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March 21, 2017
Covering two time zones and 20% of the continental united states. but in the west, we listen to one another respectfully. we tolerate, we cherish different points of view, and we seek consensus whenever we can. >> wow. joining us now, member of the judiciary committee republican senator ben sasse of nebraska. >> ben sasse, a very bad day yesterday. he told me when he first came to washington, i came here to be on tv. i want to be on c-span. you missed your big day yesterday. >> i have a face for...
March 19, 2017
Happen and thats that its going to continue on. >> viewers on c-span tomorrow will see what is happening. one of the viewers most likely will be the president of the united states. and what the response might be. >> right. it will be very interesting to see what the tweet storm looks like tomorrow afternoon, maybe around 7:00, 8:00, after fox starts to do its analysis, to see whether the presidents analysis matches the fox news analysis, which is what we frequently see happening. if hes smart, i...
March 18, 2017
Stuff, and showing whether there was something illegal that actually happened, these acts may not rise to that level. but, man, they sure are politically untenable. but at the end of the day, people still voted for donald trump, knowing that he had this baggage coming into the office. >> c-span ratings and msnbc ratings going through the roof tomorrow. >> absolutely. >> on monday. keep on thinking tomorrow, because -- cant wait for it myself. matthew rosenberg from the "new york times" and forme...
March 17, 2017
Dirt the democratic party has dug up on their own potential candidates nor s in order to kn their weaknesses. this oppo research apparently included one of the democrats getting caught on a c-span feed picking his ear wax and appearing to eat it. okay. so all of this stuff was supposed to be behind-the-scenes democratic party stuff. it magically appears online. you can imagine how nasty the primary becomes, accusations and counteraccusations. they use the documents against each other and one of ...
March 17, 2017
Candidates in order to know their weaknesses. this oppo research apparently included one of the democrats getting caught on a c-span feed picking his ear wax and appearing to eat it. okay. so all of this stuff was supposed to be behind-the-scenes democratic party stuff. it magically appears online. you can imagine how nasty the primary becomes, accusations and counteraccusations. they use the documents against each other and one of them wins the primary, makes it to the general election. and the...
March 17, 2017
Included one of the democrats getting caught on a c-span feed picking his ear wax and appearing to eat it. okay. so all of this stuff was supposed to be behind-the-scenes democratic party stuff. it magically appears online. you can imagine how nasty the primary becomes, accusations and counteraccusations. they use the documents against each other and one of them wins the primary, makes it to the general election. and then the republicans turn around and use the hacked documents against the democ...
March 14, 2017
Debate playing out on c span. >> who is giving way here, i should say? is it the conservatives or is it the ryan people? who is giving ground? any idea? >> in a sense, everyone will have to give a little ground. speaker ryan, if he had his druthers would pass it on intact. hes tried to frame it as a binary choice. vote nor it or in favor of leaving obamacare in place. conservatives get some of what they want. they want to move the update the medicaid expansion phases out. theyll get the changes ...
March 8, 2017
The president will not help their cause. >> this day of hearings, march 20, is why we have c-span 1 and c-span2. it is why we can switch back and forth. i suppose it will give as you coverage conundrum. but they wont be happy with the tenor of the questions. zeroing in on a russia connection. real or imagined. zeroing in on these questions about a predecessor tapping a current president. >> and you know what i would like to know? the sources of information that the current president uses. that i...
March 8, 2017
Their cause. >> this day of hearings, march 20, is why we have c-span 1 and c-span2. it is why we can switch back and forth. i suppose it will give as you coverage conundrum. but they wont be happy with the tenor of the questions. zeroing in on a russia connection. real or imagined. zeroing in on these questions about a predecessor tapping a current president. >> and you know what i would like to know? the sources of information that the current president uses. that is a fit area for discussion....
March 3, 2017
Simple, logical explanation. >> there is none. so many people having so many contacts and not remembering, it doesnt make sense. theyre even the most forgetful team in political history or the most intimate with russia. >> so which is it, most forgetful or most intimate with russia? >> theres an innocent explanation for almost any of these meetings you hear about, coming to trump tower, meeting with jared kushner. the fact that they covered it up, that session is dodgy in his answers in the comm...