thank you for joining us, senator klobuchar. >> thanks, jonathan. >> i want to start right where we left off there, the dni saying they are no longer going to brief in person, congress, particularly on this issue of election security. they say it's about leaks. your reaction? >> it's a complete outrage. you heard what the acting secretary just said. he said that foreign countries are continuing to try to break into our election. they are trying to influence our elections with disinformation, and this is not where you cut off congress from getting information. that's what happened in 2016. there wasn't enough information out there. now we know. we've learned a lesson, and i think the house is going to have to subpoena the director of intelligence in order to get information which is crazy. we are just a few months out of a major election, and i have already experienced this white house blocking my bipartisan election security bill which would have helped us years ago to beef up our efforts.

i thought she was the meanest, the most horrible, most disrespectful of anybody in the us senate.from what i understand, as being just about the most liberal person in the us senate. voiceover: slow joe and phoney kamala — perfect together, wrong for america. the trump campaign has already christened her ‘phoney kamala', a trojan horse for the radical left. but with today's launch and the messaging around it, joe biden and kamala harris are determined to define themselves, without any help from republican opponents. jon sopel, bbc news, wilmington, delaware. let's speak now to taylor griffin, republican strategist who worked in the white house under president george w bush. good to talk to you again. this is your business. how does the trump pencil ticket attack the biden harris ticket?” trump pencil ticket attack the biden harris ticket? i think what you heard in that package is exactly right, that the trump biden ticket will focus on things that they can attack, kamala harris on two appear extreme, a trojan horse for the left is the ad said. and that is where race really going t

i thought she was the meanest, the most horrible, most disrespectful of anybody in the us senate.i understand, as being just about the most liberal person in the us senate. voiceover: slow joe and phoney kamala — perfect together, wrong for america. the trump campaign has already christened her ‘phoney kamala', a trojan horse for the radical left. but with today's launch and the messaging around it, joe biden and kamala harris are determined to define themselves, without any help from republican opponents. jon sopel, bbc news, wilmington, delaware. julia manchester, from the hill, has been following this first event byjoe biden and kamala harris. we saw senator harris very much bring her prosecutorial skills and say the case against mike pence and donald trump was open and closed, we know she is ready to go on the attack line and been attacked dog for vice president biden going forward. additionally looking at the make—up of that, i think what you saw was the vice president and senator really trying to set an example in the year of coronavirus. we know and they both walked into th

i thought she was the meanest, the most horrible, most disrespectful, of anybody in the us senate.om what i understand, as being just about the most liberal person in the us senate. slow joe and phoney kamala, perfect together, wrong for america. the trump campaign has already christened her phoney kamala, a trojan horse for the radical left. but with the launch today and the messaging around it, joe biden and kamala harris are determined to define themselves, without any help from republican opponents. jon sopel, bbc news, wilmington, delaware. lets speak to our north america correspondent david willis. our correspondent david willis. landmark moment in w been our landmark moment in what's been an unusual presidential year so far given that we are in the middle of a pandemic. how much is kamala harris addition to the ticket a game changer? i think it could be. it certainly will energise the ticket. no question about that. we saw a very carefully choreographed event injoe bidens hometown of wilmington delaware. kamala harris introduced for the first time. and as i mentioned, the bi

i thought she was the meanest, the most horrible, most disrespectful, of anybody in the us senate.t i understand, as being just about the most liberal person in the us senate. slow joe and phoney kamala, perfect together, wrong for america. the trump campaign has already christened her ‘phoney kamala', a trojan horse for the radical left. but with today's launch and the messaging around it, joe biden and kamala harris are determined to define themselves, without any help from republican opponents. jon sopel, bbc news, wilmington, delaware. let's speak to our north america correspondent david willis. david, whatever your politics, this is a moment. it certainly is, mike, and these are of course extraordinary times, coronavirus and all, hence kamala harris made her campaign trail debut in front of a virtually deserted high school gymnasium in joe biden‘s hometown of delaware. joe biden described ms harris as somebody who is ready to do the job on day one and described it as a battle for the soul of america. and speaking of the third anniversary of the riots in cha rlottesville in ann

