that is the conversation i expect we will have here in the united states senate. and that what president trump should be considering as he thinks about this issue, and hopefully as he slows this down and gives people across the country a chance to weigh in. mr. president, one issue i know women across the country will be focused on and asking about is their constitutionally protected right to control their own health care decisions affirmed in roe v. wade, because let me be clear. women and men in this country understand how directly tied this write is to a woman's freedom and economic security. and they overwhelmingly do not want to see that right rolled back. now, today is the anniversary of a ruling that further upheld women's constitutionally protected preproductive -- reproductive rights, and i wanted to take a few minutes to discuss what this decision meant for women's lives and why we will not stop fighting to protect the progress we made. almost a half century ago in its historic roe v. wade decision, supreme court ruled that every woman no matter where sh

and i am a united states senator from connecticut. i just want to say how proud i am to stand with you tonight, to stand with you for our constitution. to stand with you for women's and s and gay rights voting rights and civil rights. and we're at a critical juncture. and voting rights and civil rights. and we're at a critical juncture. for our nation. the question is, will we vote to preserve roe v. wade? no to this i say nominee. say no to this nominee because in his writings and his records and his passing the trump litmus test, he has shown he would overturn roe v. wade which is unacceptable to me. and he would turn back the clock on health care so that millions of americans would be denied protections against pre-existing conditions. and he would turn back the clock to a time when abortion was criminalized, women were prosecuted, women died, women were denied essentially access to contraception. like the morning after pill. but let me make one point, and i think it's the most important this fight e in together. this fight togethe

states senate. it shows ernie fitzgerald, a famous whistle-blower, confronting what is quite obvious, his chief adversaries, the big spenders at the pentagon. as a senior air force official, ernie fitzgerald committed a crime, and he says his crime was that he committed truth. ernie fitzgerald's famous for in 1968 exposing a $2.3 billion cost overrun on the c-5 aircraft program. in those days, having a senior pentagon official like ernie fitzgerald speak the truth about a cost overrun on a high-visibility program was unheard of. in fact, it was dangerous. it was so dangerous that it cost ernie fitzgerald his job. that's why i like to call ernie fitzgerald the father of whistle-blowing. the cartoon also depicts the infamous $640 toilet seat that made history back in those days as one example of the terrible waste at the defense department. that happened in 1985 when i as a first-term senator began watchdogging the pentagon after a report uncovered the $640 toilet seat and a $400 hammer, i began askin

that same divided senate voted 97-2 to in effect rebuke the president of the united states today. here is what provoked the senate to act today. >> they're going, will president trump be prepared, you know, president putin is kgb and this and that. you know what? putin's fine. he's fine. we're all fine. we're people. >> putin's fine. democratic senator jack reid of rhode island didn't like hearing that. >> and let's be clear. president putin is not, quote unquote, fine. as weechrecently reaffirmed by senate select committee on intelligence on which i sit president putin directed an attack on our 2016 elections with the intent of undermining public confidence in our democratic process. >> that is just some of what pr senator reid said when he rose on the senate floor today to introduce language to be attached to a defense authorization bill. senator reid is the senior democrat on the armed services committee. so that means he is the democrats' floor manager on this bill. and it was in that role as the floor manager of that bill that he introduced language to be attached to the bill

no one makes it to the supreme court without going through the united states senate. and in the united states senate everyone has a vote. >> minds whether the nominee will support roe versus wade. >>> coming up, the support for how i.c.e. is growing. >>> and while workers are celebrating san francisco for the minmage wage hike restaurant are respecting mare -- minimum wage hike restaurants are respecting the hike. what about him? let's do it. ♪ come on. this summer, add a new member to the family. at the mercedes-benz summer event. lease the glc300 for $429 a month at your local mercedes-benz dealer. mercedes-benz. the best or nothing. >>> as hundreds of thousands of people protested the trump administration immigration policy, today the situation at the border is intense. and it's prompting reaction from lawmakers. >> the streets in massen numbers across numbers across the country the lugestics for -- the agency was created after the 911 attacks and some democrats are saying its out lived its usefulness. >> we need to build their immigration system from top to bott

