and you'll start off here, mr. markey. this next question came to us from a viewer via cbsboston.com. politicians pay a lot of lip service to the middle class, but it isn't also clear what they mean. please define in terms of income range what you think being middle class means, and explain what you'll do in the senate to ease middle class economic anxiety. >> well, the middle class in massachusetts is basically if you look at the median income in the state, it's about $80,000. that's the median. but, of course, it can go up to $200,000. and so for me as i look at those middle income families, that's what i'm constantly concentrating on. it is the issue of insuring they get the tax breaks they need. so over the last 15 years i have voted for $1 trillion worth of tax breaks for middle class families, for working class families. i have supported, for example, a first-time home home ownership x break for those workers. i've also supported the pell grants, the educational loan programs that help their children to be able to ga

>> i would not vote for mr. markey. >> why? >> oh, boo. >> i know. see, i'm from rhode island risks you a republican? >> i am a republican. >> boo. >> well, it makes sense. it makes sense. >> so i don't count. >> actually, i am a republican by registry. >> yeah. >> i am fiscally conservative. and socially liberal. >> and who did you vote for in the presidential election last time? >> i did vote for mr. romney. >> who did you vote for? >> i voted for mr. romney and the year before that, i voted for mr. mccain. >> so you're a republican? big deal. your standard issue. you're fine. you're fine. >> i work for the legislature. i knew eddie markey when he was a state rep. >> and? >> i like him. i knew why he got moved out of the office. i knew the kid who moved his desk. and that got elected him to congress. >> they can tell me where to sit, they can't tell me where to stand. >> there were ten democrats and five republicans running in that primary. >> his fight with mcgee i remember. >> what do you think? >> i wonder why what you think about how riled up t

>> i would not vote for mr. markey. >> why? >> oh, boo. >> i know. see, i'm from rhode island risks you a republican? >> i am a republican. >> boo. >> well, it makes sense. it makes sense. >> so i don't count. >> actually, i am a republican by registry. >> yeah. >> i am fiscally conservative. and socially liberal. >> and who did you vote for in the presidential election last time? >> i did vote for mr. romney. >> who did you vote for? >> i voted for mr. romney and the year before that, i voted for mr. mccain. >> so you're a republican? big deal. your standard issue. you're fine. you're finement >> i work for the legislature. i knew eddie markey when he was a state rep. >> and? >> i like him. i knew why he got moved out of the office. i knew the kid who moved his desk. and that got elected him to congress. >> they can tell me where to sit, they can't tell me where to stand. >> there were ten democrats and five republicans running in that primary. >> his fight with mcgee i remember. >> what do you think? >> i wonder why what you think about how riled u

>> i would not vote for mr. markey. >> why? >> boo. >>> are you a republican. >> i am a republican. >> okay. >> makes sense. >> i don't count. >> actually, i am a republican. by registry. >> yeah. >> i am fiscally conservative. and socially liberal. >> and who did you vote for in the presidential election. >> i did vote for mr. romney. >> who did you vote for? >> i voted for mr. romney and the year before that, i voted for mr. mccain. >> so you're a republican? >> big deal. your standard issue. you're fine. >> i work for the legislature. i knew eddie markey when he was a state represent. >> and. >> i like him. i knew the kid who moved his desk. >> they can tell me where to sit, they can't tell me where to stand. >> there were ten democrats and five republicans running in that primary. >> his fight with mcgee i remember. >> what do you think? >> i wonder why what you think about how riled up the left is about snowden? >> well, it's mixed. there's some people in the net roots very upset about -- they're for him. they like assange

. >> mr. markey spencer. >> thank you, mr. speaker. as it's been run is published with the prime minister usher the house that will be given the resources to clamp down on tax was like 700,000 pounds avoid by the party opposite and?

