whitehouse? >> pro-choice. christmas whitehouse to support abolishing i.c.e.? >> i support abolishing i.c.e. >> mr. flanders? >> or certainly do not appear quick to support mr. flanders or oppose legalizing recreational marijuana at the federal level? >> not at this time. >> mr. whitehouse? >> nor do i. >> mr. flanders if elected would you vote for mitch mcconnell as republican leader in the senate? >> it would you -- it would depend on the situation. >> i would not appear. >> there is no question mr. mcconnell is going anywhere. would you support him? >> depending who is running against him. it would depend. >> mr. whitehouse? if elected would you support chuck schumer as democratic leader in the senate? >> yes, i think he's done a terrific job. >> mr. whitehouse, what letter grade would you give president donald trump for his job performance in office so far? >> probably a d for dangers. >> i would say b monitor policy and c- for tweeting and other personal characteristics. >> average is about

whitehouse, thank you. mr. flanders: let's remove john mccain also called him a socialist ordering on a communist. he may have a friendship with a man but he called it like it is. when you climate change in washington and that's why running. unfortunately, the capital hearings illustrative what a hyper partisan senator whitehouse has become. he disgraced himself and immerses all. he has been rooted the knife of partisan senator in washington. if you want to continue the kind of hyper partisanship gridlock that was the washington, you should vote for senator whitehouse. if you want a guy who is when work with both sides to get things done on immigration come on health care, on infrastructure, and on the opioid crisis, that i'm your man. i've had a history of working across the aisle, in central falls that it would had to be done to get to a better result there and the city is now haley itself is a comeback city. wondering the same problem solving skills to washington. given the chance to do that. let's enforce a

whitehouse: i don't believe so. we had a hearing the woman who was the career person at the drug enforcement administration who runs the program, the dwergz program shee runs it and was asked did it interfere with enforcement any way, and she said to us, under oath, no. in the bill itself just in case there were any problems we put in a reporting requirement, and the administration has never come back to us with a report there was a problem with the bill. if there were real problem i think they would have come back to us. plus hundred senators everyperson in the house and president obama all supported it o, so it would be quite a strong thing to have that away of people interfering with enforcement it's not consistent with my record and not consistent with the facts as enunciated by the woman who runs the program. >> tim: let me bring in mr. flanders. it is correct that bill passed by unanimous scent, republican did have a cosponsor do you accept that response 1234 can. >> bob: no i don't accept that response it was

and if senator whitehouse. that was a pressing issue, i don't think he's done very much in his 12 years to make that happen. >> each candidate gets a one minute closing statement the order of which was drawn randomly prior to this debate. first up, mr. whitehouse, your one minute closing statements. >> thank you very much. this is my chance to ask you with humility and respect, for your vote in november. i hope that i've shown to you i'm capable of handling both sides of my job. one important side of my job is to fight back when things are wrong for rhode island or wrong for the country or wrong on principle. and when i see those things happening, i will agree i am relentless. at the same time, it is also important to work together. and the rankings of me as one of the most effective senators, a flood of bipartisan legislation passed, the close friendship with john mccain and others signals show that i do a good job also at getting things done in bipartisan fashion. i ask you for your vote and your support and

>> whitehouse: we're not just entirely logical people.in humans, and that's true in senators. >> this man is not a monster! >> whitehouse: and so, when somebody goes into the breach in full on battle mode, if they're not making a fool of themselves, it's a rallying point. and i think you saw that happen in the room. >> to my republican colleagues... >> whitehouse: lindsey rallied the republicans. >> if you vote no, you're legitimizing the most despicable thing i have seen in my time in politics. the committee's republican majority includes lindsey graham of south carolina and john kennedy of louisiana. >> pelley: she said it was brett kavanaugh 100%. >> kennedy: she did, and i believe she is sincere. nobody is going to ever figure out what happened. they're not. something happened to her, and something very, very bad happened to her, and i am very, very sorry. but they both said 100%. she said it happened. judge kavanagh said it didn't 100%, so what do you do? >> pelley: senator graham worries that the senate's constitutional role of "adv

