thune: i would simply say let's get to work here. chrm. blumenthal: i agree. sen. schatz: thank you for your courage in coming forward. was there a moment when you came to the conclusion that reform from the inside was impossible and you decided to be a whistleblower? ms. haugen: there was a long series of moments where i became aware that facebook consistently chose to prioritize its profits over public safety. the moment that i realized we needed to get help from the outside, the only way these problems would be solved is by solving them together and not solving them alone was when integrity was fault -- dissolved following the election. it felt like a betrayal of the promises facebook had made. people who sacrificed a great deal to keep the election safe by dissolving our community and integrate other parts of the company. sen. schatz: i know the response was they distributed the duty, that is an excuse, right? ms. haugen: i cannot see into the hearts of other men. sen. schatz: let me put it this way, it will work, right? ms. haugen: the people who i work with w

mitch mcconnell, john thune, john of texas. lisa murkowski, no shock. richard shelby, rob portman because he's retiring, john barrasso, lloyd blunt because he's retiring, they care more about mitch mcconnell than the promise they made the american people for two straight months? >> welcome but they didn't use the leverage they had, sean. you're exactly right to and using it in december, just kicking the can down the road. his hair was right, they're so much at stake in the country. where you look at where we are today, gas prices are $1 more a gallon. americans are playing 20 more dollars every time they fill up their tank. a year ago, it was only 4,000 people coming across the border. donald trump, not a single person died in afghanistan over the past 18 months. that's why joe biden -- they can't even use joe biden in virginia. jerry mcauliffe, and to ease up on the democrat in this moment, did not keep pressing and writing this thing up, i mean, you mention back to biden, you mention biden in his fake truman show room. think about harry truman and wha

republican senator john thune has sponsored several measures to create transparency that could give the public and policymakers more understanding of how the algorithms work in pushing content to users, and democrats want to strengthen privacy and competition laws, bolster online protections for children, get full access to research data to create new rules and standards to address consumer harms and illegal content, and limit legal protections for facebook and other companies for the actions of their users. now, the whistle-blower, for her part, she is calling for an independent government agency to audit the impact of social media. senators say what is next? possibly a hearing on facebook's impact on national security. pam, i know you probably caught that "snl" last night, the parody on the whistle-blower testimony. so it is not just in the sterile halls of congress where this is being debated. pam. >> it's certainly not. that was a pretty funny skit with quite the message behind it. all right. so let's turn to you, joe, and basically president biden's political struggles right now ev

he becomes the six republican senator to endorse walker including south dakota senator john thune, the number two senate republican on monday. with today's apparent change of heart, mcconnell is now in full alignment with former-president trump. >> you know, herschel is not only a georgia hero, he is an american legend. >> reporter: walker, a former-football star, was recruited by trump to run. >> i have known donald trump for 37 years and i don't mean just casual ran into him from time to time. i am talking about a deep personal friendship. >> reporter: the political newcomer has faced scrutiny over his past allegations of abuse, he was accused of threatening his ex-wife and friend of hers in the early 2000s. >> you can get angry but the anger that you can go out and really, really hurt someone and th that is when you know you got a problem. >> reporter: walker spoke to cnn in 2008 about his struggle with dissociative identity disorder, previously known as multiple personality disorder which his campaign has said he has received help for since the alleged incidents. >> how many altars

protesters filled the streets in sudan's capital of car thune one day military coupe led led to the arrest of prime minister. dissolved government. they also face prosecution. the biden administration has suspended $700 million in aid and called for the prime minister's release. just moments ago we learned the prime minister has been allowed to return home under what is called heavy security. we'll follow that one. just some of the other stories beyond our borders tonight. we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ >> it's worth the sleepless nights. it's worth the long weekends. this is our job. and this is a moment, a moment that does not come back again. i believe a final deal maybe you should take a strategic pause and evaluate what we are doing. a lot of the things that are in this reconciliation bill. in the aarp american rescue plan 1.9 trillion. >> they do not have a mandate to do this. this is a 50/50 senate. a three seat majority in the house. the american people are not asking for any of this. >> bret: a lot is up in the air tonight up on capitol hill. as far as how this is all going to come

