i'm grateful that in arizona, both of our united states senators, senator sinema and senator mcsally are yes and four of our nine members of congress currently support the trade deal, but we need everyone else to get onboard. in arizona, we launched a new website where people can visit and make their voices heard, usmcanow.com -- let me correct it, usmcanow.org. it has trade facts and resources for every state in the country. i also want to encourage everyone across the country to reach out to their members of congress and urge them. in fact, feel free to demand from them that they publicly support the ratification of usmca. now is the time, and with everyone's help i know we can get this done. now, i'd like to hand it over to someone who understands the importance of international trade to arizona perhaps better than anyone else you will meet. glen hammer is the c.e.o. and president of the arizona chamber of commerce. take it away, glen. mr. hammer: thank you, governor ducey, tom donahue. they articulated the main reasons we need to move usmca over the finish line right now. from th

i'm grateful that arizona both of our united states senators, senator kirsten and senator martha mcsally and four for nine members of congress currently support the trade deal. but we need everyone else to get on board. in arizona wean launched a new b site where people can visit and make their voices heard. usmca now.com, usmca now.org, usmca now.org. this web site has straight facts and resources for the state. want to encourage members to reach out to the congress and urge them in fact feel free to demand from them that they publicly support the ratification of usmca. now is the time and with e eryone's help and know that we can get this done. now i'd like to hand it over to someone who understands the importance of international trade and there is some perhaps better than anyone else the presidency of the arizona chamber of commerce. take it awayof land. >> thank you governor and tom donahue and governor ducey articulate the major reasons why we need to move usmca over the finish line right now. from the perspective of the community in arizona tar to me -- hard to think of an issue t

arizona senator martha mcsally who has supported the president's emergency declaration he's using to justify the diversion of military funds is now watching an army base in her state lose $30 million to pay for the wall. and that's after the secretary of defense had personally assured her that arizona wouldn't lose any money. former astronaut mark kelly running as a democrat for the senate in arizona is already polling ahead of republican senator markety mcsally. mark kelly now says senator mcsally, quote, didn't keep her word when she promised to protect funding for arizona military bases. as local news stories continue to appear in the 23 states that are losing military funding to pay for the wall, no republican senator has suffered a harsher judgment in the local news media than north carolina republican senator tom tillis who must first survive a republican primary before entering what will be a general election race next year. a charlotte observer editorial said the loss of $80 million in military construction spending in north carolina is, quote, an $80 million punch in the gut

thank you senator mcsally. beautiful introduction. we will now have opening statements from our nominees. and keep in mind that your entire statement will be made part of the record. so you don't need to go over the whole thing. just abbreviate it as best you can. and i invite you to introduce any of your friends or family who have come to support you this morning. secretary, mccarthy. mr. chairman, ranking member reid and members of the committee. it's an honor to come before you as the president's nominee for secretary of the army. i have testified previously in front of this committee and i hold it in the highest regard. i want to thank secretary esper for his confidence and the president for nominating me. yesterday as we do err year, we paused in remembrance of the 9/11 attacks to honor souls lost on that day and the subsequent 18 years of war. just as the pentagon building bears the physical scars of the attack, we'll never forget. 18 years ago today i was beginning my preparation to demo for the afghanistan invasion. that day f

you have the husband of gaby giffords who is running for the mcsally seat. and that is another state where you see the creepy-crawly diminishment of the republican advantage filip so keep an eye on arizona too. >> and there's already polls showing mark kelly ahead of mcsally in arizona. we'll be watching that one. jennifer rubin, jason johnson, thank you both for joining us. really appreciate it. >> thanks, lawrence. >> and when we come back, donald trump has appointed three national security advisers in his less than three years as president. president obama appointed three national security advisers in his eight years as president. susan rice was the longest serving national security adviser for president obama. susan rice will join us next. , so you only pay for what you need. i wish i could shake your hand. granted. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ now, there's skyrizi. i have moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. 3 out of 4 people achieved... ...90% clearer skin at 4 months... ...after just 2 doses. skyrizi may incr

