policies before they are taken and we can help change them once they have been taken in places headed in the wrong direction. mr. president, i yield the >> the senate voted to move ahead on an amendment by majority leader mitch mcconnell, which would put the senate on record opposing president trump's announcement that he is pulling troops from syria and afghanistan. the senate continues work monday on the middle east policy bill, with several votes related to the amendment, and the bill scheduled for 5:30 p.m. eastern. reports on marcos congress for "the

i served with a lot of members of congress in the united states senate. when i left after being elected to my seventh term as a senator to be sworn in as vice president the senate historian did a history minute and came into the caucuses and tell us something happened on that day in history. they are saying senator biden is leaving to there were only i believe 13 members that served longer than i had in the united states senate, which made me very upset. but i met a lot of great women and great men. and there were only a few i looked up to. ied a moored almost -- ied a r -- i admired almost of but some i looked up to because there were more successful at what they set out to do than i was and john dingell was that man. you asked if i would be a eulogy eulogyist i was flattered but it would be hard to do justice to who he was. but he wanted us to celebrate today. celebrate his extraordinary live. debbie, i tphoeknow from experience as well of losing john is like losing part of your soul. he was your soul. but what an amazing soul he was. you know, i think

because if you think that every democrat currently in the united states senate is going to support a progressive agenda think twice. that's not the case. >> right. but isn't that even more of the case for 60 votes? >> i think what we have got to do -- you're asking a legitimate question, but let's get first things first. let's elect the democratic senate, let's make sure that as many as possible are progressives. but this is what i believe. it's what i said a moment ago. we make change when millions of people demand that change. and i believe that when people stand up and fight back yes, you are going to have the united states congress start listening to ordinary americans rather than wealthy campaign contributors. >> senator bernie sanders, senator from vermont, thanks so much for taking time tonight. i appreciate it. >> my pleasure. >> next, roger stone's dirty tricks catch up with him again. the amazing scene that unfolded in court between the president's former political adviser and a federal judge, right after this. a federal judge, right after this. this is not a bed. it's a re

i have served with an awful lot of members in congress in the united states senate. nator to be sworn in, senator storey came in and did a history -- told us and said senator biden is leading to go and only 13 members who served longer than i had in the united states senate, which made me very upset -- [laughter] vice-president biden: i met a lot of great women and great men and only a few that i looked to and admired. but a few i looked up to, who i knew were better than i was at what they did. i knew they were more successful at what they set out to do than i was and john dingell was that man. and when john as debbie, asked me to be one of the speakers, i was flattered, but it has been my capacity to sum up a man if i had five days, do justice to john dingell. but he wanted us to celebrate today, celebrate his extraordinary life. and debbie, i know from experience as well losing john is like losing part of your soul. he was your soul, but what an amazing soul he was. u know, i think -- all of us owe the dingell family a lot for sharing john with us. as well as when

miner, as the daughter of a teacher and a newspaper man, as the first woman elected to the united states senaterom the tote of minnesota, announced my candidacy for president of the united states! applause]d >> [chanting] amy! amy! am runningchar: i for this job for every person who wants their work recognized and rewarded. i am running for every parent who wants a better world for their kids. i'm running for every student who wantsw a good education, for every senior who wants affordable prescription drugs, for every worker, farmer, dreamer, and builder. i am running for every american. i am running for you. i promise you this, as your president, i will look you in the eye, i will tell you what i think, i will focus on getting things down. t -- done. that is what i have done my whole life. no matter what, i will lead from the heart. [cheering] >> [chanting] amy! amy! okay, let me be blunt. for too long, leaders in washington have sat on the sidelines while others tried to figure out what to do about this changing economy and its impact on our lives. what to do about the disruptive nature of te

what does it mean to be a legislator, what does it mean to protect the institution of the united states senate? what is pat roberts doing? he's going to retire. i mean, this is going to be a very, very difficult vote for the president if this vote is taken. >> i want senator heitkamp with me whenever we're counting votes in the senate from now on. thank you, senator, for your invaluable perspective on this. jason, thank you for starting us off tonight. >>> the house judiciary committee believing it has evidence that matthew whitaker did indeed talk to president trump about the investigation of president trump and michael cohen. >>> and the president is headed to vietnam to meet the north korean dictator again, and his administration is reportedly taking advice on this meeting from russia. >>> and in tonight's "last word," donald trump is donald trump's worst enemy for reelection. it's absolute confidence in 30,000 precision parts. or it isn't. it's inspected by mercedes-benz factory-trained technicians. or it isn't. it's backed by an unlimited mileage warranty, or it isn't. for those who never

