part of it is that joe manchin is a lot like joe biden. i asked him about this last week. he put his arm on me to demonstrate how he views retail politics. i have seen him in west virginia, i have covered him in the capital. he is going to put his arm around you while he talks. he is similar to joe biden. there is a generational divide in politics. i think people like joe manchin don't think there's anything wrong with that. reporter: everything in politics is relationships. they go back a long time. joe biden is finding out who his friends are and who are his enemies. his rivals have given him no slack. i think this talk about joe slack. biden and the touchiness, if we are still talking out of the summer, that is a problem. >> one of the things we are going to be talking about is his support for susan collins. republican of maine, including his willingness to campaign for her. how is his party going to receive that? reporter: they won't like it, because maine is a blue tilting state. they don't have a ton of pickup opportunities if they want to take the senate back. it is

manchin: he did. i told him, joe, bu. they can't change you -- joe, be .ou joe biden is a type of person in our generation, touchy-feely was something that we just all did. i told people when i was a young in family,time, hugging and kissing, that was how you greet, men, girls, everybody. a cousin of mine i knew was a relation, i didn't greet him that way because i didn't know him, and i got reprimanded. and i'm thinking. , whew, never making that mistake again. when he walked through our door, you hugged and kissed, no matter who you were! [laughter] of friends, you are friends with senator susan collins. she has been with you, leaders on the no-labels group. she is up for reelection in 2020. was your support her? sen. manchin: i would campaign for her. her? would campaign for sen. manchin: as she wanted me to, i would campaign for susan collins. for america to lose someone like susan collins, it would be a shame. >> she may take you up on that. sen. manchin: if she does, i will be happy to do that. >> do you think your

manchin: he did. i told him, joe, be you. joe biden is a type of person in our generation, touchy-feely was something that we just all did. i told people when i was a young child, one time, in family, hugging and kissing, that was how you greet, men, girls, everybody. it's what we did. one time, a cousin of mine i knew was a relation, i didn't greet him that way because i didn't know him, and i got reprimanded. and i'm thinking, whew, never making that mistake again. when he walked through our door, you get hugged and kissed, no matter who you were! [laughter] >> speaking of friends, you are friends with senator susan collins. she has been with you, leaders on the no-labels group. she is up for reelection in 2020. would you support her? sen. manchin: i would campaign for her. >> you would campaign for her? sen. manchin: as she wanted me to, i would campaign for susan collins. for america to lose someone like susan collins, it would be a shame. >> she may take you up on that. sen. manchin: if she does, i will be happy to do th

>> part of it is that joe manchin is a lot like joe biden. i asked him about this last week. senator manchin put his arm on me to demonstrate how he views retail politics. i have seen him in west virginia. i have covered him in the capital. he is going to put his arm around you while he talks. he is similar to joe biden. i think there is a generational divide in the politics and i think people like joe manchin don't think there's anything wrong with that. >> listen everything in politics , is relationships. they go back a long time. joe biden is finding out who his friends are and who are his enemies. his rivals have given him no slack. because, well, they are rivals. i think this talk about joe touchiness, if we are still talking out of the summer, that is a problem. >> one of the things we are going to be talking about is his support for susan collins. republican of maine, including his willingness to campaign for her in reelection. how is his party going to receive that news? >> they will not like it because a blue-tilting state. they don't have a ton of pickup opportuniti

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i'll speak with senator joe manchin of the appropriations committee. and our correspondents and analysts, they will have full coverage of the day's top stories. democrats want an explanation for the attorney general william barr's jaw-dropping claim during a congressional hearing today. moments ago, the house speaker, nancy pelosi, angrily attacked the attorney general. >> the chief law enforcement officer of our country, is going off the rails. yesterday and today. he is the attorney general of the united states of america, not the attorney general are of donald trump. >> all right, let's go to our justice reporter, laura jarrett, she's over at the justice department. laura, some extraordinary testimony today. tell us why democrats are so furious about what the attorney general said. >> well, wolf, democrats are fuming about the unproven, controversial claim of spying on the trump campaign is now back on the scene. and it isn't being propagated just by the white house. it's now being held up by the chief law enforcement officer of the united states. >