he's around and sheldon whitehouse. ... property is essential to maintain america's longstanding position as the world leader in music and entertainment. and when they say world leader, it's world leader, by far. it's not even close. this legislation accomplishes that goal by updating our licensing laws to reflect the significant growth in streaming and digital music. today, we build on america's rich cultural and musical legacy, which brings joy and meaning to countless millions and millions and millions of americans, and beyond, frankly. and beyond. so with that, i'm pleased to sign the hatch-goodlatte music modernization act. it's my honor. hearing about it for so many years, and we're finally getting it done. and these people are going to become even richer than they are, but that's okay. because they really were, they were treated very unfairly. a lot of people got nothing. they'd do an incredible song and they'd end up getting nothing. they'd create some of the most incredible music, some great music, and they would n

worked along with sheldon whitehouse and we want to thank you both. appreciate it. i know you worked very hard on that. and mrs. sullivan, thank you very much for being here. appreciate it very much. secretary of commerce, wilbur ross who worked with the senators and administrator admiral tim gallaudet. you are here and thank you for being here, tim. great job you are doing. every year, over eight million tons of garbage is dumped into our beautiful oceans by many countries of the world. that includes china and japan and that includes many, many countries. this waste, trash, and debris harms not only marine life, but

that's senator dan sullivan who's been absolutely terrific worked along with sheldon whitehouse and these two have been spearheading something that's very important and we want to thank you both shelton think you just heard it here much you appreciate it really it is i know you work very hard and work well together and mr sullivan thank you very much for being here we appreciate it very much and we have secretary of commerce wilbur ross who worked along with the senators and acting n.o.a.a. administrator admiral tim gallaudet you're here and thank you for being here it's a great job you do every year over eight million tons of garbage is dumped into our beautiful oceans by many countries of the world that includes china that includes japan that includes many many countries this waste trash and debris harms not only marine life but also fishermen coastal economies along america's best rations the bad news as it floats toward us i've seen. pictures recently and you

that's senator dan sullivan, who has been absolutely terrific, worked along with sheldon whitehouse and these two have been spearheading something that is very important and we want to thank you both. sheldon,. >> thank you, mr. president. >> we appreciate it. you worked very hard. >> we worked well together. >> mr. sullivan, thank you for being here. we appreciate it very much. we have secretary of commerce wilbur ross who worked along with the senators. acting noaa administrator admiral kim galadet you're here. thank you for being here, kim. thank you very much. great job you're doing. every year over eight million tons of garbage is dumped into our beautiful oceans by many countries of the world. that includes china. that includes japan. that includes many, many countries. this waste, trash debris harms not only marine life, fishermen,

whitehouse: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. whitehouse: mr. president, may i first ask unanimous consent that the pending quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: thank you, mr. president. may i also ask unanimous consent that ryan edwards and kim bentsen, triple a fellows in my office be granted floor privileges for the remainder of this congress. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: may i finally ask unanimous consent that at the conclusion of my remarks, the senator from new hampshire, senator shah sheen, be recognized -- senator shaheen be recognized. she will be picking up at the end of my remarks. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: thank you, mr. president. it is a real pleasure to be joined on the senate floor today by senator jeanne shaheen of new hampshire. senator shaheen has been a tireless advocate for clean energy and is the senate's bipartisan champion on energy

thank the members of .ongress with us senator dan sullivan has been terrific, worked with sheldon whitehouse. these two have been spearheading something that is important. we want to thank you. i know you worked hard. you.ullivan thank we appreciate it. we have secretary of commerce wilbur ross who worked along with the senators. and kim gallaudet. thank you for being here. avery year 8 million kinds of garbage is dumped into our beautiful oceans by many countries of the world. that includes china. that includes many countries. marine life, fishermen, coastal economies, the bad news is it flows toward us. i have seen pictures recently. some of you have seen them where this vast, tremendous unthinkable amount of garbage is floating into our coast. in particular along the west coast. it.re charged with removing it comes from other countries, takes six months to flow here. is unbelievably bad for the oceans. 8 million tons of garbage is dumped into our beautiful oceans. , 8n you think of that number million tons. probably more than that based on what i have seen and the work i have seen being d

whitehouse. >> no. >>> mr. wicker. >> aye. >>> mr. wyden. >> no summ. >>> mr. young. >> aye. >>> with my friend the senator from montana, senator daines, who is walking his daughter down the aisle this afternoon, if he were present and voting, he would have voted aye. i have voted no. the pair will not change the outcome of the vote. i therefore withdraw my vote. >>> the senator has that right. >>> senators voting in, alexander barrasso, boseman, burr, capito, collins, corker, cotton, crapo, cruz, enzi, ernst, fischer, flake, gardner, graham, grassley, hatch, heller, hovan, hyde-smith, inhofe, isak son, johnson, kennedy, kyle, lankford, lee, manchin, mcconnell, moran, paul, perdue, portman, risch, roberts, rounds, rubio, sasse, scott, shelby, sullivan, thune, tillis, toomey, wicker, young. >>> senators voting in the negative -- bald within, benet, blumenthal, casey, coons, cortez masto, donnelly, duckworth, durbin, fine sign, gillibrand, harris, has san, heinrich, heitkamp, hirono, jones, kaine, king, klobuchar, lakie, menendez, merkley, murray, nelson, peters,

whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. widen. mr. young. >> with my friend the senator from montana, senator daines who is walking his daughter down the aisle this afternoon, if he were present and voting, he would have voted aye. i have voted no. the pair will not change the outcome of the vote. i therefore withdraw my vote. >> the senator has that right. >> senators voting in the affirmative, alexander, barrasso, blunt, bozeman, burr, cassidy, collins, corker, cornyn, cotton, crepo, cruz, enzi, ernst, fisher, flake, gardner, graham, grassley, hatch, heller, hoeven, hyde smith, inhofe, isaac son, johnson, kennedy, kyle, langford, lee, manchin, mcconnell, moran, paul, perdue, portm portman, rubio, sasse, scott, shelby, sullivan, thune, tillis, toomey, wicker, young -- >> senators voting in the negative, baldwin, bennett, blumenthal, booker, can't well, harden, casey, coons, donnelly, duckworth, durbin, feinstein, gillibrand, harris, heinrich, heitkamp, hirono, jones, cain, king, markey, mccaskell, murray, nelson, peters, reed, sander

whitehouse. mr. wicker. >> aye. >> mr. wyden. >> no. >> mr. young. >> aye. >> senators voting in the affirmative, alexander, burasso, blunt, bozeman, burr, caputo, cassidy, collins, corker, cornyn, cotton, crapo, cruz, danes, enzi, earnest, fisher, flake, gardener, graham, grassley, hatch, heller, hovan, heightsmith, inhofe, isaacson, kennedy, kyle, lankford, mcconnell, moran, paul, perdue, portman, rish, roberts, rounds, rubio, sasse, scott, shelby, sullivan, thune, tillis, toomey, wicker, and young. mr. manchin, aye. senators voting in the negative. baldwin, bennett, booker, brown, cantwell, carden, casey, coons, duckworth, cortez masto, feinstein, gillibrand, harris, hinrich, kaine, klobuchar, leahy, markey, murkley, murphy, murray, nelson, peters, schatz, smith, stabenow, tester, u doll, warren, whitehouse, and wyden. mr. sanders, no. mr. lee, aye. ms. hassan, no. >> mr. jones. no. mr. johnson, aye. mr. schumer, no. mr. donnelly, no. ms. heitkamp, no. mrs. mccaskill, no. mr. menendez, no. >> mr. reed, no. mr. king, no. mr. van hollen, no.

whitehouse. mr. wicker. >> aye. >> mr. wyden. >> no. >> mr. young. >> aye. >> affirmative, alexander, barrasso, blunt, boozman, burr, capito, cassidy, collins, rker, cornyn, cotton, crapo, ruz, daines, insee, ernst, fisher, flake, gardner, graham, grassley, hatch, heller, even, heitsmith, inhofe, isakson, kennedy, kyl, lankford, mcconnell, moran, ul, perdue, portman, reisch, berts, rounds, rubio, staff, cott, shelby, sullivan, thune, tillis, toomey, wicker, and young. >> mr. manchin, aye. >> senators voting in the negative -- baldwin, bennett, oker, brown, cant we will -- kantwell, cardin, core tes masto, duckworth, durbin, instein, gillibrand, harris, heinrich, chobe collar, leahy, merkley, murkowski, murphy, urray, nelson, peters, shotts, smith, stabenow, tester, udall, warner, warren, whitehouse, and wyden. >> mr. sanders, no. mr. lee. >> aye. > aye. ms. hassan, no. >> mr. jones. o. r. johnson, aye. mr. schumer, no. r. donnelly, no. ms. hite camp, no. vonnie: the senate has the votes to advance the kavanaugh nomination. this was a cloture v

now we will take you to rhode island for a debate between senator sheldon whitehouse and republican challenger robert flanders. news, your local election headquarters.

