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Affordability, tax reform and health care. This is live coverage on cspan2. For those of you out there who want to comment on twitter the hashtag is sanders brookings, thats at, not the sign. I want to say at the outset before i do the formal part of the introduction that it is a pleasure to welcome a selfdescribed proud democratic socialist here to brookings. You know these days the word socialist is thrown around as an end that the, and the socialists i know are insulted when president obamas ...

Good morning. I welcome everyone to this very very important hearing. Before we start id like to state a few things. These are some ground rules, pretty much the same as what former chairman and my friend senator leahy and others have done stated in the past. I want everyone to be able to watch the hearing without obstruction. If people stand up and block the view of those behind them, or speak out of turn, its not fair or considerate to others. So officers would then remove those individuals. I...

Burdens. Keeping them on board is going to be an effort. So if we wind up in a situation where we reached an agreement that all of our partners believe is in their security interests, our security interests, the security interests of other partners beyond those making the agreement and then that agreement was to be in some fashion unravelled here i think what would result is the sanctions regime that so many in this chamber have labored so hard to put in place, that would likely unravel. Impleme...

With us on washington journal tomorrow. Now president obamas pick to be the next attorney general Loretta Lynch testifies at her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary committee from earlier today. [indiscernible] good morning. I welcome everyone to this very, very important hearing. Very important hearing. Before we start id like to state a few things. These are some ground rules, pretty much the same as what former chairman and my friend senator leahy and others have done stated in t...

The problem with where the Net Neutrality issue has gone is it is not focused on the substance, which there is a lot of consensus around. It is focused on the Legal Authority to drop to adopt rules. Our concern is they are going to undo a regulatory status now for over a decade. On cspan two. The Senate Judiciary committee recently held a confirmation hearing her attorney general nominee Loretta Lynch. She serves as the u. S. Attorney for the Eastern District of new york. She would replace curre...

Would authorize that, nor am i aware of a policy seeking authorization to do that. If could you share more information with me . My question is about the constitutional limits on the federal governments power. Attorney general holder repeatedly declined to answer the question about whether it is constitutional for a drone to use lethal force against an american citizen on u. S. Soil if that individual doesnt pose imminent threat. Now, let me be clear, i think the answer to this is very easy. My ...

Exhibitions of being a professional in her line of business and if shes not confirmed it would be a shame to the congress and it would be a shame to america. This is a very sharp, intelligent woman who is very professional who answered all their questions. And came across as an excellent, excellent candidate for attorney general. And if she is not confirmed, everybody in the senate ought to just resign their positions is what should happen. On to alexander in pennsylvania on our republican line....

Can never host on assad who pinned their hopes on assad, on his being reform, i also say that its possibly easier to find a solution with russia than without russia. The people have suffered enormously. But with assad, we cannot overlook that. But the west isnt even looking at what we have to suffer in on the other hand, you have 220,000 people who were killed, millions of refugees, and we ought to find a solution. At its a very difficult and complex task. Quest thank you very much, madam chance...

I am not mr. Bloomberg of new york and i do not have millions of dollars. To try to put together an independent, political effort, you would not be spent at a normas amount of time and money and energy getting on the ballot. Will the media cover you if you run as independent . These are some of the issues we are wrestling. I want to close by saying he was for the left wing of the possible. I think senator sanders is pushing the definition of the possible and i think 10 thank him and all of you f...

Pam all southbound lanes of highway 680. Northeast of martinez. Have reopened following a deadly accident. Pam it happened shortly after 5 oclock. Near arthur road. Officials are still investigating the cause of the accident. Pam grant lodes is here now with a look at the traffic. Grant this was right near highway four. Grant right now. The chp says five or six cars were involved in the crash. Grant one of those vehicles overturned. Trapping a passenger inside. The chp says at least one person h...