i said, senator sinema, senator mcsally, and the i had with other congresspeople that have not ome out yet publicly in the affirmative is that they need to do more homework. they need to have more questions answered. i think once they understand this is not only critical to the united states' economy, how much economy depends upon then the final question from ambassador. >> when the original nafta passed, every member voted for it. very member of the arizona delegation should vote for this agreement. hamer: the arizona chamber and greater phoenix chamber will in the next few days making a push with some of yet embers who have not come out in favor. overnor ducey said -- he orrectly quotes ambassador barsina, if you care about the economy of mexico, you'll vote for the usmca. step.take it another if you care about the economy of arizona and the united states of merica, you will vote for usmca. it's really that cut and dry. governor ducey: i'd like to congressman stanton from the congressional district nine in arizona. the opposite party. he was the former mayor of phoenix. be the just h

other is that you put susan collins on the spot, you put cory gardner on the spot, you put marketa mcsally on the spot and you say you are now going to be forced to do something you haven't done before and that is choose this guy or choose not this guy. >> the political consequences of the clinton impeachment in 1998 were that following o'-- or on the eve of republicans impeaching president clinton, they won the popular vote for the congress across the nation. they got more votes than the democrats. i realize congress doesn't work on popular vote. but they still got the vote. the same happened in 2000, the popular votes for the congress and they won the bush presidency. they lost two speakers. in newt gingrich and bob livingston and that's how we got denny hastert. in the senate they did lose about four seats. and i think this could go either way. but i've got to say this to all of the rangeling over the political consequences of impeachment and i mean this. who cares? about the political consequences? who cares? this isn't in disagreement with everybody, because this is an insightful pane

million being poured for a project in arizona, republican senator and former air force pilot martha mcsally said in a statement. we need to secure our border and protect our military. we can and should do both. but warner says he isn't giving up i've seen comments from my. >>fellow republican senators around the country they're outraged as well mourner hopes lawmakers examine bipartisan solutions for protecting military projects and the border when congress returns next week. >>in washington bree jackson. >>before we go a little peek outside at s f o a little cloudy around the bay area we will have some gradual clearing this morning, 58 in san francisco, 59 degrees right now in san jose and the warm spot on the map, no surprise already at 64 degrees, we'll check your afternoon highs coming up. welcome back it is now 4.55 year look outside this morning shows temperatures or other they're holding a bridge tell show you the temperatures in the second. >>nice and clear there's just a touch of fog streaming in under the bridge this morning now to those temperatures the night couldn't wait to get

we have confidence because we beat march that mcsally once and i think they have a trick candidate. you will see races in places like north carolina, maine, iowa and i hope texas and georgia. >> we were talking about candidates. can you talk about recruitment and the candidates in those states that you just identified there's not strong candidates in every race. can you talk about recruitment? guest: i think candidates will grow but i think there are several good candidates across the country that i have been excited to see treasure faces with -- fresh faces with women and veterans. i think some new energy that is so key in the house where democrats picked up 40 seats is demonstrative in some of the recruiting. as i suggested earlier i don't think every field is set. that is the case for both seats in georgia. in general candidates like teresa greenfield in iowa, mark kelly who we talked about, and even the former governor, they are good candidates. host: you mentioned joe mansion said he would not hesitate to campaign for senator susan collins. guest: in past races she's won by com

she was addressing senator martha mcsally. the reason you didn't see her is c-span doesn't control the cameras in the chamber. happened weiations are asking all of you to give lawmakers your ideas about ways to prevent gun violence in the united states. morningident this making a couple of announcements on twitter. he says i'm pleased to announce that i will name robert c o'brien currently serving as the very successful special presidential envoy for hostage affairs of the state department as our new national security advisor. i have worked long and hard with robert. he will do a great job the president also earlier this morning saying i have just i have justhe instructed the secretary of the treasury to substantially increase sanctions on the country of iran. back to a conversation here on gun violence. good morning to you. go ahead. your ideas for reducing gun violence. caller: my ideas for reducing violence is not to remove the guns but to substantially increase penalties. i think if you increase penalties that would preven

thank you senator mcsally. a beautiful introduction. we will now have opening statements from our nominees and keep in mind the entire statement will be made part of the record. i invite you to introduce any of your friends or family who have come to support you this morning secretary mccarthy. >> mr. chairman ranking member reed members of the committee it is an honor to come before you today as the president nominee for secretary of the army. i've testified previously in front of this committee and i hold it in the highest regard but i want to thank secretary for his confidence in the president for nominating me to yesterday as we do every year they posit were members of the 9/11 attacks to honor the souls lost on that day and the subsequent 18 years of war. just as the pentagon building bears the physical scars of the attack we will never forget. 18 years ago today i was beginning my preparation to deploy for the afghanistan invasion. the day fundamentally change my life. troops deployed in combat operations will remain my primary fo

