sitting in the oval office far longer than i did in 18 years cumulatively in the united states senate president bush asked every question of every member. but the bush and ministration got the reputation of having interfered and frustrated the 9/11 commission for when in fact all we wanted from it. having reached an agreement on the facts we had to go through both the description of the enemy we were fighting and a set of recommendations and we just found the incentive to agreed on those even when reasonable people couldn't disagree was simply overwhelming and the last agreement on the functions of the fbi was made at 10:00 the night before we were going to announce we were going to put to bed report itself. it was a phenomenal experience. it was a magnificent staff. it was a group of hard-working people. their partisanship, we were in the midst of a presidential election campaign in august of 2004 to do something that would help the country. it was followed to and the considerable experience that our recommendations were adopted by congress far better than that. >> and when you come

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this is the leader of the united states senate. >>guest: i have heard republicans do the same thing. i heard romney do the same thing. i am not proud. >>stuart: should harry reid back off and say i shouldn't have said that or cast aspersions without proving them, back off. >>guest: he should reveal his source. look, we don't know what is in his tax returns. all he has to do is say it. everyone knows this is a problem. mitt romney has inincredibly good campaign people. he was elected the party bearer of the republican party that is more conservative than ever. they know if they release the tax runs it will think him. >>stuart: i am glad you are in the proud of harry reid and almost ashamed--- almost ashamed of him. i asked donald trump about the harry reid tax mess and maybe governor romney should reveal all of his tax returns if president obama will reveal his college records and the information --. >>guest: what obama did when he was 19 is as relevant as what mitt romney did two years ago in financing. why care political advice fr

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states senate? we will see what the missouri race means in terms of what will happen to the plans of power in the senate after this election. also coming up, mitt romney continues to tell more and more lies about the president. tonight we'll look at his welfare lie, and of course, his medicare lie. even conservatives are saying that romney is lying now. >>> and house speaker john boehner is in the "rewrite" tonight. we have new "off the cliff" information from cbo about just how much pressure is going to be on congress if, if we go off the cliff in january. that's coming up. >>> mitt romney is a truly extraordinary liar as a presidential candidate, but lying is an old republican tradition. we'll show you how old and how long democrats have been complaining about it, coming up. and also, we're going "off the cliff" tonight. another "off the cliff" segment. john boehner's added something to where we stand in the "off the cliff" drama that we're headed for on new year's eve. that's coming up. [ engine

. >> jon: the majority leader of the united states senate harry reid makes news with he claims about mitt romney. the word coming from an unnamed source. did the media question his words or did they run with the story? >> governor romney, do you feel that your gaffe overshadowed your foreign trip? >> it makes news, but did the press pass on a positive and make headlines of minor missteps? >> i think we're inviting god's judgment on our nation when we shake our fist at him and say, we know better than you, as to what constitutes a marriage? >> chick-fil-a's chief reinforces his opinion of traditional marriage and causi causing lunkheads and activists to step u. did they chicken out. and strikes again producing a fake article in the new york times number one journalist, bill keller, how did they get away with that? and mayor bloomberg is at it again, now he wants to lock up the baby formula. should the press turn him off? and a bogus story about the heat, burned some in the press. >> oh, boy, do we have a show this week! on panel, writer and fox news contributor, judy miller. radio tal

because that's how the majority leader runs the united states senate. there are serious questions about this bill. it needs to be amended. we need to discuss changes. unfortunately, it doesn't look like that's going to happen. i know some will again say that this has been a long process. the only thing true about that statement is that the issue and problem has been discussed for a long time, but not discussed for a long time on this bill. if we're serious about addressing this problem, then let's deal with it appropriately. rushing something through that will impact the country in such a massive way isn't the way that the most deliberative body in the world, the united states senate, should do its business. it's not good for the country and it's obviously not good for the reputation of the united states senate. i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the senator from new jersey is recognized. mr. menendez: mr. president, i understand that my distinguished colleague from oklahoma has asked consent for 6:30. i will take about 10 or 15 minutes which wil

