when they cease to do that, you have a serious breach of collegial relations between the two countries. no country, particularly the united states, should ever allow so many individuals who committed crimes here often when they entered illegally, not even coming on a lawful visa and they need to be deported promptly. the reluctance of that to happen is baffling to me. it should have total bipartisan support. it's said that it does but for somehow it's never accomplished. so it's very very frustrating. the basic summary of that is it's perfectly proper, decent and correct for this nation not to allow people who come here on a visa or illegally to remain here after they have committed crimes. >> well, thank you, senator sessions. as you know, i have introduced

i will never forget the collegiality of not just those for members they had together, but all the congressional members seem to have at that time. not just democrats, but republicans. there was a chemistry among congressional members that i believe led to their ability to compromise. i look forward to reinstalling that here as best i can. we will develop over this last week and a half. we have been here at new member orientation. i look forward to doing it with the republicans as well. >> what did you do next? jimmy panetta: i worked in alaska on a research vessel. when i was back here, i met a commander who was working in my father's office. he said if you ever want to get a ship, what you know. my four roommates at the time that all been to law school, that inspired me to go to law school. i became a prosecutor. i knew it was an education to have. i knew i didn't want to go yet. i got home to carmel valley and i was on a ship off the coast of alaska. the truth is, i was an ordinary seaman cleaning a lot of toilets. it was a good experience, especially as a college graduate being stuck on a sh

like to see on student enrollment and more importantly helping students to finance really worthwhile collegiate investments. i think i'll draw your attention to two issues here. first the tuition tax credits. separate from the problem of really a total lack of salience. they don't matter to you your parents don't get paid for another 18 months. at that point you may have lost interest or it's not going to effect your decision and indeed that comes through very clearly in the research literature. many students don't even know about them. the pell grant is actually a bit of a challenge here because it services such a broad umbrella of students that it's not very well targeted. the pell grant generosity has actually increased a bit in the last decade. i want you to draw your attention to the column on the right here, which is the proportion of students who are independent. that is likely over the age of 24. they have young children of their own. now, one of the challenges is designing an aid system that meets the needs of this population, who are likely responding to near term economic shocks, as

and there were people is very collegial, they had a direction, they had a variety of messages. at some point it will become trivial because at the end you have to ask what is the ultimate outcome? >> okay you're free not to like the election results but it is what it is. were focusing on it because it's happening near this house behind me. donald trump, not affected by this. on his way back to the white house on told. the readout list from the powers that be in a city that has been turned upside down in a good way about way. we have we have others keeping an eye on washington. washington. but that's it. >> remember when you said. it's good to be in, good hands. from my sweet dreams? thanks to tena, not tonight! only tena overnight underwear ...with its secure barrier system gives you.... ...triple protection from leaks, odor and moisture. tena lets you be you >> i am so behind you. i know maybe sometimes you haven't gotten the backing that you have wanted. you get so much backing and you can say please don't give us a much backing. mr. president, please, please we don't need th

sue, from work i've done on the gi bill, the transparent grant aid can have a very positive effect on collegiate attainment. we have actually grant aid on the table now, or effectively grant aid in the form of the pell grant, which we spend about 30.6 billion per year on. and also implicitly the tuition tax credits. which amount to another 18.2 billion if you look back in 20 10 at the peak enrollment period post great recession, those numbers total to about $60 billion. the bad news is that even though these programs have two features that one might really like in a student aid program, that is they're portable, so the -- like vouchers, secondly, they're means tested. problem is they're not transparent. and because they're not very transparent, particularly the tuition tax credits, they're not having necessarily the impact that we with like to see on student enrollment, and more importantly helping students to finance really worthwhile collegiate investments. and i think i'll draw your attention to two issues here. first, the tuition tax credits. separate from the problem of really a total lack

and so if we are going to give him credit for his collegiality in the senate, we also have to give him accountability for his legislative record in the senate. make no mistake. >> stay with us mr. brook. congressman richmond i want to bring you in. you are part of the congressional black caucus. they held a news conference over the course of the last few weeks and they have been voicing concerns about the session nominations. you yourself will be testifying against senator sessions on bhaft of the cbc tomorrow. what are you planning to say? and how are you planning to convince your fellow congressmen that maybe senator sessions is not the right choice for e.g.? >> i think that cornell laid out a very good description of the concerns that we have. the position of attorney general is a very serious position. tur top law enforcement officer in the kuchbl you will enforce civil rights. you will enforce voting rights. and senator session's records on voting rights is suspect at best. at worst, he is a participant in disenfranchising people and voting is the roots to the treef democracy. >>

