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Consideration. miss devos -- >> its not under consideration but ill be glad to put you on record. >> well keep trying. miss devos, thank you for being here. appreciate you and your family being with us tonight. i wanted to start with a basic questions, would you agree with me that the problem, and thats an understatement, in my judgment, but the problem of sexual assault on college campuses is a significant problem that we should take action on? >> senator, thank you for that question. i agree w...

Conversation with fbi director james comey. contentious, probably an understatement to the friday meeting which i know was classified so theres some things you cant say, but what can you tell us? because we do know that you confronted him. >> well, i can say that i asked him the question that ive asked him publicly. let me just say i regard what he did not only in sending those letters in october as way beyond the pail but back in july and thats when i said he should have been fired in july for ...

>> all right. you are looking at the rotunda on capitol hill in the senate building. one of the beautiful and historic rooms in the maze that is capitol hill for so many lawmakers that are just in the 115th session of congress and it was a very busy first two weeks. that would be an understatement. confirmation hearings took place in the senate, key rule votes the possibility of rolling back obamacare in both chambers. for more than 50 members, its all about settling into a new city, a new digs ...

>> reporter: activists angry including muslims and mexicans planning a civil rights march. reverend al sharpton planning to lead a march today along the national mall ending at the martin luther king jr. memorial. thats about two miles of the steps of the u.s. capitol where mr. trump will be sworn in as president. now, organizers estimate todays march will draw about some 25,000 protesters. but by far the biggest event is expected to be the womens march the day after the inauguration. that expec...

Share the joy of real cream... ...with reddi-wip. >> welcome back. in the spirit of understatement that is sweeping washington, i will say fbi director james comey is having an interesting week.

President johnson cheerfully signed, to say that president johnson and senator kennedy, the former attorney general were not close is something of an understatement. and so this was seen as pay back for years of rivalry between lbj and rfk. it began to some extent when bobby went down to sound johnson out in 59 about whether or not he was going to run for president. and johnson gave bobby a particularly harsh rifle that knocked him down. you know, son, have you to learn how to shoot a gun like a...

Government money coming to any of these businesses still owned by president trump or by jared kushner or anybody else in the united states government. we need to look at will about your ross, who is a billionaire going over to the commerce department. betsy devos going to the education department, weve got a lot of billionaires here. they need to file their financial disclosure reports and let the american people know whats going on. those who expect senate confirmation need to file those with t...

Our repealing and replacing and transitioning, the legislation will occur this year. what date all of this gets phased in on is something we do not know because we are waiting for the trump administration. the question there is, how long will it take for markets to put in place and markets to adjust? that question we dont know the answer to come up with a legislating on obamacare will happen this year. >> jenna: joining me now is the senate majority whip, number two, if you will, republican and ...

Senate, regulations and the like to try to replace the law but how to deal with the legislative aspect of it is much harder. you need support from democrats in the senate. right now theres not a lot. its a polarizing issue. >> thats an understatement. i want to bring in dana bash. dana, not only are their duelling meetings taking place led by president obama and vice president mike pence, but duelling news conferences by republicans and democrats, theyll occur at the same time to talk about what...

He has written the goal is to undermine the u.s. and other governments. julian assange has attacked presidents, republican and democrat, going back to 2006 targeting the u.s. military, targeting u.s. diplomatic cables and the dnc leading up to the election. he has written manifestos that say that he -- his intention in wikileaks is to go after what he calls secrecy-based authoritarian conspiracy governments. thats how he describes the u.s. his goal is to undermine the u.s. government. to have an...