bernhart followed by alaskan republican lisa murkowski and west virginia democrat joe manchin both of whom supported the nominee. >> madame president, i rise today to address the senate on the nomination of david bernhardt to head the department of interior. i ask unanimous consent that i may use this chart in order to further my goal of making it clear why he should not be nominated and confirmed as secretary of the interior. >> without objection. >> i thank you very much. madame president, under secretary bernhardt, the department of interior will come to stand for the department of oil interests, doi. this wheel of bernhardt's giveaways makes it very clear what the objective of his tenure as the secretary of interior will in fact entail. bernhardt's nomination is just a continuation of the trump administration's cabinets. only a month ago, a former coal lobbyist was confirmed to head the environmental protection agency. let me say that again. just last month, a coal lobbyist was nominated and confirmed to be the secretary of the -- the head of the environmental protection agency of

joe manchin of west virginia said he was unlikely to support cain. that would leave him shy of the 50 votes needed. and senate majority mitch mcconnell weighed in saying there was a lack of enthusiasm among a number of republicans about that particular nominee. >>> a former 2016 presidential candidate jeb bush teased former joe biden for his potential run for president at a forum at the university of pennsylvania yesterday. >> ill-fated run for president which i recommend people do that if they are thinking about it. . [ laughter ] i was talking about the mayor. >> that's all right. a little random advice. >> my first trip to manchester. >> speaking of addiction. >> so biden is expected, of course, to jump into the crowded democratic primary field sometime in the next coming weeks. >>> two new polls shows south bend, indiana mayor pete buttigieg in third place. a monmouth university poll shows pete buttigieg trailing behind information vice president joe biden, vermont senator bernie sanders with 9% of support. the mayor again in third place with 11%

joining me now is senator joe manchin, a moderate democrat from west virginia who was recently elere-elected in that trump-friendly state in a race focused largely on health care. senator, good to see you. congratulations on your re-election. you've said over 800,000 west virgin virgin virginians wi s with pre-exist conditions are at risk of losing their health coverage sp. have you seen any plans that would prohibit them from charging them higher premiums? >> jake, not at all. and first of all, it's good to be with you and i'm glad the election is over. they're all brutal anymore and i'm sure 2020 cycle will be just as ferocious as our 2018 cycle. speaking about health care, yes, my race was predominantly about pre-existing conditions, taking health care away from people or making it so unaffordable that they could not make a decision to buy it. in west virginia, you would have people say, you know, i don't want to be a burden to my family. they used to say that, you know, i don't want to be a burden to my family, they say, you know i can't afford, if i get sick again, they will not insure

joining me now is senator joe manchin of west virginia. you've had been on the julian assange matter, writing letters about his announced role by robert mueller and others in releasing the hacked emails in the 2016 election. >> i think it's extremely important and i think it's very good for us to finally get him on u.s. soil. so we can investigate, we can basically cross-examine, we can find out the facts that only he knows and his connections and how he basically distributed his information. this is something they can extract from julian assange, i think it would be great for the american people, it would be great for us as lawmakers making sure that we protect the system, john, and the system is basically how do we protect against foreign -- you know, foreign invasion type, if you will, as far as our political process. >> just to remind people what robert mueller and his investigators found last summer is that russian intelligence agents hacked the dnc and podesta's emails and gave them -- and gave them to wikileaks and wikileaks release

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manchin even went as far as saying he's our property the property of united states though a few like democratic presidential candidates tulsi gabbert have come out in his defense. the american civil liberties union they've also criticize arrest but they have been in the minority. it's a fascinating story appreciate you bringing us all the information danko in r.t. america correspondent on the line with. killers get back to our breaking news story the huge fire the single. cathedral in paris person to money market has now arrived at the scene here earlier today declared it a tragedy french media quoting the fire brigade say the fire is potentially linked to renovation work and you can see some of the scaffolding which is part of that renovation work which has been taking place on the cathedral at a cost of several million dollars getting reports now from a sputnik correspondent that the left power of not a damn cathedral is on fire it's a vast structure but the fire continues to spread despite the best efforts of the the emergency services you can see they've had those jets of water t