states senate? we will see what the missouri race means in terms of what will happen to the plans of power in the senate after this election. also coming up, mitt romney continues to tell more and more lies about the president. tonight we'll look at his welfare lie, and of course, his medicare lie. even conservatives are saying that romney is lying now. >>> and house speaker john boehner is in the "rewrite" tonight. we have new "off the cliff" information from cbo about just how much pressure is going to be on congress if, if we go off the cliff in january. that's coming up. ♪ [ male announcer ] to hold a patent that has changed the modern world... would define you as an innovator. to hold more than one patent of this caliber... would define you as a true leader. to hold over 80,000... well, that would make you... the creators of the 2012 mercedes-benz e-class... quite possibly the most advanced luxury sedan ever. ♪ join mercedes-benz usa on facebook for the best summer sweepstakes. with our bab

three united states senators well actually if it were up to a growing number of republicans voters wouldn't have a say in those thirty three senate elections that might sound a little strange but in fact prior to the ratification of the seventeenth amendment in one thousand and thirteen voters didn't have a say in who their senator was instead powerful state legislatures appointed senators to go to washington that's how things worked from the ratification of our constitution all the way up until about one hundred years ago only after the seventeenth amendment was ratified which allowed for direct election of united states senators by we the people did we all actually have a say in who represents us in the upper chamber and now strangely a lot of republicans are saying that amendment was a bad idea and we should go back to the old days when senators were elected without elections joining me now to get to the bottom of what exactly is going on here is alex cites walt political staff writer at salon whose latest article is on this very topic alex welcome back to the show thanks for having me s

if entry into the united states senate was not saying anything stupid, i'm not sure the united states senate would ever have a quorum. a lot of politicians have said stupid things that win elections. todd's going to push on and see what he can do. >> go ahead, shaunna. >> it wasn't a stupid remark. it may be the case that he does understand how women's biology works. but if that's true, if he understands how women get pregnant, he was mr. fully negating facts in order to justify blaming women for getting pregnant. >> he's made new comments regarding, quote, false rape. you can step out on a limb if you want, chip, but i have here in front of me, we're waiting to get more, he seems to be delving into language again regarding false rape and roe v. wade. i don't have it in its entire context, but if you want to step out on a line, feel free to do that. >> we've seen politicians -- look, joe biden last week said something incredibly insensitive and never apologized for it. he goes on like it's no big deal. what congressman kaik dakin did incredibly stupid. >> thank you, great pleasure hav

the united states senate, they even passed a budget in three years. mitt romney has been specific, bold. his plan for a stronger middle- h more thano muc incumbent president has put out there. problem.he >> tomorrow night, we will have part two of your interview with the congressmen. about his workout routine and whether mitt romney could keep up. serious of the more still facing this campaign. a lot ofnly covered topics. president obama made a quick from new hampshire tonight. he and the first lady greeted supporters in the city of when -- windham. he spoke about what he has done for medicare. >> i have strengthened medicare. i have made reforms that have expanded the life of the saved millionsf seniors with medicare of dollars on their prescription drugs. the only changes to your benefits the diet man medicare is that medicare covers new services like cancer screenings and wellness visits for free. >> it was a quick trip. they were due back in washington evening. this week, many people who are arehe country illegally theking president obama for to s

. >> greta: if you get your president romney, and you don't win the united states senate, do you still get that which is a romney agenda? >> makes it harder. some things you need 60 votes. and i think we could get to 51 and we can get there. and if we can, we can do amazing things including passioning a budget which we haven't done for three years in the united states senate. >> how does that happen? >> greta: how can you not pass a budget? i know it's not your party but, i don't mean to argue for him. how does he justify not putting something on the table? >> i think budgets are hard things to vote for they include a lot of things that are difficult. paul ryan's budget did come to the house floor and did pass. republican dz what they're supposed to do. congress has the power of the purse ability to put forth a blueprint for the future. in the senate, nothing. you know is in the senate majority leaders decided not to move forward witness probably to protect members. the president does have to submit a budget by law and he d unfortunately, it was such a bad budget no one would go for it

