senator schumer: let's hope he doesn't. reporter: has he told you he will? senator schumer: nor. there are republicans grambling grumbling at this. they are free actors, the republicans are. there's nothing that says they have to change the rules if gorsuch doesn't get 60 and the logic, the irresistible logic is if the nominee doesn't get 60 you change the nominee, not the rules. reporter: whause your republican to -- senator schumer: the argument is the same argument we used on ourselves. this is too important of a position. it should get bipartisan buy-in. senator blumen that will: it shouldn't be approved by a razor thin majority. this is the highest court in the land. a lifetime appointment. the supreme court is different. and it should require a consensus of more than 60 votes, a bipartisan consensus before someone is put on the court. senator schumer: every judge of the last four met a 60-vote bar. three of them got more than 60 votes and alito got more than 60 when there was attempted filibuster. gorsuch should have to meet the same bar, not change the rules to change it.

schumer, why has this not been done? senator schumer: look, the attorney general is the chief law enforcement officer of the land. and already, his integrity and independence has been questioned. it would be better for the country if he should resign. the main point i am making here is we need an investigation to get to the bottom of this. better for the country if he resigns, but let's get a real investigation going. is theregoing to say, something inappropriate about the senator meeting with the russian ambassador? senator schumer: no, but there is something very inappropriate to dramatically mislead congress. he said he did not remember afterwards, but it was in record for weeks afterwards and, you can be sure he was thoroughly briefed for this hearing. it was obvious with everything that was swirling about that this question would come up. it is not a question of -- you are wondering about, i did not remember. yes, in the back. that wasestion announced to senator sessions at the time has been replayed over and over a

senator schumer: we want to stay on topic. reporter: on your topic, what is the strategy here when stakes are going to be higher with the next nominee? why not let judge gorsuch -- senator schumer: well, judge gorsuch, we believe, does not belong on the bench. and we also believe that there are -- we believe there are republicans who are reluctant to change the rules and we hope they won't do it. they're free actors and so to assume they're going to change the rules is not actually correct. and if they were going to change the rules on this one, why wouldn't they just change them on the next one afterwards anyway. reporter: and if i may very

that's what schumer is calling for. the question is how much pressure does this johnsgenerat republicans to keep going forward with this? i think it significant that chuck schumer did not say i don't think that jeff sessions perjured himself before congress. it will be interesting to see if others say he did and if that determination is made on capitol hill. >> kasie hunt, thank you very much. talking about those republican reactions and response to a special prosecutor, he's what republican senator lindsey graham had to say about this very subject. >> it is clear to me that jeff sessions, who is my dear friend, cannot make this decision about trump. so there may be nothing there, but if there's something there that the fbi is believes is criminal in nature, then for sure you need a special prosecutor. if that day ever comes, i'll be the first one to say it needs to be somebody other than jeff. >> that was senator graham. this is the podium where we expect to see nancy pelosi any minute. we will bring it to you live whe

[indiscernible] senator schumer: well, let me just say this. it is an irony of ironies that the places where it has probably the most effective is the heart of red trump vote areas. world areas. -- rural areas. the poor or area or's and many of these states are most affected. if you go to states with senators are running for reelection in areas that have been won by donald trump, aca all of a sudden has become very popular and that is because people realized bike losing it they are going to be in real trouble. pelosi: e and it is sad because what they're saying about those who have largely benefited from the affordable care act and will be pushed off, a lot of the benefit of the $600 billion is going to go to the blue areas. and that is not right. think of yourself as a trump put her in west virginia or someplace, kentucky which has really done a good job with the affordable care act, thinking "i am going to lose my coverage and they are going to give $7 million to each of the richest families in america every year instead of giving me health c

senator schumer: i think he is a fine man. i'm disappointed that he did nothing at the hearing that he would call on a special prosecutor. i'm still hopeful he will. when he looks at the guidelines, it is far and away the best alternative. i'm hoping that a season, unbiased prosecutor like rosenstein will see that. >> we hear these conditions from the republicans about obamacare. when you hear those accusations nbc what their process, what is democratsthan what did and what republicans did? senator schumer: it is night and day. we had hearings. our proposals were vetted out in the public over and over again. we had a cbo score so that people would know who was covered. people would know how much it would cost. they are doing none of this. they are hiding this plan in every way. why? it is indefensible. they cannot defend it to the mac and people. they are ashamed of the plan actually. but they are forced by their ideological precepts and their promises for eight years that they try to repeal it and they are stuck. i have to sa