. >> do you think he lied about his drinking in answers to both senators whitehouse and senator clob er clobe clobecar. >> there were inconsistencies about his drinking and information we have from various of his classmates, that he was a very belligerent, aggressive drunk. so i would like the fbi to go and interview all of these people and we have to draw our conclusions, but it was unbelievable, the portrayal of himself as some kind of a boy scout, all he cared about was studying, going to church, doing projects and playing basketball or sports. it was pretty unbelievable to me. and very clearly, when he was asked specific questions about the meaning of the terms in his yearbook, anybody could go and find out that what the true meanings of those words were. and as comey said, when you lie about something like that, it just points to the need to dig deeper. >> let me ask you that, other people would say, it's a high school yearbook, but here he is as a supreme court nominee and he is repeatedly asked by senator whitehouse what does this mean, what does that mean? and he -- you know,

. >>> let's bring in senator sheldon whitehouse, member of the senate judiciary committee. rhode island democrat. senator, you're a former prosecutor, as well. are you satisfied now with the scope of the fbi inquiry and can they finish by friday? >> i think i'm satisfied. we don't know all the details yet, but clearly if they have been given free rein to interview whomever they want that's a very good sign. the last thing we want is a sham investigation. i also think that there's a fairly small universe of witnesses here and a very big fbi, so, yes, i think they probably should be able to get this done by friday if they really put the effort into it. >> you say it's a fairly small group of witnesses and i guess the question is what exactly are they investigating? are they simply investigating the two incidents, one with deborah ramirez, one with dr. ford, or are they doing a broader investigation into brett kavanaugh's drinking in college and whether he was truthful about it before your committee? >> i think probably a little bit of both. clearly ms. ford's testimony is ver

feinstein's seats in the senate.og and the photapher who brought us an intimide view of pent ama's whitehouse, his visual commentaries on president trump, has made him an instagram star. hello and welcome to kqed "newsroom." i'm thuy vu. we begin tonight with politics. round the state some high-stakes congressional races are turning nasty. in san diego county republican representative duncan hunter'as campaign h sought to portray his opponent as a muslimro terst. meanwhile, in the central valley represent stiff devin nunes is attacking his hometown paper calling the "fresno bee" a left-wing ragamor its exination his business interests. plus the trrap adminion's latest foreign policy challenges, from immigration to how the disappearance o a journalist is putting pressure on a wrica's relationshith the saudi government. joining us now to discuss all these issuesa area marinucci, senior writer with politis,. john myer sacramento bureau chief for the "los angeles times." he joins us via skype. and sean ubwalsh, a rcan strategist with wilson walsh consulting. welcome to you all. t's start with the

named off nevada senator orrin hatch who was at the senator along with senator chris coons, sheldon whitehouse.

>>> the judiciary committee's democrats include sheldon whitehouse of rhode island and maize honoro of hawaii. >> one of the astounding things judge kavanaugh did was blame the democrats for some kind of conspiracy that went on that we had been plotting all this, although thank goodness he acknowledged dr. ford was not part of that conspiracy, she had no political motive. >> reporter: >> it was really quite astonishing the tone of the room changed when judge kavanaugh came out explosionly confrontational. >> this has become a disgrace. >> what you want to do is destroy this guy's life. >> and lindsey graham burst out -- >> you said that. >> and just went on his own explosive statement. >> this is going to destroy the ability of good people to come forward because of this crap. >> we are not just englund tirely logic -- entirely logical animals. we are spir its. >> this man is a monster. >> when somebody goes into the breach in full-on battle mode, they're not making a fool of themselves, it's a rallying point. you saw that happen in the room. lyndsay rallied the republicans. >> if you

whitehouse: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. whitehouse: mr. president, as a united states senator and a member of the judiciary committee, giving careful consideration to supreme court nominations is among my most important responsibilities. these lifetime appointments can change not only the course of the nation, but the course of lives. i began with deep concerns about judge kavanaugh, his unfettered views of executive power, effectively believing the president is beyond the law, his refusal to commit to well-established precedents on critical issues like women's constitutional rights regarding abortion. his affinity for unlimited and dark political money. and his studious blindness to its harms to our democracy. and his very selection and support by big special interest groups. and i had significant concerns about his truthfulness and temperament, concerns proven more than justified over the course of these hearings. another warning sign was flashing. senat