in the united states senate. first to join us is >> senator tim kaine for democrat mr. kane obtained his degree from university of harvard law school and after law school he moved to richmond and for 17 years served as a civil rights attorney.rv he was elected to the city council 19 before and then mayor of richmond and elected as lieutenant governor and subsequently elected to serve as virginia's governor 2006. represented in virginia in the u.s. senate since 2012 please welcome senator tim came to the stage. [applause] [applause] >> next on stage is mr. corey stewart, a republican.ho obtaining his degree from georgetown university's pool of foreign service and college of law from saint paul minnesota. works as an international trade attorney in his ownwn practice. he currently serves as the at-large chairman of the board of county supervisors in prince william county. during his tenure prince william county was ranked number one in childwi growth in virginia and number three in the nation. please welcome mr. co

early years in the united states senate, i met a man who had a significant impact on my career. his name was arthur earnest fitzgerald. but everyone called him ernie. i call him the father of whistleblowers. this is an original that we go from the library of congress. and we blew it up. but this is ernie fitzgerald. this is the famous $700 toilet seat that was representative of defense waste in the 1980's when i early got involved in -- in ove sight and whistle blowing. he was called ernie. you probably never heard of him. if you did, ernie's reputation preceeded him even way back before i knew him. in 1968, ernie testified before senator william proxmier's committee about the air force c-5 aircraft program. that testimony changed ernie's life and brought a lot of attention to whistleblowers. the c-5 aircraft was an important military priority. but it took longer and cost more than planned. the government did not want anybody to know that. all though he knew it might damage his career, ernie testified before congress that this prized program cost the taxpayers $2 billion more th

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in the united states senate. first to join us is senator tim kaine, a democrat. mr. kaine obtained his degree from the university of missouri and harvard law school. after law school he moved to richmond, and for 17 years served as a civil rights attorney. he was elected to the richmond city council in 1994 and then mayor of richmond. elected as lieutenant governor and subsequently elected and served as virginia's governor in 2006. he has represented virginia and the u.s. senate cents 2012. please welcome senator tim kaine to the stage. [applause] applause]d host: next is mr. cory stewart, a republican. he received his degree from the ingin's goal of law minnesota. he works as an international trade attorney in his own .ractice he currently serves as the at-large chairman of the board of county supervisors in prince william county. during his tenure, prince william country was rated number one in virginia and number three in the nation. please welcome mr. cory stewart. [cheers and applause] we are pleased this de

united states senate. thank you all very much. >>> senators from both parties share their thoughts on judge be thegh's nomination to next supreme court justice yesterday on the senate floor. : madam president. the presiding officer: majority leader. mr. mcconnell: president trump has made a >>> president trump has made a to serve as the associate justice of the supreme court of the united states, judge brett kavanaugh of the d.c. circuit. circuit. judge kavanaugh poe owe sess an -- possesses an impressive resume, an outstanding legal mind, and an exemplary judicial temperament. he served 12 years on the nation's most consequential circuit court. during that tenure he's proven to be one of the most thoughtful jurists in our country. and importantly, that record demonstrates an understanding of a judge's proper role in our constitutional republic. judge kavanaugh understands that in the united states of america, judges are not -- not -- unelected super legislators whom we select for their personal views or p

i hope it's one of my tributes i bring to the united states senate. from the physician payment sunshine law to whistle-blower ex-prosecutes, i am a strong believe -- protections, i am a strong believer that transparency keeps citizens informed and for sure transparency in government brings accountability from those of us in government. senator durbin and i have amendments to the current funding bill which would shine transparency light on prescription drugs. these amendments would allow patients and their doctors to make informed decisions. drug advertisers want to tell consumers all the benefits of the drugs. at the same time, drug advertisers are required to tell you about side effects. in fact, half of an ad has something about side effects. that's usually in the small print and when somebody is babbling something very rapidly about the side effects. but they aren't as gung ho to show how much that particular drug would cost. and i believe it's something that the public would likewise be well-informed when they're considering the advertisement and