joining us is senator amy klobuchar. thanks for joining us. >> well, thank you >> what is your sense of the state of play? and what do you think the president means and what do you think he could do? >> well, first of all, the negotiations are going on strong they have been, as you know, for a week, and we want to get something done we have to 20 weeks of over a million people filing unemployment claims the president himself, let me quote him, saying it's going to get worse before it gets better. jerome powell at the federal reserve talking about the fact that there just aren't going to be enough jobs in the short term for people it's one, why i want to get joe biden elected president, because i think he's going to put in a team and policies that are going to put us on the right course, but it's also why i believe we need to do something immediately. we just can't put our heads in the sand i think. >> we can talk about the election in a minute on this specific issue, why

us. >> senator kamala harris coming out swinging in her first speech as joe biden's new running mate. >> this could be the worst fall from a public health perspective we've ever had. >> a sobering new coronavirus warning from the director of the cdc. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. this is "early start." i'm christine romans. >> i'm laura jarrett. it's thursday, august 13th here in new york. >> 82 days to the election. we begin here with kamala harris laying out her first speech as joe biden's running mate. >> everything we care about, our economy, our health, our children, the kind of country we live in, it's all on the line. we're reeling from the worst public health crisis in a century. america is crying out for leadership. we're experiencing a moral reckoning with racism and systemic injustice that has brought a new coalition of conscience to the streets of our country demanding change. >> harris and biden making their first appearance together in biden's home state of delaware on the same stage but socially distanced. harris sharply criticized the

trump campaign wants to score a point against senator harris, she supported the green new deal, hawed onsly hemmed and medicare for all. there's a lot they can use against senator harris, but they didn't seem to use any of it and they seemed unclear on what their message was and is going to be. >> if you are a political junkie, if you enjoy taking a deep dive in 2020, now would be the time to call in. josh is our guest. phone lines to call in, as 48-8001,02-7 20-2-748-8000,

once rivals, but now running mate senator kamala harris joins joe biden's race to the white house our team coverage on an historic moment in us politics california senator bay area native column, kamala harris was a typo there and threw me off she is now the presumptive democratic nominee for vice president catherine heenan host of inside bay area politics joins us now with reaction from political analysts catherine hamon can you really cannot argue that joe biden short list of potential running mates that was going to make history whatever the final decision i asked some of our political analyst tonight what they think about the choice of kamala harris we talk to malia cohen chair of the california state board of equalization and david mckeown david is chair of the put a whole lot of political science department at sonoma state university i think it he has selected a winner and i definitely know he has selected a fighter so he's got he's not he's surrounding himself is building a team of people that will slide to implement the platforms in the values that many democrats are looking to see this is a person who challenge him o

harris started a second term and a now said she was running for us senate. then she was elected in 2016 and then in 2019 senator harris announced that she was running for president and now in 2020. she is joe biden's running mate. early on while senator harris was on the presidential campaign trail. i'm floor had a chance to sit down with her for a one on one interview and we asked her what it would take to win the democratic nomination. at the end of the day people are going to want to know that the person is going to be on that stage in the general election. >>has a proven track record of actually getting things done. and fighting for people. the way i have fought for homeowners in california during the big battle with the banks over the foreclosure crisis. they're going to want to know the people that you have a track record of actually getting things done around. and she's like reform of the criminal justice system which i've been a leader on nationally they're going to want to know that year the fighting for the rights of women and children that have a l

us election. the fifty—five year old california senator is the first black woman to run on a major presidential ticketamerica. they take on donald trump in three months‘ time — his campaign team has already weighed in, saying ‘americans will resoundingly reject‘ the pair at the ballot box. the main opposition leader in belarus flees the country after disputing the presidential election result. the people of beirut observe a minute‘s silence, marking the moment an explosion ripped through the city — one week on. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world —— stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. i‘m tim willcox. it is official, after months of speculation and 84 days before election day the democratic nomineejoe biden has picked his running mate. and if elected senator kamala harris is set to make history as the first black female vice president in the nation‘s history — and the first african american to hold the position. the daughter of immigrants — ms harris was only the second african american women ever elected to the senate. taking to