worked along with sheldon whitehouse and we want to thank you both. appreciate it. i know you worked very hard on that. and mrs. sullivan, thank you very much for being here. appreciate it very much. secretary of commerce, wilbur ross who worked with the senators and administrator admiral tim gallaudet. you are here and thank you for being here, tim. great job you are doing. every year, over eight million tons of garbage is dumped into our beautiful oceans by many countries of the world. that includes china and japan and that includes many, many countries. this waste, trash, and debris harms not only marine life, but fishermen, coastal economies along america's vast stretches. it floats towards us. i have seen pictures recently and some of you have seen them. this vast, tremendous, unthinkable amount of garbage is floating into our coast. in particular along the west coast. we are charged with removing it. that's a very unfair situation. it comes from other countries. it takes six months to a year to float over. it gets here and it's a very unfair situation. it's al

senator whitehouse, according to "politico" as lawmakers close to an ideal on a bill come you pressures and pharmaceutical companies. you actually sitting on the senate committee overseeing health care at the time. today president obama signed the bill you started selling or pharmaceutical stock. how about we have the fbi check out your phone logs. these are just a few of the democrats on the judiciary committee. we could go on but why bother. why not just have the fbi investigate every allegation against everyone in public life and if you check, you're guilty. that's how this works, right? next, how the charade will impact the election ball breaking down the pole's latest numbers. ♪ >> t t t t t oh, and there's the closing bell. (sighs) i hate missing out missing out after hours. not anymore, td ameritrade lets you trade select securities 24 hours a day, five days a week. that's amazing. it's a pretty big deal. so i can trade all night long? ♪ ♪ all night long... is that lionel richie? let's reopen the market. mr. richie, would you ring the 24/5 bell? sure can, jim. ♪ trade 24/5, with

. >> lou: i mean, senator whitehouse really will never -- >> of all people to be talking about person's-- a person's veracity. he is a joke. >> lou: he is a joke. if he were not before he is today forever more. he was ludicrous. >> it was a comedy routine and kavanaugh played it very, very well. going, the white house, basing everything on a newspaper article that he had read about stuff that was in brett kavanaugh's yearbook. so, it was a really, really two-part day. i had to say i thought the morning was very, very bad for republicans. i could not figure out the questioning of rachel mitchell. >> lou: five-minute alternates. >> lou: that didn't work for her. and she dwelled on the little stuff. >> obviously republicans resent how the democrats handle this and they want to see who told you to get this polygraph? did you talk to anybody here? she did that but neglected to spend time on the incident from 36 years ago that is the basis of this. >> lou: the alleged incident and the incident that was refuted by the four names that dr. ford put forward. >> which rachel mitchell mentioned in

it was a bipartisan bill sponsored by alaska and the rhode island sheldon whitehouse. >> i am continuingt. check out this boston dynamic robot. if you are not scared, you should be. this robot can do backflips and now i can wash dishes. don't be tempted to like the robot just because i can do your chores. this is getting scary, it's like the terminator. and tonight, barnes and nobles, 7:00 p.m., 86th and lexington. i need by conservatives to show up. >> i thought that was last night? >> know it's tonight. >> special report is up next, brett? >> bret: can we go back to walter the dog? president trump gets in enthusiastic and sometimes surreal endorsement from kanye west. and florida's governors that hurricane michael left unimaginable discussion destru. wall street suffers another day of financial destruction and the evolving defamation of socialism. in the meantime, tensions run high for the saudis. this is a special report. ♪ good evening and welcome to washington, i'm bret baier. whole communities almost erased, that's a

. >> it wasn't any -- sheldon whitehouse didn't drag her name through the mud. that to me was such an obvious like -- you couldn't tell the truth. i feel terrible -- there's a lot of stuff in there he could tell the truth about and he has chosen to go in the way that he has gone. >> right. particularly revealing comment, it's misogynistic, it's mean, it's hurtful, it's vile. it makes my blood boil when i see that. they had called this girl a slut and they think it's funny. i don't think it's funny and i don't think it's acceptable and i wish i could say i thought the world was so much of a better place. we had an incident not two years ago at a local high school here, another rich high school, where the boys did the same thing to a girl. so it's not like we've really come that far. it's depressing for me. but this is definitely a lie and it reveals his character. >> yeah. i would just say that people -- the behavior of him at 17 and 18, which i think in many ways is really gros and oafish and misogynistic, which is him as a grown man, he appears to be not tellin