so you know, martha mcsally is not going to be happy about this. it puts her in a bad position, puts all of them in bad positions. puts cory gardner in a bad position and mitch mcconnell, yet, i predict you're going to hear nothing honest coming from these senators about this because they're all scared of donald trump and, you know, what these first two stories we have done this morning have in common, the sharpie gate and the money that's been taken for the wall is that everything is always all about donald trump. and if we haven't learned that about him, total disregard for the political position or feelings or whatever of anybody else, if we haven't learned that by now then when are we going to learn it? it's been clear from the beginning and it's clear right now. it's all about him. how many does he have to act pathological or i think the term of art is crazy before we say, gee, he's crazy. >> he's eating one chess piece after another. going for the rook next. talking about real-life consequences -- it's just numbers on a screen. you know, in c

we have confidence because we eat martha mcsally once. i expect that to be the case again. i think general kelly is a terrific candidate. and you'll see places like north carolina, maine, iowa, and i hope even texas and georgia. crystal: we were talking about some of the candidates. can you talk about recruitment and candidates within those states you just identified? there's not strong condates in every single one of those races. can you talk about recruitment? j.b.: i think candidates will grow, but there are several good candidates across the country that have been excited to see fresh faces, women in many places, veterans. i think some of the new energy that was so key in the house, where democrats picked up 40 seats, is demonstrative in some of the recruiting that's occurred here. as i suggested earlier, i don't think every field is set. that is certainly the case for both seats in georgia. n general, candidates like perhaps teresa greenfield in iowa, mark kelly, who we already talked about, and even john hickenlooper, the former governor, these are all good candidates

i think there's evidence that it happened in arizona against martha mcsally and that it's happened in other places. even in utah this allegation that the thousands of votes showed up after the deadlines. democrats elected as the county clerk, who is going to be the eyeball to watch that? >> congressional oversight has changed quite a bit. certain things were out of bounds but now it seems the more personal and vicious, the more likely they will call the hearings and investigations on the topics. how do you think it has changed and what damage has it done for the biggest mark and philosophical change of the oversight committee was founded in 1814. it was there to oversee any and all government expenditures. it has different committee names. abraham lincoln when he came on the committee, this was his committee assignments when he was in the united states congress. he became known challenging the president where were the origins. there's a great history of the committee and wit that it's been able to do. that's interesting is what changed after i left because the oversight government ref

north carolina, which democrats have managed to win statewide in the governor's race, arizona, the mcsally loss, texas, beto o'rourke came went three points, colorado which looks -- the republican looked doomed, maine where the republican looked doomed. how are democrats looking in terms of being able to get the net four, or a tied senate, and if they win the white house they get the vp to break the tie? >> if you think back, this is the senate election that has all those seats from 2014 when the republicans did so well when they were running while barack obama was president. all those republican senators are now up this year. and so what you really may have is something that people didn't expect, which is that the democrats may be able to take and win the senate. >> we shall see. it certainly is a motivator for a lot of democratic voters, because they have been talking senate. jamal simmons, thank you very much, we appreciate you joining us tonight. >>> up next, the next event that might give us indication what will happen on election day 2020. it has nothing to do with the next debate. l

presidential candidate kirsten gillibrand had tough words for the president residing over the senate, martha mcsally. >> i'm speaking to you and every other republican in this chamber because we all have a responsibility to do the right thing and stand up to the nra and stand up to the greed and corruption that is in this country today that makes every decision about whether we have a vote on common sense gun reforms. i'd like you to look up because i have to say this is something all of us should be caring about. especially from arizona where my dear friend gabby giffords for shot for doing her job it's not okay. the time for turning a blind eye is over. >> here returning veterans nancy cook, white house reporter for politico michael schmidt, pulitzer prize winning correspondent for the "new york times. robert robert ocosta, and jonathan lemire, white house reporter for the associated press welcome to you all, and robert because it is top of mind, and happened most urgently tonight, what's the stay of play according to your reporting on gun legislation? >> at this moment, republicans on capitol hil