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west virginia democrat senator joe manchin sounded overjoyed saying his tickled to death about the arrest of julian assange. >> thank god. i think we'll get some answers now. i hope we get him back to the united states. this is very much needed. find out the facts. >> angus king, a member of the intelligence committee, told us now he's hoping julian assange will be extradited to the u.s. >> i do. he's been involved in effectively as an agent of the russian intelligence agencies. i think we have a vital interest in understanding his role in that process. >> shepard: senate intelligence chairman richard burr, republican of north carolina said "under the guise of transparency, julian assange and wikileaks have effectively acted as an arm of the russian intelligence services for years. mr. assange engaged in a conspiracy to steal classified information, putting millions of lives at risk all over the world. hopefully he will face justice." ben sasse tweeted "this arrest is good news for freedom-loving people and concluding that assange deserves to spend the rest of his life in prison." and thi

manchin is endorsing republican senators susan collins of maine in her reelection bid next year. made that comment to c-span come of the two have worked together in the past. collins has not declared opponent yet, but her vote to confirm brett kavanaugh to the u.s. supreme court led to the creation of a democrat campaign front for a prospective democratic challenger. opposition is growing within republican ranks to president trump's announced intentions to nominate herman cain to the federal reserve board of governors. north dakota's kevin kramer is the fourth g.o.p. senator to express his dissatisfaction with that idea. that would appear to doom kane's chances of senate confirmation assume all democrats vote against him as well. no comment about this from the demonstration so far. south bend mayor and democratic presidential candidate pete pretty egg is gaining traction in the race. joe biden leads there with 27%, even though he's not in yet. bernie sanders has 16%. in new hampshire, mayor pete is up to 11% trailing by 23. outpacing neighboring massachusetts senator elizabeth wa

manchin says it's a waste of resources. the president's 2020 budget calls for $72 stand the space force with 200 employees have a real hard time understanding why we need t everything at your disposal right now i guess we need some convincing that there is a necessity for a 6 branch within our armed services iowa, republican joni ernst said she's considering the space force will diver critical resources and the implications what that might do to hollow out some of the other forces, but arkansas republican tom cotton says if america wants to be first we need to be willing to make some sacrifices we don't get a choice to whether we want to fight in space will go towards whether we want to win or lose in space house plans to hold its own space force hearing in june in washington, i'm in a warning key. the big story that. others injured in a shooting following the procession for that late rapper nipsey hussle he was just 33 years old near the shooting the shooter is still on the loose in this comes nearly 2 weeks after hossa wa

. >> west virginia senator joe manchin is our guest on "newsmakers" this week. he is the ranking democratic member of the energy and natural resources committee in the senate, also the appropriations committee, which put him at the table with the attorney general this week, we are going to ask you more about that, and also serves on the armed services and veterans affairs in the senate. thanks for coming in. sen. manchin: thank you for having me.

even moderates, conservatives, even joe manchin. there are people in west virginia who are die hard republican who's want more health care. and the democrats offering that. >> over 80% of americans like their private health care. that's a problem. i'm not saying he will energize the base. he could be the democratic candidate. >> highly unlikely. >> i am not in the highly unlikely -- i'm not there. >> he is so incredibly toxic with so many important constituencies. he is toxwick the establishment people who blame him for 2016. i don't think he can overcome that. i don't think joe biden would be this popular if bernie could fix it. >> i could literally say instead of saying bernie, say trump. oh, the chamber of commerce doesn't like him. we saw this. >> we saw him fail. and i don't know that he can beat trump. and i don't know that they can do that. >> that is the biggest hurdle he has to face. thank you. we'll be right back but we'll continue this discussion right after this 'll continue this discussion right after this my time is th

. >> take a listen to some of the democrats starting with senator joe manchin of west virginia. >> i think that was a horrible choice of language. and it was a horrible statement to come from our attorney general. >> barr opens his mouth, trump's words come popping out. >> for an attorney general to just blurt out something as serious as spying by our own government on -- without due process is a very serious accusation. >> and here's the thing, you know, that i would challenge you on. he also referenced the vietnam era and spying and the connotation that it had back then. and that was a time, i'm old enough to remember the initial post-vietnam era, spying was a very negative, bad thing. and it meant that you were surveilling americans without any kind of the proper -- having gone through any proper channels. >> for political reasons. >> surveilling americans is indeed a very large and scary deal. i agree with you on that. and it remains one now just as it was then. >> there was a difference between -- again, in using the word spying, he was trying to throw a negative connotation on

you can see the entire interview with senator joe manchin today at 10:00 a.m. eastern on newsmakers. it will repeat that 6:00 p.m. today. you can watch it online at c-span.org. joining us now from new york city is mark morreale, president and ceo of the national urban league and former mayor of new orleans. good morning. guest: good morning. great to be with you. host: nice to have you on. talk about the notion of education equity. your organization has been doing studies aboutguest: education ie u.s. how do you define education equity? guest: people get confused. equity speaks to reformation of goalm and methods with a of ensuring that children who have historically been disadvantaged, low income children, children of color, learningwho may be english as a second language have every single opportunity to achieve their full potential. it is really a concept that is about learning changing the waye educate children, changing the systems and methods through which we educate children, which are designed to ensure we get an outcome. what is that outcome? children w