this a attorney general nominee is anathma to many, we is not a collegial senator in the senate, but rather lacks the prosecutorial credibility to enfor laws on behalf of everyone at department of justice. >> speaking of voter fraud -- what do you make, we have a panel tomorrow night, supreme court scholars and get into this tomorrow night. but tonight as this is breaking news everywhere, heartbreaking news for some of us, what do you make of these comments by the president that millions of undocumented americans voted and that's why he didn't win the popular vote. what's wrong with him? >> i can't speculate as the to what is wrong with the president? i can speculate as to what is wrong with his set of alternate facts. scholars will tell you, a study out of a billion ballots cast, literally a handful of instances of voter fraud. we can go from end of the country to the other. we can find siding with the naacp, again and again, in terms of voter suppression as opposed to voter fraud. voter fraud is a form of suppressing, should say, excuse me, voter fraud is a myth that is used as a p

. >> what happens a lot in small companies is it's so collegiate, right? it's a small company. you all know each other. people cross the line, they don't, maybe you want to be the kind of company where it's okay to cross the line. how do you reconcile that with having a zero tolerance policy? >> you can't. it's impossible. so you have to go ahead and be sure that the moment that somebody in an environment where you have let it go comes forward and says, i'm not comfortable with this kind of behavior, that the company immediately takes that opportunity to say, okay, the days of us being more casual about this are over. now we need to go into mode where we investigate the issue, come down t some conclusions, take some type of acti, and then adjust our culture accordly because letting something like that go is going to translate into huge issues both culturally and financially for any company. >> you need to address it before it ever happens. just don't. don't allow it in your company. >> a zero tolerance policy is helpful, but a lot of organizations worry what's going to happen t

a few years later, it renamed itself the ncaa and over time, it gathered other collegiate sports under isabella. -- its umbrella. it started as a football rules committee. >> height. -- you said that nobody attacks football in the way that i did. i was wondering if you might think that that was actually untrue in the modern feminist movement and their attacks on sports that encourage this kind of masculinity that overpowers rights of women? john: that is a good point. i don't mean to suggest that football is on criticized today. it's different than what it was like a century ago. there are modern controversies. congress has held hearings about concussions in football. there are concerns about the health effects that football can have on people. the nfl did a study where they found that nfl veterans are four and or five times likely to suffer from dementia. you can imagine why that may be true. there's a lot of ongoing research in this area, debate about equipment and tweaking the rules. the nfl just changed it they kickoff rule. will kick off on the 30 are the rather than the -- they m

research greece went to hunter college before embarking on a long teaching career at the old voice collegiate school. after she was married her husband was accused of people practices that is office she divorced in and quit her job the only school that admitted when did. seated in the furrow graduated in two short years rank number seven and around this time she also began to wear black. after a short stint at the legal aid society she opened the people's law firm. she got an almost legendary reputation among the immigrants she challenged deportation helped under age workers who were not paid and even recovered lost jules. after a highly publicized appeal saving the life of a mother that rape was known as the people's friend and one is the busiest warriors in the city. she noticed a disturbing pattern following the clues to florida issue uncovered a system of forced slavery and she reported affectively a slave plantations four years after the civil war had dented -- ended they would the were there from its lead to say come to america we will get you a job they could not speak english but citi

it renamed later, itself the ncaa and over time, it gathered other collegiate sports under isabella. it started as a football rules committee. >> high, i am len at wilhelm. that nobody attacks football in the way that i did. i was wondering if you might think that that was actually untrue in the modern feminist movement and their attacks on sports that encourage this kind masculinity that overpowers rights of women? >> that is a good point. i don't mean to suggest that football is on criticized today. it is good with a different than what it was like a century ago. there are modern controversies. aboutt held hearings concussions in football. theyfl did a study where found that nfl veterans are four to suffermes likely from dementia. you can imagine why that may be true. there's a lot of ongoing research in this area, debate about equipment and tweaking the rules. the nfl just changed its kickoff will. they will kick off on the 30 are theyather than the -- moved it five yards. there will be more touchbacks. there will be to a kick returns and kick returns are famously dangerous place.

