manchin: yet. if you look at his qualifications and performance in the job he had in public service, we had never found any flaws there. i used to confirm people as a state senator, and i would just say, just look at the qualifications. i have been very differential to that. i have voted sometimes as the the only democrat. for two reasons, if they are qualified. if they are qualified, there is no reason for me not to. second, if i give them benefit of the doubt, i can come back and hold them accountable. barr orreported on whoever it would be, i will hold his feet to the fire. like bernhard coming up. i was clear, i said, there are a lot of concerns about you. you are very qualified and knowledgeable, and i will hold you accountable. it is not like -- senator manchin didn't vote for him, it's not just playing politics. >> you mentioned depending obamacare -- >> the affordable care act. >> the effort will care act. most of your party, a third of the caucus, is looking for medicare for all. sen. manc

manchin: it is what it is. he asked me a question, said, have been around joe and known him for a long time. i have never seen joe put himself up on someone other than he thought he they needed encouragement, he thought they needed encouragement and comforting. i had never seen that. >> do you hope he gets into the race, would you consider some supporting him? sen. manchin: i hope it gets into the race. i would consider supporting everybody. i know. mayor pete came to me when he wanted to be the head of the democratic party. remember that? he campaigned, and i gave him an entree to everybody. all the delegates. everybody thought the world fan. it just wasn't his time for that. he might look on that as a blessing. [laughter] >> right. sen. manchin: anyway, there are a lot of good people out there. kamala harris, she is a good friend of mine. i know them all. >> have you spoken to biden recently? sen. manchin: i spoke to him the other day. i went to the funeral. i know all the pain he suffered over the years. >>

manchin: i did. reporter: was he serious? sen. manchin: i'm extremely serious. he goes at me and throws me that enchilada. i said health care, taxes. we are so far apart on these things those are basic locks of human life. we are different on that. a different approach. i am proud and truly a proud compassionate conservative. a compassionate political person. i look at the compassion that should be put in every decision. capitalism. i am a compassionate capitalist. i believe you should be rewarded. i believe it should not be 400 times as much as the other guy that helps you get there. reporter: we have one minute left. i wish this was a half hour longer. reporter: you are governor, there is a subpoena into green briar. do you think he is going to be in legal turmoil? sen. manchin: i don't know any thing about that. reporter: let me close on an issue. you talked about the opioid crisis. you are saying the law needs to be changed to give be a more authority. what was the holdup? there was a big article about that. it narrowed it down to where they could go after t

manchin: i spoke to him the other day? sen. manchin:. 's funeral.eau i know all the pain he suffered over the years. >> that he talked to you about the presidential race? sen. 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 lo

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senator manchin? >> madam chairman, i also defer to senator hirono who has another pressing meeting. murkowski: thank you very much, senator manchin. senator hirono. irono: mr. secretary, it's not unexpected that an administration that does not acknowledge the science beyond global warming would come up with a budget that contains a commitment to supporting the fossil fuel industry, even if the budget cuts 23% from the fossil energy office. but when you look at the other cuts to the renewable energy side, either elimination of programs or cuts around the, 86%, this isn't really going in the right direction, as far as i'm concerned. in the years since you testified, to this committee, california and mexico have joined hawaii in requiring the states to get 100% of their electricity from carbon free resources by 2045. but hawaii and other states need a federal partner to work with states and businesses to solve the challenges involved, in transitioning to 100% clean power. if congress provides more fundi

i'm going to turn to senator manchin. as i understand you are going to do for -- [inaudible] >> a lot of our members have other votes as well. -- >> i think both the chair and senator manchin. mr. bernhardt, you has to come to my office to say that you were the guy who stood up for strong at six in the interior during the george w. bush years in less than 48 hours ago you told me in the bush years you advised julie make donald, a notoriously corrupt interior official to clean up her act. ultimately, the inspector general found mcdonald battled with the scientific allusions of fish and wildlife endangered report in the donald had to resign. a few hours after you and i met, i read interior department documents through a freedom of information act request that show within the last two years he blocked the release of a fish and wildlife report with a new analysis of the dangerous effects of toxic chemicals. so, you asked to come to my office to tell me your ethics are unimpeachable, but these brand-new documents i just saw ma

