mcconnell: i move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all in favor say aye. all opposed say no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. mcconnell: i move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar 153, russell vote. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all in favor say aye. all opposed no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to the clerk will report the nominati nomination. the clerk: nomination, executive office of the president, rustle voght of virginia to be executive director of the office of budget and management. mr. mcconnell: i send a cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the clerk: cloture motion, we the undersigned senators in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standings rules of the senate do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of russell voght to be director of the office of management and budge

senator mcconnell, have you seen the memo? secondly do you agree with , senator thune that the state intelligence committee, at least richard burke should see the memo before it is released publicly? senator mcconnell: no, i haven't. i don't if i don't have any suggestions to make to the speaker. i think he is handling it just right. >> mr. speaker, do you really believe this memo has nothing to do with and no impact on the special counsel's investigation? speaker ryan: people should not draw lines. people should not implicate, -- that's what i'm suggesting. people should not be drawing lines, not implicating independent issues. this does not implicate the mueller investigation. this does not -- this is about us holding the system accountable and reviewing whether or not fisa abuses occur. the government has been given extraordinary power over the citizen's civil liberties of it is our job to make sure the -- process is followed properly, and if it is not, we need accountability. we need to make sure we are not revealing sourc

>> [applause] senator mcconnell: thank you very much, paul. the speaker likes to lay claim to the vice president, given the close friendship and past service together. my house colleagues are rightly proud to have served alongside. i would remind everyone he now belongs to the senate. >> [laughter] sen. mcconnell: in fact, the president of the senate, mike pence, is well on his way to set the record for breaking the most tiebreakers in senate history. >> [applause] sen. mcconnell: i told you guys it was close in the senate. just to put that in context, mike has cast eight tie-breaking votes so far. betsy devos, sam brownback, ted cruz's important tax reform amendment, cre's on both title 10 and cfpb. the vice president enjoys spending time in the senate because surveying the landscape, i am starting to suspect we will see even more of him this year. >> [laughter] sen. mcconnell: to put those eight tiebreakers in context, dick cheney broke eight ties in eight years. mike pence broke eight ties in one year. things are tight. >> [applause] sen. m

those who know mitch mcconnell know that he's truly passionate about his alma mater. the cornerstone of his legacy is the mcconnell center, which today is managed beautifully by gary gregg who you met earlier this morning. the mission of the mcconnell center is to identify, recruit, and nurture kentucky's next generation of leaders. the validities are those of leadership, scholarship, and service. the mcconnell scholars program is home to 40 of the brightest undergraduate students in the state of kentucky who are selected for their ability and their distinguished high school careers and who have an opportunity to study honors courses, participate in key programs to develop leadership capabilities, and also do some of their study abroad. the mcconnell center also is home to the public lecture series which we enjoy this morning. the idea is to invite influential political leaders, business executives, and accomplished scholars to the college campus to help enrich and inform the campus community. senator mcconnell has been very clear about his desire to bring to this ser

so let me turn to senator mcconnell for a moment. i believe there's a tendency to misunderstand him even after all this time. he has been there so long, he has to be an institutionalist. moderate relative to the madness that infected the republican party since newt gingrich. i see him differently than that. i regard him as the premier political strategist and tactician of our era, perhaps the toughest negotiator. unfortunately he's used that power and his political skills solely as a partisan, never as the leader of the senate which requires collaboration with the other leaders in the party. we'll get into the discussion, but let me give you two quick examples. in 2008 the metastasizing subprime mortgage crisis brought down lehman brothers and triggered a financial crisis. henry paulsen, ben bernanke, timothy geithner went to the hill to meet with leaders. if we don't act now, bernanke told them, we won't have an economy by monday. mcconnell plays a strong role. he steps up immediately. he understands the urgency of it. he helps the

mitch mcconnell is the cause of the dysfunction. people say to me well you are putting too much weight on one person and i would respond and say how do you think the senator would work if lamar alexander was the republican leader x. all these external factors and still comes down to people who make the difference. >> host: the book is entitled "broken" can the senate save itself and the country. we are out of time. i congratulate you on a well-written book and i hope our audience will take the time to read it. thank you very much. >> guest: thank you, tom. .. [laughter] >> select author -- no, no we're not going that far. well definitely, those that