. >> senator thune >> thank you, mr. chair. and ranking member blackburn i've been arguing for some time that it is time for congress to act. i think the question is always what is the correct way to do it, the right way to do it consistent with our first amendment right to free speech. >> totally. >> this committee doesn't have jurisdiction over the anti-trust issue. that's the judiciary committee and i'm not averse to looking at the monopolistic nature of facebook honestly. i think that's a real issue that needs to be examined, perhaps addressed as well. but at least under this committee's jurisdiction, there are a couple of things i think we can do. and i have a piece of legislation and senators blackburn and blumenthal are both co-sponsors called the filter bubble transparency act essentially what it would do is give users the options to engage with social media platforms without being manipulated by the secret formulas that essentially dictate the content that you see when you open up an app or log on to a website. we also

senator thune? senator thune: you served 10 years serving next to san francisco, a well-known sanctuary city that refuses to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement agents. if confirmed, you will oversee the enforcement of immigration law at our borders. do you support sanctuary cities and what message do they send to those seeking to enter the united states illegally? mr. magnus: senator, thank you for the question. i appreciate how decisions around sanctuary cities ultimately political decisions, but as a police chief, certainly in this position, where i to be confirmed, my first and primary obligation is to follow the law. that is what i has always done in the past and that is what i would commit to doing going forward. sen. thune: the biden administration is issuing these so-called notices to report and leaked documents show that tens of thousands of documents have been it'll -- admitted to the united states with few requirements other than a check in whenever and wherever they reach thei

from the democrats to fund or reckless tax and spending spree republican south dakota senator john thune called the effort desperate markets go up, markets go down. if you had a year where. >> total value went down by 20%. then what. you get a refund. democrats are also considering other alternatives imposing 15% minimum tax to make sure large corporations pay their fair share of creating a global minimum tax in washington. alexandra limon. california senator dianne feinstein has proposed more than 18 million dollars in direct funding for baper project and this money. >> as part of the 2022 fiscal year government funding bills. senator feinstein said in a statement, quote, i'm proud we were able to get this critical funding included in the senate bills and will work with colleagues to ensure that california receives its fair share in the final package negotiated with the house, the house and senate are expected to begin negotiations soon. this bill will fund the government through september 30th of 2022. governor gavin newsome and and more than a dozen state lawmakers are heading to scot

joining me right now, the ranking member of the house intel committee, congressman thune yes, sir, and former acting director of intelligence, ric grenell. gentlemen, good to see you. congressman nuÑes, you were on this program back in may telling us, in fact, they did send this money. why is it that anthony fauci can go under oath and say otherwise? >> maria, i don't think that he can, and he should be prosecuted here. if he was notified, our committee did a year-long investigation. we talked about it back this may, we put out an official report. so he was clearly on notice then. after that he went where? he went to the united states senate, and not once but, i believe, twice under questioning by senator rand paul he said it didn't happen, and that's simply not true. and i don't think his e-mails, when you go back and look at the time, show that he wouldn't though something about this either. so he's long been on notice, he knows this, and now the question is, is will the department of justice do anything about it. maria: yeah. ric grenell, actually merrick garland was questioned abo

let me now turn and recognize senator thune. mr. thune: thank you, mr. chairman. i, along with many of my colleagues, are deeply concerned about the lack of consumer traryndz transparency and limited accountability of big tech companies. consumers have become increasingly troubled about the way their information is used by social media platforms and how these sites decide what news an information we see. because of the secrecy with which platform pros tech their algorithms and content moderation practices which largely has been and continues to be a black box, consume verse little or no idea how the information they see has been shaped by the sites they're visiting. i urge these two bipartisan bills to address these issues in platform accountability, the pact act and filter act. the pact act would increase transpersoncy -- transparency around platform moderation act, that would provide transparency when facebook removes a post. and the filter act would give users the opportunity to interact with pages without the algorithm. "the wall street journal" recently revea