this will not just be decided united states senate. everybody in america must decide now. 10,e want to go backwards 20, 30, 40, 50 years? do we want to allow corporations to drown out individual voices? do we want to undermine worker rights to organize? if your answer is no, then let us make sure we continue to fight to say no to injustice. to say no to unbalancing the supreme court. to say yes to liberty and justice. thank you everybody. thank you. >> we love you senator! >> thank you senator booker! of -- andgal director i say -- we are here standing arm in arm with all of our brothers and sisters because we deserve better. we demand better. we object on the behalf of our children, parents, trans service members, students. we object on behalf of the constitution. every senator will hear our voice from the tip of alaska to the tip of the florida keys. this is an hour hands. they have overplayed their hands and they have woken up the dragon! they will hear us roar in the get youron the phones, grandma on the phone, do whatever it takes

i ran for the united states senate and headed to washington to change a system that was leaving so many behind. i knew it wouldn't be easy, trying to change a government that worked for the rich and powerful into a government that works for the rest of us, but i didn't go to washington to duck the tough fights. i went to washington to win them. and so did you. since 1920s the aclu has fought to preserve the promise of. here's what i love most about the aclu. you don't just fight out. you win. yes. you fight. you fight for the underestimated, those who are left behind and locked out of opportunity. women, men, african-americans, people of other color, lesbians, gay, transsexual, mentally ill individuals, prisoners, people with disabilities and the poor. you begin fighting against the harassment and deportation of immigrants in 1920. you fought for workers' rights. you fought against the ugly internment of more than 120,000 japanese-americans. you stood with civil rights leaders, activists and protesters through sit-in marches and freedom rides and fighting for racial equality in america.

we need to act like a responsible united states senate going through a confirmation process for the united states supreme court. >> mr. president, yesterday i had the chance to meet with the president's nominee to fill the vacancy left by the retirement of justice anthony kennedy on the supreme court. and i'm pleased with the nominee that the president has chosen, and after talking to him yesterday morning, i look forward to supporting his nomination and doing whatever i can to insure his bipartisan confirmation. my conversation with judge kavanaugh refreshed my memory that we actually had met back in 2000 when i was attorney general of texas, and i was preparing to -- preparing to deliver an oral argument before the united states supreme court, something i'd never done before. but thanks to judge kavanaugh -- he wasn't a judge at the time -- paul clement and ted olson, both of whom have been solicitor general of the united states, they helped me get prepared and do the best job i could do, was capable of doing before the court, providing me a moot court opportunity. so it was good to catc

states senate we also got three of the appropriation bills off the floor of the house and senate we need to get together and get those bills on the president's desk. all 12 of the appropriation bills are out o out of the senae committee before the end of june and that work needs to continue to go on a. it hasn't been sold yet and is still the number-one cause of accidental death in the country in almost every state gets a higher cost. we increased the money available to address this by 13 times. for the money to be available by the states and its available by state by state grand square they can try to do things that work in their state and share that information with other people, for that money t the money to be need to get these bills passed as well. to see the problems we are trying to solve over this past week i had the opportunity to travel across western colorado where they are doing the number of forest fires the past several months the congress passed a number of policies that will help address those forest fire concerns including the passage of language that will allow bet

states senate has in that important impact. and i will yield the floor. >> mr. president, there was a time when blacks and whites couldn't get married or go to the same school. the supreme court changed that. there was a time when gay people could be an arrested for loving one another and when it was illegal for them to get married. the supreme court changed that. there was a time when thousands of women died seeking illegal, unsafe abortions. and the supreme court changed that. the justices on the supreme court matter to each and every one of our lives. that's why there's so much concern over president trump's nominee to fill the vacancy on the supreme court, judge brett kavanaugh. right wing groups like the heritage foundation and the federalist society have been working for decades setting the stage to pack our federal courts with i had -- ideologically invested opinions and they have engaged in these efforts. these two organizations have played the primary role in vetting tru vetting president trump's nominees to the suprem