wouldn't testify against another sitting senator, and he said that they are friends, actually they're collegial, but he took that step, and you heard the reasons that he gave. beyond this week, many people thought this was an opening of the door for cory booker looking to 2020. he said no, he was just speaking his conscience, but how did you all read that moment? >> well, number one, i thought it was important for him to stand up as it relates to senator sessions and really give his opinion, but i do think there's some politics involved, as well. i mean, people are already talking about 2020, and they're saying that there aren't really any strong governors in the country, and so they're really looking to the senate. there are probably about at least 10 democratic senators right now that are being considered seriously for 2020, and he definitely is one of them. >> there certainly aren't republican governors saying that. a lot are democratic governors. there's a lot of republican governors, though. >> i think booker made a bad choice in the venue that he chose to do this. i think doing it at a co

that makes it, as we understand now, the oldest collegiate band in the entire country. this is presidential inauguration. they're located up in northfield,vermont, which i think was the first private military university in the nation. it houses all four branches of the u.s. department of defense, the army, the navy, the marines and the air force. >> well, now, this one is big fun. the big old tractors. everybody loves those, right? >> big wheels. >> the rural tractor brigade. rfd tv, the flag ship network featuring programming on agriculture and the rural lifestyle. who knew that was even a thing? did you know? >> no, i did not. >> there's a tv channel for everything now. who wouldn't love a good excuse to drive a giant tractor in the inaugural parade? >> i'd pay i'm not getting on a motorcycle, but that would be great fun, driving a tractor. >> i don't blame you. so would i, doreen. >> my son grew up loving trucks and all that. but now they just play video games all the time, right? any kind of construction equipment, he's always interested in. >> absolutely. i wonder

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he's been a defensive coordinator for 11 seasons at tennessee, washington and usc and played at oregon collegiately. he has catching up to do being hired this late, especially with recruiting. he is the son of former 49er hall of fame linebacker dave wilcox. this abc7 sports report brought to you by river rock casino. green bay and dallas. winners get the chance at super bowl li. i'll say there's a lot on the line. and warriors need to beat the cavaliers. they need to recapture their identity with this team. like i said, four straight losses. only team to be down 3-1 and lose three straight and lose a game 7. so it's going to be interesting. >> cavs are in their head, gotta get them out of there. >> no question. and they added the three-point shooter from atlanta. >> quick final check on weather? >> yeah, we're dry through tuesday and then wednesday, storms return. another one on friday. so expect heavy rain to round out your workweek ahead. >> and no golf? >> and no golf for you. >> that's it for tonight. i'm eric thomas. abc7 news continues tomorrow morning at 5:00. for mike and drew, thanks for

so i won't be surprised tuesday we'll see in-depth, thoughtful discussions but collegial atmosphere. a lot of these people have worked with him for over 20 years. shannon: sarah, thank you for the preview. leland: still with less than two weeks left in office, president obama prepares his farewell address on tuesday. our fair and balanced panel here to weigh in on what the president might say about his legacy. ♪ ♪ for me is it keeps the food out. before those little pieces would get in between my dentures and my gum and it was uncomfortable. just a few dabs is clinically proven to seal out more food particles. super poligrip is part of my life now. i think we could finally get youra bigger place. yeah, let me check my score too. try credit karma. it's free. credit karma. give yourself some credit. what you wear every day actually making your body feel better, making your whole day better. that's exactly what tommie copper does for people everywhere coping with life's everyday aches and pains. they call it "wearable wellness," and tommie copper has infused it into everything they

historic presence of cory booker to do actual testimony, which is courageous when you consider the collegiality of the senate. we also learned that the democrats are using this as a way of conscripting, i think, him, in his role as attorney general. so dianne feinstein, for example, asking him whether he would release funds to help women who have been victims of sex trafficking, even if it meant that their health care included abortions, he agrees that that's the law of the land and he would do it. >> andre bauer to you, sessions said he would follow the law even on issues he may disagree with. he would enforce voting rights laws, abortion laws and he had this exchange with senator patrick leahy. >> and in 2010 you stated extending hate crime protections to lgbt individuals was unwarranted, possibly unconstitutional. do you still feel that way? >> mr. chairman, the law has been passed, the congress has spoken. you can be sure i will enforce it. >> andre, will attorney general sessions be more moderate than senator sessions? >> i believe he will. look, public vetting is a healthy part of our pro