republican senator thune says lawmakers must come up with some kind of legislation that not only deals with these problems like transparency but also doesn't step on rights like free freedom of speech. shannon? >> shannon: aishah hasnie on capitol hill. thanks so much, aishah. you might want to take a closer look at your medications tonight. the federal government is warning consumers that pills that appear normal could be laced with a deadly amount of fentanyl. police in atlanta say in one day alone they seized more than 9,000 such pills. correspondent david spunt has the story tonight from the justice department. >> top doj and d.e.a. officials out with a stern warning to social media companies. get tough on illegal drug sales. specifically pills laced with fentanyl, a synthetic opioid so potent, an amount the size of a pin tip could kill. snapchat and instagram repeat offenders. >> if we know there is drug dealing happening on their sites every single day they know that too. >> in a statement facebook owned instagram denied the charge writing we don't allow feel buy, sell or trade p

. >> it's mit romney's it's the ben sass and john thunes that are standing in the schoolhouse store, standing in the senate door and they are stopping voting rights bills from being debated. >> why do you go into public life? what do you choose here? it's bigger than infrastructure now. historians are going to debate. at stake here is the fabric of american democracy. what can be bigger? why else do you choose this line of work? they'll talk about republicans and what they're trying to do with voting rights. let my say to my republican friends who i still consider you as friends even if you don't consider me. i can love you but you don't have to love me. if you don't like the bill as it's, get in there and do what legislatures are paid to do. tell them what you don't like about the bill. what will it take, lisa, murkowski, to get you to a yes. just let them debate on the bill and vote on it. mit romney, what do you not like about it? i am not going to vote to help them pass voting rights. what don't you like about it? don't hold a press conference. talk to them about it. say i don't

john thune has sponsored several measures to create transparency that would give the public and policy makers more understanding of how algorithms work and pushing content to users. democrats want to strengthen privacy, competition laws, bolster online for children, get full access to research data to create new rules and standards to address consumer harms and illegal content and limit protections for facebook and other companies for the actions of their users. the whistle-blower is calling for an independent government agency to audit the impact of social media. senators say what's next, possibly a hearing on facebook's impact on national security. and the catch "saturday night live", they had a whole parody on the whistle-blower testimony, so it's not just in the sterile halls of congress where this is being debated. suzanne malveaux, cnn in washington. >>> now china's lashing out at taiwan's president saying her speech during the island's national day celebration distorted facts and incited violence. the president spoke sunday amid heightened tensions saying they will defend their

as comments rolling in from senators mcconnell and thune. i will get into that latewer a reporter with the show. what i need from you guys, rank what is the biggest rick right now, jim, to this market? >> i think it's d.c. i think you know, everybody, the consensus they will wait until the last second, they will come to a compromise they have come to the past. i believe that is the most likely scenario. if you look at these guys, with the great financial crisis basically agreed everything about a stimulus package i think 600 billion, whatever it was, right at the last second they couldn't decide on something small. voted it down. the dow lost 1000 points in the blink of an eye. i lost complete trust in them. i think the market is smart to be a little bid worried about this. beyond that inflation is a real story. supply did i are up shuns have worked. organic demand combined with inorganic government produced demand are real things. the taper i don't think is much to worry about, i don't think they can talk about tapering until the d.c. thing

john thune. senator thune, it's wonderful to see you, thanks for doing this. ind have a bunch of things to tk with you about, john, but i wanted to know, so you heard the president 10 times or 20 times or 100 times say this whole thing's going to be paid for, it will have zero cost. now, if it's defeated, it will have zero cost, which would be the best option. but right now they're all, you know, puttering around. how does it get to zero cost? >> this is why you don't want to have democrats hanging your family budget, larry. it's totally phony math. they assume that with all these tax increases that because they're raising trillions of dollars of revenue, it really isn't going to cost anything. one is, it will, and two, they will add to the debt because they aren't going to come up with enough tax increases. so it's just a lot of phony math. and the fact that he's out there saying that is completely betraying the actual state of affairs in terms of what this discussion's all about. larry: yeah. for a guy that's been around washington 50 years, it's amazing how