mcconnell: i understand there is a bill at the desk. i ask for its first reading. the presiding officer: the leader is correct. the clerk will read the title of the bill for the first time. the clerk: h.r. 1865, an act to amend the communications act of 1934 to clarify that section 230 of such act does not prohibit the enforcement against providers and users of interactive computer services, and so forth and for other purposes. mr. mcconnell: i ask for a second reading and in order to place the bill on the calendar under the provision of rule 14, i object to my own request. the presiding officer: objection having been heard, the bill will receive a second reading on the next legislative day. mr. mcconnell: noting with standing rule 22, i ask unanimous consent that at 11:45 a.m. on thursday, march 1, the senate vote on confirmation of the quattlebaum nomination and that if confirmed the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table and the president be immediately notified of the senate's action. i further ask following the disposition of the quatt

mcconnell is daring the democrats to take the republican offer. it is all most of take it or leave it offer at this point. that is what it appears to me. we will see what the democrats do. given how sort the debate is going to be, mcconnell at the size of this is only going to go on through the weekend. they're not going to take it after the president a resource. it is hard to see them arriving at a solution. >> my me ask you about the headline on the senate. pieceadline of your earlier on the senate leaders meeting, you talked about mcconnell. " senate needs to move on on immigration" what is the timeline for moving ahead on the immigration debate? >> this debate has been delayed as of tuesday evening. the senate is not on the shell of the bill yet. the democrats had not yielded their time. -- the senate will finally be on the bill. can start proposing amendments to that. that means that, unless there is a bipartisan agreement on how to proceed, the votes may be delayed as late as friday. heonnell told reporters that is only going to allocate thi

mcconnell is against anything. it's a new president, he's more worried about the president's approval ratings than he is about the jobs that are the people are losing. he opposed it, he tries to defeat it. thanks to collins, the senate gets done and the recovery goes ahead. i cannot conceive of another senate leader that would behave that way. last example for the moment, six years of adamant obstruction to obama and then becomes majority leader, january 2015, the senate changes overnight. the legislation starts moving forward. most productive year in a long time. what happened? .. >> barack obama all of a sudden, we plunged back in. and to the scene, with a republican president, senator mcconnell has violated every pledge that he ever made to the senate about how it would work. there is no precedent for the way the health care legislation was handled. so you recall no process, no hearings, no committee action. when he pulled it down the first time, said he'd go on to tax reform, said we're done with health care, c

mcconnell is against anything. new president. he is more worried about the president's approval ratings than he is about the jobs of the people that are losing. he opposes it. tries to defeat it. thanks to collins, snow and ar lon specter, the senate gets it done, and the recovery goes ahead. i cannot conceive of another senate leader that would behave that way. last example for the moment. six years of adamant obstruction to obama. then he finally becomes majority leader. january, 2015. the senate changes overnight. the legislation starts moving forward. most productive year in a long time. what happened? nothing except the principle obstructionist became a constructive force for one year. it lasted one year and one month. one year and one month. and then in february, 2016 justice scalia dies. senator mcconnell says we're not considering any nominee of barack obama and all of a sudden we plunge back into bitterness. in 2017 with a republican president, senator mcconnell has violated every pledge that he ever made to the senate a

mcconnell's against anything. new president is more worried about the president's approval ratings than he is about the jobs and the people there losing. he opposes it and tries to defeat it and snow, banks, collins, the inspector and the recovery goes ahead. i cannot conceive of another senate leader that would conceive lead that way. six years of adamant obstruction to obama and then he finally becomes majority leader, januare changes overnight and the legislation starts moving forward, most in? nothing except the principle of instruction became a constructive force. for one year, one month and then in february 2016 senator mcconnell says he will not consider any nominee of barack obama and all of a sudden we plunge back into bitterness. in 2017 with the republican. there is no precedent of the way the so, you recall but no committee action form and we were done with healthcare and comes back with it two weeks later. does it a third time in as a shoot is not accurate. -- reporting on senator mcconnell's notables