came on the day of july, 2017, he wrote, i have been trying to repeal and replace the united states senate since 1955 and here is no luck. yes, we are sad today, but he lived a life we could admire. i may have different opinions and philosophy with him, but i admired his will to fight in what he believed in. i admired the way he treated people who had different beliefs and i admired the way that he pleeved all sides should be heard. and i speak for everyone on this side of the aisle to convey our deepest sympathy and to debbie. and i ask that we lift up in our prayers for his soul to rest peacefully and to remember what he truly pleeved. public service matters. this country matters and the ability to work together so all americans will have a better tomorrow. yield back. mr. hoyer: i thank the majority leader for his remarks. mr. hoyer: john dingell wanted to repeal the senate but did he want to replace it? chairman dingell, i will tell you, i was with wednesday from approximately 4:00 p.m. on wednesday until 6:0 p.m. and debbie was there and your dad was there, andy, our dear colleague, s

not at all surprising for a typical trump opponent on twitter, but for a united states senator, united states senator wrote that. i've never heard language like that from a senator in all of my years on the senate floor as a senate staff member. and when you know the senator who said this, it's all the more surprising because mild mannered, respectful, that's always applied to this senator, who was a member of the house of representatives during the george w. bush administration and never said that about george w. bush's policy. he was never pushed to that point where he called it an ongoing foreign policy fire. it took the trump presidency to provoke that kind of rhetoric in this senator. that kind of written rage. the first time we saw this senator throw off his mild mannered polite senate shell was one of the most -- was when one of the most unbearable mass murders in america occurred in his state with a legally purchased assault rifle that murdered 20 kindergarten students and first graders and six educators in a school where those educators were trying to save those children's liv

and claire mccaskill served in the united states senate and watched senator lindsey graham grow from trump attacker to now the most fervent trump supporter in the united states senate. earlier this month on "morning joe," former senator mccaskill said, quote, lindsey graham has lost his mind. but it could just be lindsey graham is running for re-election. last year, lindsey graham was surely terrified by a south carolina poll that showed him with only a 51% approval rating among republicans in his state. that's the kind of number that could invite a republican primary challenge from an avid trump supporter, but then lindsey graham decided to become that avid trump supporter and now his approval rating in south carolina is 72% and so now lindsey graham is a lot less likely to face a primary challenge in south carolina next year. and lindsey graham is the most emphatic supporter of president trump's emergency declaration to build his wall. joining our discussion now is former senator claire mccaskill and former senate staffer, adam gentleson, whose op-ed piece in "the new york times" sa

and the same thing in the united states senate.py demeanor than some of my colleagues, but it doesn't mean i'm not steely and tough and can deal with it. >> you mentioned you were teasing president obama the other day. have you spoken with president obama about your plans to run? >> yes, i have, as have i think a number of candidates. i can't think of a better person to get advice from. and he seems, by the way, in a very good mood and working on his book and so proud of what michelle's been doing. >> did he tell you you should run? >> he gave me very good advice so -- >>lert, i'm going to try to pry that out of you during the commercial break and come back and say you wouldn't tell me. stay with us. back and say you wouldn't tell me stay with us because changing your attachments, whether it's for this job, this job or even this job, should be as easy as... what about this? changing your plans. nothing runs like a deere. yeah. run with us. search "john deere 1 series" for more. get your 1 series for just $99 a month at your john de

he wrote, i've been trying to repeal and replace the united states senate since 1955, and there's -- yes, we are sad today, but he lived a life we could admire. i may have difference opinion and philosophy with him, but i admired his will to fight for what he believed in. i admire the way he treated people that had different beliefs, and i admired the way he believed all sides should be heard. i speak for everyone on this side of the aisle to convey our deepest sympathies and to ebbie, whom i ask to lift up in our prayers to ask god to have his soul rest peacefully and to remember what he truly believed -- public service matters. this country matters. and the ability to work together so all americans will have a better tomorrow. yield back. mr. hoyer: i thank the majority eader for his remarks. mr. mccarthy: i thank the gentleman for the promotion. mr. hoyer: the spirit of john -- the spirit of john dingell was so present at that remark. now, john dingell apparently was not always right and he wanted to repeal the senate and then he wanted -- but he didn't want to replace it. john di