cory booker would not be standing here as a united states senator. the decision that one person makes on that court can have ramifications to the future of our country. pay attention to this, guys, pay attention. mr. schumer: let me thank my colleagues for their amazing tatements. questions for any of us? >> what about the fact that harry reid is the one who started the nuclear option so now you're faced with the nuclear option insthofede 60 vote. >> mitch mcconnell blocked justice -- judge after judge after judge on the courts. then -- so leader reid had no choice. when we passed the la uh we said the supreme court should be different. then mitch mcconnell changed that. and then to boot he wouldn't let merrick fwarland have a hearing. -- garrland have a hearing. mitch mcconnell has had as his goal to create a hard right supreme court, and nothing has stopped him. if he weren't around we would not be in this position. >> senator schumer, you talked about roe and health care but how much of this debate will you oe tchoins nominee's executive powers de

the presiding officer: the senate will receive a message from the president of the united states. the house reading clerk: message from the president of the united states. the house reading clerk: i am directed by the president of the united states to deliver to the united states senate nominations in writing. the presiding officer: the message will be received and appropriately referred. under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. morning business is closed. under the previous order, the senate will proceed to executive session to resume consideration of the following nomination which the clerk will report. the clerk: nomination, the judiciary. mark jeremy bennett of hawaii to be united states circuit judge for the ninth circuit. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. schumer: are we in a quorum call? the presiding officer: we are. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the quorum be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: thank you, madam presiden

cory booker would not be standing here is united states senator. the decisions that one person makes on that court can have ramifications for the future of our country. pay attention to this, guys. pay attention. collects anything all of my colleagues for their amazing statement that some of the readiness, questions -- for any of us? too late, i think i know why. >> what about the fact that harry reid is the one who started the nuclear option so now you're faced with the nuclear option instead of the 60 vote? >> mitch mcconnell blocked george after judge after judge on the courts. then, leader reid had no choice. law, we saidd the supreme court should be different. then mitch mcconnell change that. and then to boot, he wouldn't let merrick garland have a hearing. mitch mcconnell has had as his goal to create a hard right supreme court and nothing has stopped him. if we weren't around we would not be in this position. >> sen. schumer: you talked a care,out roe and health but how much of the debate will you focus on the nominees executive powers? >>

[indiscernible] back in the united states, senators from both parties spoke out against president trump's meeting with president putin. we will start out with check schumer who reacted during a press conference on capitol hill. rep. schumer ok, thank you everybody. sorry i am late. in the entire history of our americans have never seen a president of the united states support an adversary the way president trump has supported president putin. for the president of the united to side with president putin against american law fort smith, american intelligence agencies, is thoughtless, is dangerous, is weak. the president is putting himself over our country. starting with the president's trip to nato, ending with his shameful performance at today's press conference, president trump has strengthened our adversaries while weakening our defenses and those of our allies with a single on this question now hanging over the white house. what could possibly cause president trump to put the oferest of russia over that the united states? millions of americans will continue to wonder. the only possible

states senate among members of both parties. the 24 circuit court judges that we will confirm is and the old him -- and he -- ham, the third fifth circuit nominee to be confirmed since president trump became president. on judge kavanagh, we have been discussion -- discussing the schedule and we feel strongly that judge kavanagh's hearing needs to occur at such a time that will allow him to assume the bench at the beginning of the october term of the supreme court. the first monday in october. it means that, if you look at what judge gorsuch's hearing schedule, roughly 66 days from nomination to confirmation, which would take you into the middle of september. hearve already begin to rumblings from our democratic colleagues that say they want to see every scrap of paper that ever came across brett kavanagh's desk. my suggestion is that they focus on his 12 years on the d.c. circuit court of appeals. in 2006 when he was confirmed to the circuit court of appeals, the second highest in the nation. they made no request for the records