and mitch mcconnell has sacrificed all trust. because essentially he has not been trustworthy. ... >> i can name ten people who would be the leader in the senate but with all the external factors it still comes down to people who can make a difference. >> the book is entitled broken. we are out of time i congratulate you on a well-written book and i hope our audience will take the time to read it. thank you very much. washington journal continues. host: howard kurtz is the media host for the >>host: howard kurtz media buzz host and his book is "media madness" donald trump, the press, and the war over the truth". connect the dots between those things the president and the matter of truth. >> there is warfare going on between the two sides you said you read my books been cycle

pence: leader mcconnell, speaker mcconnell, speaker ryan, members of the house and senate, and your families, it is a joy for karen and i to be back, to the house and senate retreat, this congressional institute gathering with the men and women mostelped make 2017 the accomplished year for the conservative agenda in 30 years. >> [applause] v.p. pence: it is a joy to be with you all tonight. thanks for making us so welcome. let me reflect on the events of today. i know in speaking with many of ryanspeaking with paul train site over the phone, i know it has been a harrowing day for all of you that have been involved in today's train accident. i was in the oval office with informeddent when we occurred.d occurred.or frankly, for me, and i know for the president, we were both deeply troubled that the initial reports. but quickly releasedreports. but quickly released -- quickly relieved that the scope of the accident was not larger. reports. but quickly released -- quickly relieved that the scope of the accident was not larger. for our part, karen and i have many fond memories of house and we rem

mcconnell: thank you for inviting us to join your retreat. i think the speaker is doing excellent job of outlining all the good things that are coming about as a result of the comprehensive tax reform bill we passed in december. i met been here a while, a good position to compare 2017 with other years. of centerfer a right america, as virtually every republican does, there was never a better year than 2017 in the time i have been here, which would cover three decades, starting with the supreme court. the13 circuit judges, but 12 we did last year were the most in the first year of any administration since the circuit 1891. were established in we used the congressional review act 15 times to try to deal with the regulatory rampage that occurred during the obama years, it had only been used once in history. finally, as the speaker outlined, the incredible success of this tax reform legislation. you mentioned ups, who happens to be the single biggest employer in kentucky. employees all across the country are benefiting from what we did last fall.

senator mcconnell -- mitch mcconnell is enabling the senate to work its why. why should the house of representatives be constrained, especially on such a values-based issue as who we are as a nation and recognizing our biblical responsibility to each other? nicole robles from houston, texas, she was born in mexico. her family immigrated to the united states when she was 6 months old and she faces deportation. in less than 100 days her daca will expire. i'm anxious. this is now much less than 100 days. i'm anxious, she says, because i'm graduating high school in a few months and want to start college august of next year. how would i do that without my daca? there are so many barriers to higher education when you're not documented. with the dream act, undocumented students will have a sense -- see, what the dream act gives them is a documented sense of security and opportunity to go to school, to get a job, to care for their families, to continue their studies in college and university, she says. i want that security and opportunity to deserve that we need congr

mcconnell proposes an amendment numbered 1924 to amendment numbered 1923. mr. mcconnell: mr. president, i have ten requests for committees to meet during today's session of the senate. they have the approval of the majority and minority leaders. the presiding officer: duly noted. mr. mcconnell: i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: without objection, the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: quorum call: the presiding officer: the senator from delaware. a senator: are we currently in quorum call? we are. i ask the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. coons: i join my colleagues, both republican and democrat, in raising the alarm about a decision i believe represents politicized policy making at its very worst. just a few weeks ago, we were notified that the trump administration's interior department seeks to open up 90%, 90% of america's waters to oil and gas drilling. this was startling news for americans everywhere, but particularly those of us who come from states along the atlantic and pacific coastline w