races, cory gardner in colorado, susan collins in maine, thom tillis down there in north carolina, mark mcsally in arizona, to perhaps vote against president trump. so you've got the republicans then on the defense. i think that's the game plan. whether that's the right strategy or not, pushing it that far, is another question. paul: so get the left off the backs of her members from primary challenges, throw this into the senate, hope that some of the senate republicans break, a mitt romney, say, of utah, doesn't like the president, turns, votes for conviction, and then maybe you divide the republicans in the senate? >> that could be part of it. i'm sure that is part of it. but i would also argue that nancy pelosi and maybe is just listening to her caucus here. several months ago there weren't as many many democrats calling for impeachment. now they are. those numbers have ticked up. public poll has also shown an increase in support in the general public. paul: it's still not over 50%. >> it's not over 50 but it's measurably gotten higher, that support. and we've seen that even in the past week

arizona freshman senator march that mcsally downplayed the effect in her state claiming trump was taking a mere $30,000 before conceding the amount he's taking is $30 million, million dollars. joining me is msnbc contributor malcolm nance, eli mystal. malcolm. >> million dollars. >> million dollars. it's only 30 million. let's talk about this for a moment. >> yes. >> one of the projects that's going away is ft. campbell middle school, because donald trump needs the precious. >> right. >> the pentagon's diversion to $62 million means that 552 students whose parents are serving this country in sixth, seventh and eighth grade will continue to cram themselves 30 to a classroom in some cases at the bases aging middle school. teachers use mobile carts to store books, lesson plans and homework assignments because there's not enough classroom space. the cafeteria is not big enough to seat everyone, some students will continue to eat in the library. is that worth it for a military family? let me ask you quickly what your military teacher at this school, from the "new york times," most of our stud

mitch mcconnell, martha mcsally, who is in a tough race lost money -- >> she's an air force veteran. >> absolutely. utah lost $50 million which is interesting since both of the republican senators from utah had voted against the president on wall funding last year. >> again, we have the president tweeting today about alabama. sweet home alabama. this is the fifth day, after he first misspoke on sunday. he says he was correct. he's had homeland security officials verify his command that alabama was in the hurricane's path. >> it's like an episode of veep that goes on for too long. he is incredibly resentful and defensive and he won't adimate he's wrong. and he just won't let go. and i think andrea, that, you know, leaving aside the particular details, to me this is a microcosm of how the next 14 months are going to play out. 40% plus of the country. the president is a little off his rocker. this is whacky and suggests he's not playing with a full deck. i think a lot of democrats have suggested that. democratic presidential candidates have suggested that. i think there's a solid 40% pl

think the plan is to punish the senate, where you can put candidates like corey gardner and martha mcsally that are in tough races in 2020, put them on the spot as the jury but get it out of the house. >> dana: there's also a question about rudy giuliani's role. he's been very forthcoming and been public in what he says was his role. take a listen to him talking about what he said the whistle blower did to him. >> the whistleblower falsely alleges that i was operating on my own. well, i wasn't operating on my own. i went to meet mr. zelensky's aide at the request of the state department. 15 memos make that clear. >> dana: so, from a position of gathering evidence and if you are on that committee, if you have somebody you want to talk to that says i have this evidence on my phone and shows it publicly, is that something they can pursue? >> sure. yeah. rudy's not hard to find. that's a knowable fact. whether or not the state department directed mr. giuliani or whether or not somebody else did or whether he did it on his own initiative. i think the seminole question is, does any of that matte

david: senator mcsally, i wouldn't interrupt you for anybody but the president. let's listen in. >> it's a great honor to have prime minister of australia and congratulations and thank you very much, mrs. morrison, thank you very much for being here. we appreciate it. this is a lovely ceremony. i hope you liked it. it was an honor of you and australia. okay? thank you very much. so we have a lot of things to talk about. we are talking trade, we are talking military. we have been great allies for a long time. there's no better partnership and we have developed on a personal basis a tremendous friendship and that helps. that helps a lot. but we will be meeting after this and having some very serious discussions about many things. i do want to, if i may, intercede for just a second, we have just sanctioned the iranian national bank. that is their central banking system. it's going to be at the highest level of sanctions so that just took place and a couple of other things. we have our secretary of treasury here, steve mnuchin, if you want to say just a word before w