politicians in america to the united states senate on tuesday the guy on the left here ted cruz the former solicitor general of texas defeated the guy on the right stablish republican candidate lieutenant governor david do hearst for the republican party's nominee nomination for the u.s. senate and given how red of a state texas is cruz is virtually guaranteed to go on and win the general election in no. bever cruz was once a long shot in the race but the his victory was eased carried to victory by the astroturf in tea party despite his opponent outspending him and picking up an endorsement from texas governor rick perry so if there was ever a race there was ever a single race in which voters had to choose between the lesser of two evils a tea party candidate on one side and a rick perry endorsed tenet on the other side and this is that and unfortunately the lesser of two evils lost this proves that the tea party isn't going anywhere at least as long as there billionaire overlords are hanging around so who is ted cruz well as the center for american progress details cruz has gone on

politicians in america to the united states senate on tuesday the guy on the left here ted cruz the former solicitor general of texas defeated the guy on the right stablish republican candidate lieutenant governor david duke hurst for the republican party's nominee nomination for the u.s. senate and given how red of a state texas is cruz is virtually guaranteed to go on and win the general election in november cruz was once a long shot in the race but his victory was carried to victory by the astroturf and tea party despite his opponent outspending him in picking up an endorsement from texas governor rick perry so if there was ever a race there was ever a single race in which voters had to choose between the lesser of two evils a tea party candidate on one side and a rick perry endorsed tenet on the other side. and this is that and unfortunately the lesser of two evils lost this proves that the tea party isn't going anywhere at least as long as there billionaire overlords are hanging around so who is ted cruz well as the center for american progress details cruz has gone on record t

." >> we've got 40 jobs bills sitting in the united states senate. we have a bill to replace the sequester that's due to go into effect january 2 sitting in the senate. we have a bill to... all these passed the house and are sitting in the united states senate. time to get to work. >> woodruff: so it's all the senate's fault? >> we're doing our fault. >> woodruff: speaker of the house of representatives john boehner, good to see you. >> ifill: as the convention prepares to nominate vice presidential nominee paul ryan, mitt romney came to camp as well today. he's expected to be on hand in some manner tonight. here his wife ann's convention speech which is the highlight later this evening. joining us for insight is eric fehrnstrom, top spokesman for the romney campaign and a close romney advisor for more than a decade. welcome, this is a big night for you folks. >> thank you, gwen, it feels like a big night. >> ifill: are we expecting to hear from the presidential nominee at any point tonight? we know he may be in the hall. >> here's here in tampa. you

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tonight, a united states senator, representing this great state of florida. please welcome to the program, senator marco rubio! >> jon: nice to see you again. >> thank you. welcome to florida. >> jon: thank you so much. the people have been so kind to us, many of them saying when you leave here, take us with you. you know, that sort of thing. >> yeah. >> jon: it has been great. we have had a wonderful time in the hospital, and the hospitality has been great and thanks to you and thanks to the state for welcoming us. [ applause ] >> jon: now this is just me and you talking. so mitt romney asks paul ryan. >> yeah. >> jon: and your name was thrown out there. you, my friend, you donald it. >> you dodged it. because let's say he wins. as his vice president, it would have been uncomfortable for you to run against him in 2016. so -- >> i think this is much better for you. how did that -- did they call to tell you? how did they do it? how did they break that news. >> i talked to them. and they said they would make the announcement it is next day. >> jon: he personall

states senate. it is clear from looking at the united states and the changes in our demography that latinos will continue to play a larger role in the national dialogue. you know, you look at the statistics. in 2004, 7.6 million latinos voted in the united states. that is according to research that has been done at the national level. in 2008, that jumped up to 9.7 million. now there are estimates that this upcoming election in november, this number could go up to as high as 12 million. that number is only going to grow. it makes it all the more relevant to examine the life of somebody like marco rubio. in some respects, i kind of think of him a little bit is almost a test case for how the american population relates to latino politicians. that was reason enough for me to write a book about it. you look at the reasons why you want to write a newspaper article. -- you also have asked that question when you're setting out to write a book. i have come up with several interest-rate one was the answer th