mr. markey has voted to raise taxes over 300 times in his career. that might be a world record in the congress. you can't name a single time, congressmen, that you didn't vote to increase taxes to go against your party. now, i give you credit for inventing the internet over 20 years ago. but the reality is that over the last 20 years, you have not offered maquis single piece of legislation that is and signed into law to be the private sector, where i come from coming you know, that is the last thing you would do is ask for a raise or even a promotion. and that's the difference between you and i come congressman markey. i come from the private sector. i understand the middle class and what they need. the need jobs and lower taxes, which is why i think we should have a comprehensive tax reform on the business side. >> moderator: rebuttal. >> markey: you couldn't be more wrong. in the last few years i passed a bill that created the requirement that we actually have a plan to find the cure for alzheimer's. that is my bill. i passed bill wall that create

i'm pleased to recognize the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. markey. mr. markey: i thank the gentleman from georgia for olding this special order. it is truly right and fitting that we honor this legislative giant, this man who represents everything that this institution is all about. i have served with mr. dingell for 37 years on the energy and commerce committee. and it has been an honor every day. now i want to tell you two stories about mr. dingell. whenf them a few years ago the energy and commerce were made a part of a conference committee on something that was going to create something called farmer mac which was a new security that was going to be issued. and mr. dingell and i, we were had ppy that freddie mac been exempted and fannie mac had been exempted from securities and exchange commission jurisdiction. we were not happy. and so i arrived a little bit late to this conference, which was an agriculture committee conference with the senate. and i arrive and i sat next to mr. dingell, i was at the time the chairman of the securities subcommittee,

mr. grimm from new york, mr. markey, mr. cook, ms. jackson lee, and mr. reed. i appreciate their efforts and i encourage all members to support our amendment and i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentlelady from texas rise? the gentlelady is recognized or five minutes. ms. jackson lee: to the managers of this important legislation, to judge carter and to mr. price, thank you for working on what is an enormously important message and mission of our nation. and that is to secure america. i'm grateful to have the opportunity to work with the authorizers in chairman mccaul and ranking member thompson, and to work with the ranking member and chairperson of the subcommittee on transportation security, mr. hudson and mr. richmond. having just flown in from a memorial, and as members often do, and as we interact with our constituents, we know a lot about flying. and so it is very important that this amendment be taken as it has been offered. and i congratulate my co-sponsors, mr.

he faces a large gap with female voters with mr. markey winning almost two-thirds of their vote. is that lower number the fault of gomez or the national party? >> it's very much the national party. gabriel gomez has tried to distance himself from the national republican party especially on social issues. he says he's personally pro-life but won't fight to end roe versus wade. the other day he called trent franks comment about rape stupid. he's been pretty bold going after his party how they talk about social issues. he struggled. the democrats quote war on women that, woulded in 2012 is working well against gomez this time around. he's not connecting with women voters because they're skeptical about it. if you look at markey's message, he's running for the female vote, for women. and he's really articulated that a lot on the trail. >> i imagine gomez can't be pleased with representative burgess's comments about masturbating feet yous last week. >> not at all. gomez has his head in his hands sometimes. disappointed with the party. post scott brown, can a republican win in new engl

. >> mr. markey spencer. >> thank you, mr. speaker. as it's been run is published with the prime minister usher the house that will be given the resources to clamp down on tax was like 700,000 pounds avoid by the party opposite and? >> i think i will bring mexican appointed as a symbol to mention this in every prime minister's questions. i've managed to get in was and is a great pleasure, mr. speaker, to get in a game. they '07 hundred thousand pounds of tax that could be going into schools confident going into hospitals and it's about time they realize what hypocrites they are and paid up the money. >> thank you, mr. speaker. with over 400,000 housebuilding plots with -- remaining and build on in this country does the prime minister agree with me that we should note that pressure on companies to start building and creating jobs rather than to simply waiting for the profits to increase? >> i agree with you on believe that we need to do more to encourage businesses to build of the plots that they already have. that's why we've taken unp