there's elfed it happened in arizona, against martha mcsally, evidence it's happened in other places, too. even in utah, there's some allegations that thousands of votes showed up after the deadline. doctorses elected as the county clerk, what are you going to do? who is going to be the eyeballs? it's a scary scenario. >> congressional oversight as changed quite a bit since you left congress and unfortunately not for the better. certain things were out of bounds when you were there but now it seems that the more personal, the more vicious, the more likely the left will call hearings and investigations into these topics. how has it changed and what damage has it done to the institution? >> so, the i guess the thing that will make the biggest mark on you, the biggest philosophical change, the oversight committee was founded in 1814. it was there to oversee any and all government expenditures. now, it's had gyrations, different committee names, abraham lincoln when he came on the committee, this was his committee assignment when he was in the united states congress. it's interesting. he

gillibrand had some very direct words for the republican presiding over the senate at the time, martha mcsally of arizona. >> madam president, i'm speaking to you and to every other republican in this chamber because we all have a responsibility to do the right thing and stand up to the nra and stand up to the greed and corruption that is in this country today, that makes every decision about whether we have a vote on common sense gun reforms. i'd like you to look up because i have to say this is something all of us should be caring about, especially from arizona, where my dear friend gabby giffords was shot for doing her job. it's not okay. the time for turning a blind eye is over. >> here for our leadoff discussion on a tuesday night, four returning veterans of ours who will be with us for our first two segments tonight nancy cook, white house reporter for politico michael schmidt, pulitzer prize winning washington correspondent for "the new york times. robert costa, national political reporter for "the washington post," moderator of washington week on pbs. and jonathan lemire, white house r

start to change and the front line of that will be people like susan collins and corey gardener, martha mcsally, people in purple states looking at really tough reelects, and an up/down vote is -- i understand, there is a cancer in the republican party, time to face it and take a side. >> john heilman, 218, today is the day they hit 218 in the house of representatives. 218 democrats in favor of the impeachment process. it takes 218 to impeach donald trump. >> yeah, you know, lawrence, it's funny. i saw adam schiff a little earlier tonight. we were talking about this moment. when the mystery of this is written, the moment when shifa long with nancy pelosi last weekend came out and said after all this reluctance that he, like the speaker had on political grounds, even though he thought the president had committed high crimes and misdemeanors for a long time, to suddenly shift, shifts schiff, to talk about crossing the rubicon, i asked him which is it, did the politics change in the sense that the vulnerable freshman, these democrats who are in swing districts where nancy pelosi was trying to prot

in arizona republican senator martha mcsally at first told people, don't worry, it's just $30,000 being diverted. her spokesman then said the president will actually divert $30 million, not $30,000. quote, army provided documents listing it in thousands. we didn't catch the short hadn't. whoops. it was off by a factor of a thousand. the pentagon is saying everything will be fine so long as, get this, congress agrees to back fill the funds. wait a second. that just means that congress is going to fund the wall. if you take the money out of the accounts and put into it the wall and fund the accounts, voila, you have funded the wall. now the courts are working this out. the aclu said it would seek a court order blocking use of the funds as part of its lawsuit challenging the president's abuse of emergency powers. but remember, congress has power of the purse, article i power under the constitution. if they want to retain article i power, they can stop this, which is to say they can pass a one-sentence piece of legislation out of both houses and explicitly say you cannot build new wall, and

. >> and there's already polls showing mark kelly ahead of mcsally in arizona. we'll be watching that one. jennifer rubin, jason johnson, thank you both for joining us. really appreciate it. >> thanks, lawrence. >> and when we come back, donald trump has appointed three national security advisers in his less than three years as president. president obama appointed three national security advisers in his eight years as president. susan rice was the longest serving national security adviser for president obama. susan rice will join us next. i get it all the time. "have you lost weight?" of course i have- ever since i started renting from national. because national lets me lose the wait at the counter... ...and choose any car in the aisle. and i don't wait when i return, thanks to drop & go. at national, i can lose the wait...and keep it off. looking good, patrick. i know. (vo) go national. go like a pro. (vo) vfundraising. giving back. subaru and our retailers have given over one hundred and sixty-five million dollars to charity. we call it our love promise. and i

