Zifs one of some republican senators who did not want that to go forward. I voted against it in subcommittee, and the reason i did was because the Bush Administration did not want that bill to go forward. The reason that they didnt is because they were involved in negotiations with the russians and the u. N. And Security Council members to put multilateral sae multilateral sanctions on them. Did you block a unanimous consent . Yes, thats right. Though the republican inquisition to little to reveal anything substantive about chuck hagel, defense secretary, the pink panther style sleuthing did reveal much about their feelings regarding barack obama, president. Of the many, many actually relevant items left largely off the table . Not one question about drones, despite the fact the u. S. Has carried out 362 drone strikes since 2004. Troop suicides, of which there were as many as 349 last year alone were mentioned twice. Rapes inside the military estimated at 19,000 per year got five passi
Caller thank you for taking my call. I think we need to go back one more step. How about these videos and these games . I have a 12yearold grandson. It was a video game that played plan only. Plays violently. His dad allows him to watch these violent movies and played these violent, violent video games. He thinks that its ok. I said, that is not parenting. Even if your child is not mentally ill or has a problem, what are they watching . Guest that is a good point. Almost all people calling for more gun control make no mention of any restrictions of our First Amendment rights. Look, i do not want to control hollywood or video games. Quentin tarantino has a new film out in which a bunch of white people get massacred because they are owning slaves and it is a massacre. I know the city has canceled the Los Angeles Premiere of this film. I think some self restraint is in order. I do not believe gratuitous violence does not help the situation. I do not want to curtail our first or Second Ame
Reporter the white house defending the governments response. The federal response has been anything but slow. In fact, theres been an unprecedented push through of billions of dollars of federal assistance. Reporter but the president has spent the last three days tweeting repeatedly about nfl players who kneel during the national anthem. Mr. Trump, continuing to fan the flames on twitter monday night. Sources tell cnn that the president appears pleased with the firestorm he has created, telling a private dinner of conservative leaders its really caught on. I said what millions of americans were thinking. Administration officials tell cnn that Chief Of Staff john kelly is not happy with the public feud but the retired military general, who lost a son in the afghanistan war, agrees with the president on the substance of the debate. Meanwhile, nfl teams continue to show solidarity against President Trumps comments. The entire Dallas Cowboys team and team owner, jerry jones, taking a knee
Repeatedly voted against democratic amendments to the rules, amendments that would have allowed specific witness testimony or the production of specific documents. Now, 10 of those 11 democratic amendments were defeated on a party line vote. 53 republicans against, 47 democrats in favor, with one exception, a technical amendment about the time each side would be afforded to respond to a motion when senator Susan Collins of maine broke from her party and voted with the democrats. The defeat of the democratic wish list came at the direction of Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell who changed his own rules at the last minute in order to keep more moderate members of his caucus happy and in line. Joining me now to discuss all of this is conservative attorney george conway. He is also an advisor to the Lincoln Project which is an antitrump super pac. George, thanks for being here, appreciate it. Thank you, jake. Give us your First Impressions of the first day. How do you think the house i
Time here this afternoon, about two hours. Jason crow, democrat on the floor, right now. Heres something that adam schiff said. He said we cannot allow the president to withhold aid from an ally or illicit aid in election campaign, i hope we dont have to get over it. Heres Chuck Schumer as he continues to push for documents. I was so impressed with the house managers case. It was on the back, and answer the questions, it talked about why we had witnesses and documents. The president s lawyers never answer the question of witnesses and documents. Republicans continue to focus on the impeachment managers, question it the houses process but Lindsey Graham doesnt think the president should cooperate at all. The house managers were proposing yesterday to just destroy the institution of the presidency as we know it. If i was the president i wouldnt cooperate with these guys at all. I wouldnt give them the time of day. They are on a crusade to destroy this man. What were having here is the ca