whitehouse. >> no. >> mr. wicker. >> aye. >> mr. wyden. >> no. >> mr. young. >> aye. >> >> with my friend the senator from montana, senator danes, who is walking his daughter down the aisle this afternoon, if he were present and voting, he would have voted aye. i have voted no. the pair will not change the outcome of the vote. i therefore withdraw my vote. >> the senator has that right. >> senators voting in the affirmative. alexander, baraso, blunt, boozman, burr capito, cassidy, collins, corker, cornyn, cotton, krepo, cruz, ensi, ernst, fisher, flake, gardner, graham, grassley, hatch, heller, hovins, hyde smith, inhofe, isakson, johnson, kennedy, kyl, langford, lee, manchin, mcconnell, moran, hall, perdue, portman. chris: we are going to pause for a moment now to let our fox stations join us. welcome to our fox news live coverage of the senate vote to confirm brett kavanaugh for the supreme court. i'm chris wallace. shannon: i'm shannon bream. we are here in washington. you're going to listen live as they're talking through the votes now. the roll cal

nelson peters re sanders shots schumer shaheen smith stabenow chester utah van hollen warner warren whitehouseyden mr murphy mr murphy no. watching proceedings here at the u.s. senate for the confirmation in this the final vote for the confirmation of krakow for not to the u.s. supreme court it's been a dramatic hour also there with protesters interrupting the confirmation vote and just when the roll call was taking place and that was delayed several times but here we have after a number of weeks of protests and hearings are sexual assault allegations that were brought by christine blazin forward and several other women against cavanagh the final vote taking place. so just to recap we're here with live pictures at the u.s. senate watching the final vote that is set to take place on the confirmation of supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh this would essentially cement the conservative majority on the supremes court as we know cavanagh is replacing the swing vote of the retired justice anthony kennedy this vote was set to take place this afternoon after cavanagh cleared a procedural hurdle at t

senator whitehouse, according to "politico" as lawmakers close to an ideal on a bill come you pressuresnd pharmaceutical companies. you actually sitting on the senate committee overseeing health care at the time. today president obama signed the bill you started selling or pharmaceutical stock. how about we have the fbi check out your phone logs. these are just a few of the democrats on the judiciary committee. we could go on but why bother. why not just have the fbi investigate every allegation against everyone in public life and if you check, you're guilty. that's how this works, right? next, how the charade will impact the election ball breaking down the pole's latest numbers. ♪ >> tech: so you think this chip is nothing to worry about? well at safelite, we know sooner or later every chip will crack. these friends were on a trip when their windshield got chipped. so they scheduled at safelite.com. they didn't have to change their plans or worry about a thing. i'll see you all in a little bit. and i fixed it right away with a strong repair they can trust. plus, with most insurance a s

senator rhode island sheldon whitehouse debated his challenger bob flanders.hey discussed issues like brett kavanaugh, the mueller investigation, and health care. from east providence, this hour-long debate is courtesy of wp roy 12 -- wpri 12. eyewitness news i

we saw some folks on the judiciary committee, the senator from -- whitehouse from rhode island.lks trying to aggressively defend their positions and what happens is then you get the manufactured outrage from the republican party. somehow this reveals that the left is out of control. and that's an old conservative move, craig. it goes all the way back to the greeks. we could trace it to before then and earlier, i mean, we could take it to matthew arnold, the barbarians are at the gate, right? this is part of a conservative effort to kind of render any attempt to undo the status quo as somehow complete and total revolution. it's an old strategy that they're just simply rehashing today. >> i think that's absolutely right. i want to point to that old strategy. you talked about the race in staten island, and you have donovan using the old willy horton type ads against his dml democratic opponent, when governor cuomo is talking about restoring voting rights to low level felons, which by the way is on the ballot in november in florida, the ability to do that with over 1 million former

other democrat senator, sheldon whitehouse, from rhode island. he talked about the journey of this bill, the save our seas, and to work with other nations as well to make sure that the oceans have quick response when there is a lot of debris in the water. he also said -- and you hurt him just kind of wrapping up and sing the next thing -- literally, with rock and roll pace today, we will go from one thing to the next with the president. because he will be signing the modern music act, which looks to copyright and make sure that fees are paid to artists, previous to the 1970s. we anticipate the working lunch with kanye west is coming up within moments. you are the president saying that will be fun for reporters to cover. we have reports that joe brown also, he talked about, he's one of the best football players all time. jim brown, rather prayed he will be there for that lunch, as well. perhaps kid rock and some others. we have a long list of participants who are not white house staff, obviously, who may be joining. i know you were laughing, becau

