this is not going to be rosy for the white house, and i have to look at when you say there's no - judy, i think we both have to agree, so far there's been no evidence of wrongdoing, there's been no allegation the president engaged in wrongdoing or any member of his staff did. he's bringing in some of the top prosecutors that have worked in the justice department. my position is mueller is a man of integrity, but we all know in the history of these special investigations they go far and wide and they go well beyond what the original jurisdiction was. but that differs from hatch in 2009, when republicans were the minority, and he thought democrats were moving too fast > desjardins: who stressed to mccaskill that he wants democratic ideas, if not more hearings and votes. > well i don't know there's going to be another hearing, but we've invited you to participate. leading this process is republican senate finance chairman orrin hatch. and they've held no hearings on the bill so far. instead, senate republicans have indicated they may send their health care bill straight to the senate floor with little,maybe no, chance to amend it. again, in regular order bills go through committees and amendment votes. > desjardins: but that's not how republicans so far have planned this health care debate. > we need to open up the legislative process in a way that allows more amendments from both sides. more recently, senate leader mitch mcconnell said he wanted regular order when republicans took over in 2015. Held three months of hearings and went through weeks of voting on amendments. in 2009, with the affordable care act, two senate committees and then when a bill gets to the senate floor - regular order means another chance to change it with amendment votes there too. > desjardins: mccaskill wants something called "regular order." what is that? what used to be the normal process, a bill goes through committee hearings, where experts and those affected by an issue ring in, then senators on the committee can vote to change the bill with amendments. we're not even going to have a hearing on a bill that impacts one-sixth of our economy. well you couldn't have a more partisan exercise than what you're engaged in right now. and one of the criticisms we got over and over again that the vote was partisan. because i know we made mistakes on the affordable health care act, mr.
there's a group of guys in a back room somewhere that are making these decisions.
a federal appeals court in virginia already issued a in seattle today, three judges of the 9th circuit court backed a ruling by a lower court, in hawaii, that the ban discriminates against muslims. appeals court has upheld a block on president trump's modified travel ban.
sessions faces questions about his contacts with russia's ambassador during the presidential race. > woodruff: spicer also would not say if attorney general jeff sessions should invoke executive privilege when he goes before a senate committee tomorrow.
when he's ready to further discuss it he will. > right, but what is he waiting for? what's the delay? > he's not waiting for anything. > i think the president made it very clear on friday that he would get back as soon as possible on this. at the white house today, reporters pressed press secretary sean spicer on the subject. over the weekend, several republican senators urged the president to answer that question, yes or no.
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