when you send her back to the united states senate. you know, when you think about the past two years, it's just amazing. i think there's only one way you can describe the last two years. it has been two years of action. it has been two years of results. trump, itident donald has been two years of promises made and promises kept. and we are just getting started. think about it. think about it. under president trump's leadership, we are rebuilding ourmilitary and restoring democracy. we are finally getting our veterans access to the world-class, real class -- real-time health care that you earned in the uniform of the united states. we are enforcing our laws, securing our border. and as caravans of illegal immigrants rush our southern border, we've got a president who made it clear, no one is coming into this country unless they come in legally. we have already started to build that wall. we are building it. appointing aen record number of men and women to our federal courts at every level and they are all strong, conservatives who will

he brought me into the capital that day and said, cindy, i want to make you the united states senator and i want to make it happen because he's got two to beat, you and me. and we were successful tonight due to the hard work of the governor. president -- mr. president, and i just talked to him so i know he's watching, thank you so much for everything, for the opportunity, coming to mississippi yesterday, two stops, phenomenal. we got to ride together and i sure appreciated the time that he gave me. senator lindsey, vice president mike pence. they turned out for me. my colleagues have supported me. right now, mr. president, thank you so much for all of your help. [applause] you know, i want to thank my church family, my pastor. dr. garland boyd opened us up in prayer last night. before we voted on justice kavanaugh on that saturday, i called dr. boyd and prayed with him on the phone before i cast that vote. life that is an enriched straight from the spirit that no one can replace. i want to thank my church and pastor. my sweet mother, my sister, all of my family members that are here,

when we send mike braun to the united states senate. you forust say thank the honor you have given me to serve this state and our nation is your vice president, the greatest honor of my life. karen and i will always be grateful for the support and prayers of the people of indiana. and i want you to know, we feel them every day. support, continued strong conservative leaders representing indiana, congress and at the state level, with mike braun in the senate, president trump in the white house and with god's help, i believe we will make indiana safer and more prosperous than and this man will make america great again, and now it is my honor and privilege to introduce to you my friend, the 45th president of the united states of america, president donald trump. ♪ god bless the usa" playing] ♪ but there ain't no doubt i love this land god bless the usa. ♪ ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] [crowd chanting "u.s.a."] president trump: thank you, indiana. thank you very much. and thank you for giving america a truly amazing person in mike penc

that has to united states senate 98-1 -- past the united states the unitedassed states senate 98-1. obviously the president is trying to work with democrats on some of his judicial and executive nominations. it? so late, isn't his got more senators so maybe he won't need more democratic votes, but he always welcomes them. if you see some of the democrats running these house seats and you take a look at the districts , those democratic members are going to have to ask themselves, what did my constituents asked me to come and do. i guarantee you it's not to try to obstruct, impeach, impunity. >> he was focused on the migrant caravan so much. do you feel like he is the naked with that? >> well -- vindicated with that? >> where was he criticized? where else was he criticized -- where else was he criticized? he has been complemented for raising attention to the fact that we have people poring over the border. people come over the border by the thousands every single day. for manyemarkable people is when you shine a light on an issue in a different way and people see, they come and say ma

i respect the united states senate. i used to be a staffer of the united states senate. but there is no excuse why they can't do what the house did and follow our leadership and work on a strong bipartisan basis to make sure that america just doesn't have the strongest economy of today, but has the strongest economy of tomorrow. and it started with men and women, democrats and republicans, on the house financial services committee, to ensure that the economy of tomorrow, once again, will be strong for all americans. and i urge my colleagues and my friends in the united states senate to follow our lead, to listen to the administration, and pass the jobs 3.0 act immediately. and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the chair will receive a message. the messager: mr. speaker, a message from the senate. the secretary: mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: madam secretary. the secretary: i have been directed by the senate to inform the house that the senate has passed h.r. 7187, an act to extend the n

