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Legislation. most notable i found at the end of the nra statement was that they are urging congress to pass the national right to carry reciprocity which will allow law-abiding americans to defend themselves and their families from acts of violence. this is the same argument they made after sandy hook. good guys will guns will defend americans from bad guys with guns. does that apply here? a bad guy in the crowd shooting down on the ground and good guy on the ground could not help without a snip...

Hurt people. i cant leave them without their kind of coverage. >> as a side issue, your state seems hit by the opioid crisis. why are so many people in west virginia in this crisis? >> i think we have had workplace injuries where pain medicines have been overly prescribed. i think thats kind of in and around the region. kentucky has a major problem here. we had very high unemployment. its not working and a desperate sort of spiraling into addiction. r rob portman and i have been very

In 1987 that bans an entire class of nuclear missiles. whats your reaction to that? >> well, thats sort of a minor side issue, not a minor issue, but the russians have been in violation of that treaty for some time so how we handle that is important. the larger issue is the fact that the trump administration flat refuses to acknowledge even what russia is doing, much less that its a threat. and its just embarrassing that president trump finally came up with a position on it and that is, well, if...

Want to look for here are how do they balance medicaid cuts in particular. thats what pits those conservatives, mike lee, ted cruz, pat toomey of pennsylvania, against more moderate senators, they come from rural states, states in lower income, states that have expanded medicaid, susan collins, lisa murkowski, folks -- dean heller up for re-election, coming up in 2018, and they really are trying to get this balance of when do these cut s to the medicaid expansion come in to play, are they phased...

Opening statement. lets listen, then well talk. >> the suggestion that i participated in any collusion, that i was aware of any collusion with the russian government to hurt this country, which i have served with honor for 35 years, or to under mine the integrity of our democratic process, is an appalling and detestable lie. >> but when it came to answering specific questions about russia, he said he never received a detailed briefing despite all the stories of russian hacking and michael flynns...

Collusion with the russians in an opening statement. lets listen, then well talk. >> the suggestion that i participated in any collusion, that i was aware of any collusion with the russian government to hurt this country, which i have served with honor for 35 years, or to undermine the integrity of our democratic process, is an appalling and detestable lie. >> but when it came to answering specific questions about russia, he said he never received a detailed briefing despite all the stories of r...

This matter, but appears to also be issuing subpoenas by himself to obama officials on the sort of side issue of unmasking. do i have that right, and can he do that? >> he is doing that. he should not be doing that. if he has truly stepped aside, then his pen should be nowhere near any subpoena that touches on the russia investigation. and the president has made these bizarre and deceitful unmasking claims a part of the russia investigation. and so the chair should truly step aside and allow mik...

Strategist about her defiance. >> why wouldnt you talk to her? that is crazy because you only have two witnesses. she is on tv all the time, making up stories about benghazi or pulling the rejections, i dont get it. they come your way. it is clear, that is the side issue. >> it is more partisan. >> about the refusal to talk. >> democrats going after democrats, and former hillary clinton huma aberdeen made it a crime. >> not outside the statute of limitations, when the department of justice could...

>> thats why i do believe the wiser course, so that we dont shut the government down and that we keep the lights on come next week is to keep this conversation, this debate on a side issue, on a supplemental request, and just focus on keeping this government up and running. and i think thats where well end up next week. >> the other thing thats -- theres two more things kind of been thrown into the pot here as you guys are trying to keep the government open and avoid a shut dourn. one is this id...

Like i have, theyre looking for border security, and maybe wall and security are something that needs to be separated out. but the bottom line is i do believe they support a secure border given the nature of the threats they see on a day to day basis in their districts and states. >> what the president on and what theyre talking about, and i dont mean to harp on the wall, but it is the thing a week from now you guys are going to have to harp on if the white house is inserting it. the thing the p...