Desperately needed. What is going on. Its hard to imagine the more half hazards thus focused and insistent response from the administration during a national crisis. Whether it is calling in 20 hoax or prescribing bleach for his ego rally over the weekend, the president keeps reminding custody doesnt take the covid19 pandemic seriously enough. Ironically, the best thing about the president s rally was that so few people attended. Otherwise the risk of spreading covid19 wouldve been significantly higher. On another matter, theres many is administration that is hard to count and probably need several hours to document and talk about them all. Last night, last friday night, the attorney general claimed the jeffrey berman, the u. S. Attorney for the Southern District of new york wasic stepping down. A short time later, he said that the attorney general was lying that he was in fact stepping down. Over the past two days, this hamhanded plot by President Trump and attorney general to oust the wellrespected u. S. Attorney and out of public view. But for mr. Bermans principal stance, the white house and doj chain of succession at the Southern District of new york. To install u. S. Attorney for new jersey in mr. Bermans place. Thankfully, due to his courage, the plan was afforded. Mr. Bermans deputy will take over the leadership of the Southern District. And continue their important work. She is a fine reputation as a prosecutor and someone of integrity. People of integrity dont seem to be welcome in this administration. Then the drg announcement that present intended to have jake clayton replace mr. Berman. As a senator from new york i will not return of the slope. Mr. Claytons nomination. But regardless, jake clayton should withdraw his name from consideration and refused to be accomplished to thech same. He appears to be no legitimate motive for firing mr. Berman which leaves the obvious question, when the trying to remove him for a corrupt motive. Where is because mr. Berman, and the Southern District of new york while pursuing criminal investigation into President Trumps and his associates. The president certainly has a pattern of firing government watchdogs who are investigating hisnd misconduct. We need an immediate top to bottom investigation into what transpired with the plot to dismiss mr. Berman. Tso ive demanded that the offie of professional responsibility to the department of justice work with the Justice DepartmentInspector General to determine whether there were corrupt motives for the dismissal and if so, discipline the officials involved. No matter who they are, or how i hope theyre go. These two offices jointly investigated the firing of u. S. Attorneys in 2006, during the Bush Administration and to do so again. The Judiciary Committee here in the senate led by chairman graham must also escape what happens here using a subpoena power if necessary. Senator graham seems to be investigating president obama and Vice President biden with the subpoenas. Certainly must have time to investigate a serious problem that is coming for us right now. After all, the refusal of the republicans told President Trump accountable for his assault on the royal law in countries what god is here in the firstplace prince and the republicans refused to stand up to the president when he fired the fbi director for investigating his campaign. They refused to stand up to the president when he made a National Emergency in order to steal funds for the world when they refused to stand up to the president 20 dismiss not one, or two or three but for inspectors general and refused to stand up to the president when he tried to bully a foreign power into helping him in his reelection. Every time the president breaks a window, the Senate Republican majority dutifully sweeps up the glass. In every luminaire soap republican senator will rebuke the presence behavior. Our responses never commence as a reference and as a result President Trump knows theres no line he cannot cross. It isfi attorney general and fie sitting u. S. Attorney without cause. Perhaps for investigating criminal wrongdoing by the president or his associates. And Senate Republicans will hardly back tonight. Will that Senate Republican senators ever say enough. Finally today, leaderl mcconnell will move forward with the nomination of mr. Cory to serve as a lifetime as the fifth Circuit Court of appeals. Mr. Wilson is an opponent of the wilson is a record i like the record of support policies that impress Voting Rights in the state legislature and the mississippi secretary of States Office he pushed the stricter voter id laws pretty criticizing facts pretty and voter fraud. In 2011 he said that concern about Voter Suppression in mississippi were poppycock. A nationaldle of conversation about Police Reform and systematic racial justice. Leader mcconnell talked about it on the floor and at the same time he has a such a narrative o push a judge with demonstrated possibility for the Voting Rights. Men who criticized the greatest advance insl civil rights legislation in the past century. First Circuit Court on the seat. People of color make 55 percent of the population. The nomination itself falling in general, and at this particular moment the several democrats myself included, have taken the unusual step of writing leader mcconnell today to request that he would throw mr. Wilsons nomination i believe the sincerity about the remarks here about healing the racial wounds. And then the withdrawal of mr. Wilson would occur. Plain and simple. We would be disgraceful to the senate tolo approve nominee with these thoughts at the ballot f box. Instead, over the administration and civil Rights Groups nominee will actually protecty Voting Rights. In the fifth circuit. I yielded the floor of the absence of a quorum. The colorful call the role. This and is now out of session, earlier today members advance the nomination of mississippis cory paulson to be a u. S. Court of appeals judge for the fifth circuit. This week a final vote on that nomination as well as debate ten votes on Police Reform legislation introduced by South Carolina republican senator tim scott. Follow life Senate Coverage here on cspan2. During the summer months, reach out to your elected officials with cspans congressional directory. If it all of the Contact Information you needed to stay in touch with members of congress. Federal agencies and state governors predict where your copy online today. A cspan store. Org. Tonight in the communicators. The president and ceo michael powell. 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Org or his life, on the free cspan radio app. On tuesday, nih director antho. Fauci, and commissioner doctor stephen hahn, an assistant secretary of Health Admiral brett md. Testified before the house energy and Commerce Committee on the trump administrations response to the coronavirus enemy. Watch live coverage of the hearing beginning at 11 eastern on cspan on demand at cspan. Org. Listen live wherever you are on the free cspan radio app. Next a discussion on Election Security and cybersecurity in the midst of the coronavirus pandemics. Also the Virtual Event by the lincoln work this runs one hour. On the director at the lincoln network. Project 2020 and procuring the election ahead of november. Thank you for taking time out of your day. The lincoln network, we connected technology and communities to make the future happen sooner to build a better tomorrow. To advance this mission, our Cyber National security