schumer careful in other regards. i tried to ask him directly, did jeff sessions lie under oath to the judiciary committee in his testimony. he would not go there, he said this is something that he's not a lawyer, he went to law school but he's not working as a lawyer, that they need to look into further -- exactly, but the point being that the democrats really are going to continue to push on this issue, because even if republicans all call for his recausal, they'll just say, that is not enough. so that is one of the messages that chuck schumer left here in this room, guys. >> all right. gloria, to you, the legal expert, someone who went to law school as well as the senate minority leader and practices currently and teaches constitutional law. lie and perjure. perjure, you have to have intent. what's the standard he'll be facing? >> lie means lie under oath. that brings back memories of bill clinton and impeachment. the idea that he misled the congress, that's another issue. that's also something where if he intentio

joining us is chuck schumer, the senior senator for new york. nice to have you here, thank you. >> good evening, rachel. >> is this a happy day for you? >> no, it's not happy but i, like many americans, breathe a sigh of relief because the affordable care act did so many good things and trumpcare was going to do so many bad things so the fact that it's at least temporarily gone, we don't know with these folks, is a very good thi thing. >> the president today said he blames democrats. >> yes, nancy and me. >> nancy and you. you're always there for him for that purpose. . there were no democratic votes that we know of in either chamber for the trumpcare bill, as you called it. and the republicans, had they been able to hold their own numbers together, did they try to get democrats in on this? >> no, on day one the president said "i'm going to introduce repeal." we democrats have been against repeal from the get-go. and this president, wherever he runs into trouble, he points fingers. he needs to look at what he did wrong, but hi points fingers of

and similarly chuck schumer. so other government officials have such meetings with folks from other countries, including russia but not necessarily limited. until we know the details, it's hard to draw conclusions. >> you make a fair point. the only point i was trying to make, i hope you can hear me -- >> i lost wolf. >> you're not hearing me, senator? i think we lost the senator. well try to reconnect. you're looking to the right, you can see the president of the united states, he has just landed in orlando, florida for a series of events there. the president walking down the stairs now. he will be going over to a catholic school, talking about school vouchers. educational choice for parents in sending their kids to the appropriate school. subjects that have been widely debated and discussed over these past several years here in the united states from orlando after these meetings, we'll have live coverage of the president's address after these events in orlando. the president will fly not too far away from pal m

schumer: 18 happy years. i want to thank nancy pelosi. republican hand-picked head of cbo has confirmed what the democrats have been saying. trumpcare would be a disaster for the american people. trumprs from today, if and the republicans have their 4 million americans would not have health insurance and 58 million, 10 years from now, would not have health coverage. that is not american. that is wrong. premiums for seniors will rise 25%. if there was ever a war on seniors, this is it. it stands for over twice is much spends over twice on tax cuts for the rich then for the middle class and working class. one speaker ryan says it is an act of mercy, yes. those who make over $250,000 a year, they get big tax cuts. health insurance executives and wealthy americans. everyone else gets a cold shoulder from the republicans and the president. president trump said that everybody will be covered in cost will go down. he has no intention of keeping either promise. the nonpartisan scorekeepers have spoken clearly. trumpcare -- blowshould be a knockou

attorney was counsel to chuck schumer, chuck schumer was his patron, chuck schumer got him the position of being u.s. attorney by telling barack obama he should nominate him. so that was a gesture. since then relations between president trump and chuck schumer have become increasingly toxic, trump has insulted schumer and schumer in turn called for an independent investigation into the russia thing, he said jeff sessions should resign. they are not friends anymore and that may be why this deal that sort of was thrown together capriciously in november when things looked very different no longer was that attractive to trump or to sessions. >> if we ever find outs about the presence or absence of any trump-related investigations out of the u.s. attorney's office you'll probably be the guy who writes the amazing book about it. charlie savage, pulitzer prize winning correspondent for the "new york times." thanks. >> thank you very much. >>> i love friday nights, buckets of news every friday night. we're just getting started. stay with us. >>> colorado senator corey gardner, donald trump's co