mcconnell: we have talked a lot about 2017 being the most

it was mitch mcconnell. the focus really has been on the senate side all along, they have been the people who we don't know what's going to happen when it gets to the senate. what does it mean, charlie, that you have got house of representatives now not on the same page with daca and the dreamers? >> well, i think it's because you have a lot of republicans in the house who are in line. >> harris: what's driving it? amnesty for the dreamers. >> maria: i think it's the base. you heard john kelly last night when he talked about this and i think his language and what he said about dreamers was very unfortunate and inappropriate. >> sandra: lazy. >> maria: for not signing up even though there are not barriers but not super easy to sign up for this program including financially. i think that the house republicans, harris, that you asked about are more in line with john kelly. they are looking at a base. they are looking they are all up for election this year. and they are more worried about quote amnesty. >> lisa:

mitch mcconnell tried to break it up midday tuesday and then at the end of the day tried to get a vote on the proposal. democrats object to both times and instead become of the democrats want to vote on a bipartisan plan backed by chris kunz of delaware and john mccain too provided health to citizenship for the dreamers and in exchange for border security, $25 billion would be parsed out over time and the other proposals for legislation sponsored by senator chuck grassley that reflects the immigration plan that the democrats would rather vote on the trump immigration proposal rather than the sanctuary cities proposal. >> both sides have shown their hands on what they want and at the end of the week what are you hearing from people on what they think is able to be accomplished by the and? >> to change the waiting and two overhaul the diversity of the program those are not acceptable. that is going beyond the scope of the program that was rescinded in december and gave the deadline to do something with it. he's willing to entertain reforms limited to recipients and family members and he

how long is mitch mcconnell or -- how long are mitch mcconnell and paul ryan going to punt this? march 7th has the ability to be one of the most devastating days in the history of this country. >> scott, if you want to respond, go ahead. >> finish your thought. >> it can be devastating. >> i want the dreamers to get what they deserve, full, legal status. i like a path to citizenship. most republicans i know, do. most republicans i know want to get this done. they also want more than just this. they want border security. they want some work done on the broken parts of our immigration system. and it's going to start next week. >> okay. i got to get to the break. i have to get to the break. the folks on this side of this table, talk amongst yourselves. >> i am ready to jump in. >>> up next, the rob port ee ee scandal at the white house. and one of his ex-wives, speaking out to cnn tonight. directv has been rated #1 in customer satisfaction over cable for 17 years running. but some people still like cable. just like some people like banging their head on a low ceiling. drinking spoil

i would like to thank my friend mitch mcconnell for this gracious invitation. i really respect and appreciate what mitch and his wife have accomplished here. nurturing the next generation of right kentucky leaders. york, i have worked hard to support our network. a world-class public university. and try to attack -- try to attract companies. that is just what the mcconnell center does for kentucky. you should be very proud. much of the coverage about mitch mcconnell and me focuses on the differences between us and the two states we represent. the truth is, there are plenty of things that lynch mitch's hometown and my hometown. linkbasketball -- that mitch his hometown and my hometown. i ask how are they doing in the rankings? i don't last them this year is much. [laughter] i did not want to miss this opportunity that two of the three louisville basketball teams ever to win the national championship was led by new yorkers. in 2013, it was kevin ware and russ smith from the bronx in brooklyn -- from the bronx and brooklyn. you never know. here is another thing yo

his career and his relationship with the senator mitch mcconnell. this is 45 minutes. [applause] >> thank you very much. i want to express my gratitude to you for your service. view, a done, in my seamless job of plugging the gap . -- when this program started in the early 1990's, i had no idea it could develop into what it had become. i hope you'll join me in thanking him for the good job. [applause] we've had a lot of interesting speakers over the years. there might be none more interesting than our guests -- this morning. -- you brooklyn.mer is from always associate a smell of triple x roche sprayed with love. it was his hard work day in and day out that took this kid from brooklyn to the united states and it. it is also why last year time magazine named him one of the most influential people. he was elected to the new york state assembly at the age of 23. in his memoir, chuck remembered his parents actually did not want him to run. basically life of a corporate lawyer was to be 6 -- respectable and comfortable. but chuck, my life would have been

