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Mind, i want to hear what they need for the district, so when we begin the appropriations process, i can be responsive to their needs because they were elected to serve their district, and of course the united states of america. so specifically im meeting with every member, hearing their concerns, and i know were going to work together to have have a great appropriations process. >> let me ask you again, leader pelosi, is she taking any potential challenge to her leadership seriously? and i know...

Essential security, medicare, medica medicaid, mess with obamacare or change the reforms in it. is it probing, investigating or legislating or what mix? >> its going to be all of the above because were going to fight to protect people with pre-existing conditions. we have been doing that since obamacare. were going to continue to do it. well fight to protect social security, medicare and medicaid. i believe we can work through a bipartisan infrastructure bill that will put people to work in good...

That meet something on again this week while the fbi investigation is going on about brett kavanaugh and try to update the background information. who did senate republican call when they couldnt get chris wray on the phone last week when they were trying to alay jeff flakes fears about this investigation? rod rosenstein. it will be interesting to see how that meeting goes. >> the government will not be shutting down when the clock strikes midnight. low bar for success but it characterizes the a...

Kavanaugh. the president will be out there in the political debate. >> thats the perpetual question. can it hold? the president has tweeted a few times about kavanaugh, about christine blasey-ford, the accuser. almost any other issue on the supreme court, he has left it to mitch mcconnell, don mcgahn. hes not calling senators. in a way he is removed from this process and its a process that a lot of republicans will want to rote for trump over clinton in 2016 because of his supreme court, because...

Were ham strung by the republicans in the senate and the president. >> fbi will go back and interview these people. the summaries of the interviews. theyre going to note what they know as facts and what folks are saying. theyre not going to say explicitly, we think he did it or we think he did not do it. its going to be vague. and the senators will have to decide what theyre going to take. fbi findings will not be a clean-cut solution that everyone is looking for. witnesses and things they found...

Job to stand up to the president when he overreaches, to be independent and to reach our own decisions and conclusions as the senate, as a body rather than just fighting endlessly in partisan gridlock. one of the things that hasnt gotten a lot of attention this year, is that for the first time in my eight years there, our appropriations process is actually following a so-called regular order. its moving in the way that john was challenging us to months ago. we will come close to or actually fini...

People are going to pay a lot less. >> well see. stick around. >> whats happening on the hill? what happened to all those republicans insisting there has to be a balanced budget? >> well, i think one of the concerns on capitol hill has been they want to make sure that they get some spending bills done so theres not a government shutdown before the midterms. they know that the president threatened to veto the last omnibus bill. theyre trying to move through the appropriations process. its actuall...

Its been 22 years since congress actually completed appropriation bills on time. were likely to face another continuing resolution in september. >> in order to get it past the midterms. >> exactly and to complete the appropriations process. at that point theyll give him more time and ultimately hell probably have another december time frame. last year the president signed an omnibus. he doesnt want to have another $1.3 trillion spending bill plopped on his desk. >> the chance of shutting down be...

>> what about a cyber conference. should they devote more money to the cyber defense? >> we have a bill that i think that is the case. were going to take the advice on our military leaders of what we need to do, and we will do that. we are in the middle of the appropriations process. we continue to invest more in our cyber security. we probablily is a stronger cyber security network than people realize. but, the cyber attacks on our country, during the presidential race, were against political p...

Is there any indication the president will say, i need you to vote for legal status or better for the dreamers, is the president willing to do that? >> from what ive been told, the answer to that is no. the appropriations process is where theyll be dealing with the wall over the next six months or , but i will say this, the moderates have been trying to find a solution here, been repeated over and over again by a lot of house republicans, including those who want a solution here, is if there was...