thune: mr. president? the presiding officer: the republican chip. mr. thune: the senate is in a quorum call? the presiding officer: it is. mr. thune: i would ask unanimous consent the quorum call be lifted and i be able to complete my remarks before the start of the vote. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. thune: mr. president, it's another day and another really bad idea coming from the democrats to fund their reckless tax-and-spending spree. it seems like to fund this massive amount of spending, they're trying desperately to come up with new revenue sources, so much so that as of yesterday still under consideration was a tax on unrealized gains. in other words, on income that people haven't received yet. and to just put that into perspective, if carried to its full conclusion, if that became a precedent as part of tax policy in this country and it never has been before, you could -- to put it in terms so people can understand, a lot of people participate in a 401(k). they have some

thune empowering with mr. shots, as well, which goes to section 230. mr. markey and bloomenthol has introduced legislation to protect our children. marsha blackburn has important legislation to address these issues. what i have seen with these hearings is how a ranking member republican and richard bloomenthol leading that effort and bringing us together and drawing attention here. and it's my goal to be able to have some hearings here in the coming weeks to look at these legislative ideas and as i've shared in hearings and also with the press, it's going to be incumbent upon congress to mark these bills up and to move these bills out of the united states senate to the house by the end of the calendar year. i'm hoping by early december. we have to make a commitment for floor time to pass these pieces of legislation because of the kids that we've now seen that are vulnerable. young girls that facebook clearly was preying upon. and also the national security threats that began to reveal themselves more and more every day. this is comprehensive and it's the s

john thune tells lins linsey da new laws are needed to give them the authority. >> give them the power and the authority to impose penalties when violations encur. laws have to be enforced. it's one of the rare issues when there's bipartisan agreement. and that's big tech companies have way too much power. >> reporter: she underscored the lack of transparency from big tech and encouraged others to speak up. senator ed markey calling her an american hero. >> facebook is like big tobacco, enticing young kids with the first cigarette, the first media is to hook kids for life. >> senator richard blumenthal promised that congress will take action. >>> the coast guard is not sure how much oil leaked from a pipeline in southern california. officials say it could be moore of the previous estimate of 144,000 gallons. the source of the leak has been found. a section of the pipeline was pulled across the ocean floor, possibly by the anchor of a cargo ship heading into one of the busy ports nearby. >> the pipeline has been pulled, like a bow string. at its widest point is 105 feet away from where

they told -- in the thune hill. justice kagan that is just contesting the promise that the attorney general could have appealed. if i understand, he could have appeal because he was doing so in a different capacity than he had taken in the first place. mr. kuhn: my position is because of the way the stipulation was written, the attorney general could have appealed because it is consistent with him reserving his right and claims of right to participate in a subsequent appeal and benefit from a favorable rule. justice kagan: i apologize for pressing and i'm just not understanding. if you agree that in a torres type case where the person could have appealed and didn't appeal, if you agree it would then be improper to grant intervention rights, which i take you to agree, so that's a very simple case. it seems to me the petitioners would say, that exactly what happened here, because the ag could have appealed, didn't, and is now seeking intervention. if we assume the point that the ag could have appeals, why the same res

a third piece lead by john thune called the filter bubble transparenty act allows them to not generate by a secret algorithm. i should say it is important to know that congress doesn't need their permission to legislate. they will have to decide the extent to which they will separate the inherent tension between the parties that want to grow their platforms or not. >> kara, you have been a path breaker on criticizing facebook, what about these children's platforms and the parents, what needs to be done here? >> i don't know, >> i don't know. at this point i don't mind the executives are doing this in congress. it is up to congress to act. they've been doing nothing forever from the beginning of time of these things and have never done any laws or rules that protect children or privacy or data or deal with misinformation. it is time to stop making speeches like that one and do something and pass the legislation. that is their job. at this point it is the job of legislators and lawmakers to do something about it. and there's lots of different bills out there all through congress and they