john: and then you tried football and said some collegiate records but the ncaa turned you down. >> the ncaa wouldn't allow me to take endorsement money from any olympics here and we use that money to pay for our c-span's is traveling all over the world so without it becomes very difficult. after two years of giving up any endorsement opportunity i was broke. i wanted to go to my second olympics and i have to start accepting an endorsement money. i did and they declared me permanently ineligible. i was able to play in my junior and senior year. john, pro-football. you are only 5 feet 9 inches. he got drafted by the eagles and an injured and that was gone. signed with the steelers come, injured again, failure again. sam: there was a moment of reflection after the steelers. i had an opportunity to go to my third nfl team in that many years and most of my life you know i've worked at what i was doing and i would weigh the risks and rewards. if the rewards outweighed the risks i would continue on that journey. i think i was able to reach those two levels in athletics but at that point i sai

. >> senator, you're a collegial and generally amiable guy and i think you and your colleagues across the aisle have a good working relationship. there was a pretty testy moment with the chair of this committee, i wanted to play it and give you a chance to respond with chair roberts. take a listen. >> senator wyden, i've got a valium pill you might want to take before the second round. just a suggestion sir. >> mr. chairman, i hope that that comment about valium doesn't set the tone for 2017 in this committee. i just -- i like senator roberts but i just can't quite believe that he would say that to a distinguished senator. >> i said that to the president of the united states. >> i would hope that doesn't set the tone for the session. mr. chairman -- >> all right, all right. >> i said -- please. please. >> senator corker -- >> i have the time. >> the relationship we're building is so different from this. this is just outrageous. i don't know about outrageous but i think a pinprick of humor might help this committee from time to time. >> what was going on there, senator? >> well, if you

again, when i'm hopeful that we are able to do is to, in a collegial, bipartisan way, work together to solve the remarkable challenges that we have. one of my physician colleagues used to tell me that he never operated on doug democrat patient or a republican patient, he operated on a patient. and that is a way that i view the system, it is not a republican system, it is not a democrat system, it is a system that hopefully we are focusing on the patients to again make certain that they have access to the highest quality care. >> let me just conclude, mr. chairman, by saying, i will use an analogy. there's a large building and there are people in the large building, and there was a fire in the large building, but for some reason they could not use the stairways or they could not use the elevators. and they looked out the windows and there are firefighters down in the streets and go ahead and jump, we will save you. but they don't have any safety nets. my fear is that if we repeal what i have described, the systems that i've described that we put in place, the affordable care act, largel

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traditions of the senate in terms of the way that senators defer to one another and treat one other, the collegiality of that body. one of the consequences of those traditions is that everybody thinks that -- well, not everybody, a lot of people believe that jeff sessions, despite these concerns, that he will be confirmed, that he has almost an unbreachable advantage simply by being a united states senator who is being confirmed with the u.s. senate. if he is confirmed, if the odds are with him, are you worried about retaliation? about him getting his revenge on you, on your constituents or on the democratic conference? >> well, look, that's a profoundly powerful position and my concern is not the well-being of me or other electeds, this is a person that is in a position where he can defend or not or even make the lives more difficult of some of the most vulnerable people in america and so this isn't about what could happen in the realm of politics or even in the realm of my life. this is a real threat to those folks that i got into politics to try to do something for and with and try to make this am

i will sincerely endeavor to keep these lines of communication open and hope we can continue or collegiality and friendships. in that regard, i commit to all of you that the department of justice will be responsive, mr. chairman, to congress and we'll work with you on your priorities, all of you, and provide you with guidance and views where appropriate. the department will respect your constitutional duties, your oversight role and the particularly critical important separation of powers between the executive and legislative branches. let me address another issue straight on. i was accused in 1986 of failing to protect the voting rights of african-americans by presenting the voter fraud case and of condemning civil rights advocates and organizations and even harboring amazingly, sympathies for the kkk. these are false charges. the voter fraud case my office prosecuted was in response to pleas from african-american, incumbent elected official who is claimed that the absentee ballot process involved a situation in which ballots cast for them were stolen, altered and cast for their opponents.