>>host: senator this is a question i've never asked a us senator before, how tall are you? >> when i went through to get my clearance i weighs 5-foot three and a half on a good day i think i've gotten shorter over time. but i was a little too short. my leg length was okay that i'm sorry my sitting height was okay my total height was a little short so it was my leg length i couldn't quite meet the standards like you have to be this tall to ride the ride. but they put me in the cockpit because everybody is a little bit different can you see over the dashboard in civilian terms can you reach the break and the writers push hard for rudder because that's how you get out of a spin. can you function? and i passed all the test so i was cleared to fly by the flight surgeon and instructor pilot but bureaucrats kept telling me i could not fly because of an arbitrary number they came up with. we pushed hard and went through creative rounds that i share in their to fly. not many people go through that but they can relate to be frustrated with people trying to take their dream away. are

kamala harris, the only black woman in the us senate, has been nominated as joe biden's the us senate candidate. she accused donald trump of turning tragedies into political weapons, she it. earlier the former us president barack 0bama warned the very future of american democracy was at stake in november's hole as mr trump is seeking real action. that is the third night of the democratic convention now. business in a moment, don't go away. southern parts of ireland are feeling the full force of storm ellen. here in the uk, also very blustery. the winds will increase in many parts of the uk over the next couple of days or so. it is likely to be very unsettled with the storm closely spinning by. now the worst of the weather has gone over southern parts of ireland, where the destructive winds and places have been. we are just to the east of the storm, so winds will be pretty strong around the coast of cornwall, western fringes of wales, but it will be particularly windy in northern ireland too. now having said that, the weather actually doesn't look too bad at all for most of us on thurs

she then began a second term and announced that she was running for us senate was she was elected back in 2016. then in 2019 senator harris announced that she was running for the presidency and now this year just yesterday. she was announced as the vice presidential ticket with joe biden. there's a long list of san francisco city leaders who worked with harris as she climbed the political ladder. kron four's michelle kingston shares how harris's former colleagues are reacting to her on the democratic ticket. >>we spoke to a number of people here in san francisco who worked very closely with paris here is that they had to say. >>about the announcement is a store i'm excited and home owners are excited and understand the importance of what this election means in terms of where this country is going and how it's going to be enhanced and driven by her name her leadership on this taking paul henderson worked with kamala harris as a prosecutor when she was a san francisco district attorney thomas certainly was outstanding in her field. >>and i think will be an outstanding vice president luis

. >> joining us now democratic senator richard blumenthal of connecticut. senator, good to see you. i guess i have to ask you. remind our viewers about how this works. you and your colleagues have been briefed about stuff that alarms you, but you are not free to tell us about it because it is classified information. >> we go to a room that is debugged and set aside specifically for the top secret briefings. we read documents there. we take no notes. and we're sworn to secrecy. but the american people need to know. in fact, when you think about it, the foreign maligned actors know what they're doing. they know what they are doing and that we know what they're doing. the ones kept in the dark are the american people, and they need to know about these deeply

senator, thank you for joining us.st heard from a very prominent democratic pollster that the idea that kamala harris some kind of a liberal out on the left is completely absurd and that she's actually kind of right in the mainstream of american politics on the center-left. is that your experience? >> oh, not at all. she is one of the most liberal, consistently one of the most liberal members of the u.s. senate. he is for sanctuary cities, for open borders, she is not supportive of the second amendment, we've kind of joked about it and would confiscate your guns. she is for bernie sanders' socialized medicine. is she is for letting felons vote from prison. he is for the green new deal. and she's been out marching with the mob in washington d.c. she is solidly, squarely on the left, and she and joe biden are going to be the most leftist party nominees that the democrats have ever put forward. gerry: now, her defenders point to her record as attorney general of california where she seemed to be quite keen to be put all k

and then moved on to the us senate.rnance of various bodies. so she brings experience, she brings energy and she brings diversity. and i think thatis she brings diversity. and i think that is incalculable and encapsulates essentially all that she contributes to the campaign. we have been hearing that among those who think this is a good pick perhaps are those on wall street. is she centrist enough? what do you think the left—wing, the progressive wing of the democrats will make of her? those who wanted bernie sanders or perhaps elizabeth warren. will they be happy enough to for themselves into campaigning for kamala harris? i think that is an interesting question especially for us politics. when you think about people who are very leftist, you typically think about people who really wa nt typically think about people who really want kind of policies that are a little bit more focused on how do we make the economy work for everybody. how do we make sure that we have the kinds of social safety net that other developed cou

