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Out professionally. joining us now cnn law enforcement analyst josh campbell. he was a special assistant to the comey at the fbi and james galliano a retired fbi agent. gentlemen, do we have a quorum and complete agreement that these searches were done the right way and that this was not an attack on our democracy? do we all agree. >> i would concur with that. >> i think we have a consensus. >> the idea, to you, as a former agent, jimmy, of the fbi being attacked this way, that you guys are dirt...

Therefore, mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the mandatory quorum call be waived. >> is there objection? without objection, the court will impos ere to waive quorum. >> we hereby move to bring to a close with the further amendment to the house amendment to the senate amendment hr-15 brought to us by 17 senators. >> by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. the question is, is it the intent to concur the house senate -- amendment to the senate amendment. the court...

This shutdown was a political miscalculation of gargantuan proportions. but it doesnt need to go on any longer. they could stop today. so lets step out from the brink. lets stop victimizing the american people and get back to work on their behalf. i suggest the absence of a quorum. >> you can hear some of the frustrations of mitch mcconnell: this manufactured crisis. trying to put the pressure on democrats before the federal workforce, much of it goes out on furlough this week. leland. trained a...

Tomorrow working to finally resolve the way forward. senators should expect votes tomorrow. i suggest the absence of a quorum. >> the clerk will call the roll. >> mr. alexander? >> all right. theyre doing roll call and they are about to adjourn the senate and the house will be in session tomorrow. house members were informed earlier to be in town, to be available starting at 9:00 a.m. and to expect votes. expecting votes means stay close. dont go places where we cant reach you if you need to vot...

Be there, say, a few days a month. so depending on your relationship with your boss and the job you have, grand jury duty versus trial jury duty, its just a different kind of commitment. trial juries have between six and 12 people on them. grand juries have between 16 and 23 people on them. i think the way it works is they are supposed to have 23 on a grand jury and 16 of them need to be there at any one time in order to have a quorum to make a decision. if youre on a grand jury, one thing they ...

"the alaska democrat had hoped to read the documents on the senate floor nan all-night session but he was thwarted when a quorum of 51 senators couldnt be mustered and they were adjourned. senator gravel went across the street to the new senate office building to the hearing room of the buildings and grounds subcommittee of the public works committee. there he convened a session of the subcommittee of which he is the chairman and there he began the reading. my favorite detail actually of this wh...

He tried to stop the draft by filibustering the draft to death. and he was the one guy who took ellsberg up on his offer. they came up with this plan. gravel figured out what he was going to do. he was going to get the pentagon papers into the congressional record so they confidential be censored so they could all be released to the public. and he had this plan. his plan was to read the pentagon papers on the floor of the senate. terrible plan, as it turns out. because mike gravel did not plan i...

With fresh eyes, one of the things thats striking is there was so much that was so obvious from the beginning yet it toon so long. >> one of my first eye-opening moments was realizing "all the presidents men" covers the first five months of the story, then almost theres almost two more years. the fact that so many facts were established by the time the election happened is startling. >> what was the reason -- i mean, youve got right patman tries to have a hearing about this before the election, ...

It. haldeman this! i have no idea who these people are. such monumental character in the minds of people who lived through it for obvious reasons. with fresh eyes, one of the things thats striking is there was so much that was so obvious from the beginning yet it toon so long. >> one of my first eye-opening moments was realizing "all the presidents men" covers the first five months of the story, then almost theres almost two more years. the fact that so many facts were established by the time th...

In the united states of america, no one, no one is above the law. not even the president. congress must make clear to the president that firing the special counsel or interfering with his investigation by issuing pardons of essential witnesses is unacceptable and would have immediate and significant consequences. i hope my concerns are unfounded. in many ways, i hope i would never have to make this kind of speech. but there are troubling signs. it is critical that all of us as elected officials ...