schumer: look. there is enough doubt about whether senator sessions told the truth at his hearing to have an investigation of it. and the standard for remaining attorney general, and certainly for conducting an investigation is not just did you break the law. you have to be above eproach. >> that was the minority leader of the senate from earlier today. the attorney general of the u.s., jeff sessions, announcing he will be recusing himself from investigation into russian hacking. before his announcement, house speaker pall ryan held a briefing with reporters as well where he talked about the attorney general he said he doesn't think he should resign but added that mr. sessions should only have to recuse himself if the investigation involves him directly. here are the house speaker's comments. reporter: did the attorney general mislead the committee and should he recuse himself. mr. ryan: i would refer to his senate judiciary committee, i checked the transcript, i can't speak to what the judiciary tr

i sat down with the senate's top democrat, minority leader chuck schumer. we started by discussing the future of obamacare. >> democrats are united. the places that would feel the loss, the repeal of aca the most, are rural red state areas. when our senators from the writer states that trump carried go home, they are getting huge support for not repealing. >> bret: you do say that fixing obamacare is necessary. and do you disagree that it would implode if it's left to go? >> the cbo in their report, and cbo to us is reliable, the head of cbo was recommended number one by tom price. now the secretary of hhs, chosen by donald trump. he said it's not going to collapse. our view has been simple. once president trump and speaker ryan, leader mcconnell say they are no longer going to repeal, of course we want to make aca better and we will work to improve it. if you repeal it, you can't do it. you have nothing. they are having a great deal of trouble replacing it. >> bret: the markets for obamacare show demand has leveled off. prices for premiums and deductibles

i sat down with the senate's top democrat, minority leader chuck schumer. we started by discussing the future of obamacare. >> democrats are united. the places that would feel the loss, the repeal of aca the most, are rural red state areas. when our senators from the writer states that trump carried go home, they are getting huge support for not repealing. >> bret: you do say that fixing obamacare is necessary. and do you disagree that it would implode if it's left to go? >> the cbo in their report, and cbo to us is reliable, the head of cbo was recommended number one by tom price. now the s hhs, chosen by donald trump. he said it's not going to collapse. our view has been simple. once president trump and speaker ryan, leader mcconnell say they are no longer going to repeal, of course we want to make aca better and we will work to improve it. if you repeal it, you can't do it. you have nothing. they are having a great deal of trouble replacing it. >> bret: the markets for obamacare show demand has leveled off. prices for premiums and deductibles are skyrock

. >> let's bring in senate minority leader chuck schumer of new york. senator, thank you very much for being on bus this morning. >> good morning. >> you have been quoted saying the speech had an air of unreality. explain that. >> this president's speech has mean less than about any others because what he says and what he does, how he walks and talks are totally different. we have heard a lot of talk about infrastructure in the campaign, when he was president-elect we democrats put together a plan and showed it to the white house and haven't heard a peep out of him. trade, he says he is going to be tough on trade. on the first day he could have called china currently manipulator and said he would do in in the campaign. they have backed off. in his budget he proposed he is slashing education and even spending for medical research which he talked so touchingly about, maybe above all, he has talked about draining the swamp and even mentioned it in the swe speech last night. his cabinet is the swamp. it's billionaires and wall street. he talked to the worki

attorney was counsel to chuck schumer, chuck schumer was his patron, chuck schumer got him the position of being u.s. attorney by telling barack obama he should nominate him. so that was a gesture. since then relations between president trump and chuck schumer have become increasingly toxic, trump has insulted schumer and schumer in turn called for an independent investigation into the russia thing, he said jeff sessions should resign. they are not friends anymore and that may be why this deal that sort of was thrown together capriciously in november when things looked very different no longer was that attractive to trump or to sessions. >> if we ever find outs about the presence or absence of any trump-related investigations out of the u.s. attorney's office you'll probably be the guy who writes the amazing book about it. charlie savage, pulitzer prize winning correspondent for the "new york times." thanks. >> thank you very much. >>> i love friday nights, buckets of news every friday night. we're just getting started. stay with us. there's nothing more than my vacation.me so when i ne

