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This point but of that list, scott, and i know that youre well versed in the people there. what do you think about the people that the president is looking into. >> its a wide sweep of candidates. 8 interviewed on saturday. more to come including acting director mccabe and each offer different possibilities and different questions. mccabe as acting director is there and qualified and up to speed on the inquiries but that might disqualify him from the start for the job especially because he chall...

2016 united states election. but as so often becomes the case, because of politics, a senators questions may veer off topic depending on whether there is an r or a d after their game. there you just saw the majority whip of the senate, john cornan, expressing his disappointment over sally yates refusing to defend the presidents first travel ban, something that eventually led to her termination. here is how yates responded. >> let me make one thing clear. it was not purely as a policy married. in...

States because you happen to disagree with it as a policy matter. >> particularly tense exchange during the hearing with john cornan of texas. welcome back to "the 11th hour." these things all have titles. the title of todays hearing was sally yates and james clapper was, russian interference in the 2016 united states election. but as so often becomes the case, because of politics, a senators questions may veer off topic depending on whether there is an r or a d after their game. there you just ...

Is an r or a d after their game. there you just saw the majority whip of the senate, john cornan, expressing his disappointment over sally yates refusing to defend the presidents first travel ban, something that eventually led to her termination. here is how yates responded. >> let me make one thing clear. it was not purely as a policy matter. in fact, i remember my confirmation hearing. you specifically asked me in that hearing that if the president asks me to do something that was unlawful or ...

There and why are they there? >> this is being led by john cornan of texas, the number two senator representing a major hispanic population along the border with mexico. hes expected to stress the u.s. relationship with mexico, how important it is. and also address the complexity in securing the southern border. expect this to be a lot more nuance than the discussion at a trump rally over the building the wall on the border with mexico. now, cornan has told me that he is concerned about this wal...

Campaign and right afterwards? we know now for a fact there was a conversation between general flynn and the russians after the election and there is still an open question of whether there were contacts before and thats exactly where our investigation is going to go. i think it is bipartisan. a number of members of the committee, marco rubio, roy blunt, republicans, have said quite publicly, john cornan, who is also on the committee and is the second in command in terms of republican leadership...

Wall. a new cnn/orc poll finds a solid majority of voters opposed to the plan. with just 38% supporting it, a sharp drop from the 52% who backed the wall in 2015. and, jake, trump is still moving ahead in his first -- one of his first moves as president taking executive action ordering construction of the wall and behind the scenes theyre developing a proposal to send to congress that would fund this wall if congress were to approve. house speaker paul ryan saying it would be built as emergenc...

Really think it through, may very well say, yeah, that was stupid of us. because it really is stupid. amazingly stupid. >> republicans made a similar move against the epa administrator back in 2013, louis. and now the confirmation for jeff sessions as attorney general was also delayed yesterday. democrats used procedural moves to stall the hearing by giving lengthy speeches, democrats triggered a rule that doesnt allow committee members meetings to be in session more than two hours past the op...

>> john cornan is here. senator. where is john? thank you, john. john -- for years. always raising money. john, im asking for a lot. i didnt even know hi right? but once a year i would get a card and i would say oh, no its john carter. and id walk out. hi -- okay, john how much is it? could you go 250. i said i dont even know you. for years i didnt know him. then when i ran into -- but these are -- you know thats the way politics is. but he is good to me now and he is a great guy. and i hope we ...

Established by the congress. >> im delighted that senator cornyn is here. i quoted him that it would not prevent the distribution of these funds. so i hope you would agree to that and that certainly is most important to me because congress has spoken and the bill is law. >> i understand that and we would follow the law. >> okay. as you know, the constitution also protects a womans right to have access to healthcare and determine whether to terminate her pregnancy in consultation with her family ...