he brought me into the capital that day and said, cindy, i want to make you the united states senator and i want to make it happen because he's got two to beat, you and me. the president. talkedsident, and i just to him because i know he's watching, thank you so much for opportunity,or the coming to mississippi yesterday, two stops, phenomenal. we got to ride together and i sure appreciate the time. senator lindsey, vice president mike pence. right now, mr. president, thank you so much for all of your help. know, i want to thank my church family, my pastor. up inrland boyd opened us prayer last night. before we voted on justice cavanaugh on that saturday, i called dr. boyd and prayed with him on the phone before i cast that vote. that noan enriched life one can replace. want to thank my church and pastor. sister, allher, my of my family members that are here, they have turned out in full force. you supported me, loved me, put up signs. you have done everything for me. luke, jake, anna. i have all these cousins. raise your hand if you are a cousin. the official staff has been so wonder

he got into the capital today, make you the yoto united states senator. he's got you and me. we were successful tonight due to the hard work of the governor . the president -- mr. president, i know he's watching -- thank you so much for everything, for the opportunity, to coming to mississippi yesterday. two stops. phenomenal. tupelo was unbelievable. the coast was unbelievable. we got to ride together and i appreciate the time he gave me. vice president mike pence. they turned out for me. my colleagues have supported me. mr. president, thank you so much for all of your help. [applause] thankyde-smith: i want to my church family, my pastor. dr. garland boyd opened this up in prayer on the gulf coast. before we voted on justice kavanaugh that saturday, i called dr. boyd and i prayed with him over the phone before i cast that vote. that is an enriched life straight through the spirit that nothing can replace. i want to thank my church and my pastor right now. my sweet mother, my sister, all of my family members that are here. they have turned out in full force. could not have d

and country for five consecutive terms as a united states senator from the state of massachusetts and provided a enormous leadership during those terms and then became a secretary of state who led two treaties that only a moron would try to undo. [applause] [cheering] and i must say i do want to welcome senator kerry to miami

and hugin would be a trump rubber stamp in the united states senate. the reason hugin is competitive is because he spent tons of his own money, money that he got -- >> it's not because of menendez's legal problems? >> there's no doubt that bob menendez has had that issue and he has had to litigate that throughout the campaign, which he has. but it is also the fact that bob hugin has now spent $30 million of his own money, money that he gained as the ceo of a pharmaceutical company that really overcharged people for cancer drugs. and i don't think the people of new jersey want somebody who made his way that way. and so i'm confident that bob menendez will win. >> chris van hollen, i'll leave it there. i believe there's nobody that has done what you've done. dccc chair a decade ago, '08 and '10 and dsec chair now. nobody knows this country's election project at this point better than you other than my pals over at the cook report. >> thanks, chuck. >> thanks very much. >>> and joining me now is republican governor bill haslam of tennessee. he's the perso

he was not your standard-issue united states senator. but the particular way he chose to go about his duties has left a larger footprint than most of his colleagues were able to leave. so i will leave with a memory of one of my final memories. senator pell was out of the senate. his illness had caught up with him to the point where he was barely able to speak any longer. and his friend, ted kennedy, who sat in this space right here, at a different desk but right here in this spot on the senate floor, was sailing through rhode island and he called up senator pell and said, i'd like to take you out on my boat. and it was arranged that senator pell would go out on his sailboat. well, that required getting a wheelchair onto a sailboat over the tippy docks that senator kennedy's boat pulled up to. but, sure enough, we all grabbed a piece of the wheelchair, hoisted it up, and stood over and into -- you know, stepped over into the boat and set his wheelchair down in the cockpit of the boat. and senator kennedy started up the motor and drove it