i'll answer them for you. >> meghan: is chuck schumer this powerful? if i were an up-and-coming young democrat trying to change the face of a party, i think i would say get out of here. >> bill: i've known schumer forever. i used to be a local reporter. whenever i see him, i make fun of his book and him and he makes fun of me. i have a fairly good relationship with him. he's unbelievably powerful and that party. >> meghan: you can't be that spiteful. >> bill: he's an old school -- if you don't do it my way, i'm going to hurt you. >> melissa: echoes back to the question at the beginning. why is there a difference in loyalty and the parties? >> bill: because the democrats basically coalesce around two or three issues, abortion, that's one. entitlement society that the government owes money to certain americans, and republicans, their issues are all over the place. there is moderate, conservative, democrats funnel within. it's a lot easier to control her membership. >> sandra: this next story has your name on it. at the pc police out in full force. a stra

with vladimir putin and called chuck schumer a total hypocrite. on that note, senator schumer joins me now. good morning to you, sir. to finish up this tweet back and forth. there are so many to keep up with. you responded. happily talk. read my contact with mr. putin and associates took place in '03 in full view of press and public, under oath. with you and your team, obviously that's you challenging them, under oath. this morning the president's press secretary said the following. reports concerning potentially politically motivated investigations immediately ahead of the 2016 election are very troubling. president trump is requesting that as part of the investigation into russian activity the congressional intelligence committees exercise oversight to determine whether powers were abused in 2016. is that a fair ask of this administration? >> well, look, president obama has flatly denied that he has done this. and either way, chuck, the president's in trouble.

schumer never hides anything, by the way. he's a public man. >> 2003 was a different moment in time. we had pretty good relations with russia and could spend 20 minutes going through the bad deeds putin has done. he was the first leader to call george w. bush after 9/11. there was a period we were going to cooperate on issues. it fell apart. no sense belaboring that, it's a footnote, a silly attack on schumer. putin was a different figure than he is now. >> tell me about, first of all, we know manafort, had a lot of dealings with that part of the world on the russian side. right? >> yeah. yes. advising -- >> then we have, of course his role in the campaign. we have gordon, now this other guy, what's his name? >> j.d. gordon, carter paige. >> carter paige. a brand-new name. who are these people? this new group of people. they seem to be operating between the west and the east and associated, somewhat, with trump. >> monomanafort is well known in ukraine. >> which side, good or bad? >> knowing to help russia and russian interes

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he had been chief council to senate majority leader chuck schumer. schumer has now emerged as one of the chief adversaries of donald trump. back in wine, schumer encouraged president obama to appoint bharara after one of his investigations led the then attorney general alberto gonzalez to resign. bharara's office ended up prosecuting everything from percents li terrorists to russian crime bosses to the hacking group unanimo anonymous but bharara going after wall street corruption cases but this "time" magazine cover from 2012, i think we can show you, maybe not, but it said "time" said in 2012, this man is busting wall street. they called him the enforcer. he's greatly feared there. he prosecuted dozens of insiders trading including bernie mado madoff's brother. the corruption cases went well beyond wall street but also going after both democrats and republicans and known for non-partisan. the offices of the two most powerful and his office is about to try several is former aides to andrew cuomo and bill de blasio and pay to play. that's what his off

senator schumer added they were krispy kreme doughnuts that we were eating there. of course, the senate minority leader has been calling on senator sessions now attorney general sessions to step down saying that he's lost the credibility to lead the department of justice. but the vice president, mike pence, who is visiting in janesville, wisconsin, with paul ryan, said that the senator, now the attorney general, has the full confidence of the president and certainly of the vice president. listen to what pence said a short time ago. >> i think he's corrected the record appropriately. we're just very confident in his ability to lead this agency and respect his decision to recuse himself. >> senator schumer is saying this matter shouldn't stay inside the chain of command at the justice department with sessions recusing himself and would now pass to his deputy to over see investigations. senator schumer wants a special prosecutor or an outside investigator named to head up this investigation even saying yesterday that while perhaps we should resurrect the office of the

senator schumer saying this meeting took place in public. this is where we are at, tweeting back and forth between each other, between political parties on major issues of national security, happy friday. >> jon: i want to point out they were apparently eating doughnuts under oath according to chuck schumer. >> jenna: lawmakers are just like us, right? there we are. you're welcome. >> jon: even, democrats versus republicans. conservative attorneys general are filing lawsuits against the trump administration in order to help the president. so how does that work? we will explain next. my insurance company definitely doesn't have that... you can leave worry behind when liberty stands with you™ liberty mutual insurance the search for relief often leads here.s, today there's drug-free aleve direct therapy. a high intensity tens device that uses technology once only in doctors' offices. for deep penetrating relief at the source. aleve direct therapy. >> jon: fox news alert, the vice president of the u.s. mike pence isn't janesville, wisconsin, h