martin heinrich angus king, joe manchin joined every republican supported the nomination. he served as the acting secretary since january following the resignation. they spoke about the nomination before the final confirmation vote. to confirm david to surface the 53rd secretary of interior nearly 5 million acres of public land into the outer continental shelf the interior secretary is charged with managing the public's natural resources and protecting the nation's most iconic spaces for now and generations to come.

martin heinrich angus king, joe manchin joined every republican supported the nomination. he served as the acting secretary since january following the resignation. they spoke about the nomination before the final confirmation vote. to confirm david to surface the 53rd secretary of interior nearly 5 million acres of public land into the outer continental shelf the interior secretary is charged with managing the public's natural resources and protecting the nation's most iconic spaces for now and generations to come. the secretary has the duty of making sure that our trust in

senator murkowski and senator mansion say we both -- senator joe manchin say we believe in climate change and we need to start talking about solutions. that is how policy is made. this is the start of the discussion. alix: is there concern this will turn out like obamacare in that lots of good ideas, good in theory, but somehow universal health care cannot help certain ?eople let be a situation where you move fast and some people get left behind? christy: i have a different impression of obamacare. when i would say in terms of climate change that is similar is you have to understand the problem and people have to benefit from the solutions. what are the jobs that come out of addressing climate change and what improves people's lives as a result of this. alix: that was my interview with christy goldfuss from the center of american progress. here in the studio is the man responsible for the summit, response and director of the club you center on global energy policy. not only do you leave the summit, but you also had an essay on the green new deal, saying there are things we should take fro

manchin from west virginia for someone like that for all practical purposes there's no republican is more liberal than any democrat in no liberal that is any more conservative than any republican. that makes it difficult to do things in a bipartisan way. think what has happened and this has been and it will finally speak to your question. what has happened is there was a kind of a consensus in the country in the 50s and 60s and 70s. the parties center gravity was a little different. democrats were for more programs but there was a kind of a consensus in the country seem to be moving gradually to the left but not very fast. that i think is changed and as reagan became president and you saw a really conservative movement that not only differ a little bit and legislation but had a fundamentally philosophically different notion than with government is supposed to be. this is really started a split which has an away move the democrats further left and at the same time republicans have moved to the right. we have the grounds are the conditions where it seems to be practical bipartisanship

. >> senator joe manchin. >> first of all i want to thank you secretary for being here as always. the doctor at iea, international energy agency, the head of that, basically talked about carbon capture sequestration. everyone has a different opinion whether we should have it or not and it will be used for some time because the age of the plants. they will not timeout and age anytime soon. we are decreasing our amount of dependency on fossils, we see that, and we are increasing our demand for natural gas. my state of west virginia, like texas, we have an ocean of energy under us so we are blessed both ways. with that carbon capture sequestration, if you want to d carbon want to help the planet you better find a way to capture carbon so we're looking at a moonshot type of mentality. what type of a cost is a? we have different types of costs. people say we should have a carbon fee and that will fix the problem. a fee that goes to dividends and dispersed out among the populace does not fix the carbon problem. if you care about the climate and you want to fix it you better find out --

senator joe manchin. will take it i myself this time. first of all, i want to thank you, secretary, for being here, as always. the doctor at iea, international energy agency, the head of that, basically talked about carbon capture sequestration. everyone has a different opinion whether we should have it or not , and it will be used for some time, because the age of the plants. they will not timeout and age anytime soon. we are decreasing our amount of dependency on fossils, we see that, and we are increasing our demand for natural gas. my state of west virginia, like texas, we have an ocean of energy under us, so we are blessed both ways. with that carbon capture sequestration, if you want to d carbon want to help the planet you better find a way to capture carbon, so we're looking at a moonshot type of mentality. what type of a cost is that? we have different types of costs. people say we should have a carbon fee and that will fix the problem. a fee that goes to dividends and dispersed out among the populace . it does not fix the carbon