now, john thune, who is the second ranking republican in the united states senate. he's their whip in charge of their vote count. he just emerged from a meeting and told reporters that they will be fine, that they did fine ten republicans willing to vote yes to allow it to come to the floor, but there are several republicans that are just unhappy with mitch mcconnell's strategy here, that he backed down from this challenge with the senate democrats, among them senator ted cruz who's going to be among them attempting to block this measure and senator lindsey graham who was very critical of senator mcconnell not understanding why mcconnell took this step when he felt that they had democrats on the ropes. now, of course, wolf, we aren't solving any problems here tonight. this is just going to prevent the debt ceiling from being crashed through the second week of october. it essentially just pushes this problem down the road a few weeks, and these same differences between republicans and democrats still exist. democrats do not want to pass the debt ceiling through the r

senator thune said lawmakers need to reform section 230. also engineer legislation that will fix the problem but not overstep when it comes to rights like freedom of speech online. so it's tricky. they want to get something done. >> good luck with that. thanks, aishah. lisa gasher, cyber security expert. seems like regulation is inevitable. we're not clear what kind. what do you think? >> facebook is having a terrible weekend. only tuesday and i think the legislation is one of the most frustrationing pieces for cyber security advocates. and now they're so grateful for this whistle-blower coming forward. one of the most in depth hearings on social media to date. the frustrating piece about the legislation is, we've seen dozens of bills proposed by states about censorship issues and traying to shine a spotlight on the transparency concerns that they have with facebook and instagram and whats app holdings. questions about section 230, privacy on be line in general. like the antitrust cases continue to linger for years. >> neil: if a ceo misrep

voting with the one thing republicans said they won't join with democrats to do but as senator john thune said sarcastically in when one member asked them if they have the votes. this has become such a political hot potato. now the senate does have that kind of time where the u.s. says the line of vet it will run out. it's another phase inner in situation here. that week in december is looking mighty, mighty dangerous when you consider can the fact that it's not just the debt ceiling deadline it's also government funding so this washington favorite game of kicking the can down the road will make us go through all of this yet again in december, and the big question at that point is going to be how they end up dealing with the debt ceiling then. mitch mcconnell struck this deal and has been trumpeting it as a reason that democrats can now use reconciliation. that's the mechanism that mcconnell has wanted them to use this entire time and it's also the thick that every senate democrat who i spoke to yesterday says they are absolutely not going to do. hallie. what's up? we're just going to hav

. >> senator thune. >> i've been arguing for some time that it is time for congress to act and i think the question iss always what is the correct way to do it in the right way to do it consistent with our first amendment right to freest speech. this committee doesn't have jurisdiction over the antitrust issue. that's the judiciary committee and i'm not adverse to looking at the monopolistic nature facebook and i think that's a real issue that needs to be examined and perhaps addressed as well but at least under this committee's jurisdiction there a couple of things i think we can do. i have a piece of legislation and senator blackburn and blumenthal are both co-sponsors called the filter bubble transparency a.c.t. and what it will do is give users the options to engage with social media platforms without being manipulated by the secret formulas that essentially did take the content that you see when you open up an app or log onto a web site. we also i think need to hold big tech accountable by reforming section 230 and one of best opportunities to do that in a bipartisan way is the pl

senator thune: thank you. mrs. miller, ask you tube engage in behaviors to change the users' influence in any way? mrs. miller: when users come to youtube they come to search and discover all kind of content, for example, how to bake bread, watch a church service or do exercise. as a result, they are introduced to a diversity of content that isn't based on a particular network they are a part of. in so doing there may be additional videos recommended to them based on some signals but they will be overrided to make sure that we are not recommending harmful content. senator thune: back to mr. beckerman. all chinese internet companies are compelled by china's international intelligence law to turn over all data that government demands and is not limited by china's borders. has tiktok provided data to the chinese government on chinese persons living in the united states or elsewhere living outside of china? mr. beckerman: no, tiktok is not available in china and i'd like to point out our servers of u.s. data are stored

thune: mr. chairman, i would suggest that as has been pointed out, i think there are a number of things we need to address. congress needs to be heard from in the space and particularly with respect to the use of algorithms and the way users are manipulated and particularly young people, i hope we can move quickly and directly and in a meaningful way to address this issue. thank you. chair blumenthal: i think we have strong consensus on that interview -- issue. similar baldwin. sen. baldwin: i would like to note that the series of hearings began with a revelation that internal research at facebook revealed the negative impact on teenagers' body images from using the company's instagram platform and we learned, based on research by the chairman staff, how quickly someone on instagram can go from viewing content on healthy eating to being directed toward posting that focuses on unhealthy plaque to says including glorifying eating disorders. i know we do not have facebook and instagram before us to