but there is a rough collegiality that arises, so when there are brawls between townspeople, everybody joins in together. is a circus tradition. the other thing you have to remember about the wild west show is that a lot of the cowboys were actually indians who dressed up as cowboys. some of them were married to l acota women. there are a lot of family connections that cut across as well. there is a lot of spanish spoken around. the hierarchy thing seems to dissolve after time when you have been working with people. down here? let's wait for the mic. play some interlude music. >> i have two questions, one of them is academic and one is not. richard weiss, it was always fun i was wondering if you could agree with his interpretation of buffalo bill. i was wondering how you are engaging buffalo bill's fame and lasting memory. what is his name recognition as you are traveling around? do you find that he is to better doing better than hugh grant? [laughter] louis: one would. -- would hope. your first question, richard argues that the wild west shows presented in inverted version of the conq

forward i'll sincerely endeavor to keep these lines of communication open and hope we can continue our collegiality and frndship. in that regard, if i'm to be -- if i'm confirmed, i commit to all of you that the department of justice will be responsive, mr. chairman, to congress and will work with you on your priorities, all of you, and provide you with the guidance and views where appropriate. the department will respect your constitutional duties, your oversight role and the particularly critically important separation of powers between the executive and legislative branches. let me address another issue straight on. i was accused in 1986 of failing to protect the voting rights of african-americans by presenting the voter fraud case. and condemning civil rights advocates, and organizations and even harboring amazingly, sympathies for the kkk. these are false charges. the voter fraud case, my office prosecuted was in response to pleas from african-americans incumbent elected officials who claimed the absentee ballot process involved a situation in which ballots cast for them were stolen, altered a

but there is a rough collegiality that arises, so when there are brawls between townspeople, everybody joins in together. is a circus tradition. other thing you have to remember about the wild west show is that a lot of the cowboys were actually indians interest of this couple. -- who dressed up as cowboys. some of them were married to l acota women. there are a lot of family connections that cut across as well. there is a lot of spanish spoken around. the hierarchy thing seems to dissolve after time when you have been working with people. here? for the mic. play some interlude music. >> i have two questions, one of them is academic and one is not. richard weiss, it was always fun to argue. -- i waswondering wondering if you could agree with his interpretation of buffalo bill. i was wondering how you are engaging buffalo bill's fame and lasting memory. what is his name recognition as you are traveling around? do you find that he is to better than hugh grant -- doing better than hugh grant? [laughter] louis: one would. hope.ld your first question, richard argues that the wild west shows

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went to hunter college before embarking on what she would be a long teaching career at the all boys collegiate school on the upper west side. after she was married, her husband, dr. henry quackenbush was accused of practices at his office. grace divorced him, quit her job and enrolled in an evening class at nyu school of law. the only school in the city that admitted women. seated in the front row, she graduated in two short years. ranked 7th in her class. around this time, she also began to wear black. after a short stint at the legal aide society she passed the bar and opened the people's law firm. the woman in black began to get an almost legendary reputation among the new york immigrant poor. she challenged government deportations, helped underaged child workers who weren't being paid at their job, and even recovered lost jewels for a grateful foreign ambassador. after winning a highly publicized appeal that saved the lives of a young italian mother who killed a man who was trying to rape her, grace became known as the people's friend and was soon one of the busiest lawyers in the city. sh

the people spoke to his character and collegiality, not necessarily the suitability you need to lead the justice department. so the fact of the matter is, we are concerned about his failure to take a position against mandatory minimums with 1 million fathers behind bars, how can you ask this man to lead the justice department and leading us away from this era of mass incarceration? >> we did hear very compelling personal testimony from african-americans that worked with him over 20 years, a man by the name of willie huntley, a lawyer from alabama, jesse sarora, a former u.s. marshal. they all testified they worked with him, got to know him well. they knew his record on civil rights and these most sensitive issues that are of deep concern to you. they said, this man should be the next attorney general of the united states. >> again, great character references. if you need to go to a doctor for open heart surgery, you are looking for a cardiac surgeon, you would want someone who is skilled, who is committed to the craft of surgery. we need someone who is skilled and committed to the cr

in other words, collegiality is trumping, if you will, the advice and consent responsibility of the constitution. what i'd like to see senator sessions asked are his views about the voting rights act, about wrongful prosecutions, yes, those that occurred 30 years ago but, more importantly, about problems with voter i.d. today. about problems with efforts to move polling places in states like alabama, his very own state. i'd like to see him asked about whether he can enforce statutes over which he has a hostility long established. so, for example, he opposed the violence against women act, he has opposed the passage of the matthew sheppard james bird enforcement act. we'd like to see questions asked about that. we'd also like to see questions asked about his hostility to immigrants, his support for a muslim ban or arguing that a muslim ban is certainly worthy of discussion. these kinds of issues are frightening to the american people and i think the american people expect two things -- one, they expect a procedurally fair hearing, but they also expect a substantively complete hearing and neither

