. >> i want to play a clip for you of sheldon whitehouse saying why he's untroubled by a temporary continuing resolution and a temporary raising of the debt ceiling for only four months because he thinks republicans have learned a political lesson from this. listen. >> the republicans, and particularly the tea party republicans, really burned their hands on this hot stove, and the idea that in january they're going to want to grab it again and burn themselves all over again doesn't seem very likely. i think they learned a lesson from the damage that they did to our country with this latest stunt. >> do you think he's right? >> partially. i think republicans privately look at the poll numbers and they see 74% of americans are dissatisfied with the way they're operating. they're aware of that. they're aware of the constituent calls coming in. but because of the way the conservative movement operates today and the way it influences the republican party, if speaker boehner does embrace the senate deal, you're still going to see many, many house republicans oppose it because it does not include pr

initial mcconnell's dream america candidates who receive big contributions from the show and from the sheldon adelson types would have a built in incentive an even bigger one than they have now into the citizens united system to push for policies that benefit their donors and when this happens the issues that affect average americans the people who can't afford to spend tens of millions of dollars on one candidate those issues are going to be ignored. things wouldn't be much different if the court takes the less extreme approach to campaign bribery proposed by sean mccutcheon and the r n c unlimited total donations if the court allows that wealthy donors could launder up to three point six million dollars through political parties and. committees basically turning their candidates into. personal property of the billionaires. when candidates are the property of the wealthy few and do only their bidding our nation stops being a democracy or a republic and starts to become something else a political system ultimately controlled by those at the very top ancient greeks had a word for that kind of

and now some will say to well what's the difference between this case and citizens united you know sheldon adelson you know he's already pumped tens of millions of dollars into the twenty twelve election what's the difference you know what the difference is you'll now have candidates i mean under the supreme court's logic that's independent spending and it's not corrupting you know i don't buy that i don't think very many people do but the court does now mr adelson will be able to go to a candidate directly and write a check for up to three point six million dollars that's the danger here it's that nexus that corruption that is inherent in a system where candidates are asking for checks of that sort of point six million dollars it's actually more than a spend some congressional district yeah exactly. but he says that it's not enough to buy a politician to go with the sole donor to a politician. that i own you to this this person can say to the politician i own you and you must do this exactly when you get your phone calls returned you'll set the agenda and it's based on the size your bank

but delivery system reform in our health care system is another place that sheldon whitehouse has taken leadership. and so i want to thank him for his kind words and just say, right back at ya, babe. i yield the floor. mr. blumenthal: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from connecticut. mr. blumenthal: i'd like to just thank both of my colleagues. i'm not sure that i can match their eloquence in describing their gifts and their contributions on this issue and so many others, but i hope that they and others will join me in seeking to meet with the present sandy task force and seeking to remedy or correct perhaps some of the logjams and red tape and deficiencies in process that led the people of our states to wait for so long before they saw relief in practical terms. and so i want to thank them for their eloquence today, for their truly formidable contribution on the issue of climate change and global warming and to thank them also for the very powerful contribution they have made on the response to storm sandy that affected so many people in connecticut. thank you, mr. pr

senator ted cruz of texas in "crossfire" tonight, along with sheldon whitehouse of rhode island. we are delighted to have both of you with us. >> glad to be here. >> welcome to "crossfire." we're going to start with you. well, you know, you kind of got us into this whole situation. you're the guy, you had this great plan, you're going to take obama care out. this plan seems to have come up short. now the conversation seems to have moved on, left you behind. paul ryan puts out this "wall street journal" op-ed, doesn't include oobama care. now we're going to lift the debt cele. would you support paul ryan moving forward to get this debt ceiling resolved without -- >> well, look, van, you're trying hard. i've got to give you credit for that. an awful lot of washington would like to change the subject. an awful lot of washington would like to stop focusing on obama care. but you know who hasn't stopped focusing on it? the american people. the reason the house of representatives has stood strong on obama cash is millions of americans said this't

. >> someone who treats sheldon cooper he's been watching the entire series. we've gotten several tweets from him. he tweets in tonight. how did the nation react when eleanor passed away november 7, 1962? >> deep incredible morning. ex-presidents, president kennedy came and dwight eisenhower came and harry truman came and everybody else you can think of. it's a little village here in hyde park and all of the world kind of came to be there. she had become beloved as a champion of the underdog and the underclass. i mean, if there's anybody who should have won a nobel peace prize who didn't, it was eleanor roosevelt for her work with human rights because she had now an international following in world leaders descended to pay homage to her. >> alita black, did she have any relationship with lou hoover? >> they met. they were not -- they certainly weren't friends. they didn't hang out together. they were cordial. 50 we had this picture of eleanor roosevelt, beth truman, and edith roosevelt all standing together. >> i've seen it but i can't tell you what it was abo