states senate. so we can keep making america great again. thank you this election will decide whether we build on the extraordinary prosperity that we've unleashed, or whether we let the radical democrats take control of congress and take a giant wrecking ball to our economy and to our future. it's not going to happen. america now has the best economy in the history of our country. could you believe this? can you believe this? way ahead of schedule. and if i would have said that during the campaign where i spent a lot of days and nights with you, and i was with another special friend of ours, bobby knight, who's going to be speaking in a couple of minutes. [applause] the great bobby knight. but if i would have told you the kind of numbers that we've achieved, nobody would have believed it and they would not have let us get away with it but we would have gotten away with it anyway. we would have gotten away with it. anyway it turned out we were underestimating as opposed to overestimating. in the las

you mentioned twoco former speakers of the house and the united states senator. people are called to account for their actions and not long after the investigation, i was teaching at new york s university, the cabdriver, this cabdriver is a west african country, i want to protect everybody from the country. he said mister starr, is that you? yes. in my country this never could have happened. our leaders can do anything they want, they are not called to account. that is not america.e >> host: you had time to write this book. you used to be president of daly university. >> guest: i was dismissed from baylor university. i was not fired as chancellor. i hope two, the board of regents made a determination in light of issues of sexual violence and the like, and an important law they needed, new leadership. and that is not a criticism, just the fact i did step down voluntarily as chancellor. may i complete the thought, in summer of 2016, and i wrote about my baylor experience. and i was finishing the project in late 2016 and hillary lost the election. y the time is real

the united states senate for 42 years. in those four decades of service, he has brought honor, humility, humor, and heart to this institution of the united states senate. he has honed his legislative experience on a broad range of public policy. in fact, none of his peers has led more laws to final passage than my friend, senator hatch. he has built successful bipartisan coalitions to enact laws that make a difference in the lives of everyday americans. as former chairman of the senate judiciary committee and currently the senior member there, he is a champion of religious liberty and the rule of law. he is an advocate for entrepreneurship and free enterprise as well as a champion of intellectual property rights. that includes being the lead senate sponsor of the music modernization act. he's just old enough to know when laws aren't keeping pace with technology. thanks then to his tenacity, the new law will help ensure songwriterrers, artists, and creators that they will be fairly compensated for their works. like so many

states senate. yo know, it's the greatest privilege of my life to serve as vice president to a president who get up every day and fightses to keep the promises that he made to the people of florida and the people of america. i think there's only one way you can describe the last two years. it's been two years of action. it's been two years of results. it's been two years of promises made and promises kept. and we're just getting started, florida. think about it. under president trump's leadership we're rebuilding our military and supporting our vets. we're securing our borders, enforcing our laws. we put that caravan on notice and we've already started to build that wall. we fought for trade deals that are finally putting american workers and farmers first. and with the strong leadership of president trump we've rolled back red tape, unleashed american energy, and cut taxes across the board for working families and businesses all across florida. and the results have been

senator flake is a fifth generation arizonan and was selected to the united states senate in 2012. after serving 12 years in the u.s. house of representatives. representing arizona's east valley. as a member of the united states senate, senator flake serves on the energy and natural resources , foreign relations, on the judiciary committees. he's also the author of a conscience of a conservative, a rejection of destructive politics, and a return to principle. please join me in welcoming rizona senator jeff flake. mr. flake: congratulations to all of the award winners tonight. i have so much -- i so much appreciate the invitation to speak here tonight. if i'm a bit winded, it's because i've been taking the stairs all day. i've developed an aversion to elevators. [laughter] i saw the cnn camera next to an elevator in the russell building this morning and got nervous. this morning chris even suggested, there's surely got to be room for a television show that goes along the lines of jerry seinfeld's comedians in cars getting coffee. some decaffeinated version like, senators nellvaters