we've invited mr. markey to participate as well, but the invitation stands. martha: we'll work on that, chris. we're scrambling over here, buddy. thank you, chris. we'll see you sunday. >> you bet, thanks. rick: for a little more context on illegal immigration in this country, consider this: there are roughly 11 million all legal immigrants in in the u.s. right now. u.s. immigrations and customs enforcement removed more than 400,000 illegals in 20120, that was an all-time high, and the u.s. spent about $18 billion on immigration enforcement last year and that is more than the combined budgets of the fbi, atf, dea and the secret service. martha: listen to this, today is sentencing day in one of the biggest corruption cases to hit the u.s. border patrol in decades. raul villarreal seen here in 2002 and his brother were convicted of smuggling hundreds of people into the united states. they each face up to 50 years in prison and more than $1 million in fines. the probe into the villarreal brothers began back in 2005. they spent two years in mexico trying to hide

my focus is dcarense and foreiii policy and will begin this round with mr. markey. syria is the topic. the u.ns. civil war has cost more than 90,000 lives. >> nneed ed that they used chemical weapons and they're now sending small arms and aoreunition. how do we know w that yre sendig guns to the right people and are we on a slirepublicaery slope? >> that's a great questiobet we have to be very careful because we enter into this nd sure that there has been a very careful vetting of in the insurgent group that the united states starts. groups within that country. it mwho iys come have ack to hs both in that country and around the world. from my perspective and in those pubrcervestanuseds should amerin troops be on the ground and syria. that would be an historic mistige. there's going to be a no-fly zone, it has to be totally in codinert. the united states should not be acting unilaterally. with rions we have to make sure they don't come back to haunt us the way the merger hbli been in wn loanistan the 1980's came bk to haunt us as the tell baena the 21st cenask ry. >>

mr. gomez, you are running an ad that cause your opponent dirty. mr. markey your campaign has challenged ethics and call him to come clean. let's get us out of the way. is your opponent character an issue in this race? if it is, why? >> 90 seconds. >> everybody out there watching, i appreciate you watching. it is an honor to be able to speak to so many voters at one time. congressman, after 37 years in bc, welcome back to boston. i think character does become a point in the campaign. what people care about is that we talk about issues. they want us to talk about the issues that matter to them and that is the economy and how we will get jobs into massachusetts. they prefer us to stay positive and that is what we have been doing. we talk about what they care about and how we will bring economy back this up. also national security. seven weeks ago, we saw firsthand how dangerous of a world we live in. we need to stay vigilant and focused. we are staying positive and talking with people care about. >> thank you. is character an issue? , cynthia and john th

i want to say to mr. markey, our colleague, who is going to be leaving us, how much we have cherished his friendship and valuable service on the commerce committee and how proud i am of his service. he and i had the opportunity to engage in fights over the jurisdiction of the committee when they were trying to read the commerce committee and we found out when the fight was over, we had more jurisdiction than we had. when we went into the fight. and you, my wonderful friend, carol shea-porter, what a wonderful lady you are and how proud we are to have a friend like you here and who cares about people and who works so hard for them. and i'm proud of the words that you had to say. and my polish colleague, paul pollsfrom new york, we us are very, very concerned about loyalty and friendship and about homes and he certainly ex emapply files that goodness. i'm proud of the little things i have been able to do while i have been here and prouder even still more of the people that i have been able to serve and help

mr. markey was elected to the vote in 1974. our coverage is courtesy of wbz tv. ♪ ♪ >> thank you all. .hank you all for this evening this victory belongs to you. it belongs to your families. i am deeply humbled, and i am profoundly grateful. thank you so much. [applause] election is about your hopes, your dreams, your families, your future. and i know that. and i'm going to remember that. begin by thanking my beautiful and brilliant wife, susan. [applause] tomorrow is our 25th wedding anniversary, and i am going to have to get her a very special present. [applause] i want to thank my brothers and their families who have always believed in me. i want to thank the dream team of a campaign that came together and mark gallagher, who did an unbelievable job over five months. they hit the ground running and they never stop for five months. hear a round of applause for gabriel gomez. issues, disagree on the but we do agree on one thing. oflove the state massachusetts and we love the united states of america. [applause] america is