joining us is louisiana senator bill cassidy he's a member of the joint finance companies. it's great to see you today. thank you for being here i know this is breaking news but your thoughts on smaller and mid-sized markets getting cut out after the funding that some of these airlines have received and are still looking for? >> well, obviously, their air traffic is low we have a public health crisis which is just turning into a ball of wax. the education and the business cycle, if you will we've got to take care of that public health crisis and everything else opens up lake charles can have a booming economy. 20 billion in announced construction projects being announced there. if folks are worried about travel, they're not going to travel >> yeah. your state is one of the ones that's been hit hard by covid. i think every state has. i think moody's has said louisiana is facing a 46% decline in revenue for fiscal 2020 to fiscal 2021. how do you handle that what needs to happen

maria: so now, we know senator graham told us, weeks ago, that the fbi briefed the senate intel committee about the dossier, in february of 2018, a year after

this is bbc news, the headlines: kamala harris, the only black woman in the us senate, has been formallysjoe biden's vice presidential candidate. if the democrats win the november electiion, she would become the first female vice president in us history. hillary clinton and barack obama were among those who spoke in favour of the nomination. opposition supporters remain on the streets of belarus, as eu leaders agreed to impose sanctions on those involved in repression and election fraud in belarus. they have described the violence against demonstrators as unacceptable. thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes near the us city of san francisco, as a number of fast moving wildfires swept through the region. police have been going from door to door, urging people to leave. the governor of california has declared a state of emergency.

this is bbc news, the headlines: kamala harris, the only black woman in the us senate, has been formally nominated at the democratic convention asjoe biden‘s vice presidential candidate. if the democrats win the november electiion, she would become the first female vice president in us history. hillary clinton and barack obama were among those who spoke in favour of the nomination. opposition supporters remain on the streets of belarus, as eu leaders agreed to impose sanctions on those involved in repression and election fraud in belarus. they have described the violence against demonstrators as unacceptable. thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes near the us city of san francisco, as a number of fast moving wildfires swept through the region. police have been going from door to door, urging people to leave. the governor of california has declared a state of emergency. now on bbc news, it's hardtalk, where zeinab badawi speaks to former singaporean diplomat kishore mahbubani, who believes that covid—19 has fundamentally weakened the west. come to hardtalk with me, zeina

senator sanders: let's say that again. i want everybody to hear. united states of america, ealthiest -- ms. tlaib: he does this jamaal. he'll get used to it. senator sanders: i'm helping articulate it. ms. tlaib: bernie, i'm letting know what ids happens. ok. senator sanders: it's hard raising kids, isn't it? trying to raise her and look what i get. ms. tlaib: you're talking about school districts right now that are talking about, one, you is , obviously the pandemic preventing a full opening. also, they're already seeing going to be huge deficits. they can't have five-day week schools. they are talking about two days again, the loss of revenue, $305 billion they need right now. far.s the estimation so that's with the pandemic. t's been now six, seven -- eight months. did i do it right? did i do it right? senator sanders: that was pretty good. ms. tlaib: what do you want me say? listen, i think everybody that's listening knows this -- our kids don't come first anywhere. i don't understand. like, oh, eople are my god. look. why are you guys doing this or and not -- the absurdity of it. airlines.bout oh, my gosh, we have to save the airlines.

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he says it is unlikely the bill will pass through the republican—led us senate.is marked ‘return to sender‘ by the senate majority leader. the republicans control the senate. and while they will get some votes from republicans if this were to come to the floor in the senate, there are vulnerable republican senators who are hearing a lot of complaints from their constituents, especially in ruralareas, there's just not enough votes as a stand—alone bill as it is, and the president of course is also threatening to veto it. what kind of changes in the postal service most worry the democratic party, causing them to try to pass this bill? well, there were a number of concerns. the most visible were removal of the sorting machines in the post offices. what the post office officials were saying is this actually was to make the post office more efficient because they handle less letters and more packages, and they need room for those packages. but, of course, in this election year, with a pandemic, there are going to be a lot of ballots sent in, which are not packages, an