senate. mitt romney will be the next united states senator from the state of utah. he beats jenny wilson. mitt romney, the former republican presidential nominee, the former governor of massachusetts. he will be the next u.s. senator from utah. in nevada, too early to call right now. a very competitive race between jacky rosen, the democrat, dean heller. in montana, similarly, too early to call. the incumbent democrat jon tester facing a very stiff challenge from the republican matt rosendale. too early to call in montana. let's take a look at the balance of power in the senate where things stand right now with these projections. 38 democrats. they will be in the senate. 45 republicans in the senate including one pickup. 17 seats right now remain outstanding in the u.s. senate. we're watching those 17 seats. democrats must pick up three republican seats and not lose any more of their own. three republican seats in order to get closer and closer to the majority. it's looking tough for the democrats right there. let's go over to john king and take a closer look becaus

states but this idea that she should go away -- mitt romney lost whites, he's an united states senate. >> harris: on the house -- >> the largest sweep of democrats since watergate. >> harris: who called hillary clinton and to help them? >> that's for every democrat. >> harris: was that a zero? >> that was not a zero, she did campaign. it was a low number. as other candidates that have lost the presidency didn't go away. john mccain returned. i think she brings a wealth of experience, public service. >> harris: you have nancy pelosi for that. >> certainly, and she's going to be speaker of the house. >> to the fact that you said people can't move on, it's because she's going out and giving speeches and creating new fodder. >> harris: look at the excitement at this table. i will bring you back, stay tuned. >> harris: welsh it's been a pleasure to serve you this hour. we've had a lot to talk about. the conversation continues on social media outnumbered overtime on all social platforms. i'm harris. here's dana. >> dana: fox news alert. secretary of state mike pompeo briefing the full senat

and so, you mentioned to former speakers in the house and the united states senator. people are called to account fot their actions and i think that is healthy in this democracy. not long after the investigation [inaudible] i was teaching new york university's was on my way to get the shuttle to new york and the cab driver turns around and says if this was pre- over but i like calves and so i popped in the cabinet turns out the cab driver is a west african country and i will protect anyone from the country. he says mr. starr, is that you and i said yes. he said in my country is never could've happened and our leaders can do anything they want and they are not called to account. that is not america. >> host: one of the reasons you wrote this book isis because you had the time to write this book. used to be president of baylor university -- >> caller: i was fired of president of baylor university. i was dismissed and not fired as chance of it at two positions. board of regents made a determination about sexual violence in the like and possible violations of title ix whi

. >> the forest gump of the united states senate -- for rest gump of the united states senate because there was no question they could give me that i can could not fall back on some instance from the roman empire that would support the answer to the question. i'm going to plead guilty to that and say something. i'm a pretty good president dention historian. i did a piece did -- presidential historian. i did a piece today, maybe tomorrow, there's never been a presidential campaign, certainly in the post-world war ii era, where one of the candidates made veterans the centerpiece of his campaign. and that was brought home to me when i was made the acting secretary. now, for those of you who have had your heads beaten in by the jezz wit fathers as i have had -- jesuit fathers as i have had, being the acting secretary is like jesuit limbo. you are, but you're not. i was amazed during that eight weeks that i was privileged to be the acting secretary of the department, how much time the president of the united states spent with me talking about veterans, talking about the future of the depar

the difference between 50 united states senators and 49 united states senators is huge. whatever politics that joe manchin has to do locally to come back, we need him right there because we need that d from west virginia. know how i ended up being the champion for joe manchin. [laughter] towardswanted to move more socialistic policies. manchins on the joe instead of the check schumers? and i don't mean just as a leader. you have a reliably safe blue state. there are two things to separate here with chuck schumer. one is the arguments that he does not do politics very well based on what we have seen in the past 30 republican judges who just skated through an chuck grassley pulled a fast one on him. forus the question of is he some reason running in a blues state significantly to the left l the center of the democratic party to the left? there are problems in organizing and building that support for those primary challengers. and i love primaries. i think that is where we fight those battles. not in the general elections. are we have joe manchin, we fucked. there are so ma