and that's why i, along with mr. markey, mr. lynch, mr. keating, mr. tim bishop, and ms. shea-porter, are offering this amendment today, to ensure usda's emerg disaster loan program. we're essentially doing away with an inequity in the law that denies fishermen the ability to apply for the normal procedures for a loan under federal emergency standards. a similar provision was included in the senate-approved farm bill andly work to provide financial relief to our fishermen and reform the law, will alternative certainly continue in the weeks and months ahead. but in the meantime, this is a small and important step that's intended to help those in our local community who are struggling. i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman from massachusetts reserves his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from arkansas rise? >> claiming time in opposition. the chair: the gentleman from arkansas is recognized for five minutes. mr. crawford: thank you, mr. chairman. i recognize myself for such time as i may consume. i thank the chairman and i must oppose with respe

the election is this upcoming tuesday, ed markey versus mr. merlot money. i cannot believe this is how we do things in this country, but it's true. that does it for us tonight. we will see you again on monday, but right now i need you to close your eyes, take a deep >>> khablgts charged. he faces a charge of espionage. the big question, will he ever be sent back to the u.s.? >>> securing the border. that's what could make or break a new immigration deal. it faces its first big capitol hill test yesterday. does it have a chance of passing, and can the border really be secure? >>> near miss. details on the two passenger planes which came within hundreds of feet of each other in the skies of new york. >>> and the murder mystery entangled a new england patriots football player. we will take you there live. >>> good morning, everyone, and

the election is this upcoming tuesday, ed markey versus mr. merlot money. i cannot believe this is how we do things in this country, but it's true. that does it for us tonight. we will see you again on monday, but right now i need you to close your eyes, take a deep >>> khablgts charged. he faces a charge of espionage. the big question, will he ever be sent back to the u.s.? >>> securing the border. that's what could make or break a new immigration deal. it faces its first big capitol hill test yesterday. does it have a chance of passing, and can the border really be secure? >>> near miss. details on the two passenger planes which came within hundreds of feet of each other in the skies of new york. >>> and the murder mystery entangled a new england patriots football player. we will take you there live. >>> good morning, everyone, and welcome to weekends with alex whitt. we have new developments to share this morning on the nsa leak. federal prosecutors have unsealed the charges against edward snowden. he's been charged with two counts of espionage and theft

election is this upcoming tuesday, ed markey versus mr. merlot money. i cannot believe this is how we do things in this country but it's true. that does it for us tonight. we will see you again on monday. but right now i need you to close your eyes, take a deep breath and take a leap into prison. >>> due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised.

mr. markey was elected to the house in 1974. he spoke to supporters in boston. our coverage is courtesy of a station in boston. ♪ glory days in the wink of a young girl's eye glory days glory days ♪ yeah, all right ♪ well, there's a girl up the block she could turn allul the boy's heads ♪ >> thank you all for this evening. this victory belongs to you. it belongs to your families. i amdeeply humbled and profoundly grateful. thank you, so much. [applause] the selection is about your hopes, your dreams, your families, your future. and i know that. i'm going to remember that. by thanking my beautiful and brilliant wife, susan. [applause] our 25th wedding anniversary, and i'm going to have to get her a very special present. [applause] i want to thank my brothers and their families who have always believed in me, and i want to thank the dream team of a campaign that came together gallagher whok did an unbelievable job over five months. they hit the ground running and they never stopped him for five months. i want to hear a round of applause for gabriel gomez.