at the senate was supposed to be the world's most exclusive club and a very collegial place. but democrats are really giving it to their current colleague, the guy that this president has chosen to be his attorney general. >> is interesting, usually if a president nominates a senator it is kind of a club kind of place and there is a sense that they will be much easier nominee to be confirmed. and what you're seeing, however, is what you were talking about earlier, is that a lot of the president's moving on a lot of different policies, at the same time he is trying to get the nomination through then minority, and they are trying to exert their power wherever they can, and one of the ways in which they can do that is to use these confirmation hearings to talk about the policies of the president is implementing that they don't like. and so a lot of that is unfolding this week. >> jon: it's going to be fascinating to see the long-term effects of what is going on right now. carol lee from "the wall street journal," thank you very much. we are going to continue to monitor the sessi

again, it ought to be -- it ought to be a collegial conversation that we have to lay out what the challenges are before us and working together to solve those challenges. and that's what i'd like to do. >> i was just trying to point out the inconsistency of saying block grants to medicaid are good because of flexibility and efficiency and block grants to states on social services is bad. that's your statement to congress and that's why i brought it up. >> with respect, for individuals to say state flexible for medicaid is bad but state flexibility for taniff is inconsistent. >> thank you. >> we're going to close this, senator wyden and myself, so i'll ask senator wyden to make his closing remarks and then i'll make mine. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. >> they're wrapping up the senate finance committee confirmation hearing for tom price to become the next secretary of health and human services. let's get back to our panel, nia-malika herntd son, dana bash, gloria borger, mark preston. tough questions, claire mccaskill very tough with him. ron wyden, ranking member, very tough. a few o

so, again, what i'm hopeful that we're able to do is to, in a collegial, bipartisan way, work together to solve the remarkable challenges that we have. one of my physician colleagues used to tell me that he never operated on a democrat patient or a republican patient, he operated on a patient. and that's the way that i view this system. it's not a republican system, it's not a democrat system, it's a system that hopefully we're focusing on the patients to, again, make certain that they have the access to the highest quality care possible. >> thank you for that. let me conclude, mr. chairman, by saying that -- i'll use an analogy. if there's a large build and there's people in the large building and there's a fire in the large build, but for some reason, they could not use the stairways or they could not use the elevators, and they looked out the window and there's firefighters down in the streets saying, go ahead and jump, we'll save you, but they don't have any safety nets. my fear is if we repeal what i've described -- the system i've described we put in place, the affordable care ac

he and i have always exercised a collegiality and mutual respect between us. perhaps the best example of this is the legislation we cosponsored to award the congressional gold medal to those foot soldiers who marched at selma. >> senator booker was referencing that time less than a year ago when he partnered with his republican colleagues to award those who took part in the 1965 civil rights march from selma to montgomery, alabama. back then he claimed to be sharing one of his life's "greatest moments" with sessions. my take on this, julie, i know you work for him and know him, he is setting up his presidential campaign for 2020, this is all clinical. >> julie: it's funny that you say that, i actually spoke to some of his staff the day before this was happening, and i said that is really the knock on you. is that you are doing this, and they said and they may be right, there are easier ways to do that. cory booker in the sense that people know who he is for a variety of reasons, they knew who he was before he got to the senate, in fact i remember doing his cam

i found georgia state senate to oftentimes be a remarkably bipartisan place, where collegiate relationships were the norm. this is the environment in which i learned to legislate, reaching across the aisle to get work done. in congress, i've been fortunate to have been part of a collaboration that broke through party lines, as well, to solve problems. just this past congress, as you'll recall, it was a bipartisan effort that succeeded in ridding medicare of a broken physician payment system, in which it has now begun the creation of a system that if implemented properly, will help ensure that seniors have access to higher quality care. if confirmed, my obligation will be to carry the department of health and human services, both in appreciation for the bipartisan team-driven policy making and wlaz been a lifetime of commitment to improving the health and well-being of the american people. the commitment extends to what i call the six principles of health care. affordable, accessibility, quality, responsiveness, innovation, and choices. but health and human services is more than health care.