thune: madam president? the presiding officer: the republican whip. mr. thune: madam president, i understand we're in a quorum call. the presiding officer: yes, we are. mr. thune: i ask unanimous consent the quorum call be lifted. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. thune: unanimous consent that i be allowed to speak for up to 15 minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. thune: madam president, work continues on democrats' social spending spree and the senate seems on on -- to be on track to vote on their bill in the near future. well maybe. it depends on who you ask at any given time around here these days. just to highlight the high level of uncertainty surrounding this process, president biden was on capitol hill just this morning. his second visit this month to twist the arms of still undecided democrats. as they continue to see what sticks to the wall, it's good to know that priorities for government jobs -- tax credits for justice programs at college universities and $200 million park in speaker pelosi's district may soon come

thune: mr. president, democrats continue to negotiate with each other on their reckless tax and spending spree. democrats are currently working to lower the topline number in an effort to meet some of the demands of the few moderate democrats who have reservations about unchecked government spending. now, mr. president, you might think that lowering the topline number would involve deciding what programs and spending to eliminate toll bring the bill in at a lower cost. not exactly. yes, democrats are reportedly eliminating some spending. but the word is that under pressure from progressives who are dead set against curtailing their plans for expanding government, democrats are planning to keep a lot of their most expensive proposals but simply shorten the funding window to make the cost of these programs seem lower. take democrats' fantastically expensive child allowance. democrats have every intention of turning their child allowance into a permanent government welfare program. but in order to

he is john thune asking how can president biden find time to to bo to scotland for a u.n. climate change junket but cannot find time to go to the border crisis he created? up next former utah congressman jason chaffetz outraged over the white house hiring the school board chief who called parents, quote, domestic terrorists. we've got this. high school students in virginia walked out in protest over a school board coverup of a sexual assault. could democrats lose school board moms? they're upset over anti-parent mesessaging -- messaging. could they lose the virginia gubernatorial race? keep it here on "the evening edit". i order my groceries online now. shingles doesn't care. i keep my social distance. shingles doesn't care. i stay within my family bubble. shingles doesn't care. because if you've had chicken pox, you're already carrying the virus that causes shingles. in fact, about 1 in 3 people will develop shingles, and the risk only increases as you age. so what can protect you against shingles? shingrix protects. now you can protect yourself from shingles with a vacci

thune: are we in a quorum call? the presiding officer: we are not. mr. thune: okay. the presiding officer: the republican whip. mr. thune: as i begin this morning, let me start by reacting to a couple of things said on the floor already by my democratic colleagues. you know, the republican leader when he was down here earlier talked about the impact of inflation on the economy and i have to tell you that's very real, mr. president. the inflationary impact is felt all across the country, energy costs are up, gasoline costs are up by huge amounts. food costs are up in this country, housing costs are up. there isn't hardly any area where people aren't impacted by inflation, meaning that the dollars they earn are stretching less further all the time. and that is not -- it's not a fake thing, it's not a temporary thing. it's a real thing. people are experiencing it in their economic lives on a daily basis. and to hear the democrat leader say well, you know, all the spending that they're going to do is not going to cost anything, it's ■going tobe covered by tack increase

senate republican whip john thune is confident they will get there. but erin, in talking to a number of republicans, they are just not sure they want to support this. believing it was not a good deal, believing they back tracked under a strategy, and saying that they'll wait ultimately for the vote to happen to make their decision. so there could be high drama as we run into the vote later this hour. and if they don't pass it here, it will raise major questions about what's next, and what the democrats will have to do on their own to try to pass this. a lot of questions. we'll see what happens here, though, erin, in a matter of minutes. >> big drama in a matter of minutes. thank you so much, manu. >>> "outfront" now, treasury secretary janet yellen. take, i so much appreciate your time tonight. democrats and republicans are set to raise the debt ceiling. that's going get the country through december 3rd. then we go through this whole thing again. how damaging is this? >> well, i think the prospect that congress would not agree to raise the debt ceilin