mcconnell: now, mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 10:30 a.m. thursday, february 8. further, following the prayer and pledge, the morning business be deemed expired, the journal of proceedings be approved to date, and the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day and morning business be closed. finally, following leader remarks, the senate resume consideration of the house message to accompany h.r. 695, with the time until the cloture vote equally divided between the two leaders or their designees. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: so if there is no further business to come before the senate, i ask that it stand adjourned under the previous order. the presiding officer: the the presiding officer: the the senate will vote on the budget bill tomorrow. now we return to the recorded public affairs programming. >> as they were expected to function in yesterday with the volume since november

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ryan to try to get him to make a similar promise to what mcconnell has. so they are hopeful what mcconnell is doing will yield what they want and ryan has said that he will bring an immigration bill to the floor so long as it's something that president trump supports and that's really the crux of it at this point for a lot of those democrats is they don't believe necessarily that that's a good thing because they don't agree with what president trump would like in exchange for protecting those dreamers which is the $25 billion for the border wall and some of them are okay with that but more important to them is curtailing the diversity lobby program and limiting the number of people that immigrants can bring in from their own families into the u.s. >> jonathan allen, stand by because we want to go to raul reyes joining us at this early morning hour at this point. attorney, columnist and nbc news.com contributor. let's expand on a couple things. thank you for joining us. >> my pleasure, good morning. >> good morning to you. let's expand on that. what do you

he was introduced by his republican counterpart, mitch mcconnell. this is about 45 minutes. [applause] >> thank you very much, greg. i want to express my gratitude on behalf of of all of us affiliated with this college for your service. as acting president here and you have done, in my view, a seamless job of plugging the gap in this. we've had here presidents. i also want to single out gary greg. when this program started in the early '90s i had no idea it could develop into what it has become. you are the reason for that. gary came here in 2000 and took it to a whole new level. i hope you will join me in thanking gary greg for his wonderful job. [applause] we have had a lot of interesting speakers over the years and in my view on more than interesting than our guest this morning. [laughter] chuck schumer, of course, is from brooklyn, born and raised. his dad owned an exterminator business and one of chuck's siblings remembered that we always associated the smell of triple x broker spray with love. [laughter] it was his hard work day in and day out that took this kid from b

. >> had you think mitch mcconnell has done as a majority leader? a tough job.ng and now that he has a republican president, i think you have to mitch inll done, getting the pieces of legislation through that the president promoted. rewrite is quite an accomplishment. he also brought in the repeal on the individual mandate of obamacare which was a death blow to that approach. and he has been able to keep our government operating. know how he is running it, day to day. but this has been a year of accomplishment for the senate senate -- and senator mcconnell deserves credit for that. >> would you consider your own leadership role? >> a junior senate -- and senatr mcconnell deserves credit for that. senator does not play that kind of role. i hope to be a leader among my colleagues by virtue of my persuasive power but i am not in line for a leadership post. [cheering] -- we want mitch!] >> this morning on c-span, "washington journal" is next. and then an interview with vice president mike pence and later a hearing on election security. in an hour, we wi

senator mcconnell has shown no interest in making the senate work. he has undermined the way the senate works. he knows how to do it and he knows how to make it work. he has said in his speeches and particularly in 2014 when he laid out how the senate should work. it's a speech, given her mansfield credit given. except it doesn't work that way. this contradicted and run the senate an entirely different way. it's efforts would use was to be bipartisan. >> host: you mention another distinction, you talk about the remarkable demonstrations of courage that occurred often times in the 60s and 70s. he said the panama canal treaty both as a classic example of real courage. there are a lot of progressive senators from states that could jeopardize their career. . . greatest generation. some of those people fought in world war ii and were willing to do for. they didn't think casting a vote was the hardest thing they have done but beyond that, that was the ethos. none of them were perfect. he came to the senate in 1968 as an added gun control advocate but he de