we had all the same problems so it was very nonpartisan and very collegiate. we have a friendship and a relationship. but i said, rick, you're going to be asked this question because that was one of the big things on your presidential campaign, you wanted to do away it. he said i never thought it was working the way it should be, i didn't think it was doing what it should have been doing in setting a policy of an all-in energy policy. i believe i can make a difference. i said that's great because you'll be asked that question. i hope you can hit the ground running and i'll help in any way i can. i think he's ready and will do do a good job. >> you're sure he now knows fully what the energy department is supposed to do? clearly he didn't know it oversaw nuclear power, nuclear weapons. that was something i guess he hadn't realized. >> unless you're working with it, unless you're in federal government right now working with that day to day, i'm on the energy and natural resources. so beak you would think it's kind a deflector, the department of energy and you'll

. >> senator, you're a collegial and generally amiable guy and i think you and your colleagues across the aisle have a good working relationship. there was a pretty testy moment with the chair of this committee, i wanted to play it and give you a chance to respond with chair roberts. take a listen. >> senator wiyden, i've got a valium pill you might want to take before the second round. just a suggestion sir. >> mr. chairman, i hope that that comment about valium doesn't set the tone for 2017 in this committee. i just -- i like senator roberts but i just can't quite believe that he would say that to a distinguished senator. >> i said that to the president of the united states. >> i would hope that doesn't set the tone for the session. mr. chairman -- >> all right, all right. >> i said -- please. please. >> senator corker -- >> i have the time. >> the relationship we're building is so different from this. this is just outrageous. i don't know about outrageous but i think a pinprick of humor might help this committee from time to time. >> what was going on there, senator? >> well, if yo

we had all the same problems so it was very nonpartisan and collegiate. we have a friendship and a relationship. but i said, rick, you're going to be asked this question because that was one of the big things on your presidential campaign, you wanted to do away it. he said i never thought it was working the way it should be, didn't think it but doing what it should have been setting an energy policy. i believe i can make a difference. i said that's great because you'll be asked that question. i hope you can hit the ground running and i'll help in any way i can. i think he's ready and will do do a good job. >> you're sure he now knows fully what the energy department is supposed to do. oversaw nuclear power, weapons, that was something he hadn't realized. >> unless you're in federal government right now working with that day to day, i'm on the energy and natural resources, so basically you would think it's kind a deflector, the department of energy and you'll think that's coal and natural gas, nuclear, wind, all the different resources that we have. but nu

senator sessions and i have consistently disagreed on the issues, he and i have always exercised a collegiality and a respect between us. the best example of this is the legislation we co-sponsored to award the congressional gold medal to those foot soldiers who marched at selma. one of the foot soldiers is sitting next to me now. this was a blessing and an honor to me because in 2015 a retired judge who was white told me that it was those brave marchers on the bridge who inspired him as a young lawyer in the 1960s to seek justice for all in new jersey and begin representing black families looking to integrate white neighborhoods. black families turned away and denied housing. one of those families was mine. i am literally sitting here because of people, marchers in alabama, volunteer lawyers in new jersey who saw it as their affirmative duty to pursue justice, to fight discrimination, to stand up for those who are marginalized, but the march for justice in our country still continues. it is still urgent. i know also, though, of the urgency for law and order. i imagine that no sitting senator h

in other words, collegiality is trumping, if you will, the advice and consent responsibility of the constitution. what i'd like to see senator sessions asked are his views about the voting rights act, about wrongful prosecutions, yes, those that occurred 30 years ago but, more importantly, about problems with voter i.d. today. about problems with efforts to move polling places in states like alabama, his very own state. i'd like to see him asked about whether he can enforce statutes over which he has a hostility long established. so, for example, he opposed the violence against women act, he has opposed the passage of the matthew sheppard james bird enforcement act. we'd like to see questions asked about that. we'd also like to see questions asked about his hostility to immigrants, his support for a muslim ban or arguing that a muslim ban is certainly worthy of discussion. these kinds of issues are frightening to the american people and i think the american people expect two things -- one, they expect a procedurally fair hearing, but they also expect a substantively complete hearing and neither

so there won't be that senate collegiali collegiality. the senators won't be giving sort of soft questions. but the big thing in this hearing will be merrick garland. he was the appointee from alabama. the democrats are seething mad that he is not up this time. they think that the seat is stolen. they'll make these hearings really difficult. it's going to be a big fight. >> there wouldn't be the chance or the conventional wisdom is that there wouldn't be a chance that president trump would consider merrick dpar lagarland stretch of the imagination. >> it wouldn't seem that way. trump has said he will stay on this list. >> he wants to look for a more scalia-like candidate. he's said that. >> a the conservative groups helped him mae this list and they expect him to make the list when he makes his pick. >> good to see you. we'll be back with much more of the newsroom from the very rainy, soggy, nation's capital. boost it's about moving forward not back. it's looking up not down. it's feeling up thinking up living up. it's being in motion...

