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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 sniper rifle essentially. >> from the nra's analogy, they're doing what they always do, play the long ga...

Hurt people. i can't 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 that's kind of in and around the region. kentucky has a major problem here. we had very high unemployment. it's 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. what's your reaction to that? >> well, that's 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 it's a threat. and it's just embarrassing that president trump finally came up with a position on it and that is, well, if it happened, it's obama's fault. he's been president now for six months. he's come up with no s...

Want to look for here are how do they balance medicaid cuts in particular. that's 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 out over the course of two years, four years, six years, longer term horizon and a key issue to wa...

Opening statement. let's listen, then we'll 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 flynn's contacts with russia even before he recused himself. does that answer make sense to you? >> not ...