election is this upcoming tuesday, ed markey versus mr. merlot money. i cannot believe this is how we do things in this country but it's true. that does it for us tonight. we will see you again on monday. but right now i need you to close your eyes, take a deep breath and take a leap into prison. >>> due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. >>> msnbc takes you behind the walls of america's most notorious prisons into a world of chaos and danger. now, the scenes you've never seen. "lockup: raw." >> shot the man three times, right? >> and we beat him to death. >> i held him in a choke hold. >> i shot him. >> i took the towel and strangled him. when they opened the door and i tried to throw him off the tier. >> murder is a respected crime in here by a lot of these inmates. >> kill or be killed. >> human beings are the most dangerous animal on earth there is. >> he ran upstairs, i fired. >> [ bleep ] happens. >> one of the most intense things our "lockup" field crews encounter when they go inside a maximum security prison is conducting in

mr. obama got the audience cheering when listing markey's political accomplishments. >> he's been steady, and he's been constant, working on your behalf. he's been strong, and he's been principled. and that's the kind of leader we need right now. >> the visit comes one day after markey and republican gabriel clashed. but our first read team asks will lightning strike twice for republicans. the answer, probably not if you compare january 2010 to now. joining me now live, nbc news senior political editor mark murray. mark murray, you brought up a couple of things on that list when you compare then to now. >> one of the reasons scott towne ended up winning that upset in 2010, tamron, was a perfect storm defense. the democrat martha coakley was a weak one. it was the height of the scrutiny over the health care law. and, oh, by the way, the unemployment because was close to 10%. when you look at all the situations now, they're not the same, which is why ed markey has the advantage in this race

because mr. gomez is not that great of a talker, ed markey's campaign against him has had the luxury of running ads unsbrepted clips of gabriel gomez trying to explain himself. like this one. >> -- your clients when you were -- so the public knows who you worked with and what kind of investments you made and dealt with? >> it's a private organization. i'm not employed anymore. >> would you ask them to release the names of your clients? >> i resigned two weeks ago and would be more than happy to discuss it with them. >> i asked if you discussed your client lichte you said you don't know if they would allow you. have you asked them? >> i have. they haven't gotten back to me. >> were you there nine years. you said i'd be happy to discuss. back two weeks late perp april 5th. i asked, you said they hadn't come back. have you gotten it yet? >> no. you've got to ask them about it. they're a private firm and it's really up to them. >> would you state now that you would like them to release it? you do thi

big debate last night up in massachusetts between ed markey and mr. gomez, gabriel gomez, the republican opponent. >> that's just one of the big priorities now for the democratic national committee. brad woodhouse communications director of the dnc has taken just a few moments out from his hard work there to join us in the studio. brad, good to see you. >> bill, thanks for having me. >> leading the fight on many fronts. >> doing the best we can. how do you call this senate race up in massachusetts? >> well, i mean i think if you -- you know, if you look at the public polls you have to feel decently good. i think the politics mark them up about 10 points. we had some good public poles in south carolina in the colbert-bush race and that turned quickly. so i would tell people who are thinking about making an investment in this race or volunteering for this or deciding whether or not they are going to go out to vote, you know, and want ed markey in the senate, don't take anything for granted. these things in special e elections are very unpredict unpredic

there was one odd moment where markey fumbled a rebuttal line. >>cy heard mr. gomez talk about math and the budget. it's really not math. it's just arithmetic. it's very simple arithmetic. it's not as complicated as math. it's something you learn in grammar school. >> well, it's really not english, it's the language arts. for more on how democrats are rallying behind markey, check out our website after the show. up next, paying the price. the real cost of cheap student loans. the skyrocketing cost of college. former governor mitch daniels, he used to have to do state budgets, is now a university president. first, a look ahead at today's politics planner. as you can see, we know where the president heads. big day. actually ends up finishes his day in miami after going to boston. aerial castro pleaded not guilty, believe it or not, in the cleveland kidnapping case. you're watching "the daily rundown" only on msnbc. this day calls you. to fight chronic osteoarthritis pain. to fight chronic low back pain. to take action. to take the next step. today, you will know