come away harris has accepted the democratic party's nomination for vice president of the us the senator from california became the 1st woman of color on a major party ticket democrats are hoping that alongside presidential nominee joe biden harris will galvanize voters to unseat donald trump heiress that trump's presidency has cost lives and livelihoods. a historic 1st for the democrats and for america come along harris is the 1st black and the 1st asian american woman on a presidential ticket and she laid out her vision for the nation we can do better and deserve so much more we must elect a president who will bring something different something better and do the important work a president who will bring all of us together black white latino asian indigenous to achieve the future we collectively want. democrats and positioning biden harris as a chance to really gain a foothold in a time of chaos the evening centered on strong female voices united behind the pair have a bridging of the democratic old guard with after the last election. used his address to rebuke trump saying he never to

responsible for a number of armed robberies and bombings in the early 80s including bombing of the us senate. they have the history of communist radicals and learned the lessons of the 60s in 70s that makes them extremely dangerous. it gives them excellence connections across the radical left spectrum they can use for support and fundraising and political support so that makes them exceedingly dangerous. >> dick durbin in that soundbite is talking about right-wing extremism and talking about left-wing protests. who does he think are the ones trying to burn down the federal courthouse? did anybody put them on the spot about the obvious evidence of left-wing radicals trying to do a lot of damage in this country for the last 60, 70 days? >> senator ted cruz tried to get them to condemn antifa or admit that antifa even exists and they simply would not do it. the attempts to claim damage being done in portland and elsewhere is being done primarily by far right extremists or white supremacists even though groups like antifa openly post on their website their own responsibility and after action rep

institutions by certain measures are more racist now than they were 60 years ago for example the us senatewhich is the upper house of congress actually it is less representative of blacks and more unfair of towards blacks in terms of representation than it was in 1960 so the american government is actually in some ways more just now from the needs of ordinary working class people than it was 60 years ago. wealth polarization is shooting through the roof and political instability is growing yeah it is obviously a highly politically charged issue how do you think the b.l.m. movement over perceived racial injustice is going to affect the november election because we have seen polls before recently in fact you know there's a silent majority there are looking at those scenes and say well we don't want to the happen in our community and on includes both black and white communities as well so you know it's not going to be a straight forward is that a saying you know there's going to be a way vonte trump voting this november it's going to be more nuanced like that is it not. i believe it is going

going to come back to a jury and in just a moment but 1st i'd like you to take a listen to what the us senator edward kennedy said about john human back in 1907 when i think john hume was an. indispensable and sort of awakening among american politicians in the 1970 s. that the most effective way that we could begin advance the course of peace is to reduce or terminate to the extent possible of financial support for bombs and bullets so how important were his efforts to securing u.s. backing for the peace process. again that that backing which is crucial it didn't really come to fruition until the clinton administration in the early ninety's but throughout the seventy's and eighty's arash a mark of a very powerful force in american politics was itself split between those who want to provide ammunition we surely to the republican movement and those like kennedy to summerize of acedia are for american fitted figures who backed him in trying to press for a negotiated a constitutional settlement around power sharing and both of those things actually seemed impossible in terms of ultimate solutions

senate candidate lieutenant colonel daniel date. appreciate it and thank you for your service would you have given so much to this country. tell us to run for senate. >> this is all about leadership and what we desperately need is leaders willing to stand up and my opponents, i'm a career servant. rob: mark warner is a critical democrat, but i would not consider far left as far as spectrum of democrats go in this country but you say he caved to the welcome mob and we saw a lot of that. >> all democrats are complicit, mark warner drifting to the hard left, goes where his party tells him to go. not the moderate you think he is. he is as far left as the rest of these folks. rob: what did he do that disappointed you so much? >> not what he has done but what he hasn't done. he hasn't said anything about the fact that richmond is looking like ramani these days in portland is looking like ramani where i lost a leg. we should have hard conversations and i'm willing to leave those hard conversations. rob: we have so much video of what democrats call protests and republicans car riots in this country. they struggle to see the video for wha

us senator.