that year he was elected to the united states senate and pulled off a huge political upset by defeating incumbent senator wiker by 10,000 votes. in 1998 he made what he called "the most difficult statement i have made." >> the president apparently had extramarital relations with an employee half his age and did so in the work place in the vicinity of the oval office. >> he condemned president clinton for his infidelity with former white house intern monica lewinsky. a scandal that ultimately led to impeachment. joe lieberman has earned the reputation as the moral conscience of his party. a national leader who works across party lines to find "common ground." joining us now is senator joe lieberman. senator, how are you? >> sean, thank you. >> sean: thank you for being here. over the years we i have gotten to know you very well and we are friendly even though we are wrong sometimes. >> we we disagree you you are wrong. >> sean: when we disagree on those few times. it is having because you are very unique in the sense that here you go from being al gore's running mate and then support joh

himself and the united states senate and democratic program. you don't make baseless allegation about the nominee for presidency unless you have something other than the imaginary friend who told him about mitt romney's tax return. >> harry reid will not release his tax return. and he's calling on mitt romney to release 10 years worth. mitt romney released more tax returns than the law requires and filled out all of the necessary election commission regarding financial disclosure. harry reid toneed toz announce the name and give evidence or apologize not just to mitt romney but to his colleagues on the senate floor for desecrating the honor of the united states senate. >> do you realistically expect that to happen in >> no, i don't believe here will do that. but he dtriple c had to issue an apology because of defaming a character . his lawyers got in touch with him and they issued a mea cullpa . harry ought to do it out of a honor. but i don't expect him to do that because that requires integrity. >> if romney were to release the tax returns it

they helped deride him to the united states senate nomination a few weeks ago. we'll see what happens from there. >> let me ask you, nick, stand by. i want to bring dana back in. we know his opponent, senator claire mccaskill. she must be just thrilled over all of this. >> reporter: she's not hiding it very well. she came out earlier today suddenly taking about the cause of the republican primary voter and how the republican leadership needs to heed the call and while todd akin has apologized, she could win some kind of acting award for doing that because it was clear what she was doing and the reason she's saying that is because democrats believe and republicans believe that if if todd akin stays in the race in a general election against claire mccaskill, he will lose. what's interesting just as nick was saying, akin has always had the support of the home schoolers, the church goers, et cetera. not necessarily the support of the republican establishment because they have not believe d from the get-go that-the best republican to beat claire mccaskill. you cannot

states senate. >> news that british bank standard charter agreed to pay a multimillion-dollar settlement as we get up in your business. live in london for us, fill us in on the story. >> it's amazing how quickly the two parties came to a settlement. the man in charge of the new york financial services came to an agreement with the $340 million settlement with standard charts that denied it carry out this $250 billion worth of road trains with iran over the last ten years. a week ago we had them at the new york authorities office saying this was a road financial institution. this is not the end of it. the fed, the fbi and the treasury and the doj are looking at this and have been for a long time. they jumped the gun and called it. a fascinating story that will go on and on. lockharts expire for a lot of the long-term shareholders. a lot of other people representing 271 million shares could choose to sell some of the shares at a much lower price. $38 at current trading around $20. back to you. >> one in this morning, steve, thanks so much. still ahead, fresh off the team gold medal, the fa

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job in the united states senate. pat toomy is working on the budget. >> [applause] >> he's working on the entitlement reforms we need, he's working on growing the economy, but he will tell you, we don't have leadership right now and in the executive branch with no leadership, things don't get done. we need to reform our tax code. we need the regulatory relief we talked about earlier. we need to build up our own natural resources right here in this country with great jobs. >> [applause] >> we need to get away from our dangerous dependency on foreign oil and we can do that with leadership. we need somebody willing to step up and say you know what we've got to take on this debt and decifit because it is immoral for future generations because it's impacting our ability to create opportunity today. mitt romney is that man folks. he is that leader. >> [applause] >> he will do that. he has the experience, he's got the background and he has got the public policy plans to actually change america in a positive way by showing t

