I represent the committee is on and will come to order. [inaudible] the committee of Homeland Security will come to order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare the committee in recess at any point. Good morning. Again i want to say our thoughts with those americans dealing with devastating natural disasters including the wildfires in the west and hurricane is in itself. As the churning, i remain committed to ensuring they receive the federal health needed to respond, recover and deal back stronger. Today the committee on Homeland Security is meeting for its annual hearing on worldwide threats to the homeland. Our nation recently observed the 19th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of september 11, 2001. Nearly two decades later, we continue to mourn the nearly 3,000 lives lost that terrible day and keep their loved ones in our prayers. This committee and the department of Homeland Security were established in the wake of 9 11 to help prevent future attacks on our soi
I represent the committee is on and will come to order. [inaudible] the committee of Homeland Security will come to order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare the committee in recess at any point. Good morning. Again i want to say our thoughts with those americans dealing with devastating natural disasters including the wildfires in the west and hurricane is in itself. As the churning, i remain committed to ensuring they receive the federal health needed to respond, recover and deal back stronger. Today the committee on Homeland Security is meeting for its annual hearing on worldwide threats to the homeland. Our nation recently observed the 19th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of september 11, 2001. Nearly two decades later, we continue to mourn the nearly 3,000 lives lost that terrible day and keep their loved ones in our prayers. This committee and the department of Homeland Security were established in the wake of 9 11 to help prevent future attacks on our soi
how long will you watch people being gunned down in first grade, fourth grade, high school, college, church, synagogue, grocery store, movie theater, a mall, and a nightclub and do nothing? congressman val demings shredded marco rubio on the debate stage last night as florida becomes the emblem of the rot on the right. also tonight, donald trump under oath, deposed today in e. jean carroll s defamation case. we could be hours away from the delivery of that subpoena from the january 6th committee. plus, incredible new reporting on the man barack obama, president obama warned trump about, michael flynn, and his holy war on america. rachel maddow is going to join me tonight. very excited about that. have you caught her amazing new podcast yet? we ll get an exclusive preview of episode 4 of ultra and we have more to talk about with the great rachel maddow. we begin tonight with florida, which i would argue, even with texas existing has emerged as the modern state in t
But will it be a win for you and your family. To answer questions to decide whether this bill lives or dies, republican senators ted cruz and tim scott of South Carolina, and democratic senator of Maria Cantwell and independent senator Bernie Sanders of vermont. Welcome. A reminder, you will get 60 seconds to answer questions from us and our audience. 30 seconds for responses and rebuttals. Lets start with our opening statements. You each have one minute. Senator cruz. Good evening. Thank you, cnn for hosting this once again. Thank you to bernie and maria and tim for taking part in a substantive discussion of tax policy. Very soon were going to be voting on a major tax cut bill. And the big question is exactly what jake just asked, who are the winners under this bill . Let me tell you. If youre a taxpayer, this bill benefits you. Our objective, we should be working to cut taxes for every single taxpayer in america. If you care about jobs and wages, if youre a young person who wants mor
How are you doing . Lets find out how little i know again today. We begin with the president s own voice calmly discussing a plan to buy a playmates silence. The president wants you to ignore what you see and hear and focus instead on how we know this. What kind of lawyer would tape a client . So sad, the president tweeted early this morning. Why was the tape so abruptly terminated, cut, while i was presumably saying positive things . We, of course, can presume no such thing because one thing this piece of the conversation we do have, we know exposes is another trump lie. That tape is the secretly recorded conversation between thencandidate, republican nominee donald trump and his former fixer, the attorney Michael Cohen. Cnn exclusively obtained the audio last night. I need to open up a company for the transfer of all of that info regarding our friend david so that im going to do that right away. Ive actually ive spoken to alan about how to set the whole thing up with funding. [ inaud