mcfaul said bipartisan isn't dead yet in the united states senate. thank you all for your support. >>> later today the secretary of state will visit the united nations. he is expected to discuss issues including north korea denuclearization, un reform and the upcoming general assembly. is he also scheduled to met with leaders north korea and japan. >>> the justice department has announced a new strategy when it comes to foreign meddling during elections. the depu revealed a new 156 page report last night. it includes telling the american public of potential attacks. the department of justice is also considering new criminal statutes targeting operations that aim to spread misinformation to the public. the report was part of an effort set up by the attorney general earlier this year. the new rules come in the wake of russian interference in the 2016 election. >>> facebook will start removing posts that could lead to violence. this after the ceo's comments about holocaust deniers when he said that some aren't intentionally getting it wrong. he said tha

so whether that would be to run for govern nor or run for united states senate, who knows? right now. i'm not too surprised that scott pruitt did this. he seems to have a lot of moxie for someone fairly new to washington. >> abby, seems to me the president goes after the attorney general all the time and i guess you wouldn't be surprised that scott pruitt angling for his job and difficult for the president to fire jeff sessions and trigger a backlash of capitol hill. what do you make of this? >> we know that scott pruitt talked to the president in the past about sessions, that the president vented about sessions to pruitt. so they have had some kind of bizarre comradery over this other person even while pruitt is under fire and tells me that pruitt feels very confident in his standing with the president. you talked to conservatives on the outside a lot of them, i would venture to say, most of them still support scott pruitt and they want him in the job talking to the president, they urge him to keep him there and pruitt is confident. asking the president for favors. and the

united states senate against california's senior democratic senator dianne feinstein. he is certainly an expert on parliament procedure in the california senate. but they have nothing to do with the confirmation process of a supreme court justice. mitch mcconnell has the parliamentary right to bring the nomination to the senate floor any time he wants to. and senator mcconnell will then ask for unanimous consent to proceed to consideration of the nomination. the democrats will of course refuse to give unanimous consent. and then senator mcconnell will call for a roll call vote to proceed to the nomination. and the presidents will then vote to proceed to that nomination. and the elapsed time between the denial of unanimous consent and that roll call vote to proceed will be a matter of seconds. the senate will not be ground to a halt. democrats in the senate already know all of this. and their supports around the country should soon be realizing that there is no trick on the senate floor that they can pull, that the only way to stop the next supreme court confirmation is

states senate. >> we also got in the last period three of the appropriation goes off before both the house and senate. we need to get together and get the bills on the president's desk. all 12 of the appropriation bills are out of the senate committee before the end of june and that work needs to continue to go on. things like the opioid crisis hasn't slowed down, hasn't been sold, still the number one cause of accidental death in the country and it is a higher cause of accidental death of an auto accident in the last four years by reprioritizing other spending we've increased money available to address the problem by 13 times. for the money to be available to the states a lostates a lot of e in state-by-state grants where the states can try to do things that work in their state and then share that information with other people. to be available, we've got to get these bills passed as well and so hopefully we will continue to work in the house and the senate to get some of these bills on the president's desk to see the problems they are trying to solve in the priority as we said it ge

i know the united states senate voted 98-0 with the resolution standing with ambassador mcfaul and other diplomats being pursued by putin. let's not forget who putin is. moralis no equivalency between the officials indicted by the fbi for election interference in the 2016 election and what might be faulted as an ambassador in mcfaul did as an ambassador to russia. host: >> coming up thursday morning, -- we will discuss legislation that will advance career and technical education. be sure to watch it washington journal live at 7:00 eastern thursday morning. join the discussion. sunday night on q&a. substitutional lawyer david stewart on his book "impeached: the trial of andrew johnson and lincoln's legacy." >> it is absurd. be chapter on johnson should expunged from every library in the country. it calls ross' vote the most heroic moment in american history. is that was purchased. saving johnson, i think it was not a heroic moment. store, -- stewart, on c-span's q&a. there are a lot of people that say i do not want my child to read stories that are sad or downbeat. that is like, not a tot