senator manchin? >> madam chairman, i also defer to senator hirono who has another pressing meeting. >> thank you very much, senator manchin. >> mr. secretary, it's not unexpected that an administration that does not acknowledge the science beyond global warming would come up with a budget that contains a commitment to supporting the fossil fuel industry, even if the budget cuts 23% from the fossil energy office. but when you look at the other cuts to the renewable energy side, either elimination of programs or cuts around the, 86%, this isn't really going in the right direction as far as i'm concerned. in the years since you testified, to this committee, california and mexico have joined hawaii in requiring the states to get 100% of their electricity from carbon free resources by 2045. but hawaii and other states need a federal partner to work with states and businesses to solve the challenges involved, in transitioning to 100% clean power. if congress provides more funding for renewable energy and e

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. >

ranking member manchin and members of the committee. it's an honor to appear before you today to discuss the president's fy 2020 budget requests for the department of energy. it continues to be a great privilege and an honor to serve as the 14th secretary of energy. it's a very exciting time to be at the helm of the doe. i look forward to working with each of you in passing a budget that invests in the nation's priorities, energy, science and national security while at the same time continuing our shared support of innovations that have led to america's world leading, yet often overlooked, progress in reducing energy-related emissions. when i appeared before the committee last year, i committed to rebuild and restore our nation's security, to protect our critical electric grid and energy infrastructure from cyberthreats in particular. to improve the resilience and reliability of the nation's electricity system, continue to seek a federal disposal solution for the nation's nuclear waste, to invest in early stage, cutting edge research an

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%

senator manchin, followed by senator shaheen. senator manchin. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, mr. secretary, and for your service. you and i talked briefly. i'm if asking for the help we need in our little state of west virginia. we face the largest per capita in the country and i think my friend senator shaheen is right there behind us. it's costing our little state 8.8 billion a year and focusing the largest share of gdp of any state cost related to the crisis, 12%. i appreciate what you all have done and everybody's concerned about the cutting. i think we'll work through this, okay? but the 15% set aside that you have for hard-hit states, i'm asking through your rules and regulations if you can do this. you have to take into consideration the deaths per capita, not just the total death. like on counties it's enormous. but if you look at the total deaths and offsetting the 15% we can't help them that much. does that make sense? >> there's a lot of sense to that and i appreciate your raising that issue. one thing would be where-- and you all helped a lot with the s

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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

senator manchin talked about carbon capture, i think that's important. my concern is, i think you understand this, when we cut r&d, when we cut the kind of basic research that really only the department of energy can do because it's too early stage for the private sector, we're really hurting this country's future. i wrote down a couple of things you said. pretty positive stories coming off department of energy programs, yes, let's not cut the programs that have created those positive stories. the other thing you said is america has always been the place where innovation comes from. and as you well know, the fracking revolution came out of in part funding from the department of energy research and development fund. i understand that you're constrained by the budget that the administration wants to submit, but please don't diminish your commitment to those r&d programs. that's where the future of this country hangs in the balance and i think -- i understand the new initiatives and i think they're important, but that r&d is important. >> yes, sir. we do, a

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

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

international now after his dramatic arrest we keep leaks from manchin is facing a charge of conspiracy to hack a u.s. government computer but it appears washington has another axe to grind at least judging by vice president mike pence his words on friday. when he was the cia cia director said we keep leaks in state house intelligence service often abetted by state actors like russia which strongly agree with us for the justice department is now seeking extradition of well it's not the first time russia has been mentioned in connection with the currently he's not being charged with anything relating to russia. alleged collusion may nevertheless become part of the case against a stone age. it did say it years ago a son that the united states wanted him that's why he was in the ecuadorian embassy and he was right america is seeking extradition and if you watch enough t.v. you surely know why his russian connections can we address the question at hand and that is whether or not you can say definitively that russia had no part in this. was trying to sabotage the twenty six thousand election

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nature of his prosecution and we've seen many american politicians celebrating his arrest senator joe manchin even went as far as saying he's our property the property of the united states though a few like democratic presidential candidate told see gathered have come out in his defense as has the american civil liberties union they've also criticize songes arrest but they have been in the minority. the song isn't getting that much support in the media once hailed as a hero helpless now appeared largely to have turned against him painting him as a villain. looks at what's behind his fall from grace. you want to see just how radically the media you turned on a songe from champion of the press to a leper an outcast all you need to do is watch saturday night live it's comedy but boy does it hit home. thanks to wiki leaks you can see how corrupt governments operate in the shadows and then lie to those who elect them thanks to facebook you can finally figure out which sex in the city character you are i've attempted u.s. military. because i'm an actor james bond supervillain and i'm one step away