feinstein's seats in the senate.og and the photapher who brought us an intimide view of pent ama's whitehouse, his visual commentaries on president trump, has made him an instagram star. hello and welcome to kqed "newsroom." i'm thuy vu. we begin tonight with politics. round the state some high-stakes congressional races are turning nasty. in san diego county republican representative duncan hunter'as campaign h sought to portray his opponent as a muslimro terst. meanwhile, in the central valley represent stiff devin ns

bipartisan legislation, i worked with one of the most liberal democrats in the senate, sheldon whitehouseto pass the future act, to capture carbon dioxide, work with the research being done on that, so we can deal with the issues of the climate, issues of carbon and other issues affecting the world. i think in wyoming, our future is bright because of what we will be able to discover through invention, the money being put into those inventions. wyoming will lead the way. moderator: mr. trauner? mr. trauner: i agree, the integrated center is a good thing, and we need to keep doing that. that we can't stick your head in the sand. it is hard to fight the free market for the long-haul. the market tells us that over time, the world is going in a different direction. we need to diversify our energy resources, keep exporting, we have net neutrality and we look at each town, what works for each town best. because what works in sheridan does not necessarily work the same in laramie or jackson river. >> senator barrasso, school districts across the state are discussing ways to secure the safety of t

. >> so this seems to be the president sort of acknowledging and accepting senator whitehouse's analysis of what was on that calendar. parties with lots of beer that were precisely like the ones dr. ford described in her testimony. >> no question about some of the inconsistencies are troubling. some of the claims made about what is a devil's triangle, completely not credible. but i do think it's unlikely to be that he's lying about drinking in high school or which parties he went to. yes it will raise questions about his credibility. you put that on. but at the end of the day, i can't see that that's going to be a deal breaker. what might be more troubling to senators right now was the hyperpartisan tone of his testimony. you know, the fact he went full sean hannity in talking about revenge from the clintons and things like that. but again, there are legitimate points you can make that, yes, maybe he would engage in underage drinking, but it's hard for me to imagine the united states senate turning him down based on even inconsistencies about those kinds of things. >> isn't the other sid

whitehouse? >> i appreciate your willingness to take this on. i think my questions will be redundant with some of the ones you have already received on our side. as you know, social security has become a bit of a political battleground between those who want to privatize it, those who try to defend it, or the folks who rely on it. i simply want to start by defining my terms. do you know what this column is? a ghost of the spanish civil war and people inside the city prepared to sabotage on behalf of the attackers. i just want your assurance that you will not be a part of or a party to the fifth column within social security, out to try to affect the fight that we may have to have in congress over defending social security. >> i've stated, my job and i believe this at the retirement board, is deliver the service for the beneficiaries. these policies and changes to the legislative branch, i'm going to run the place and a great manner. >> a similar question as it relates to privatize social security, there are obviously very big financial interests

as my colleague and judiciary committee member senator whitehouse has described in great detail, since 2006, the five conservative justices have joined together 73 times as a bare majority in 5-4 rulings in favor of big special interests. these decisions have turned back progress on voting rights, environmental protections, and have allowed corporations to discrimination -- discriminate against workers. judge kavanaugh's record shows that he will advance this troubling trend when the people of wisconsin need a fair, impartial, and independent supreme court justice who will stand up for them not just the big powerful special interests. at a time when so many in washington are working to overturn the law of the land that helps provide affordable health care to 133 million americans with preexisting conditions, including more than two million wisconsinites, we cannot afford a nominee who would serve as the deciding vote to take us back to the days when powerful insurance companies wrote the rules. the president vowed to appoint judges to the supreme court who would overturn the law of the

i worked worked with sheldon whitehouse, we use to work with research being done on that so we can deal with the issues of the climate, the issues of the carbon, all of the issues affecting the world, i think that wyoming, our future is so bright because of what we will be able to discover, wyoming will lead the way in that. >> i agree the integrated test center, advanced product carbon center are great things and we need to continue do things, we can't stick our head in the sand. it's pretty hard to fight the free market in the long haul, over time the world is going in a different direction, we need to make sure that we are ready for that and diversify in energy sources, we have net neutrality and we look in each town what works for each town best what works in sheridan don't work well in jackson or rock springs river. >> thank you very much. >> school districts across the state are discussing ways to secure safety of students, does congress play a role in that conversation if so what is it? >> congress plays role in terms of making sure the funding is available to hardened the school