senator sessions and i have consistently disagreed on the issues, he and i have always exercised a collegiality and a mutual respect between us. perhaps the best example of this is the legislation we cosponsored to award the congressional gold medal to those foot soldiers who marched at selma, one of the foot soldiers is sitting next to me now. this was a blessing and an honor to me, because in 2015, a retired judge who was white told me that it was those brave marchers on the edmund pettis bridge who inspired him as a young lawyer in the 1960s to seek justice for all in new jersey and begin representing black families looking to integrate white neighborhoods, black families who were turned away and denied housing. one of the families was mine. i am literally sitting here because of people, marchers in alabama, and volunteer lawyers in new jersey, who saw it as their affirmative duty to pursue justice, to fight discrimination, to stand up for those who are marginalized. but the march for justice in our country still continues. it is still urgent. i know also though of the urgency for law and or

in other words, collegiality is trumping, if you will, the advice and consent responsibility of the constitution. what i'd like to see senator sessions asked are his views about the voting rights act, about wrongful prosecutions, yes, those that occurred 30 years ago but, more importantly, about problems with voter i.d. today. about problems with efforts to move polling places in states like alabama, his very own state. i'd like to see him asked about whether he can enforce statutes over which he has a hostility long established. so, for example, he opposed the violence against women act, he has opposed the passage of the matthew shephahelp isheppard ja enforcement act. we'd like to see questions asked about that. we'd also like to see questions asked about his hostility to immigrants, his support for a muslim ban or arguing that a muslim ban is certainly worthy of discussion. these kinds of issues are frightening to the american people and i think the american people expect two things -- one, they expect a procedurally fair hearing, but they also expect a substantively complete hearing and neit

today i would say it is collegial and friendly, but i would not comment more. [laughter] francois: this is also part of independence and a really federal system which works. it is not a one-man decision. it is a very open and friendly -- it is a very open and friendly debate. francine: governor, thank you. we are doing a forex report right now. the mexican peso at 22, with all eyes turned to washington. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ city, a warmork daybreak.""bloomberg futures in the united states negative after a five-day losing streak, the longest since election. this,ries look like yields up three basis points, and a stronger dollar, the trump trade. how timely. >> donald trump will become the 45th president of the united states. coverage,ou live preview the next 100 days. soros unleashes harsh words about the future president of the united states. why he thinks donald trump will fail. yeenhair janet

these two have battled with many battles over the years, and today they look collegiately -- collegiately forward. joseph stiglitz, it is a changed world from when you went at it decades ago. limit go to you, professor rogoff. fromdo you mean to observe the trunk cabinet and those within this new administration to soften the rhetoric of our new president? ken: we want to see that he listens to them. he has appointed some adults in the cabinet -- the secretary of state, the secretary of defense. but is he someone who will listen to them? is his behavior going to be erratic? i am not so much looking at the policies as the whole temperament. do they look like they are going to be a rational administration? tom: you have been a harsh critic of conservative economics and the politics and rhetoric of the president elect. how should democrats, progressives, in a liberal world, respond to the trump presidency? oe: i think we have to stand together and say this is not normal in the united states where we have been combating racism, bigotry, misogyny for decades. to have a president who so openly e

and when they cease to do that, then you have a serious breach of collegial relations between the two countries and no country, particularly the united states, should ever allow so many individuals who committed crimes here, often when they entered illegally and not even coming on a lawful visa, and they need to be deported promptly. and reluctance of that to happen is baffling to me. it should have total bipartisan support. it's said that it does, but for somehow, it's never accomplished. so it's very, very frustrating. so the basic summary of that is it's perfectly proper, decent and correct, for this nation not to allow people who've come here on a visa or illegally to remain here after they've committed crimes. >> well, thank you, senator sessions. as you know, i've introduced legislation in the senate, kate's law, which would provide for those who illegally re-enter with a violent criminal conviction a mandatory five-year prison sentence. this past senate that failed to pass, it is my hope that congress will pass that legislation and give additional tools to the administration to