i think the senator schumer is locked in on doing what he can to be an obstructionist. he's in minority. i understand that. i think it will becomefiackfire. i can't see any situation where senator schumer is going to say w tha we've got a stranglehold or think we have a stranglehold oyo we're going to work with you to get something accomplished. he does not want president to have any accomplishments as we head into the midterm elections which means it's -- it's going to be very difficult, which is why i do hope that the freedom caucus will work on something not as controversial as health care, which is tax reform. let's get -- get something done there and then we can move into something for infrastructure. >> so you're -- you're looking for party unity. quick question, though, when paul ryan became house speaker a little more than a year ago, of course, he followed john boehner. john boehner had all those problems with the freedom caucus. triying to get party unity. the hope, the promise, the potential of paul ryan as speaker supposedly was he would have more credibilit

and schumer, of course, pushed a krispy kreme donut on him. so, it was a photo op, and i'm hoping the president was joking a little bit about that. i'm hoping. >> are you hoping or -- >> but then he followed up, david, with this tweet, just a little while ago, involving the democratic leader in the house nancy pelosi. i here by demand a second investigation after schumer of pelosi for her close ties to russia and lying about it. showing a picture of nancy pelosi. she was at a meeting in 2010 with the then russian president medvedev the russian ambassador was there sitting at the table as well. >> and, again, she made the same argument back saying, this was before cameras, not in hiding, and i didn't lie about it trying to draw a contrast with sessions. i do think there is something interesting to note here. donald trump, a lot of the time on this russia story, has taken to twitter to lash back at the press. he's not doing that now. he's going after democrats. i don't know if he's going to find that as satisfying in the feedback loop as going a

schumer has achieved nothing of note. he has delayed but not stopped the president's cabinet nominees, and schumer knows many of his fellow dems will be looking for lifelines when healthcare, obamacare begins its meltdown. and as for judge gorsuch, schumer's record on supreme court nominees not so great. he predicted republicans would break with mcconnell and break on nominee judge garland. schumer is not the person of personal confidence. schumer even lashing out at a trump supporter in a new york restaurant yelling at the wife of a carter administration official. schumer might want to reexamine his strategy when he's losing to a leader like president trump. whose initiative and drive are unlimited. no matter schumer's pretense, this isn't a fair fight. now our quotation of the evening from rue for the murdoch on the issue of detractors. he said i'm not looking for a legacy and you will never shut up the critics. when you are a catalyst for change you make enemies, and i'm proud of the ones i have got. the trump administ

when schumer speaks, can you count the allies? speak of the president's immigration policies are destroying local economies, causing chaos and panic in families and communities who have done nothing wrong. by using racial profiling and fearmongering to target law-abiding immigrants, the trump administration is putting people with a traffic ticket or status violation in the same category as serious violent criminals. >> greg: trump's policies are destroying economies? he is implying racial profiling? targeting illegal immigrants? there was more there but i couldn't came up. he should change his name to upchuck given the lies he throws up. profiling, by conflating legal with illegal immigration. he's not done. >> immigrants are an integral part of the country. democrats will be vigilant and strong in our commitment to upholding the promise of america and shielding immigrants from president trump's policies. senate democrats are prepared to fight this all the way. my message to all of you, keep organizing. keep calling. keep marching

investigate pelosi and schumer. it's a complete trumped up baloney about jeff sessions. this is the most transparent least credible witch hunt in american history. lou: what is the appropriate response on the part of the administration to that witch hunt? >> it's got to be to mock it and don't back down and prosecute the leakers. >> there is one thing he can do right away. get rid of every obama appointee in this government and every obama hire in this government. he has to completely clean the slate. 367. lou: chuck schumer is in charge of the confirmation process it's not as easily done as it would seem given their activism in off significance. i'm sorry we are out of time. we'll take this up much more over the next week. we want to recommend a book to you. "game of thorns" about hillary clinton's candidacy. it's available everywhere. thank you for being with us. 367. thank you for being with us. you have a magnificent weekend. right here next saturday. end. but even today they are speaking. students want to have the space. >> safe space is where coaches go. it is not.