[laughter] senator harris i said president of the united states. she said president of the united states? i said yes, and i should tell you that i was not elected. [laughter] senator harris: she wrote that down. [laughter] senator harris: well, many thanks to dean bloomberg and professor myers the roy wilkins center, the humphrey school of public affairs for sponsoring this excellent conference on the 50th anniversary of the report of the carter commission, of which, as you know, i was a member, of course. the last surviving member. an old populist democratic friend after that appeared in the paper that i was the last surviving member, he said that ought to be on your tombstone. he sent me in a male, fred harris, last survivor. i said nice sentiment, but i thought it might come a little late. sort of like politicians do, ingratiating themselves, or try to with whatever group they are speaking to, they say my fellow rainbow girls or whatever it is, but this is not really that. i am honored to be at the roy wilkins center. roy wilkins was a diligent

lee just mentioned, that says that the united states senate respects the constitution of the united states and understands that the issue of war making, of going to war, putting our young men and women's lives at stake, is something determined by the u.s. congress, not the president of the united states. it is a congressional decision, not a presidential decision, whether that president is a democrat or a republican. mr. president, in march of 2015, under the leadership of mohammed bin salman, then saudi defense minister and now the crown prince, saudi arabia and the united arab emirates intervened in yemen's ongoing civil war. let us be clear, yemen has been a poor and struggling country for many years, but as a result of the saudi-led intervention, yemen is now experiencing the worst humanitarian disaster in the entire world. and one of the poorest countries on earth as a result of this war, according to the save the children organization, some 85,000 children have already starved to death. 85,000 children already dead and millions more face death, face starvation if this war cont

government, cabinet members their meaning, must be confirm bide the united states senate. but the federal vacancies reform act says the president can fill a vacancy in the department with a senior official in that department who has served more than 90 days in that department. but that law does not take precedent over another law which specifically describes how a vacancy in the office of attorney general should be filled within the justice department. that law requires that deputy attorney general, in this case rod rosenstein become the acting attorney general, and that is one of the many reasons why we have never had an acting attorney general who has not been confirmed by the united states senate to a role such as deputy attorney general or solicitor-general or associate attorney general. all of whom are specified in the law that determines the order of succession to temporarily film a vacancy by a departing attorney general. it can immediately corrupt and jeopardize virtually all of the actions of the department of justice. here's how neil explained that point earlier

we have not elected a republican to the united states senate since 1972. we have the longest streak of any state in america not to a republican to the senate. it is a tough state. >> i would be curious if you think bob menendez is in trouble. mr. christie: oh, we can get two minute is. here's the thing. there has been a pattern and new jersey with her has not been one two-term democratic governor in 40 years, but there has been three two-term or public in governor's -- republican governors. what has happened politically in our state is you have a democrat who comes in, raises taxes, increases spending, expands the power of government, new jerseyans go, "we don't like that you are let's elect a republican." the republican cuts taxes and spending and get government out of their pants, and they reelect the person. by the time eight years gets get tired ofseyans being said no to an republican governors say no. no, i'm not raising taxes. no, i'm not increasing spending. no, i'm not increasing spending. and someone runs and says yes to everything. they will give

you mentioned a united states senator. people are called to account for their actions and i think that's healthy in this democracy. i will say not long after the investigation, i was a practicing lawyer in washington, d.c. and i was teaching at new york university so i was on my way to get the shuttle to new york, and the cab driver turns around and looks and -- this is pre-uber. anyway, i like cabs. it turns out this cab driver is from, i'm just going to say a west african country. i want to protect everybody who hails from the country. he said mr. starr, is that you? i said yes. he said in my country, this never could have happened. i said what do you mean? he said our leaders can do anything they want. they're not called to account. well, that's not america. >> one of the reasons why you wrote this book is because you had the time to write this book. you used to be president of baylor university. why are you no longer president? >> i was fired as president of baylor university, unfortunately, i was dismissed. i was not