states senators then deciding his qualifications to be a justice on the u.s. supreme court. anything less would be a dereliction of our duty. thank you, mr. president and i yield the floor. >> supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh akin to news to meet with senators on capitol hill. follow the cap -- process leading up to the senate confirmation hearings and the vote. watch live on c-span, watch anytime on c-span.org, or listen with the free c-span radio app. president bill clinton and george w. bush sat down for an interview earlier this month and little rock, that is next on c-span. we look at the relationship between the arts and the states economies. pompeo talkd mike about u.s. investment in asia. >> former president bill clinton and george w. bush is set down for an interview at the clinton presidential center to talk about a range of topics am a including immigration and u.s. foreign aid. they look at get their careers and talked about lessons they have learned from their political defeats. this event was organized by the clinton foundation and was part

states senate. and i think people all across this country need to raise their voices. always keep in mind on this, we didn't have the votes to protect the affordable care act. we didn't have them. i remember the day after donald trump was sworn in thinking about the fact that now the republicans control the house, control the senate, control the white house. they could roll back obama care next week. and i really feared they would do it. but people across this country raise their voizs and it got bigger and it got louder and bigger and louder and it was democrats. it was republicans. it was independents. people made their voices heard. and ultimately, when they did that, we got enough republicans to cross the aisle and to save health care for tens of millions of americans. you know, that is the remarkable part about a democracy. we raise our voices. we can all still be heard in washington. and for me, that's what this is about right now, raising our voices. all of us. we need to speak up like we hav

finally if i may, i would like to take a moment to thank the united states senate for their work on this treaty, the way of democracy is sometimes a complicated way, and sometimes trying, but it is a good way, and we believe the best way. once again mr. general secretary, i want to expand to you, and to all of those who labored so hard for this moment, my warmest personal thanks. >> [ speaking foriegn language ]

states senators than deciding his qualifications to be a justice on the united states supreme court. anything less would be a dereliction of our duty. thank you, mr. president and i yield the floor. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh continues to meet with senators on capitol hill. follow the confirmation process on c-span leading up to the senate confirmation hearing and the vote. watch live on c-span. watch any time on c-span.org, or listen with the free c-span radio app. >> this is what's live on tuesday. a senate panel gets an update on immigration enforcement and family reunification efforts. the acting head of the u.s. border patrol is among those testifying before the senate judiciary committee. that starts at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. in the afternoon, a senate judiciary subcommittee holds an oversight hearing on the structure of the federal courts. coverage begins at 2:30 eastern. on c-span2, the senate continues debate on the nomination of the judge for

no one makes it to the supreme court without going through the united states senate. and in the united states senate, everyone has a vote. >> the million dollar question now on lawmakers' minds, the landmark roe versus wade supreme court case that set precedent for legalized abortion in the united states for 45 years -- years. >> you cannot ask a judge how he or she -- a judge nominee how he or she would rule on a specific case. that's inappropriate. but i do get a sense from them on whether or not they respect precedent. >> democratic leaders are still smarting from the events of 2016, when they claim mitch mcconnell and republican led judiciary committee stole obama's opportunity to fill a court seat left vacant by scalia's passing. powerful senate democrat feinstein ranking member of the judiciary committee, she said it is time for her republican colleagues to reap what they have sown. jon? jon: gillian, thank you. >>> trouble with north korea, weeks after historic meeting between president trump and north korea's leader kim jong-un, why intelligence officials now

and then to see the responsibilities to your country of united states senator i will tell you that it is a little more fun to be in congress in the senator. i am housebroken so the fact of the matter is that i enjoyed my time at the house but when you called on a thursday morning and said you were leaving, my first inclination is don't. we leave you --dash need you. you will be missed i'm still puzzled so for the next several days we have lunch and dinner several times making a decision i'm not sure who it will be and then having an interview with the new york times about all those people want to be the next senator. and he said the most amazing thing you could hear a politician say. don't choose me. for united states conversation who has an opportunity to weigh in and says for god's sake whatever you do, don't choose m me, if you want to see character on display, to have the deference to take yourself out of the running and not just to say choose a qualified person but that is not only gutsy but that is character and that in 2012, two years into the friendship not knowing him before