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joe manchin called one -- one of those moderates called his it relationship the president -- not the weirdest relationships that he has ever had. because there is no through line. and democrats,hey -- you don't hear them talking that much right now about dreamers when you eally -- bring up immigration, that's the issue that democrats talk about the most is legal protections for people who are brought to this countr illegally as children. they just don't think they can get a deal done with this president. so he may talk about it. there may be outreach. but they've seen that rug get pulled out from under them before. and i just don't think that they believe that -- a change. >> i do think that the revelation a week or so ago in court when the administration acknowledged that they had started the separation policy monthsefore, that there were now thousands of children and they could not prome to reunite these families for two years or longer. i th a shocking -- a shocking fact. and the feeling among people o you talk t on the hill and among other people around the country,ctive democrat

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joe manchin called o -- one those moderates called his relationship with the president -- not the relationships that he has ever had. because there is no through line. and democrats, they -- you don't hear them talking thatch right now about dreamers which is really -- when you bring up immigration, that's the issue that democrats talk about the most is legal protections for people who are brought to this country illegally as they just don't think they can get a deal done with thises ent. so he may talk about it. nhere may be outreach. but they've s that rug get pulled out from under them before. and i just don't think that they believe that -- a change. >> i do think thathe revelation a week or so ago in court when thtr adminion acknowledged that they had started the separation policy months before, that there were now thousands of children and they could not promise to reunite these families for two years or longer. that is a shocking -- aki sh fact. and the feeling among people you talk to on the hill and amongther people around the country, active democrats, is you cant lethis stand. they h

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that is something we were able to use an act to get senator cardin and senator manchin to vote against the iran deal. >> you are pointing to an extremely important point. one of the biggest mistakes of that administration of obama was the coming to terms with tehran on the nuclear deal. aside from if it was a good deal or not. i'm not talking about the nature of the deal, but just coming to deal, theirg to a determination to come to a deal was so much that it took oxygen out of the room from every other issue including human rights and including the rights of minority -- minorities in iran. is what thisthis administration should not follow. who is a president transactional president. part of the transaction should be the human rights, and the rights of the minorities in iran. and we have a close opposition -- relationship with opposition groups, this will fail if they just come to terms whichther adjacent point will include everything except human rights and especially a recognition of the opposition. the last ministration did not want to talk about human rights because they claimed th

nature of his prosecution and we've seen many american politicians celebrating his arrest senator joe manchin even went as far as saying he's our property the property of the united states though a few like democratic presidential candidate tulsi gabbert have come out in his defense as has the american civil liberties union they've also criticize songes arrest but they have been in the minority. sun's isn't getting much support in the media well that's hailed as a hero let's now pay largely to have turned on him betraying him as a villain against if takes a look at what's behind the full from grace. you want to see just how radically the media you turned on a songe from champion of the press to a leper an outcast all you need to do is watch saturday night live it's comedy but boy does it hit home. thanks to wiki leaks you can see how corrupt governments operate in the shadows and then lie to those who elect them thanks to facebook you can finally figure out which sex and the city character you are i've attacked the u.s. military. because i'm an actual james bond supervillain and i'm one step

nature of his prosecution and we've seen many american politicians celebrating his arrest senator joe 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

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manchin: i want to thank m.j. also on behalf of senator durbin. his staff does a great job and we always enjoy working with him. m.j. enjoy your new endeavor in life. i rise to speak on the nomination of mr. david bernhardt. the committee of energy and natural resources. the committee voted him to be secretary of of the department of of interior by a vote of 14-6. members on both sides held and continue to hold strong feelings on his nomination. both sides have scriewt sniezed his -- scrutinized his ability. whether it's processing permits for energy production on federal lands or ensuring the u.s. geological survey can conduct its work of analyzing data on the changing climate, the department of interior has a huge amount of responsibility. the secretary of interior is the guardian of our country's greatest natural resources. they manage half a billion acres of land or 20% of the nation's land. one of every five acres in the united states is under their chrome. these lands include some of the most special places, national parks, trails, seashores