is going to be brought up in a lot of campaign ads against the incumbent republican senator martha mcsally. i thought mexico was paying for this wall. not the good people of arizona having to do this. >> colorado or florida, you name it. >> that's right. there is actual consequence to your voting record. that's more than just you are standing with trump because you feel like you need to protect your base. it's like when you are doing this, there is consequence. >> that as a candidate is running against an incumbent. that's what you want to show. >> i think you are right. we see when we get to that turning point, if we get no that turning point. up until now a lot of trump voters, supporters, have been perfectly willing to give him credit. even when his policies might not be hurting. they have been patient with him so far. because they think she fighting for them. yeah you haven't delivered on this or that. we know the swamp is against you, the elites are against you. are you out there fighting for us. the question is when did that turn? they say, wait a second, my farm products aren't sell

colorado with cory gardner, we're going to lose maine with susan collins, we're going to lose arizona with mcsally and the democrats will put the senate very much in play. the cold hard toll picpolitics will get worse and worse for trump. maybe that will motivate him going forward. romney's right, more facts. one republican senator told me if it was a secret vote, 30 republican senators would vote to impeach trump. >> congressman jolly, briefly, part of these notes of the call show that the president is complaining about the prosecutor, the ukrainian prosecutor being fired under pressure from joe biden. the facts show that the imf, all the european institutions, all our allies, wanted this prosecutor fired because he was personally corrupt himself. >> that's right. this conspiracy theory will be adopted by trump and frankly fox news and his followers. but this is where the impetus on house democrats is incredibly important, to approach this with precision and clarity, because if you give a clear abuse of power article to the senate, to mike's point, people like mitt romney are going to have a mome

you put cory gardner on the spot , you put martha mcsally on the spot. you say you are now going to be forced to do something you have not done before, that is to choose the sky or not. -- this guy or not. >> the political consequences of the clinton impeachment was that they won the popular vote for the congress across the nation. i realize congress does not work on popular vote, but they still got the vote. the same happened in 2000 and they lost two speakers in newt gingrich and that's how we got denny has to in the senate but they did lose about four seats. but iould go either way, have got to say this to all of the right wing over the political consequences of impeachment, and i mean this. who cares about the political consequences? who cares? this is not in disagreement with everybody because this is an insightful panel, but as leaders have wrestled over the summer with how to make the political calculus around impeachment and the notion, which is true, that it is hard for the country to go through. imagine what it would do to the country if we don

is going to be brought up in a lot of campaign ads against the inkcumbent republican senator, martha mcsally. i thought mexico was paying for the wall, not the good people of arizona. having to do this. >> or colorado or florida, you name it. >> that there's actual consequence to your voting record that more than just your standing with trump because you feel like you need to protect your base. it's like when you're doing this, there's consequence, and that as a candidate running against an incumbent, that's what you want to be able to show. >> that's a good point. you're right. but interesting to see when we get to that turning point if we get to that turning point. up until now, a lot of trump's supporters have been perfectly willing to give him credit even when some of his policies might not be helping them or hurting them. the farmers, the trade war, they have been patient with him so far because they think he's fighting for them. yeah, you haven't actually delivered on this or that, but we know the swamp is against you, the elites are against you, you're out there fighting for us. the q

of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable martha mcsally, a senator from the state of arizona, who will perform the duties of the chair. signed: chuck grassley, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. morning business is closed. under the previous order, the senate will proceed to consideration of h.r. 4378, the clerk will report. the clerk: h.r. 4378, an act making continuing appropriations for fiscal year to 20, and for other -- 2020, and for other purposes. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the time until 12:00 p.m. will be equally divided in the usual form. mr. mcconnell: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: are we in a quorum call? the presiding officer: we are not. the senator is recognized. mr. mcconnell: exactly one year ago, the administration announced the most significant trade deal in a generation. a landmark agreement with mexico and canada to strengthen two of our nation's key trading relationships. the usmca is