already we've had a historic number of women stepping up to run for the united states senate. we have endorsed ten women already this year. historic numbers in the house running. it's really been an incredible opportunity for women to step up and in this environment, they really have a strong position and policy both on economics and on social issues to run on. >> of course, the romney camp has said all along that women are focused mostly on jobs, on the terrible economy, on unemployment, and that they will deal more with that than with these gender debates over health issues, over abortion, over planned parenthood. >> well, it's interesting that the romney/ryan camp say that, yet the republican party keeps bringing up these social issues. the democratic party is very much right on top of the issues women want to be talking about, and we now are seeing a presidential ticket who brought on paul ryan and the budget that he proposed, a budget that has really been a cradle to grave attack on the economic opportunities for women, from head start, pay equity, medicare. these are hug

states senate. thank you very much. >> you guys have a great weekend. >> you, too. >>> up next, congressman chris van hollen joins the conversation. first, bill karins with the forecast. >>> today is going to be an unprecedented day and potentially historic day in oklahoma. bring your attention to the middle of this weather map. this is the actual forecast for oklahoma city today. the reason i'm highlighting this and trying to bring your eyes there, if this does occur it will be the warmest temperature ever recorded in oklahoma city. their weather records go back 120 years. if it hits 114, no one ever alive has ever seen that temperature in oklahoma city. that's the kind of drought and heat wave we're in the middle of. we'd love to get more rain on the map. the only rain we have this morning is from manhattan, kansas, kansas city. we'll take whatever we can get. this area has had very little rainfall. what we need is a weak tropical system to head into the deep south and the middle of the country. t

if what you're saying is correct we need to get rid of the united states senate because the united states senate, every state no matter how small or big the population, has two senators. there were all kinds of protections the framers put in because they feared the tyranny of the majority, and with the electoral college it generally reflects the popular vote. but if you look at the convention, they said, we want to put this in so that people running for president don't just go to the populist areas of the city and ignore the rural areas with less population and that reason they put it in, 225 years ago, that's still true today and a good reason to maintain it. >> another reason to maintain it is, florida was a 537 vote difference in the end. we had a big fight in florida over a small part of the country. imagine if the vote had been close, 100,000 votes, 50,000 votes, you would have had florida style litigation in all 50 states. the electoral college contained the debate over who won the 2000 presidential election to one state rather than take it to 50 states and that would have been an e

, a bipartisan way, a transportation bill that received on the record 75 members of the united states senate. democrats and republicans. senator boxer, the chairwoman, the ranking republican on the committee, senator degrees, you have to be a contortionist to have a further spectrum of how far they are on most issues, but together on this transportation bill, because everything that we're talking about here is about jobs now. it is about connecting communities. it is about transportation. it is about quality of life. quality of air. it is about commerce. product and people to work and to market and back. it is about economic development that takes us -- about growth. about growth. it takes us to a special place. and yes, our projects have to be of national significance and we can compete with anybody on that score. so i'll accept your compliments, tiffany, and others on what i have done. all i can do is advocate for what is happening here and what's happening here in every respect is excellent. excellence at ucsf, in ideas aboutability in our community and in the contributions of the

that year he was elected to the united states senate and pulled off a huge political upset by defeating incumbent senator wiker by 10,000 votes. in 1998 he made what he called "the most difficult statement i have made." >> the president apparently had extramarital relations with an employee half his age and did so in the work place in the vicinity of the oval office. >> he condemned president clinton for his infidelity with former white house intern monica lewinsky. a scandal that ultimately led to impeachment. joe lieberman has earned the reputation as the moral conscience of his party. a national leader who works across party lines to find "common ground." joining us now is senator joe lieberman. senator, how are you? >> sean, thank you. >> sean: thank you for being here. over the years we i have gotten to know you very well and we are friendly even though we are wrong sometimes. >> we we disagree you you are wrong. >> sean: when we disagree on those few times. it is having because you are very unique in the sense that here you go from being al gore's running mate and then support joh