. >> a us senator walking outside and those four policemen should be brought over to the white house and we are to give them a metal of some kind. >> senator paul and his wife said they felt their lives were in great danger and says democrats of lost it. >> you weren't guilty you weren't threatened, the police saved our lives because these funds would have killed us. >> jim banks called out nancy pelosi for her rhetoric against her political rivals. >> we take an oath to protect and defend the constitution from all enemies foreign and domestic and sadly domestic enemies to our floating system are at 1600 pennsylvania avenue. >> reporter: critics say joe biden and democrats have been slow to condemn violence including an american cities. >> joe biden is weak. >> reporter: many democrats are pushing biden and his running mate on the campaign trail. >> looking forward to this campaign and connecting with the american people in every way. joe, that's something we have in common, we love to interact with people. >> reporter: biden will campaign in two battleground states after labor day wa

us this evening. nevada state senate leader. ing us now is the person who they will face in court, a democratic voting rights attorney. mark, i thought of you today because i listened to president trump saying absentee voting is great. it's fine. he even does it. lots of people in trump orbit do absentee voting but vote by mail is terrible. and my brain can't get my head around what the difference is. >> there isn't any difference. thank you for having me on. and no matter how many times donald trump and his minions try to contort or confuse, the fact is that their lawyers in federal court in pennsylvania filed a pleading in which they said the two terms, vote by mail and mail-in voting are used interchangeably. that's because they are used interchangeably. they both are ways in which individuals who don't want to go to the polls because they're out of town or they don't want to risk illness with covid are able to receive a ballot in the mail and return it. >> there seem to be two distinctions the president is making. one of them

basically the concern is that this member of the senate might be taking some russian disinformation and using it policy wise in the senate in an official which will be playing into russia's hand. we're worried about china over things like huawei, tiktok, and other things like that. mobile apps. we're worried about russia in terms of actually driving senate investigative hearings. what is the next thing to keep our eye out for? >> we are 80 days from an election in which donald trump is trailing badly. it does surprise me they'd be amplifying russian propaganda. the key thing here is that russia is active. they are working this. i'll make a prediction. the next lines of propaganda attacks out of the russian federation will go to the issue of mail-in balloting. trump is trying to use the coronavirus to say we shouldn't have votes counted from people who mail them in. i think trump believes this is a weakness on his part if there is a wave of mail-in ballots against him. and i predict that russia will try to curry favor with donald trump. after all, he is still the commander-in-chief. try to cur

. >> joining us now is senator jody kurtz, a republican from iowa. she's written a new memoir called daughter of the heartland . senator, what prompted you to write this book at this time? >> thank you peter so much. it has been a journey of love for me. i grew up in southwest iowa, a very rural part of the state and the perseverance, the dedication, the hard work that my parents taught me really has carried me through so many different challenges in my lifetime. opportunities in my lifetime and i wanted to tell the story that could be uplifting . certainly people will face challenges throughout their lifetime but we all should understand that those challenges don't necessarily have to define us. i'm just blessed that we live in a great united states of america and have these opportunities and i that's what i hope to share in this story with other people. >> the book is relatively revealing and we will goes through some of those things but was not tough to expose yourself like that ? >> it was very hard. i've been through a number of significant chal

senator cory booker joins us now. senator booker, thanks for being with us. you and senator harris have a long friendship. you competed against each other during the race. when you reflect on this moment both from a political standpoint but also as an american, what does it mean for the race and the country? >> well, i mean i'm so happy. it's been hard to control myself feeling joy. you have to understand i've known kamala, so i know her as a friend and a sister. even when we were campaigning against each other, i'd always remind the press, there may be sibling rivalry, but don't lose the understanding that we're still family. and so don't mess with her. and so i just -- the woman that i know, let's set aside everything about the historic nature, gender, race, and more. i'm just telling you, i've worked with her behind closed doors when the work is getting done and seen how competent and qualified, how focused on the detail, how great of a negotiator she is. and then i've seen her in the larger context where america has seen her, someone who is so profoundly c

. >> senator, this is a question i have never asked a us senator before but it's apropos to you. how tall are you? >> when i went through trying to get my pilot clearance i was about five foot 3 and a half on a good day. i think you get shorter over time when you get older but i was a littletoo short . but my sitting life, sorry my sitting life, that was short so my leg length was the issue. i couldn't quite meet the standards read like kids you got to be this tall to ride this ride what they did is they put us through sittings in the cockpit because everybody's a littlebit different . can you see over the dashboard to put it in civilian terms,can you reach the brakes and the runners , can you wish hard old runner because that's what you do to get out of thespin . you have to be able to do that can you function in the cockpit and i pass all those tests so i was cleared to fly by the flight surgeon, by the instructor pilot that i kept having bureaucrats that i couldn't fly because of some arbitrary number that they came up with so we pushed hard, we did some creative routes and i