i believe i would go see my local united states senator or congressman and say you have heard that we don't have diverse views on our campus, but let me show you that we do. let me show you all the things that we have in place to do it. i think it is a very big threat to the quality and support for higher education in the united states. mr. rosenstein: the next question relates to that issue. given that higher education is a pillar of our democracy, our economy, and society, which is a view i think you share. congress does provide significant funding and various ways for universities. as you mentioned donors can , elicit particular actions that they want by conditioning their donations on actions by universities. do you believe congress should do the same thing? that is congress should condition funding on universities complying with first amendment principles? sen. alexander: no, i don't. how would you do that? that means someone will have to write a definition of free speech. i suppose congress could, by sense of the senate resolution adopt the chicago principles, but the next congr

how can i make an informed decision as a united states senator about whether or not the crown prince is complicit in a murder if i don't have access to the intelligence that i read about in the paper? that's unacceptable for me. >> everything donald trump did was fully acceptable to lindsey graham before the mid-term election. today the full senate was given a closed door briefing on the situation in saudi arabia including the war in yemen and the murder of jamal khashoggi. and many senators, democrats and republicans, were disturbed that the director of the cia who knows more about khashoggi case than anyone else in the administration was prevented from participating in the briefing, prevented by the president. >> the most persuasive presence in this briefing was an empty chair, a chair that should have been operated by gena hasical. we were told in this briefing it was at the direction of the white house she not intend. >> were you explicitly told the white house blocked her? >> we asked why she wasn't there, and the two who were there said it was a decision by the white house. >>

when we send mike braun to the united states senate. thank you for the honor you have given me to serve the state and serve your nation as the vice president. at the greatest honor of my life. karen and i will always be grateful for the support of traders of the people of indiana. , we feelt you to know them every day. looking out at all of you tonight, i just know. with your continued support, the strong conservative leaders representing indiana, congress, and at the state level. braun in the senate, president donald trump in the white house, and with god's help , i believe we will make indiana safer and more prosperous than ever before. will make america great again. it is my high honor and distinct myvilege to introduce to you friend, the 45th president of the united states of america, president donald trump. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ applause]d [chanting "u.s.a."] you,dent trump: thank indiana. thank you very much. and thank you for giving america in mikeamazing person pence. he's a great, great man and a great vice president. thank you,

floor of the united states senate passing a resolution this point it would encourage the good these were encouraged the iranians will no longer be part of their destructive military adventurism hopefully get a cease fire and something that we have diplomatically been striving for for months and we think we're right on the cusp of that we were fueling the bombers that the saudis sent in to yemen. all the vote comes amid the ongoing anger over the killing of jamal khashoggi the dissident journalist noted last month inside the saudi consulate in istanbul. kind of open house more on washington's coming divisions well the vote was sixty three to thirty seven with support on both sides of the aisle the resolution called for the united states to end any cooperation with the saudi led attack on yemen now one of the voices speaking in favor of the resolution was us senator bernie sanders of vermont we have been providing the bombs the saudi led coalition is using. we have been refueling their planes before they drop those bombs this is a vote. that says to the world we are going to end. the

that is histor and i think it gives a real buffer in the united states senate for more judicial nominations for more execuve nominations to go through. and so that is-- when you talk se, itthe hou disappointing but not surprising, that the house would go to the party out of power. ceainly the economy, we want to keep the booming economy going. and there's no indication tha there's an appetite among voters in some of those swing democrat districts to have incessant investigations and endless subpoenas. the democrats, hope nancy pelosi, if she's elected speak ewilbe sincere in extending an olive brnch. the president said he'd like to work with her. >> woodruff: ioticed at today's news conference, the president made a point of critizing, even den graight some republican members of congress who ran for re-election but werdefeated. he said they didn't embrace him closely enough. and i saw this afternoon, one of them, congressn ryan cosllo, who represents part of philadelphia. he made this statement. he said to deal with harassment and filling spewed at g.o.p. members of congress in tough seats e