mcconnell and schumer had to say on monday. mcconnell making it clear. he is behind the republican proposal that mirror what is the white house put out. schumer saying tailor things a little bit more. >> it is our best chance to come to a solution to resolve these matters which requires a bill pass the senate, pass the house and earn the president's signature. >> now is not the time nor the place to reform the entire legal immigration system. rather than this is the moment for a narrow bill and every ounce of our energy is going into finding one that can pass. >> reporter: guys, the dynamics are important. first and foremost, this is an open floor debate. any amendment that has agreement can get to the floor. what amendments have a path? that includes 60 senators. this is not simple majority. it has to be bipartisan. as for the democrats, they have not floated what proposal they will put forward yet. they are working to put something together with 60 votes before it gets to the table. top senate republicans are saying this is not going to be a long debat

mcconnell did give this assurance there would be a floor debate on immigration. republicans, including the president, have repeatedly promised that they would act on daca. so i think pelosi is just asking for what schumer has already received from mcconnell, which is an assurance that the debate will actually happen on the floor of the house. we don't know if rune's going to be able to offer that. >> there is a history here. a few years ago, the senate passed in a decisive, overwhelming manner comprehensive immigration reform. it went to the house of representatives because a majority of republicans didn't like it. the speaker at the time didn't even allow it to come up for a debate and a vote. >> it never went to the floor, and most people working on the issue believe had it gone to the floor, had what passed the senate gone to the floor of the house for an up and down vote, it would have passed. it would have passed with the majority of democrats and a minority of republicans. but it was never allowed to go to the floor because it was seen as so politically tox

on the senate side today, also notable that about three hours into nancy pelosi's speech, mitch mcconnell, the republican leader, and senator chuck schumer came to the senate floor to announce the end of negotiations and agreement on a deal, a two-year deal raising budget caps under the budget control act of 2011. and expanding the budget through 2019. so the house yesterday passed the continuing resolution, that short-term measure through march 23. it's the senate's turn now and now they will further consider the budget resolution, expanding, as we said, spending for some $300 billion through fiscal year 2019. we just have 15 minutes or so here. but we did want to show you the comments of the majority leader, chuck schumer, of the majority leader mitch mcconnell and chuck schumer, one quick tweet before. that the president has weighed in at the very end of nancy pelosi's speech this afternoon. about the budget agreement. saying the agreement today is so important for our great military. tends the dangerous sequester and gives secretary mattis what he needs to keep america great. republic

. >> mcconnell remembers everything. a lot of fun here, but chuck schumer created a capital offense in kentucky bringing undocumented vermin across the border. >> another thing you might not realize we have in common, bourbon. it turns out brooklyn where i was born, raised and still proudly live produces some of the best bourbon in the world. i know that's a contentious thing to say in these parts. as a thank you for his invitation, i'd like to give this bottle of widow jane bourbon to mitch mcconnell. >> the bourbon trail is one of kentucky's great tourist attraction. it's worth the drive, ladies and gentlemen. fun but bad idea. >> that could be an attack ad in kentucky. >> you will i can say is i imagine mitch mcconnell, for whatever differences he has with chuck schumer would much rather be dealing with schumer than harry reid. >> it's true there is no such thing as brooklyn bourbon, but more broadly, if you're going to jab at each other and do passive-aggressive things like that, it's much better for republicans and

mcconnell: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: i asunanimous consent the senate proceed to executive session for the en bloc consideration of the following nominations, executive 599 and 602. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: nominations, corporation for national community service, barbara steward of illinois to be chief executive officer ; department of health and human services bret jarrad to be director in the regular corps of the public health services and to be assistant secretary. mr. mcconnell: i ask that the senate vote en bloc, that if confirmed, the motions to reconsider be considered made, the president be immediately notified of the senate's action, no further motions be in order, and any statements relating to the nominations be printed in the record. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. the question occurs on the nominations en bloc. all in favor say aye. all opposed, no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the nominations are confirmed. mr. mcco