>> fred markey, this has been a signature issue. as i said, the latest poll out late yesterday is that he's up 20 points. so do you think that ultimately this is going to be an issue that candidates will have to answer for in 2014? if not in this massachusetts senate race? >> i think it will be an issue in some states, but the reality is, when you take your assault weapons, there are a lot of people who compete in shooting sports, including with assault weapons. they are -- they have the right to do that. just like anybody who competes in any sport. and so in a situation like massachusetts and you have gabe gomez who is running in a very blue state. and at the end of the day in the final analysis, i don't think the gun control issue will be the deciding factor. >> we will continue to talk about this issue. sara agan, matt bennett, thank you to both of you. >>> checking the news feed this morning, a family friend has now released what he says is the official cause of death for actor james gandolfini. in rome the spokesperson said the

according to the latest real clear politics average, mr. gomez, of polls in the massachusetts you are running well behind congressman markey almost at 52 percent and you are at 39 percent, a margin of 12.5 percent. this is a new pole today that shows you trailing by 8 points but whatever the margin it is a big deficit. how do you turn that around in 48 hours? >> we can wi, i'm confident. our message is resonating among independents, democrats, republicans, and his message is a narrow part of the democratic party. we have people with a reason now to vote and congressman markey has been the most misleading campaign trying to scare people. because he is scared. he doesn't want to talk about his record. people will come to the polls to vote for me rather than voting against someone else. >>chris: at this point in the polls why is he leading between 8 points and 12 points? >> guest: the polls have been up-and-down all over the place. this party, this election is about putting people before politics and congressman markey has had 37 years to get

according to the latest real clear politics average, mr. gomez, of polls in the massachusetts you are running well behind congressman markey almost at 52 percent and you are at 39 percent, a margin of 12.5 percent. this is a new pole today that shows you trailing by 8 points but whatever the margin it is a big deficit. how do you turn that around in 48 hours? >> we can win, chris, i'm confident. our message is resonating among independents, democrats, republicans, and his message is a narrow part of the democratic party. we have people with a reason now to vote and congressman markey has been the most misleading campaign trying to scare people. because he is scared. he doesn't want to talk about his record. people will come to the polls to vote for me rather than voting against someone else. >>chris: at this point in the polls why is he leading between 8 points and 12 points? >> guest: the polls have been up-and-down all over the place. this party, this election is about putting people before politics and congressman markey has had 37 years

because mr. gomez is not all that clear of a talker, they've ran ads that are uninterrupted clips of gabriel gomez trying to explain himself, like this one. >> did you release warrior clients so the public knows who you worked with and what kind of investments you made and dealt with? >> ad international is a private organization. i have to discuss it with them and leave it up to them. >> did you ask them to release the name of the clients? >> i resigned two weeks ago. >> i asked last time if you disclosed your client list from the private equity days, you said you didn't know if they'd allow you to ask them. have you asked them? >> they haven't come back to me yet. >> i asked if you'd released your client list, you were there for nine years, you said i'd be happy to discuss it with them. you were back two weeks later, april 5th, you said they haven't got back to me with. have you got back with them yet? >> no. you have to ask them about it, they are a private firm. it's really up to them. >> wou

to mr. gomez. >> democrats out number three to one and like prior republican candidates he distanced himself from the national g.o.p. >> if you run as george w. bush or gerald ford, you should have ran against that. >> gomez stomach zblbld there is a great opportunity we align ourselves with the right group. >> markey turned his long years in washington citing legislative accomplishments like healthcare and security. >> i could go on on and on that i am the author of many laws. >> reporter: like senator john mccain and former mayor rudy guliani. latest real clear politics average has markey up by ten points but the memory of republican scott brown upset win more than three years ago to take the late senator ted kennedy's seat is still refresh and democrats are not taking any chances. >> they confirmed reports that president obama will travel to massachusetts to campaign for markey. time is short. there is just two debates and a little more two weeks ago until election day on june 25th. >> ch