question from -- for the record from senator coons also revealed his misleading response to senator whitehouse's question. he wrote, quote, the challengers in blueman did not seek to make contributions to organizations that make expenditures on issue ads. the opinion made clear that the court's holding does not address whether congress might bar foreign nationals living temporarily in the united states from issue advocacy and speaking out on issues of public policy. the supreme court unanimously affirmed the decision. judge kavanaugh seeks to have it both ways. he brags about his opinion being unanimously upheld by the court, but when he is confronted with the real-world consequences of his decision, he hides behind the pleadings. according to special counsel mueller's indictment, the issue ads run by russian operatives seeking to meddle in the 2016 election includes the messages, quote, join our hashtag hillary clinton for 2016, end of quote. i don't want to read the others, they are so horrible. donald trump wants to defeat terrorism. hillary wants to support it. yet judge kavanaugh's looming

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. >> senator whitehouse. >> thank you, chairman. welcome, mr. saul, i appreciate your willingness to take this on. i think my questions are probably going to be a bit redundant with some of the ones you've already received on our side, but as you know, social security has become a bit of a political battleground between those who want to cut it or privatize it and those who try to defend it for the folks who rely on it. i simply -- let me start by defining my terms. you know what a fifth column is? >> yeah. >> it goes back to like the spanish civil war and the fifth column was the people inside the city prepared to sabotage on behalf of the attackers. i just want your assurance that you won't be a part of or party to any fifth column within social security out to try to effect the fight that we may have to have in congress over defending social security? >> i can just state again, senator, as i stated quite a few times here, my job, and i believe this and that's what i did at the retirement board and that's why i was so successful, is to deliver

one is called the comprehensive addiction and recovery act that i coauthored with senator whitehouse. the other is called the cures legislation. both of them help. cara, the comprehensive addiction recovery act has grants to go to programs that work, that are evidence-based, to help on prevention and education, treatment, longer term recovery, to help our responders. the 21st century cures is grants that go directly to the federal government and then back to the programs that states work best for them. these funds that are unprecedented along with these two laws are helping. they're helping to make the federal government a better partner with state and local government, with nonprofits to combat this crisis. i've been all over my state to see how these programs are working and i've spoken on the floor a lot about the people i've met who have been helped, some of the cases of hope, cases where somebody who stepped forward to take advantage of one of these programs and found the treatment that worked for him or her. i've also talked about the need for us to do more. that's why earlier t

last congress i led a bill with three other senators, senator rob portman, of ohio, sheldon whitehouse, of rhode island, and kelly ayotte, of new hampshire. it's called the xrens i a -- comprehensive addiction and recovery act, known as cara, and that was signed into law. it encourages states and communities to pursue several strategies, including increasing the availability of in a locksen -- in a loksen to save lives. later in 2016, this senate and this congress made $1 billion in funding available in treatment and prevention with the passage of the 21st century cures act. i got to be there at the signing with president trump and vice president biden. earlier this year we made an additional $3.3 billion available as part of the government funding bill. that is all progress, but we still have a lot of work to do, and we are taking an important step forward by passing this legislation today, which includes more than 70 provisions to take on addiction. we have worked with the administration, we have worked with the house, and we see this as a bipartisan priority. one of the major pieces

mr whitehouse. mr warren. mr whitehouse. mr wicker. mr wicker. mr wyden. mr wyden. mryoung.ley, hatch, hello, hoven, height smith, isaacson, kennedy, kyle, langford, mcconnell, moran, paul, perdue, portman, roberts, rounds, rubio, size, scott, shelby, sullivan, tillis, wicker and young. mr mansion, aye. senators voting in the negative. baldwin, bennett. brown, cantwell, carden, casey, kunz, cortes, duckworth, durbin, finds time, julie brand, harris, heinrich, kane, leahy, markey, murky, matkowski, murphy, murray, nelson, peters, smith, stubbing out, tester, udall, warren, white house and wyden. mrsanders, tester, udall, warren, white house and wyden. mr sanders, no. mr lee, aye. miss harrison, no. mr jones, mrjones, no. mr johnson, mrjohnson, aye. mr mr johnson, aye. mr schumer, mrjohnson, aye. mr schumer, no. mr donnelly, no. miss high camp, no. mrs mccaskill, no. mr menendez, no. mr reid, no. mr king are no. mr van holland, mr king are no. mrvan holland, no. miss serono, no. mr blumenthal, no. so, that voting under way. quite tense on the senate floor. the professor of us