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Potentially only get the news off twitter feed or facebook news feed. and that raises serious questions even beyond this investigation. so with that, i again want to thank the chairman for the cooperation weve had, and i think i speak on behalf of all the committee members. the most important thing we want to let you know is were going to get this right and follow all of the intelligence. happy to take some questions. >> let me set the ground rules real quick. well answer anything about the sena...

Information, for folks who potentially only get the news off a twitter feed or a facebook news feed, and that raises serious questions even beyond this investigation. so with that, i again want to thank the chairman for the cooperation weve had, and i think i speak on behalf of all the committee members, the most important thing we want to let you know is were going to get this right and were going to follow all the intelligence. well take some questions. >> well take some questions, but let me ...

Lose bill diblasio preparing city schools to resist. teaching employees what to do if ice agents show up at your school, holding workshops for parents. >> when ice agents come to the building they will be in contact with uniformed officers who will lay down the ground rules. your city will stand by you, your city will protect you, to help you to know your rights and make sure your rights are respected. rob: the mayor says ice will not be allowed inside, security will follow them through the buil...

Didnt agree with president obama, but i understood why he picked sotomayor and kagan, and i hope you can understand why president trump picked neil gorsuch, and hope youll be happy with that, because i am. >> thank you, senator. >> we will recess until 12:45. >> all right, there you heard it, with a joke about who else president trump might have chosen, whether or not it would be a television judge or a tv figure. nonetheless, he has chosen neil gorsuch of the state of colorado, who has gotten a...

Looks like theres a lot of potential gulfs coming and coming very quickly. so i would take eugenes advice here. lets see what he puts in the speech, how much substance he gives. because the more time he spends on a particular topic, the more we know its a true priority. >> chuck, at the top of your remarks you said you were in the room today. other than quoting from "hamilton," explain to people what you meant by that. today was the traditional -- i guess we used to call it off-the-record lunch ...

Experience, both on staff in positions of great authority, and also in the field as a combat soldier. whats surprising about it is not that trump would pick somebody with fantastic credentials. by the way, hes a great strategic thinker as well, but an independent thinker like h.r. mcmaster. i cant imagine general mcmaster taking the job without first establishing ground rules with the people in the west wing by saying, look, i get to pick my staff, im not going to take orders and instructions fr...

He may have included tv ratings and all the rest but why are we arguing about how many people were on the mall? >> im glad theres no other problems in the country now. everything else is fixed. why is this even a topic? >> former white house press secretary ari fleischer tweeted saying this is called a statement youre told to make by the president and you know the president is watching. >> could there be any other reason to do that? >> there are different ways that white house press secretaries ...

Increase the size of the deficit. in regards to the second, as ive said with my discussions with the president-elect hes very interested in us providing a middle income tax cut. thats his prior to. >> i would just urge on the first part that recognize that we have to be disciplined as we deal with the federal budget. and i would hope we would have consistent rules in regards to both spending and tax cuts as to the dynamic nature of those types of activities. its a lot easier for us to use the cu...

Talk about hitler. dont talk about nazi germany. it never serves a person well. as he goes on, im sure that these things will smooth out. one would hope that it would. those kind of analogies always cause problems. they never land well. they are never received well. >> were you satisfied with the business arrangements that he announced today, laid out to try to prevent conflicts of interest while he serves in the oval office? >> i have been in hearings on this and other things all day long. so i...

Today. senator feinstein, and so after these 20 years i welcome senator feinstein, and we grapple with some of the most serious issues facing this country and we should be proud shes here and i applaud you for this. >> thank you, thats nice. thank you. >> thank you, senator leahy. good morning. i welcome everybody to this very important hearing to consider the nomination of our colleague, senator sessions, to serve as the 84th attorney general of the united states. first i want to set out a coup...