this is what the decision is all about on the floor of the united states senate passing a resolution this point that it would encourage the who these were encouraged to release a splits emerges in washington over america's stance toward sunny arabia with the senate calling for an end to ending the gulf kingdom's war effort in yemen something the white house opposes also i had this. remind me as being are going to counseling to apply focus today on train till night a serial rapist is told he can access a child he fathered in one of the offenses he was jailed for in the u.k. the woman he impregnated when she was fifteen just are calling for a change in britain's legal system to protect people in person to a shooting. yellow vests protesters in from planning another series of rallies against president mike rawlings fuel tax increase while the police force their demands for more so. the situation on the ground might be very different but according to the information we have here everything is correct and the problems happen when management does not understand the risks we are taking only

states senate. he was first elected in 1996. a lot of people here on capitol hill, especially those that served with him, think he got a raw deal. hi left a very safe senate seat from alabama for this job. the president gave him the business a lot of times and now he's out the door. >> shepard: chad pergram, thanks. there's breaking news now on fox news channel. fox news television stations across the america. the swearing in has happened. catherine herridge on the hill. catherine? >> we're getting more fidelity on the details here. our justice department sources are reporting that because matt whitaker had been sworn in for another justice department position, there was not the formality to do a second swearing in and now considered the acting attorney general, shep. so i think if you step back and for folks just joining us at home, you need to see that we've had a series of events that i would argue are very organized and very deliberate and even some would say choreographed from the white house c

one united states senator won that race too close to call two governors here in the united states you see in the highest elected offices in the land under the president so. just doesn't take much to imagine some of those candidates moving up well it's been good talking to both of you these parker with victory fund and gregory angelo with republicans thank you let's do this again before two thousand and twenty and see what the race looks like in a year or so thank you. well on the other side of the world tonight in lebanon on there is also a story of an awakening political awareness when it comes to sexual minorities in the country's last parliamentary election back in may several candidates openly endorsed l.g.b. t.q. rights but. he reports being transgenders still means a life faced with discrimination. this tiny apartment has become done as only safe space in her hometown of beirut. even going outside to meet up with close family members can be very difficult and i was able to deal with a few dollars imagine if my brother got married tomorrow that was i couldn't go to his wedding an

senator of the united states -- senator, senator, you're running to be the u.s. senator. why not talk about race? >> the united states senator cindy hyde-smith successfully evading nbc news' vaughn hillyard. vaughn does not make it a policy of chasing candidates to their cars. and maybe that's the right strategy. even with all her flaws, even with the coming of the blue wave of democratic wins this month in which democrats just picked up another house seat today in deep red utah -- we'll have more on that in a moment -- even in that environment, hyde-smith's democratic opponent mike espy has a seriously uphill battle to win an upset tomorrow. he'd be the first black senator for mississippi since reconstruction that is a heavy lift. here is cindy hyde-smith, and the more you talk, the more you get yourself in trouble. maybe the goal right now is to make to it the finish line, even if you have to run out the back door, purchase sued by reporters. republicans are worried enough to be pouring money and resources into a race that ought to be a cakewalk. donald trump is current

think you. >> we are on the eve of a very difficult moment in the united states senate where we are moving to confirm someone who is deeply offensive to many folks in america regardless of their political party. we have common values in this country that bound us together as much as people want to accentuate the differences between republicans and democrats we do hold certain ideals. one of those most sacrosanct idea is the ideal of the right to vote. this wasn't always in our country people from both parties and all backgrounds fought together to extend the right to vote to women in this country and extend the right to vote to african-americans those standing on the bridge and those who died together for that right and now we are on the eve of confirming someone whose career is disdained with efforts to suppress the right to vote. that is something that should offend the conscious of the people who are in all parties it is offensive to the very ideals which we stand for, the right to vote one person one vote equal justice under the law. as my colleagues i said very clearly, in 1984 the so