if you are a las vegas casino magnate sheldon adelson or george soros you have the ability to put out a lot our speech than the average person making 40 or $50,000 a year does. the conservative side of this including -- any restriction act is an restriction on free-speech rights in this is the fundamental intention of this issue. it's interesting and at times difficult to write about but i can definitely see that argument the average person can start a super pac and fund a super pac and hope to play in a house or senate race or presidential race like someone with 1 million or 2 million or $10 million to spare can and it's big difference that matters in elections. >> host: steven from what rich virginia on our line for independents. steven good morning. >> caller: hi, good morning. i'm glad i got through. i have to agree with the one lady that just called about influencing the stock market. to use a metaphor i think the republicans and the democrats are actually wings of the same bird. the right left-wing with the head of the bird being whatever precedent there is. i feel that this is

speaking of, senators ted cruz and sheldon whitehouse on. >> coming up, the dade of the 9-year-old boy who hops a flight to vegas. his plea for help. how can parents find assistance in situations like this that are so tough for moms and dads? wendy walsh will weigh in next. >>> we were struck by this plea for help from the father of that 9-year-old boy who snuck onto a plane in minneapolis and then flew to las vegas. the dad, as you'll see in the pictures, he clearly doesn't want to be identified. he's hiding under this hat and black hoodie in the video we're about to show you, but he's clearly upset as he describes his inability to control his son whose other past actions allegedly include stealing this big truck, he's 9, and smashing it into a police car. >> i don't know how my 9-year-old son's brain acts. okay, i've been asking for help. no one stepped up to help. wasn't listening, doing what he wants to do. it's just -- it's so much. we asked for help. that's all we need, the help. we need the resources. i'm tired of people saying he's a minor. there's nothing we can do. there's so

. >> someone who tweets sheldon cooper he's been watching the entire series. we've gotten several tweets from him. he tweets in tonight. how did the nation react when eleanor passed away november 7, 1962? >> deep incredible morning. ex-presidents, president kennedy came and dwight eisenhower came and harry truman came and everybody else you can think of. it's a little village here in hyde park and all of the world kind of came to be there. she had become beloved as a champion of the underdog and the underclass. i mean, if there's anybody who should have won a nobel peace prize who didn't, it was eleanor roosevelt for her work with human rights because she had now an international following in world leaders descended to pay homage to her. >> alita black, did she have any relationship with lou hoover? >> they met. they were not -- they certainly weren't friends. they didn't hang out together. they were cordial. 50 we had this picture of eleanor roosevelt, beth truman, and edith roosevelt all standing together. >> i've seen it but i can't tell you what it was abo

. >> sheldon is hopeful as he looks ahead. there have been better natural sets the last two years. he says staying flexible is the key to keeping the bay and the business healthy. >> we are going to try to use sciences to make a this work, you know. we are going to hope, you know, global conditions kind of stabilize a little bit. >> hopeful he and others can keep the oysters coming from these mud flats to seafood markets around the world. alan schoffler. >> oysters haven't produces on their own since 2005 so every grower now relies on hatchery-produced larvae. >> google is the third largest country in the united states. the stock jumped above $1,000 on friday putting the company's about a almost $340,000,000,000. th worth now than some cult trees like denmark and malasia. >>> talk about high spirits, why the sale of whiskey is soaring. >>> cardinals heading to the world series in the second time in the last three years. scenes at our evolving world. techknow - ideas, invention, life. (vo) al jazeera america we understand that every news story begins and ends with people. >> the eff

point where you can't have a handful of people and groups, the club for growth, the coke brothers, sheldon alelson and their ilk just dominating this process. >> it seems to me republican party dysfunction, one thing that i have had trouble seeing the last years is really that does the republican party want right now? if you had to come up with an agenda item, it's been, we're against this, we want to dismantle this, but where is the proactive policy. i think back the 1990s, when it was republicans against bill clinton it was very heated between the republicans and bill clinton. they impeached him. republicans had some agenda item like welfare reform, something they were pushing that bill clinton -- i haven't seen anything like that from republicans except basic opposition for the last three years. >> i think -- i think it is a fair point, that probably comes out partly because of the -- of what a large agenda, i guess, that obama was pushing through. and i think actually you start to see that republicans are realizing they're going to need to start putting together an alternative to obama

i did then, i was asked to do a biography of sydney sheldon. it was his auto biography and he created i dream of jeannie and other things. i thought this is so great. it's horrible. it's the longest most horrible thing to do. >> all right. it's a close second. >> and third is from venice. beverly hills, that's a sin. it's horrible. >> mike is also a hand model. >> the problem is when you are doing a book on tape, you have to all of a sudden do the characters in the story. you have to do some characters in that story. >> the problem is you think you will never do it again because you lose your voice after three days and you are so sick of it. i know you are a success. why didn't you write a short story. >> why didn't he do it? >> it's his life story. >> woe love jack. he e-mails every three minutes. >> i thought he did a great job, mike. >> that was great. >> last night, i liked that. i never watch tv. you're funny. >> thank you very much. it's a show i think a lot of people can relate to. it's a family that becomes a blended family. some famili