letting the russians manipulate us or try to manipulate us. >> senator schumer, thanks for your time this morning. >> thank you, george. >>> let's get a white house response from the president's top economic adviser, larry kudlow. thank you for joining us. this morning, let me give you a chance to respond senator schumer. you saw him right there saying that the president's proposal are weak, narrow and unworkable. >> well, look, i think that providing significant economic assistance, even though the numbers are coming in very strong, good jobs number on friday, declining unemployment, we've created over 9 million jobs in three months, that's record. there's still a lot of hardship out there and heartbreak out there. the point that president trump made yesterday is that on a several occasions we tried to get, for example, a compromised deal on the unemployment assistance, which ran out, the federal unemployment assistance, that's a key point. and another key point is the eviction moratorium because the democrats rejected various compromises, at least twice to my knowledge. the presiden

he became a us senator here for delaware when he was just 29 years old and thejoke is he was just 29ld and the joke is that pretty much every four years since 1980, he has talked about running for president and he has three times. so, could this be his moment as america faces this unprecedented crisis. the argument the democratic party is making is that he has the experience. for eight years, he was at the side of iraq obama. here barack obama help shape economic policy that led america out of the last great recession in 2008. he has the skills, experience to do it this time. but of course, he is 77, can he motivate and inspire young voters can he inspire and lead and it is the message tonight to see if he can do this. part of his talent of course is to say yes, i am be changed candidate, i have a different vision. but i am also a kind of transition candidate to the next generation. that seems a difficult tightrope to walk. it is a complicated ones. he has referred to himself as a transitionalfigure but he has referred to himself as a transitional figure but i choosing kamala harris

senator menendez, housing counseling bill. there are so many others. they're before us. we have the opportunity to do the right thing here. the senate just needs to do its part by making sure those homes are safe and stable, by passing legislation that's going to have a positive impact on so many americans across this country. so, mr. president, thank you for listening. thank you to my colleagues for at least having the ability and the will to try to do something through the legislation that was introduced. but now more needs to be done. we can't just introduce legislation. now it's time to do our jobs as senators, to come to the floor of the senate, bring the legislation to the floor and debate it. let the american public actually see us work and do our jobs that we promised them we would be doing. it's okay to debate legislation. it's okay to compromise and come forth with good government and good policy that's going to lift all of us up. that's what the senate should be doing. and that's what i look forward to for my colleagues. so thank you, mr. president. i yield the

us. amy: former presidential candidate senator cory booker of new jersey accused president trump of failing to help working people. >> working people are under attack. the wealth gap grows. our middle class shrinks. poverty persists. last week, donald trump said our economy is doing good while 40 million americans are at risk of losing their homes, 30 million are not getting enough to eat, and 5.4 million people have lost their health care because of this crisis. he has failed d us. senator cory booker also took part in a tapeded conversation with six of his former rivals, amy klobuchar, pete buttigieg, bernie sanders, andrew yang,g, elizabeth wararr, and beto o'rourke. former housing secretary julian castro, the only latinx presidenential canandidate i ine 2020 race,e,as not invited. congresswoman tulsi gabbard was also not invited to speak at the convention e even though she won two pledged delegates. the former republican mayor of new york mike bloomberg, who spent more than a billion dollars on his faiailed bid to n the democratic nomination, was given one of the most prominent speaking

. >> this is a question i've never asked a us senator before but it's apropos to you, how tall are you ? >> where i went through trying to get my pilot clearance i was five foot three and a half on a good day. i think you get shorter over time when you get older but i was a little too short to get into flying red my leg length is okay but my sitting was okay but my total height was a little bit short so that was my leg length was the issue. where i couldn't quite meet the standards like i said, you've got to be this tall to ride this ride but what they did is they put us through settings in the cockpit to make sure because everybody's a little bit different can use c over the dashboard. to put it in civilian terms, can youreach the brakes and the runners, can you push hardfold runner because that's what you do to get out of the spin . you have to be able to do that . can you function in the cockpit and i passed all those tests so iwas cleared to fly flight surgeon , by the instructor pilot but i kept having bureaucrats say i couldn't fly because of some arbitrary number that they came