it allowed those students to prevent or threaten to prevent a united states senator with him -- with whom they disagree from speaking on their college campus. what the administration did that was wrong, to cave into them. what it should have said is you may not attend. you may cross your arms. you may even turn around and look the other way. but if you disrupt her speech, and to prevent others from hearing her, you will be punished because you have no right under the first amendment to do that. so that is not a new issue. that has been around for a long time. but what we have is the iphone devices which stirs things up better. but what we need is for college administrators to know the rules and to know they should veto the hecklers' veto and make it clear at the beginning of school that this is what you can do and this is what you can't do. mr. rosenstein: senator, you mentioned your own experience with a professor who was criticized for his political views. there are some who say conservatives only care about free speech when the voice is being suppressed on the conservative side of

states senate, among our conference and our leadership,oo working in a constructive and bipartisan way to address the issues that the american people expect us to take on. senator barrasso: new chairman of the republican conference and committed to continue to work in a bipartisan way. there's lots that can be done in a bipartisan way, and we have been doing that -- border infrastructure bill passed 99-1, recently signed by the president, bills on so patients could know the cheapest cost of drugs, that passed in a bipartisan way so in divided government there is a lot that can be done and will be done but i do want to take the opportunity to introduce the new vice chairman of the republican conference. joni ernst. senator ernst: thank you very much, john. thank you, everyone. it is a great honor for me to join this tremendous leadership team as the republican conference vice chairman. i'm looking forward to the opportunity to share o wonderful overwhelming message of prosperity here in the united states, not only with the members of this body but also with our fantastic constituents ho

, far less than one used to in the united states senate. jeff flake and coons tried to bring it up, defeated by mitch mcconnell. flake has said he won't vote for a -- lame duck session. are there other republicans who can go the flake route to get you the leverage you would need? >> i think there are other republicans and they need to step forward. the story of this congress has been quite unfortunately the abdication of responsibility by republicans. i hope jeff flake sticks to that commitment. but we need the legislation -- >> you need more than that, don't you? >> we need more than just him, and we need more than just jeff flake because he's going to be leaving and we need the muscle to make sure that the senate votes on this. >> do you have any doubt in your mind that if the president fired mueller and shut down the investigation that the overwhelming majority of republican colleagues would be fine with it to try to protect the president? >> there will be a fire storm if he fires the special counsel, there will be a constitutional confl

>> well, all of the democrats in the united states senate are united in opposition to thomas farr. we believe that senator flake is going to be voting no, and hopefully we can get senator scott or one of the other republican senators who really understands the importance of the judiciary to vote against this nomination. we need to start over. we need to wait until next year. let all of the senators settle down and find a consensus judge for north carolina and not try to ramrod thomas farr through at the last moment before the session expires. >> representative butterfield, thank you for your time. >> thank you. >>> bill and hillary clinton kicking off their big speaking tour tonight. hillary clinton took a shot at president trump's claim his gut tells him more than anybody else's brain. you're going to want to hear this. so this christmas, take care of the hands that take care of you. that's me in back in 1987, when i gave isotoner gloves to all my teammates. now i have a different set of teammates. my family. and they all want isotoner gloves for christmas because they keep gettin

senator, you're running to be the u.s. senator of the united states, senator. senator, you're running to be the u.s. senator. why not talk about race? >> it looks like republican senator cindy hyde-smith has figured finally out a strategy for success in the runoff election tomorrow. stop talking around cameras. in the last few weeks hyde-smith has been caught on tape saying she would enthusiastically attend a public hanging with a spur of hers. and mississippi should make it more difficult for, quote, some folks to vote. she said these things while running for office in a state that had more lynchings than any other state in the union. a state that's disenfranchised black voters clg today, still flies a flag with the confederate emblem. senator hide said these things while running against mike espy looking to become the state's first black senator since reconstruction. the president is in mississippi right now doing two different rallies in support of hyde-smith. just hours before he arrived, semen nooses were found outside saying, we need to remind people time