it s 4:00 in the east. big day of news today. on capitol hill today a brutal collision between reality and delusion, a republican effort to whitewash the ex-president s ties for russia culminating in a veteran prosecutor under oath seemingly unwilling to acknowledge basic facts in service of republican conspiracy theories. just a few weeks after releasing a 300-page report after an investigation that went on for four years, cost the taxpayers $6.5 million, a report the washington post described this way as, quote, landing with a thud resulting in no new charges and none of the widespread abuses trump and his allies have alleged for years now. special counsel john durham testified today before the house judiciary committee. now, despite all those facts durham described his findings sobering and it was left to it democrats on the committee to point out the truth of his own investigation, an investigation that trump and his hand picked attorney general bill barr setup to inves
but something higher, and many do hold themselves to that standard. going to the wall street journal editorial page, when you re talking about trying to avoid the appearance of partisanship? the journal editorial page is not known in journalism circles. i used to work on the wall street journal on the news side, which is a really respectable news organ on the news side. we did hard reporting, accountability reporting that was, you know, free of bias. the journal editorial page, you can t say the same. i want to read one of the paragraph that leapt out at me. alita s pr responsesh let me read this on another day the group flew on one of the lodge s bush planes to a waterfall where bears snatch salmon from the water with their teeth.
you re talking over 10 republican senators who are also going do hold mitch mcconnell account to believe the statements he made today. so he is making those statements and promises not just to the american people, but to ten members of his caucus. and i can tell you from my conversations with my colleagues over the last few days, republican colleagues, there is a desire to get to a deal, to deal with the daca issue, as well as all of the other issues that we have to deal with. and that means ending the short-term crs. it means dealing with the fence. it means with the opioid crisis, with health issues. so we ve just got to come together. but thou what we have is going to be a commitment to have a vote to be on the senate floor, to have debate, to do what the united states should do. but senator, i listened to that statement. i believe the phrasing, and i don t have it right in front of me, it is my intention to move to a daca bill was the exact wording there is a lot of wiggle room t
democrat from michigan who is part of the negotiation seeking a compromise and voted to end the shutdown you. were a yes yesterday. do you trust mitch mcconnell? well, i can t say i do trust mitch given the fact that he has made some promises to other folks and hasn t carried forward. that s why in this deal we made sure that what he did is made this promise in a very open way. so there is a difference from some of his one-off promises that he apparently has made to individual members. that s why we insisted if we were going to reopen government, we would need to have assurances from him to the american people directly. he made a statement on the floor. but i think also it s important to know that the bipartisan group that i was a part of that worked to find a path consisted over 20 senators. you re talking over 10 republican senators who are also going do hold mitch mcconnell account to believe the statements he made today. so he is making those statements and promises not just to t