i've worked hard to make sure is that rural states have a loud voice in the united states senate. that is why i am so frustrated with the recent comments made by national trade council director peter navarro. mr. navarro last week characterized the tariff uncertainty as nothing more than a rounding error. mr. navarro is in an important position. he is a trade advisor and strategist for the president of the united states. and he believes the tariffs that are harming montana producers equate to nothing more than a rounding error. the statement is inaccurate, it's insulting, and it is dismissive of rural america. if mr. navarro truly believes that his comments are true, he has a lot to learn about what's going on across this country. i'm willing to bet he hasn't been to a farm, a ranch, a stock yard facility recently, maybe never, and i'm quite sure he hasn't kicked rock in north central montana. i don't think he would call the administration's trade war as a rounding error if he met with montana's homebuilders, construction workers, and small business owners, farmers and ranchers th

the historian emeritus of the united states senate who served the united states senate historical office for almost 40 years from 1976 to 2015. don and i were graduate students at the university of maryland together and he is also a member of the board of directors here at the byrd center. he is a graduate of the city college of new york, earned his ph.d. at the university of maryland and served in the u.s. marine corps. his books include the u.s. congress, a very short introduction, press gallery, congress and the washington correspondents and electing fdr, the new deal campaign of 1932. please welcome our panel. [ applause ] >> take it away, don. >> thank you, ray. i appreciate those nice introductions. we are talking about a year that those of us who can remember living through it was a very difficult year and, in fact, when i think of 1968 what i think of most is phones ringing late at night with people calling up to say, something awful has just happened, and one of those calls came at 2:00 or 3:00 in the morning to say that robert kennedy had been shot in los angeles. there are tho

that's our job as united states senators. a job members from both sides of the aisle used to agree on. finally, just a few points -- i see my colleagues are waiting -- a few points on iran. and the president's tweets, president trump's tweets. first it seems the president is desperate to distract the american people from last week's performance in helsinki. he always seems to do this. he runs into trouble and creates a whole new firestorm somewhere else. it is his m.o. it is not the way we've seen governing work in the u.s., but that's what he does. he's the president. second, the tweets suggest a pattern in president trump's foreign policy in which the president uses heated rhetoric with foreign capitals to inflame tensions so that later on the president can pretend to ride in and save the day with a more measured tone. it's sort of like a kabuki play that screws up our foreign policy. we saw this play out in north korea. president trump repeatedly insulted kim jong-un on twitter, only to declare world peace once the two of

i think we all have that opportunity is united states senators. i take very seriously the advise and consent authority that i have. so we want to take the time to uncover what he has done and said in the past. that will really require a number of things, to get all those documents, to get the opportunity to go through them, and have a judiciary hearings so we can question him based on what we find on those documents and partially meet with him. i want to be able to ask him about some of the concerns that , thatady have, know about i want him to address versailles because i want to see how he responds to it. shery: some of those concerns are abortion-rights. you believe that he poses a threat to roe v. wade? >> not only roe v. wade, but a woman's right to choose, a woman's right for freedom with respect to how she handles her health care decisions. i also have concerns about what i am seeing now,'s position that a sitting president should not be held accountable for any violations of the law or any impeachment while in office. i think that is outra

finally, if i may, i would like to take a moment to thank the united states senate for their work on this treaty. the way of democracy is sometimes a complicated way, and sometimes trying, but it is a good way, and we believe the best way. once again, mr. general secretary, i want to extend to you and to all those who labored so hard for this moment, my warmest personal thanks. [ foreign language ] [ applause ] >>> american history tv brings you archival films that provide context for today's public affairs issues. >> my fellow americans, it was >>just yesterday that i returned from my historic moscow summit meeting with general secretary gorbachev. it so happens that later this month, i will be visiting canada for an economic summit with the leaders of the world's industrialized nations. i thought i would take a few moments to tell you about both. first, my meeting with general secretary gorbachev in moscow. the event that held perhaps the most immediate historic iman