i was close to schumer in many ways. it's important that you get along. >> hopefully it will start being bipartisan because everybody really wants the same thing, we want greatness for this country that we love. so i think we're going to have some very good rips, right, chuck? i see chuck. hello, chuck. and i really think that will happen. >> all right. donald trump giving a nod to democratic leader chuck schumer speaking to a group of democratic and republican senators at the white house last night. last week the president fumed at schumer after the health care bill was pulled before a house vote calling him and nancy pelosi losers, saying they now own obamacare. the two have reportedly not spoken in over two months. schumer recently said trump's tack to the right was the cause of the two being unable to work together. he told politico, quote, he moved. he, not me. he moved so far over to the right that it's virtually impossible to work with him. in turn, trul recently labeled schumer an obstructionist. >> chuck, i'm ve

schumer would not address those allegations today. but said that he was surprised by how all of this went down. >> he will be sorely missed. preet took on wall street and corruption among public officials better than anyone else. i believe the president's decision to change his mind and fire preet says far more about the president than it does about preet. >> now, senator schumer says that back in november president trump asked him about keeping preet bharara. of course, schumer was supportive because bharara had been his chief counsel. a source told cnn that trump had wanted to keep bharara back in november as a gesture to schumer who he supported for years, but since november schumer has really launched a fierce opposition to trump and his agenda. now, of course, schumer would not address the allegations of the president's motive or wouldn't say if this was some sort of retaliation against senator schumer. it certainly was a shock to many since president trump made such a public show of telling bharara that he'd keep him on last yea

nancy pelosi, chuck schumer? >> well, i think what he is showing how silly it is for the democrats to claim somehow jeff sessions did anything wrong. you know the question he was asked during his hearing was in the context of members of the trump campaign being in communication with someone from russia. and his answer of course was, that he was not because he didn't have anything as a campaign representative. so within the context of the question, he was absolutely right. so again, it is absolutely wrong to claim that he did something improper. david: ed meese, who was attorney general under president reagan, thank you very much for talking to us, sir, appreciate it. >> thank you. >> so democrats are furious over the russian controversy surrounding jeff sessions but rush limbaugh is saying this outcry is about something else entirely. >> this story is barack obama and the democrat party attempting to sabotage the trump presidency and do everything they can to either render it meaningless and ineffective or get hi

joining us is chuck schumer, the senior senator for new york. nice to have you here, thank you. >> good evening, rachel. >> is this a happy day for you? >> no, it's not happy but i, like many americans, breathe a sigh of relief because the affordable care act did so many good things and trumpcare was going to do so many bad things so the fact that it's at least temporarily gone, we don't know with these folks, is a very good thing. >> the president today said he blames democrats. >> yes, nancy and me. >> nancy and you. you're always there for him for that purpose. there were no democratic votes that we know of in either chamber for the trumpcare bill, as you called it. and the republicans, had they been able to hold their own numbers together, did they try to get democrats in on this? >> no, on day one the president said "i'm going to introduce repeal." we democrats have been against repeal from the get-go. and this president, wherever he runs into trouble, he points fingers. he needs to look at what he did wrong, but hi points fingers of blame

so he's got to work a deal with schumer and schumer going to say there is no deal. compromised now. a deal with the devil. >> richard and avery, always telling it as you see it. thank you so much. appreciate it. >> take care. >>> straight ahead, canada's largest school system telling students sorry, no field trips to the u.s. why toronto is worried about their students and staff crossing the border but first, we have this week's away series. how to wind down from the hustle and bustle of visiting the big apple. new york city is packed with people. almost 8.5 million residents live here and a record 60 million visited last year. it's one of the top spots for business travelers in the u.s. so need a little reprieve from all the hustle and bustle? how about hanging out with some of new york's quietest residents. meow parlor is a cat cafe in downtown nyc and five times a month, it turns into a yoga studio for kitty yoga. >> it's a good way to have a break from the chaos after traveling, after flying. yoga is a great way to loosen up a little bit, relieve some of those sore travel muscle

a total hypocrite. >> that was taken a few years ago. >> schumer responded and said happy to talk, full view under public oath. would you and your team. so the reality there are people in senator shumer's office happy to talk about this, and believe this administration has not been forthcoming about all their meegts with russia, so that's one thing they really are working to try to get a hold of more answers to, because without a doubt it has consumed their week which started as an otherwise pretty positive week for this president here at the white house briana. >> sure did. jeff zeleny at the white house. thank you. >> and there's fallout despite recusing himself to any investigations pertaining to this, democrats say they need to see more before the senate judiciary committee. manu a manu ra jraju. is. >> reporter: jeff sessions is expected to explain why he did not disclose those meetings when he was asked specifically about any contacts between russian officials and the trump campaign. he will say that in the letter probably later today explain meetings he had with the russian ambas