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

senator manchin mentioned a abot hotspots we have a lot of resources focused on doing that. the other is going after the local distribution we are adding $254 million of money to our budgets that will be administered through the dea as well. that would be very unprecedented and damaging to just put the whole thing out there and at a reasonable request. am i stating that collectively? spinet i'm not really sure what happened in the watergate situation i know the report came out 50 years later. they've been encouraging the department of justice with the hiring freeze for which the department response has been there is no hiring freeze you just announced yesterday. there has been a hiring freeze since 2017. we've been encouraging it to be lifted for quite a while. senator van hollen. >> thank you mr. chairman and mr. attorney general. i gather from your testimony that if you were a judge, you would find against the position they are taking in the case. is that right? you said your recommendation and the administration was touch each would likely conclude against the position bu

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,

and that -- i know senator manchin mentioned that hot spot. we have a lot of resources now focused on doing that, and i think beer going to be announcing some major successes in doing this. and the other is going after the chief operations in mexico and then the local distribution. we are adding $254 million of hida money to our budget where it will be administered to dda as well. >> i think when it's used explicitly, that's where the heroin and the fentanyl comes in. now it's crystal meth coming in on the southern border. as a clarification as a non-lawyer here, we hear with the mueller report, we hear a cry from capitol hill to release the entire report. i just want to emphasize what you stated to senator kennedy for those of us who are non-legal. that would be very unprecedented and damaging to just put the whole thing out there and an unreasonable request. am i stating that correctly? >> i don't know if it would be unprecedented since i'm not sure what really happened in the watergate situation. i know the report came out 50 years later, i

were mixed today, the s&p 500 was up a fraction, does nasdaq drop 17 for a political move tonight, joe 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 p

senator manchin had asked for a discussion on burn pits and toxic exposure. we will have a meeting on toxic exposure and come later in the year after we have begun to swallow the blue water navy. my understanding is that that the blue water navy court decision is not being challenged, is that right? secretary wilkie: that would be my recommendation. senator isakson: v.a. has recommended that and i appreciate that and i offer that opinion. and if that happens, we will be in the process of beginning to swallow a big bite and chew it and dissolve it. i was happy to learn from the secretary, that 51 people have already been treated. that -- is that correct? secretary wilkie: 51,000. senator isakson: i appreciate the secretary and v.a. doing a thorough job as far as blue water is concerned. hopefully that will continue. the other is access data. big fellow sitting to my right has made it clear to me that access is a big thing for him. if you think about it, the recently published for comment rules and standards for access of community care. once those are finished

entirely >>e not enthusiastic just doesn't make ane to me hit on west, virginia democratic senator joe 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 com

. >> 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

. >> thank you, senator manchin is recognized, senator reid residing. >> thank you, mr. chairman, i'm sorry i have been running back and forth. i do have a few, in the proposal, this could be to anybody that wants to answer. in the proposal for congress, there is little reserve component. what staff was told last week at a briefing is that the department was not really sure what the role would be until the active component and that it would take additional legislation to see what it would look like. if we vote on this space force later this year, in this the spring or the early summer or whatever, i'm being asked to work on a proposal that does not have a big reserve which is a big constituency. so if it is as important to the space force as it is to other branchs, isn't it important that we think critically about the reserve components. >> senator, it is impossible for know imagine a space force without a -- >> i'm saying you're moving out that in part of your plan right now as we see it. >> i'm very happy to work with you to make that more specific. >> you it more spec

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

and governor's manchin and i said this and he went, that's pretty funny. the beginning of a beautiful, sorry -- proud of our boys? he said the maladministration twice. 12 years of graduate school, you get latvian. sorry, what was the question? >> [ laughter ] >> andrew johnston was and i'm going to jump in here, so we've only used his name as a verb. or as an adjective. but voldemort, we might as well call him that, i think this moment is most like the johnson one where johnson was a temperamental, temperamentally erratic, nontraditional politician in that he did not have a natural political base. in washington. johnson was from tennessee, he was a democrat. he had been put on the ticket in 1864 to silence the border states. he was not a republican. and so for the republican party, to have him come to power, that terrible easter weekend in 1865, was shocking, a shock upon shock. the impeachment unfolded, because of an existential disagreement about what the verdict of the civil war actually meant. it was a significant policy defeat. and they went in search

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