the most outstanding thing that affords this person a chance for confirmation in the united states senate. to be on the vacancy on the supreme court. we thank you all very much. and keep in touch with us. i'm sure you will. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] >> so the house is back in about 15 minutes at 2:30 p.m. eastern for legislative business. when they come back, members will debate a number of financial regulation bills and legislation that gives the congressional gold medal to larry doby, who who was the second african-american to play in major league baseball. when the house is back, watch it live right here on c-span. until then, some of this morning's "washington journal." washington journal continues. host: joining us to talk about the pic of brett kavanaugh to the supreme court, president of -- what is anthony your organization has interest in that? guest: we care about the courts are we been involved in elections for so

so the new definition of representing your state as a republican in the united states senate seems to be stick with donald trump until your state collapses. joni ernst apparently has no intention of abandoning the president before the collapse of iowa. she seems to be saying she will have to see the complete collapse of the farm economy in iowa for her to abandon the president. donald trump came in second in the iowa caucuses at the beginning of the presidential campaign. if he keeps up his trade war with the world, donald trump just might find a way to come in second in the iowa caucuses again in 2020. leading off our discussion now, jared bernstein, senior fellow at the center for budget and policy priorities. he was a chief economist and economic policy adviser to vice president biden. also with us nurra tanneden, hillary clinton's policy director during the 2008 presidential campaign. and john harwood is with us. he's the editor at large for cnbc. and john harwood, i wanted to start with you because the commerce secretary said on cnbc that there is no drop in the stock market dram

states senator as cochair of the congressional friends of the national parks for its centennial. i authored a bill that we set up in 2006 that finally created this endocument mund -- endowment fund to be able to take private-public partnerships. that bill called the national park service centennial act was signed into law on the year of the national parks seen ten anniversary and has now provided more than $200 million to address maintenance backlog. by the way, more than 125 million of that has been private dollars, non-federal dollars. again, the idea was to.the federal match to encourage more people who loved the parks to be able to contribute. we did better than the legislation required which was a one-to-one match, $200 million, $125 million of which comes from non-federal sources. that funding helps. i'm proud of that. frankly, as i mentioned earlier, a $12 billion backlog, maintenance backlog, requires even more. and as soon as we're able to do that, we need to do it because the costs are just going up. i recently authored legislation with three of my colleagues, senator m

states senator or a member of the united states house of representatives. i would certainly be happy to return to the state capitol in muchn if there were not so age discrimination and refusal to even consider someone who is over 25 years of age to work in the legislature. when i started in the legislature in 1982, it was at that time -- the workforce was mostly mature females in their 50's and 60's. there were very few young people back in those days. as the years went by, there was this huge demographic shift. it is now almost solidly young people. two genders have reached a better state of equality. when i started, it was more like 90% female, maybe 10% male. today, maybe 60% female, 40% male. the gender gap has diminished considerably. but the age demographic has been wild in its shift. it is almost exclusively young people. you will find in the halls of the texas state capitol very few employees in their 50's or even in their 40's. brian: how do you survive? gregory: it is not easy. tempe moment, i am doing work for the city of boston -- austin in-- of

we need to act like responsible united states senators. going through a confirmation process in the united states. >> yesterday had the chance to meet with the president's nominee to fill the vacancy left by the retirement of justice anthony kennedy of the supreme court. i'm pleased with the nominee that the president has chosen. after talking with him yesterday morning i look forward to supporting his nomination and doing what i can to ensure his bipartisan confirmation. my conversation with judge kavanaugh refresh my memory that we had met in 2000 when i was attorney general of texas. i was preparing to deliver an oral argument before the united states supreme court, something i had never done before but thanks to judge kavanaugh, paul and ted olson, both of whom have been solicitor general of the united states, they help me get prepared into the best job i was capable of doing before the court, providing me a good opportunity. it was good to catch up with judge kavanaugh, mike followed his career closely. in the interim he served as a c