reaction on julian assange, first lindsey graham the republican and joe manchin the democrat. watch. >> i'm glad that the wheels of justice are finally turning when it comes to mr. assange. i have never been a fan. i think what he did was despicable and dangerous. >> i think maybe we'll get some answers now. i hope we get him back to the united states as quickly as possible. this is needed. very much needed and could find out the facts. >> bill: what is interesting is the different reaction that so many different people have to assange and how they feel about him. what do you think we need to understand about the charges now brought against him and what that may tell us? >> first he is being charged with conspiring with bradley -- with bradley manning, i guess his name is chelsea manning now. i get confused about the right thing to call people even though i'm in berkeley. he conspired to break into classified computer network and steal the information and use it to the great harm of the united states. he is only being charged with computer hacking. he is not being charged yet

this is senator joe manchin on the hill this week. [video clip] sen. manchin: i think secretary shanahan has talked about, i am having a really hard time understanding why we need this other agency. you have everything at your disposal right now. i mean, i am just having a hard time with it. i am trying to understand it, and his secretary has been very patient with me, trying to explain it, but if i had everything you all have a your disposal right now, and the air force has the expertise, and there are some flaws in it, and you want more attention to it, we will give you what you need. aaron mehta, how did pentagon leaders answer that question? guest: well, they answer the same way they have been answering skepticism for a while. look, we understand there are some questions about how this is going to go. in particularn was concerned about the national regard and reserve component, which they even said we will figure it out in the next year or the year after. dunford, the chairman of joint chiefs, responded directly to manchin on this, look, we get it,

joe manchin put his bill out. it takes money out of the reclamation fund to retrain coal miners and put them to work reclaiming abandoned mine sites. those are two things very practical we can do right now. then certainly we have to work to building a national policy whether we believe in some type of market-based system. we can talk forever about various proposals but we like market-based systems because we want the market to work. that all has to be teed up. hopefully come 2021, we will have new leadership and a new president that we can get something done. even with all of congress, it's not veto proof. believe me, i don't know if you can see this from back there, but i wear a tie that's >>> it's to remind me when i'm on capitol hill and talking to the administration who i'm supposed to be representing i admit it is the worst administration ever. i'm fighting the mercury. you know, when the chamber of commerce says you can keep the role you know something funny is going on. i want to talk about it. sit very pro

joe manchin also put his own bill out, and there was a political interest, but i think putting the reclaim act, which if you don't know, it takes money out of the mine reclamation fund to actually retrain coal miners and to put them to work actually reclaiming abandoned mine sites. so i think those are two things that are very practical that we can do right now. and then certainly -- excuse me -- we have to work to build a national policy. i mean we believe in some type of market-based system. i mean we can talk forever about the various proposals there, but we like market-based systems because we want the market to work. i think that all has to be teed so that hapopefully 2021 we'll have new leadership and a president that we can get something done because even with congress, it's not veto-proof. i don't know if you can see this from back there, but i wear a tie that's a faith tie. it's not to advertise it's my faith. it's to remind me when i'm on capitol hill and talking of who i'm supposed to be representing so i don't blow my cool because i freely admit that this is the worth administr

joe manchin also put his own bill out and there was a political interest. i think putting the reclaim act, which if you don't know it, takes money out of the mine reclamation fund to actually retrain coal miners and put them to work reclaiming abandoned mine sites. those are two things that are very practical that we can do right now. certainly, excuse me, we have to work to building a national policy. we believe in some type of market-based system, whether -- i mean, we can talk forever about the various proposals there, but we like market-based systems because we want the market to work. but i think that all has to be teed up that hopefully come 2021 that we will have new leadership and a new president that we can get something done. even with all of congress, it's not veto proof. and believe me, i don't know if you can see this from back there, but i wear a tie that's a faith tie. i freely admit i'm an evangelical christian, but it's not to advertise my faith. it's to remind me when i am on capitol hill and talking to the administration of who i'm suppos

. >> west virginia senator joe manchin is our guest on "newsmakers" this week. he is the ranking democratic member of the energy and natural resources committee in the senate, also the appropriations committee, which put him at the table with the attorney general this week, we are going to ask you more about that, and also serves on the armed services and veterans affairs in the senate. thanks for coming in. sen. manchin: thank you for having me. >> two reporters will be asking questions this week. bob cusack returns to us from the hill, editor in chief. hello, bob, burgess everett covers congress for politico, returning to us as well. nice to see you. bob, you are up first. bob: the attorney general created headlines when he said they were spying on the

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