>> it will be a difficult position for senators like corey gardner and susan collins and martha mcsally if this reaches a trial in the senate. >> i think it's a nightmare for them. >> the democrats engage in this process precisely to put those at-risk seats on the record. what's fascinating here is i think both parties see some political advantage in this process going forward. >> weirdly but yes. >> and the question is, is one of them wrong? are they both wrong or are they both right? we just don't know. you think about what happened with kavanaugh in 2019. >> we don't know. >> you have two different electorates responding in two different ways. >> there are so many unusual ways that we don't quite know, we don't the exhaustion point of the american public. we don't know so many aspects of this. we think we know, but in fairness, it's the trump era. >> i would agree we don't know. i would just say about ben's point and other points, this fits a pattern of behavior and it's understandable to the public. >> yeah. >> in ways other things haven't been understandable. >> let me bring in del

martha mcsally in arizona couldn't stop donald trump from gutting $30 million from arizona military bases. >> but she is so loyal. oh, this is rich. >> moscow mitch, $62 million. that's actually -- we don't know how many rubles that is, but it is a ruble equivalent of $62 million. cory gardner, state of colorado, $8 million stolen from his military projects. >> look whos next. >> lindsey graham $11 million stolen from south carolina and john cornyn $38 million stolen from the state of texas for john cornyn. >> that's your loyalty pledge. >> who is up in an election in 2020 that should be a safe race but might get another -- they're falling it texodus because texas republicans keep quitting congress rather than running for reelection. donald trump stole -- i can't believe he stole $80 million from the people in north carolina and thom tillis couldn't do anything about it. $80 million there and $38 million from texas and john cornyn. >> let's focus on thom tillis, north carolina, and the nuts and bolts of what happens with money diverted, $80 million diverted from north carolina. he's got t

as we've seen so far, immediately mcsally and tillis were out of the gate defending president trump whereas gardner and collins were a little -- you know, they were a little more reserved and they wanted to see what facts had come out. i think what you are going to see is as they go through -- and the democrats have to be very deliberate about this. they have to go through this very slowly, let the facts come out. don't get ahead of the story. and when you see that, couple that with what trump is polling like in some of these other states and you may see senators start to -- you may see some cracks there, but they have -- it has to be deliberate. they can't rush ahead because that will just make it easy for republicans to defend trump. >> you know, i think also you and i are in the same place as far as what -- listening to some members of the media, expecting republicans to light their hair on fire and jump out of third or fourth floor buildings, if mitt romney says he is very concerned about what has gone on, it is deeply troubling and he is going to let the process play out. if ben sasse

senator martha mcsally from arizona on her twitter feed adds this saying this morning she is climbing 2071 steps for 110 -- the same who gave the ultimate sacrifice on 9/11. we will never forget the heroism they showed on that terrible day. tracy in new jersey, you are next. caller: good morning. i love this show, i always do. i really don't know why those people bombed us and i would --e to know anybody explain hear anybody explain the history of why they bombed us. host: where do you think we are 18 years after the event? where do you think we are as far as homeland security and those matters 18 years after 9/11? caller: i don't know. i really never heard anybody do a serious discussion on why they think they had to bomb us. host: let's go to eli in st. clair shores. hello. caller: i can answer that last question. possiblyr 1998 or both, bin laden declared a plot against the united states. and thes against iraq use of u.s. troops in saudi arabia. there are a number of fallacies regarding 9/11. one young lady called earlier and said saudi arabia was involved in the attack, they were

leadership of our chairman, chairman thompson, ranking member rogers, and also want to thank senator mcsally for carrying this piece of legislation in the other chamber. i look forward to hopefully passing this today. i urge my colleagues to support h.r. 3246. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from tennessee reserves. the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. correa: reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california voifs. the gentleman from tennessee. mr. green: i have no further speakers on the bill. i renew my support, recommending my colleagues support this bill. i yield back. . the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california, mr. correa, is recognized. r. correa: thank you, mr. speaker. h.r. 2467 aims to ensure consistent eive information regarding the screening process for baby products.nd nursing this bill will enable parents to properly prepare the supplies care for their children when traveling while security assenger through the screening process. tayl

. >> senator mcsally? >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you gentlemen for your testimony. i'm from arizona and in the last housing crisis i was serving in the military. and i'll share with you so many of my neighbors lost their homes. in the middle class neighborh d neighborhood, of hard working families and this crisis hit arizona really hard. the home costs, the home prices dropped about 56% and in the five years after 2006 in the five years before that, home prices had, you know, nearly doubled. what you're describing today sounds even more dangerous than the conditions that we had prior to the last crisis. i haven't been here that long, thank god, sorry, i shouldn't have said, but i'm honored to serve arizona. but the point is i'm in this new role people are expecting the government to work for them. we had the last crisis, so many people lost their homes that modifications and changes would be made in order to make sure that we prevent this from happening again. but what you're describing today if we do nothing, if none of the changes you're offering are what congress