. >> mr. president? >> senator from ohio. >> because there were comments made about the amendment, we have offered, let me just be very clear. this is about making the underlying bill were. i do not believe that it will work if we do not have strong workplace verification, similar. both because of the senator from arizona said 40% of the people who are here illegally didn't come across the border. they came there because they overstayed their visas and they're here illegally now. and because when folks want to commit identity work debacle over, under, and around whatever barriers. i'm for more border security. it's a good part of the bill but it does not solve the problem. 54%, that's the pilot program for e-verify. over half of the people who are illegally come to get work are getting through. spent would the gentleman yield? >> i don't think the bill will work and i'm not going to vote for it if it doesn't strong enforcement because i don't think people come out in the shadows the way people

states house of representatives, a long-time career politician, not exactly mr. excitement. >> the mistake the democrats made in 2010 in massachusetts they did not rally behind her quickly enough with in limit of money. >>gregg: there is biden. >> the party is behind markey and the state 2-1 or 3-1 democratic and have not elected a republican other than scott brown for a long time. >>gregg: if gomez is one or two points and loses republicans can take a win from that. >> pat: and they have not supported him or helped him the way they did others because they are still a party in retreat mentality. this is what the democrats capitalize on. they have a weak candidate who has very high negatives been in congress 37 years and with biden, between the two of them it is 100 years so... >> >>john: the republican party doesn't like what gomez has said. >>gregg: gentleman, thank you so much. catch political insiders on monday every monday at foxnews.com. they will be back next sunday and follow them on twitter. >> still to come, baby boomers set to strain the medicare system

. >> mr. president, i rise today in my final full workweek and not just 150 days into my senate career, yet at the precipice of the close of that career. on january 30th of this year, governor deval patrick sent me to this chamber to represent the people of massachusetts and their interests. yesterday on june 25th, those same people took to the voting booths and called me home. and in doing so, they called senator-elect ed markey to the high honor of serving in this august body. after 37 distinguished years in the house, senator-elect markey now has the opportunity to offer his voice, wisdom, accumulated experiences, humor,'s prix decorp. and tireless commitment to justice and equality to the united states senate. and i, for one, believe that massachusetts and the country will be better for it. like the majority of massachusetts voters who expressed themselves yesterday, i am quite confident that a senator-elect markey will serve with distinction and act in the best interests of the citizens h

i only need 17 months to prove myself. >> mr. gomez, we have learned a lot in months as a campaigner. even getting in the website, well done, sir. thank you. thank you for joining us and we will be watching the results on tuesday night. >> i appreciate it. >>> coming up, edward snowden leaves hong kong to avoid extradition to the u.s. we will bring in our sunday panel to discuss what the obama admiout it. >> you are looking live at the arrival area in moscow's international airport. if are you wondering why there is such a crowd of people there, it is believed that the plane carrying edward snowden, the nsa leaker, has just landed. he is on the plane and authorities are waiting for him and the media are waiting for him to clear customs and arrive in moscow. with the u.s. seeking his extradition, hong kong authorities allowed him to leave earlier today, reportedly on the flight to moscow and then supposedly on to one of several other countries. and it is time for our group to talk about if and when edward snowden goes through the

. >> mr. speaker, the house is not in order. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is correct. the house is not in order. the house is in order. the gentleman from florida. mr. grar see ya: mr. speaker, this is a final amendment to the bill. this will not delay or kill or send it back to committee. if adopted the bill will proceed immediately to final passage as amended. just over three years ago the deep water horizon drilling rig exploded, killing 11 workers and spilling 200 million gallons of oil into the gulf of mexico. our nation was gripped with images like this and this, of oil gushing into the gulf, washing up on to our shores -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman will suspend. the house will be in order. the gentleman deserves to be heard. please take your conversations offer the floor. -- off the floor. the gentleman from florida will proceed. mr. garcia: mr. speaker, this was the worst environmental disaster in our nation's history. with economic costs of over $40 billion, whil