pence, to our distinguished speaker, majority leader mcconnell, it is an honor to be here. i want to pay tribute to the sponsors of the resolution, congresswoman jenkins, congressman steny hoyer, senator roberts and senator leahy. thank you for your leadership for getting this done so expeditiously. that was applause worthy. [applause] >> it is fitting that we met here where american heroes forged extraordinary progress for our nation are memorialized in marble and bronze. in the company of washington and lincoln, eisenhower and grant. b anthony and martin luther king jr., we gather to recognize another american champion, senator robert joseph dole. host: -- [applause] representative pelosi: we are privileged to honor this leader of great integrity, deep dignity and extraordinary courage. we are blessed to be here with senator dole and his extraordinary wife. elizabeth, which room he has shared and celebrated 42 years of beautiful marriage. elizabeth is an american hero in her own right. i join steny in recognizing her. our nation is better for her strong leadership, her se

leaders mitch mcconnell and charles schumer reach a deal. addressing ongoing opioid crisis, bottom line a rare event in washington. was bipartisanship. you don't see that too much these days. you know what? it is going to cost us. it is going to cost us big time. money we do not have. adam shapiro live on capitol hill with the very latest. hey, adam. >> as you said, you might call this historic you have the bipartisan deal in the senate but as we break this down they're talking about hundreds of billions of dollars in new spending that raises the cap on not only defense spending, to over600, roughly 50 billion in fiscal 2018 and possibly more in 2019 but also on the domestic side t adds, 100, i think $50 billion over two years to domestic spending. we heard from senator schumer about that it provides money for disaster relief. provides money for opioid and abuse, drug abuse intervention programs. so that is all contained in this compromise. senate is expected to pass this at some point. we're not sure on the timing, whether tonight or tomorr

lou: will you be able to persuade paul ryan and mitch mcconnell? >> we had 500,000 new small dollar donors because of president trump. go to a trump rally and see what propelled this rally into you are country. if we are going to keep house and senate, our candidate and congressional members will have to embrace president trump. nobody motivates our base better than him. lou: if they don't support this president, don't give them a damn nickel. >> i hear you. i don't want democrats, we want those republican seats. lou: i will give you some wiggle room. ronna mcdaniel the head of the republican national committee. up next, roll the video. there it is. what is that? look at the aces flying through. that is panama city. look at that. i might -- no, there is no sense even fantasizing about having the courage to try that one out. who comes up with it? i don't know. but, man, what video. kim jong-un's rogue regime caught aiding syria's chemical weapons program. what will happen? we'll take up the eeflt alliance. ambassador john bolton joins us right here

one of the wonderful mcconnell scholars, jack, will be an intern in my d.c. office this summer. -- my d.c. office this summer. [applause] credit also goes, of course, to the great director of the mcconnell center, gary gregg, who's done an outstanding job at the helm for almost two decades. and finally, i'd like to thank my friend and he truly is, my friend mitch mcconnell, for this gracious invitation. i really respect and appreciate what mitch and his wife elaine have accomplished here at the mcconnell center. nurturing the next generation of bright kentucky leaders. in new york, particularly in upstate new york, i've worked hard to support our network of worldclass public universities and tried to attract companies that would keep the young students in new york once they graduated. that is indeed just what the mcconnell center does, among other things, for kentucky and you should be very, very proud. now, much of the coverage about mitch mcconnell and me, as he mentioned, focuses on the differences between us and the two states we represent, but the truth

senator mcconnell -- mitch mcconnell is enabling the senate to work its why. why should the house of representatives be constrained, especially on such a values-based issue as who we are as a nation and recognizing our biblical responsibility to each other? nicole robles from houston, texas, she was born in mexico. her family immigrated to the united states when she was 6 months old and she faces deportation. in less than 100 days her daca will expire. i'm anxious. this is now much less than 100 days. i'm anxious, she says, because i'm graduating high school in a few months and want to start college august of next year. how would i do that without my daca? there are so many barriers to higher education when you're not documented. with the dream act, undocumented students will have a sense -- see, what the dream act gives them is a documented sense of security and opportunity to go to school, to get a job, to care for their families, to continue their studies in college and university, she says. i want that security and opportunity to deserve that we need congr