senator elizabeth warren just officially threw her name into the mix last hour. >> i stand here today to declare that i am a candidate for president of the united statesrowded field of democrats hoping to replace president trump. right now, senator booker is making the rounds in iowa. he's at a meet and greet in marshall town after a busy day and a half of campaigning in the crucial state. these candidates are entering the fray. take a look as the democrat party is dealing with one explosive new report. in virginia politics. the latest

conscience and courage among the members of the house of representatives and subsequently the united states senate to stand up for what the founding fathers wanted. they had had enough of king george telling them what to do. so they created this extraordinary government and separation of powers. where each had their responsibility. and video -- and the other could not tread on that responsibility and authority. that is what tomorrow's vote is about, not a wall, but the constitution. the wall is an important issue, but the constitution is a transcendent issue. the issue will be whether the congress of the united states will exercise the authority given to it under article one of the constitution. or whether it will abdicate its responsibilities. i hope that i hope that every member of the congress votes not for party, not for a president, but votes for a constitutional system that is preserved democracy for over two centuries because of the checks and balances that we talk so much about. therrow, we will have opportunity to commit ourselves to it, not just talk about it. i pray that the members of

and i think about it, wait a minute, man, you're a united states senator. no. this young white man with a family, with a business, he doesn't just sit there. he realizes that in life, you can't let your inability to do everything to undermine your determination, to do something. [applause] he said, i'm not a governor. i'm not a senator. but i believe in this world you've just got to do the best you can with what you have where you are. and he gets up and he starts calling around. does anybody need a little bit of legal help and he find this is woman named leeport, a young woman, she says, oh, hallelujah, thank you, i definitely need lawyers. the two of them, this was 1965, go to work. he starts organizing other lawyers to do the same thing and four years later he gets a case file, carey, carolyn, booker, my parents, and then he goes on to help us move into the home that i grew up in with great public schools, a great community that sent me off to college. now, think about this for a second. what is that chain reaction? what is that interdependence, that interco

there's legislation that we hope to move through the united states senate that would speak to the accountabilitye kingdom for this tragedy. i hope we can move such legislation. obviously the democrats don't control the agenda in the united states senate. we have more control in the house of representatives. we would hope this administration would have acted more decisively than they have but it's now up to congress to act. >> senator, thanks very much as always. >> thank you, jim. >>> beto o'rourke will decide if he is going to make a run for the white house by the end of this month, he says. the impact his entrance could have on an increasingly crowded race. with all that usaa offers why go with anybody else? we know their rates are good, we know that they're always going to take care of us. it was an instant savings and i should have changed a long time ago. we're the tenney's and we're usaa members for life. call usaa to start saving on insurance today. with expedia, i saved when i added a hotel to our flight. so even when she grows up, she'll never outgrow the memory of our adventure. unlock

ironer miner as the daughter of a teacher and a newspaper man as the first woman elected to the united states senate state of minnesota to announce my candidate cri for president of the united states. [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] >> i -- i am running for this job for every person who wants their work recognized and rewarded. i am running for every parent who wants a better world for their kids. i am running for every student who wants a good education, for every senior who wants affordable prescription drugs, for every worker, farmer, dreamer and builder, i am running for every american. i am running for you. [cheers and applause] >> and i promise you this, as your president i will look you in the eye, i will tell you what i think, i will focus on getting things done, that's what i've done my whole life and no matter what, i will lead from the heart. [cheers and applause] >> thank you. okay. let me be blunt, for too long leaders in washington have sat on the sidelines while others tried to figure out what to do about the changing economy and its impact on our lives, what to do about t

the united states senate and congress talk about infrastructure. we have to do something about the roads, bridges, highways, improve the economy, we have to get more jobs. but then when you get in the you don't hear much about how we pay for infrastructure. in light of national debt just went up $2 trillion in the last two years. now it is $22 trillion. do you raise gasoline tax, do you revisit the tax cuts which were passed by congress and say, you know what, maybe we were too generous in the corporate and going down to 21%. maybe we should revisit and go back up to 25%. maybe revisit the personal income tax. the high end, maybe remained at 39% as opposed -- how would you propose the funding mechanism for infrastructure major piece of legislation? sen. harris: the way i think of pieces.ere are two there is no question that we need to repeal that tax bill that gave benefits to the largest corporations in the top 1%. they don't need it. trillion ofer $1 burden on the american taxpayer and the american public. i also believe this, and i take my leave