senator schumer is coming up next. he said if the president includes funding for the border wall, it's a nonstarter with democrats in the senate. also has talked about, now the possibility that you would try to defund planned parenthood in the government funding initiative. do you need that in order to pass government funding in april? >> i think what we need from the senator schumer is really a willing partner. on this obamacare repeal and replacement, before he even saw a plan, he said he was against it. so what we need is some honest dialogue back and forth. maybe he can comment on that. to come out and say he wasn't going to help before he even saw a replacement plan really sends the wrong narrative. americans want to make sure we work. i reached out to five different democrats in terms of this repeal and replacement, said, what do you need for your district? that's what we have to do. and when we look at a supplemental -- what the president is going to find is a great flexibility with regards to the conservative a

it's a silly attack on schumer. putin was a different figure than he is now. >> all of these people, frirst f all, we know paul manafort had a lot of dealings on the russian side, right. >> yes. >> then we have role in the campaign, the guy gordon, carter page. >> who are these people. this new group of people, they seem to be operating as cut-outs and they are associated with trump. >> manafort is known in ukraine -- >> which side. >> he has been operating to help russian interest to help with ukrainian in power at the time. he made them a lot of money to manafort. >> this guy is doing honorary graduation speeches. do they speech russian, do they. there's this back and for. what was his graduation speech about. who paid all that. >> mystery character who came out of nowhere. the campaign said we never knew hem and he never did anything. >> one of the -- oil company, state oil company he is allies with those folks. >> tell us about this sort of code of people somewhere in and out of moscow all the time. >> carter pa

can chuck schumer measure up, is he? >> it's interesting if you look at where harry reid had been in recent years, he was in the bush administration and similar circumstances and learned a fair amount from that experience. also temperamentally, he is different and how he approaches. chuck schumer was much better known as a dealmaker and somebody who was interested in finding ways to make these things happen through negotiation, and they both approached after the election, i think they probably believed not do similar things about what the democrats proper posture relative to the trump admonition ration would be but had a very different sense about how to go about pursuing that. chuck schumer came in basically saying that we would like to work, be happy to work with trump on something like an infrastructure bill if the following conditions are met, and we are going to put the ball in his court in terms of those conditions whereas harry reid was clear about really arguing there were certain lines they should not necessaril

that's what schumer and those have referred to in the past and they all now 12 democrats in the center and among those are schumer, feinstein and leahy who have voted for gore search when he was up for the tenth circuit about ten years ago. so, i hope the democrats will come to the conclusion that the american people have and that this is a highly qualified judge who ought to be the next test on the supreme court. in terms of what's happening elsewhere in the senate, were paying close attention as the house moves through their obamacare repeal and replace effort over there. were also moving a lot of cra through the senate. we have eight to declared the senate that have been sent to the president for his signature. the achaemenid total of regulatory relief in those is $4 billion and about three and a half million man-hours saved. if you add up the administrative actions that have been taken unless the regulatory burden on businesses and families in the country, it's almost now over $50 billion of regulatory relief. that's good for the economy, that's good for the jobs, those are the typ

and the very popular comedy central series, "inside amy schumer," her latest stand-up special, "amy schumer: the leather special" begins streaming march 7th on netflix. let's take a look. >> so i tweet out this photo of myself, okay? i'm in -- i'm holding coffee, i'm topless in just underwear, and it goes viral. like it was everywhere. every -- every news show, every website. and that's when i learned the word you don't want people to use when a nude photo of you goes viral. "brave?" [ laughter ] can you imagine you take your clothes off in front of someone for the first time and they're like, "damn, you look mad brave right now." [ laughter ] >> seth: please welcome back to the show our friend amy schumer, everybody. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> seth: how are you? >> i'm so good. everything's perfect in the world. >> seth: oh, that's great. [ laughter ] it's so nice to get you at a time when you're this happy and there's nothing to complain about. >> not a cloud in the sky. [ light laughter ] >> seth: i want to ask -- >> can you -- can you be on "bow watch?" because i did this backst