senator john thune said he approached schumer and let him have it. the bill is expected to pass in the house. the battle over how much our nation can borrow will pick back up in december >>> will the delta variant derail america's economic recovery or prove to be just a speed bump the critical jobs report nbc's chris pollone scombjoins us fro capitol hill what are we expected to see today? >> reporter: the crucial jobs report is released this morning. economists are expecting to see 500,000 jobs added, nearly the numbers in august. if wednesday's adp report was an indication that's a private jobs report today's report will show if they are shaking off fierce, it could derail the federal reserve's plans for the economy. last month, the central bank predicted they might raise interest rates to prevent the economy from overheating and stem the rise of inflation the fed has been taking extraordinary moves ever since the depths of the pandemic to help pop up the u.s. economy crisis >> thank you >>> now to arlington, texas, a school community was left sear

. >> some republicans like south dakota senator john thune are calling this a desperate move. democrats say they're also considering alternatives to pay for the president's plan. for your money tonight. more than a million golden state checks are expected to go out by the end of the week. the california franchise tax board says the next batch is valued. it. 857 million dollars. 400,000 checks will be directly deposited 750,000 paper checks will be mailed out residents who earn $75,000 or less last year can expect to receive $600 says the stimulus check and an extra 500 bucks, 4 qualifying dependents. >> new covid-19 guidelines for the 2022 beijing winter olympic games have been unveiled, including a strict isolation bubble that separates participants from the general population all those taking part in the games, including athletes staff and volunteers will remain in the so-called closed loop for training competing and accommodations. competitors will be subjected to daily tests even if they are fully vaccinated, athletes who are not vaccinated. they're going to need to be in

thune: mr. president. the presiding officer: the republican whip. the presiding officer: is the senate in a quorum call? the presiding officer: yes. mr. thune: i would ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be lifted. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. thune: and ask unanimous consent that i be able to complete my remarks prior to the vote. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. thune: mr. president last week president biden's chief of staff retweeted a tweet from harvard economist jason furman, describing our current economic challenges notably the growing supply chain issues as, quote high-class problems. high-class probl i guess working americans struggling to stretch their paychecks for everything from groceries to gas can quote it as high-class problems. the tone-deaf tweet is typical of a white house that minimizes for most of the problems occurring on its watch whether it's the flood of illegal immigration across our southern border or the high prices americans are c

thune: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that i be able to complete my remarks and that senator burr also be able to complete his remarks before the vote starts. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. thune: mr. president, there are a few, quote-unquote winners under democrats' $3.5 trillion tax and spending spree. unions, for example, and electric vehicle manufacturers. but there are a lot more losers like middle-class families who will have to stretch their paychecks to cover higher inflation and higher energy bills, workers who will see jobs and opportunities shrink and farmers and ranchers. mr. president, agriculture is the lifeblood of my home state of south dakota, and so ag issues are always pretty much on my mind and i'm pretty concerned about democrats' tax and spending spree will mean forked south dakota farmers. for starters, i'm worried that democrats' bill could mean the end of some farms thanks to the bill's expansion of the death tax. now, mr. president, i have long cr

next is senator thune. >> thank you mister chairman and mister magnus, welcome. let me start by asking questions dealing with sanctuary cities. user 10 years at the california bay area next to san francisco which is a well-known actuary city that flout us immigration law and refuses hto cooperate with immigration enforcement agents. you confirm you will receive the enforcement of immigration law at our borders. do you support sanctuary cities and what message do sanctuary cities send to those seeking to enter the united states illegally. >> thank you for the question. and as the chief for two decades my first and foremost irony has always been public safety and so i appreciate how decisions around sanctuary cities are ultimately political decisions but as a police chief and certainly in this position were i to be confirmed first and primary obligation is to follow the law. that's what i've done in the past and that's what i would commit to doing goingforward . >> but the follow-up on the question senator cornyn raised this is similar i think in some respects to s