. >> i heard mr. gomez talk about math and the budget. well, it's really not math. it's just arithmetic. it's very simple arithmetic. it's not as complicated as math. it's something you learn in grammer school. >> joining us is david bernstein. welcome, sir. it's good to have you with us. >> very good to be here. >> you can't attribute his decline to his definition of math. why is it the democrats are bringing out their big guns, the president, the vice president to defend what really should be a pretty solid seat, shouldn't it? >> well, and news out today is that former president bill clinton will be coming to campaign for ed markey over the weekend. >> wow. >> so all of the big guns really. so you know, part of this is it's a special election so there's only one election going on. because it's only one, they're all coming. but it is. it's a close race. i would suggest that it's not closing. there's no evidence of that. there's that one poll that you showed that was really an outlier. pretty much all the polls and from my understanding throughout the internal sense

president and mrs. obama have already attended campaign events. republicans say democrats are nerve. but the demes disagree, they say they're just playing it safe. >>> 17 minutes after the hour now. and from time to time, we like to take a closer look at our politicians. >> why not. >> yes. and some of the things they say and maybe they should not have said. yesterday, it was jeb bush with his comment on immigration. watch. >> immigrants create far more businesses than native-born americans over the last 20 years. immigrants are more fertile and they love families and they more intact families. and they bring a younger population. >> yeah, he said immigrants are more fertile. >> okay. if you think that's bad. how about arizona republican congressman trent frank. this is his response to democrats who wanted a raise in insect exception to his 20-week abortion ban. >> before, when my friends on the left side of the aisle here tried to make rape and incest the subject, you know, the incidents of rape resulting in pregnancy are very low. >> no surprise

mr. obama has 60% approval in the bay state. registered democrats outnumber republicans two to one. he needs help in the republican newcomer, gabriel gomez easy in. looking for a scott brown-like upset 13 days from now. gomez has never run for office before and over the last month as surged from 17 points behind to trailing now by only seven points which is virtual tie within the polls 4% plus or minus margin of error. he penned an open letter to the president inviting mr. obama it come to a town hall meeting in boston. do to the expect that to happen. jon: but the two candidates debated, right? >> reporter: they did last night. a feisty one. second of three they have before the election 13 days. mark can i says gomez will vote for conservatives and is not the kind massachusetts moderate that gomez claims he is. he says mark can i is reckless big spender and washed up insider and budget responsibility for the debt after nearly 40 years in washington. >> if you want to talk numbers, the year was 1976. $680 billion was the national debt. it is now $17 billion, sir. you are washington,

i'm a father of four young kids. >> i'm not linking mr. gomez to newtown. that's a ludicrous position which he has. but it's not as ludicrous as his position to oppose banning assault weapons. >> is gun control an issue the people of massachusetts care enough about to vote on? >> i think it is. i mean, massachusetts -- gun control has been a big thing there. i think it's an issue that voters do care about. the question is -- i mean, gomez does support enhanced background checks, which is what the senate ended up voting on. he does not support the assault weapons ban, which is what markey is trying to make an issue out of. markey is clearly hammering away at that issue. i think it could be an important one to voters. >> matt visor, good to see you again. thanks so much. >> thanks for having me. >> thapg going to wrap up this hour of jansing & co. thomas roberts is up next. [ female announcer ] the best thing about this bar it's not a candy bar. 130 calories 7 grams of protein the new fiber one caramel nut protein bar. the new fiber one spokesman i have to lo

. >> stephanie: mrs. schechner's little girl in the current news center. >> good morning, everybody. president obama is heading to boston a little later this morning. he's going to headline a campaign rally for representative ed markey who is running for senate. he's up against republican gabriel gomez political newcomer as the two vie to take over john kerry's former seat. president obama is also going to go to a smaller event a meet and greet for political donors on markey's of behalf. at suffolk university poll out on monday says the president's popularity in massachusetts is at 60%. markey is up by 7 points. but a fund-raiser for markey in d.c. last night, vice president biden minutessed no words in expressing why one should take the senate seat for granted. he explained since the president is not at the top of the ticket this time around, minority voters aren't likely to show up in the same numbers they did in the past two elections. voters are going to choose between markey and gomez a little less t